NASCAR Michigan Sunday, July 30, 2023
Michigan International Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 Michigan
Kevin Harvick
2022 Michigan winner – Started 16th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 13th in Stage 2, led only final 38 laps
Winner pit stops: Kevin Harvick (4 Stops) 48, 90 (Green), 111, 158 (Green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin 2nd & 1st, Christopher Bell 1st & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Bubba Wallace 2nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Larson 7th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 7th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 1st
Best Penske: Joey Logano 4th
Most Michigan wins: 9 David Pearson
Ty Gibbs: First career top 10 finish: 10th – 2022 Michigan
Denny Hamlin: Finished 6th or better last 5 Michigan races – 4 Top 5 finishes (7 Straight Michigan races led – 88 laps led)
Kevin Harvick: 5 Wins last 7 Michigan races – 6 Top 2 finishes last 8 Michigan races
Erik Jones: 1 Top 10 finish last 8 Michigan races – Finished 8th in 2022
Kyle Larson: Finished 7th or better last 3 Michigan races – Finished 3rd twice
Martin Truex Jr.: 6 Straight Michigan top 10 finishes – 4 Top 5 finishes
Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 5 finish in 9 Michigan races – Finished 2nd in 2022
39 Different winners in 105 Michigan NASCAR Cup Series races
11 Different winners in 20 Michigan NASCAR Cup Series races since repave
Kevin Harvick: 5 Michigan wins since repave – Leads all drivers
Michigan paved: 1968, ’77, ’86, ’95 & ‘11
Kevin Harvick: 6 Michigan wins – 5 Wins last 7 Michigan races
No winner from Michigan
Drivers scored first win of season 21 times at Michigan including Kevin Harvick in 2022
2 Michigan wins by Joey Logano were first wins of season (8/13 & 6/16)
2 Won first career race at Michigan – Dale Jarrett 8/91 & Kyle Larson 8/16
Last to win a Michigan race & championship in same season: Jeff Gordon 2001
13 Michigan win streaks (Consecutive wins) – Kevin Harvick won last season
Only 1 won Michigan in first try – Cale Yarborough
Sterling Marlin & Ricky Rudd won first Michigan race in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
Most laps led in a Michigan race: 163 – Joey Logano 6/19 (Winner)
6 Michigan races settled by last lap pass
Closest Michigan finish: .077 Seconds – 8/22/21 Ryan Blaney over William Byron
7 Michigan Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 6
6 Michigan races didn’t run full distance due to weather
4 Michigan rescheduled races
Fastest Michigan race: 173.997mph – Dale Jarrett (6/99)
Dale Jarrett led final 148 laps at Michigan 6/99
22 of 105 Michigan races won from first starting position
Driver starting first failed to finish 13 of 105 Michigan races
27 of last 61 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
0 of first 44 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
Stewart-Haas Racing won 6 of last 8 Michigan races
Ford won last 8 Michigan races – Longest Michigan streak by a manufacturer
Ford leads with 43 Michigan wins including last 8 races
Toyota winless last 12 Michigan races
8 Different car makes won Michigan
First NASCAR Cup Series restrictor plate race was run at Michigan 8/16/70
6/15/86 Michigan: Richard Petty 1000th career race
Oldest driver to win a NCS race was Harry Gant 52 Years, 219 Days (8/16/92 Michigan)
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
Michigan International Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
22 Different winners in 30 Michigan races
12 Different winners last 12 Michigan races
First Michigan win for 8 of last 10 winners
2 Won Michigan NXS & NCS races on same weekend – Mark Martin (1993) & Carl Edwards (2008)
Fewest laps led by Michigan winner: 3 – Brad Keselowski (2009)
Most laps led by Michigan winner: 119 – Ryan Newman (2001)
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 10 Michigan races
5 Won Michigan after leading 7 or fewer laps
6 Won Michigan in first try
6 Won Michigan for first time in third try
Most tries before first Michigan win: Paul Menard won in 9th try (2014)
10 Won first race of the season at Michigan
Brad Keselowski only driver to win consecutive Michigan races (2009 & ‘10) – Ty Gibbs won last season
5 Michigan winners won championship in same season –
Earnhardt Jr. (1999), Keselowski (2010), Suarez (2016), Reddick (2019) & Gibbs (2022)
2 Scored first career Xfinity Series win at Michigan – Ryan Newman 2001 & Daniel Suarez 2016
2 Rookies won Michigan – Steve Park 1997 & Kyle Busch 2004
Noah Gragson won Stage 1 & 2 at 2022 Michigan – Finished 3rd
Most consecutive Michigan laps led: 74 – Mark Martin (1997)
Winner took lead for first time on lap 70 or later in 12 Michigan races
2 Michigan races settled by last lap pass (2009 & ‘17)
2 Michigan Overtime finishes (2006 & ‘21)
Youngest Michigan winner: 19 – Kyle Busch (2004) & Ty Gibbs (2022)
Oldest Michigan winners: 39 – AJ Allmendinger (2021) & Michael Waltrip (2002)
3 Michigan races won from pole – None in last 11 races
Worst start position to win Michigan: 38th – Ryan Newman (2005)
6 Michigan races had no cautions or just 1 caution
2016 Michigan winner Daniel Suarez first Mexican to win NASCAR National Touring Series race