NASCAR Phoenix Sunday, March 5, 2023
Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Phoenix 3/22
Chase Briscoe
Phoenix 3/22 winner – Started 6th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, 101 laps led including final 24, avg. running pos.: 4.7
Winner pit stops: Chase Briscoe (6 Stops) Lap 28, 64, 121, 189, 225, 288
Chase Briscoe: 19 of first 229 laps led – 82 of final 83 laps led
Longest green flag run: 61 Laps (126-186)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (1st & 4th), Chase Elliott (3rd & 2nd)
Speeding:
Blaney (4th), Kyle Busch (7th), Suarez (9th), Hamlin (13th), McDowell (27th), Stenhouse Jr. (28th), McLeod (33rd), LaJoie (36th)
Best free pass finisher: Ty Dillon (15th)
Rear of field: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (28th), Harrison Burton (29th), Kyle Larson (34th)
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott (11th)
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (7th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe (1st)
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney (4th)
Phoenix 11/22
Joey Logano
Phoenix 11/22 winner – Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 5 times led for 187 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 1.9, champion
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano (5 Stops) 64, 87, 188, 252 (G), 271
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 1st & 2nd, Ryan Blaney 2nd & 1st, Chase Briscoe 3rd & 4th, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 3rd
Best free pass finisher: Cole Custer 16th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 15th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: William Byron 6th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 7th
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Most Phoenix wins: 9 Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick: 19 Straight top 10 finishes – All-time longest streak at a track
Most consecutive top 10 finishes at a track:
19 Kevin Harvick (Phoenix)
18 Dale Earnhardt (N. Wilkesboro) & Richard Petty (N. Wilkesboro)
Brad Keselowski: 8 Phoenix top 5 & 13 Phoenix top 10 finishes – Most of winless drivers
Ryan Blaney: 429 Phoenix laps led – Most of winless drivers
Ryan Blaney: 5 Straight Phoenix top 10 finishes – Finished 4th or better last 3 Phoenix races
Kyle Busch: Finished 7th last 3 Phoenix races
28 Different winners in 53 NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix races
8 Different winners last 8 Phoenix races –
Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe & Joey Logano
Joey Logano only repeat winner last 8 Phoenix races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Joey Logano: 3 Phoenix wins – 2 Wins last 6 races
First Phoenix win 4 of last 5 winners – Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson & Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 of 9 Phoenix races since start/finish line moved –
Kyle Busch 2, Denny Hamlin 1 & Martin Truex Jr. 1
Hendrick Motorsports won 12 Phoenix races with 8 different drivers
Martin Truex Jr. won first Phoenix race in 31st try (3/21) – Most of all drivers
Alan Kulwicki & Tony Stewart only drivers to win Phoenix in first try
3 Won first career race at Phoenix – Alan Kulwicki 1988, Bobby Hamilton 1996 & Chase Briscoe 3/22
2 Rookie of the Year contenders won Phoenix – Tony Stewart 1999 & Kyle Busch 11/05
Worst official start position of Phoenix winner: 29th – Ricky Rudd 1995 (Chase Elliott started rear of field 11/20)
Kevin Harvick only driver to win 4 straight Phoenix races – 11/13, 3/14, 11/14 & 3/15
