NASCAR Richmond Sunday, July 23, 2023
Richmond Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Richmond 4/23
Kyle Larson
Richmond 4/23 winner – Started 9th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, 93 laps led, lap 160 pit contact with Suárez
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (9 Stops) 33, 75, 97, 160 (G), 235, 290 (G), 308, 351 (G), 375
Stage 1 winner: William Byron 24th
Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin 20th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 1st & 3rd, Ross Chastain 3rd & 5th
Passed for final lead change: William Byron (Most laps led: 117)
Winner final laps led: Kyle Larson 25
Cautions: 8
Longest green run: 130 Laps (102-231)
Best free pass finisher: Todd Gilliland 15th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Denny Hamlin 20th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 5th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 7th
Richmond 8/22
Kevin Harvick
Richmond 8/22 winner – Started 13th, finished 16th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, Led 55 of final 67 laps (No laps led first 333 laps)
Winner pit stops: Kevin Harvick (6 Stops) 73, 124 (G), 172 (G), 234, 295 (G), 341 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin 2nd & 3rd, Kyle Larson 3rd & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: William Byron 11th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22nd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Harrison Burton 25th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 5th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 1st
Best Penske: Joey Logano 6th
Most Richmond wins: 13 Richard Petty
Christopher Bell: Finished 6th or better last 5 Richmond races – 4 Top 5 finishes
Kyle Busch: 10 Top 10 finishes last 11 Richmond races – 2 Wins
Denny Hamlin: Finished 4th or better 4 of last 5 Richmond races – 3 Top 2 finishes
Kevin Harvick: Finished 8th or better last 4 Richmond races – Finished top 2 both races last season
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 7th or better 8 of last 9 Richmond races – 3 Wins
53 Different winners in 133 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
6 Different winners last 6 Richmond races – Keselowski, Bowman, Truex Jr., Hamlin, Harvick & Larson
31 Different winners in 69 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond .75-mile track races
Kyle Busch & Rusty Wallace tied for most with 6 wins on .75-mile track
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 of last 15 Richmond races with 5 different drivers –
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 10 Richmond races – Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 18, Hendrick 12, Childress 9, Penske 9, RFK 5, Stewart-Haas 2
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
William Byron passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Richmond races
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 (Kyle Larson won last Richmond race)
11 Richmond season sweeps – 8 Went on to win championship (Kyle Larson won in April)
1 of 133 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 13 Richmond races
5 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond
7 of 69 races won from pole on Richmond .75-mile track
5 Richmond Overtime races (5/08, 4/13, 9/16, 9/17 & 4/18)
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 8 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
Richard Petty tied for record of consecutive wins at 1 track with 7 at Richmond (9/70-9/73)
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
8/14/22: Kevin Harvick 60th career win