NASCAR Monday, April 24, 2017

2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

JIMMIE JOHNSON CONSECUTIVE WINS

NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Career Wins

• Most wins this season: 2 Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Joey Logano
• Best average finish this season: 5.5 Kyle Larson
• Most poles this season: 2 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Best average start this season: 4.4 Brad Keselowski (Started 7th or better every race)
• Most laps led this season: 433 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Most races led this season: 7 Joey Logano
• 6 Different winners in 8 races this season
• Cale Yarborough’s final career win (83) came at Charlotte 10/6/85 – 20 Years after first career win
• 4 Winners this season were winless at this point last season – Kurt Busch, Larson, Newman & Truex Jr.
• Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick winless this season – Winners at this point last season
• Only 2 winners at this point last season & this season – Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
• Ryan Newman won Phoenix this season – Missed Playoff last season
• Martin Truex Jr. first driver to win all 3 segments in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race – 2017 Las Vegas
• 7 Drivers won Stages 1 & 2 this season – 5 Have yet to win a race (Blaney, Kyle Busch, Elliott, Harvick & Logano)
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 5 wins in Stages 1 & 2 – 1 Win (Las Vegas)
• Last to win consecutive races: Jimmie Johnson (Texas 4/17 & Bristol 4/17)
• Last previous driver to win consecutive races: Brad Keselowski (Daytona 7/16 & 2016 Kentucky)
• Last to win 3 straight races: Joey Logano (Charlotte 10/15, Kansas 10/15 & Talladega 10/15)
• Jimmie Johnson: 1 Win from tying Cale Yarborough for 6th all-time in victories (2 from tying Bobby Allison & Darrell Waltrip)
• Jimmie Johnson: Last 7 Hendrick Motorsports wins all by Jimmie Johnson
• Jimmie Johnson: 5 Wins last 15 races – Winless previous 24 races
• Jimmie Johnson: 16 Straight multiple-win seasons – 2002-‘17
• Jimmie Johnson: Winless last 16 Richmond races – Winless previous 13 races at Bristol before win last week
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 9 Total wins on next 2 tracks – 3 at Richmond & 6 at Talladega
• 1 Win from pole this season: Kyle Larson Auto Club
• 2 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500 & Brad Keselowski Martinsville April
• 8 Speeding penalties by 7 drivers at Bristol April
• 2 with pit road speeding penalties at Bristol led 318 laps total – Larson (202) & Truex Jr. (116)
• 4 with pit road speeding penalties at Bristol finished top 10 – Clint Bowyer finished 2nd
• Matt Kenseth: 2 Top 5 finishes this season (Atlanta & Bristol April) – Pit road speeding penalties both races
• Kevin Harvick passed for final lead change last race – Finished 3rd
• Kevin Harvick passed for final lead change 15 times since joining Stewart-Haas Racing
• Final lead change with 7 or fewer laps to go 5 of 8 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 2 of 8 races this season – Winless last 3 races
• Kyle Busch led most laps 2 of last 5 races this season – Failed to win both
• Kyle Busch failed to win last 3 races after he led most laps – Bristol 8/16, Phoenix March & Martinsville April
• Joey Logano: 6 Straight races led – 199 Laps led
• Kyle Larson: 202 Laps led last race (All consecutive from start) – Most laps led in a race (Finished 6th)
• 10 To go leader failed to win 4 races this season
• Jimmie Johnson best Chevrolet finisher last 2 races – Only time best Chevrolet finisher this season
• Clint Bowyer best Ford finisher last race for first time
• Matt Kenseth best Toyota finisher last race (Finished 4th) – First time best Toyota finisher last 6 races
• Hendrick Motorsports best Chevrolet last 3 races – Only time best Chevrolet finisher this season
• Stewart-Haas Racing best Ford twice this season – Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch) & Bristol April (Clint Bowyer)
• Ford: 3 Wins in 8 races this season – 3 Wins in first 16 races last season
• Chevrolet: 4 Wins in last 5 races by 3 different teams – Childress, Ganassi & Hendrick
• Toyota: Only 1 win this season – Las Vegas (Martin Truex Jr.)
• Ty Dillon best Rookie finisher last 2 races – Only time best Rookie finisher
• Last 2 races same NXS & MENCS winner (Texas & Bristol) – Erik Jones & Jimmie Johnson
• Youngest winner: Kyle Larson – 24
• Oldest winner: Jimmie Johnson – 41
• 7 Wins this season by drivers 33-years-old or older
• Kyle Larson finished 2nd to 4 different drivers this season – Johnson, Keselowski, Newman & Truex Jr.
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless this season – 4 Wins at this point last season
• Roush Fenway Racing winless last 100 races – Last win: 2014 Sonoma (Carl Edwards)
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless first 8 races this season – First time since 2007 (Winless first 16 races)
• Austin Dillon best Richard Childress Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races
• Matt Kenseth best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last race – First time best JGR finisher last 6 races
• Clint Bowyer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 4 of last 6 races
• Jimmie Johnson won 5 rescheduled races – 2 Richmond, 1 Bristol, 1 Charlotte & 1 Talladega
• 1 Race settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500
• Jimmie Johnson started rear of field in 4 wins including 2 of last 3 – 2016 Homestead-Miami & Texas April
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season: Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April)
• Last winner in backup car: Kurt Busch – Michigan 6/15
• Last winner after free-pass: Martin Truex Jr. – 2016 Chicagoland
• 2 Overtime races this season – Phoenix March & Auto Club
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .228 Seconds – Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch over Blaney)

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

 

• Most wins this season: 2 Erik Jones
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Ryan Blaney
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones & Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Erik Jones
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 6 Elliott Sadler (6 Straight)
• Most laps led this season: 254 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 4 Kyle Larson
• Top 6 finishers at Bristol either had best finish of season or tied best finish of season
• William Byron only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
• 6 Different winners in 7 races this season – Erik Jones only repeat winner this season
• Last to win 3 consecutive NXS races: Kyle Busch Kentucky 7/16, 2016 New Hampshire & 2016 Indianapolis
• #22 passed for final lead change 3 races this season – Daytona Feb., Auto Club & Bristol April
• Team Penske #22 winless since Texas 11/15 – Finished 2nd eight times since last win (5 Times this season)
• Team Penske #22 finished 2nd in last 4 races
• Team Penske #22 passed for final lead change in 12 races since last win
• Daniel Hemric best Rookie finisher last race – First time best Rookie finisher
• Daniel Hemric best Richard Childress Racing finisher 2 of last 4 races
• Elliott Sadler best JR Motorsports finisher last race – First time best JRM finisher in last 5 races
• Darrell Wallace Jr. best Roush Fenway Racing finisher last 6 races
• Erik Jones only driver to win a stage & race this season – Stage 1 winner at Texas April
• Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Justin Allgaier (Phoenix March) & Daniel Hemric (Bristol April)
• Elliott Sadler best finisher eligible for championship points last race (4th) – First time best NXS finisher last 5 races
• Ryan Reed (65 Races) & Justin Allgaier (80 Races) ended long winless streaks this season
• Youngest winner: Erik Jones – 20
• Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 31
• Last winner after dropping to back of field: Marcos Ambrose – 2011 Montreal
• Last 2 wins after free-pass: Kyle Busch (2014 & ‘16 Kansas)
• Last winner after speeding penalty: Erik Jones (Bristol 4/17)
• Last 19 winners started 7th or better
• 1 Overtime race this season – Daytona Feb.
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Auto Club .127 seconds (Kyle Larson over Joey Logano)