NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - Nextel All-Star Challenge (Previously The Winston) Winners

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - Nextel All-Star Challenge (Previously The Winston) Winners

The Nextall All Star Challenge (previously The Winston) All Winners event started in 1985 and is held every year in May, at night. The race is currently held at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. The event has been there all but one year when it was held in Atlanta (1986.)

The current event consists of the Open Qualifier, then the main race, which is made up of 3 segments, 40 laps, 30 laps and the final 20 laps. The format is chnged often with 2004 being all cars advanced from each segment and the field reversal occured after the first segment.

Automatic qualifiers for the Nextall All Star Challenge are as follows:

Drivers or car owners that have won a Nextell Cup race during the current or previous season.
Previous winners of The All Star Challenge (The Winston) within the last 5 years
Any past Nextell (Winston) Cup champion.
The winner of the Open.
Drivers who have won in previous years and are not eligible otherwise by the above criteria. (These drivers are only considered if the field is not yet full.)

Other Nascar Nextel Cup Series pages on Rauzulu's Sttreet

Nextel Cup Series Information
Nextel Cup Series Past Champions
Nextel Cup Series Race Teams

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NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - Nextel All-Star Challenge (Previously The Winston) Winners

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series - Nextel All-Star Challenge (Previously The Winston) Winners

Year	No Bull	Qualifier	Winner

2007	Not Run	Martin Truex Jr./Johny Sauter	Kevin Harvick
2006	Not Run	Scott Riggs/Kyle Petty (fan vote)	Jimmie Johnson
2005	Not Run	Ken Schrader	Mark Martin
2004	Not Run	Sterling Martin	Matt Kenseth
2003	Not Run	Jeff Burton	Jimmie Johnson
2002	Ryan Newman	Jeremy Mayfield	Ryan Newman
2001	Todd Bodine	Johnny Benson	Jeff Gordon
2000	Jerry Nadeau	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Jr
1999		Tony Stewart	Terry Labonte
1998		Jeremy Mayfield	Mark Martin
1997		Ricky Craven	Jeff Gordon
1996		Jimmy Spencer	Michael Waltrip
1995		Todd Bodine	Jeff Gordon
1994		Jeff Gordon	Geoffrey Bodine
1993		Sterling Marlin	Dale Earnhardt
1992		Michael Waltrip	Davey Allison
1991		Michael Waltrip	Davey Allison
1990		Dick Trickle	Dale Earnhardt
1989		Sterling Marlin	Rusty Wallace
1988		Sterling Marlin	Terry Labonte
1987		Buddy Baker	Dale Earnhardt
1986		Benny Parsons	Bill Elliott
1985		No Qualifier	Darrell Waltrip