I know a lot actually. 7 championships, 76 wins, 1 Daytona 500, 3 Southern 500s, 1 brickyard 3 Coke 600s. JJ has 7 championships 83 wins, 2 daytona 500s, 4 brickyards, 4 coke 600s and 2 Southern 500s. And did all that in less time and less starts then Dale Sr. You can also make an argument that Gordon is better than Dale Sr. as well.
Dale Sr. is and will always be one of the all time greats, and has and will always be a standard in NASCAR but theres no denying that some drivers have exceeded that standard
Kenan Soso Jimmie Johnson has not even come close to passing Sr Jimmie only has 7 championships because the chase format made it much easier to win a championship Dale Earnhardt won 7 real championships under the much harder old format
My top 10 1: The King (Richard Petty) 2: The Silver Fox (David Pearson) 3: The Man In Black (Dale Earnhardt) 4: He Who Would Destroy NASCAR (Jimmie Johnson) 5: The Original Young Gun (Jeff Gordon) 6: The Three Peep (Cale Yarbourough) 7: The Funny One (Darell Waltrip) 8: He Who Had No Friends Behind The Wheel (Bobby Allison) 9: Squirrel Senior (Lee Petty) 10: Awsome Bill From Dawsonville (Bill Elliot) Make some replies to let me know about this list
My Top 5: This is my opinion 1. Richard Petty (The King) 2. Jimmie Johnson (Superman) 3. David Pearson (Silver Fox) 4. Dale Earnhardt (The Intimidator) 5. Jeff Gordon (Wonder Boy)
If Dale's 92 season had been like 90-91 and 93-94, he'd have had 5 in a row and 8 total. So Jimmy's accomplishment ( while still impressive ), doesn't mean he's better. It just means he had better luck. Petty won a lot, but in his era, the cars weren't as equal. He only won because of his equipment. If he'd ran in during Dale's or Jimmy's era, he'd have fared a lot worse. My top list, based on stats filtered through era and factoring in overall talent, would be Dale Earnhardt, Jimmy Johnson, and Jeff Gordon. Petty would be 4th.
This is awesome. Junior Johnson said Leeroy was the best driver he ever had. Now Harvick has 58 career wins in CUP not to mention his two Xfinity championships and he was hand-picked by Sr.
To win a race, you have to be good that day. To win a championship, you have to be good all year (at least once upon a time). Dale Earnhardt is a 7-time champion and 48 points from being a 9-time champion. He has a better average finish than Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson because he was consistent. At his peak (1986-1991) NASCAR only ran 29 races a year so who knows how many wins he would have if they ran 36. In my opinion, he is definitely in the top 3 and in the conversation for number 1.
Yeah true. Until 2004. Then that all changed with the chase and the playoffs. No longer does a driver and team have to be the best all year. If that were the case, Harvick and Gordon would both have more championships than they do. But it's not, and they don't.
In my opinion the Top 10 is 10.Ned Jarrett 9.Lee Petty 8.Bobby Allison 7.Darrell Waltrip 6.Cale Yarborough 5.Jimmie Johnson 4.Jeff Gordon 3.Dale Earnhardt 2.David Pearson 1.Richard Petty
Here's a fun group of stats for you: Dale Earnhardt's rookie season was 1979. He raced against Richard Petty from 1979 until Petty retired in 1992. In that span, Petty won 1 championship (in 1979), Dale won 5. In that span, Richard won 15 races, Dale won 53. Jeff Gordon's rookie season was 1993. He raced against Dale Earnahrdt from 1993 until Earnahrdt died in 2001. In that span (not counting the 2001 season), Jeff won 3 championships, Dale won 2. In that span, Dale won 23 races, Jeff won 52 races. Jimmie Johnson's rookie season was 2002. He raced against Jeff Gordon from 2002 until Jeff retired in 2015 (I won't count the couple races Jeff subbed in 2016 for Dale Jr.). In that span, Jeff won 0 championships, Jimmie won 6. Jeff won 35 races, Jimmie won 76. My numbers might be slightly off, but I think it's reasonable to look at those numbers, consider when drivers were at their prime, and deduce that at it's not unreasonable to say Richard Petty isn't the greatest of all time. I think it can widely be agreed upon that Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt, and Petty deserve to be in the top 5, but Earnhardt seems to be the only one in the group that put up a good fight against the next greatest drive to come along. Petty didn't stand a chance against Earnhardt. Petty is the only one of those 4 (Johnson yet to been seen) that spent the last decade or so of his career just logging laps. Gordon won in his 4th to last race, Earnhardt won a few races before his last and was likely going to finish top 5 in the Daytona 500 he was killed in. Also, a fun note is that Petty's last championship came the year before Earnhardt's first, Earnhardt's last came the year before Gordon's first. I could ramble on for way too long about stats, but Johnson fan or not, Jimmie deserves to be in the top 3. I'd honestly rank it as Earnhardt, Johnson, Gordon, Petty (and I'm a life-long Gordon fan). Sounds like Pearson put a whooping on Petty, too, but he shoulda stuck around longer if he wanted to be in a more serious conversation about greatest of all time.
Kyle Wagoner I agree about 95% with you, considering each driver that. Came along ended the dominance of the other, I have JJ first and I feel 2007 was the year as far as a driver standpoint he passed Gordon when they went head to head and JJ dominated the remaining 5 races on the schedule. Winning 4 of them in a row. Although Brad contradicts himself, in an Interview he said JJ was the best all around race car driver the sport has ever seen, yet on here now he ranks him 6th.
I agree with you breakdown well done. I think it’s also interesting that if NASCAR didn’t go gimmicky and used it’s old points system Gordon would of got to 7 like Richard and Dale like the pass in of the torch between eras. Jimmie I think would have 3 or 4 which is solid but not the 7 he got with the help of the chase formatting which is biased towards the 10 tracks in it.
I rank Dale slightly above Gordon, Johnson and Petty, in no particular order. With that said the "what if" of the Chase isn't too accurate. Johnson and Knaus had it figured out. There was no need to rack up top 5 finishes, due to the points starting over after 26 races. They always won early, racked up a big point cusion and then they always had this slump (aka glorified test session) around mid-season, yet turned it back up right before the chase started. Knaus even alluded to this, somewhere mid-2008 i believe. It was clear they were playing the system perfectly. Had it been a straight 36 races, there wouldn't have been an opportunity for the slump/test session they had every summer. Just because Gordon would have had the most because that's what it says, doesn't mean that's the case, due to the approach the 48 team took every year, with the exception of 2016. If you go back and look, people always asked if "this is the year somebody beats the 48" due to them falling off during the summer. I'm not a fan AT ALL of Jimmie, but you have to respect how they played the system and in my opinion, can't take away titles from him, or add titles to Jeff's resume. How you approach the Chase system is not how you approach a straight 36 race season.
@@FBS2134 Dale's era was definitely more competitive The championships were harder to win in Dale's era The cars were harder to drive in Dale's era Jimmie just benefited from an easier championship format and a cheater crew chief Dale > Jimmie
Ryan Twiford dude big e deserve 4th but david should have been moved to 5th top 5 from 5th to first 5 david 4 dale 3 Richard 2 Gordon ( he would have won 3 more championship and did it in a more cometive nascar) number 1 jimmy johnson 5 staright nascar change the rules to the chase to stop him from wining championship
Shannon Spake out at Fox Sports! Wonder where she'll land? A lot of women are placed in the roles just to be attractive, but she is not only attractive, she knows her Nascar and besides Jamie Little, she is my favorite female commentator in Nascar !
Yes and 13 race winning years 93 wins 4 championship 7 owner championships if championship where old school 7 or 8 championship whos been competitived for 23 years
EARNHARDT KNOWITALL8838 lol it’s okay you little baby use any excuse you want fact is your hero is dead and gone resting in peace and JJ has ran circles around him. 🤣
Listen Brad, JJ has raced 5 less seasons than Jeff Gordon. If you take away Jeff Gordons 5 last seasons then he has a total of 82 wins which is 1 less than Jimmie "The Jet" Johnson's 83 Wins. Chew on that for awhile.
Pearson at 3 and Johnson at 2? Flip them! You can definitely tell how they based these top 5's. Reasoning #1: Gordon has more wins than Earnhardt in a shorter career, boom, he's #4. Reasoning #2: Pearson is 2nd highest in all-time wins but Johnson won seven championships IN THE RULES ERA! Make him #2. Oh, and Richard Petty is the greatest who ever lived, he's number 1. Here's how it should be: Petty Pearson Johnson Earnhardt Gordon Martin
@The Number 31 Is The Greatest Number In History Fair enough but when he did win those championships, he did it against a horde of other champions whether they be future or past champions. His era was definitely if not the hardest in the sport, and because of it I have him number 1.
Im happy to see Neil Bonnett not being forgot - Larry saying no 'big' wins, only the 600 and the Southern 500. Ouch. Im thinkin that maybe in McReynolds' mind the Daytona 500 is the only 'big' race....?? Its super interesting to see what people count as success. This is a great vid. Also, do you guys think Jimmie Johnson will win 8? and if yes, when??
Looking at this objectively, it's about right. Put your personal opinion aside and this is a great list. The one thing I'd change is to have Johnson #1. He won A LOT in an Era that was extremely competitive unlike in Petty's Era.
No he won a lot by being in the best equipment. Johnson is the only driver on that list that can say year after year he was driving the best equipment in the sport. The number of drivers that have won titles with Rick Hendrick proves that. Gordon, Elliot, Larson, Johnson, Labonte. No other team has produced that many champions in the sports history. From 1995 to 2022 Hendrick drivers have won 14 of the 27 cup championships. Imagine what Earnhardt would have done in that equipment. To put that in perspective now... Earnhardt had a better run than the Hendrick organization. From 1986 to 1994 Earnhardt won 6 of his cup titles. It took Rick Hendrick equipment to unseat his dominance. The multi-team approach and sharing information.
15:02 Truex would jump ahead of Edwards and Hamlin. He got more stage wins than anybody in 2017 alone when he went on to win the title, 2 three-stage sweeps (one more in 2018).
Red Byron ain’t even on the list My top 10 1. Richard Petty 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Dale Earnhardt Sr. 4. Jeff Gordon 5. Tony Stewart 6. Darrell Waltrip 7. Cale Yarborough 8. Bobby Allison 9. Lee Petty 10. Bill Elliott
RC RACER 88 has commented on every post about Jimmie beige ahead of Dale. All of them. Sad case. Jimmie has more wins in less starts even without championships
James Swann Dale won 7 real championships under the much harder old format Jimmie only has 7 because of the chase format made it much easier to win a championship sure Dale has a few less wins but that's only because Dale Earnhardt had much tougher competition than Jimmie has ever had and Dale also won 4 iroc titles oh what's that you don't know what iroc is because you are a kid and not old enough to remember that
Well you can argue it. At the time he was only car with a ton of money behind it with a complete team and he ran up to 5-6 races a week and winning lots of them cause of smaller fields and little towns drivers nit being able to compete with a car with all that money behind it. Pearson only ran 1 maybe 2 races at the same time and he beat Petty plenty of times. Not arguing skill I'm arguing that his stats are a little inflated cause he ran alot more races than anyone else.
Everyone: Arguing that Dale Earnhardt should've been higher or fighting between Dale, Jeff, and Jimmie as greatest of all time. Me: Believing no one is better than anyone and they are all great in their own way.
I'm sorry but Bill is top 20 but not top 10. 1-3 The 3 7 time champions, 4-10 Jeff Gordon, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Tony Stewart, and Lee Petty. Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch are still racing so they are going to keep on adding stats to their racing resume.
With all due respect in my humble opinion the best drivers in Nascar's history are the top 5. 1. The King Petty 2. The intimidator Earnhardt 3. Rainbow Warrior Gordon 4. Superman Johnson 5. The Fox Pearson The rest do whatever you want, I don't care.
My Personal top 10: 10. Lee Petty 54 Cup Wins 3x trophies 9. Rusty Wallace 55 Cup wins 1x Trophies 8. Bobby Allison 84 Cup Wins 1x Trophy 7. Cale Yarborough 83 Cup Wins 3x Trophies 6. Jimmie Johnson 83 Cup Wins 7x Trophies 5. Darrell Waltrip 84 Cup Wins 3x Trophies 4. Jeff Gordon 93 Cup Wins 4x Trophies 3. David Pearson 105 Cup Wins 3x Trophies 2. Dale Earnhardt Sr. 76 Cup Wins 7x Trophies 1. Richard Petty 200 Cup Wins 7x Trophies
49:08 my message to Rhett Dill: if you think Earnhardt is the only 7 time champ, literally do 5 minutes of research on the sport to find out you’re wrong lol
RC RACER 88 no way Earnhardt is the G.O.A.T. There’s Richard Petty who has 200 wins and 7 cups so he’s the G.O.A.T. Then there’s Jimmie Johnson who has 84 wins as oppose to Earnhardt’s 76, and they both have the same amount of cups so Johnson’s in 2nd and then Earnhardt’s in 3rd
If Ernie Irvan didn't get hurt in 1994 he would be on this list. He surely would have won a championship with Robert Yates in 94-97. Probably would have raced into the 2000s without the injuries.
