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JAYSKI'S SILLY
SEASON SITE
THE NEXT Winston Cup RACE
NEWS, STATS and INFO
THE RACE: MBNA Platinum 400
Winston Cup Race #13 of 36 for the 2001 season
Updated: often, leading up to the race
WEATHER, TV/RADIO COVERAGE, LOCAL NEWS, TRACK/FAN INFO
Radio Coverage:
Motor Racing Network(MRN)
including RealAudio coverage
MRN Affiliate List for your local station
Airtime: 12:30pm/et with Announcers: Barney Hall and Joe Moore
Turn Reporters: Kurt Becker and Pit Reporters: Jim Phillips, Winston Kelley and Jason Toy
Satellite/Backhaul Listing's:
Satellite/Backhaul Listing's: Stutzman Computer Service/Sales - Racing Feed Locations
some Local Newspapers and other Sites that cover the Dover, DE area:
Delaware.com
Dover Post
News Zap
Newark Post
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Wilmington News Journal
www.visitdover.com
WEATHER FORECASTS:
Weather forecast for Dover, DE by The Weather Channel
Weather Underground - Dover, DE
Weather Point - Dover, DE
The Weather Pit
TRACK INFO FOR THE FANS:
Dover Review by ARS Racing
IN-CAR AUDIO SITES
Fans Can Online(NASCAR Online)
looks like this is all that there is out there now....
PREVIEW, FACT SHEETS and MISC News
RACE ODDs
QUALIFYING, PRACTICE and RESULTS news and links
- Gordon Dominates at Dover: #24-Jeff Gordon won the MBNA 400 at Dover, leading 381 or 400 laps and breaking Mark Martins record of 379 (for a 400 miler) set in Sept 1998. The win is Gordon's 54th, which ties him for 7th on the all-time list with Rusty Wallace and Lee Petty. #1-Steve Park was the runner-up. #32-Ricky Craven finished 4th for his seasons best and rookie #01-Jason Leffler finished 13th, his best of his 11 race Winston Cup career(he missed two). Winston Cup Points Leader, #88-Dale Jarrett finished 5th and still holds a 50 point lead over Gordon. #20-Tony Stewart failed to win his 3rd straight at Dover but finished 7th for his 6th straight top 10 finish. See : for the Unofficial Results and Unofficial Standings(6-3-2001)
- Happy Hour Practice was run today at Dover after the long BGN race. #31-Mike Skinner was the fastest with a speed of 150.156mph, second fastest was #43-John Andretti with a speed of 149.807mph. Slowest was #96-Andy Houston at 106.525 but he supposedly blew an engine, otherwise the slowest was #44-Buckshot Jones with a speed of 146.873. See for Saturday's `Happy Hour' speeds(6-2-2001)
- Cup Qualifying/Truck Race Rained Out: The MBNA 200 Truck Series event at Dover Downs International Speedway was rained out on Friday. The race will be held Saturday, weather permitting, at 9:00am/et(EPSN 8:00pm/et Sat). Rain also canceled Busch qualifying and postponed Winston Cup qualifying(NASCAR.com), so Scenario Two will be used for Saturday's Schedule, Winston Cup teams will lineup by OWNERS points. See NASCAR.com for the MBNA Platinum 400 Starting Lineup. #88-Dale Jarrett will start 1st, #27-Kenny Wallace gets the last spot(43rd) and missing the race are five drivers: #45-Petty (44th in owners points); #50-Mast (45th in owners points); #71-Marcis (3 attempts, 46th in owners points); #30-Jeff Green(only 1 race attempt); and #47-Lance Hooper(no attempts/points)(6-1-2001)
- Who Misses the race? if qualifying gets rained out for the Cup Series race at Dover?(and it was)
#45-Petty (44th in owners points)
#50-Mast (45th in owners points)
#71-Marcis (3 attempts, 46th in owners points)
#30-Jeff Green(only 1 race attempt)
#47-Lance Hooper(no owners points)
See owners points/info at my Provisional Page, of note, no provisionals are used in the 'rain rule' - which is listed on the page(6-1-2001)
- Friday Practice is over at Dover UPDATE: hear #6-Mark Martin was the fastest at 156.576mph and #18-Bobby Labonte ran the most laps, 46. I hear the top 10 fastest are: 6-Martin, #12-Mayfield, #29-Harvick, #28-Rudd, #31-Skinner, #10-Benson, #25-Nadeau, #24-Gordon, #36-Schrader, #30-Green(thanks to Dale of the Kenny Wallace Racing site)
UPDATE: Fastest was Martin at 156.576 and 2nd was #12-Mayfield at 156.264mph. Slowest was #47-Hooper at 152.575, #19-Atwood at 151.956 and #18-Labonte at 151.700. See the speeds at (6-1-2001)
- Qualifying Order is up: at and NASCAR.com. 48 drivers due out to make an attempt. First scheduled out is #77-Robert Pressley, last scheduled out is #44-Buckshot Jones. #47-Lance Hooper goes out 33rd(6-1-2001)
- Dover Facts:
There have been 62 NASCAR Winston Cup Series races at Dover Downs International Speedway.
