{"id":268504,"date":"2025-11-07T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268504\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:36:09","slug":"nascar-champions-by-year-the-racing-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268504\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR champions by year &#8211; The Racing Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of NASCAR Cup Series champions by year.<\/p>\n<p>Across its 78-year history, the NASCAR Cup Series has crowned 35 different champions, dating back to 1949. Eighteen of the past champions have won multiple titles.<\/p>\n<p>The series\u2019 all-time champions list <a href=\"https:\/\/theracingexperts.com\/stats-all-time-champions-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series Champions By Year<\/p>\n<p>2025: Kyle Larson (2)<br \/>2024: Joey Logano (3)<br \/>2023: Ryan Blaney<br \/>2022: Joey Logano (2)<br \/>2021: Kyle Larson<br \/>2020: Chase Elliott<br \/>2019: Kyle Busch (2)<br \/>2018: Joey Logano<br \/>2017: Martin Truex, Jr.<br \/>2016: Jimmie Johnson (7)<br \/>2015: Kyle Busch<br \/>2014: Kevin Harvick<br \/>2013: Jimmie Johnson (6)<br \/>2012: Brad Keselowski<br \/>2011: Tony Stewart (3)<br \/>2010: Jimmie Johnson (5)<br \/>2009: Jimmie Johnson (4)<br \/>2008: Jimmie Johnson (3)<br \/>2007: Jimmie Johnson (2)<br \/>2006: Jimmie Johnson<br \/>2005: Tony Stewart (2)<br \/>2004: Kurt Busch<br \/>2003: Matt Kenseth<br \/>2002: Tony Stewart<br \/>2001: Jeff Gordon (4)<br \/>2000: Bobby Labonte<br \/>1999: Dale Jarrett<br \/>1998: Jeff Gordon (3)<br \/>1997: Jeff Gordon (2)<br \/>1996: Terry Labonte (2)<br \/>1995: Jeff Gordon<br \/>1994: Dale Earnhardt (7)<br \/>1993: Dale Earnhardt (6)<br \/>1992: Alan Kulwicki<br \/>1991: Dale Earnhardt (5)<br \/>1990: Dale Earnhardt (4)<br \/>1989: Rusty Wallace<br \/>1988: Bill Elliott<br \/>1987: Dale Earnhardt (3)<br \/>1986: Dale Earnhardt (2)<br \/>1985: Darrell Waltrip (3)<br \/>1984: Terry Labonte<br \/>1983: Bobby Allison<br \/>1982: Darrell Waltrip (2)<br \/>1981: Darrell Waltrip<br \/>1980: Dale Earnhardt<br \/>1979: Richard Petty (7)<br \/>1978: Cale Yarborough (3)<br \/>1977: Cale Yarborough (2)<br \/>1976: Cale Yarborough<br \/>1975: Richard Petty (6)<br \/>1974: Richard Petty (5)<br \/>1973: Benny Parsons<br \/>1972: Richard Petty (4)<br \/>1971: Richard Petty (3)<br \/>1970: Bobby Isaac<br \/>1969: David Pearson (3)<br \/>1968: David Pearson (2)<br \/>1967: Richard Petty (2)<br \/>1966: David Pearson (1)<br \/>1965: Ned Jarrett (2)<br \/>1964: Richard Petty<br \/>1963: Joe Weatherly (2)<br \/>1962: Joe Weatherly<br \/>1961: Ned Jarrett<br \/>1960: Rex White<br \/>1959: Lee Petty (3)<br \/>1958: Lee Petty (2)<br \/>1957: Buck Baker (2)<br \/>1956: Buck Baker<br \/>1955: Tim Flock (2)<br \/>1954: Lee Petty<br \/>1953: Herb Thomas (2)<br \/>1952: Tim Flock<br \/>1951: Herb Thomas<br \/>1950: Bill Rexford<br \/>1949: Red Byron<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tLike this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMore NASCAR and motorsports news from the racing experts\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762547769_642_c00eba7836d57d81398f6890891356accc0c2ecfee72cab6e5f4905465d86c59\"  class=\"avatar avatar-140 photo\" height=\"140\" width=\"140\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.<\/p>\n<p>From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications &amp; Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book &#8220;All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story&#8221; with racer Geoff Bodine.<\/p>\n<p>Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.<\/p>\n<p>You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is a list of NASCAR Cup Series champions by year. 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