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Best driver ever in NASCAR not named
Posted on 6/2/25 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 6/2/25 at 7:56 pm
Earnhardt or Petty?
I was watching the Earnhardt documentary on Prime and Darell Waltrip said that many people called Dale Earnhardt the best driver ever even though he wasn’t.
So if he wasn’t who was?
I was watching the Earnhardt documentary on Prime and Darell Waltrip said that many people called Dale Earnhardt the best driver ever even though he wasn’t.
So if he wasn’t who was?
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Posted on 6/2/25 at 7:59 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Jimmy Johnson
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:06 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
The rednecks hated on Jimmie because he was a Cali boy. Simple truth to it all.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:11 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Jeff Gordon
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:12 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
David Pearson
Cale Yarborough
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson was very good, but I think he also benefited from a period in which engineering was critical to running well and he had the best engineers and the best crew chief in Chad Knaus.
Cale Yarborough
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson was very good, but I think he also benefited from a period in which engineering was critical to running well and he had the best engineers and the best crew chief in Chad Knaus.
This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:15 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
David Pearson put up some incredible numbers. Hell, he finished 3rd in the points one year when he ran only 19 of the 30 races.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:16 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Pearson
Bobby Allison
DW
Cale
Curtis Turner
Herb Thomas
Jr. Johnson
Bobby Allison
DW
Cale
Curtis Turner
Herb Thomas
Jr. Johnson
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:17 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Cale Yarborough Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson was very good, but I think he also benefited from a period in which engineering was critical to running well and he had the best engineers and the best crew chief in Chad Knaus.
If that was the case, why was he beating out Gordon, who’s on your list and was an owner of Johnson’s car?
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:22 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
David Pearson.
Him and Earnhardt were 1A and 1B.
Pearson ran only 3 full seasons but in all 3 he won the title. He won 105 races. If he'd have had the financial banking with the Wood Brothers that the Petty's had, he very possibly could have won 8-10 titles and close to 300 races. Dude was a bad motherfricker who doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves.
Him and Earnhardt were 1A and 1B.
Pearson ran only 3 full seasons but in all 3 he won the title. He won 105 races. If he'd have had the financial banking with the Wood Brothers that the Petty's had, he very possibly could have won 8-10 titles and close to 300 races. Dude was a bad motherfricker who doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves.
This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:23 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Jimmie
Benefitted the most from the new playoff system than anyone else. Directly won 4 titles due to it.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:24 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Ricky Bobby
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:27 pm to Snoop Dawg
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If that was the case, why was he beating out Gordon, who’s on your list and was an owner of Johnson’s car?
I don’t believe Gordon had a crew chief at that time that he meshed with like Johnson and Knaus did. Knaus knew how to give Jimmie the car he needed.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:28 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Knaus knew how to cheat.
This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:35 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Gordon has more wins and Top 10 finishes.
He ran more races, but Johnson would have needed a Top 10 in almost all of them and to win 1 out of 10 to catch.
NASCAR fricked up with the playoffs bullshite.
He ran more races, but Johnson would have needed a Top 10 in almost all of them and to win 1 out of 10 to catch.
NASCAR fricked up with the playoffs bullshite.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:43 pm to southernelite
Gordon is #3 all-time behind Earnhardt and Pearson IMO
Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:57 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Junior Johnson
Posted on 6/2/25 at 9:07 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Dale Earnhardt
Jimmie Johnson
Richard Petty
Jeff Gordon
David Pearson
Cale Yarborough
Darrell Waltrip
Bobby Allison
Bill Elliott
Tony Stewart
Jimmie Johnson
Richard Petty
Jeff Gordon
David Pearson
Cale Yarborough
Darrell Waltrip
Bobby Allison
Bill Elliott
Tony Stewart
Posted on 6/2/25 at 9:30 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
(From AI)
Richard Petty is famously quoted as saying David Pearson was the greatest driver he ever saw. Petty has stated: "From a pure driving ability and being relaxed and just doing it without getting emotional about it, he was the best. There was no doubt about it,". Pearson himself would acknowledge Petty's opinion, saying he would "never argue with anything his friend said,".
Richard Petty is famously quoted as saying David Pearson was the greatest driver he ever saw. Petty has stated: "From a pure driving ability and being relaxed and just doing it without getting emotional about it, he was the best. There was no doubt about it,". Pearson himself would acknowledge Petty's opinion, saying he would "never argue with anything his friend said,".
Posted on 6/2/25 at 9:47 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Mark Martin
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