NASCAR Michigan Sunday, June 3, 2018

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Michigan wins since repave: 3 Kyle Larson
• Most Michigan 2nd-place finishes since repave: 5 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Most Michigan top 5 finishes since repave: 7 Kevin Harvick
• Most Michigan top 10 finishes since repave: 9 Kevin Harvick
• Best Michigan average finish since repave: 3.5 Chase Elliott
• 37 Different winners in 97 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• JUNE 10, 2001 MICHIGAN: 100TH WIN FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS – JEFF GORDON
• Kyle Larson won last 3 Michigan races – Kevin Harvick last to win 4 straight at a track (ISM 11/13, 3/14, 11/14 & 3/15)
• Bill Elliott: First to win 4 consecutive superspeedway races at 1 track – Michigan 6/85, 8/85, 6/86 & 8/86
• Kyle Larson going for 4th straight Michigan win
• In 2017, Kyle Larson first to sweep both Michigan races in same season since Bobby Labonte in 1995
• Joey Logano: Michigan 8/13 winner – First win with Team Penske
• Erik Jones finished 3rd last Michigan race – Part of streak of 6 straight top 10 finishes from end of July to beginning of September
• William Byron finished 2nd to Denny Hamlin at Michigan in closest Xfinity Series finish last season
• 7 Different winners last 7 June races – 5 Different teams won last 5 races
• Kyle Larson only driver to finish top 5 both Michigan races last season – Won both
• 5 Finished top 10 both Michigan races last season – Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Jamie McMurray & Martin Truex Jr.
• Fastest poles last season: Michigan August (203.097 mph) & Michigan June (202.156 mph)
• Kyle Larson: Finished 3rd or better last 4 Michigan races – 3 Straight wins
• Chase Elliott: Finished 8th or better all 4 Michigan races – 3 2nd-place finishes
• Jamie McMurray: 4 Straight Michigan top 10 finishes
• Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 5 finish last 4 Michigan races – Finished 2nd last race
• Kevin Harvick: Finished 2nd in 5 Michigan races including 4 straight since only win (8/10)
• 8 Michigan sweeps including Kyle Larson last year
• Kyle Larson led most laps 2 of last 3 Michigan races – Won both
• Brad Keselowski started on pole last Michigan race (203.097 MPH) – Stage 1 winner, 105 laps led (most) & finished 17th
• Martin Truex Jr.: 0 for 24 at Michigan – Finished 2nd three times
• Martin Truex Jr. won 3 Michigan Stages – 1 & 2 (6/17) & 2 (8/17)
• Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last Michigan race – Finished 2nd
• Kyle Busch led with 20 laps to go both Michigan races last season – Winless
• Kurt Busch: 3 Michigan wins with 3 different car numbers, teams, cars & crew chiefs
• Bubba Wallace: 2017 Michigan Camping World Truck Series winner – Only NCWTS race last season
• Leader at 20 to go mark failed to win 15 of last 20 Michigan races
• Drivers scored first win of season 20 times at Michigan
• First win of season for 4 of last 7 June race winners
• Team Penske won 3 of last 4 Michigan poles
• 21 of 97 Michigan races won from first starting position (22%)
• 5 of last 9 Michigan races won from pole – No winners from pole previous 7 races
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. only driver with pit road speeding penalty last Michigan June race – Finished 8th
• 3 Pit road speeding penalties by 2 drivers last Michigan August race – Clint Bowyer & Matt Kenseth
• 6 Started rear of field last Michigan June race including
• Johnson (10th), Kurt Busch (12th), Harvick (14th), Allmendinger (18th), Suarez (24th) & Cassill (32nd)
• Jimmie Johnson started rear of field both Michigan races last season – Finished 10th & 19th
• 8 Different winners in 12 Michigan Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races since repave
• Since Michigan repave, pole speed over 200mph 9 times
• 12 Michigan win streaks (Consecutive wins)
• Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 10 of last 19 Michigan races
• Winner led final 11 laps or fewer 11 of last 20 Michigan races
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change last Michigan June race – Finished 7th
• Jimmie Johnson passed for final lead change in 4 Michigan races – All 4 in last 22 Michigan races
