Team Penske’s Joey Logano made history last weekend winning the first race on dirt in the NASCAR Cup Series in over 50 years and the first at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. In the process, Logano kept the streak of different winners to start the season alive making the 2021 season the fifth different year in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era (1972-2021) to start with seven differentdrivers in Victory Lane; joining 2014, 2003, 2000 and 1991.
Now the NASCAR Cup Series is heading to the historic Martinsville Speedway to see if the streak can make it to eight different winners. If the 2021 season sees an eighth different victor this weekend it will become just the third different season in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era (1972-Present) to start with eight different winners in the first eight races; joining 2003 and 2000.
| Season | Race No. | Winners | Track | Date |
| 2021 | 1 | Michael McDowell | Daytona | Sunday, February 14, 2021 |
| 2021 | 2 | Christopher Bell | Daytona RC | Sunday, February 21, 2021 |
| 2021 | 3 | William Byron | Homestead | Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
| 2021 | 4 | Kyle Larson | Las Vegas | Sunday, March 7, 2021 |
| 2021 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr | Phoenix | Sunday, March 14, 2021 |
| 2021 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | Atlanta | Sunday, March 21, 2021 |
| 2021 | 7 | Joey Logano | Bristol Dirt | Monday, March 29, 2021 |
The Modern Era record of different winners to start a NASCAR Cup Series season is 10 set back in 2000. NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. snapped the different winners streak by winning his second race of the 2000 season at Richmond (Race No. 11).
| Season | Race No. | Winners | Track | Date |
| 2000 | 1 | Dale Jarrett | Daytona | Sunday, February 20, 2000 |
| 2000 | 2 | Bobby Labonte | Rockingham | Sunday, February 27, 2000 |
| 2000 | 3 | Jeff Burton | Las Vegas | Sunday, March 5, 2000 |
| 2000 | 4 | Dale Earnhardt | Atlanta | Sunday, March 12, 2000 |
| 2000 | 5 | Ward Burton | Darlington | Sunday, March 19, 2000 |
| 2000 | 6 | Rusty Wallace | Bristol | Sunday, March 26, 2000 |
| 2000 | 7 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Texas | Sunday, April 2, 2000 |
| 2000 | 8 | Mark Martin | Martinsville | Sunday, April 9, 2000 |
| 2000 | 9 | Jeff Gordon | Talladega | Sunday, April 16, 2000 |
| 2000 | 10 | Jeremy Mayfield | Auto Club | Sunday, April 30, 2000 |
The next longest streak of different winners to start a season in the NASCAR Cup Series Modern Era belongs to 2003 with nine consecutive different winners. Kurt Busch snapped the streak of different winners by winning his second race of the 2003 season at Auto Club Speedway (Race No. 10).
| Season | Race No. | Winners | Track | Date |
| 2003 | 1 | Michael Waltrip | Daytona | Sunday, February 16, 2003 |
| 2003 | 2 | Dale Jarrett | Rockingham | Sunday, February 23, 2003 |
| 2003 | 3 | Matt Kenseth | Las Vegas | Sunday, March 2, 2003 |
| 2003 | 4 | Bobby Labonte | Atlanta | Sunday, March 9, 2003 |
| 2003 | 5 | Ricky Craven | Darlington | Sunday, March 16, 2003 |
| 2003 | 6 | Kurt Busch | Bristol | Sunday, March 23, 2003 |
| 2003 | 7 | Ryan Newman | Texas | Sunday, March 30, 2003 |
| 2003 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Talladega | Sunday, April 6, 2003 |
| 2003 | 9 | Jeff Gordon | Martinsville | Sunday, April 13, 2003 |
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. Last season the series produced 13 different winners.
