All-Time NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winners & Track Records

Updated 7-26-2026

Active Drivers in BOLD & ALL CAPS; Last Pole Winner in RED &BOLD & ALL CAPS
NOTE: Compiled from many sources over the years, checked often;
wins from the pole NOT counted when pole is set by points or metrics;

NASCAR Cup Track Qualifying Records (below All-Time poles) – click here

All-Time NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winners

RANKDRIVERPOLESWINS FROM POLE
1Richard Petty12361
2David Pearson11337
3Jeff Gordon8120
4Cale Yarborough6916
5Darrell Waltrip5924
6Bobby Allison5820
7Mark Martin568
8Bill Elliott5517
9DENNY HAMLIN #115210
10Ryan Newman515
11Bobby Isaac4921
12Junior Johnson4612
13Buck Baker4513
14Herb Thomas3919
15Buddy Baker384
16Bodine, Geoff373
17Tim Flock3717
18JIMMIE JOHNSON #843615
19Rusty Wallace369
20Rex White367
21Ned Jarrett3511
22Kyle Busch359
23JOEY LOGANO #22347
24Fonty Flock3310
25Fred Lorenzen3211
26Fireball Roberts326
27Kevin Harvick318
28Ricky Rudd291
29Kurt Busch281
30Kasey Kahne275
31Terry Labonte274
32Bobby Labonte264
33Alan Kulwicki241
34Martin Truex Jr254
35Ken Schrader230
36Jack Smith236
37Dale Earnhardt223
38Carl Edwards223
39Ernie Irvan222
40KYLE LARSON #5225
41Marvin Panch216
42Dick Hutcherson214
43Neil Bonnett200
44Matt Kenseth204
45Benny Parsons201
46Speedy Thompson197
47Donnie Allison182
48BRAD KESELOWSKI #6182
49Lee Petty186
50Joe Weatherly186
51Harry Gant172
52Dale Jarrett162
53Curtis Turner164
54WILLIAM BYRON #24162
55CHRISTOPHER BELL #20150
56Dale Earnhardt, Jr.150
57Tony Stewart152
58Davey Allison142
59RYAN BLANEY #12141
60Dave Marcis141
61TYLER REDDICK #45144
62Tim Richmond144
63Glen Wood143
64Greg Biffle130
65Dick Rathmann130
66CHASE ELLIOTT #9121
67Charlie Glotzbach122
68Jim Paschal124
69Brian Vickers121
70Sterling Marlin111
71Jamie McMurray110
72Joe Nemechek101
73Cotton Owens103
74LeeRoy Yarbrough101
75Darel Dieringer92
76A.J. Foyt93
77Jeremy Mayfield90
78Juan Pablo Montoya90
79CHASE BRISCOE #1990
80Paul Goldsmith82
81MICHAEL MCDOWELL #7180
82Kyle Petty83
83Elliott Sadler80
84ALEX BOWMAN #4870
85Ward Burton70
86Morgan Shepherd70
87Bob Welborn72
88Aric Almirola60
89Jeff Burton60
90Ricky Craven60
91AUSTIN DILLON #360
92Tiny Lund60
93Eddie Pagan62
94Mike Skinner60
95SHANE VAN GISBERGEN #9764
96Bill Amick50
97Brett Bodine50
98Todd Bodine50
99Bobby Hamilton51
100Dick Linder52
101Hershel McGriff53
102Ralph Moody51
103Ted Musgrave50
104Tom Pistone50
105Lennie Pond50
106Jim Reed52
107Billy Wade53
108Art Watts51
109A.J. ALLMENDINGER #1640
110John Andretti40
111Clint Bowyer41
