All-time NASCAR Cup Series lap leaders at Bristol
This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series will visit Bristol Motor Speedway for its playoff elimination race for the Round of 16.
The track has hosted 122 Cup Series on its paved surface, making its debut on the schedule in 1961. Races at the .533-mile speedway are scheduled for 500 laps (267 miles).
Overall, 19 drivers have eclipsed 1,000 laps led at Bristol, the equivalent of two full races.
Cale Yarborough is the all-time lap leader at Bristol with 4,305 laps led, a nine-time winner at the track.
Darrell Walltrip is the all-time wins leader, with 12 wins. He ranks fourth all-time for laps led with 3,436.
The top lap leader among active drivers is Kyle Busch with 2,593. Busch has eight wins at Bristol.
Drivers with 1,000+ laps led at Bristol
Cale Yarborough – 4,305
Dale Earnhardt – 3,751
Rusty Wallace – 3,723
Darrell Waltrip – 3,436
Jeff Gordon – 2,730
Kyle Busch – 2,593
Bobby Allison – 2,316
Richard Petty – 2,212
David Pearson – 1,616
Matt Kenseth – 1,583
Tony Stewart – 1,355
Benny Parsons – 1,222
Kevin Harvick – 1,209
Mark Martin – 1,200
Junior Johnson – 1,178
Fred Lorenzen – 1,119
Kurt Busch – 1,095
Brad Keselowski – 1,013
Carl Edwards – 1,009
Three active Bristol winners have a chance to lead their 1,000th lap at the track this Saturday night: Denny Hamlin (894), Kyle Larson (850) and Joey Logano (766)
The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
USA Network has the TV broadcast (streaming on NBC Sports) while PRN and SIRIUSXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90 has the radio broadcast.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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