The start of the 2025 Nascar Cup season marks the fourth of the Next Gen era with the car Gen 7. In the series of cups.
The 2025 season begins with the February 2 exhibition race Cook Out Clash at the Bowman Gray stadium. The Cup season officially starts with Daytona 500 February.
Here is an overview of the list of pilots, teams and team leaders who have won in this car and who won the most races since 2022 (at the start of the 2025 season).
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Pilots
13 – Kyle Larson (Hendrick Motorspots)
11 – William Byron (Hendrick)
9 – Joey Logano (Penske team)
8 – Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing)
8 – Christophe Bell (JGR)
8 – Tyler Reddick (3 with RCR/5 with 23X)
6 – Ryan Blaney (Penske)
6 – Chase Elliott (Hendrick)
5 – Ross Chastain (Trackhouse Racing)
5 – Chris Buescher (RFK Racing)
4 – Kyle Busch (1 with JGR/3 with RCR)
3 – Martin Truex Jr. (JGR)
2-Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing)
2 – Alex Bowman (Hendrick)
2 – Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing)
2 – Chase Briscoe (SHR)
2 – Daniel Suarez (Trackhouse)
2 – Austin Cindric (Penske)
2 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Jtg Daugherty)
1 – Brad Keselowski (RFK)
1 – Kurt Busch (23xi Racing)
1 – Erik Jones (Petty GMS Racing)
1 – Michael McDowell (Premier row car sports)
1 – Bubba Wallace (23xi)
1 – AJ ALLMENDINGER (Kaulig Racing)
1 – Shane Van Gisbergen (Trackhouse)
1 – Harrison Burton (Wood Brothers Racing)
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Team victories
32 – Hendrick mechanical sports
20 – Joe Gibbs Race
17 – Penske team
8 – Richard Childrade Race
8 – Track races
7 – 23X racing
6 – RFK Racing
4-Stewart-haas race
2 – JTG Daugherty Racing (Hyak Motorsports)
1 – Small GMS (Legacy Motor Club)
1 – Mechanical sports in the front row
1 – Kaulig race
1 – Wood brothers race
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Victories by team leaders
12 – Cliff Daniels (Kyle Larson)
11 – Rudy Fugle (William Byron)
9 – Paul Wolfe (Joey Logano)
8 – Adam Stevens (Christopher Bell)
7 – Chris Gabehart (Denny Hamlin)
6 – Jonathan Hassler (Ryan Blaney)
6 – Alan Gustafson (Chase Elliott)
6 – Randall Burnett (3 with Tyler Reddick/ 3 with Kyle Busch)
6 – Billy Scott (1 with Kurt Busch/ 5 with Tyler Reddick)
5 – Phil Surgen (Ross Chastain)
5 – Scott Graves (Chris Buescher)
3 – James Small (Martin Truex Jr.)
2 – Rodney Childers (Kevin Harvick)
2 – Justin Alexander (Austin Dillon)
2 – Mike Kelley (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
2 – Matt Swiderski (1 with AJ Allmendinger/ 1 with Daniel Suarez)
2 – Jeremy Bullins (1 with Austin Cindric / 1 with Harrison Burton)
1 – Ben Beshore (Kyle Busch)
1 – Matt McCall (Brad Keselowski)
1 – Greg Ives (Alex Bowman)
1 – Blake Harris (Alex Bowman)
1 – Dave Elenz (Erik Jones)
1 – John Klausmeier (Chase Briscoe)
1 – Travis Peterson (Michael McDowell)
1 – Bootie Barker (Bubba Wallace)
1 – Travis Mack (Daniel Suarez)
1 – Brian Wilson (Austin Cindric)
1 – Darian Grubb (Shane Van Gisbergen)
1 – Kevin Meendering (Kyle Larson)
1 – Sam McAulay (Denny Hamlin)
1 – Richard Boswell (Chase Briscoe)
Nascar makes changes to the regulations before the 2025 season
The changes concern the renunciations of the qualifying series, the penalties imposed on manufacturers and the policy on damaged vehicles.