First, second and third have been the most productive starting positions at Dover, each producing 10 victories.
Bill Elliott and Ricky Rudd lead all active drivers each with four victories at Dover.
They are followed by Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace with three each.
Three drivers have won three straight races at Dover: David Pearson (fall of 1972 and both races in 1973), Rusty Wallace (fall of 1993 and both races in 1994) and Jeff Gordon (fall of 1995 and both races in 1996).
In the 30 years of twice-a-year NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing at Dover (1971 to 2000), a sweep occurred seven times.
Tony Stewart was the most recent driver to win both Dover races in the same year (2000).
Jeff Gordon (1996), Rusty Wallace (1994), Dale Earnhardt (1989), Bill Elliott (1988), Bobby Allison (1983) and David Pearson (1973) are the
other drivers sweeping both races in the same year.(NASCAR PR)(5-31-2001)
- Entry List for the MBNA Platinum 400 at Dover is up. See above for the link. 48 Drivers are listed, including #30-Jeff Green, #47-Lance Hooper, #71-Dave Marcis and Bobby Hamilton Jr will be in the #33 Chevy subbing for Joe Nemechek (5-29-2001)
- an interesting point: When NASCAR officials decided to disallow Jerry Nadeau's qualifying time yesterday, it raised an interesting question. With the Winston Cup series having only one round of qualifying the rest of the season, what happens if an unapproved part is found? According to NASCAR, drivers no longer have to post an official qualifying time to use a provisional, they only have to practice. So a driver could have a penalty on a qualifying issue but still have access to one of the seven provisionals for the race(Richmond Times Dispatch)(2-11-2001)
- How to break a tie during qualifying?(same speed/time) When drivers are tied for a starting spot during qualifying, it is broken by owners points standings(not drivers). For provisionals standings see the Jayski Provisional Status page(2-20-2000)
- Links: Practice speeds, qualifying and results can be found at these
sites: NASCAR Online, Racin Network, and
TRACK/RACE NEWS
- Earnhardt to be honored at Dover: On June 3, Dover Downs will do its part to permanently etch Dale Earnhardt into its landscape by naming a section of its grandstands after The Intimidator. As of June 3, the East and Northeast sections on the front straightaway leading up to Turn One will now officially be called the Earnhardt Grandstands. The ceremony to honor Earnhardt will take place on June 3 just after Dover Downs president and CEO Denis McGlynn makes his introductory comments to the crowd leading up to the MBNA Platinum 400 Winston Cup Series race. The estimated time of the ceremony is just after 12 noon. At that time, the new banner honoring Earnhardt will be unfurled, and a black flag with the number 3 will also be raised in Victory Lane. A plane trailing the No.3 banner also will be flying overhead. McGlynn will oversee the presentation, which will honor the spirit of a great racer in a simple and straightforward manner - just like Earnhardt himself. Earnhardt will become only the third driver so honored by Dover Downs International Speedway. Previously honored with sections of the grandstand named after them were Richard Petty and Bobby Allison. Their sections also are located on the front stretch(Dover Downs PR)(5-17-2001)
- Ride the Rails...with Rusty: Rusty Wallace rode the rails from Charlotte to Richmond on Thursday as part of an Amtrak promotion. Amtrak unveiled plans for a "Monster Mile Express" -- a special train to Dover, Del., on June 3. Instead of driving, fans can board the train in New York, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del., for the ride to the Winston Cup MBNA Platinum 400 at Dover Downs International Speedway. The Monster Mile Express, complete with race stripes and special fares for riders, is promised to be a "party on wheels," according to the release from amtrak.com. "NASCAR and Amtrak have always been the fastest thing on the tracks," Wallace was quoted as saying. "Now people can enjoy the speed and ease of both by riding the Monster Mile Express to Dover." Amtrak claims fans can get to 32 of 38 Winston Cup races via train this season.(NASCAR.com Buzz), more info see the Amtrack Promotions section(5-3-2001)
