DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, going into the Bluegreen Vacations 500 on Sunday, November 10 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

ISM RACEWAY-SPECIFIC LOOP DATA STATISTICS

(Driver stats in the below section are from 2005-Present)

1 – Martin Truex, Jr (No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 102.4, third-best

2019 Rundown

• Seven wins, 14 top fives, 22 top 10s
• Led 1,268 laps
• Average Finish of 10.1

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• Four top fives, ten top 10s, two poles
• Average finish of 15.852, 13th-best
• Average Running Position of 14.617, 13th-best
• Driver Rating of 88.0, 11th-best
• 256 Fastest Laps Run, seventh-best
• 5,604 Laps in the Top 15 (66.5%), seventh-most
• 585 Quality Passes, seventh-most

2 – Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 105.0, second-best

2019 Rundown

• Four wins, 13 top fives, 24 top 10s, six poles
• Led 912 laps
• Average Finish of 10.4

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• Nine wins, 16 top fives, 22 top 10s, two poles
• Average finish of 8.103, series-best
• Average Running Position of 8.478, second-best
• Driver Rating of 110.8, series-best
• 871 Fastest Laps Run, series-best
• 7,506 Laps in the Top 15 (83%), series-most
• 673 Quality Passes, fourth-most

3 – Kyle Busch (No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota)

Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 106.9, series-best

2019 Rundown

• Four wins, 15 top fives, 25 top 10s
• Led 1,393 laps
• Average Finish of 9.4

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• Three wins, 10 top fives, 20 top 10s, three poles
• Average finish of 11.071, fourth-best
• Average Running Position of 9.899, fourth-best
• Driver Rating of 103.9, fourth-best
• 560 Fastest Laps Run, third-best
• 7,398 Laps in the Top 15 (84.7%), second-most
• 811 Quality Passes, series-most

4 – Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 98.0, fourth-best

2019 Rundown

• Two wins, 11 top fives, 19 top 10s, two poles
• Led 806 laps
• Average Finish of 11.0

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• One win, four top fives, 10 top 10s, one pole
• Average finish of 15.238, 12th-best
• Average Running Position of 12.86, 10th-best
• Driver Rating of 89, 10th-best
• 163 Fastest Laps Run, ninth-best
• 4,389 Laps in the Top 15 (67%), eighth-most
• 422 Quality Passes, 11th-most

5 – Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 96.3, fifth-best

2019 Rundown

• Five wins, 18 top fives, 22 top 10s, three poles
• Led 777 laps
• Average Finish of 9.7

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• One win, 12 top fives, 16 top 10s, two poles
• Average finish of 11.321, fifth-best
• Average Running Position of 11.394, seventh-best
• Driver Rating of 97.1, fifth-best
• 348 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-best
• 6,382 Laps in the Top 15 (73.1%), fourth-most
• 635 Quality Passes, sixth-most

6 – Ryan Blaney (No. 12 Team Penske Ford)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 93.1, seventh-best

2019 Rundown

• One win, 10 top fives, 17 top 10s, one pole
• Led 422 laps
• Average Finish of 14.1

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• One top five, three top 10s, two poles
• Average finish of 15.857, 14th-best
• Average Running Position of 11.349, sixth-best
• Driver Rating of 89.2, ninth-best
• 36 Fastest Laps Run, 16th-best
• 1,648 Laps in the Top 15 (74.9%), 16th-most
• 152 Quality Passes, 19th-most

7 – Kyle Larson (No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 89.9, ninth-best

2019 Rundown

• One win, seven top fives, 16 top 10s, one pole
• Led 529 laps
• Average Finish of 14.6

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• Three top fives, five top 10s
• Average finish of 13.455, sixth-best
• Average Running Position of 12.764, ninth-best
• Driver Rating of 91.5, eighth-best
• 95 Fastest Laps Run, 13th-best
• 2,193 Laps in the Top 15 (65.4%), 12th-most
• 240 Quality Passes, 14th-most

8 – Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet)

• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 92.5, eighth-best

2019 Rundown

• Three wins, 11 top fives, 15 top 10s, four poles
• Led 601 laps
• Average Finish of 14.4

ISM Raceway Outlook:

