NASCAR Las Vegas Monday, February 27, 2023
Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Las Vegas 3/22
Alex Bowman
Las Vegas 3/22 winner – Started 13th, Stage 1 winner & finished 19th in Stage 2, 16 laps led including final 3, avg. running pos.: 6.6
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (9 Stops) Lap 32, 65, 83, 106, 136, 138, 168, 218 (Green), 267
Longest green flag run: 47 Laps (175-221)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (2nd & 4th), Ross Chastain (3rd & 1st), Chase Elliott (5th & 2nd)
Speeding: Kyle Larson (2nd), Chris Buescher (18th), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (21st), Michael McDowell (27th), Chase Briscoe (35th)
Best free pass finisher: William Byron (5th)
Rear of field: Kyle Busch (4th), Tyler Reddick (7th), Daniel Hemric (22nd), Cole Custer (33rd)
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman (Winner)
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (4th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola (6th)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (14th)
Las Vegas 10/22
Joey Logano
Las Vegas 10/22 winner – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, first lead on lap 168, 32 laps led including final 3
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano (7 Stops) 38 (G), 82, 97, 168, 196, 229, 242
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 2nd & 2nd, Daniel Suárez 3rd & 3rd, Ryan Blaney 5th & 1st
Best free pass finisher: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Cole Custer 20th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Noah Gragson 11th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Most Las Vegas wins: 4 Jimmie Johnson
Joey Logano: 3 Top 5 finishes last 8 Las Vegas races – All wins
Ryan Blaney: 5 Las Vegas top 5 finishes – Most of winless drivers
Kyle Busch: 11 Las Vegas top 5 finishes & 14 Las Vegas top 10 finishes – Most all-time
Kyle Busch: Finished 6th or better last 5 Las Vegas races – Finished 4th or better last 4 races
Ross Chastain: Led most laps both 2022 Las Vegas races (Finished 3rd & 2nd) – 151 Total laps led
Chase Briscoe: 1 Top 10 finish in 4 Las Vegas races – Finished 4th last race
Tyler Reddick: 3 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes
Martin Truex Jr. Finished 8th or better last 5 Las Vegas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
17 Different winners in 30 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (11 Champions)
5 Different winners last 5 Las Vegas races –
Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman & Joey Logano
13 Different winners in 21 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano lead all with 3 wins each on reconfigured Las Vegas track
Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times – Last: Joey Logano (2018 Champ & 3/19 winner)
Most consecutive Las Vegas wins: Jimmie Johnson won 3 straight (2005, ’06 & ’07)
Last to win back-to-back Las Vegas races: Jimmie Johnson (2005-’07) – Joey Logano won last Las Vegas race
Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
Kyle Busch (2009), Jeff Gordon (2015) & Kyle Busch (2/20) started rear of field after rolling off grid first
Worst official starting position of winner: 25th – Matt Kenseth (2004)
*Kyle Busch won in 2009 after starting from rear of field
Most consecutive laps led from start at Las Vegas: 52 – Jeff Gordon (2010)
No driver leading 1st lap won Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series race
Most consecutive laps led in a Las Vegas race: 72 – Kevin Harvick (3/18)
2 Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series races settled by last lap pass
4 Las Vegas Overtime finishes (2006, 9/18, 9/20 & 3/22)
Closest Las Vegas margin-of-victory: .045 Seconds Jimmie Johnson over Matt Kenseth (2006)
Jeff Burton won only shortened Las Vegas race (2000) – 148 of 267 laps
No Las Vegas race postponed
Las Vegas winner went on to win championship in same season 8 times
Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Kasey Kahne (2004) & Kyle Busch (2005)
Hendrick Motorsports: 7 Las Vegas wins – Tied for most (Roush)
Roush: 7 Las Vegas wins (Winless last 16 Las Vegas races) – Tied for most (Hendrick)
13 of top 14 Las Vegas finishers in 1998 were Fords – Dale Earnhardt finished 8th in Chevrolet
Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Las Vegas wins
Richard Childress Racing 4
Joe Gibbs Racing 3
JR Motorsports 3
Kaulig Racing 1
22 Different winners in 31 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
17 Different winners in 21 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
2 Swept Las Vegas NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Jeff Burton (2000) & Brad Keselowski (2014)
6 of 31 Las Vegas races won from first starting position
Pole led no laps in 6 Las Vegas races
Kyle Busch led 199 of 200 laps at Las Vegas in 2016 (Led final 145 laps) – Bubba Wallace led lap 55
Worst official start position of Las Vegas winner: 29th – Joe Nemechek (2003)
*Ty Gibbs started rear of field 3/22
2 Won first career race at Las Vegas – Jeff Green (1997) & Ross Chastain (9/18)
Most laps led in a Las Vegas race: 199 – Kyle Busch (2016)
Most laps led in Las Vegas race by non-winner: 154 – Christopher Bell (9/19)
Justin Allgaier: 267 Las Vegas laps led – Most of winless drivers
Most consecutive Las Vegas laps led from start: 89 – Kevin Harvick (2003)
Most consecutive Las Vegas laps led: 145 – Kyle Busch (2016)
2 Las Vegas Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
3 Won Las Vegas & championship in same season –
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012, Tyler Reddick 9/19 & Ty Gibbs 3/22
Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: Winner – Josh Berry 9/21
Most Las Vegas caution laps: 65 (3/22)
4 Las Vegas NXS Overtime finishes – Longest race: 213 laps (3/19)
Last 4 Stage 1 winners failed to win race
Last 4 Stage 2 winners finished 2nd in race