NASCAR Las Vegas Sunday, September 20, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| LAS VEGAS NCS | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Best Finish | Average | 2nd Place | Top 3 | Laps Led | |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 22 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1st | 13.9 | 2 | 4 | 679 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 17 | 2 | 7 | 3rd | 14.0 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1st | 11.3 | 1 | 6 | 280 |
| 22 | Joey Logano | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1st | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 487 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3rd | 21.4 | 1 | 82 | ||
| 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 17 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1st | 11.4 | 1 | 4 | 293 |
| 88 | Alex Bowman | 7 | 1 | 6th | 20.7 | |||||
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 14.7 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Aric Almirola | 14 | 3 | 6th | 22.1 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | Kyle Busch | 18 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1st | 12.8 | 2 | 5 | 254 |
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2nd | 17.9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3rd | 22.5 | 1 | 108 |
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 & Brad Keselowski
Most Las Vegas top 5 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 11 Kevin Harvick
Best Las Vegas average finish: 7.7 Dale Earnhardt (3 Races), Joey Logano 8.0 (14 Races)
Most Las Vegas laps led: 679 Kevin Harvick
Most 1.5-mile track wins this season: 2 Denny Hamlin
Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Chase Elliott
Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 5 Kevin Harvick
Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 8 Brad Keselowski (Every race)
Best 1.5-mile track average finish last season: 6.8 Brad Keselowski
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last season: 366 Kevin Harvick
Las Vegas February:
Joey Logano winner – Started 5th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 2, 54 laps led including final 5
Ryan Blaney finished 2nd – Leading when late caution came out, pitted, finished 11th
7 Pitted when late caution came out – Blaney was 1st & Bowman 2nd
Chase Elliott won Stage 1 & 2, lap 221 crash, finished 26th
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 11th or better
Toyota led only 1 lap
1-Kurt Busch Las Vegas average – Start: 9.9 / Finish: 22.5 (Worst track)
2-Brad Keselowski 10 straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – All-time longest streak
2-Brad Keselowski leads all with 3 wins on reconfigured Las Vegas track
2-Brad Keselowski: 3 Wins last 9 Las Vegas races – Passed for final lead change 3 of last 8 Las Vegas races
3-Austin Dillon 1 top 10 finish in last 6 Las Vegas races – Finished 4th in February
4-Kevin Harvick 2 wins last 8 Las Vegas races – 1 in SHR Chevrolet & 1 in SHR Ford
4-Kevin Harvick passed for final lead change 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race – Finished 2nd
4-Kevin Harvick finished 8th or better last 3 Las Vegas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps 3 of last 5 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (3/18)
4-Kevin Harvick 5 straight Las Vegas races led – 455 Laps led
4-Kevin Harvick led most consecutive laps 4 of last 5 Las Vegas races including last 3
9-Chase Elliott finished 26th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 10th, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 70 laps led (2nd most), lap 221 tire down & crash
13-Ty Dillon 1 top 15 finish in 6 Las Vegas races – Finished 10th in February
14-Clint Bowyer 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race pole winner – Ended streak of 431 races without a pole
18-Kyle Busch 2009 Las Vegas winner – Winless last 12 Las Vegas races
19-Martin Truex Jr. 5 top 10 finishes last 6 Las Vegas races (2 Wins) – Finished 20th in February
19-Martin Truex Jr. 2 wins last 6 Las Vegas races – 1 in Furniture Row Racing Toyota & 1 in Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19-Martin Truex Jr. most laps led 2 of last 6 Las Vegas races
21-Matt DiBenedetto 1 top 20 finish in 7 Las Vegas races – Finished 2nd in February
22-Joey Logano 2 wins last 3 Las Vegas races
22-Joey Logano: Las Vegas 3/19 & 2/20 winner – First win each season
22-Joey Logano 9 straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes
22-Joey Logano led most laps 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race (105) – Finished 9th
22-Joey Logano 9 straight Las Vegas races led – 486 Laps led
22-Joey Logano: Las Vegas Stage 1 winner 9/19 – Finished 9th
43-Bubba Wallace 1 top 20 finish in 5 Las Vegas races – Finished 6th in February
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 top 5 finish in 10 Las Vegas races – Finished 3rd in February
