The winner of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has won the championship in the same year seven times in the 18 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there:
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the 2012 race and is currently 4th in the championship standings.
2009: Jimmie Johnson
2008: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Tony Stewart
2001: Jeff Gordon
2000: Bobby Labonte
1999: Dale Jarrett
1998: Jeff Gordon
(NASCAR)(7-29-2012)
