Nextel cup series 20042007 sprint cup series 20082016 monster energy nascar cup series 20172019 nascar cup series 2020present rule changes in 1972 established a minimum distance of 250 miles 400 km for pointspaying cup series events reduced to 186. Nascar nationwide series most wackiest moments youtube. Drivers in nascars top series who have won four or more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972. Mar 29, 2020 the first iracing event march 22 drew 903,000 viewers to fox sports one and was the most watched esports event in u. Today it is voted for by fans across the united states the award is presented by the national motorsports. Active drivers with most wins at each nascar track the monster energy nascar cup series will visit 23 different races tracks in 2017. Over the 30plus years that martin has been a nascar driver, he has amassed 40 wins in the premier series and 43 wins in the nationwide series. The list recognizes cup victories under the following auspices. Drivers in nascar s top series who have won four or more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972. The driver with the thirdmost wins in the nascar xfinity series, kevin harvick has repeatedly proven himself in both capability and skill in the sport. 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 total of 303 total nascar wins. 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. Driver races win t5 t10 pole laps led avst avfn raf miles llf anthony alfredo, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 150, 0.
Sterling burton marlin was a stock car racing driver, won daytona 500 title in 1994 and 1995. Earnhardt is the only driver to have won the award since 16time winner bill elliott was named the. If this indeed is the last nationwide series appearance at iowa speedway for the 2012 nascar champion, he put on quite a final act for the. Jan 09, 20 over the 30plus years that martin has been a nascar driver, he has amassed 40 wins in the premier series and 43 wins in the nationwide series.
Timmy hill wins virtual nascar race at texas motor. Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar silly. This loosely resulted in the new nationwide series car making its debut in the 2010 subway jalapeno 250 at daytona international speedway. He ran for nascar from 1976 to 2012 and 19832018 from nascar xfinity series. She is the most successful woman in the history of american openwheel racingher victory in the 2008 indy japan 300 is the only female win in an indycar series race. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup series competitors. I saw a video earlier today about dick trickle, and i learned he had 1,000 short track victories, which absolutely boggled my mind. Timmy hill wins virtual nascar race at texas motor speedway.
Comprehensive nascar news, scores, standings, fantasy games, rumors, and more. Newman wins raybestos rookie of the year on the winston cup circuit and sets a new standard for firstyear drivers in nascars premier series. Hilaire, has enjoyed success in the nascar nationwide series over the past several years before fielding a nscs entry last season on a limited schedule. Which current nascar driver has the most wins at bristol. Mar 02, 20 kyle busch dominated the nationwide series race at phoenix on saturday, but some of the best racing occurred after he was trapped in the back of the field. He drives the number 88 chevrolet ss for hendrick motorsports in the sprint cup series. Dec 22, 20 nascar nationwide series most wackiest moments. The stars are the people behind the wheel of the car. With three wins, six poles, 20 top fives and 35 top 10s in 53 races, joe weatherly successfully defended his grand national title in 1963. Across all officially sanctioned nascar series, what driver has the most wins. Monster energy nascar cup series driver chase elliott wins the pole for the 500 at talladega superspeedway, saturday, oct 12, 2019, in talladega, ala.
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. Nov 19, 20 the award comes on the cusp of smiths most successful season in nationwide series competition. April 3 today in jayskis nascar history jayskis nascar. Overall, in all three series combined, it would be kyle busch, with 12 wins 5 cup, 4 nationwide and 3 truck.
Joe gibbs racings kyle busch closed out the 2010s decade. Since 2002, she started nine times in the arca racing series and had three toptens in 2004. In 1998 bill was named as one of nascars 50 greatest drivers eventually listed in hall of fame in 2015. Brian vickers vickers won the thenbusch series championship in.
A ranking of the top 10 nascar cup series drivers by chris wilbers of the. Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar. Nascar on fox commentator darrell left is a threetime cup champion and tied for third most career wins at 84. The team qualified for six races including the southern 500, brickyard 400, and both races at new hampshire motor speedway. Richard petty has the most nascar cup series career wins of any racer, with 200 wins. 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. He also drives the number 88 chevrolet camaro for his own team, jr motorsports, in the nationwide series. Nxs events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a cup series event scheduled for that weekend. Danica started racing in 1998, at the age of 16, and has competed in junior formula events, the indycar series, and nascar. Nov 02, 2014 the gardner denver 200 fired up by johnsonville is a nascar nationwide series race that takes place at road america.
It is promoted as nascar s minor league circuit, and is considered a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level circuit, the nascar cup series. Nascar cup series drivers have admitted that driving the xfinity car the day before the race does little to help with the nascar cup series race, as the cars differ greatly. Two other famous nascar racing series are the nationwide series sort of a minor league for nascar, which was once called the busch series and the camping world truck series previously the craftsman. Active drivers with most wins at all 23 nascar tracks. Even though hes only 27 years old, busch is already the active driver with the most wins across all three of nascar s professional series. Ricky craven is a driver with wins in all of nascar s top three series, including rookie of the year titles in both the 1992 nationwide series and 1995 sprint cup series. Top 12 nascar drivers who won daytona 500 multiple times. The nascar xfinity series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman in nascar to the most successful xfinity series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. He won 92 races in a fiveyear span 196771 where nascar conducted 248 races. The first driver to win multiple championships was sam ard in 1983 and 1984. She competes in the nascar camping world truck series and the nascar xfinity series. Active drivers nascar xfinity series career stats racing.