Dale jr. was in the top 10 in every other 3 races. I figured he would be in the top 10 or 15. But I don't know a whole lot about NASCAR. I just started getting into racing because of the all the good racing sims. Especially NASCAR 2003 for the pc. You get to drive all the cars from all the different eras with the mods. It's free too if anybody is looking to play a good racing game.
#4 is way too low for Jeff Gordon. Hes third all time in wins four championships and raced against tougher competition. Should at the very least be #3.
Seth Wilkins I say he's better than Jimmie. He don't need a chase to win championships. Jeff Gordon would have 7 championships if it weren't for the chase. It's been calculated
Totally agreed I feel Gordon is always and will be better than Jimmie unless Jimmie has more wins by the end of his career, Jeff would have many more championships if it weren’t for the chase, they are also forgetting his dirt track wins and Championships and how he burst into the scene jeff is definitely a 3
Correct. Petty was a bum, putting up wilt chamberlin numbers when there was no competition. He won like twice in his last 10 years when there was real competition. Gordon earnhardt a toss up but jimmie def #1
Joe Barbero this list is a complete joke.i mean look they have my favorite driver Dale Earnhardt ranked like 6th or something he is the greatest all-time in NASCAR history he should be number one
Joe Barbero I put Earnhardt 1 because petty only won 200 races because the era he raced In they did alot more races per year plus the car regulations were no where near as strict as they are now
Jhonson is the best driver of all time because he won 5 championships in a row and THE TIME WHEN Jimmie raced when Richard raced there wasn't as many drivers that were competitive. But now there are 20-30 drivers that can are competitive drivers each week that can win.
It's hard to put all championship winners in because they have changed the points system so much. I just don't trust hillbilly math. Especially when it isn't at least a somewhat consistent points system. Lol
1. Pearson 2. Petty 3. Gordon 4. Earnhardt 5. Johnson Reasoning. Pearson has the highest win percentage of all. Petty has 200 wins. Gordon has more wins in the modern era, 1972 to present, when competition was higher, than anyone. Johnson and Earnhardt, 7 championship. I personally put more emphasis on wins than championships because of many many different formats, but they are still important. Hence Earnhardt being in the top 5 even though he is 8th on the wins list.
Can someone explain to me how it's "more competitive" when Jimmie won his championships than when Earnhardt won his? People keep saying this without any evidence. I just randomly checked 2008 and there were 12 different winners for 36 races. Then, I randomly checked 1994 and there were 12 different winners in 31 races. That's just as many different winners in fewer races.
I don't think when they talk more competitive they mean right now it's more in NASCAR hey day. Like I would say mid 80s and 90s were some as the most competitive years. With guys like rusty, Mark Martin, earnhardt, Waltrip, Gordon, Tony Stewart. All being very successfully. I mean in 1994 Mark Martin had 7 wins and average finish of 8.6 yet still finished second to Dale earnhardt today before playoff he would have championship with season like that so I think when people talk less competition it's more 70s back
I think they mean that when it comes to the 70s and below I do think JJ era was slightly more competive then dales though. Mainly do to how many championship drivers comparably Dale Sr had to face Jeff Gordon bill elliot mark martin Tony Stewart Texas Terry bobby lobonte darrel waltrip bobby Allison for a few years and of course the wonder boy While JJ faced jeff gorodn mark mark martin kevin harick Denny Hamlin kyle Busch Tony Stewart joey logano brad keslaski dale jr Carl Edwards kurt Busch matt kenseth Martin truex and more dale had more all time greats but JJ face more great drivers all on a regular basis
Jimmie win all 7 under a different points system, won all his races with one crew chief. Only had 1 road course win. Only had 5 super speedway wins. Was very good, don't get me wrong. Was probably 4th on the list. No way 1 or 2. Petty, Earnhardt, Gordon, Johnson, Pearson.
You can't rate drivers by championships. If u did, Alan Kulwicki would be better than Davey Allison and a lot of other drivers. Terry Labonte would be better than Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, and Bobby Allison. Jeff Gordon's got the better record in a more competitive era, so I'd pick Jeff Gordon over Dale Earnhardt.
Really you have Davey and Alan in your top 5 that's interesting im not arguing i dont know much about them because they passed before I started watching NASCAR
@@rcracer8872 Alan won the Winston Cup on 1/3rd of the budjet not only as a driver but an engineer and owner. Davey won heading into his rookie season and every season till his death and won pretty much every major race. I am not focused on most wins or whatever but who had the most Raw Talent behind the wheel. If i had too choose #6 It'll be Tim Richmond. You should defiantly look into these guys their driving would blow you away.
mjzukaslugger7 20 years ago I wouldn’t of argued that except for Cale taking Jeff’s place but times change my friend. I’m an old DW fan turned KB in 03. It’s hard for me when you get into the top 5. Richard Petty won all those races in a time when they would run multiple races in a week. I just think it should be split up into different eras and then go from there. I also think there should be another category for drivers who were just naturally talented. Tim Richmond would be in that class for sure.
You are wrong fool.. Johnson is certainly ahead of waltrip, 7 championships Man. When Jimmie showed up , Gordon never won another Championship. he was an afterthought , all you heard was announcers making excuses for Gordon. Ask Jeff who the greatest driver of all time is.(sports illustrated interview-2017) He said Johnson- There you go ..Ace
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I was never a Senior fan, though I always respected his abilities. But putting him outside of the top 3 is an absolute joke.
