NASCAR Cup Series streak extended with Ty Gibbs’ victory
With Ty Gibbs’ win Sunday (April 15) in the Food City 500, the NASCAR Cup Series has now seen at least one new winner in each of the last 11 seasons.
Prior to Gibbs, Josh Berry was the most-recent first-time winner with his victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March of 2025.
In the Next Gen era of the Cup Series (2022 through present), 2022 saw the most first-time winners at five.
Across its 78-year history, only 10 seasons did not feature a new driver winning: 1972, 1976, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015.
The full list of new first-time winners by season can be accessed here.
Current winless drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series who are competing full-time are Ty Dillon, Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson, Riley Herbst, Carson Hocevar, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, Zane Smith, Cody Ware, and Connor Zilisch.
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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.
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