Winston was force out of sponsoring certain things. Then Nextel stepped in, thus we now have the nextel cup. Winston was also force out of NHRA drag racing, now we have the poweraid championship. After it was deemed illegal to advertise tobacco products, Winston was forced to stop sponsering NASCAR's premier series.
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∙ 13y agoAfter the 2003 season, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company dropped its sponsorship of the Winston Cup Series. The name Winston was used for the cigarette brand owned by R.J. Reynolds. In 2004, Nextel started sponsoring the top series and the name was changed. It's now known as the Sprint Cup Series, due to the Sprint-Nextel merger.
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∙ 12y agoR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company dropped its sponsorship of the Winston Cup Series after the 2003 season. In 2004, Nextel started sponsoring the top series and the name was changed. It's now known as the Sprint Cup Series, due to the Sprint-Nextel merger.
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∙ 9y agoThis, of course, was true, although when I visited the wizard, I realized North versus South wasn't the real story.
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∙ 12y agoRay Elder won the first Winston Cup Series race on January 10, 1971. This began what is known as the "modern era" of Nascar racing.
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∙ 13y agoThe last Winston Cup race was on November 16, 2003.
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∙ 12y agoWinston Cup Series 1971
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company dropped its sponsorship of the Winston Cup Series after the 2003 season. In 2004, Nextel started sponsoring the top series and the name was changed. It's now known as the Sprint Cup Series, due to the Sprint-Nextel merger.
2003 was the last year that Winston sponsored NASCAR with Matt Kenseth winning the last Winston Cup.
The web address of the Winston Cup Museum is: http://www.winstoncupmuseum.com
The phone number of the Winston Cup Museum is: 336-724-4557.
In 2003, Bobby Labonte was the last Winston Cup race winner and Matt Kenseth won the Winston Cup championship.
Jeff Gordon won the 1997 Winston Cup championship.