NASCAR Richmond Sunday, April 11, 2021
RICHMOND NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Race #9 this season – One-quarter of season complete after Richmond
4/18/99: John Andretti won Martinsville in #43 Petty Enterprises Pontiac
Richmond wins:
Kyle Busch 6
Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick 3
Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr. 2
Kyle Larson & Ryan Newman 1
Chase Elliott only champion competing winless at Richmond / 10 Richmond races – Best finish: 2nd (4/18)
2020 Richmond
Winner pit stops & lap: Brad Keselowski (6 Stops) 33, 84, 162, 239, 294, 342
Longest green flag run: 157 Laps (244-400)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Austin Dillon (2nd & 2nd), Joey Logano (3rd & 4th), Brad Keselowski (4th & 1st)
Speeding: 5 – Austin Dillon (4th), Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Dillon & Jimmie Johnson
Rear of field: 2 – Kyle Busch (6th), Christopher Bell (15th)
Best Hendrick: 5th Chase Elliott
Best Gibbs: 2nd Martin Truex Jr.
Best Stewart-Haas: 7th Kevin Harvick
Best Penske: 1st Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski:
2020 Richmond winner – Started 9th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 192 laps led (most), avg. running pos.: 2.5
Richmond pit road speeding penalties:
4/17: 4 9/17: 3 4/18: 5 9/18: 4 4/19: 3 9/19: 6 2020: 5
Richmond commitment line violations:
4/17: 6 9/17: 0 4/18: 3 9/18: 3 4/19: 1 9/19: 1 2020: 4
3 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at 2020 Richmond: Keselowski (4th & 1st), A. Dillon (2nd & 2nd), Logano (3rd & 4th)
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Richmond wins – 2 Teams & manufacturers (Roush Ford 9/05 & Stewart-Haas Chevrolet 4/15)
2-Brad Keselowski: 2020 Richmond winner (Most recent win) – 4th & final 2020 victory
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 9th or better last 5 Richmond races – 4 Straight Richmond races led (379 Laps led)
3-Austin Dillon:
Finished 4th at 2020 Richmond – Finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, 55 laps led, passed for final lead change, lap 84 speeding, lap 335 missed pit road
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Richmond wins (All with Richard Childress Racing) – 38 Wins since last Richmond win (Winless last 14 Richmond races)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Richmond wins – Career win #8 (30-Years-old), #18 (35-Years-old) & #20 (37-Years-old)
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 7th or better last 5 Richmond races – 3 Top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: First win of season came at Richmond in 2013 (4 Wins in 2013 – Final season with Childress)
5-Kyle Larson: 1 Richmond win (9/17) – 4th & final 2017 victory
5-Kyle Larson: 5 Richmond top 10 finishes – 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 Richmond races
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Richmond top 5 finishes – All 3 in last 5 Richmond races
9-Chase Elliott: 6 Straight short track top 10 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Richmond wins – 1 Win last 18 Richmond races
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Richmond wins – Career win #6 (28-Years-old), #14 (29-Years-old) & #29 (35-Years-old)
11-Denny Hamlin: 1704 Richmond laps led – Leads active drivers
12-Ryan Blaney: No Richmond top 15 finishes (Only track) – Average Richmond finish: 24.8 (Worst track)
18-Kyle Busch: 6 Richmond wins – Leads active drivers (2 Wins last 5 Richmond races)
18-Kyle Busch: 6 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (3 Dave Rogers, 2 Adam Stevens & 1 Steve Addington)
18-Kyle Busch: First win of season came at Richmond in 2010 & ’12 (Only 2012 win)
18-Kyle Busch: 6 Straight Richmond top 10 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins last 3 Richmond races – 4 Straight Richmond top 3 finishes
*First Richmond win came in 27th try – Only 3 top 5 finishes in first 26 Richmond races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Wins last 11 short track races – Winless previous 80 short track races
20-Christopher Bell: 3 Richmond NASCAR Xfinity Series wins – Most of all tracks
22-Joey Logano:
Finished 3rd at 2020 Richmond – Started 2nd, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 45 laps led, 49 points scored
Richmond 4/17 winner (Only 2017 win – Started rear of field) – Post-race penalty (Missed Playoffs)
24-William Byron: No top 10 finishes in 5 Richmond races – No laps led & 2 lead lap finishes
48-Alex Bowman: 1 Top 10 finish in 9 Richmond races – Finished 9th (2020)
52 Different winners in 128 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins last 3 Richmond races (4/19 & 9/19) – Winless previous 26 Richmond races
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 5 of last 8 Richmond races – 2 Wins (4/19 & 9/19)
*Led 6 of last 8 Richmond races – 970 Laps led
Kyle Busch (2) & Martin Truex Jr. (2) won 4 of last 5 Richmond races – Brad Keselowski won 9/20
Kyle Busch & Rusty Wallace tied for most with 6 wins on Richmond .75-mile track
Kyle Busch: 6 Richmond wins – Passed for final lead change 6 times at Richmond
Austin Dillon passed for final lead change last Richmond race – Finished 4th
Stage 1 winner only won Richmond once – Martin Truex Jr. 9/19
Stage 2 winner only won Richmond once – Brad Keselowski 2020
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 16, Hendrick 10, Childress 9, Penske 9, Roush 5, Stewart-Haas Racing 1, Ganassi 1
Hendrick Motorsports Richmond wins: 10 – Last win: Jimmie Johnson 9/08 (HMS winless last 23 Richmond races)
*William Byron 10-Years-old & Chase Elliott 12-Years-old
Joe Gibbs Racing: 16 Richmond wins (Most of all tracks) – 8 Different crew chiefs
Joe Gibbs Racing won 7 of last 10 Richmond races with 5 different drivers –
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 of last 5 Richmond races – Kyle Busch 2 & Martin Truex Jr. 2
Joe Gibbs Racing (7) & Team Penske (4) won 11 of last 13 Richmond races
Todd Gordon: 2 Richmond wins – Joey Logano 4/14 & 4/17
Paul Wolfe: 1 Richmond win – Brad Keselowski 9/14
Jeremy Bullins: 1 Richmond win – Brad Keselowski 2020
Stewart-Haas Racing: Only 1 Richmond win (Kurt Busch 4/15) – Winless last 10 Richmond races
Final green flag run at 2020 Richmond: 157 Laps
14 Richmond win streaks (Drivers winning consecutive races) – Brad Keselowski won 2020 Richmond race
5 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond
James Hylton, Neil Bonnett, Kyle Petty, Tony Stewart & Kasey Kahne
18 Won first NASCAR Cup Series short track race at Richmond including Joey Logano, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr.
