NASCAR Information Sunday, March 6, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Las Vegas
Alex Bowman
Las Vegas 3/22 winner – Started 13th, Stage 1 winner & finished 19th in Stage 2, 16 laps led including final 3, avg. running pos.: 6.6
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (9 Stops) Lap 32, 65, 83, 106, 136, 138, 168, 218 (Green), 267
Longest green flag run: 47 Laps (175-221)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (2nd & 4th), Ross Chastain (3rd & 1st), Chase Elliott (5th & 2nd)
Speeding: Kyle Larson (2nd), Chris Buescher (18th), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (21st), Michael McDowell (27th), Chase Briscoe (35th)
Best free pass finisher: William Byron (5th)
Rear of field: Kyle Busch (4th), Tyler Reddick (7th), Daniel Hemric (22nd), Cole Custer (33rd)
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman (Winner)
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (4th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola (6th)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (14th)
Alex Bowman: 7 Career wins – 7 Different tracks (California, Chicago, Dover, Las Vegas, Martinsville, Pocono & Richmond)
Alex Bowman: 5 Wins last 31 races – Winless previous 41 races
Alex Bowman final laps led last 3 wins: 1 at Pocono, 8 at Martinsville & 3 at Las Vegas
Kyle Larson only driver with multiple top 5 finishes this season – California winner & finished 2nd at Las Vegas
Kyle Larson only driver to finish top 10 in Stage 1 & 2 all 3 races this season
Kyle Larson: 18 Top 2 finishes last 36 races (50%) – 11 Wins & 7 2nd-place finishes
Aric Almirola only driver to finish top 10 all 3 races this season – Average finish: 5.7
Aric Almirola:
Finished 6th or better last 5 races – Longest current top 10 finish streak
Finished top 10 in first 3 races this season – No top 10 finishes first 8 races last season
(Only 2 top 10 finishes in first 21 races last season)
Ryan Blaney, William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to lead all 3 races this season
Tyler Reddick led most laps this season (90)
Tyler Reddick: Finished 7th at Las Vegas – Started rear of field & lap 64 spin
Denny Hamlin failed to finish 2 of 3 races this season – Running at finish every race last season
Ross Chastain: 83 Laps led at Las Vegas (Most) – 75 Laps led previous 117 career races
Kyle Busch: Finished 4th at Las Vegas – Led 40 of final 48 laps (Started rear of field & lap 43 spin)
William Byron:
Finished 5th at Las Vegas (11th caution free pass) – Finished 38th in Daytona 500 & 34th at California (Failed to finish each race)
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 8th at Las Vegas – Lap 65 equipment interference penalty
Christopher Bell: Finished 10th at Las Vegas – Pole, first 32 laps led, lap 142 spin & 10th caution free pass
3 Different winners in 3 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 Las Vegas races –
Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin & Alex Bowman
Most wins in last 31 races: Kyle Larson (10), Alex Bowman (5), 5 with 2 wins each & 6 with 1 win each
3 Different pole winners in 3 races this season
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 3 races this season
Final lead change with 8 or fewer laps to go all 3 races this season
Winner led 28 or fewer laps all 3 races this season
2 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500 & Las Vegas March
Hendrick Motorsports won last 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks
Hendrick Motorsports won 7 of last 8 races
All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 9th or better at Las Vegas
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 51 races
Hendrick Motorsports tied Roush for most Las Vegas wins all-time with 7th victory
Trackhouse Racing: 3 Top 5 finishes – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
12 Cautions most in last 7 Las Vegas races
60 Caution laps 2nd most all-time at Las Vegas – Record: 66 (2009)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Ty Gibbs
19 Years old: 5 Career wins – 2 Wins last 5 races
3 Wins in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks
Only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
Led only final 6 laps winning Las Vegas
Chris Gayle: 31 Career wins as crew chief
Noah Gragson:
Only driver to finish top 5 all 3 races this season – Finished top 3 all 3 races
89 Laps led this season – Leads all drivers
Passed for final lead change last 2 races this season
Best JR Motorsports finisher all 3 races this season
Justin Allgaier:
Led most laps at Las Vegas (62) – Finished 5th
Led most laps last 2 Las Vegas races – Finished 2nd & 5th
267 Las Vegas laps led – Most of winless drivers
3 Finished top 10 all 3 races this season: Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger & Noah Gragson
3 Led all 3 races this season: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
3 Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2 all 3 races this season: Ty Gibbs, Daniel Hemric & Sam Mayer
Anthony Alfredo, Jeb Burton & Sheldon Creed finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2 all 3 races this season
3 Different winners in 3 races this season
5 Different winners in last 5 races –
Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric, Austin Hill, Cole Custer & Ty Gibbs
2 Different pole winners in 3 races this season – All 3 poles Kaulig Racing
Stage 1 winner failed to win all 3 races this season
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21 (Ty Gibbs won Las Vegas)
All 3 manufacturers won this season
#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
1 Disqualified this season –
Joe Graf Jr. (Las Vegas March) – Finished 38th (Original finish: 29th)
Last 3 Las Vegas winners didn’t lead for first time until lap 139 or later
Most Las Vegas caution laps: 65 (3/22)