Hendrick Motorsports with (10) Cup championships.
Yes, it was. The 1995 Winston Cup Series championship was the first for Jeff Gordon in Nascar.
Jimmie Johnson won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, the first driver to win 4 consecutive NASCAR titles.
The first Nascar trophy was awarded to Red Byron. He won the 1949 Nascar Strictly Stock Series championship.
Jeff Gordon won his first NASCAR Cup Series championship in 1995.
It was Red Byron in 1949. It was known as the 'Strictly Stock Series".
In 2011, Tony Stewart won the Nascar Sprint Cup Series championship. He and Carl Edwards ended the season tied in points, but Stewart had more wins.
There was no champion in 1948. The first Nascar championship was awarded in 1949.
Ryan Newman has 17 Nascar Cup Series wins in his career, Including the 2008 Daytona 500, the 2013 Brickyard 400, and he got his first victory in the rain-shortened 2002 New Hampshire 300.
Jim Roper won the first NASCAR Scrictly Stock Race- which has evolved into the Sprint Cup Series (formally known as Winston Cup), on June 19, 1949 at Charlotte Fairgrounds Speedway. Red Byron won the first NASCAR championship.
Robert "Red" Byron (March 12, 1915 - November 11, 1960)Red Byron in 1949, won the first Nascar Strictly Stock Series championship. He raced in 6 of the 8 races Nascar held that year.
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.
On September 25, 1949, Red Byron won the first Nascar race held at Martinsville Speedway. It was in the Strictly Stock Series.