All-Time NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winners & Track Records
Updated 8-6-2022
Active Drivers In Bold; Last Pole Winner in RED
NOTE: Compiled from many sources over the years, checked and double checked often, Track records below all-time poles
NASCAR Cup Track Qualifying Records – click here
Pole Winners by Season Pages
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
| Driver | Poles | Wins from Pole | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petty, Richard | 123 | 61 |
| 2 | Pearson, David | 113 | 37 |
| 3 | Gordon, Jeff | 81 | 20 |
| 4 | Yarborough, Cale | 69 | 16 |
| 5 | Waltrip, Darrell | 59 | 24 |
| 6 | Allison, Bobby | 58 | 20 |
| 7 | Martin, Mark | 56 | 8 |
| 8 | Elliott, Bill | 55 | 17 |
| 9 | Newman, Ryan | 51 | 5 |
| 10 | Isaac, Bobby | 49 | 21 |
| 11 | Johnson, Junior | 46 | 12 |
| 12 | Baker, Buck | 45 | 13 |
| 13 | Thomas, Herb | 39 | 19 |
| 14 | Baker, Buddy | 38 | 4 |
| 15 | Bodine, Geoff | 37 | 3 |
| 16 | Flock, Tim | 37 | 17 |
| 17 | Hamlin, Denny | 36 | 6 |
| 18 | Johnson, Jimmie | 36 | 15 |
| 19 | Wallace, Rusty | 36 | 9 |
| 20 | White, Rex | 36 | 7 |
| 21 | Jarrett, Ned | 35 | 11 |
| 22 | Flock, Fonty | 33 | 10 |
| 23 | Lorenzen, Fred | 32 | 11 |
| 24 | Roberts, Fireball | 32 | 6 |
| 25 | Busch, Kyle | 32 | 8 |
| 26 | Harvick, Kevin | 31 | 8 |
| 27 | Rudd, Ricky | 29 | 1 |
| 28 | Busch, Kurt | 28 | 1 |
| 29 | Kahne, Kasey | 27 | 5 |
| 30 | Labonte, Terry | 27 | 4 |
| 31 | Labonte, Bobby | 26 | 4 |
| 32 | Kulwicki, Alan | 24 | 1 |
| 33 | Logano, Joey | 23 | 5 |
| 34 | Schrader, Ken | 23 | 0 |
| 35 | Smith, Jack | 23 | 6 |
| 36 | Earnhardt, Dale | 22 | 3 |
| 37 | Edwards, Carl | 22 | 3 |
| 38 | Irvan, Ernie | 22 | 2 |
| 39 | Panch, Marvin | 22 | 6 |
| 40 | Hutcherson, Dick | 21 | 4 |
| 41 | Bonnett, Neil | 20 | 0 |
| 42 | Kenseth, Matt | 20 | 4 |
| 43 | Parsons, Benny | 20 | 1 |
| 44 | Truex Jr., Martin | 20 | 4 |
| 45 | Thompson, Speedy | 19 | 7 |
| 46 | Allison, Donnie | 18 | 2 |
| 47 | Petty, Lee | 18 | 6 |
| 48 | Weatherly, Joe | 18 | 6 |
| 49 | Gant, Harry | 17 | 2 |
| 50 | Keselowski, Brad | 17 | 2 |
| 51 | Jarrett, Dale | 16 | 2 |
| 52 | Turner, Curtis | 16 | 4 |
| 53 | Earnhardt, Jr., Dale | 15 | 0 |
| 54 | Stewart, Tony | 15 | 2 |
| 55 | Allison, Davey | 14 | 2 |
| 56 | Marcis, Dave | 14 | 1 |
| 57 | Richmond, Tim | 14 | 4 |
| 58 | Wood, Glen | 14 | 3 |
| 59 | Biffle, Greg | 13 | 0 |
| 60 | Rathmann, Dick | 13 | 0 |
| 61 | Glotzbach, Charlie | 12 | 2 |
| 62 | Paschal, Jim | 12 | 4 |
| 63 | Vickers, Brian | 12 | 1 |
| 64 | Larson, Kyle | 12 | 4 |
| 65 | Marlin, Sterling | 11 | 1 |
| 66 | McMurray, Jamie | 11 | 0 |
