NASCAR Information Sunday, July 9, 2017

2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 3 Jimmie Johnson & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Kyle Larson (2 Wins)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Brad Keselowski
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 12 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most poles this season: 3 Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
• Most front-row starts this season: 5 Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most top 12 starts this season: 16 Jamie McMurray
• Best average start this season: 7.9 Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led this season: 1115 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led by a winless driver this season: 858 Kyle Busch (2nd most laps led this season)
• Most races led this season: 13 Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr.
• Kurt Busch failed to finish 3 of last 6 races
• Kasey Kahne failed to finish 5 of last 7 races – All due to crashes
• Brad Keselowski failed to finish 4 of last 7 races – All due to crashes
• 11 Different winners in 18 races this season
• 7 Different winners from 7 different teams in last 7 races this season
• Martin Truex Jr. is only repeat winner in last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
• Martin Truex Jr.: Last 4 wins came from top 3 starting position
• Martin Truex Jr.: 10 Career wins – 9 Different tracks (Dover only multiple-win track – 2 Wins)
• Martin Truex Jr.: 10 Career wins – 8 Wins last 3 seasons (2 Wins previous 9 full-time seasons)
• Martin Truex Jr.: Last 9 wins all on different tracks
• Martin Truex Jr.: Only Toyota winner this season – 3 Wins
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 13 Stage wins (28 Playoff points – Leader) – 3 Race wins
• Martin Truex Jr. only driver to sweep every Stage in MENCS race – 2017 Las Vegas & 2017 Kentucky
• Last to win consecutive races: Jimmie Johnson (Texas 4/17 & Bristol 4/17)
• Martin Truex Jr. never won back-to-back races
• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 4 of last 8 races (683 Laps led in 7 of last 8 races) – 2 Wins (Kansas May & Kentucky)
• Martin Truex Jr. passed 1000 laps led this season at Kentucky – 2nd straight season with 1000+ laps led
• Martin Truex Jr. best Toyota finisher 6 races this season – 3 Wins
• Furniture Row Racing: 9 Wins – 8 By Martin Truex Jr.
• Stage 1 winner went on to win race 3 times – Martin Truex Jr. (Las Vegas & Kentucky) & Kyle Larson (Auto Club)
• Stage 2 winner went on to win race twice – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kentucky
• Martin Truex Jr.: Stage 1 winner 4 of last 6 races – 1 Win (Kentucky)
• 6 Won Stage 1 & Stage 2 – Twice went on to win race (Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kentucky)
• 14 Drivers won since Kyle Busch’s last win (2016 Indianapolis) – 34-Race winless streak
• *Career longest winless streak: 35 Races (Ended 2015 Sonoma)
• Kyle Busch: 3 Wins after 18 races last season – Winless this season
• Kyle Busch: 4 Stage wins this season (All Stage 1) – Stage 1 winner in 3 of last 8 races (Winless this season)
• Kyle Busch winless this season – Led with 10 to go in 3 races (Phoenix March, Talladega May & Pocono June)
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 races this season
• Kyle Busch failed to win last 5 races after he led most laps –
• Bristol 8/16, Phoenix March, Martinsville April, Talladega May & Pocono June
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 4 races this season
• Kyle Larson best Chevrolet finisher 7 races this season including Kentucky
• Jimmie Johnson: 3 Wins this season – 1 Stage win (Sonoma Stage 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 4 races this season – Most of all drivers
• Last 8 Hendrick Motorsports wins all by Jimmie Johnson
• Jimmie Johnson led 18 or fewer laps 3 of last 4 wins
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season:
• Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April & Dover June) & Joey Logano (Richmond April)
• 11 Drivers won Stages this season –
• 4 Have yet to win a race (Kyle Busch, Elliott, Hamlin & Kenseth)
• Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch, Hamlin & Kenseth winless this season – Winners after 18 races last season
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 10 of 18 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 5 of 18 races this season – Martin Truex Jr. 3 & 2 Kyle Larson 2
• Joe Gibbs Racing driver led most laps 5 of last 15 races – Winless
• 4 Winners this season have led a total of 91 laps – Stenhouse Jr. 39, Newman 37, A. Dillon 9 & Kurt Busch 6
• 10 To go leader failed to win 9 races this season – 3 of last 6 times Kyle Busch was leading with 10 to go
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega May
• Joey Logano best Ford finisher 5 races this season including Kentucky
