NASCAR Championship

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The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCAR's top stock car racing series. The championship is currently known as the NEXTEL Cup. From 1972 through 2003, it was called the Winston Cup; before 1972, it was known as the Grand National. In 2007, it will become known as the Sprint Cup.

Previous NASCAR season champions and earnings (USD):

Table of contents

1 Grand National
2 Winston Cup
3 NEXTEL Cup
4 Championships Won
5 See Also

Grand National

1949 - Red Byron - $5,800 - #22 Oldsmobile
1950 - Bill Rexford - $6,175 - #60 Oldsmobile
1951 - Herb Thomas - $18,200 - #92 Hudson
1952 - Tim Flock - $20,210 - #91 Hudson
1953 - Herb Thomas - $27,300 - #92 Hudson
1954 - Lee Petty - $26,706 - #42 Chrysler
1955 - Tim Flock - $33,750 - #300 Chrysler
1956 - Buck Baker - $29,790 - #300B Chrysler
1957 - Buck Baker - $24,712 - #87 Chevrolet
1958 - Lee Petty - $20,600 - #42 Oldsmobile
1959 - Lee Petty - $45,570 - #42 Plymouth
1960 - Rex White - $45,260 - #4 Chevrolet
1961 - Ned Jarrett - $27,285 - #11 Chevrolet
1962 - Joe Weatherly - $56,110 - #8 Pontiac
1963 - Joe Weatherly - $58,110 - #8 Mercury
1964 - Richard Petty - $98,810 - #43 Plymouth
1965 - Ned Jarrett - $77,966 - #11 Ford
1966 - David Pearson - $59,205 - #6 Dodge
1967 - Richard Petty - $130,275 - #43 Plymouth
1968 - David Pearson - $118,842 - #17 Ford
1969 - David Pearson - $183,700 - #17 Ford
1970 - Bobby Isaac - $121,470 - #71 Dodge
1971 - Richard Petty - $309,225 - #43 Plymouth

Winston Cup

1972 - Richard Petty - $227,015 - #43 Plymouth
1973 - Benny Parsons - $114,345 - #72 Chevrolet
1974 - Richard Petty - $299,175 - #43 Dodge
1975 - Richard Petty - $378,865 - #43 Dodge
1976 - Cale Yarborough - $387,173 - #11 Chevrolet
1977 - Cale Yarborough - $387,173 - #11 Chevrolet
1978 - Cale Yarborough - $530,751 - #11 Oldsmobile
1979 - Richard Petty - $588,926 - #43 Chevrolet
1980 - Dale Earnhardt - $588,926 - #2 Chevrolet
1981 - Darrell Waltrip - $588,926 - #11 Buick
1982 - Darrell Waltrip - $873,118 - #11 Buick
1983 - Bobby Allison - $828,355 - #22 Buick
1984 - Terry Labonte - $713,010 - #44 Chevrolet
1985 - Darrell Waltrip - $1,318,735 - #11 Chevrolet
1986 - Dale Earnhardt - $1,783,880 - #3 Chevrolet
1987 - Dale Earnhardt - $2,099,243 - #3 Chevrolet
1988 - Bill Elliott - $1,574,639 - #9 Ford
1989 - Rusty Wallace - $2,247,950 - #27 Pontiac
1990 - Dale Earnhardt - $3,083,056 - #3 Chevrolet
1991 - Dale Earnhardt - $2,396,685 - #3 Chevrolet
1992 - Alan Kulwicki - $2,322,561 - #7 Ford
1993 - Dale Earnhardt - $3,353,789 - #3 Chevrolet
1994 - Dale Earnhardt - $3,400,733 - #3 Chevrolet
1995 - Jeff Gordon - $2,430,480 - #24 Chevrolet
1996 - Terry Labonte - $4,030,648 - #5 Chevrolet
1997 - Jeff Gordon - $4,201,227 - #24 Chevrolet
1998 - Jeff Gordon - $6,175,867 - #24 Chevrolet
1999 - Dale Jarrett - $3,608,829 - #88 Ford
2000 - Bobby Labonte - $4,041,750 - #18 Pontiac
2001 - Jeff Gordon - $6,649,080 - #24 Chevrolet
2002 - Tony Stewart - $4,695,150 - #20 Pontiac
2003 - Matt Kenseth - $4,038,120 - #17 Ford

NEXTEL Cup

Prior to the 2004 season, a series of rules and scoring changes resulted in a new formula for declaring a series champion. After 26 races, the top 10 drivers in points (plus any driver within 400 points of the leader who may be outside the top 10) are placed in the Chase for the Championship. Eligible drivers' points are elevated to a level mathematically unattainable by anyone outside this field. Points are also bunched together in 5-point increments so the leader is 45 points ahead of 10th place. Race layouts remain the same and points are scored the same way in the final 10 races. Whoever leads in points after the 36th race is declared the NEXTEL Cup champion.

2004 - Kurt Busch - $4,200,330 - #97 Ford

As a result of the Sprint/NEXTEL merger, the division will once again change its name, being known as the Sprint Cup beginning in 2007.

Championships Won

7 - Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt
4 - Jeff Gordon
3 - Lee Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip
2 - Herb Thomas, Tim Flock, Buck Baker, Ned Jarrett, Joe Weatherly, Terry Labonte
1 - Red Byron, Bill Rexford, Rex White, Bobby Isaac, Benny Parsons, Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott, Rusty Wallace, Alan Kulwicki, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch

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