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.
Jimmie 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.
Kurt Busch won the 2004 Nascar Nextel Cup championship.
Jimmy Johnson.
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.
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.
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.
Jimmie Johnson won the Nascar Nextel Cup Series championship in 2006.
Tony Stewart won the Nascar Nextel Cup Series championship in 2005.
Jimmie Johnson won the Nascar Nextel Cup Series championship in 2007.