Thursday, May 28, 2009

ALL TIME SPRINT CUP RACE WINNERS

ALL TIME SPRINT CUP RACE WINNERS

ACTIVE WINNERS LIST.....
ACTIVE WINNING PERCENTAGE (%).....
OWNERS WINS LIST.....
CREW CHIEF WINS
Driver with the Most Wins in Each Season - Modern Era
Updated 5-25-2009
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No. Rank Driver Wins Championships Championship
Years		 2nds
1 1 Petty, Richard 200 7 1964,1967,1971,
1972,1974,1975,
1979		 6
2 2 Pearson, David 105 3 1966,1968,1969
3 3 Allison, Bobby 84 1 1983 5
4 Waltrip, Darrell 84 3 1981,1982,1985 3
5 4 Yarborough, Cale 83 3 1976,1977,1978 3
6 5 Gordon, Jeff 82 4 1995,1997
1998,2001		 2
7 6 Earnhardt, Dale 76 7 1980,1986,1987
1990,1991,1993
1994		 3
8 7 Wallace, Rusty 55 1 1989 2
9 8 Petty, Lee 54 3 1954,1958,1959 3
10 9 Jarrett, Ned 50 2 1961,1965 1
11 Johnson, Junior 50
12 10 Thomas, Herb 48 2 1951,1953 2
13 11 Baker, Buck 46 2 1956,1957 2
14 12 Elliott, Bill 44 1 1988 3
15 13 Johnson, Jimmie 41 3 2006,2007,2008 2
16 14 Flock, Tim 40 2 1952,1955 1
17 15 Isaac, Bobby 37 1 1970 1
18 Martin, Mark 37
4
19 16 Fireball Roberts 33
1
20 Stewart, Tony 33 2 2002, 2005 1
21 17 Jarrett, Dale 32 1 1999 1
22 18 White, Rex 28 1 1960 1
23 19 Lorenzen, Fred 26
24 20 Paschal, Jim 25
25 Weatherly, Joe 25 2 1962,1963
26 21 Rudd, Ricky 23 1
27 22 Labonte, Terry 22 2 1984,1996
28 23 Burton, Jeff 21
29 Labonte, Bobby 21 1 2000 1
30 Parsons, Benny 21 1 1973
31 Smith, Jack 21
32 24 Thompson, Speedy 20
33 25 Allison, Davey 19
34 Baker, Buddy 19
35 Busch, Kurt 19 1 2004
36 Flock, Fonty 19
37 26 Bodine, Geoffrey 18
38 Bonnett, Neil 18
39 Earnhardt, Dale Jr. 18
40 Gant, Harry 18 1
41 Kenseth, Matt 18 1 2003 1
42 27 Panch, Marvin 17 1
43 Turner, Curtis 17
44 28 Edwards, Carl 16 1
45 29 Busch, Kyle 15
46 Irvan, Ernie 15
47 30 Biffle, Greg 14 1
48 Hutcherson, Dick 14 1
49 Yarborough, Leeroy 14
50 31 Newman, Ryan 13
51 Rathmann, Dick 13
52 Richmond, Tim 13
53 32 Harvick, Kevin 11
54 33 Allison, Donnie 10
55 Marlin, Sterling 10
56 34 Goldsmith, Paul 9
57 Kahne, Kasey 9
58 Owens, Cotton 9 1
59 Welborn, Bob 9
60 35 Petty, Kyle 8
61 36 Dieringer, Darel 7
62 Foyt, A. J. 7
63 Reed, Jim 7
64 Teague, Marshall 7
65 37 Burton, Ward 5
66 Gurney, Dan 5
67 Kulwicki, Alan 5 1 1992
68 Lund, Tiny 5
69 Marcis, Dave 5 1
70 Mayfield, Jeremy 5
71 Moody, Ralph 5
72 38 Dane, Lloyd 4
73 Flock, Bob 4
74 Glotzbach, Charlie 4
75 Gray, Eddie 4
76 Hamilton, Bobby 4
77 Hamilton, Pete 4
78 Hamlin, Denny 4
79 Jones, Parnelli 4
80 McGriff, Hershell 4
81 Nemechek, Joe 4
82 Pagan, Eddie 4
83 Schrader, Ken 4
84 Shepherd, Morgan 4
85 Stacy, Nelson 4
86 Wade, Billy 4
87 Waltrip, Michael 4
88 Wood, Glen 4
89 39 Blair, Bill 3
90 Gordon, Robby 3
91 Linder, Dick 3
92 Mundy, Frank 3
93 Sadler, Elliott 3
94 Staley, Gwyn 3
95 40 Andretti, John 2
96 Beauchamp, Johnny 2
97 Bowyer, Clint 2
98 Byron, Red 2 1 1949
99 Cope, Derrike 2
100 Craven, Ricky 2
101 Elder, Ray 2
102 Hylton, James 2 3
103 Johns, Bobby 2
104 Johnson, Joe Lee 2
105 Keller, Al 2
106 Langley, Elmo 2
107 Letner, Danny 2
108 McMurray, Jamie 2
109 Myers, Billy 2
110 Pardue, Jimmy 2
111 Park, Steve 2
112 Pistone, Tom 2
113 Porter, Marvin 2
114 Sosebee, Gober 2
115 Spencer, Jimmy 2
116 Zervakis, Emanuel 2
117 41 Allen, Johnny 1
118 Amick, Bill 1
119 Andretti, Mario 1
120 Balmer, Earl 1
121 Benson, Johnny 1
122 Bodine, Brett 1
123 Bouchard, Ron 1
124 Brickhouse, Richard 1
125 Brooks, Dick 1
126 Burdick, Bob 1
127 Burke, Marvin 1
128 Cole, Neil 1
129 Cook, Jim 1
130 Donohue, Mark 1
131 Eubanks, Joe 1
132 Figaro, Lou 1
133 Florian, Jimmy 1
134 Frank, Larry 1
135 Graves, Danny 1
136 Hagerty, Royce 1
137 Hillin, Bobby 1
138 Hurtubise, Jim 1
139 Keselowski, Brad 1
140 Kieper, John 1
141 Kite, Harold 1
142 Lewis, Paul 1
143 Mantz, Johnny 1
144 McQuagg, Sam 1
145 Mears, Casey 1
146 Montoya, Juan Pablo 1
147 Moore, Lloyd 1
148 Nadeau, Jerry 1
149 Nelson, Norm 1
150 Norton, Bill 1
151 Parsons, Phil 1
152 Passwater, Dick 1
153 Pond, Lennie 1
154 Rexford, Bill 1 1 1950
155 Ridley, Jody 1
156 Rollins, Shorty 1
157 Roper, Jim 1
158 Ross, Earl 1
159 Rostek, John 1
160 Reutimann, David 1
161 Rutherford, Johnny 1
162 Sacks, Greg 1
163 Sales, Leon 1
164 Schneider, Frankie 1
165 Scott, Wendell 1
166 Shuman, Buddy 1
167 Soares, John 1
168 Speed, Lake 1
169 Stevenson, Chuck 1
170 Thomas, Donald 1
171 Thompson, Tommy 1
172 Truex Jr., Martin 1
173 Vickers, Brian 1
174 Watts, Art 1
175 Weinberg, Danny 1
176 White, Jack 1
Active (in Italics) 2222 60 28 60


