NASCAR Richmond Sunday, July 21, 2024
Richmond NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Richmond 3/24
Denny Hamlin
Richmond 3/24 winner – Started 11th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 17 laps led including final 7, avg. running pos.: 8.2
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin – 8 Stops 41, 74, 122 (G), 172, 235, 287 (G), 345 (G), 401
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 3rd
Stage 2 winner: Martin Truex Jr. 4th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 4th, Martin Truex Jr. 4th & 1st, Joey Logano 5th & 3rd
Most points scored: 51 Kyle Larson 3rd
Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 4th
Winner final laps led: Denny Hamlin 7
Lead changes: 16
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: None
Longest green run: 159 Laps (Lap 241-399)
Best free pass finisher: Erik Jones 14th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Christopher Bell 6th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 3rd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Josh Berry 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd
Richmond 7/23
Chris Buescher
Richmond 7/23 winner – Started 26th, finished 17th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 88 of final 96 laps led
Winner pit stops: Chris Buescher – 7 Stops 74, 122 (G), 173 (G), 234, 284 (G), 339 (G), 393
Stage 1 winner: Tyler Reddick 16th
Stage 2 winner: Brad Keselowski 6th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin 3rd & 4th
Most points scored: 49 Chris Buescher & Denny Hamlin
Passed for final lead change: Denny Hamlin
Winner final laps led: Chris Buescher 7
Cautions: 3
Failed to finish – None (First time since 2018 Miami)
Longest green run: 153 Laps (79-231)
Best free pass finisher: Ryan Blaney 14th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Christopher Bell 20th
Best starting rear of field finisher: AJ Allmendinger 27th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 13th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 5th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 4th
54 Different winners in 135 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 8 Richmond races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1-win each
Denny Hamlin: 5 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (2 Mike Ford, 2 Chris Gabehart & 1 Mike Wheeler)
Kyle Busch: 6 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (3 Dave Rogers, 2 Adam Stevens & 1 Steve Addington)
Leader of most laps failed to win last 7 Richmond races
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 6 Richmond race – Only 1 win
Winner took lead for first time on lap 305 or later in 4 of last 5 Richmond races
Stage 1 winner only won Richmond once – Martin Truex Jr. 9/19
Stage 2 winner only won Richmond once – Brad Keselowski 2020
Martin Truex Jr. Stage 2 winner in 4 Richmond races – Failed to win all 4
Mid-race leader failed to win last 15 Richmond races
1 of 135 Richmond races settled by last lap pass (4/16) – Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch
5 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond –
Neil Bonnett, James Hylton, Kasey Kahne Kyle Petty & Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing: 19 Richmond wins – 10 Different crew chiefs
Joe Gibbs Racing won 10 of last 17 Richmond races with 5 different drivers –
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 19, Hendrick 12, Childress 9, Penske 9, RFK 6, Stewart-Haas 2
Richmond pit road speeding penalties:
4/17: 4; 9/17: 3; 4/18: 5; 9/18: 4; 4/19: 3; 9/19: 6; 2020: 5; 4/21: 2; 9/21: 9; 4/22: 2; 8/22: 5; 4/23: 5; 7/23: 2; 3/24: 4
Richmond commitment line violations:
4/17: 6; 9/17: 0; 4/18: 3; 9/18: 3; 4/19: 1; 9/19: 1; 2020: 4; 4/21: 1; 9/21: 2; 4/22: 0; 8/22: 1; 4/23: 0; 7/23: 2; 3/24: 0
HISTORIC RICHMOND
4/30/67: 54th career win for Richard Petty tied father for first all-time in victories (55th win came at Darlington 5/13/67)
3/1/70: After a record 12 2nd-place finishes – James Hylton won for the first time
2/25/73: Richard Petty won for the 150th time in 600th career race
9/9/73: Lap 4 14-car pileup which blocked the track
9/9/73: Richard Petty’s 7th straight Richmond win – Petty won 9 of 10 Richmond races from 9/70 through 2/75
2/23/75: Largest Richmond margin-of-victory: 6 Laps – Richard Petty over Lennie Pond
10/12/75: Darrell Waltrip came from 3 laps behind to win Richmond
9/12/76: Cale Yarborough’s first of 4 straight wins (Richmond, Dover, Martinsville & North Wilkesboro)
2/21/82: Dave Marcis won in 400th career race
2/26/84: 2 Weeks after vicious Busch Clash crash, Ricky Rudd won Richmond
2/21/88: Neil Bonnett won final race on Richmond half-mile
9/11/88: Davey Allison won first race on Richmond three-quarter mile
3/26/89: Richard Petty’s consecutive race streak ends when he fails to qualify – 513 Races from 1971-‘89
2/25/90: Low temperature 19 degrees / High temperature: 34 degrees
9/7/91: 51-Year-old Harry Gant 2nd of 4 straight wins (Darlington, Richmond, Dover & Martinsville)
3/8/92: Bill Elliott’s 2nd of 4 straight wins (Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta & Darlington)
3/7/93: Final win for Davey Allison
9/11/99: Joe Gibbs Racing first 1-2 finish – Tony Stewart (Winner) & Bobby Labonte (2nd)
5/14/05: After 6 2nd-place finishes – Kasey Kahne won for the first time
9/10/05: Roush first 1-2-3 finish – Kurt Busch (Winner), Matt Kenseth (2nd) & Greg Biffle (3rd)
5/6/06: Dale Earnhardt Jr. last win in #8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet
5/2/09: Kyle Busch won on birthday
4/30/17: Joey Logano won in 300th career race
4/21/18: Kyle Busch won 3rd straight win (Texas, Bristol & Richmond)
9/22/18: Kyle Busch 50th career win
4/13/19: Martin Truex Jr. 20th career win, 1st short track win in 81st try, 1st Richmond win in 27th try
8/14/22: Kevin Harvick 60th & final career win
4/2/23: Kyle Larson won driving for Hendrick Motorsports on Ricky Hendrick birthday