The NEXTEL Cup is stock car racing's jewel in the crown and has grown to become one of the most widely anticipated and hotly contested series in the American sporting calendar. Eash year, millions of fans pack the grandstands and tune in to witness the awesome spectacle of NASCAR's top drivers battling it out for the championship title.
The intensity of a Winston Cup Championship is perhaps unrivaled in all of sports. Over 36 long, grueling weeks, the drivers and their teams must fight for supremacy, combining both technical ingenuity with the driver's skill and bravery to come out on top. Each week, each track requires a different approach as the series switches from superspeedways, to road courses, to short tracks. It's little wonder that the NEXTEL Cup always produces a worthy champion.