NASCAR Information Sunday, March 31, 2019

2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 2 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr. (Winless)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Busch
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Busch
• Kyle Busch only driver to finish top 10 every race this season
• Best average finish this season: 3.7 Kyle Busch
• Most laps led this season: 538 Brad Keselowski (51 Laps led at this point last season)
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 195 Ryan Blaney (3rd most laps led of all drivers)
• Most races led this season: 6 Joey Logano (No laps led at ISM)
• Most lead changes in a race this season: 26 – Atlanta & Texas
• Denny Hamlin: 2 Wins this season – Winless all last season (2 Wins last 7 races – Winless previous 47 races)
• Kyle Busch: 9 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
• Jimmie Johnson: Finished 5th at Texas – First top 5 finish since 2018 Coca-Cola 600 (308 Days between top 5s)
• Jimmie Johnson: 64 Laps led this season – 40 Laps led all last season
• Kevin Harvick: Winless & 133 laps led this season – 3 Wins & 520 laps led at this point last season
• 4 Different winners in 7 races this season
• Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 10 short track races (5 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
• 4 Different winners last 4 short track races – Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano & Brad Keselowski
• 7 Different pole winners in 7 races this season
• In last 22 races, Brad Keselowski won more than any other driver – 5 Wins
• Joe Gibbs Racing (5) & Team Penske (4) won last 9 races
• Last non-Gibb/Penske win: Stewart-Haas Racing 2018 Texas Playoff race (Kevin Harvick)
• Stewart-Haas Racing: Winless this season – 4 Wins in first 7 races last season
• Stage 2 winner went on to win last 5 races
• Kyle Busch leads all with 4 Stage wins this season
• Ryan Blaney & Kevin Harvick: Winless this season – 2 Stage wins
• Chevrolet: 1 Stage win this season – Atlanta (Larson)
• Brad Keselowski only winner starting outside top 10 this season – Started 19th at Atlanta
• Pole winless last 24 races – Last win from pole: Martin Truex Jr. 2018 Kentucky
• No Toyota poles this season
• Kyle Busch led most laps 3 of last 4 races – 2 Wins
• Jimmie Johnson best Chevrolet finisher at Texas – First time best Chevrolet finisher since Charlotte 5/18
• Clint Bowyer best Ford finisher at Texas – First time best Ford finisher since Michigan 6/18
• At Texas, Stewart-Haas Racing had best Ford finisher for first time this season – Clint Bowyer finished 2nd
• (Team Penske had best Ford previous 6 races this season)
• Chevrolet winless last 11 races – Last win: Chase Elliott Kansas 10/18
• Ryan Preece best Rookie of the Year contender last 3 races
• Youngest winner: Joey Logano – 28
• Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 38
• Denny Hamlin won race with closest & largest margin-of-victory this season (Daytona 500 & Texas March)
• 2 Teams won 7 races this season – Joe Gibbs Racing (4) & Team Penske (3)
• Jimmie Johnson best Hendrick Motorsports finisher in 3 races this season – Daytona 500, ISM March & Texas March
• Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 2 races this season – 2 Wins (Daytona 500 & Texas March)
• Clint Bowyer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & Texas March
• All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 12th or better at Texas – 3 Top 10 finishers
• All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 10 in 3 races this season – Atlanta, Martinsville & Texas
• All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 17th or worse at Texas – Worst performance since finishing 36th or worse at Daytona 7/18
• Hendrick Motorsports had top 5 finishers last 2 races – No top 5 finishers previous 5 races this season
• 2 Winners after receiving pit road speeding penalty this season – Kyle Busch (Auto Club) & Denny Hamlin (Texas March)
• Brad Keselowski won Atlanta after receiving free pass
• Erik Jones received free pass in 2 races this season – Finished 3rd in Daytona 500 & 4th at Texas March
• Daniel Suarez: Finished 3rd at Texas – First top 5 finish with Stewart-Haas Racing
• Erik Jones: 2 Top 5 finishes this season (Daytona 500 & Texas) – 2 Free passes at Daytona & 1 at Texas
• William Byron: Finished 6th at Texas – Tied best career-finish (Pocono 7/18)
• Aric Almirola: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
• Kurt Busch: Finished 12th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
• Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 12th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
• Ryan Blaney: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Finishes of 22nd or worse
• Martin Truex Jr.
