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slorydn1
17th September 2010, 07:58
Well, I have finally completed my little project. As many of you know I had become a little intrigued by the way the FIA awards points to the competitors in the different series they sanction, to include Formula 1. When they announced that they were going from the 10 point win system to the 25 point win system I started the thread you are all familiar with, the current season scored using FIA points. Seeing how the season was playing out, I decided to go back and try a little "project". I decided to go back and examine the entire Latford points era which started in 1975, and continues to the current day, with that gimmicky Chase tacked on.

So much for a little project.

I started it the weekend of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (ya know the big win by Harvick :p : ) and FINALLY finished it this past weekend.

It entailed scoring, by hand, 1140 races from the 1975 season opening Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway in California and ending with the 2010 Air Guard 400 at Richmond International Raceway this past weekend. Luckily I had already perfected the craft by scoring all 3 series races this year and it is made easier by only having to score the top ten in each race.

So, what did I find out?

Well, I found out that Jimmie Johnson is still a 4 time Champion, just not a 4 in a row-er, while Jeff Gordon, who is a 5 Timer, is.

I did what the competition was unable to do. I cost Dale Sr two of his seven championships (much to my chagrin).

I wiped out the closest "true" points battle in Nascar history, at the same time avoiding the farce that gave us the chase to start with.

I have stripped the championship from the most undeserving driver ever, and have given the championships to drivers who showed championship form over an entire season, without penalizing too harshly an occasional bad finish.

Over the course of 35 seasons from 1975-2009 the championship has only changed 10 times using this system, so its not wholesale throwing the baby out with the bath water, and even in the chase years since 2004 it has only produced 2 changes so yes Jimmie really has been whippin tail the last several years.

I will start a new thread for each season to facilitate comments for that season and will only intro a few of them at a time so as to not flood the front page.

It was a lot of fun to do, and I learned some Nascar history along the way. I have also left 1949-1974 alone, and compiled a "champions list" that merges my findings into the previous history, which I will post after I post the 2009 season.

And, as always, It was just for fun, so please don't start a fight over it :D

slorydn1
17th September 2010, 08:53
I forgot to add my thanks to my brother damg75 for putting up with the endless flood of emails and correcting any mistakes I may have made in my tabulation. He is after all, the forums original stat-man.

slorydn1
8th October 2010, 00:38
Between losing another hard drive and being out of work sick for the past week it seems that many things are conspiring to keep me from finishing this. I return to work tomorrow morning and will be bringing my old hard drive to one of my IT guys at work and he is going to make an attempt at data recovery for me. Why I didn't back this up on my external hard drive I have no idea. Luckily I did almost everything else up to 2 weeks before, so I have almost everything back already. Just not this series, and the previous two weeks of everything else.

Keeping my fingers crossed........

slorydn1
11th November 2010, 13:13
Well, I have succesfully recovered all my data, so I will be posting the rest of the threads when I have time. After discussing things with my brother, we will be scoring the entire Truck and Nationwide Series history during the off season, and possibly even Cup from 1949-1974, just for grins (since we will be jonesin' for some racin by the time the banquet comes around)....

slorydn1
2nd February 2011, 21:38
Well, I never did get the other stuff done that I wanted to do, and the season is right around the corner..... BUT I feel like I owe it to alexamateo to at least get the threads up for the rest of the cup seasons between 1985 and 2009... I will post those sometime next week after I get all the pickem's stuff set up. If any of you would like to come in and work for me, I may even get the stuff up sooner, LOL....

Alexamateo
3rd February 2011, 15:08
Oh don't worry about me if it's too much trouble. I could figure it myself if I wanted to, but if you do the work, then I don't have to. :p Anyway, I do find it interesting, and I do appreciate it regardless, one way or the other.

Don Capps
3rd February 2011, 19:39
So, what did I find out?

I have stripped the championship from the most undeserving driver ever,

Having obviously missed something, this sort of thing does tend to pique one's curiosity....

slorydn1
4th February 2011, 18:08
Having obviously missed something, this sort of thing does tend to pique one's curiosity....

Nope, you haven't missed anything, yet. I got very busy at work and havent been posting the yearly threads, yet. I only made as far as 1984 so far, but I have all the data through last year. And yeah, based on a single season long performance, one driver has won a Championship in the last 35 seasons who did not deserve it at all, and no, it's not Jimmie Johnson. I will give you a hint, it did occur during the 2000-2009 time frame. Hopefully by sometime late next week I'll have them all up, and if you search back just a page or 2 on this forum you'll find 1975-1984.

slorydn1
4th February 2011, 18:12
Oh don't worry about me if it's too much trouble. I could figure it myself if I wanted to, but if you do the work, then I don't have to. :p Anyway, I do find it interesting, and I do appreciate it regardless, one way or the other.