48-Jimmie Johnson 1 top 10 finish last 6 Las Vegas races – Finished 5th in February
48-Jimmie Johnson: First top 10 finish – Finished 6th at Las Vegas 2002 (26-Years-old)
48-Jimmie Johnson: Winless last 12 Las Vegas races – 4 Wins previous 6 races
48-Jimmie Johnson led most laps 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (2005)
13 Different winners in 25 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (9 Champions)
Champions won last 11 Las Vegas races – 6 Drivers
9 Different drivers started first in last 9 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) & Kyle Busch (2/20) started rear of field after rolling off grid first
Stewart-Haas Racing started top 4 in 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race
Roush Fenway Racing leads all teams with 7 Las Vegas wins – Winless last 11 races
Team Penske won 3 of last 4 Las Vegas races – Brad Keselowski 9/18 and Joey Logano 3/19 & 2/20
Team Penske finished 1-2 at Las Vegas 3/19 – Joey Logano winner & Brad Keselowski 2nd
Paul Wolfe won 4 of last 9 Las Vegas races as crew chief (3 Keselowski & 1 Logano)
Most consecutive Las Vegas wins: Jimmie Johnson won 3 straight (2005, ’06 & ’07)
Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times
Leader of most laps failed to win last 4 Las Vegas races
Las Vegas Feb. laps led – Ford: 165; Chevrolet: 101; Toyota: 1
No driver leading 1st lap ever won Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series race
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 6 times
Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Kasey Kahne (2004) & Kyle Busch (2005)
Tyler Reddick best Rookie finisher at Las Vegas Feb. – Finished 18th
2 Las Vegas Overtime finishes (2006 & 9/18)
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
Stage 2 winner went on to win 5 of 6 Las Vegas races – Chase Elliott finished 26th in Feb.
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 4 Las Vegas races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Chase Briscoe:
Las Vegas Feb. winner – Started 2nd, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 89 laps led (most)
Austin Cindric:
Finished 2nd at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 6th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 39 laps led, passed for final lead change
Ryan Sieg:
Finished 3rd at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 32nd, finished 21st in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 1 lap led
Noah Gragson:
Finished 4th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 7th, lap 47 pit road speeding penalty & lap 162 involved in spin
Harrison Burton:
Finished 5th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 3rd, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2
19 Different winners in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
1-Michael Annett: 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 Las Vegas races – No top 10 finishes previous 7 Las Vegas races
7-Justin Allgaier: 10 Las Vegas top 10 finishes – Most all-time
8-Daniel Hemric: 1 Top 10 finish in 4 Las Vegas races – Finished 6th (3/18)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th or better all 3 Las Vegas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
10-Ross Chastain: 1 Las Vegas Xfinity Series win (9/18) – First career NXS win
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 12th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 11th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 13th in Stage 2, lap 145 pit road speeding penalty
18-Riley Herbst: Finished 9th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 12th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 5th caution free pass
19-Brandon Jones: 1 Top 5 finishes in 7 Las Vegas races – Finished 3rd (9/19)
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 5th at Las Vegas Feb. – Started 3rd, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2
Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 14 Las Vegas races (2 Wins) – 12 Others 1 win each
6 Different winners last 6 Las Vegas races
5 of 26 Las Vegas races won from pole
Kyle Busch led 199 of 200 laps at Las Vegas in 2016 (Led final 145 laps) – Bubba Wallace led lap 55
Worst start position of Las Vegas winner: 29th – Joe Nemechek (2003)
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)
Winner first took lead at lap 146 or later in 6 Las Vegas races
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:
2nd – Greg Biffle (2001), Christopher Bell (3/18) & John Hunter Nemechek (3/19)
Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher last Las Vegas race – Finished 5th
Fastest Las Vegas race: 138.284 mph (9/19)
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)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 3 Las Vegas races
JR Motorsports: 1 Las Vegas win – 2008 Mark Martin (First JR Motorsports win)