Bobby Labonte, who was at the time driving the #18 Interstate Batteries car. Dale Earnhardt Sr. finished second in the points that year.
Tony Stewart was the 2005 Nascar Cup Series champion.
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
The winner of the last championship cup was JIMMIE JOHNSON.
It was the 2011 Sprint Cup Series champion, Tony Stewart.
Tony Stewart has never won consecutive Nascar Cup Series championships. He was the Cup Series champion in 2002, 2005 and 2011.
The Labonte brothers are from Corpus Christi, Texas. Terry is a two time Nascar Cup Series champion, and his younger brother Bobby won the 2000 championship.
Tony Stewart has won a total of 10 national series championships: 1987 World Karting Championship 1994 USAC Midget Series Champion 1995 USAC Midget Series Champion 1995 USAC Sprint Series Champion 1995 USAC Silver Crown Series Champion 1997 Indy Racing League Champion 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2006 International Race of Champions (IROC) Series Champion He has also won other events that classify their victors as "champions", such as the Brickyard 400.
Three-time champion, Tony Stewart, never won at Darlington Raceway in the Nascar Cup Series. He did win one race in the Nationwide Series at Darlington.
Five-time champion Jimmie Johnson currently drives the #48 Lowe's Chevy Impala in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Jeff Gordon won his 50th Nascar Cup Series race on April 16, 2000 at Talladega Superspeedway.
The cup series, also known as the Nascar Sprint Cup Series, is the highest level of the nascar circuit.