The 23 Best NASCAR Road-Course Racers of All Time

Left turns only, except twice a year — and then a different set of names shows up at the front.

1. 1
   Jeff Gordon

   Nine Cup road-course wins, a record when he retired.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Chase Elliott

   Won seven road-course races in five seasons and earned the Mr. Road Course label.
   875pts
3. 3
   Ricky Rudd

   Won six road-course races across two decades.
   643pts
4. 4
   Martin Truex Jr.

   Dominated Sonoma in the late 2010s.
   642pts
5. 5
   Juan Pablo Montoya

   Came from Formula 1 and won at Infineon and Watkins Glen.
   500pts
6. 6
   Rusty Wallace

   Won at Riverside, Sonoma and Watkins Glen in the 1980s and 1990s.
   500pts
7. 7
   AJ Allmendinger

   Won at Watkins Glen and the Indianapolis road course as an underdog.
   409pts
8. 8
   Dan Gurney

   Won five of six Riverside races in the 1960s as a road-racing outsider.
   409pts
9. 9
   Shane van Gisbergen

   Won on debut at Chicago in 2023 and turned road courses into his own category.
   409pts
10. 10
    Mark Martin

    Won at Watkins Glen twice and finished top five there repeatedly.
    0pts
11. 11
    Tony Stewart

    Eight road-course wins, including three straight at Watkins Glen.
    0pts
12. 12
    Marcos Ambrose

    The Australian who won Watkins Glen twice and little else.
    0pts
13. 13
    Boris Said

    The sport's best-known road-course ringer, with a fan club to match.
    0pts
14. 14
    Kyle Busch

    Won at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and the Indianapolis road course.
    0pts
15. 15
    Bobby Allison

    Won six Cup races at Riverside, tied for the fifth-most road-course wins in Cup history.
16. 16
    Kyle Larson

    Won six Cup road-course races at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Roval.
17. 17
    Darrell Waltrip

    Won five times on the Riverside road course during his dominant 1970s and 1980s run.
18. 18
    Tim Richmond

    Former open-wheel racer who won five Cup road-course races in the 1980s.
19. 19
    David Pearson

    The Silver Fox won four Cup road-course races among his 105 career victories.
20. 20
    Robby Gordon

    Off-road and open-wheel specialist who swept both Cup road-course races, at Sonoma and Watkins Glen, in 2003.
21. 21
    Tyler Reddick

    Won at Road America, the Indianapolis road course and COTA, making him one of the best modern road racers.
22. 22
    Parnelli Jones

    Indy 500 winner who took the 1967 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside in a Bill Stroppe Ford.
23. 23
    Michael McDowell

    Road-course specialist who won the 2023 race on the Indianapolis road course from the pole.

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