CJ's Pick Ten (Cup Cars): NASCAR Year by Year Statistics

NASCAR's Year by Year Statistics (1949 - 2009)

Champions, Number of Races Run

Year	Cup Champion	#	Rookie of the Year	Most Popular Driver	Grand National Champion	Truck Champion
2009	TBD	36	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2008	Jimmie Johnson	36	Regan Smith	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Clint Bowyer	Johnny Benson Jr.
2007	Jimmie Johnson	36	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Carl Edwards	Ron Hornaday Jr.
2006	Jimmie Johnson	36	Denny Hamlin	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kevin Harvick	Todd Bodine
2005	Tony Stewart	36	Kyle Busch	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Martin Truex Jr.	Ted Musgrave
2004	Kurt Busch	36	Kasey Kahne	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Martin Truex Jr.	Bobby Hamilton
2003	Matt Kenseth	36	Jamie McMurray	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Brian Vickers	Travis Kvapil
2002	Tony Stewart	36	Ryan Newman	Bill Elliott	Greg Biffle	Mike Bliss
2001	Jeff Gordon	36	Kevin Harvick	Dale Earnhardt	Kevin Harvick	Jack Sprague
2000	Bobby Labonte	34	Matt Kenseth	Bill Elliott	Jeff Green	Greg Biffle
1999	Dale Jarrett	34	Tony Stewart	Bill Elliott	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Jack Sprague
1998	Jeff Gordon	33	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Bill Elliott	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Ron Hornaday Jr.
1997	Jeff Gordon	32	Mike Skinner	Bill Elliott	Randy LaJoie	Jack Sprague
1996	Terry Labonte	31	Johnny Benson Jr	Bill Elliott	Randy LaJoie	Ron Hornaday Jr.
1995	Jeff Gordon	31	Ricky Craven	Bill Elliott	Johnny Benson Jr	Mike Skinner
1994	Dale Earnhardt	31	Jeff Burton	Bill Elliott	David Green
1993	Dale Earnhardt	30	Jeff Gordon	Bill Elliott	Steve Grissom
1992	Alan Kulwicki	29	Jimmy Hensley	Bill Elliott	Joe Nemechek
1991	Dale Earnhardt	29	Bobby Hamilton	Bill Elliott	Bobby Labonte
1990	Dale Earnhardt	29	Rob Moroso	Darrell Waltrip	Chuck Bown
1989	Rusty Wallace	29	Dick Trickle	Darrell Waltrip	Rob Moroso
1988	Bill Elliott	29	Ken Bouchard	Bill Elliott	Tommy Ellis
1987	Dale Earnhardt	29	Davey Allison	Bill Elliott	Larry Pearson
1986	Dale Earnhardt	29	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Elliott	Larry Pearson
1985	Darrell Waltrip	28	Ken Schrader	Bill Elliott	Jack Ingram
1984	Terry Labonte	30	Rusty Wallace	Bill Elliott	Sam Ard
1983	Bobby Allison	30	Sterling Marlin	Bobby Allison	Sam Ard
1982	Darrell Waltrip	30	Geoff Bodine	Bobby Allison	Jack Ingram
1981	Darrell Waltrip	31	Ron Bouchard	Bobby Allison
1980	Dale Earnhardt	31	Jody Ridley	Bobby Allison
1979	Richard Petty	31	Dale Earnhardt	David Pearson
1978	Cale Yarborough	30	Ronnie Thomas	Richard Petty
1977	Cale Yarborough	30	Ricky Rudd	Richard Petty
1976	Cale Yarborough	30	Skip Manning	Richard Petty
1975	Richard Petty	30	Bruce Hill	Richard Petty
1974	Richard Petty	30	Earl Ross	Richard Petty
1973	Benny Parsons	28	Lennie Pond	Bobby Allison
1972	Richard Petty	31	Larry Smith	Bobby Allison
1971	Richard Petty	48	Walter Ballard	Bobby Allison
1970	Bobby Isaac	48	Bill Dennis	Richard Petty
1969	David Pearson	54	Dick Brooks	Bobby Isaac
1968	David Pearson	49	Pete Hamilton	Richard Petty
1967	Richard Petty	49	Donnie Allison	Cale Yarborough
1966	David Pearson	49	James Hylton	Darel Dieringer
1965	Ned Jarrett	55	Sam McQuagg	Fred Lorenzen
1964	Richard Petty	62	Doug Cooper	Richard Petty
1963	Joe Weatherly	55	Billy Wade	Fred Lorenzen
1962	Joe Weatherly	53	Tom Cox	Richard Petty
1961	Ned Jarrett	52	Woodie Wilson	Joe Weatherly
1960	Rex White	44	David Pearson	Rex White
1959	Lee Petty	44	Richard Petty	Junior Johnson
1958	Lee Petty	51	Shorty Rollins	Glen Wood
1957	Buck Baker	53		Fireball Roberts
1956	Buck Baker	56		Curtis Turner
1955	Tim Flock	45
1954	Lee Petty	37
1953	Herb Thomas	37
1952	Tim Flock	34
1951	Herb Thomas	41
1950	Bill Rexford	19
1949	Red Byron	8

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NASCAR's Year by Year Statistics (1949 - 2009)