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Drivers in the modern era to win 10 races in one season

By Staff Report | Published: November 8, 2021 18

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BACK TO GALLERIES

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Kyle Larson wins 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship

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Kyle Larson won his 10th race of 2021 on Nov. 7 at Phoenix Raceway and just polished off a season for the ages. The win puts him in 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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BRISTOL, TN — April 9, 1972: Bobby Allison in victory lane after winning the Southeastern 500 NASCAR Cup race at Bristol International Speedway. Allison would also go on to win the Volunteer 500 later in the year at Bristol, part of a 10 win season for Allison and the Coca-Cola Chevrolets owned by Richard Howard. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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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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1974: Richard Petty in victory lane during the 1974 NASCAR Cup Series season. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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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1974: Cale Yarborough won 10 races and placed second in Winston Cup points. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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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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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 15, 1976: David Pearson explains in victory lane how he managed to get his thoroughly crashed Mercury across the finish line to win the 1976 Daytona 500. Pearson crashed with Richard Petty, but was able to drive across the line on the engine?s starter motor. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 19, 1978: Cale Yarborough finished second to Bobby Allison in the 1978 Daytona 500. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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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MARTINSVILLE, VA - 1990s: Rusty Wallace had 7 Martinsville victories and 3 poles, winning 5 out of 7 races there from spring 1993 through spring 1996. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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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27 Oct 1996: Jeff Gordon looks on during the NASCAR Dura Lube 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona.

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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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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 16, 1997: Fast-rising NASCAR star Jeff Gordon celebrates his 1997 win in the Daytona 500. 1997 was Gordon?s first of three wins in NASCAR?s biggest race. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 18: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, celebrates after clinching the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Championship following the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2007 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images for NASCAR) | Getty Images

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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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Kyle Larson, 2021: 10 wins

Larson scored his first championship and put together two three-race win streaks over the course of the season. He also won five of the 10 playoff races.

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UNKNOWN — 1970s: David Pearson with just one of the more than 100 trophies he earned during his NASCAR Cup racing career. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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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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DOVER, DE - SEPTEMBER 15: Bill Elliott gets ready to start the the Delaware 500. Elliott would finish in 20th place and take home $13,350 for the race. (Photo by Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images)

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Bill Elliott, 1985: 11 wins

"Awesome Bill" won consecutive races twice in his most prolific season.

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CONCORD, NC - MAY 17: Driver Dale Earnhardt in Victory lane after winning the 1987 The Winston race on May 17, 1987 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)

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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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NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 8: Darrell Waltrip celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Cracker Barrel Country Store 420 and a $24,025 victory. (Photo by Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images)

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Darrell Waltrip, 1981: 12 wins

Waltrip nabbed his first title this year, but not his last.

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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, 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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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, 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, winner of the 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002 Southern 500s, plus 1996 TranSouth 500, and 2007 Dodge Charger 500. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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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.