NASCAR Information Sunday, August 20, 2017

2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 4 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 7 Kyle Larson (3 Wins)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 10 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Brad Keselowski
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 16 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most poles this season: 6 Kyle Busch
• Most front-row starts this season: 7 Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most top 6 starts this season: 16 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most top 12 starts this season: 22 Jamie McMurray
• Best average start this season: 7.2 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led this season: 1372 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led by winless drivers this season: 310 Erik Jones
• Most races led this season: 19 Kyle Busch
• Most lead lap finishes this season: 21 Kevin Harvick
• 14 Different winners in 24 races this season (13 Count toward Playoff)
• Kyle Busch: 18th driver to win 40 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• Kyle Busch: 2 Wins last 4 races – Winless previous 36 races (Career-longest winless streak)
• Kyle Busch: 3 Career win streaks – 2 Straight wins twice (2008 & ’16) & 3 straight wins (2015)
• Kyle Busch: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak since final 4 races last season
• Kyle Busch: 7 Straight races led (559 Laps led) – Career-longest streak: 10 Straight (2015)
• Erik Jones: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-longest streak
• Erik Jones: 260 Laps led at Bristol Aug. (Most) – 51 Laps led previous 26 career races
• Jimmie Johnson: No top 5 finishes last 11 races – Career-longest streak
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 15 Stage wins (35 Playoff points – Leader) – 4 Race wins
• Martin Truex Jr. only driver to sweep every Stage in MENCS race – 2017 Las Vegas & 2017 Kentucky
• Jimmie Johnson led 18 or fewer laps 3 of last 4 wins
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 races this season
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 4 races this season
• Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change 3 races this season
• Kyle Busch led most laps 6 races this season – 1 Win in those races (Pocono July)
• Kyle Busch failed to win 6 of last 7 races after leading most laps
• Kyle Busch: 7 Straight races led (559 Laps led) – Longest current streak
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 13 of 24 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 7 of 24 races this season – Martin Truex Jr. 4, Kyle Larson 2 & Kyle Busch 1
• 4 Winners this season have led a total of 136 laps – Stenhouse Jr. 50, Newman 38, Kahne 31, A. Dillon 11 & Kurt Busch 6
• 10 To go leader failed to win 11 races this season
• Ryan Newman best Chevrolet finisher at Bristol (6th) – First time best Chevrolet finisher since Phoenix March win
• Kurt Busch best Ford finisher at Bristol (5th) – First time best Ford finisher since Charlotte May
• Ford: 8 Wins in 24 races this season (Winless last 7 races) – 8 Wins all of last season
• Toyota: 5 Wins last 7 races – Only 2 wins previous 17 races this season
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Wins last 6 races – Winless previous 20 races
• Erik Jones best Rookie finisher at Michigan (3rd) & Bristol (2nd)
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Wins this season – 12 Wins all of last season (Led all teams)
• Ryan Newman best Richard Childress Racing finisher 4 of last 5 races
• Kyle Busch best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races – 2 Wins
• Jimmie Johnson best Hendrick Motorsports finisher at Bristol – First time best HMS finisher in last 5 races
• Kurt Busch best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last 2 races
• Stage 1 winner went on to win race 5 times
• Stage 2 winner went on to win race twice – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kentucky
• 8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
• Kyle Larson won 2 Overtime races this season – Auto Club & Michigan Aug.
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega May
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took lead for last time on final lap at Talladega May & with 2 laps to go at Daytona July
• Jimmie Johnson: Last 5 top 5 finishes were all wins
• Jimmie Johnson: 5 Wins starting rear of field – 3 of last 4 wins came starting rear of field
• Jimmie Johnson started rear of field 6 races this season – Most of all drivers
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season:
• Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April & Dover June) & Joey Logano (Richmond April)
• Last winner in backup car: Denny Hamlin – New Hampshire 7/17
• Last previous winner in backup car: Kurt Busch – Michigan 6/15
• Last winner after free-pass: Martin Truex Jr. – 2016 Chicagoland
• 2 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500 & Brad Keselowski Martinsville April
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .095 Seconds – Talladega May (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. over Jamie McMurray)
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2 of the 3 closest races this season – Talladega May & Daytona July
• 9 Different teams won this season
• 4 Crew chiefs won first race this season: Justin Alexander, Jeremy Bullins, Luke Lambert & Keith Rodden
• 5 Winning crew chiefs were suspended this season – Paul Wolfe, Rodney Childers, Todd Gordon, Adam Stevens & Chad Johnston
• Roush Fenway Racing ended 101-race winless streak at Talladega May
• Richard Childress Racing ended 112-race winless streak at Phoenix March
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended 157-race winless streak this season (Talladega May)
• Austin Dillon ended 132-race winless streak this season (Charlotte May)
• Ryan Newman ended 127-race winless streak this season (Phoenix March)
• Kasey Kahne ended 102-race winless streak this season (Indianapolis July)
• Kyle Busch ended 36-race winless streak this season (Pocono July)
• Jimmie Johnson: 3 Wins this season – 1 Stage win (Sonoma Stage 1)
• Kyle Busch: 10 Stage wins this season (2nd-most) – 2 Wins this season (Pocono July & Bristol Aug.)
