NASCAR Information Sunday, February 27, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
California
Kyle Larson
2022 California winner – Started rear of field, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 2, 28 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (10 Stops) Lap 16, 39, 54, 68, 92, 112, 133, 153, 175, 193 (All under caution)
Longest green flag run: 19 Laps (20-38)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Larson (5th & 5th), Jones (2nd & 2nd), Reddick (1st & 1st)
Speeding: A. Dillon (2nd), Kurt Busch (8th), Hamlin (15th), LaJoie (28th), Bilicki (30th)
Rear of field: Larson (1st), Logano (5th), Harvick (7th), Wallace (19th), Haley (23rd), Keselowski (27th), Chastain (29th)
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. (13th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola (6th)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (5th)
Kyle Larson: Last 14 wins came on 14 different tracks –
Michigan, Richmond, Dover, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Sonoma, Nashville, Watkins Glen, Bristol, Charlotte Roval, Texas, Kansas, Phoenix & California
Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 11 races (6 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
Kyle Larson: Las Vegas 3/21 winner – First Hendrick Motorsports win & first of 10 wins last season
Kyle Larson: California winner – Rest of Hendrick Motorsports finished 25th or worse
Tyler Monn (Kyle Larson spotter): Today I made a mistake. I will take full responsibility for what happen on track today.
I was worried more about the 22 and not the 9. It was a late call on me it had nothing to do with Kyle.
Austin Dillon: Finished 2nd at California (Only 1 top 5 last season) – Best finish since 2nd-place in 2020 Southern 500
Erik Jones: Finished 3rd at California – First top 5 since 3rd-place at 2020 Charlotte Roval
Erik Jones: Finished 3rd at California – Started 2nd, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, 18 laps led, avg. running pos.: 4th (best)
Daniel Suarez: Finished 4th at California – First top 5 since 4th-place at 2021 Bristol Dirt Race (Only top 5 last season)
Joey Logano: Finished 5th at California – Started rear of field, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 14 laps led, passed for final lead change
Aric Almirola: Finished 6th at California (9th caution free pass) – 4th straight top 10 finish (Only driver to finish top 10 in first 2 races this season)
Kevin Harvick: Finished 7th at California – Started rear of field, avg. running pos.: 20th
Kurt Busch: Finished 8th at California – Pass through penalty, lap 54 speeding, avg. running pos.: 21st
Daniel Hemric: Finished 9th at California – Started 5th, 10th caution free pass, avg. running pos.: 26th
Tyler Reddick: Finished 24th at California – Stage 1 & 2 winner, 10 times led for 90 laps (most), tire down & crash
Tyler Reddick: 90 Laps led at California – 73 Laps led previous 75 career races
Chase Elliott: Finished 26th at California – Running 2nd on lap 178 & 24th on lap 184
Kyle Busch: 59 Career wins – Winless in February (Only winless month)
Top 6 Auto Club finishers from different teams – Hendrick, Childress, Petty GMS, Trackhouse, Penske, Stewart-Haas
5 Led both races this season – Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson & Joey Logano
3 Failed to finish both races this season – Christopher Bell, Harrison Burton & William Byron
Joey Logano only driver to start rear of field both races this season
Austin Dillon only driver to have speeding penalties both races this season
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Noah Gragson: Only driver to finish top 5 in first 2 races this season
6 Finished top 10 both races this season:
Anthony Alfredo, Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger, Riley Herbst, Noah Gragson & Ryan Sieg
Anthony Alfredo: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
Justin Allgaier: 14 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 16 Straight (2019)
Riley Herbst: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 6 Straight (2020)
Ryan Sieg: 2 Straight top 10 finishes to start season – Started 2020 top 10 finishes in first 3 races
9 Different winners in last 9 races –
Josh Berry, Brandon Brown, AJ Allmendinger, John Hunter Nemechek,
Ty Gibbs, Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric, Austin Hill & Cole Custer
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 6; 2022: 1
Both winners started 2nd this season – Austin Hill Daytona & Cole Custer California