Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones became the latest winner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with his victory last weekend at Kansas, and the second first-time winner of the season joining Austin Cindric (Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio). If you don’t know, new winners are the norm in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Every season since its inception in 1982 has seen at least one new winner, totaling 160 different drivers. In fact, over the last ten seasons (2011-2019) the series has produced 32 different new winners (a list is below in chronological order from most recent):
Rank | First-Time Winners | Track | Date | Rank | First-Time Winners | Track | Date |
1 | Brandon Jones | Kansas | 10/19/19 | 17 | Erik Jones | Texas | 4/10/15 |
2 | Michael Annett | Daytona | 2/16/19 | 18 | Ryan Reed | Daytona | 2/21/15 |
3 | John H. Nemechek | Kansas | 10/20/18 | 19 | Chris Buescher | Mid-Ohio | 8/16/14 |
4 | Chase Briscoe | Charlotte RC | 9/29/18 | 20 | Ty Dillon | Indianapolis | 7/26/14 |
5 | Ross Chastain | Las Vegas | 9/15/18 | 21 | Brendan Gaughan | Road America | 6/21/14 |
6 | Spencer Gallagher | Talladega | 4/28/18 | 22 | Chase Elliott | Texas | 4/4/14 |
7 | Cole Custer | Homestead | 11/18/17 | 23 | Kyle Larson | Auto Club | 3/22/14 |
8 | Christopher Bell | Kansas | 10/21/17 | 24 | Ryan Blaney | Kentucky | 9/21/13 |
9 | Alex Bowman | Charlotte | 10/7/17 | 25 | AJ Allmendinger | Road America | 6/22/13 |
10 | Tyler Reddick | Kentucky | 9/23/17 | 26 | Regan Smith | Homestead | 11/17/12 |
11 | Jeremy Clements | Road America | 8/27/17 | 27 | Austin Dillon | Kentucky | 6/29/12 |
12 | Ryan Preece | Iowa | 7/29/17 | 28 | Nelson Piquet Jr | Road America | 6/23/12 |
13 | William Byron | Iowa | 6/24/17 | 29 | James Buescher | Daytona | 2/25/12 |
14 | Michael McDowell | Road America | 8/27/16 | 30 | Sam Hornish Jr | Phoenix | 11/12/11 |
15 | Justin Marks | Mid-Ohio | 8/13/16 | 31 | Trevor Bayne | Texas | 11/5/11 |
16 | Daniel Suarez | Michigan | 6/11/16 | 32 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Iowa | 5/22/11 |