The first champion was Red Byron back in 1949.
Jimmie Johnson won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, the first driver to win 4 consecutive NASCAR titles.
Tony Stewart was the last driver to win the Nascar Cup Series championship prior to Jimmie Johnson, it was in 2005. Johnson has been the champion since 2006.
No black woman has ever raced in Nascar. I don't know if one even has raced in professional motorsports.
Jimmy Johnson.
Jeff Gordon won his first NASCAR Cup Series championship in 1995.
No, he also has a chance to make history on 11/22/2009 by being the first driver ever to win the NASCAR championship title 4 years in a row. In 2010, Jimmie Johnson won his fifth straight Nascar championship.
For being the only driver to win 200 Nascar Cup Series races and the first to win seven championships. In 1994, Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his seventh Nascar championship, tying Richard Petty.
Jimmie Johnson is the only Nascar driver to win the Cup Series championship five times. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. won seven championships each.
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.
Richard Petty drove a Plymouth in his first Nascar championship season, which was 1964.
Cale Yarborough.
Juan Pablo Montoya