Christopher bell Las Vegas Motor Speedway has a chance to join a very exclusive club at the end of this week. Already being made The first driver in the next general era (2022 ahead) to win three consecutive cups of racesNumber 20 Toyota which is still aiming for Gibbs Racing Driver to join the rare company with a fourth direct win.
Since the modern era of NASCAR began in 1972, only eight drivers have pulled it and it is quite VIP list. Seven of those drivers have since been vested in the Sports Hall of Fame and have six cups of series champions. It is indeed a elite company.
However, no one has achieved the achievement in about two decades. Bell’s road is not a Sunday cruise here, fighting the checker flag in Atlanta, Kota and now is fighting against many drivers on the way to capture the flag. With the NASCAR region of the modern day, these days, how close is it to make the three-bells of the vine surprisingly impressive. Therefore, if he manages to continue the streak of victory in Vegas, then there are drivers who will join and rare four-beat tricks to fulfill their own way.
Black Yarboro – 1976
Yarboro’s four wins came in her first championship season and it was one of the absolute domination – led by 200+ laps in each race won between September and October of that year. It began on the Richmond short track, closing Bobby Elisen almost from the length of a car. But the margin of victory increased only for each win. At Dover where he defeated Richard Petty for more than seven seconds, and then doubling that difference in 14 seconds on the Derael Waltrip in Martinsville. He completed an incredible run at North Wilcaseborough, winning from a full lap on Beni Parsons and placed a wonderful point at the end.
Black Yarboro in James Hilton’s Mercury
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Darel Waltrip – 1981
Voltrip’s victory came around the same time of the year and even covered two of the same race as Yarboro. Quite fun, it also came with the same team as both were running number 11 for Junior Johnson. For Waltrip, it began with Harry Gant in Martinsville, which was lagging him back from 7.8 seconds. He went to North Wilkesboro, where (like Yarboro) he defeated his closest contestant – Bobby Elisen – with a lap. DW again faced Elisen in Charlotte, winning almost a full lap with 31.8 seconds between them.
And finally, Waltrip completed this rare four-peet in another northern Carolina track, once again left Elisen on the way to win in Rockingam. Only this time, Waltrip did not pass to win until just 11 laps to go. And continuing to follow the example set by Yarboro before that, Waltrip ended the 1981 season by winning the first of the three NASCAR Cup series titles.
Race Winner Derael Waltrip
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Dale Arnhard – 1987
Arnhard’s impressive victory was long ago in the season, but still was not in a hurry as Bell’s current run. As the game advanced and the fields became more competitive, ‘The Intimedator’ had to fight a bit harder than the last two names to pull this achievement. It began in Darlington, passing the bill Elliot because he dramatically ran out of the fuel through the final set of corners on the lap of the white flag. He won the next week in North Wilcaseborough, keeping Kyle Paytm in closing laps in Bay with just a few seconds. After making the son the best, he then defeated the father, Richard Petty, did so in the bristle within a second. He finished this in Martinsville, in which rival Rusty Walece was put back on the way to capture the checker flag. And yes, he went to win the title that year too.
Del arranhard
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Harry Gant – 1991
Gantt is a unique name among this group. He is neither a champion nor a NASCAR Hall of Famer, and he was more than 50 years old at the time of receiving it. Grant also has the pride of being the oldest winner in the history of the cup series, a record that he achieved a year after this impressive stretch when he was 52 years old.
But in 1991, the person whom ‘Mr. September ‘earned his surname. He won every race that month, starting with Southern 500, doing Ernie Irvan more than ten seconds. In Richmond, he shadow Davi Elisen in an enthusiastic battle, finally to go to the end before completing the pass with only 18 laps. His Dover’s victory was a bit straight, dominating the incident and defeated Runner-up Geoff Bodin in one lap. However, the fourth victory was not easy as the Gantt actually crashed late in the race. They were replaced by the lead and the car’s nose (especially the right front fender) suffered significant damage. Unpublished, he charged back through the ground, winning the remaining and anyway with 46 laps from Brett Bodin.