Compiled from a few sources:
UMI Yearbooks, NASCAR Update Books, Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia [which are all a little different] and maintained since
Last driver to win in RED
Current Season winner in BLUE
Active driver is one who has run at least one race in the Cup series in this or last season
Inactive drivers have announced retirement and shown no interest of plans to run Cup or another series

Active Driver Wins/Percentage

# Rank Active Driver Wins Last Win Track Starts Win %
1 1 Gordon, Jeff 82 4/5/2009 Texas 557 14.72%
2 2 Elliott, Bill 44 11/9/2003 Rockingham 800 5.50%
3 3 Johnson, Jimmie 41 3/29/2009 Martinsville 267 15.36%
4 4 Martin, Mark 37 5/9/2009 Darlington 734 5.04%
5 5 Stewart, Tony 33 10/5/2008 Talladega 368 8.97%
6 6 Labonte, Terry 22 8/31/2003 Darlington 862 2.55%
7 7 Labonte, Bobby 21 11/16/2003 Homestead 558 3.76%
8 Burton, Jeff 21 10/11/2008 Charlotte 523 4.02%
9 8 Busch, Kurt 19 3/8/2009 Atlanta 304 6.25%
10 9 Earnhardt, Dale Jr. 18 6/15/2008 Michigan 339 5.31%
11 Kenseth, Matt 18 2/22/2009 California 340 5.29%
12 10 Edwards, Carl 16 11/16/2008 Homestead 169 9.47%
14 11 Busch, Kyle 15 5/2/2009 Richmond 162 9.26%
13 12 Biffle, Greg 14 9/14/2008 Dover 234 5.98%
15 13 Newman, Ryan 13 2/17/2008 Daytona 272 4.78%
16 14 Harvick, Kevin 11 2/18/2007 Daytona 298 3.69%
17 15 Marlin, Sterling 10 3/17/2002 Darlington 744 1.34%
18 16 Kahne, Kasey 9 6/8/2008 Pocono 191 4.71%
19 17 Petty, Kyle 8 6/4/1995 Dover 829 0.97%
20 18 Mayfield, Jeremy 5 8/21/2005 Michigan 433 1.15%
21 19 Hamlin, Denny 4 3/30/2008 Martinsville 127 3.15%
22 Nemechek, Joe 4 3/9/2008 Kansas 499 0.80%
23 Schrader, Ken 4 6/2/1991 Dover 732 0.55%
24 Waltrip, Michael 4 9/28/2003 Talladega 737 0.54%
25 20 Gordon, Robby 3 8/10/2003 Watkins Glen 318 0.94%
26 Sadler, Elliott 3 9/5/2004 California 369 0.81%
27 21 Andretti, John 2 4/18/1999 Martinsville 368 0.54%
28 Bowyer, Clint 2 5/3/2008 Richmond 121 1.65%
29 Cope, Derrike 2 6/3/1990 Dover 408 0.49%
30 McMurray, Jamie 2 7/7/2007 Daytona 234 0.85%
31 22 Keselowski, Brad 1 4/26/2009 Talladega 6 16.67%
32 Mears, Casey 1 5/27/2007 Charlotte 228 0.44%
33 Montoya, Juan Pablo 1 6/24/2007 Sonoma 85 1.18%
34 Reutimann, David 1 5/25/2009 Charlotte 75 1.33%
35 Truex Jr., Martin 1 6/4/2007 Dover 129 0.78%
36 Vickers, Brian 1 10/8/2006 Talladega 184 0.54%
Active Drivers No Wins Wins Best Finish / When Track Races
Wallace, Kenny 0 2nd (3x) 11/4/2001 Rockingham 344 0.00%
Blaney, Dave 0 3rd (2x) 10/7/2007 Talladega 312 0.00%
Skinner, Mike 0 2nd 4/16/2000 Talladega 256 0.00%
Bodine, Todd 0 3rd 11/13/1994 Atlanta 231 0.00%
Riggs, Scott 0 2nd 8/21/2005 Michigan 175 0.00%
Raines, Tony 0 6th 11/9/2003 Rockingham 131 0.00%
Sorenson, Reed 0 3rd 10/28/2007 Atlanta 121 0.00%
Kvapil, Travis 0 6th 4/27/2008 Talladega 110 0.00%
Gilliland, David 0 2nd 6/22/2008 Sonoma 98 0.00%
Yeley, J.J. 0 2nd 5/27/2007 Charlotte 97 0.00%
Stremme, David 0 8th 4/29/2007 Talladega 87 0.00%
Menard, Paul 0 2nd 10/5/2008 Talladega 87 0.00%
Ragan, David 0 3rd (2x) 9/8/2007 Richmond 86 0.00%
Bliss, Mike 0 4th 9/11/2004 Richmond 86 0.00%
Allmendinger, AJ 0 3rd 2/15/2009 Daytona 56 0.00%
Hornish, Sam 0 6th 5/2/2009 Richmond 48 0.00%
Smith, Regan 0 14th 3/30/2008 Martinsville 47 0.00%
Said, Boris 0 3rd 8/14/2005 Watkins Glen 33 0.00%
Carpentier, Partick 0 14th (2x) 7/5/2008 Daytona 27 0.00%
Almirola, Aric 0 8th 3/16/2008 Bristol 25 0.00%
Ambrose, Marcos 0 3rd 8/10/2008 Watkins Glen 23 0.00%
Speed, Scott 0 5th, 4/26/2009 Talladega 16 0.00%
Logano, Joey 0 9th (3x) 5/9/2009 Charlotte 15 0.00%
Papis, Max 0 18th, 4/26/2009 Talladega 7 0.00%


