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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]
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.
Winston Cup Museum in 2019. After Winston relinquished their sponsorship of the NASCAR Cup Series in 2004, a museum honoring the Winston Cup era opened in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 2005. The museum was operated independently of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or NASCAR themselves, but otherwise used Winston branding as last seen in 2003.
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 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]
Bobby Hamilton, the 1991 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 43rd of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 20th modern-era Cup Season. It began February 10 and ended November 17. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won
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 .
Wallace managed to finish the race in 15th, and won the Winston Cup championship by a mere 12 points over Earnhardt. [10] It was Wallace's first and only Winston Cup championship, and the first championship in the modern era for Pontiac. On lap 203, Grant Adcox struck the wall and suffered a heart attack and severe head injuries. Adcox died ...