NASCAR Texas Sunday, September 17, 2023
Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 Texas
Tyler Reddick
2022 Texas winner – Started 4th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 16th in Stage 2, 70 laps led (most), first lead lap 227, 7th caution free pass
Winner pit stops: Tyler Reddick (7 Stops) 41, 99, 116 (G), 139, 198, 244, 271
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Daniel Suárez 4th & 5th, Ross Chastain 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Tyler Reddick Winner
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Brad Keselowski 8th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Justin Haley 3rd
Best Hendrick: William Byron 7th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 10th – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing finished 31st or worse
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 5th – Rest of Stewart-Haas Racing finished 19th or worse
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd – Best finish in last 15 races
2022 TEXAS RECORDS
Most leaders: 19
Most lead changes: 36
Most cautions: 16
Most caution laps: 91
Slowest race: 114.784 mph (2022) – 4:21:53
Most Texas wins: 7 Jimmie Johnson
9 Different winners in 18 Texas Playoff races
Kevin Harvick won 3 of last 6 Texas Playoff races
Tony Stewart (2006), Jimmie Johnson (2014 & ‘15), Kyle Busch (2020) & Tyler Reddick (2022)
Texas Playoff race winners as non-Playoff driver
22 Different winners in 42 NASCAR Cup Series Texas races
6 Different winners last 6 Texas races –
Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson & Tyler Reddick
Kevin Harvick: 3 wins on Texas reconfigured track (10 Races) – Most all-time
Texas 9/25/22: 96 Degrees
Last to win consecutive Texas races: Jimmie Johnson (11/14, 4/15 & 11/15) – Tyler Reddick won last Texas race
Jeff Burton & Dale Earnhardt Jr. only drivers to win Texas in first try
Kevin Harvick won Texas for first time in 30th try – Most of all drivers before first win
Texas race & championship won in same season 4 times –
Jimmie Johnson (11/07 & 11/13), Tony Stewart (11/11) & Kyle Larson (10/21)
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 driver to win first career NXS & NCS races at Texas
Dale Earnhardt Jr. only Rookie contender to win Texas – 2000
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 4 Texas races
Ryan Blaney Texas Stage 2 winner 3 times – Failed to win all 3 races
4 Led first lap & won Texas
Most consecutive laps led in a Texas race: 218 – Kyle Larson 10/21
Most laps led in a Texas race: 312 – Brad Keselowski 11/15 (Finished 2nd)
Jeff Burton led only final lap at Texas (4/07)
2 Texas races settled by last lap pass – Jeff Burton won 4/07 & Joey Logano won 4/14
Closest Texas finish: .028 Seconds – Elliott Sadler over Kasey Kahne (2004)
6 Texas Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won every race
Longest Texas race: 341 Laps (11/14)
4 Rescheduled Texas races
Carl Edwards won only shortened Texas race (11/16)
2020 Texas Playoff race – 52 Laps run on Oct. 25, remainder on Oct. 28 (Red flag: 72:28:34)
Youngest Texas winner: 23 Years old – Joey Logano 4/14
Oldest Texas winner: 44 Years old – Dale Jarrett 2001
Kevin Harvick age at Texas wins: 41, 42 & 43
5 Texas races won from first starting position – 2 in last 5 races (Kevin Harvick 11/19 & Kyle Larson 2021)
33 of 42 Texas winners came from top 10 starting position
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)
Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Texas wins – Most all-time
Joe Gibbs Racing & Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing: 9 Texas wins – 2nd most
Stewart-Haas Racing: 4 Texas wins – Tony Stewart (11/11), Kevin Harvick (11/17, 11/18 & 11/19)
Team Penske: 3 Texas wins with 3 different drivers (Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman & Joey Logano)
Richard Childress Racing: 3 Texas wins with 3 different drivers (Jeff Burton, Austin Dillon & Tyler Reddick)
Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
24 Different winners in 44 NASCAR Xfinity Series Texas races
Kyle Busch only driver to sweep Texas NXS & NCS races on same weekend (4/13 & 4/16)
First Texas win for 8 of last 10 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
Brad Keselowski won Texas for first time in 14th try (11/13) – Most of all drivers
Kyle Busch only driver to sweep both Texas races & championship in same season – 2009
6 Drivers have won Texas Xfinity Series race & championship in same season –
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (4/98), Kevin Harvick (3/01 & 11/06), Kyle Busch (4/09 & 11/09),
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (4/12), Chase Elliott (4/14) & Austin Cindric (7/20)
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
2 Rookie contenders won Texas Xfinity Series race – Chase Elliott (4/14) & Harrison Burton (10/20)
Most laps led in a Texas race: 179 – Kyle Busch 11/09
10 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)
3 Texas races settled by last lap pass
Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Joe Nemechek (1998)
Cole Custer passed Tyler Reddick (11/18)
Harrison Burton passed Noah Gragson (10/20)
4 Texas Overtime finishes
Last to win consecutive Texas races: Erik Jones (4/17 & 11/17) – Noah Gragson won last Texas race
Most caution laps: 62 (5/22)
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
6 Texas races won from pole
Worst official starting position of Texas winner: 31st – Kyle Busch 4/08
*Joe Nemechek started from back of field in 2003 after engine change