112Joe Eubanks40
113James Hylton40
114Rick Mast40
115Frank Mundy42
116Steve Park40
117David Reutimann40
118Gober Sosebee40
119Michael Waltrip40
120Johnny Allen30
121Loy Allen30
122Marcos Ambrose30
123Ron Bouchard30
124Bob Flock31
125TY GIBBS #5430
126David Gilliland30
127Dan Gurney31
128Pete Hamilton30
129CARSON HOCEVAR #7730
130Kenny Irwin Jr.30
131Parnelli Jones31
132John Kieper30
133Banjo Matthews30
134Casey Mears30
135Jimmy Pardue30
136Scott Riggs30
137Joe Ruttman30
138Jimmy Spencer30
139RICKY STENHOUSE JR. #4731
140DANIEL SUAREZ #730
141BUBBA WALLACE #2330
142Kenny Wallace30
143Johnny Benson Jr.20
144Dave Blaney20
145Bob Burdick20
146Red Byron20
147Billy Carden20
148ROSS CHASTAIN #121
149Stacy Compton20
150Jeff Green20
151Friday Hassler20
152Tommy Irwin20
153Bobby Johns20
154ERIK JONES #4320
155Mel Larson20
156Paul Menard20
157RYAN PREECE #6020
158David Ragan20
159Ken Rush20
160Greg Sacks20
161Boris Said20
162John Sears20
163Gwyn Staley21
164Marshall Teague22
165Doug Yates20
166Emanuel Zervakis20
167Casey Atwood10
168Dick Bailey10
169Larry Baumel10
170Bill Blair10
171Al Bonnell10
172Chuck Bown10
173Perk Brown10
174CHRIS BUESCHER #1710
175Wally Campbell10
176Patrick Carpentier10
177AUSTIN CINDRIC #210
178Neil Cole11
179Jim Cook11
180Derrike Cope10
181Doug Cox10
182Cole Custer10
183Lloyd Dane10
184Bill Dennis10
185Bob Duell10
186Glenn Dunaway10
187George Dunn10
188Ralph Earnhardt10
189Lou Figaro11
190Jimmy Florian10
191George Follmer10
192Robby Gordon10
193Danny Graves11
194Eddie Gray10
195David Green10
196Royce Haggerty10
197Jimmy Hensley10
198Daniel Hemric10
199Russ Hepler10
200Jim Hunter10
201Possum Jones10
202Al Keller10
203Pat Kirkwood10
204Travis Kvapil10
205Elmo Langley10
206Jason Leffler10
207Kevin Lepage10
208Danny Letner10
209Jimmy Lewallen10
210Paul Lewis10
211Joe Littlejohn10
212Chuck Mahoney10
213Jimmy Massey10
214J.D. McDuffie10
215Joe Millikan10
216Tommy Moon10
217Bud Moore10
218Billy Myers10
219Norm Nelson11
220Danica Patrick10
221Andy Pierce10
222Bob Pronger10
223Bill Rexford10
224Bob Ross10
225John Rostek10
226Frankie Schneider10
227Brian Scott10
228Wendell Scott10
229Frank Secrist10
230Lloyd Shaw10
231Slick Smith10
232ZANE SMITH #3810
233Sam Sommers10
234Reed Sorenson10
235G.C. Spencer10
236Ramo Stott10
237Hut Stricklin10
238Donald Thomas11
239Dick Trickle10
240Ken Wagner10
241Danny Weinberg10
242Dink Widenhouse10
243Rick Wilson10
244J.J. YELEY #4410
1) Active driver above is BOLD and ALL CAPS with current car number
2) Driver above in RED is the latest pole winner (the field set by points or metrics, not counted as a pole)


