NASCAR New Hampshire Sunday, July 26, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES NEW HAMPSHIRE STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most Kansas wins: 3 Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
New Hampshire most wins all-time: 4 Jeff Burton & Kevin Harvick
New Hampshire Active Leaders:
2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Top 3 finishes: 9 Denny Hamlin
Top 5 finishes: 12 Kevin Harvick & Matt Kenseth
Top 10 finishes: 22 Jimmie Johnson
Laps led: 1128 Kyle Busch
Average finish: 9.9 Denny Hamlin (Davey Allison finished 3rd in only New Hampshire race)
7/21/19 High temperature: 96 Degrees
7/22/18 High temperature: 79 Degrees
2 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at 2019 New Hampshire – Aric Almirola & Kyle Busch
1-Kurt Busch: 3 Wins first 15 New Hampshire races – Winless last 21 New Hampshire races
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 New Hampshire poles – Winless from pole
4-Kevin Harvick tied Jeff Burton for most New Hampshire wins all-time with 4th victory (2019)
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Straight New Hampshire wins – No driver won 3 straight New Hampshire races
4-Kevin Harvick first 2019 win: New Hampshire (20th race of season)
4-Kevin Harvick won last 2 New Hampshire races from 14th starting position
4-Kevin Harvick 3 Wins last 5 New Hampshire races – Winless previous 19 New Hampshire races
4-Kevin Harvick: 2019 New Hampshire winner – Only Stewart-Haas Racing driver in top 10
6-Ryan Newman finished 7th at New Hampshire last season – Started rear of field (Backup car)
6-Ryan Newman won 3 New Hampshire races in 3 different makes of cars – Chevrolet, Dodge & Ford
6-Ryan Newman: First career win – New Hampshire 9/02
10-Aric Almirola Stage 2 winner last New Hampshire race – First Stage win in 2019
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 New Hampshire wins – 5 2nd-place finishes
11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd at New Hampshire last season – Passed for final lead change by Kevin Harvick
11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd at New Hampshire last season – Started rear of field (Backup car)
11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd at New Hampshire last season – First of 5 straight top 3 finishes last season (2 Wins)
12-Ryan Blaney finished 9th or better last 3 New Hampshire races – Finished 4th last season
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher last 2 New Hampshire races – Finished 7th & 4th last 2 New Hampshire races
14-Clint Bowyer: First career win – New Hampshire 9/07
18-Kyle Busch: 3 New Hampshire wins – 2 Wins last 8 New Hampshire races (Winless previous 17 New Hampshire races)
18-Kyle Busch finished 8th or better last 3 New Hampshire races – 2 Top 2 finishes
18-Kyle Busch led most laps 2 of last 3 New Hampshire races – Winner 9/17 & Finished 8th 2019
18-Kyle Busch led most laps 3 of last 6 New Hampshire races
18-Kyle Busch: 6 Straight New Hampshire races led – 572 Laps led
18-Kyle Busch: 100th career NASCAR win: 7/16/11 – New Hampshire NXS
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2017 Champion – Winless in 26 New Hampshire races
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 in 3 of 4 New Hampshire races (Winless)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Straight New Hampshire top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 7th or better last 5 New Hampshire races – 3 Top 5 finishes
20-Erik Jones: Finished 3rd at 2019 New Hampshire –
Lap 111 pit road contact with Bowman, lap 137 contact with Stenhouse Jr., lap 140 pit road speeding
On Stenhouse Jr.: “If you’re going to race hard, you’re going to get raced hard.
I didn’t want to have to do it, but sometimes it comes down to it. I like Ricky, but he races really hard. I expect it.”
20-Erik Jones New Hampshire average start: 6.2 – Best all-time
21-Matt DiBenedetto finished 5th at New Hampshire last season – Finished 28th or worse previous 7 New Hampshire races
22-Joey Logano: First career win: New Hampshire 6/09 – Youngest ever winner (19Y, 1M, 4D)
22-Joey Logano: 3 Straight New Hampshire top 10 finishes
22-Joey Logano: 105 Laps led in 21 New Hampshire races – Only 1 lap led last 7 New Hampshire races
24-William Byron finished 12th at New Hampshire last season – Started rear of field (Backup car) & best Hendrick finisher
38-John Hunter Nemechek:
Joe Nemechek
1 New Hampshire NXS win (8/92) – Beat Dale Earnhardt by ½ car length
Took championship lead from Kenny Wallace at New Hampshire 7/92
1 New Hampshire NASCAR Cup Series win (9/99) – First career NCS win (John Hunter 2-Years-old)
42-Matt Kenseth: Finished 6th or better 6 of last 7 New Hampshire races including 2 wins
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 36th at 2019 New Hampshire (Worst finish in first 33 races in 2019) – Lap 137 crash
“The 20 ran over us. He’s been known to do that to us a couple times now lately.
He’ll get one coming his way before it’s over with, or at least before I’m through with it.”
48-Jimmie Johnson: 2 Wins first 4 New Hampshire races – 1 Win last 30 New Hampshire races
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 30th at 2019 New Hampshire – Lap 149 lost power steering, worst Hendrick Motorsports finisher
88-Alex Bowman finished 14th at New Hampshire last season – Started rear of field (Backup car)
88-Alex Bowman:
Finished 14th at 2019 New Hampshire – Driveshaft failure in qualifying, practice crash, started Jimmie Johnson backup rear of field
88-Alex Bowman:
First race in #88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: New Hampshire 7/16 – Started 20th & Finished 26th (Last lead lap finisher)
95-Christopher Bell: First New Hampshire NCS race
2 New Hampshire Xfinity Series wins in 2 races (2018 & ’19) – Started 2nd each race, 93 & 186 laps led
2017 New Hampshire Truck Series winner – Most recent NTS win
Jason Ratcliff: 3 New Hampshire NCS wins & 5 New Hampshire NXS wins
#95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota finished 5th at 2019 New Hampshire – Matt DiBenedetto
24 Different winners in 48 NASCAR Cup Series New Hampshire races
5 Started rear of field in backup cars 2019 New Hampshire –
Alex Bowman, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson & Ryan Newman
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 8th or better 2019 New Hampshire
Joe Gibbs Racing led 235 of 301 New Hampshire laps last season (78%)
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 10 at 2019 New Hampshire
Stewart-Haas Racing: First win last season – New Hampshire (20th race last season)
2019 New Hampshire pit road speeding – 6 Penalties / 5 Drivers (Erik Jones finished 3rd after lap 140 pit road speeding penalty)
Drivers won first race of season 18 times at New Hampshire including Kevin Harvick in 2019
5 Won first career race at New Hampshire – Joe Nemechek, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer & Joey Logano
6 New Hampshire races won from pole – Ryan Newman only driver to win more than once from pole (2)
1 Winner from pole last 15 New Hampshire races – Kyle Busch 9/17
9 New Hampshire winners from front-row start position – Only 1 in last 13 races (Kyle Busch 9/17)
Worst start position of New Hampshire winner: 38th – Jeff Burton 7/99
Winner took lead for first time after lap 200 in 11 New Hampshire races
Winner led first lap in 7 New Hampshire races
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 9 New Hampshire races
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)
4 Shortened races at New Hampshire won by 4 different drivers
4 Overtime finishes at New Hampshire – Leader at scheduled distance won all 4
1 Previous rescheduled New Hampshire race – Original date 9/16/01, date run 11/23/01
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 19 New Hampshire wins – 1 Win last 13 races
9 New Hampshire wins by Toyota – Toyota won 8 of last 13 races
Ford won only 4 of last 20 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)
Most Kansas wins: 3 Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
Most Kansas top 3 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas top 5 finishes: 11 Jeff Gordon
Most Kansas top 10 finishes: 19 Jimmie Johnson
Most Kansas laps led: 855 Kevin Harvick
Most Kansas races running at finish: 27 of 28 Kevin Harvick
Most Kansas lead lap finishes: 23 Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson & Erik Jones finished top 10 in both Kansas races last season
1-Kurt Busch 2004 Champion – Winless in 28 Kansas races
1-Kurt Busch best non-Playoff finisher last Kansas Playoff race – Finished 4th
2-Brad Keselowski: Kansas 5/19 winner – 3rd & final win last season (Winless final 24 races last season)
2-Brad Keselowski: Kansas 6/11 winner – First win with Team Penske
2-Brad Keselowski finished 13th racing #25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 2009 Kansas (Started 3rd) – First Kansas race
3-Austin Dillon first career NCS race: Kansas 10/11 – Finished 26th (21-Years-old)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Kansas wins – 1 Childress Chevrolet, 1 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
