NASCAR Chicagoland Sunday, September 10, 2017

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES CHICAGOLAND STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Chicagoland races: 16 Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick & Matt Kenseth
• Most Chicagoland wins: 3 Tony Stewart
• Most Chicagoland 2nd-place finishes: 3 Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson
• Most Chicagoland top 3 finishes: 5 Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Tony Stewart
• Most Chicagoland top 5 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick & Tony Stewart
• Most Chicagoland top 10 finishes: 10 Jimmie Johnson & Tony Stewart
• Most Chicagoland laps led: 695 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Chicagoland Playoff race wins: 2 Brad Keselowski
• Most Chicagoland Playoff race top 3 finishes: 2 Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
• Most Chicagoland Playoff race top 5 finishes: 4 Brad Keselowski
• Most Chicagoland Playoff race top 10 finishes: 6 Brad Keselowski (Every race)
• Most 1.5-mile track wins this season: 3 Martin Truex Jr. (3 Others 1 win each)
• Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson (Winless)
• Most 1.5-mile track top 3 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 6 Martin Truex Jr. (Finished 8th or better all 6 races)
• Best 1.5-mile track average finish this season: 3.7 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 688 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 1.5-mile track races led this season: 5 Martin Truex Jr.
• 12 Different winners in 16 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Chicagoland races
• 5 Winners in 6 Chicagoland Playoff races – Brad Keselowski only driver to win more than once (2)
• LATE RACE LEAD CHANGE at CHICAGOLAND:
• Denny Hamlin took lead for final time with 5 to go in 2015 – Only 9 total laps led
• Martin Truex Jr. took lead for final time with 2 to go in 2016
• Martin Truex Jr. started 2016 Playoff with Chicagoland win – 2nd of 3 wins in 5-race span
• Martin Truex Jr.:
• 2016 Chicagoland winner – Free pass 2nd caution & took lead for final time with 2 to go after restarting 4th with new tires
• Brad Keselowski only repeat winner last 9 Chicagoland races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
• Chase Elliott led 75 laps at 2016 Chicagoland (Includes 57 straight) – Lost lead for final time with 5 to go (Overtime race)
• LATE RACE CAUTIONS: Final green run 6 laps or shorter last 3 Chicagoland races
• Kyle Busch started first 2016 Chicagoland – Led only first 21 laps
• Kevin Harvick:
• Finished 20th at 2016 Chicagoland – Qualified 4th & started rear of field (Unapproved adjustments)
• Kyle Larson:
• Started rear of field 2016 Chicagoland (Transmission) – Finished 18th (First driver 1 lap down)
• Matt Kenseth:
• Finished 9th at Chicagoland last season – Lap 121 pit road speeding penalty
• Kyle Busch:
• Finished 8th at Chicagoland last season – Started 1st, 21 laps led & lap 172 pit road speeding penalty
• Jimmie Johnson 42-years-old race day
• Jimmie Johnson:
• Led most laps last Chicagoland race (118) – Finished 12th (Lap 234 pit road speeding penalty)
• Tony Stewart (3), Kevin Harvick (2) & Brad Keselowski (2) only drivers to win Chicagoland more than once
• First Chicagoland win for 4 of last 5 winners
• 11 Speeding penalties by 9 drivers at Chicagoland in 2016
• All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 12th or better last Chicagoland race – 3 Top 10 finishers
• Richmond Race to Playoff winner finished 11th or better in first Playoff race last 11 seasons – Top 2 six times
• Brad Keselowski won 2 of last 5 Chicagoland races
• Every driver running at finish last 2 Chicagoland races
• Chase Elliott finished 3rd at Chicagoland after leading with 10 to go last season
• Leader of most laps failed to win 6 of last 7 Chicagoland races – Jimmie Johnson three times
• Jimmie Johnson led most laps last Chicagoland race (118) – Finished 12th (Pit road speeding penalty)
• Jimmie Johnson: No Chicagoland wins – Only Playoff track without a win
• 6 Won first race of season at Chicagoland
• 1 Chicagoland win by Ford: 2014 (Brad Keselowski)
