Car number 11 has the most wins in NASCAR's top series.
Denny Hamlin's win in the Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on May 4, 2014 was car #11's 204th win in the Sprint Cup Series. This win is now five wins ahead of the iconic #43 for all-time wins in Sprint Cup Series history for a car number. Richard Petty, who drove the #43 for most of his 200 wins, actually won 192 races running the #43 and 8 in other car numbers [#41 & #42]. The car number in third is the car #3 with 97 wins.
Breakdown of wins by driver in the #11:
Cale Yarborough (55) (won 3 championships in car #11)
Ned Jarrett (49) (won 2 championships in car #11)
Darrell Waltrip (43) (won 3 championships in car #11)
Denny Hamlin (24)
Junior Johnson (11)
Bill Elliott (6)
Geoff Bodine (4)
Terry Labonte (4)
Bobby Allison (3)
Buddy Baker (2)
A.J. Foyt (1)
Mario Andretti (1)
Parnelli Jones (1)
TOTAL WINS = 204 (as of 5-4-2014)
Which driver was the first to win in car #11?
1. Denny Hamlin (N 33 34.422 W 086 04.431)
2. Darrell Waltrip (N 33 33.887 W 086 02.219)
3. Parnelli Jones (N 33 34.778 W 086 03.360)