| 67 | Elliott, Chase | 11 | 1 |
| 68 | Nemechek, Joe | 10 | 1 |
| 69 | Owens, Cotton | 10 | 3 |
| 70 | Yarbrough, LeeRoy | 10 | 1 |
| 71 | Dieringer, Darel | 9 | 2 |
| 72 | Foyt, A.J. | 9 | 3 |
| 72 | Mayfield, Jeremy | 9 | 0 |
| 73 | Montoya, Juan Pablo | 9 | 0 |
| 75 | Blaney, Ryan | 9 | 0 |
| 76 | Goldsmith, Paul | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | Petty, Kyle | 8 | 3 |
| 78 | Sadler, Elliott | 8 | 0 |
| 79 | Burton, Ward | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | Byron, William | 7 | 0 |
| 81 | Shepherd, Morgan | 7 | 0 |
| 82 | Welborn, Bob | 7 | 2 |
| 83 | Burton, Jeff | 6 | 0 |
| 84 | Craven, Ricky | 6 | 0 |
| 85 | Dillon, Austin | 6 | 0 |
| 86 | Lund, Tiny | 6 | 0 |
| 87 | Pagan, Eddie | 6 | 2 |
| 88 | Skinner, Mike | 6 | 0 |
| 89 | Amick, Bill | 5 | 0 |
| 90 | Bodine, Brett | 5 | 0 |
| 91 | Bodine, Todd | 5 | 0 |
| 92 | Hamilton, Bobby | 5 | 1 |
| 93 | Linder, Dick | 5 | 2 |
| 94 | McGriff, Hershel | 5 | 3 |
| 95 | Moody, Ralph | 5 | 1 |
| 96 | Musgrave, Ted | 5 | 0 |
| 97 | Pistone, Tom | 5 | 0 |
| 98 | Pond, Lennie | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | Reed, Jim | 5 | 2 |
| 100 | Wade, Billy | 5 | 3 |
| 101 | Watts, Art | 5 | 1 |
| 102 | Allmendinger, A.J. | 4 | 0 |
| 103 | Andretti, John | 4 | 0 |
| 104 | Bowyer, Clint | 4 | 1 |
| 105 | Eubanks, Joe | 4 | 0 |
| 106 | Hylton, James | 4 | 0 |
| 107 | Mast, Rick | 4 | 0 |
| 108 | Mundy, Frank | 4 | 2 |
| 109 | Park, Steve | 4 | 0 |
| 110 | Reutimann, David | 4 | 0 |
| 111 | Sosebee, Gober | 4 | 0 |
| 112 | Waltrip, Michael | 4 | 0 |
| 113 | Allen, Johnny | 3 | 0 |
| 114 | Allen, Loy | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | Almirola, Aric | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | Ambrose, Marcos | 3 | 0 |
| 117 | Bell, Christopher | 3 | 0 |
| 118 | Bouchard, Ron | 3 | 0 |
| 119 | Bowman, Alex | 3 | 0 |
| 120 | Flock, Bob | 3 | 1 |
| 121 | Gilliland, David | 3 | 0 |
| 122 | Gurney, Dan | 3 | 1 |
| 123 | Hamilton, Pete | 3 | 0 |
| 124 | Irwin Jr, Kenny | 3 | 0 |
| 125 | Jones, Parnelli | 3 | 1 |
| 126 | Kieper, John | 3 | 0 |
| 127 | Matthews, Banjo | 3 | 0 |
| 128 | Mears, Casey | 3 | 0 |
| 129 | Pardue, Jimmy | 3 | 0 |
| 130 | Riggs, Scott | 3 | 0 |
| 131 | Ruttman, Joe | 3 | 0 |
| 132 | Spencer, Jimmy | 3 | 0 |
| 133 | Stenhouse Jr. Ricky | 3 | 1 |
| 134 | Wallace, Kenny | 3 | 0 |
| 135 | Benson Jr, Johnny | 2 | 0 |
| 136 | Blaney, Dave | 2 | 0 |
| 137 | Burdick, Bob | 2 | 0 |
| 138 | Byron, Red | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | Carden, Billy | 2 | 0 |
| 140 | Compton, Stacy | 2 | 0 |
| 141 | Green, Jeff | 2 | 0 |
| 142 | Hassler, Friday | 2 | 0 |
