Alan Kulwicki won the Winston Cup championship as an owner/driver.
The 1992 Daytona 500, the 34th running of the event, was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Davey Allison of Robert Yates Racing won the race after leading 127 laps, including the final 30.
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
| Year | No. | Champion |
|---|
| 1996 | 5 | Terry Labonte |
| 1995 | 24 | Jeff Gordon |
| 1994 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt |
| 1993 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt |
1991 Daytona 500
| Race details |
|---|
| Driver | Kyle Petty | SABCO Racing |
| Laps | 51 |
| Winner |
| No. 4 | Ernie Irvan | Morgan-McClure Motorsports |
The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series consisted of 31 events, run at 18 race tracks in 15 states. Terry Labonte won his second series championship, beating Jeff Gordon by 37 points; the Rick Hendrick-owned No. 5 Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet team won the series' owner's championship.
Driver Dale Earnhardt and wife Teresa Earnhardt hold their daughter Taylor while celebrating in Victory Lane after winning the Pepsi 400 race on July 7, 1990. Dale Earnhardt celebrates in Victory Lane after absolutely dominating the DieHard 500. After winning the pole position, Earnhardt led 134 of the 188 laps.
Bill Elliott of Melling Racing won the championship. The 1988 season was notable for hosting the first of two tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier.
Complete schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | Race Driver |
|---|
| Pontiac | Means Racing | Jimmy Means |
| RahMoc Enterprises | Lake Speed |
| Buick 8 Chevrolet 1 Ford 4 | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Bobby Allison |
| Chrysler 5 Dodge 1 Ford 22 | Arrington Racing | Morgan Shepherd 1 |
In 1989, Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship with crew chief Barry Dodson, by finishing 15th at the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta to beat out close friend and fierce rival Dale Earnhardt (the race winner) by 12 points.
Dale Earnhardt won his first Winston Cup championship, winning by 19 points over Cale Yarborough. Jody Ridley was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Season recap.
| No. | 30 |
|---|
| Date | November 2 |
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| Race title | Atlanta Journal 500 |
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| Track | Atlanta International Raceway |
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| Winning driver | Cale Yarborough |
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Photos: History of the No. 6. Mark Martin drove the No. 6 Viagra-sponsored Ford Taurus during the 2001 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
1. Dale Earnhardt. Why He's Here: Earnhardt won only one Most Popular Driver award, and it came posthumously after his death in the last-lap accident in the 2001 Daytona 500.
Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship.
10 was Chesapeake, Virginia native Ricky Rudd, who won six times between 1994 and 1998 as owner/driver of No. 10 Tide-sponsored car. It was one of Cope's two victories that stands as by far the greatest by a No. 10 car in NASCAR, however.
Unfortunately, his racing career was cut short due to health issues, and he last raced in 2016. However, before Vickers retired from racing, he married Sarah Kellen in 2013. Kellen, who also used the alias Sarah Kensington, allegedly served as the recruiter for the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A Chevrolet Lumina Earnhardt drove 27 years ago sold for $200,000 last Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector-Car Auction. The car was authenticated by documentation from crew chief Kirk Shelmerdine as being one Earnhardt drove in 1989 and 1990 and won with at Atlanta.
Nextel Cup Series
| NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results |
|---|
| Year | Team | Make |
|---|
| 1992 | Moroso Racing | Ford |
| Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford |
| 1993 |
First Buster Douglas, now Derrike Cope. In another stunning upset, the unheralded Cope knocked out Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500 Sunday before a shocked crowd of 150,000 stock car fans. “Derrike wins the race, but we beat them all day. They didn't outrun us, they just lucked into it.â€
