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Racing: Top 10 most unbreakable records across Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - JULY 31: Balloons are launched in the air past the pagoda prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - JULY 31: Balloons are launched in the air past the pagoda prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 31, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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LONG POND, PA – JULY 29: NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
LONG POND, PA – JULY 29: NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

#2 – Richard Petty’s 27 NASCAR Cup Series wins in a season

Richard Petty’s 27 NASCAR Cup Series wins in a single season, the 1967 season, sit atop the all-time single-season wins list in the history of the sport. The other single-season wins totals that are even close to Petty’s 27 in the 1967 season, which are 21 and 18 wins, are both owned by Petty as well. They came in the 1971 and 1970 season, respectively.

The next closest total to his all-time record in this category that is not  owned by him is 16 wins in a single season, which was pulled off by David Pearson in the 1968 season. Petty also pulled off 16 wins of his own that season, so technically this mark is owned by him as well.

Pearson’s 16-win season in 1968 and his 15-win season in 1966 are the only two seasons during which a driver not named Richard Petty has won at least half of the amount of races that Petty won in his 27-win season back in 1967.

Among active drivers, 42-year-old Jimmie Johnson has the top single-season win total. He has won as many as 10 races in a single season, which he pulled off in the 2007 season, through 16 full seasons in the sport, so he literally has no chance catch and pass Petty in the single-season wins category.

Among drivers who are not likely to retire within five years of Johnson, Kyle Busch probably has the best chance to finish his Cup Series career with the highest single-season win total. The 32-year-old has won as many as eight races in a single season, which he pulled off in the 2008 season, through 13 full seasons in the sport. However, this means that he is also nowhere near having a chance to catch and pass Petty in the single-season wins category. Plus, there are only 36 Cup Series races per season, so winning 27 of them is pretty much impossible.

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