One is the loneliest number for Nextel Cup teams

One is the loneliest number for Nextel Cup teams

By Brett Borden
Aug 01, 2007

It wasn’t that long ago that single car teams ruled the world of NASCAR. Richard Petty accumulated 200 wins and seven championships on his own. David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison… the list goes on and on.

But today the single-car team is an endangered species. Every race and every spot in the Chase for the Championship is occupied by the big teams. Hendrick, Roush, Childress, Gibbs—these names have become as big as the drivers themselves. How did it get this way?

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