NASCAR Martinsville Sunday, June 7, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES MARTINSVILLE STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Martinsville Active Leaders:
Wins: 9 Jimmie Johnson
Top 5 finishes: 19 Jimmie Johnson
Top 10 finishes: 24 Jimmie Johnson
Laps led: 2862 Jimmie Johnson
Average start: 8.2 Joey Logano
Average finish: 9.3 Jimmie Johnson
Lead lap finishes: 30 Jimmie Johnson
Poles: 5 Joey Logano
3 Finished top 5 each Martinsville race last season: Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski
5 Finished top 10 each Martinsville race last season: Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Martinsville wins – 1 in Roush Ford (10/02) & 1 in Stewart-Haas Chevrolet (3/14)
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Martinsville wins – 24-Years-old 10/02 & 35-Years-old 3/14
2-Brad Keselowski led 446 of 500 laps at Martinsville 3/19
2-Brad Keselowski led 319 consecutive laps at Martinsville 3/19 – Laps 6-324
2-Brad Keselowski: 3 Straight Martinsville top 5 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 8 Straight Martinsville top 10 finishes – 7 Top 5 finishes last 8 Martinsville races
2-Brad Keselowski only repeat winner last 7 Martinsville races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
2-Brad Keselowski: Martinsville 3/19 winner – Last to win back-to-back Martinsville spring races: Rusty Wallace 1993-‘96
4-Kevin Harvick: 5 Straight Martinsville top 10 finishes – No laps led last 7 Martinsville races
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 7th at Martinsville 10/19 – Rest of Stewart-Haas Racing finished 31st or worse
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd at Martinsville 3/19 – Only Hendrick Motorsports top 10 finisher
10-Aric Almirola worst finish last season: 37th – Bristol April & Martinsville Oct.
11-Denny Hamlin:
Finished 4th at Martinsville 10/19 (2nd of Playoff drivers) – Pole, led first 30 laps, 43 to go run-in with Logano followed by post-race fight
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Martinsville wins – Tied for most wins at a track (Pocono)
11-Denny Hamlin: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 Martinsville races – 3 Top 5 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Straight Martinsville top 5 finishes – Finished 12th or better last 5 Martinsville races (4 Top 10 finishes)
11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd at Martinsville in Rookie season (10/06)
12-Ryan Blaney: Only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1, Stage 2 & race at Martinsville in each race last year
14-Clint Bowyer: 1 Martinsville win (3/18) – First Martinsville win in 25th try & ended career-long 190-race winless streak
18-Kyle Busch: 2 Wins last 8 Martinsville races – 8 Top 5 finishes last 9 Martinsville races
19-Martin Truex Jr. led 464 of 500 laps at Martinsville 10/19 – Most laps led at Martinsville since Richard Petty led 480 10/70
19-Martin Truex Jr. led final 241 laps at Martinsville 10/19 – Laps 260-500
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 464 Laps led at Martinsville 10/19 – 262 Laps led previous 27 Martinsville races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 8th or better last 5 Martinsville races – 4 Top 5 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Martinsville 10/19 winner – Last to win back-to-back Martinsville races: Jimmie Johnson 10/12 & 4/13
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Martinsville for first time in 28th try (10/19)
20-Erik Jones: Martinsville 1 of 2 tracks without a top 10 finish (Charlotte Roval)
22-Joey Logano:
Finished 8th at Martinsville 10/19 (5th of Playoff drivers) – Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, 43 to go run-in with Hamlin followed by post-race fight
22-Joey Logano: 5 Martinsville poles (Leads active drivers) – Won 5 of last 8 Martinsville poles with qualifying
22-Joey Logano started top 10 last 14 Martinsville races – Front row 7 races
22-Joey Logano: Paul Wolfe Martinsville 3/19 winning crew chief
24-William Byron best non-Playoff finisher 2019 Martinsville Playoff race – Finished 2nd
24-William Byron: Finished 2nd at Martinsville 10/19 – Rest of Hendrick Motorsports finished 30th or worse
42-Matt Kenseth: 0 for 37 at Martinsville – Most races at a track without a win
48-Jimmie Johnson 9 Martinsville wins – Tied for 3rd all-time (Jeff Gordon)
48-Jimmie Johnson 9 Martinsville wins – 2nd most of all tracks (11 at Dover)
53 Different winners in 142 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races
5 Different winners last 5 Martinsville races – Kyle Busch, Bowyer, Logano, Keselowski & Truex Jr.
24 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races
25 of the 33 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (91 Total wins)
Martinsville 10/19: Most consecutive laps led to end of race last season – 241 Martin Truex Jr.
