Ty Gibbs becomes 207th different NASCAR Cup Series winner
With his overtime win in the Food City 500 Sunday, Ty Gibbs became the 207th driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win in NASCAR’s top series.
The victory came in Gibbs’ 131st career start and fourth full-time season.
“One win doesn’t change my career not one bit,” Gibbs said in his post-race comments to the media at Bristol Motor Speedway. “I knew I was capable of it. My team, obviously I know they’re capable of it.
“Yeah, doesn’t mean anything. I could win the next five or just win this one and be done for a long time. It doesn’t mean anything.
“I feel like I knew I was capable of doing it. It’s obviously about putting it together. We’ve had great runs in the past.”
Prior to Bristol, Gibbs’ highest finish was second-place on two occasions: Darlington in 2024 and Chicago in 2025.
By the Numbers
Across its 78-year history, 2,997 drivers have started at least one points-awarding NASCAR Cup Series races.
Over a third of those drivers, 1,074, have finished inside the Top-10 at least once.
Of that list, 548 have scored at least one Top-5 finish.
From there, 207 drivers have won in the series.
Of the winners, 144 have won multiple Cup races.
The full wins list can be viewed here.
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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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