POLE STATS, NOTES & NEWS:

ACTIVE DRIVERS with 5 or more poles and NO wins from the POLE
Christopher Bell, 15 (3 second place finishes from the pole)
WON at Atlanta from the pole!! in 14th try: Ryan Blaney (7/12/2026)
Chase Briscoe, 9 (1 second)
Michael McDowell, 8 (0 seconds)
Alex Bowman, 7 (1 second)
Austin Dillon, 6 (0 seconds)

ALL-TIME drivers with NO wins from the POLE
Ken Schrader, 23 (2 second place finishes from the pole)
Neil Bonnett, 20 (0 seconds)
Dale Earnhardt Jr., 15 (2 seconds)
Christopher Bell, 15* (3 seconds)
Greg Biffle, 13 (0 seconds)
* = active driver

Youngest / Oldest NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winner
Youngest Pole Winner
#5-Kyle Busch, 19 years, 9 months, 25 days: 2/27/2005
#20-Joey Logano, 19 years, 9 months, 25 days: 3/21/2010
Oldest Pole Winner
#33-Harry Gant, 54 years, 7 months, 17 days: 8/27/1994 Bristol

  • All-Time Consecutive Poles (not by points, metric or rained out):
    1972: #12-Bobby Allison, 5, 8/27/1972 – 9/24/1972: Nashville, Darlington, Richmond, Dover, Martinsville
    1980: #11-Cale Yarborough, 5 , 5/10/1980 – 6/8/1980: Nashville (May), Dover (May), Charlotte (May), TexasWS (June) and Riverside (June)
    1985: #9-Bill Elliott, 5, 6/9/1985 – 8/11/1985: Pocono (June), Daytona (July), Pocono (July), Talladega (July) and Michigan (August)
    NOTE: “Darrell Waltrip started on the pole at Pocono in June after posting a 152.552 lap. 18 days later NASCAR Disallowed the pole time due to illegal fuel additives.” So Elliott got credit for the pole. Didn’t really start from the pole, but was awarded it later. The streak was six races BUT Michigan in June was via points as qualifying was rained out, so it doesn’t count in the streak.
    • All-Time Four Consecutive Poles(not by points or rained out):
      2004: #12-Ryan Newman, 10/16/2004-11/07/2004: Charlotte (Oct), Martinsville (Oct) Atlanta (Oct), Phoenix (Nov)
      2004: #24-Jeff Gordon (won 2), 6/20/2004-7/11/2004: Michigan (June), Sonoma (June), Daytona (July), Chicago (July)
      1981: #11-Darrell Waltrip (won all 4), 9/27/1981-11/01/1981: Martinsville (Sept), North Wilkesboro (Oct), Charlotte (Oct), Rockingham (Nov)
      1971: #12-Bobby Allison (won 3), 6/13/1971-6/26/1971: Michigan, Riverside, Meyer Speedway Houston, Greenville-Pickens (all in June)
      1967: #43-Richard Petty (won all 4), 8/12/1967-9/04/1967: Bowman Gray Stadium (Aug), Columbia Speedway (Aug), Savannah, GA (Aug), Darlington (Sept)
      1958: #44-Rex White, 7/18/1958-7/26/1958: Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, Wall NJ (all in July)
      1955: #300/#301-Tim Flock (won 3), 7/10/1955-7/30/1955: Asheville-Weaverville, Morristown, NJ Altamont, NY, New York State Fairgrounds (all in July)
      1953: #92-Herb Thomas (won 2), 7/10/1953-7/26/1953: Morristown, NJ; Lakewood, GA; Rapid City, SD; North Platte, NE (all in July)
      • Three Consecutive Poles (since 2002)(not by points or rained out):

    2026: #11-Denny Hamlin, 5/16/2026-6/13/2026: Dover (May), (no qualifying at Charlotte & Nashville), Michigan (June), Pocono (June)(two qualifying sessions canceled due to weather during).
    2025: #19-Chase Briscoe, 5/25/2025-6/08/2025: Charlotte (May), Nashville (June), Michigan (June).
    2024: #5-Kyle Larson, 3/31/2024-4/14/2024: Richmond (March), Martinsville (April), Texas (April).
    2023: #20-Christopher Bell, 9/03/2023-9/16/2023: Darlington, Kansas, Bristol (all in Sept).
    2022: #12-Ryan Blaney, 3/13/2022-4/03/2022: Phoenix (March), (no qualifying at Atlanta), COTA (March), Richmond (Apr)
    2017: #18-Kyle Busch (won 1), 7/23/2017-8/06/2017: Indianapolis (July), Pocono (July), Watkins Glen (Aug)
    2011: #22-Kurt Busch, 6/05/2011-6/19/2011: Kansas, Pocono, Michigan (all in June).
    2009: #83-Brian Vickers, 6/14/2009-7/11/2009: Michigan (June), No qualifying at New Hampshire or Daytona, Sonoma (June), Chicago (July).
    2007: #12-Ryan Newman, 5/27/2007-6/10/2007: Charlotte (May), Dover (June), Pocono (June)
    2007: #24-Jeff Gordon (won 2), 4/21/2007-5/06/2007: Phoenix (Apr), Talladega (Apr), Richmond (May)
    2003: #12-Ryan Newman, 10/27/2003 11/09/2003: Atlanta (Oct), Phoenix (Nov) Rockingham (Nov).
    2002: #12-Ryan Newman, 10/20/2002-11/10/2002: Martinsville (Oct), Atlanta no qualifying, Rockingham (Nov), Phoenix (Nov)
    There have been 48 times that a driver has won at least three consecutive poles in NASCAR Cup history

        • TWO Drivers: First career poles, two in a row::
          Casey Mears won his first career pole at Pocono on July 31, 2004 and won the pole for the next race at Pocono, August 7, 2004
          Billy Wade won his first career pole at Old Bridge, NJ and Bridgehampton, NY – July 1964

     

        • #34-Michael McDowell won his first pole position at Atlanta in 467 races, the longest a driver has ever gone before their first pole position start. McDowell’s pole win at Atlanta is the first pole for Front Row Motorsports in nearly a decade, when David Gilliland, won the pole for the Firecracker 400 at Daytona in July 2014.(2-24-2024)
        • Dan Gurney won the pole for Riverisde in November 1963, but Marvin Panch started and raced the #121 Ford to a 3rd place finish. In 1963, drivers didn’t have to fall to thew rear of the race after a driver change before the start. Gurney ended up not running the race.

