NASCAR Pocono Tuesday, June 23, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO STATS HIGHLIGHTS
THE POCONOS…PHILADELPHIA’S MOST SCENIC AND AFFORDABLE MOUNTAIN RANGE!
9 Failed post-qualifying inspection at Pocono 7/19
| Kyle Busch Last 7 Pocono Finishes | |||
| 7/30/17 | NCS | Winner | |
| 6/2/18 | NXS | Winner | |
| 6/3/18 | NCS | 3rd | |
| 7/28/18 | NTS | Winner | |
| 7/29/18 | NCS | Winner | |
| 6/2/19 | NCS | Winner | |
| 7/28/19 | NCS | 9th |
Pocono Active Leaders:
Wins: 5 Denny Hamlin (Tied for 2nd all-time – Jeff Gordon leads with 6 & Bill Elliott 2nd with 5)
Top 5 finishes: 14 Kurt Busch
Top 10 finishes: 20 Kurt Busch & Jimmie Johnson
Laps led: 743 Jimmie Johnson
Average start: 7.1 Denny Hamlin
Average finish: 8.3 Erik Jones
Lead lap finishes: 34 Matt Kenseth
Poles: 4 Kyle Busch (Tied for 2nd all-time – Ken Schrader 5 & Bill Elliott 4)
Most Pocono wins since repave: 3 Kyle Busch
Most Pocono 2nd-place finishes since repave: 4 Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowskii
Most Pocono top 3 finishes since repave: 5 Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
Most Pocono top 5 finishes since repave: 9 Brad Keselowski
Most Pocono top 10 finishes since repave: 11 Brad Keselowski
Best Pocono average finish since repave: 8.3 Erik Jones
5 Finished top 10 each Pocono race last season – Kyle Busch, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones & Brad Keselowski
3 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Pocono 6/19 – William Byron, Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
4 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Pocono 7/19 – Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
1-Kurt Busch: 3 Pocono wins with 3 different numbers, teams, manufacturers & crew chiefs – 5 2nd-place finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Pocono win – 4 2nd-place finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: Only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1, 2 & race at Pocono 6/19
2-Brad Keselowski: Jeremy Bullins Pocono 6/17 winning crew chief
4-Kevin Harvick: 0 for 38 at Pocono
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps 2 of last 4 Pocono races – Finished 4th (6/18) & 6th (7/19)
8-Tyler Reddick: Best Pocono NXS finish: 2nd (2019) – Passed for win on final lap by Cole Custer
8-Tyler Reddick: Daniel Hemric finished 7th at Pocono 7/19 in #8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 38th at Pocono 7/19 (Last) – Practice crash, started rear of field in backup car, lap 84 crash
9-Chase Elliott: Failed to finish Pocono 7/19 – 3rd DNF in 6-race span last season
11-Denny Hamlin tied Bill Elliott for 2nd all-time in Pocono wins with 5th victory 7/28/19 – Bill Elliott won 5th 7/28/02
11-Denny Hamlin: Pocono 7/19 winner – Final fuel run 49 laps
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Pocono wins – Career win number: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 12th & 34th (Age: 25, 25, 28, 29 & 38)
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Pocono wins – 4 in first 9 Pocono races & 1 in last 19 Pocono races
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Straight Pocono top 10 finishes – 1 Win (7/19)
12-Ryan Blaney: Pocono 6/17 winner – First career win
17-Chris Buescher: Pocono 8/16 winner – First career win
18-Kyle Busch won 3 of last 5 Pocono races
18-Kyle Busch ended career-long winless streak of 36 races at Pocono 7/17
18-Kyle Busch: Pocono 6/19 winner – 55th career win tied Rusty Wallace for 9th all-time
18-Kyle Busch: Pocono 6/19 winner – Followed with 21-race winless streak ending with 2019 season-finale at Miami
18-Kyle Busch won Pocono for first time in 26th try (7/17)
18-Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 9 Pocono races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
18-Kyle Busch led most laps 4 of last 6 Pocono races (100, 74, 52 & 79) – Finished 9th, Winner, Winner & Winner
18-Kyle Busch won Stage 1 at Pocono 3 times – 1 Win after winning Stage 1
18-Kyle Busch tied Ron Hornaday Jr. in all-time NTS wins at 2018 Pocono (51)
18-Kyle Busch: 7 Straight Pocono top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
18-Kyle Busch: 135 Pocono laps led last season (Most) – 73 More than 2nd-most Kevin Harvick
