NASCAR Road America Sunday, August 2, 2020
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES ROAD AMERICA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
10 Different winners in 10 Road America races
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 5 finish in 7 Road America races – Finished 2nd (2017)
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Road America top 10 finishes – Tied for most all-time (Elliott Sadler)
9-Noah Gragson:
Finished 4th at 2019 Road America – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 11 pit road speeding penalty, lap 44 spun Allmendinger
10-Ross Chastain: 1 Top 10 finish in 4 Road America races – Finished 7th (2018)
11-Justin Haley: Finished 6th at 2019 Road America – Only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, 46 points scored (most)
16-AJ Allmendinger: 2013 Road America winner – First career NXS win (Started on pole & 29 laps led)
19-Brandon Jones:
Finished 16th at 2019 Road America – Practice crash, started rear of field, lap 5 off track, lap 31 left front tire down
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 2nd at 2019 Road America – Started 3rd, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 26th in Stage 2, 4 laps led, passed for final lead change
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 7th at 2019 Road America – Started 10th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 2 laps led
First career win 5 of last 8 Road America winners
First win of season for 8 of 10 Road America winners
Richard Childress Racing won 3 of last 6 Road America races – 3 Different drivers & 3 different crew chiefs
Joe Gibbs Racing, JR Motorsports & Team Penske 1 Road America win each
Road America first career pole for 3 drivers – Michael McDowell, Nelson Piquet Jr. & AJ Allmendinger
Driver starting first finished top 2 in 5 of 10 Road America races – 3 Wins
4 of 10 Road America winners won in first try
Worst start position of Road America winner: 24th – Jeremy Clements (2017)
Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 5 of 10 Road America races
1 Road America race settled by last lap pass (2011) – Reed Sorenson passed Justin Allgaier
Road America leader of most laps crashed out 2 of last 3 races
Winner led first lap 3 of 10 Road America races
Winner took lead for first time on lap 22 or later last 5 Road America races
7 Road America winners 30-years-old or older
Youngest Road America winner: Christopher Bell – 24-Years-old (2019)
Best Rookie finisher finished 11th or better all 10 Road America races
4 of 10 Road America races ended in overtime
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win Road America 2017, ’18 & ‘19