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Past Champions

Winning the NASCAR Winston Cup championship is the dream of every driver who straps on a helmet and takes his place behind the steering wheel. From Red Byron in 1949 to Bobby Labonte last season, the list of NASCAR Winston Cup champions reads like a who's who of the sport. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt top the list with seven championships apiece. Much like the sport, the Winston Cup championship has been a family affair -- Lee and Richard Petty, Ned and Dale Jarrett, Terry and Bobby Labonte.

WINSTON CUP STANDINGS (1949-2000)
Year	Driver	Owner	C. Chief	Make	Wins	Earnings
2001	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick	Robbie Loomis	Chevrolet	6	$5,872,273
2000	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs	Jimmy Makar	Pontiac	4	$4,041,750
1999	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates	Todd Parrott	Ford	4	$3,608,829
1998	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick	Ray Evernham	Chevrolet	13	$6,175,867
1997	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick	Ray Evernham	Chevrolet	10	$4,201,227
1996	Terry Labonte	Rick Hendrick	Gary DeHart	Chevrolet	2	$4,030,648
1995	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick	Ray Evernham	Chevrolet	7	$2,430,480
1994	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Andy Petree	Chevrolet	4	$3,400,733
1993	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Andy Petree	Chevrolet	6	$3,353,789
1992	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki	Paul Andrews	Ford	2	$2,322,561
1991	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevrolet	4	$2,396,685
1990	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevrolet	9	$3,083,056
1989	Rusty Wallace	Raymond Beadle	Barry Dodson	Pontiac	6	$2,247,950
1988	Bill Elliott	Harry Melling	Ernie Elliott	Ford	6	$1,574,639
1987	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevrolet	11	$2,099,243
1986	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevrolet	5	$1,783,880
1985	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Jeff Hammond	Chevrolet	3	$1,318,735
1984	Terry Labonte	Billy Hagan	Dale Inman	Chevrolet	2	$713,010
1983	Bobby Allison	Bill Gardner	Gary Nelson	Buick	6	$828,355
1982	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Jeff Hammond	Buick	12	$873,118
1981	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Tim Brewer	Buick	12	$588,926
1980	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Doug Richert	Chevrolet	5	$588,926
1979	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Chevrolet	5	$588,926
1978	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Tim Brewer	Oldsmobile	10	$530,751
1977	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Herb Nab	Chevrolet	9	$387,173
1976	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Herb Nab	Chevrolet	9	$387,173
1975	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Plymouth	13	$378,865
1974	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Plymouth	10	$299,175
1973	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Travis Carter	Chevrolet	1	$114,345
1972	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Plymouth	8	$227,015
1971	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Plymouth	21	$309,225
1970	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Harry Hyde	Dodge	11	$121,470
1969	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Jake Elder	Ford	11	$183,700
1968	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Jake Elder	Ford	16	$118,842
1967	Richard Petty	Dale Inman	Dale Inman	Plymouth	27	$130,275
1966	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	Dodge	14	$59,205
1965	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	John Ervin	Ford	13	$77,966
1964	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty	Dale Inman	Plymouth	9	$98,810
1963	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	Bud Moore	Pontiac	3	$58,110
1962	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	Bud Moore	Pontiac	9	$56,110
1961	Ned Jarrett	W.G. Holloway Jr.	Bud Allman	Chevrolet	1	$27,285
1960	Rex White	White-Clements	Louis Clements	Chevrolet	6	$45,260
1959	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Plymouth	10	$45,570
1958	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Oldsmobile	7	$20,600
1957	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	Bud Moore	Chevrolet	10	$24,712
1956	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	Carl Kiekhafer	Chrysler	14	$29,790
1955	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Carl Kiekhafer	Chrysler	18	$33,750
1954	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Lee Petty	Chrysler	7	$26,706
1953	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Smokey Yunick	Hudson	11	$27,300
1952	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	B. B. Blackburn	Hudson	8	$20,210
1951	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Smokey Yunick	Hudson	7	$18,200
1950	Bill Rexford	Juilan Buesink	Julian Buesink	Oldsmobile	1	$6,175
1949	Red Byron	Raymond Parks	Red Vogt	Oldsmobile	2	$5,800