slorydn1
5th July 2011, 20:11
I have been working on this for a while, but have been rather reticent to post it, for a few reasons. One of the largest is because of the lack of cohesive records for the old Sportsman Series-you wont find Ralph Earnhardt on this list, for example-and how many more wins would drivers like Richard and Lee Petty, the elder Allisons, the Pearson's (etc) have? I really have no way of knowing for sure.
Another is the same complaint I get in my "Active" Cup driver list, the whining about how the Cup drivers shouldn't be driving in Nationwide and trucks, about how their wins there are somehow tainted and don't count because the competition isn't as stiff and the races are shorter. I actually view it in the exact opposite manner. I feel like the guys that continuously compete in multiple (and in Shrub and Harv's case, all 3 series) are facing conditions that are more like the way it was pre 1975 when what is now the Sprint Cup series raced 60 plus times a year and not all the top drivers went to every race, so some races would have a lower level of competition than the "big races" at Daytona and Charlotte. And not every race was a 400 or 500 miler (or lapper), either-there were many races in the 100-300 mile (or lap) range-some even on dirt, back then. So when Shrub busts off 20 plus wins over 70 plus races in a year-well that's alot like what Richard Petty was doing when he broke off 20 plus wins in a 70 plus race year back in his day. The best drivers and teams are going to lead the laps and win the races, that hasn't changed. I still maintain that a lap is a lap, a trip down pit road is a trip down pit road and a spin or wreck is a spin or wreck no matter which one of these national series a particular event is held in-the driver and team must still get it done. Kevin Harvick had by far the best car at Daytona in the Nationwide race this weekend but events came together to put him P18 at the checkered flag this weekend. Those things can and do happen, no matter what series it is.
In any event, for those who wish to view each series on it's own, well, those lists already exist, all over the internet (I used the sortable feature at Racing-Reference.info - Race Results and Driver Statistics for NASCAR and more! (http://www.racing-reference.info) to assist me with putting together this list.
Anyway, enough of that. As you can see this list is a little different than the other list-a win in the various iterations of the Sprint Cup Series is not mandatory to make this list. This list covers the Strictly Stock-Grand National-Winston-Nextel-Sprint Cup Series from 1949-2011, The Busch Grand National-Busch-Nationwide Series from 1982-2011, and the Super Truck-Craftsman-Camping World Truck Series from 1995-2011. The list is up to date through this past weekends races at Daytona in Nationwide and Sprint Cup, and through Texas in the trucks.
I have chosen to go with the top 50 drivers (there are actually 51, due to the 3 way tie for p49).
Unlike the other list I wont be re-posting it every week, just every once in a while.
The format is generally the same as the other list-but thanks to Petty and Pearson I have had to add an extra leading zero in the overall and cup column for the rest of the drivers, to wit:
020/005/10/05 means 20 overall wins/5 Cup wins/10 Natwide wins/5 truck wins. The reason for the leading zeros is for column straightening-sorry if it makes it harder to read.
Ties are dealt with by the following order of precedence:
1) Driver with the most Cup wins
2) Driver with the most Nationwide wins
3) Driver with the most Truck wins
4) Driver who had that "tying" win first (if known by me-if not sure then):
5) Alphabetical Order of Last Name
SO-Here is the list:
001 Richard Petty......200/200/00/00
002 David Pearson......106/105/01/00
t03 Darrell Waltrip....097/084/13/00
t03 Dale Earnhardt Sr..097/076/21/00
t03 Kyle Busch.........097/021/48/28
006 Mark Martin........096/040/49/07
007 Jeff Gordon........089/084/05/00
008 Bobby Allison......086/084/02/00
009 Cale Yarborough....083/083/00/00
010 Kevin Harvick......063/017/37/09
011 Carl Edwards.......057/019/32/06
t12 Rusty Wallace......055/055/00/00
t12 Jimmie Johnson.....055/054/01/00
014 Lee Petty..........054/054/00/00
t15 Greg Biffle........052/016/20/16
t15 Ron Hornaday Jr....052/000/04/48
017 Tony Stewart.......051/039/10/02
t18 Ned Jarrett........050/050/00/00
t18 Junior Johnson.....050/050/00/00
t20 Herb Thomas........048/048/00/00
t20 Jeff Burton........048/021/27/00
