Mark Martin won at least one race in a Nascar Cup Series season 15 times.
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.
To drive in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, you must be at least 18 years of age.
18 yearsRichard Petty holds the record for the most years with at least one win in the Nascar Cup Series (1960-1977).
No. You can only race go-karts and legends cars at 14.An age requirement was set back in 2002 that you have to be at least 18 years old in order to compete in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series), the Craftsman Truck Series (now known as the Camping World Truck Series) and all other Nascar Touring Series. At the time, this matched the existing standard for the Nascar Cup Series.
In the NASCAR Sprinr Cup Series, the oldest driver is Mark Martin. He is ranked 13, 305 points behind at the time of this question. Mark is 50 years old.
In the Nascar Cup Series, Richard Petty had the longest yearly winning streak. The King won at least one race in 18 consecutive seasons (1960-1977).
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.
Richard Petty was 21 years old when he started racing in the Nascar Grand National Series.
In order to race in the Nascar Cup, Nationwide or Camping World Truck Series, a driver must be 18 years old.
Dale Jarrett was a Nascar Cup Series for 24 years (1984: 1 race, 1986: 3 races, 1987-2007, 2008: 5 races). He also drove full and part time in the Nascar Nationwide Series for 20 years.
Morgan Shepherd and James Hylton are two of the older drivers that are not continuously active, both in their 60's. Kenny Schrader, Bill Elliott and Mark Martin are the three oldest part-time drivers, they are all in their 50's. Joe Nemechek is currently the oldest full-time active driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Dale Jr. was 21 years old when he started racing in the Nascar Busch Series. He was 24 when he started Cup Series racing.