All-time NASCAR Cup Series winners at Bristol
In the 125 NASCAR Cup Series points-awarding races held at the paved Bristol Motor Speedway, 44 drivers have won a race at the famed Tennessee short track.
The first race was held at the track in July of 1961. Jack Smith, a 21-time winner in the Cup Series, led 243 of the 500 laps en route to victory in the Volunteer 500.
Kyle Larson is the most recent victor at the track, taking the win last September.
Below is a list of the all-time winners at the track.
12 wins
Darrell Waltrip
9 wins
Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Cale Yarborough
8 wins
Kyle Busch*
6 wins
Kurt Busch
5 wins
Jeff Gordon, David Pearson
4 wins
Denny Hamlin*, Bobby Allison, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth
3 wins
Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski*, Fred Lorenzen, Richard Petty
2 wins
Jimmie Johnson*, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte, Kyle Larson*, Joey Logano*, Mark Martin
1 win
Davey Allison, Donnie Allison, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bill Elliott, Charlie Glotzbach, Paul Goldsmith, Dick Hutcherson, Ernie Irvan, Dale Jarrett, Ned Jarrett, Bobby Johns, Junior Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Benny Parsons, Jim Paschal, Fireball Roberts, Elliott Sadler, Jack Smith, Tony Stewart, Joe Weatherly, Chris Buescher*
* indicates an active driver in the Cup Series.
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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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The king of Bristol Darrell waltrip
One lane at Bristol back in the old days was the best, the ticket sales was proof of that, if you want to improve Bristol go back to the one lane