NASCAR Phoenix Sunday, March 1, 2020

NASCAR CUP SERIES PHOENIX STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Who will Win the West? Final race of West Coast Swing!
• Most Phoenix wins: 9 Kevin Harvick
• Most Phoenix top 3 finishes: 11 Kevin Harvick
• Most Phoenix top 5 finishes: 17 Kevin Harvick
• Most Phoenix laps led: 1595 Kevin Harvick
• Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ)
• Auto Club winner – Started 3rd, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 110 laps led (2nd most led in a race)
• Most led in a race: 194 at Phoenix 11/16 – Finished 6th as substitute for Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Kyle Busch:
• Phoenix 3/19 winner – Started 4th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, led 6 times for 177 laps (most)
• First win of 2019 championship season
• Denny Hamlin:
• Phoenix 11/19 winner (5th in standings -20 into race) – Advanced to Championship 4 for 2nd time (2014 & ‘19)
• Won 2019 Playoff cutoff races at Kansas & Phoenix
• Kevin Harvick:
• 9 Phoenix wins (Most all-time) – Only 1 win last 7 Phoenix races (6 Wins previous 8 Phoenix races)
• Champions Brad Keselowski (0 for 21) & Martin Truex Jr. (0 for 28) winless at Phoenix
• Chevrolet: 1 Win last 7 Phoenix races / Ford: 1 Win last 6 Phoenix races / Toyota: 4 Wins last 5 Phoenix races
• Kyle Busch finished top 2 all 3 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – 2 Wins in 3 races
• Kyle Busch swept Phoenix 3/19 NXS & NCS races – Only NXS & NCS weekend sweep last season
• Joe Gibbs Racing won all 3 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved – Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
• 3 Finished top 5 each Phoenix race last season: Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
• 7 Finished top 10 each Phoenix race last season:
• Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
• 3-Austin Dillon pit road speeding penalties each Phoenix race last season
• 4-Kevin Harvick won 7 of last 15 Phoenix races
• 4-Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix in 2012, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16 & ‘18 – Winless in 2017 & ‘19
• 4-Kevin Harvick: 13 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 7 Phoenix races – led most laps previous 6 races
• 4-Kevin Harvick won his first race of the season at Phoenix 4 times
• 6-Ryan Newman ended winless streaks of 77-races & 127-races at Phoenix
• 6-Ryan Newman pit road speeding penalties each Phoenix race last season
• 9-Chase Elliott worst finish last season: 39th – Phoenix Nov.
• 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)
• 12-Ryan Blaney won 2 of last 5 Phoenix poles
• 12-Ryan Blaney: Phoenix Stage 1 winner 3/19 (2nd & final Stage win last season) – Finished 3rd
• 12-Ryan Blaney best Ford finisher each Phoenix race last season
• 18-Kyle Busch first win of 2019 championship season – Phoenix March
• 18-Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 7 Phoenix races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
• 18-Kyle Busch only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 each Phoenix race last season
• 18-Kyle Busch: 4 Straight Phoenix top 2 finishes – 2 Wins
• 18-Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 9 Phoenix races – Finished 4th or better 8 of last 9 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 4 Phoenix races
• 18-Kyle Busch: 246 Phoenix laps led last season – Most
• 18-Kyle Busch: 4 Straight Phoenix races led – 491 Laps led
• 19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 2nd at Phoenix 3/19 – Lap 41 pit road speeding penalty
• 20-Erik Jones: Finished 7th at Phoenix 11/19 – Free pass final caution & best non-Playoff finisher
• 22-Joey Logano: Phoenix Stage 2 winner 11/19 – Finished 9th
• 42-Kyle Larson: Finished 6th or better last 3 Phoenix races – 2 Top 5 finishes
• 42-Kyle Larson best Chevrolet finisher last 3 Phoenix races
• 48-Jimmie Johnson winless last 20 Phoenix races – Won 4 of previous 5 races
• 88-Alex Bowman only Arizona driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race – 2019 Chicagoland
• 24 Different winners in 47 NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix races
• Joe Gibbs Racing won last 3 Phoenix races – Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
• 3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 5 at Phoenix 3/19
• All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better at Phoenix 11/19
• All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 14th or worse at Phoenix 11/19
• Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 17 Phoenix races (Winless last 8) – 8 Wins previous 12 races with 4 different drivers
• Hendrick Motorsports won 10 Phoenix races with 6 different drivers
• Stewart-Haas Racing no laps led at Phoenix 11/19
• Winner took lead for first time lap 144 or later 4 of last 6 Phoenix Raceway races
