NASCAR Road America Sunday, July 23, 2023
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES ROAD AMERICA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
13 Different winners in 13 Road America races
First career win 5 of last 11 Road America winners
First win of season for 8 of 13 Road America winners
Richard Childress Racing won 3 of last 9 Road America races – 3 Different drivers & 3 different crew chiefs
Joe Gibbs Racing 3 Road America wins – 2019 Christopher Bell, 2021 Kyle Busch & 2023 Ty Gibbs
JR Motorsports 1 Road America win – 2018 Justin Allgaier
Road America first career pole for 4 drivers – Michael McDowell, Nelson Piquet Jr., AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
Driver starting first finished top 2 in 6 of 13 Road America races – 3 Wins
5 of 13 won Road America in first try
Worst start position of Road America winner: 24th – Jeremy Clements (2017)
2 Won Road America & championship in same season – Austin Cindric (2020) & Ty Gibbs (2022)
Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 7 of 13 Road America races
2 Road America races settled by last lap pass –
2011 Reed Sorenson passed Justin Allgaier
2022 Ty Gibbs passed Kyle Larson
Winner led first lap 4 of 13 Road America races
8 Road America winners 30-years-old or older
Youngest Road America winner: Ty Gibbs – 19-Years-old (2022)
Best Rookie of the Year contender finish at Road America: 3rd – Brennan Poole (2016) & Matt Tifft (2017)
5 of 13 Road America races ended in overtime
No Stage winner has gone on to win Road America race