NASCAR Michigan Sunday, June 2, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Michigan wins (Active): 3 Kurt Busch & Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing teammates)
• Most Michigan top 5 finishes (Active): 12 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan top 10 finishes (Active): 17 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan laps led (Active): 700 Jimmie Johnson
• Best Michigan average start (Active): 8.5 Erik Jones
• Best Michigan average finish: 5.3 Chase Elliott (Gary Bettenhausen finished 4th in only Michigan race)
• Kevin Harvick running at finish 35 of 36 Michigan races
• Most Michigan lead lap finishes (Active): 31 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan wins since repave: 3 Kyle Larson
• Most Michigan 2nd-place finishes since repave: 6 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan top 5 finishes since repave: 9 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan top 10 finishes since repave: 11 Joey Logano
• Best Michigan average finish since repave: 5.3 Chase Elliott
• 100th Michigan race
• 2 Finished top 5 both Michigan races last season: Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
• 7 Finished top 10 both Michigan races last season:
• Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano
• Stewart-Haas Racing finished 1-2-3 at Michigan 6/18 – Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick & Kurt Busch
• Stewart-Haas Racing: 3 Michigan wins – Won both Michigan races last season
• All 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 10 both Michigan races last season
• Clint Bowyer: Michigan 6/18 winner – 2nd win in 10-race span (Winless previous 190 races)
• Kyle Larson: 3 Wins last 5 Michigan races – Finished 28th 6/18 (Lap 86 spin) & 17th 8/18
• Kevin Harvick: Only driver to lead laps both Michigan races last season (157 Total laps led) – Led most laps each race
• 14 Other drivers led 176 laps – Kevin Harvick led 111 laps more than 2nd-most laps led (46 – Kurt Busch)
• Kurt Busch: Michigan 6/18 pole sitter – Fastest pole last season 203.361mph
• Kurt Busch: 3 Michigan wins with 3 different car numbers, teams, cars & crew chiefs
• Roush 6/03 Jimmy Fennig (Ford), Penske 8/07 Pat Tryson (Dodge) & Stewart-Haas 6/15 Tony Gibson (Chevrolet)
• Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Michigan 6/18 pre-race penalty for splitter violation – Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Erik Jones
• Kyle Busch finished 4th, Denny Hamlin 12th & Erik Jones 15th from rear of field
• Kevin Harvick Stage 2 winner in both Michigan races last year – Finished 2nd in June & Winner in August
• Kevin Harvick won Stage 1, 2 & race at Michigan 8/18 – 5 Times led for 108 laps (most), 7 playoff points
• Kevin Harvick: 2 Michigan wins (Winless in June races) – 7 Michigan 2nd-place finishes
• Kyle Busch: 4 Straight Michigan top 10 finishes (Avg. finish: 6th) – No top 10 finishes previous 7 races (Avg. finish: 32nd)
• Chase Elliott: Finished 9th or better all 6 Michigan races – 3 2nd-place finishes
• Chase Elliott: First 3 2nd-place finishes came at Michigan (6/16, 8/16 & 6/17)
• Brad Keselowski from Rochester Hills, Michigan – 0 for 19 at Michigan – Finished 2nd twice including last August
• 10 Michigan top 10 finishes most at a track without a win
• Martin Truex Jr.: 0 for 26 at Michigan – 3 Michigan 2nd-place finishes
• Joey Logano: Michigan 8/13 winner – First win with Team Penske
• Jimmie Johnson: 83 Career wins – 1 Michigan win (69th career win)
• Final green run 57 laps Michigan 8/18
• 8 Cautions each Michigan race last season
• 2018 Michigan – 3 Pit road speeding penalties by 3 drivers in June – 2 By 2 drivers in August
• Only 2 top 5 finishes for Richard Childress Racing last season – Daytona 500 & Michigan Aug.
• Most lead lap finishers last season: 29 Michigan June & Talladega Oct.
• Only 2 top 5 finishes for Richard Childress Racing last season – Daytona 500 & Michigan Aug.
• Michigan 6/18: Fastest pole last season – 203.361mph Kurt Busch
• Michigan 6/18: Shortest race time last season – 2:00:15
• 38 Different winners in 99 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• 10 Different winners in 14 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races since repave
• 8 Different winners last 8 Michigan June races
• Drivers scored first win of season 20 times at Michigan
• First win of season for 4 of last 8 Michigan June race winners
• Since Michigan repave, pole speed over 200mph 11 times
• Michigan paved: 1968, ’77, ’86, ’95 & ‘11
• No winner from Michigan
• 21 of 99 Michigan races won from first starting position (21%)
• Last to win a Michigan race & championship in same season: Jeff Gordon 2001
• 12 Michigan win streaks (Consecutive wins) – Kevin Harvick won last Michigan race
• Ford leads with 37 Michigan wins
• 8 Different car makes won Michigan
• 25 of last 55 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
• 5 Michigan Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
• 6 Michigan races didn’t run full distance due to weather
• 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
• Bill Elliott tied record for consecutive superspeedway wins at 1 track with 4 (6/85, 8/85, 6/86 & 8/86)
• 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
• 18
• 18
• Wins
• 0
• 2
• Top 5
• 4
• 8
• Top 10
• 8
• 9
• Avg. Finish
• 13.4
• 10.8
• 2nd-Place
• 3
• 4
• Top 3
• 3
• 7
• Laps Led
• 176
• 304
• Joey Logano
• Michigan
• Gibbs
• Penske
• Races
• 8
• 12
• Wins
• 0
• 2
• Top 5
• 0
• 5
• Top 10
• 3
• 11
• Avg. Finish
• 19.6
• 7.8
• 18th or worse
• 5
• 1
• Laps Led
• 0
• 357

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• 19 Different winners in 27 Michigan races
• 9 Different winners last 9 Michigan races
• Last 5 Michigan winners took lead for final time with 5 or fewer laps remaining
• 10 Won first race of the season at Michigan including last 5 winners
• Leader of most laps failed to win last 7 Michigan races
• First Michigan win for 5 of last 7 winners
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of last 4 races with 3 different drivers – Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez & Denny Hamlin
• 2 Scored first career Xfinity Series win at Michigan – Ryan Newman 2001 & Daniel Suarez 2016
• 3 Michigan races won from pole – None in last 8 races
• 2 Michigan races settled by last lap pass (2009 & ‘17)
• Most cautions: 10 (2018)
• Most caution laps: 37 (2018)
• 6 Michigan races had no cautions or just 1 caution
• 3 Michigan winners won championship in same season – Earnhardt Jr. (1999), Keselowski (2010) & Suarez (2016)
• Fewest laps led by Michigan winner: 3 – Brad Keselowski (2009)
• Most laps led by Michigan winner: 119 – Ryan Newman (2001)
• 5 Won Michigan after leading 7 or fewer laps
• Worst start position to win Michigan: 38th – Ryan Newman (2005)
• 1 Michigan Overtime finish (2006) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. winner
• Brad Keselowski only driver to win consecutive Michigan races (2009 & ‘10)
• Winner took lead for first time on lap 70 or later in 11 Michigan races
• Most consecutive Michigan laps led: 74 – Mark Martin (1997)
• Youngest Michigan winner: 19 – Kyle Busch (2004)
• Oldest Michigan winner: 39 – Michael Waltrip (2002)
• 2 Rookies won Michigan – Steve Park 1997 & Kyle Busch 2004
• 2 Won NXS & MENCS races on same weekend – Mark Martin (1993) & Carl Edwards (2008)
• Closest margin-of-victory: .012 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over William Byron (2017)