NASCAR Information Sunday, August 6, 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 (2 Wins)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Brad Keselowski
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most poles this season: 6 Kyle Busch
• Most front-row starts this season: 7 Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most top 6 starts this season: 15 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most top 12 starts this season: 20 Jamie McMurray
• Best average start this season: 7.0 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led this season: 1315 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led by winless drivers this season: 223 Matt Kenseth
• Most races led this season: 17 Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr.
• 14 Different winners in 22 races this season (13 Count toward Playoff)
• Most lead lap finishes this season: 19 Kevin Harvick
• Martin Truex Jr. is only repeat winner in last 12 races (3 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
• Martin Truex Jr.: Last 10 wins came on 10 different tracks
• Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Wins this season – Ties career-high (2016)
• 3 Won first career race this season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega, Austin Dillon Charlotte & Ryan Blaney Pocono
• Kyle Busch: 6 Poles this season (Leads all drivers) – 3 Straight poles (Indianapolis, Pocono & Watkins Glen)
• Martin Truex Jr. only driver to sweep every Stage in MENCS race – 2017 Las Vegas & 2017 Kentucky
• Stage 1 winner went on to win race 4 times – Truex Jr. (Las Vegas & Kentucky), Larson (Auto Club) & Kyle Busch (Pocono July)
• Stage 2 winner went on to win race twice – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kentucky
• Kyle Busch: 3 Straight Stage 1 wins – Indianapolis, Pocono & Watkins Glen
• Jimmie Johnson: 3 Wins this season – 1 Stage win (Sonoma Stage 1)
• Kyle Busch: 9 Stage wins this season (2nd-most) – 1 Win this season (Pocono July)
• 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)
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 14 Stage wins (34 Playoff points – Leader) – 4 Race wins
• 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)
• 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 5 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)
• No pit road speeding penalties at Indianapolis & Watkins Glen
• 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
• Ryan Blaney passed for final lead change 2 races this season – Kansas May & Watkins Glen (Both by Truex Jr.)
• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 6 of last 12 races (883 Laps led 11 of last 12 races) – 3 Wins
• Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Straight races led – 352 Laps led
• Kyle Busch led most laps 6 races this season – 1 Win (Pocono July)
• Kyle Busch: 5 Straight races led – 389 Laps led
• Kyle Busch failed to win 6 of last 7 races after leading most laps
• Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr. led 741 of 992 laps last 5 races (74%)
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 12 of 22 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 7 of 22 races this season – Martin Truex Jr. 4, Kyle Larson 2 & Kyle Busch 1
• 4 Winners this season have led a total of 135 laps – Stenhouse Jr. 50, Newman 37, Kahne 31, A. Dillon 11 & Kurt Busch 6
• 10 To go leader failed to win 10 races this season
• Ford: 8 Wins in 22 races this season – 8 Wins all of last season
• Toyota: 4 Wins last 5 races – Only 2 wins previous 17 races
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 2 Wins last 4 races – Winless previous 20 races
• Daniel Suarez best Rookie finisher last 4 races
• 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
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 2 Wins this season (New Hampshire July & Pocono July) – 12 Wins all of last season (Led all teams)
• No Hendrick Motorsports finisher in top 10 at Watkins Glen – 4th time this season
• Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 2 races
• Matt Kenseth best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 2 of last 3 races
• All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better at Watkins Glen – 3 Finished in top 4
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• 7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2 Overtime races this season – Talladega May & Daytona July
• Youngest winner: Ryan Blaney – 23
• 15 Wins this season by drivers 32-years-old or older
• 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
• Roush Fenway Racing ended 101-race winless streak at Talladega May
• Richard Childress Racing ended 112-race winless streak at Phoenix March

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Busch
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Ryan Blaney (1 Win)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Ryan Blaney & Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Elliott Sadler (Winless)
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 Elliott Sadler
• Most lead lap finishes: 18 William Byron
• Best average finish this season (Drivers competing every race): 9.2 Elliott Sadler
• Most laps led this season: 427 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 10 Justin Allgaier
• Most poles this season: 5 Kyle Busch (8 Races, 5 poles – Won 3 of his last 5)
• Most top 6 starts this season: 10 William Byron & Daniel Hemric
• Most top 12 starts this season: 17 Daniel Hemric
• 13 Races remaining / 6 Regular season races remaining / 7 Playoff races
• 12 Different winners in 20 races this season
• 8 Won first pole this season – Bell, Benjamin, Byron, Hemric, B. Jones, Koch, Poole & Preece
• 18 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
• 6 Won Stage 1 & went on to win race this season
• 2 Won Stage 2 & went on to win race – Blaney Charlotte & Keselowski Pocono
• Brad Keselowski first driver to sweep every Stage in NASCAR Xfinity Series race – 2017 Pocono
• Justin Allgaier best NXS regular at Watkins Glen – Finished 4th
• 5 Winners from pole this season – Kyle Busch 3, Kyle Larson 1 & Ryan Preece 1
• 3 of last 5 races won from pole – Kentucky, New Hampshire & Iowa
• 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 2 wins after free-pass: Kyle Busch (2014 & ‘16 Kansas)
• Last winner after speeding penalty: Erik Jones (Bristol 4/17)
• #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 12 of 20 races this season
• 4 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb., Richmond April, Daytona June & Iowa July
• William Byron best Rookie of the Year contender at Watkins Glen – Finished 10th
• 1 Rookie of the Year contender won this season – William Byron at Iowa June, Daytona June & Indianapolis
• Youngest winner: William Byron – 19
• Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 36
• Joe Gibbs Racing (5) & JR Motorsports (3) won last 8 races
• 3 Crew chiefs won last 7 races – Dave Elenz (3), Eric Phillips (3) & Chris Gabehart (1)
• #20 won 4 races this season – Erik Jones (2), Denny Hamlin 1 & Ryan Preece (1)
• Justin Allgaier best JR Motorsports finisher at Watkins Glen (4th) – First time best JRM finisher in last 8 races
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Michigan .012 seconds (Denny Hamlin over William Byron)
• 2nd closest margin-of-victory this season: Iowa July .054 seconds (Ryan Preece over Kyle Benjamin)