NASCAR Monday, May 1, 2017

2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

TEAM PENSKE NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES 1-2 FINISHES

• Most wins this season: 2 Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson (1 Win)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano (Team Penske)
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Joey Logano
• Best average finish this season: 6.4 Kyle Larson
• Most poles this season: 2 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Best average start this season: 5.6 Brad Keselowski
• Most laps led this season: 444 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Most races led this season: 8 Joey Logano (7 Straight)
• 7 Different winners in 9 races this season
• 5 Winners this season were winless at this point last season – Kurt Busch, Larson, Logano, 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
• Stage 1 winner went on to win race twice – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kyle Larson Auto Club
• Stage 2 winner went on to win race only once – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas
• 9 Drivers won Stages 1 & 2 this season – 5 Have yet to win a race (Blaney, Kyle Busch, Elliott, Harvick & Kenseth)
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 5 wins in Stages 1 & 2 – 1 Win (Las Vegas)
• 1 Win from pole this season: Kyle Larson Auto Club
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season: Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April) & Joey Logano (Richmond April)
• 2 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500 & Brad Keselowski Martinsville April
• Matt Kenseth: 2 Top 5 finishes this season (Atlanta & Bristol April) – Pit road speeding penalties both races
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 3 of 9 races this season including Richmond
• Final lead change with 7 or fewer laps to go 5 of 9 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 2 of 9 races this season – Winless last 4 races
• A Joe Gibbs Racing driver led most laps 3 of last 6 races – Winless
• Kyle Busch failed to win last 3 races after he led most laps – Bristol 8/16, Phoenix March & Martinsville April
• Joey Logano: 7 Straight races led – 224 Laps led
• Matt Kenseth: 164 Laps led at Richmond – Led first 163 laps (First race led this season)
• 10 To go leader failed to win 4 races this season
• 1 Race settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500
• Jamie McMurray best Chevrolet finisher at Richmond (Finished 6th) – First time since Talladega 10/13 (Winner)
• Denny Hamlin best Toyota finisher at Richmond (Finished 3rd) – First time since Martinsville 10/16 (Finished 3rd)
• No Chevrolet in top 5 at Richmond – First time since Daytona 7/16
• AJ Allmendinger best Chevrolet finisher in Daytona 500 – Finished 3rd
• Michael Waltrip best Toyota finisher in Daytona 500 – Finished 8th
• Stewart-Haas Racing best Ford twice this season – Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch) & Bristol April (Clint Bowyer)
• Ford: 4 Wins in 9 races this season – 4 Wins in first 17 races last season
• Chevrolet: 4 Wins in last 6 races by 3 different teams – Childress, Ganassi & Hendrick
• Toyota: Only 1 win this season – Las Vegas (Martin Truex Jr.)
• Daniel Suarez best Rookie finisher at Richmond – Finished 12th
• 2 Overtime races this season – Phoenix March & Auto Club
• Youngest winner: Kyle Larson – 24
• Oldest winner: Jimmie Johnson – 41
• 7 Wins this season by drivers 33-years-old or older
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .228 Seconds – Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch over Blaney)
• Kyle Larson finished 2nd to 4 different drivers this season – Johnson, Keselowski, Newman & Truex Jr.
• Lennie Pond finished 2nd in 7 races before first win – Talladega 8/78
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless this season – 5 Wins at this point last season
• Roush Fenway Racing winless last 101 races – Last win: 2014 Sonoma (Carl Edwards)
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless first 9 races this season – First time since 2007 (Winless first 16 races)
• Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last race (Only JGR driver in top 10) – First time best JGR finisher last 6 races
• Jimmie Johnson best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 3 races
• Only 1 Hendrick Motorsports driver in top 20 at Richmond – Jimmie Johnson 11th
• No Hendrick Motorsports driver in top 10 at Richmond – First time since Talladega 10/16
• Team Penske finished 1-2 at Richmond – First team to finish 1-2 this season

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 2 Erik Jones & Kyle Larson
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Ryan Blaney (Winless)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, Erik Jones & Kyle Larson
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Elliott Sadler (7 Straight)
• Most laps led this season: 264 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 6 Kyle Larson
• 6 Different winners in 8 races this season
• 2 Won last 4 races – Erik Jones & Kyle Larson
• Justin Allgaier best finisher eligible for championship points last race (2nd) – 3rd time best NXS finisher last 6 races
• Erik Jones only driver to win a stage & race this season – Stage 1 winner at Texas April
• Ryan Reed (65 Races) & Justin Allgaier (80 Races) ended long winless streaks this season
• Daniel Hemric best Rookie finisher last 2 races – First time best Rookie finisher
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Erik Jones (Chicagoland 9/17/16)
• Kyle Larson led only final 10 laps last race
• Dylan Lupton best Toyota finisher last race – Finished 12th
• Youngest winner: Erik Jones – 20
• Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 31
• Elliott Sadler only driver to win NXS race on birthday (41) – Talladega 4/30/16
• #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 best Ford finisher last 5 races
• Team Penske #22 passed for final lead change in 12 races since last win
• 3 Won first pole this season – Byron, Hemric & B. Jones
• Pole failed to finish 2 races this season – B. Jones (Daytona Feb.) & Logano (Texas April)
• Last 20 winners started 7th or better
• No Joe Gibbs Racing finisher in top 10 last race – First time since 2015 Mid-Ohio
• Daniel Hemric best Richard Childress Racing finisher 3 of last 5 races
• Matt Tifft best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last race – First time best JGR finisher in last 7 races
• Justin Allgaier best JR Motorsports finisher last race – 3rd time best JRM finisher in last 6 races
• Darrell Wallace Jr. best Roush Fenway Racing finisher last 7 races
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Auto Club .127 seconds (Kyle Larson over Joey Logano)
• 2 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb. & Richmond April