NASCAR New Hampshire Sunday, July 10, 2022
NEW HAMPSHIRE NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
2021 New Hampshire
Aric Almirola
New Hampshire winner – Started 22nd, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 25 laps led, first lap led: 246 of 293
27th in Standings – 232 Points behind 16th-Place Tyler Reddick into race
Winner pit stops: Aric Almirola (5 Stops) 35, 78, 131, 188, 250 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (193-293)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Brad Keselowski (2nd & 1st), Ryan Blaney (1st & 3rd), Kevin Harvick (4th & 2nd)
Speeding: Ryan Preece 22nd
Rear of field: Ryan Preece 22nd, Corey LaJoie 23rd, Bubba Wallace 26th, B.J. McLeod 30th, Quin Houff 35th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 7th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 1st
Best Penske: Brad Keselowski 3rd (All 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 5)
25 Different winners in 50 NASCAR Cup Series New Hampshire races
9 New Hampshire winners from front-row start position – Only 1 in last 15 races (Kyle Busch 9/17)
Winner took lead for first time after lap 200 in 12 New Hampshire races
Winner led first lap in 7 New Hampshire races
Kevin Harvick: 4 New Hampshire wins – 3 Wins last 7 New Hampshire races (Winless previous 19)
Most tries before first New Hampshire win: Matt Kenseth won in 28th try (9/13)
Rusty Wallace only driver to win New Hampshire in first try (7/93)
6 New Hampshire races won from pole – Ryan Newman only driver to win more than once from pole (2)
Worst start position of New Hampshire winner: 38th – Jeff Burton 7/99
1 Winner from pole last 17 New Hampshire races – Kyle Busch 9/17
Brad Keselowski: 4 New Hampshire poles – Winless from pole
Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 13 of 50 New Hampshire races
Leader of most laps failed to win 9 of last 11 New Hampshire races
Kevin Harvick led most laps 2021 New Hampshire (66 Laps) – Finished 6th
Drivers won first race of season 19 times at New Hampshire
5 Won first career race at New Hampshire – Joe Nemechek, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer & Joey Logano
5 Shortened races at New Hampshire won by 5 different drivers
4 Overtime finishes at New Hampshire – Leader at scheduled distance won all 4
2 Rescheduled New Hampshire races
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 19 New Hampshire wins – 1 Win last 15 races (Kevin Harvick 9/16)
9 New Hampshire wins by Toyota
Ford won last 4 New Hampshire races
2 Rookies won New Hampshire races – Ryan Newman 9/02 & Joey Logano 6/09
Most leaders: 15 (1996 & 9/11)
Most lead changes: 23 (1996 & 7/02)
Most cautions: 17 (1994)
Most caution laps: 78 (1994)
Fastest race: 117.134mph (7/97)
Stage 1 winner winless in 6 New Hampshire races
Brad Keselowski: Stage 2 winner last 2 New Hampshire races
NEW HAMPSHIRE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
26 Different winners in 34 NASCAR Xfinity Series New Hampshire races
Kyle Busch (6), Christopher Bell (3) & Brad Keselowski (2) only drivers to win more than one New Hampshire race
Christopher Bell won last 3 New Hampshire races – Only driver to win 3 straight New Hampshire races
Joe Gibbs Racing won 11 of last 13 New Hampshire races including last 6
6 of last 9 New Hampshire races won from pole – 8 of last 9 won from front-row starting position
7 New Hampshire races won by driver leading first lap including 4 of last 5 races
Winner took lead for first time on lap 140 or later in 8 races scheduled for 200 laps
Most tries before first New Hampshire win: Mike McLaughlin won in 11th try
Tommy Ellis & Christopher Bell only drivers to win New Hampshire in first try
Christopher Bell won all 3 New Hampshire races he competed – 2018, ’19 & ‘21
9 New Hampshire races won from pole including 6 of last 9
Pole finished top 2 in 8 of last 9 races
Worst start position of New Hampshire winner: 26th – Buckshot Jones 5/98
Drivers won first race of season at New Hampshire 10 times
2 Won first career race at New Hampshire – Derrike Cope 5/94 & Bobby Hamilton Jr. 5/02
Toyota leads all manufacturers with 11 New Hampshire wins
Chevrolet: Winless last 13 New Hampshire races
Ford: 1 Win last 14 New Hampshire races – Brad Keselowski 2014
Toyota won 11 of last 13 New Hampshire races
Most leaders: 12 (7/90)
Most lead changes: 18 (10/91)
Most cautions: 17 (7/90)
Most caution laps: 83 (7/90)
Fastest race: 111.925 mph (2009)