Derek Ferrell he belongs at 1 he is the best ever
He belongs at 2 or 3 not 1
@@willandspencer101 no hes #1 and always will be
@@rcracer8872
Jeff Gordon #5
David Pearson #4
Dale Earnhardt #3
Jimmie Johnson #2
Richard Petty #1
And Dale Jr Should Be about 30th to 34th
@@BobbertYates nope wrong
1 Dale Earnhardt
2 everyone else
yall are high to think Matt Dibenedetto isn't in the top 2 same goes for Corey Lajoie
Starzcraft88 lol
Dale Sr
Lol
1. R. Petty
2. D. Earnhardt
3. J. Johnson
4. J Gordon
5. D Pearson
personally id switch pearson and j gordon and Dale sr. and JJ. But i completely agree with all 5 of them being in the top 5
Kenan Soso shows what you know Dale Earnhardt is the best ever
I know a lot actually. 7 championships, 76 wins, 1 Daytona 500, 3 Southern 500s, 1 brickyard 3 Coke 600s. JJ has 7 championships 83 wins, 2 daytona 500s, 4 brickyards, 4 coke 600s and 2 Southern 500s. And did all that in less time and less starts then Dale Sr. You can also make an argument that Gordon is better than Dale Sr. as well.
Dale Sr. is and will always be one of the all time greats, and has and will always be a standard in NASCAR but theres no denying that some drivers have exceeded that standard
Kenan Soso Jimmie Johnson has not even come close to passing Sr Jimmie only has 7 championships because the chase format made it much easier to win a championship Dale Earnhardt won 7 real championships under the much harder old format
Um, you guys are a little late for April Fools Day.
Top three should've been
1. Michael Annett
2. Ty Dillon
3. Cole Whitt
Broady Taylor
lol
No, it's
1. Norm Benning
2. Timmy Hill
3. Jennifer Jo Cobb
go fill your BOTTLE your milk is getting warm
No Danica?
1. Jeffery Earnhardt
2. Chad Little
3. Landon Cassil
My top 10
1: The King (Richard Petty)
2: The Silver Fox (David Pearson)
3: The Man In Black (Dale Earnhardt)
4: He Who Would Destroy NASCAR (Jimmie Johnson)
5: The Original Young Gun (Jeff Gordon)
6: The Three Peep (Cale Yarbourough)
7: The Funny One (Darell Waltrip)
8: He Who Had No Friends Behind The Wheel (Bobby Allison)
9: Squirrel Senior (Lee Petty)
10: Awsome Bill From Dawsonville (Bill Elliot)
Make some replies to let me know about this list
Brad Keselowski: Jimmie is the only active driver in the top 15
Kyle Busch: I'm in the top 15
She lost all credibility when she started talking there persona and Dale jr popularity. Its 50 greatest drivers not nicest or best personality drivers
My Top 5: This is my opinion
1. Richard Petty (The King)
2. Jimmie Johnson (Superman)
3. David Pearson (Silver Fox)
4. Dale Earnhardt (The Intimidator)
5. Jeff Gordon (Wonder Boy)
Mark Martin if he would have ever won a championship, i think he's top 10
Yep. Finished 2nd numerous times, but never was able to win it all. Just one championship and I think he would have cracked the top 10.
1.Earnhardt
2.Chastain
3.Byron
4.Earnhart Jr
5.Richard Petty
Let’s be real
If Dale's 92 season had been like 90-91 and 93-94, he'd have had 5 in a row and 8 total. So Jimmy's accomplishment ( while still impressive ), doesn't mean he's better. It just means he had better luck. Petty won a lot, but in his era, the cars weren't as equal. He only won because of his equipment. If he'd ran in during Dale's or Jimmy's era, he'd have fared a lot worse. My top list, based on stats filtered through era and factoring in overall talent, would be Dale Earnhardt, Jimmy Johnson, and Jeff Gordon. Petty would be 4th.
well he didn’t so your argument isn’t valid
This is awesome. Junior Johnson said Leeroy was the best driver he ever had. Now Harvick has 58 career wins in CUP not to mention his two Xfinity championships and he was hand-picked by Sr.
To win a race, you have to be good that day. To win a championship, you have to be good all year (at least once upon a time). Dale Earnhardt is a 7-time champion and 48 points from being a 9-time champion. He has a better average finish than Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson because he was consistent. At his peak (1986-1991) NASCAR only ran 29 races a year so who knows how many wins he would have if they ran 36. In my opinion, he is definitely in the top 3 and in the conversation for number 1.
Yeah true. Until 2004. Then that all changed with the chase and the playoffs. No longer does a driver and team have to be the best all year. If that were the case, Harvick and Gordon would both have more championships than they do. But it's not, and they don't.
Earnhardt 1
Johnson 2
Petty3
Gordon4
Pearson5
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Richard Petty
3. Dale Earnhardt
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jeff Gordon
34:08 brad is so nice because he forgot he got pushed by harvick in 2014 the memory of an fish
In my opinion the Top 10 is
10.Ned Jarrett
9.Lee Petty
8.Bobby Allison
7.Darrell Waltrip
6.Cale Yarborough
5.Jimmie Johnson
4.Jeff Gordon
3.Dale Earnhardt
2.David Pearson
1.Richard Petty
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt NASCAR's greatest driver ever
@The Number 31 Is The Greatest Number In History nope Dale is definitely the greatest ever
Here's a fun group of stats for you:
Dale Earnhardt's rookie season was 1979. He raced against Richard Petty from 1979 until Petty retired in 1992. In that span, Petty won 1 championship (in 1979), Dale won 5. In that span, Richard won 15 races, Dale won 53.
Jeff Gordon's rookie season was 1993. He raced against Dale Earnahrdt from 1993 until Earnahrdt died in 2001. In that span (not counting the 2001 season), Jeff won 3 championships, Dale won 2. In that span, Dale won 23 races, Jeff won 52 races.
Jimmie Johnson's rookie season was 2002. He raced against Jeff Gordon from 2002 until Jeff retired in 2015 (I won't count the couple races Jeff subbed in 2016 for Dale Jr.). In that span, Jeff won 0 championships, Jimmie won 6. Jeff won 35 races, Jimmie won 76.
My numbers might be slightly off, but I think it's reasonable to look at those numbers, consider when drivers were at their prime, and deduce that at it's not unreasonable to say Richard Petty isn't the greatest of all time. I think it can widely be agreed upon that Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt, and Petty deserve to be in the top 5, but Earnhardt seems to be the only one in the group that put up a good fight against the next greatest drive to come along. Petty didn't stand a chance against Earnhardt. Petty is the only one of those 4 (Johnson yet to been seen) that spent the last decade or so of his career just logging laps. Gordon won in his 4th to last race, Earnhardt won a few races before his last and was likely going to finish top 5 in the Daytona 500 he was killed in. Also, a fun note is that Petty's last championship came the year before Earnhardt's first, Earnhardt's last came the year before Gordon's first. I could ramble on for way too long about stats, but Johnson fan or not, Jimmie deserves to be in the top 3. I'd honestly rank it as Earnhardt, Johnson, Gordon, Petty (and I'm a life-long Gordon fan). Sounds like Pearson put a whooping on Petty, too, but he shoulda stuck around longer if he wanted to be in a more serious conversation about greatest of all time.
