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NASCAR Most Popular Driver
Each year since 1956 NASCAR fans have the opportunity to vote for their favorite driver to be named the NASCAR Most Popular Driver.
| NASCAR Most Popular Driver Winners 1956 - 2007 |  Reset Columns |
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| Year | Driver | Primary Sponsor | Pts. Rank |
| 2007 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser | 16th |
| 2006 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser | 5th |
| 2005 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser | 19th |
| 2004 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser | 5th |
| 2003 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Budweiser | 3rd |
| 2002 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers | 13th |
| 2001 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench | 57th |
| 2000 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 21st |
| 1999 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 21st |
| 1998 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 18th |
| 1997 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 8th |
| 1996 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 30th |
| 1995 | Bill Elliott | McDonalds | 8th |
| 1994 | Bill Elliott | Budweiser | 10th |
| 1993 | Bill Elliott | Budweiser | 8th |
| 1992 | Bill Elliott | Budweiser | 2nd |
| 1991 | Bill Elliott | Coors Light | 11th |
| 1990 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide | 20th |
| 1989 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide | 4th |
| 1988 | Bill Elliott | Coors | 1st |
| 1987 | Bill Elliott | Coors | 2nd |
| 1986 | Bill Elliott | Coors | 4th |
| 1985 | Bill Elliott | Coors | 2nd |
| 1984 | Bill Elliott | Coors | 3rd |
| 1983 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life | 1st |
| 1982 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade | 2nd |
| 1981 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's | 2nd |
| 1980 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon | 6th |
| 1979 | David Pearson | Purolator | 32nd |
| 1978 | Richard Petty | STP Oil Treatment | 6th |
| 1977 | Richard Petty | STP Oil Treatment | 2nd |
| 1976 | Richard Petty | STP Oil Treatment | 2nd |
| 1975 | Richard Petty | STP Oil Treatment | 1st |
| 1974 | Richard Petty | STP Oil Treatment | 1st |
| 1973 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | 7th |
| 1972 | Bobby Allison | Richard Howard | 2nd |
| 1971 | Bobby Allison | Holman-Moody | 4th |
| 1970 | Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison | 2nd |
| 1969 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | 6th |
| 1968 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | 3rd |
| 1967 | Cale Yarborough | Wood Brothers | 20th |
| 1966 | Darel Dieringer | Bud Moore | 12th |
| 1965 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | 13th |
| 1964 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | 1st |
| 1963 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette | 3rd |
| 1962 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | 2nd |
| 1961 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore | 4th |
| 1960 | Rex White | Piedmont / Friendly | 1st |
| 1959 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spalding | 11th |
| 1958 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers | np |
| 1957 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | 6th |
| 1956 | Curtis Turner | Schwam Motors | 20th |