Last driver to win in RED
Current Season winner in BLUE

  • Race winners getting older: Just three years ago, the average age (at season's end) of the 13 drivers who won races was 30.5. This race is only eight races old, but the average age of the winners so far is 35.7. At the moment, the profile of Sprint Cup winners looks a lot like the late 1980s or early '90s. What was it like back in 1993? The youngest winner was 32 years old. The average was 38.2. Mark Martin, who won five races that year, was 34. Last week he won at age 50. He is the only winner common to both seasons, though then-rookie Jeff Gordon won an unofficial race, a 125-mile qualifier, at Daytona. In recent years, the great trend of the 1990s - younger and younger drivers gradually ousting the generation that preceded them - has reversed. Part of the reason is simply that a generation of great stars - Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, et al. - has gotten older. But part of it is also that the effect of young drivers - the most notable exception being Kyle Busch - has waned. From 1999, when Stewart arrived to much fanfare, through 2007, when Juan Pablo Montoya was the top rookie, at least one rookie won a race six times in a span of eight years. Before 1999 and Stewart, 11 years had passed without the rookie of the year winning. It didn't happen last year, and the odds appear long, based on results so far, that either of this year's rookies, Joey Logano and Scott Speed, will score.(NASCAR This Week)(4-24-2009) Comment here

  • Quickest wins by a driver: When #09-Brad Keselowski won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, it was in his 5th career start. Jamie McMurray holds the modern era record for fastest to win when he won in his second start at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Oct 2002, and John Rostek won in his 2nd career start in April 1960 at Arizona State Fairgrounds. Kevin Harvick won in his third start, when he won at Atlanta in March 2001 as did Dan Gurney in 1963. Three drivers won in their first start: Johnny Rutherford won a Daytona Qualifying race in his first start back in 1963, back then the Qualifier races counted as wins and the championship and points. Jack White won in his first start in 1949 (5th race of season0 and in 1951 Marvin Burke won his one and only start at Oakland; and of course Jim Roper won in his first start, the first race ever held by NASCAR in 1949.(4-27-2009)

  • Fewest Starts to 40 wins:
    Herb Thomas, 151
    Jeff Gordon, 186
    Jimmie Johnson, 254
    Darrell Waltrip, 254
    David Pearson, 264
    Fewest Starts to 50 wins:
    Jeff Gordon, 232

  • Fastest to get win #10: #48-Jimmie Johnson became the 16th driver in history to record his 10th win within his first 100 career starts. His victory at Pocono Raceway on Aug 1, 2004 was his 10th in 95 career starts, making him the 13th fastest to reach 10 race wins. The fastest any driver has reached 10 wins was Speedy Thompson, who scored his tenth win in only 55 career starts.
    The other drivers to post their tenth win in their first 100 starts are:
    Speedy Thompson (55 starts)
    Herb Thomas (58)
    Tim Flock (60)
    Dick Hutcherson (61)
    Fonty Flock (67)
    Curtis Turner (68)
    Fred Lorenzen (71)
    Dick Rathmann (73)
    Fireball Roberts (77)
    Tony Stewart (79)
    Junior Johnson (81)
    Bobby Allison (91)
    Jimmie Johnson (95)
    Ryan Newman (95)
    Jeff Gordon (96)
    Lee Petty (100)
    others of note:
    Kyle Busch (132)
    Richard Petty (153)
    Dale Earnhardt (179)

  • Interesting Stat - only TWO Birthday winners EVER: Cale Yarborough is the only Sprint Cup driver to ever win a points paying race on his birthday, which is March 27. In 1977 at North Wilksboro Speedway AND 1983 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NOTE, since much email was first recieved with guess's, a few items were covered and checked: Richard Petty never won on his birthday [July 2nd] [in Cup] and neither did Jeff Gordon [August 4th]. In fact, the Brickyard 400 was only been held on Gordon's birthday once, in 2002, when Bill Elliott won. Gordon's first Brickyard 400 came on August 6, 1994. Why do I bring this up? #18-Kyle Busch will celerbate his 24th birthday on Saturday, May 2nd [the same as Uncle Bud] amd could be the 2nd driver ever to win on his birthday.(4-30-2009)
    ADD #18-Kyle Busch won at Richmond on May 2, 2009, to become only the 2nd driver EVER to win on their birthday, and only the third time ever.(5-2-2009) Comment here

  • Driver wins before age 25: Only 59 of 2,222 Sprint Cup races for which the winner's age is known have been won by drivers under 25:
    1. Jeff Gordon, 15
    1. Kyle Busch, 15 [still under 25 until May 2, 2010]
    3. Kurt Busch, 7
    (tie) Richard Petty, 7
    5. Junior Johnson, 5
    Tied with one each: Bob Burdick. Bobby Hillin Jr.; Parnelli Jones; John Kieper; Terry Labonte, Ryan Newman, Bill Rexford; Fireball Roberts; Donald Thomas; Brian Vickers.(5-25-2009)

  • First foreign born driver to win since 1974: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, is the first driver born outside the United States to win a race in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup series since Canadian Earl Ross triumphed at Martinsville in 1974. The other foreign born driver to win a Cup race is Mario Andretti, born in Italy, won the 1967 Daytona 500.(6-25-2007)

  • Oldest Sprint Cup Race Winners
    Driver, Date, Track, Age
    (only 12 wins by a driver over 50)
    1) Harry Gant, 8/6/1992, Michigan, 52 years, 7 months, 6 days
    (Gant won 8 races after turning 50, and his last pole was at 54 years old, Bristol 1994)
    2) Morgan Shepherd, 3/20/1993, Atlanta, 51 years, 4 months, 27 days
    3) Mark Martin, 5/9/2009, Phoenix, 50 years, 4 months, 0 days
    (Martin has won 2 races after turning 50)
    4) Bobby Allison, 2/14/1988, Daytona, 50 years, 2 months, 11 days
    5) Dale Earnhardt, 10/15/2000, Talladega, 49 years, 5 months, 16 days
    6) Dale Jarrett, 10/2/2005, Talladega, 48 years, 10 months, 6 days
    7) Bill Elliott, 11/9/2003, Rockingham, 48 years, 1 month, 1 day
    8) Rusty Wallace, 4/18/2004, Martinsville, 47 years, 8 months, 4 days
    9) Geoff Bodine, 8/11/1996, Watkins Glen, 47 years, 3 months, 24 days
    10) Richard Petty, 7/4/1984, Daytona, 47 years, 2 days
    11) Terry Labonte, 8/31/2003, Darlington, 46 years, 9 months, 15 days
    (5-9-2009)

