There was no champion in 1948. The first Nascar championship was awarded in 1949.
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lee petty, 1954,1958 and 1959
The first champion was Red Byron back in 1949.
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.
In the Nascar Nationwide Series, the driver with the most points accumulated after 33 races, is declared the champion.
In 1957, Buck Baker was the Nascar Grand National Series champion.
Jimmie Johnson
Richard Petty's father was former Nascar champion Lee Petty.
Tony Stewart was the 2005 Nascar Cup Series champion.
Cale Yarborough.
there have been 847 drivers in nascar