Friday, May 22, 2020

Charlotte Track Facts: 2020 Coca-Cola 600

Jimmie Johnson's ride for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600.
The NASCAR Cup Series 2020 Top 16 in Driver Standings at Charlotte
Rank
Driver
Races
Poles
Wins
Top Fives
Top 10s
DNFs
Average Finish
Driver Rating
 
 
1
Kevin Harvick
36
2
3
8
17
3
15.4
90.0
 
2
Joey Logano
20
0
1
6
10
0
12.5
88.7
 
3
Alex Bowman
7
0
0
0
2
1
25.1
58.1
 
4
Denny Hamlin
27
2
0
9
17
2
12.3
97.0
 
5
Chase Elliott
7
0
0
2
3
2
16.3
89.5
 
6
Brad Keselowski
19
1
1
4
8
2
14.6
87.2
 
7
Aric Almirola
13
1
0
0
1
1
17.9
75.1
 
8
Martin Truex Jr
27
1
3
7
11
0
14.1
91.3
 
9
Matt DiBenedetto
8
0
0
0
0
3
32.0
38.5
 
10
Clint Bowyer
26
0
1
2
5
1
17.5
78.1
 
11
Ryan Blaney
8
0
0
0
1
2
23.5
81.1
 
12
Jimmie Johnson
35
4
8
16
22
5
12.2
108.9
 
13
Kyle Busch
30
3
1
13
18
6
14.6
107.4
 
14
Kurt Busch
37
0
1
7
13
4
17.7
87.8
 
15
Erik Jones
4
0
0
0
1
1
20.8
68.6
 
16
William Byron
2
1
0
0
1
1
24.0
70.5
 
* – Based on last 28 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway (2005 – 2019).


The NASCAR Cup Series 2020 Top Five Leaders In Loop Data Categories:
Charlotte Motor Speedway (Loop Data Era: 2005-Present)
Driver Rating
Average Running Position
Laps in The Top 15
Drivers
Driver Rating
Drivers
Avg. Running Pos.
Drivers
Laps in Top 15
Jimmie Johnson
108.9
Jimmie Johnson
8.191
Jimmie Johnson
8,846 (86.9%)
Kyle Busch
107.4
Kyle Busch
9.574
Kyle Busch
8,050 (79.1%)
Denny Hamlin
97.0
Denny Hamlin
10.981
Denny Hamlin
7,573 (77.5%)
Matt Kenseth
94.8
Martin Truex Jr.
13.209
Kevin Harvick
6,568 (64.5%)
Martin Truex Jr.
91.3
Matt Kenseth
13.472
Martin Truex Jr.
6,551 (66.6%)
Laps Led
Quality Passes
Fastest Laps Run
Drivers
Laps Led
Drivers
Quality Passes
Drivers
Fastest Laps
Kyle Busch
1,449 (14.2%)
Jimmie Johnson
1,453
Jimmie Johnson
882 (8.7%)
Jimmie Johnson
1,094 (10.8%)
Kyle Busch
1,350
Kyle Busch
812 (8.0%)
Martin Truex Jr.
972 (9.9%)
Denny Hamlin
1,185
Martin Truex Jr.
501 (5.1%)
Kurt Busch
572 (5.6%)
Kurt Busch
1,127
Matt Kenseth
482 (4.9%)
Kevin Harvick
540 (5.3%)
Kevin Harvick
1,100
Kevin Harvick
449 (4.4%)




At Charlotte Motor Speedway:
History
·        Construction began on Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) in 1959.
·        The track’s first NASCAR Cup Series race was held on June 19, 1960 – won by Joe Lee Johnson in a Chevrolet.
·        The track was repaved midseason in 1994.
·        The track name changed from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 1999. It changed back to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2010 season.
·        The track was re-paved again before the 2006 season.
·        In 2018, the Charlotte Motor Speedway introduced the road course configuration (ROVAL) and in the process relinquished the track’s second event on the oval configuration effectively creating a new road course track on the schedule – the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (ROVAL).
·        There have been 120 NASCAR Cup Series points races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, two races per year from when the track opened in 1960 until 2017. Starting in 2018, Charlotte Motor Speedway hosted just one race on the oval configuration.  
·        In 1961, there were two 100-mile qualifying points races held the week before the May race. The first six fall races at Charlotte were 400-mile events (1960-65).