  • Overall all-time winnning percentage: [drivers with over 100 starts]:
    1. Herb Thomas -- 21.05% (48 wins, 228 starts)
    2. Tim Flock -- 20.86% (38/187)
    3. David Pearson -- 18.26% (105/574)
    4. Richard Petty -- 16.89% (200/1184)
    5. Fred Lorenzen -- 16.46% (26/158)
    6. Fireball Roberts -- 16.02% (33/206)
    7. Junior Johnson -- 15.97% (50/313)
    8. Jimmie Johnson -- 15.36% (41/267)
    9. Cale Yarborough -- 14.75% (83/560)
    10. Jeff Gordon -- 14.72% (82/557)
    (stats from Racing-reference.info and NASCAR Statistics)(5-25-2009)

  • Runner-up Champs: what drivers have finished 2nd in the Drivers Championship the most times?
    Richard Petty: 6 runner-up finshes [7 championships]
    Bobby Allison: 5 [1]
    Mark Martin: 4 [0]
    Dale Earnhardt: 3 [7]
    Darrell Waltrip: 3 [3]
    Cale Yarborough: 3 [3]
    Bill Elliott: 3 [1]

  • 20 Winners of a race in Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races:
    drivers who have won a race in each of the THREE National Series - Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks:
    (Driver, Sprint Cup wins, Nationwide wins, Truck Wins)
     drivers with more then one win in each series:
    1) Mark Martin, 37, 48, 7 [91 total]
    2) Kyle Busch, 15, 24, 11 [50]
    (won in each series 2005-2009 and one of two drivers w/10 wins in each series)
    3) Greg Biffle, 14, 20, 16 [49](one of two drivers w/10 wins in each series)
    4) Kevin Harvick, 11, 33, 4 [48](won in each series in 2003)
    5) Tony Stewart, 33, 8, 2 [43]
    6) Carl Edwards, 16, 20, 6 [42]
    7) Kurt Busch, 19, 2, 4 [25]
    8) Kasey Kahne, 9, 7, 2 [18]
    drivers with at least one win in each series:
    9) Terry Labonte, 22, 11, 1 [34](won a race in each series in 1995)(part-time)
    10) Bobby Labonte, 21, 10, 1 [32]
    11) Ryan Newman, 13, 7, 1 [21]
    12) Johnny Benson, 1, 3, 13 [17]
    13) Bobby Hamilton, 4, 1, 10 [15](deceased)
    14) Jimmy Spencer, 2, 12, 1 [15](retired)
    15) Jamie McMurray, 2, 7, 1 [10]
    16) Clint Bowyer, 2, 6, 1 [9]
    17) Ken Schrader, 4, 2, 1 [7](part time)
    18) Ricky Craven, 2, 4, 1 [7](retired)
    19) Steve Park, 2, 3, 1 [6]{not running in any of the three series)
    20) David Reutimann, 1, 1, 1 [3]
    Scott Riggs, Mike Bliss each have at least 1 win in Nationwide & Trucks....none in Cup
    Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Jeff Gordon have no Truck wins.(5-25-2009)

  • Kyle Busch win record in three series: #18-Kyle Busch has 15 victories across NASCAR's three national series, which is one more then the former all-time record set by Kevin Harvick in 2006 [Harvick didn't win a Truck race, but 14 Cup and Busch races], if you count drivers who have won at least one race in each series in a season, it has happened six times, four by Busch:
    1995: Terry Labinte - 3 Cup wins, 1 Nationwide win and 1 Truck win, 5 total
    2003: Kevin Harvick - 1, 3, 1, 5
    2005: Kyle Busch - 2, 1, 3, 6
    2006: Kyle Busch - 1, 1, 1, 3
    2007: Kyle Busch - 1, 4, 2, 6
    2008: Kyle Busch - 8, 10, 3, 21
    2009: Kyle Busch - 3, 3, 2, 8
    (5-2-2009)

  • Wins in Multiple Series: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya became the third driver to earn victories in F1, NASCAR and Indy cars, joining Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney.(ESPN.com)(6-25-2007)

  • NC drivers shut out of a win for the first time ever: Since none of the five North Carolina born drivers, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #44-Dale Jarrett, #83-Brian Vickers, #45-Kyle Petty or Scott Riggs [no current ride] won the final race in 2007 at Homestead, FL, it was the first year since the NASCAR Cup Series started that a driver born in North Carolinia did not win at least one race in a season. Lee Petty won at least one race every year from 1949 thru 1961, then Richard Petty did it from 1961 thru 1977, Benny Parsons won in 1978, Dale Earnhardt in 1979-1980, Richard won in 1981, the Dale Earnhardt won at least a race a year from 1982 thru 1996, Dale Jarrett 1993 thru 2003 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2000-2006. Of course many other North Carolina born drivers won in those years.(9-21-2007)
    UPDATE: Kyle Petty - "I have been asked, on several occasions, my opinion on the fact that no driver from the state of North Carolina has won a race yet this season. If you look, there are probably fewer of us now than at any point in the history of NASCAR. It's just a part of the evolution of the sport. I think North Carolina, as a whole, definitely played a large role in getting Cup racing to the level it is today. At the same time we're heading to Kansas the home of Sprint, our series title sponsor in 2008. The sport has changed and it has grown much bigger and better. That is no way a negative."(Petty Racing PR)(11-18-2007)
    UPDATE 2: With #88-Dale Earnhardt's win at Michigan, it is the first time a driver born in North Carolina has won a Cup race since Brian Vickers won at Talladega in Ocr 2006. The 2007 season was the first time in the history of the sport that no North Carolina drivers won at least one race in a season.(6-15-2008)

