2006-07-02 10:16:04 · 15 answers · asked by Becca 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
It was 2 years ago. People were throwing fits because Winston is a cigarette sponsor so the new name went to the highest bidder. Nextel is all right but I miss it when it was the Winston Cup but like everything else in life, NASCAR changed... SIGH
2006-07-02 10:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by Smokes Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 2 years ago. I have been reading articles recently that say that next year it will be called the sprint cup because of the merger of nextel & sprint. I hope this will be the last change for a long time I've really just now gotten used to saying Nextel Cup instead of Winston Cup!!
2006-07-02 14:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by bigkyle28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in straight forward words Tony Stewart gained a Winston Cup & a NEXTEL Cup. the different NEXTEL Cup Champions were: 2004 - Kurt Busch 2006 - Jimmie Johnson 2007 - Jimmie Johnson in view that Tony became the in straight forward words a million to win both he's the in straight forward words a million who might want to win a Winston Cup, a NEXTEL Cup & a contact Cup Championship. If rumors are real they could ultimately be competing for the T-cellular Cup Championship.
2016-11-30 04:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2004 was the first year for the Nextel Cup when Nextel took over sponsoring from Winston cigarettes
2006-07-02 11:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first season of the Nextel Cup was ran in 2004. There was of course a lot of critics for the sponser being RJ Renyolds and it had gotten to be a lot of money for the tobacco company in the midst of also settling thousands of frivelous lawsuits. The Cup series actually started off as being called The Grand National Series.
Now Sprint has bought out Nextel and the top series in NASCAR will be getting a new name.
2006-07-02 11:18:31 · answer #5 · answered by smokes_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2004
2006-07-02 11:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when winston couldn't afford to sponsor it anymore, nextel came in and offered 140 million for 10 yrs, 2 yrs ago
2006-07-03 10:01:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last year
2006-07-03 14:21:32 · answer #8 · answered by John H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 years ago. While the sport was growing exponentially, they needed to get a more healthy sponsor than a cigarette company.
2006-07-02 13:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by Curbkindaguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the following year after Tony Stewart won his first championship.
2006-07-02 11:19:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