NASCAR Las Vegas Sunday, February 27, 2022
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Kyle Larson Las Vegas 3/21 winner – Started 3rd, finished 12th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 6 times for 103 laps led (most)
“Thank you so much, (Rick Hendrick), Jeff Gordon, everybody at Hendrick Motorsports
for the amazing opportunity I’ve been gifted. … This is definitely special.”
First win with Hendrick Motorsports in 4th race – Quickest-ever to first Hendrick Motorsports win
Denny Hamlin Las Vegas 9/21 winner – Started 6th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 7 times led for 137 laps (most)
Won Opening Round Playoff races last year at Darlington & Las Vegas
29th NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas Motor Speedway race – First race: 1998 (Mark Martin winner)
(13 of top 14 Las Vegas finishers in 1998 were Fords – Dale Earnhardt finished 8th in Chevrolet)
3rd of 36 races this season – 24 Races before Playoffs – 34 Races remaining this season
First of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
6 Different winners in 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks last season – Kyle Larson 4 wins (Only driver to win more than once)
Kyle Larson: 1317 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last season – Most
Kevin Harvick: No laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last season
Las Vegas Motor Speedway wins:
Brad Keselowski 3
Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr. 2 each
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson 1 each
Champion winless at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Chase Elliott: 10 Races – Best finish: 2nd (9/21)
Finished top 5 both Las Vegas races last season: Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
Finished top 10 both Las Vegas races last season:
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 3 Las Vegas races
16 Different winners in 28 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (11 Champions)
5 Different winners last 5 Las Vegas races – Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson & Denny Hamlin
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 Las Vegas races
Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
Hendrick Motorsports: 6 Las Vegas wins – 2nd to Roush (7)
Roush leads all teams with 7 Las Vegas wins – Winless last 14 races
Team Penske won 3 of last 7 Las Vegas races – Brad Keselowski 9/18 and Joey Logano 3/19 & 2/20
Paul Wolfe won 4 of last 12 Las Vegas races as crew chief (3 Keselowski & 1 Logano)
Last to win back-to-back Las Vegas races: Jimmie Johnson (2005-’07) – Denny Hamlin won last Las Vegas race
Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times
Denny Hamlin led most laps 2 of last 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (9/21)
No driver leading 1st lap won Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series race
Driver starting first failed to lead first lap last 4 Las Vegas races
2 Las Vegas 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 7 times
Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Kasey Kahne (2004) & Kyle Busch (2005)
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
30th NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas Motor Speedway race – First race: 1997 (Jeff Green winner)
3rd of 33 races this season – 24 Races before Playoffs – 31 Races remaining this season
First of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
AJ Allmendinger
Las Vegas 3/21 winner – Started 10th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 44 laps led
“It’s emotional because you don’t know when you’re gonna do this again”
Josh Berry
Las Vegas 9/21 winner – Started 15th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, 38 laps led
21 Different winners in 29 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
5 of 29 Las Vegas races won from pole
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
2 Won first career race at Las Vegas – Jeff Green (1997) & Ross Chastain (9/18)
2 Las Vegas Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
2 Won Las Vegas & championship in same season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012 & Tyler Reddick 9/19
Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: Winner – Josh Berry 9/21
2 Swept Las Vegas NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Jeff Burton (2000) & Brad Keselowski (2014)