t22 Buck Baker.........046/046/00/00
t22 Matt Kenseth.......046/020/26/00
024 Bill Elliott.......045/044/01/00
025 Dale Jarrett.......043/032/11/00
026 Dale Earnhardt Jr..041/018/23/00
t27 Tim Flock..........039/039/00/00
t27 Harry Gant.........039/018/21/00
029 Bobby Issac........037/037/00/00
030 Todd Bodine........036/000/15/21
031 Terry Labonte......034/022/11/01
032 Fireball Roberts...033/033/00/00
033 Bobby Labonte......032/021/10/01
034 Jack Ingram........031/000/31/00
t35 Kurt Busch.........029/023/02/04
t35 Mike Skinner.......029/000/01/28
t35 Jack Sprague.......029/000/01/28
t38 Rex White..........028/028/00/00
t38 Denny Hamlin.......028/017/11/00
040 Fred Lorenzen......026/026/00/00
t41 Jim Paschal........025/025/00/00
t41 Joe Weatherly......025/025/00/00
t43 Ricky Rudd.........024/023/01/00
t43 Geoff Bodine.......024/018/06/00
t43 Tommy Houston......024/000/24/00
t46 Ryan Newman........022/014/07/01
t46 Sam Ard............022/000/22/00
t46 Tommy Ellis........022/000/22/00
t49 Benny Parsons......021/021/00/00
t49 Jack Smith.........021/021/00/00
t49 Kasey Kahne........021/011/07/03
What I am finding interesting about this list is that there are 16 of the 51 drivers listed that are currently competing in the Sprint Cup Series on a regular basis.
What I also find interesting is that even with all the clamoring of how much "easier" it is to win in the lower series only 8 drivers are on the list without a win in the cup series-multi time Nationwide Championship winners such as Jack Ingram, and Sam Ard, as well as Camping World Series Champions Ron Hornaday, Jack Sprague, Todd Bodine and Mike Skinner.
The fact that it took at least 21 wins total to crack the top 50 added to the wow factor (for myself, anyway); that pretty much kicks any "flash in the pan" drivers off the list-but it also kept some really great drivers like Donnie and Davey Allison, as well as Tim Richmond and Alan Kuilwicki off the list-drivers who either never really had that shot in the best equipment, or had their lives cut short due to tragedy or illness off the list as well.
Another is the same complaint I get in my "Active" Cup driver list, the whining about how the Cup drivers shouldn't be driving in Nationwide and trucks, about how their wins there are somehow tainted and don't count because the competition isn't as stiff and the races are shorter. I actually view it in the exact opposite manner. I feel like the guys that continuously compete in multiple (and in Shrub and Harv's case, all 3 series) are facing conditions that are more like the way it was pre 1975 when what is now the Sprint Cup series raced 60 plus times a year and not all the top drivers went to every race, so some races would have a lower level of competition than the "big races" at Daytona and Charlotte. And not every race was a 400 or 500 miler (or lapper), either-there were many races in the 100-300 mile (or lap) range-some even on dirt, back then. So when Shrub busts off 20 plus wins over 70 plus races in a year-well that's alot like what Richard Petty was doing when he broke off 20 plus wins in a 70 plus race year back in his day. The best drivers and teams are going to lead the laps and win the races, that hasn't changed. I still maintain that a lap is a lap, a trip down pit road is a trip down pit road and a spin or wreck is a spin or wreck no matter which one of these national series a particular event is held in-the driver and team must still get it done. Kevin Harvick had by far the best car at Daytona in the Nationwide race this weekend but events came together to put him P18 at the checkered flag this weekend. Those things can and do happen, no matter what series it is.
In any event, for those who wish to view each series on it's own, well, those lists already exist, all over the internet (I used the sortable feature at Racing-Reference.info - Race Results and Driver Statistics for NASCAR and more! (http://www.racing-reference.info) to assist me with putting together this list.
Anyway, enough of that. As you can see this list is a little different than the other list-a win in the various iterations of the Sprint Cup Series is not mandatory to make this list. This list covers the Strictly Stock-Grand National-Winston-Nextel-Sprint Cup Series from 1949-2011, The Busch Grand National-Busch-Nationwide Series from 1982-2011, and the Super Truck-Craftsman-Camping World Truck Series from 1995-2011. The list is up to date through this past weekends races at Daytona in Nationwide and Sprint Cup, and through Texas in the trucks.