Kyle Wagoner I agree about 95% with you, considering each driver that. Came along ended the dominance of the other, I have JJ first and I feel 2007 was the year as far as a driver standpoint he passed Gordon when they went head to head and JJ dominated the remaining 5 races on the schedule. Winning 4 of them in a row.
Although Brad contradicts himself, in an Interview he said JJ was the best all around race car driver the sport has ever seen, yet on here now he ranks him 6th.
I agree with you breakdown well done. I think it’s also interesting that if NASCAR didn’t go gimmicky and used it’s old points system Gordon would of got to 7 like Richard and Dale like the pass in of the torch between eras. Jimmie I think would have 3 or 4 which is solid but not the 7 he got with the help of the chase formatting which is biased towards the 10 tracks in it.
I rank Dale slightly above Gordon, Johnson and Petty, in no particular order. With that said the "what if" of the Chase isn't too accurate. Johnson and Knaus had it figured out. There was no need to rack up top 5 finishes, due to the points starting over after 26 races. They always won early, racked up a big point cusion and then they always had this slump (aka glorified test session) around mid-season, yet turned it back up right before the chase started. Knaus even alluded to this, somewhere mid-2008 i believe. It was clear they were playing the system perfectly. Had it been a straight 36 races, there wouldn't have been an opportunity for the slump/test session they had every summer. Just because Gordon would have had the most because that's what it says, doesn't mean that's the case, due to the approach the 48 team took every year, with the exception of 2016. If you go back and look, people always asked if "this is the year somebody beats the 48" due to them falling off during the summer. I'm not a fan AT ALL of Jimmie, but you have to respect how they played the system and in my opinion, can't take away titles from him, or add titles to Jeff's resume. How you approach the Chase system is not how you approach a straight 36 race season.
Who actually read the whole thing
jimmie johnson really deserves number 1. the competition he has been going against CANNOT be compared to richard petty
Brandon Chan you dont know shit About NASCAR Dale Earnhardt is the best ever Jimmie is way behind Dale Sr
You wrong rc racer
@@FBS2134 no I'm right you are wrong and stupid Dale Earnhardt is nascar's greatest driver ever
How? 7 championships and 83 wins in a competitive era OR 7 championships 76 wins in a slitly less competitive era...the stats speak for them self
@@FBS2134 Dale's era was definitely more competitive
The championships were harder to win in Dale's era
The cars were harder to drive in Dale's era
Jimmie just benefited from an easier championship format and a cheater crew chief
Dale > Jimmie
Dale Sr not 1 or 2? You guys must be using an old Calendar, because it's not April 1st. Shame on you.
Ryan Twiford It's also pre 2000.
Ryan Twiford dude big e deserve 4th but david should have been moved to 5th top 5 from 5th to first 5 david 4 dale 3 Richard 2 Gordon ( he would have won 3 more championship and did it in a more cometive nascar) number 1 jimmy johnson 5 staright nascar change the rules to the chase to stop him from wining championship
John Stuart no dale Earnhardt is #1 no one else is even close to Dale Sr
Sr in my opinion is 3
@@nascarfireball4828 at worst Dale Sr is #2 behind only petty
Top 10 (opinion)
1. Johnson
2. Petty
3. Gordon
4. Pearson
5. Earnhardt Sr.
6. Yarborough
7. Stewart
8. Waltrip
9. Busch
10. Allison
Dale Earnhardt is NASCAR's greatest driver ever way better than Jimmie Johnson ever was and jeff
Shannon Spake out at Fox Sports! Wonder where she'll land? A lot of women are placed in the roles just to be attractive, but she is not only attractive, she knows her Nascar and besides Jamie Little, she is my favorite female commentator in Nascar !
Let's not forget who gave Jimmie Johnson his opportunity to race at the top level...
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Yes and 13 race winning years 93 wins 4 championship 7 owner championships if championship where old school 7 or 8 championship whos been competitived for 23 years
@The Number 31 Is The Greatest Number In History no 4×
#1 Jimmie Johnson
#2 Richard petty
#3 Dale Earnhardt
#4 Jeff Gordon
#5 Person
samer wari Jimmie Johnson is not better than Dale Sr
Lol at all the mad Earnhardt fans...
76 Wins, 7 Championships in 676 Starts.
Jimmie Johnson: 83 Wins, 7 Championships in 585 Starts.
Stats talk.
Not salty. I love Dale but stats don't lie. I'm betting Ryan Blaney will be the next big star.
Coltergeist ya cuz of the team and the chase sr won ROTY and 80 champ rod oak dont talk about racing if dont know what talking about 48 lover
Jimme owes a lot of wins to ole cheatin chad so i wouldnt even have him top ten
EARNHARDT KNOWITALL8838 lol it’s okay you little baby use any excuse you want fact is your hero is dead and gone resting in peace and JJ has ran circles around him. 🤣
Sweet 'n Sour Awesomesauce “If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.” - Dale Earnhardt, a known cheater and reckless race car driver. Lol.
Listen Brad, JJ has raced 5 less seasons than Jeff Gordon. If you take away Jeff Gordons 5 last seasons then he has a total of 82 wins which is 1 less than Jimmie "The Jet" Johnson's 83 Wins.
Chew on that for awhile.
Biffle does has won a crown jewel race. The southern 500 twice back to back
Pearson at 3 and Johnson at 2? Flip them! You can definitely tell how they based these top 5's. Reasoning #1: Gordon has more wins than Earnhardt in a shorter career, boom, he's #4. Reasoning #2: Pearson is 2nd highest in all-time wins but Johnson won seven championships IN THE RULES ERA! Make him #2. Oh, and Richard Petty is the greatest who ever lived, he's number 1.
Here's how it should be:
Petty
Pearson
Johnson
Earnhardt
Gordon
Martin
@The Number 31 Is The Greatest Number In History Fair enough but when he did win those championships, he did it against a horde of other champions whether they be future or past champions. His era was definitely if not the hardest in the sport, and because of it I have him number 1.
58:55 hey I was at that race.
Yay Jimmie!!! You deserve this. Your Stats speak for themselves!
Racemom48 no Dale Earnhardt belongs above Jimmie Johnson
RC RACER 88 no he doesn’t
@@rcracer8872 for what? Less wins? Wrecking more people? Spending more time on his roof?
