All Time Races run but never had a win
Driver, Races Run
1)  JD McDuffie, 653
2)  Buddy Arrington, 563
3)  Neil Castles, 501
4)  Jimmy Means, 455
5)  Cecil Gordon, 449
6)  G.C. Spencer, 416
7)  Frank Warren, 398
8)  Dave Blaney 397*
9)  Henley Gray, 374
10) Rick Mast, 364
11) Kenny Wallace, 344
12) Ed Negre, 337
13) Hut Stricklin, 328
14) Jabe Thomas 322
15) John Sears 318
16) Roy Tyner 311
17) Ted Musgrave 305
18) Dick Trickle 303
19) Bill Champion 289
20) Richard Childress 285
*semi-active driver, has run a Sprint Cup race within the last 36-50 races
(NASCAR Statistics)(11-20-2011)

All Time Wins - Three Series Combined:
Driver, Wins
1. Richard Petty, 200 [all in Sprint Cup]
2. David Pearson, 106 [105 Cup, 1 Nationwide]
3. Kyle Busch*, 104 [23 Cup, 51 Nationwide, 30 Trucks]
4. Darrell Waltrip, 97 [84 Cup, 13 Nationwide]
4. Dale Earnhardt, 97 [76 Cup, 21 Nationwide]
5. Mark Martin*, 96 [40 Cup, 49 Nationwide, 7 Trucks]
7. Jeff Gordon*, 90 [85 Cup, 5 Nationwide]
8. Bobby Allison, 86 [84 Cup, 2 Nationwide]
9. Cale Yarborough, 83 [all in Sprint Cup]
10. Kevin Harvick*, 68 [18 Cup, 37 Nationwide, 13 Trucks]
Jimmie Johnson*, 56 [55 Cup, 1 Nationwide]
Carl Edwards*, 56 [19 Cup, 31 Nationwide, 6 Trucks]
Tony Stewart*, 56 [44 Cup, 10 Nationwide, 2 Trucks]
Rusty Wallace, 55 [all in Sprint Cup]
Ron Hornaday*, 55 [4 Nationwide, 51 Trucks]
Greg Biffle*, 52 [16 Cup, 20 Nationwide, 16 Trucks]
Junior Johnson, 50 [all in Sprint Cup]
(* active)(NASCAR)(11-20-2011)

Twenty-two winners of a race in Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races:
drivers who have won a race in each of the THREE National Series - Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks:
(Driver, Sprint Cup wins, Nationwide wins, Truck Wins)
drivers with more then one win in each series:
1)  Kyle Busch, 23, 51, 30 [104 total]
   (won in each series 2005-2011; only driver w/20 wins in each series)
2)  Mark Martin, 40, 49, 7 [96]
3)  Kevin Harvick, 18, 37, 13 [68](won in each series in 2003, 2010)
   (one of three drivers w/10 wins in each series)
4)  Carl Edwards, 19, 31, 6 [56]
4)  Tony Stewart, 44, 10, 2 [56]
6)  Greg Biffle, 16, 20, 16 [52](one of three drivers w/10 wins in each series)
   (only driver to have a championsip in the Nationwide & Truck Series, who is running Sprint Cup)
7)  Kurt Busch, 24, 3, 4 [31]
8)  Kasey Kahne, 12, 7, 3 [22]
drivers with at least one win in each series:
9) Terry Labonte, 22, 11, 1 [34](won a race in each series in 1995)
10) Bobby Labonte, 21, 10, 1 [32]
11) Denny Hamlin, 17, 11, 1 [29](won a race in each series in 2011)
12) Ryan Newman, 15, 7, 1 [23]
13) Johnny Benson, 1, 3, 13 [17]
14) Michael Waltrip, 4, 11, 1 [16]
15) Clint Bowyer, 5, 8, 3 [16]
16) Bobby Hamilton, 4, 1, 10 [15](deceased)
17) Jimmy Spencer, 2, 12, 1 [15](retired)
18) Jamie McMurray, 6, 8, 1 [15]
19) Elliott Sadler, 3, 5, 1 [9]
20) Ken Schrader, 4, 2, 1 [7](part time trucks)
21) Ricky Craven, 2, 4, 1 [7](retired)
22) Steve Park, 2, 3, 1 [6](not running in any of the three series)
23) David Reutimann, 2, 1, 1 [4]
Scott Riggs, Mike Bliss, Ron Hornaday, Aric Almirola, Todd Bodine, Mike Skinner, Jack Sprague, Johnny Sauter, Boris Said, Ron Fellows are among drivers who have at least one win in Nationwide & Trucks....none in Sprint Cup
Trevor Bayne, Marcos Ambrose, Paul Menard, Juan Pablo Montoya, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers and Morgan Shepherd, David Ragan have no Truck wins but have wins in Sprint Cup and Nationwide.(11-20-2011)

Kyle Busch win record in three series: #18-Kyle Busch had 24 victories across NASCAR's three national series in 2010, a record, breaking his own record he set in 2008 when he had 21. Before that the all-time record set by Kevin Harvick in 2006 [Harvick didn't win a Truck race, but 14 Cup and Nationawide races], if you count drivers who have won at least one race in EACH series in a season, it has happened eleven times, seven times by Busch:
1) 1995: Terry Labonte - 3 Cup wins, 1 Nationwide win and 1 Truck win, 5 total
2) 2003: Kevin Harvick - 1, 3, 1, 5
3) 2005: Kyle Busch - 2, 1, 3, 6
4) 2006: Kyle Busch - 1, 1, 1, 3
5) 2007: Kyle Busch - 1, 4, 2, 6
6) 2008: Kyle Busch - 8, 10, 3, 21
7) 2009: Kyle Busch - 4, 9, 7, 20
8) 2010: Kevin Harvick - 3, 3, 3, 9
9) 2010: Kyle Busch - 3, 13, 8, 24 record
10) 2011: Kyle Busch - 4, 8, 6, 18
11) 2011: Denny Hamlin - 1, 1, 1, 3
(11-20-2011)

Drivers who have won in all three series at the same track: Kyle Busch, Nine (9) tracks: Atlanta, Auto Club, Bristol, Chicago, Dover, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Phoenix and Talladega
Kevin Harvick, Four (5) tracks: Atlanta, Bristol, Martinsville, Michigan and Phoenix
(11-20-2011)

Most 2nd Place Finishes:
1 Richard Petty 157
2 David Pearson 89
3 Bobby Allison 87
4 Dale Earnhardt 70
5 Jeff Gordon 61
6 Mark Martin 60
7 Cale Yarborough 59
8 Darrell Waltrip 58
9 Buck Baker 56
10 Lee Petty 48
11 Buddy Baker 42
12 Terry Labonte 42
13 Rusty Wallace 42
14 Tony Stewart 40
15 Bobby Isaac 37
16 Ned Jarrett 37
17 Harry Gant 35
17 Jimmie Johnson 35
19 Jim Paschal 34
20 Dale Jarrett 32
other active drivers
Bobby Labonte 29
Jeff Burton 24
Matt Kenseth 21
Kevin Harvick 21
Carl Edwards 20
Kurt Busch 18
Kyle Busch 17
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 16
(racing-reference.info)(11-20-2011)