• Jeff Gordon tied Dale Earnhardt with 76 wins 4/07 & Cale Yarborough with 83 wins 2/11
• Jeff Gordon won first Phoenix race in 17th try – Most of all drivers
• Alan Kulwicki & Tony Stewart only drivers to win Phoenix in first try
• Only 5 Phoenix races won from pole
• 1 Win from pole last 18 Phoenix races – Kevin Harvick 3/15
• Worst start position of Phoenix winner: 29th – Ricky Rudd 1995
• Jimmie Johnson (2008) & Kevin Harvick (2014) only drivers to win both Phoenix races & win championship in same year
• Jimmie Johnson (2016) & Joey Logano (2018) only drivers to finish outside top 10 both Phoenix races & win championship same year
• Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion swept both Phoenix races once – Jimmie Johnson 2008
• Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson & Joey Logano eliminated from Playoffs at Phoenix last season
• 10 To go leader failed to win 3 of last 7 Phoenix races
• 8 Phoenix races finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 6 times
• 2 Shortened Phoenix races – Rusty Wallace (1998) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (11/15)
• No rescheduled Phoenix races
• 4 Swept Phoenix NXS & NCS races same weekend – Burton (2000), Harvick (4/06), Edwards (11/10) & Kyle Busch (3/19)
• 21 Won first race of the season at Phoenix
• 2 Won first career race at Phoenix – Alan Kulwicki 1988 & Bobby Hamilton 1996
• 2 Rookie of the Year contenders won Phoenix – Tony Stewart 1999 & Kyle Busch 11/05
• Chevrolet leads with 23 Phoenix wins
• Most lead changes: 28 (2/11)
• Most leaders: 15 (3/12)
• Most cautions: 12 (11/14)
• Most caution laps: 66 (2003)
• Closest Phoenix finish: .010 Seconds (3/16) Kevin Harvick over Carl Edwards
• Hottest temperature Phoenix race day: 93 degrees (3/19/17)

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES PHOENIX STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Kyle Busch (Phoenix) & Mark Martin (Rockingham) record 11 wins at a single track
• Kyle Busch first of 5 races this season – Phoenix, Charlotte, Chicagoland, New Hampshire & Watkins Glen
• 96 Career wins (Most all-time) on 26 different tracks with 15 different crew chiefs
• Brad Keselowski: 39 Career wins – Winless in #12 Team Penske Ford
• 1-Michael Annett finished top 10 each Phoenix race last season
• 7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Win last season – Phoenix Nov. (Ended 39-race winless streak & advanced to Championship 4)
• 18-Riley Herbst 5 pit penalties at Phoenix 11/19
• 19-Brandon Jones finished 11th at Phoenix 11/19 – lap 49 pit road speeding penalty
• All 3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers had various pit penalties at Phoenix 11/19 
• 22-Austin Cindric finished 6th or better last 3 Phoenix races – 2 Top 5 finishes (Lap 94 pit road speeding 11/19)
• 22-Austin Cindric Stage 1 winner at Phoenix 3/19 – Finished 6th
• 98-Chase Briscoe finished top 10 each Phoenix race last season – lap 133 pit road speeding Phoenix 3/19
• #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won Phoenix 3/19 Stage 2 & Phoenix 11/19 Stage 1 & 2
• 18 Different Winners in 36 NASCAR Xfinity Series Phoenix Races
• 5 Different winners last 5 Phoenix races
• Justin Allgaier: 2 Phoenix wins (3/17 & 11/19) – First win with JR Motorsports 3/17
• Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 6 Phoenix races (2 Wins) – 4 Others 1 win each
• 1 Won first career race at Phoenix – Sam Hornish Jr. 11/11
• Brad Keselowski won first Phoenix race in 16th try – Most of all drivers
• Justin Allgaier won first Phoenix race in 14th try
• Greg Biffle & Jeff Gordon only drivers to win Phoenix in first try
• 10 of 36 won Phoenix from pole
• Christopher Bell swept Phoenix poles in 2019 – Finished 30th & 16th
• Worst start position of Phoenix winner: 38th – Christopher Bell 11/18
• Only 4 of 36 Phoenix races won by drivers starting outside top 10
• Only 2 drivers won a Phoenix race & championship in same season – Kevin Harvick (2006) & William Byron (2017)
• Kyle Busch only driver to win 3 straight Phoenix races – Won 3 straight races twice
• Kyle Busch only driver to win consecutive Phoenix races – 3 Different streaks
• 9 Phoenix races finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 8
• Leader of most laps failed to win 10 Phoenix races including 3 of last 5
• Kyle Busch led most laps 13 Phoenix races – 11 Wins
• First win of season for 12 Phoenix winners
• Phoenix first win of season for Kyle Busch 3 times
• 4 Rookie of the Year candidates won Phoenix –
• Greg Biffle 2001, Carl Edwards 11/05, William Byron 11/17 & Christopher Bell 11/18
• Most lead changes: 14 (4/08)
• Most leaders: 8 (2001)
• Most cautions: 14 (4/05)
• Most caution laps: 67 (4/05)
• No Stage 1 or 2 winner went on to win Phoenix race
• Stage 2 winner finished 16th or worse last 3 Phoenix races