NASCAR Las Vegas Monday, September 10, 2018

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Las Vegas wins: 4 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Las Vegas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Winless)
• Most Las Vegas top 3 finishes: 6 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth & Mark Martin
• Best Las Vegas average finish: 7.7 Dale Earnhardt
• Most Las Vegas laps led: 595 Jimmie Johnson
• 1.5-mile track winners this season: Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick 3 wins each, Martin Truex Jr. 1 win (Kentucky)
• 2018 Playoffs:
• Chip Ganassi Racing (1): Kyle Larson
• Furniture Row Racing (1): Martin Truex Jr.
• Hendrick Motorsports (3): Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott & Jimmie Johnson
• Joe Gibbs Racing (3): Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Erik Jones
• Richard Childress Racing (1): Austin Dillon
• Stewart-Haas Racing (4): Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch & Kevin Harvick
• Team Penske (3): Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
• Las Vegas March: Kevin Harvick won Stage 1, Stage 2 & led 214 laps – 2nd straight win (Atlanta & Las Vegas)
• 3/7/18: Penalized 20 driver, 20 team owner points, crew chief Rodney Childers fined $50,000 and car chief
• Robert “Cheddar” Smith suspended 2 races
• Las Vegas 3/4/18: Rear window braces did not keep rear window glass rigid. Rocker panel extension not aluminum.
• Las Vegas March
• Kevin Harvick winner, Kyle Busch 2nd & Martin Truex Jr. 4th
• Jamie McMurray (Lap 176), Chase Elliott (Lap 183) & Kurt Busch (Lap 183) involved in crashes
• Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson & Ryan Newman all received free-pass – Jimmie Johnson started rear of field (Finished 12th)
• Only 2 pit road speeding penalties – Denny Hamlin finished 17th & AJ Allmendinger finished 30th
• Kevin Harvick led race-high 214 laps (80%) – Joey Logano led 2nd most 25 laps
• Team Penske drivers finished 5th, 6th & 7th – Blaney, Keselowski & Logano
• 12 Different winners in 21 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (8 are champions)
• 8 Different winners in 12 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
• New Hampshire first Playoff race 2004-’10 (7 Years)
• Chicagoland first Playoff race 2011-’17 (7 Years)
• Last 7 Las Vegas races won by 5 champion drivers
• Stage 1 & 2 winner went on to win both Las Vegas races – Martin Truex Jr. in 2017 & Kevin Harvick in March
• 4 Won first Playoff race & championship in same season including 3 of last 7 champions
• Kevin Harvick won 2 of last 4 Las Vegas races – 1 in SHR Chevrolet & 1 in SHR Ford
• Jimmie Johnson: Winless last 8 Las Vegas races – 4 Wins previous 6 races
• Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 11th or better last 4 Las Vegas races – 3 Top 5 finishes
• Ryan Blaney: Finished 7th or better last 3 Las Vegas races – Finished 5th in March
• Brad Keselowski: 6 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – Tied all-time longest streak (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
• Joey Logano: 5 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes
• Aric Almirola: 1 Top 10 finish in 10 Las Vegas races – Finished 10th in March
• Jimmie Johnson: 1 Top 5 finish last 6 Las Vegas races – 5 Top 2 finishes previous 8 races
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Las Vegas races
• Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 Las Vegas races
• Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
• Kyle Busch (2009) & Jeff Gordon (2015) started rear of field after winning pole
• No driver leading 1st lap ever won Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race
• Most consecutive laps led in a Las Vegas race: 72 – Kevin Harvick (3/18)
• 10 To go leader failed to win 3 of last 5 Las Vegas races – 2 Won by Brad Keselowski
• Jeff Burton finished 2nd, 1st & 1st in first 3 Las Vegas races
• Jeff & Ward Burton finished 1-2 in 1999 Las Vegas race
• Richard Childress Racing: Winless at Las Vegas
• 8 Las Vegas races won from drivers starting in first 2 rows – All 8 in last 13 races
• Roush Fenway Racing leads all teams with 7 Las Vegas wins – Winless last 7 races
• Most consecutive Las Vegas wins: Jimmie Johnson won 3 straight (2005, ’06 & ’07)
• Defending series champion won Las Vegas 5 times – Jimmie Johnson twice
• Worst official starting position of winner: 25th – Matt Kenseth (2004)
• *Kyle Busch won in 2009 after starting from rear of field
• Jimmie Johnson led most laps 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (2005)
• Most consecutive laps led from start: 52 – Jeff Gordon (2010)
• 2 Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races settled by last lap pass
• Closest Las Vegas margin-of-victory: .045 Seconds Jimmie Johnson over Matt Kenseth (2006)
• Las Vegas winner went on to win championship in same season 6 times including Martin Truex Jr. in 2017
• Kyle Busch only driver to miss Las Vegas race & win championship in same season (2015)
• Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Kasey Kahne (2004) & Kyle Busch (2005)
• Only 1 Las Vegas Overtime finish (2006) – Matt Kenseth led at scheduled distance & Jimmie Johnson won
• Jeff Burton won only shortened Las Vegas race (2000) – 148 of 267 laps
• No Las Vegas race postponed
• 13 of top 14 finishers in 1998 were Fords – Dale Earnhardt finished 8th in Chevrolet

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Las Vegas wins: 4 Mark Martin
• Most Las Vegas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (2016 Winner)
• Most Las Vegas top 3 finishes: 6 Mark Martin
• Most Las Vegas top 5 finishes: 6 Kevin Harvick & Mark Martin
• Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 8 Greg Biffle
• Most Las Vegas laps led: 521 Kyle Busch
• 16 Different winners in 22 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
• 10 Different winners last 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
• Last 7 winners were first-time Las Vegas winners
• 11 Different winners in 12 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
• Last 6 Las Vegas winners led 106 or more laps
• Tyler Reddick passed for final lead change last Las Vegas race – Finished 8th
• 5 of 22 Las Vegas races won from pole – 2 of last 4 won from pole
• Pole led no laps in 3 Las Vegas races
• Joe Gibbs Racing won last 3 poles
• Kyle Busch led 199 of 200 laps in 2016 (Led final 145 laps) – Darrell Wallace Jr. led lap 55
• Worst start position of winner: 29th – Joe Nemechek (2003)
• 1 Won first career race at Las Vegas – Jeff Green (1997)
• Most laps led in a Las Vegas race: 199 – Kyle Busch (2016)
• Most consecutive laps led from start: 89 – Kevin Harvick (2003)
• Most consecutive Las Vegas laps led: 145 – Kyle Busch (2016)
• Winner first took lead at lap 146 or later in 5 Las Vegas races
• 2 Las Vegas Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
• 1 Driver won Las Vegas & championship in same season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012
• Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Greg Biffle (2001) & Christopher Bell (3/18)
• 3 Las Vegas NXS Overtime finishes
• 2 Swept Las Vegas NXS & MENCS races in same weekend – Jeff Burton (2000) & Brad Keselowski (2014)
• Christopher Bell best full-time Xfinity Series driver last Las Vegas race – Finished 2nd
• Christopher Bell Stage 1 winner last Las Vegas race – Finished 2nd
• Kyle Larson Stage 2 winner last Las Vegas race – Winner