• 2018 – An April to Forget
• Date
• Track
• Start
• Finish
• Result
• 4/8
• Texas
• 6th
• 37th
• Crash
• 4/15
• Bristol
• 26th
• 30th
• Crash
• 4/21
• Richmond
• 1st
• 14th
• Running
• 4/29
• Talladega
• 3rd
• 26th
• Crash
• 2019 NASCAR Winners
• Date
• Track
• Series
• Winner
• Manufacturer
• 2/15
• Daytona
• NGOTS
• Austin Hill
• Toyota
• 2/16
• Daytona
• NXS
• Michael Annett
• Chevrolet
• 2/17
• Daytona
• MENCS
• Denny Hamlin
• Toyota
• 2/23
• Atlanta
• NXS
• Christopher Bell
• Toyota
• 2/23
• Atlanta
• NGOTS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 2/24
• Atlanta
• MENCS
• Brad Keselowski
• Ford
• 3/1
• Las Vegas
• NGOTS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/2
• Las Vegas
• NXS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/3
• Las Vegas
• MENCS
• Joey Logano
• Ford
• 3/9
• ISM
• NXS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/10
• ISM
• MENCS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/16
• Auto Club
• NXS
• Cole Custer
• Ford
• 3/17
• Auto Club
• MENCS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/23
• Martinsville
• NGOTS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/24
• Martinsville
• MENCS
• Brad Keselowski
• Ford
• 3/29
• Texas
• MGOTS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/30
• Texas
• NXS
• Kyle Busch
• Toyota
• 3/31
• Texas
• MENCS
• Denny Hamlin
• Toyota
• 2019 NASCAR
• Winners
• Kyle Busch
• 9
• Denny Hamlin
• 2
• Brad Keselowski
• 2
• Michael Annett
• 1
• Christopher Bell
• 1
• Cole Custer
• 1
• Austin Hill
• 1
• Joey Logano
• 1
• 2019 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch (Only driver with multiple wins)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Busch (3 Wins)
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Tyler Reddick
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Tyler Reddick
• Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 6.2 Tyler Reddick
• Most laps led this season: 349 Christopher Bell
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 104 Tyler Reddick
• Christopher Bell is only driver to lead laps every race this season
• Season-high 9 cautions at Texas March – 6 For spins & crashes
• *Bristol 4/18: 12 Cautions – 8 For spins & crashes including 9 drivers on lap 5 & 7 drivers on lap 101
• Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 8 short track races (3 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
• Tyler Reddick: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2017-’18)
• Tyler Reddick: 4 Top 5 finishes in 6 races this season – 4th top 5 finish last season came in 25th race
• Christopher Bell: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 5 finishes (Lap 48 pit road speeding at Texas)
• Chase Briscoe: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak (4 Top 10 finishes in 17 races last season)
• Michael Annett: Finished 13th or better every race this season – 4 Top 10 finishes in 6 races
• Justin Haley: Finished 12th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
• Ryan Sieg: Finished 11th or better every race this season – 4 Top 10 finishes in 6 races
• Ryan Sieg: Tied or had best-ever finish at last 5 tracks – Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Auto Club & *Texas (Tied)
• Cole Custer: Worst finish last 37 races: 34th – Texas March (Crash)
• 4 Different winners in 6 races this season – Kyle Busch only repeat winner
• Christopher Bell won 2 of last 3 poles
• Tyler Reddick started top 3 all 4 races with qualifying – 2 Poles
• Christopher Bell leads all with 4 Stage wins this season – 1 Race win (Atlanta)
• Christopher Bell only driver to win race after winning Stage this season – Atlanta Stage 1 & 2 winner
• Christopher Bell passed for final lead change last 2 races
• 4 of 6 races this season won by drivers who qualified 3rd
• No winner from pole last 12 races – Last: Christopher Bell at Richmond 9/18
• Stewart-Haas Racing best Ford last 5 races
• Chase Briscoe best Rookie finisher last 3 races – Finished 6th (ISM), 5th (Auto Club) & 4th (Texas)
• Best JR Motorsports team last 3 races: #8 – Truex (2nd at ISM), Preece (8th at Auto Club) & Burton (5th at Texas)