NASCAR Michigan Sunday, August 4, 2019
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS\
- Most Michigan wins (Active): 3 Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson & Joey Logano
- Most Michigan top 5 finishes (Active): 12 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan top 10 finishes (Active): 18 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan laps led (Active): 700 Jimmie Johnson
- Best Michigan average start (Active): 9.3 Ryan Blaney
- Best Michigan average finish (Active): 7.4 Chase Elliott (Gary Bettenhausen finished 4th in only Michigan race)
- Kevin Harvick running at finish 36 of 37 Michigan races
- Most Michigan lead lap finishes (Active): 32 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan wins since repave: 3 Kyle Larson & Joey Logano
- Most Michigan 2nd-place finishes since repave: 6 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan top 3 finishes since repave: 7 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan top 5 finishes since repave: 9 Kevin Harvick
- Most Michigan top 10 finishes since repave: 12 Joey Logano
- Best Michigan average finish since repave: 7.4 Chase Elliott
- Joey Logano: 3 Michigan wins – All 3 from pole
- Joey Logano: Michigan June winner – First driver to win from pole in 32 races (Since Martin Truex Jr. 2018 Kentucky)
- Joey Logano: Michigan June winner led 7 times for 163 of 203 laps
- 3rd win in rescheduled race – 2014 Texas, 2015 Charlotte & 2019 Michigan
- 2 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Michigan June – Aric Almirola & Kurt Busch
- Daniel Suarez finished 4th at Michigan June – Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher for first time ever
- Only 1 pit road speeding penalty at Michigan June – Matt Tifft
- All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 9th or better at Michigan June – All 3 led laps (170 Laps led)
- All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers led Michigan June – 18 Laps led
- Denny Hamlin only Toyota driver to lead at Michigan June – 5 Laps led
- Michigan June laps led – Ford: 188 (7 Drivers), Chevrolet: 10, Toyota 5
- Martin Truex Jr.: 500th career race – 2 Won in 500th race (Richard Petty 1970 & Matt Kenseth 2013)
- Best Michigan finish: 2nd (3 Times)
- 38 Different winners in 100 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
- 10 Different winners in 15 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races since repave
- No Michigan winner from Michigan
- 22 of 100 Michigan races won from first starting position
- Last to win a Michigan race & championship in same season: Jeff Gordon 2001
- 8 Michigan sweeps – Most recent: Kyle Larson (2017) – Joey Logano won in June
- Ford leads with 38 Michigan wins including last 3 races
- Toyota winless last 7 Michigan races
- 8 Different car makes won Michigan
- Kevin Harvick led most laps both Michigan races last season – Finished 2nd & 1st
- Kevin Harvick won Stage 1, 2 & race at Michigan 8/18
- Final green run 57 laps Michigan 8/18
- Pole failed to lead first lap in 46 of 100 Michigan races
- 25 of last 56 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
- 0 of first 44 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
- 2 Won first career race at Michigan – Dale Jarrett 8/91 & Kyle Larson 8/16
- 4 Won first superspeedway race at Michigan – Bill Elliott, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace & Kyle Larson
- 6 Michigan races settled by last lap pass
- 6 Michigan Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 5
- 6 Michigan races didn’t run full distance due to weather
- 3 Michigan rescheduled races
- Drivers scored first win of season 20 times at Michigan
- Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 8 Michigan August races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
- Only 1 won Michigan in first try – Cale Yarborough
- Sterling Marlin & Ricky Rudd won first Michigan race in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
- 8/16/98 Michigan win by Jeff Gordon was 4th straight win (Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen & Michigan)
- 6/10/01 Hendrick Motorsports 100th win – Jeff Gordon
- First Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series restrictor plate race was run at Michigan 8/16/70
- Oldest driver to win a MENCS race was Harry Gant 52 Years, 219 Days (8/16/92 Michigan)
- 6/15/86: Richard Petty 1000th career race
- Dale Jarrett led final 148 laps at Michigan 6/99
Kevin Harvick
Michigan
June
August
Races
19
18
Wins
0
2
Top 5
4
8
Top 10
9
9
Avg. Finish
13.1
10.8
2nd-Place
3
4
Top 3
3
7
Laps Led
191
304
Joey Logano
Michigan
Gibbs
Penske
Races
8
13
Wins
0
3
Top 5
0
6
Top 10
3
12
Avg. Finish
19.6
7.2
18th or worse
5
1
Laps Led
0
520
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN CAR OWNER WINS
Roush Fenway Racing
13
Wood Brothers Racing
11
Team Penske
9
Hendrick Motorsports
8
Joe Gibbs Racing
8
Chip Ganassi Racing
4
Richard Childress Racing
3
Stewart-Haas Racing
3