NASCAR Indianapolis Sunday, September 1, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES INDIANAPOLIS STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Indianapolis wins: 5 Jeff Gordon
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• Most Indianapolis wins active: 4 Jimmie Johnson
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• Most Indianapolis top 10 finishes active: 12 Kevin Harvick
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• Best Indianapolis average finish: 9.4 Kevin Harvick
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• Most Indianapolis laps led active: 324 Kyle Busch (2nd all-time to Jeff Gordon – 528)
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• 15 Different winners in 25 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Indianapolis races
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• 2018 Indianapolis finish:
• Stewart-Haas Racing – Kevin Harvick 4th, Clint Bowyer 5th, Kurt Busch 6th & Aric Almirola 23rd
• Joe Gibbs Racing – Erik Jones 2nd, Denny Hamlin 3rd, Kyle Busch 8th & Daniel Suarez 18th
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• Joe Gibbs Racing won 2019 Daytona 500 (Hamlin), 2019 Coca-Cola 600 (Truex Jr.) & 2019 Southern 500 (Jones)
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• 5 Won multiple Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Indianapolis races
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• Indianapolis winner followed with win in next race 4 times including Brad Keselowski in 2018
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• Jimmie Johnson (2008 & ’09) & Kyle Busch (2015 & ’16) only drivers to win consecutive Indianapolis races
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• Kasey Kahne only driver not to defend previous Indianapolis win (2017 winner & did not race in 2018)
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• Clint Bowyer won Stage 1 last Indianapolis race – Finished 5th
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• Matt Kenseth won Stage 2 last Indianapolis race – Finished 12tth
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• Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win 2017 & ’18 Indianapolis
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• Indianapolis winner went on to win championship 9 of last 21 seasons (43%)
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• 4 Won Indianapolis from pole – Kevin Harvick (2003), Jimmie Johnson (2008), Ryan Newman (2013) & Kyle Busch (2016)
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• Most laps led from start of Indianapolis race: 71 – Kyle Busch (2017)
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• Most laps led by Indianapolis pole: 149 – Kyle Busch (2016)
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• Kyle Busch started first last 3 Indianapolis races – 2016 Winner
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• Jeff Gordon leads all with 3 Indianapolis poles
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• 1 Driver won first career pole at Indianapolis – Reed Sorenson 2007
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• Worst starting position of Indianapolis winner: 27th – Jeff Gordon (2001)
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• Drivers starting in top 5 won 12 of 25 Indianapolis races
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• Latest point winner took lead for first time: Lap 159 – Brad Keselowski (2018)
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• Denny Hamlin passed for final lead change 2 Indianapolis races including last year
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• Final lead change with 2 laps to go 3 of last 4 Indianapolis races
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• Jeff Gordon is only driver to win Indianapolis in first try (1994)
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• Kasey Kahne won Indianapolis for the first time in 14th try (2017) – Most of all drivers
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• 5 Won Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 & Indianapolis – Earnhardt, Gordon, Harvick, Jarrett & Johnson
• *All champions
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• Only 3 won Daytona 500 & Indianapolis in same year – Jarrett (1996), Johnson (2006) & McMurray (2010)
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• Chevrolet leads with 10 Indianapolis poles
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• Qualifying rained out 2018
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• Chevrolet won 13 of last 16 Indianapolis races – Toyota won 2 of last 4 races
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• Ford: 1 Win last 19 Indianapolis races – 2018 Brad Keselowski
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• 2 Indianapolis wins by Toyota – 2015 & ’16 Kyle Busch
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• Slowest Indianapolis race: 2017 – 114.384mph
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• Bobby Labonte won fastest Indianapolis race (2000) – 155.912mph
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• Kevin Harvick Indianapolis pole record 188.470mph (2014)
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• Youngest Indianapolis winner: Jeff Gordon 23 (1994)
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• Oldest Indianapolis winner: Bill Elliott 46 (2002)
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• Fewest laps led by Indianapolis winner: 9 – Brad Keselowski (2018)
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• Most laps led by Indianapolis winner: 149 – Kyle Busch (2016)
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• Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 10 Indianapolis races
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• Most laps led in Indianapolis race: 149 – Kyle Busch (2016)
