Harrison Burton scores 100th Cup win for Wood Brothers Racing
By winning the Coke Zero Sugar 400, Harrison Burton claimed the 100th NASCAR Cup Series victory for Wood Brothers Racing Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Burton, who will not return to the team in 2025, earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in his third full-time season and 98th career start.
“I just felt worried that I would leave the Wood Brothers with a lot of regret that I had three years to get their 100th win,” Burton said. “To get Ford in Victory Lane, to get them in Victory Lane and not have to leave this situation with regret.
Burton has struggled in his full-time tenure with Wood Brothers Racing, dating back to the 2022 Daytona 500 when he flipped and fell out of the race early.
Saturday night was his 97th start with Wood Brothers Racing and only his second Top-5 finish and sixth Top-10.
But most importantly, it was his first win that got him and the organization in the playoffs.
“To me, that means the world and now we have a chance to be in the playoffs, so we’re not gonna roll over and die. We’ve had a rough year, but this is the shot in the arm we’ve needed and we’re gonna go to Darlington set on kill.”
Wood Brothers Racing is the eighth organization to get 100 NASCAR Cup Series wins:
| Rank | Organization | NCS Wins |
| 1 | Hendrick Motorsports | 310 |
| 2 | Petty Enterprises | 268 |
| 3 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 214 |
| 4 | Team Penske | 143 |
| 5 | RFK Racing | 142 |
| 6 | Junior Johnson & Assoc. | 132 |
| 7 | Richard Childress Racing | 117 |
| 8 | Wood Brothers Racing | 100 |
| 9 | Holman-Moody Racing | 96 |
| 10 | Stewart-Haas Racing | 69 |
Prior to Saturday, the last win for WBR was Ryan Blaney’s victory at Pocono Raceway in June 2017.
Debuting in 1953, the Wood Brothers have fielded a Cup Series entry consistently since 1957.
Glen Wood scored the first victory for the team at Bowman Gray Stadium in April 1960.
Three-time Cup Series champion David Pearson scored the most wins for the team to date with 43 total.
In total, 19 drivers have earned at least once victory for the team.
WINNERS FOR WBR
David Pearson – 43
Cale Yarborough – 13
Neil Bonnett – 9
Marvin Panch – 8
A.J. Foyt – 5
Dan Gurney – 4
Glen Wood – 4
Kyle Petty – 2
Speedy Thompson – 2
Buddy Baker – 1
Curtis Turner – 1
Dale Jarrett – 1
Donnie Allison – 1
Elliott Sadler – 1
Harrison Burton – 1
Morgan Shepherd – 1
Ryan Blaney – 1
Tiny Lund – 1
Trevor Bayne – 1
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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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