NASCAR Miami Sunday, October 15, 2023
Homestead-Miami Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 Miami
Kyle Larson
2022 Miami winner – Started 5th, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 5 times led for 199 laps, avg. running pos.: 1.5, ran top 5 every lap
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (6 Stops) 32, 83, 122 (G), 166, 213, 246
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 1st, William Byron 2nd & 3rd, Martin Truex Jr. 3rd & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Chris Buescher 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Noah Gragson 25th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Corey LaJoie 23rd
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 8th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 17th
Most Homestead-Miami wins: 3 Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin & Tony Stewart
Kyle Busch: 8 Straight Homestead-Miami top 10 finishes – 4 Top 5 finishes
16 Different winners in 24 NASCAR Cup Series Homestead-Miami races
7 Different winners last 7 Homestead-Miami races –
Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, William Byron & Kyle Larson
12 Different winners in 17 Homestead-Miami Playoff races
Bill Elliott (2001), Denny Hamlin (2013) & William Byron (2021) scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami
Homestead-Miami season finale 2002-‘19
First Homestead-Miami race on current configuration: 2003
Jimmie Johnson won first Homestead-Miami race in 16th try (2016) – Most of all drivers
Tony Stewart only driver to win in first try (1999) – Also won in 2nd try (2000)
Tony Stewart only Rookie of the Year contender to win Homestead-Miami (1999)
2 Won consecutive Homestead-Miami races – Greg Biffle only driver to win 3 straight (2004, ’05 & ’06)
Stage 2 winner won last 4 Homestead-Miami races
Homestead-Miami winner finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 all 6 races
Most laps led in a Homestead-Miami race: 214 – Matt Kenseth (2007)
Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last 2 Homestead-Miami races – Finished 3rd in 2021 & 6th in 2022
1 Homestead-Miami race settled by last lap pass (2003) – Bobby Labonte passed Bill Elliott
Bobby Labonte led only final lap 2003 Homestead-Miami
3 Won Homestead-Miami from first starting position – Bill Elliott 2001, Kurt Busch 2002 & Denny Hamlin 2020
Denny Hamlin started first 6 of last 8 Homestead-Miami races – 2019, ’20 & ‘21 No qualifying
Driver starting first won only 1 of last 20 Homestead-Miami races – Denny Hamlin (2020)
Hendrick Motorsports: 4 Homestead-Miami wins – 2012 Jeff Gordon, 2016 Jimmie Johnson, 2021 William Byron & 2022 Kyle Larson
Joe Gibbs Racing leads all with 8 Homestead-Miami wins
Joe Gibbs Racing: 8 Homestead-Miami wins – 4 Different drivers (Kyle Busch, Hamlin, B. Labonte & Stewart)
Team Penske: 1 Homestead-Miami win – 2018 Joey Logano
Richard Childress Racing winless at Homestead-Miami
Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing winless last 11 Homestead-Miami races – 7 Wins previous 9 races
Ford leads all manufacturers with 8 Homestead-Miami wins – 1 Win last 12 races (2018)
Chevrolet: 7 Homestead-Miami wins
Toyota: 6 Homestead-Miami wins – All in last 14 races
Homestead-Miami Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
22 Different winners in 29 NASCAR Xfinity Series Homestead-Miami races
Carl Edwards only driver to sweep Homestead-Miami NXS & NCS races (2008)
Homestead-Miami season finale 1995-‘19
First Homestead-Miami win last 4 winners – Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe, Myatt Snider & Noah Gragson
Matt Kenseth won first Homestead-Miami race in 9th try – Most of all drivers
Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon & Dale Jarrett won Homestead-Miami in first try
Kyle Busch (2009 & ’10) & Tyler Reddick (2018 & ‘19) only drivers to win consecutive Homestead-Miami races
9 Scored first win of the season at Homestead-Miami
5 Won first career race at Homestead-Miami – Lepage, Kahne, Smith, Custer & Snider
Cole Custer (2017), Tyler Reddick (2018) & Harrison Burton (6/13/20) only Rookie of the Year contenders to win Homestead-Miami
4 Led first lap & won Homestead-Miami – Ryan Newman 2005, Brad Keselowski 2011, Daniel Suarez 2016 & Tyler Reddick 2019
Kyle Busch (2009), Daniel Suarez (2016) & Tyler Reddick (2018 & ‘19) won Homestead-Miami & championship in same year
Most laps led in a Homestead-Miami race: 182 – Cole Custer (2017)
Final lead change with 2 laps to go 3 of last 4 Homestead-Miami races
Jeff Burton led only final lap 1998 Homestead-Miami
Homestead-Miami winner took lead for final time with 7 or fewer laps remaining 14 times
2 Homestead-Miami NASCAR Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
5 Homestead-Miami wins from first starting position
Worst start position of Homestead-Miami winner: 30th – Jeff Burton 2007