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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]
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series every year since 1956. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all NASCAR Cup Series competitors; today, it is voted for by fans across the United States .
Elliott finished with seven top-five finishes and 15 top-10s in 29 starts. The Most Popular Driver Award is one of the longest-running awards in NASCAR. It was first given out in 1953.
The show coincides with the latter half of the NASCAR broadcast schedule. The show's first two seasons ran on FX Networks on Friday nights and was known as NASCAR Drivers: 360. The series of episodes gives the viewer a behind-the-scenes view of what the drivers do between the different race weekends as well as how they perform in individual races.
Blaney became the first driver to win the Cup Series title without winning the title race since the format was implemented in 2014 when Ross Chastain won the race and Blaney finished second.
The former Craftsman Truck Series regular and 2019 NASCAR K&N West champion made his Xfinity Series debut last season with Kaulig Racing, scoring top-10 finishes in three of his eight starts.
A look at the top 100 all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners list in order by number of wins updated through Aug. 19, 2024. Richard Petty 200. David Pearson 105
The team ran twice in 1987 with a best-finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988, finishing seventh in the point standings with 5 top-5's and 13 top-10's in the No. 34. In 1989 , Spencer won his first career Busch race, the Mountain Dew 400 at Hickory Motor Speedway .