Ryan Preece Brings The No.60 To Victory Lane For First Time Since Bill Rexford In 1950
- Dominic Konareski
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Ryan Preece had done it, the Berlin, Connecticut, native is a NASCAR Cup Series winner and it came at the biggest venue possible.
Preece came into the Coke Zero 400 with one main goal in mind: Make the chase. Preece needed to drive a near-perfect race and he did just that. His 12 stage points was the most of any driver Saturday night and he would end up holding off the charging No.7 of Daniel Suarez, taking the checkered and yellow as the ‘big one’ happened behind them. This first career win comes in Preece’s 249th start, which stands 4th all-time only behind that of Michael Waltrip, Michael McDowell and Sterling Marlin.
Preece’s win marks the first time the No.60 has entered victory lane since 1950 when Bill Rexford won at Canfield Speedway.
Rexford raced with 12 different number variations and 4 different manufacturer types across 23 races during the 1950 Grand National Series season (now known as the NASCAR Cup Series). Rexford’s only win in 1950 came on that May 30th date at Canfield Speedway (the event would later be known as the Poor Man’s 500), with him piloting the No.60 Oldsmobile leading 80 of the 200 laps on the half-mile dirt oval. Rexford would end up winning the championship later on that season.
The time between Rexford’s 1950 win and Preece’s 2026 is a staggering 76 years that saw the number compete in 414 starts with numerous drivers over that span. Overall, Preece did win the 2026 Clash at Bowman Gray earlier this year, but that win doesn’t count to car number wins as it was a non-points paying race.
Preece enters the chase as the 16th and final seed with 2,000 points. He will have a mountain to climb being 100 points back on leader Denny Hamlin. Preece and the No.60 RFK Racing team will have 10 races to dictate where they will finish in the points standings.
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