Tyler Reddick won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA by more than three seconds. The victory marked the third straight for the driver of the 45 car, which is co-owned by Michael Jordan. How many drivers have won three races in a row since NASCAR's modern era began in 1972? This has happened 30 times and NASCAR.com provided the intel that 12 of those went on to win the championship. Some of the drivers had multiple winning streaks in the same year. Air Jordan is no stranger to winning things three times in a row as he won NBA championships that many times consecutively twice in is iconic career.
Bobby Allison
Year: 1972
David Pearson
Year: 1973
Richard Petty
Year: 1974 (won championship)
Richard Petty
Year: 1975 (won championship)
Cale Yarborough
Year: 1976 (won four in a row and championship)
David Pearson

Year: 1976
Darrell Waltrip
Year: 1981 (won four in a row and championship)
Bobby Allison
Year: 1983 (won championship)
Dale Earnhardt
Year: 1987 (won championship)
Dale Earnhardt
Year: 1987 (won four in a row, championship year)
Rusty Wallace

Year: 1988
Harry Gant
Year: 1991
Bill Elliott
Year: 1992 (won four in a row)
Mark Martin

Year: 1993 (won four in a row)
Rusty Wallace
Year: 1993
Rusty Wallace
Year: 1994 (won four in a row)
Jeff Gordon
Year: 1996
Jeff Gordon
Year: 1998 (four wins in a row, won championship)
Jeff Gordon
Years: 1998-99
Jimmie Johnson
Year: 2004
Jimmie Johnson

Year: 2007 (won four in a row and championship)
Kyle Busch

Year: 2015 (won championship)
Joey Logano

Year: 2015
Kevin Harvick

Year: 2018
Kyle Busch

Year: 2018
Brad Keselowski

Year: 2018
Kyle Larson

Year: 2021 (won championship)
Kyle Larson

Year: 2021 (won championship)
Christopher Bell
Year: 2025
Tyler Reddick
Year: 2026
This article originally appeared on The List Wire: Tyler Reddick wins third straight NASCAR Cup race