New Hampshire Track Facts: 2013 Sylvania 300

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2013 Top 13 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Rank	Driver	Races	Poles	Wins	Top Fives	Top 10s	DNFs	Average Finish	Driver Rating
1	Matt Kenseth	27	0	0	5	13	1	13.8	80.6
2	Kyle Busch	17	1	1	5	7	0	15.8	91.9
3	Jimmie Johnson	23	0	3	8	16	0	9.4	105.1
4	Kevin Harvick	25	1	1	5	13	0	13.4	92.1
5	Carl Edwards	18	0	0	2	4	0	14.1	86.6
6	Kurt Busch	25	0	3	7	11	1	15.4	90.9
7	Jeff Gordon	37	4	3	16	22	2	10.5	109.4
8	Ryan Newman	23	6	3	6	15	3	13.9	93.1
9	Clint Bowyer	15	1	2	4	6	1	14.9	96.2
10	Kasey Kahne	19	0	1	3	8	3	15.9	92.1
11	Greg Biffle	22	0	1	5	8	2	16.3	87.1
12	Joey Logano	10	0	1	2	4	1	17.8	69.0
13	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	28	0	0	7	11	4	16.0	96.9

* – Based on last 17 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

History

·        Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989.

·        The 1.058-mile oval is located on approximately 1,200 acres; the multi-use complex is the largest sports facility in New England.

·        The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was on July 11, 1993 – won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace.

·        Speedway Motorsports Inc., agreed to purchase New Hampshire International Speedway from Bob and Gary Bahre on January 11, 2008 and then renamed the track New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

Clint Bowyer has two wins at New Hampshire

New Hampshire Motor Speedway Data

Season Race #: 27 of 36 (9-22-13)

Chase Race #: 2

Track Size: 1.058-mile

Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 2 to 7 degrees

Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 2 to 7 degrees

Banking/Frontstretch: 1 degree

Banking/Backstretch: 1 degree

Frontstretch Length: 1,500 feet

Backstretch Length: 1,500 feet

Race Length: 300 laps / 317.4 miles

 

Top 13 Driver Rating at New Hampshire

Tony Stewart............................ 111.0

Jeff Gordon.............................. 109.4

Jimmie Johnson....................... 105.1

Denny Hamlin........................... 103.5

Dale Earnhardt Jr...................... 96.9

Clint Bowyer............................... 96.2

Ryan Newman............................ 93.1

Jeff Burton.................................. 92.8

Kevin Harvick............................. 92.1

Kasey Kahne............................. 92.1

Kyle Busch................................. 91.9

Kurt Busch................................. 90.9

Mark Martin................................ 88.9

Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2013 races (17 total) among active drivers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

Qualifying/Race Data

2012 pole winner: Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 134.911 mph, 28.232 secs. 9-21-12

2012 race winner: Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 116.810 mph, (02:43:02), 9-23-12

Track qualifying record: Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 135.232 mph, 28.165 secs. 7-15-11

Track race record: Jeff Burton, Ford, 117.134 mph, (02:42:35), 7-13-97

 

Notebook

·        There have been 37 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; one per year from 1993 through 1996 and two per year since.

·        148 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; 120 in more than one.

·        Four drivers have competed in all 37 races at New Hampshire: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte andJoe Nemechek.

·        Mark Martin won the inaugural Coors Light pole at New Hampshire in 1993 with a speed of 126.871 mph.

·        18 drivers have Coors Light poles at New Hampshire, led by Ryan Newman with six.

·        Five drivers have won consecutive Coors Light poles at New Hampshire: Ken Schrader (1997 sweep); Jeff Gordon (1998-1999); Rusty Wallace (1999-2000); Ryan Newman (twice – 2003-2004 and 2011 sweep); Juan Pablo Montoya (2009-2010).

·        Youngest New Hampshire Coors Light pole winner: Brian Vickers (7/17/2005 – 21 years, 8 months, 23 days).

·        Oldest New Hampshire Coors Light pole winner: Bill Elliott (7/21/2002 – 46 years, 9 months, 13 days).

·        22 different drivers have won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, led by Jeff Burton with four.

 

·        Two drivers have posted consecutive wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: Jimmie Johnson (2003 sweep) and Kurt Busch (2004 sweep).

·        Youngest New Hampshire winner: Joey Logano (6/28/2009 – 19 years, 1 month, 4 days).

