NASCAR Fast Stats Track Of The Week Richmond

These are the numbers prior to the 2008 late summer race at Richmond to give you some insight and interesting info on the upcoming race. Most wins active and all time, fewest starts with a win, most starts with no wins and a lot more interesting statistics. Some you might have guessed and others might surprise you.

Thanks to our friends at Racing-Reference.info for the stats. You can click on their link in our partner site section to the right to check out their site.
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The Cup series has been competing at Richmond since 1953 and Lee Petty won the inaugural event. There has been a total of 104 Cup races held there since.

Active drivers with wins at Richmond:
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3
Terry Labonte 3
Tony Stewart 3
Jeff Gordon 2
Jimmie Johnson 2
Joe Nemechek 1
Kevin Harvick 1
Kasey Kahne 1
Matt Kenseth 1
Mark Martin 1
Jeremy Mayfield 1
Kyle Petty 1
Ryan Newman 1
Kurt Busch 1
Jeff Burton 1
Clint Bowyer 1
Bill Elliott 1

Richard Petty has the most wins of all drivers there with 13 as well as the most starts with 63. He has the most top 5’s with 34 which is over 50% of his races.

Active drivers with the most starts at Richmond are [fill-in] Terry Labonte with 54 starts and Kyle Petty with 53.

Active driver with the most polls, Jeff Gordon with 5.

Driver(s) with the most starts at Richmond without a win is tied between Ken Schrader & Sterling Marlin each with 44 starts and no wins.

Active driver with the least amount of starts and a win is Clint Bowyer with 5 starts and 1 win which came earlier this season.
Among all drivers, Tim Flock had only 2 starts at Richmond and won there on his very first attempt in 1955.

The driver who has earned the most money at Richmond is Jeff Gordon with $2,634,029.00.

Of all drivers, Richard Petty led the most laps at Richmond with 5136 led of 21,135 run.

Driver who has led the most laps at Richmond without scoring a victory is Denny Hamlin with 448 laps led in 5 races with no wins. He also has the most laps led overall in the last 5 races at Richmond.

Driver with a win at Richmond who has led the least amount of laps is Clint Bowyer with one victory and only 17 laps led.

Active driver with the most top 5’s is Mark Martin with 14 in 45 races.

Active driver who has competed in the past 5 races at Richmond with the best finishing average is Kevin Harvick with a 5.2 average finish.

Active driver who has competed in the last 5 races at Richmond with the worst finishing average is Joe Nemechek with a 33.0 average finish.

Active driver who has competed in the last 5 races at Richmond who has earned the most prize money there is Jimmie Johnson with $848,730.00

The best finish for a driver who only raced at Richmond once was Fonty Flock driving for Carl Kiekhaefer in the 1955 Richmond 200 where he finished 2nd behind his brother, Tim Flock. For their efforts, Fonty was awarded $650.00 in prize money and Tim earned $1,000.00 for the victory.