@@nascarfireball4828 yes he does
Dale has a better career average finish and won real nascar championships not easier gimmicky chase titles
@@nascarfireball4828 yes loser moron he does
Im happy to see Neil Bonnett not being forgot - Larry saying no 'big' wins, only the 600 and the Southern 500. Ouch. Im thinkin that maybe in McReynolds' mind the Daytona 500 is the only 'big' race....?? Its super interesting to see what people count as success. This is a great vid.
Also, do you guys think Jimmie Johnson will win 8? and if yes, when??
this list is messed up....jimmie johnson was not the 2nd greatest nascar driver ever
Looking at this objectively, it's about right. Put your personal opinion aside and this is a great list. The one thing I'd change is to have Johnson #1. He won A LOT in an Era that was extremely competitive unlike in Petty's Era.
No he won a lot by being in the best equipment. Johnson is the only driver on that list that can say year after year he was driving the best equipment in the sport. The number of drivers that have won titles with Rick Hendrick proves that. Gordon, Elliot, Larson, Johnson, Labonte. No other team has produced that many champions in the sports history. From 1995 to 2022 Hendrick drivers have won 14 of the 27 cup championships. Imagine what Earnhardt would have done in that equipment. To put that in perspective now... Earnhardt had a better run than the Hendrick organization. From 1986 to 1994 Earnhardt won 6 of his cup titles. It took Rick Hendrick equipment to unseat his dominance. The multi-team approach and sharing information.
@@phillipivey4833 This argument has been going around for 15 years and it's still irrelevant.
Jimmie johnson number 6 on brads list? I sence some bias here...
15:02 Truex would jump ahead of Edwards and Hamlin. He got more stage wins than anybody in 2017 alone when he went on to win the title, 2 three-stage sweeps (one more in 2018).
Jeff in the top four? Sounds good to me! I’ll take it
Jeff was great but the intimadator will always be way the greatest all-time in NASCAR history
Shut up Keselowski....so annoying.
Top 5
1. Dale Earnhardt
2. Richard petty
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Jeff Gordon
3. Dave Pierson
Red Byron ain’t even on the list
My top 10
1. Richard Petty
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Sr.
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Stewart
6. Darrell Waltrip
7. Cale Yarborough
8. Bobby Allison
9. Lee Petty
10. Bill Elliott
CyberAndrew Jimmie Johnson is not better than Dale Sr he is not even close
RC RACER 88 has commented on every post about Jimmie beige ahead of Dale. All of them. Sad case. Jimmie has more wins in less starts even without championships
James Swann Dale won 7 real championships under the much harder old format Jimmie only has 7 because of the chase format made it much easier to win a championship sure Dale has a few less wins but that's only because Dale Earnhardt had much tougher competition than Jimmie has ever had and Dale also won 4 iroc titles oh what's that you don't know what iroc is because you are a kid and not old enough to remember that
Corvette596 Dale Earnhardt is way better than Jimmie Johnson ever was
@@rcracer8872 no body asked
IN WHAT WORLD DOES JIMMIE JOHNSON COME BEFORE DALE EARNHARDT????? I AM OUTRAGED!!!!
Payton gilley you clearly don’t have a life if you’re triggered by this lol
my top 5
Petty (no arguing that one)
Dale Sr
Jeff Gordon
David Pearson
Jimmie Johnson
Well you can argue it. At the time he was only car with a ton of money behind it with a complete team and he ran up to 5-6 races a week and winning lots of them cause of smaller fields and little towns drivers nit being able to compete with a car with all that money behind it. Pearson only ran 1 maybe 2 races at the same time and he beat Petty plenty of times. Not arguing skill I'm arguing that his stats are a little inflated cause he ran alot more races than anyone else.
Everyone: Arguing that Dale Earnhardt should've been higher or fighting between Dale, Jeff, and Jimmie as greatest of all time.
Me: Believing no one is better than anyone and they are all great in their own way.
Nah Dale is was and always will be the greatest
"nAh DaLe iS wAs AnD aLwAyS wIlL bE tHe GrEaTeSt"
@@hudsboy1049 Jimmie isn't even a real 7 time just benefied from an easier format and cheater chad
When tf did I say Jimmie was the greatest lmfao
@@hudsboy1049 and when did I say you did I'm just stating a fact
I’m glad Freddie is in the top 30.
The fact The Intimidator is on the top 50 list makes it illegitimate.
How does Alex Alexander laugh like that 😂
Bill Elliott should had been number 9 on the list.
My top 5
Petty
Earnhardt
Gordon
Pearson
Johnson
I'm sorry but Bill is top 20 but not top 10.
1-3 The 3 7 time champions, 4-10 Jeff Gordon, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Tony Stewart, and Lee Petty. Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch are still racing so they are going to keep on adding stats to their racing resume.
Everyone in the top 10 either won 3 or more championships and won 49 or more races. Bill only has 1 championship and 44 wins.
justin dinkins Dale Jr is too low he should be about 25 not 37 and Kyle crybaby Busch is way too high he is 12 on list should be 30 to 35
100% Rasheem
Kaden Kart wrong Dale Sr is the number one best all-time Jeff Gordon is behind Earnhardt
I’m hear to see where Jeff Gordan gets placed that’s my favorite.
With all due respect in my humble opinion the best drivers in Nascar's history are the top 5.
1. The King Petty
2. The intimidator Earnhardt
3. Rainbow Warrior Gordon
4. Superman Johnson
5. The Fox Pearson
The rest do whatever you want, I don't care.
They shouldnt count xfinity series.
My Personal top 10:
10. Lee Petty 54 Cup Wins 3x trophies
9. Rusty Wallace 55 Cup wins 1x Trophies
8. Bobby Allison 84 Cup Wins 1x Trophy
7. Cale Yarborough 83 Cup Wins 3x Trophies
6. Jimmie Johnson 83 Cup Wins 7x Trophies
5. Darrell Waltrip 84 Cup Wins 3x Trophies
4. Jeff Gordon 93 Cup Wins 4x Trophies
3. David Pearson 105 Cup Wins 3x Trophies
2. Dale Earnhardt Sr. 76 Cup Wins 7x Trophies
1. Richard Petty 200 Cup Wins 7x Trophies
I'M ETHAN REYNOLDS AND I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS IN THE CLASS OF 2010. ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE IS WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED.
