NASCAR Richmond Sunday, March 24, 2024
Richmond NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Top 10 both Richmond races last season: 3
Kevin Harvick 5th & 10th, Brad Keselowski 10th & 6th, Joey Logano 7th & 4th
Joey Logano: Finished 7th or better last 3 Richmond races – 1 Top 5 finish
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
Chris Buescher
Richmond 7/23 winner – Started 26th, finished 17th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 88 of final 96 laps led
7 Different winners last 7 Richmond races –
Keselowski, Bowman, Truex Jr., Hamlin, Harvick, Larson & Buescher
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 10 Richmond races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1-win each
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 18, Hendrick 12, Childress 9, Penske 9, RFK 6, 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
Stage 1 winner only won Richmond once – Martin Truex Jr. 9/19
Stage 2 winner only won Richmond once – Brad Keselowski 2020
1 of 134 Richmond races settled by last lap pass (4/16) – Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch
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; 8/22: 5; 4/23: 5; 7/23: 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; 8/22: 1; 4/23: 0; 7/23: 2
Richmond NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Richmond wins:
Joe Gibbs Racing: 11; JR Motorsports: 6; Richard Childress Racing: 6; Kaulig Racing: 1; Stewart-Haas Racing: 1
7 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Richmond –
Kyle Busch, Robby Gordon, Bobby Hamilton, Tommy Houston, Butch Lindley, Jeff Purvis & Chandler Smith
5 Richmond Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
Justin Allgaier won Richmond for first time in 19th try (9/11/20) – Most of all drivers
4 Virginia drivers won Richmond – Jeff Burton, Tommy Ellis, Denny Hamlin & Rick Mast