Cup Drivers With the Longest Streaks of Consecutive Winning Seasons

Nothing lasts forever.

That include Kyle Busch’s streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons in the NASCAR Cup Series, as 2024 marked the first winless season of his career.

He had a few chances to extend that number to 20 (see Atlanta Motor Speedway’s three-wide photo finish and races at Daytona International Speedway, Darlington Raceway and Kansas Speedway in the summer), but the best result he could muster was a pair of runner-up finishes in what can only be described as a nightmare of a year.

Busch is back to zero for 2025, and no one has a chance at tying or breaking his record until the 2030s. In fact, there are only five active drivers with a winning streak longer than three seasons. The newest generation of talents has taken center stage, and while the old guard can still compete for wins, they’re slowly falling to the wayside, one-by-one.

Busch and Brad Keselowski saw their decade-long streaks end in the Next Gen car, while since retired champions Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. had lengthy winning streaks come to a close earlier in the decade.

The five longest winning streaks heading into the 2025 season are held by a mix of the old guard and the stars of today and tomorrow. No one will approach Busch’s record for a long, long time, but

4th: Kyle Larson & Christopher Bell: 4 seasons

Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell made their debuts with Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing, respectively, in 2021. That’s the same year their streaks began, and with how much the pair dominated in 2024, they can easily push their streaks into the double digits.

That said, it’s hard to see either driver racing for 15 more seasons, let alone winning in all of them. Both drivers can easily push their streaks into double digits, but Bell turns 30 later this month, while Larson is already 32. He also has a love for dirt racing that transcends his passion for NASCAR, so Larson’s streak will likely last for as long as he is happy competing full time in the Cup Series.

3rd: William Byron: 5 seasons

At 27 years old, William Byron is the youngest driver with a win streak transcending the Next Gen car. He won his first race at Daytona in 2020, and he’s since put together five consecutive winning seasons, a number that includes nine wins since the start of 2023.

Crew chief Rudy Fugle was the spark that saw Byron emerge as a star in 2021, and Byron has more than a decade of winning ahead of him if he plays…