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The Greatest NASCAR driver ever

post #1 of 17
4/18/07 at 3:14pm
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Because I want to be annoying.



But seriously... Dale Earnhardt.
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post #2 of 17
4/18/07 at 3:21pm
It is ungrammatical to put the word greatest before the word Nascar.
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post #3 of 17
4/18/07 at 3:22pm
I know nothing about NASCAR, but it's got to be Dale Earnhardt. Or, that other redneck driver.
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post #4 of 17
4/18/07 at 3:29pm
Dick Trickle. Greatest name anyway.
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post #5 of 17
4/18/07 at 3:29pm
Spud Webb.
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post #6 of 17
4/18/07 at 4:00pm
The great-grandson of the guy who owned Spud Webb's great-grandfather.
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post #7 of 17
4/18/07 at 4:28pm
My name is Jean Girard and I am a racing-car driver just like you, except I am from Formula Un. I am the greatest in the whole world. I have been following your career with great interest, Monsieur Bobby.
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post #8 of 17
4/18/07 at 4:33pm
The Darwin award nominee. Oh wait, that's all of them.
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post #9 of 17
4/18/07 at 4:35pm
Not Eddie Griffin.
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post #10 of 17
4/18/07 at 4:36pm
Richard Petty
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post #11 of 17
4/18/07 at 5:06pm
Mario Andretti. Daytona 500 winner, Indy 500 winner, USAC National Dirt Champ, three time 12 Hours of Sebring winner, two time IROC champ, 4 times CART champ & F-1 champ. Voted greatest racing driver of the 20th century by the Associated Press. All that would make him the greatest driver in NASCAR ever.
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post #12 of 17
4/18/07 at 5:59pm
Richard Petty, again.
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post #13 of 17
4/18/07 at 6:32pm
Thread Starter 
K, I wasn't actually expecting anyone to respond. But...

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Originally Posted by f86sabre
Mario Andretti. Daytona 500 winner, Indy 500 winner, USAC National Dirt Champ, three time 12 Hours of Sebring winner, two time IROC champ, 4 times CART champ & F-1 champ. Voted greatest racing driver of the 20th century by the Associated Press. All that would make him the greatest driver in NASCAR ever.
I don't see how that makes him the greatest NASCAR driver... maybe the greatest auto racer. He only spent about a year or two in NASCAR running only a handful of races. And won one race.

Richard Petty maybe. He did win 200 races, 7 Daytona 500's and 7 Cup championships. But his last win was in 1984 and he retired in what? 1992? That's almost ten years he went without a win. He stayed around too long which hurt his career.

Darrell Waltrip is another example of someone who stayed around too long. His late career was a joke.

Dale Earnhardt was still competitive and before his death was a favourite every year to win the championship and was still a contender. Unlike Petty and Waltrip. Hell, Earnhardt probably would have won another championship by now had he not died.

My vote is Earnhardt. Plus his racing style was unique. He just wouldn't go out and beat you around like some did or he wouldn't back off and play it safe. He mixed it all together. He toyed around with you and when you gave up just a little bit he was there to blow right by you.
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post #14 of 17
4/18/07 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by f86sabre
Voted greatest racing driver of the 20th century by the Associated Press. All that would make him the greatest driver in NASCAR ever.
Now this is just hilarious.
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post #15 of 17
4/18/07 at 6:38pm
All racecar drivers are NASCAR drivers, but not all NASCAR drivers are racecar drivers. If you disagree you'll get the rat helmet.
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post #16 of 17
4/18/07 at 6:45pm
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Originally Posted by Graynadian
All racecar drivers are NASCAR drivers, but not all NASCAR drivers are racecar drivers. If you disagree you'll get the rat helmet.
Obviously you've been hitting the exhaust pipe.
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post #17 of 17
4/18/07 at 9:56pm
How can there be any question about this? The answer is Dale.

3, baby. 3.
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