2nd Place before a win...record? many longer then Kahne: but with #9-Kasey Kahne getting his 6th 2nd place finish and not yet winning a Cup Series race, been asked if another driver had finished with more 2nd place finishes before winning their first race.
After a little research and race coverage, five drivers have had more 2nd's before a win:
James Hylton had 12, won in his 187th race, at Richmond in 1970
Harry Gant had 10, won in his 107th race, at Martinsville in 1982
Sterling Marlin had 9, won in his 248th race, at Daytona in 1994
ironically, Bill Elliott had 8, won in his 116th race, at Riverside [CA] in 1983.
Lennie Pond, had 7, won in his 130th race, at Talladega in 1978.
Kahne had six 2nd place finishes, when he won in his 47th race, at Richmond on 5/14/2005.
(NASCAR Encyclopedia and Forty Years of Stock Car Racing and Fox Race coverage of Texas)(5-14-2005)

Drivers with the All-Time streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
# of seasons, driver, years of streak
18, Richard Petty, 1960-1977
17, David Pearson, 1964-1980
16, Ricky Rudd, 1983-1998
16, Rusty Wallace, 1986-2001
15, Darrell Waltrip, 1975-1989
15, Dale Earnhardt, 1982-1996
14. Jeff Gordon, 1994-2007
13, Tony Stewart, 1999-2011
13, Lee Petty, 1949-1961
13, Cale Yarborough, 1973-1985
11, Dale Jarrett, 1993-2003
10, Buck Baker, 1952-1961
10, Bobby Allison, 1966-1975
10, Bill Elliott, 1983-1992
10, Jimmie Johnson, 2002-2011
10, Kurt Busch, 2002-2011
current.

Drivers with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
13, Tony Stewart, New Hampshire, September 2011 [1999-2011]
10, Jimmie Johnson, Kansas, October 2011 [2002-2011]
10, Kurt Busch, Sonoma, June 2011 [2002-2011]
7, Kyle Busch, Richmond, April 2011 [2005-2011]
6, Denny Hamlin, Michigan, June 2011 [2006-2011]
2, Carl Edwards, Las Vegas, March 2011 [2010-2011]
2, Kevin Harvick, Auto Club, March 2011 [2010-2011]
2, Ryan Newman, New Hampshire, July 2011 [2010-2011]
2, Clint Bowyer, Talladega, October 2011 [2010-2011] 1, Jeff Gordon, Phoenix, February 2011 [2011]
1, Matt Kenseth, Texas, April 2011 [2011]
1, Trevor Bayne, Daytona, February 2011 [2011]
1, Regan Smith, Darlington, May 2011 [2011]
1, Brad Keselowski, Kansas, June 2011 [2011]
1, David Ragan, Daytona, July 2011 [2011]
1, Paul Menard, Indianapolis, July 2011 [2011]
1, Marcos Ambrose, Watkins Glen, August 2011 [2011] 1, Kasey Kahne, Phoenix, November 2011 [2011]

Drivers who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2011
2, Jamie McMurray, Charlotte, October 2010 [2009-2010]
2, David Reutimann, Chicago, July 2010
1, Greg Biffle, Kansas, October 2010 [2010]
1. Juan Pablo Montoya, Watkins Glen, August 2010 [2010]

Drivers who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2010
2, Kasey Kahne, Atlanta, September 2009 [2008-2009]
1, Matt Kenseth, Auto Club, February 2009
1, Jeff Gordon, Texas, April 2009
1, Brad Keselowski, Talladega, April 2009
1, Mark Martin, New Hampshire, September 2009
1, Joey Logano, New Hampshire, June 2009
1, Brian Vickers, Michigan, August 2009 [illness in 2010, only ran 11 races]

Owners with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
team, seasons straight win, wins during streak, streak years
Hendrick Motorsports, 26, 182, 1986 - 2011
Penske Racing, 21, 61, 1991 - 2011
Joe Gibbs Racing, 19, 90, 1993 - 2011
Roush Fenway Racing, 15, 106, 1997 - 2011
Stewart-Hass Racing, 3, 13, 2009 - 2011
Richard Childress Racing, 2, 9, 2010 - 2011
Furniture Row Racing, 1, 1, 2011
Wood Brothers Racing, 1, 1, 2011
Richard Petty Motorsports, 1, 1, 2011
Red Bull Racing, 1, 1, 2011

Owners who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2011
Owner, Number of Years, Wins in this period, Specific Years
Michael Waltrip Racing, 2, 2, 2009-2010
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, 1, 4, 2010

Owners who lost winning streaks and did not win in 2010
Owner, Wins, Number of Years, Specific Years
Richard Petty Motorsports/GEM, 3, 2, 2008-2009
Phoenix Racing, 1, 1, 2009
Red Bull Racing, 1, 1, 2009

1-2 finishes: which drivers have finished 1-2 the most times?
Richard Petty and David Pearson finished first and second 62 times with Pearson winning 33 and Petty winning 29

1-2 finish stats: A couple interesting stats from Sunday's race, provided by ESPN's Marty Smith:
1) Sunday's 1-2 start/finish by #39-Newman/#14-Stewart is the first teammate 1-2 start and finish since the 1989 Daytona 500 (Darrell Waltrip and Ken Schrader for Hendrick Motorsports, Waltrip started 2nd and finished 1st, Schrader started 1st and finished 2nd).
2) The last time a team started/finished 1-2 with the same drivers in the same order was back on April 7, 1957 at North Wilkesboro with DePaolo Engineering. Fireball Roberts won from the pole, while teammate Paul Goldsmith started second and finished second.
AND Newman and Stewart qualified and finished 1-2, the first time that’s the first time in a Cup race that drivers have qualified and finished 1-2 since Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch did qualified and finished 1-2 at Pocono in June 2006.(7-18-2011)

Inaugural Race Winners....since 1993: A list of the tracks that have joined the Cup schedule since 1993, and the winners of those inaugural events.
Year, Track, Driver
2011, Kentucky, Kyle Busch
2001, Chicago, Kevin Harvick
2001, Kansas, Jeff Gordon
1999, Homestead, Tony Stewart
1998, Las Vegas, Mark Martin
1997, Texas, Jeff Burton (first career win)
1997, California, Jeff Gordon
1994, Indianapolis, Jeff Gordon
1993, New Hampshire, Rusty Wallace
(Sporting News)(7-9-2011)

Notes on first time winners: After not having a single first-time winner all of last season, there have been five in 2011, with #21-Trevor Bayne, #78-Regan Smith, #6-David Ragan, #27-Paul Menard and #9-Marcos Ambrose. Ragan took 163 Cup starts to reach Victory Lane and Menard took 167 race. That's the most for a driver before his first win since Johnny Benson won in his 226th in 2002 at Rockingham. Ragan became the seventh driver to get his first Cup win in the July race at Daytona and the first since his teammate Greg Biffle did so in 2003. Among the previous six, two never won again, and two won only one more race at the Cup level. The others were Biffle, with 16 career wins, and A.J. Foyt, with seven career wins. Menard became the first dirver ever to win his first Cup race at Indianapolis in the 18th race held there.(more stats at ESPN)(8-15-2011)

