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There have been five drivers who won the Daytona 500 and the Nascar Cup Series championship in the same year.

  • Lee Petty (1959)
  • Richard Petty (1964, 1971, 1974, 1979)
  • Cale Yarborough (1977)
  • Jeff Gordon (1997)
  • Jimmie Johnson (2006)
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