Cup Series drivers with recent streaks of consecutive top-two finishes

Chase Elliott is currently on a five-race streak of finishing with a win or runner-up result, a remarkable run that has seen him emerge as the clear favorite to win the 2022 regular-season championship.

Let's take a look at the most recent streaks of drivers to accomplish this feat at least five times — which Elliott will aim to extend next weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course — from Kyle Larson's hot stretch last year to Darrell Waltrip's dominating runs in the 1980s.

Including his win at Pocono Raceway, Elliott's hot run includes a win at Nashville Superspeedway on June 26, a runner-up finish at Road America, another win from the pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway (in which Elliott swept all three stages) and a runner-up finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson finished top two in six consecutive races during his 10-win championship 2021 season.


Darlington Raceway (second), Dover Motor Speedway (second), Circuit of The Americas (second), Charlotte Motor Speedway (first), Sonoma Raceway (first) and Nashville (first).

Kevin Harvick had an eight-race streak at the end of his title campaign in 2014 that continued into the beginning of 2015.


He found success at Texas Motor Speedway (second), Phoenix Raceway (first), Homestead-Miami Speedway (first), Daytona International Speedway (second), Atlanta Motor Speedway (second), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (first), Phoenix (first) and Auto Club Speedway (second).

Jimmie Johnson's five-race streak in 2006 came at Charlotte Motor Speedway (second), Martinsville Speedway (first), Atlanta Motor Speedway (second), Texas Motor Speedway (second) and Phoenix Raceway (second).

Jeff Gordon, a 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee, had a five race top-two streak in 1998 racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (first), Darlington Raceway (first), Richmond Raceway (second), Dover Motor Speedway (second) and Martinsville Speedway (second).

Two years earlier, Gordon had an even longer streak of six races.


He netted top-two results at Bristol Motor Speedway (second), Darlington Raceway (first), Richmond Raceway (second), Dover Motor Speedway (first), Martinsville Speedway (first) and North Wilkesboro Speedway (first).

At age 51, Harry Gant had a five-race run in 1991 with a top-two streak at Darlington Raceway (first), Richmond Raceway (first), Dover Motor Speedway (first), Martinsville Speedway (first) and North Wilkesboro Speedway (second).

Tim Richmond also had a five-race streak in 1986 at Daytona International Speedway (first), Pocono Raceway (first), Talladega Superspeedway (second), Watkins Glen International (first) and Michigan International Speedway (second).

In 1983, Darrell Waltrip had a five-race streak of top-two efforts at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (second), Pocono Raceway (second), Talladega Superspeedway (second), Michigan International Speedway (second) and Bristol Motor Speedway (first).

Two years earlier, Darrell Waltrip had one of the strongest years in his career with his first Cup Series championship in 1981. His first streak was similar to his most recent, with six straight top-twos at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (first), Pocono Raceway (first), Talladega Superspeedway (second), Michigan International Speedway (second), Bristol Motor Speedway (first) and Darlington Raceway (second).

That same year, Darrell Waltrip's good fortune continued at Dover Motor Speedway (second), Martinsville Speedway (first), North Wilkesboro Speedway (first), Charlotte Motor Speedway (first), Rockingham Speedway (first) and Atlanta Motor Speedway (second).