NASCAR Cup Series Champions
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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NASCAR Cup Series Champions
Year | Winning Driver | Car# | Make | Owner | Sponsor | Crew Chief |
2023 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Chevrolet | Roger Penske | Menards Dutch Boy | Jonathan Hassler |
2022 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | Roger Penske (Team Penske) | Shell / Pennzoil | Paul Wolfe |
2021 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick (Hendrick Motorsports) | HendrickCars.com | Cliff Daniels |
2020 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick (Hendrick Motorsports) | NAPA Auto Parts | Alan Gustafson |
2019 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing) | MMs, Interstate Batteries | Adam Stevens |
2018 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | Roger Penske (Team Penske) | Shell / Pennzoil | Todd Gordon |
2017 | Martin Truex Jr. | 78 | Toyota | Barney Visser (Furniture Row Racing) | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | Cole Pearn |
2016 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowes | Chad Knaus |
2015 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | Joe Gibbs | M&M | Adam Stevens |
2014 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | Chevrolet | Stewart-Haas Racing | Budweiser/Jimmy John's | Rodney Childers |
2013 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowes | Chad Knaus |
2012 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Dodge | Roger Penske | Miller Lite | Paul Wolfe |
2011 | Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | Stewart Haas Racing | Office Depot/Mobil 1 | Darian Grubb |
2010 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowe's | Chad Knaus |
2009 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowe's | Chad Knaus |
2008 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowe's | Chad Knaus |
2007 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowe's | Chad Knaus |
2006 | Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Lowe's | Chad Knaus |
2005 | Tony Stewart | 20 | Chevrolet | Joe Gibbs | The Home Depot | Greg Zipadelli |
2004 | Kurt Busch | 97 | Ford | Jack Roush | Sharpie/Irwin Industrial Tools | Jimmy Fennig |
2003 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | Ford | Jack Roush | DeWalt Power Tools | Robbie Reiser |
2002 | Tony Stewart | 20 | Pontiac | Joe Gibbs | Home Depot | Greg Zipadelli |
2001 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | DuPont | Robbie Loomis |
2000 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | Pontiac | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries | Jimmy Makar |
1999 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | Ford | Robert Yates | Quality Care/Ford Credit | Todd Parrott |
1998 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | DuPont Automotive Finishes | Ray Evernham |
1997 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | DuPont Automotive Finishes | Ray Evernham |
1996 | Terry Labonte | 5 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Gary DeHart |
1995 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick | DuPont Automotive Finishes | Ray Evernham |
1994 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | GM Goodwrench | Andy Petree |
1993 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | GM Goodwrench | Andy Petree |
1992 | Alan Kulwicki | 7 | Ford | Alan Kulwicki | Hooters | Paul Andrews |
1991 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | GM Goodwrench | Kirk Shelmerdine |
1990 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | GM Goodwrench | Kirk Shelmerdine |
1989 | Rusty Wallace | 27 | Pontiac | Raymond Beadle | Kodiak | Barry Dodson |
1988 | Bill Elliott | 9 | Ford | Harry Melling | Coors | Ernie Elliott |
1987 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | Wrangler Jeans | Kirk Shelmerdine |
1986 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | Chevrolet | Richard Childress | Wrangler Jeans | Kirk Shelmerdine |
1985 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Chevrolet | Junior Johnson | Budweiser | Jeff Hammond |
1984 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Chevrolet | Billy Hagan | Piedmont Airlines | Dale Inman |
1983 | Bobby Allison | 22 | Buick | Bill Gardner | Miller High Life | Gary Nelson |
1982 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Buick | Junior Johnson | Mountain Dew | Jeff Hammond, Mike Hill, Doug Richert |
1981 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | Buick | Junior Johnson | Mountain Dew | Tim Brewer |
1980 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Chevrolet | Rod Osterlund | Mike Curb/Hodgdon | Doug Richert |
1979 | Richard Petty | 43 | Chevrolet | Petty Enterprises | STP | Dale Inman |
1978 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Oldsmobile | Junior Johnson | 1st National City Travelers Checks | Tim Brewer, Travis Carter |
1977 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Chevrolet | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Herb Nab |
1976 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Chevrolet | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Herb Nab |
1975 | Richard Petty | 43 | Dodge | Petty Enterprises | STP | Dale Inman |
1974 | Richard Petty | 43 | Dodge | Petty Enterprises | Dale Inman | |
1973 | Benny Parsons | 72 | Chevrolet | L.G. DeWitt | Travis Carter | |
1972 | Richard Petty | 43 | Plymouth | Petty Enterprises | Dale Inman | |
1971 | Richard Petty | 43 | Plymouth | Petty Enterprises | Dale Inman | |
1970 | Bobby Isaac | 71 | Dodge | Nord Krauskopf | Harry Hyde | |
1969 | David Pearson | 17 | Ford | Holman-Moody | Jake Elder | |
1968 | David Pearson | 17 | Ford | Jake Elder | ||
1967 | Richard Petty | 43 | Plymouth | Dale Inman | ||
1966 | David Pearson | 6 | Dodge | Cotton Owens | ||
1965 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | Ford | John Ervin | ||
1964 | Richard Petty | 43 | Plymouth | Dale Inman | ||
1963 | Joe Weatherly | 8 | Pontiac | Bud Moore | ||
1962 | Joe Weatherly | 8 | Pontiac | Bud Moore | ||
1961 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | Chevrolet | Bud Allman | ||
1960 | Rex White | 4 | Chevrolet | Louis Clements | ||
1959 | Lee Petty | 42 | Plymouth | Lee Petty | ||
1958 | Lee Petty | 42 | Oldsmobile | Lee Petty | ||
1957 | Buck Baker | 87 | Chevrolet | Bud Moore | ||
1956 | Buck Baker | 30 | Chrysler | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
1955 | Tim Flock | 30 | Chrysler | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
1954 | Lee Petty | 42 | Chrysler | Lee Petty | ||
1953 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Hudson | Smokey Yunick | ||
1952 | Tim Flock | 91 | Hudson | B.B. Blackburn | ||
1951 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Hudson | Smokey Yunick | ||
1950 | Bill Rexford | 60 | Oldsmobile | Julian Buesink | ||
1949 | Red Byron | 22 | Oldsmobile | Red Vogt |