About Stooge Expertise 8 year crew member, 25 year NASCAR historian with VAST collection of
NASCAR data (stats, photos, old magazines, books, programs). I know all
or can find all about NASCAR Winston Cup trivia, including stats, driver
facts, race records, pit & inspection info, pics of old cars and
drivers, etc.
Experience Almost 40 year fan, 8 years on pit crew, high traffic NASCAR website, hundreds of old info sources including pics
Education/Credentials Life: lived it for 8 years, been following it for almost 40 years, been to more than 200 races, worked shoulder to shoulder with many of the drivers and crewmen of the present and past, been quoted in magazines and newspapers, website listed in a book, had picture published in Nextel Cup Scene (was Grand National Scene back then). *Just quoted in a Las Vegas magazine last month (Feb/March '07) about the Vegas race*
Question Please tell me who would have won each championship since the "CHASE" began if NASCAR would have been using the old points system to figure the winner. I don't think its fair to compare championships with a new system to championships won under the old scoring system. Can you help me out? God bless. Mike
Answer 2004 Old system: J. Gordon Chase: K. Busch
2005 Old System: T. Stewart Chase: T. Stewart
2006 Old System: J. Johnson Chase: J. Johnson
2007 Old System: J. Gordon Chase: J. Johnson
2008 Old System: C. Edwards Chase: J. Johnson
By the way, if you want to go all the way back to beginning of the "old system:
Chase Champs 1975-2003:
Year Champ Chase Champ
1975 Richard Petty(6) Richard Petty(6)
1976 Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough
1977 Cale Yarborough(2) Cale Yarborough(2)
1978 Cale Yarborough(3) Cale Yarborough(3)
1979 Richard Petty(7) Richard Petty(7)
1980 Dale Earnhardt Cale Yarborough(4)
1981 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip
1982 Darrell Waltrip(2) Darrell Waltrip(2)
1983 Bobby Allison Darrell Waltrip(3)
1984 Terry Labonte Harry Gant
1985 Darrell Waltrip(3) Darrell Waltrip(4)
1986 Dale Earnhardt(2) Dale Earnhardt
1987 Dale Earnhardt(3) Dale Earnhardt(2)
1988 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott
1989 Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace
1990 Dale Earnhardt(4) Dale Earnhardt(3)
1991 Dale Earnhardt(5) Harry Gant(2)
1992 Alan Kulwicki Kyle Petty
1993 Dale Earnhardt(6) Rusty Wallace(2)
1994 Dale Earnhardt(7) Dale Earnhardt(4)
1995 Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt(5)
1996 Terry Labonte(2) Jeff Gordon
1997 Jeff Gordon(2) Dale Jarrett
1998 Jeff Gordon(3) Jeff Gordon(2)
1999 Dale Jarrett Bobby Labonte
2000 Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte(2)
2001 Jeff Gordon(4) Sterling Marlin
2002 Tony Stewart Kurt Busch
2003 Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson
2004 Jeff Gordon(5) Kurt Busch(2)
2005 Tony Stewart(2) Tony Stewart
2006 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson(2)
2007 Jeff Gordon(6) Jimmie Johnson(3)
2008 Carl Edwards Jimmie Johnson(4)
