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NASCAR races held on Mother’s Day — and their winners

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Kyle Larson stands in Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway.

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The 2025 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday was the 13th time a NASCAR Cup Series event was held on Mother's Day. With Kyle Larson's victory, the No. 5 driver became the 12th different winner to win on the special day. Read on to see every instance and its winner.

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1954: Buck Baker ran 34 of the 37 NASCAR Cup races during the year. Baker won four events, started from the pole position seven times, finished in the top 10 on 28 occasions and finished third in Cup points. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Date: May 9, 1954

Track: Wilson Speedway (in Wilson, North Carolina)

Winner: Buck Baker
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - 1955: Tim Flock won the NASCAR Grand National race on the Daytona Beach Road course on February 27, 1955. Flock was the only man to win a race on the beach in all three NASCAR divisions that raced there: Grand National, Modified-Sportsman and Convertible. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Date: May 8, 1955

Track: Arizona State Fairgrounds (in Phoenix, Arizona)

Winner: Tim Flock
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1958: After back-to-back NASCAR Cup championships in 1956 and 1957, Buck Baker took second in Cup points driving this 1958 Chevrolet. Baker won three Cup events during the year and finished in the top 10 in 35 of the 41 races he entered. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Date: May 13, 1956

Track: Orange Speedway (now known as Occoneechee Speedway; in Hillsborough, North Carolina)

Winner: Buck Baker
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UNKNOWN — Late-1950s: Bob Welborn of Denton, NC, was the undisputed “king” of NASCAR’s Convertible Division. From 1956 through 1959, Welborn ran 111 races and won 19 times, along with finishing an astounding 87 events in the top 10. He was champion of the Convertible Division in 1956, 1957 and 1958. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Date: May 11, 1958

Track: Greensboro Fairgrounds (in Greensboro, North Carolina)

Winner: Bob Welborn
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1977: Benny Parsons won four races and finished third in NASCAR Winston Cup points. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Date: May 9, 1971

Track: South Boston Speedway (in South Boston, Virginia)

Winner: Benny Parsons
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UNKNOWN: Cale Yarborough sits in his car prior to a NASCAR Cup race. Yarborough ran in 560 Cup races between 1957 and 1988, winning 83 times. He became the first driver to win three consecutive NASCAR Cup titles from 1976 through 1978. (Photo by ISC Images and Archives via Getty Images)

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Date: May 14, 1978

Track: Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway; in Talladega, Alabama)

Winner: Cale Yarborough
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HAMPTON, GA - MAY 11, 1986: Bill Elliott's 'home track', Atlanta International Raceway, hosted The Winston in 1986, the only time that special event was not held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Elliott's Coors-Melling Ford Thunderbird won $240,000 by finishing nearly three seconds ahead of Dale Earnhardt. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Date: May 11, 1986 (All-Star Race)

Track: Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway; in Hampton, Georgia)

Winner: Bill Elliott
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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2007 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Date: May 13, 2007

Track: Darlington Raceway (in Darlington, South Carolina)

Winner: Jeff Gordon
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DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 05: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Toyota, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 05, 2021 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Date: May 9, 2021

Track: Darlington Raceway (in Darlington, South Carolina)

Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
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Date: May 8, 2022

Track: Darlington Raceway (in Darlington, South Carolina)

Winner: Joey Logano
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William Byron poses with trophy in Victory Lane at Darlington Raceway.

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Date: May 14, 2023

Track: Darlington Raceway (in Darlington, South Carolina)

Winner: William Byron
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Brad Keselowski, wife Paige, and their three children celebrate Brad's NASCAR Cup Series win at Darlington.

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Date: May 12, 2024

Track: Darlington Raceway (in Darlington, South Carolina)

Winner: Brad Keselowski
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Kyle Larson celebrates in Victory Lane at Kansas.

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Date: May 11, 2025

Track: Kansas Speedway (in Kansas City, Kansas)

Winner: Kyle Larson
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