Sprint Cup Series
auto racing championship
Also known as: Cup Series, Grand National, NASCAR Cup Series, Nextel Cup Series, Strictly Stock, Winston Cup Series
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career of Johnson
- In Jimmie Johnson
…Series and, in 2008, the Sprint Cup Series.) He also earned his first Busch Series win in 2001, at Chicagoland Speedway, winding up eighth in that series’s point standings. In 2002 he began his rookie season in the Cup Series, winning three races and ending the season ranked fifth. Two…
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history of NASCAR
- In NASCAR
…name changed again, to the Sprint Cup Series, to reflect Nextel’s merger with Sprint, another telephone service provider. In 2007 the Japanese automaker Toyota entered the Cup Series, traditionally dominated by American manufacturers such as Chevrolet (see General Motors Corporation) and Ford. By the end of the first
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