Starts
·        A total of 550 different drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Cup Series points-paying race at Charlotte Motor Speedway; 395 have competed in more than one.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in starts at Charlotte with 64.
·        Matt Kenseth leads all active drivers in series starts at Charlotte with 38; followed by Kurt Busch with 37.
·        A total of 65 different drivers in NASCAR Cup Series history have made their first series career start at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
·        Two active series drivers have made their first career start at Charlotte Motor Speedway: Jimmie Johnson (10/7/01) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (05/29/11).
·        Jack Sprague (two starts) leads the series in average starting position at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a 5.0.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a 9.0 in 34 starts.


Top Five in Average Starting Position at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Avg Start
Races
Rank
Active Drivers
Avg Start
Races
1
Jack Sprague
5.000
2
1
Jimmie Johnson
9.171
35
2
Fireball Roberts
5.200
10
2
Ryan Newman
9.611
36
3
David Pearson
6.391
46
3
Denny Hamlin
10.852
27
4
Joe Weatherly
6.667
9
4
William Byron
11.000
2
5
Fred Lorenzen
7.056
18
5
Kyle Busch
11.467
30
6
Pete Hamilton
7.167
6
6
Chase Elliott
12.429
7
7
Paul Goldsmith
7.889
9
7
Daniel Suarez
12.500
4
8
Curtis Turner
8.444
9
8
Joey Logano
12.850
20
9
Jimmie Johnson
9.171
35
9
Ryan Blaney
14.625
8
10
Cale Yarborough
9.520
50
10
Aric Almirola
14.846
13

Poles
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Active NCS Pole Winners
Rank
Active Pole Winners
Poles
1
Ryan Newman
9
2
Jimmie Johnson
4
3
Kyle Busch
3
4
Denny Hamlin
2
5
Kevin Harvick
2
6
Aric Almirola
1
7
Brad Keselowski
1
8
Martin Truex Jr
1
9
William Byron
1
·        A total of 46 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won the Busch Pole Award at Charlotte Motor Speedway; nine of the 46 are active this weekend.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Charlotte Motor Speedway with 14 poles (1961, 1972, 1973, 1974 sweep, 1975 sweep, 1976 sweep, 1977 sweep, 1978 sweep, 1982).
·        Ryan Newman leads all active drivers in poles at Charlotte Motor Speedway with nine (2001, 2003 sweep, 2004, 2005, 2007 sweep, 2009 and 2010).
·        Fireball Roberts won the inaugural Busch Pole Award at Charlotte Motor Speedway (World 600) in 1960 with a speed of 133.904 mph.  
·        A total of 14 different drivers have won consecutive Busch poles at Charlotte; Kevin Harvick is the most recent driver to post consecutive poles (2016 Playoffs, 2017 May race).  
·        David Pearson holds the record for most consecutive poles at Charlotte with 11-straight from the fall of 1973 through 1978. 
·        Youngest Charlotte pole winner: William Byron (May 26, 2019 - 21 years, 4 months, 27 days)
·        Oldest Charlotte pole winner: Bobby Allison (October 11, 1987 – 49 years, 10 months, 8 days).


