NASCAR News: Hendrick Motorsports reviews their 2024 season

A NASCAR Cup Series-leading 11 more victories were scored by Hendrick Motorsports in 2024.

A banner year and a year full of banners.

But victories were just a small part of the story. As the company celebrated its 40th anniversary, its current lineup of drivers – Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Kyle Larson – proved on the race track that the brightest days may still be yet to come.

Here’s a look at some of the biggest accomplishments by the company and its drivers this year as well as an update on Hendrick Motorsports’ illustrious history:

• Hendrick Motorsports has now registered at least one victory in 39 consecutive NASCAR Cup Series seasons.
• Hendrick Motorsports had the most wins of any organization in 2024 with 11. It marked the 19th time it either had the most or tied for the most victories in a year.
• The year marked an improvement nearly across the board for Hendrick Motorsports as the company piled up more wins (11), top-five finishes (47), top 10s (75) and laps led (2,555) than it did in 2023.
• This season marked the fourth straight with 10 or more wins, matching the organization’s longest such streak set from 1995-1998.
• Hendrick Motorsports led all Cup Series organizations in victories for the fourth straight year. The record is five consecutive seasons, a mark Hendrick Motorsports (1995-1999) has a share of.
• The company crossed the 80,000-laps-led threshold in 2024 and continue to lead all organizations in the category.
• All four drivers made the playoffs, the sixth time in Hendrick Motorsports history that has happened and the third time in the last four years.
• All four Hendrick Motorsports pit crews ranked in the top six in terms of fastest average four-tire stop. The No. 24 crew was second best in the NASCAR Cup Series at 10.79 seconds, the No. 48 team was third at 10.81 seconds, the 9 squad was fourth at 10.84 seconds and the No. 5 squad was sixth at 10.91 seconds.
• A Hendrick Motorsports driver was the highest finishing Chevrolet in 23 of 36 races.
• Elliott snapped a 42-race winless streak with a victory at Texas, spearheading a run to the Round of 8.
• Elliott began the year with 19-straight finishes inside the top 20, the longest such streak to start a season since Ricky Rudd ripped off 25 straight in 1991.
• Larson led the Cup Series in several statistical categories including wins (11), stage wins (12), laps led (1,700), average running position (10.07) and laps in the top five (4,740).
• Larson became the fourth Hendrick Motorsports driver in a row to lead the Cup Series in laps led.
• Byron has gone 60 consecutive races without a speeding penalty on pit road. That’s the longest active streak in the Cup Series.
• With his win at COTA, Byron became the first driver to win multiple races for the third year in a row. Jeff Gordon (1997-1999) was the last driver to match that feat, also in the No. 24 car.
• Bowman set a new career high with 17 top-10 finishes and also matched his single-season best in top fives with eight.
• Bowman notched his first road course victory at the Chicago Street Course, ending an 80-race winless drought.

Hendrick Motorsports in 2024

Hendrick Motorsports all-time statistics