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The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1949 to Red Byron. [1] The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in ...
Only points-paying championship races count towards the total. Richard Petty holds the record for the most NASCAR Cup Series wins in history with 200. David Pearson is second with 105 victories, and Jeff Gordon is third with 93 wins. [5] Petty also holds the record for the longest time between his first win and his last.
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series era was the period of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) from 1971 to 2003. In 1971, NASCAR leased its naming rights to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company who named the series after its premier brand "Winston". The series was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from that point ...
A look at the top 100 all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners list in order by number of wins updated through Aug. 19, 2024. Richard Petty 200. David Pearson 105. Jeff Gordon 93. Bobby Allison 84.
Drivers who have won a championship(s) in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. It has been known as the Strictly Stock, Grand National, Winston Cup, Nextel Cup, Sprint Cup, and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup since it was created in 1949.
List of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champions; List of NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour champions; List of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champions; List of NASCAR Mexico Series champions; List of NASCAR Mexico T4 Series champions; List of NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race champions; List of Busch All-Star Tour champions; List of ...
The 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season began on January 10 and ended on November 20. Richard Petty was the champion for this Winston Cup season. After 20 years of being named the NASCAR Grand National Series , R. J. Reynolds first became the primary sponsor in a decade where the growing anti- tobacco movement banned its advertisement on ...
The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 53rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States, the 30th modern-era Cup series. It began on February 11, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 23, 2001, at New Hampshire International Speedway .