| 143 | Irwin, Tommy | 2 | 0 |
| 144 | Johns, Bobby | 2 | 0 |
| 145 | Jones, Erik | 2 | 0 |
| 146 | Larson, Mel | 2 | 0 |
| 147 | Menard, Paul | 2 | 0 |
| 148 | Ragan, David | 2 | 0 |
| 149 | Reddick, Tyler | 2 | 1 |
| 150 | Rush, Ken | 2 | 0 |
| 151 | Sacks, Greg | 2 | 0 |
| 152 | Said, Boris | 2 | 0 |
| 153 | Sears, John | 2 | 0 |
| 154 | Staley, Gwyn | 2 | 1 |
| 155 | Suarez, Daniel | 2 | 0 |
| 156 | Teague, Marshall | 2 | 2 |
| 157 | Yates, Doug | 2 | 0 |
| 158 | Zervakis, Emanuel | 2 | 0 |
| 159 | Atwood, Casey | 1 | 0 |
| 160 | Bailey, Dick | 1 | 0 |
| 161 | Baumel, Larry | 1 | 0 |
| 162 | Blair, Bill | 1 | 0 |
| 163 | Bonnell, Al | 1 | 0 |
| 164 | Bown, Chuck | 1 | 0 |
| 165 | Briscoe, Chase | 1 | 0 |
| 166 | Brown, Perk | 1 | 0 |
| 167 | Buescher, Chris | 1 | 0 |
| 168 | Campbell, Wally | 1 | 0 |
| 169 | Carpentier, Patrick | 1 | 0 |
| 170 | Cindric, Austin | 1 | 0 |
| 171 | Cole, Neil | 1 | 1 |
| 172 | Cook, Jim | 1 | 1 |
| 173 | Cope, Derrike | 1 | 0 |
| 174 | Cox, Doug | 1 | 0 |
| 175 | Custer, Cole | 1 | 0 |
| 176 | Dane, Lloyd | 1 | 0 |
| 177 | Dennis, Bill | 1 | 0 |
| 178 | Duell, Bob | 1 | 0 |
| 179 | Dunaway, Glenn | 1 | 0 |
| 180 | Dunn, George | 1 | 0 |
| 181 | Earnhardt, Ralph | 1 | 0 |
| 182 | Figaro, Lou | 1 | 1 |
| 183 | Florian, Jimmy | 1 | 0 |
| 184 | Follmer, George | 1 | 0 |
| 185 | Gordon, Robby | 1 | 0 |
| 186 | Graves, Danny | 1 | 1 |
| 187 | Gray, Eddie | 1 | 0 |
| 188 | Green, David | 1 | 0 |
| 189 | Haggerty, Royce | 1 | 0 |
| 190 | Hensley, Jimmy | 1 | 0 |
| 191 | Hemric, Daniel | 1 | 0 |
| 192 | Hepler, Russ | 1 | 0 |
| 193 | Hunter, Jim | 1 | 0 |
| 194 | Jones, Possum | 1 | 0 |
| 195 | Keller, Al | 1 | 0 |
| 196 | Kirkwood, Pat | 1 | 0 |
| 197 | Kvapil, Travis | 1 | 0 |
| 198 | Langley, Elmo | 1 | 0 |
| 199 | Leffler, Jason | 1 | 0 |
| 200 | Lepage, Kevin | 1 | 0 |
| 201 | Letner, Danny | 1 | 0 |
| 202 | Lewallen, Jimmy | 1 | 0 |
| 203 | Lewis, Paul | 1 | 0 |
| 204 | Littlejohn, Joe | 1 | 0 |
| 205 | Mahoney, Chuck | 1 | 0 |
| 206 | Massey, Jimmy | 1 | 0 |
| 207 | McDuffie, J.D. | 1 | 0 |
| 208 | Millikan, Joe | 1 | 0 |
| 209 | Moon, Tommy | 1 | 0 |
| 210 | Moore, Bud | 1 | 0 |
| 211 | Myers, Billy | 1 | 0 |
| 212 | Nelson, Norm | 1 | 1 |
| 213 | Patrick. Danica | 1 | 0 |
| 214 | Pierce, Andy | 1 | 0 |
| 215 | Pronger, Bob | 1 | 0 |
| 216 | Rexford, Bill | 1 | 0 |
| 217 | Ross, Bob | 1 | 0 |
| 218 | Rostek, John | 1 | 0 |
| 219 | Schneider, Frankie | 1 | 0 |
| 220 | Scott, Brian | 1 | 0 |
| 221 | Scott, Wendell | 1 | 0 |
| 222 | Secrist, Frank | 1 | 0 |
| 223 | Shaw, Lloyd | 1 | 0 |
| 224 | Smith, Slick | 1 | 0 |
| 225 | Sommers, Sam | 1 | 0 |
