NASCAR Kansas Sunday, July 19, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES KANSAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most Kansas wins: 3 Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
Most Kansas top 3 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas top 5 finishes: 11 Jeff Gordon
Most Kansas top 10 finishes: 19 Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas laps led: 855 Kevin Harvick
Most Kansas races running at finish: 27 of 28 Kevin Harvick
Most Kansas lead lap finishes: 23 Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson & Erik Jones finished top 10 in both Kansas races last season
1-Kurt Busch 2004 Champion – Winless in 28 Kansas races
1-Kurt Busch best non-Playoff finisher last Kansas Playoff race – Finished 4th
2-Brad Keselowski: Kansas 5/19 winner – 3rd & final win last season (Winless final 24 races last season)
2-Brad Keselowski: Kansas 6/11 winner – First win with Team Penske
2-Brad Keselowski finished 13th racing #25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 2009 Kansas (Started 3rd) – First Kansas race
3-Austin Dillon first career NCS race: Kansas 10/11 – Finished 26th (21-Years-old)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
4-Kevin Harvick leads all with 3 wins on Kansas reconfigured track (15 Races)
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps at Kansas 5/19 (104) – Finished 9th
4-Kevin Harvick leads all with 5 Kansas poles – 2 Wins from pole (10/13 & 5/18)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Straight Kansas poles (10/13, 5/14 & 10/14)
6-Ryan Newman failed to finish 4 of last 6 Kansas races – 3 Due to crashes
8-Tyler Reddick: Daniel Hemric Kansas pole winner 10/19
9-Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 in both Kansas races last season
9-Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 5 in both Kansas races last season – Finished 4th & 2nd
9-Chase Elliott finished 4th or better last 3 Kansas races – Average finish: 2.3
10-Aric Almirola Kansas 5/13/17: T5 Compression fracture of back after crash involving Joey Logano & Danica Patrick
11-Denny Hamlin started 23rd & won 2019 Kansas Playoff race – 2nd worst starting position of Kansas winner
11-Denny Hamlin first to win Kansas in Toyota (4/12)
11-Denny Hamlin first career NCS race: 2005 Kansas – Finished 32nd (24-years-old)
11-Denny Hamlin won Playoff cut-off races at Kansas & Phoenix last season
12-Ryan Blaney:
Finished 21st at Kansas 10/19 (Worst Playoff finisher) – Started 3rd, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, lap 251 hit wall, lap 252 tire down
12-Ryan Blaney first career NCS race: Kansas 5/14 (Dave Blaney failed to qualify) – Finished 27th (20-years-old)
14-Clint Bowyer: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher each Kansas race last season
14-Clint Bowyer:
Finished 5th at Kansas 5/19 – Started 2nd, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 2, 12 laps led, post-race upset with Erik Jones
“We should have finished second. Everybody knows that. That was dumb on his part.”
18-Kyle Busch started 2019 with 11 straight top 10 finishes – Finished 30th at Kansas May
18-Kyle Busch finished on lead lap first 11 races last season – Finished 3 laps down at Kansas May
18-Kyle Busch only Joe Gibbs Racing driver to lead Kansas 5/19 – 1 Lap led
18-Kyle Busch: 9 Top 10 finishes last 10 Kansas races – Only 2 top 10 finishes previous 14 Kansas races
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Kansas for first time in 18th try (5/17) – Most of all drivers
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 6th or better 5 of last 6 Kansas races – 4 Top 5 finishes
19-Maritn Truex Jr. finished 6th at Kansas 10/19 – First of 5 straight finishes of 6th or better to end of season
20-Erik Jones finished 7th or better last 4 Kansas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
20-Erik Jones:
Finished 3rd at Kansas 5/19 – Started 6th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, only Joe Gibbs Racing driver in top 15
Jones about Clint Bowyer post-race: “I’d be mad if I was him, but it’s just racing”
20-Erik Jones finished 3rd at Kansas 5/19 – First time best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last season
20-Erik Jones first race: Kansas 5/15 (18-Years-old) – Started 12th & Finished 40th (Substitute for Kyle Busch)
22-Joey Logano finished 17th at Kansas 10/19 – Followed with 4 straight top 10 finishes to end season
Paul Wolfe: 2 Kansas wins including first win (6/11) – Also won 5/19
24-William Byron finished 5th at Kansas 10/19 – 4th of Playoff drivers, best finisher of drivers failing to advance to Round of 8
38-John Hunter Nemechek 2018 Kansas Xfinity Series winner
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 4 Straight Kansas races led – 23 Laps led
48-Jimmie Johnson 2 straight Kansas top 10 finishes – finished outside top 10 previous 4 Kansas races
88-Alex Bowman:
Finished 2nd at Kansas 5/19 – Started 5th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 63 laps led (2nd most), passed for final lead change
Post-race tweet: I’ve never wanted something so bad. Not going to lie, this one hurts. My team has worked like crazy
though to get us to where we’re at and I’m proud of what we’ve done. Going to keep after it to get that win we deserve.