Celebration of champions ceremony: Harry Gant
By photo: Eric Gilbert
Bill Elliot – 1992
And this was done by Elliot in 1992. In the second race of the year in Rockingam, he hopped to win Devi Alison. However, the line failed to reach almost two after actually ended the sensational finish in Richmond. Elliot won an thrilling photo Finnish over Allen Kulviki, with almost nothing between two cars on the checked flag. She was not almost sweating in Atlanta, winning with Gant Finishing with more than 18 seconds. He defeated Gantt again the next week as he completed four-beat in Darlington, gained late and participated with victory.
Alan Kulwik’s fight with Bill Elliot
Photo by photo: Nigel Bachred Photography
Mark Martin – 1993
Martin’s winning streak began in Watkins Glenn, which inherited the race lead only after dramatically crashed through Kyl Paytm and Dale Arnhardt essays. After this, he won a very direct win over Morgan Shepherd in Michigan before he fought a real fight on his hands in Bristol. Martin ran down the rusty one through slow traffic, cut cleanly under it and took an edge with just 12 laps to go. Wallace clung to his back bumper for the rest of the race, never gave them a moment to rest. Martin’s fourth win came to Darlington to Southern 500, refusing Brett Bodin, he completed four-yellow.
#6 Mark Martin Valvolin Ford
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In summer of 1998, now reputed number 24 Hendric motorsports Chevrolet was a force of nature. Gordon won 13 of 33 races that year, but it was between the 18th and 21st rounds of the year, where he managed to win four consecutive consecutives. It began in Pocono, defeating Mark Martin with just a second line after a major performance. Gordon then made Martin the best again, this time in the Indianpolis Motor Speedway in Bricyard 400, despite the late race yellow, hanging the ground back despite bringing it back to the bumper. In Watkins Glenn, Gordon passed the Mike Skinner for the lead with four laps to leave, and once again, Martin crossed the line in second place after passing the skinner. Martin shadowed Gordon throughout this heat and when he reached Michigan, it was none other than Martin, who had to pass Gordon to win with less than 10 laps to go. However, the then-Russia driver was not in second place this time Bobby lebonate And Dale Geratte fought around him, making Gordon away.
Jeff gordon
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Over the last 30 years, it is no surprise that only two drivers who fulfill this impressive achievement have two Titans of HMS. The most recent driver to pull it was Johnson, who was in the middle of his unprecedented run of five consecutive consecutive consecutive NASCAR Cup series titles (before winning seven). His victory came to a very end of the season, widely opened the battle of the championship (despite the playoff format) as he crushed the competition. He held against Ryan Namman And in Martinsville, his team partner Gordon was without any challenge, but next week there was a very different story in Atlanta. He was running fifth with just ten laps to leave, but under caution an incredible pit placed him second on another track. Denny Hamlin Stayed out, but the restart ran out of the fuel coming into the zone. Johnson was able to escape from him as other people crashed, to win ahead of Carl Edwards. And then it was on Texas where Johnson showed right near the end. For many wins mentioned in this list, Johnson led single digit laps in two of his four wins, but always managed to bring himself into an ideal position when the checker flag was looked. In Texas, he ran down Matte canceth And took the lead with just two laps throughout the race. He finished his run in Phoenix, leading to lead Martin Truex JuniorLeft with just 23 laps and finally stopped Greg buffle Officially to win four in a row.
Race winner Jimmy Johnson celebrates
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Work ahead of vine
Now, the recent history tells us how difficult it can be to win four cups of race in this modern era. It has already been a dogfite to reach three for Bell, and many other stars are in this position, but failed to reach four. Both Kyle Busch And Brad Keselovsky In 2018, three consecutive races won, but none of these cups could increase the champion streak to four. Kyle Larsen Won three consecutive times during the 2021 season and still could not continue it, although it was Agonizingly closer in Pocono before a sudden flying tire in the last corner Tire won him. Joy logano During the 2015 playoffs won the entire three-breed round, but A Tamasic Mat Canceth dropped him out of the lead in Martinsville And refused to give him a chance in four.
NASCAR is the head of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this week, which is good news for Bell as it is a more straight race than some of these wildcard events in a drafting track or road course. However, he too is 0–10 in terms of winning, finished second twice. Was also a bell The leading driver lasts in LVMS, but a fuel gambling by Logano denied him Despite more than half the race. While difficult, Auds are not against him because Bell wants to continue this historic streak of being unbeatable.
Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
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