In 2003, Bobby Labonte was the last Winston Cup race winner and Matt Kenseth won the Winston Cup championship.
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.
2003 was the last year that Winston sponsored NASCAR with Matt Kenseth winning the last Winston Cup.
Matt Kenseth won the Nascar Cup Series championship one time. It was in 2003. That was the last season under the Winston Cup name.
Jeff Gordon won his last NASCAR Winston Cup in 2001.
Matt Kenseth (#17) won the championship in 2003 with 5022 points, followed by Jimmie Johnson; Dale Earnhardt, Jr.; Jeff Gordon; and Kevin Harvick.
Homestead Florida in 2003, Sprint took over in 2004.
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.
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.
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.
Matt Kenseth is famous among auto racing fans, due in part for being a top tier Nascar driver. In 2003, he became the last driver to win the Winston Cup Series championship. He also won the 2009 Daytona 500.
The winner of the last championship cup was JIMMIE JOHNSON.