| 226 | Sorenson, Reed | 1 | 0 |
| 227 | Spencer, G.C. | 1 | 0 |
| 228 | Stott, Ramo | 1 | 0 |
| 229 | Stricklin, Hut | 1 | 0 |
| 230 | Thomas, Donald | 1 | 1 |
| 231 | Trickle, Dick | 1 | 0 |
| 232 | Wagner, Ken | 1 | 0 |
| 233 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 0 |
| 233 | Weinberg, Danny | 1 | 0 |
| 234 | Widenhouse, Dink | 1 | 0 |
| 235 | Wilson, Rick | 1 | 0 |
| 236 | Yeley, J.J. | 1 | 0 |
NASCAR Cup Series Track Qualifying Records
| Track | Driver | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Motor Speedway | #7-Geoffrey Bodine | |||||||
| Auto Club (California) Speedway | #3-Austin Dillon | |||||||
| Bristol Motor Speedway | #9-Chase Elliott | |||||||
| Charlotte Motor Speedway | #41-Kurt Busch | |||||||
| Charlotte Motor Speedway | #18-Kyle Busch | |||||||
| Charlotte Motor Speedway – ROVAL | #41-Kurt Busch | |||||||
| Circuit of The Americas (COTA) | #12-Ryan Blaney | |||||||
| Darlington Raceway | #43-Aric Almirola | |||||||
| Darlington Raceway | #4-Kevin Harvick | |||||||
| Daytona International Speedway | #9-Bill Elliott | |||||||
| Daytona International Speedway – Road Course | set by metric qualifying during COVID | |||||||
| Dover Motor Speedway | #11-Denny Hamlin | |||||||
| Homestead-Miami Speedway | #2-Brad Keselowski | |||||||
| Homestead-Miami Speedway | #24-Jeff Gordon | |||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | #4-Kevin Harvick | |||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | #24-William Byron | |||||||
| Kansas Speedway | #4-Kevin Harvick | |||||||
| Kansas Speedway | #4-Kevin Harvick | |||||||
| Las Vegas Motor Speedway | #41-Kurt Busch | |||||||
| Martinsville Speedway | #22-Joey Logano | |||||||
| Martinsville Speedway | #1-Jamie McMurray | |||||||
| Michigan International Speedway | #24-Jeff Gordon | |||||||
| Nashville Superspeedway | #10-Aric Almirola | |||||||
| New Hampshire Motor Speedway | #2-Brad Keselowski | |||||||
| Phoenix Raceway | #48-Jimmie Johnson | |||||||
| Pocono Raceway | #42-Kyle Larson | |||||||
| Richmond Raceway | #24-Jeff Gordon | |||||||
| Road America | #24-William Byron | |||||||
| Sonoma Raceway, 1.99 mile circuit | #2-Rusty Wallace | |||||||
| Sonoma Raceway, 2.52 mile circuit | #42-Kyle Larson | |||||||
| Talladega SuperSpeedway | #9-Bill Elliott | |||||||
| Texas Motor Speedway | #41-Kurt Busch | |||||||
| Watkins Glen International | #43-Marcos Ambrose | |||||||
| Watkins Glen International | #24-Jeff Gordon | |||||||
| World Wide Technology (Gateway) Raceway | #14-Chase Briscoe | |||||||
| NOTES: a few tracks listed are currently inactive on the NASCAR Cup Series | ||||||||