NASCAR Phoenix Sunday, November 1, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES PHOENIX STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Championship 4 competed against each other last 9 Phoenix races:
Chase Elliott: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 2 Phoenix races
Denny Hamlin: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 3 Phoenix races
Brad Keselowski: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 2 Phoenix races
Joey Logano: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 2 Phoenix races
| Phoenix | |||||
| Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | |
| Chase Elliott | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 249 |
| Denny Hamlin | 30 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 821 |
| Brad Keselowski | 22 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 248 |
| Joey Logano | 23 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 449 |
CHAMPIONSHIP 4 DRIVERS (2014-’20)
| Kyle Busch | 5 | 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 |
| Kevin Harvick | 5 | 2014, ’15, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 |
| Joey Logano | 4 | 2014, ’16, ’18 & ‘20 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 4 | 2015, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 |
| Denny Hamlin | 3 | 2014, ’19 & ‘20 |
| Brad Keselowski | 2 | 2017 & ‘20 |
| Carl Edwards | 1 | 2016 |
| Chase Elliott | 1 | 2020 |
| Jeff Gordon | 1 | 2015 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 2016 |
| Ryan Newman | 1 | 2014 |
CHAMPIONSHIP 4 TEAMS (2014-’20)
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 10 | 2014, ’15, ’16 (2), ’17, ’18, ’19 (3) & ’20 |
| Team Penske | 6 | 2014, ’16, ’17, ’18 & ’20 (2) |
| Stewart-Haas Racing | 5 | 2014, ’15, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 |
| Furniture Row Racing | 3 | 2015, ’17 & ‘18 |
| Hendrick Motorsports | 3 | 2015, ’16 & ‘20 |
| Richard Childress Racing | 1 | 2014 |
CHAMPIONSHIP 4 CREW CHIEFS (2014-’20)
| * | Rodney Childers | 5 | 2014, ’15, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 |
| Adam Stevens | 5 | 2015, ’16, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 | |
| Cole Pearn | 4 | 2015, ’17, ’18 & ‘19 | |
| Todd Gordon | 3 | 2014, ’16 & ‘18 | |
| Chris Gabehart | 2 | 2019 & ‘20 | |
| Alan Gustafson | 2 | 2015 & ‘20 | |
| Paul Wolfe | 2 | 2017 & ‘20 | |
| Jeremy Bullins | 1 | 2020 | |
| Darian Grubb | 1 | 2014 | |
| Chad Knaus | 1 | 2016 | |
| Luke Lambert | 1 | 2014 | |
| Dave Rogers | 1 | 2016 |
*Tony Gibson crew chief for Kevin Harvick final 2 races of 2018
CAR OWNER CHAMPIONS
| Hendrick Motorsports | 12 | Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson & Terry Labonte | 1995, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’01, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’13 & ‘16 |
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 5 | Kyle Busch, Bobby Labonte & Tony Stewart | 2000, ’02, ’05, ’15 & ‘19 |
| Team Penske | 2 | Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano | 2012 & ‘18 |
CHAMPION’S MANUFACTURER IN PLAYOFF ERA
| Chevrolet | 10 | 2005, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’13, ’14 & ‘16 |
| Toyota | 3 | 2015, ’17 & ‘19 |
| Ford | 2 | 2004 & ‘18 |
| Dodge | 1 | 2012 |
NASCAR CUP SERIES PHOENIX TEAM WINS
| Hendrick Motorsports | 10 | 10/94, 11/05, 4/07, 11/07, 4/08, 11/08, 4/09, 11/09, 2/11 & 11/15 |
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 6 | 11/99, 3/12, 11/17, 11/18, 3/19 & 11/19 |
| Team Penske | 3 | 10/98, 11/16 & 3/20 |
Phoenix
2-Brad Keselowski: 2012 Champion & 34 Career wins – Winless in 22 Phoenix races (6 Phoenix top 5 finishes)
9-Chase Elliott: Winless in 9 Phoenix races – 2 Top 3 finishes & 249 laps led
11-Denny Hamlin: 2 Phoenix wins – 2019 Phoenix Playoff race winner
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins last 8 Phoenix races – Phoenix March winner
1-Kurt Busch: 1 Phoenix win (4/05) – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 Phoenix races
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Phoenix wins (Most all-time) – 14 Straight Phoenix top 10 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Winless in 29 Phoenix races – 4 Phoenix top 5 finishes
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Top 10 finish in 10 Phoenix races – Finished 6th in 2016 Phoenix Playoff race (194 Laps led)
Phoenix March – Lap 64 crash while battling for 4th
Brad Keselowski & Denny Hamlin – Close call Joey Logano (Chase Elliott running 2nd)
Most laps led at Phoenix March:
Chase Elliott 93, Brad Keselowski 82, Kevin Harvick 67 & Joey Logano 60 (Denny Hamlin 0 laps led)
2-Brad Keselowski:
