NASCAR Texas Sunday, September 18, 2022

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

Texas wins:

Kyle Busch 4

Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick 3

Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano 1

Champions winless at Texas:

Chase Elliott: 11 Races – Best finish: 4th (11/16)

Brad Keselowski: 26 Races – Best finish: 2nd (11/12 & 11/15)

Martin Truex Jr.: 32 Races – Best finish: 2nd (4/13, 11/17 & 10/20)

30th of 36 races this season – 4th race of Playoffs – 7 Races remaining this season

2021 Texas

Kyle Larson

2021 Texas winner – Started 1st, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 256 of 334 laps led, avg. running pos.: 2.1

Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (6 Stops) 27, 94 Green, 108, 167, 213, 277

Longest green flag run: 67 Laps (40-106) – Last 5 green runs: 1, 5, 2, 3, 2 laps

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Larson (3rd & 1st), Byron (5th & 2nd), Blaney (2nd & 3rd)

Speeding: Kyle Busch (8th), Suarez (10th), Almirola (18th), Chastain (28th)

Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)

Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell (3rd)

Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (5th)

Best Penske: Brad Keselowski (4th)

21 Different winners in 41 NASCAR Cup Series Texas races

5 Different winners last 5 Texas races – Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch & Kyle Larson

Kevin Harvick: 3 wins on Texas reconfigured track (9 Races) – Most all-time

8 Different winners in 17 Texas Playoff races 

Kevin Harvick won 3 of last 5 Texas Playoff races

32 of 41 Texas winners came from top 10 starting position

5 Texas races won from first starting position – 2 in last 4 races (Kevin Harvick 11/19 & Kyle Larson 2021)

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

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: 2 Texas wins – Jeff Burton (4/07) & Austin Dillon (7/20)

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

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 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

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

Most laps led in a Texas race: 312 – Brad Keselowski 11/15 (Finished 2nd)

Jeff Burton led only final lap at Texas (4/07)

4 Led first lap & won Texas

Most consecutive laps led in a Texas race: 218 – Kyle Larson 10/21

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

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)

2020 Texas Playoff race – 52 Laps run on Oct. 25, remainder on Oct. 28 (Red flag: 72:28:34)

Tony Stewart (2006), Jimmie Johnson (2014 & ‘15) & Kyle Busch (2020)

only Texas Playoff race winners as non-Playoff driver

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)

TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

23 Different winners in 43 NASCAR Xfinity Series Texas races

First Texas win for 7 of last 8 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)

6 Texas 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

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

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

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)

Last to win consecutive Texas races: Erik Jones (4/17 & 11/17) – Tyler Reddick won last Texas race

Most laps led in a Texas race: 179 – Kyle Busch 11/09

9 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

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

4 Texas Overtime finishes

Most leaders: 11 (4/13)

Most lead changes: 22 (4/13)

Most cautions: 13 (11/18)

Most caution laps: 62 (5/22)

Fastest race: 151.707 (4/08)

Last 4 Texas races: 10 or more cautions