Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword by Mark Martin Introduction SECTION 1: 1949-1959 The First Decade 1) Red Byron (1949) 2) Bill Rexford (1950) 3) Herb Thomas (1951, 1953) 4) Tim Flock (1952, 1955) 5) Lee Petty (1954, 1958, 1959) 6) Buck Baker (1956, 1957) SECTION 2: 1960-1979 The Pearson-Petty Era 7) Rex White (1960) 8) Ned Jarrett (1961, 1965) 9) Joe Weatherly (1962, 1963) 10) Richard Petty (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979) 11) David Pearson (1966, 1968, 1969) 12) Bobby Isaac (1970) 13) Benny Parsons (1973) 14) Cale Yarborough (1976, 1977, 1978) SECTION 3: 1980-2001 The Intimidator and Wonder Boy 15) Dale Earnhardt (1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994) 16) Darrell Waltrip (1981, 1982, 1985) 17) Bobby Allison (1983) 18) Terry Labonte (1984, 1996) 19) Bill Elliott (1988) 20) Rusty Wallace (1989) 21) Alan Kulwicki (1992) 22) Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) 23) Dale Jarrett (1999) 24) Bobby Labonte (2000) SECTION 4: 2002-2024 The Long Run 25) Tony Stewart (2002, 2005, 2011) 26) Matt Kenseth (2003) 27) Kurt Busch (2004) 28) Jimmie Johnson (2006-2010, 2013, 2016) 29) Brad Keselowski (2012) 30) Kevin Harvick (2014) 31) Kyle Busch (2015, 2019) 32) Martin Truex Jr. (2017) 33) Joey Logano (2018, 2022, 2024) 34) Chase Elliott (2020) 35) Kyle Larson (2021, 2025) 36) Ryan Blaney (2023) Afterword by Rex White Appendix About the Authors Photo Credits Index.