17 November 2008, 7:22 pm
I haven't seen a page where he is ranked on the all-time greats list yet,but what is your opinion? Here is my calculations: 1.Richard Petty(7 championships,200 wins) 2.Dale Earnhardt(7 championships,76 wins) 3.Jeff Gordon(4 championships,81 wins) 4.Cale Yarborough(3 in a row,83 wins) 5.Jimmie Johnson(3 in a row,40 wins) 6.David Pearson(3 championships,105 wins) 7.Darrell Waltrip(3 championships,84 wins) 8.Lee Petty(3 championships,54 wins) 9.Buck Baker(2 in a row,46 wins) 10.Joe Weatherly(2 in a row,25 wins) 11.Ned Jarrett(2 championships,50 wins) 12.Herb Thomas(2 championships,48 wins) 13.Tim Flock(2 championships,40 wins) 14.Tony Stewart(2 championships,33 wins) 15.Joe Weatherly(2 championships,25 wins) 16.Terry Labonte(2 championships,22 wins) 17.Bobby Allison(1 championship,84 wins) 18.Rusty Wallace(1 championship,55 wins) 19.Bill Elliott(1 championship,44 wins) 20.Bobby Isaac(1 championship,37 wins) 21.Dale Jarrett(1 championship,32 wins) 22.Rex White(1 championship,28 wins) 23.Bobby Labonte(1 championship,21 wins) 24.Benny Parsons(1 championship,21 wins) 25.Kurt Busch(1 championship,18 wins) 26.Matt Kenseth(1 championship,16 wins) 27.Alan Kulwicki(1 championship,5 wins) 28.Red Byron(1 championship,2 wins) 29.Bill Rexford(1 championship,1 win) 30.Junior Johnson(50 wins) 31.Mark Martin(35 wins) 32.Fireball Roberts(33 wins) 33.Fred Lorenzen(26 wins) 34.Jim Paschal(25 wins) 35.Ricky Rudd(23 wins) 36.Jack Smith(21 wins) 37.Jeff Burton(21 wins) 38.Speedy Thompson(20 wins) 39.Davey Allison(19 wins) 40.Buddy Baker(19 wins) 41.Fonty Flock(19 wins) 42.Geoffrey Bodine(18 wins) 43.Neil Bonnett(18 wins) 44.Dale Earnhardt,Jr.(18 wins) 45.Harry Gant(18 wins) 46.Marvin Panch(17 wins) 47.Curtis Turner(17 wins) 48.Carl Edwards(16 wins) 49.Ernie Irvan(15 wins) 50.Greg Biffle(14 wins) Here are some notable active drivers' ranking: 53.Ryan Newman(13 wins) 56.Kyle Busch(12 wins) 57.Kevin Harvick(11 wins) 61.Kasey Kahne(9 wins) 64.Kyle Petty(8 wins) 82.Denny Hamlin(4 wins) 97.Elliott Sadler(3 wins) 101.Clint Bowyer(2 wins) 112.Jamie McMurray(2 wins) Here are some of my justifications: -Petty & Earnhardt are tied for championships,Petty has more wins. Cale Yarborough and Jimie Johnson are tied for 3 in a row championships(which are better than 3 championships),but Cale is in fron of him because of more wins.The rest of the rankings follow that suit. -If you see 2 drivers that have the same amount of wins and one is further down than the other,it is because of winning percentage. Have fun finding your drivers on mine and other people's rankings and compiling your own.You don't have to do the top 50 lol.... Read More »