Series Historical Stats: Last Driver to Win a NASCAR Cup Series Race From a Specific Starting Position

This weekend's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, the only track that has hosted the series every year since the inaugural Cup Series season in 1949.

Here's an interesting look at the last time a driver has started from a specific starting position. Many have been within the last two or three seasons, but there are a few starting positions that have not produced a winner since the 1990s. The longest winless drought for a starting position that started higher than 40th is for the 33rd starting position. Rusty Wallace was the last driver to win from 33rd, when he won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1993.

Last Driver to Win a Race From (Starting Position):

- Pole Position: Martin Truex Jr., March 18, 2018, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California

- 2nd: Kevin Harvick, March 4, 2018, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada

- 3rd: Kevin Harvick, February 25, 2018, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia

- 4th: Kyle Larson, September 9, 2017, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia

- 5th: Joey Logano, April 30, 2017, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia

- 6th: Brad Keselowski, October 15, 2017, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama

- 7th: Matt Kenseth, November 12, 2017, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona

- 8th: Denny Hamlin, July 16, 2017, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

- 9th: Denny Hamlin, September 3, 2017, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina

- 10th: Kevin Harvick, March 11, 2018, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona

- 11th: Jimmie Johnson, April 24, 2017, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Virginia

- 12th: Kevin Harvick, June 25, 2017, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California

- 13th: Matt Kenseth, September 27, 2015, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

- 14th: Austin Dillon, February 18, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida

- 15th: Kyle Busch, April 9, 2016, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas

- 16th: Joey Logano, October 23, 2016, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama

- 17th: Martin Truex Jr., October 8, 2017, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina

- 18th: Kyle Busch, August 19, 2017, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee

- 19th: Kasey Kahne, July 23, 2017, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana

- 20th: Tony Stewart, September 25, 2011, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

- 21st: David Reutimann, May 25, 2009, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina

- 22nd: Austin Dillon, May 28, 2017, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina

- 23rd: Dale Earnhardt Jr., October 26, 2014, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia

- 24th: Jimmie Johnson, April 9, 2017, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas

- 25th: Brad Keselowski, September 14, 2014, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois

- 26th: Carl Edwards, September 7, 2013, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia

- 27th: Jeff Gordon, August 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania

- 28th: Kevin Harvick, May 29, 2011, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina

- 29th: Denny Hamlin, September 20, 2015, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois

- 30th: Denny Hamlin, November 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas

- 31st: Clint Bowyer, May 3, 2008, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia

- 32nd: Denny Hamlin, September 23, 2012, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

- 33rd: Rusty Wallace, July 11, 1993, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire

- 34th: Denny Hamlin, May 4, 2014, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama

- 35th: Dale Earnhardt, March 12, 2000, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia

- 36th: Kurt Busch, October 20, 2002, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia

- 37th: Jimmie Johnson, March 1, 2015, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia

- 38th: Denny Hamlin, November 22, 2009, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida

- 39th: Matt Kenseth, February 15, 2009, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida

- 40th: NEVER (IN MODERN ERA)

- 41st: NEVER (IN MODERN ERA)

- 42nd: Tony Stewart, July 7, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida

- 43rd: Fonty Flock, May 30, 1953, at Raleigh Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina