Last week at Kansas we saw, yet again, Kyle Larson dominate another race and win as he became the first driver this year to get 61 points in a race. Next up we head to North Wilkesboro for a little Short track fun (or not so fun if it’s like it’s been of late) in the All-Star Race. Down below you will find different statistics from all of the NASCAR Cup All-Star Races ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find all-time stats for the All-Star Race, if you are looking for all-time stats at North Wilkesboro check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: North Wilkesboro, or if you are looking for only active drivers stats or Next Gen stats check out my next article Active/Next Gen Cup Stats: All-Star Race.
Active Drivers will be highlighted like so
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2025 Cup Series season.

First Winner: Darrell Waltrip 05/25/1985
Most Recent Winner: Kyle Larson 05/19/2024
Worst Starting Positions by Winner
Rank Year Start Pos. Driver Rank Year Start Pos. Driver
1 2002 27 Ryan Newman T7 2003 16 Jimmie Johnson
2 2008 24 Kasey Kahne T7 2023 16 Kyle Larson
3 1996 20 Michael Waltrip 9 2009 15 Tony Stewart
4 1997 19 Jeff Gordon T10 1999 13 Terry Labonte
T5 2013 18 Jimmie Johnson T10 2020 13 Chase Elliott
T5 2019 18 Kyle Larson

There has only been one All-Star Race in which 27 drivers started the race, in that race Ryan Newman started last and won which means his record above is pretty safe. Photo by ISC Archives — CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images

Worst Finish by Driver Starting First
Rank Year Finish Driver Rank Year Finish Driver
1 2008 24 Kyle Busch T7 2001 15 Rusty Wallace
2 2022 21 Kyle Busch T8 1987 14 Bill Elliott
3 1994 19 Rusty Wallace T8 1989 14 Terry Labonte
4 2003 16 Bill Elliott T8 2006 14 Kasey Kahne
T5 1995 15 Bobby Labonte T8 2018 14 Matt Kenseth
T5 1999 15 Bobby Labonte

– Kyle Busch better hope he doesn’t start 1st in the All-Star Race this weekend as 2 of the 4 times he’s done so he’s finished out of the Top 20.

Drivers who Started 1st & Won Race
Year Driver Year Driver
1990 Dale Earnhardt 2015 Denny Hamlin
1991 Davey Allison 2021 Kyle Larson
1992 Davey Allison 2024 Joey Logano
2010 Kurt Busch

– Only 7 out of 40 All-Star Races have seen the driver that started 1st also finish 1st in the race, but 2 of those have come in the last 4 races.

Best Laps Led% by Winner Worst Laps Led% by Winner
Rank Year Laps Led% Driver Rank Year Laps Led% Driver
T1 1990 100 Dale Earnhardt 1 2009 2.00 Tony Stewart
T1 1991 100 Davey Allison T2 1993 2.86 Dale Earnhardt
3 2024 99.50 Joey Logano T2 2000 2.86 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 1986 98.80 Bill Elliott 4 2004 5.56 Matt Kenseth
5 2023 72.50 Kyle Larson 5 1988 6.67 Terry Labonte
6 1995 70.00 Jeff Gordon 6 1987 7.41 Dale Earnhardt
7 2022 60.00 Ryan Blaney 7 2016 10.62 Joey Logano
T8 1989 51.11 Rusty Wallace 8 2013 11.11 Jimmie Johnson
T8 1992 44.29 Davey Allison T9 1996 12.86 Michael Waltrip
10 1998 44.29 Mark Martin T9 1997 12.86 Jeff Gordon

– 4 of the last 5 All-Star Races have seen a driver lead over 40% of the race and win, including both North Wilkesboro All-Star races. So, don’t be surprised if someone dominates the race and wins this weekend.

Best Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
T1 1990 100 Dale Earnhardt 1st 6 2023 70.00 Kyle Larson 1st
T1 1991 100 Davey Allison 1st 7 1995 60.00 Jeff Gordon 1st
3 2024 98.80 Joey Logano 1st 8 2022 57.14 Ryan Blaney 1st
4 1986 89.63 Bill Elliott 1st 9 2017 56.00 Kyle Larson 2nd
5 1987 72.50 Bill Elliott 14th 10 2010 54.44 Jimmie Johnson 13th

– 8 of the 11 times that a driver has led over 54% of the laps in the All-Star Race they have also went on to Win the race.

Most Lead Lap cars at finish of race Fewest Lead Lap cars at finish of race
Rank Year # of cars Rank Year # of cars
1 2008 22 T1 1986 7
T2 2012 21 T1 1988 7
T2 2021 21 3 2017 9
T4 2001 20 T4 1995 10
T4 2013 20 T4 2002 10
T4 2020 20 T4 2005 10
7 2015 19 T4 2006 10
T8 1996 18 T8 1985 11
T8 2022 18 T8 1987 11
T10 1997 17 T8 1999 11
T10 2009 17 T8 2000 11
T10 2011 17
T10 2024 17

– Unless almost every driver in the All-Star Race finishes on the lead lap this weekend then 2008 will still hold the top spot to itself in the most lead lap finishes table above.