The King Richard Petty 7 Daytona 500s
My truck goes 140 mph. I HAVE A GMC TRUCK. WELL I HOPE THEY HAVE FUN AT THE NEXT RACE.
49:08 my message to Rhett Dill: if you think Earnhardt is the only 7 time champ, literally do 5 minutes of research on the sport to find out you’re wrong lol
7 Time WINSTON CUP Champion*
And he's the only TRUE 7 TIME CHAMPION because he won 7 titles under 1 POINTS SYSTEM: THE CORRECT SYSTEM
Nascar gave him a championship in 1990
My top 5
5.Pearson
4.Gordon
3.Petty
2.Earnhardt
1.Johnson
Fireball 398 Earnhardt is above jeff Gordon
RC RACER 88 that’s counting from fifth to first
Fireball 398 to me Dale Earnhardt is the greatest all-time
RC RACER 88 actually I might flip-flop Pearson and Earnhardt
RC RACER 88 no way Earnhardt is the G.O.A.T. There’s Richard Petty who has 200 wins and 7 cups so he’s the G.O.A.T. Then there’s Jimmie Johnson who has 84 wins as oppose to Earnhardt’s 76, and they both have the same amount of cups so Johnson’s in 2nd and then Earnhardt’s in 3rd
Earnhardt sr is atleast third maybe higher it’s about money in jimmies area and petty they all sabotage eachother
Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch are still racing/winning so that Top 10 list is most likely gonna change very soon.
If Ernie Irvan didn't get hurt in 1994 he would be on this list. He surely would have won a championship with Robert Yates in 94-97. Probably would have raced into the 2000s without the injuries.
Let's not forget what Burton did in the 2002 All-Star Race....forced a rule change.
Dale jr. was in the top 10 in every other 3 races. I figured he would be in the top 10 or 15. But I don't know a whole lot about NASCAR. I just started getting into racing because of the all the good racing sims. Especially NASCAR 2003 for the pc. You get to drive all the cars from all the different eras with the mods. It's free too if anybody is looking to play a good racing game.
My top 5
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Richard Petty
3. Dale Sr.
4. David Pearson
5. Jeff Gordon
#1 Jeff Gordon hands down! He took nascar mainstream, won everything there is.
Dale Earnhardt was better
The Intimidator is the GOAT
ToddyBody23 sorry but i would take jeff gordon jimmie amd richard petty above him
KingTat 8 then you are crazy and stupid because Dale Earnhardt is the greatest all-time
@@connorme404 Dale is better than both Jimmie and jeff Gordon combined
@@rcracer8872 JImmie has more wins
He’s definitely a top 3, but not the GOAT. That’s Jimmie Johnson
1. Petty 2. Pearson 3. Earnhardt 4. Gordon 5. Johnson
THANKYOU
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Dale Sr.
3. Richard Petty
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Darrell Waltrip
Dale Earnhardt was better than jeff
Championships 7 to only 4
#4 is way too low for Jeff Gordon. Hes third all time in wins four championships and raced against tougher competition. Should at the very least be #3.
Seth Wilkins I say he's better than Jimmie. He don't need a chase to win championships. Jeff Gordon would have 7 championships if it weren't for the chase. It's been calculated
ThatoneElliottfan9 I completely agree!
Jeff Gordon is the greatest in my book.
Totally agreed I feel Gordon is always and will be better than Jimmie unless Jimmie has more wins by the end of his career, Jeff would have many more championships if it weren’t for the chase, they are also forgetting his dirt track wins and Championships and how he burst into the scene jeff is definitely a 3
What in Carnation? No not
Even close Dale Sr is the greatest all-time no-one else is even close
1. Richard Petty
2. Dale Earnhardt
3. Jimmie Johnson
7 time champions should be top 3 Dale Earnhardt not being top 3 is ridiculous
As an Earnhardt fan sr and jr i agree with you
@Christopher Bateman i agree Dale Earnhardt is NASCAR's greatest driver ever
RC RACER 88 Johnson got better stats in a shorter time
@@crimzon1784 because the easier chase format and a cheater crew cheif made it easy too
@@crimzon1784 if you are too stupid to understand that dumbshit you know nothing about NASCAR
Regan smith is like #1,479
1. Dale sr.
2. Jeff gordon
3. Jimmie johnson
4. Kyle busch
5. Dale jr
My top 5
Kyle crybaby is trash
Why is Geoff bodine not on this list
1-Petty, 2-Pearson, 3-Earnhardt, 4-Gordon, 5-Johnson
1-Gordon, 2-Johnson, 3-Earnhardt, 4-Petty, 5-Pearson
The big three is definitely Petty, Earnhardt and Johnson
Dodge77 no Jimmie does not belong in the top 3 in my opinion
@@rcracer8872 He Has 83 Cup Wins 7 Championships And 2 Daytona 500 Wins UMMM BUDDY
@@BobbertYates wow you're dumb
@@BobbertYates yes that's why he is top 5 but not 3
Top 3 johnson,gordon,Earnhardt
How do u not have petty in your top three
@@bobby8164 or Pearson.
Personally, my top 5 would be 1. Pearson 2. Petty 3. Earnhardt Sr. 4. Johnson 5. Gordon.
Correct. Petty was a bum, putting up wilt chamberlin numbers when there was no competition. He won like twice in his last 10 years when there was real competition. Gordon earnhardt a toss up but jimmie def #1
Brad is just as wack off the track as he is behind the wheel
I thought KYLE BUSCH would be top 10 but top 15 isn’t that bad
Joe Barbero Kyle Busch is not even top 30 all time I can name 30 drivers in NASCAR history much better than cryle crybaby Busch
RC RACER 88 if that’s true than why is he no. 12 on the list
Joe Barbero this list is a complete joke.i mean look they have my favorite driver Dale Earnhardt ranked like 6th or something he is the greatest all-time in NASCAR history he should be number one
RC RACER 88 First of all Richard Petty is the number one of all time and I put Dale Earnhardt Sr. 2nd in the list
Joe Barbero I put Earnhardt 1 because petty only won 200 races because the era he raced In they did alot more races per year plus the car regulations were no where near as strict as they are now
I wish I could see how each voter ranked each driver
Hi
30 mins into the video:
Where tf did Brad come from 😂
Kyle Busch should be #1
Vincent Miller dumbass of the Year award goes to you for that comment
Nope wrong for me it's actually
1 Kyle busch
( 2013 , 2014
2015 , 2018
2020 , 2022
2023 - '24 )
2 Matty D
( 2015 )
3 Dale jr
( 2013 , 2014 - '15 )
4 Joey Logano
5 Carl Edwards
( 2013 , 2014 - '15 )
6 Matt kenseth
( 2013 , 2014 and 2015
7 Jeff Gordon
( 2013 , 2014 - '15 )
8 Martin Truex jr
9 Jimmie Johnson
10 Tony Stewart
( 2013 , 2014-2015 )
11 Kevin Harvick
( 2013 , 2014
2015 , 2018
2020 , 2022 -2023 )
It seems Sr. should be the greatest of all time. 10 years in top and 1 and 2 overall is total domination.
plus carl edwards had 9 wins in 2008 alone i but i will admit before edwards retired he was my favorite
SAFETY IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY.