Winners of both the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600:
2010-Kurt Busch - 11th in the Sprint Cup Championship
2008-Kasey Kahne - 15th in the Sprint Cup Championship
2003-Jimmie Johnson - 2nd in the Sprint Cup Championship
1997-Jeff Gordon - won the Sprint Cup Championship
1993-Dale Earnhardt - won the Sprint Cup Championship
1991-Davey Allison - came in 3rd in Drivers points
1985-Darrell Waltrip - won the Cup Championship [first year of all-star race](5-29-2011)

Triple at Charlotte? Never done:
No driver has won the Coca-Cola 600, All-Star race & the fall race at Charlotte, Kurt Busch has the chance to do it, where the other's finished in the fall race;
2010-Kurt Busch - finished 30th
2008-Kasey Kahne - 2nd
2003-Jimmie Johnson - 3rd
1997-Jeff Gordon - 5th
1993-Dale Earnhardt - 3rd
1991-Davey Allison - 2nd
1985-Darrell Waltrip - 4th
(5-29-2011)

Winners of both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in same year:
2010-Jamie McMurray - 14th in the Sprint Cup Championship
2006-Jimmie Johnson - won the Sprint Cup Championship
1996-Dale Jarrett - 3rd in the Sprint Cup Championship.(11-21-2010)

First time winner who won back to back: It was brought up during TNT's broadcast of the Citizens Bank 400 at Michigan [not the Michigan 400 as TNT called it]. it was mentioned that no driver has ever won his second race immediately after winning his first in NASCAR's top series. That's not true. Billy Wade won at Old Bridge Stadium in New Jersey on July 10, 1964, for his first career win. Two days later, he won again on a road course at Bridgehampton, N.Y. But Wade didn't stop there. He also won July 15 at Islip (N.Y.) Speedway and July 19 at Watkins Glen. So he won his first FOUR races in back-to-back-to-back-to-back events. All of those wins came in cars owned by Bud Moore.(David Poole/Thatsracin), so Wade is the last driver to do back-to-back after winning his first, the first driver to do so was Dick Linder in 1950 with back-to-back wins at Dayton and Hamburg.(Racing-reference.info)(6-18-2007)

Triple Double in Cup-Nationwide-Trucks: While there were 3 weeks between Craftsman Truck Series races, this marks the first-time ever that all 3 national NASCAR series (Cup, Nationwide, & Truck) had back-to-back winners at the same time. Jimmie Johnson has won back-to-back Cup races (Atlanta & Las Vegas), Jeff Burton has won back-to-back Nationwide races (Atlanta & Las Vegas) and Mike Skinner has won back-to-back Craftsman Truck races (Atlanta & California).(3-19-2007)

FINAL All time winners running the COT: Car of Tomorrow with the Wing. 93 races:
1. Jimmie Johnson .... 22
2. Kyle Busch ........13
3. Carl Edwards ...11
4. Tony Stewart ..... 6
Denny Hamlin .......6
6. Mark Martin .......5
7. Jeff Gordon ..... 4
Kasey Kahne ...... 4
Kurt Busch .......... 4
10. Clint Bowyer . 2
Greg Biffle ........... 2
Jeff Burton .......... 2
Matt Kenseth ..... 2
Jamie McMurray . 2
15. Martin Truex Jr. . 1
Juan Pablo Montoya . 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. . 1
Ryan Newman .... 1
Joey Logano ...... 1
David Reutimann . 1
Brian Vickers ...... 1
Brad Keselowski . 1
No more wing after Bristol, March 2010.(3-21-2010)

To the rear winners in 2011: in 36 races so far [of 36 races] in 2011, no races have been won by drivers who had to fall to the rear of the field before the start, note: where the drivers qualified is their official starting position:
none.(11-13-2011)

Quickest wins by a driver: With Trevor Bayne's win at Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 2011, in his 2nd career start, tying a modern era record for fastest to win with Jamie McMurray who won in his second start at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Oct 2002, and John Rostek won in his 2nd career start in April 1960 at Arizona State Fairgrounds. Kevin Harvick won in his third start, when he won at Atlanta in March 2001 as did Dan Gurney in 1963. Three drivers won in their first start: Johnny Rutherford won a Daytona Qualifying race in his first start back in 1963, back then the Qualifier races counted as wins and the championship and points. Jack White won in his first start in 1949 (5th race of season and in 1951 Marvin Burke won his one and only start at Oakland; and of course Jim Roper won in his first start, the first race ever held by NASCAR in 1949. In April 2009, #09-Brad Keselowski won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, it was in his 5th career start.(2-20-2011)

Fastest to get win #10: #48-Jimmie Johnson became the 16th driver in history to record his 10th win within his first 100 career starts. His victory at Pocono Raceway on Aug 1, 2004 was his 10th in 95 career starts, making him the 13th fastest to reach 10 race wins. The fastest any driver has reached 10 wins was Speedy Thompson, who scored his tenth win in only 55 career starts.
The other drivers to post their tenth win in their first 100 starts are:
Speedy Thompson (55 starts)
Herb Thomas (58)
Tim Flock (60)
Dick Hutcherson (61)
Fonty Flock (67)
Curtis Turner (68)
Fred Lorenzen (71)
Dick Rathmann (73)
Fireball Roberts (77)
Tony Stewart (79)
Junior Johnson (81)
Bobby Allison (91)
Jimmie Johnson (95)
Ryan Newman (95)
Jeff Gordon (96)
Lee Petty (100)
others of note:
Kyle Busch (132)
Richard Petty (153)
Dale Earnhardt (179)

Fewest Starts / Fastest to 40 wins:
DRIVER, STARTS when won 40th
(17 drivers have won 40 or more Sprint Cup races)
Herb Thomas, 151
Jeff Gordon, 186
Jimmie Johnson, 254
Darrell Waltrip, 254
David Pearson, 264
Junior Johnson, 279
Ned Jarrett, 285
Richard Petty, 291
Buck Bakerm 305
Cale Yarborough, 347
Dale Earnhardt, 336
Rusty Wallace, 339
Lee Petty, 350
Bobby Allison, 433
Bill Elliott, 460
Tony Stewart, 455
Mark Martin, 749

Drivers with the fewest starts to get to 50 Sprint Cup wins:
DRIVER, STARTS when won 50th
(12 drivers have won 50 or more Sprint Cup races)
Jeff Gordon, 232
Darrell Waltrip, 278
David Pearson, 293
Jimmie Johnson, 296
Junior Johnson, 303
Ned Jarrett, 332
Richard Petty, 338
Cale Yarborough, 347
Dale Earnhardt, 369
Lee Petty, 392
Bobby Allison, 433
Rusty Wallace, 498

