NASCAR Miami Sunday, October 16, 2022
MIAMI NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
34th of 36 races this season – 8th race of Playoffs – 3 Races remaining this season
2021 MIAMI
Winner pit stops: William Byron (6 Stops) 27, 68, 83, 121 (Green), 156, 201
Longest green flag run: 67 Laps (88-154) – 60 Lap green-flag run to finish (208-267)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (4th & 1st), Martin Truex Jr. (3rd & 4th)
Speeding: Denny Hamlin 11th, Josh Bilicki 33rd
Rear of field: Alex Bowman 9th, Denny Hamlin 11th, Corey LaJoie 36th, James Davison 37th
Best HMS: William Byron 1st
Best JGR: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 5th
15 Different winners in 23 NASCAR Cup Series Homestead-Miami races
11 Different winners in 16 Homestead-Miami Playoff races
Homestead-Miami season finale 2002-‘19
First Homestead-Miami race on current configuration: 2003
6 Different winners last 6 Homestead-Miami races –
Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & William Byron
Bill Elliott (2001), Denny Hamlin (2013) & William Byron (2021) scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami
Jimmie Johnson won first Homestead-Miami race in 16th try (2016) – Most of all drivers
Tony Stewart only driver to win in first try (1999) – Also won in 2nd try (2000)
Denny Hamlin started first 6 of last 7 Homestead-Miami races (Started 1st last 5) – 2019, ’20 & ‘21 No qualifying
Driver starting first won only 1 of last 19 Homestead-Miami races – Denny Hamlin (2020)
3 Won Homestead-Miami from first starting position – Bill Elliott 2001, Kurt Busch 2002 & Denny Hamlin 2020
2 Won consecutive Homestead-Miami races – Greg Biffle only driver to win 3 straight (2004, ’05 & ’06)
Most laps led in a Homestead-Miami race: 214 – Matt Kenseth (2007)
1 Homestead-Miami race settled by last lap pass (2003) – Bobby Labonte passed Bill Elliott
Bobby Labonte led only final lap 2003 Homestead-Miami
Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last Homestead-Miami race – Finished 3rd
Tony Stewart only Rookie of the Year contender to win Homestead-Miami (1999)
Stage 2 winner won last 3 Homestead-Miami races
Homestead-Miami winner finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 all 5 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Homestead-Miami wins – 2012 Jeff Gordon, 2016 Jimmie Johnson & 2021 William Byron
Joe Gibbs Racing: 8 Homestead-Miami wins – 4 Different drivers (Kyle Busch, Hamlin, B. Labonte & Stewart)
Team Penske: 1 Homestead-Miami win – 2018 Joey Logano
Richard Childress Racing winless at Homestead-Miami
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing winless last 11 Homestead-Miami races – 7 Wins previous 9 races
Ford leads all manufacturers with 8 Homestead-Miami wins – 1 Win last 11 races (2018)
Chevrolet: 6 Homestead-Miami wins
Toyota: 6 Homestead-Miami wins – All in last 13 races
MIAMI NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
21 Different winners in 28 NASCAR Xfinity Series Homestead-Miami races
Homestead-Miami season finale 1995-‘19
5 Homestead-Miami wins from first starting position
Matt Kenseth won first Homestead-Miami race in 9th try – Most of all drivers
Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon & Dale Jarrett won Homestead-Miami in first try
Worst start position of Homestead-Miami winner: 30th – Jeff Burton 2007
Kyle Busch (2009), Daniel Suarez (2016) & Tyler Reddick (2018 & ‘19) won Homestead-Miami & championship in same year
2 Homestead-Miami NASCAR Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
Kyle Busch (2009 & ’10) & Tyler Reddick (2018 & ‘19) only drivers to win consecutive Homestead-Miami races
Most laps led in a Homestead-Miami race: 182 – Cole Custer (2017)
Final lead change with 2 laps to go last 3 Homestead-Miami races
Jeff Burton led only final lap 1998 Homestead-Miami
Homestead-Miami winner took lead for final time with 7 or fewer laps remaining 14 times
9 Scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami
5 Won first career race at Homestead-Miami – Lepage, Kahne, Smith, Custer & Snider
Cole Custer (2017), Tyler Reddick (2018) & Harrison Burton (6/13/20) only Rookie of the Year contenders to win Homestead-Miami
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win last 5 Homestead-Miami races
4 Led first lap & won Homestead-Miami – Ryan Newman 2005, Brad Keselowski 2011, Daniel Suarez 2016 & Tyler Reddick 2019