Oldest Nascar Driver 2023 (2024)

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Who is the oldest driver in NASCAR right now? ›

Martin Truex Jr. is the oldest NASCAR driver actively competing in the Cup Series after Kevin Harvick's retirement in the previous season. He is 43 years old, as of March, 2024. He is only four months older than fellow 43 year old driver, Denny Hamlin.

The youngest driver competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series 2023 is Ty Gibbs, who is 20 years old. 47-year-old Kevin Harvick is the oldest Cup Series driver this season.

1. Greg Biffle (December 23, 1969 – present) At 52, Greg Biffle is currently considered the oldest active driver in the Daytona 500. He competed in 510 races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series during the course of his career, winning 19 of them and placing in the top ten well over 170 times.

In 1989, Trickle made his full schedule debut driving the No. 84 Miller High Life Buick for Stavola Brothers Racing replacing the injured Mike Alexander. He was rookie of the year in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series at age 48 (and a grandfather), becoming the oldest driver in Winston Cup history to do so.

Denny Hamlin is estimated to have a net worth of $65 million. Hamlin has been able to amass his impressive wealth through his racing career as well as other endeavors off the track. He is also the team owner of 23XI Racing, a NASCAR racing team.

1- Carson Hocevar

Carson Hocevar, born on January 28, 2003, is the youngest Cup Series driver at 21. He entered the Cup Series as a member of Spire Motorsports, driving the No. 77 car. His notable victories include the 2020 Winchester 400 and the Redbud 400.

Bubba Wallace drives for 23XI Racing for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Wallace became the second Black driver to win in the Cup Series with his victory at Talladega Superspeedway in the 2021 fall race — the first of his career and first for newly-formed 23XI Racing.

Chase Elliott is estimated to have an annual salary of approximately $10 million. This figure is based on an estimate provided by Forbes in 2020 and is made of $8 million as base salary with $2 million in endorsem*nts. This figure is not inclusive of the on-track performance bonuses.

When it comes to the bigger races, people can compete as young as 16 (that is, after all, the legal driving age) in NASCAR's Trucks series, but only on tracks 1.25 miles or less in length and on road courses. They have to wait until age 18 to compete full-time in NASCAR's top three series, Cup, Xfinity, or Trucks.

Who is the highest paid NASCAR driver? ›

The highest-paid NASCAR drivers earn lofty wages in line with the sport's rapid growth. Kyle Busch tops the list as the highest-paid NASCAR driver of 2024. Busch earns $16.9 million driving for Richard Childress Racing. For the 38-race season, that equates to $444,736 per race.

Well, in the 2022 Cup Series season, the oldest full-time driver is Harvick at 46 years old. However, he's by no means the oldest active NASCAR racer. For that accolade, we must turn to 70-year-old racer Norm Benning.

Martin Truex Jr. plans to retire from Cup racing after the 2024 season, capping a career that includes the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship and currently 34 Cup wins.

6 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. On February 20, 2011 Trevor Bayne won the 2011 Daytona 500. Bayne is the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500.

The NASCAR Hall of Famer and 15-time Most Popular Driver, stepped away from fulltime racing in 2017, and joined the NBC Sports booth in 2018 alongside play-by-play announcer Rick Allen and analysts Steve Letarte and Jeff Burton.

Gibbs was the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion and 2021 ARCA Menards Series champion. He is the grandson of former NFL coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs.