.Chase Elliott 300th NASCAR Cup Series race – 7 Won in 300th race (N. Jarrett, R. Wallace, Kahne, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Logano & Keselowski) - Kasey Kahne won 2012 Coca-Cola 600 in 300th career race

Last to win Daytona 500 & Coca-Cola 600 in same year: Jeff Gordon in 1997 driving #24

Last to win first career race from pole:
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega 2017

Charlotte NCS Practice

.Sam Mayer 2 wins last 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks – 2023 Miami & Texas April; 5 Career wins – 5 Different tracks (Winless at Charlotte)

.Justin Allgaier 24 career wins – Back-to-back wins once (Richmond 9/11/20 & Richmond 9/12/20)

16 Won All-Star Race after going winless in previous races to start season including Joey Logano 2016 & ‘24, Kyle Busch 2017, Kyle Larson 2019 & Ryan Blaney 2022

May 13, 1967 at Darlington Richard Petty became all-time NASCAR Cup Series win leader with 55th career victory. He passed his father Lee Petty who won 54 races.

.Brad Keselowski last 11 wins on 11 different tracks –
Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte, Bristol, New Hampshire, Richmond, Talladega, Darlington

Leader of most laps finished 25th or worse last 4 Darlington races; Drivers won first race of season 41 times at Darlington including 4 of last 6 races; Stage 2 winner finished 25th or worse last 4 Darlington races

8 Different winners in last 8 Darlington races – Harvick, Truex Jr., Hamlin, Logano, Jones, Byron, Larson & Keselowski; Pole sitter finished 23rd or worse last 3 Darlington races; 10 To go leader failed to win 3 of last 5 Darlington races

.Brad Keselowski 110 races since last win – Talladega 4/21 (Career-long winless streak); Finished 2nd in 5 races since last win – Last win: Talladega 4/21 (2nd at Talladega twice, Atlanta, Daytona & Texas)

Terry Labonte: First career win – Darlington 9/80 & Last career win – Darlington 8/03

.Ty Gibbs 21 years old. Youngest Darlington winners were 23-year-olds Kyle Busch, Erik Jones & Terry Labonte. Ty Gibbs: 5 Top 10 finishes first 6 races this season (Avg. finish: 7.8) – 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races (Avg. finish: 18.7)

Darlington NCS Practice

.Chris Buescher finished outside top 10 last 4 races (Avg. finish: 18.0) – Finished top 10 previous 4 races (Avg. finish: 6.5); 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 2nd at Phoenix

.Kyle Larson 10 to go leader 3 of last 5 Kansas races – Only 1 win (10/21)

.Denny Hamlin back-to-back wins twice in career – Pocono 6/10 & Michigan 6/10 and Bristol 8/12 & 2012 Atlanta (Won Dover last week)

Kansas NCS Practice

.Kyle Larson finished 2nd to Denny Hamlin 6 times (Hamlin has never finished 2nd to Larson)