8 Champions with no Martinsville wins
Most laps ever led in a Martinsville race: 493 – Fred Lorenzen 9/64
Martin Truex Jr. led 464 laps 10/19 – 5th most laps led in a Martinsville race
Brad Keselowski led 446 laps 3/19 – 6th most laps led in a Martinsville race
Last 3 Martinsville winners led 309 or more laps
Brad Keselowski (3/19) & Martin Truex Jr. (10/19) won Martinsville Stage 1, Stage 2 & Race
Winner of Stage 2 won last 3 Martinsville races
Martinsville speeding penalties – 3/19: 4 Drivers & 6 Penalties / 10/19: 7 Drivers & 7 Penalties
Most tries before first Martinsville win: 30 – Dale Jarrett (4/01) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10/14)
4 Won Martinsville in first try – Red Byron (9/49), Dick Rathmann (4/52), Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
Driver starting first failed to win last 13 Martinsville races – Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4/13
Martinsville 3/19 winner Brad Keselowski pitted in stall 6 (Started 3rd)
2019 Martinsville Playoff race winner Martin Truex Jr. pitted in stall 12 (Started 3rd)
Last to win from pit stall 1: Jimmie Johnson 10/12 & 4/13
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 13 Martinsville races
Driver starting 1st won 21 of 142 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
13 Won first career pole at Martinsville
3 of 142 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass (9/87, 10/17 & 10/18)
2 of last 5 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass
2 of last 3 Martinsville Playoff races settled by last lap pass
6 Martinsville Overtime finishes – Jeff Gordon lost last 2 after leading at scheduled distance (3/10 & 4/12)
Leader at scheduled distance lost 3 Martinsville Overtime races
Longest Martinsville race: 515 laps (4/12)
Last Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 10 at Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th 10/21/07
12 Won first career race at Martinsville – Last: Ricky Craven (10/15/01)
Morgan Shepherd scored first career win in 15th career NASCAR Cup Series race (4/81)
Harry Gant finished 2nd in 10 races before first career win at Martinsville (4/82)
Harry Gant won Martinsville 9/91 at age of 51 years, 8 months, 12 days (The final of 4 straight wins)
Geoff Bodine won first career race & first race for Hendrick Motorsports (4/84)
Hendrick Motorsports: 24 Martinsville wins – Most all-time by a team at a single track
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 8th or better at Martinsville 10/19
All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 10 at Martinsville 3/19
Earl Ross was 2nd driver to win a race born outside United States – Martinsville 9/29/74
*Mario Andretti 1967 Daytona 500
2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Martinsville – Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
22 Won first short track race at Martinsville
Fred Lorenzen only driver to win 4 straight Martinsville races
18 Martinsville win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
11 Different car makes won Martinsville races
Chevrolet leads all with 56 Martinsville wins – Winless last 6 Martinsville races
Only 1 Chevrolet finished top 10 at Martinsville 3/19 – Chase Elliott finished 2nd
Ford: 4 Wins last 6 Martinsville races – Winless previous 28 races
8 Toyota wins at Martinsville – 5 by Denny Hamlin
4/26/81: First Pontiac to win a race since 10/27/63
#11 Won 16 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
2 Drivers didn’t compete in the Martinsville race for which they won the pole
Donnie Allison (5/31/70) & Jimmy Hensley (9/24/89)
5/19/57: Buck Baker won Martinsville, but did not lead final lap
*5/19/57 race ended when car crashed through fence & injured spectators
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most wins: 2 Chase Briscoe & Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Harrison Burton
Top 10 finish every race: Harrison Burton
Most races led: 6 Justin Allgaier & Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 305 Justin Allgaier (Winless)
Finished on lead lap every race: Harrison Burton
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Noah Gragson (3 Stops) 91, 175, 250
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Noah Gragson (1st & 2nd), Justin Allgaier (2nd & 1st), Chase Briscoe (3rd & 5th), Justin Haley (4th & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Ross Chastain, Ronnie Bassett Jr., Daniel Hemric, Chad Finchum
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Finishes outside top 10 (6 Races led this season – 305 Laps led)
7-Justin Allgaier since last win: 8 Races, 3 Top 10 finishes, 5 Finishes outside top 10, 6 Races led, 305 Laps led)
7-Justin Allgaier: 4 Stage wins this season at 4 different tracks – Winless
7-Justin Allgaier: 156 Laps led at Bristol (Finished 18th) – 3rd most laps led in a race
7-Justin Allgaier: 131 or more laps led in 3 Bristol races – Winless & crashed out twice