    Active Drivers / Longest Winless Streak

    (races the driver has run since the win, not including race attempts, or all races run, if not entered/attempted)
    Ken Schrader, 6-2-91, Dover, 554 attempts [602 races since]
    Kyle Petty, 6-4-95, Dover, 429 attempts [480 races since]
    #75-Derrike Cope, 6-3-90, Dover, 327
    #34-John Andretti, 4-18-99, Martinsville, 223 [360]
    #09-Sterling Marlin, 3-17-02, Darlington, 208 [259]
    #7-Robby Gordon, 8-10-03, Watkins Glen, 205 [206]
    #55-Michael Waltrip, 9-28-03, Talladega, 197 [199]
    #96-Bobby Labonte, 11-16-03, Homestead, 192
    #19-Elliott Sadler, 9-5-04, California, 167
    #87-Joe Nemechek, 10-10-04, Kansas, 157 [162]
    Terry Labonte, 8-31-2003, Darlington, 92 [202]
    #41-Jeremy Mayfield, 8-21-05, Michigan, 88 [133]
    #29-Kevin Harvick, 2-18-2007, Daytona, 83
    #21-Bill Elliott, 11-9-03, Rockingham, 76 [192]
    #83-Brian Vickers, 10-8-2006, Talladega, 90
    #07-Casey Mears, 5-27-2007, Charlotte, 72
    #1-Martin Truex Jr., 6-4-2007, Dover, 71
    #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 6-24-07, Sonoma, 68
    #26-Jamie McMurray, 7-7-07, Daytona, 66
    2008 season
    #39-Ryan Newman, 2-17-2008, Daytona, 47
    #11-Denny Hamlin, 3-30-2008, Martinsville, 42
    #33-Clint Bowyer, 5-3-2008, Richmond, 38
    #9-Kasey Kahne, 6-8-2008, Pocono, 34
    #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6-15-2008, Michigan, 33
    #16-Greg Biffle, 9-21-2008, Dover, 20
    #14-Tony Stewart, 10-5-2008, Talladega, 18
    #31-Jeff Burton, 10-11-2008, Charlotte, 17
    #99-Carl Edwards, 11-16-2008, Homestead, 12
    2009 season
    #17-Matt Kenseth, 2-22-2009, California, 10
    #2-Kurt Busch, 3-8-2009, Atlanta, 8
    #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3-29-2009, Martinsville, 6
    #24-Jeff Gordon, 4-5-2009, Texas, 5
    #09-Brad Keselowski, 4/26/2009, Talladega, 1, [3]
    #18-Kyle Busch, 5-2-2009, Richmond, 2
    #5-Mark Martin, 5-9-2009, Darlington, 1
    #00-David Reutimann, 5-25-2009, Charlotte, 0B (5-25-2009)

    Driver with the Most Wins in Each Season - Modern Era

    2009 - Kyle Busch, 3 wins, 12 races (Jeff Gordon, leads points, 1 win)
    2008 - Carl Edwards, 9 wins, 36 races (Jimmie Johnson, Champ, 7 wins)
    2007 - Jimmie Johnson*, 10, 36
    2006 - Kasey Kahne, 6, 36 (Jimmie Johnson, 5)
    2005 - Greg Biffle, 6, 36 (Tony Stewart, 5)
    2004 - Jimmie Johnson, 8, 36 (Kurt Busch,3)
    2003 - Ryan Newman, 8, 36 (Matt Kenseth, 1)
    2002 - Matt Kenseth, 5, 36 (Tony Stewart, 3)
    2001 - Jeff Gordon*, 6, 36
    2000 - Tony Stewart, 6, 34 (Bobby Labonte)
    1999 - Jeff Gordon, 7, 34 (Dale Jarrett)
    1998 - Jeff Gordon*, 13, 33 [Modern Era Record]
    1997 - Jeff Gordon*, 10, 32
    1996 - Jeff Gordon, 10, 31 (Terry Labonte, 2)
    1995 - Jeff Gordon*, 7, 31
    1994 - Rusty Wallace, 8, 31 (Dale Earnhardt)
    1993 - Rusty Wallace, 10, 30 (Dale Earnhardt)
    1992 - Davey Allison; Bill Elliott, 5, 29 (Alan Kulwicki, 2)
    1991 - Davey Allison; Harry Gant, 5, 29 (Dale Earnhardt)
    1990 - Dale Earnhardt*, 9, 29
    1989 - Rusty Wallace*; Darrell Waltrip, 6, 29
    1988 - Bill Elliott*; Rusty Wallace, 6, 29
    1987 - Dale Earnhardt*, 11, 29
    1986 - Tim Richmond, 7, 29 (Dale Earnhardt)
    1985 - Bill Elliott, 11, 28 (Darrell Waltrip)
    1984 - Darrell Waltrip, 7, 30 (Terry Labonte, 2)
    1983 - Bobby Allison*; Darrell Waltrip, 6, 30
    1982 - Darrell Waltrip*, 12, 30
    1981 - Darrell Waltrip*, 12, 31
    1980 - Cale Yarborough, 6, 31 (Dale Earnhardt)
    1979 - Darrell Waltrip, 7, 31 (Richard Petty)
    1978 - Cale Yarborough*, 10, 30
    1977 - Cale Yarborough*, 9, 30
    1976 - David Pearson, 10, 30 (Cale Yarborough)
    1975 - Richard Petty*, 13, 30 [Modern Era Record]
    1974 - Richard Petty*, 10, 30
    1973 - David Pearson, 11, 28 (Benny Parsons, 1)
    1972 - Bobby Allison, 10, 31 (Richard Petty)
    * also won the Championship (5-9-2009)

    Active Owner Wins

    Richard Petty Motorsports [both PE & GEM], 283
    Petty Enterprises, 268 [without GEM]
    Hendrick Motorsports, 179
    Roush Fenway Racing, 115
    Wood Brothers, 96
    Richard Childress Racing 89
    Joe Gibbs Racing, 71
    Penske Championship Racing, 63 (b)
    Yates Racing, 57
    Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, 40
    Dale Earnhardt Inc, 26 (c) [without Ganassi]
    Gillette Evernham Motorsports, 15 [without PE]
    Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, 14 (a)[without DEI]
    Phoenix Racing, 1
    Michael Waltrip Racing, 1
    (a) includes 8 wins when Sabates was the sole owner from 1988-2000
    (b) includes 3 wins from Kranefus with Mayfield
    (c) included 2 wins from Ginn Racing/MB2 Motorsports

    (5-25-2009)

    All Time Owner Wins

    1) Richard Petty Motorsports, 283
    1a) Petty Enterprises, 268*
    2) Hendrick Motorsports, 179*
    3) Junior Johnson, 140
    4) Roush Fenway Racing, 115*
    5) Wood Brothers, 96*
    6) Holman-Moody, 92
    7) Richard Childress Racing, 89*
    8) Joe Gibbs Racing, 71*
    9) Bud Moore, 63
    9) Roger Penske, 63*
    11) Robert Yates Racing, 57*
    12) Carl Kiekhaefer, 54
    * active owner (5-25-2009)

