Jimmie Johnson was the champion in 2008 which made it his third in a row.
Jimmie Johnson won the championship in 2008.
It is no longer known as the Winston Cup, it is known as the Sprint Cup Series now and the winner of the 2008 championship is Jimmie Johnson, Driver of the 48 Lowes Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.
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.
Nascar Sprint Cup.
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Preview - 2008 TV was released on: USA: 13 February 2008
The cast of 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Preview - 2008 includes: Jim Birdsall as Narrator
AnswerNEXTEL signed with NASCAR before the 2004 season started. The contract is until 2013. Sprint and Nextel merged in 2005. In 2008, it was renamed the Sprint Cup Series.
Travis Kvapil (pronounced kwapil).
In 2008, Jimmie Johnson won the first Sprint Cup Series championship.
In 2008, Jimmie Johnson led 1,959 laps.
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.
There was no #22 in NASCAR during the 2009 Sprint Cup season. The last driver to drive the #22 was Dave Blaney in 2008. In 2012, A.J. Allmendinger drove the #22 for the first 17 races. After Allmendinger's suspension, Sam Hornish Jr. became the driver of the #22 car.