- How to Calculate Track Speeds: use the formula Speed = Distance divided by Time. Distance is Track Length, and Lap Time into Hours. Once hour is 3600 seconds, so the calculation for a 48 second lap at Daytona(2.5 miles) would be: Speed = 2.5 x (3600/48), = 2.5 x 75 = 187.500mph. For a 19 second lap at Bristol(.533 miles): Speed = .533 x (3600/19), = .533 x 189.474 = a speed of 100.990mph
- Past track news: posted in the past at Jayski's Past Track News/Rumors - Dover Downs
DRIVER/TEAM NEWS
- More - Labonte's debut 10 years ago and....: Three drivers competing in today's race at Dover made their first Winston Cup start at there. #18-Bobby Labonte made his big-league NASCAR start there in 1991, the year he won the Busch Series title, while #17-Matt Kenseth showed his future potential in 1998 and #97-Kurt Busch made his debut run just last season. Labonte picked Dover for his inaugural run because the car count is always down after the high-dollar Coca-Cola 600. Labonte raced a car owned by his family at Dover and had his Busch Series crew pull double duty that weekend. Labonte was going to run five Cup races that season but stopped after two events. He finished 34th in his debut at Dover. Kenseth made his first Winston Cup start in place of Bill Elliott, who attended a family funeral(his father passed away) on that weekend in 1998. Kenseth scored a top-10 finish(6th) and showed the makings of a future Cup star. Since that first start, he has completed 1,599 of 1,600 possible laps at Dover. Roush threw Busch into the Cup fire in last year's second race at Dover. Busch replaced Chad Little in Roush's #97 entry. He spent most of the 2000 season in the Truck Series. Busch finished 18th and showed enough promise to get a full-time Cup ride with Roush this season(Daytona Beach News Journal)(6-3-2001)
- NASCAR says No to driver switch? UPDATE: hearing that Richard Childress Racing(RCR) tried to put Jeff Green(who was scheduled to drive the #30 AOL car but missed the race when qualifying got rained out) into the #29 and Kevin Harvick(who is the full time driver of the #29 Goodwrench Chevy) into the #30 to get it in the race. Harvick would had gotten the 36th position as a 2001 winner not already in the field and Green would had started 10th/11th where the #29 is in Owners Points. This would had put #27 Kenny Walace out the race. Buthear NASCAR squashed the move(6-2-2001)
UPDATE: Richard Childress nearly got Jeff Green into the MBNA 400 via an interesting rules technicality. He wanted to put Green into the (#29) car that Kevin Harvick has been running, and using those car-owner points to make the field; and by then putting Harvick into the part-time car Green had been planning to run, and using driver points to make the field(as a past winner this year). NASCAR vetoed the plan. Green, who didn't make the 400 field when qualifying was rained out Friday, may try again at Michigan.(Winston Salem Journal)(6-3-2001)
- See the 2001 Team Chart which has links to past news for each team
PAINT SCHEME NEWS
STATS and STUFF thru the race before this one
- Pole but No Wins: did ya know? No pole winner has gone on to win the race in which he won the pole this season(5-27-2001)
- Interesting UPDATE: In the past four Winston Cup seasons, the top 10 in points after seven races has provided a good indication of which drivers will be in the top 10 at season's end - 33 of 40 drivers in the final top 10s were there seven races into the season: see the chart at : Signs of things to come?
UPDATE: and an addition to the story: Others in early season points peril by David Poole(4-6-2001)
- A Championship Outlook: Only five times in the modern era(1972-present) has the eventual champion not won in the first six races. The winners in the first 6 eaces this year: Michael Waltrip, Steve Park, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler. When did a driver win the Championship and not win a race in the first six? 1973-Benny Parsons; 1984 and 1996-Terry Labonte; 1985-Darrell Waltrip; and 1999-Dale Jarrett(3-25-2001)
- Top Fives: There have been 26 different Cup drivers(no new additions at Lowes) who have scored a Top-5 so far in 2001....2000's total was 28, 1999's total was 28 and 1998's total number was 27(5-27-2001)
- Top Tens: There have been 35 different Cup drivers(none added at Lowes) who have scored a Top-10 in 2001.....2000's total was 41, 1999's total was 40 and 1998's total number was 41(5-27-2001)
- Provisional Finishes in 2001: In 70 provisional starts(11 races x 7 no qualifying at Darlington 3/2001), drivers have accumulated 1 Win, 3 Top 5's and 9 Top 10's. #88-Dale Jarrett was the highest at the Coca Cola 600 with a 8th. See my Provisional Finishes Page for each race finish by the provisionals starters(5-27-2001)
- Lap Leaders: #6-Mark Martin lead twice for 2 laps and is the only driver to lead every race in the 2001 Cup season(12 races, #02-Newman led his first laps of the 2001 season(and career) at Lowes). Only one driver has made all the races and NOT led a lap, #5-Terry Labonte. 41 drivers have now led a lap in 2001. To see Bonus Points and Lap Leaders, see my Bonus Points Page and my Lap Leaders by Race Page(5-27-2001)
- Consecutive Winston Cup Starts: Ricky Rudd leads with with 620 followed by Rusty Wallace at 529, Ken Schrader with 499 and Mark Martin 413. Terry Labonte had 655 but sat out the 2000 Brickyard 400 to end his record streak. Dale Earnhardt had 648 consecutive Winston Cup starts until his death at Daytona(5-27-2001)
- No Top Fives Since.... It has been a while since some drivers have had a top five finish on the Winston Cup circuit. Here are those with the longest streak of races without a top-five finish:
Driver Races Finish Track Date
Since
Dave Marcis* 315 3rd Watkins Glen 8-10-87
Brett Bodine 211 2nd Indianapolis 8-6-94
Rick Mast 132 4th Martinsville 9-22-96
Kyle Petty 98 3rd Dover 9-21-97
Chad Little* 87 2nd Texas 4-5-98
Ken Schrader 88 4th Richmond 9-12-98
Hut Stricklin 74 2nd Darlington 9-1-96
Mike Wallace 58 5th Atlanta 11-13-94
Ted Musgrave* 52 5th Phoenix 10-25-98
Dick Trickle* 49 5th Rockingham 10-27-97
Derrike Cope* 46 5th Atlanta 11-16-97
Steve Grissom* 45 4th New Hampshire 9-14-97
Robert Pressley 32 5th Michigan 6-11-00
Dave Marcis has not had a top 10 since April 10, 1994 in the Food City 500 at Bristol, he finished 10th.
Regular Drivers Without a Career Top Five
Driver Races
Dave Blaney 45
Stacy Compton 39
Buckshot Jones 27
Cup drivers(not including 2001 rookies)
(* not full time Cup in 2001, data compiled from UMI Press Guides, Winston Cup Updates)(5-27-2001)
- No Wins Ever.... Some regular drivers in Winston Cup who have never won a Cup race and how many starts they have:
Active Drivers
Driver Races Run
Rick Mast 343
Ted Musgrave 298*
Hut Stricklin 278
Dick Trickle 266*
Kenny Wallace 230
Wally Dallenbach 225*
Chad Little 216*
Robert Pressley 182
Johnny Benson 174
Mike Skinner 157
Ricky Craven 156
Steve Grissom 141*
Todd Bodine 121
Kevin Lepage 102
David Green 78*
All Time - Over 400 Starts
Driver Races Run
JD McDuffie 653
Buddy Arrington 560
Neil Castles 497
Jimmy Means 455
Cecil Gordon 450
G.C. Spencer 415
*not a full time or regular Cup driver
(5-27-2001)(UMI Press Guides Stats/Winston Cup Updates)
- Drivers with the longest streak since they won a CUP race:
Driver Races Run Last Win Track
Dave Marcis 480* 2/21/82 Richmond
Brett Bodine 339 4/22/90 North Wilkesboro
Ken Schrader 315 6/2/91 Dover
Derrike Cope 272* 6/3/90 Dover
Jimmy Spencer 214 7/24/94 Talladega
Bill Elliott 205 9/4/94 Darlington
