What’s Happening?

The NASCAR Cup Series returned to Texas Motor Speedway with an eventful race, and the driver who led the most laps once again didn’t win it. Just like we did last week for Talladega, and the weeks before, we’re going through the top lap leaders at the mile-and-a-half racetrack, as well as diverse track records and who holds them.

1st. Jimmie Johnson – 1152 [10.1%]

2nd. Kyle Busch – 1069 [9.7%]

3rd. Matt Kenseth – 883 [8.5%]

4th. Tony Stewart – 801 [8.9%]

5th. Greg Biffle – 733 [8.8%]

T6th. Carl Edwards – 691 [9.0%]

T6th. Jeff Gordon – 691 [7.6%]

T6th. Kevin Harvick – 691 [5.4%]

9th. Martin Truex Jr. – 689 [6.3%]

10th. Brad Keselowski – 685 [7.4%]

Top 15 Active Drivers Rank

• 1st. Kyle Busch (1069)
• 2nd. Brad Keselowski (685)
• 3rd. Kyle Larson (615)
• 4th. Joey Logano (501)
• 5th. Ryan Blaney (451)
• 6th. Denny Hamlin (330)
• T7th. William Byron (149)
• T7th. Tyler Reddick (149)
• 9th. Chase Elliott (128)
• 10th. Bubba Wallace (118)
• 11th. Erik Jones (116)
• 12th. Austin Cindric (61)
• 13th. Alex Bowman (59)
• 14th. Josh Berry (41)
• T15th. Michael McDowell (37)
• T15th. Austin Dillon (37)

Track Records

• Most Races: Kevin Harvick (39)
• Most Laps Run: Kevin Harvick (12,618)
• Most Laps Led: Kyle Busch (1069)
• Most Wins: Jimmie Johnson (7)
• Most Poles: Kurt Busch (3)
• Most Top 5s: Jimmie Johnson (16)
• Most Top 10s: Kevin Harvick (25)
• Most Lead Lap Finishes: Kevin Harvick (30)
• Qualifying Lap Record: Kurt Busch | 26.877s – 200.915 MPH | November 5th, 2017
• Worst Starting Position by a Winner: 31st – Matt Kenseth in April 2002
• Winners from Pole: 5 in 45 Races – Latest: Kyle Larson on October 17th, 2021
• Most Lead Changes in a Race: 36 in September 2022
• Fewest Lead Changes in a Race: 8 in October 2021
• Fun Fact: Texas is the latest track in which a Cup Series car has reached over 200MPH in Qualifying, with Ryan Blaney’s pole lap in November 2018

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