Finished 11th at Phoenix March – Stage 2 winner, 82 laps led, lap 64 involved in crash & passed for final lead change
Finished 10th at Phoenix 11/19 – Started 12th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 3 laps led
9-Chase Elliott:
Finished 7th at Phoenix March – Pole, 2nd in Stage 1 & 25th in Stage 2, 6 times led for 93 laps (most), lap 156 loose wheel, free pass 5th caution
Finished 39th at Phoenix 11/19 (Worst Playoff finisher) – Lap 166 crash
11-Denny Hamlin:
Finished 20th at Phoenix March – Started 3rd, lap 64 crash, 2-laps down 112 laps, avg. running pos.: 23rd, 10th caution free pass
2019 Phoenix Playoff race winner (5th in standings -20 into race) – Advanced to Championship 4 for 2nd time (2014 & ‘19)
22-Joey Logano:
Phoenix March winner – Started 13th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 60 laps led, lap 134 uncontrolled tire, lap 268 jack failure
Finished 9th at Phoenix 11/19 (7th of Playoff drivers) – Started 2nd, Stage 2 winner, 93 laps led (2nd most), avg. running pos.: 4.7, 1 lap down for 68 laps
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Phoenix top 5 finishes – Most of winless drivers
2-Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change at Phoenix 3/20 – Finished 11th
2-Brad Keselowski: Phoenix March Stage 2 winner – Finished 11th
9-Chase Elliott: Phoenix March pole sitter – 93 Laps led (most) & finished 7th
9-Chase Elliott worst finish last season: 39th – Phoenix Nov.
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 20th at Phoenix March – Finished 5th & 1st previous 2 Phoenix races
11-Denny Hamlin won 2nd Phoenix race 15 races after first (3/12 & 11/19)
11-Denny Hamlin only Stage 1 winner to win at Phoenix (11/19)
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins last 8 Phoenix races – Both wins in Overtime
22-Joey Logano: 2 Phoenix wins with 2 different crew chiefs – Todd Gordon 11/16 & Paul Wolfe 3/20
22-Joey Logano: Phoenix Stage 2 winner 11/19 – Finished 9th
Kyle Busch finished top 3 all 4 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – 2 Wins in 4 races
Champions Brad Keselowski (0 for 22) & Martin Truex Jr. (0 for 29) winless at Phoenix
Chevrolet: 1 Win last 8 Phoenix races / Ford: 3 Wins last 8 Phoenix races / Toyota: 4 Wins last 6 Phoenix races
Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of 4 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
1-Kurt Busch finished 11th or better last 3 Phoenix races – 2 top 10 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Phoenix wins, 12 top 3 finishes, 18 top 5 finishes & 1662 laps led – Most all-time
4-Kevin Harvick won 7 of last 16 Phoenix races
4-Kevin Harvick: Phoenix March Stage 1 winner – Finished 2nd
4-Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix in 2012, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16 & ‘18 – Winless in 2017 & ‘19
4-Kevin Harvick: 14 Straight Phoenix top 10 finishes (6 Wins) – All-time longest streak
4-Kevin Harvick: Last win with Childress – Phoenix 11/10/13 / First win with Stewart-Haas – Phoenix 3/2/14
4-Kevin Harvick only driver to win 4 straight Phoenix races
4-Kevin Harvick hasn’t led most laps last 8 Phoenix races – led most laps previous 6 Phoenix races
4-Kevin Harvick passed Tony Stewart all-time Stewart-Haas Racing wins at Phoenix 3/18
6-Ryan Newman ended winless streaks of 77-races & 127-races at Phoenix
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 37th at Phoenix March – Finished 3rd previous 2 Phoenix races
14-Clint Bowyer first career race: Phoenix 4/23/05 (25-Years-old) – Started 25th & Finished 22nd (#33 Richard Childress Racing)
18-Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 7 Phoenix races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
18-Kyle Busch: 5 Straight Phoenix top 3 finishes – 2 Wins
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 10 Phoenix races – Finished 4th or better 9 of last 10 Phoenix races
18-Kyle Busch won 2nd Phoenix race 25 races after first (11/05 20-Years-old & 11/18 33-Years-old)
18-Kyle Busch led most laps 3 of last 5 Phoenix races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 32nd at Phoenix March – Finished 2nd & 6th previous 2 Phoenix races
20-Erik Jones: Finished 7th at Phoenix 11/19 – Free pass final caution & best non-Playoff finisher
48-Jimmie Johnson winless last 21 Phoenix races – Won 4 of previous 5 races
88-Alex Bowman: Phoenix 11/16 pole sitter – 194 Laps led & finished 6th
24 Different winners in 48 NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix races
13 Won season finale & championship in same season including last 6
20 Lead changes at Phoenix March – Most lead changes in last 13 Phoenix races
