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Richard Petty holds the record for the most NASCAR Cup Series wins in history with 200. David Pearson is second with 105 victories, and Jeff Gordon is third with 93 wins. [5] Petty also holds the record for the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first race in 1960 and his last in 1984, a span of 24 years. [6]
The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in 1951 and 1953. The current Drivers' Champion is Joey Logano, who won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2024. [2] The NASCAR points system has undergone several incarnations since its initial implementation.
The 1957 fuel injected 150 model Chevrolet (known as "the black widow") was the first car to be outlawed by NASCAR. The 1957 Chevrolet won the most races, with 59 wins, more than any car to ever race in the cup series. [citation needed] Before the mid-1960s, cars were typically based on full sized cars such as the Chevrolet Bel Air and Ford ...
For the 2014 season, NASCAR made the decision to mirror the points structure of the Owner's Championships. Under this system, the highest finishing driver for each manufacturer earns the same number of points the representing team earned during the race, including bonus points for wins and laps led.
The NASCAR championship season consists of a series of races, held usually on oval tracks, and in a few cases, road courses. [4] Each season throughout NASCAR history has consisted of between 8 and 62 races. [5] The results of each race are combined to determine two championships in each of the top series, one for drivers and one for manufacturers.
List of NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour champions; List of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champions; List of NASCAR Mexico Series champions; List of NASCAR Mexico T4 Series champions; List of NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race champions; List of Busch All-Star Tour champions; List of NASCAR Convertible Division champions
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC Sport Auto racing Category Stock car racing Sports car racing (IMSA) Abbreviation NASCAR Founded February 21, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-02-21) Affiliation ACCUS-FIA Headquarters Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. (main) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Concord, North Carolina, U.S. President Steve Phelps Peter Jung (Vice President, CMO) Chairman Jim ...
Over the course of his racing career, Kyle Busch has won a combined 230 NASCAR races across NASCAR's top three Series. Busch currently has 63 NASCAR Cup Series wins and holds the all-time wins record in the Xfinity Series (102) and Truck Series (66). He is only the third driver in NASCAR history to win at least 100 races in a single series.