Nah it's not too much trouble. I just bit off a little more than I can chew, LOL. I do have all the season's done so I'll get it all up, eventually. I have just had to swallow my pride for a while and not mess with the Ntionwide or Truck series for a while.

Don Capps
5th February 2011, 13:53
Just a personal observation: I find that other than for some personal gratification for reasons beyond my comprehension, as well as lots of time on one's hands, as to the point of doing something of this nature. However, this seems to be not uncommon among those following the various NASCAR series. Given that there is still much to be done regarding the history of both stock car racing and NASCAR, both being something of a disaster for the most part, any time spent delving into the past could probably be used to kick over some of the rocks that litter the landscape and see what is under them.

An example of a lot of trees that died in vain -- which is, alas, the fate of virtually every tree used in the production of a book on stock cars or NASCAR -- is the book by Richard Sowers, The Complete Statistical History of Stock-Car Racing (David Bull, 2000). The book could have been a very worthy addition to the extremely thin literature relating to the issues regarding the Grand National division. Instead, it is a book that allows the author to indulge in some statical fantasies that are of little to no use to the historian. That Sowers claims to have a "complete" set of the results of the Grand National division only increases one's frustrations with the book.

Of course, his take on the history, the early days of stock car racing, generally repeats the usual mythology and what has been shaped to be that past by NASCAR and others.

slorydn1
5th February 2011, 14:22
Just a personal observation: I find that other than for some personal gratification for reasons beyond my comprehension, as well as lots of time on one's hands, as to the point of doing something of this nature. However, this seems to be not uncommon among those following the various NASCAR series. Given that there is still much to be done regarding the history of both stock car racing and NASCAR, both being something of a disaster for the most part, any time spent delving into the past could probably be used to kick over some of the rocks that litter the landscape and see what is under them.

An example of a lot of trees that died in vain -- which is, alas, the fate of virtually every tree used in the production of a book on stock cars or NASCAR -- is the book by Richard Sowers, The Complete Statistical History of Stock-Car Racing (David Bull, 2000). The book could have been a very worthy addition to the extremely thin literature relating to the issues regarding the Grand National division. Instead, it is a book that allows the author to indulge in some statical fantasies that are of little to no use to the historian. That Sowers claims to have a "complete" set of the results of the Grand National division only increases one's frustrations with the book.

Of course, his take on the history, the early days of stock car racing, generally repeats the usual mythology and what has been shaped to be that past by NASCAR and others.

I can't disagree with your assessment on time :p nor with the Sowers book.

I started this project in the middle of last season after a particularly heated discussion about the inadaquacies of the Latford system, and how it exacerbates the the "gimmiky" nature of the Chase. Part of this argument was caused by the other little project that I had going on, scoring the top 3 National series using the new FIA points system during the 2010 season.

Actually, it was a lot of fun, at least for me.

The fact that the were only 2 different championship scenarios during the Chase era (which stayed the same even after 2010's great season) absolutely floored me, especialy when one considers fully half of the chase seasons would have turned out differently had the full season Latford points been used.

beachgirl
5th February 2011, 16:22
Having obviously missed something, this sort of thing does tend to pique one's curiosity....

My bet is on Matt Kenseth, with no personal feelings one way or the other regarding whether or not he deserved his championship.

slorydn1
5th February 2011, 16:30
My bet is on Matt Kenseth, with no personal feelings one way or the other regarding whether or not he deserved his championship.

Nope, your guess would be incorrect. Kenseth got it done over the entire season, one race win notwithstanding. He actually was pretty dominant that year, just couldn't seem to close the deal at the end of races for some reason. But he was able to avoid the finishes of p30 or worse, too.

Chris R
10th February 2011, 14:42
Pretty cool stuff - thanks for doing the work - while it is all academic - it does provide some interesting insight....

Chris R
10th February 2011, 15:13
My bet is on Kurt Busch being the "undeserving" one - how did he pull off that championship when Johnson's stats were so strong??

slorydn1
10th February 2011, 23:04
My bet is on Kurt Busch being the "undeserving" one - how did he pull off that championship when Johnson's stats were so strong??

