They won a world of outlaws event, it just happened to be on night one or two of a twoday or threeday event. Sprint cup series auto racing championship britannica. 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. The nascar sprint cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to the most successful sprint cup series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. Donny schatzseventime world of outlaws sprint car series champion. List of monster energy nascar cup series champions wikipedia. Every nascar cup championship celebrationtrophy raise 2000 2015. Jimmie johnson wins historymaking seventh sprint cup title. March 24 today in jayskis nascar history page 5 of 24. Sep 10, 2016 old rules would have produced seven different champions since switch in 2003. World of outlaws rewrite the history books speed sport. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the r. Tony stewart and the greatest ownerdrivers in nascar history.
Jeff gordon and power ranking the careers of the last 11. To view the alltime world of outlaws craftsman sprint car series victory list, click here. Here are five things you need to know about the nascar season so far. Nascar xfinity series champion chris buescher has plenty. Get the best deals on nascar books when you shop the largest online. Nascar points system nascar sprint cup chase for the championship history.
The 2020 nascar cup series race schedule from nascar. Et on nbc, and nbc sports app winning a championship, he says, it just means that, you know, you go to bed sunday night and know, hey, you did it. 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. Considered by many to be the greatest active nascar sprint cup series driver without a championship, martin will. Nascar winston cup series champions 25th anniversary tin w 50 match books. When brent kaeding was inducted into the national sprint car hall of fame in 2008, years before he cut back on his schedule, he was credited with at least 375 race wins. Jimmie johnson won a seventh nascar sprint cup championship. Jimmie johnson wins history making seventh sprint cup title. Apr 14, 2020 following the assembly, johnson visited with the winning students that also were presented with champions tshirts and four tickets each to saturday nights samsung mobile 500 nascar sprint cup series race to watch johnson and his fellow competitors. Every nascar cup championship celebrationtrophy raise 2000. Jimmie johnson enters sundays championship race chasing history. In that span, it has also been sponsored by winston and nextel. The final 20 laps of fords championship weekend were filled with heartbreaking car failures, gritty driver battles, and volumes of new pages for nascars history books. With the final major of the year now in the history books, its time to get back to the grind of regular tour stops.
Any list of top ownerdrivers needs to begin with the fatherson combination that started the sports most iconic team. The system was founded as the chase for the championship on january 21, 2004, and was used exclusively in the nascar cup series from 2004 to 2015. Five things you need to know about the nascar season so far. President obama welcomed nascars kyle busch and his racing team to the white house to honor him for his 2015 sprint cup series championship. Everything you need to know about sundays championship. Chase for the nascar sprint cup archives nascar talk. April 14 today in jayskis nascar history page 9 of 24. Story of manchester uniteds 1984 football association cup and 1952 championship winning teams first edition by alec sharrocks isbn. The nascar playoffs is a championship playoff system used in the nascars three national series. Terry labonte won titles in 1984 and 1996 and bobby labonte earned his championship in 2000. Other articles where sprint cup series is discussed. World of outlaws sprint car series world of outlaws. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars.
Jimmie johnson wins another sprint cup, and enters history books. Last lap of every nascar sprint cup series champion 20082016 jake baskinger. With a third major trophy that season, jupp heynckes team wrote themselves into the history books. Reynolds tobacco company, it was referred to as the nascar winston cup series 19712003.
Nascar has announced penalties following the race weekend at auto club speedway. List of nascar whelen southern modified tour champions list of nascar whelen allamerican series national champions this article includes a sports peoplerelated list of lists. The nascar cup series is the highest level of racing in nascar. Photo by geoff burkegetty images for nascar local caption richard petty. As one beginnings their reading of the book, it is suggested that it be read very slowly and carefully. According to the nascar record book, for drivers with 100 or more career starts, thomas had a winning percentage of 21. Get ready for the title fight at homesteadmiami speedway with everything you need to know about sundays nascar sprint cup series championship race. It was a messy affair with seven cautions for 25 laps and a. Motorsports also stamped his name in the nascar history books in 2009, winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive nascar nascar sprint cup series title, a record 12th national series. Chevrolet ended the 2014 racing season by winning its 38th nascar sprint cup series manufacturers championship and its 12th in a row. Bullish luck wins a historic champions mile with the race opened to international runners for the first time.
List of nascar sprint cup series champions infogalactic. Johnson started the season with a win at the daytona 500 and never looked back, cementing his place as one of the greatest drivers in history. Father lee petty took grand national now sprint cup championships in. This weeks sprint international is a special stop for two. Jimmie johnson 2016 lowes nascar sprint cup championship diecast 1. Changing of the name for 2004 from the old winston cup series to the new sponsor nextel cup series. Freestyle skiing world cup championships infoplease. Et on nbc, and nbc sports app then came the chase and it has been absolutely perfect. Hundreds of wins, dozens of championships and decades later, kaedings son has more than etched his name in the sports history books. He also denied his stablemate silent witness the opportunity to extend his unbeaten sequence to 18 wins. Richard petty photos nascar legends, richard petty and bobby allison prior to practice for the nascar sprint cup series daytona 500 at daytona international speedway on february, 2009 in daytona beach, florida. A history of the point system in nascars premier series original formula. The monster energy nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to the most successful monster energy nascar cup series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. Alltime monster energy nascar cup series champions.
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The 2016 nascar sprint cup series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the united states and the 45th modernera cup series season. The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in nascar cup series competition. Nascar sprint cup champions year driver make championship 20 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953. The 10 most untouchable records in stock car racing. His 26 victories tie him for 27th on nascars alltime race winners list.
