Could we see a fifth different winner to the start of the NCS season?

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With four different winners to start the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the question begs, ‘Will we see a fifth?’.

It has happened before. In the Modern Era (1972-2021) five different winners to start the season has happened 14 times (2017, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1993, 1991, 1986, 1984, 1979).

The Modern Era record of different winners to start a NASCAR Cup Series season is 10 set back in 2000. Dale Earnhardt Jr. snapped the streak winning his second race of the 2000 season at Richmond (Race No. 11).

SeasonRace No.WinnersTrackDate
20001Dale JarrettDaytonaSunday, February 20, 2000
20002Bobby LabonteRockinghamSunday, February 27, 2000
20003Jeff BurtonLas VegasSunday, March 5, 2000
20004Dale EarnhardtAtlantaSunday, March 12, 2000
20005Ward BurtonDarlingtonSunday, March 19, 2000
20006Rusty WallaceBristolSunday, March 26, 2000
20007Dale Earnhardt JrTexasSunday, April 2, 2000
20008Mark MartinMartinsvilleSunday, April 9, 2000
20009Jeff GordonTalladegaSunday, April 16, 2000
200010Jeremy MayfieldAuto ClubSunday, April 30, 2000

In the Modern Era (1972-2021), the record for the most different NASCAR Cup Series winners in a single season in its entirety is 19 set back in 2001. The series has also seen a total of 18 different winners (second-most) in a single season twice – in 2002 and 2011.

There are seven former NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix winners entered this weekend looking for their first win of the 2021 season: Kevin Harvick (nine wins), Kyle Busch (three), Denny Hamlin (two), Joey Logano (two), Ryan Newman (two), Chase Elliott (one) and Kurt Busch (one).

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