Well, uhhhh, ummm I don't wanna ruin it yet. I may just save my self some time and just post the standings then go ahead and add the other statistical stuff in for each year at a later time. Everytime i get started posting a couple of threads something comes up that needs tending too. It takes about and hour to an hour and a half to post each opening with all the numbers, and only about 5 minutes to do the top 15... :D

slorydn1
15th February 2011, 15:54
All the standings are posted now,, as you can see. As time permits I will do follow on posts in each thread from 1990 to present to do the statistical analysis that I had done in previous years, but at least you can see who was where in the top 15 in each year. I do have every driver who scored points scored on a grid sheet, but I only "placed" the top 15 in a standings order to save myself some time. If you are wondering where how many points your driver scored in a given year and he isn't in the standings, feel free to ask, I do have the info. I may not beable to tell you for sure he was in p23, lets say, but I can tell you how many points he had.

slorydn1
15th February 2011, 16:27
Here is the champions list based on using the the FIA system from 1975 on. All champions prior to 1975 are listed using whatever system they were using in real life:



001 Richard Petty...............07 (1964,1967,1971,1972,1974,1975,1979)
t02 Dale Earnhardt..............05 (1986,1987,1990,1991,1994)
t02 Jeff Gordon.................05 (1995,1996,1997,1998,2001)
t02 Jimmie Johnson..............05 (2004,2006,2007,2009,2010)
005 Cale Yarborough.............04 (1976,1977,1978,1980)
t06 Lee Petty...................03 (1954,1958,1959)
t06 David Pearson...............03 (1966,1968,1969)
t06 Darrell Waltrip.............03 (1981,1982,1983)
t06 Rusty Wallace...............03 (1988,1989,1993)
t10 Buck Baker..................02 (1956,1957)
t10 Tim Flock...................02 (1952,1955)
t10 Ned Jarrett.................02 (1961,1965)
t10 Herb Thomas.................02 (1951,1959)
t10 Joe Weatherly...............02 (1962,1963)
t10 Bill Elliott................02 (1985,1992)
t10 Tony Stewart................02 (2002,2005)
t10 Carl Edwards................02 (2008,2011)
t17 Red Byron...................01 (1949)
t17 Bobby Isaac.................01 (1970)
t17 Benny Parsons...............01 (1973)
t17 Bill Rexford................01 (1950)
t17 Rex White...................01 (1960)
t17 Terry Labonte...............01 (1984)
t17 Dale Jarrett................01 (1999)
t17 Bobby Labonte...............01 (2000)
t17 Ryan Newman.................01 (2003)


As usual this is just for fun and kinda interesting. I do need to back track a little on a comment I made earlier. Yes Kurt Busch is the one who I called the "most undeserving Champion ever" but that's not entirely true. He deserves the championship he won because he won it in the system that was in place when he won it. So yes, he deserves it. But he is the one of only 3 from 1975 on that wouldn't have won it in any system that takes a full season into account (Jimmie Johnson in 2008 and Tony Stewart in 2011 being the others). Matt Kenseth fell further in FIA standings in 2003 (p5) versus Busch's p4 in 2004-but Kenseth won his deal over an entire season. Even Jimmie Johnson, who was dismantled by Harvick in 2010 in a full season of Latford points at least won the FIA deal.

slorydn1
17th February 2011, 16:56
I had forgotten about this as it had been done so long ago, but Jayski had done some hard work back when the Chase was first anounced extending the chase back to 1975 which just happens to coincide with my "FIA Cup" chart. His work can be found here:

Jayski'sŪ NASCAR Silly Season Site - The Chase for the Sprint Cup 2010 (http://jayski.com/teams/chase2010.htm#75-03)

What that had allowed me to do is go back and re-update my chart and I have been able to piece together some pretty interesting info.

Seasons with "Triple Crown Winners": 17 (1975-1979,1981,1982,1986,1987,1989,1990,1994,1998,2000, 2005,2006,2009)

Seasons where the Winston Cup and FIA Cup agree, but Sprint Cup different: 9 (1984,1991,1995,1997,1999,2001,2002,2008,2011)

Seasons where Winston Cup and Sprint Cup agree but FIA Cup different: 2 (1985,1988)

Seasons where Sprint Cup and FIA Cup Agree, but Winston Cup different: 6 (1980,1983,1993,1996,2007,2010)

Seasons with 3 different Champions: 3 (1992,2003,2004)

Triple Crown Winners:



001 Dale Earnhardt..........04 (1986,1987,1990,1994)
002 Cale Yarborough.........03 (1976-1978)
t03 Richard Petty...........02 (1975,1979)
t03 Darrell Waltrip.........02 (1981,1982)
t03 Jimmie Johnson..........02 (2006,2009)
t06 Rusty Wallace...........01 (1989)
t06 Jeff Gordon.............01 (1998)
t06 Bobby Labonte...........01 (2000)
t06 Tony Stewart............01 (2005)

slorydn1
26th December 2011, 18:28
Here is the champions list based on using the the FIA system from 1975 on. All champions prior to 1975 are listed using whatever system they were using in real life:



t01 Richard Petty...............07 (1964,1967,1971,1972,1974,1975,1979)
t01 Jimmie Johnson..............07 (2004,2006,2007,2009,2010,2012,2013)
t03 Dale Earnhardt..............05 (1986,1987,1990,1991,1994)
t03 Jeff Gordon.................05 (1995,1996,1997,1998,2001)
005 Cale Yarborough.............04 (1976,1977,1978,1980)
t06 Lee Petty...................03 (1954,1958,1959)
t06 David Pearson...............03 (1966,1968,1969)
t06 Darrell Waltrip.............03 (1981,1982,1983)
t06 Rusty Wallace...............03 (1988,1989,1993)
t10 Buck Baker..................02 (1956,1957)
t10 Tim Flock...................02 (1952,1955)
t10 Ned Jarrett.................02 (1961,1965)
t10 Herb Thomas.................02 (1951,1959)
t10 Joe Weatherly...............02 (1962,1963)
t10 Bill Elliott................02 (1985,1992)
t10 Tony Stewart................02 (2002,2005)
t10 Carl Edwards................02 (2008,2011)
t17 Red Byron...................01 (1949)
t17 Bobby Isaac.................01 (1970)
t17 Benny Parsons...............01 (1973)
t17 Bill Rexford................01 (1950)
t17 Rex White...................01 (1960)
t17 Terry Labonte...............01 (1984)
t17 Dale Jarrett................01 (1999)
t17 Bobby Labonte...............01 (2000)
t17 Ryan Newman.................01 (2003)


As usual this is just for fun and kinda interesting. I do need to back track a little on a comment I made earlier. Yes Kurt Busch is the one who I called the "most undeserving Champion ever" but that's not entirely true. He deserves the championship he won because he won it in the system that was in place when he won it. So yes, he deserves it. But he is the one of only 3 from 1975 on that wouldn't have won it in any system that takes a full season into account (Jimmie Johnson in 2008 and Tony Stewart in 2011 being the others). Matt Kenseth fell further in FIA standings in 2003 (p5) versus Busch's p4 in 2004-but Kenseth won his deal over an entire season. Even Jimmie Johnson, who was dismantled by Harvick in 2010 in a full season of Latford points at least won the FIA deal.

Just a note: I edited the chart above to add in the 2011 season results, as well as the paragraph below it (edits highlighted in bold text). Tony Stewart now adds his name to the list of Chumpions-the list of drivers gifted a championship by the chase that they would have had not even the remotest chance of winning in any full season points system.

I also edited the following post about the triple crown winners, again with bold type.

FAL
27th December 2011, 16:01
I see 2 1975 champions and no 1978 champion in your list. Am I reading it incorrectly? (I watched Yarborough clinch the 78 championship - under the official points system - at Rockingham, so I'm quite intersted in that period).

slorydn1
4th January 2012, 16:52
I see 2 1975 champions and no 1978 champion in your list. Am I reading it incorrectly? (I watched Yarborough clinch the 78 championship - under the official points system - at Rockingham, so I'm quite intersted in that period).

You are correct, sir. I typed that list over a year ago, I can't believe that I haven't caught the typo before now :dozey:


Anyway Yarborough dominated the 78 season in the FIA cup, too. That thread can be found here:

http://www.motorsportforums.com/history/139831-1978-fia-cup-championship.html

Thanks for pointing this out to me if you can find any more please let me know.

