Relier Pairs NASCAR Driver Accolades 2Version en ligne Match the driver with their respective accolade/accomplishment, stat, record, etc. par Nick Rhodes 1 Additional Chase driver added after "Spingate" in 2013 2 Won the only All Star Race held at Bristol Motor Speedway; experimented with Choose Rule, underglow, and sliding the car numbers towards rear tires 3 The only driver to hold both an IndyCar Championship and a NASCAR Cup Championship 4 The winningest driver at Auto Club, Texas, Dover, and Charlotte Motor Speedway. Tied for most at Martinsville Speedway. 5 Finished 2nd by 0.002 seconds to eventual winner Ricky Craven in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history at Darlington Raceway 6 Won the NASCAR Cup Series Championship despite only winning one race all season long 7 The first Rookie to make The Chase for the Cup (Chase years were 2004-2013) 8 Won a total 9 races in the 2020 Cup season but still missed out on making the Championship 4 9 Holds the record for most Cup starts before winning their first race (463 Starts before winning) 10 Finished 2nd by 0.001 seconds to eventual winner Kyle Larson in the closest finish in NASCAR history at Kansas Speedway 11 Holds the record for most O'Reilly Series wins with 102 12 The most recent driver to finish 1st in their very first Cup Series start 13 Holds the record for most starts between two wins, having almost completed 8 seasons before going to Victory Lane again (226 starts between Cup wins) 14 The highest on the NASCAR Cup wins list with only 1 Cup Championship 15 This driver holds the record for most runner up finishes for the NASCAR Cup Championship (finished 2nd in the standings 5 times) Bill Elliott Bobby Allison Kurt Busch Chase Elliott Michael Waltrip Mark Martin Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Chris Buescher Jeff Gordon Tony Stewart Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson Shane van Gisbergen Matt Kenseth