Longest NASCAR Cup Series winless streaks

On Sunday in the Chicago Street Race, Alex Bowman became the sixth driver to snap a winless streak of 36 races or more in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Earlier in the season, teammate Chase Elliott ended a 42-race winless streak in the NASCAR Cup Series. Elliott won the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at TMS. It was his first win since October 2022 at Talladega Superspeedway.

About a month later, Brad Keselowski broke through at Darlington Raceway and ended a 110-race winless streak. In three of the next seven races, others followed suit:

• Austin Cindric won at Gateway and broke an 85-race winless streak
• Joey Logano won at Nashville and snapped a 49-race winless streak
• Alex Bowman won in Chicago and snapped an 80-race winless streak

Not to mention, Daniel Suarez who won at Atlanta in a nailbiter for his first Cup Series win in 57 races.

Here are the longest winless streaks among the 34 full-time drivers.

Longest NASCAR Cup Series Winless Streaks (minimum 40 starts)

* denotes winless in career to date

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (55 races)

• 3 wins
• Most recent win: 2023 Daytona 500
• Best finish since win: 4th (Bristol Dirt 2023, Talladega – April 2024)

Noah Gragson (59 races)*

• 1 top-5, 6 top-10s
• Best finish:3rd – Talladega (April 2024)
• 12 laps led

John Hunter Nemechek (61 races)*

• Best finish: 6th (Bristol, March 2024)
• 6 top-10s
• 21 laps led (20 laps led at Talladega in April 2024)

Bubba Wallace (63 races)

• 2 career wins
• Most recent win: Kansas Speedway (September 2022)
• Best finish since win: 3rd (Texas, September 2023)

Erik Jones (65 races)

• 3 wins
• Most recent win: Southern 500 at Darlington (September 2022)
• Best finish since win: 3rd (Kansas, September 2023)

Austin Dillon (66 races)

• 4 wins
• Most recent win: Daytona (August 2022)
• Best finish since win: 3rd (Bristol Dirt, 2023)

Dillon has posted two Top-5 finishes and 12 Top-10 finishes since that win.

Daniel Hemric (67 races)*

• 1 top-5 (5th: Talladega, April 2019), 6 top-10s (3 in 2024)
• 36 laps led of 17,723 laps

Ty Gibbs (71 races)*

• Best finish: 2nd in Darlington (May 2024)
• 9 top-5s, 20 top-10s
• 442 laps led of 17,365 laps

Chase Briscoe (88 races)

• 1 win (Phoenix, March 2022)
• Best finish since win: 2nd (New Hampshire, June 2024)

Todd Gilliland (92 races)*

• 1 top-5 (4th: 2022 Indy GP), 9 top-10s (3 in 2024)
• 131 laps led (120 in 2024) of 23,592 laps

Harrison Burton (93 races)*

• 1 top-5 (3rd: 2022 Indy GP), 5 top-10s (1 in 2024)
• 67 laps led in 23,046 laps (7 in 2024)

Justin Haley (125 races)

• 1 win (Daytona, July 2019)
• Best finish since win: 2nd (Chicago Street Course, 2023)

Haley won the rain-shortened Daytona race in July 2019. Since then, he has four Top-5 finishes and 14 Top-10 finishes as he continues to impress with Rick Ware Racing.

Ryan Preece (171 races)*

• Best finish: 3rd (Talladega, April 2019)
• 4 top-5s, 13 top-10s, 1 pole
• 174 laps led of 43,754 laps (none in 2024)

Corey LaJoie (256 races)*

• 4 top-5 finishes, 9 top-10s
• Best finish: 4th – Atlanta (March 2023), Talladega (October 2023), 2024 Daytona 500
• 161 laps led of 63,900 laps (38 in 2024)