Kyle Petty 169 6/4/95 Dover
Sterling Marlin 160 7/6/96 Daytona
Geoffrey Bodine 120* 8/11/96 Watkins Glen
Ricky Rudd 87 9/27/98 Martinsville
Terry Labonte 72 3/28/99 Texas
John Andretti 71 4/18/99 Martinsville
Joe Nemechek 53 9/19/99 New Hampshire
Mark Martin 38 4/9/00 Martinsville
*not a full time or regular Cup driver
(5-27-2001)(UMI Press Guides Stats/Winston Cup Updates)
- Drivers with the current streak of consecutive seasons with at least one win a year:
Have already won in 2001 and extended or started their streaks:
Driver Years Last Win
Rusty Wallace 16 California, Apr 2001
Dale Jarrett 9 Martinsville, Apr 2001
Jeff Gordon 8 Las Vegas, Mar 2001
Jeff Burton 5 Lowes, May 2001
Tony Stewart 3 Richmond, May 2001
Steve Park 2 Rockingham, Feb 2001
Michael Waltrip 1 Daytona, Feb 2001
Kevin Harvick 1 Atlanta, Mar 2001
Elliott Sadler 1 Bristol, Mar 2001
Bobby Hamiton 1 Talladega, Apr 2001
Thru 2000 season:
Bobby Labonte 6 Charlotte, Oct 2000
Mark Martin 4 Martinsville, Apr 2000
Ward Burton 1 Darlington, Mar 2000
Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 Richmond, Apr 2000
Jeremy Mayfield 1 Pocono, June 2000
Matt Kenseth 1 Charlotte, May 2000
Jerry Nadeau 1 Atlanta, Nov 2000
Streaks that ended in 2000 that were thru 1999 season:
Driver Years Last Win
Terry Labonte 6 Texas, Apr 1999
John Andretti 1 Martinsville, Apr 1999
Joe Nemechek 1 New Hampshire, Sept 1999
All Time Record is Richard Petty - 18 years from 1960-1977
(5-27-2001)(info gathered using the 2000/2001 UMI Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guide and 1999/2000 Winston Cup Updates)
- Top 10's in restrictor plates: Only three drivers have finished in the top 10 in the two restrictor plate races run so far in 2001 (Daytona and Talladega): #55-Bobby Hamilton(8th at Daytona, win at Talladega); #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr (2nd at Daytona, 8th at Talladega); and #7-Mike Wallace (6th at Daytona, 9th at Talladega)(On Track from Lowe's Motor Speedway)(4-23-2001)
- Single Car Winner: Even though the #21 Wood Brothers team uses Roush chassis and engines, they are considered a single car team, and before Elliott Sadler's win at Bristol. the last time a single-car team scored a victory was by Ricky Rudd at Martinsville in September 1998(3-25-2001)
- Hendrick Motorsports Double wins: Two drivers from Hendrick Motorsports have won at least one Winston Cup race for seven consecutive seasons. No other current multi-car team has done that.(Gordon 1994-2000, T Labonte 1994-1999 and Nadeau in 2000)(11-22-2000)
- Four 1st Timers: The four first-time winners in 2000 was the most since 1988 when there were also four, those winners: Ken Schrader(Talladega), Alan Kulwicki(Phoenix), Phil Parsons(Talladega), and Lake Speed(Darlington). Parsons and Speed have not won in Cup since and are out of the series. Kulwicki died in an aircraft accident in 1993. Schrader is still active on the Cup circuit and has four career Cup wins. The winners in 2000: Dale Earnhardt Jr(Texas), Matt Kenseth(Lowes), Steve Park(Watkins Glen) and Jerry Nadeau(Atlanta)(11-21-2000)
- Pontiac Win Record: Pontiac Grand Prix, which clinched its third NASCAR Winston Cup Driver championship and first since 1989, thanks to driver Bobby Labonte, could had set a NASCAR modern-era standard for itself with a victory in Atlanta. Pontiac had 11 wins this season, matching the highest number of wins in a season that was set in 1993(Rusty had 10 of those). Tony Stewart, Labonte's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, had a series-leading six wins this season, while Labonte had four and Ward Burton one(AP), The All-Time Pontiac Record is held in 1961 with 30. Ford holds the all-time mark of 48 in 1965 while the all time modern-era(1972 to present) is held by Buick with 25 wins in 1982(Winston Cup Updates)(11-18-2000)
- Different Winners in 2000: There were 14 different race winners in 2000, the most in a single season since 1991 when there were 14, which is a record for NASCAR's modern era, which began in 1972.
