Every new NASCAR season brings a new set of interesting streaks to look out for throughout the year. Despite being able to field multiple cars, sometimes teams of two, three, and even four cars can go on a losing streak. Here are the longest active losing streaks among NASCAR teams.
Kaulig Racing is revamped and refreshed entering 2025. After a tough season in both the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, they are fielding a new lineup in both series.
Last season, Kaulig failed to win a NASCAR Cup Series race despite their best efforts. Former Xfinity Series Champion Daniel Hemric drove their No. 31 entry while a rotating door of drivers drove their No. 16. This list included AJ Allmendinger, Shane van Gisbergen, and Ty Dillon. The team took home a best finish of second last season with SVG behind the wheel.
Allmendinger was the last driver to win a Cup Series race for the team in late 2023. As usual, AJ took home a win at the Charlotte Roval in the No. 16 before moving to Xfinity Series action full-time for 2024. Following a year of struggles and inconsistency, the team is bringing Allmendinger and Dillon on full-time, hoping to return to victory lane.
Much like Kaulig, Front Row Motorsports has a new look for 2025. The team is fielding just one returning driver, Todd Gilliland, alongside a re-signed Zane Smith and a fresh-faced Noah Gragson in an expansion car.
Unfortunately, this new group is the result of the departure of veteran talent Michael McDowell, the team’s winningest driver. McDowell was the team’s most recent winner when he took the No. 34 to victory lane at the Brickyard in 2023.
In 2024, FRM looked solid at the start of the season with their new Tier One support from Ford. However, as the season went forward, they continued to carry that speed with six pole awards but could not muster a win. The team’s best race was perhaps Gilliland’s 58-lap leading performance at the spring Atlanta race.
The team has three solid superspeedway races and a lot of speed on drafting tracks. This may be their route to a win in 2025.
Of the teams on this list, Legacy Motor Club will have the least changes heading into 2025.
Last season, the team entered veteran Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek, who returned to the Cup Series with Toyota. Despite their new support from Toyota, LMC struggled all season long. This included an early-season injury to Jones, which saw him miss two races.
Jones was the team’s last race winner. That race was at Darlington in the fall of 2022. The team, which was known as Petty-GMS Racing at the time, and the driver led just 23 laps in an upset for the ages.
While the team is sticking with its lineup, it continues to work on its front office structure, including hiring veteran Travis Mack as Crew Chief of the No. 42. It looks like a long road back to victory lane for LMC; however, there remains a chance 2025 will be a breakout year for the team.
Spire Motorsports may be in the best position of all teams entering 2025.
Last season, the team made changes often and early on. First, they signed Michael McDowell and Crew Chief Travis Peterson away from FRM; then, they announced the impending departure of Corey LaJoie.
These changes followed massive improvements, including the emergence of 2024 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Carson Hocevar. With hopes high for 2025, Spire opted to move on from LaJoie early on and brought back Justin Haley in a driver swap with Rick Ware Racing.
Haley was one of the best stories of the 2025 season, showing unforeseen speed in RWR’s No. 51. However, Haley also has a history with the team. In 2019, he took the then one-car team to victory lane at Daytona. Thanks to a risky call to pit from Kurt Busch right before a race-ending rain delay, Haley and Spire were in prime position to win.
With their new look and continuing growth, Spire could be back in victory lane after over five years.
This list will be updated race to race as the season continues.
