NASCAR's Pole-less Champions

I think part of what makes Kenseth’s (in?)famous title run even more legendary is the fact that he almost certainly passed more cars that year than anyone else, constantly coming up through the field like he did. Seemed like Kenseth always topped the list of “biggest movers” whenever the broadcast team put that graphic up on the screen the first time every race.

There’s an even more extreme example of a ho-hum qualifier from the Busch Series’ list of champions: Steve Grissom in (1993)[https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/grissst01/1993/B]. Started in the top ten four times, and three of those were due to qualifying rainouts. Average start: 21.5!

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