Driver Averages | Laps Led Leaders | Driver Ratings | Past Winners
Detailed driver notes and statistics to help set your fantasy racing lineup for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Who’s HOT at Michigan
- Kevin Harvick has posted 10 top 10s in the last 13 races, including a win last August and five runner-up finishes.
- Joey Logano has finished in the top 10 in 12 of the last 13 races, including three wins with the last coming in June.
- Kyle Busch is the only driver that has finished in the top 10 in each of the last five races.
- Kurt Busch has finished sixth or better in the last three races, including a runner-up in June.
- Chase Elliott has finished in the top 10 in six of his seven starts, including three runner-up finishes.
- Brad Keselowski has finished ninth or better in nine of the last 11 races.
- Kyle Larson has won three (2016-17) of the last six races and posted a 10.3 average finish in that span.
Keep an Eye On at Michigan
- Ryan Blaney has finished in the top 10 in the last three Michigan races.
- Martin Truex Jr. finished third in June for his third finish of sixth or better in the last five Michigan races. He also has the second-best driver rating in that span.
- Erik Jones (9.2), William Byron (11.4) and Alex Bowman (12.6) each rank in the top 10 in average finish in the last five races, excluding Daytona, with the 550 horsepower rules package.
- Daniel Suarez (5.0), Ryan Newman (9.3) and Aric Almirola (12.7) each rank in the top 10 in the three races that utilized this weekend’s tire combination.
- Clint Bowyer, who won the rain-shortened 2018 June race at Michigan, finished second and sixth at Texas and sixth at Kentucky with this tire combination.
Notes: Michigan will mark the 11th race of the season with the 550 horsepower rules package with aero ducts…Atlanta featured the 550 package, but with no aero ducts…Teams will compete with the same combination of left- and right-side tires that were run at Texas in March, Michigan and Kentucky last month…PJ1 will be used on the track for the first time this weekend…The pole position has produced the most winners (22) at Michigan…Joey Logano was the last to win from the pole in June.
Best Average Finish at Michigan
| Last # of Races | Driver | Average Finish |
| Two Races | Kurt Busch. Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski | 4.0 |
| Four Races | Kyle Busch/Kurt Busch | 5.5 |
| Six Races | Kevin Harvick | 7.0 |
| Eight Races | Kevin Harvick | 6.1 |
| *Ten Races | Joey Logano | 7.5 |
*Must have competed in every race in that span
Laps Led Leaders at Michigan
| Last # of Races | Driver | Laps Led |
| Two Races | Joey Logano | 164 |
| Four Races | Kevin Harvick | 172 |
| Six Races | Kevin Harvick | 205 |
| Eight Races | Joey Logano | 326 |
| Ten Races | Joey Logano | 419 |
Click Here to view all laps led leaders at Michigan over the past 10 races.
Michigan Loop Data Stat Leaders (Last Five Races)
| Average Running Pos. | Laps in Top 15 |
| 1. Kevin Harvick – 6.5 | 1. Brad Keselowski – 842 |
| 2. Kyle Busch – 8.0 | 2. Kevin Harvick – 822 |
| 3. Brad Keselowski – 8.4 | 3. Kyle Busch – 814 |
| 4. Martin Truex Jr. – 8.8 | 4. Martin Truex Jr. – 808 |
| 5. Ryan Blaney – 8.9 | 5. Joey Logano – 804 |
| Fastest Laps Run | Driver Rating |
| 1. Martin Truex Jr. – 137 | 1. Kevin Harvick – 121.3 |
| 2. Kevin Harvick – 122 | 2. Martin Truex Jr. – 107.2 |
| 3. Kyle Busch – 86 | 3. Kyle Busch – 106.0 |
| 4. Brad Keselowski – 55 | 4. Brad Keselowski – 105.4 |
| 5. Kyle Larson – 54 | 5. Joey Logano – 103.4 |
Top 10 Stage Points Earned at Michigan
Five Races
| Driver | Points Earned |
| Kevin Harvick | 68 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 56 |
| Kyle Busch | 52 |
| Kurt Busch | 42 |
| Ryan Blaney | 40 |
| Kyle Larson | 36 |
| Brad Keselowski | 34 |
| Clint Bowyer | 32 |
| Denny Hamlin | 24 |
| Joey Logano | 24 |
2019 June Michigan Race Stage Finishes
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
| 1. Joey Logano | 1. Austin Dillon |
| 2. Alex Bowman | 2. Kevin Harvick |
| 3. Erik Jones | 3. Martin Truex Jr. |
| 4. Aric Almirola | 4. Kurt Busch |
| 5. Kurt Busch | 5. Aric Almirola |
| 6. Martin Truex Jr. | 6. Kyle Busch |
| 7. Kyle Larson | 7. Daniel Hemric |
| 8. Chase Elliott | 8. William Byron |
| 9. Paul Menard | 9. Alex Bowman |
| 10. Brad Keselowski | 10. Chris Buescher |
Top Five in Stage Points Earned in 2019 (22 Races)
| Driver | Stage Points | Stage Wins |
| Joey Logano | 226 | 7 |
| Kevin Harvick | 204 | 4 |
| Kyle Busch | 183 | 8 |
| Chase Elliott | 163 | 4 |
| Brad Keselowski | 160 | 4 |
MRN.com Staff Picks
Jeff Wackerlin: Erik Jones
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Tyler Burnett: Kyle Larson
Kenneth Lee: Clint Bowyer
Driver Notes – Ordered by Average Finish (Top 15) in the Last Five Races at Michigan
Kyle Busch is the only driver that has finished in the top 10 in the last five races at Michigan. He did not lead any laps in June when he finished fifth with the 550 horsepower package. Excluding Daytona, Busch has the third-best average finish (7.8) in the last five races with the 550 rules package.