*First short track win was 20th career win for Martin Truex Jr.
Mid-race leader failed to win last 8 Richmond races
5 Richmond Overtime races (5/08, 4/13, 9/16, 9/17 & 4/18)
1 of 128 Richmond races settled by last lap pass (4/16) – Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch
Worst official starting position of Richmond winner: 32nd – Kyle Busch 4/18
*Joey Logano won Richmond from rear of field 4/17 (Transmission)
*Kyle Busch won Richmond from rear of field 9/18 (Unapproved adjustments)
Last to win a Richmond race & championship in same season: Jimmie Johnson 9/08
3 Won Richmond in first try – Tim Flock, Paul Goldsmith & Lee Petty
Martin Truex Jr. won Richmond for first time in 27th try (4/19)
Richard Petty tied for record of consecutive wins at 1 track with 7 at Richmond (9/70-9/73)
Richmond History
4/30/67: 54th career win for Richard Petty tied father for first all-time in victories (55th win came at Darlington 5/13/67)
3/1/70: After a record 12 2nd-place finishes – James Hylton won for the first time
2/25/73: Richard Petty won for the 150th time in 600th career race
9/9/73: Lap 4 14-car pileup which blocked the track
9/9/73: Richard Petty’s 7th straight Richmond win – Petty won 9 of 10 Richmond races from 9/70 through 2/75
2/23/75: Largest Richmond margin-of-victory: 6 Laps – Richard Petty over Lennie Pond
10/12/75: Darrell Waltrip came from 3 laps behind to win Richmond
9/12/76: Cale Yarborough’s first of 4 straight wins (Richmond, Dover, Martinsville & North Wilkesboro)
2/21/82: Dave Marcis won in 400th career race
2/26/84: 2 Weeks after vicious Busch Clash crash, Ricky Rudd won Richmond
2/21/88: Neil Bonnett won final race on Richmond half-mile
9/11/88: Davey Allison won first race on Richmond three-quarter mile
3/26/89: Richard Petty’s consecutive race streak ends when he fails to qualify – 513 Races from 1971-‘89
2/25/90: Low temperature 19 degrees / High temperature: 34 degrees
9/7/91: 51-Year-old Harry Gant 2nd of 4 straight wins (Darlington, Richmond, Dover & Martinsville)
3/8/92: Bill Elliott’s 2nd of 4 straight wins (Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta & Darlington)
3/7/93: Final win for Davey Allison
9/11/99: Joe Gibbs Racing first 1-2 finish – Tony Stewart (Winner) & Bobby Labonte (2nd)
5/14/05: After 6 2nd-place finishes – Kasey Kahne won for the first time
9/10/05: Roush first 1-2-3 finish – Kurt Busch (Winner), Matt Kenseth (2nd) & Greg Biffle (3rd)
5/2/09: Kyle Busch won on birthday
4/30/17: Joey Logano won in 300th career race
4/21/18: Kyle Busch won 3rd straight win (Texas, Bristol & Richmond)
9/22/18: Kyle Busch 50th career win
4/13/19: Martin Truex Jr. 20th career win, 1st short track win in 81st try, 1st Richmond win in 27th try
Richmond Schedule Changes
Tuesday March 10, 1964 – David Pearson (Scheduled date: 3/8/64 – 100 Laps run 3/8/64)
Monday September 14, 1964 – Cotton Owens (Scheduled date: 9/13/64)
Sunday November 14, 1971 – Richard Petty (Scheduled dates: 9/12/71 & 10/3/71)
Sunday March 8, 1987 – Dale Earnhardt (Scheduled date: 2/22/87)
Sunday May 6, 2007 – Jimmie Johnson (Scheduled date: 5/5/07)
Sunday September 7, 2008 – Jimmie Johnson (Scheduled date: 9/6/08 – Hurricane Hanna)
Sunday April 26, 2015 – Kurt Busch (Scheduled date: 4/25/15)
Saturday September 12, 2020 – Brad Keselowski (Scheduled date: April 19, 2020 – COVID-19)