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unusual facts about Winston Cup



Jerry Bowman

Jerry Bowman (born March 9, 1962) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Havre de Grace, Maryland in the United States of America.

Like Cola

Like Cola was the major sponsor of one of the races in the 1983 Winston Cup that occurred on July 24 of that year - the Like Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Lincoln Financial Media

It also produced telecasts of pre-season games of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and in the 1980s, syndicated coverage of the NASCAR Winston Cup races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Raymond Beadle

In its penultimate year of operation, the team won the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup title, with Wallace driving the #27 Kodiak Pontiac.

Sylvania 300

After the race, Gordon was presented his Winston Cup, marking the only time the Cup was presented in the Northern United States.

Tradin' Paint

In 2003, Tradin' Paint was the name of a one-hour special program where 4-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon and former CART champion and Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya traded race cars and drove around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Formula One race course.


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1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Richard Petty won his second consecutive Winston Cup Championship and third overall.

1988 Atlanta Journal 500

Bill Elliott would earn his only NASCAR Winston Cup championship here despite not finishing in the top ten; turning the race into the Cup Series' version of the classic fable The Tortoise and the Hare.

2007 Pep Boys Auto 500

In that race, which was held in November, Alan Kulwicki drove his self-owned #7 Hooters Ford Thunderbird to his lone Winston Cup championship to edge hometown favorite Bill Elliott from nearby Dawsonville by ten points, even though Elliott won the race.

Bill Davis Racing

By 1998 the #22 team cracked the top ten in the final Winston Cup points standings and matched those results in 1999 (by which time Caterpillar, Inc. was sponsoring the team) and 2000, when the team finally returned to victory lane at the spring Darlington race.

Buddy Arrington

Buddy's two Chrysler Imperials were the last Chrysler products to run in the NASCAR Winston Cup series.

Digard

DiGard Motorsports, a championship-winning race team in NASCAR Winston Cup

Elmo Langley

From April 1989, through November 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all Winston Cup events (and during the caution laps, been known to be playing with Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace).

Jimmy Makar

In 1976, at the age of 20 years, Makar began his NASCAR career after being chosen to take his father's NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) car to Robert Gee, where he helped with the repairs.

Mark Simo

He and Irvan planned to field a full-time Winston Cup entry in 2000, but were unable to find sponsorship and leased their equipment to Robby Gordon.

Phil Parsons

He is also the younger brother of the late 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/TNT commentator Benny Parsons.

PPI Motorsports

With the team focusing exclusively on NASCAR in 2001, PPI fielded a two car Winston Cup effort, with Ricky Craven taking over in the "Tide ride" and former Craftsman Truck Series star Andy Houston taking over in a second car, the #96 McDonald's Ford.

Raymond Beadle

In NASCAR, Beadle owned a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team from 1983 to 1990, winning the 1989 Winston Cup Series Championship with driver Rusty Wallace.

Rockbridge County, Virginia

Rick Mast, Fan favorite Winston Cup and Busch Series driver

Stacy Compton

Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would pilot their #9 Kodiak Ford Taurus in the Winston Cup Series in 2000.

Stratagraph

Due to Hagan's intense interest in automobile racing, Stratagraph has fielded several race teams of various types through the years, most notably in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now NEXTEL Cup Series), and in IMSA sports car events and endurance racing.

Wild Bill

Bill Elliott (born 1955), 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion and twice Daytona 500 winner