New Winners are the Norm in NASCAR Xfinity Series

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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – OCTOBER 19: Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Flow Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 19, 2019, in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

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):

RankFirst-Time WinnersTrackDateRankFirst-Time WinnersTrackDate
1Brandon JonesKansas10/19/1917Erik JonesTexas4/10/15
2Michael AnnettDaytona2/16/1918Ryan ReedDaytona2/21/15
3John H. NemechekKansas10/20/1819Chris BuescherMid-Ohio8/16/14
4Chase BriscoeCharlotte RC9/29/1820Ty DillonIndianapolis7/26/14
5Ross ChastainLas Vegas9/15/1821Brendan GaughanRoad America6/21/14
6Spencer GallagherTalladega4/28/1822Chase ElliottTexas4/4/14
7Cole CusterHomestead11/18/1723Kyle LarsonAuto Club3/22/14
8Christopher BellKansas10/21/1724Ryan BlaneyKentucky9/21/13
9Alex BowmanCharlotte10/7/1725AJ AllmendingerRoad America6/22/13
10Tyler ReddickKentucky9/23/1726Regan SmithHomestead11/17/12
11Jeremy ClementsRoad America8/27/1727Austin DillonKentucky6/29/12
12Ryan PreeceIowa7/29/1728Nelson Piquet JrRoad America6/23/12
13William ByronIowa6/24/1729James BuescherDaytona2/25/12
14Michael McDowellRoad America8/27/1630Sam Hornish JrPhoenix11/12/11
15Justin MarksMid-Ohio8/13/1631Trevor BayneTexas11/5/11
16Daniel SuarezMichigan6/11/1632Ricky Stenhouse JrIowa5/22/11