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NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series every year since 1956. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all NASCAR Cup Series competitors; today, it is voted for by fans across the United States.
The current NASCAR Cup Series trophy, the Bill France Cup. 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]
Honoring them in this way, at the beginning of the NASCAR 50th Anniversary celebration, is one way of showing our true appreciation for them and the invaluable contribution they have given over the past 50 years. These are the drivers who made and make NASCAR fans stand on their feet and cheer. These are the drivers who are NASCAR history.
NASCAR fans are certainly loyal to their drivers. Dale Earnhardt Sr. was awarded the most popular driver in 2001, the year he was killed in the season-opening Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. then won most popular driver the next 15 years, meaning an Elliott or Earnhardt has won NASCAR’s most popular driver for 34 consecutive years.
Justin Allgaier won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver Award and Hailie Deegan won in the Craftsman Truck Series. ... At 17, he became the youngest winner in the race's 39-year history.
Chase Elliott was named NASCAR's most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year at the sport's season-ending awards ceremony Friday night. The only major NASCAR award determined solely by ...
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. He won his first race in 1960 and his last in 1984, a span of 24 years. [6]
Chase Elliott hasn't won in 36 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, his longest winless streak since 2018.