NASCAR Las Vegas Sunday, October 9, 2022
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
33rd of 36 races this season – 7th race of Playoffs – 4 Races remaining this season
Las Vegas March
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)
17 Different winners in 29 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (11 Champions)
6 Different winners last 6 Las Vegas races –
Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin & Alex Bowman
13 Different winners in 20 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
Brad Keselowski leads all with 3 wins on reconfigured Las Vegas track
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
Hendrick Motorsports: 7 Las Vegas wins – Tied for most (Roush)
Roush: 7 Las Vegas wins (Winless last 15 Las Vegas races) – Tied for most (Hendrick)
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) – Alex Bowman won last Las Vegas race
Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times
Worst official starting position of winner: 25th – Matt Kenseth (2004)
*Kyle Busch won in 2009 after starting from rear of field
Ross Chastain led most laps last Las Vegas races (83) – Finished 3rd
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
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)
4 Las Vegas Overtime finishes (2006, 9/18, 9/20 & 3/22)
Jeff Burton won only shortened Las Vegas race (2000) – 148 of 267 laps
Jeff Burton finished 2nd, 1st & 1st in first 3 Las Vegas races
Jeff & Ward Burton finished 1-2 in 1999 Las Vegas race
No Las Vegas race postponed
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
22 Different winners in 30 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
Chase Briscoe only repeat winner last 10 Las Vegas races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
17 Different winners in 20 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
6 of 30 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 led most laps last 2 Las Vegas races – Finished 2nd & 5th
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)
Last 3 Las Vegas winners didn’t lead for first time until lap 139 or later
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
Most Las Vegas caution laps: 65 (3/22)
4 Las Vegas NXS Overtime finishes – Longest race: 213 laps (3/19)
2 Swept Las Vegas NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Jeff Burton (2000) & Brad Keselowski (2014)
Last 3 Stage 1 winners failed to win race
Last 3 Stage 2 winners finished 2nd in race