Martin never captured a premier series championship but he raced in the top series for over 30 years and won five races at the age of 50. The driver with the longest string of talladega top 10s is almirola, who. Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. What makes a driver one of the greatest in nascar history. Predicting every 2020 nascar cup series race winner nascar. Alex weaver, jonathan merryman and kim coon break down the drivers landing 2521 on the 2020 driver draft board with the backseat drivers. He was strong off and on throughout his racing career, finishing in the top 10 eight times.
Dale earnhardts only daytona 500 win in 1998 came in this style monte. Another 10 years of nascar history are in the books. Lets consider each year as a vote for mvp or, in this case, driver of the decade. In his last four years with rcr 2010, harvick topped his total. Logano will have another title to add to his resume. Preseason top 30 fantasy nascar driverbydriver breakdown. Overall, he finished in the top10 in the standings six times, including a careerbest second in 1950. Nascar hall of famer darrell waltrip photo by blaine ohigashigetty. In 118 starts from 2008, speed had one top five and four top 10 finishes. Nascar s 50 greatest drivers is an alphabetical list of nascar drivers.
It has been a decade of change in nascar but these drivers have been. In 1998, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, nascar gathered a panel to select the 50 greatest nascar drivers of all time. Top 10 nascar cup drivers of the 2010s includes a few. Mfr, points, behind, starts, wins, top 5s, top 10s, dnfs, laps led. The early 70s to early 80s seemed to have the older drivers doing well, the midlate 80s, the youngins start to take over some, then the 90searly 00s, those youngins get a little older, then the mid 00s, the average age plummets. Busch is the 2015 and 2019 cup champion and has made the championship 4 in each of the past five years. April 7 today in jayskis nascar history jayskis nascar. Obtaining 23 of 25 wins in just the last four years is remarkable and is a.
Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors. Strictly stock 1949 grand national series 19501970 winston cup series 19712003 nextel cup series 20042007 sprint cup series 20082016. Feb 07, 2020 here are the five top moments from the first 60 years of the cocacola 600. Aug 11, 2015 top 5 overtakes of the last 5 years formula 1. Nascar s 50 greatest drivers is an alphabetical list of nascar drivers in 1998, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, nascar gathered a panel to select the 50 greatest nascar drivers of all time. He earned 122 top10 finishes, 93 of them top fives. At age 34, he still has several prime years remaining. Wallace is set to become the first fulltime africanamerican driver to race in the nascar cup. Top 10 nascar cup drivers of the 2010s includes a few surprises. Over the past three years 108 races, johnson has posted a total of just nine top 5 finishesa mark that he used to hit by august in one seasonand he hasnt won since 2017. May 5 today in jayskis nascar history jayskis nascar. Stay tuned for the full list to be revealed over the week. At just 35 years old, the sky is the limit for the younger busch brothers future wins. Now, theres a new nascar driver on top in this decade.
An independent group of 51 individuals representing various. But 10 more years with those results behind the wheel, and mr. Born in 1940, gant enjoyed a stellar nascar career one marked by success into his 40s and 50s. A ranking of the top 10 nascar cup series drivers by chris wilbers of the. The list recognizes cup victories under the following auspices. Over his 31year career in the nascar cup series, yarborough raced in 560 races, and he won as many as 10 races in a season, which he pulled off twice. Over the last 10 years, labonte has scored 10 victories, while driving for joe gibbs racing. Drivers in bold have won a race in the 2020 season. For the daytona 500 2020, the model is high on ryan blaney, who is going off at 161 in the updated nascar odds for monday. We also have a statistics and history of nascar car numbers. The following is a list of drivers who are currently competing in a series sanctioned by the. Here we reveal our top 5 and name who we think is the.
Feb 14, 2020 if he comes up short, the racing vet can take solace in having accomplished a different first. Nov 15, 2018 the top 10 nascar drivercrew chief combos in cup history. Aug 17, 2018 nascar stars are retiring earlier than before. May 20, 2020 in 2005, the phenom from las vegas became nascars youngest cup series pole winner, at 19 years and 317 days. Hes also made the championship 4 in five of the six years of the elimination format. Nascars 50 greatest drivers is an alphabetical list of nascar drivers in 1998, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, nascar gathered a panel to select the 50 greatest nascar drivers of all time. Truex won at vegas last fall after starting 24th and has been the most dominant driver there over the past 10 races 418 points. Questioning a driver with 23 wins over the past four seasons seems absurd, but truex collected all of those with excrew chief cole pearn, who abruptly left. Our database contains nascar driver averages at nascar tracks and track types. Jun 21, 2018 while he barely makes the top10 list this week, he is perhaps the most consistent driver in recent years with four results of 11th through 16th in the last five races. Menard was consistently mediocre last season, ranking in the top 14, but posted just two top 5s and five top 10s. Earning one championship, 15 wins, 91 topfive, 192 top10 finishes, the driver coined the hammer has seen it all. List of alltime nascar cup series winners wikipedia. Driver, debut, starts, wins, top 5s, top 10s, poles, best points finish, previous team.
Feb 17, 2020 top 2020 daytona 500 predictions for monday. Over that same time period he has scored 101 top 10 finishes with 58 of them resulting in top fives. Ranking the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time fox sports. We have clearly aligned ourselves with one of the most competitive and energetic drivers in racing and we felt it was really important for us to continue the equity we have built over the past three years, said scott henderson, president of 5hour energy.
The average age for a retiring nascar driver has plummeted over the past 15 years from about 38 to 33. No other driver in the last seven seasons has made a splash in nascar with the flair of kyle busch. He is a good driver to remember in nascar s fantasy live for his good work on. After decades of titles being decided all over the map and autumn calendar, the annual nascar season finale at homesteadmiami. Fantasy nascar driver rankings for 2016 rotoexperts.
Number of season top 10 finishes, 20102019 autoweek driver of the decade points are awarded on a 149876 5 4321 basis, with 14 points award for each season championship. Driver, avg fin, races, wins, top 10, rating, laps led. That year, gant won five races overall, including three in a row, and finished fourth overall. Overall, he finished in the top10 in the standings six times, including a careerbest second in. It was inspired in part by the nbas decision to select the 50 greatest players in nba history on its 50th anniversary in 1996. Nascar betting picks for the real heroes 400 at darlington. Click on a driver or track and you should be able to find your way around. This led to the elimination of shorter races 50 to 150 miles from the schedule.
Monster energy nascar cup series 2017present rule changes in 1972 established a minimum distance of 250 miles 400 km for pointspaying cup series events reduced to 186. Meanwhile, keselowski won in darlington in 2018 and has four top10 finishes three coming inside the top. Looking at his average finishes, johnson has ended with 17. Questioning a driver with 23 wins over the past four seasons seems. We continue our look back at the 2010s with the top 10 drivers of the. Bubba wallace to be first africanamerican driver at. An elite panel from s editorial team has pieced together a list of the top 10 touring car drivers in the world right now. The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in nascar cup series competition. After racing formula one in 200607, speed made the transition to nascar.
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