    Active Crew Chief Wins

    (unofficial)
    #48-Chad Knaus, 39 [2006, 2007, 2008 Champ]
    [Grubb won 2 races with Johnson, who has 41]
    #20-Greg Zippadelli, 33 [2002, 2005 Champ]
    Todd Parrott, 29 [1999 Champ]
    #6-Jimmy Fenning, 27 [2004 Champ]
    #99-Bob Osborne, 15
    #64-Doug Richert, 14 [1980 Champ]
    #60-Frank Stoddard, 14
    #18-Steve Addington, 11
    #07-Todd Berrier, 11
    #9-Kenny Francis, 10
    #24-Steve Letarte, 10
    #11-Mike Ford, 8
    #2-Pat Tryson, 7
    #5-Alan Gustafson, 6
     #31-Scott Miller, 6, [1 with PPI, 1 as a sub with #29-Harvick]
    #36-Tommy Baldwin Jr., 5
    #26-Donnie Wingo, 5
    #29-Gil Martin, 4
    #71-Richard 'Slugger' Labbe, 4
    #14-Darian Grubb, 3 [2 as a sub for #48-Knaus in 2006, 1 with Mears in the #25]
    #16-Greg Erwin, 3
    #12-Roy McCauley, 2
    #17-Drew Blickensderfer, 2
    #41-Tony Furr, 2
    #88-Tony Eury Jr., 2
    #98-Larry Carter, 2 [1 with #26 Roush, 1 with #2 Penske]
    #1-Kevin Manion, 1
    Chip Bolin, 1 [at Calif while Robby Reiser was suspended, back to engineer job in 2009]
    #25-Lance McGrew, 1 [R&D Hendrick]
    #96-Ben Leslie, 1 [also with Ford]
    #34-Scott Eggleston, 1 [with Michael Waltrip - Daytona 500]
    #83-Ryan Pemberton, 1
    #82-Jimmy Elledge, 1 [with Andy Petree Racing]
    #09-Marc Reno, 1
    #00-Rodney Childers, 1

    Retired or no longer an acticve crew chief in the Sprint Cup Series:
    Smokey Yunick*, 57 [1951, 1953]
    Tim Brewer, 53 [1978, 1981 Champ][Broadcaster]
    Ray Evernham, 49 [1995, 1997, 1998 Champ][part time Team Owner]
    Kirk Shelmerdine, 46 [1986,1987,1990,1991 champ][Driver]
    Jeff Hammond, 43 [1982, 1985 Champ] [Broadcaster]
    Robbie Loomis, 26 [2001 Champ][VP of Richard Petty Motorsports]
    Larry McReynolds, 23 [Broadcaster]
    Steve Hmiel, 19 [1 with #8, 18 with Mark Martin][Earnhardt Ganassi management]
    Tony Eury Sr., 15 [JR Motorsports in NNS]
    Robby Reiser, 15 [2003 Champ][GM of Roush Fenway Racing]
    Paul Andrews, 12 [1992 Champ]
    Matt Borland, 12 [Still with Stewart Haas Racing as Director?]
    Kevin Hamlin, 9 [all with RCR]
    Michael McSwain, 5
    Lee McCall, 5
    Joey Knuckles, 4
    Peter Sospenzo, 3
    Mike Beam, 3 [trucks]
    Jim Long, 3 [Hendrick Busch teams]
    Chris Andrews, 1 [at Roush Racing as engineer]
    Chris Carrier, 1 [looking]
    Randy Goss, 1 [trucks]
    James Ince, 1 [looking]
    NOTE: wins may not be with current teams, missing many of the old timers/past crew chiefs as I have not found accurate records of wins
    * deceased
    (5-25-2009)

  • Multiple Championships as a Crew Chief:
    8 Dale Inman (7 with Richard Petty 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979; 1 with Terry Labonte 1984)
    4 Kirk Shelmerdine (4 with Dale Earnhard 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991)
    3 Ray Evernham (3 with Jeff Gordon 1995, 1997, 1998)
    3 Bud Moore (2 with Joe Weatherly 1962, 1963; 1 with Buck Baker 1957)
    3 Lee Petty (3 with Lee Petty 1954, 1958, 1959)
    3 Chad Knaus (3 with Jimmie Johnson 2006, 2007, 2008)
    2 Greg Zipadelli (2 with Tony Stewart 2002, 2005)
    2 Andy Petree (2 with Dale Earnhardt 1993, 1994)
    2 Jeff Hammond (2 with Darrell Waltrip 1982, 1985)
    2 Herb Nab (2 with Cale Yarborough 1976, 1977)
    2 Jake Elder (2 with David Pearson 1968, 1969)
    2 Travis Carter (1 with Benny Parsons 1973, 1 with Cale Yarborough 1978)
    2 Tim Brewer (1 with Cale Yarborough 1978, 1 with Darrell Waltrip 1981)
    2 Carl Kiekhafer (1 with Tim Flock 1955; 1 with Buck Baker 1956)
    2 Smokey Yunick (2 with Herb Thomas 1951, 1953)

  • Daytona 500, Winning crew chiefs, Drivers
    1959 Kenny Myler Lee Petty
    1960 Ray Fox Junior Johnson
    1961 Smokey Yunick Marvin Panch
    1962 Smokey Yunick(2) Fireball Roberts
    1963 Leonard Wood Tiny Lund
    1964 Lee Petty Richard Petty
    1965 Jack Sullivan Fred Lorenzen
    1966 Lee Petty(2) Richard Petty
    1967 Eddie Pagan Mario Andretti
    1968 Leonard Wood(2) Cale Yarborough
    1969 Herb Nab LeeRoy Yarbrough
    1970 Maurice Petty Pete Hamilton
    1971 Dale Inman Richard Petty
    1972 Leonard Wood(3) A.J. Foyt
    1973 Dale Inman(2) Richard Petty
    1974 Dale Inman(3) Richard Petty
    1975 Travis Carter Benny Parsons
    1976 Leonard Wood(4) David Pearson
    1977 Herb Nab(2) Cale Yarborough
    1978 Bud Moore Bobby Allison
    1979 Dale Inman(4) Richard Petty
    1980 Waddell Wilson Buddy Baker
    1981 Dale Inman(5) Richard Petty
    1982 Gary Nelson Bobby Allison
    1983 Waddell Wilson(2) Cale Yarborough
    1984 Waddell Wilson(3) Cale Yarborough
    1985 Ernie Elliott Bill Elliott
    1986 Gary Nelson(2) Geoffrey Bodine
    1987 Ernie Elliott(2) Bill Elliott
    1988 Jimmy Fennig Bobby Allison
    1989 Jeff Hammond Darrell Waltrip
    1990 Buddy Parrott Derrike Cope
    1991 Tony Glover Ernie Irvan
    1992 Larry McReynolds Davey Allison
    1993 Jimmy Makar Dale Jarrett
    1994 Tony Glover(2) Sterling Marlin
    1995 Tony Glover(3) Sterling Marlin
    1996 Todd Parrott Dale Jarrett
    1997 Ray Evernham Jeff Gordon
    1998 Larry McReynolds(2) Dale Earnhardt
    1999 Ray Evernham(2) Jeff Gordon
    2000 Todd Parrott(2) Dale Jarrett
    2001 Scott Eggleston Michael Waltrip
    2002 Tommy Baldwin Jr. Ward Burton
    2003 Slugger Labbe Michael Waltrip
    2004 Tony Eury Sr. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
    2005 Robbie Loomis Jeff Gordon
    2006 Darian Grubb Jimmie Johnson
    2007 Todd Berrier Kevin Harvick
    2008 Roy McCauley Ryan Newman
    2009 Drew Blickensderfer Matt Kenseth