·        Oldest New Hampshire winner: Mark Martin (9/20/2009 – 50 years, 8 months, 11 days).

·        Hendrick Motorsports leads the series in wins at New Hampshire in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with nine; followed by Roush Fenway Racing with seven.

·        Five different manufacturers have won at New Hampshire; led by Chevrolet with 18 victories; followed by Fordwith 11 and Toyota with three.

·        Jeff Burton is the only driver to win the July race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway three consecutive years in a row (1997, ’98 and ’99).

·        Five of the 37 (13.5%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire have been won from the Coors Light pole; the most recent was Ryan Newman in 2011.

·        The Coors Light pole is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (five) than any other starting position at New Hampshire.

·        Eight of the 37 (21.6%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire have been won from the front row: eight from the pole and seven from second place.

·        19 of the 37 (51.3%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire have been won from a top-10 starting position.

·        Nine of the 37 (24.3%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.

·        The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at New Hampshire was 38th, by Jeff Burton in 1999.

·        Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are tied for the series lead in runner-up finishes at New Hampshire with five each.

·        Jeff Gordon leads the series in top-five finishes at New Hampshire with 16; followed by Tony Stewart with 14.

·        Jeff Gordon leads the series in top-10 finishes at New Hampshire with 22; followed by Tony Stewart with 17.

·        Ryan Newman leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at New Hampshire with an 8.348.

·        Denny Hamlin leads NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average finishing position at New Hampshire with an 8.800.

·        All 16 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway participated in at least one or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Ryan Newman and Joey Logano won at New Hampshire in their second appearance.

·        Mark Martin competed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 25 times before winning in 2009; the longest span of any the 16 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winners.

·        Bobby Labonte leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at New Hampshire without visiting Victory Lane at 37; followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with 28.

·        Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the July 1, 2007 race won by Denny Hamlin over Jeff Gordon with a MOV of 0.068 second.

·        15 of the 30 NSCS races scored by electronic scoring at New Hampshire Motor Speedway have had a Margin of Victory less than a second.

·        Two of the 37 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races have resulted with a green-white-checkered finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Scheduled No. of Laps/Actual No. of Laps): 2006 (300/308) and 2013 (301/302).

·        Four of the 37 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions; the most recent was June 28, 2009 – the race was called on Lap 273, 28 circuits shy of the 301 scheduled laps.

·        Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway four times: 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2009.

·        Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series active drivers have made their first career start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: Jeff Burton (9/14/93), Joe Nemechek (7/11/93), and Joey Logano (9/14/08).

·        Brad Keselowski (9/19/10) is the only active driver to post his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

·        Four active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers have posted their first career win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: Joe Nemechek (9/19/99), Ryan Newman (9/15/02), Clint Bowyer (9/16/07) and Joey Logano(6/28/09).

·        Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at New Hampshire with 1,316 laps led in 37 starts.

·        Danica Patrick is the only female driver that has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Driver	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Date
Danica Patrick	32	37	7/14/2013

NASCAR in New Hampshire

·        There have been 37 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in New Hampshire, all at NHMS.

Track Name	City	Total Races	NSCS	NNS	NCWTS
New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon	80	37	27	16

·        15 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as New Hampshire; Jamie Aube is the only one of the 15 to record a victory in NASCAR national series competition. Aube won July 12, 1987 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, ME; it was his only start that season.

 

Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup: New Hampshire

·        New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been one of the 10 tracks of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup since the playoff’s inception in 2004.

·        New Hampshire Motor Speedwayhosted the first race of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from 2004 – 2010. 2011 marked the first season NHMS has hosted the second race of the Chase.

·        Twice the winner of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway Chase race has gone on to win the championship. Once when NHMS was the first Chase race: Kurt Busch (2004); and also when it has hosted the second Chase race:Tony Stewart (2011).

·        Clint Bowyer has won the most Chase races (two) at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: 2007 and 2010.

·        Six of the 2013 Chase Contenders are former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase race winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle and Jeff Gordon.

·        The worst finish by the eventual champion at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was Jimmie Johnson in 2006 (39th).

·        Matt Kenseth has an eight-point lead over Kyle Busch in the 2013 Chase standings following the first race in the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway. Three times the top two Chase contenders (first and second in the points) have been tied in standings following the first race in the Chase – 2004, 2007, 2008.

·        Chevrolet leads the series in Chase wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with five followed by Ford with two, Toyota and Dodge each have one.

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