who won most races on road course

How many drivers have won a race on a road course?

Dec 30, 2021 · The Best Road-Course Drivers in NASCAR. 1. Jeff Gordon. As mentioned above, the best driver, statistically on a road course circuit, is Jeff Gordon, with nine wins. 2. Tony Stewart. The three-time NASCAR champion has eight wins to his name. 3. Chase Elliott. NASCAR Cup Series champion of 2020, ...

Who is the most winningest driver ever on a road course?

May 21, 2021 · Most Road Course Victories. Not surprisingly, Hall of Famers top the premier series road course victory list. The most successful NASCAR road racer is Jeff Gordon (2019), who has won nine times, all at either Sonoma Raceway or Watkins Glen International.

Who has won the most races in NASCAR history?

Jul 05, 2021 · Hendrick drivers have won 10 of the 20 Cup Series races so far this year. Elliott needs only two more road-course victories to catch Jeff Gordon, who has the record with nine. Tony Stewart won...

Who are NASCAR's best road course drivers?

May 29, 2021 · NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison made 43 starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1961 to 1988, winning six of them. He won both races in 1971 and also captured victories in 1972, 1978, 1981, and 1984. Allison also holds the …

Who has won the most road-course races in NASCAR history?

Who has the most number of NASCAR Cup Series Road Course winsDriverRoad-course winsTony Stewart8Chase Elliot7Rusty Wallace6Ricky Rudd61 more row•Mar 25, 2022

Who has the most road-course wins in a row in NASCAR?

Jeff Gordon His nine career road-course wins, in fact, are the most of any driver in NASCAR history. He has enjoyed stretches where he won three years in a row at both Sonoma (1998, '99 and 2000) and Watkins Glen (1997, '98 and '99).

Who is the best road-course racers in NASCAR?

Jeff Gordon Those numbers speak for themselves, and that's why Gordon remains No. 1 among NASCAR's road-course racers. Gordon's average finish of 8.24 in his career at Sonoma is the best of all active Sprint Cup drivers, as is his total of five victories.

Who is good at road courses?

NASCAR Driver Averages at Road CoursesDriverBest Finish1Chase Elliott12Denny Hamlin23Clint Bowyer44Martin Truex Jr.125 more rows

What NASCAR driver won the most races in one season?

Richard PettyRichard Petty holds the record for the most wins in a season (27) and the most wins in a career (200). As far as a season goes, it will never happen. At the time when Petty won 27 races he did so in a season where he raced 48 times.

Has any NASCAR driver won at every track?

Kyle Busch has 207 NASCAR national series wins, and his victories have come on all track types and at every active facility on the NASCAR schedule -- except one. The Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, first run last year, is scored separately from the races on Charlotte's full oval.

How many road course races did Jeff Gordon win?

Jeff Gordon is an American racing driver who drove in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 1993 to 2015, winning 93 Cup Series races and four Cup championships.

Who is the current best NASCAR driver?

DRIVERDRIVERSTG WINS1Chase Elliott #922Ryan Blaney #1233William Byron #2424Joey Logano #22036 more rows

Has Kevin Harvick ever won a road race?

The winner in 2016? None other than Stewart. It ended up being his 49th and final NASCAR Cup Series victory as Stewart retired from NASCAR racing at the conclusion of the season. Harvick's last road-course win was his first in a Ford.

Who are NASCAR's best road course drivers of all time?

Jeff Gordon in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. Photo/Getty Images

Who are NASCAR's best road course drivers among active drivers?

Elliott leads the way, but several other current NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won road course races. Two former Cup champions have won enough races to add their names to the list of NASCAR's best road course drivers.

Who are the favorites at the Daytona Road Course?

Elliott won last year's first-ever race at the Daytona Road Course, holding off Hamlin and Truex. He went for his fifth straight road course win in the Busch Clash last week before tangling with Blaney on the last lap.

Who won the first NASCAR race?

And that makes it the perfect time to delve into the history of NASCAR road races. Following are 10 fun facts about NASCAR road racing. Red Byron, shown here in 1950, won the first NASCAR premier series road race, which took place on the old Daytona Beach Road-Course in 1949.

What NASCAR races will be held in 2021?

Remaining road races on the 2021 schedule include Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma Raceway, Road America, Watkins Glen International, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. The 1962 NASCAR season was NASCAR’s last one without a road race.

How many acres are there in Road America?

I think we saw that today.". Road America, which opened in 1955, is located on 640 acres about halfway between Milwaukee and Green Bay. The 4.084-mile course features 14 turns and is surrounded by about 1,600 campsites.

How old is Elliott in NASCAR?

Elliott started in the 34th position but still found a way to win the NASCAR Cup Series at Road America on Sunday to wrap up a playoff spot. The 25-year-old Hendrick Motorsports has seven career Cup Series victories on road courses, putting him in sole possession of third place in NASCAR history.

Who is the crew chief of the Elliott race car?

"I think he's a very intelligent race-car driver," said Elliott's crew chief, Alan Gustafson. "I think that's what puts him in a really good position at road courses, where there's a lot to process and a lot that goes on. It takes him a bit of time to kind of get that all together and figured out, and then when he does, it's not just a feel. He knows what he's doing. There's a lot of thought and process behind what he does, so it's very repeatable."

Who won the first NASCAR race?

The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway took place on June 19, 1960, and was won by Joe Lee Johnson. Since then, more than 50 other drivers have taken the checkered flag on the 1.5-mile paved oval, six of whom have been fortunate enough to win five or more times.

How many NASCAR races did Richard Petty win?

Dale Earnhardt Sr., Jeff Gordon, and Richard Petty won a combined 369 NASCAR Cup Series races, 15 of those coming at Charlotte Motor Speedway where each took five checkered flags. Petty took part in the very first Cup Series race in Charlotte in 1960 and made 63 more starts on the track before retiring in 1992.

How many starts did Bobby Allison make at Charlotte?

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison made 43 starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1961 to 1988, winning six of them. He won both races in 1971 and also captured victories in 1972, 1978, 1981, and 1984. Allison also holds the track record for most laps led with 2,330.

How many wins did Jimmie Johnson have in the NASCAR Cup Series?

Jimmie Johnson leads the way with eight NASCAR Cup Series victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The seven-time Cup Series champion made 37 starts on the track from 2001 to 2020 and took his first checkered flag there in his fourth career start in the Queen City in May 2003. In both 2004 and 2005, Johnson won both races and nearly pulled it off again in 2006, finishing as the runner-up in each. He went on to add victories in 2009, 2014, and 2016 and ended his NASCAR Cup Series career with 16 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes in Charlotte.

When will NASCAR start in 2021?

on May 29, 2021. One of the most iconic venues in NASCAR, Charlotte Motor Speedway, which first opened in 1960, has hosted the fourth most races in Cup Series history, trailing only Daytona International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Richmond Raceway.

Who is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in each of the last five races?

Martin Truex Jr. is the only driver who has finished in the top 10 in each of the last five road-course races, dating back to his win at Sonoma Raceway in 2019. Three of Truex's road-course victories have come at Sonoma with the other being Watkins Glen in 2017. In the two races last year at Daytona and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, ...

How many points will the NASCAR 2021 race have?

With the recent addition of the Daytona International Speedway Road Course to the 2021 NASCAR Cup schedule, the series will now have seven points-paying races at road courses. Only eight active full-time drivers have won a NASCAR Cup Series race on a road course. Here's a look at five drivers to watch this year when the cars turn left and right.