slorydn1
20th January 2013, 20:16
t01 Richard Petty...............07 (1964,1967,1971,1972,1974,1975,1979)
t01 Jimmie Johnson..............07 (2004,2006,2007,2009,2010,2012,2013)
t03 Dale Earnhardt..............05 (1986,1987,1990,1991,1994)
t03 Jeff Gordon.................05 (1995,1996,1997,1998,2001)
005 Cale Yarborough.............04 (1976,1977,1978,1980)
t06 Lee Petty...................03 (1954,1958,1959)
t06 David Pearson...............03 (1966,1968,1969)
t06 Darrell Waltrip.............03 (1981,1982,1983)
t06 Rusty Wallace...............03 (1988,1989,1993)
t10 Buck Baker..................02 (1956,1957)
t10 Tim Flock...................02 (1952,1955)
t10 Ned Jarrett.................02 (1961,1965)
t10 Herb Thomas.................02 (1951,1959)
t10 Joe Weatherly...............02 (1962,1963)
t10 Bill Elliott................02 (1985,1992)
t10 Tony Stewart................02 (2002,2005)
t10 Carl Edwards................02 (2008,2011)
t17 Red Byron...................01 (1949)
t17 Bobby Isaac.................01 (1970)
t17 Benny Parsons...............01 (1973)
t17 Bill Rexford................01 (1950)
t17 Rex White...................01 (1960)
t17 Terry Labonte...............01 (1984)
t17 Dale Jarrett................01 (1999)
t17 Bobby Labonte...............01 (2000)
t17 Ryan Newman.................01 (2003)

Jimmie Johnson wins his 6th Championship (assuming the current FIA system had been adopted in 1975 instead of the Latford and then multiple Chase formats).

Seasons with "Triple Crown Winners": 18 (1975-1979,1981,1982,1986,1987,1989,1990,1994,1998,2000, 2005,2006,2009,2013)

Seasons where the Winston Cup and FIA Cup agree, but Sprint Cup different:9 (1984,1991,1995,1997,1999,2001,2002,2008,2011)

Seasons where Winston Cup and Sprint Cup agree but FIA Cup different:3 (1985,1988,2012)

Seasons where Sprint Cup and FIA Cup Agree, but Winston Cup different: 6 (1980,1983,1993,1996,2007,2010)

Seasons with 3 different Champions: 3 (1992,2003,2004)

Triple Crown Winners:



001 Dale Earnhardt..........04 (1986,1987,1990,1994)
t02 Cale Yarborough.........03 (1976-1978)
t02 Jimmie Johnson..........03 (2006,2009,2013)
t04 Richard Petty...........02 (1975,1979)
t04 Darrell Waltrip.........02 (1981,1982)
t06 Rusty Wallace...........01 (1989)
t06 Jeff Gordon.............01 (1998)
t06 Bobby Labonte...........01 (2000)
t06 Tony Stewart............01 (2005)


(2012 updates in bold text? ;)

The full 2012 breakdown can be located here: http://www.motorsportforums.com/nascar/150926-2012-fia-cup-series-championship.html#post1100552

slorydn1
1st February 2014, 19:33
[quote="slorydn1"]
t01 Richard Petty...............07 (1964,1967,1971,1972,1974,1975,1979)
t01 Jimmie Johnson..............07 (2004,2006,2007,2009,2010,2012,2013)
t03 Dale Earnhardt..............05 (1986,1987,1990,1991,1994)
t03 Jeff Gordon.................05 (1995,1996,1997,1998,2001)
005 Cale Yarborough.............04 (1976,1977,1978,1980)
t06 Lee Petty...................03 (1954,1958,1959)
t06 David Pearson...............03 (1966,1968,1969)
t06 Darrell Waltrip.............03 (1981,1982,1983)
t06 Rusty Wallace...............03 (1988,1989,1993)
t10 Buck Baker..................02 (1956,1957)
t10 Tim Flock...................02 (1952,1955)
t10 Ned Jarrett.................02 (1961,1965)
t10 Herb Thomas.................02 (1951,1959)
t10 Joe Weatherly...............02 (1962,1963)
t10 Bill Elliott................02 (1985,1992)
t10 Tony Stewart................02 (2002,2005)
t10 Carl Edwards................02 (2008,2011)
t17 Red Byron...................01 (1949)
t17 Bobby Isaac.................01 (1970)
t17 Benny Parsons...............01 (1973)
t17 Bill Rexford................01 (1950)
t17 Rex White...................01 (1960)
t17 Terry Labonte...............01 (1984)
t17 Dale Jarrett................01 (1999)
t17 Bobby Labonte...............01 (2000)
t17 Ryan Newman.................01 (2003)

Seasons with "Triple Crown Winners": 18 (1975-1979,1981,1982,1986,1987,1989,1990,1994,1998,2000, 2005,2006,2009,2013)

Seasons where the Winston Cup and FIA Cup agree, but Sprint Cup different:9 (1984,1991,1995,1997,1999,2001,2002,2008,2011)

Seasons where Winston Cup and Sprint Cup agree but FIA Cup different:3 (1985,1988,2012)

Seasons where Sprint Cup and FIA Cup Agree, but Winston Cup different: 6 (1980,1983,1993,1996,2007,2010)

Seasons with 3 different Champions: 3 (1992,2003,2004)

Triple Crown Winners:



001 Dale Earnhardt..........04 (1986,1987,1990,1994)
t02 Cale Yarborough.........03 (1976-1978)
t02 Jimmie Johnson..........03 (2006,2009,2013)
t04 Richard Petty...........02 (1975,1979)
t04 Darrell Waltrip.........02 (1981,1982)
t06 Rusty Wallace...........01 (1989)
t06 Jeff Gordon.............01 (1998)
t06 Bobby Labonte...........01 (2000)
t06 Tony Stewart............01 (2005)


I just added the 2013 updates. Jimmie Johnson wins his record tying 7th FIA Cup championship, and did it in style, having his 3rd "Triple Crown" season, which now ties him for p2 with Cale Yarborough on that list.

(2013 updates in bold).....

I have not yet done the indivdiual thread in the NASCAR forum for the 2013 season, as soon as I can figure out how to sort a chart correctly with this software I will do that one as well.

slorydn1
18th November 2014, 14:16
t01 Richard Petty...............07 (1964,1967,1971,1972,1974,1975,1979)
t01 Jimmie Johnson..............07 (2004,2006,2007,2009,2010,2012,2013)
t03 Dale Earnhardt..............05 (1986,1987,1990,1991,1994)
t03 Jeff Gordon.................05 (1995,1996,1997,1998,2001)
005 Cale Yarborough.............04 (1976,1977,1978,1980)
t06 Lee Petty...................03 (1954,1958,1959)
t06 David Pearson...............03 (1966,1968,1969)
t06 Darrell Waltrip.............03 (1981,1982,1983)
t06 Rusty Wallace...............03 (1988,1989,1993)
t10 Buck Baker..................02 (1956,1957)
t10 Tim Flock...................02 (1952,1955)
t10 Ned Jarrett.................02 (1961,1965)
t10 Herb Thomas.................02 (1951,1959)
t10 Joe Weatherly...............02 (1962,1963)
t10 Bill Elliott................02 (1985,1992)
t10 Tony Stewart................02 (2002,2005)
t10 Carl Edwards................02 (2008,2011)
t17 Red Byron...................01 (1949)
t17 Bobby Isaac.................01 (1970)
t17 Benny Parsons...............01 (1973)
t17 Bill Rexford................01 (1950)
t17 Rex White...................01 (1960)
t17 Terry Labonte...............01 (1984)
t17 Dale Jarrett................01 (1999)
t17 Bobby Labonte...............01 (2000)
t17 Ryan Newman.................01 (2003)
t17 Brad Keselowski.............01 (2014)



Seasons with "Triple Crown Winners": 18 (1975-1979,1981,1982,1986,1987,1989,1990,1994,1998,2000, 2005,2006,2009,2013)

Seasons where the Winston Cup and FIA Cup agree, but Sprint Cup different:9 (1984,1991,1995,1997,1999,2001,2002,2008,2011)

Seasons where Winston Cup and Sprint Cup agree but FIA Cup different:3 (1985,1988,2012)

Seasons where Sprint Cup and FIA Cup Agree, but Winston Cup different: 6 (1980,1983,1993,1996,2007,2010)

Seasons with 3 different Champions: 4 (1992,2003,2004,2014)

Triple Crown Winners:



001 Dale Earnhardt..........04 (1986,1987,1990,1994)
t02 Cale Yarborough.........03 (1976-1978)
t02 Jimmie Johnson..........03 (2006,2009,2013)
t04 Richard Petty...........02 (1975,1979)
t04 Darrell Waltrip.........02 (1981,1982)
t06 Rusty Wallace...........01 (1989)
t06 Jeff Gordon.............01 (1998)
t06 Bobby Labonte...........01 (2000)
t06 Tony Stewart............01 (2005)


I just added the 2014 updates. Brad Keselowski wins his first FIA Cup
(2014 updates in bold).....