Coca-Cola 600
Active Pole Winners
Active Pole Winners
Poles
Ryan Newman
6
Jimmie Johnson
2
Kyle Busch
2
Aric Almirola
1
Brad Keselowski
1
Denny Hamlin
1
Kevin Harvick
1
Martin Truex Jr
1
William Byron
1
·        Eight drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway: Donnie Allison (5/26/1968), Brett Bodine (10/7/1990), Jeff Gordon (10/10/1993), Ward Burton (10/9/1994), Derrike Cope (10/4/1998); Dale Earnhardt Jr. (5/28/2000), Ryan Newman (5/27/2001) and Aric Almirola (5/27/2012).
·        A total of 34 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won the pole for the Coca-Cola 600; with 13 of the 34 winning multiple Coca-Cola 600 poles.
·        Nine of the 34 Coca-Cola 600 pole winners are active this weekend.
·        David Pearson and Ryan Newman are tied for the series most Coca-Cola 600 poles with six each.



Wins
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Active NCS Race Winners
Rank
Active Race Winners
Wins
1
Jimmie Johnson
8
2
Kevin Harvick
3
3
Martin Truex Jr
3
4
Matt Kenseth
2
5
Austin Dillon
1
6
Brad Keselowski
1
7
Clint Bowyer
1
8
Joey Logano
1
9
Kurt Busch
1
10
Kyle Busch
1
·        A total of 51 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won at Charlotte Motor Speedway; 10 of the 51 are active this weekend.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads the series in wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway with eight victories – 2003 summer, 2004 sweep, 2005 sweep, 2009 playoffs, 2014 summer, 2016 playoffs.  
·        Youngest Charlotte winner: Jeff Gordon (May 29, 1994 – 22 years, 9 months, 25 days).
·        Oldest Charlotte winner: Cale Yarborough (October 6, 1985 – 46 years, 6 months, 9 days).
·        10 drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series win at Charlotte: David Pearson (5/28/1961), Buddy Baker (10/15/1967), Charlie Glotzbach (10/20/1968), Jeff Gordon (5/29/1994), Bobby Labonte (5/28/1995), Matt Kenseth (5/28/2000), Jamie McMurray (10/13/2002), Casey Mears (5/27/2007), David Reutimann (5/25/2009) and Austin Dillon (5/28/2017).
·        Nine drivers have posted consecutive wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including three consecutive by NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen (fall 1964 and both 1965) and four-straight by Jimmie Johnson (2004 and 2005 sweeps).
·        17 of the 120 (14.3%) NASCAR Cup Series races at Charlotte have been won from the Busch Pole; the most recent was Kyle Busch in the 2018 (Coca-Cola 600).
·        The first and second starting positions are the most proficient starting positions in the field, producing more winners (17 each) than any other starting position at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

·        The first starting position is the most proficient starting position in Coca-Cola 600 field, producing 11 victories – most recent – Kyle Busch in 2018.

 NASCAR Cup Series Wins by Starting Positions at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Starting Position
Wins
Winning %
Starting Position
Wins
Winning %
1
17
14.17%
14
2
1.67%
2
17
14.17%
15
3
2.50%
3
15
12.50%
16
3
2.50%
4
10
8.33%
17
3
2.50%
5
8
6.67%
18
2
1.67%
6
5
4.17%
20
2
1.67%
7
8
6.67%
21
2
1.67%
8
2
1.67%
22
3
2.50%
9
5
4.17%
23
1
0.83%
10
2
1.67%
25
1
0.83%
11
1
0.83%
27
1
0.83%
12
2
1.67%
28
1
0.83%
13
3
2.50%
37
1
0.83%
Stats
Winning %
Wins
Winning from the First Starting Position:
14.17%
17
Winning from the Front Row:
28.33%
34
Winning from a Top-Five Starting Position:
55.83%
67
Winning from a Top-10 Starting Position:
74.17%
89
Winning After Starting Outside the Top 20:
8.33%
10

·        The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Charlotte is 37th, by Jimmie Johnson in the Coca-Cola 600 of 2003.
·        Ryan Newman leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Cup Series starts at Charlotte without visiting Victory Lane at 36.
·        Hendrick Motorsports leads the series in wins at Charlotte in the NASCAR Cup Series with 19: Jimmie Johnson (eight), Jeff Gordon (five), Darrell Waltrip (two), Ken Schrader (one), Terry Labonte (one), Casey Mears (one) and Kasey Kahne (one). 
·        Eight different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte; led by Chevrolet with 45 victories; followed by Ford (30), Dodge (15), Pontiac (8), Mercury (7), Toyota (7), Buick (4) and Plymouth (4).


