NASCAR_Championship

Year Winner Points Margin Runner-up

1998 Jeff Gordon 364 Mark Martin

1997 Jeff Gordon 14 Dale Jarrett

1996 Terry Labonte 37 Jeff Gordon

1995 Jeff Gordon 34 Dale Earnhardt

1994 Dale Earnhardt 444 Mark Martin

1993 Dale Earnhardt 80 Rusty Wallace

1992 Alan Kulwicki 10 Bill Elliott

1991 Dale Earnhardt 195 Ricky Rudd

1990 Dale Earnhardt 26 Mark Martin

1989 Rusty Wallace 12 Dale Earnhardt

1988 Bill Elliott 24 Rusty Wallace

1987 Dale Earnhardt 489 Bill Elliott

1986 Dale Earnhardt 288 Darrell Waltrip

1985 Darrell Waltrip 101 Bill Elliott

1984 Terry Labonte 65 Harry Gant

1983 Bobby Allison 47 Darrell Waltrip

1982 Darrell Waltrip 72 Bobby Allison

1981 Darrell Waltrip 53 Bobby Allison

1980 Dale Earnhardt 19 Cale Yarborough

1979 Richard Petty 11 Darrell Waltrip

1978 Cale Yarborough 474 Bobby Allison

1977 Cale Yarborough 386 Richard Petty

1976 Cale Yarborough 195 Richard Petty

1975 Richard Petty 722 Dave Marcis

1974 Richard Petty n/a+ Cale Yarborough

1973 Benny Parsons n/a Cale Yarborough

1972 Richard Petty n/a Bobby Allison

1971 Richard Petty n/a James Hylton

1970 Bobby Isaac n/a Bobby Allison

1969 David Pearson n/a Richard Petty

1968 David Pearson n/a Bobby Isaac

1967 Richard Petty n/a James Hylton

1966 David Pearson n/a James Hylton

1965 Ned Jarrett n/a Dick Hutcherson

1964 Richard Petty n/a Ned Jarrett

1963 Joe Weatherly n/a Richard Petty

1962 Joe Weatherly n/a Richard Petty

1961 Ned Jarrett n/a Rex White

1960 Rex White n/a Richard Petty

1959 Lee Petty n/a Cotton Owens

1958 Lee Petty n/a Buck Baker

1957 Buck Baker n/a Marvin Panch

1956 Buck Baker n/a Herb Thomas

1955 Tim Flock n/a Buck Baker

1954 Lee Petty n/a Herb Thomas

1953 Herb Thomas n/a Lee Petty

1952 Tim Flock n/a Herb Thomas

1951 Herb Thomas n/a Fonty Flock

1950 Bill Rexford n/a Fireball Roberts

1949 Red Byron n/a Lee Petty