In its 75 year history, NASCAR has seen dozens of drivers and hundreds of paint schemes cross the finish line to get the checkered flag raised in victory.
With a much different racing schedule during his career, Richard Petty earned the most wins in a record that may never be broken – at least not in a single series – with 200 wins. But how do the top drivers of the sport lineup in the list of all time winningest drivers???
Carl Edwards starts the list with 28 career Cup Series wins.
Dale Jarrett has 32 Cup Series wins
Fireball Roberts comes in with 33 Cup Series wins
Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr are tied in 26th with 34 Cup Series wins. Busch has retired from full time driving after a severe concussion and Truex is retiring at the end of the season and has just three races to add to his total.
Joey Logano has 35 Cup Series wins – earning number 35 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend to secure a spot in the Championship Four at Phoenix Raceway.
Brad Keselowski has 36 Cup Series wins
Bobby Isaac has 37 Cup Series wins
Matt Kenseth and Tim Flock are tied with 39 Cup Series wins
Mark Martin has 40 Cup Series wins and for several years held the title of winningest driver in the what is now called the Xfinity Series with 49
Known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, Bill Elliott has 44 Cup Series wins
Buck Baker stands at 18th with 46 Cup Series wins
Herb Thomas has 48 Cup Series wins
Known on the track as Smoke, Tony Stewart has 49 Cup Series wins
Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett are tied with 50 Cup Series wins
Denny Hamlin and Lee Petty are tied with 54 Cup Series wins
Rusty Wallace sits just outside the top 10 with 55 Cup Series wins
Kevin Harvick kicks off the top 10 with 60 Cup Series wins
Hoping to keep up his streak of at least one win in every season – he has a record setting 19 – Kyle Busch has 63 Cup Series wins. He holds the record for the most wins across all three racing series – Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck – with 231, 102 of which are Xfinity Series wins.
Dale Earnhardt Sr has 76 Cup Series wins
Cale Yarborough and Jimmie Johnson are tied in sixth with 83 Cup Series wins
Darrell Waltrip leads off the top five with 84 Cup Series wins
Bobby Allison now holds down fourth place with 85 Cup Series wins
Jeff Gordon has 93 Cup Series wins
Second place belongs to David Pearson with 105 wins
And the top spot belongs to The King Richard Petty with 200 Cup Series wins.
Of the 30 winningest drivers, only five of the drivers are still active with Martin Truex Jr retiring from full time driving at the end of the season. Jimmie Johnson still runs the occasional race.