Ryan Blaney (L) poses for a photo with Chase Elliott (C) and Gianna Tulio (R) after Blaney's 2023 Cup Series Championship victory at Phoenix Raceway.

BACK TO GALLERIES

Drivers who won consecutive NASCAR Cup Series titles

By Staff Report | Published: November 4, 2024 14

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Ryan Blaney (L) poses for a photo with Chase Elliott (C) and Gianna Tulio (R) after Blaney's 2023 Cup Series Championship victory at Phoenix Raceway.

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Following his walk-off victory at Martinsville Speedway in the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8, Ryan Blaney is attempting to make NASCAR Cup Series history. As the reigning 2023 Cup Series champion, Blaney will look to become the first driver to win back-to-back titles in well over a decade.

View each instance a Cup Series driver went back-to-back (or more) in title triumphs in NASCAR's premier series.

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1958: Buck Baker poses with his Õ58 Chevrolet during the NASCAR Cup season. He was unhappy with the Õ58 model, and later switched back to a 1957. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Buck Baker, 1956-1957

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 25: Lee Petty driver of the #42 Oldsmobile poses in front of his car after winning the first 1959 Winston Cup Daytona 500 race at the Daytona International Speedway on February 25, 1959 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Petty was not awarded the trophy until three days later after officals thought Johnny Beauchamp was the winner. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Lee Petty, 1958-1959

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1962: Joe Weatherly became the NASCAR Cup Series national champion in 1962. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Joe Weatherly, 1962-1963

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UNKNOWN — 1970s: David Pearson began racing on the NASCAR Cup circuit in 1960 and continued to do so through 1986. During that period, Pearson entered 574 races and won 105 of them, second all-time only to Richard Petty’s 200 victories. Pearson finished in the top 10 on 366 occasions, a 63.8 percentage. He started 113 races from the pole and claimed three NASCAR Cup championships (1966, 1968 and 1969), even though most years he did not run the full Cup schedule. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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David Pearson, 1968-1969

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1972: Richard Petty with the 1972 Winston Cup points championship trophy. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Richard Petty, 1971-1972

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - JULY 4, 1975: Richard Petty scored his 8th win of the 1975 season with the Firecracker 400 at Daytona. It protected his lead in the national point standings for the NASCAR Cup Series. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Richard Petty, 1974-1975

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL ? FEBRUARY 20, 1977: Cale Yarborough won his first of four Daytona 500 titles driving Junior Johnson?s Holly Farms Chicken Chevrolet in 1977. Yarborough led 137 of 200 laps and averaged 153.218 mph for 500 miles of racing. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Cale Yarborough, 1976-1978

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1982: After winning his first NASCAR Cup title in 1981, his first year with the Junior Johnson Mountain Dew team, Waltrip repeated with a late season rally to gain the title again. (L-R: Junior Johnson; Darrell Waltrip) (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Darrell Waltrip, 1981-1982

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HAMPTON, GA — November 22, 1987: Dale Earnhardt sprays champagne in victory lane at Atlanta International Raceway after being crowned the NASCAR Cup champion following his second place finish in the Atlanta Journal 500. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Dale Earnhardt, 1986-1987

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HAMPTON, GA November 18, 1990: Dale Earnhardt celebrates his fourth NASCAR Cup champiopnship in victory lane at Atlanta International Raceway. Earnhardt finished third in the Atlanta Journal 500 Cup race, good enough to secure the title by 26 points over runner-up Mark Martin. Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Dale Earnhardt, 1990-1991

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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 2: Seven time Winston cup Champion Richard Petty congratulates Dale Earnhardt on his seventh championship during the annual Awards Banquet on December 2, 1994 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)

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Dale Earnhardt, 1993-1994

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8 Nov 1998: Jeff Gordon celebrates during the NASCAR Napa 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Mandatory Credit: David Taylor /Allsport

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Jeff Gordon, 1997-1998

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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 21: NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with the Sprint Cup Series Championship trophies at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 21, 2010 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson clinched his fifth straight Sprint Cup series championship after finishing second in the Ford 400. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) | Getty Images

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Jimmie Johnson, 2006-2010