NASCAR champions since 1993
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2013: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Impala
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Six wins, 23 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 2,419 |
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2012: BRAD KESELOWSKI
Car: No. 2 Dodge Charger
Owner: Roger Penske
Stats: Five wins, 23 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 2,400
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2011: TONY STEWART
Car: No. 14 Chevrolet Impala
Owner: Margaret Haas/Tony Stewart
Stats: Five wins, 19 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 2,403 (Stewart tied Carl Edwards, but won the tiebreaker with five wins to Edwards’ one.)
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2010: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Impala
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Six wins, 23 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,622
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2009: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS / Chevrolet Impala SS
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Seven wins, 24 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,652
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2008: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS / Chevrolet Impala SS
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Seven wins, 22 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,684
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2007: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS / Chevrolet Impala SS
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: 10 wins, 24 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,723
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2006: JIMMIE JOHNSON
Car: No. 48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS / Chevrolet Impala SS
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Five wins, 24 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,475
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2005: TONY STEWART
Car: No. 20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Stats: Five wins, 25 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,533
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2004: KURT BUSCH
Car: No. 97 Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush
Stats: Three wins, 21 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 6,506
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2003: MATT KENSETH
Car: No. 17 Ford Taurus
Owner: Mark Martin/Jack Roush
Stats: One win, 25 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 5,022
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2001: JEFF GORDON
Car: No. 24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Six wins, 24 Top 10 finishes (36 starts)
Total points: 5,112
Credit: AP, 2000
2000: BOBBY LABONTE
Car: No. 18 Pontiac Grand Prix
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Stats: Four wins, 24 Top 25 finishes (34 starts)
Total points: 5,130
Credit: AP, 1999
1999: DALE JARRETT
Car: No. 88 Ford Taurus
Owner: Robert Yates
Stats: Four wins, 29 Top 10 finishes (34 starts)
Total points: 5,262
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1998: JEFF GORDON
Car: No. 24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: 10 wins, 23 Top 10 finishes (32 starts)
Total points: 4,710
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1996: TERRY LABONTE
Car: No. 5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Two wins, 24 Top 10 finishes (31 starts)
Total points: 4,657
Credit: AP, 1995
1995: JEFF GORDON
Car: No. 24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Stats: Seven wins, 23 Top 10 finishes (31 starts)
Total points: 4,614
Credit: AP, 1994
1994: DALE EARNHARDT
Car: No. 3 Chevrolet Lumina
Owner: Richard Childress
Stats: Four wins, 25 Top 10 finishes (31 starts)
Total points: 4,694
Credit: AP, 1993
1993: DALE EARNHARDT
Car: No. 3 Chevrolet Lumina
Owner: Richard Childress
Stats: Six wins, 21 Top 10 finishes (30 starts)
Total points: 4,526