Several victories on a particular track are not highlighted. He won the most popular driver award on thursday night for the 15th. Several drivers have seen their fair share of dominance at talladega superspeedway over the years. Richard petty, known as the king, coholds the record for most nascar cup series series. The monster energy nascar cup series has been racing at michigan international speedway since 1969, where cale yarborough won the first race. Driver has been inducted into the nascar hall of fame. Mar 17, 2020 nascar legend richard pettys 200 career wins, putting him at the top of the alltime wins list, will probably never be matched because of how much the sports has changed in the last few decades. Active drivers with most wins at each nascar track the monster energy nascar cup series will visit 23 different races tracks in 2017. Now most older drivers dont have much success in nascar, but the best years of trickles career came after his 48th birthday. Debating the best driver in hendrick motorsports history. Another 10 years of nascar history are in the books. Not only does richard petty have the most wins of any competitor in nascar grand nationalcup history, he is also the driver with the most secondplace. Hamlins first win was in 2006, and his most recent one was at the beginning of.
The alltime list of nascar monster energy, sprint, nextel, winston cup series wins, 2nd place finished and consective seasons with a. He used the outside line to take the lead on lap 73, and swapped the lead with nascar driver denny hamlin multiple times, before blocking the three wide lines. One of the biggest rushes you get while being a nascar fan is watching your favorite driver win a race. Still incomplete, but perhaps a better gauge even than championships. Which nascar driver put together the best season ever. Kyle busch is the best driver in the sport right now and is one of the best to ever strap behind the wheel in the sport of alltime. Jimmie johnson currently sits tied for sixth on the alltime wins list and will be looking to jump into the top five in his final fulltime season in the. The alltime list of nascar monster energy, sprint, nextel, winston cup series wins, 2nd place finished and consective seasons with a win. Compared to dale earnhardt, yarborough dusted his winrecord by nearly. The 20 best nascar drivers that never won a cup race. Roush has the most combined nascar wins in the 3 national series, 4th all time in cup wins with 127 but with 126 nationwide series wins and 50 truck series wins for a. The legendary richard petty leads all drivers with seven daytona.
Denny hamlin has three wins in 2019 for joe gibbs racing, moving up on the list of drivers with the most monster energy nascar cup series wins but no championships. Now, theres a new nascar driver on top in this decade. When nascar came back to daytona, brad would have the best car all night and led the most laps to win the coke zero 400 and get his third win. Roush has the most combined nascar wins in the 3 national series, 4th all time in cup wins with 127 but with 126 nationwide series wins and 50 truck series wins. Currently its kyle busch, but he has plenty of company near the top. The namesake of dale earnhardt was a 15time winner of the cup series most popular driver award and a twotime daytona 500 winner before retiring to join the. Two longrunning streaks for drivers with the most monster energy series seasons with at least one win ended in 2018. The win was luzas third in a row, making him the first driver in the series to win three consecutive races since 20. Zero wins in the first nine races and a winless streak that stretched back to june, but he and crew chief adam stevens won when it counted the most, literally.
Alltime nascar national series wins jayskis nascar silly. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953. Timmy hill wins virtual texas nascar race fox news. Today it is voted for by fans across the united states. Drivers with the most nascar cup series wins all time usa today. Chase elliott wins cup most popular driver award nascar.
The drivers championship was first awarded in 1949 to red byron. Of all the winners in the 102year history of the indy 500, only five have won the race in. List of alltime nascar cup series winners wikipedia. He grabbed four of his five wins at the track between 2008 and 2010. Denny hamlin, 5 next to jimmie johnson, hamlin has been the most dominant driver at martinsville in recent years. Active drivers nascar cup series career stats racing. He withdrew his name from the ballot for that award after winning it in 2002. Championships come to mind, but that doesnt tell the whole story when there were only a handful of drivers running fulltime schedules in the early years.
Heres a look at the history of past daytona 500 winners, including the recordholder for most wins all time. Read on for the list of active drivers with the most wins at tracks shorter than 1 mile. Who topped the decade in victories, and how many drivers found victory lane. Jimmie johnson currently sits tied for sixth on the alltime wins list and will be looking to jump into the. In 2005, the georgia state legislature declared october 8 as bill elliott day in the state of georgia. Joe gibbs racings kyle busch closed out the 2010s decade. Read through to see some of the sports winningest drivers without a title and where hamlin ranks in the discussion.
It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup series competitors. In addition to busch the reigning nascar cup series champion the only active fulltime drivers among the best of the best on the alltime wins list are jimmie johnson, kevin harvick and denny. Read through the list of active drivers with the most wins at tracks shorter than 1 mile. This is an overview of which drivers have achieved a win on which race track. His three victories have come in the first five races of the season. Most tracks with win active cup series drivers driver, tracks, wins kyle busch, 23, 49 kevin harvick, 21, 42 jimmie johnson, 20, 83 matt kenseth, 19, 39 won on each track started. The list recognizes cup victories under the following auspices. Jimmie johnson currently sits tied for sixth on the alltime wins list and will be looking to jump into the top five in his final fulltime season in the nascar cup series in 2020. Just seven races remain in this decade of monster energy nascar cup series racing, and three drivers are in contention for the most wins overall during those 10 years. List of nascar drivers who have won in each of top three. See where todays stars rank compared to nascar hall. Jimmie johnson had won at least one race in nascars top level for 16 consecutive years before going winless in 2018.
