NASCAR Cup Champions
| YEAR |
DRIVER |
OWNER |
C. CHIEF |
MAKE |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tony Stewart | Tony Stewart | Darian Grubb | Chevrolet | |
| 2010 | Jimmie Johnson | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus | Chevrolet | |
| 2009 | Jimmie Johnson | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus | Chevrolet | |
| 2008 | Jimmie Johnson | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus | Chevrolet | |
| 2007 | Jimmie Johnson | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus | Chevrolet | |
| 2006 | Jimmie Johnson | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus | Chevrolet | |
| 2005 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs | Greg Zipadelli | Chevrolet | |
| 2004 | Kurt Busch | Georgetta Roush | Jimmy Fennig | Ford | |
| 2003 | Matt Kenseth | Mark Martin | Robbie Reiser | Ford | |
| 2002 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs | Greg Zipadelli | Pontiac | |
| 2001 | Jeff Gordon | Rick Hendrick | Robbie Loomis | Chevrolet | |
| 2000 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs | Jimmy Makar | Pontiac | |
| 1999 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates | Todd Parrott | Ford | |
| 1998 | Jeff Gordon | Rick Hendrick | Ray Evernham | Chevrolet | |
| 1997 | Jeff Gordon | Rick Hendrick | Ray Evernham | Chevrolet | |
| 1996 | Terry Labonte | Rick Hendrick | Gary DeHart | Chevrolet | |
| 1995 | Jeff Gordon | Rick Hendrick | Ray Evernham | Chevrolet | |
| 1994 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Andy Petree | Chevrolet | |
| 1993 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Andy Petree | Chevrolet | |
| 1992 | Alan Kulwicki | Alan Kulwicki | Paul Andrews | Ford | |
| 1991 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Kirk Shelmerdine | Chevrolet | |
| 1990 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Kirk Shelmerdine | Chevrolet | |
| 1989 | Rusty Wallace | Raymond Beadle | Barry Dodson | Pontiac | |
| 1988 | Bill Elliott | Harry Melling | Ernie Elliott | Ford | |
| 1987 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Kirk Shelmerdine | Chevrolet | |
| 1986 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress | Kirk Shelmerdine | Chevrolet | |
| 1985 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson | Jeff Hammond | Chevrolet | |
| 1984 | Terry Labonte | Billy Hagan | Dale Inman | Chevrolet | |
| 1983 | Bobby Allison | Bill Gardner | Gary Nelson | Buick | |
| 1982 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson | Jeff Hammond | Buick | |
| 1981 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson | Tim Brewer | Buick | |
| 1980 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Doug Richert | Chevrolet | |
| 1979 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Chevrolet | |
| 1978 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson | Tim Brewer | Oldsmobile | |
| 1977 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson | Herb Nab | Chevrolet | |
| 1976 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson | Herb Nab | Chevrolet | |
| 1975 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Dodge | |
| 1974 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Dodge | |
| 1973 | Benny Parsons | L.G. DeWitt | Travis Carter | Chevrolet | |
| 1972 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Plymouth | |
| 1971 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Plymouth | |
| 1970 | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | Harry Hyde | Dodge | |
| 1969 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | Jake Elder | Ford | |
| 1968 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | Jake Elder | Ford | |
| 1967 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Plymouth | |
| 1966 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens | Cotton Owens | Dodge | |
| 1965 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long | John Ervin | Ford | |
| 1964 | Richard Petty | Richard L Petty | Dale Inman | Plymouth | |
| 1963 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore | Bud Moore | Pontiac | |
| 1962 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore | Bud Moore | Pontiac | |
| 1961 | Ned Jarrett | W.G. Holloway Jr. | Bud Allman | Chevrolet | |
| 1960 | Rex White | White-Clements | Louis Clements | Chevrolet | |
| 1959 | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Plymouth | |
| 1958 | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile | |
| 1957 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | Bud Moore | Chevrolet | |
| 1956 | Buck Baker | Carl Kiekhaefer | Carl Kiekhafer | Chrysler | |
| 1955 | Tim Flock | Carl Kiekhaefer | Carl Kiekhafer | Chrysler | |
| 1954 | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Lee Petty | Chrysler | |
| 1953 | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | Smokey Yunick | Hudson | |
| 1952 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester | B. B. Blackburn | Hudson | |
| 1951 | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | Smokey Yunick | Hudson | |
| 1950 | Bill Rexford | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | Oldsmobile | |
| 1949 | Red Byron | Raymond Parks | Red Vogt | Oldsmobile |