8-Daniel Hemric: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 4.7
9-Noah Gragson: 2 Wins last 7 races – Winless previous 36 races
9-Noah Gragson: Best Chevrolet finisher 2 races this season – Daytona & Bristol winner
9-Noah Gragson: 4 Straight races led – 130 Laps led
9-Noah Gragson: 147 Laps led this season – 72 Laps led all last season
18-Riley Herbst: 1 Race led this season – 4 Laps led at Bristol
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 6th or better 4 races this season – Finished 20th or worse other 3 races
20-Harrison Burton: 9 Straight top 10 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes last 7 races
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher every race this season
20-Harrison Burton: 130 Career laps led – 81 Laps led at Bristol June
51-Jeremy Clements: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 8th at Bristol
68-Brandon Brown: 4 Career top 10 finishes – 3 Top 10 finishes in 7 races this season
92-Josh Williams: 3 Career top 10 finishes – 2 Top 10 finishes in 7 races this season
93-Myatt Snider: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – First top 10 finishes in 7 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Wins this season – 3 Top 2 finishes in 7 races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of closest finish this season (Darlington May) – 86 Thousandths of a second ahead of Kyle Busch
5 Different winners in 7 races this season
5 Different winners in last 5 races – Harrison Burton, Brandon Jones, Chase Briscoe, Kyle Busch & Noah Gragson
First career win for 2 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
Final lead change with 9 or fewer laps to go last 3 races – 2 of last 3 settled by last lap pass
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May & Charlotte
2 Overtime races this season – Charlotte & Bristol June
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 35
25-Years-old & younger won 6 of 7 races this season
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Active Atlanta leaders:
Atlanta wins: 5 Jimmie Johnson
Atlanta top 5 finishes: 14 Jimmie Johnson
Atlanta top 10 finishes: 16 Jimmie Johnson
Atlanta laps led: 1197 Kevin Harvick
Atlanta best average finish: 10.5 Chase Elliott
| Atlanta Wins | Best 2020 Finish | |
| Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 3rd – Bristol |
| Kurt Busch | 3 | 3rd – Auto Club & Darlington May 17 |
| Brad Keselowski | 2 | 2 Wins – Charlotte May 24 & Bristol |
| Kevin Harvick | 2 | 1 Win – Darlington May 17 |
| Kyle Busch | 2 | 2nd – Auto Club & Darlington May 20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 1 | 2 Wins – Daytona 500 & Darlington May 20 |
Champions Matt Kenseth (0 for 29), Martin Truex Jr. (0 for 21) & Joey Logano (0 for 13) winless at Atlanta
Brad Keselowski’s 5-year-old daughter is Scarlett & Regan Smith’s 5-year-old son is Rhett
2019 Atlanta: Scarlett’s dad Brad Keselowski became Team Penske all-time winner
passing Mark Donohue with 60th win after suffering from illness during weekend
Jimmie Johnson (2) & Brad Keselowski (2) won 4 of last 5 Atlanta races
1-Kurt Busch finished 7th or better last 4 Atlanta races – 2 Top 5 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins last 3 Atlanta races – 3 Straight top 2 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski finished 9th or better last 5 Atlanta races – 3 Straight top 2 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: 16 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks – Jeff Gordon 2nd all-time with 17 wins
4-Kevin Harvick finished 9th or better last 5 Atlanta races – 3 Top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick 2nd Atlanta win came 17 years after first (3/01 & 2/18) – Most years between wins
4-Kevin Harvick won 2019 Atlanta Stage 2 – Finished 4th
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps 5 of last 6 Atlanta races – 1 Win (2018)
4-Kevin Harvick led 960 of 1965 laps last 6 Atlanta races (49%)
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Top 10 finishes in 4 Atlanta races (Bill Elliott won 5 Atlanta races)
10-Aric Almirola: 2019 Atlanta pole sitter – 36 Laps led & finished 8th (Best Atlanta finish)
11-Denny Hamlin: 2012 Atlanta winner – Won previous race of season at Bristol
12-Ryan Blaney: No top 10 finishes in 4 Atlanta races – Average finish: 19th
12-Ryan Blaney: 4 Tracks without a top 10 finish – Atlanta, Homestead-Miami, Richmond & Darlington
14-Clint Bowyer: 2 Straight Atlanta top 5 finishes – No top 5 finishes previous 17 Atlanta races
18-Kyle Busch finished 6th at 2019 Atlanta – Started rear of field (Backup)
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 8th or better last 5 Atlanta races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 10 finish in 55 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Finished 2nd at Las Vegas Feb.
Wood Brothers Racing: Last win on 1.5-mile track – Atlanta 3/93 (Morgan Shepherd)
22-Joey Logano: 25 Career wins – 0 for 13 at Atlanta
42-Matt Kenseth: 39 Career wins – 0 for 29 at Atlanta
48-Jimmie Johnson: 5 Atlanta wins (Leads active drivers) – Finished 19th or worse last 3 Atlanta races (Won previous 2 races)
48-Jimmie Johnson average Atlanta finish – last 3 races: 23.3 / previous 3 races: 2.0
44 Different winners in 112 NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta races
14 Different winners in 36 NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta 1.54-mile track races
3 Winners last 5 Atlanta races – Jimmie Johnson (2), Brad Keselowski (2) & Kevin Harvick (1)
Jimmie Johnson & Bobby Labonte tied for all-time wins on 1.54-mile Atlanta track (5)
Last 5 Atlanta races won by champions
2019 Atlanta laps led: Ford 178 (6 Drivers), Chevrolet 143 (Chip Ganassi Racing #1 & #42) & Toyota 4 (Martin Truex Jr.)
Toyota laps led last 3 Atlanta races – 2017: 0 / 2018: 36 / 2019: 4
Atlanta speeding penalties – 2015: 5 / 2016: 1 / 2017: 13 / 2018: 1 / 2019: 4
Atlanta Stage 2 winner failed to win all 3 Atlanta races
Drivers won first race of season at Atlanta 44 times
Hendrick Motorsports won 14 Atlanta races with 6 different drivers
Mid-race leader failed to win last 8 Atlanta races
5 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass
Pole failed to win last 18 Atlanta races
Pole won only 1 of last 37 Atlanta races – Kasey Kahne 3/06
Worst starting position of Atlanta winner: 39th – Bobby Labonte 11/01
5 Atlanta winners started 31st or worse
Consecutive Atlanta wins 14 times – Brad Keselowski won last Atlanta race
6 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta including Kevin Harvick
3 Won Atlanta in first try – Bob Burdick, Kevin Harvick & Fireball Roberts
Bob Burdick won in his only Atlanta race
Most tries before first Atlanta win: Benny Parsons won in 29th try
Chevrolet leads all with 40 Atlanta wins
Toyota won 3 Atlanta races – Winless last 6 races
Toyota: First NCS win – 3/9/08 Atlanta Kyle Busch (First win with Joe Gibbs Racing)
Ford won last 3 Atlanta races – Winless in previous 10 Atlanta races
Only 2 swept Atlanta NXS & NCS races – Carl Edwards 3/05 (First career win both races) & Kevin Harvick 2018
4 Won pole in first try at Atlanta
9 Won first career pole at Atlanta
Drivers first win of championship season came at Atlanta 4 times
5 Atlanta races ran shorter than scheduled distance – Darrell Waltrip won 2
6 Atlanta overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 5
Largest Atlanta margin-of-victory: 2 Laps – 4/5/64 Fred Lorenzen & 4/1/73 David Pearson
Longest green-flag run to start Atlanta race: 210 Laps (2016) – First 2 hours run under green conditions
Previous longest green-flag run to start Atlanta race: 175 Laps (11/79)
Longest green-flag run at Atlanta: 309 Laps (3/90)
Most laps led by driver failing to win Atlanta: 292 – Kevin Harvick (2017)
David Pearson (8/7/66) & Kyle Busch (3/1/15) only drivers to miss Atlanta race & win championship in same season
8/1/71 Atlanta win by Richard Petty was 5th consecutive win (Malta, Islip, Trenton, Nashville & Atlanta)
10/28/07 Atlanta win by Jimmie Johnson was 2nd win in 4-straight win streak
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES ATLANTA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
17 Different winners in 28 Atlanta Xfinity Series races
Kevin Harvick (4) & Kyle Busch (2) won 6 of last 7 Atlanta races – Christopher Bell won 2019
4 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Atlanta including Jeff Gordon in 1992 (20-Years-old)
Kevin Harvick (2018) & Christopher Bell (2019) won Stage 1, 2 & race
2 Won Atlanta & championship in same season – Johnny Benson (1995) & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2012)
6 of 28 Atlanta races won from pole including 2 of last 4 by Kyle Busch
Fewest laps led by Atlanta winner: 1 – Jamie McMurray (2002)
Most laps led in Atlanta race: 165 – Mark Martin (2000)
2 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass
Toyota: 3 Atlanta Xfinity Series wins (2016, ’17 & ‘19)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Atlanta Xfinity Series wins (2016, ’17 & ‘19)
Team Penske: Winless at Atlanta
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick
Top 20 finish every race: Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 391 Kevin Harvick (163 Laps led first 9 races last season)
