NASCAR Charlotte Sunday, October 4, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES CHARLOTTE ROVAL STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Chase Elliott won last 3 road course races – First since Tony Stewart 2004 Watkins Glen, 2005 Sonoma & 2005 Watkins Glen
Last road course win streak of 4 or longer: Jeff Gordon won 6 straight 1997-‘00
Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott & Martin Truex Jr. 4 road course wins each – Lead active drivers
3 Different winners last 8 road course races: Chase Elliott 4, Martin Truex Jr. 3 & Ryan Blaney 1
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Straight road course wins – Last to win 3 or more straight: Jeff Gordon (6 Straight – 1997-2000)
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Wins last 6 road course races
9-Chase Elliott: Youngest road course winner all-time – 22-Years-old (2018 Watkins Glen)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins last 8 road course race
Most cautions in road course race: 10 – 2006 Watkins Glen & 2019 Charlotte Roval
Worst starting position of road course winner: 32nd – Juan Pablo Montoya (2007 Sonoma)
1-Kurt Busch: 2018 Charlotte Roval pole – Finished 5th
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 5th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – 3rd straight top 5 finish last season
2-Brad Keselowski: Jeremy Bullins 2018 Charlotte Roval winning crew chief
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 3rd at 2019 Charlotte Roval – 5th of 6 straight finishes of 7th or better last season
6-Ryan Newman:
Finished 32nd at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Lap 93 & 99 involved in crashes, lap 106 missed chicane while +1, post-race confrontation with Suarez
8-Tyler Reddick: Best Charlotte Roval NXS finish: 2nd (2019) – AJ Allmendinger winner
9-Chase Elliott:
2019 Charlotte Roval winner – Lap 65 restart leader turn 1 crash, dropped to 37th, back in lead 39 laps later, final 6 laps led
‘Holy moly, did y’all like that?’
9-Chase Elliott: 2019 Charlotte Roval winner – 3rd & final victory last season
10-Aric Almirola:
Finished 14th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Best finisher of Playoff drivers failing to advance to Round of 12
11-Denny Hamlin:
Finished 19th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Started rear of field (backup), finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 23 & 93 involved in crashes
Finished 12th at 2018 Charlotte Roval – Started rear of field (backup), Pit lap 5 with left front issue, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2
11-Denny Hamlin started rear of field in backup car both Charlotte Roval races – Finished 12th & 19th
12-Ryan Blaney: 2018 Charlotte Roval winner – 3rd place to lead at finish
14-Clint Bowyer: 1 of 2 to finish top 5 both Charlotte Roval races (Alex Bowman)
14-Clint Bowyer only driver to finish top 5 in 2019 Charlotte Roval Stage 1 & 2 (Also finished top 5 in 2018 Stage 1 & 2)
18-Kyle Busch worst finish last season: 37th – Indianapolis & Charlotte Roval
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 14th at 2018 Charlotte Roval – Spun in final turn on final lap while leader
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 7th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing teammates finished 19th or worse
20-Erik Jones:
Finished 40th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Lap 23 crash, failed to advance to Round of 12 (Eliminated Round of 16 in 2nd straight season)
“We just had three really bad weeks and it’s some of our own doing and some not our own doing, but it’s racing.”
20-Erik Jones worst finish last season: 40th – Coca-Cola 600 & Charlotte Roval (Tied worst career finish)
22-Joey Logano finished 10th in each Charlotte Roval race
41-Cole Custer: Best Charlotte Roval NXS finish: 7th (2018)
42-Kyle Larson: 52 Charlotte Roval laps led – Most all-time
42-Kyle Larson Charlotte Roval Stage 1 winner last 2 years – Finished 25th & 13th
42-Kyle Larson: Finished 25th at 2018 Charlotte Roval – Passed Jeffrey Earnhardt at finish to advance to Round of 12
43-Bubba Wallace: Finished 24th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Lap 42 spun by Alex Bowman followed by post-race confrontation
48-Jimmie Johnson:
Finished 8th at 2018 Charlotte Roval – Started 6th, top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, spun in final turn on final lap while running 2nd
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 2nd at 2019 Charlotte Roval –
Lap 1 spin in chicane, lap 23 involved in turn 1 crash, lap 40 spun Wallace & confrontation, post-race med center
“If he doesn’t put that finger away, he’s gonna get it.”
