NASCAR Kansas Sunday, September 4, 2022
KANSAS SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Kansas wins:
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
Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson 1
28th of 36 races this season – 2nd race of Playoffs – 9 Races remaining this season
Kansas 10/21
Kyle Larson
Kansas 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)
Kansas May
Kurt Busch
Kansas May 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
17 Different winners in 33 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
12 Different winners 18 Kansas Playoff races
Joey Logano: 3 Kansas Playoff race wins – Most all-time
3 Won Kansas Playoff race & championship in same season –
Jimmie Johnson (2008), Martin Truex Jr. (2017) & Kyle Larson (2021)
Non-Playoff driver won 3 of 18 Kansas Playoff races
Kevin Harvick best non-Playoff finisher last Kansas Playoff race – Finished 3rd
12 Champions won Kansas NASCAR Cup Series races
Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano lead all with 3 wins each on Kansas reconfigured track (20 Races)
25 of 33 NASCAR Cup Series races won by NASCAR Cup Series champions
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Kansas races
Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
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
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 33 Kansas races won from first starting position
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
Leader of most laps won only 13 of 33 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 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 – 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: 1 Kansas win (5/22)
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)
KANSAS SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
17 Different winners in 22 NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas races
Kyle Busch (4), Brandon Jones (2) & Joey Logano (2) only drivers to win more than 1 Kansas race
8 Different winners in 11 races on reconfigured Kansas track – Kyle Busch won 3
Joe Gibbs Racing won 11 of last 15 Kansas races with 7 different drivers –
Bell, Kyle Busch, Gibbs, Hamlin, B. Jones Kenseth & Logano
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
First career win for 3 of last 6 Kansas winners – Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek & Brandon Jones
First Kansas win for 5 of last 6 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
Only 2 of 22 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 4 Kansas races
3 Won back-to-back Kansas NXS races – Joey Logano (2009 & ’10), Kyle Busch (2014, ’15 & ‘16) & Brandon Jones (2019 & 7/20)
2 Won Kansas NXS race & championship in same season – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012
Mid-race leader won only 3 of 22 Kansas races
Leader with 10 to go failed to win 3 of last 6 Kansas races
4 Kansas races settled by last lap pass
Leader of most laps won only 4 of 22 Kansas races
Toyota leads all manufacturers with 11 Kansas wins
4 Kansas Overtime finishes
Only 1 Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race – Chase Briscoe 10/20