Your 10 favorite and 10 least favorite drivers of all time

[obxyankeefan]

I think everyone loved Benny.

I never heard that about Ned, that’s unfortunate. He did a lot for Wendell Scott though in the 60’s, and Petty wasn’t dominant until Ned, Junior Johnson and Rex White quit and Joe Weatherly and Fireball Roberts died

Petty had 40 wins when Jarrett retired, but I never noticed how Petty's wins per year jumped after 1965 before.

In the 60s and 70s there was a kind of unwritten feud between the drivers of USOC and NASCAR. Both would go race in the other series, but not be welcome there. Ned held onto that feud and was merciless with John Andretti. When Tony Stewart first started he would drive into a corner way to hard and let his car ride up the track into another car. Slowing himself down and normally wrecking the other driver. He did this at Pocono to Andretti and Ned Jarrett was screaming about how Andretti should have gotten out of Stewart's way and he didn't deserve to be on the same track.

Stewart put that move on one of the more popular drivers. When he did the fans and some of the announcers ripped into Stewart finally about it. He stopped doing it after that.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I forgot to add Jeff Burton to my favorites list. Always liked the guy.

Jeff Burton wrecked at Dover his rookie year and his car went up in a huge fireball. (Thankfully he was fine) The TV crew put his wife on camera real quick and see was asking the crew chief what to do because she left their insurance card at home.

Some times those little things about the races stuck with you.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Jeff Burton wrecked at Dover his rookie year and his car went up in a huge fireball. (Thankfully he was fine) The TV crew put his wife on camera real quick and see was asking the crew chief what to do because she left their insurance card at home.

Some times those little things about the races stuck with you.

I can't find the audio of his wife but this was the wreck I was talking about.

jeff burton's car on fire - Bing video

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Hate hate Dale and Jeff along with Richard Petty?

DW and Smoke there too.

You just hate the guys that won most of the races other than Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch?

I can dislike who I want

Forgot that I did like Cale Yarborough for a time also

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I didn't like him at first, but after a while I warmed up to Bobby Labonte

 

[Chewbaccer]

I didn't like him at first, but after a while I warmed up to Bobby Labonte

He went from one of the top in the game to a has been overnight.

But I always liked him. Seemed classy, and probably the cleanest driver in the garage

 

[Chewbaccer]

He went from one of the top in the game to a has been overnight.

But I always liked him. Seemed classy, and probably the cleanest driver in the garage

Imagine being a champion at one time just a couple seasons before being one of the top drivers, and then losing your ride to J.J. Yeley

 

[wingsauce7]

I can't find the audio of his wife but this was the wreck I was talking about.

jeff burton's car on fire - Bing video

damn, that was a hard couple of hits.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

What’s the Bobby Hamilton Jr backstory?

All he ever was was a decent Busch series driver

He was talking shit about Harvick after a race once. He said something along the lines of Kevin trying to be like Earnhardt, but that he wasnt even a pimple on Earnhardts ass.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

And I said Bobby jr. Meant Sr.

 

[Chewbaccer]

He was talking shit about Harvick after a race once. He said something along the lines of Kevin trying to be like Earnhardt, but that he wasnt even a pimple on Earnhardts ass.

That’s hilarious considering Harvick had more wins through 3 years than Hamilton had his entire career. And I watched the video, I’m glad there’s no rough driving penalties anymore.

 

[obxyankeefan]

That might have been the Martinsville race where Andretti was leading and Hamilton was over 100 laps down. Hamilton made a right turn in between 3 and 4 to take Andretti out.

 

[Chewbaccer]

That might have been the Martinsville race where Andretti was leading and Hamilton was over 100 laps down. Hamilton made a right turn in between 3 and 4 to take Andretti out.

That was Ricky Cravens first win. I think I remember that though, and IIRC, Hamilton was still in the Kodak 4 car.

 

[obxyankeefan]

That was Ricky Cravens first win. I think I remember that though, and IIRC, Hamilton was still in the Kodak 4 car.

Andretti won there in 99. Before the 99 race Hamilton spun Andretti on the last lap of a race where they were both in the top 5. The one where he made the right turn was after 99, but I forgot which year it was.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Andretti won there in 99. Before the 99 race Hamilton spun Andretti on the last lap of a race where they were both in the top 5. The one where he made the right turn was after 99, but I forgot which year it was.

I think it was 2000 in the Fall.

Bobby Hamilton finished in the top 5 in the race shown there

 

[Schmoopy1000]

That might have been the Martinsville race where Andretti was leading and Hamilton was over 100 laps down. Hamilton made a right turn in between 3 and 4 to take Andretti out.

is that the one where Andretti went like 2 laps down. Made both of them up & won the race?

 

[GNG]

Favorite... Richard Petty then everyone else

Least....... Dale Earnhardt Jr. - The only one I dislike

 

[Chewbaccer]

Favorite... Richard Petty then everyone else

Least....... Dale Earnhardt Jr. - The only one I dislike

David Pearson>Richard Petty

And what’s your reason for not liking Dale Jr?

 

[obxyankeefan]

I think it was 2000 in the Fall.

Bobby Hamilton finished in the top 5 in the race shown there

1999 fall race and Hamilton was still in the 4 car.