...easier for him to keep it.Johnson easily pulled away on a restart with eight laps remaining to become the third-winningest driver in the track's 64-year history. Only Richard Petty (14 wins) and Darrell Waltrip (11) have more."There's...
...Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the number of championships, or catch David Pearson's position as the second-winningest driver in the sport's history.Two things, however, slowed Gordon's run -- Jimmie Johnson and Father Time.Although...
...remain until the Chase field is set. The top-10 drivers automatically earn a spot. Two spots will go to the winningest drivers ranked between 11 and 20. Stewart is peeking outside the contenders in 11th place. Newman is in eighth.Newman...
...champion Varenne , 2001 Horse of the Year Bunny Lake and the late pacing mare Three Diamonds .Palone is the third-winningest driver in North American harness racing history, and Jones pioneered the practice of artificial insemination at standardbred...
...series champion Dario Franchitti . He also owns a sports car in Grand-Am Road Racing with driver Scott Pruett , the winningest driver in series history.In sports cars, Ganassi has three Daytona Prototype championships. But most of his success...
...of the circuit. Ten drivers have three or more career wins at Bristol; nine won a Cup championship. The seven winningest drivers at Bristol were short-track aces: Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Cale Yarborough, Jeff Gordon...
...there's always been a Petty in NASCAR. And if Richard Petty has anything to do with it, there always will be. The winningest driver in Sprint Cup Series history was at Chicagoland Speedway for Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400 to watch both...
...Jimmie Johnson (second in the points with three races remaining) and four-time series champion Jeff Gordon, the winningest driver outside the Chase with four victories. Together, those teams have combined to win 22 of 33 races this year...
...all about consistency, not wins." While NASCAR has never had a winless champion in its 58-year history, the winningest driver rarely wins. In fact, in the past 14 years, the driver with the most wins has gone on to win the championship...
...his career, and he spent eight years trying for win No. 201. But that final victory made Petty the all-time winningest driver in NASCAR's top series. No one is close to catching the mark. The closest on the list? Retired driver David...
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