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Who is the best road-course racer in NASCAR history?

By YPB Team

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

  1. Jeff Gordon — ranked #11
    Jeff Gordon
    Nine Cup road-course wins, a record when he retired.
    1000pts
  2. Chase Elliott — ranked #22
    Chase Elliott
    Won seven road-course races in five seasons and earned the Mr. Road Course label.
    875pts
  3. Ricky Rudd — ranked #33
    Ricky Rudd
    Won six road-course races across two decades.
    643pts
  4. Martin Truex Jr. — ranked #44
    Martin Truex Jr.
    Dominated Sonoma in the late 2010s.
    642pts
  5. Juan Pablo Montoya — ranked #55
    Juan Pablo Montoya
    Came from Formula 1 and won at Infineon and Watkins Glen.
    500pts
  6. Rusty Wallace — ranked #66
    Rusty Wallace
    Won at Riverside, Sonoma and Watkins Glen in the 1980s and 1990s.
    500pts
  7. AJ Allmendinger — ranked #77
    AJ Allmendinger
    Won at Watkins Glen and the Indianapolis road course as an underdog.
    409pts
  8. Dan Gurney — ranked #88
    Dan Gurney
    Won five of six Riverside races in the 1960s as a road-racing outsider.
    409pts
  9. Shane van Gisbergen — ranked #99
    Shane van Gisbergen
    Won on debut at Chicago in 2023 and turned road courses into his own category.
    409pts
  10. Mark Martin — ranked #1010
    Mark Martin
    Won at Watkins Glen twice and finished top five there repeatedly.
    167pts
  11. Tony Stewart — ranked #1111
    Tony Stewart
    Eight road-course wins, including three straight at Watkins Glen.
    167pts
  12. Marcos Ambrose — ranked #1212
    Marcos Ambrose
    The Australian who won Watkins Glen twice and little else.
    167pts
  13. Boris Said — ranked #1313
    Boris Said
    The sport's best-known road-course ringer, with a fan club to match.
    167pts
  14. Kyle Busch — ranked #1414
    Kyle Busch
    Won at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and the Indianapolis road course.
    167pts

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