18-Kyle Busch: 9 Straight Pocono races led – 397 Laps led
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Pocono 6/15 winner – Ended 69-race winless streak & first win with Furniture Row Racing
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Failed to finish 2 races last season – Daytona 500 & Pocono June
20-Erik Jones: Only driver to finish top 5 each Pocono race last season – Finished 3rd & 2nd
20-Erik Jones: 3 Straight Pocono top 5 finishes – Longest current streak
20-Erik Jones passed for final lead change at Pocono 7/19 – Finished 2nd
22-Joey Logano: 1 Pocono win (6/12) – 2nd & final win with Joe Gibbs Racing
24-William Byron: Finished 9th or better last 3 Pocono races – Finished 4th last Pocono race
41-Cole Custer: 2019 Pocono Xfinity Series winner – Last lap pass over Tyler Reddick
42-Matt Kenseth: 1 Pocono win (8/15) – Only 2 laps led including final lap pass over out of fuel Kyle Busch
48-Jimmie Johnson won Stage 2 at Pocono 7/19 – 2nd career Stage win
95-Christopher Bell: Jason Ratcliff – 2 Pocono wins including first win (6/12 & 8/15)
37 Different winners in 84 Pocono NASCAR Cup Series races
Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Martin Truex Jr. only drivers to win more than one Pocono 400-mile race
Joe Gibbs Racing won 5 of last 9 Pocono races including last 3
Pocono Stage 2 winner winless in race
2019 Pocono pit road speeding penalties – June: 4 / July: 3
Drivers won first race of the season in 30 of 84 Pocono races (36%)
Chevrolet leads all with 32 Pocono wins
Ford 2nd with 23 Pocono wins
Toyota won 9 Pocono races including last 5
First career victory for 2 of last 7 Pocono winners – Chris Buescher 8/16 & Ryan Blaney 6/17
Leader of first lap won 18 of 84 Pocono races (21%)
Winner took lead for first time after lap 100 in 18 Pocono races (21%)
Winner took lead for first time at lap 104 or after 6 of last 11 Pocono races
Final green-flag run 9 laps or fewer last 4 Pocono races
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
17 of 84 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 (Denny Hamlin won Pocono 7/19)
Both Pocono races swept 7 times in same season – Last: 2014 by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Last to win back-to-back June races: Jeff Gordon (1996 & ’97)
First Stewart-Haas Racing win: Pocono 6/09 – Tony Stewart
Hendrick Motorsports: 17 Pocono wins with 7 different drivers
Joe Gibbs Racing: 14 Pocono wins with 6 different drivers
Pocono 6/17 win was 99th Wood Brothers Racing victory (Ryan Blaney)
Wood Brothers Racing: 3 Pocono wins – David Pearson 8/75, Neil Bonnett 7/80 & Ryan Blaney 6/17
6 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 84 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
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
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES POCONO
4 Different winners in 4 Pocono races
1-Michael Annett:
Finished 8th at 2019 Pocono – Lap 15 jumping restart penalty & lap 52 pit road speeding penalty
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 11th at 2019 Pocono – Finished 2nd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 27 laps led (2nd most), lap 98 spin
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Top 10 finish in 4 Pocono races – Finished 2nd in 2017
8-Daniel Hemric: 2 Pocono NCS races – Finished 13th (6/19) & 7th (7/19)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th at 2019 Pocono – Lap 82 pit road speeding penalty
10-Ross Chastain: 2019 Pocono Truck Series winner
19-Brandon Jones: Worst finish last season: 38th – Pocono (Lap 6 crash)
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Pocono ARCA win (6/18)
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 7th at 2019 Pocono – Lap 94 spin
98-Chase Briscoe best finish in first 18 races last season: 3rd – Pocono
First win of season for 3 of 4 Pocono winners
Pole 1 for 4 at Pocono – 2019 Cole Custer winner
Cole Custer won pole last 2 Pocono races
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 finish at Pocono: 2nd – Erik Jones 2016
Mike Shiplett won 2 of 4 Pocono races – 2016 (Kyle Larson) & 2019 (Cole Custer)
Winner of Stage 1 won all 3 Pocono races
Winner of Stage 2 failed to win last 2 Pocono races