Best Avg. Fin. by Starting Position
(1-23)		 Worst Avg. Fin. by Starting Position
(1-23)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 2nd 7.63 1 22nd 15.80
2 5th 8.27 2 19th 12.68
3 1st 8.68 3 15th 12.55
4 3rd 9.40 4 16th 12.45
5 4th 9.52 5 14th 12.32
6 7th 10.53 6 23rd 12.29
7 10th 10.58 T7 18th 11.97
8 20th 10.78 T7 12th 11.97
9 11th 11.10 9 6th 11.85
10 9th 11.13 10 21st 11.83

– There is a 3.12 Avg. Finish difference between worst and 2nd to worst in the table above, but there is only a 5.05 Avg. Finish difference between best and 2nd to worst.

Best All-Star Avg. Fin. All-time
 Best All-Star Laps Led% All-time
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Tim Richmond 4.00 2 1 Rick Mast 30.00 1
2 Jerry Nadeau 4.50 2 2 Kyle Larson 23.80 8
T3 Dick Trickle 6.00 1 3 Robert Pressley 22.86 1
T3 Johnny Sauter 6.00 1 4 Davey Allison 18.69 7
5 Joey Logano 6.07 14 5 Bill Elliott 17.71 18
6 Ken Schrader 6.13 8 6 Ryan Blaney 16.68 8
7 Davey Allison 6.14 7 7 Kyle Busch 15.47 19
8 Bobby Allison 6.33 3 8 Joey Logano 14.08 14
T9 Kyle Larson 7.00 8 9 Jimmie Johnson 13.07 19
T9 Robert Pressley 7.00 1 10 Dale Earnhardt 10.39 16

If Kyle Larson can lead 138 laps or more this weekend then he will be atop the Laps Led% table above. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Most All-Star Race Starts
All-time		 Best All-Star Race Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Lap Comp% Starts
1 Mark Martin 24 T1 Aric Almirola 100 5
2 Kevin Harvick 23 T1 Brian Vickers 100 4
3 Jeff Gordon 22 T1 Bubba Wallace 100 4
4 Kurt Busch 21 T1 Christopher Bell 100 4
T5 Ryan Newman 20 T1 David Ragan 100 4
T5 Terry Labonte 20 T1 Bobby Allison 100 3
T7 Jimmie Johnson 19 T1 Jimmy Spencer 100 3
T7 Kyle Busch 19 T1 Michael McDowell 100 3
T7 Matt Kenseth 19 T1 Tyler Reddick 100 3
T7 Rusty Wallace 19 T1 11 drivers tied with same number of starts 100 2

– If Christopher Bell (and Bubba Wallace if he makes the All-Star Race) can run every lap in the race then he (they) will join Aric Almirola as the only drivers to compete in 5+ All-Star Races and complete every lap.

Most All-Star Race Wins
All-time		 Best All-Star Race Win% All-time
Rank Driver Wins Rank Driver Win% Wins
1 Jimmie Johnson 4 1 Kyle Larson 37.50 3
T2 Kyle Larson 3 2 Davey Allison 28.57 2
T2 Dale Earnhardt 3 3 Jimmie Johnson 21.05 4
T2 Jeff Gordon 3 4 Dale Earnhardt 18.75 3
T5 Davey Allison 2 5 Joey Loganno 14.29 1
T5 Joey Logano 2 6 Jeff Gordon 13.64 3
T5 Terry Labonte 2 7 Ryan Blaney 12.50 1
T5 Kevin Harvick 2 8 Chase Elliott 11.11 2
T5 Mark Martin 2 9 Terry Labonte 10.00 1
T10 17 drivers tied 1 10 Carl Edwards 9.09 2

With his All-Star win last year Joey Logano became just the 9th driver to win multiple All-Star Races, and the 10th driver to get 5+ Top 3 All-Star finishes. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images

Most All-Star Race Top 3’s
All-time		 Best All-Star Race Top 3% All-time
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
T1 Dale Earnhardt 7 1 Ken Schrader 62.50 5
T1 Kevin Harvick 7 T2 Kyle Larson 50.00 4
T3 Jimmie Johnson 6 T2 Austin Cindric 50.00 1
T3 Matt Kenseth 6 T2 David Reutimann 50.00 1
T5 Ken Schrader 5 T2 Tim Richmond 50.00 1
T5 Joey Logano 5 6 Dale Earnhardt 43.75 7
T5 Kyle Busch 5 7 Davey Allison 42.86 3
T5 Terry Labonte 5 8 Joey Logano 35.71 5
T5 Jeff Gordon 5 9 Tyler Reddick 33.33 1
T5 Mark Martin 5 T10 Jimmie Johnson 31.58 6
T10 Matt Kenseth 31.58 6

– Ken Schrader was great at finishing well in the All-Star Race as he has the best Top 3% above and the 3rd best Top 5% below, but he couldn’t find a way to win in his 8 starts.

