Despite all of the safety measures, racing can be a dangerous sport, wrecks are a part of the business. For a driver to start 400 consecutive races without missing any is quite a feat.
There have been nearly 30 drivers who have achieved the feat of at least 400 consecutive race starts in the Cup Series with most of them topping the 500 mark. There are four drivers that have topped the 700 consecutive race start; and one of those fell just short of 800!
This Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin will join the 400 Club to become the 29th driver to do so.
Drivers in the 400 Club:
Dale Jarrett – 424
Darrell Waltrip – 431
Carl Edwards – 437
Paul Menard – 452
Dale Earnhardt J – 461
David Ragan – 469
Greg Biffle – 501
Richard Petty – 513
Tony Stewart – 521
Kasey Kahne – 529
Clint Bowyer – 540
Brad Keselowski – 552 and counting
Matt Kenseth – 571
Ken Schrader – 579
Jamie McMurray – 581
Joey Logano – 584 and counting
Mark Martin – 621
Jeff Burton – 628
Dale Earnhardt Sr – 648 (his death)
Ryan Newman – 649
Terry Labonte – 655 – for many years he was referred to as NASCAR’s Iron Man
Jimmie Johnson – 663
Martin Truex Jr – 685
Rusty Wallace – 697
Bobby Labonte – 704
Kevin Harvick – 784
Ricky Rudd – 788
Jeff Gordon – 797!