First to top $100,000 in a season.
NASCAR driver Bill Elliott's first wife was Martha Elliott.
Dave Blaney.
When a driver qualifies in first position he wins "the pole".
I'm not sure, since this question can not be answered, since the first Nascar race featured multiple drivers. Red Byron was Nascar's first champion. Some people may say Lloyd Seay was the first Nascar driver, but he died two years earlier, before the birth of Nascar at Daytona.
Greg Biffle was the first driver to claim both championships. He won the 2000 Nascar Craftsman Truck Series and the 2002 Nascar Busch Series. The series sponsorship names have now changed.
The first champion was Red Byron back in 1949.
Cale Yarborough.
The first female driver was Sara Christian, racing in the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949.
Jimmie Johnson won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, the first driver to win 4 consecutive NASCAR titles.
Juan Pablo Montoya
Carlos Contreras was the first Mexican-born driver to compete in any NASCAR national series. Frank "Rebel" Mundywas born Francisco Menendez. His dad was Spanish. He raced in the now Sprint Cup Series in the 50s
To become a NASCAR driver, you must first drive on a local track and win their championship series. If you do, you will become eligible to join the NASCAR Touring Series which will help get you ready for a future stint with NASCAR.