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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.
Dale Earnhardt (1994 car shown) was the second driver to reach seven Drivers' Championships. Jimmie Johnson (2017 car shown) was the third driver to reach seven Drivers' Championships. As of completion of the seventy-sixth season (2024), 36 different drivers have won a NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship – with 17 of these drivers winning ...
Since its inaugural season in 1949, there have been 77 NASCAR Cup Series seasons The Cup series is the premier stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. Below is a list of seasons by decade. Below is a list of seasons by decade.
For a full list of navigational templates: Category:NASCAR templates; Lists, tables, and timelines {{NASCAR driver results legend}} is for the NASCAR results table. Userpage templates and awards {{WikiProject NASCAR Award}} is an award given to any member of the project for their valued contributions. {{User WP NASCAR}} is for UBX tags.
In the beginning, teams received little support from the car companies themselves, but by the mid-1960s, teams began creating partnerships with American manufacturers to provide factory support. Chrysler, Ford and General Motors were the primary, if not only, competitors for much of NASCAR's history.
Fluid on the track brought out the only caution of the stage on lap 38 with all lead-lap cars pitting on lap 39. Goodyear 400 starting lineup Martin Truex Jr. (19), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
The car number was originally intended to be No. 46, a Hendrick car driven by Greg Sacks for the filming of Days of Thunder in 1989 and 1990, but was changed after a licensing conflict with Paramount Pictures. No. 24 was selected due to its insignificance in NASCAR history prior to Gordon; [2] at the time no driver had ever won a Cup race in ...
The 1998 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on October 17, 1998, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.Originally scheduled to be held on the Fourth of July, the race was postponed until the fall due to widespread wildfires in central Florida; it was the first superspeedway race to be held at night.