Jgr drivers have won 18 of the seasons 35 races so far. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the r. Nascar has a long history of fantastic finishes, powerful machines, and historic events. In the process, he opened up a more comfortable lead atop the sprint cup standings. Coca cola iracing series the longestrunning esports racing series enters its 11th season in 2020, featuring the worlds top 40 online racers squaring off in virtual replicates of nascar cup. Nascar writer for 2009, 20 nmpa writer of the year. Jimmie johnson won the drivers championship with a fifthplace finish at the final race of the season. This is the first road course of the nascar season and the most technical.
The 15 highestpaid race car drivers in the world right. With jimmie johnson could race in indycar in the near future i wonder why there were so less nascar stars driving in indycar. Deciding on the best drivers ever depends on what factors you take into consideration, but certainly number of wins have to come into play. The 2009 season is the only one in which he failed to make the field. Most of all, though, nascar history has been defined by the colorful men and women who live for the thrill of controlling a fast machine. Kenseth, the 2003 series champion, has seven top10 season.
Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing drivers. Yes, sports ratings as a whole are down, but nascars fall is alarming. Eight of the 12 chase drivers finished outside the top 10 in charlotte. Four toptier drivers to battle for 2018 championship. Click on the driver to see 2009 racelevel statistics for that driver. Reynolds tobacco company, it was referred to as the nascar winston cup series 19712003.
The top ten greatest nascar drivers 1 dale earnhardt, sr. All races were broadcast on abc or versus in highdefinition. The longestrunning esports racing series enters its 11th season in 2020, featuring the worlds top 40 online racers squaring off in virtual replicates of nascar cup series cars on the iracing. The 2009 nascar sprint cup series was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in. He has a combined 59 top10s in 116 superspeedway starts, with wins at talladega in july 1989 and. The national association for stock car auto racing nascar is an american auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stockcar racing. Nascars top 20 superspeedway drivers bleacher report.
Daytona 500 viewership from 2001 to 2009 ranged from 16 to 19 million. Top 10 highestpaid active nascar cup series drivers. Joe gibbs racing has the two best drivers in martin truex jr. The 2009 nascar nationwide series began on february 14 at daytona international speedway with the camping world 300. Well look at the roty candidates and some of the young, upand. The nascar cup series is the top racing series of the national association for stock car auto racing nascar. Surprising nascar picks from toprated model sportsline simulated the 2020 clash at daytona 10,000 times and locked in surprising picks. Roush needed to trim down to four teams from five after the 2009 season and the. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing.
The series is one of three national divisions of nascar, ranking as the third tier behind the secondtier nascar xfinity series and the top level nascar cup series. The top ten worst nascar drivers 1 danica patrick danica sue patrick is an american professional racing driver. Jeff gordon, american racecar driver who dominated the sport in the 1990s and early 2000s. Brandon jones nets toyota s 500th nascar victory read more read more. Nascar is one of the highest paying sports in the world. The car number went nearly 14 years without a topfive finish until. Lets have a look at the 10 drivers with most nascar cup wins. Nascar stars and indycar racing comments the autosport. The privatelyowned company was founded by bill france sr. Sunde 2009, motorcycle racing maloney and terkun 2002, and foot. Charles bradley lists the top ten nascar drivers of the last decade. Crew chief letarte was the subject of criticism by some, but his driver remained supportive and insists the team can contend for a title in 2009 as it stands. He owns series records for wins 22 and poles 22 and won the inaugural nascar pintys series championship in 2007.
The nascar playoffs is a championship playoff system used in the nascars three national series. He finished 210 points clear of carl edwards and 318 ahead of brad keselowski. He also won the brickyard 400 that season to crown his bestever year. Earnings for the top drivers were down 6% last year and are likely headed lower. There arent a ton of fulltime race car driving jobs out there, so those who do manage to secure one and rise to the top of. He is eighth on nascar s alltime win list 55 wins and his 697 consecutive. The top 10 nascar drivers, 20002009 autosport plus. The 43yearold, however, comes into this weekends toyotasave mart 350 favored to win at sonoma raceway with 72 odds. Nascar cup drivers are well into their season, which was postponed over the weekend because of concerns about the coronavirus. Gordon still felt it gave him a needed jolt of confidence heading into the 2009 season. Nascar driver william byron knows the iracing world better than most if not all of the drivers currently competing online while the covid19 pandemic has the reallife season on hold.
