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Who earned the pole at Daytona?
Daytona Cup qualifying got washed out by rain, so that means the starting lineup was set by the rule book. Kyle Larson is in P1. His teammate, Chase Elliott, is in P2. It’ll be interesting to see how the two begin considering their physical finish at Watkins Glen.
Playoff implications for Truex Jr., Blaney
The coverage leading up to the Cup race at Richmond Raceway focused on Blaney and Truex.
Blaney entered Sunday second in points but was without a win and thus right on the 16-driver playoff edge. Truex entered fourth in points and on the outside of the playoff picture looking in — and he even admitted pre-race that this was probably his best chance to earn a win in the 2022 regular season.
But neither could bring to life a victory, and thus their playoff hopes are still up in the air.
Truex persevered after a difficult race, battling car issues and even getting caught in some carnage early in Stage 3. He finished seventh. Blaney finished 10th.
Blaney remains second in points (with 766) and the only driver without a win in the 16-driver playoff picture. Truex remains fourth in points (740).
Kyle Larson (5) leads the field at the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Richmond Raceway, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Steve Helber
Only Three Birthday winners (5 times): Cale Yarborough, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth are the only NASCAR Cup Series drivers to ever win a points paying race on their birthday. 1) Yarborough, birthday March 27, won in 1977 at North Wilkesboro Speedway and a second time in 1983 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 2) Kyle Busch, birthday on May 2, won in 2009 at Richmond (to become only the 2nd driver to win on their birthday) and a second time at Kansas in 2021. 3) Matt Kenseth, birthday on March 10, won in 2012 at Las Vegas, to become only the 3rd driver to win on their birthday, and only the 4th time ever.(5-2-2021)
Drivers with longest streak of consecutive (ten or more) seasons with at least one win a year: # of seasons, driver, years of streak active driver streaks in bold/italics 18, Richard Petty, 1960-1977 18, Kyle Busch, 2005-2022 17, David Pearson, 1964-1980 16, Jimmie Johnson, 2002-2017 16, Ricky Rudd, 1983-1998 16, Rusty Wallace, 1986-2001 15, Tony Stewart, 1999-2013 15, Darrell Waltrip, 1975-1989 15, Dale Earnhardt, 1982-1996 14. Jeff Gordon, 1994-2007 13, Lee Petty, 1949-1961 13, Cale Yarborough, 1973-1985 12, Denny Hamlin, 2006-2017 11, Dale Jarrett, 1993-2003 11, Brad Keselowski, 2011-2021 (needs win in 2022 to continue streak) 11, Kevin Harvick, 2010-2020 (lost streak after not winning in 2021) 11, Joey Logano, 2012-2022 10, Buck Baker, 1952-1961 10, Bobby Allison, 1966-1975 10, Bill Elliott, 1983-1992 10, Kurt Busch, 2002-2011
current active drivers with 2nd place finishes Martin Truex Jr. 29 Kyle Larson 29 Kurt Busch 26 Chase Elliott 22 Joey Logano 18 Greg Biffle 10 Ryan Blaney 7 Tyler Reddick 7 Alex Bowman 6 William Byron 5 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 5 Bubba Wallace 4 Erik Jones 4 Ross Chastain 4 Austin Dillon 3 Christopher Bell 3 AJ Allmendinger 3 Austin Cindric 1 Daniel Suarez 1 Chris Buescher 1 Aric Amirola 1 David Ragan 1 J.J. Yeley 1
Three teams (four times) in NASCAR Cup Series history have finished 1-2-3-4 in a single race, drivers listed:: 4) Hendrick Motorsports at Dover Speedway on May 16, 2021: #48-Alex Bowman, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott and #24-William Byron. 3) Roush Fenway Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20, 2005: #16-Greg Biffle, #6-Mark Martin, #17-Matt Kenseth and #99-Carl Edwards. 2) Peter DePaolo Engineering at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 7, 1957: #22-Fireball Roberts (led all 160 laps), #97-Paul Goldsmith, #12-Ralph Moody and #98-Marvin Panch 1) Peter DePaolo Engineering at Titusville-Cocoa Speedway on December 30, 1956: #22-Fireball Roberts, #C22-Curtis Turner, #98-Marvin Panch, #12-Ralph Moody (only drivers on the lead lap and only 15 cars ran for 56 laps on the 1.6 mile road course, the only Cup race ever ran at this track)
The All-Time Most 2nd Place / Runner-up Race Finishes (with thirty 2nd place finishes or more): 1 Richard Petty 157 (HOF) 2 David Pearson 89 (HOF) 3 Bobby Allison 87 (HOF) 4 Jeff Gordon 75 (HOF) 5 Dale Earnhardt 70 (HOF) 6 Mark Martin 61 (HOF) 6 Kevin Harvick 61 8 Kyle Busch 59 8 Cale Yarborough 59 (HOF) 10 Darrell Waltrip 58 (HOF) 11 Buck Baker 56 (HOF) 12 Lee Petty 48 (HOF) 13 Jimmie Johnson 46 14 Tony Stewart 44 (HOF) 15 Rusty Wallace 42 (HOF) 15 Terry Labonte 42 (HOF) 15 Buddy Baker 42 (HOF) 18 Ned Jarrett 37 (HOF) 18 Bobby Isaac 37 (HOF) 20 Harry Gant 35 21 Jim Paschal 34 22 Denny Hamlin 34 23 Dale Jarrett 32 (HOF) 23 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 32 (HOF) 25 Brad Keselowski 31 25 Benny Parsons 31 (HOF) 25 Matt Kenseth 31 (HOF) 28 Ricky Rudd 30 active drivers above bold; (HOF) = NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee; Latest 2nd place driver in RED
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