Sprint Cup races where winner led last lap only (since 2000);
Auto Club Speedway: #29-Kevin Harvick; #48-Johnson was 2nd and passed by Harvick on the final lap, 3/27/2011.
Michigan: #5-Mark Martin; 2nd was #24-Jeff Gordon BUT #48-Johnson and #16-Biffle both led before running out of fuel, 6/14/2009
Talladega: #09-Brad Keselowski; 2nd was #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [#99-Edwards was passed but wrecked], 4/26/2009
Talladega: #24-Jeff Gordon; 2nd was #48-Jimmie Johnson, 10-7-2007
Texas: #31-Jeff Burton; 2nd: #17-Matt Kenseth, 4/2007
Las Vegas: #48-Jimmie Johnson; 2nd: #17-Kenseth, 3/2006
Homestead: #18-Bobby Labonte; 2nd: #29-Kevin Harvick, 11/2003
Darlington: #32-Ricky Craven; 2nd: #97-Kurt Busch, 3/16/2003
(8-15-2011)

Only TWO Birthday winners EVER: Cale Yarborough is the only Sprint Cup driver to ever win a points paying race on his birthday, which is March 27. In 1977 at North Wilksboro Speedway AND 1983 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NOTE, since much email was first recieved with guess's, a few items were covered and checked: Richard Petty never won on his birthday [July 2nd] [in Cup] and neither did Jeff Gordon [August 4th]. In fact, the Brickyard 400 was only been held on Gordon's birthday once, in 2002, when Bill Elliott won. Gordon's first Brickyard 400 came on August 6, 1994.
ADD #18-Kyle Busch won at Richmond on May 2, 2009, to become only the 2nd driver EVER to win on their birthday, and only the third time ever.(5-2-2009)

Driver wins before age 25: Only 63 of 2,317 NASCAR Sprint Cup races for which the winner's age is known have been won by drivers under 25:
1. Kyle Busch, 17 [turned 25 the day after his 17th win on May 2, 2010]
2. Jeff Gordon, 15
3. Kurt Busch, 7
(tie) Richard Petty, 7
5. Junior Johnson, 5
Tied with one each: Trevor Bayne (20); Joey Logano (19); Bob Burdick. Bobby Hillin Jr.; Parnelli Jones; John Kieper; Terry Labonte, Ryan Newman, Bill Rexford; Fireball Roberts; Donald Thomas; Brian Vickers.(11-13-2011)

Most Sprint Cup Series wins before 26th birthday:
Jeff Gordon, 26
Richard Petty, 22
Kyle Busch, 21.(5-7-2011)

First foreign born driver to win since 1974: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, is the first driver born outside the United States to win a race in the Cup series since Canadian Earl Ross triumphed at Martinsville in 1974. The other foreign born driver to win a Cup race is Mario Andretti, born in Italy, won the 1967 Daytona 500.(6-25-2007)

First foreign born driver to win since 1974: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, is the first driver born outside the United States to win a race in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup series since Canadian Earl Ross triumphed at Martinsville in 1974. The other foreign born driver to win a Cup race is Mario Andretti, born in Italy, won the 1967 Daytona 500.(6-25-2007)
Montoya is first foreign driver to win two Sprint Cup races, winning a 2nd at Watkins Glen in 2010.(8-8-2010)

Ambrose 4th foreign born driver to win: After three Nationwide Series wins, a blunder last year at Sonoma and three top-3 finishes at Watkins Glen, #9-Marcos Ambrose finally got himself in Victory Lane in the Cup series by winning at Watkins Glen. In doing so, he became the first Australian-born driver to win a Cup race, and just the fourth foreign-born driver to win in NASCAR's top series. See the ol' accompanying list.
Driver, Country, Wins
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombia, 2 (Sonoma, Watkins Glen)
Marcos Ambrose, Australia, 1 (Watkins Glen)
Mario Andretti, Italy, 1 (Daytona 500)
Earl Ross, Canada, 1 (Martinsville)
Ambrose now has four wins across the three NASCAR national touring series -- in Cup, Nationwide and Trucks. That's the second most in NASCAR history among foreign-born drivers is Canada's Ron Fellows has six wins (none in Sprint Cup)(ESPN)(8-17-2011)

see my youngest / oldest winners, poles and races page

Road Course Wins: All-Time
Driver, Wins
Jeff Gordon, 9
Tony Stewart, 7
Rusty Wallace, 6
Bobby Allison, 6
Richard Petty, 6
Ricky Rudd, 6
Darrell Waltrip, 5
Tim Richmond, 5
Dan Gurney, 5
David Pearson, 4
Mark Martin, 4
Ernie Irvan, 3
Geoff Bodine, 3
Tim Flock, 3
Cale Yarborough, 3
(8-15-2011)

Runner-up Champs: what drivers have finished 2nd in the Drivers Championship the most times?
Richard Petty: 6 runner-up finshes [7 championships]
Bobby Allison: 5 [1]
Mark Martin: 5 [0] - including 2009
Dale Earnhardt: 3 [7]
Darrell Waltrip: 3 [3]
Cale Yarborough: 3 [3]
Bill Elliott: 3 [1]
Carl Edwards: 2 [0]
(11-20-2011)

Brothers with the most Sprint Cup wins [each has had to win a Sprint Cup race]
94 - Allison: Bobby (84), Donnie (10)
88 - Waltrip: Darrell (84), Michael (4)* [both Daytona 500 Champs]
62 - Flock: Tim (39), Fonty (19) Bob (4)
49 - Thomas: Herb (48), Donald (1)
47 - Busch: Kurt (24)*, Kyle (23)*
43 - Labonte: Terry (22)*, Bobby (21)* [both Series Champs]
26 - Burton: Jeff (21)*, Ward (5)
22 - Parsons: Benny (21), Phil (1)
19 - Bodine: Geoff (18), Brett (1)
[Petty Note, Richard won 200, Maurice won 0, only count if both bothers have won]
* still active.(11-20-2011)

Brother's Back-to-back wins: With #2-Kurt Busch's win at Charlotte this week and #18-Kyle Busch's win two-weeks ago at Dover, it was the fifth time, the Busch brothers have now won back-to-back races five times, the most by any brother duo in NASCAR history:
Back-To-Back Victories
Kurt, Kyle Busch - 5
Tim, Fonty Flock - 3
Bobby, Donnie Allison - 2
Tim and Bob Flock - 2
Bobby, Terry Labonte - 2
Brett, Geoff Bodine - 1
Bob, Fonty Flock - 1
Donald, Herb Thomas - 1.(9-19-2011)

Record for brotherly wins in a row: What brothers currently hold the record for most consecutive Sprint Cup wins by brother combinations?
1952: Tim, Bob and Fonty flock, four in a row
1952: Herb and Donald Thomas, four
1955: Tim and Flonty Flock, four
2008: Kurt and Kyle Busch, four.
(3-25-2009)

Last time Brothers won, back-to-back? before that it was when Kyle Busch won in May 2010 at Dover International Speedway and brother Kurt Busch won the race at Charlotte the following race.(5-30-2010)