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 2nd at 2019 Charlotte Roval –
Started rear of field (backup), finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, avg. running pos.: 21st, 35 points scored
88-Alex Bowman: 1 of 2 to finish top 5 both Charlotte Roval races (Clint Bowyer)
95-Christopher Bell: Best Charlotte Roval NXS finish: 5th (2018)
96-Daniel Suarez: Finished 34th at 2019 Charlotte Roval – Lap 95 spin, lap 107 crash, post-race confrontation with Ryan Newman
7 Finished top 10 in both Charlotte Roval races –
Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Joey Logano
3 Led laps in both Charlotte Roval races – Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
3 Started rear of field in backup cars in 2019 / 4 Started rear of field in backup cars in 2018
2019 Charlotte Roval: 7 Speeding penalties by 6 drivers
2 Different winners in 2 Charlotte Roval races
Leader at 10 to go failed to win both Charlotte Roval races
1 Charlotte Roval race settled by last lap pass –
2018 Ryan Blaney passed crashing Martin Truex Jr. & Jimmie Johnson
Both Charlotte Roval winners didn’t lead for first time until after lap 30
Most consecutive Charlotte Roval laps led: Kyle Larson led 30 laps 2018
Best Rookie finish at Charlotte Roval: 21st – Ryan Preece 2019
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES CHARLOTTE ROVAL
Austin Cindric is 1 win from tying Marcos Ambrose for most NXS road course wins all-time (5 Wins)
7-Justin Allgaier: 21 Road course top 10 finishes – Most all-time
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 9th or better all 7 road course races – 5 Top 5 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 4th or better last 4 road course races – 2019 Charlotte Roval winner
18-Riley Herbst: 1 Top 20 finish in 3 road course races – Finished 7th at Daytona Aug.
19-Brandon Jones: 1 Top 5 finish in 18 road course races – Finished 2nd at Daytona Aug.
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Top 10 finish in 4 road course races – Finished 8th at Daytona Aug.
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Road course wins – Tied for 2nd all-time (1 Behind Marcos Ambrose)
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Wins last 7 road course races – 8 Straight road course top 5 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins in 3 road course races this season – Average finish in 3 road course races this season: 2.3 (Best)
51-Jeremy Clements best finish last 11 road course races: 6th – Daytona Aug.
93-Myatt Snider: 1 Top 15 finish in 3 road course races – Finished 10th at Daytona Aug.
98-Chase Briscoe: 7 Top 10 finishes last 8 road course races – Finished 29th at Daytona Aug. (Most laps led – Crash)
2 Finished top 5 all 3 road course races this season – AJ Allmendinger & Austin Cindric
3 Finished top 10 all 3 road course races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Austin Cindric & Noah Gragson
Austin Cindric only driver to finish top 5 in both Charlotte Roval races
4 Finished top 10 in both Charlotte Roval races – Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer & Tyler Reddick
2 Finished top 5 in 2019 Charlotte Roval Stage 1 & 2 – Justin Allgaier & Chase Briscoe
Chase Briscoe: 54 Charlotte Roval laps led – Most all-time (30 More than 2nd-most Christopher Bell)
3 Led laps in both Charlotte Roval races – Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
2 Different winners in 2 Charlotte Roval races
First win of season for both Charlotte Roval winners – Chase Briscoe (2018) & AJ Allmendinger (2019)
Christopher Bell passed for final lead change both Charlotte Roval races
Chase Briscoe led most laps both Charlotte Roval races
Most consecutive Charlotte Roval laps led: Chase Briscoe led final 24 laps 2018
Best Rookie finish at Charlotte Roval: 3rd – Austin Cindric 2018
Winner of Stage 1 & 2 failed to win both Charlotte Roval races