Nascar Bristol Most Wins
A few drivers are more familiar than others with what it takes to be successful at bristol however with kurt and kyle busch the win leaders among active nascar cup drivers.
Nascar bristol most wins. Kenseth s four wins at bristol are spread over 10 years. Richard petty known as the king co holds the record for most nascar cup series series titles 7 with the late dale earnhardt and jimmie johnson. 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. This led to the elimination of shorter races 50 to 150 miles from the.
The namesake of dale earnhardt was a 15 time winner of the cup series most popular driver award and a two time daytona 500 winner before retiring to join the. Kyle busch has moved ahead of richard petty on the all time national series wins list and kevin harvick took over third by himself. Check out the 13 drivers with the most wins all time at. See where today s stars rank compared to nascar hall of famers.
Bristol trenton atlanta 1973 david pearson. The veteran won his first race at the half mile track in the 2005 fall race. Monster energy nascar cup series 2017 2019 nascar cup series 2020 present rule changes in 1972 established a minimum distance of 250 miles 400 km for points paying cup series events reduced to 186 4 miles 300 0 km in 1974 due to the ongoing energy crisis. Bristol motor speedway formerly known as bristol international raceway and bristol raceway is a nascar short track venue located in bristol tennessee constructed in 1960 it held its first nascar race on july 30 1961.
Drivers in nascar s top series who have won three or more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972. He won the fall race again in 2006 and 2013.