NASCAR Richmond Sunday, March 26, 2023
Richmond Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Richmond 4/22
Denny Hamlin
Richmond 4/22 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 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
Ryan Blaney: 3 Straight Richmond top 10 finishes
Christopher Bell: Finished 6th or better last 4 Richmond races – 3 Top 5 finishes
Kyle Busch: 10 Straight Richmond top 10 finishes – 2 Wins
Denny Hamlin: Finished 4th or better last 4 Richmond races – 3 Top 2 finishes
Kevin Harvick: Finished 8th or better last 3 Richmond races – Finished top 2 both races last season
Joey Logano: 223 Richmond laps led last season (1 April & 222 August) – Most
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 7th or better last 8 Richmond races – 3 Wins
53 Different winners in 132 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
31 Different winners in 68 NASCAR Cup Series Richmond .75-mile track races
Kyle Busch & Rusty Wallace tied for most with 6 wins on .75-mile track
5 Different winners last 5 Richmond races – Keselowski, Bowman, Truex Jr., Hamlin & Harvick
Stage 1 winner only won Richmond once – Martin Truex Jr. 9/19
Stage 2 winner only won Richmond once – Brad Keselowski 2020
1 of 132 Richmond races settled by last lap pass (4/16) – Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch
7 of 68 races won from pole on Richmond .75-mile track
14 Richmond win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
Richmond team wins:
Gibbs 18, Hendrick 11, Childress 9, Penske 9, Roush 5, Stewart-Haas 2
Last to win a Richmond race & championship in same season: Jimmie Johnson 9/08
Mid-race leader failed to win last 12 Richmond races
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)
5 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond
19 Won first NASCAR Cup Series short track race at Richmond
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 7 Richmond races
Terry Labonte won Richmond for first time in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
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
4 Shortened Richmond races – 1 Due to darkness (4/62) & 3 due to rain
5 Richmond Overtime races (5/08, 4/13, 9/16, 9/17 & 4/18)
Richard Petty tied for record of consecutive wins at 1 track with 7 at Richmond (9/70-9/73)
2 Won on previous & current Richmond layouts – Dale Earnhardt & Ricky Rudd
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
Richmond Raceway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Richmond Wins
Joe Gibbs Racing 11
JR Motorsports 6
Richard Childress Racing 6
Kaulig Racing 0
Sam Mayer
Finished 3rd at 2022 Richmond – Started 11th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, best JR Motorsports finisher won Dash 4 Cash bonus
“Honestly, I’m just gonna put it in my bank account because my dumb ass can’t touch that, or bad stuff will happen.”
38 Different winners in 76 Richmond Xfinity Series races
31 Different winners in 66 NASCAR Xfinity Series Richmond .75-mile track races
3 Richmond Xfinity Series & Cup Series weekend sweeps – Last: Kyle Busch 5/09
6 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Richmond – Last: Robby Gordon (9/04)
7 Richmond Overtime races – Leader at scheduled distance won 5
1 Won NXS races on previous & current Richmond layouts – Mark Martin (1 on previous & 4 on current)
5 Richmond Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
Kyle Busch led every lap 9/14 race (250 Laps)
JR Motorsports won 3 of last 4 Richmond races
Joe Gibbs Racing led 249 of 250 laps at 2022 Richmond
7 Won Richmond for first time in first try – Kurt & Kyle Busch, Edwards, Hamilton, Houston, Lindley & Martin
14 Won Richmond for first time in 1st or 2nd try
Justin Allgaier won Richmond for first time in 19th try (9/11/20) – Most of all drivers
Worst starting position of Richmond winner: 39th – Carl Edwards 9/09