19th Different Winner in 2001 a record UPDATE 6 add Robby Gordon: when #22-Ward Burton won the 2001 Southern 500, he became the 15th different Winston Cup winner in 2001, which breaks the record for NASCAR's modern era (which began in 1972) of 14 set in 2000 and 1991. Winners in 2001: #15-Waltrip, #1-Park, #24-Gordon, #29-Harvick, #88-Jarrett, #21-Sadler, #55-Hamilton, #2-Wallace, #20-Stewart, #99-Burton, #28-Rudd, #18-Labonte, #40-Marlin, #22-Burton, #8-Earnhardt Jr.(9-2-2001)
UPDATE - Make it 16 in 2001: #32-Ricky Craven becomes the 16th different winner in the Cup series in 2001, extending the record(10-15-2001)
UPDATE 2 - Make it 17 in 2001: #33-Joe Nemechek becomes the 17th different winner in the Cup series in 2001, extending the record(11-4-2001)
UPDATE 3 - ties an all time record from 1956: there was one other year in which 17 drivers won races. Of course, they weren't called Winston Cup races. For most of NASCAR's history, the top division was called Grand National. In the early years, it was called Strictly Stock. Seventeen different drivers won races in 1956, 45 years ago. They were, in order of points standings and with number of wins in parentheses: Buck Baker (14), Speedy Thompson (8), Herb Thomas (5), Lee Petty (2), Jim Paschal (1), Billy Myers (2), Fireball Roberts (5), Ralph Moody (4), Tim Flock (4), Marvin Panch (1), Paul Goldsmith (1), Curtis Turner (1), Jack Smith (1), Lloyd Dane (2), Eddie Pagan (1), John Kieper (1) and Fonty Flock (1).(GoCarolinas/Monte Dutton)(11-8-2001)
UPDATE 4: was informed that there are two more drivers who won in the 1956 season (which started in 1955) not listed above, Chuck Stevenson (Lancaster 11/55) and Royce Haggerty (8/56 at Portland OR), so that would be 19 drivers, which could be tied since there is two races to go. Also there were 19 different winners in 1958 and 1961(Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia)(11-10-2001)
UPDATE 5: Make it 18 in 2001: #9-Bill Elliott becomes the 18th different winner in the Cup series in 2001, extending the (modern era) record(11-11-2001)
UPDATE 6: Make it 19 in 2001: #31-Robby Gordon becomes the 19th different winner in the Cup series in 2001 after winning the season ender at NHIS, extending the (modern era) record and tying the all-time record set im 1956, 1958 and 1961.(11-23-2001)
The Nineteen 2001 Winners: Michael Waltrip, Steve Park, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Dale Jarrett, Elliott Sadler, Bobby Hamilton, Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton, Ricky Rudd, Bobby Labonte, Sterling Marlin, Ward Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ricky Craven, Joe Nemechek, Bill Elliott and Robby Gordon.

Wins in Multiple Series: #42-Juan Pablo Montoya became the third driver to earn victories in F1, NASCAR and Indy cars, joining Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney.(ESPN.com)(6-25-2007)

North Carolina drivers shut out of a win for the first time ever in 2007 and then again in 2010: Since none of the five North Carolina born drivers, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #44-Dale Jarrett, #83-Brian Vickers, #45-Kyle Petty or Scott Riggs [no current ride] won the final race in 2007 at Homestead, FL, it was the first year since the NASCAR Cup Series started that a driver born in North Carolinia did not win at least one race in a season. Lee Petty won at least one race every year from 1949 thru 1961, then Richard Petty did it from 1961 thru 1977, Benny Parsons won in 1978, Dale Earnhardt in 1979-1980, Richard won in 1981, the Dale Earnhardt won at least a race a year from 1982 thru 1996, Dale Jarrett 1993 thru 2003 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2000-2006. Of course many other North Carolina born drivers won in those years.(11-19-2007)
UPDATE 2: With #88-Dale Earnhardt's win at Michigan, it is the first time a driver born in North Carolina has won a Cup race since Brian Vickers won at Talladega in Oct 2006. The 2007 season was the first time in the history of the sport that no North Carolina drivers won at least one race in a season.(6-15-2008)
UPDATE 3: with Brian Vickers winning at Michigan in August 2009, 2007 is the only season a North Carolina born driiver has not won at least one race.(8-16-2009)
2nd TIME EVER no driver born in North Carolina, won a Sprint Cup Series race in 2010, the 2nd times in NASCAR history, the first time was in 2007.(11-21-2010)

Driver with the Most Wins in Each Season - Modern Era:
2011 - Tony Stewart, 5 wins, 36 races (Champ)
2010 - Denny Hamlin, 8 wins, 36 races (Jimmie Johnson, Champ, 6 wins)
2009 - Jimmie Johnson, 7 wins, 36 races (Jimmie Johnson, Champ, 7 wins)
2008 - Carl Edwards, 9 wins, 36 races (Jimmie Johnson, Champ, 7 wins)
2007 - Jimmie Johnson*, 10, 36 (Champ)
2006 - Kasey Kahne, 6, 36 (Jimmie Johnson, 5)
2005 - Greg Biffle, 6, 36 (Tony Stewart, 5)
2004 - Jimmie Johnson, 8, 36 (Kurt Busch,3)
2003 - Ryan Newman, 8, 36 (Matt Kenseth, 1)
2002 - Matt Kenseth, 5, 36 (Tony Stewart, 3)
2001 - Jeff Gordon*, 6, 36 (Champ)
2000 - Tony Stewart, 6, 34 (Bobby Labonte)
1999 - Jeff Gordon, 7, 34 (Dale Jarrett)
1998 - Jeff Gordon*, 13, 33 [Modern Era Record]
1997 - Jeff Gordon*, 10, 32 (Champ)
1996 - Jeff Gordon, 10, 31 (Terry Labonte, 2)
1995 - Jeff Gordon*, 7, 31 (Champ)
1994 - Rusty Wallace, 8, 31 (Dale Earnhardt)
1993 - Rusty Wallace, 10, 30 (Dale Earnhardt)
1992 - Davey Allison; Bill Elliott, 5, 29 (Alan Kulwicki, 2)
1991 - Davey Allison; Harry Gant, 5, 29 (Dale Earnhardt)
1990 - Dale Earnhardt*, 9, 29 (Champ)
1989 - Rusty Wallace*; Darrell Waltrip, 6, 29
1988 - Bill Elliott*; Rusty Wallace, 6, 29
1987 - Dale Earnhardt*, 11, 29 (Champ)
1986 - Tim Richmond, 7, 29 (Dale Earnhardt)
1985 - Bill Elliott, 11, 28 (Darrell Waltrip)
1984 - Darrell Waltrip, 7, 30 (Terry Labonte, 2)
1983 - Bobby Allison*; Darrell Waltrip, 6, 30
1982 - Darrell Waltrip*, 12, 30
1981 - Darrell Waltrip*, 12, 31
1980 - Cale Yarborough, 6, 31 (Dale Earnhardt)
1979 - Darrell Waltrip, 7, 31 (Richard Petty)
1978 - Cale Yarborough*, 10, 30
1977 - Cale Yarborough*, 9, 30
1976 - David Pearson, 10, 30 (Cale Yarborough)
1975 - Richard Petty*, 13, 30 [Modern Era Record]
1974 - Richard Petty*, 10, 30
1973 - David Pearson, 11, 28 (Benny Parsons, 1)
1972 - Bobby Allison, 10, 31 (Richard Petty)
* also won the Championship (11-20-2011)