Coca-Cola 600
Active NCS Race Winners
Rank
Active Race Winners
Wins
1
Jimmie Johnson
4
2
Kevin Harvick
2
3
Martin Truex Jr
2
4
Kurt Busch
1
5
Kyle Busch
1
6
Austin Dillon
1
·        A total of 33 different drivers have won the Coca-Cola 600 in the NASCAR Cup Series; six of the 33 are active this weekend.  
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip  leads the series in Coca-Cola 600 wins with five victories (1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989).
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in Coca-Cola 600 wins with four victories (2003, 2004, 2005, 2014).


Additional Finishing Positions
Runner-Up Finishes:
·        A total of 55 different drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series have finished runner-up at Charlotte Motor Speedway; 25 of 55 have finished runner-up at Charlotte multiple times.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in runner-up finishes at Charlotte with nine second-place finishes.
·        Kevin Harvick leads all active drivers in runner-up finishes at Charlotte with four.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Runner-Ups
Rank
Active Drivers
Runner-Ups
1
Richard Petty
9
1
Kevin Harvick
4
2
Bobby Allison
6
2
Kyle Busch
3
 
Bobby Labonte
6
3
Denny Hamlin
2
4
Cale Yarborough
5
4
Jimmie Johnson
2
5
Bill Elliott
4
5
Ryan Newman
2

Darrell Waltrip
4
6
Joey Logano
2
 
David Pearson
4

  

Donnie Allison
4

  
 
Harry Gant
4

  

Kevin Harvick
4

  
 
Matt Kenseth
4

  

Rusty Wallace
4

  


Top-Five Finishes:
·        A total of 119 different drivers have finished in the top-five in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Bobby Allison are tied for the series most top-five finishes at Charlotte with 23 each.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers with 16 top-five finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Top Fives
Rank
Active Drivers
Top Fives
1
Bobby Allison
23
1
Jimmie Johnson
16
2
Richard Petty
23
2
Kyle Busch
13
3
Darrell Waltrip
19
3
Matt Kenseth
12
4
David Pearson
18
4
Denny Hamlin
9
5
Mark Martin
18
5
Kevin Harvick
8

Top-10 Finishes
·        A total of 209 different drivers have finished in the top-10 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in top-10 finishes at Charlotte with 31.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-10 finishes at Charlotte with 21.   

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Top 10s
Rank
Active Drivers
Top 10s
1
Richard Petty
31
1
Jimmie Johnson
22
2
Darrell Waltrip
29
2
Matt Kenseth
20
3
Ricky Rudd
27
3
Kyle Busch
18
4
Bobby Allison
26
4
Denny Hamlin
17
 
David Pearson
26

Kevin Harvick
17


Average Finish
·        Johnny Beauchamp (two starts) leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at Charlotte with a 7.0.
·        Jimmie Johnson (35 starts) leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at Charlotte with an 12.2.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Avg Finish
Races
Rank
Active Drivers
Avg Finish
Races
1
Johnny Beauchamp
7.000
2
1
Jimmie Johnson
12.200
35
2
Rex White
9.000
10
2
Denny Hamlin
12.259
27
3
Don White
10.333
3
3
Daniel Suarez
12.500
4
4
Carl Edwards
10.917
24
4
Joey Logano
12.500
20
5
Dick Hutcherson
11.200
5
5
Matt Kenseth
13.421
38
6
Jimmie Johnson
12.200
35
6
Martin Truex Jr
14.074
27
7
Denny Hamlin
12.259
27
7
Kyle Busch
14.567
30
8
Daniel Suarez
12.500
4
8
Brad Keselowski
14.632
20
9
Joey Logano
12.500
20
9
Kevin Harvick
15.389
36
10
Earl Ross
12.667
3
10
Chase Elliott
16.286
7