  • Drivers with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
    8, Kurt Busch, Atlanta, March 2009
    8, Jimmie Johnson, Martinsville, March 2009
    5, Kyle Busch, Richmond, May 2009
    1, Matt Kenseth, Daytona, February 2009
    1, Jeff Gordon, Texas, April 2009
    1, Brad Keselowski, Talladega, April 2009
    1, David Reutimann, Charlotte, May 2009

  • Drivers with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
    9, Tony Stewart, Talladega, October 2008
    6, Greg Biffle, Dover, September 2008
    3, Jeff Burton, Charlotte, October 2008
    3, Denny Hamlin, Martinsville, March 2008
    2, Carl Edwards, Homestead, November 2008
    2, Clint Bowyer, Richmond, May 2008
    1, Ryan Newman, Daytona, February 2008
    1, Kasey Kahne, Pocono, June 2008
    1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michigan, June 2008

  • Drivers who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2008
    14, Jeff Gordon, Charlotte, October 2007
    6, Matt Kenseth, Homestead, November 2007
    2, Kevin Harvick, Daytona, February 2007
    1, Casey Mears, Charlotte, May 2007
    1, Martin Truex Jr., Dover, June 2007
    1, Juan Pablo Montoya, Sonoma, June 2007
    1, Jamie McMurray, Daytona, July 2007

  • drivers who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2007
    6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Richmond, May 2006 [won in 2008]
    2, Kasey Kahne, Charlotte, May 2006 [won in 2008]
    1, Brian Vickers, Talladega, October 2006

  • Owners with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
    Owner, Wins, Number of Years, Specific Years
    Hendrick Motorsports, 165, 24, 1986 - 2009
    Penske Championship Racing, 56, 19, 1991 - 2008
    Joe Gibbs Racing, 71, 17, 1993 - 2009
    Roush Fenway Racing, 98, 13, 1997 - 2009
    Phoenix Racing, 1, 1, 2009
    Michael Waltrip racing , 1, 1, 2009

  • Owners with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
    and need to win in 2009 to extend their streaks
    Owner, Wins, Number of Years, Specific Years
    Richard Childress Racing, 20, 4, 2005 - 2008
    Gillett Evernham Motorsports. 2, 1, 2008

  • Owners who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2008
    Owner, Wins, Seasons, Years
    Dale Earnhardt, Inc., 24, 8, 2000 - 2007
    Chip Ganassi Racing, 6, 1, 2007 - 2007

  • Kenseth ties record for season start: #17-Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California. He became just the fourth driver to win the Daytona 500 AND then the next race of the season:
    Richard Petty, (1973) Daytona & Richmond, 23rd at Rockingham in 3rd race
    Cale Yarborough, (1977) Daytona & Richmond, 6th at Rockingham
    Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
    Also Kenseth is the fifth driver to win the first two races of the season
    Marvin Panch (1957), Lancaster & Concord, 3rd at Titusville
    Bob Welborn (1959), Fayetteville & Daytona Qual Race [points race then], 41st Daytona 500, started from pole
    David Pearson (1976), Riverside & Daytona 500, 29th at Rockingham
    Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
    no driver has won the first three races of the season and no driver has won the next two races after the Daytona 500.(2-26-2009)

