Lee Petty and Richard Petty
No driver won the Nascar championship four times in a row, when it was called the Winston Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the championship five consecutive years, from 2006-2010. In the first two it was known as the Nextel Cup, in the last three it was the Sprint Cup. Cale Yarborough won the most Winston Cup Series championships in a row, with three, from 1976-1978.
Jeff Gordon has won 88 Nascar Cup Series races and 4 Winston Cup Series championships.
Denny Hamlin has yet to win the Sprint Cup (Winston Cup in older parlance) during his career.(as of March 2010)
Dale Sr. won his first Winston Cup championship in 1980 with owner Rod Osterlund. His next six championships were with Richard Childress Racing.
Cale Yarborough won his first of three in a row Sprint Car Championships in 1976. He is still the only driver to do that.
Cale Yarborough The only NASCAR Winston Cup driver to win three consecutive championships (1976, '77 and '78), Cale Yarborough earned 83 NASCAR Winston Cup victories and 70 pole positions in a career that spanned four decades. His win total places him fifth on the all-time list, and his pole position total is the third-most in NASCAR Winston Cup history.
Rick Hendrick
It was Winston Cup then, not Nextel... Dale Earnhardt - '90, '91, '93 & '94
DALE EARNHARDT AND RICHARD PETTY
Yes, it was. The 1995 Winston Cup Series championship was the first for Jeff Gordon in Nascar.
Jeff Gordon won four championships in Nascar (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001). It was known as the Winston Cup Series when Gordon won his championships.
Dale Sr. won back to back Winston Cup championships three times.1986-19871990-19911993-1994