Most All-Star Race Top 5’s
All-time		 Best All-Star Race Top 5% All-time
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
T1 Dale Earnhardt 9 T1 Jerry Nadeau 100 2
T1 Jimmie Johnson 9 T1 Tim Richmond 100 2
T3 Joey Logano 8 3 Ken Schrader 75.00 6
T3 Tony Stewart 8 4 Kyle Larson 62.50 5
T3 Kurt Busch 8 T5 Joey Logano 57.14 8
T6 Denny Hamlin 7 T5 Davey Allison 57.14 4
T6 Matt Kenseth 7 7 Dale Earnhardt 56.25 9
T6 Jeff Gordon 7 T8 Bubba Wallace 50.00 2
T6 Kevin Harvick 7 T8 Cale Yarborough 50.00 2
T10 6 drivers tied 6 T8 Austin Cindric 50.00 1
T8 Chase Briscoe 50.00 1
T8 David Reutimann 50.00 1
Most All-Star Race Top 10’s
All-time		 Best All-Star Race Top 10% All-time
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top10% Top10’s
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 14 T1 Bobby Allison 100 3
T2 Joey Logano 13 T1 Benny Parsons 100 2
T2 Bill Elliott 13 T1 Jerry Nadeau 100 2
T2 Kevin Harvick 13 T1 Tim Richmond 100 2
T5 Dale Earnhardt 12 T1 Dick Trickle 100 1
T5 Denny Hamlin 12 T1 Johnny Sauter 100 1
T5 Kyle Busch 12 T1 Rich Bickle 100 1
T5 Matt Kenseth 12 T1 Robert Pressley 100 1
T9 Jimmie Johnson 11 T1 Scott Riggs 100 1
T9 Kurt Busch 11 T1 Joey Logano 92.86 13

Joey Logano is the All-Star Race master as he is the only driver with 4+ starts to finish 90% or more of his All-Star Races in the Top 10, and he’s actually only finished out of the Top 10 once in 14 All-Star Races. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images

Most All-Star Race Starts
without Win		 Longest All-Star Race Win Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 Bobby Labonte 17 T1 Davey Allison 2 1991-92
T1 Dale Jarrett 17 T1 Jimmie Johnson 2 2012-13
T1 Ricky Rudd 17 T3 36

drivers

tied

 1 1985-2024
4 Brad Keselowski 16
5 Martin Truex Jr. 14
T6 Greg Biffle 13
T6 Sterling Marlin 13
8 Jeff Burton 12
T9 Clint Bowyer 11
T9 Kyle Petty 11

– This weekend Joey Logano can become only the 3rd driver to win back-to-back All-Star races in the 41 year history of the race.

Most All-Star Race Starts
without Top 3		 Longest All-Star Race Top 3 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
1 Jeff Burton 12 1 Ken Schrader 4 1989-92
2 Clint Bowyer 11 2 Kevin Harvick 3 2018-20
T3 Morgan Shepherd 8 T3 16 drivers tied 2 1985-2021
T3 Ward Burton 8
T5 A.J. Allmendinger 7
T5 Jeremy Mayfield 7
T7 Joe Nemechek 6
T7 Lake Speed 6
T7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6
T7 William Byron 6

Ken Schrader (#25) may not have been able to win an All-Star Race, but he is the leader in longest Top 3 streak above and longest Top 5 streak below. Photo by ISC Archives — CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images

Most All-Star Race Starts
without Top 5		 Longest All-Star Race Top 5 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
1 Clint Bowyer 11 1 Ken Schrader 6 1989-94
T2 Morgan Shepherd 8 T2 Bill Elliott 5 1988-92
T2 Ward Burton 8 T2 Tony Stewart 5 2007-11
4 A.J. Allmendinger 7 4 Jimmie Johnson 4 2005-08
T5 Lake Speed 6 T5 Davey Allison 3 1990-92
T5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6 T5 Geoff Bodine 3 1993-95
T5 William Byron 6 T5 Kyle Busch 3 2011-13
T8 Alex Bowman 5 T5 Kurt Busch 3 2015-17
T8 Aric Almirola 5 T5 Kevin Harvick 3 2018-20
T8 Bobby Hamilton 5 T10 33 drivers tied 2 1985-2024
T8 Bobby Hillin Jr. 5
T8 Greg Sacks 5
Most All-Star Race Starts
without Top 10		 Longest All-Star Race Top 10 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
1 Lake Speed 6 1 Joey Logano 10 2015-24
2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5 2 Matt Kenseth 9 2007-15
T3 Casey Mears 3 T3 Dale Earnhardt 7 1985-91
T3 Danica Patrick 3 T3 Kyle Busch 7 2015-21
T3 Phil Parsons 3 T5 Ken Schrader 6 1989-94
T3 Steve Park 3 T5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6 2004-09
T7 8 drivers tied 2 T5 Denny Hamlin 6 2013-18
T8 Darrell Waltrip 5 1985-89
T8 Bill Elliott 5 1988-92
T8 Tony Stewart 5 2007-11
T8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 2012-16
T8 Ryan Blaney 5 2020-24

Joey Logano has been mentioned a lot in this article, and he will once more. Last year with his win he set the record for most consecutive All-Star Race Top 10’s and can extend it this year. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images