I WENT THOURGH BASIC TRAINING FOR THE US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD BUT THEY DID NOT LET ME JOIN.
1. Petty
2. Earnhardt
3. Johnson
4. Pearson
5. Gordon
6. Stewart
7. Bobby Allison
8. Kyle Busch
9. Wallace
10. Jarrett
Jimmie Johnson 🐐 Haters gunna hate
NOPE DALE IS
Jhonson is the best driver of all time because he won 5 championships in a row and THE TIME WHEN Jimmie raced when Richard raced there wasn't as many drivers that were competitive. But now there are 20-30 drivers that can are competitive drivers each week that can win.
Chase Venadickson no there's like 10 each week that can win...
ThatoneElliottfan9 10 wins are inpersive but in those 10 races there were only like 20 drivers and he had a newer model of a stock car
Chase Venadickson back in Petty's day, there was 50-60 on the grid at times
ThatoneElliottfan9 there weren't that many at the most there wereally 30
He didn’t do it like Earnhardt and Gordon back in the day so really it’s not impressive the last races are the ones that matter
Jack imgram didn't make it really? Oh come on this is BS
CLASS OF 2010 IN HIGHSCHOOL
Who's here after Logano's Championship?
It's hard to put all championship winners in because they have changed the points system so much.
I just don't trust hillbilly math. Especially when it isn't at least a somewhat consistent points system. Lol
1. Pearson
2. Petty
3. Gordon
4. Earnhardt
5. Johnson
Reasoning. Pearson has the highest win percentage of all. Petty has 200 wins. Gordon has more wins in the modern era, 1972 to present, when competition was higher, than anyone. Johnson and Earnhardt, 7 championship. I personally put more emphasis on wins than championships because of many many different formats, but they are still important. Hence Earnhardt being in the top 5 even though he is 8th on the wins list.
Jeff is not even close to Dale Sr
MOST PEOPLE WENT TO HEAVEN ALREADY.
Can someone explain to me how it's "more competitive" when Jimmie won his championships than when Earnhardt won his? People keep saying this without any evidence. I just randomly checked 2008 and there were 12 different winners for 36 races. Then, I randomly checked 1994 and there were 12 different winners in 31 races. That's just as many different winners in fewer races.
I don't think when they talk more competitive they mean right now it's more in NASCAR hey day. Like I would say mid 80s and 90s were some as the most competitive years. With guys like rusty, Mark Martin, earnhardt, Waltrip, Gordon, Tony Stewart. All being very successfully. I mean in 1994 Mark Martin had 7 wins and average finish of 8.6 yet still finished second to Dale earnhardt today before playoff he would have championship with season like that so I think when people talk less competition it's more 70s back
I think they mean that when it comes to the 70s and below I do think JJ era was slightly more competive then dales though.
Mainly do to how many championship drivers comparably
Dale Sr had to face Jeff Gordon bill elliot mark martin Tony Stewart Texas Terry bobby lobonte darrel waltrip bobby Allison for a few years and of course the wonder boy
While JJ faced jeff gorodn mark mark martin kevin harick Denny Hamlin kyle Busch Tony Stewart joey logano brad keslaski dale jr Carl Edwards kurt Busch matt kenseth Martin truex and more dale had more all time greats but JJ face more great drivers all on a regular basis
Jimmie win all 7 under a different points system, won all his races with one crew chief. Only had 1 road course win. Only had 5 super speedway wins. Was very good, don't get me wrong. Was probably 4th on the list. No way 1 or 2. Petty, Earnhardt, Gordon, Johnson, Pearson.
You can't rate drivers by championships. If u did, Alan Kulwicki would be better than Davey Allison and a lot of other drivers. Terry Labonte would be better than Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, and Bobby Allison. Jeff Gordon's got the better record in a more competitive era, so I'd pick Jeff Gordon over Dale Earnhardt.
7 championships >4
Jeff Gordon was never even half the driver Dale Earnhardt was
@@rcracer8872 Technically speaking, 4 is .5 more than half of 7, so Gordon would actually be at least half the driver that Dale was. Haha
1. Earnhardt
2. Davey Allison
3. David Pearson
4. Gordon
5. Alan Kulwicki
Really you have Davey and Alan in your top 5 that's interesting im not arguing i dont know much about them because they passed before I started watching NASCAR
@@rcracer8872 Alan won the Winston Cup on 1/3rd of the budjet not only as a driver but an engineer and owner. Davey won heading into his rookie season and every season till his death and won pretty much every major race. I am not focused on most wins or whatever but who had the most Raw Talent behind the wheel. If i had too choose #6 It'll be Tim Richmond. You should defiantly look into these guys their driving would blow you away.
Top 5, Richard Petty, David Pearson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip. Prove me wrong.
mjzukaslugger7 20 years ago I wouldn’t of argued that except for Cale taking Jeff’s place but times change my friend. I’m an old DW fan turned KB in 03. It’s hard for me when you get into the top 5. Richard Petty won all those races in a time when they would run multiple races in a week. I just think it should be split up into different eras and then go from there.
I also think there should be another category for drivers who were just naturally talented. Tim Richmond would be in that class for sure.
Gordon higher then dale had a better career simple as that
You are wrong fool.. Johnson is certainly ahead of waltrip, 7 championships Man. When Jimmie showed up , Gordon never won another Championship. he was an afterthought , all you heard was announcers making excuses for Gordon. Ask Jeff who the greatest driver of all time is.(sports illustrated interview-2017) He said Johnson- There you go ..Ace
Joseph Robbins johnson got shown everything by gordon
John Stuart he got shown what 2nd looked like
1. Johnson 2. Petty 3.Earnhardt 7 Championships Period 4.Pearson 5.Gordon
Joseph Robbins Dale Earnhardt is better than Jimmie