NASCAR Information Monday, February 27, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Kyle Busch
61 Career wins – 9th all-time
61 Career wins – 56 Joe Gibbs Racing (All-time JGR winner), 4 Hendrick Motorsports & 1 Richard Childress Racing
61 Career wins – 1 in February (2023 Fontana)
61 Career wins – 6 Different crew chiefs
6 Career win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – 1 in 2008 & 5 since 2015
19 Straight seasons with a win (2005-’23) – All-time longest streak
12 Multiple-win seasons (Last multiple win season: 2021) – Most wins in a season: 8 (2008 & ’18)
5 Fontana NCS wins – 2nd all-time (Jimmie Johnson 6)
5 Fontana wins – 4 Were first win of season
5 Fontana wins – 1 with Hendrick, 3 with Gibbs & 1 with Childress
2019 Fontana winner – 200th NASCAR win
After 200th win: “To win 200, whatever it means, it means a lot to me”
First career win: Fontana 9/05 – Youngest winner ever at the time (20 Years, 4 Months & 2 Days)
13 Fontana NASCAR Touring Series wins – 5 NCS, 6 NXS & 2 NTS
6 Fontana NXS wins – Most all-time
2 Fontana NTS wins (2008 & ’09)
Richard Childress Racing: 2 Fontana wins (2011 Kevin Harvick & 2023 Kyle Busch)
16 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks – 2009 Las Vegas winner
Finished 4th at Las Vegas 322 – Started rear of field, lap 43 spin & led 40 of final 48 laps
Finished 3rd at Las Vegas 10/22 (Best non-Playoff finisher) – Lap 78 spin, lap 229 loses wheel, 21 laps 1-lap down, avg. running pos.: 12.2
2009 Las Vegas winner – Won pole, started rear of field (Engine), first took lead on lap 54, youngest winner (23-years-old)
2009 Las Vegas winner (Winless last 17 Las Vegas races) – 13th career win (48 Career wins since only Las Vegas win)
1 Top 5 finish in first 8 races last season – Finished 4th at Las Vegas
Finished 6th or better last 5 Las Vegas races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes
11 Las Vegas top 5 finishes – Most all-time
14 Las Vegas top 10 finishes – Most all-time
First NCS race: 2004 Las Vegas – Finished 41st (18-Years-old)
First NCS top 10 finish: 2nd – 2005 Las Vegas
2017 Las Vegas post-race fight with Joey Logano
2 Las Vegas Xfinity Series wins (2016 & 3/19)
3 Las Vegas Truck Series wins (2018, ’19 & ‘20) – Most all-time
Richard Childress Racing: Winless at Las Vegas
| Kyle Busch Wins by Month | |||||||||
| Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov |
| 1 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Wins | Adam Stevens | Dave Rogers | Steve Addington | Alan Gustafson | Ben Beshore | Randall Burnett |
| 28 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Fontana
Kyle Busch
Fontana winner – Started 21st, lap 43 speeding, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 27 laps led, first lead lap 138 (276 Miles)
Winner pit stops: Kyle Busch (7 Stops) 17, 43, 68, 76, 133, 142, 167 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Ross Chastain 3rd
Stage 2 winner: Ross Chastain 3rd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ross Chastain 1st & 1st, Daniel Suárez 3rd & 5th
Passed for final lead change: Michael McDowell 18th
Winner final laps led: Kyle Busch 21
Cautions: 8
Longest green run: 55 Laps
Best free pass finisher: Brad Keselowski 7th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Busch 1sst
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 5th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 10th
| 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | 25 (6/11/97) | Mooresville, NC |
Joe Gibbs Racing
2nd full season – First season with Joe Gibbs Racing (2019 GMS Racing)
69 career Xfinity Series races
3 Wins
1 Career pole – Phoenix 11/18
1 Win this season – Fontana (Ended 13-race winless streak)
Fontana winner – Started 2nd, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 6 times led for 49 laps (most)
6 Stage wins
3 Career wins – 2018 Kansas (#42 Ganassi Chevrolet), Texas 10/21 (#54 Gibbs Toyota) & 2023 Fontana (#20 Gibbs Toyota)
3 Fontana NXS races – 1 Win (Feb.)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 11 Fontana NXS wins – Most all-time
5th Las Vegas NXS race – Best finish: 2nd (3/19)
Best Las Vegas NXS finish: 2nd (3/19) – Kyle Busch winner
Best Las Vegas NCS finish: 20th (9/20)
1 Las Vegas NTS win (3/21) – Kyle Busch finished 2nd
Joe Nemechek: 2003 Las Vegas Xfinity Series winner
Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Las Vegas wins
13 NASCAR Truck Series wins
12/8/22: John Hunter Nemechek racing #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in 2023