The drivers who won in 2000: Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Steve Park, Jeremy Mayfield, Ward Burton, Jeff Gordon and Jerry Nadeau.
Terry Labonte, Joe Nemechek and John Andretti are the drivers who earned victories in 1999 and did not win in 2000. Two drivers who won in 1998 Bobby Hamilton and Ricky Rudd, have not won since(11-21-2000)
- 43rd Fact: Last driver to win from the 43rd starting spot was Fonty Flock at Raleigh, NC in 1953, the only other driver to do so was Johnny Mantz in the 1950 Southern 500
- Backstretch/Provisional/Backup Car Winner: Only two drivers in the history of Bristol had ever won a race after pitting on the backstretch. Davey Allison(started 19th) in the spring 1990 race and Dale Earnhardt(26th) in the 2nd 1999 race, and now #21-Elliott Sadler who came from 38th, pitting on the backstretch and having to use a provisional to make the race in a backup car only the 4th ever Provisional Starter to gain a win in a Cup race(3-25-2001)
- Provisional Starting Winners: Jeff Burton was the first driver to win from a provisional starting spot EVER at New Hampshire in 1999 and that is the farthest back any driver has won from since Kyle Petty won from 37th at Dover in June 1995(in 1995 37th was not a provisional starting spot). Bill Elliott also won from 38th spot in the 1988 Pepsi 400. In fact ALL the provisional starters for the race finished in the top 25 at NHIS(7-11-1999)
UPDATE: Add Bobby Labonte as the 2nd ever provisional winner by winning the 1999 NAPA 500 at Atlanta(11-21-1999)
UPDATE 2: Add Bobby Labonte as the 3rd ever provisional winner by winning the 2000 Southern 500 at Darlington(9-3-2000)
UPDATE 3: Add Elliott Sadler as the 4th ever provisional winner by winning the 2001 Food City 500 at Bristol(3-25-2001)
- Amazing Finishes: Races won from a starting position of 35 or worse in the history of NASCAR
Starting Position Race Driver
43 1950 Southern 500, Darlington Johnny Mantz
43 1953 Raliegh, NC Fonty Flock
38 provisional 2001 Food City 500, Bristol Elliott Salder
38 provisional 1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Loudon Jeff Burton
38 1988 Firecracker 400, Daytona Bill Elliott
37 provisional 1999 NAPA 500, Atlanta Bobby Labonte
37 provisional 2000 Southern 500, Darlington Bobby Labonte
37 1995 Miller 500, Dover Kyle Petty
37 1959 Lakewood Speedway, Atl, GA Lee Petty
36 2000 Diehard 500, Talladega Jeff Gordon
35 2000 Cracker Barrel 500, Atlanta Dale Earnhardt
(3-25-2001)
- Championship and no poles? ever happen? With Dale Jarrett winning the Cup championship and not scoring any poles in 1999, I was asked, has it ever happened before? Yep, five times, most recently, in 1991 when Dale Earnhardt won the Winston Cup Championship with four wins and NO poles. It also happened in 1983-Bobby Allison; 1980-Earnhardt; 1973-Benny Parsons; and 1950-Bill Rexford(The Stock Car Racing Encyclodepia)(11-14/21-1999)
- Stats: Only five times in NASCAR's modern era(1972-present) has the eventual champion not won by the sixth race of the season. Those champions were Benny Parsons in 1973, Terry Labonte in 1984 and 1996, Darrell Waltrip in 1985 and Dale Jarrett in 1999
- Did ya know? When Bobby Labonte won the 2000 Winston Cup Championship, he and his brother Terry, who won it in 1984 and 1996, have become the first brothers to do so in Winston Cup history. There have been two father-son pairs; Lee and Richard Petty, and Ned and Dale Jarrett AND Bobby Labonte is the first former BGN champ(since the series began in 1982, not counting the old Sportsman division) to win the Winston Cup championship(11-12-2000)
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