     

    NASCAR Cup Series Track Qualifying Records

    Track Driver
    Date
    Car
    Qualifying Speed
    Finished
    Atlanta Motor Speedway #7-Geoffrey Bodine
    11/1997
    Ford
    197.478
    33rd
    Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City) #88-Shane Van Gisbergen 6/14/2025 Chevy 92.776

    1st-WON

    Auto Club (California) Speedway #3-Austin Dillon
    3/2016
    Chevy
    188.482
    24th
    Bristol Motor Speedway (no speed for Dirt race, awards in heat finishes) #9-Chase Elliott
    4/2019
    Chevy
    131.713
    11th
    Charlotte Motor Speedway #41-Kurt Busch
    10/2014
    Chevy
    198.771 (round 2 of 3)
    11th (started 11th)
    Charlotte Motor Speedway #18-Kyle Busch
    10/2014
    Toyota
    197.390 (pole)
    5th
    Charlotte Motor Speedway – ROVAL #41-Kurt Busch
    9/2018
    Ford
    106.868
    5th
    Chicagoland Speedway #22-Joey Logano 9/2013 Ford 189.414 37th
    Chicago Street Race #5-Kyle Larson 7/6/2024 Chevy 90.168 39th
    Circuit of The Americas (COTA) #24-William Byron
    3/2024
    Chevy
    94.696
    1st-WON
    Darlington Raceway #43-Aric Almirola
    4/2014
    Ford
    184.145 (round 2 of 3)
    24th (started 3rd)
    Darlington Raceway #4-Kevin Harvick
    4/2014
    Chevy
    183.479 (pole)
    1st-WON
    Daytona International Speedway #9-Bill Elliott
    2/1987
    Ford
    210.364
    1st-WON
    Daytona International Speedway – Road Course set by metric qualifying during COVID
    2020 & 2021
    x
    x
    x
    Dover Motor Speedway #11-Denny Hamlin
    10/2019
    Toyota
    166.984
    5th
    Homestead-Miami Speedway #2-Brad Keselowski
    11/2014
    Ford
    181.238 (Round 1 of 3)
    3rd (started 4th)
    Homestead-Miami Speedway #24-Jeff Gordon
    11/2014
    Chevy
    180.747 (pole)
    10th
    Indianapolis Motor Speedway #4-Kevin Harvick
    7/2014
    Chevy
    188.470
    8th
    Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course #24-William Byron
    8/2021
    Chevy
    100.044
    33rd
    Iowa Speedway #19-Chase Briscoe 8/2/2025 Toyota 136.933 2nd
    Kansas Speedway #4-Kevin Harvick
    10/2014
    Chevy
    197.773 (Round 2 of 3)
    12th (started 1st)
    Kansas Speedway #4-Kevin Harvick
    10/2014
    Chevy
    197.621 (pole)
    12th
    Las Vegas Motor Speedway #41-Kurt Busch
    3/2016
    Chevy
    196.328
    9th
    Martinsville Speedway #22-Joey Logano
    3/2014
    Ford
    100.201 (Round 1 of 2)
    4th
    Martinsville Speedway #1-Jamie McMurray
    10/2014
    Chevy
    99.905 (pole)
    16th
    Michigan International Speedway #24-Jeff Gordon
    8/2014
    Chevy
    206.558
    1st-WON
    Nashville SuperSpeedway #10-Aric Almirola
    6/2021
    Ford
    161.992
    4th
    New Hampshire Motor Speedway #2-Brad Keselowski
    9/2014
    Ford
    140.598
    7th
    North Wilkesboro Speedway #28-Ernie Irvan 4/1994 Ford 119.016 3rd
    Phoenix Raceway #48-Jimmie Johnson
    11/2015
    Chevy
    143.158
    5th
    Pocono Raceway #42-Kyle Larson
    8/2014
    Chevy
    183.438
    11th
    Richmond Raceway #24-Jeff Gordon
    9/2013
    Chevy
    130.599
    8th
    Road America #24-William Byron
    7/2021
    Chevy
    110.359
    33rd
    Rockingham Speedway #2-Rusty Wallace 2/2000 Ford 158.035 11th
    San Diego Street Race (Naval Base Coronado) #97-Shane van Gisbergen 6/20/2026 Chevy 134.788 38th
    Sonoma Raceway, 1.99 mile circuit (2000-2018; 2022-current) #42-Kyle Larson
    6/27/2015
    Chevy
    96.568 (Round 1 of 2)
    15th
    Sonoma Raceway, 2.52 mile circuit (1989-97;2019,2021) #6-Mark Martin
    5/2/1997
    Ford
    92.807
    1st-WON
    Talladega SuperSpeedway #9-Bill Elliott
    4/1987
    Ford
    212.809
    22nd
    Texas Motor Speedway #41-Kurt Busch
    11/2017
    Ford
    200.919
    9th
    Watkins Glen International #43-Marcos Ambrose
    8/2014
    Ford
    129.491 (Round 1 of 3)
    2nd (started 2nd)
    Watkins Glen International #24-Jeff Gordon
    8/2014
    Chevy
    129.466 (Pole)
    34th
    World Wide Technology (Gateway) Raceway #34-Michael McDowell
    6/1/2024
    Ford
    138.598
    25th
    NOTES: a few tracks listed are currently inactive on the NASCAR Cup Series

     

    NOTE: not doing separate pages after the 2024 season for Rookies, Manufacturers or Poles;
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