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Drivers in the modern era to win 10 races in one season
By Staff Report | Sunday, September 20, 2020
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Kevin Harvick won his ninth race of 2020 on Sept. 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway, setting a career-high mark for victories in a single season. One more and he'll join this exclusive club of NASCAR Cup Series drivers to win at least 10 races in one year in the modern era (1972-present). Read on to see the full list.
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Bobby Allison, 1972: 10 wins
Allison finished 127.9 points behind Richard Petty for the championship. Petty topped 8,700 points in the old scoring system.
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Richard Petty, 1974: 10 wins
Petty's 10 wins, including three in a row at one point, powered the driver to his fifth series championship.
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Cale Yarborough, 1974: 10 wins
Yarborough joined Petty with double-digit wins in 1974, the only time in the modern era two drivers have accomplished the feat in the same season.
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David Pearson, 1976: 10 wins
Ten wins is plenty impressive. Even more so? Pearson only competed in 22 of 30 races this season.
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Cale Yarborough, 1978: 10 wins
This completed a three-year stretch in which Yarborough won 28 races and three consecutive championships.
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Rusty Wallace, 1993: 10 wins
Half of Wallace's wins came in the final eight races, but he couldn't quite catch Dale Earnhardt for the title.
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Jeff Gordon, 1996: 10 wins
Gordon won twice as many races as anyone else, led 2,300-plus laps -- no one else cracked 1,000 -- and still finished second to Terry Labonte.
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Jeff Gordon, 1997: 10 wins
One year after a brutal runner-up finish in the season standings, Gordon won the Daytona 500 and, ultimately, his second title.
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Jimmie Johnson, 2007: 10 wins
Johnson won his second consecutive title on the strength of four consecutive wins during the stretch run of the postseason.
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David Pearson, 1973: 11 wins
Pearson's 11 wins came in only 18 starts. One stretch of 10 starts included nine wins and a runner-up finish.
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Bill Elliott, 1985: 11 wins
"Awesome Bill" won consecutive races twice in his most prolific season.
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Dale Earnhardt, 1987: 11 wins
Earnhardt led 3,357 laps this year to go along with his 11 wins -- and the series championship.
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Darrell Waltrip, 1981: 12 wins
Waltrip nabbed his first title this year, but not his last.
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Darrell Waltrip, 1982: 12 wins
Along with team owner Junior Johnson, DW won consecutive titles on the strength of consecutive 12-win seasons.
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Richard Petty, 1975: 13 wins
Petty was one of seven drivers to start all 30 races in 1975. The other six drivers combined for two wins as Petty sailed to his sixth championship.
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Jeff Gordon, 1998: 13 wins
A season for the ages saw Jeff Gordon win his third title as a 27-year-old.Presented By: