only eight times by five drivers has the Daytona 500 and the Nextel Cup Championship been won in the same season:
1959: Lee Petty
1964, 1971, 1974, 1779: Richard Petty
1977: Cale Yarborough
1997: Jeff Gordon
2006: Jimmie Johnson.(11-20-2006)
only eight times by five drivers has the Daytona 500 and the Nextel Cup Championship been won in the same season:
1959: Lee Petty
1964, 1971, 1974, 1779: Richard Petty
1977: Cale Yarborough
1997: Jeff Gordon
2006: Jimmie Johnson.(11-20-2006)