Which NASCAR manufacturer has won the most championships? All you need to know
Of all the car brands that have competed in NASCAR's three main series, only nine manufacturers have won a championship title. Chevrolet leads in the NASCAR Cup Series with 866 wins, while Ford has 739 wins. As of 2023, Chevrolet also has the most championships with 98 wins, including 42 in the Cup Series, 25 in Xfinity and 11 in Trucks.
Ford and Toyota (the only non-American-owned car company in NASCAR) are next with 47 wins and 26 wins, respectively.
Chevrolet won its first NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Championship in 1958 and has emerged victorious for the past three years. It also has 13 straight titles from 2003 to 2015. Moreover, the Detroit-based car manufacturer has won the championship title in all of the three series in 2023, 2012, 2005, 1998 and 1996.
Chevy supplies cars to six NASCAR teams, including Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing and Spire Motorsports.
"We’ll look at everything" - NASCAR's VP on investigation of final lap actions at Martinsville
NASCAR will investigate the actions of several teams in the closing laps of Sunday’s Round of 8 race. The No. 1 Chevrolet of Ross Chastain, No. 3 Chevrolet of Austin Dillon, and No. 23 Toyota of Bubba Wallace are all under review.
In the final laps at Martinsville Speedway, Chastain and Dillon ran side-by-side behind William Byron and blocked others to help him. Wallace’s car also slowed down which allowed Bell to try the banned “Hail Melon” wall ride move to pass. After a 27-minute review, NASCAR chose to advance Byron to the Championship 4 and ruled Bell’s move as intentional.
According to Elton Sawyer, NASCAR's senior vice president of competition, the focus was on Christopher Bell's wall ride on the final corner. He said:
"We’ll look at everything. As I said earlier, we want to go back, as we would have done anyway. We’ll get back, we’ll take all the data, video. We’ll listen to in-car audio. We’ll do all that, as we would any event.”
NASCAR also penalized Bell for his move which cost him a playoff spot. Bell could not appeal the decision because NASCAR does not allow appeals on certain race violations. The “Hail Melon” move was banned before 2023 for safety reasons.
Byron finished in sixth place and earned a spot in the Championship 4 by just one point. The championship race is set for Phoenix Raceway on Sunday.