NASCAR New Hampshire Sunday, July 9, 2023
New Hampshire Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 New Hampshire
Christopher Bell
2022 New Hampshire winner – Started 5th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, led only final 42 laps
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell (5 Stops) 73, 95, 148, 188, 206 (All caution)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. 1st & 1st, Kyle Larson 3rd & 5th, Chase Elliott 4th & 3rd, Kevin Harvick 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Cindric 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: None
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 5th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 13th
Most New Hampshire wins: 4 Jeff Burton & Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin: 4 Straight New Hampshire top 10 finishes – Finished 2nd twice
Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better last 5 New Hampshire races – 2 Wins & 4 top 5 finishes
Brad Keselowski: 4 Straight New Hampshire top 10 finishes – 2 Top 3 finishes
Martin Truex Jr.: 916 New Hampshire laps led – Most of winless drivers
26 Different winners in 51 NASCAR Cup Series New Hampshire races
9 New Hampshire winners from front-row start position – Only 1 in last 16 races (Kyle Busch 9/17)
Winner took lead for first time after lap 200 in 13 New Hampshire races
Winner led first lap in 7 New Hampshire races
Kevin Harvick: 4 New Hampshire wins – 3 Wins last 8 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)
1 Winner from pole last 18 New Hampshire races – Kyle Busch 9/17
Brad Keselowski: 4 New Hampshire poles – Winless from pole
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
Leader of most laps failed to win 10 of last 12 New Hampshire races
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 2022 New Hampshire (172 Laps) – Finished 4th
Stage 1 winner winless in 7 New Hampshire races
Martin Truex Jr. won 2022 New Hampshire Stage 1 & 2 – Finished 4th
Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 13 of 51 New Hampshire races
Drivers won first race of season 20 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 16 races (Kevin Harvick 9/16)
10 New Hampshire wins by Toyota
Ford won 4 of last 5 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)
New Hampshire Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
27 Different winners in 35 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
2022 Stage 1 & 2 winners Ryan Sieg & William Byron failed to finish
Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 7 New Hampshire races – JR Motorsports won 2022
6 of last 10 New Hampshire races won from pole – 8 of last 10 won from front-row starting position
9 New Hampshire races won from pole including 6 of last 10
Pole finished top 2 in 8 of last 10 New Hampshire races
7 New Hampshire races won by driver leading first lap including 4 of last 6 races
Winner took lead for first time on lap 140 or later in 9 races scheduled for 200 laps
Most tries before first New Hampshire win: Justin Allgaier & Mike McLaughlin won in 11th try
Tommy Ellis & Christopher Bell only drivers to win New Hampshire in first try
Christopher Bell only driver to win 3 straight New Hampshire races
Christopher Bell won all 3 New Hampshire races he competed – 2018, ’19 & ‘21
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: 1 Win last 14 New Hampshire races – Justin Allgaier 2022
Ford: 1 Win last 15 New Hampshire races – Brad Keselowski 2014
Toyota won 11 of last 14 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)
2022 Race time: 2 Hours, 27 Minutes, 13 Seconds