NASCAR Kansas Sunday, September 3, 2023
Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Kansas 5/23
Denny Hamlin
Kansas winner – Started 8th, Stage 1 winner & finished 10th in Stage 2, 34 laps led, took lead on final lap
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin – 7 Stops Lap 39 (G), 84, 110, 140, 159, 192, 208
Stage 1 winner: Denny Hamlin 1st
Stage 2 winner: Joey Logano 6th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 51 Denny Hamlin
Passed for final lead change: Kyle Larson Finished 2nd
Winner final laps led: Denny Hamlin 1
Cautions: 11
Longest green run: 72 Laps (10-81)
Best free pass finisher: William Byron 3rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: William Byron 3rd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 6th
Kyle Larson led 46 of final 47 laps
Kansas record 37 lead changes (Previous record: 26)
8 Green flag runs of 11 laps or less
Denny Hamlin: 4 Kansas wins – Most all-time
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 12 Kansas races (3 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
Denny Hamlin won 3 of last 8 Kansas races
Denny Hamlin last back-to-back Kansas winner (10/19 & 7/20) – Kansas May winner
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 3 of last 5 Kansas races
Kyle Larson was leading with 10 to go in 3 of last 4 Kansas races – Only 1 win (10/21)
6 Different winners last 6 Kansas races – Logano, Kyle Busch, Larson, Kurt Busch, Wallace & Hamlin
1 of 35 Kansas races settled by last lap pass (5/23) – Denny Hamlin passed Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Kansas wins – Tied for most all-time
Joe Gibbs Racing: 8 Kansas wins – Tied for most all-time
9 Won first race of season at Kansas including last 3 races
Toyota won last 3 Kansas races
Denny Hamlin: 4 Straight Kansas top 5 finishes
Kyle Larson: 3 Top 2 finishes last 4 Kansas races
William Byron: Best Kansas finish: 3rd (5/23)
Bubba Wallace: 3 Straight Kansas top 10 finishes – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
Ross Chastain: Finished 7th or better last 3 Kansas races
Joey Logano: Best finish last 5 Kansas races: 6th (5/23)
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 9th or better last 8 Kansas races
Tyler Reddick: 1 Top 20 finish last 4 Kansas races – Finished 9th (5/23)
Austin Dillon: Finished 10th in 3 of last 5 Kansas races
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
Most lead changes in a race on a mile and a half track in length this season: 37 – Kansas May
Most cautions in a race on a mile and a half track in length this season: 11 – Kansas May
18 Different winners in 35 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
6 Different winners last 6 Kansas races – Logano, Kyle Busch, Larson, Kurt Busch, Wallace & Hamlin
Joey Logano: 3 Kansas Playoff race wins – Most all-time
13 Different winners 19 Kansas Playoff races
3 Won Kansas Playoff race & championship in same season –
Jimmie Johnson (2008), Martin Truex Jr. (2017) & Kyle Larson (2021)
Non-Playoff driver won 4 of 19 Kansas Playoff races
Margin of victory under 1 second in 21 Kansas races
12 Champions won Kansas NASCAR Cup Series races
Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano lead all with 3 wins each on Kansas reconfigured track
25 of 35 NASCAR Cup Series races won by NASCAR Cup Series champions
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 3 of last 5 Kansas races
Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
9 Won first race of season at Kansas including last 3 races
7 of 35 Kansas races won from first starting position
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)
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 25th – Brad Keselowski 6/11
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
Kyle Larson was leading with 10 to go in 3 of last 4 Kansas races – Only 1 win (10/21)
1 of 35 Kansas races settled by last lap pass (5/23) – Denny Hamlin passed Kyle Larson
Leader of most laps won only 13 of 35 Kansas races
Only 1 swept NASCAR Xfinity Series & NASCAR Cup Series races in same weekend – Joe Nemechek 2004
Toyota won last 3 Kansas races
4 Kansas Overtime finishes – Johnson won 10/11, Logano won 10/15, Keselowski won 5/19 & Hamlin won 10/19
Only 3 Stage 1 winners went on to win Kansas race – Kyle Busch 5/21, Kyle Larson 10/21 & Denny Hamlin 5/23
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)
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Kansas wins – Tied for most all-time
Joe Gibbs Racing: 8 Kansas wins – Tied for most all-time
Team Penske: 6 Kansas wins
RFK Racing: 4 Kansas wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: 3 Kansas wins
23XI Racing: 2 Kansas wins
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)
Kansas Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
18 Different winners in 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas races
Kyle Busch (4), Brandon Jones (2) & Joey Logano (2) only drivers to win more than 1 Kansas race
9 Different winners in 12 races on reconfigured Kansas track – Kyle Busch won 3
First career win for 3 of last 7 Kansas winners – Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek & Brandon Jones
First Kansas win for 6 of last 7 Kansas winners (Brandon Jones 2 Kansas wins)
Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, Jeff Green & John Hunter Nemechek won Kansas in first try
Matt Kenseth won Kansas in 7th try – Most of all drivers
2 Won Kansas NXS race & championship in same season – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012
Only 1 Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race – Chase Briscoe 10/20
Mid-race leader won only 3 of 23 Kansas races
Leader with 10 to go failed to win 3 of last 7 Kansas races
4 Kansas races settled by last lap pass
4 Kansas Overtime finishes
Leader of most laps won only 4 of 23 Kansas races
Winner took lead for first time on lap 102 or later in 11 Kansas races
Kansas winner took lead for final time with 6 or fewer laps to go 8 times
Kyle Busch led most laps 3 Kansas races – 1 Win after leading most laps (2016)
Only 2 of 23 Kansas races won from pole – Joey Logano (2010) & Kyle Busch (2016)
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 19th – Denny Hamlin 2008 & Joe Nemechek 2004
Brandon Jones: 2 Wins last 5 Kansas races
3 Won back-to-back Kansas NXS races – Joey Logano (2009 & ’10), Kyle Busch (2014, ’15 & ‘16) & Brandon Jones (2019 & 7/20)
Joe Gibbs Racing won 11 of last 16 Kansas races with 7 different drivers –
Bell, Kyle Busch, Gibbs, Hamlin, B. Jones Kenseth & Logano
Toyota leads all manufacturers with 11 Kansas wins
Kyle Busch won 4 Kansas races – Passed for final lead change 4 times
Kyle Busch won Kansas after free pass in 2014 & ‘16