• No Chicagoland MENCS wins for Roush Fenway Racing
• Team Penske (2) & Joe Gibbs Racing (2) won 4 of last 5 Chicagoland Playoff races
• Ryan Blaney best non-Playoff finisher last Chicagoland race – Finished 4th
• Winner took lead for first time on lap 110 or later in 6 Chicagoland races
• Kevin Harvick only Chicagoland winner in first try
• 4 Won Chicagoland for first time in 4th try
• Matt Kenseth won Chicagoland in 13th try – Most of all drivers
• Only 1 Chicagoland race won from first starting position – Kyle Busch 2008
• Drivers starting first finished 8th or better 12 of last 15 Chicagoland races
• Worst start position of Chicagoland winner: 32nd – Kevin Harvick 2002
• Kevin Harvick only winner of consecutive Chicagoland races 2001 & ’02 (Martin Truex Jr. won last season)
• Stewart (2011) & Keselowski (2012) only drivers to win Chicagoland & championship in same season
• 2 of last 6 Chicagoland winners went on to win championship
• 3 Won first Playoff race & championship in same season including 2 of last 6 champions
• 5 Joe Gibbs Racing Chicagoland wins (Most all-time) by 4 drivers – Stewart 2, Kyle Busch 1, Hamlin 1 & Kenseth 1
• 3 Team Penske Chicagoland wins – Ryan Newman 2003, Brad Keselowski 2012 & ‘14
• 2 Hendrick Motorsports Chicagoland wins – Jeff Gordon 2006 & Mark Martin 2009
• 2 Richard Childress Racing Chicagoland wins – Kevin Harvick 2001 & ‘02
• 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Chicagoland win – Tony Stewart 2011
• 1 Furniture Row Racing Chicagoland win – Martin Truex Jr. 2016
• Roush Fenway Racing winless at Chicagoland
• NASCAR XFINITY SERIES CHICAGOLAND STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most Chicagoland races: 14 Eric McClure, Elliott Sadler & Mike Wallace
• Most Chicagoland wins: 4 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland 2nd-place finishes: 3 Carl Edwards & Matt Kenseth
• Most Chicagoland top 3 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland top 5 finishes: 8 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland top 10 finishes: 8 Kyle Busch & Elliott Sadler
• Most Chicagoland laps led: 1039 Kyle Busch (Carl Edwards 2nd with 276)
• Most 1.5-mile track wins this season: 2 Kyle Busch
• Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ryan Blaney (1 Win)
• Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 4 Kevin Harvick
• Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 4 Austin Dillon & Kevin Harvick
• Best 1.5-mile track average finish this season: 1.7 Ryan Blaney
• Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 202 Ryan Blaney
• Most 1.5-mile track races led this season: 3 Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch & Joey Logano
• 14 Different winners in 21 NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicagoland races
• Kyle Busch (4), Kevin Harvick (3), Erik Jones (2) & Joey Logano (2) only drivers to win more than once
• Erik Jones won 2 of last 3 Chicagoland races
• Only 1 swept Chicagoland Xfinity Series & Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races in same weekend – Kyle Busch 2008
• Joe Gibbs Racing won last 3 Chicagoland races
• 2 Chicagoland races won from pole – Kyle Busch 9/13 & 9/15
• Worst starting position of Chicagoland winner: 34th – Justin Labonte 2004
• 2 Won a Chicagoland race & championship in same season – Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 9/12 & Chase Elliott 7/14
• Mid-race leader failed to win 9 of last 11 Chicagoland races
• Leader of most laps failed to win 5 of last 9 Chicagoland races
• Most laps led by winner: 195 – Kyle Busch 9/13
• Most laps led by non-winner: 154 – Kyle Busch 9/16
• Kyle Busch led final 170 laps 9/13
• Joey Logano passed for final lead change by Kyle Busch twice
• 2 Chicagoland races settled by last lap pass
• 5 Won first race of season at Chicagoland
• 4 Won first career race at Chicagoland – Last: 2006 Casey Mears
• 5 Won Chicagoland in first try
• Brad Keselowski & Elliott Sadler won Chicagoland for first time in 6th try – Most of all drivers
• Winner took lead for first time on lap 130 or later in 8 Chicagoland races
• Winner led lap 1 only twice at Chicagoland – Kyle Busch 9/13 & 9/15