List of NASCAR drivers who have won in each of top three series (2024)

The top three National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) national divisions are: NASCAR Cup Series, operating since 1949; Xfinity Series, operating since 1982, and; Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, operating since 1995. NASCAR drivers who have won in each of top three series are labeled Triple Threats.^[1]

Starting with the inaugural 1995 season of the Camping World Truck Series, counting through the middle of the 2018 NASCAR racing season, only 31 drivers have earned the Triple Threat moniker. The first driver to accomplish the feat was Ken Schrader, with his Truck win on April 15, 1995. The most recent driver to join the list is Chase Elliott, with his Cup Series win on August 5, 2018.

Triple Threats[]

Below is a list of 40 drivers, through June 13, 2022, who have won at least one race in each of the top three NASCAR national divisions.

The shortest time from first win to Triple Threat, and the youngest driver to become a Triple Threat, was accomplished by Kyle Busch, scoring his first win in each series within a 16-month span from May 14, 2004 to September 4, 2005—completing the feat at 20 years 4 months of age.

While no driver has completed all three of their first-ever Triple Threat wins in a single season, 7 of these drivers did go on to score a subsequent Triple Threat season: Terry Labonte (1995), Kevin Harvick (2003, 2010), Kyle Busch (2005–2011, 2013–2019), Denny Hamlin (2011), Brad Keselowski (2014), Joey Logano (2015), and Kyle Larson (2016).

With a win in the Truck race at Martinsville on April 9, 2005, Bobby Labonte became the first driver to complete a Triple Threat at the same track: 1992 Busch Winston Classic; 2002 Winston Cup Virginia 500; and 2005 Craftsman Truck Kroger 250.

With his win in the Cup race at Bristol on August 21, 2010, Kyle Busch became the first driver to complete a Triple Threat on the same weekend, winning the Bristol Motor Speedway-hosted: O'Reilly Auto Parts 200; Food City 250; and Irwin Tools Night Race.^[2] Kyle Busch repeated a one-stop Triple Threat – still the only driver to accomplish the feat – sweeping the three Bristol races on August 16, 18 and 19, 2017.

Showing only their first win in each of the top three NASCAR national divisions (the win that completed the Triple Threat is bolded), the Triple Threat drivers are:

Drivers with wins in two of the top three series[]

Below is an alphabetical list of drivers who have scored victories in just two of the top three series, as of the 2022 NASCAR racing season.

Driver championships in two of the top divisions[]

In the history of NASCAR (to the end of the 2017 season), only eight drivers have accomplished championship seasons in more than one of the top three national divisions. Of these, five have championships in both the Cup and Xfinity Series, while three have championships in both the Xfinity and Truck Series.

The feat was first accomplished by Bobby Labonte, with a championship season in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series to go with his championship season in the 1991 Busch Series (now the Xfinity Series).

The quickest to accomplish this feat, from the start of his NASCAR career, is Austin Dillon, who started NASCAR racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2008 and had won national championships in both the Xfinity and Truck Series by 2013.

All of these drivers except Martin Truex Jr. are also members of the Triple Threat club shown above.

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