Dale Sr. won six races in his first six years.
Dale Sr. started 676 Nascar Winston Cup Series races in 27 years. His first race was on May 25, 1975 and his last was on February 18, 2001.
Dale Jr. was 21 years old when he started racing in the Nascar Busch Series. He was 24 when he started Cup Series racing.
Dale Sr. drove in the Nascar Cup Series for 27 years (1975-2001).
Dale Sr. drove a total of 136 races over 13 years in the Nascar Busch Series. It is now known as the Nationwide Series.
Matt Kenseth was 24 years old when he drove his first Nascar Busch Series race.His first Cup Series race came when he was 26 years old, in 1998. Kenseth began racing full-time in the Nascar Cup Series in 2000.
From 2002-2011, Dale Jr. has won 13 Nascar Cup Series races and 10 Nationwide Series races (formerly known as the Busch Series).
Dale Sr. won 76 Nascar Winston Cup Series races in his 27 year career.He raced a total of ten races in five of those years.1975 (1), 1976 (2), 1977 (1), 1978(5), 2001 (1).
Richard Petty was 21 years old when he started racing in the Nascar Grand National Series.
Dale Sr's first race was on May 25, 1975 and his last race was on February 18, 2001. Dale only competed in 9 races from 1975 to 1978. He then drove full time, up until the 2001 Daytona 500, the first race of the season, in which he died.
Matt Kenseth was 24 years old when he drove in his first Busch Series race (now known as the Nationwide Series). He was 26 when he started his Nascar Cup Series career.
Dale Jr. started Cup Series racing in 1999. He drove five races that year. Junior's first ever start in the series was on May 30, 1999 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Mark Martin has been in Nascar for almost 30 years. His first Cup Series race was on April 5, 1981. Mark did not race in 1984 and 1985.