The 1998 Nascar Winston Cup Rookie of the Year was the late Kenny Irwin Jr.
Richard Petty was a driver from 1958 to 1992 in the Nascar Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Nascar Winston Cup Series. Richard retired when the name of the series was still called "Winston Cup". He never drove in the series when it was called "Sprint Cup".
During his 27 year career, David Pearson started 574 Nascar Cup Series races. He started 351 races when it was known as the Grand National Series and 223 races when it was the Winston Cup Series.
In 1993, Jeff Gordon won the Nascar Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Award. He did not win a race in his rookie season.
The first NASCAR rookie of the year was Blackie Pitt.
Richard Petty ran a Ford during the 1969 NASCAR season due to a dispute with Chrysler. In a bid to win Petty back, Chrysler developed the Plymouth Superbird, one of the most famous cars in NASCAR history. Petty switched back to Chrysler in 1970.
Jeff Burton is best known for his NASCAR Career. He won his first career race in 1990 and has been awarded the Winston Cup in 1994 for Rookie of the Year.
Nascar was formed on February 21, 1948.
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Yes in-fact he does... whether it is a continued habit or just something he did as part of the Winston Culture before Sprint became the Primary sponsor for NASCAR's premier series is currently unknown. In his autobiography detailing the events surrounding his first year in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series he admits to smoking a few Winston Cigarettes after his first Coca Cola 600 by his trailer to calm down after a long and challenging race. This is the only time he mentioned smoking in his book.
Yes, Jeff Gordon is a highly decorated NASCAR driver who has won numerous awards throughout his career, including four NASCAR Cup Series championships and multiple racing accolades such as the Daytona 500 and Southern 500 championships.