NASCAR Texas Sunday, July 12, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES TEXAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most Texas wins: 7 Jimmie Johnson (Carl Edwards 2nd with 4)
Most Texas 2nd-place finishes: 5 Jimmie Johnson
Most Texas top 3 finishes: 13 Jimmie Johnson
Most Texas top 5 finishes: 16 Jimmie Johnson
Most Texas top 10 finishes: 22 Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
Most Texas laps led: 1152 Jimmie Johnson
Best Texas average finish: 9.4 Erik Jones
Most Texas poles: 3 Kurt Busch
Daniel Suarez only driver to finish top 5 in both Texas races last season – Finished 3rd each race
Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Erik Jones & Daniel Suarez finished top 10 each Texas race last season
1-Kurt Busch: 6 Straight Texas top 10 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 0 for 23 at Texas (639 Laps led) – Best finish: 2nd (Twice)
2-Brad Keselowski worst finish last season: 39th – Daytona July & Texas Nov.
4-Kevin Harvick leads all with 3 wins on Texas reconfigured track (6 Races) – Only driver to win more than once
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Wins last 5 Texas races – 3 Straight Texas Playoff race wins
4-Kevin Harvick won Texas for first time in 30th try – Most of all drivers before first win (3 Wins last 5 Texas races)
4-Kevin Harvick: Average Texas finish since reconfiguration (2017) – 2.8
4-Kevin Harvick: 11 Straight Texas top 10 finishes – All-time longest streak
4-Kevin Harvick led most laps 2 of last 3 Texas races
4-Kevin Harvick age at Texas wins: 41, 42 & 43
10-Aric Almirola Texas 11/19 – Average running position: 4th (Best) & 62 Laps led (2nd most)
10-Aric Almirola best finish last season: 2nd – Texas Nov.
10-Aric Almirola finished 8th or better last 3 Texas races
10-Aric Almirola Stage 2 winner at Texas 11/19 – Finished 2nd
11-Denny Hamlin won Texas 3/19 after pit road speeding penalty
12-Ryan Blaney only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Texas 3/19
12-Ryan Blaney worst finish last season: 37th – Texas March
14-Clint Bowyer best finish last season: 2nd – Texas March
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Texas wins – All in spring race (Won 3 of last 7 spring races – Competed in 6)
18-Kyle Busch only driver to sweep Texas NXS & NCS races on same weekend (4/13 & 4/16)
18-Kyle Busch led most laps at Texas 3/19 – Finished 10th
19-Martin Truex Jr. 0 for 29 at Texas (605 Laps led) – Best finish: 2nd (Twice)
19-Martin Truex Jr. finished 6th at Texas 11/19 after receiving free pass
20-Erik Jones: 5 Straight Texas top 10 finishes
20-Erik Jones finished 4th at Texas 3/19 after receiving free pass
22-Joey Logano youngest Texas winner: 23 Years old – 4/14
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. worst finish last season: 40th – Texas Nov.
48-Jimmie Johnson: 7 Texas wins – 1 Was first win of season (4/17)
48-Jimmie Johnson: 131 Laps led last season – 100 Laps led at Texas (60 in March & 40 in Nov.)
48-Jimmie Johnson led 100 laps at Texas last season (60 in March & 40 in Nov.) – 2nd to Kevin Harvick (119)
48-Jimmie Johnson led first 59 laps from pole at Texas 3/19
88-Alex Bowman only Hendrick Motorsports driver finishing in top 15 at Texas 11/19 – Finished 5th (Only Chevrolet in top 5)
19 Different winners in 38 NASCAR Cup Series Texas races
Kurt Busch & Kevin Harvick only drivers to finish top 10 all 6 Texas races since reconfiguration (2017)
2019 Texas pit road speeding penalties: 3 by 3 drivers 3/19 & 2 by 2 drivers 11/19
Ford finished top 4 in 2019 Texas Playoff race – Stewart-Haas Racing 1-2-3
Stewart-Haas Racing finished 8th or better at Texas 3/19
Stewart-Haas Racing led 242 of 334 laps in 2019 Texas Playoff race (72%)
30 of 38 Texas winners came from top 10 starting position
Hendrick Motorsports qualified top 3 at Texas 3/19 – Jimmie Johnson, William Byron & Chase Elliott
Stewart-Haas Racing won 4 of last 6 Texas poles
4 Texas races won from pole – 1 in last 13 races (Kevin Harvick – 11/19)
Last to win consecutive Texas races: Jimmie Johnson (11/14, 4/15 & 11/15) – Kevin Harvick won 11/19
Hendrick Motorsports & Roush Fenway Racing: 9 Texas wins – Most all-time
Joe Gibbs Racing: 8 Texas wins including 3/19
3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Texas 11/19
Stewart-Haas Racing: 4 Texas wins – Tony Stewart (11/11), Kevin Harvick (11/17, 11/18 & 11/19)
Team Penske finished 17th or worse Texas 3/19 – Brad Keselowski finished 36th & Ryan Blaney 37th
Team Penske: 3 Texas wins with 3 different drivers (Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman & Joey Logano)
Jeff Burton & Dale Earnhardt, Jr. only drivers to win Texas in first try
Worst official starting position of winner: 31st – Matt Kenseth 2002 (Started from rear of field)
3 Texas winners started rear of field – Kenseth (2002), Biffle (4/05) & Johnson (4/17)
Texas race & championship won in same season 3 times – Jimmie Johnson (11/07 & 11/13) and Tony Stewart (11/11)
No driver won Texas spring race & championship in same season
Kyle Busch only driver to miss a Texas race & win championship in same season (2015)
12 Scored first win of season at Texas
2 Won first career race at Texas – Jeff Burton 1997 & Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2000
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. only driver to win first career NXS & NCS races at Texas
2 Texas races settled by last lap pass – Jeff Burton won in 4/07 & Joey Logano 4/14
Carl Edwards only driver who did not defend previous Texas race win
Most laps led in a Texas race: 312 – Brad Keselowski 11/15 (Finished 2nd)
Texas 3/19 winner Denny Hamlin took lead for first time on lap 156 (234 Miles)
Jeff Burton led only final lap at Texas (4/07)
3 Led first lap & won Texas
Most consecutive laps led in a Texas race: 196 – Brad Keselowski 11/15
Oldest Texas winner: 44 Years old – Dale Jarrett 2001
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. only Rookie contender to win Texas – 2000
6 Texas Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won every race
Longest Texas race: 341 Laps (11/14)
Carl Edwards won only shortened Texas race (11/16)
Most leaders: 17 (2000)
Most lead changes: 33 (11/10)
Most cautions: 13 (11/14)
Most caution laps: 73 (1997)
Fewest cautions: 2 (4/12)
Fewest caution laps: 10 (4/12)
Fastest race: 160.577 mph (4/12)
Closest Texas finish: .028 Seconds – Elliott Sadler over Kasey Kahne (2004)
11 Cautions Texas 11/19 – Most in last 10 Texas races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TEXAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS
19 Different winners in 37 NASCAR Xfinity Series Texas races
1-Michael Annett: 2 Top 10 finishes in 15 Texas races – 18 Laps led & 9 lead lap finishes in 15 Texas races
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Top 5 finish in 19 Texas races – Finished 5th (11/18)
8-Jeb Burton: 1 Career NASCAR Truck Series win – Texas 6/13 (20-Years-old)
9-Noah Gragson:
Finished 30th at Texas 11/19 (Worst Playoff finisher) – Started 10th, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, lap 150 crash
10-Ross Chastain:
Finished 2nd at Texas 11/19 – Started 7th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 12th in Stage 2, 29 laps led, passed for final lead change
11-Justin Haley: Finished 7th at Texas 3/19 – 2nd of 5 straight top 10 finishes last season
19-Brandon Jones: 1 Top 5 finish in 8 Texas races – Finished 4th (11/19)
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 7th at Texas 11/19 – Started 2nd, lap 81 safety violation & lap 142 removing equipment
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 3rd at Texas 11/19 (2nd of Playoff drivers) – Started 14th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 38 laps led (2nd most)
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 10th at Texas 3/19 – Started 19th, finished 18th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 8 laps led
Christopher Bell only driver to finish top 5 each Texas race last season
John Hunter Nemechek finished 9th or better all 3 Texas races – 2 Top 5 finishes
Jeb Burton & Ryan Sieg finished top 10 both Texas races last season
First Texas win for 3 of last 4 winners – Ryan Blaney (4/18), Cole Custer (11/18) & Christopher Bell (11/19)
Last 16 Texas winners started 6th or better – Last 23 winners started top 10
6 Texas races won from pole – 4 of last 10 races won from pole
Kyle Busch tied record of consecutive wins at 1 track – 5 Straight Texas wins
Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Chase Elliott, Erik Jones & Mark Martin all won Texas in first try
Kurt Busch won Texas in first career Xfinity Series race
Brad Keselowski won Texas for first time in 14th try (11/13) – Most of all drivers
Worst official starting position of Texas winner: 31st – Kyle Busch 4/08
*Joe Nemechek started from back of field in 2003 after engine change
14 Scored first win of season at Texas
5 Won first career NXS race at Texas – Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1998, Kurt Busch 4/06, Trevor Bayne 11/11, Chase Elliott 4/14 & Erik Jones 4/15
Mid-race leader failed to win last 5 Texas races
2 Texas races settled by last lap pass
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. passed Joe Nemechek (1998)
Cole Custer passed Tyler Reddick (11/18)
Last to win consecutive Texas races: Erik Jones (4/17 & 11/17) – Christopher Bell won 11/19
Christopher Bell led most laps each Texas race last season – 228 Total laps led (Tyler Reddick 2nd most – 51)
Most laps led in a Texas race: 179 – Kyle Busch 11/09
8 Led lap 1 & went on to win Texas
6 Texas winners took lead for first time at lap 171 or later
Most consecutive laps led in a Texas race: 120 – Brad Keselowski 11/15 (Finished 2nd)
Youngest Texas winner: 18 Years old – Chase Elliott 18Y, 4M, 17D (4/14) & Erik Jones 18Y, 10M, 11D (4/15)
Oldest Texas winner: 43 Years old – Jeff Purvis 2002
1 Rookie contender won Texas Xfinity Series race – Chase Elliott (4/14)
2 Texas Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won both
Most leaders: 11 (4/13)
Most lead changes: 22 (4/13)
Most cautions: 13 (11/18)
Most caution laps: 55 (2000)
Fastest race: 151.707 (4/08)
9 Cautions each Texas race last season
Christopher Bell won Stage 1 at Texas 3/19 & 11/19 (Stage 2 winner 11/19)
Ryan Sieg won Stage 2 at Texas 3/19 (First-ever Stage win) – Finished 10th