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27 year old driver Chris Murphy wins his second consecutive championship after winning 10 races including the Daytona 500

2nd in points 3 time Champion Kasey Kahne 5 wins
3rd Kyle Busch yet to win a championship after blowing the 2008 title 3 win
4th Joey Lagano finishes 4th his worst finish in points since his 2010 rookies season already a 3 time champion 5 wins
5) brian Vickers the 2013 champion rounds out the top 5 in points after a 4 win year
6)Aj Allmindinger a well respected driver now with a win for the 8th straight year 2 wins
7) Carl Edwards 2 wins announces retirement
8) Scott Speed 3 wins
9) Brian Clausen 2 wins for the single car Ganassi team
10) Reed Sorenson after a slow start to his career with the Ganassi team he moved to another team and has found some sucess in his career though never the promise he was supposed to have 2 wins
11) Vetern Matt Kenseth 1 win also retiring
12) Chase Elliott the son of Bill Elliott he had a strong rookie year making the chase and his first career win fittingly at Atlanta.
other winners- Chrissy Wallace 2 wins but inconsistant year
2 wins for Brad Kesolowski also had a rough year

Mark Martin final retired after his 2 years at Hendrick
Jeff Gordon retired with 93 victories in 2014
Jr- finished career with 30 wins 1 championship and drove the 3 in 2016 before retiring to run Jr Motorsports

Now 40 races in a season with a dirt track race as one Montreal added to Cup Schedule as well as Kentucky California 1 race Iowa on the schedule Atlanta 1 race a track in Washington and New York exists as well as a oval race in Mexico.
champions
2008 Dale Earnhardt Jr
2009 Kasey Kahne
2010 Carl Edwards
2011 Kasey Kahne
2012 Joey Logano
2013 Brian Vickers
2014 Kasey Kahne
2015 Joey Logano
2016 Joey Logano
2017 Chris Murphy
2018 Chris Murphy

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