• Ford: 8 Wins in 18 races this season – 8 Wins all of last season (Only 5 wins at this point last season)
• Toyota: Only 3 wins this season – All by Martin Truex Jr. (8 Wins after 18 races last season)
• Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless this season – 7 Wins after 18 races last season
• Joe Gibbs Racing previous longest winless streak from start of season: Won 1997 season-finale at Atlanta – Bobby Labonte
• Erik Jones best Rookie finisher 5 of last 7 races
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
• 6 Overtime races this season – Phoenix March, Auto Club, Talladega May, Dover June, Daytona July & Kentucky
• Youngest winner: Ryan Blaney – 23
• 11 Wins this season by drivers 33-years-old or older
• 4 Different winners from 4 different teams & 3 different manufacturers in 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
• Martin Truex Jr. won 3 of 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Finished 8th or better all 6
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .095 Seconds – Talladega May (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. over Jamie McMurray)
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took lead for last time on final lap at Talladega May & with 2 laps to go at Daytona July
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2 Overtime races this season – Talladega May & Daytona July
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2 of the 3 closest races this season – Talladega May & Daytona July
• 8 Different teams won this season – Joe Gibbs Racing winless
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless first 18 races this season – 12 Wins all of last season (Led all teams)
• Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races
• Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 3 of last 5 races
• 3 Won first career race this season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega, Austin Dillon Charlotte & Ryan Blaney Pocono
• 5 Winners this season were winless after 18 races last season –
• Blaney, A. Dillon, Larson, Newman & Stenhouse Jr.
• 3 Wins from pole this season: Kyle Larson Auto Club & Michigan June and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega May
• Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing) & Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing) won races from 22nd starting position
• Ryan Newman ended 127-race winless streak this season (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)
• Last 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
• 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: 3 Kyle Larson
• 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: 7 Ryan Blaney (Every race) & Elliott Sadler
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 Elliott Sadler
• Best average finish this season: 2.3 Ryan Blaney
• Most laps led this season: 416 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 7 Justin Allgaier & Kyle Larson
• 11 Different winners in 16 races this season
• William Byron best Xfinity Series regular last 4 races – Longest streak this season
• William Byron best Rookie of the Year contender last 4 races
• 1 Rookie of the Year contender won this season – William Byron at Iowa June & Daytona June
• William Byron best JR Motorsports finisher last 4 races
• 7 Won first pole this season – Bell, Benjamin, Byron, Hemric, B. Jones, Koch & Poole
• 16 Won Stages this season – 8 Winless in races
• Brad Keselowski leads all with 5 Stage wins – 1 Win (Pocono)
• Elliott Sadler leads NXS regulars with 4 Stage wins (3 at Daytona) – Winless
• 4 Won Stage 1 & went on to win race this season – E. Jones Texas, Almirola Talladega, Larson Dover & Keselowski Pocono
• 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
• Last NXS & MENCS weekend sweep: 2017 Auto Club – Kyle Larson
• Pole failed to finish 3 races this season – B. Jones (Daytona Feb.), Logano (Texas April) & Koch (Talladega)
• Ryan Reed (65 Races) & Justin Allgaier (80 Races) ended long winless streaks this season
• Kyle Larson won 3 of his last 5 races
• Brad Keselowski ended 20-race winless streak at 2017 Pocono
• 2 Winners from rear of field this season: Ryan Blaney (Charlotte May) & William Byron (Daytona June)
• Erik Jones passed for final lead change 3 times this season including Kentucky July
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change twice this season – Atlanta & Pocono
• #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 including 6 of last 9
• 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 10 of 16 races this season
• Team Penske #12 won 4 of last 6 races competed
• Toyota: 2 Wins last 4 races – Winless previous 5 races
• 3 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb., Richmond April & Daytona June
• Youngest winner: William Byron – 19
• Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 36
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Michigan .012 seconds (Denny Hamlin over William Byron)