Sprint and Nextel merged in 2005. In 2008, it was renamed the Sprint Cup Series.
Now it is called the Sprint Cup because Sprint bought out Nextel.
Two points: Nextel cup is now Nascar Sprint cup, and the Daytona 500 is one of the races in the Nascar Sprint cup Series.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company dropped its sponsorship of the Winston Cup Series after the 2003 season. In 2004, Nextel started sponsoring the top series and the name was changed. It's now known as the Sprint Cup Series, due to the Sprint-Nextel merger.
The population of Sprint Nextel is 40,000.
Sprint Nextel was created in 1938.
The Nextel Sprint merger was completed in August 2005.
Boost Mobile is a division of Sprint Nextel.
The Sprint Nextel Corporation, of which Nextel is a part, is based in Overland Park, Kansas. Sprint bought Nextel in 2005. You can find Nextel online at www.nextel.com.
Jimmie JohnsonIn 2007, Jimmie Johnson became the last winner of the Nextel Cup Series championship. Beginning in 2008, it became known as the Sprint Cup Series.
Nextel is a phone company. It has now merged with Sprint.
The first Chase for the Nextel (now Sprint) Cup was held during the 2004 season. The Chase was won that year by Kurt Busch.
Winston was force out of sponsoring certain things. Then Nextel stepped in, thus we now have the nextel cup. Winston was also force out of NHRA drag racing, now we have the poweraid championship. After it was deemed illegal to advertise tobacco products, Winston was forced to stop sponsering NASCAR's premier series.