NASCAR Richmond Sunday, August 7, 2022
RICHMOND RACEWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
24th of 36 races this season – 3 Races before Playoffs – 13 Races remaining this season
Richmond April
Denny Hamlin
Richmond April winner – Started 13th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, 11th on lap 358, only final 5 laps led
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin (7 Stops) 74, 154 G, 234, 248, 259, 310 G, 354 G
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 1st & 5th, Ross Chastain 3rd & 3rd, Martin Truex Jr. 4th & 1st
Speeding: Corey LaJoie 31st, Landon Cassill 32nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Dillon 10th
Rear of field: Austin Cindric 20th, Justin Haley 29th, Greg Biffle 37th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 3rd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 2nd
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 7th
Richmond 9/21
Martin Truex Jr.
Richmond 9/21 winner – Finished 8th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 80 laps led (2nd most), penalized jumping start of race
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. (7 Stops) 32, 84, 133 (G), 179 (G), 239, 297 (G), 347 (G)
Longest green flag run: 148 Laps (89-236) – 146 Lap green flag run to finish (255-400)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin (1st & 1st), Joey Logano (3rd & 5th), Kyle Larson (4th & 4th)
Speeding: Chastain (7th), Kyle Busch (9th), McDowell (28th), LaJoie (29th), Wallace (32nd), Yeley (34th)
Rear of field: Kyle Larson (6th), Cole Custer (22nd), Garrett Smithley (31st)
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott (4th)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. (1st)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (8th)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (5th)
Most green flag laps to finish a race last season: 146 – Richmond Sept.
Richmond wins:
Kyle Busch 6
Denny Hamlin 4
Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. 3
Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano 2
Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson 1
Champion winless at Richmond:
Chase Elliott: 13 Races – Best finish: 2nd (4/18)
53 Different winners in 131 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
31 Different winners in 67 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond .75-mile track races
Kyle Busch & Rusty Wallace tied for most with 6 wins on .75-mile track
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) – 3 Wins last 6 Richmond races
Terry Labonte won Richmond for first time in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
2 Won on previous & current Richmond layouts – Dale Earnhardt & Ricky Rudd
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 of last 13 Richmond races with 5 different drivers –
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 8 Richmond races – Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
Joe Gibbs Racing (9) & Team Penske (4) won 13 of last 16 Richmond races
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 18, Hendrick 11, Childress 9, Penske 9, Roush 5, Stewart-Haas 1
Kyle Busch: 6 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (3 Dave Rogers, 2 Adam Stevens & 1 Steve Addington)
Denny Hamlin: 4 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (2 Mike Ford, 1 Mike Wheeler & 1 Chris Gabehart)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 18 Richmond wins – 10 Different crew chiefs
7 of 67 races won from pole on Richmond .75-mile track
Final green flag run at Richmond 9/21: 146 Laps
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; 4/21: 2; 9/21: 9; 4/22: 2
Richmond commitment line violations:
4/17: 6; 9/17: 0; 4/18: 3; 9/18: 3; 4/19: 1; 9/19: 1; 2020: 4; 4/21: 1; 9/21: 2; 4/22: 0
Stage 1 winner only won Richmond once – Martin Truex Jr. 9/19
Stage 2 winner only won Richmond once – Brad Keselowski 2020
14 Richmond win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
1 of 131 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)
6 Won first race of season in Richmond fall race – Last: 2004 Jeremy Mayfield
Last to win a Richmond race & championship in same season: Jimmie Johnson 9/08
Mid-race leader failed to win last 11 Richmond races
5 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond
19 Won first NASCAR Cup Series short track race at Richmond
5 Richmond Overtime races (5/08, 4/13, 9/16, 9/17 & 4/18)
Historic Richmond
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)
5/6/06: Dale Earnhardt Jr. last win in #8 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet
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