NASCAR Kansas Sunday, May 8, 2022
KANSAS SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
33rd NASCAR Cup Series Kansas Speedway race – First race: 2001 (Jeff Gordon winner)
13th of 36 races this season – 14 Races before Playoffs – 24 Races remaining this season
3rd of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Kansas wins (Series regulars):
Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano 3 (Tied for most all-time with Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson)
Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr. 2
Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson 1
Champion winless at Kansas:
Kurt Busch: 32 Races – Best finish: 2nd (10/13 & 10/17)
Finished top 5 both Kansas races last season: Chase Elliott & Kevin Harvick
Finished top 10 both Kansas races last season:
William Byron, Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Larson finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 both Kansas races last season
4-Kevin Harvick
12 Kansas top 5 finishes – Most all-time
19 Kansas top 10 finishes – Tied for most all-time (Jimmie Johnson)
949 Laps led (51 from 1000) – Most all-time
Kyle Busch
Kansas 5/21 winner – Started 9th, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 20 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Busch (6 Stops) Lap 27, 83, 121 (Green), 163, 211 (Green), 231
Longest green flag run: 74 Laps (88-161)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Busch (1st & 2nd), Kyle Larson (2nd & 1st), Brad Keselowski (4th & 4th)
Rear of field: 3 – Chastain 14th, Alfredo 23rd, Jones 25th
Pit Road Speeding: 2 – Briscoe 20th, Ware 36th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 5th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 2nd
Best Team Penske: Brad Keselowski 3rd
Kyle Larson
Kansas 10/21 winner – Started 1st, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 9 times led for 130 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 2.3
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (5 Stops) 24, 83, 122 (Green), 163, 219
Longest green flag run: 75 Laps (87-161)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Larson (1st & 3rd), Elliott (3rd & 2nd), Kurt Busch (4th & 4th), William Byron (2nd & 1st)
Speeding: Chastain (13th), Wallace (14th), Briscoe (19th), Stenhouse Jr. (24th), McLeod (30th), Ware (31st), Houff (35th)
Rear of field: Briscoe (19th), Newman (27th), Houff (35th)
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin (5th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (3rd)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (9th)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 9th or better last 5 Kansas races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes (Finished 3rd or better last 3 races)
5-Kyle Larson: 262 of 534 Kansas laps led last season (49%) – Most laps led both races
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 6th or better last 3 Kansas races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Straight Kansas top 10 finishes – Average finish: 6.2
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Won Kansas for first time in 18th try (5/17) – Most of all drivers
24-William Byron: 5 Straight Kansas top 10 finishes – Average finish: 7.6
16 Different winners in 32 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano lead all with 3 wins each on Kansas reconfigured track (19 Races)
Leader of most laps won only 12 of 32 Kansas races
Leader of most laps failed to win 10 of last 14 Kansas races
Margin of victory less than 1 second 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 1 Stage 2 winner went on to win Kansas race – Denny Hamlin 2019 Kansas Playoff race
Jeff Gordon only driver to win Kansas in first try
Kevin Harvick leads all with 5 Kansas poles – 2 Wins from pole (10/13 & 5/18)
7 of 32 Kansas races won from first starting position
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)
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
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
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)