NASCAR Pocono Sunday, July 17, 2022

POCONO NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

39 Different winners in 88 Pocono NASCAR Cup Series races

Kyle Busch only driver to finish top 5 both 2021 Pocono races – Finished 2nd & 1st

7 Finished top 10 both 2021 Pocono races – Blaney, Bowman, Kyle Busch, Harvick, Keselowski, Larson & Logano

Kyle Busch 2021 most Pocono laps led – 60 Total laps led (30 on June 26 & 30 on June 27)

Kyle Busch won 4 of last 9 Pocono races

Joe Gibbs Racing won 5 of last 7 Pocono races

Leader of first lap won 18 of 88 Pocono races (20%)

Winner took lead for first time after lap 100 in 20 Pocono races (23%)

Winner took lead for first time at lap 104 or after 8 of last 15 Pocono races

Kurt Busch: 3 Pocono wins with 3 different numbers, teams, manufacturers & crew chiefs

Denny Hamlin tied Jeff Gordon for 1st all-time in Pocono wins with 6th victory 6/28/20

Denny Hamlin: 6 Pocono wins – Career win number: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 12th, 34th & 41st (Age: 25, 25, 28, 29, 38 & 39)

Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Richard Petty only drivers to win Pocono in first try

Ricky Rudd won Pocono for first time in 44th try – Most of all drivers

Kevin Harvick won Pocono for first time in 39th try (6/27/20) – 2nd most all-time before first Pocono win

17 of 88 Pocono races won from 1st starting position

Worst official start position of Pocono winner: 29th – Carl Edwards (6/05)

(Tony Stewart won after starting in the back in a backup car 6/09)

Most consecutive Pocono wins: 3 – Bobby Allison (6/82, 7/82 & 6/83) & Tim Richmond (6/86, 7/86 & 6/87)

9 Pocono win streaks – Back-to-back Pocono wins

Hendrick Motorsports: 18 Pocono wins with 8 different drivers

Joe Gibbs Racing: 16 Pocono wins with 6 different drivers

Stewart-Haas Racing first NCS win: Pocono 6/7/09 (Tony Stewart)

7 Pocono races settled by last lap pass

4 Won first career race at Pocono – Jeremy Mayfield, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher & Ryan Blaney

Only 2 drivers in 88 Pocono races led most laps and failed to finish – Davey Allison (7/92) & Ward Burton (6/97)

7 Pocono races didn’t run full distance

5 Rescheduled Pocono races – 5 Different winners

5 Pocono Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won all 5

Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 Pocono races

Pocono Stage 2 winner winless in 10 Pocono races

Drivers won first race of the season in 30 of 88 Pocono races (34%)

Chevrolet leads all with 33 Pocono wins

Ford 2nd with 24 Pocono wins

Toyota won 11 Pocono races including 7 last 9

Kyle Busch tied Ron Hornaday Jr. in all-time NTS wins at 2018 Pocono (51)

7/18/93: First race after losing Davey Allison – Dale Earnhardt won & dedicated victory to the memory of Allison

7/17/94: Top 4 finishers on Hoosier tires

7/16/95: Dale Jarrett’s first win with Robert Yates Racing

6/12/11: Jeff Gordon tied Bobby Allison & Darrell Waltrip with 84th career win

6/2/19: Kyle Busch: 55th career win tied Rusty Wallace for 9th all-time

Richard Petty finished top 2 in first 4 Pocono races – 2 Wins

POCONO NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

6 Different winners in 6 Pocono races

First win of season for 3 of 6 Pocono winners

Drivers starting first 1 for 6 at Pocono – 2019 Cole Custer winner

2 Pocono races settled by last lap pass –

2017 Brad Keselowski over Kyle Larson & 2019 Cole Custer over Tyler Reddick

Most consecutive Pocono laps led: Kyle Busch led final 40 laps 2018

Best Rookie of the Year contender finish at Pocono: 2nd – Erik Jones 2016 & Ty Gibbs 2021

Stage 2 winner failed to win last 4 Pocono races