4-Kevin Harvick leads all with 3 wins on Kansas reconfigured track (15 Races)
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps at Kansas 5/19 (104) – Finished 9th
4-Kevin Harvick leads all with 5 Kansas poles – 2 Wins from pole (10/13 & 5/18)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Straight Kansas poles (10/13, 5/14 & 10/14)
6-Ryan Newman failed to finish 4 of last 6 Kansas races – 3 Due to crashes
8-Tyler Reddick: Daniel Hemric Kansas pole winner 10/19
9-Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 in both Kansas races last season
9-Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 5 in both Kansas races last season – Finished 4th & 2nd
9-Chase Elliott finished 4th or better last 3 Kansas races – Average finish: 2.3
10-Aric Almirola Kansas 5/13/17: T5 Compression fracture of back after crash involving Joey Logano & Danica Patrick
11-Denny Hamlin started 23rd & won 2019 Kansas Playoff race – 2nd worst starting position of Kansas winner
11-Denny Hamlin first to win Kansas in Toyota (4/12)
11-Denny Hamlin first career NCS race: 2005 Kansas – Finished 32nd (24-years-old)
11-Denny Hamlin won Playoff cut-off races at Kansas & Phoenix last season
12-Ryan Blaney:
Finished 21st at Kansas 10/19 (Worst Playoff finisher) – Started 3rd, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, lap 251 hit wall, lap 252 tire down
12-Ryan Blaney first career NCS race: Kansas 5/14 (Dave Blaney failed to qualify) – Finished 27th (20-years-old)
14-Clint Bowyer: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher each Kansas race last season
14-Clint Bowyer:
Finished 5th at Kansas 5/19 – Started 2nd, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 2, 12 laps led, post-race upset with Erik Jones
“We should have finished second. Everybody knows that. That was dumb on his part.”
18-Kyle Busch started 2019 with 11 straight top 10 finishes – Finished 30th at Kansas May
18-Kyle Busch finished on lead lap first 11 races last season – Finished 3 laps down at Kansas May
18-Kyle Busch only Joe Gibbs Racing driver to lead Kansas 5/19 – 1 Lap led
18-Kyle Busch: 9 Top 10 finishes last 10 Kansas races – Only 2 top 10 finishes previous 14 Kansas races
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Kansas for first time in 18th try (5/17) – Most of all drivers
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 6th or better 5 of last 6 Kansas races – 4 Top 5 finishes
19-Maritn Truex Jr. finished 6th at Kansas 10/19 – First of 5 straight finishes of 6th or better to end of season
20-Erik Jones finished 7th or better last 4 Kansas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
20-Erik Jones:
Finished 3rd at Kansas 5/19 – Started 6th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, only Joe Gibbs Racing driver in top 15
Jones about Clint Bowyer post-race: “I’d be mad if I was him, but it’s just racing”
20-Erik Jones finished 3rd at Kansas 5/19 – First time best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last season
20-Erik Jones first race: Kansas 5/15 (18-Years-old) – Started 12th & Finished 40th (Substitute for Kyle Busch)
22-Joey Logano finished 17th at Kansas 10/19 – Followed with 4 straight top 10 finishes to end season
Paul Wolfe: 2 Kansas wins including first win (6/11) – Also won 5/19
24-William Byron finished 5th at Kansas 10/19 – 4th of Playoff drivers, best finisher of drivers failing to advance to Round of 8
38-John Hunter Nemechek 2018 Kansas Xfinity Series winner
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 4 Straight Kansas races led – 23 Laps led
48-Jimmie Johnson 2 straight Kansas top 10 finishes – finished outside top 10 previous 4 Kansas races
88-Alex Bowman:
Finished 2nd at Kansas 5/19 – Started 5th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 63 laps led (2nd most), passed for final lead change
Post-race tweet: I’ve never wanted something so bad. Not going to lie, this one hurts. My team has worked like crazy
though to get us to where we’re at and I’m proud of what we’ve done. Going to keep after it to get that win we deserve.
88-Alex Bowman finished 2nd at Kansas 5/19 – 3rd straight 2nd-place finish last season
95-Christopher Bell 2017 Kansas Xfinity Series winner (First career NXS win & first Kansas race) – Led only final 4 laps
15 Different winners in 28 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas races
5 Different winners last 5 Kansas races – Truex Jr., Harvick, Elliott, Keselowski & Hamlin
Only 1 Kansas pit road speeding penalty last season – Michael McDowell in May
2019 Kansas DNF – May: 1 / Oct.: 7
3 Won back-to-back Kansas NCS races – Jeff Gordon (2001 & ’02), Matt Kenseth (10/12 & 4/13) & Martin Truex Jr. (5/17 & 10/17)
*Denny Hamlin won 2019 Kansas Playoff race
3 Won Kansas race & championship in same season – Jeff Gordon 2001, Jimmie Johnson 2008 & Martin Truex Jr. 5/17 & 10/17
No Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race
Only 1 Stage 2 winner went on to win Kansas race – Denny Hamlin 2019 Kansas Playoff race
Leader of most laps won only 10 of 28 Kansas races
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 10 Kansas races
Margin of victory less than 1 second 18 Kansas races
4 Kansas Overtime finishes – Johnson won 10/11, Logano won 10/15, Keselowski won 5/19 & Hamlin won 10/19
Each Kansas race finished in Overtime last season
6 of 28 Kansas races won from pole including 2 of last 6
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 25th – Brad Keselowski 6/11
Jeff Gordon only driver to win Kansas in first try
Hendrick Motorsports leads with 7 Kansas wins
Joe Gibbs Racing: 5 Kansas wins
Team Penske: 5 Kansas wins
Roush Fenway Racing: 4 Kansas wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: 3 Kansas wins
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (10/13)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES KANSAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
15 Different winners in 19 NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas races
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 5 finish in 8 Kansas races – Finished 4th last year
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 5th in 3 of last 5 Kansas races – No top 5 finishes previous 4 Kansas races
8-Daniel Hemric:
Finished 2nd at 2018 Kansas – Pole, Stage 1 winner, 2nd in Stage 2, 128 laps led (most), passed for final lead change & post-race penalty
9-Noah Gragson:
Finished 13th at 2019 Kansas – Started 10th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, lap 123 hit wall, lap 192 spin
10-Ross Chastain:
Finished 10th at 2019 Kansas – Started 9th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, avg. running pos.: 6.6, lap 170 hit wall
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 7th at 2019 Kansas – Started 12th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 9th
19-Brandon Jones:
2019 Kansas winner – Started 2nd, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only final 10 laps led, lap 147 equipment violation
“This is incredible. I’m not going to lie, my foot was literally shaking on the accelerator on the last lap.”
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 25th at ‘19 Kansas – Lap 16 hit wall, lap 36 pits loose wheel, lap 70 crashed Burton, lap 75 hit Nemechek, lap 79 flat tire, lap 87 flat tire
98-Chase Briscoe:
Finished 3rd at 2019 Kansas – Started 11th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 33 laps led, lap 184 crash while leading
First career win for last 3 Kansas winners – Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek & Brandon Jones
Leader of most laps won only 3 of 19 Kansas races – Denny Hamlin 2008, Brad Keselowski 2011 & Kyle Busch 2016
Only 2 of 19 Kansas races won from pole – Joey Logano (2010) & Kyle Busch (2016)
No Stage 1 winner went on to win Kansas race
Only 1 Stage 2 winner went on to win Kansas race – John Hunter Nemechek 2018
Justin Allgaier, Christopher Bell, Cole Custer & Tyler Reddick finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at 2018 Kansas
Tyler Reddick: Finished top 5 all 3 Kansas races
Jeremy Clements, John Hunter Nemechek, Tyler Reddick & Ryan Sieg finished top 10 in both Kansas races last season
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 of last 12 races with 6 different drivers – Bell, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, B. Jones Kenseth & Logano
Kyle Busch (4) & Joey Logano (2) only drivers to win more than 1 Kansas race
Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 10 Kansas races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
6 Different winners in 8 races on reconfigured Kansas track – Kyle Busch won 3
Winner took lead for first time on lap 102 or later in 10 Kansas races
Kansas winner took lead for final time with 6 or fewer laps to go 7 times
Kyle Busch won 4 Kansas races – Passed for final lead change 4 times
Kyle Busch won Kansas after free pass in 2014 & ‘16
Cole Custer passed for final lead change last Kansas race
Christopher Bell, Jeff Green & John Hunter Nemechek only drivers to win Kansas in first try
Matt Kenseth won Kansas in 7th try – Most of all drivers
Worst starting position of Kansas winner: 19th – Denny Hamlin 2008 & Joe Nemechek 2004
2 Won back-to-back Kansas NXS races – Joey Logano (2009 & ’10) & Kyle Busch (2014, ’15 & ‘16)
2 Won Kansas NXS race & championship in same season – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012
Mid-race leader won only 2 of 19 Kansas races
3 Kansas races settled by last lap pass
Kyle Busch led most laps 3 Kansas races – 1 Win after leading most laps (2016)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 9 Kansas wins – Most all-time
JR Motorsports: Winless at Kansas
Richard Childress Racing: 1 Kansas win (2006 Kevin Harvick)
Stewart-Haas Racing: Winless at Kansas
Team Penske: 1 Kansas win (2011 Kansas)
Toyota leads all manufacturers with 9 Kansas wins
3 Kansas Overtime finishes