  • Last time a driver won and not be at the following race? #40-Jamie McMurray won at Lowe's Motor Speedway last week, but due to a committment to his #27 Nationwide [the Busch] team, he did not race at Martinsville. It marked the first time a race winner has not started the next event since 1984 when it happened twice. In March 1984, Benny Parsons won the Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta but did not start the next race (Valleydale 500 at Bristol). In April 1984, Cale Yarborough won the Winston 500 at Talladega but did not start the next race (Coors 420 at Nashville Fairgrounds). Both Parsons and Yarborough were running limited schedules at the time focusing on the larger tracks.(10-18-2002)
    LATEST: #09-Brad Keselowski won at Talladega in April 2009 and did not run the following race at Richmond in May 2009.(5-2-2009)
  • Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won three or
    more consecutive races in a season:
    1951 Herb Thomas: Macon, Langhorne, Charlotte
    1952 Dick Rathmann: Langhorne, Darlington, Dayton
    1954 Herb Thomas: Mechanicsburg, Spartanburg, Weaverville
    1956 Buck Baker: Hillsboro, Martinsville, New Oxford
    1957 Fireball Roberts: North Wilkesboro, Langhorne, Charlotte
    1958 Junior Johnson: Columbia, Bradford, Reading
    1961 Junior Johnson: Weaverville, Richmond, South Boston
    1962 Richard Petty: Roanoke, Winston-Salem, Spartanburg
    1963 Richard Petty: Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Columbia
    1964 Billy Wade(4): Old Bridge, Bridgehampton, Islip, Watkins Glen
    1966 David Pearson(4): Hickory, Columbia, Greenville, Winston-Salem
    1966 Richard Petty: Darlington, Hampton, Macon
    1967 Richard Petty: Fonda, Islip, Bristol
    1967 Richard Petty(10/record): Winston-Salem, Columbia, Savannah, Darlington, Hickory, Richmond, Beltsville, Hillsboro, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
    1968 David Pearson(4): Weaverville, Darlington, Beltsville, Hampton
    1968 Richard Petty: Columbia, Winston-Salem, Weaverville
    1968 Richard Petty: Hillsboro, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
    1969 Bobby Isaac: Columbia, Hickory, Greenville
    1970 Richard Petty: Richmond, Dover, Raleigh
    1971 Bobby Allison(5): Charlotte, Dover, Michigan, Riverside, Houston
    1971 Richard Petty(5): Malta, Islip, Trenton, Nashville, Atlanta
    Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won three or
    more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972:
    1972 Bobby Allison: Bristol, Trenton, Atlanta
    1973 David Pearson: Darlington, Martinsville, Talladega
    1974 Richard Petty (X): Atlanta, Pocono, Talladega
    1975 Richard Petty (X): Bristol, Atlanta, North Wilkesboro
    1976 Cale Yarborough (X)(4): Richmond, Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
    1976 David Pearson: Charlotte, Riverside, Michigan
    1981 Darrell Waltrip (X)(4): Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, Rockingham
    1983 Bobby Allison (X): Darlington, Richmond, Dover
    1987 Dale Earnhardt (X): Bristol, Darlington, Richmond
    1987 Dale Earnhardt (X)(4): Darlington, North Wilkesboro, Bristol, Martinsville
    1988 Rusty Wallace: Charlotte, North Wilkesboro, Rockingham
    1991 Harry Gant (4): Darlington, Richmond, Dover, Martinsville
    1992 Bill Elliott (4): Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta, Darlington
    1993 Mark Martin (4): Watkins Glen, Brooklyn, Bristol, Darlington
    1993 Rusty Wallace: Bristol, North Wilkesboro, Martinsville
    1994 Rusty Wallace: Dover, Pocono, Michigan
    1996 Jeff Gordon: Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
    1998 Jeff Gordon (X)(4): Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Michigan
    1998-1999 Jeff Gordon: Rockingham, Atlanta, Daytona (1999)
    2004-Jimmie Johnson*: Charlotte, Martinsville, Atlanta
    2007-Jimmie Johnson (X)(4): Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix
    (*odd note: Ryan Newman won the pole for all three races Johnson won)
    (X = won the Cup Championship that season)
    (All have won at least one championship except Rathmann, Roberts, Wade, Gant and Martin)

  • Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won four or more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972:
    1976 Cale Yarborough (X)(4): Richmond, Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
    1981 Darrell Waltrip (X)(4): Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, Rockingham
    1987 Dale Earnhardt (X)(4): Darlington, North Wilkesboro, Bristol, Martinsville
    1991 Harry Gant (4): Darlington, Richmond, Dover, Martinsville
    1992 Bill Elliott (4): Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta, Darlington
    1993 Mark Martin (4): Watkins Glen, Brooklyn, Bristol, Darlington
    1998 Jeff Gordon (X)(4): Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Michigan
    2007-Jimmie Johnson (X)(4): Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix
    (X = won the Cup Championship in that season)
    The last time a driver win five races in a row, was Richard Petty in 1971, the record is 10 by Petty in 1967.(11-18-2007)

  • Whoops, Allison back to 84 wins: Darrell Waltrip is again tied for third all-time in career wins after NASCAR disallowed Bobby Allison's claim to an additional win. Darrell Waltrip's place in the NASCAR record book has shifted again. The record for all-time victories will be revised to put the Franklin resident back in a third-place tie with Bobby Allison at 84 wins apiece, NASCAR Vice President Jim Hunter said. Hunter said a ''computer glitch'' resulted in a change to the records last year that awarded Allison one more win than Waltrip. ''As long as they don't take any wins away from me, I don't care,'' Waltrip said yesterday at the NASCAR Nextel Media Tour. Both remain behind Richard Petty (200 wins) and David Pearson (105). Allison for decades has claimed that he owned a 1971 victory at North Wilkesboro, N.C., for which he was never credited. NASCAR had ruled that win didn't qualify as a victory in what was then the Grand National Series [now Nextel Cup]. Said racing historian Bob Moore: ''Bobby was driving a Mustang in what was then the Grand American Series. NASCAR needed to fill out the field at North Wilkesboro that day and invited him to enter the car in its Grand National race. After Bobby won the race he was told it didn't count as a Grand National win.'' Allison appeared to have won the argument. Last year NASCAR's media update book listed Allison with 85 wins and Waltrip with 84. ''There had been some discussion with NASCAR about changing the record,'' Moore said. ''Apparently the editor of the update book thought a decision had been made to give Bobby the win and printed the revised record.''(Tennessean)(1-26-2005)

  • Allison wins up a notch UPDATE sort of: hadn't heard this..so.....When Darrell Waltrip quit Cup racing four years ago, he was tied with fellow retiree Bobby Allison at third in all-time wins. According to the NASCAR record book, both had 84 victories (behind Richard Petty's 200 and David Pearson's 105). At the start of the 2004 season, however, those records were altered. Allison was awarded an 85th win, leaving him alone in third and dropping Waltrip to fourth. Allison had long argued that decades ago he won a race for which he was never credited. There was a dispute over whether the race Allison won was, at the time, part of NASCAR's official premier series [he won in a Mustang]. Last year NASCAR finally decided in Allison's favor. Waltrip still holds the distinction as the winningest driver in NASCAR's modern era (1972-present), during which time all of his 84 victories came. Second is Dale Earnhardt (76) followed by Jeff Gordon and Cale Yarborough (69 each), Petty (60) and Allison (55). Waltrip is preparing for his fifth season as a Fox Sports racing commentator. He begins his duties during next month's Daytona SpeedWeeks.(Tennessean)(1-5-2005)
    UPDATE: from a DW Q&A column at FoxSports.com: Linda from Manassas, Va.: I just read where NASCAR, after reviewing the situation, has given Bobby Allison a win he had in a Mustang. Wonder if NASCAR will ever "review the situation" and give you the win at North Wilkesboro that they gave to Brett Bodine?! [no idea what that one is about??]
    DW's Answer: "I heard through the grapevine — through Jayski actually — that NASCAR had revised the results after 30 years and given Bobby Allison credit for some race that he won in a Mustang. No one has called me and told me anything about it, not that they necessarily would. A Mustang has never been a Cup car so I don't know if that change is official or not. If it is, it would be one of those things that make you go "Hmmm."(FoxSports), been told by sources that Bobby Allison also had not heard about the win being added.(1-12-2005)
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