Two iconic HMS teams are chasing an exclusive NASCAR milestone in 2023

Two iconic HMS teams are chasing an exclusive NASCAR milestone in 2023

Hendrick Motorsports cars in Martinsville (Images via Imago/ USA Today Network)

The 75th-anniversary edition of the NASCAR cup series will be a feast to watch, and fans are eager to see the green flag of the season opener Daytona 500. Understanding Next-Gen cars made a difference in 2022 for the team, and it will be the same for the 2023 season. Teams need to use the data they collected this season, which marked the debut of 7th Gen cars.

Hendrick Motorsports, the most dominant team in NASCAR history, is chasing a few NASCAR milestones in 2023. The No:24 and No:48 teams aim to become charters’ exclusive members with 100 race wins. William Byron and Alex Bowman now have the responsibility for taking their teams the historic feat that two of the NASCAR greats couldn’t do.

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The No:24 team is just three race wins away from reaching the 100-race win milestone. The charter was made famous by Jeff Gordan, one of the most dominant cup racers of all time. He won 4 cup championships with the 24-team and has visited the victory 93 times. Byron added four wins to the team and needs to secure three more to reach the record. Two of those wins came in 2022, his most productive season. He needs to best that next year.

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Alex Bowman, on the other hand, has a bigger task on his hand. He is driving the No:48 charter made famous by a record seven times cup champion Jimmie Johnson. With the five-wins Bowman scored in his last two years, the team has 91 race wins. The Ally-sponsored driver has to score nine wins in 2023 to reach the milestone. It’s a big ask considering the increase in the competition following the introduction f Next-Gen cars.

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Which NASCAR charter has the greatest number of cup race wins   

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There are 4 NASCAR charters to score more than 100 wins in the cup series, and two have scored 200 race wins. The No:2 team driven By Austin Cindric of Team Penske Racing has scored 101 race wins. The latest win came from Cindric in Daytona. Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Allison, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Austin Cindric, and Tim Richmond visited the victory lane in the No:2 car.

The second team that scored 101 wins is the No:3 charter. Austin Dillon of RCR currently drives it. The car earns iconic status thanks to 7 times cup champion Dale Earnhardt, who scored multiple wins for the team. Dillon, David Pearson, Junior Johnson, and Buck Baker are among the team’s few greats to score wins.

The first team with more than 200 race wins is the iconic No:43 ride made famous by the petty family. Lee Petty, Richard Petty, Jim Paschal, Bobby Hamilton, John Andretti, Aric Almirola, and Erik Jones have scored a combined 200 wins for the charter.

The charter with the greatest number of cup race wins is the No:11. The JGR driver Denny Hamlin currently drives the team. Ned Jarrett, Mario Andretti, Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker, AJ Foyt, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Geoffrey Bodine, Bill Elliott, and Denny Hamlin have combined to score 228 wins for the team.

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