I have chosen to go with the top 50 drivers (there are actually 51, due to the 3 way tie for p49).
Unlike the other list I wont be re-posting it every week, just every once in a while.
The format is generally the same as the other list-but thanks to Petty and Pearson I have had to add an extra leading zero in the overall and cup column for the rest of the drivers, to wit:
020/005/10/05 means 20 overall wins/5 Cup wins/10 Natwide wins/5 truck wins. The reason for the leading zeros is for column straightening-sorry if it makes it harder to read.
Ties are dealt with by the following order of precedence:
1) Driver with the most Cup wins
2) Driver with the most Nationwide wins
3) Driver with the most Truck wins
4) Driver who had that "tying" win first (if known by me-if not sure then):
5) Alphabetical Order of Last Name
SO-Here is the list:
001 Richard Petty......200/200/00/00
002 David Pearson......106/105/01/00
t03 Darrell Waltrip....097/084/13/00
t03 Dale Earnhardt Sr..097/076/21/00
t03 Kyle Busch.........097/021/48/28
006 Mark Martin........096/040/49/07
007 Jeff Gordon........089/084/05/00
008 Bobby Allison......086/084/02/00
009 Cale Yarborough....083/083/00/00
010 Kevin Harvick......063/017/37/09
011 Carl Edwards.......057/019/32/06
t12 Rusty Wallace......055/055/00/00
t12 Jimmie Johnson.....055/054/01/00
014 Lee Petty..........054/054/00/00
t15 Greg Biffle........052/016/20/16
t15 Ron Hornaday Jr....052/000/04/48
017 Tony Stewart.......051/039/10/02
t18 Ned Jarrett........050/050/00/00
t18 Junior Johnson.....050/050/00/00
t20 Herb Thomas........048/048/00/00
t20 Jeff Burton........048/021/27/00
t22 Buck Baker.........046/046/00/00
t22 Matt Kenseth.......046/020/26/00
024 Bill Elliott.......045/044/01/00
025 Dale Jarrett.......043/032/11/00
026 Dale Earnhardt Jr..041/018/23/00
t27 Tim Flock..........039/039/00/00
t27 Harry Gant.........039/018/21/00
029 Bobby Issac........037/037/00/00
030 Todd Bodine........036/000/15/21
031 Terry Labonte......034/022/11/01
032 Fireball Roberts...033/033/00/00
033 Bobby Labonte......032/021/10/01
034 Jack Ingram........031/000/31/00
t35 Kurt Busch.........029/023/02/04
t35 Mike Skinner.......029/000/01/28
t35 Jack Sprague.......029/000/01/28
t38 Rex White..........028/028/00/00
t38 Denny Hamlin.......028/017/11/00
040 Fred Lorenzen......026/026/00/00
t41 Jim Paschal........025/025/00/00
t41 Joe Weatherly......025/025/00/00
t43 Ricky Rudd.........024/023/01/00
t43 Geoff Bodine.......024/018/06/00
t43 Tommy Houston......024/000/24/00
t46 Ryan Newman........022/014/07/01
t46 Sam Ard............022/000/22/00
t46 Tommy Ellis........022/000/22/00
t49 Benny Parsons......021/021/00/00
t49 Jack Smith.........021/021/00/00
t49 Kasey Kahne........021/011/07/03
What I am finding interesting about this list is that there are 16 of the 51 drivers listed that are currently competing in the Sprint Cup Series on a regular basis.
What I also find interesting is that even with all the clamoring of how much "easier" it is to win in the lower series only 8 drivers are on the list without a win in the cup series-multi time Nationwide Championship winners such as Jack Ingram, and Sam Ard, as well as Camping World Series Champions Ron Hornaday, Jack Sprague, Todd Bodine and Mike Skinner.
The fact that it took at least 21 wins total to crack the top 50 added to the wow factor (for myself, anyway); that pretty much kicks any "flash in the pan" drivers off the list-but it also kept some really great drivers like Donnie and Davey Allison, as well as Tim Richmond and Alan Kuilwicki off the list-drivers who either never really had that shot in the best equipment, or had their lives cut short due to tragedy or illness off the list as well.