Thursday, August 3, 2023

Keselowski & Jones chasing home track success this weekend at Michigan

RFK Racing driver Brad Keselowski from Rochester Hills and Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones from Byron are returning to the great state of Michigan this weekend to compete at their home track - Michigan International Speedway.

A total of 101 different drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Michigan, and 10 of the 101 (9.9%) have won at least one race in a NASCAR national series.

Michigan drivers have combined to win 162 NASCAR national series races, led by RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski, who has won a combined 75 NASCAR national series races - nearly half of the state’s total.


NASCAR Winners From Michigan:

Driver

Cup

Xfinity

Truck

Combined

Brad Keselowski

35

39

1

75

Paul Goldsmith

9

0

0

9

Erik Jones

3

9

7

19

Johnny Benson

1

3

14

18

Tim Fedewa

0

4

0

4

Butch Miller

0

2

1

3

Tracy Leslie

0

1

0

1

Jack Sprague

0

1

28

29

Carson Hocevar

0

0

3

3

Bob Keselowski

0

0

1

1

Totals

48

59

55

162

 

Next to Martin Truex Jr.’s 32 winless starts at Michigan, Brad Keselowski has made the second-most starts among active drivers at Michigan without a trip to Victory Lane at 25. But in his 25 previous starts, he has put up seven top fives and 13 top 10s; including three runner-up finishes (2012, 2018, 2020). His average finish is 12.640 – sixth-best among active drivers.

Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones has the third-most combined NASCAR national series wins by a driver from Michigan with 19 victories, behind only Keselowski with 75 and Jack Sprague (Spring Lake) with 29. Jones has made 10 Cup Series starts at Michigan posting one top five (third in 2017) and two top 10s. He finished eighth in this event last season. His average finish is at the 2-mile speedway is 15.7 – 11th best among active drivers.

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