NASCAR Information Sunday, March 13, 2022

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON

Phoenix

Chase Briscoe

Phoenix 3/22 winner – Started 6th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, 101 laps led including final 24, avg. running pos.: 4.7, only 2 laps outside top 10

Winner pit stops: Chase Briscoe (6 Stops) Lap 28, 64, 121, 189, 225, 288

Chase Briscoe: 19 of first 229 laps led – 82 of final 83 laps led

Longest green flag run: 61 Laps (126-186)

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (1st & 4th), Chase Elliott (3rd & 2nd)

Speeding:

Blaney (4th), Kyle Busch (7th), Suarez (9th), Hamlin (13th), McDowell (27th), Stenhouse Jr. (28th), McLeod (33rd), LaJoie (36th)

Best free pass finisher: Ty Dillon (15th)

Rear of field: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (28th), Harrison Burton (29th), Kyle Larson (34th)

Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott (11th)

Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (7th)

Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe (1st)

Best Penske: Ryan Blaney (4th)

Phoenix

Winner Chase Briscoe – Best previous Phoenix finish: 22nd

2nd-Place Ross Chastain – Best previous Phoenix finish: 14th

3rd-Place Tyler Reddick – Best previous Phoenix finish: 19th

4th-Place Ryan Blaney – 4th Straight Phoenix top 10 finish (Finished 4th last 2 Phoenix races)

5th-Place Kurt Busch – First top 5 finish last 11 Phoenix races

6th-Place Kevin Harvick – Record-tying 18th straight Phoenix top 10 finish

7 Different winners last 7 Phoenix races

First Phoenix win last 4 winners – Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson & Chase Briscoe

Stewart-Haas Racing: 7 Phoenix wins – Most of all tracks

23 Won first race of the season at Phoenix

NASCAR CUP SERIES PHOENIX FIRST CAREER WIN

		Career Race	Age	Team
11/88	Alan Kulwicki	85th	33	AK Racing
10/96	Bobby Hamilton	167th	39	Petty Enterprises
3/22	Chase Briscoe	40th	27	Stewart-Haas Racing

Most top 10 finishes this season: 3 Aric Almirola & Kyle Busch

Best average finish this season: 7.3 Aric Almirola

Most laps led this season: 190 Ryan Blaney

All 4 races led this season: Ryan Blaney, William Byron & Kyle Larson

4 Finished top 20 every race this season: Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch & Ty Dillon

3 Completed every lap this season: Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch & Ty Dillon

16 Finished top 5 this season – 26 Finished top 10 this season – 25 Led this season

Chase Briscoe: 2 Top 5 finishes last 4 races – No top 5 finishes last season

Ross Chastain: 5 Career top 5 finishes – 2 Straight top 3 finishes

Tyler Reddick: 7 Career top 5 finishes – 4 Top 3 finishes (3 2nd-place finishes)

Ryan Blaney: 2 Top 15 finishes in 4 races this season – Finished 4th in Daytona 500 & 4th at Phoenix

Kyle Larson: Failed to finish 2 races this season (Daytona 500 & Phoenix) – Failed to finish 2 races all last season)

4 Different winners in 4 races this season – 7 Different winners in first 7 races last season

Kyle Larson is only driver to have a win in first 4 races this season & last season

Top 6 Phoenix finishers tied or had their best finish this season

4 Different pole winners in 4 races this season

William Byron: Finished 18th or worse all 6 races after winning Stage 1

Ryan Blaney: 12 Stage 2 wins – Only 1 win after winning Stage 2 (2018 Charlotte Roval)

3 Drivers won races this season without winning Stage 1 & 2 in any race – Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Kyle Larson

Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21

First career win for 2 this season – Austin Cindric (Daytona 500) & Chase Briscoe (Phoenix)

3 Won first career race last season – Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell & Bubba Wallace

2022 Winner Odds – Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1

Chase Briscoe: 101 Laps led at Phoenix March – 38 Laps led in previous 39 career races

Chase Briscoe: 121 Laps led this season (2nd most) – 18 Laps led all last season

Stewart-Haas Racing: Only 18 laps led first 9 races last season – All in Daytona 500

Ryan Blaney: 143 Laps led at Phoenix March – Winless in 9 races leading 100 or more laps

Ryan Blaney: Most laps led in 8 career races – Only 2 wins (Talladega 10/19 & Talladega 6/20)

4 Different drivers best Ford finisher in 4 races this season – Cindric, Logano, Almirola & Briscoe

Kurt Busch: Best Toyota finisher 2 of last 3 races

Toyota winless last 9 races – Last win: Bubba Wallace at Talladega 10/4/21

Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23

Oldest winner: Kyle Larson – 29

No Hendrick finisher in top 10 at Phoenix

Kyle Busch: Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 of 4 races this season

Kevin Harvick hasn’t been best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last 6 races

John Klausmeier: 3 Wins with 3 drivers (Kurt Busch, Almirola & Briscoe) & 3 car numbers (41, 10 & 14)

Top 5 Phoenix finishers all different teams – Stewart-Haas, Trackhouse, Childress, Penske & 23XI

Stewart-Haas Racing: 1 Win last season (New Hampshire)

Trackhouse Racing: 4 Top 5 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes last 3 races

Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless last 10 races – Longest streak since 2017

Joe Gibbs Racing: No laps led at Phoenix – Only 1 top 10 finisher (Kyle Busch 7th)

Hendrick Motorsports won last 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks

Most consecutive top 10 finishes at a track:

18 Dale Earnhardt (N. Wilkesboro), Kevin Harvick Phoenix & Richard Petty (N. Wilkesboro)

NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS LAST 10 RACES WON BY DRIVERS UNDER 30-YEARS-OLD
RACE	AGE	WINNER	TEAM	CAR
Talladega	27	Bubba Wallace	23XI	Toyota
Charlotte Roval	29	Kyle Larson	HMS	Chevrolet
Texas	29	Kyle Larson	HMS	Chevrolet
Kansas	29	Kyle Larson	HMS	Chevrolet
Martinsville	28	Alex Bowman	HMS	Chevrolet
Phoenix	29	Kyle Larson	HMS	Chevrolet
Daytona	23	Austin Cindric	TP	Ford
California	29	Kyle Larson	HMS	Chevrolet
Las Vegas	28	Alex Bowman	HMS	Chevrolet
Phoenix	27	Chase Briscoe	SHR	Ford

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON

4 Different winners in 4 races this season

5 Different winners in last 5 races –

Daniel Hemric, Austin Hill, Cole Custer, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson

Noah Gragson only repeat winner last 6 races (2 Wins) – 4 Others 1 win each

Noah Gragson best JR Motorsports finisher all 4 races this season

Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21

3 Different pole winners in 4 races this season

3 of 4 races won from 2nd starting position this season

Stage 1 winner failed to win all 4 races this season

Brandon Jones passed for final lead change at Phoenix – Finished 2nd

#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won 6 of last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ty Gibbs 3, Kyle Busch 2 & John Hunter Nemechek 1

Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19

Oldest winner: Austin Hill – 27

Luke Lambert: 5 Career wins as crew chief – First & 5th career win at Phoenix (Sadler & Gragson)

AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher 3 of 4 races this season