NASCAR Information Sunday, May 15, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Winning late in career:
R. Petty 200th win came in 944th race; J. Gordon final win in 794th race; T. Labonte in 770th &
Kurt Busch most recent win in 769th race
Kansas
Kurt Busch
Kansas winner – Started 5th, finished 12th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 5 times led for 116 laps (most)
Winner pit stops: Kurt Busch (7 Stops) 36, 64, 83, 125 (Green), 168, 198, 231
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Busch 1st & 2nd; Chase Elliott 3rd & 5th
Best free pass finisher: Martin Truex Jr. 6th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 15th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 11th
Top 3 Kansas finishers all champion drivers
Kurt Busch won Kansas for first time in 33rd try (5/22) – Most of all drivers (Previous: Martin Truex Jr. in 18th try)
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Kansas races
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron & Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 9 Kyle Busch & Chase Elliott
Best average finish: 10.8 Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 569 William Byron
Most races led: 11 Ryan Blaney (No laps led on Bristol Dirt & Darlington)
Most wins by a team: 5 Hendrick Motorsports
1-Ross Chastain: 8 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2021)
5-Kyle Larson: 17 Career wins – 30 Career 2nd-place finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 200 Career top 5 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 1 Top 15 finish last 6 races – Finished 4th at Kansas
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Top 3 finishes last 5 races – 144 Laps led last 5 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 6th at Kansas – 2 Pit road speeding penalties & 7th caution free pass
20-Christopher Bell: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
23-Bubba Wallace: Finished 10th at Kansas – Lap 83 over-the-wall too soon penalty & lap 198 uncontrolled tire
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
48-Alex Bowman: Finished 9th at Kansas – 5th caution free pass
11 Different winners in 13 races this season – William Byron & Ross Chastain only drivers with multiple wins this season
7 Different winners last 7 races –
Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano & Kurt Busch
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
3 Different winners in 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – All with last names that start with ‘B’
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March) & Kurt Busch (Kansas May)
25 of 33 NASCAR Cup Series races won by NASCAR Cup Series champions – 12 Champions
8 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell & Ryan Blaney lead all with 3 pole wins
Ryan Blaney: 4 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – Winless
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
1 Winner from pole this season – Joey Logano (Darlington May)
Last 3 winners are champion drivers and ended winless streaks of 26 races or longer
2022 Winner Odds –
Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1; Chastain 28-1; Hamlin 12-1
Byron 15-2; Kyle Busch 14-1; Ross Chastain 25-1; Chase Elliott 6-1; Logano 7-1; Kurt Busch 20-1
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change at Las Vegas with 3 to go & Kansas with 9 to go
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 10 of 13 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 6 of 13 races this season
Kansas laps led – Toyota: 171 (64%) – 3 Drivers; Chevrolet 95 – 6 Drivers; Ford 1
Hendrick Motorsports won 4 of last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kurt Busch – 43
Joe Gibbs Racing finished 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th at Kansas