Draft:List of winning streaks in auto racing
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This is a list of longest winning streaks in auto racing.
6 consecutive FIA GT Championship and (from 2010) FIA GT1 World Championship team titles
Note: All of the titles were achieved with the same car (Maserati MC12 GT1)
8 wins – Geoff Brabham and Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo chassis #8801 "Elvis"[1]
- Streak started April 10, 1988
- Streak ended September 4, 1988
18 wins – Porsche 956
- Streak started October 3, 1982
- Streak ended on November 3, 1984
Sébastien Bourdais won 4 consecutive Champ Car World Series titles between 2004 and 2007.
A. J. Foyt won 7 consecutive USAC Champ Car races in 1964, not counting the non-points Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
Five drivers won the Indianapolis 500 back-to-back: Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose, Bill Vukovich, Al Unser Sr. and Hélio Castroneves.
Two owners won the Indianapolis 500 on 3 consecutive years: Lou Moore from 1947 to 1949, and Roger Penske from 2001 to 2003.
Sébastien Loeb won 9 consecutive drivers championships between 2004 and 2012.[2] Loeb choose to not enter most events in 2013.[3]
The Frenchman also won 6 consecutive WRC events twice in 2005 and 2008-2009.
Lancia won 6 consecutive constructors championships between 1987 and 1992.
Jimmie Johnson won 5 consecutive drivers championships between 2006 and 2010.
Chevrolet won 13 manufacturers championships between 2003 and 2015.
Richard Petty won 10 consecutive races in 1967.[4]
Note: Because of the post-1972 schedule overhaul, NASCAR will differentiate records from pre-1972 and post-1972. The primary schedule overhaul eliminated midweek races, thus cutting the schedule from 48 to around 30 races (36 currently), and a minimum race distance (first 250 miles (400 km), later shortened to 300 km (190 mi)). Since many pre-1972 races were under 100 miles (such as 62.5 mile races held in Islip, New York, and the current non-championship Budweiser Duel then being a championship race at 100 miles until 1967), some NASCAR records are differentiated that way, similar to the NBA differentiating "fewest points" records with pre and post-1954 records, when the 24-second shot clock was introduced.
Post–1972, multiple drivers have won 4 consecutive races:
- 1976 Cale Yarborough
- 1981 Darrell Waltrip
- 1987 Dale Earnhardt
- 1991 Harry Gant
- 1992 Bill Elliott
- 1993 Mark Martin
- 1998 Jeff Gordon
- 2007 Jimmie Johnson
Note: In seven of the eight instances, at least one of the wins was in a 500-mile race. Mark Martin's 1993 streak ended at Darlington, where the Mountain Dew Southern 500 was stopped 16 laps early because of darkness.
References
[edit]- ^ Michael J. Fuller. "Mulsanne's Corner: 1988–1990 Nissan GTP ZX-T". Mulsannescorner.com. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ "FIA World Championship for Drivers". WRC.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ "Programme 2013". www.sebastienloeb.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "Richard Petty". NASCAR.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.