CONCORD, N. C. -- Sunday’s race at the DAYTONA Road Course presents a new challenge for the Hendrick Motorsports drivers since it will be the first time a race will be held at the 3.56-mile venue.
The organization has done well in road-course events in the recent past. Chase Elliott won at the Charlotte roval in 2019 and Alex Bowman finished behind him in a close second.
With the recent success at road courses in the corner of the Hendrick Motorsports drivers, the teams will look to build on the momentum and chase down the checkered flag.
Take a peek at a few stats for Hendrick Motorsports' success at road courses ahead of the first-time race at the DAYTONA road course.
- Hendrick Motorsports owns the all-time record for NASCAR Cup Series road-course wins with 18, which is six more than second-place Joe Gibbs Racing. Six different drivers have delivered at least one road-course victory for team owner Rick Hendrick: Jeff Gordon (nine), Elliott (three), Tim Richmond (three), Jimmie Johnson, Ricky Rudd and Geoff Bodine.
- In three road races last season in 2019, the team led 162 of 289 laps (56%) and won two races, two pole positions and four of six stages. Elliott posted road-course victories at Watkins Glen International and Charlotte Motor Speedway's roval, where teammates Bowman, William Byron and Johnson finished second, sixth and ninth, respectively.
- On Sunday, Elliott could become the most recent driver with three consecutive road-course race wins. The last person to collect three in a row was NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart (2004-2005). Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon holds the record for most consecutive road-course wins with six (1997-2000).
- Despite a limited background in road racing, Byron has become accustomed quickly. In June 2019, he raced to his first career Cup Series stage win at Sonoma Raceway after qualifying second. Byron followed it up in August at Watkins Glen International, qualifying second and running in the top five before an incident left him with a 21st-place finish. In fact, of six stages run on road courses last season, Byron finished in the top 10 in five of them.
- Johnson has one road-course win under his belt (Sonoma in 2010). Out of 38 Cup Series starts at road courses, Johnson has notched 19 top-10 finishes. Two of those top-10 results include his last two starts at the Charlotte roval.
- Bowman has 10 Cup Series starts on road courses with a personal best average finish on the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval of 3.0. The No. 88 team captured a fourth-place roval finish in 2018 and was runner-up last season to teammate Chase Elliott.
- Since its inception in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports has earned 258 race victories and holds the all-time records for championships (12), pole positions (226), top-five finishes (1,082), top-10s (1,869) and laps led (69,916) in points-paying NASCAR Cup Series competition. Including 2020, the organization has won at least one race in 35 consecutive seasons, the longest-ever streak. Hendrick Motorsports is 10 wins away from tying Petty Enterprises’ all-time Cup record of 268.