Laps Led
·        A total of 177 different drivers have led at least one lap in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte.
·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison leads the series in laps led at Charlotte Motor Speedway with 2,339 laps led in 43 starts.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in the series in laps led at Charlotte with 1,930 laps led 35 starts.
·        Martin Truex Jr. holds the record for the most laps led in in a single NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway after he led 392 of the scheduled 400 laps (98%) in the 2016 Coca-Cola 600 – he started from the pole.
·        The fewest laps led by the NASCAR Cup Series race winner at Charlotte was two – it happened twice – 2017 Austin Dillion’s win, 2011 Kevin Harvick’s win.   
·        The most laps led by a NASCAR Cup Series driver at Charlotte Motor Speedway that did not win was 289 of the scheduled 400 laps (72%) by NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson on June 2, 1963 – he finished second after starting from the pole.


Top 10 in Laps Led at Charlotte Motor Speedway (All-time & Active)
Rank
All-Time Drivers
Led
Completed
Rank
Active Drivers
Led
Completed
1
Bobby Allison
2,339
12,493
1
Jimmie Johnson
1,930
12,226
2
Jimmie Johnson
1,930
12,226
2
Kyle Busch
1,449
10,302
3
Richard Petty
1,702
18,236
3
Martin Truex Jr
972
9,704
4
David Pearson
1,662
12,753
4
Matt Kenseth
704
13,010
5
Cale Yarborough
1,633
13,030
5
Kurt Busch
624
12,351
6
Dale Earnhardt
1,523
15,370
6
Kevin Harvick
542
12,263
7
Kyle Busch
1,449
10,302
7
Denny Hamlin
377
9,539
8
Bill Elliott
1,337
19,539
8
Brad Keselowski
295
6,541
9
Buddy Baker
1,202
14,017
9
Ryan Newman
278
11,502
10
Mark Martin
1,185
18,429
10
Joey Logano
263
7,148


Track / Event Specific Stats
·        Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway is the May 29, 2005, race won by Jimmie Johnson over Bobby Labonte with a MOV of 0.027 second.

Top Five Closest NASCAR Cup Series Margin of Victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Margin of Victory
Date
Race Winner
Runner-Up
0.027
5/29/2005
Jimmie Johnson
Bobby Labonte
0.309
10/15/2005
Jimmie Johnson
Kurt Busch
0.330
5/26/2019
Martin Truex Jr.
Joey Logano
0.350
10/13/2002
Jamie McMurray
Bobby Labonte
0.410
5/24/1998
Jeff Gordon
Rusty Wallace

·        Four NASCAR Cup Series races have resulted in NASCAR Overtime at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Date
Scheduled Laps
Actual Laps
NASCAR Overtime
Race Winners
10/8/2017
334
337
3
Martin Truex Jr
5/29/2011
400
402
2
Kevin Harvick
10/13/2007
334
337
3
Jeff Gordon
10/15/2005
334
336
2
Jimmie Johnson




Track / Event Specific Stats

·        Five NASCAR Cup Series races have been shortened due to weather conditions at Charlotte Motor Speedway; four of the five were the Coca-Cola 600s:

Date
Scheduled Laps
Actual Laps
Fewer Laps
Race Winners
5/25/2009
400
227
173
David Reutimann
5/25/2003
400
276
124
Jimmie Johnson
5/25/1997
400
333
67
Jeff Gordon
10/10/1971
334
238
96
Bobby Allison
5/26/1968
400
255
145
Buddy Baker

·        Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway twice - the October race of 2002 and the October race of 2008.   

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