Active Owner Wins:
Richard Petty Motorsports [both PE, GEM & Yates], 286
Petty Enterprises, 268 [without GEM or Yates]
Hendrick Motorsports, 199
Roush Fenway Racing, 125
Richard Childress Racing, 100
Wood Brothers, 98
Joe Gibbs Racing, 93
Penske Racing, 71 (b)
Yates Racing, 57 (e)
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, 44 (d)
Dale Earnhardt Inc, 26 (c) [without Ganassi]
Gillette Evernham Motorsports, 15 [without PE]
Morgan-McClure Motorsports, 14
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, 14 (a)[without DEI]
Stewart-Hass Racing, 13
Michael Waltrip Racing, 2
Red Bull Racing, 2
Richard Petty Motorsports [without Petty Enterprises & GEM], 3
Phoenix Racing, 1
Furniture Row Racing, 1
(a) includes 8 wins when Sabates was the sole owner from 1988-2000
(b) includes 3 wins from Kranefus with Mayfield
(c) includes 2 wins from Ginn Racing/MB2 Motorsports
(d) includes 26 wins from DEI [and Ginn/MB2] and Ganassi [and Sabco]
(e) renamed from Robert Yates Racing, sold to RPM after 2009
(11-20-2011)

All Time Owner Wins:
1)  Richard Petty Motorsports, 286*
1a)  Petty Enterprises, 268
2)  Hendrick Motorsports, 199*
3)  Junior Johnson, 140
4)  Roush Fenway Racing, 125*
5)  Richard Childress Racing, 100*
6)  Wood Brothers Racing, 98*
7)  Holman-Moody, 93
8)  Joe Gibbs Racing, 92*
9)  Penske Racing, 71*
10) Bud Moore, 63
11) Robert Yates Racing, 57
12) Carl Kiekhaefer, 54
* active owner (11-20-2011)

Active Crew Chief Wins:
(unofficial)
#48-Chad Knaus, 53 [2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Champ]
  [Darian Grubb won 2 races when Knaus was suspended, Johnson has 54 wins]
#20-Greg Zippadelli, 34 [2002, 2005 Champ]
#9-Todd Parrott, 30 [1999 Champ]
#17-Jimmy Fenning, 30 [2004 Champ]
#11-Mike Ford, 21
#99-Bob Osborne, 18
#22-Steve Addington, 16
#32-Frank Stoddard, 14
#71-Doug Richert, 14 [1980 Champ]
#14-Darian Grubb, 14 [2 as a sub for #48-Knaus in 2006, 1 with Mears in the #25]
#4-Kenny Francis, 13
#24-Alan Gustafson, 12
#29-Gil Martin, 11
#88-Steve Letarte, 10
#18-Dave Rogers, 7
#21-Donnie Wingo, 7
#27-Richard 'Slugger' Labbe, 5
#43-Greg Erwin, 5
#36-Tommy Baldwin Jr., 5
#1-Kevin Manion, 4
#2-Paul Wolfe, 3
#6-Drew Blickensderfer, 3
#34-Peter Sospenzo, 3
#00-Rodney Childers, 2
#33-Shane Wilson, 2
#39-Tony Gibson, 2
#46-Tony Furr, 2
#83-Ryan Pemberton, 2 [1 with #01 team in 2004]
#5-Lance McGrew, 1 [won with #25-Vickers in 2006]
#78-Pete Rondeau, 1
(11-20-2011)

Retired, deceased or no longer an active crew chief in the Sprint Cup Series:[championship years]
NOTE: wins may not be with current teams, missing many of the old timers/past crew chiefs as I have not found accurate records of wins
Dale Inman, 193 [1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1984 champ]
Len Wood, 95
Smokey Yunick, 57 [1951, 1953]
Harry Hyde, 56 [1970]
Tim Brewer, 53 [1978, 1981 Champ][ESPN TV]
Ray Evernham, 47 [1995, 1997, 1998 Champ][ESPN TV]
Kirk Shelmerdine, 46 [1986,1987,1990,1991]
Jeff Hammond, 43 [1982, 1985 Champ] [Fox TV]
Jimmy Makar, 23 [2000 Champ][JGR Executive]
Robbie Loomis, 26 [2001 Champ][Management with Richard Petty Motorsports]
Larry McReynolds, 23 [Fox/SPEED TV]
Steve Hmiel, 19 [1 with #8-Dale Jr., 18 with Mark Martin][Earnhardt Ganassi management]
Tony Eury Sr., 15 [JR Motorsports in NNS]
Robby Reiser, 15 [2003 Champ][GM of Roush Fenway Racing]
Paul Andrews, 12 [1992 Champ]
Matt Borland, 12 [Stewart Haas Racing Director]
Todd Berrier, 11
Kevin Hamlin, 9 [all with RCR]
Pat Tryson, 8
Scott Miller, 7, [1 with PPI, 1 as a sub with #29-Harvick, 1 as sub with Bowyer, management with RCR]
Michael McSwain, 5
Lee McCall, 5
Joey Knuckles, 4
Mike Beam, 3
Jim Long, 3 [Hendrick Nationwide teams]
Tony Eury Jr., 2 [Dale Jr., 1 in #8, 1 in #88][JR Motorsports NNS]
Roy McCauley, 2 [with Penske Racing]
Marc Reno, 2
Larry Carter, 2 [1 with #26 Roush, 1 with #2 Penske]
Jimmy Elledge, 1 [with Andy Petree Racing]
Scott Eggleston, 1 [with Michael Waltrip - Daytona 500]
Chris Andrews, 1 [Roush Racing as engineer]
Chris Carrier, 1 [Penske NNS]
Brian Pattie, 1
Randy Goss, 1 [?]
James Ince, 1 [?]
Chip Bolin, 1 [at Calif while Robby Reiser was suspended, back to engineer job in 2009]
Ben Leslie, 1 [with Ford]
NOTE: wins may not be with current teams, missing many of the old timers/past crew chiefs as I have not found accurate records of wins
(11-6-2011)