Last to win back-to-back Phoenix races: Kyle Busch 11/18 & 3/19
Last defending champion to win Phoenix: Kevin Harvick (2014 Champion & 3/15 winner)
9 Phoenix races finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 7 times
Joey Logano: 2 of 3 Phoenix wins were Overtime races
2 Shortened Phoenix races – Rusty Wallace (1998) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (11/15)
23 Won first race of the season at Phoenix
Kevin Harvick won first race of the season at Phoenix 4 times
Chevrolet leads with 25 Phoenix wins
Ford: 19 Phoenix wins / Toyota: 7 Phoenix wins
Closest Phoenix finish: .010 Seconds (3/16) Kevin Harvick over Carl Edwards
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 2 of 12 Phoenix races
Ryan Blaney: Phoenix Stage 2 winner last 2 races – Finished 4th & 2nd
Phoenix pit road speeding penalties: 11/18: 10 / 3/19: 3 / 11/19: 8 / 3/20: 6 / 11/20: 5 / 3/21: 11 / 11/21: 6 / 3/22: 8 / 11:22: 4
Kevin Harvick: Last win with Childress – Phoenix 11/10/13 / First win with Stewart-Haas – Phoenix 3/2/14
Hendrick Motorsports: 2 Wins last 4 Phoenix races – Winless previous 9 Phoenix races
1988 Phoenix Alan Kulwicki won for the first time in his career in the first race at Phoenix
Jeff Gordon tied Dale Earnhardt with 76 wins 4/07 & Cale Yarborough with 83 wins 2/11
Phoenix 3/18 Kevin Harvick passed Tony Stewart all-time Stewart-Haas Racing wins
Phoenix 4/09 Mark Martin won at 50-years-old driving for Hendrick Motorsports
Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Phoenix wins
Joe Gibbs Racing 15
JR Motorsports 4
Richard Childress Racing 3
Kaulig Racing 0
23 Different Winners in 42 NASCAR Xfinity Series Phoenix Races
Kyle Busch (Phoenix) & Mark Martin (Rockingham) record 11 wins at a single track
4 Swept Phoenix NXS & NCS races same weekend – Burton (2000), Harvick (4/06), Edwards (11/10) & Kyle Busch (3/19)
Last 3 winners all first-time Phoenix winners – Daniel Hemric (11/21), Noah Gragson (3/22) & Ty Gibbs (11/22)
2 Won first career race at Phoenix – Sam Hornish Jr. 11/11 & Daniel Hemric 11/21
Justin Allgaier: 2 Phoenix wins (3/17 & 11/19) – First win with JR Motorsports 3/17
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
11 of 42 won Phoenix from pole
Driver starting first won only 1 of last 12 Phoenix races – Ty Gibbs (11/22)
Worst start position of Phoenix winner: 38th – Christopher Bell 11/18
Only 4 of 42 Phoenix races won by drivers starting outside top 10
5 Drivers won a Phoenix race & championship in same season –
Kevin Harvick (2006), William Byron (2017), Austin Cindric (2020), Daniel Hemric (2021) & Ty Gibbs (2022)
11 Phoenix races finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 8
First win of season for 15 Phoenix winners
4 Rookie of the Year candidates won Phoenix –
Greg Biffle 2001, Carl Edwards 11/05, William Byron 11/17 & Christopher Bell 11/18
Ford & Toyota lead with 15 Phoenix wins each
Most lead changes: 16 (11/20 & 3/22)
| NASCAR CUP SERIES PHOENIX RACEWAY – 54TH CUP RACE – FIRST RACE: 1988 AVONDALE, AZ | |
| 2023 RACE | 4 OF 36 / 23 TO PLAYOFFS / 33 RACES REMAINING |
| TRACK | 1 MILE |
| LAPS | 312 |
| MILES | 312 |
| STAGE LENGTHS | 60 / 125 / 127 |
| TRACK WINS | KEVIN HARVICK 9 KYLE BUSCH & JOEY LOGANO 3 DENNY HAMLIN 2 CHASE BRISCOE, KYLE LARSON & MARTIN TRUEX JR. 1 |
| CHAMPIONS WINLESS AT THIS TRACK | BRAD KESELOWSKI 27 RACES – BEST FINISH: 2ND (11/18 & 11/20) |
| 2023 WINS | RICKY STENHOUSE JR. (DAYTONA 500) 3RD CAREER WIN KYLE BUSCH (FONTANA) 61ST CAREER WIN WILLIAM BYRTON (LAS VEGAS) 5TH CAREER WIN |