NASCAR Las Vegas Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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 & Brad Keselowski
Most Las Vegas top 5 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin & Ryan Newman
Best Las Vegas average finish: 7.7 Dale Earnhardt
Most Las Vegas laps led: 595 Jimmie Johnson
Most 1.5-mile track wins last season: 2 Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
Most 1.5-mile track top 3 finishes last season: 5 Kyle Busch
Best 1.5-mile track average finish last season: 7.7 Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last season: 590 Kevin Harvick
2 Finished top 5 both Las Vegas races last season: Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
5 Finished top 10 both Las Vegas races last season: Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
1-Kurt Busch Las Vegas average – Start: 9.8 (Best track) / Finish: 22.4 (Worst track)
2-Brad Keselowski 9 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 8 Las Vegas races – Passed for final lead change 3 of last 7 Las Vegas races
4-Kevin Harvick won 2 of last 7 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 led most laps 2 of last 4 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (3/18)
4-Kevin Harvick 4 straight Las Vegas races led – 363 Laps led
4-Kevin Harvick led most consecutive laps 3 of last 4 Las Vegas races
4-Kevin Harvick: Las Vegas Stage 1 winner 3/19 – Finished 4th
14-Clint Bowyer won pole 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race – Ended streak of 431 races without a pole
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 8th or better last 5 Las Vegas races – 2 Wins
19-Martin Truex Jr. won 2 of last 5 Las Vegas races – 1 in Furniture Row Racing Toyota & 1 in Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19-Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 2 of last 5 Las Vegas races
22-Joey Logano: Las Vegas 3/19 winner – First of 2 wins last season
22-Joey Logano 8 straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes
22-Joey Logano led most laps 2019 Las Vegas Playoff race (105) – Finished 9th
22-Joey Logano 191 Las Vegas laps led last season – Led all drivers
22-Joey Logano 8 straight Las Vegas races led – 432 Laps led
22-Joey Logano: Las Vegas Stage 1 winner 9/19 – Finished 9th
48-Jimmie Johnson: First top 10 finish – Finished 6th at Las Vegas 2002 (26-Years-old)
48-Jimmie Johnson: Winless last 11 Las Vegas races – 4 Wins previous 6 races
48-Jimmie Johnson led most laps 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (2005)
88-Alex Bowman average finish last season – 1.5-mile tracks: 9.3 / All others: 16.6
13 Different winners in 24 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (9 Champions)
9 Different winners in 15 NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
Champions won last 10 Las Vegas races – 6 Drivers
5 Won first 2 races to start season
Marvin Panch (1957), Bob Welborn (1959), David Pearson (1976), Jeff Gordon (1997) & Matt Kenseth (2009)
4 Won Daytona 500 & next race of season – Last: Matt Kenseth 2009
8 Different drivers started first in last 8 Las Vegas races
Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
Only 1 DNF each Las Vegas race last season
Kyle Busch (2009) & Jeff Gordon (2015) started rear of field after winning pole
Ford won 4 of last 5 Las Vegas poles
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 10 races
Team Penske won 2 of last 3 Las Vegas races – Brad Keselowski 9/18 & Joey Logano 3/19
Team Penske finished 1-2 at Las Vegas 3/19 – Joey Logano winner & Brad Keselowski 2nd
Most consecutive Las Vegas wins: Jimmie Johnson won 3 straight (2005, ’06 & ’07)
Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times including Joey Logano 3/19
Worst official starting position of winner: 25th – Matt Kenseth (2004)
*Kyle Busch won in 2009 after starting from rear of field
Leader of most laps failed to win last 3 Las Vegas races
Most consecutive laps led from start: 52 – Jeff Gordon (2010)
No driver leading 1st lap ever 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 6 times
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)
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
Fewest cautions: 2 (1998, ’00 & 3/19)
Fastest race: 154.849 mph (3/19)
Stage 2 winner went on to win all 5 Las Vegas races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
18 Different winners in 25 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races
13 Different winners in 15 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races on reconfigured track
Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 13 Las Vegas races (2 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each
5 of 25 Las Vegas races won from pole – 2 of last 7 won from pole
Pole led no laps in 4 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 start position of 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)
Most consecutive Las Vegas 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 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)
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)