Chase elliott wins 2019 most popular driver award nascar en. Strictly stock 1949 grand national series 19501970 winston cup series 19712003 nextel cup series 20042007 sprint cup series 20082016 monster energy nascar cup series 20172019 nascar cup series 2020present. Matt kenseth, 4 kenseth has a chance to take his total to five this weekend. Alltime nascar cup series wins jayskis nascar silly. Nascar drivers who have won in each of top three series are labeled triple threats. Which nascar cup series driver has the most wins on. See where todays stars rank compared to nascar hall of famers. The series is one of three national divisions of nascar, ranking as the third tier behind the secondtier nascar xfinity series and the top level nascar cup series. Top 15 drivers with most monster energy series wins, no. Jimmie johnson may get 100 wins and most likely pass the 7 championship mark but no one will ever win 200 races in nascar ever again. Chase elliott won the 2019 nmpa most popular driver award for the second straight season, nascar announced at its awards show on thursday. In his sophomore season in nascars top division, stewart won the most races, but his joe gibbs racing teammate bobby labonte won the championship. Sometimes, a track is just perfectly suited to a specific drivers talents.
Arguably the most underrated dynasty in sports, johnson and crew chief chad knaus won seven. Boris johnson spends second night in intensive care. Compared to dale earnhardt, yarborough dusted his winrecord by nearly ten wins 83, but with just three championships. Petty holds records for most series wins 200, poles 123, wins in a season 27 in 1967, consecutive wins 10 in 1967 and starts 1,185.
Also items on kyle buschs emotional moment on stage and if momentum is building for a race in nashville. The 10 most untouchable records in stock car racing. The daytona 500 is regarded as the most important and prestigious race on the nascar calendar, carrying by far the largest purse. All time nascar national series wins drivers with the alltime streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year. The car of tomorrow made its debut in the sport in 2007. As detailed below, the record for the most indy 500 wins is four, and three drivers share that record. List of past champions, most wins in nascar history sporting news. Here is a look at the most successful drivers and manufacturers for the race through the years. Here are the 11 drivers with the most wins in the alabama tracks history. The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in nascar cup series. Drivers with most wins in each year since 2000 fox sports. The nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to. The nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to the most successful nascar cup series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. Petty not only is tied for most championships with 7, he is one of the two drivers with 100 career wins other is david pearson but pearson has 105, richard petty won 200 races.
Richard petty, known as the king, co holds the record for most nascar cup series series titles 7 with. Ranking the 15 most consistent drivers in nascar history. Ten of those tracks will host one race each, while will. It is the second consecutive victory for elliott in. Richard petty, known as the king, coholds the record for most nascar cup series series titles 7 with the late dale earnhardt and jimmie johnson. He never won anything, but he did show the young guys that older drivers still have what it takes to wheel a race car. The 2010s decade of the nascar cup series is in the books. Kyle busch has moved ahead of richard petty on the alltime national series wins list, and kevin harvick took over third by himself. Kyle busch claimed 40 of his 56 career total wins between 20102019. Mar 30, 2020 the nascar bracket includes drivers only from nascars modern era, which is from 1972 onward, so not every season of richard pettys was eligible for consideration in this tournament.
The king was a seventime cup champion 1964, 67, 71, 72, 74, 75, 79 who won the daytona 500 a. That year, gant won five races overall, including three in a row, and finished fourth overall. Strictly stock 1949 grand national series 19501970 winston cup series 19712003 nextel cup series 20042007 sprint cup series 20082016 monster energy nascar cup series. Drivers with the most nascar cup series wins all time. Mar 08, 2020 kyle busch has moved ahead of richard petty on the alltime national series wins list, and kevin harvick took over third by himself. Chase elliott wins 2018 nmpa most popular driver award youtube. Ranking the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time fox. Alltime nascar national series race winners winners of cup, xfinity and truck series race wins combined updated 382020 all time wins three series combined drivers over 50 wins combined driver, wins 1. He won his first race at bristol in 2005 and most recently got a win for joe gibbs racing in the 2015 spring race.
Richard petty, known as the king, coholds the record for most nascar cup series series titles 7 with. Top 15 drivers with most monster energy series wins, no titles. The first iracing event last sunday drew 903,000 viewers to fox sports one and was the most watched esports event in u. Only the number of different racetracks is displayed. Through a careful look at stats and general performance, i found the most successful driver at every active nascar track.
List of american championship car winners wikipedia. The top ten worst nascar drivers 1 danica patrick danica sue patrick is an american professional racing driver. List of the drivers with nascar cup series wins, most 2nd place finishes. Yarborough, like everyone else in this article, is an astounding driver. But it was in 1991 when he earned the most wins of his career. What makes a driver one of the greatest in nascar history.
Is it the driver with the most championships in johnson. Chase elliott was selected as the nmpa most popular driver in a fan vote announced during thursdays nascar awards show. If you mean in the top series winston cup, nextel cup, and now sprint cup then richard petty has the most with 200 wins. Driver races win t5 t10 pole laps led avst avfn raf miles llf aric almirola, 320, 2, 18, 63, 2, 87895, 543, 19. The number of wins per driver is therefore smaller than the total number of. Mar 18, 2019 just five weeks into the 2019 season, busch has already racked up six wins across nascars three national series two in each with sundays auto club 400 marking the unfathomable no. Active drivers with most wins at all 23 nascar tracks. Its a fitting place to likely make his final nascar sprint cup series start. Dec 06, 2019 jimmie johnson has never won the most popular driver award in his cup career. The inaugural daytona 500 was held in 1959 coinciding with the opening of the speedway and since 1982, it has been the seasonopening race of the cup series. Nascar s most popular driver award is awarded to the most popular nascar driver in the monster energy nascar cup series, xfinity series, and camping world truck series every year since 1956. Chase elliott accepts the 2019 nmpa most popular driver award during the nascar awards banquet in nashville, tennessee. Elliott won nascars most popular driver award a record 16 times 19841988, 19912000, 2002.
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