• Two top fives, four top 10s
• Average finish of 10.143, second-best
• Average Running Position of 7.583, series-best
• Driver Rating of 104.1, third-best
• 179 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-best
• 1,989 Laps in the Top 15 (90.5%), 14th-most
• 193 Quality Passes, 15th-most

Monster Energy Series Playoff Fast Facts Race No. 9: ISM Raceway

• Since the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff inception in 2004, ISM Raceway has occupied two different positions on the Playoff schedule: In 2004, the Phoenix Playoff race was the eighth race in the Playoffs. Then from 2005 – Present (last 14 seasons), the ISM Raceway Playoff race has been the ninth event in the Playoff schedule.
• Just two tracks have hosted the ninth race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs – Darlington Raceway in 2004 and ISM Raceway every season since (2005-2019).
• Seven different drivers have won the Monster Energy Series Playoff races at ISM Raceway, led by Kevin Harvick with four Playoff wins (2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014), Jimmie Johnson (three: 2007, 2008, 2009), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (two: 2004, 2015), Kyle Busch (two: 2005, 2018), Carl Edwards (2010), Joey Logano (2016) and Matt Kenseth (2017) each have one win.  
• Four times the winner of the ISM Raceway Playoff race has gone on to win the title: 

o   In 2007, Jimmie Johnson won from the sixth starting position at ISM Raceway and went on to win his second consecutive MENCS championship.

o   In 2008, Jimmie Johnson won from the pole at ISM Raceway and went on to win his third consecutive MENCS championship.

o   In 2009, Jimmie Johnson won from the third starting position at ISM Raceway and went on to win his fourth consecutive MENCS championship.

o   In 2014, Kevin Harvick won from the third starting position at ISM Raceway and went on to win his first MENCS championship.

• Four non-Playoff drivers have won the Playoff race at ISM Raceway:

o   Kyle Busch (2005) was ranked 19th in the points at the time of the win.

o   Kasey Kahne (2011) was ranked 14th in the points at the time of the win.

o   Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2015) was seventh in points at the time of the win. Earnhardt Jr. had made the Playoffs in 2015 but was eliminated in the Round of 12.

o   Matt Kenseth (2017) was seventh in points at the time of the win. Kenseth had made the Playoffs in 2017 but was eliminated in the Round of 12.

• The worst finish in a Playoff race at ISM Raceway by a driver that went on to win the title the same season was 38th by Jimmie Johnson in 2016.
• Last season’s champion, Joey Logano, finished 37th in the ISM Raceway Playoff race.
• Three manufacturers have won Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff races at ISM Raceway – Chevrolet (10 wins) Toyota (three) and Ford (two).
• Twice the Playoff race at ISM Raceway has been won from the pole position – Jimmie Johnson (2008), Carl Edwards (2010).  
• 12 of the 15 ISM Raceway Playoff races have been won from a top-10 starting position; including last season – Kyle Busch started sixth.

Monster Energy Series Playoff Fast Facts Race No. 9: ISM Raceway

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2019 Top 16 at ISM Raceway

* – Based on last 29 races at ISM Raceway (2005 – 2019).

ISM Raceway:

History

• Construction was completed in January 1964. The facility consisted of a one-mile oval and a 2.5-mile road course.
• Alan Kulwicki won the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix on Nov. 6, 1988.
• The first spring race was held on April 23, 2005 and was also the first night race, which was won by Kurt Busch.
• The track underwent its first repave in 2011. The construction began in March and concluded in September of that year.
• The following changes were made during the construction period (March – Sept. 2011):

o   Widened the frontstretch from 52 to 62 feet and reconfigured pit road with the installation of concrete pit stalls

o   Pushed the dog-leg curve between Turn 2 and Turn 3 out 95 feet and tightened the turn radius of the dog-leg from 800 to 500 feet

o   Implemented banking, including 11-degree banking between Turn 1 and Turn 2; 10-11-degree banking in the apex of the dog-leg; and 9-degree banking in Turns 3 and 4.

• Following the 2017 season, the track was renamed from Phoenix Raceway to ISM Raceway.
• ISM Raceway underwent reconstruction following the Spring race of 2018, with many new fan amenities added to the track, as well as the track itself being reconfigured so that the start/finish line is now just before the dog leg. 
• There have been 46 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at ISM Raceway, one per season from 1988-2004 and two each season since.

