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Longest NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway droughts

Today will mark the second of four points-awarding NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway races this year when the tour stops at Talladega Superspeedway.

Photo by Jeff Ames/TRE

While 13 drivers entered for the GEICO 500 have won at a superspeedway, the rest of the drivers are still searching for their first win on a superspeedway.

MORE: All-time Talladega wins

Below are drivers with the most starts without a superspeedway victory. While Atlanta Motor Speedway is considered superspeedway-style racing, it is not included in this data. 

The GEICO 500 is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET (FOX/MRN).

Corey LaJoie (27 races)

Photo by Feliz Aragon/TRE

Highest SS finish: 4th (twice)
Poles: 0
Top-5 finishes: 2
Top-10 finishes: 7
Laps Led: 11

Daniel Suarez (28 races)

Photo by Chris Salazar/TRE

Highest SS finish: 7th (2023 Daytona 500)
Poles: 0
Top-5 finishes: 0
Top-10 finishes: 5
Laps Led: 85

Alex Bowman (32 races)

Photo by Erick Messer/TRE

Highest SS finish: 2nd (twice)
Poles: 3
Top-5 finishes: 3
Top-10 finishes: 10
Laps Led: 109

Kyle Larson (38 races)

Kyle Larson waves to the crowd during driver introductions before the October 29, 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Erick Messer/TRE

Highest SS finish: 4th (Talladega April 2022)
Poles: 1
Top-5 finishes: 1
Top-10 finishes: 8
Laps Led: 85

Martin Truex Jr. (76 races)

Martin Truex Jr. Erick Messer Daytona
Martin Truex Jr. sits in his chair during Daytona 500 Media Day in Daytona Beach, Fla. Photo: Erick Messer/TRE

Highest SS finish: 2nd (twice at Daytona)
Poles: 2
Top-5 finishes: 6
Top-10 finishes: 15
Laps Led: 243


The rest of the field (Total superspeedway starts in parenthesis)

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Tyler Reddick (18)
Christopher Bell (17)
Ryan Preece (17)
B.J. McLeod (16)
Chase Briscoe (13)
Cody Ware (13)
Harrison Burton (10)
Todd Gilliland (9)
Daniel Hemric (9)
Ty Gibbs (7)
Noah Gragson (7)
Anthony Alfredo (5)
John Hunter Nemechek (5)
Josh Berry (4)
Zane Smith (3)
Carson Hocevar (2)
Shane Van Gisbergen (0)


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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.

Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.

You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.

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