Finished on lead lap every race: Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Brad Keselowski (7 Stops) 63, 130, 204, 255, 330, 435, 460
Longest green flag run last race: 73 Laps (361-433)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Chase Elliott (1st & 1st), Joey Logano (5th & 4th)
Speeding last race: Keselowski (Winner), Buescher, Kyle Busch, Currey, DiBenedetto, A. Dillon,
Gaulding, Houff, LaJoie, Logano, McLeod, Newman, Smithley, Suarez, Wallace, Yeley
Rear of field last race: Preece, Gaulding
Best HMS last race: 3rd Jimmie Johnson
Best JGR last race: 4th Kyle Busch
Best SHR last race: 2nd Clint Bowyer
Best TPR last race: 1st Brad Keselowski
1-Kurt Busch: Finished 7th or better last 3 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps to go in 15 of 32 wins (47%)
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins this season (2 Wins last 3 races) – Passed for final lead change 3 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Bristol winner – Only Team Penske top 20 finisher
2-Brad Keselowski:
Last 9 wins on different tracks – Talladega, Darlington, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte & Bristol
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 7th or better last 4 races – 2 Wins
3-Austin Dillon: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Never finished top 10 in 3 straight races
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 11th at Bristol – Ended top 10 finish streak at 13 races
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott: 88 Laps led at Bristol – Only Hendrick Motorsports leader
11-Denny Hamlin: Led most laps at Bristol (131 Laps led) – Finished 17th
14-Clint Bowyer: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Bristol (Finished 2nd) – First time best SHR finisher this season
14-Clitn Bowyer: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 races – Finished 2nd at Bristol
18-Kyle Busch: Winless this season – 3 Wins after 9 races last season (Led all drivers)
18-Kyle Busch: 5 Top 5 finishes this season (Tied for most with Harvick) – Winless
19-Martin Truex Jr.: No top 5 finishes this season – 1 Win & 2 2nd-place finishes after 9 races last season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 20th at Bristol – Finished top 10 previous 4 races
24-William Byron: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 8th at Bristol
37-Chris Buescher: Finished 12th at Bristol – Started rear of field
43-Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 15 finish last 7 races – Finished 10th at Bristol
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 3rd at Bristol – Best finish since Daytona last summer
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Win this season (Auto Club) – No top 10 finishes in first 9 races last season
95-Christopher Bell: Best Rookie finisher at Bristol– Finished 9th
6 Different winners in 9 races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks
17 Bristol cautions – Most cautions in a race since 18 at Martinsville 11/1/15
21 Bristol speeding penalties by 16 drivers
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 9 races – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 8 races
Toyota: Only 1 Stage win this season – Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)
Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Stage wins this season (Only Chevrolet Stage winners) – 2 Wins
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Driver starting first finished inside top 5 only 1 race this season – Bristol (Brad Keselowski winner)
Leader of most laps failed to win last 4 races – Finished 17th or worse 3 times
3 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500, Phoenix March & Coca-Cola 600
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
Stewart-Haas Racing: No laps led at Bristol
Team Penske: All 3 led at Bristol – 177 Laps led
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Kevin Harvick
Top 10 finish every race: Kevin Harvick
Top 20 finish every race: Matt DiBenedetto & Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 391 Kevin Harvick (133 Laps led first 8 races last season)
Finished on lead lap every race: Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 22, 31, 58, 75, 118, 146
Longest green flag run last race: 59 Laps (150-208)
Top 10 each race since return: Kevin Harvick (1st, 3rd, 5th & 10th) & Martin Truex Jr. (6th, 10th, 6th & 9th)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Blaney (2nd & 2nd), Bowman (5th & 1st), Harvick (4th & 5th), Logano (1st & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Hamlin (Finished 2nd) & Bowyer
