When you think “families” in NASCAR, you probably think Petty, Earnhardt, Allison or Elliott. Well, there is good reason those names come to mind. But what other names? Blaney? Wallace? Burton? Busch? Let’s take a look at the racing families of NASCAR. While we do, we look at total wins in the sport, not one series, not championships… Wins.

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Andretti – 3

The Andretti family is legendary. Their accomplishments in motorsports are things of legend. Two Andretti Family members have visited victory lane in NASCAR. Mario Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500. Mario’s nephew, the late John Andretti won twice in his Cup Series career.

Sadler – 19

The Sadler brothers saw a little success in their NASCAR careers throughout the 2000’s and into the mid-2010’s. Older brother Hermie saw 2 wins in what is now the Xfinity Series. Younger brother Elliott Sadler scored a single win in the Craftsman Truck Series with 3 wins in the Cup Series and 13 in Xfinity.

Blaney – 23

The father and son duo of Dave and Ryan Blaney from Ohio are the most recent racing family to score a championship. Daddy Dave has a single win in the former Busch Series. Ryan on the other hand has 22 combined National Series wins with the most recent coming at Iowa last month.

Thomas – 49

Herb and Donald Thomas of North Carolina were some of NASCAR’s pioneer racers with Herb even racing in the first ever sanctioned NASCAR race in 1949. Herb has 48 NASCAR victories with Donald winning his first and only race in Atlanta in 1952.

Flock – 64

The three Flock brothers; Fonty, Tim & Bob were some of the pioneering NASCAR family members with the trio all participating in race number 1 in Charlotte in 1949 where Bob even won Pole Position. Tim (pictured above) won 40 times in his career, Fonty won 20 times and Bob 4 more.

Burton – 64

The Burton family have been competing in NASCAR since the late 1980s. Of the four winning family members, the oldest, Ward Burton won 9 times in his NASCAR career, his son Jeb has 2 wins (1 Truck & 2 Xfinity). Ward’s younger brother Jeff Burton has 48 NASCAR victories, while his son Harrison has 4.

Baker – 65

The Baker’s were another pair of pioneers. Buck even competed in the first ever NASCAR race in 1949. Father Buck won 46 times in NASCAR while son Buddy won 19 times.

Bodine – 67

Todd, Geoff and Brett Bodine have a combined 67 NASCAR victories. Todd made his name in the Busch & Craftsman Truck Series with 37 wins. Brett won 6 times in his career, but Geoff is the most famous of the trio for essentially saving Hendrick Motorsports in 1984 and winning a total of 24 times.

Labonte – 67

The Labonte brothers are best known for their race craft throughout the late 90’s and early 2000s. Terry won 34 times in his NASCAR career while Bobby won 32 times. Terry’s son Justin won a single Busch Series race in 2004.

Elliott – 73

Bill and Chase Elliott are racing royalty without question. The father and son duo are the third father/son champions of the Cup Series after Lee/Richard Petty & Ned/Dale Jarrett (also on this list). Bill holds 45 NASCAR win credits to his name while Chase has 28 so far in his career.

Wallace – 73

Rusty, Kenny and Mike Wallace are 3 brothers from Missouri that amassed 73 NASCAR wins. Eldest brother Rusty was the 1989 Cup champion who scored 55 wins to his name. Middle brother Mike Wallace has 9 wins along with younger brother Kenny.

Jarrett – 93

Father and son Ned and Dale Jarrett are just 1 of 3 Cup Champion father and son duos. Father Ned is one of NASCAR’s pioneer driver, starting racing in the early 50s and is credited with 50 NASCAR wins. Dale hold 43 wins to his name.

Waltrip – 113

Another successful brother duo, the Waltrip brothers are the first pair to exceed the 100 win mark on this list. The brothers won 3 Daytona 500s, Michael won the 2001 & 2005 Daytona 500s and Darrell won his in 1989. Younger brother Michael has 16 wins to his name while Darrell has 97. Darrell is also the 4th all-time Cup Series winner and second in the modern-era.

Allison – 115

Two thirds of the Alabama Gang were made up of brothers, Bobby and Donnie Allison. Over their careers, Bobby would go on to become the 5th winningest Cup Series driver in history at 86 wins, Donny would win 10 times in his career. Bobby’s son Davey would also have a successful career before his tragic death in 1993 with 19 NASCAR wins to his credit.

Earnhardt – 147

Dale Earnhardt Sr. & Jr. are arguably the most famous NASCAR drivers in history. The pair were also extremely successful in their careers in NASCAR. Sr scored a total of 97 wins between the Busch and Cup Series with Jr scoring 50.

• Ralph Earnhardt, father of Dale Sr. has over 350 NASCAR wins to his record over many series. With exact win totals in each series difficult to find, I did manage to count 92 wins in the Busch Series predecessor “Late Model Sportsman” division between 1954 & 1968 although I could not find a way to confirm that number. That would bring the family total to 239.

Petty – 265

The Petty name in NASCAR is Legendary. Lee Petty, father of 201-time NASCAR winner Richard Petty, is one of the sport’s pioneers, racing NASCAR Race Number 1 in Charlotte on June 19, 1949. Lee amassed 56 wins to his name, nowhere near his son, but a record that to this day keeps him 12th all time in Cup at 54. His grandson Kyle Petty scored 8 more NASCAR wins for the family in his career that ended in 2008.

Busch – 274

Kurt and Kyle Busch have been synonymous with NASCAR for the last two and a half decades. At his time of of retirement, older brother Kurt was the last driver in the Cup Series to race against Dale Earnhardt. Both are Cup champions and both have impressive accolades. Kurt has 43 career NASCAR victories to his credit across all 3 National Touring Series. Kyle on the other hand has all but 1 driver mentioned on this list eclipsed.

Kyle Busch is not only the current active winningest driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, he is also the winningest driver ever in the NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series. To top that off, Kyle Busch is also the winningest driver in the history of NASCAR. 231 combined wins. That’s almost 100 wins more than the No. 3 family on this list.

The Next Generation

The Next Generation of NASCAR drivers is coming. Young drivers such as Keelan Harvick and Brexton Busch are already knocking down win after win in their respective series along with Carter McMurray.

Son of former Truck Champion Travis Kvapil, Carson Kvapil, has shown tremendous promise in his starts in NASCAR. Todd Gilliland, son of Busch Series winner can add to that family’s total along with Layne Riggs with theirs.

Even younger yet are sons of NASCAR Champions Clint Bowyer and Kyle Larson who have taken up interest in racing as well. Generations of drivers and fans have made this sport their homes, and I for one cannot wait to see the future.