Named rookie of the year in the busch series in 2004 and nextel cup series in 2005, he holds several documents, which include 9 wins inside the three series like 70 within the xfinity and 24 victories through the 3 disciplines in 2010. As the 20 nascar nationwide series revs up, we look at the preseason favorites. In addition to being the first driver to win seven grand nationalsprint cup. Kyle busch nears 200 nascar wins, richard petty record. With jimmie johnson recording his 83rd career victory in nascars premier series last sunday at dover, now is the perfect time to take a closer look at the drivers with the most wins at the sport. So i raised this question, what nascar driver, active or not, has the most wins across all officially sanctioned nascar series.
Live nascar racing will return to espn in 2014, with the entire nascar nationwide series season airing across espn networks. Winners of the nascar sprint cup series most popular driver award. He is eighth on nascar s alltime win list 55 wins and his 697 consecutive. He won the 2007 busch series championship and almost won the 2011 nascar sprint cup series title, but lost in a tiebreaker to tony stewart. According to the nascar record book, for drivers with 100 or more career starts. Jul 22, 2019 the driver with the third most wins in the nascar xfinity series, kevin harvick has repeatedly proven himself in both capability and skill in the sport. The loss of sponsor nationwide adds to the pressure bowman will face this season.
The xfinity series was formerly known as the nascar sportsman division. Weatherly was killed in the fifth race of the following season when his head went outside his car and struck a retaining wall. Nascar sprint cup, nationwide series in prime time at bristol. Here is a list of the top 10 highest paid nascar drivers. Brad keselowski wins nascar nationwide race in iowa. Kyle busch is alive in all three of the top nascar series. Kyle busch has moved ahead of richard petty on the alltime national series wins list, and kevin harvick took over third by himself. The nascar xfinity series nxs is a stock car racing series organized by nascar.
If this indeed is the last nationwide series appearance at iowa speedway for the 2012. Since the early days of the xfinity series, many nascar cup series drivers have. Mar 14, 2019 of pettys 200 wins, 30 came on dirt, 20 with fields of fewer than 20 drivers and 64 more in fields of 2129 drivers. Rule changes in 1972 established a minimum distance of 250 miles 400 km for pointspaying cup series events reduced to 186. Car owner, champions crew chief, rookie of the year, most popular driver. As the top drivers and teams of nascars nationwide and camping world truck series met to honor the achievements of 2014, two new drivers were entered into the history books as the most popular. The 10 most untouchable records in stock car racing. Smith went headtohead with more than 30 eligible drivers, including notables austin dillon and elliott sadler, in the monthlong fan vote on. The 2010s decade of the nascar cup series is in the books. The hottest and most talented female race car drivers. Nascar late model sportsman national championship 19501981.
With jimmie johnson recording his 83rd career victory in nascar s premier series last sunday at dover, now is the perfect time to take a closer look at the drivers with the most wins at the sport. He is the only nascar champion to be killed on the track while defending his title. Even though hes only 27 years old, busch is already the active driver with the most wins across all three of nascars professional series. Nascar is most famous for the sprint cup racing series which was called the winston cup and then the nextel cup for many years. See where todays stars rank compared to nascar hall of famers. Of pettys 200 wins, 30 came on dirt, 20 with fields of fewer than 20 drivers and 64 more in fields of 2129 drivers. Nascar budweiser late model sportsman series 19821983. Abc will have a live telecast of the irwin tools night race at bristol for the nascar sprint cup series on saturday night.
Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. Chase elliott, ryan blaney named most popular drivers in. Ranking the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time fox. Cobb started racing back in 1991 with her father, joe cobb. She has the only win by a female in indycar and her best season was in. Xfinity series rookie of the year award gewinner bester neuling. The nascar xfinity series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by. The nascar sprint cup and nationwide series will race under the lights at the halfmile bristol motor speedway this weekend with both races airing in prime time. Apr 03, 2020 go green racing, founded by maine native archie st. Cobb isnt just one of the best female nascar drivers, but shes also a team owner. Ranking the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time fox sports. Fans have voted him the sports most popular driver 10 straight years. The top ten worst nascar drivers 1 danica patrick danica sue patrick is an american professional racing driver. Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop gear, date of birth, rookie year.
The drivers championship was first awarded in 1982, to jack ingram. Aug 02, 2014 brad keselowski wins nascar nationwide race in iowa. The full list of drivers currently not racing in nascars top three series subject to change, especially if schrader runs eldora speedway in the truck series later this month like he often does. List of alltime nascar cup series winners wikipedia. The first iracing event march 22 drew 903,000 viewers to fox sports one and was the most watched esports event in u. 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. When 1989 sprint cup series champ retired in 2005, he had established himself one of the elite drivers of his era. Younger brother michael right counts two daytona 500s among his four career wins. The gardner denver 200 fired up by johnsonville is a nascar nationwide series race that takes place at road america. Denny hamlin wins pro invitational finale at virtual north wilkesboro. Richard the king petty looks on from the grid prior to the start of the nascar nationwide series nra american.
They are the leaders among active drivers in the nascar cup series. Ten of those tracks will host one race each, while will. Top 10 nascar drivers who never won a cup race duration. Regan smith wins nationwide series most popular driver. Alltime xfinity series race winners jayskis nascar silly. The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in nascar cup series competition. Team penske about us team penske year by year highlights. Youngest drivers to hit 25 career nascar cup series wins joey loganos victory at phoenix raceway marked him as just the fourth driver to win 25 nascar cup series races before 30. Who topped the decade in victories, and how many drivers found victory lane.
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