88-Alex Bowman finished 2nd at Kansas 5/19 – 3rd straight 2nd-place finish last season
95-Christopher Bell 2017 Kansas Xfinity Series winner (First career NXS win & first Kansas race) – Led only final 4 laps
15 Different winners in 28 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
5 Different winners last 5 Kansas races – Truex Jr., Harvick, Elliott, Keselowski & Hamlin
Only 1 Kansas pit road speeding penalty last season – Michael McDowell in May
2019 Kansas DNF – May: 1 / Oct.: 7
3 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 won 2019 Kansas Playoff race
3 Won Kansas race & championship in same season – Jeff Gordon 2001, Jimmie Johnson 2008 & Martin Truex Jr. 5/17 & 10/17
No Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race
Only 1 Stage 2 winner went on to win Kansas race – Denny Hamlin 2019 Kansas Playoff race
Leader of most laps won only 10 of 28 Kansas races
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 10 Kansas races
Margin of victory less than 1 second 18 Kansas races
4 Kansas Overtime finishes – Johnson won 10/11, Logano won 10/15, Keselowski won 5/19 & Hamlin won 10/19
Each Kansas race finished in Overtime last season
6 of 28 Kansas races won from pole including 2 of last 6
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 25th – Brad Keselowski 6/11
Jeff Gordon only driver to win Kansas in first try
Hendrick Motorsports leads with 7 Kansas wins
Joe Gibbs Racing: 5 Kansas wins
Team Penske: 5 Kansas wins
Roush Fenway Racing: 4 Kansas wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: 3 Kansas wins
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES KANSAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
15 Different winners in 19 NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas races
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 5 finish in 8 Kansas races – Finished 4th last year
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 5th in 3 of last 5 Kansas races – No top 5 finishes previous 4 Kansas races
8-Daniel Hemric:
Finished 2nd at 2018 Kansas – Pole, Stage 1 winner, 2nd in Stage 2, 128 laps led (most), passed for final lead change & post-race penalty
9-Noah Gragson:
Finished 13th at 2019 Kansas – Started 10th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, lap 123 hit wall, lap 192 spin
10-Ross Chastain:
Finished 10th at 2019 Kansas – Started 9th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, avg. running pos.: 6.6, lap 170 hit wall
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 7th at 2019 Kansas – Started 12th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 9th
19-Brandon Jones:
2019 Kansas winner – Started 2nd, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only final 10 laps led, lap 147 equipment violation
“This is incredible. I’m not going to lie, my foot was literally shaking on the accelerator on the last lap.”
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 25th at ‘19 Kansas – Lap 16 hit wall, lap 36 pits loose wheel, lap 70 crashed Burton, lap 75 hit Nemechek, lap 79 flat tire, lap 87 flat tire
98-Chase Briscoe:
Finished 3rd at 2019 Kansas – Started 11th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 33 laps led, lap 184 crash while leading
First career win for last 3 Kansas winners – Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek & Brandon Jones
Leader of most laps won only 3 of 19 Kansas races – Denny Hamlin 2008, Brad Keselowski 2011 & Kyle Busch 2016
Only 2 of 19 Kansas races won from pole – Joey Logano (2010) & Kyle Busch (2016)
No Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race
Only 1 Stage 2 winner went on to win Kansas race – John Hunter Nemechek 2018
Justin Allgaier, Christopher Bell, Cole Custer & Tyler Reddick finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at 2018 Kansas
Tyler Reddick: Finished top 5 all 3 Kansas races
Jeremy Clements, John Hunter Nemechek, Tyler Reddick & Ryan Sieg finished top 10 in both Kansas races last season
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 of last 12 races with 6 different drivers – Bell, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, B. Jones Kenseth & Logano
Kyle Busch (4) & Joey Logano (2) only drivers to win more than 1 Kansas race
Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 10 Kansas races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
6 Different winners in 8 races on reconfigured Kansas track – Kyle Busch won 3
Winner took lead for first time on lap 102 or later in 10 Kansas races
Kansas winner took lead for final time with 6 or fewer laps to go 7 times
Kyle Busch won 4 Kansas races – Passed for final lead change 4 times
Kyle Busch won Kansas after free pass in 2014 & ‘16
Cole Custer passed for final lead change last Kansas race
Christopher Bell, Jeff Green & John Hunter Nemechek only drivers to win Kansas in first try
Matt Kenseth won Kansas in 7th try – Most of all drivers
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 19th – Denny Hamlin 2008 & Joe Nemechek 2004
2 Won back-to-back Kansas NXS races – Joey Logano (2009 & ’10) & Kyle Busch (2014, ’15 & ‘16)
2 Won Kansas NXS race & championship in same season – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012
Mid-race leader won only 2 of 19 Kansas races
3 Kansas races settled by last lap pass
Kyle Busch led most laps 3 Kansas races – 1 Win after leading most laps (2016)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 9 Kansas wins – Most all-time
JR Motorsports: Winless at Kansas
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (2006 Kevin Harvick)
Stewart-Haas Racing: Winless at Kansas
Team Penske: 1 Kansas win (2011 Kansas)
Toyota leads all manufacturers with 9 Kansas wins
3 Kansas Overtime finishes