Cup Records
He holds the record as the oldest driver ever to win a Winston Cup/Nextel Cup/Sprint Cup race (700152000000000000052 years, 7002219000000000000219 days) and as the oldest driver ever to collect his first career Cup victory (42 years and 105 days). He is the second oldest driver to win in the Nationwide Series after Dick Trickle In his career he has collected 18 Cup wins and 1 runner-up finish in 1984 and 3rd in 1981 & 1985, 21 Nationwide Series wins, and 3 runner-up finishes in the Nationwide Series championship (69, 76, and 77). In 1985 won the International race of champions (IROC) title. Won 4 races in a row in 1991 tying a "new era" (1972-on) record and came in 2nd in the fifth race.
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