NASCAR Texas Sunday, April 7, 2024

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Texas NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights

44th Texas race – First race: 1997 – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles – Stages: 80 / 85 / 102

9/24/23: 300th win for Hendrick Motorsports

9/24/23: Temperature 100º Felt like 105º

9/24/23: 11 Cautions for 55 laps – 8 Cautions due to crashes –

6 Green flag runs of 6 laps or shorter – 5 Green flag runs of 2 laps or shorter

Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch & Kyle Larson among the 10 drivers failing to finish

Blaney: Finished 28th at Texas (10th of Playoff drivers) – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 211 speeding, lap 256 crash

Blaney won Talladega the next week – Finished 6th or better in 5 of the final 6 races last season

*Blaney went into Talladega 11th in standings -11

William Byron

2023 Texas winner – Started 18th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 15th in Stage 2, only final 6 laps led

William Byron: Finished 7th or better last 3 Texas races – 2 Top 2 finishes

Brad Keselowski: Finished 9th or better last 5 Texas races – 1 Top 5 finish

7 Different winners last 7 Texas races –

Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick & William Byron

Last 3 winners were first-time Texas winners – Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick & William Byron

Ryan Blaney Texas Stage 2 winner 3 times – Failed to win all 3 races

Last to win consecutive Texas races: Jimmie Johnson (11/14, 4/15 & 11/15) – William Byron won last Texas race

Hendrick Motorsports: 11 Texas wins – Most all-time

14 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 Rookie contender to win Texas – 2000

2 Texas races settled by last lap pass – Jeff Burton won 4/07 & Joey Logano won 4/14

Toyota: Only 1 pole last 12 Texas races – 2023 Bubba Wallace

Texas 9/24/23
 FinishLaps Led
Hendrick Motorsports
24William Byron1st6
9Chase Elliott11th1
48Alex Bowman12th1
5Kyle Larson31st99
Joe Gibbs Racing
20Christopher Bell4th0
11Denny Hamlin5th0
19Martin Truex Jr.17th0
54Ty Gibbs33rd0
Stewart-Haas Racing
4Kevin Harvick6th0
14Chase Briscoe10th0
10Aric Almirola18th0
41Ryan Preece23rd0
Team Penske
22Joey Logano21st0
2Austin Cindric27th1
12Ryan Blaney28th0

Texas NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights

46th Texas race – First race: 1997 – 200 Laps – 300 Miles – Stages: 45 / 45 / 110

Record 65 caution laps last Texas race – 12 Cautions

Mayer & Herbst hit wall just after start of race

Texas wins:

Joe Gibbs Racing: 17; Richard Childress Racing: 5; JR Motorsports: 2; Stewart-Haas Racing: 1; Kaulig Racing: 0 

First Texas win for 8 of last 11 winners –

Ryan Blaney (4/18), Cole Custer (11/18), Christopher Bell (11/19), Austin Cindric (7/20),

Harrison Burton (10/20), John Hunter Nemechek (10/21), Tyler Reddick (5/22) & Noah Gragson (9/22)

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

16 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

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. only driver to win first career NXS & NCS races at Texas

3 Texas NXS races settled by last lap pass

Youngest Texas winner: 18 Years old – Chase Elliott 18Y, 4M, 17D (4/14) & Erik Jones 18Y, 10M, 11D (4/15)

2 Rookie contenders won Texas Xfinity Series race – Chase Elliott (4/14) & Harrison Burton (10/20)

Justin Allgaier won Stage 1 & 2 at Texas 2023 – Finished 5th

Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 Texas races

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