 Starts

• In total 222 different drivers have competed in at least one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway; 164 have competed in more than one.
• Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman lead the Monster Energy Series in starts at ISM Raceway with 34 each.
• In total 25 different drivers have made their first Monster Energy Series career start at ISM Raceway; five of 25 are active this season – Ryan Newman (11/5/2000), Clint Bowyer (04/23/2005), Matt DiBenedetto (03/15/2015), Bayley Currey (03/10/2019) and Quin Houff (03/10/2019).
• Chase Elliott (seven starts) leads all active drivers in average starting position at ISM Raceway with a 5.429.

Top 10 in Average Starting Position at ISM Raceway (All-Time & Active)

Poles

• There have been 24 different Monster Energy Series Busch Pole Award winners at ISM Raceway. 10 of 24 are active this weekend.

• Ryan Newman leads the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in poles at ISM Raceway with four (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008).
• Geoffrey Bodine won the first Monster Energy Series Busch Pole Award at ISM Raceway in 1988 at a speed of 123.203 mph (29.220 secs.) in a Chevrolet.
• Youngest ISM Raceway pole winner: Kyle Busch (April 22, 2006 – 20 years, 11 months, 20 days).
• Oldest ISM Raceway pole winner: Mark Martin (March 3, 2013 – 54 years, 1 month, 22 days).
• Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards are the only drivers to win consecutive poles at ISM Raceway. Newman won three-straight (2002-04), Gordon won in the Fall of 2006 and the Spring of 2007. Edwards won in the Fall of 2010 and Spring of 2011.
• Four drivers have won their first career Monster Energy Series pole at ISM Raceway: Casey Atwood (October 2001), Denny Hamlin (November 2005), AJ Allmendinger (April 2010) and Alex Bowman (November 2016).
• Five different manufacturers have won a pole in the Monster Energy Series at ISM Raceway:

Wins

• A total of 24 different Monster Energy Series drivers have won at ISM Raceway; seven of the 24 are active this weekend. 

• Kevin Harvick leads the series in wins at ISM Raceway with nine victories (2006 sweep, 2012 Playoff race, 2013 Playoff race, 2014 sweep, 2015 Spring race, 2016 Spring race, 2018 Spring race).
• 11 drivers have multiple wins at ISM Raceway: Kevin Harvick leads the series in wins with nine followed by Jimmie Johnson (four), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (three), Kyle Busch (three), Davey Allison (two), Jeff Burton (two), Jeff Gordon (two) Carl Edwards (two), Mark Martin (two), Matt Kenseth (two) and Ryan Newman (two).
• Of the 11 drivers with multiple wins at ISM Raceway, Mark Martin (Ford; 1993 and Chevrolet; 2009) and Kyle Busch (Chevrolet; 2005 and Toyota; 2018, 2019) are the only two drivers to win in two different manufacturers.
• Six drivers have won consecutive races at ISM Raceway: Davey Allison (1991,1992); Jeff Burton (2000, 2001); Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003, 2004); Kevin Harvick (swept 2006, then 2013 Playoff race, swept 2014 and 2015 spring race); Jimmie Johnson (fall race of 2007, swept 2008); Kyle Busch (Playoff race 2018, Spring race 2019).
• Alan Kulwicki (11/6/1988) and Bobby Hamilton (10/27/1996) are the only two drivers to post their first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career win at ISM Raceway.
• 22 of the 24 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers who have won at ISM Raceway participated in at least two or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Alan Kulwicki (11/6/1988) and Tony Stewart (11/7/1999) are the only two drivers to win at ISM Raceway in their first appearance.
• Six drivers have made 10 or more attempts before their first win at ISM Raceway: Jeff Gordon (16), Joey Logano (16), Ryan Newman (15), Kasey Kahne (14), Denny Hamlin (13), Carl Edwards (12) and Rusty Wallace (11).

