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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]
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 ...
Years since 2004 are generally referred to as the "Chase Era or Playoffs Era." 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]
Neil Bonnett's 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar. Lawrence Neil Bonnett (July 30, 1946 – February 11, 1994) was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. Bonnett was a member of the Alabama Gang, and started his career with the help of Bobby and Donnie Allison.
Mark Martin finished second to Earnhardt for the second time in five years, 444 points behind. Rusty Wallace finished third in the championship. Jeff Burton, the 1994 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 46th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 23rd modern-era Cup series ...
Kurt Busch, driving the No. 97 car, finished third in the championship. Ryan Newman, driving the No. 12 car, won Rookie of the year. The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 54th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 31st modern-era Cup Series season.
Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author as well as a former national television broadcaster and stock car driver.He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the NASCAR Cup Series (known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series during his time as a driver), most notably driving the No. 11 Chevrolet for Junior Johnson.
Elliott made his Winston Cup debut at Rockingham back in 1976, qualifying 34th and finished 33rd. Matt Kenseth became the 5th different NASCAR Winston Cup Champion in the last 5 years. 2003 marked 5 out of the last 6 seasons that a driver would clinch the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship with one race to go (Jeff Gordon in 1998 and 2001, Dale ...