Multiple Sprint Cup Championships as a Crew Chief:
8 Dale Inman (7 with Richard Petty 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979; 1 with Terry Labonte 1984)
5 Chad Knaus (5 with Jimmie Johnson 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
4 Kirk Shelmerdine (4 with Dale Earnhardt 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991)
3 Ray Evernham (3 with Jeff Gordon 1995, 1997, 1998)
3 Bud Moore (2 with Joe Weatherly 1962, 1963; 1 with Buck Baker 1957)
3 Lee Petty (3 with Lee Petty 1954, 1958, 1959)
2 Greg Zipadelli (2 with Tony Stewart 2002, 2005)
2 Andy Petree (2 with Dale Earnhardt 1993, 1994)
2 Jeff Hammond (2 with Darrell Waltrip 1982, 1985)
2 Herb Nab (2 with Cale Yarborough 1976, 1977)
2 Jake Elder (2 with David Pearson 1968, 1969)
2 Travis Carter (1 with Benny Parsons 1973, 1 with Cale Yarborough 1978)
2 Tim Brewer (1 with Cale Yarborough 1978, 1 with Darrell Waltrip 1981)
2 Carl Kiekhafer (1 with Tim Flock 1955; 1 with Buck Baker 1956)
2 Smokey Yunick (2 with Herb Thomas 1951, 1953)

Daytona 500, Winning crew chiefs, Drivers
1959: Kenny Myler, Lee Petty
1960: Ray Fox, Junior Johnson
1961: Smokey Yunick, Marvin Panch
1962: Smokey Yunick(2), Fireball Roberts
1963: Leonard Wood, Tiny Lund
1964: Lee Petty, Richard Petty
1965: Jack Sullivan, Fred Lorenzen
1966: Lee Petty(2), Richard Petty
1967: Eddie Pagan, Mario Andretti
1968: Leonard Wood(2), Cale Yarborough
1969: Herb Nab, LeeRoy Yarbrough
1970: Maurice Petty, Pete Hamilton
1971: Dale Inman, Richard Petty
1972: Leonard Wood(3), A.J. Foyt
1973: Dale Inman(2), Richard Petty
1974: Dale Inman(3), Richard Petty
1975: Travis Carter, Benny Parsons
1976: Leonard Wood(4), David Pearson
1977: Herb Nab(2), Cale Yarborough
1978: Bud Moore, Bobby Allison
1979: Dale Inman(4), Richard Petty
1980: Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker
1981: Dale Inman(5), Richard Petty
1982: Gary Nelson, Bobby Allison
1983: Waddell Wilson(2), Cale Yarborough
1984: Waddell Wilson(3), Cale Yarborough
1985: Ernie Elliott, Bill Elliott
1986: Gary Nelson(2), Geoff Bodine
1987: Ernie Elliott(2), Bill Elliott
1988: Jimmy Fennig, Bobby Allison
1989: Jeff Hammond, Darrell Waltrip
1990: Buddy Parrott, Derrike Cope
1991: Tony Glover, Ernie Irvan
1992: Larry McReynolds, Davey Allison
1993: Jimmy Makar, Dale Jarrett
1994: Tony Glover(2), Sterling Marlin
1995: Tony Glover(3), Sterling Marlin
1996: Todd Parrott, Dale Jarrett
1997: Ray Evernham, Jeff Gordon
1998: Larry McReynolds(2), Dale Earnhardt
1999: Ray Evernham(2), Jeff Gordon
2000: Todd Parrott(2), Dale Jarrett
2001: Scott Eggleston, Michael Waltrip
2002: Tommy Baldwin Jr., Ward Burton
2003: Slugger Labbe, Michael Waltrip
2004: Tony Eury Sr., Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2005: Robbie Loomis, Jeff Gordon
2006: Darian Grubb, Jimmie Johnson
2007: Todd Berrier, Kevin Harvick
2008: Roy McCauley, Ryan Newman
2009: Drew Blickensderfer, Matt Kenseth
2010: Kevin Manion, Jamie McMurray
2011: Donnie Wingo, Trevor Bayne

Kenseth ties record for season start:
#17-Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California. He became just the fourth driver to win the Daytona 500 AND then the next race of the season:
Richard Petty, (1973) Daytona & Richmond, 23rd at Rockingham in 3rd race
Cale Yarborough, (1977) Daytona & Richmond, 6th at Rockingham
Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
Also Kenseth is the fifth driver to win the first two races of the season
Marvin Panch (1957), Lancaster & Concord, 3rd at Titusville
Bob Welborn (1959), Fayetteville & Daytona Qual Race [points race then], 41st Daytona 500, started from pole
David Pearson (1976), Riverside & Daytona 500, 29th at Rockingham
Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
no driver has won the first three races of the season and no driver has won the next two races after the Daytona 500.(2-26-2009)

Last time a driver won and not be at the following race? #40-Jamie McMurray won at Lowe's Motor Speedway last week, but due to a committment to his #27 Nationwide [the Busch] team, he did not race at Martinsville. It marked the first time a race winner has not started the next event since 1984 when it happened twice. In March 1984, Benny Parsons won the Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta but did not start the next race (Valleydale 500 at Bristol). In April 1984, Cale Yarborough won the Winston 500 at Talladega but did not start the next race (Coors 420 at Nashville Fairgrounds). Both Parsons and Yarborough were running limited schedules at the time focusing on the larger tracks.(10-18-2002)
LATEST: #09-Brad Keselowski won at Talladega in April 2009 and did not run the following race at Richmond in May 2009.(5-2-2009)

Six drivers who won in 2008, did not win in 2009: Six drivers were shut out of winning a Sprint Cup race in 2009 after winning at least one race in 2008: #16-Greg Biffle last won at Dover in September 2008 and lost a 6 season win streak in jeopardy. #31-Jeff Burton last won at Charlotte in October 2008 and had won at least one race a year for 3 straight seasons coming into the 2009 season; #99-Carl Edwards last won a year ago at Homestead and won 9 races in 2008 with a two-year streak; #33-Clint Bowyer last won at Richmond in May 2008 and had a 2 season streak; #39-Ryan Newman last won the 2008 Daytona 500 and #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. last won at Michigan in June 2008 after a winless 2007.(11-23-2009)

Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won three or
more consecutive races in a season:
1951 Herb Thomas: Macon, Langhorne, Charlotte
1952 Dick Rathmann: Langhorne, Darlington, Dayton
1954 Herb Thomas: Mechanicsburg, Spartanburg, Weaverville
1956 Buck Baker: Hillsboro, Martinsville, New Oxford
1957 Fireball Roberts: North Wilkesboro, Langhorne, Charlotte
1958 Junior Johnson: Columbia, Bradford, Reading
1961 Junior Johnson: Weaverville, Richmond, South Boston
1962 Richard Petty: Roanoke, Winston-Salem, Spartanburg
1963 Richard Petty: Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Columbia
1964 Billy Wade(4): Old Bridge, Bridgehampton, Islip, Watkins Glen
1966 David Pearson(4): Hickory, Columbia, Greenville, Winston-Salem
1966 Richard Petty: Darlington, Hampton, Macon
1967 Richard Petty: Fonda, Islip, Bristol
1967 Richard Petty(10/record): Winston-Salem, Columbia, Savannah, Darlington, Hickory, Richmond, Beltsville, Hillsboro, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
1968 David Pearson(4): Weaverville, Darlington, Beltsville, Hampton
1968 Richard Petty: Columbia, Winston-Salem, Weaverville
1968 Richard Petty: Hillsboro, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
1969 Bobby Isaac: Columbia, Hickory, Greenville
1970 Richard Petty: Richmond, Dover, Raleigh
1971 Bobby Allison(5): Charlotte, Dover, Michigan, Riverside, Houston
1971 Richard Petty(5): Malta, Islip, Trenton, Nashville, Atlanta
Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won three or
more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972:
1972 Bobby Allison: Bristol, Trenton, Atlanta
1973 David Pearson: Darlington, Martinsville, Talladega
1974 Richard Petty (X): Atlanta, Pocono, Talladega
1975 Richard Petty (X): Bristol, Atlanta, North Wilkesboro
1976 Cale Yarborough (X)(4): Richmond, Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
1976 David Pearson: Charlotte, Riverside, Michigan
1981 Darrell Waltrip (X)(4): Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, Rockingham
1983 Bobby Allison (X): Darlington, Richmond, Dover
1987 Dale Earnhardt (X): Bristol, Darlington, Richmond
1987 Dale Earnhardt (X)(4): Darlington, North Wilkesboro, Bristol, Martinsville
1988 Rusty Wallace: Charlotte, North Wilkesboro, Rockingham
1991 Harry Gant (4): Darlington, Richmond, Dover, Martinsville
1992 Bill Elliott (4): Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta, Darlington
1993 Mark Martin (4): Watkins Glen, Brooklyn, Bristol, Darlington
1993 Rusty Wallace: Bristol, North Wilkesboro, Martinsville
1994 Rusty Wallace: Dover, Pocono, Michigan
1996 Jeff Gordon: Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
1998 Jeff Gordon (X)(4): Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Michigan
1998-1999 Jeff Gordon: Rockingham, Atlanta, Daytona (1999)
2004-Jimmie Johnson*: Charlotte, Martinsville, Atlanta
2007-Jimmie Johnson (X)(4): Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix
(*odd note: Ryan Newman won the pole for all three races Johnson won)
(X = won the Cup Championship that season)
(All have won at least one championship except Rathmann, Roberts, Wade, Gant and Martin)

Drivers in NASCAR's top series who have won four or more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972:
1976 Cale Yarborough (X)(4): Richmond, Dover, Martinsville, North Wilkesboro
1981 Darrell Waltrip (X)(4): Martinsville, North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, Rockingham
1987 Dale Earnhardt (X)(4): Darlington, North Wilkesboro, Bristol, Martinsville
1991 Harry Gant (4): Darlington, Richmond, Dover, Martinsville
1992 Bill Elliott (4): Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta, Darlington
1993 Mark Martin (4): Watkins Glen, Brooklyn, Bristol, Darlington
1998 Jeff Gordon (X)(4): Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Michigan
2007-Jimmie Johnson (X)(4): Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix
(X = won the Cup Championship in that season)
The last time a driver win five races in a row, was Richard Petty in 1971, the record is 10 by Petty in 1967.(11-18-2007)

First Time Winners in Coke 600:
Six drivers have won the spring race at Lowe's Motor Speedway [World/Coca-Cola 600] as their first career Cup win, four all went on to win at least one Cup championship in their careers:
2009: David Reutimann [best points position is 16th in 2009]
2007: Casey Mears [best points position was 14th in 2006]
2000: Matt Kenseth [champ in 2003]
1995: Bobby Labonte [champ in 2000]
1994: Jeff Gordon [champ in 1995,1997,1998,2001]
1961: David Pearson: [champ in 1966,1968,1969]
(9-29-2009)

Winning both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide race in the same year at Daytona in February
1988: Bobby Allison
1989: Darrell Waltrip
2004: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2007: Kevin Harvick
Earnhardt Jr. and Allison are the only drivers ever to win a Twin 125 / Gatorade Duek 150, Busch / Nationwide and Sprint Cup race in the same Speedweeks.

Whoops, Allison back to 84 wins: Darrell Waltrip is again tied for third all-time in career wins after NASCAR disallowed Bobby Allison's claim to an additional win. Darrell Waltrip's place in the NASCAR record book has shifted again. The record for all-time victories will be revised to put the Franklin resident back in a third-place tie with Bobby Allison at 84 wins apiece, NASCAR Vice President Jim Hunter said. Hunter said a ''computer glitch'' resulted in a change to the records last year that awarded Allison one more win than Waltrip. ''As long as they don't take any wins away from me, I don't care,'' Waltrip said yesterday at the NASCAR Nextel Media Tour. Both remain behind Richard Petty (200 wins) and David Pearson (105). Allison for decades has claimed that he owned a 1971 victory at North Wilkesboro, N.C., for which he was never credited. NASCAR had ruled that win didn't qualify as a victory in what was then the Grand National Series [now Nextel Cup]. Said racing historian Bob Moore: ''Bobby was driving a Mustang in what was then the Grand American Series. NASCAR needed to fill out the field at North Wilkesboro that day and invited him to enter the car in its Grand National race. After Bobby won the race he was told it didn't count as a Grand National win.'' Allison appeared to have won the argument. Last year NASCAR's media update book listed Allison with 85 wins and Waltrip with 84. ''There had been some discussion with NASCAR about changing the record,'' Moore said. ''Apparently the editor of the update book thought a decision had been made to give Bobby the win and printed the revised record.''(Tennessean)(1-26-2005)

Allison wins up a notch UPDATE sort of: hadn't heard this..so.....When Darrell Waltrip quit Cup racing four years ago, he was tied with fellow retiree Bobby Allison at third in all-time wins. According to the NASCAR record book, both had 84 victories (behind Richard Petty's 200 and David Pearson's 105). At the start of the 2004 season, however, those records were altered. Allison was awarded an 85th win, leaving him alone in third and dropping Waltrip to fourth. Allison had long argued that decades ago he won a race for which he was never credited. There was a dispute over whether the race Allison won was, at the time, part of NASCAR's official premier series [he won in a Mustang]. Last year NASCAR finally decided in Allison's favor. Waltrip still holds the distinction as the winningest driver in NASCAR's modern era (1972-present), during which time all of his 84 victories came. Second is Dale Earnhardt (76) followed by Jeff Gordon and Cale Yarborough (69 each), Petty (60) and Allison (55). Waltrip is preparing for his fifth season as a Fox Sports racing commentator. He begins his duties during next month's Daytona SpeedWeeks.(Tennessean)(1-5-2005)
UPDATE: from a DW Q&A column at FoxSports.com: Linda from Manassas, Va.: I just read where NASCAR, after reviewing the situation, has given Bobby Allison a win he had in a Mustang. Wonder if NASCAR will ever "review the situation" and give you the win at North Wilkesboro that they gave to Brett Bodine?! [no idea what that one is about??]
DW's Answer: "I heard through the grapevine — through Jayski actually — that NASCAR had revised the results after 30 years and given Bobby Allison credit for some race that he won in a Mustang. No one has called me and told me anything about it, not that they necessarily would. A Mustang has never been a Cup car so I don't know if that change is official or not. If it is, it would be one of those things that make you go "Hmmm."(FoxSports), been told by sources that Bobby Allison also had not heard about the win being added.(1-12-2005)