NASCAR Kansas Sunday, April 30, 2023
Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
5/7/11: REGAN SMITH SOUTHERN 500 WINNER
5/7/16: KYLE BUSCH FIRST KANSAS NASCAR CUP SERIES WIN
5/7/17: RICKY STENHOUSE JR. FIRST NASCAR CUP SERIES WIN (TALLADEGA) – JAMIE MCMURRAY FINISHED 2ND
Kansas 5/22
Kurt Busch
Kansas 5/22 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
Kansas 9/22
Bubba Wallace
Kansas 9/22 winner – Started 6th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 58 laps led
Winner pit stops: Bubba Wallace (8 Stops) 27, 68, 83, 84, 111, 139, 168, 215 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Bubba Wallace 5th & 4th, Christopher Bell 1st & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Chris Buescher 15th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 5th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Aric Almirola 21st
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 4th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 13th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 9th
Both Kansas races won by #45 last season – Kurt Busch (May) & Bubba Wallace (September)
Most Kansas wins: 3 Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Joey Logano
2 Finished top 5 both Kansas races last season: Christopher Bell (5th & 3rd) & Denny Hamlin (4th & 2nd)
7 Finished top 10 both Kansas races last season: Bell, Bowman, Chastain, Hamlin, Larson, Truex Jr. & Wallace
Christopher Bell: Finished 8th or better last 3 Kansas races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
Denny Hamlin: 3 Straight Kansas top 5 finishes
Kevin Harvick: 12 Kansas top 5 finishes & 949 Kansas laps led – Most all-time
Kyle Larson: Finished 8th or better last 3 Kansas races – 2 Top 2 finishes
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Straight Kansas top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
18 Different winners in 34 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
12 Champions won Kansas NASCAR Cup Series races
Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano lead all with 3 wins each on Kansas reconfigured track
25 of 34 NASCAR Cup Series races won by NASCAR Cup Series champions
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 Kansas races
4 Won back-to-back Kansas NCS races –
Jeff Gordon (2001 & ’02), Matt Kenseth (10/12 & 4/13), Martin Truex Jr. (5/17 & 10/17) & Denny Hamlin (10/19 & 7/20)
Jeff Gordon only driver to win Kansas in first try
Kurt Busch won Kansas for first time in 33rd try (5/22) – Most of all drivers
4 Won Kansas race & championship in same season –
Jeff Gordon 2001, Jimmie Johnson 2008, Martin Truex Jr. 5/17 & 10/17 & Kyle Larson 10/21
Leader of most laps won only 13 of 34 Kansas races
Margin of victory under 1 second in 21 Kansas races
4 Kansas Overtime finishes – Johnson won 10/11, Logano won 10/15, Keselowski won 5/19 & Hamlin won 10/19
Only 2 Stage 1 winners went on to win Kansas race – Kyle Busch 5/21 & Kyle Larson 10/21
Only 2 Stage 2 winners went on to win Kansas race – Denny Hamlin 10/19 & Kurt Busch 5/22
Most involved in NASCAR Cup Series Kansas crash: 14 (10/17)
Kevin Harvick leads all with 5 Kansas poles – 2 Wins from pole (10/13 & 5/18)
Kevin Harvick: 3 Straight Kansas poles (10/13, 5/14 & 10/14)
7 of 34 Kansas races won from first starting position
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 25th – Brad Keselowski 6/11
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Kansas wins – Most all-time
Joe Gibbs Racing: 7 Kansas wins
Team Penske: 6 Kansas wins
Roush: 4 Kansas wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: 3 Kansas wins
23XI Racing: 2 Kansas wins
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)
Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford