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The White Flag writes: 'NASCAR: Worst Cup driver(s) (statistically) with a win' Posted by Cooper on April 12, 2011 Viewed 2676 times Last week, I was very entertained by the blog by Talon64, which led me to think on the opposite side of the coin. While their has been a lot of talented drivers to never taste the sweetness of victory there is also a lot of unusual drivers that have taken the checkered flag in their careers.
Winning a race in the Cup series is a great accomplishment but to say that every winner was a good race car driver is far from the truth. Since 1949 only 178 drivers have been to victory lane which is pretty shocking considering 2864 have taken the green flag at least once. Of those; 59 of them won once, 23 have won two, and 6 have won three. They will be included in the following statistical query. The following parameters will eliminate 60 drivers, leaving just 28 drivers up for nomination.
These parameters are: -Drivers who have won four or more races.Drivers who have raced less than 100 times or 15 races per season.Drivers with a win% of at least 1%. These leave the following drivers sorted by Win%: In addition their All-Time NASCAR stats are also shown: Wendell Scott.2%-1 Win, 20 Top 5?s, 147 Top 10?s, 15.1 Avg. Finish Brett Bodine.21%-1 Win, 16 Top 5?s, 61 Top 10?s, 23.5 Avg. Finish Lake Speed.25%-1 Win, 16 Top 5?s, 75 Top 10?s, 20.9 Avg. Finish Dick Brooks.28%-1 Win, 57 Top 5?s, 150 Top 10?s, 17.3 Avg. Finish Bobby Hillin Jr.3%-1 Win, 8 Top 5?s, 43 Top 10?s, 21.0 Avg. Finish James Hylton.33%-2 Wins, 140 Top 5?s, 301 Top 10?s, 13.5 Avg.
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Finish Johnny Benson Jr.36%-1 Win, 18 Top 5?s, 58 Top 10?s, 21.2 Avg. Finish Casey Mears.36%-1 Win, 12 Top 5?s, 46 Top 10?s, 22.4 Avg. Finish Elmo Langley.37%-2 Wins, 63 Top 5?s, 193 Top 10?s, 15.9 Avg. Finish Greg Sacks.38%-1 Win, 3 Top 5?s, 20 Top 10?s, 27.1 Avg. Finish Jimmy Spencer.42%-2 Wins, 28 Top 5?s, 80 Top 10?s, 22.5 Finish Lennie Pond.43%-1 Win, 39 Top 5?s, 88 Top 10?s, 17.9 Avg. Finish Phil Parsons.49%-1 Win, 10 Top 5?s, 40 Top 10?s, 20.2 Avg.
Finish Derrike Cope.49%-2 Wins, 6 Top 5?s, 32 Top 10?s, 26.3 Avg. Finish Martin Truex Jr.51%-1 Win, 14 Top 5?s, 45 Top 10?s, 19.7 Avg.
Finish John Andretti.51%-2 Wins, 13 Top 5?s, 37 Top 10?s, 25.2 Avg. Finish Jerry Nadeau.56%-1 Win, 9 Top 5?s, 19 Top 10?s, 26.3 Avg. Finish Johnny Allen.58%-1 Win, 19 Top 5?s, 61 Top 10?s, 16.1 Avg. Finish Joe Eubanks.63%-1 Win, 37 Top 5?s, 81 Top 10?s, 14.5 Avg. Finish Ron Bouchard.62%-1 Win, 19 Top 5?s, 60 Top 10?s, 17.2 Avg. Finish Elliott Sadler.70%-3 Wins, 19 Top 5?s, 69 Top 10?s, 22.8 Avg. Finish Jody Ridley.71%-1 Win, 7 Top 5?s, 56 Top 10?s, 16.6 Avg.
Finish Ricky Craven.72%-2 Wins, 17 Top 5?s, 41 Top 10?s, 24.5 Avg. Finish Robby Gordon.8%-3 Wins, 16 Top 5?s, 39 Top 10?s, 26.0 Avg. Finish Paul Lewis.88%-1 Win, 16 Top 5?s, 45 Top 10?s, 16.5 Avg. Finish Brian Vickers.88%-2 Wins, 18 Top 5?s, 52 Top 10?s, 20.7 Avg. Finish Jimmy Pardue.92%-2 Wins, 30 Top 5?s, 88 Top 10?s, 13.5 Avg. Finish Larry Frank.97%-1 Win, 10 Top 5?s, 32 Top 10?s, 18.1 Avg. Finish In my opinion, the worst driver to have won a race currently is Greg Sacks.
His only victory came as a surprise to everyone as he drove a developmental car to a race win at Daytona. In addition he only recorded 20 Top 10?s in 263 races. His average finish is the worst of the eligible drivers at 27.1. Who do you think is the worst driver to ever take a checkered flag in the Cup series?
I?d like to know. NASCAR Decade: 10 years ago, one of the greatest races occurred. 500 miles of green flag restrictor plate racing kept fans on the edge of their seat all day long. Bobby Hamilton took the win, as the rest of the field finished four and five wide. The top 27 drivers were separated by a mere second and a half. This was the first restrictor plate race since the death of Dale Earnhardt and also the first race with the dreaded yellow line rule.
26 drivers led at least one lap in a race that averaged 184 MPH and took just 2 hours and 43 minutes to complete. Video of the finish and the results are below. Opinions expressed in blogs are those of the individual bloggers and do not necessarily represent the views of racing-reference.info.
The Cup Series begins its Round of 8 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). The round consists of Martinsville, Texas Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway in Phoenix. Here’s a breakdown of the eight drivers who will contend for slots in the championship round in Miami.
Points: 4,055 Wins: Seven (Texas I, Bristol I, Richmond I, Coke 600, Chicago, Pocono II, Richmond II) Career Playoff wins: Six Best Round of 8 track: Martinsville. He’s won two of the last six races there and not finished outside the top five in that stretch. Worst Round of 8 track: Phoenix. He has one win there (in his second start) and a low of eight top fives. But he hasn’t finished worse than seventh in the last six races. Playoff high: Only Big 3 member to win so far in the playoffs.
Playoff low: DNF in Charlotte Roval race for crash. Points: 4,054 Wins: Seven (Atlanta, Las Vegas I, Phoenix I, Dover I, Kansas I, New Hampshire, Michigan II) Carer Playoff wins: 12 Best Round of 8 track: Phoenix. Harvick is the all-time leader in wins at the track with nine. Hasn’t finished lower than sixth in the last 10 starts. Worst Round of 8 track: Martinsville. One win in 29 starts. Hasn’t finished higher than fifth since the fall 2011 race.
Playoff high: Finished second at Richmond. Only top three since Michigan win. Playoff low: Leading 452 laps through six races (including 286 at Dover) without a win. Points: 4,038 Wins: Four (Auto Club Speedway, Pocono I, Sonoma, Kentucky) Career Playoff wins: Six Best Round of 8 track: Texas. No wins, but has just one finish outside top 10 in last seven starts (crash in April) Worst Round of 8 track: Martinsville. Four top fives – including in the last two starts – but an average finish of 19th in 25 starts.
Playoff high: Led 259 laps in first two races and finished third. Playoff low: Led going into final two turns at the Charlotte Roval before being turned. He finished 14th. Points: 4,018 Wins: Three (Watkins Glen, Dover II and Kansas II) Career Playoff wins: Two Best Round of 8 track: Phoenix. One finish outside top 10 in five starts.
Led 140 laps in the 2017 races. Worst Round of 8 track: Chase Elliott and crew chief Alan Gustafson have noted Texas is one of their worst tracks since the repave before the 2017 season. In three starts since, Elliott has placed ninth, eighth and 11th. Playoff high: Winning two of three races in Round of 12 Playoff low: DNF in playoff opener at Las Vegas (crash). Points: 4,015 Wins: Two (Martinsville I, Michigan I) Career Playoff wins: Five Best Round of 8 track: Martinsville. One win, six top five and a career-best 15 top 10s.
Worst Round of 8 track: Phoenix. Two top fives, seven top 10s in 26 starts. Playoff high: Finishing second at Talladega Playoff low: DNF for crash at Dover, where he led his only lap of the playoffs. Points: 4,015 Wins: One (Talladega) Career Playoff wins: Seven Best Round of 8 track: Texas. Six top 10s in last seven starts.
Worst Round of 8 track: Phoenix. Only one top 10 – a win – in last five starts. Playoff high: Won pole, Stage 1 and led 100 laps at Kansas, finished eighth.
Playoff low: Finished 14th at Richmond, one lap down. Only finish off lead lap in playoffs. Points: 4,015 Wins: One (Bristol II) Career Playoff wins: Three Best Round of 8 track: Phoenix. One win and an average finish of 13.6. Worst Round of 8 track: Martinsville. His two wins are two of his three top fives in 36 starts. Playoff high: Consecutive top fives on the Charlotte Roval and at Dover.
Playoff low: Led career-best 108 laps at Talladega before running out of gas on last lap. Finished 14th. Points: 4,006 Wins: One (Talladega II) Career Playoff wins: One Best Round of 8 track: Phoenix. One win and an average finish of 13.6. Worst Round of 8 track: Martinsville. His two wins are two of his three top fives in 36 starts. Playoff high: Earned second career Cup win at Talladega.
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Playoff low: Lost lead at Dover in pits with less than 10 laps to go and was involved in crash. In a Twitter video posted Friday afternoon, Samantha Busch, wife of, revealed she has suffered a miscarriage. The news comes. They were expecting a baby girl in August after a successful in-vitro fertilization procedure. That process resulted in t their intent to try have a baby girl through the process and In the video, Samantha Busch emotionally explains how she learned of the miscarriage. “So, today around 11 o’clock my stomach started hurting,” Busch recounted.
“I stood up and I was bleeding. Then we went to the doctor. I was passing a lot of clots and bleeding. They did an ultrasound and they said my cervix was still closed and she was in there but I was in the beginning of a miscarriage. “Yeah, we knew from the beginning that sharing this that there was always the possibility that this could happen. I guess with how Brexton was how our numbers looked I never thought it would happen. Obviously, it’s really hard to share.
It’s just heartbreaking.” In October, Samantha Busch “If we only showed the good times, and we only showed when it was a success and went well, that’s not fair to all the women that have (not had stories that have gone like that),” she said. “We don’t know what’s going to happen, and it is a little scary to know that things may come up down the road that may not be as easy as last time, but for all those couples out there that need to go through this or have gone through this and need to know that they’re not alone and need to understand that this can happen to anybody, I think it’s important to start from the beginning this time.’’ After the birth of Brexton, the couple founded the.
As NASCAR marked the end of the Cup season Thursday with the Cup Awards banquet in Las Vegas, it also marked the official end for Furniture Row Racing, which affectionately called “a special team, a special time.” Hours after crew chief Cole Pearn tweeted a photo of the team’s Denver, Colorado, shop on his last day there, Truex graced the banquet stage for the last time as driver of the team’s No. A year after being recognized as the series champion, Truex gave his speech as the second place finisher. Afterward, Truex reflected on the “end of an era” for the team, which he joined in 2014 and won 17 races with. “I’m really proud of the effort,” Truex told reporters.
“You never know if the next chapter will be as successful as the last one. Just thankful for all the people around me and for (owner) Barney (Visser) and what he gave us, what he allowed us all to do.
It was a special time. Hopefully, we can continue that success.
But nothing’s guaranteed.” Truex sad that he was “sad” he placed second to in the standings, but said it was important to him to get the chance to acknowledged all that Visser did for Truex and the team one last time on the banquet stage. “I think it’s special, an important time to be able to get up there and say those things,” Truex said. “Just really pass on the word for the team and represent the team like that so all our fans can see it. I was glad he was here. He wasn’t here last year (due to recovering from surgery after a heart attack). I wish he was here last year, not this year to be honest.
You get two to three minutes to say a few things. I’ll never be able to tell him or express just how much he means to me, what he’s done and what the last five years mean to me and the things he’s done for my career.
Sad times for all of us. “I know Cole’s in a tough spot. He’s getting ready to move and he’s sad because today’s his last day at the shop. The cars are lined up and getting ready to be shipped off. End of an era for sure, but we had a hell of good run. Came close to being a storybook ending.”. Still hard to believe and to take leaving here after 9 years 😪.
So many memories and relationships, going to be weird not driving down forest street everyday. — Cole Pearn (@colepearn) A week from now, Pearn will be working full-time as crew chief on Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota, which Truex will drive. Truex said he’s not concerned about the change in dynamics for him and Pearn as they transition to JGR after years spent out in Denver as part of a technical alliance with JGR. “Especially with Cole leading the charge,” Truex said.
“I know he can get the best out of everybody. That was really the key to our success.
Him figuring out how to get most out of everyone, put the right people in the right places. It’s going to be hard to duplicate the cast of characters we had, there’s no question. If anyone can do it, it’s him.” Truex said “there’s no reason for us to change” how they work and race in their new place of work. “I think the last couple of seasons we really played a lot of what they were doing and tried to stay on the same page as them,” Truex said of JGR. “As they were updating things and coming up with new ideas and new cars and all that stuff we kind of stay on the same page and take it our one little step further out there at Colorado. I think the mad scientist part of Cole is still there and he’ll still be a driving force in making those late changes. It’s going to be new territory.” and on Facebook.
Will seek to make her NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut in February with DGR-Crosley, the team announced Friday. The team co-owned by former Cup driver signed the 21-year-old Decker for its driver development program. She will run a select number of Truck races and a combination of K&N Pro Series and ARCA races. She has competed in ARCA the past two seasons. Decker finished seventh in the points in ARCA last year, scoring two top-five and nine top-10 finishes.
She became “I’m really excited to be making the step up to trucks, especially with DGR-Crosley,” Decker said in a statement from the team. “Making the transition to trucks is going to help me progress my career and build my skillset. I think it’s very important that I’ll have the same team around me whichever series I’m running and having David (Gilliland) there to help coach me and give me advice.” Said Gilliland: “I’m excited to be adding Natalie to our 2019 driver roster at DGR-Crosley. We have really competitive cars and a lot of talented drivers lined up for next year, so I’m excited to see what we can do together. Decker’s full schedule for 2019 will be released at a later date. ‘s performance this season at Stewart-Haas Racing provided validation to a driver who had not raced in the best Cup equipment before 2018. Almirola improved 24 spots from last year to finish a career-high fifth in the points, the biggest turnaround from one season to the next in Cup since the elimination format debuted in 2014.
P art of the reason for Almirola’s jump was because he missed seven races last year after being injured in a crash at Kansas Speedway and finishing 29th in points for Richard Petty Motorsports. Almirola also showed what he could do in his first year at Stewart-Haas Racing. “For me, there was always some amount of self-doubt, how much am I a contributor to the performance not being where I want it to be,” Almirola said this week in Las Vegas ahead of Thursday’s NASCAR Awards. “Sometimes you have to take that long, hard look in the mirror. I think for me with my future and career being uncertain, one thing I was really hopeful for was that I would get an opportunity in a really good car to be able to know, hey, is it me or not?
If I get that opportunity, can I make the most of it? Can I compete? “I was fortunate enough that things worked out for me that I was able to get that opportunity. Some people never get that opportunity. But I was able to get that opportunity with Stewart-Haas Racing. I’ve got the best equipment in the garage area, and I was able to go out and compete.
I ran up front and won a race and finished in the top five in points. It was a great year for me personally.” Almirola nearly won in his first race with SHR this season. And Dillon to the victory. Almirola pitted and then wrecked on the restart. “Now that we’ve got a year under our belt, and I feel like we achieved quite a bit, we can really focus in on our weaknesses and where we didn’t perform at our best and try to make that better.
We can circle back to some of the tracks we ran really well at and figure out what we need to do to capitalize on some of those races where we felt like we could have won and didn’t do it. It’s very reasonable to have higher expectations going into next year.” 2. Not going anywhere For those who wondered — and there were some whispers in Miami — will be back with Team Penske for the 2019 season. “I don’t know where that came from,” Keselowski said Wednesday in Las Vegas of questions at the end of the season that he might retire. “As far as I’m aware (all is good). I will be at Team Penske driving the No.
2 car this year to the best of my knowledge. I’m under contract to do so.” Recall that Keselowski was outspoken in June about the package that was used in the All-Star Race and Keselowski suggested in June that fewer talented drivers would come to NASCAR over time if the All-Star package became the primary one. Than was used in that race.
One change for Keselowski is that he’ll have a new spotter. Joey Meier announced Nov. 19 that he would not be spotting for Keselowski in 2019, saying he had Keselowski said that a new hire hasn’t been made yet. Offseason plans What does a racer do when the season ends? Race, of course. At least that is what will do.
He’ll compete in a midget at the Gateway Dirt Nationals today and Saturday at The Dome at America’s Center, the former home of the St. Louis Rams NFL team before they moved to Los Angeles.
Bowman also plans to run a midget at the Junior Knepper 55” USAC Midget event Dec. 15 in the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Illinois in preparation for the Chili Bowl in January in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also has entered a midget for C.J. Leary for the Chili Bowl, which will be Jan. Not every driver will race in the next few weeks.
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Says he’ll leave Saturday for Hawaii. It’s his first trip there. “It wasn’t my first choice, but the group I was with wanted to go,” he said Wednesday in Las Vegas. “I would like to go somewhere other than America to try to change up the culture, but I think that’s enough of a culture change in Hawaii to experience new things.” He also plans to do some snowboarding before being home in January when his sister gives birth to her child. Said he’ll do some ice fishing – “go sit out in the cold and look at a hole in the ice, it’s just relaxing for me.” He said he plans to spend time with family in Michigan enjoying the holidays. Said he’ll go to St.
Barts for a friend’s 50th birthday celebration. “Just going down there for some vacation time in the next few weeks and after that just spend some time at home relaxing.” said he expects to be in a deer stand for some time before Christmas. ‘Exciting’ move calls the pairing of the in February “exciting” but he says a key will be track preparation. When the K&N Pro Series West raced at the Vegas Dirt Track in September, the conditions were so dusty that it impacted the racing and viewing for fans.
“I think for them to both be able to showcase how cool the event is, the track needs to be right, the way it is prepped needs to be right,” Larson said this week. “That’s the only thing I”m nervous about, judging how the (K&N West) race went a few months ago. “I just hope that the track is good so fans can get the opportunity to see some good racing in a few different series.” 5. Together again Among those joining and crew chief Cole Pearn in moving to Joe Gibbs Racing will be car chief Blake Harris and an engineer, Truex said in Las Vegas. Having Pearn in the JGR shop should prove beneficial for all, said. “Adam (Stevens’) and Cole’s offices will be right next door to one another instead of being on a chat all the time,” Busch said of his crew chief and Pearn. Busch likened Truex and Pearn helping the organization as much as Carl Edwards and did.
Joe Gibbs Racing won 26 of 72 races in 2015-16 when both Edwards and Kenseth were there.