• Clint Bowyer leads the series (active drivers) with the most Monster Energy Series starts at ISM Raceway without visiting Victory Lane with 28 starts.
• Youngest Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ISM Raceway winner: Kyle Busch (November 13, 2005 – 20 years, 6 months, 11 days).
• Oldest Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ISM Raceway winner: Mark Martin (April 18, 2009 – 50 years, 3 months, 9 days).
• In total 13 different organizations have won at ISM Raceway in the Monster Energy Series, led by Hendrick Motorsports with 10 victories.

• Five of the 46 (10.8%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at ISM Raceway have been won from the pole: Jeff Gordon (Spring race of 2007), Jimmie Johnson (Playoff race of 2008), Mark Martin (Spring race of 2009), Carl Edwards (Playoff race of 2010) and Kevin Harvick (Spring race of 2015).
• Eight of the 46 (17.4%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at ISM Raceway have been won from the front row: five from the pole and three from second starting position. 
• The third starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field producing more winners (six) than any other starting position.

MENCS Wins by Starting Positions at ISM Raceway

• Ricky Rudd won the 1995 ISM Raceway race from the 29th-place starting position, the furthest back a Monster Energy Series race winner has started at the 1-mile raceway. 
• Ryan Newman won the 2017 ISM Raceway race from the 22nd starting position, the furthest back an active Monster Energy Series race winner has started. 

Lap Leader Stats

• In total 89 different drivers have led at least one lap in the Monster Energy Series at ISM Raceway. 
• Kevin Harvick leads the Monster Energy Series in laps led at ISM Raceway with 1,595 laps led in 33 starts.

Top 10 Lap Leaders at ISM Raceway in Monster Energy Series (All-Time & Active)

• The most laps led by the race winner in a single Monster Energy Series race at ISM Raceway was 264 of the scheduled 312 laps (84.6%) by Kevin Harvick on November 9, 2014 – he started from the third position.
• The most laps led by a driver that did not win in a single Monster Energy Series race at ISM Raceway was 237 of the scheduled 312 laps (74.3%) by Kyle Busch on November 11, 2012 – he started from the pole but finished third.
• The fewest laps led by the race winner in a single Monster Energy Series race at ISM Raceway was four of the scheduled 378 laps (1.05%) by Ryan Newman on April 10, 2010 – he started from the 14th position.

Additional Finishing Positions

• A total of 29 different Monster Energy Series drivers have finished runner-up at ISM Raceway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at ISM Raceway with five.
• Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch lead all active series drivers with three second-place finishes each.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at ISM Raceway (All-Time & Active)

• A total of 51 different drivers in the Monster Energy Series have finished inside the top-five at ISM Raceway.
• Kevin Harvick leads the series in top-five finishes at ISM Raceway with 16 top fives.

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at ISM Raceway (All-Time & Active)

• A total of 83 different drivers in the Monster Energy Series have finished inside the top-10 at ISM Raceway.
• Jeff Gordon leads the series in top-10 finishes at ISM Raceway with 24. 
• Kevin Harvick leads all active series drivers in top-10 finishes at ISM Raceway with 22.

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at ISM Raceway (All-Time & Active)

• Alan Kulwicki (five starts) leads the series in average finishing position at ISM Raceway with a 5.2.
• Kevin Harvick (33 starts) leads all active drivers in average finishing position at ISM Raceway with a 9.3.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at ISM Raceway (All-Time & Active)

Track / Event Specific Stats

• Since the advent of electronic scoring (1993), the closest margin of victory in the Monster Energy Series at ISM Raceway was the Spring race of 2016 (March 13, 2016) when Kevin Harvick beat Carl Edwards to the line by 0.010 seconds – which is tied with Atlanta (3/12/2000), Daytona (2/21/2016), and Rockingham (2/22/2004) for the eighth closest finish in series history.

• Qualifying has never been cancelled due to weather at ISM Raceway.
• Seven of the 46 races at ISM Raceway have ended with NASCAR Overtime:

• Only two of the 46 series races at ISM Raceway have been shortened due to weather:

Female Competitors

• Danica Patrick is the only female driver in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series to compete at ISM Raceway. She made 11 starts at ISM Raceway in her career.

NASCAR in Arizona

• There have been 117 NASCAR national series races among four tracks in the state of Arizona.

Arizona in NASCAR

• A total of 33 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Arizona.
• Of the 33 Arizona drivers, only two have won NASCAR national series races.

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