• Dale Jarrett led final 148 laps at Michigan 6/99
• 8 Cautions 7 of last 12 Michigan races
• Ford leads with 35 Michigan wins
• 2 Won first career race at Michigan – Dale Jarrett 8/91 & Kyle Larson 8/16
• 6 Michigan races settled by last lap pass
• Both Michigan wins by Joey Logano were first wins of season (8/13 & 6/16)
• 24 of last 53 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
• 0 of first 44 Michigan races won by drivers starting outside top 10
• First green-flag run 7 laps or less 8 of last 12 Michigan races – 2 Laps or less 4 times
• First green-flag run less than 10 laps in 17 of last 30 Michigan races
• Only 1 won Michigan in first try – Cale Yarborough
• Sterling Marlin & Ricky Rudd won first Michigan race in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
• 5 Michigan Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
• 5 Michigan races didn’t run full distance
• 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
• Last to win a Michigan race & championship in same season: Jeff Gordon 2001
• 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
• 13 Roush Fenway Racing Michigan wins by 5 different drivers – Biffle 4, Martin 4, Edwards 2, Kenseth 2 & Kurt Busch 1
• 13 Roush Fenway Racing Michigan wins by 5 different drivers – Most of all teams & most of all tracks
• 11 Wood Brothers Racing Michigan wins by 3 different drivers – David Pearson 8, Cale Yarborough 2 & Dale Jarrett 1
• 8 Hendrick Motorsports Michigan wins by 5 different drivers – J. Gordon 3, Earnhardt Jr. 2, Johnson 1, Martin 1 & Rudd 1
• 8 Joe Gibbs Racing Michigan wins by 5 different drivers – B. Labonte 3, Hamlin 2, Kyle Busch 1, Kenseth 1 & Stewart 1
• 8 Team Penske Michigan wins by 4 different drivers – R. Wallace 3, Logano 2, Newman 2 & Kurt Busch 1
• 3 Richard Childress Racing Michigan wins – Dale Earnhardt 2 & Kevin Harvick 1 (Last win: 8/10)
• 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Michigan win – Kurt Busch 6/15

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• 18 Different winners in 26 Michigan races
• 8 Different winners last 8 Michigan races
• 2 Won NXS & MENCS races on same weekend – Mark Martin (1993) & Carl Edwards (2008)
• Xfinity Series regular won 2 of last 5 Michigan races – 2013 Regan Smith & 2016 Daniel Suarez
• Joe Gibbs Racing won last 3 races with 3 different drivers – Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez & Denny Hamlin
• 9 Won first race of the season at Michigan including last 4 winners
• Mid-race leader failed to win 12 of last 13 Michigan races including last 7
• 10 To go leader failed to win 3 of last 4 Michigan races
• 10 To go leader finished 2nd in 4 of last 9 Michigan races
• Last 4 Michigan winners took lead for final time with 5 or fewer laps remaining
• 2 Michigan races settled by last lap pass (2009 & ‘17)
• Leader of most laps failed to win 14 of 26 Michigan races including last 6 races
• First Michigan win for 4 of last 6 winners
• First win of season for last 4 Michigan winners
• 6 Michigan races had no cautions or just 1 caution
• Closest margin-of-victory: .012 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over William Byron (2017)
• 3 Michigan winners won championship in same season – Earnhardt Jr. (1999), Keselowski (2010) & Suarez (2016)
• 2 Scored first career Xfinity Series win at Michigan – Ryan Newman 2001 & Daniel Suarez 2016
• 1 Michigan Overtime finish (2006) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. winner
• Brad Keselowski only driver to win consecutive Michigan races (2009 & ‘10)
• 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
• Kyle Busch won 2 of last 4 Michigan poles
• 3 Michigan races won from pole – None in last 7 races
• Pole finished top 5 in 12 of last 15 Michigan races
• 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
• 2016 Michigan winner Daniel Suarez first Mexican to win NASCAR National Touring Series race
• 5 Won Michigan in first try
• 6 Won Michigan in third try
• Most tries before first win: Paul Menard won in 9th try (2014)
• Worst start position to win Michigan: 38th – Ryan Newman (2005)
• Most leaders: 13 (2006)
• Most lead changes: 21 (2002)
• Most cautions: 9 (2006)
• Most caution laps: 33 (2004)
• Fastest race: 169.571mph (1995)