After 4 competitive races to kick off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the greatest drivers in the world continued their tour of the American West by making a pit stop to gamble at the strip in Sin City. That’s right! The fifth race of the season is at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which has provided us with some real barn burners over the course of the last few years, particularly after the introduction of the NextGen car.
As with many tracks, some drivers just take to the layout, and Vegas is no different. There have been five drivers who, over their long careers, have excelled at this style of track. So, that’s what we’re going to run through today. Here are the 5 winningest drivers in the history of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway!
Unlike a handful of tracks, the multi-winners column for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is pretty narrow. So, to start our list, we’ve got a 3-way tie. Each of the following drivers has won 3 races at the track a piece, and we’re kicking things off with Bad Brad Keselowski. Though his winning days have largely slowed down, there was a time in the early-to-mid 2010s when he was often considered a regular title threat, being able to win on any type of track, including a mile-and-a-half intermediates.
Keselowski has won 3 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, all of them coming in the number 2 Dodge/Ford for Team Penske. His first victory came in 2014 and, as with his former teammate’s championships, all of his wins came in even-numbered years. Following his triumph in 2014 was a pair of wins in 2016 and 2018 respectively. In 23 starts at the track, he earned 9 top 5 finishes and 13 top 10s.
Vegas has always been one of those good tracks for Kyle Larson. He also won 3 races there over the course of his career. His first win at the track came in 2021. It was his first win with Hendrick Motorsports. And, as we all know, he went on to win the Cup Series title later on in the year. His next 2 wins were back-to-back victories. He won the fall race in 2023 and then returned to victory lane the following spring. Aside from wins over 17 starts at the track, he has gone on to score 8 top 5 finishes and 12 top 10s. Those are pretty solid stats at the track, if we do say so ourselves.
Moving up on this list, we have Matt Kenseth, who also scored 3 victories on the track. The first two were back-to-back driving the number 17 Dewalt Ford for Roush Racing. Back then, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at the track but once per year. The first in this pair of wins came in 2003. Infamously, this was the one and only win Matt Kenseth would earn in the 2003 Winston Cup season, and it was just the third race of the season. Following this win, he remained at the season’s end. He followed that up with a win in 2004.
But he would have to wait almost a decade to score his third and final win at the track. This came in 2013 and was his first win driving the number 20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing. In 19 starts at the track, Kenseth finished in the top 5 6 times and the top 10 10 times. His success at the track didn’t stop with the Cup Series, either. He also scored 2 victories in the NASCAR Xfinity Series: one in 2001 and another in 2006.
The most successful active driver on this list is defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano. The driver of the number 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford for Team Penske is currently tied in all-time wins at the track. But his success wasn’t immediate. He didn’t score his first win at the track until his 7th season with Team Penske. This came in 2019, right off the heels of his first NASCAR Cup title. His second win came two years later, in 2020, while his third came in 2022 when he also won his second title. Most recently, Joey Logano won the fall race at the track in 2024, which punched his ticket to the Championship 4. We all know how that turned out…
And, as they say, the rest is history. This was a key win in Logano’s 2024 campaign–a vital win that allowed him to become the first driver since Tony Stewart to win 3 NASCAR Cup Series titles.
Unsurprisingly, J. J. tops this list with 4 wins at the track. Need I say more? Jimmie Johnson is rightfully considered by most to be on the Mt. Rushmore of the sport, having been one of only 3 drivers to win 7 NASCAR Cup Series titles. He is the only driver in the history of the track to win three races in a row. His first one came in 2005. He followed that up with wins in 2006 and 2007, respectively, both championship years for Johnson. His final win at the track came in 2010, yet another championship season.
Over 23 starts, he has scored only 7 top 5s and 10 top 10s. It seems a little hard to believe, in all honesty, but those are his stats at the track. And, in our minds and hearts, that 28th-place finish last fall does not exist.
That does it for us, Daily Downforce readers! What did you make of our list? What are your favorite driver’s stats at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway? Let us know! And be sure to keep it right here at DailyDownforce.com for all the latest news and rumors from the NASCAR garage!