He also earned his first busch series win in 2001, at chicagoland speedway, winding up eighth in that seriess point standings. See who has won the nascar sprint cup championship, dating to 1993. The ball is round, a global history of soccer is indeed, a global trek with slopes of where it began and where it has been. A look at every nascar cup champion by year usa today. From its outset, the vernons sprint cup attracted top class racehorses and the first winner became the most successful horse in the races history to date. Jimmie johnson won the ford ecoboost 400 on sunday, clinching the 2016 sprint cup championship in a wild finish at homesteadmiami speedway.
Get the latest news, results, video highlights, stats and points standings. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. And were the champions at least until they start racing again. Jeff gordon sailed into victory lane and the nascar sprint cup series record book with his fifth. Jeff gordon looked like he was going to win a fifth cup championship until his hendrick motorsports teammate johnson suddenly caught fire. Nascar xfinity series champion chris buescher has plenty to celebrate with 16 sprint cup ride. The complete history of nascar encyclopedia style book. Recent list of nascar champions would look different if.
History champions mile champions day 2018 the hong kong. In the history of the nascar sprint cup series, which has been known under other names like strictly stock, grand national, winston cup and nextel, a championship. Nascar sprint cup pro sport championship howse, jennifer on. Nascar simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The current drivers champion is joey logano, who won his first monster energy nascar cup series championship in 2018. Nascar sprint cup series formerly nextel cup and winston cup series nascar sprint cup series formerly nextel cup and winston cup series the premier stock car racing series.
Tyler reddick wins the nascar xfinity series championship at homesteadmiami speedway and celebrates with a massive burnout. Nascar sprint cup series on yhdysvaltain suosituimman autourheilusarjan nascar. He breezed into the second round, then won the first race, charlotte, to automatically move into the third round. The nascar points system has undergone several incarnations since its initial implementation. No person under 18 is allowed to bet or enter premises where bets are accepted. How does it feel to win a seventh nascar sprint cup championship. List of alltime nascar cup series winners wikipedia. In addition to a new 8 page, fullcolor insert, this third edition of nascar for dummies.
Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. In 2002 he began his rookie season in the cup series, winning three races and ending the season ranked fifth. Jul 01, 2016 the first sprint cup race of the year, albeit an exhibition race, is in the books with denny hamlins win in the sprint unlimited. The current drivers champion is kyle busch, who won his second nascar cup series championship in 2019. Drivers race in 36 races a year, and the driver with the most points at the end of the year is awarded the sprint cup. Get the best deals on nascar books when you shop the largest online selection at. Johnson probably had the worst car of the four championship. Jimmie johnson sweeps into history books with homestead win, title.
Because it has been known by many different names in its history, it is often called the cup series. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. Check out the final nascar cup series at miami, results right here at. History fwd champions mile fwd champions day 2019 the. Jimmie johnson wins another sprint cup, and enters history. Johnson won five titles in a row from 200610 and earned his sixth in 20 before nascar altered the chase for the sprint cup into an. The series began in 1949 as the strictly stock division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the grand national division. Jimmie johnson sweeps into history books with homestead.
Dec 09, 2014 ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars sprint cup series. Jimmie johnson is now on the same page in the history books as richard petty and dale earnhardt. Under this new playofftype system, only the top 10 drivers after race no. Nascar sprint cup series formerly nextel cup and winston cup series driver champions nascar sprint cup series formerly nextel cup and winston cup series through points awarded based on the race finish, leading a lap and leading the most laps, drivers are awarded points in each race. Nascar current points system and points system history. How will the 2016 edition of the chase for the nascar sprint cup go down in history. He won 32 poles and 26 races at what is now the sprint cup level before retiring prematurely at the age of 33 in 1967. After winning the bundesliga and the champions league, fc bayern also secured the dfb cup on 1 june 20. In the final in berlin, fcb beat vfb stuttgart 32 thanks to a brace from mario gomez and a goal from thomas muller. Heres a look at the wording in the nascar sprint cup rule book. Last lap of every nascar sprint cup series champion 2008.
Only two men richard petty and the late dale earnhardt with seven have any idea what thats. The filly, owned and bred by gary and mary west, made the first nine starts of her career for trainer chad brown on the east coast and only finished worse than third twice. Reynolds tobacco company, it was known as the winston cup series 19712003. The list recognizes cup victories under the following. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors nascar official home race results, schedule, standings, news. Well, thats to be determined, but it has some stiff competition to match up against. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1949 to red byron. The king was crowned once again in 20 as jimmie johnson claimed his sixth sprint cup series title, and first since winning five straight from 20062010. Nascar sprint cup series formerly nextel cup and winston. Grade 6 upthis concise history of nascar racing and its recent surge in. Jennifer howse this book offers an informative examination of the nascar sprint cup, the championship of the most series races and the most points, including the rules and a detailed description of where the. The season began at daytona international speedway with the sprint unlimited, the canam duel and the daytona 500. Nascar championships 1966, 1968, and 1969, and his 105 wins over 27 seasons. The nascar cup series is americas premier racing circuit, with a rich history of largerthanlife.
The sprint cup series often shortened to sprint cup or the cup series is the top racing series of the nascar strictly stock series 1949 and grand national series 19501970. The chase for the 2012 sprint cup series championship concluded before the checkered flag waved, and some of stockcar racings finest added to already incredible accolades. Detailing 65 years of nascar history, this lively book explores the. The monster energy nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman. These are big names that should have always been in our history books and now rightfully are. Aug 17, 2016 this video shows the moment each one of these drivers wrote their names in nascars history books forever. Only five times in the past 12 years would a driver have won the nascar sprint cup championship. With kurt busch having won the sprint cup championship in 2004 and now kyle busch a sprint cup champion, the busch brothers join terry and bobby labonte as the only brothers to win sprint cup championships. Rare book and special collections divisionlibrary of congress, washington. The home of the world of outlaws nos energy drink sprint car seres.