STP 500
Past winners

STP 500

Section Title: Past winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race distance	Race time	Average speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

1950	May 21	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes	Oldsmobile	150	75 (120.7)	Report

1951	May 6	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes	Oldsmobile	200	100 (160.934)	Report

1952	April 6	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	Hudson	200	100 (160.934)	2:19:59	42.862	Report

1953	May 17	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	Report

1954	May 16	87	Jim Paschal	Bob Griffin	Oldsmobile	200	100 (160.934)	2:10:04	46.130	Report

1955	May 15	300	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	200	100 (160.934)	1:54:10	52.555	Report

1956	May 20	502	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	Dodge	500	250 (402.336)	4:06:07	60.947	Report

1957	May 19	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	Chevrolet	441*	220.5 (354.86)	3:50:49	57.318	Report

1958	April 20	4	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	Chevrolet	500	250 (402.336)	4:05:27	66.007	Report

1959	May 3	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	500	250 (402.336)	4:12:03	59.512	Report

1960	April 10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:54:35	63.943	Report

1961*	April 9	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	149*	74.5 (119.896)	1:05:23	68.366	Report

April 30	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette	Pontiac	500	250 (402.336)	3:46:19	66.278	Report

1962	April 22	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:45:49	66.425	Report

1963	April 21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:51:24	64.823	Report

1964	April 26	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:33:59	70.098	Report

1965	April 25	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:44:40	66.765	Report

1966	April 24	14	Jim Paschal	Frieden Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:36:54	69.156	Report

1967	April 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:42:24	67.446	Report

1968	April 28	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	250 (402.336)	3:44:56	66.686	Report

1969	April 27	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:52:54	64.405	Report

1970	May 31	71	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	377*	197.925 (318.529)	2:53:20	68.584	Report

1971	April 25	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:22:41	77.707	Report

1972	April 30	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:37:00	72.657	Report

1973	April 29	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:44:26	70.251	Report

1974	April 28	11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	450*	236.25 (380.207)	3:22:41	70.427	Report

1975	April 27	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:47:15	69.282	Report

1976	April 25	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:39:43	71.759	Report

1977	April 24	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	384*	201.6 (324.443)	2:36:26	77.405	Report

1978	April 23	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:22:00	77.971	Report

1979	April 22	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:25:43	76.562	Report

1980	April 27	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:48:06	69.049	Report

1981	April 26	5	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart	Pontiac	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:30:10	75.019	Report

1982	April 25	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:30:01	75.073	Report

1983	April 24	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:57:14	66.46	Report

1984	April 29	5	Geoffrey Bodine	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:35:23	73.264	Report

1985	April 28	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:16:06	73.022	Report

1986	April 27	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:25:15	76.882	Report

1987	April 26	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:36:44	72.808	Report

1988	April 24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:31:08	74.74	Report

1989	April 23	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:19:41	79.025	Report

1990	April 29	11	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:23:49	77.423	Report

1991	April 28	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:26:41	75.139	Report

1992	April 26	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:22:05	78.086	Report

1993	April 25	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	500	263 (423.257)	3:18:33	79.078	Report

1994	April 24	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:25:43	76.7	Report

1995	April 23	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	356*	187.256 (301.359)	2:35:44	72.145	Report

1996	April 21	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:13:50	81.41	Report

1997	April 20	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:44:19	70.347	Report

1998	April 20	4	Bobby Hamilton	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:43:10	70.709	Report

1999	April 18	43	John Andretti	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	500	263 (423.257)	3:28:35	75.653	Report

2000	April 9	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:41:45	71.161	Report

2001	April 8	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:42:53	70.799	Report

2002	April 14	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	500	263 (423.257)	3:33:23	73.951	Report

2003	April 13	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:28:51	75.557	Report

2004	April 18	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Dodge	500	263 (423.257)	3:51:29	68.169	Report

2005	April 10	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:38:52	72.099	Report

2006	April 2	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:36:56	72.741	Report

2007	April 1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:44:36	70.258	Report

2008	March 30	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	263 (423.257)	3:35:41	73.163	Report

2009	March 29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:27:48	75.938	Report

2010	March 29*	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	508*	267.208 (430.029)	3:39:05	73.180	Report

2011	April 3	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:32:41	74.195	Report

2012	April 1	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	515*	270.89 (435.955)	3:26:12	78.823	Report

2013	April 7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:38:58	72.066	Report

2014	March 30	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:38:38	72.176	Report

2015	March 29	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	263 (423.257)	3:49:13	68.843	Report

2016	April 3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	263 (423.257)	3:17:02	80.088	Report

2017	April 2	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:44:59	70.139	Report

2018	March 26*	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:13:14	81.663	Report

2019	March 24	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:21:54	78.158	Report

Sentence(s)

In 1998, Bobby Hamilton drove the Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet and won STP 500.

final_sentence: In 1998, Bobby Hamilton drove the Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet and won STP 500.