NASCAR Monday, March 6, 2017

Brad Keselowski

• 22 Career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins – 14 Different tracks
• Won back-to-back races twice – Richmond 9/14 & 2014 Chicagoland and Daytona 7/16 & 2016 Kentucky
• 5 Wins last 36 races – Winless previous 33 races
• 1 Win last 20 races – 4 Wins previous 16 races
• 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Atlanta winner last week
• Won 2016 Las Vegas after pit road speeding penalty
• Took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps to go in 11 of 22 wins
• 7 Straight seasons with a win – 2011-’17 (4 Multiple win seasons)
• 22 Career wins – 10 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks
• 3 Wins last 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Winless previous 16 races
• 9 of last 16 wins came on 1.5-mile tracks
• 2 Wins last 3 Las Vegas races
• 2016 Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner – Ended 33-race winless streak
• 2016 Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner – Pit road speeding
• 2014 Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner – Last lap pass over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Swept Las Vegas Xfinity Series race & Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in 2014
• Finished 7th or better last 4 Las Vegas races – 3 Top 3 finishes
• Finished 7th or better last 4 Las Vegas races – Finished 26th or worse previous 4 races
• Average Las Vegas finish – Last 4 races: 3.0 / Previous 4 races: 30.5
• 5 Straight Las Vegas races led (99 Laps led) – No laps led previous 3 races

 

Kevin Harvick

• Led most laps both races this season – 50 Laps in Daytona 500 & 292 laps at Atlanta (342 Total laps)
• 342 of 525 laps led this season (65%) – Chase Elliott 2nd-most laps led 303 laps behind
• 421 Laps led last 3 races – 94 Laps led previous 10 races
• 292 Laps led at Atlanta last week (Finished 9th) – 2nd most laps led in a race (355 at Dover 10/15)
• Failed to win 21 races after leading most laps since joining Stewart-Haas Racing
• Failed to win last 6 races after leading most laps –
• 2016 Auto Club, Dover 5/16, 2016 Kentucky, 2016 Darlington, 2017 Daytona 500 & Atlanta March
• 6157 Laps led since joining Stewart-Haas Racing (2014) – 4426 Laps led previous 13 seasons
• Led most laps 29 races since joining Stewart-Haas Racing
• 35 Career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins – 10 on 1.5-mile tracks
• Finished 9th or better last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks – 2 Top 3 finishes
• 12 Top 10 finishes last 14 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Finished 20th at 2016 Chicagoland & 38th at Charlotte 10/16
• 1 Win last 21 races on 1.5-mile tracks (Kansas 10/16) – 5 Wins previous 21 races
• 12 Top 2 finishes last 26 races on 1.5-mile tracks – 4 Wins
• Passed 3000 career laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last week at Atlanta
• Finished 7th or better all 3 races on 2016 West Coast Swing – Only driver to finish top 10 all 3 races

Kyle Larson

• Passed for final lead change last 3 races – 2016 Homestead-Miami, 2017 Daytona 500 & 2017 Atlanta
• Finished 2nd in 3 races since only win – Michigan 8/16
• Finished 12th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 3 finishes
• Best 1.5-mile track finish: 2nd – Kansas 10/14, 2016 Homestead-Miami & 2nd at Atlanta March
• 3 Top 5 finishes last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks – No top 10 finishes previous 7 races

 

• No driver finished top 5 in both races this season
• 3 Finished top 10 in both races this season – Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne & Joey Logano
• Joey Logano finished top 10 last 8 races – Career longest streak: 11 (2015)
• Best average finish this season: 4.0 Kurt Busch
• Most laps led this season: 342 of 525 (65%) – Kevin Harvick (Chase Elliott 2nd-most laps led 303 laps behind)
• Most laps led by winless driver this season: 39 Chase Elliott (Chase Elliott led most of winless drivers last season – 358)
• 4 Led laps in both races this season – Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
• Last 3 winners all champions –
• Jimmie Johnson (2016 Homestead-Miami), Kurt Busch (2017 Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (2017 Atlanta)
• Kevin Harvick won 3 Stages in first 2 races this season – Winless
• Last to win consecutive races: Brad Keselowski (Daytona 7/16 & Kentucky 7/16)
• Brad Keselowski won back-to-back races twice –
• Richmond 9/14 & 2014 Chicagoland and Daytona 7/16 & 2016 Kentucky
• Pole failed to win last 12 races – Last pole to win: Denny Hamlin (Richmond 9/16)
• 2 Winners this season ended winless streaks of 19 races (Keselowski) & 22 races (Kurt Busch)
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season: 2nd – Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
• 1 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500
• Matt Kenseth best finisher in 3rd after 2 speeding penalties at Atlanta
• Half the top 10 finishers received speeding penalties at Atlanta
• 8 Speeding penalties by 8 drivers at Las Vegas last season – Brad Keselowski won after speeding penalty
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change last 3 races
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change Atlanta NXS & MENCS races last weekend
• 10 To go leader failed to win both races this season
• 10 To go leader failed to win last 4 races
• Ford: 2 Wins in 2 races this season – 2 Wins in first 14 races last season
• Last time Ford won 3 or more races to start a season: Won first 9 races in 1992
• Toyota: 3 Top 10 finishes in 2 races this season – 7 Top 10 finishes in first 2 races last season (Toyota most wins in a season: 16 – Last year)
• Erik Jones best Rookie finisher last race – Finished 14th
• Richard Childress Racing winless last 111 races – Last win: Phoenix 11/13 (Kevin Harvick)
• Roush Fenway Racing winless last 94 races – Last win: 2014 Sonoma (Carl Edwards)
• Kasey Kahne best Hendrick Motorsports finisher first 2 races this season – Best HMS finisher 5 races last season

 

• Brad Keselowski only driver to finish top 5 both races this season
• 3 Finished top 10 both races this season – William Byron, Austin Dillon & Brad Keselowski
• Most laps led this season: 71 Brad Keselowski
• Brad Keselowski only driver to lead laps both races this season
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 7 of last 11 races with 3 different drivers – Kyle Busch, Erik Jones & Daniel Suarez
• Kyle Busch won 3 of last 6 Xfinity Series races
• Last 4 winners started front-row – 3 from pole
• Last NXS & MENCS weekend sweep: 2016 Indianapolis – Kyle Busch
• Elliott Sadler best finisher eligible for championship points last race – Finished 5th
• Kyle Busch won 3 straight races 7 times – Best finish in 4th race: 2nd (2016 Auto Club)
• Brad Keselowski finished 2nd in three races since last win – Texas 11/15
• Kevin Harvick led most laps Atlanta NXS & MENCS races – Winless in both
• Team Penske #22 winless since Texas 11/15 – Finished 2nd four times since last win
• Team Penske #22 passed for final lead change in 10 races since last win
• Team Penske #12 won last 2 races competed – 2016 Watkins Glen (Logano) & Charlotte 10/16 (Logano)
• William Byron best Rookie finisher both races this season
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Erik Jones (Chicagoland 9/17/16)
• Top 6 finishers at Atlanta all from different teams