Jimmie JohnsonIn 2007, Jimmie Johnson became the last winner of the Nextel Cup Series championship. Beginning in 2008, it became known as the Sprint Cup Series.
In 2003, Matt Kenseth won the last Winston Cup Series championship. The following season it was renamed the Nextel Cup Series.
In 2003, Matt Kenseth won the last Winston Cup Series championship. The following season it was renamed the Nextel Cup Series.
Jimmy Johnson.
In 2003, Matt Kenseth won the last Nascar Winston Cup Series championship. The following season the series was known as the Nextel Cup. The name was again changed in 2008 to the Sprint Cup.
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In 2012, Brad Keselowski became the latest driver to win the Nascar Sprint Cup Series championship.
Yes he was. When Matt won the championship in 2003, it was called the Winston Cup. In 2004, it was renamed the Nextel Cup Series.
No driver won the Nascar championship four times in a row, when it was called the Winston Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the championship five consecutive years, from 2006-2010. In the first two it was known as the Nextel Cup, in the last three it was the Sprint Cup. Cale Yarborough won the most Winston Cup Series championships in a row, with three, from 1976-1978.
The most recent NASCAR Sprint Cup (formerly Nextel Cup and Winston Cup) series champion was Tony Stewart, who tied Carl Edwards in the 2011 Chase For the Sprint Cup, and was awarded the championship based on number of wins compared to Carl Edwards. After the 2003 Winston Cup season the name was changed to Nextel Cup. The winner of the last Championship under the title Winston Cup was Matt Kenseth in the 2003 series.
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.
The last World Series championship was 1908. The last National League championship was 1945. The last NL Division championship was 1989.