NASCAR Kansas Sunday, May 14, 2017

NASCAR ALL-STAR STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most All-Star Race wins: 4 Jimmie Johnson
• Most All-Star Race 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kevin Harvick, Sterling Marlin & Ken Schrader
• Most All-Star Race top 3 finishes: 7 Dale Earnhardt
• Most All-Star Race top 5 finishes: 9 Dale Earnhardt
• Most All-Star Race top 10 finishes: 14 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• 22 Different winners in 32 All-Star Races
• Jimmie Johnson only repeat winner last 18 All-Star Races
• Last 18 All-Star Races: Jimmie Johnson 4 wins – 14 Other drivers 1 win each
• First All-Star Race win for last 3 winners – McMurray, Hamlin & Logano
• 2 Rookies won All-Star Race – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2000) & Ryan Newman (2002)
• 2016: Team Penske only team to sweep top 2 finishing positions in All-Star Race
• Davey Allison (’91 & ’92) & Jimmie Johnson (’12 & ’13) only drivers to win All-Star Race in consecutive years
• Segment 1 leader winless in All-Star Race last 4 years
• Kevin Harvick segment 1 leader last year
• Segment 2 leader won All-Star Race once in last 18 years: 2011 – Carl Edwards
• 2 All-Star Race winners went winless during season – 1996 Michael Waltrip & 2014 Jamie McMurray
• 12 Won All-Star Race after going winless in previous races to start season
• Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams with 8 All-Star Race wins – All in last 22 races
• 4 Different teams won All-Star Race last 4 years – Hendrick, Ganassi, Gibbs & Penske
• Joe Gibbs Racing has 1 All-Star Race win (2015)
• 3 Transferred into All-Star Race & won – Last: Kasey Kahne in 2008
• Chase Elliott best finishing transfer driver in All-Star Race last year – Finished 6th
• Most transfers into All-Star Race: 5 – Sterling Marlin
• Kasey Kahne only Fan Vote to win All-Star Race (2008)
• 2 Won All-Star Race before winning a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup points race (Michael Waltrip 1996 & Ryan Newman 2002)
• 3 Won All-Star Race in first try – Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman & Darrell Waltrip
• Most races before first All-Star Race win: Tony Stewart won in 11th try
• 3 Won Open in first try – Benny Parsons, Tony Stewart & Brian Vickers
• Most races before first Open win: Johnny Benson, Jamie McMurray & Jimmy Spencer won in 6th try
• Most Open wins: 4 – Sterling Marlin
• Open won from pole 6 times
• Worst start position of Open winner: 20th – Martin Truex Jr. in 2010
• All-Star Race winner went on to win championship 10 times
• Pole won All-Star Race only 5 times
• Pole failed to finish All-Star Race 6 times – 5 Times due to crashes
• Kasey Kahne (2008) & Jamie McMurray (2014) only drivers to win All-Star Race & miss Playoff
• All-Star Race winner & Coca-Cola 600 winner in same season 7 times
• Daytona 500 winner won All-Star Race in same season 5 times – Jimmie Johnson twice (2006 & ’13)
• Closest All-Star Race finish: ½ Car length – 1992 Davey Allison over Kyle Petty
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 2016 All-Star Race
• Kurt Busch passed for final lead change in All-Star Race 2 of last 4 years