• 7 Won Stage 1 & Stage 2 – Twice went on to win race (Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kentucky)
• 13 Drivers won Stages this season – 4 Have yet to win a race (Bowyer, Elliott, Kenseth & Suarez)
• Last to win consecutive races: Jimmie Johnson (Texas 4/17 & Bristol 4/17)
• 4 Wins from pole this season – 3 By drivers named Kyle (Kyle Larson 2 & Kyle Busch 1)
• 3 Won first career race this season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega, Austin Dillon Charlotte & Ryan Blaney Pocono
• Youngest winner: Ryan Blaney – 23
• 16 Wins this season by drivers 32-years-old or older

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Busch
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Ryan Blaney (1 Win)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch & Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Elliott Sadler (Winless)
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 17 Elliott Sadler
• Best average finish this season (Drivers competing every race): 8.8 Elliott Sadler
• Most laps led this season: 549 Kyle Busch
• Most races led this season: 11 Justin Allgaier
• Most poles this season: 6 Kyle Busch
• Most top 6 starts this season: 11 Daniel Hemric
• Most top 12 starts this season: 18 Daniel Hemric
• Most lead lap finishes this season: 18 William Byron
• 11 Races remaining / 4 Regular season races remaining / 7 Playoff races
• 13 Different winners in 22 races this season
• 8 Won first pole this season – Bell, Benjamin, Byron, Hemric, B. Jones, Koch, Poole & Preece
• 19 Won Stages this season – 9 Winless in races
• Brad Keselowski leads all with 7 Stage wins – 1 Win (Pocono)
• Elliott Sadler leads NXS regulars with 5 Stage wins (3 at Daytona) – Winless
• 7 Won Stage 1 & went on to win race this season
• 4 Won Stage 2 & went on to win race
• Brad Keselowski (Pocono June) & Kyle Busch (Bristol Aug.) only drivers to win both Stages & race
• Elliott Sadler best finisher eligible for championship points at Bristol (3rd) – First time in last 13 races
• 7 Winners from pole this season – Kyle Busch 4, Sam Hornish Jr. 1, Kyle Larson 1 & Ryan Preece 1
• 5 of last 7 races won from pole – Kentucky, New Hampshire, Iowa, Mid-Ohio & Bristol Aug.
• Ryan Reed (65 Races) & Justin Allgaier (80 Races) ended long winless streaks this season
• 2 Winners from rear of field this season: Ryan Blaney (Charlotte May) & William Byron (Daytona June)
• Last previous winner after dropping to rear of field: Marcos Ambrose – 2011 Montreal
• Last 2 wins after free-pass: Kyle Busch (2014 & ‘16 Kansas)
• Last winner after speeding penalty: Kyle Busch (Bristol 8/17)
• #22 passed for final lead change 4 races this season – Daytona Feb., Auto Club, Bristol April & Daytona June
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 8 races this season
• 10 To go leader failed to win 6 races this season
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Pocono & Michigan
• #22 Best Ford finisher 14 of 22 races this season
• Team Penske #12 won 4 of last 6 races competed
• Chevrolet won only 3 of last 11 races – All won by William Byron
• 4 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb., Richmond April, Daytona June & Iowa July
• Daniel Hemric best Rookie of the Year contender last 2 races
• 1 Rookie of the Year contender won this season – William Byron at Iowa June, Daytona June & Indianapolis
• Youngest winner: William Byron – 19
• Oldest winner: Sam Hornish Jr. – 38
• #20 won 4 races this season – Erik Jones (2), Denny Hamlin 1 & Ryan Preece (1)
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 5 of last 7 races
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 1-2 finishes in last 6 races – New Hampshire, Iowa July & Bristol Aug.
• Elliott Sadler best JR Motorsports finisher last 2 races
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Michigan .012 seconds (Denny Hamlin over William Byron)
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