Kurt Busch has finished 12th or better in eight of the last nine races at Michigan, including a win in the 2015 June race. Busch finished second in June in his first track start with Chip Ganassi Racing. Busch has posted a 10.8 average finish in the last five races with the 550 horsepower package (excluding Daytona), that includes a win at the recently repaved Kentucky Speedway.
Kevin Harvick finished seventh in June at Michigan for his third consecutive top 10 at the track, which includes a win in this event last year. Harvick finished sixth in the last race with the 550 horsepower rules package at Pocono. The finish was his best with the rules package since Auto Club earlier this season.
Martin Truex Jr. finished third in June for his third top 10 in the last five races at Michigan. The finish was his second third-place finish (Pocono) and third top 10 in the last five races with the 550 horsepower package, excluding Daytona.
Brad Keselowski has finished ninth or better in nine of the last 11 races at Michigan. In the last five races with the 550 horsepower package, excluding Daytona, Keselowski has finished eighth or better in four of them, including his sixth-place finish at MIS.
Chase Elliott finished 20th in June at Michigan to snap a streak of six consecutive finishes of ninth or better at the track, including three runner-ups. Elliott, who won last weekend at Watkins Glen, has posted an average finish 17.6 average finish in the last five races with the 550 horsepower package, excluding Daytona.
Joey Logano has finished in the top 10 in 12 of the last 13 races at Michigan, including three wins. He led 163 laps en route to the win in the June race. Excluding Daytona, Logano has posted a 6.2 average finish in the last five races with the 550 horsepower package, which leads all drivers.
Denny Hamlin has finished in the top 10 in three of the last six races at Michigan. His last of two wins at the track came in this event in 2011. Hamlin started fourth and finished 11th in June in the first race at MIS with the 550 horsepower package. Hamlin won at Pocono two weeks ago to give him an average finish of 7.6 in the last five races, excluding Daytona, with the 550 package.
Aric Almirola finished seventh in this event last year for his only top 10 in 14 starts at Michigan. Excluding Daytona, Almirola’s last top 10 (10th) with the 550 horsepower package came at Pocono in June.
Daniel Hemric finished 12th in his first Cup start at Michigan in June. Excluding Talladega and Daytona, Hemric’s only top 10 (seventh) with the 550 horsepower rules package came two weeks ago at Pocono.
Kyle Larson has recorded an average finish of 13.3 in 11 starts at Michigan that includes three straight wins. He’s finished outside the top 10 in the last three races, including a 14th-place finish in June. Excluding Daytona, Larson has finished in the top five in the last three races with the 550 horsepower package.
Ryan Blaney has finished in the top 10 in his last three starts at Michigan. Blaney has posted a 10.0 average finish in the last five races, excluding Daytona, with the 550 horsepower package, including his ninth-place finish at MIS in June.
Ryan Newman finished eighth in his first start at Michigan with Roush Fenway Racing in June. It marked his third top 10 in the last 10 races at MIS. Excluding Daytona, Newman has record two top 10s and an average finish of 12.8 in the last five races with the 550 horsepower package.
Alex Bowman finished 10th in June for his first top 10 in eight starts at Michigan. In the last five races with the 550 horsepower package, excluding Daytona, Bowman has posted a 12.6 average finish, which includes a win at Chicagoland.
Erik Jones finished 31st in June at Michigan after a flat tire towards the end of the race. The finish raised his average finish from 11.0 to 15.0 in five starts. Excluding Daytona, Jones has finished seventh or better in the last three races with the 550 horsepower package.
