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Bill Rexford is the youngest Cup Series champion; he was 23 years, 7 months, and 15 days old when he won the title in 1950. [10] Bobby Allison is the oldest Cup Series champion; he was 45 years, 11 months, and 17 days old when he won the championship in 1983. [11]
Joey Logano is the youngest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 19 years old, 1 month, and 4 days old when he won the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301. [13] Harry Gant is the oldest winner of a Cup Series race; he was 52 years, 7 months, and 6 days old when he won the 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400. [14] [15]
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series era was the period of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing from 1971 to 2003. In 1971, NASCAR leased its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) who named the series after its premier brand "Winston". The series was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from that point forward ...
The Winston Cup Series logo from 2000 to 2003. Between 1971 and 2003, NASCAR's premier series was sponsored by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette brand Winston, dubbing it the Winston Cup Series. The series was originally called the Winston Cup Grand National Series before "Grand National" was dropped in 1986. [7]
Alan Kulwicki won the Winston Cup championship as an owner/driver. Bill Elliott finished second in the championship. Jimmy Hensley, the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. The 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 44th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 21st modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 9 ...
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the official sanctioning body of the sport of stock car racing in North America. [1] [2] It was formed in February 1948 by race car driver Bill France Sr. as the replacement for the National Championship Stock Car Circuit sanctioning body.
But Bill Elliott, needing only to finish 18th or better to secure the Winston Cup championship, won the title with an 11th-place finish. Benny Parsons, in his 525th and final NASCAR start, crashed out on lap 140, finishing 34th. This was the final career start in the Winston Cup Series for Cale Yarborough and his final top ten finish.
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.