Rear of field last race: Almirola (Finished 20th), Yeley, Bilicki
Best HMS last race: 1st Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 2nd Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 10th Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 3rd Ryan Blaney
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 8th at Charlotte May 28
4-Kevin Harvick: 13 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 10th at Charlotte May 28 – Only Stewart-Haas Racing finisher in top 15 & only SHR leader (63 Laps led)
4-Kevin Harvick: Led most laps at Charlotte May 28 (63 Laps led) – Passed for final lead change & finished 10th
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 7 of 8 races this season
9-Chase Elliott: Charlotte May 28 winner – Only Hendrick Motorsports top 10 finisher
9-Chase Elliott: Charlotte May 28 winner (Only led final 28 laps) – Passed for final lead change previous 2 races
10-Aric Almirola: Started rear of field last 2 races
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & Charlotte May 28
18-Kyle Busch: Winless this season – 3 Wins after 8 races last season (Led all drivers)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Straight top 10 finishes (Avg. finish: 7.8) – Finished 14th or worse previous 4 races this season (Avg. finish: 24.5)
38-John Hunter Nemechek: Best Rookie finisher at Charlotte May 28 – Finished 13th
43-Bubba Wallace: Failed to finish last 2 races
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 4th at Charlotte May 28 – Finished 20th or worse previous 5 races this season
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Win this season (Auto Club) – No top 10 finishes in first 9 races last season
88-Alex Bowman: 4 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
6 Different winners in 8 races this season
6 Different winners in last 6 races – Bowman, Logano, Harvick, Hamlin, Keselowski & Elliott
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks
5 Different teams finished top 5 at Charlotte May 28 – Hendrick, Gibbs, Penske, JTG Daugherty & Ganassi
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 8 races – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 7 races
Toyota: Only 1 Stage win this season – Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Stage wins this season (Only Chevrolet Stage winners) – 2 Wins
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Driver starting first finished outside top 5 every race this season
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers led at Charlotte May 28 – 90 Laps led (Only Jimmie Johnson without laps led)
Joe Gibbs Racing: No laps led a Charlotte May 28
Team Penske finished 7th or better at Charlotte May 28
3 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500, Phoenix March & Coca-Cola 600
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 2 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton
Most top 5 finishes: 4 Harrison Burton & Austin Cindric
Top 10 finish every race: Harrison Burton
Most races led: 5 Justin Allgaier & Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 217 Kyle Busch
Finished on lead lap every race: Harrison Burton
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Kyle Busch (4 Stops) 48, 93, 149, 172
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kyle Busch (1st & 1st), Chastain (2nd & 2nd), Gragson (4th & 5th)
Speeding last race: Briscoe, Kyle Busch, Graf Jr., Jones, Nemechek, Sieg
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Stage wins this season at 3 different tracks – Winless
10-Ross Chastain: 5 Straight top 10 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 29th at Charlotte – Finished 12th or better previous 5 races this season
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher every race this season
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 8th or better last 5 races – Finished 4th or better 4 of last 5 races
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 28th at Charlotte – Finished 11th or better previous 5 races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of closest finish this season (Darlington May) – 86 Thousandths of a second ahead of Kyle Busch
5 Different winners in 6 races this season
Last 2 races settled by last lap pass
First career win for 2 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 35