This year however, after an announcement made during the previous season, the top six teams from each competing. A closer look at the facts and figures for crash data from the 2009 nascar sprint cup season. Get the latest nascar news, rumors, video highlights, scores, schedules, standings, photos, images, player information and more from sporting news. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. At the end of the season, each top 500 driver receives a certificate of. The first driver to win multiple championships was herb thomas in 1951 and 1953. Ranking the top 10 nascar cup series drivers halfway through the 2019 season. After a dip in form in the midnoughties, he left gibbs to join richard pettys team and driver. Camping world was the title sponsor from 2009 to 2018. Made the chase for the third straight year and goes into the new season considered a championship contender. Last of 11 career victories came in the 2007 daytona 500.
The season concluded on november 21 at homesteadmiami speedway with the ford 300. The final ten races were known as 2009 chase for the sprint cup. These drivers rank as the seasons top four in average finish, laps led and topfive finishes. So, looking at cup series wins only, here are the top 25 winningest nascar drivers of all time, as of march 17, 2020 and according to data from. Nascar drivers would support a move back to nashville. The 2019 nascar season will be over sunday evening when either kyle busch. Racings top drivers raked in a record amount last year even though the sports revenues fell. Andrew ranger is one of the most successful drivers in the series. As tournament theory predicts, nascar drivers supply more effort in races with a. The 2015 xfinity series champion is back at roush fenway racing for the 2020 cup season and hes got the firesuits and cars to prove it. The top 10 nascar drivers, 20002009 nascar autosport plus. Cup series stars are often in the top 5 among the richest racing drivers. Ned and dale jarrett on fireball roberts crash, 1993 daytona 500 part 2 coffee with kyle duration. Throughout the season the top 500 feature division drivers are ranked nationally according to their nascar points.
The following is a list of female nascar drivers who have participated in a national or regional touring series race since the organizations inception in 1949, along with statistical totals for their nascar careers. The system was founded as the chase for the championship on january 21, 2004, and was used exclusively in the nascar cup series from 2004 to 2015. Last season would have been a great season for a lot of teams as gordon finished seventh in the points with four poles, topfives and 19 top10s. Nascar stars and indycar posted in racing comments. Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop gear, date of birth, rookie year nascar cup series drivers official site of nascar. Still, 2009 was a good season for harvick as he came up with seven topfives, 19 top10s and matched his careerbest points finish of fourth.
The nascar cup series drivers championship is awarded by the chairman of nascar to the most successful nascar cup series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The 01 season started brightly, with three wins in the first eight races, and. The season included 36 races and two exhibition races with the regular season beginning with the daytona 500 at daytona international speedway and ending with the ford 400 at homesteadmiami speedway. It represented the 98th recognized season of top level american open wheel racing. Can you list the 100 top nascar drivers of alltime. There were 195 crashes and spins during nascars 36race season 5. Click on the driver to see 2009 race level statistics for that driver. Nascar races into an uncertain future the new york times. The top drivers in formula one make more than the top nascar drivers. Top 40 nascar crashes of the 2016 season jake baskinger. The 17race season began on april 5, and its premier event, the 93rd indianapolis 500 was held may 24.
Three of the four have won a title, and the other just missed. The 2009 indycar series was the 14th season of the indycar series. The series began in 1949 as the strictly stock division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the grand national division. Matt kenseth, 38, is making his sixth appearance in the chase. Racing starts in the xfinity series this season, hell be hard to. The field for the feature will be 30 drivers nascar planning scenarios for return to racing nascar officials are scheduled to meet with state representatives in north carolina next week in an effort to reopen race shops and work towards restarting the racing. When 1989 sprint cup series champ retired in 2005, he had established himself one of the elite drivers of his era. The transition from the xfinity series or gander outdoors truck series to the top division of nascar is always a big adjustment for young drivers. Earnhardt to hendrick motorsports before the 2008 nascar season.
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