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NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers is an alphabetical list of NASCAR drivers. It started as NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers as of 1998, the 50th anniversary of NASCAR, ...
A driver who has only driven on 3 different racetracks but has won on all 3 racetracks has a better ranking than a driver who competed on 4 racetracks and also achieved at least one victory on 3 racetracks. The absolute number of race wins is not decisive, so it does not matter whether a driver has 1 or more wins on a particular racetrack.
The current NASCAR Cup Series trophy, the Bill France Cup. The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1949 to Red Byron. [1]
A look at the top 100 all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners list in order by number of wins updated through Aug. 19, 2024. Richard Petty 200. David Pearson 105
Driver: NASCAR's first champion driver (1949), 2 race wins, 8 top 5s, 9 top 10s, 2 poles, named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 Ray Evernham: Crew chief, owner and broadcaster: 3-time Cup champion as a crew chief for Jeff Gordon, 47 wins, founder of Evernham Motorsports, 13 wins as an owner Ron Hornaday Jr. Driver
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series every year since 1956. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all NASCAR Cup Series competitors; today, it is voted for by fans across the United States .
In 1998, NASCAR named Gordon to its 50 Greatest Drivers list. Ten years later in a 2008 article, ESPN's Terry Blount ranked him 10th in the 25 Greatest Drivers of All-Time. [6] Foxsports.com named him as the fifth best NASCAR driver of all time. [7] He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019.
He went on to become the oldest NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year, at age 48 in 1989. And while he never won a NASCAR Cup Series race, he took third five times and had a solid career. Mark Martin ...