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• Most Indianapolis laps led by non-winner: 116 – Juan Pablo Montoya (2009)
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• 4 Drivers scored first win of season at Indianapolis – Harvick 2003, Menard 2011, Newman 2013 & Kahne 2017
• *Only win of season for all 4
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• Paul Menard only driver to win first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis (2011)
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• 4 Indianapolis Overtime races including 3 of last 4 races
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• Team Penske: 5 Indianapolis 2nd-place finishes – 2018 Winner (Brad Keselowski)
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• Roush Fenway Racing winless at Indianapolis – Best finish: 2nd (Four times)
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• Teammates finished 1-2 at Indianapolis 3 times – Yates 1996, Hendrick 2009 & Gibbs 2016
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• Chad Knaus leads all with 4 Indianapolis wins as crew chief
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• 10 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champions won Indianapolis
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• 8 Won Daytona 500 & Indianapolis
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• Hottest Indianapolis temperature: 95 (2002)
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• Coldest Indianapolis temperature: 70 (2018)
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• 10 Different winners in 15 Regular Season Finales
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• Only 4 won Regular Season Finale more than once – Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
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• Denny Hamlin leads all with 3 Regular Season Finale wins
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• Regular season finale winner also won first Playoff race 3 times – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Brad Keselowski 2014 & ‘18
• NASCAR XFINITY SERIES INDIANAPOLIS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most Indianapolis wins: 3 Kyle Busch
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• Most Indianapolis top 5 finishes: 4 Kyle Busch
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• Most Indianapolis top 10 finishes: 6 Paul Menard
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• Most Indianapolis laps led: 312 Kyle Busch
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• 5 Different winners in 7 NASCAR Xfinity Series Indianapolis races
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• William Byron & Brad Keselowski only drivers to win Indianapolis in first try
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• Justin Allgaier won Indianapolis in 5th try (2018) – Most tries before first Indianapolis win
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• Kyle Busch won 4 straight Indianapolis poles – 2013, ’14, ’15 & ’16
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• Best come-from-behind Indianapolis win: Brad Keselowski started 8th (2012)
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• 5 of 6 Indianapolis winners started 3rd or better
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• William Byron only driver to win Indianapolis & championship in same season (2017)
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• Kyle Busch led most laps 5 Indianapolis races – 2013, ’15 & ‘16 Winner
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• Indianapolis winner led lap 1 in 4 of last 6 races
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• Youngest Indianapolis winner: William Byron 19 (2017)
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• Oldest Indianapolis winner: Justin Allgaier 32 (2018)
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• 2 Indianapolis wins by Rookie contender – Ty Dillon 2014 & William Byron 2017
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• Kyle Busch swept Indianapolis NXS & MENCS races in 2015 & ‘16
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• Kyle Busch first to sweep NXS & MENCS poles & races at a track in same weekend (2016)
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• Most leaders: 9 (2018)
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• Most lead changes: 16 (2017)
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• Most cautions: 7 (2018)
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• Most caution laps: 31 (2018)
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• Slowest race: 112.038mph (2018)
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• Longest race: 2:13:53 (2018)
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• Closest margin-of-victory: .092 (2018) – Justin Allgaier over Tyler Reddick
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• Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of 7 Indianapolis races
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• Richard Childress Racing won 1 Indianapolis race – 2014 Ty Dillon
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• JR Motorsports won 2 Indianapolis races – 2017 William Byron & 2018 Justin Allgaier
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• Team Penske won inaugural Indianapolis race – 2012 Brad Keselowski
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• 1 Indianapolis race settled by last lap pass (2015) – Kyle Busch passed Ryan Blaney
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• John Hunter Nemechek won Stage 1 last Indianapolis race – Finished 25th
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• Daniel Hemric won Stage 2 last Indianapolis race – Finished 5th
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• Stage 2 winner failed to win 2017 & ’18 Indianapolis