12 Cautions at Phoenix March tied all-time record (11/14)
73 Caution laps at Phoenix March – All-time record
Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick finished top 5 in Stage 1, 2 & race at Phoenix March
Kyle Busch finished top 3 all 4 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – 2 Wins in 4 races
Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of 4 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
Final 6 Phoenix March green-flag runs 16 or fewer laps – 5 green-flag runs of 7 or fewer laps
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 18 Phoenix races (Winless last 9) – 8 Wins previous 12 races with 4 different drivers
Winner took lead for first time lap 144 or later 5 of last 7 Phoenix races – Joey Logano took lead on lap 225 in March
Only 5 Phoenix races won from pole
1 Win from pole last 19 Phoenix races – Kevin Harvick 3/15
Chevrolet leads with 23 Phoenix wins / Ford: 17 Phoenix wins / Toyota: 6 Phoenix wins
Bobby Allison leads all with 5 season finale wins
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES PHOENIX STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| Phoenix | |||||
| Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | |
| Justin Allgaier | 20 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 385 |
| Chase Briscoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Austin Cindric | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Justin Haley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
CHAMPIONSHIP 4 DRIVERS (2016-’20)
| Justin Allgaier | 4 | 2016, ’17, ’19 & ‘20 |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | 2018 & ‘19 |
| Cole Custer | 2 | 2018 & ‘19 |
| Daniel Hemric | 2 | 2017 & ‘18 |
| Tyler Reddick | 2 | 2018 & ‘19 |
| Elliott Sadler | 2 | 2016 & ‘17 |
| Chase Briscoe | 1 | 2020 |
| William Byron | 1 | 2017 |
| Austin Cindric | 1 | 2020 |
| Justin Haley | 1 | 2020 |
| Erik Jones | 1 | 2016 |
| Daniel Suarez | 1 | 2016 |
All 4 Championship 4 drivers competed together in last 3 Phoenix races:
Justin Allgaier: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 1 Phoenix race (2019 Phoenix Playoff race winner)
Chase Briscoe: Never best finisher of Championship 4 in 3 Phoenix races
Austin Cindric: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 1 Phoenix race (Finished 5th 3/19)
Justin Haley: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 1 Phoenix race (Finished 5th in March)
7-Justin Allgaier:
Finished 13th at Phoenix March – Started 6th, Stage 1 winner & finished 5th in Stage 2, 51 laps led (2nd most)
Phoenix 11/19 winner – Advanced to Championship 4 for 3rd time (2016, ‘17 & ’19)
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 5th at Phoenix March – Started 14th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 12th in Stage 2
Finished 7th at Phoenix 11/19 – Started 14th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 8th at Phoenix March – Started 2nd, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, 9 laps led
Finished 6th at Phoenix 11/19 – Best finisher of drivers failing to advance to Championship 4
98-Chase Briscoe:
Finished 6th at Phoenix March – Started 9th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2, 47 points scored (most)
Finished 8th at Phoenix 11/19 (5th of Playoff drivers) – 14 Laps led & passed for final lead change
7-Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 7 Phoenix races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Phoenix wins (3/17 & 11/19) – First win with JR Motorsports 3/17
7-Justin Allgaier won first Phoenix race in 14th try (3/17)
7-Justin Allgaier: Phoenix March Stage 1 winner – Finished 13th
19 Different Winners in 37 NASCAR Xfinity Series Phoenix Races
5 Won season finale & championship in same year –
1983 Sam Ard, 2009 Kyle Busch, 2016 Daniel Suarez, 2018 & ‘19 Tyler Reddick
6 Different winners last 6 Phoenix races –
William Byron, Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Justin Allgaier & Brandon Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of last 4 Phoenix races with 3 different drivers – Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch & Brandon Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing swept top 3 at Phoenix March – Brandon Jones, Harrison Burton & Kyle Busch
Pole failed to win last 7 Phoenix races
Worst start position of Phoenix winner: 38th – Christopher Bell 11/18
Only 4 of 37 Phoenix races won by drivers starting outside top 10
9 Phoenix races finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 8
Leader of most laps failed to win 11 Phoenix races including 4 of last 6
Chevrolet & Toyota tied with 13 Phoenix wins each
No Stage 1 or 2 winner went on to win Phoenix race