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Season	Championship	Champion
2026	NASCAR Cup Series
2025	NASCAR Cup Series	Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports
2024	NASCAR Cup Series	Joey Logano Team Penske
2023	NASCAR Cup Series	Ryan Blaney Team Penske
2022	NASCAR Cup Series	Joey Logano Team Penske
2021	NASCAR Cup Series	Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports
2020	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup	Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
2019	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup	Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
2018	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup	Joey Logano Team Penske
2017	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup	Martin Truex jr Furniture Row Racing
2016	Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2015	Sprint Cup	Kyle Busch
2014	Sprint Cup	Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
2013	Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2012	Sprint Cup	Brad Keselowski Penske Racing
2011	Sprint Cup	Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing
2010	Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2009	Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2008	Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2007	Nextel Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2006	Nextel Cup	Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
2005	Nextel Cup	Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing
2004	Nextel Cup	Kurt Busch Roush Racing
2003	Winston Cup	Matt Kenseth Roush Racing
2002	Winston Cup	Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing
2001	Winston Cup	Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
2000	Winston Cup	Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing
1999	Winston Cup	Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing
1998	Winston Cup	Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
1997	Winston Cup	Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
1996	Winston Cup	Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports
1995	Winston Cup	Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
1994	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1993	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1992	Winston Cup	Alan Kulwicki Alan Kulwicki
1991	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1990	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1989	Winston Cup	Rusty Wallace Raymond Beadle
1988	Winston Cup	Bill Elliott Melling Racing
1987	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1986	Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1985	Winston Cup Grand National	Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson
1984	Winston Cup Grand National	Terry Labonte Billy Hagan
1983	Winston Cup Grand National	Bobby Allison DiGard Racing
1982	Winston Cup Grand National	Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson
1981	Winston Cup Grand National	Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson
1980	Winston Cup Grand National	Dale Earnhardt Rodney Osterlund
1979	Winston Cup Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1978	Winston Cup Grand National	Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson
1977	Winston Cup Grand National	Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson
1976	Winston Cup Grand National	Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson
1975	Winston Cup Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1974	Winston Cup Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1973	Winston Cup Grand National	Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing
1972	Winston Cup Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1971	Winston Cup Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1970	NASCAR Grand National	Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
1969	NASCAR Grand National	David Pearson Holman Moody Racing
1968	NASCAR Grand National	David Pearson Holman Moody Racing
1967	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1966	NASCAR Grand National	David Pearson Cotton Owens
1965	NASCAR Grand National	Ned Jarrett Bondy Long
1964	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
1963	NASCAR Grand National	Joe Weatherly Bud Moore
1962	NASCAR Grand National	Joe Weatherly Bud Moore
1961	NASCAR Grand National	Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett
1960	NASCAR Grand National	Rex White Beau Morgan
1959	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty Petty Enterprises
1958	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty Petty Enterprises
1957	NASCAR Grand National	Buck Baker
1956	NASCAR Grand National	Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer
1955	NASCAR Grand National	Tim Flock
1954	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty Petty Enterprises
1953	NASCAR Grand National	Herb Thomas Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
1952	NASCAR Grand National	Tim Flock Ted Chester
1951	NASCAR Grand National	Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
1950	NASCAR Grand National	Bill Rexford Julian Buesink
1949	NASCAR Strictly Stock Championship	Red Byron Raymond Parks

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