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ESPN Ranks Top 25 Drivers of All-Time

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  1. 1_can_dream

    1_can_dream F1 Veteran

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    #76 1_can_dream, May 23, 2008
    Wow ESPN didn't put petty in the top five that's surprising.
     
  2. LightGuy

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    #77 LightGuy, May 23, 2008
    Just another "best of" list to drive discussion.

    Jackie Stewart was a king in his time. Top 10 for sure.

    As much as Garlits was my first motorsports hero, Drag racers do not count. Theirs is an engineering sport.
     
  3. ferraridude615

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    #78 ferraridude615, May 23, 2008
    5. Aryton Senna
    4. Michael Schumacher
    3. Dale Earnhardt Sr.
    2. Mario Andretti
    1. AJ Foyt
     
  4. ferraridude615

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    #79 ferraridude615, May 23, 2008
    Not having Schumacher or Senna #1 is a disgrace to all motorsports. The others are great, but not on the same level as MS or AS.
     
  5. Jagbuff

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    #80 Jagbuff, May 23, 2008
    WTF, who is AJ Foyt???
     
  6. ferraridude615

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    #81 ferraridude615, May 23, 2008
    Raced in Indy and NASCAR.

    Quoted from ESPN: "Accomplishments: Only driver to win the Indy 500, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Won the IROC championship in 1976 and '77. Foyt raced in 35 consecutive Indy 500s. He is the only driver to win the Indy 500 in both a front-engine and rear-engine car. Raced in Indy car until the age of 60. His final Cup race came in the inaugural Brickyard 400 at age 61."
     
  7. GuyIncognito

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    #82 GuyIncognito, May 23, 2008
    That is actually pretty close to my top five, just not in that order.
     
  8. racerx3317

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    #83 racerx3317, May 23, 2008
    All the other stupid choices aside, I don't know how you put Foyt ahead of Andretti.
     
  9. URY914

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    #84 URY914, May 23, 2008
    How many other race series did DE Sr win in?

    AJ and Mario could race and win in any car.
     
  10. racerx3317

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    #85 racerx3317, May 23, 2008
    True but how many did he enter? Other than IROC and running at the 24 st Daytona that year, he didn't enter too many too many other types of racing. It doesn't mean he wouldn't have been succesfull. The man was obviously gifted. I wouldn't have put him that high up either, however.
     
  11. Simon^2

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    #86 Simon^2, May 23, 2008
    Damn. I was sure Danica would make the top 10. SI Sucks. ;)
     
  12. ferraridude615

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    #87 ferraridude615, May 23, 2008
    I thought it was going to Hamilton and Danica at 1 and 2. Its ESPN btw, not SI.
     
  13. PaulVincent

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    #88 PaulVincent, May 23, 2008
    "John Surtees MBE (born February 11, 1934) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels." I found this on Wikipedia, and I believe it is correct. How could this list of "top 25" possibly not include Surtees?
     
  14. gsjohnson

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    #89 gsjohnson, May 23, 2008
    Well, if you're going to ask that, then I certainly I won't bring up Rick Mears.
     
  15. ferraridude615

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    #90 ferraridude615, May 23, 2008
    He's from England. I only counted 9 people from this list that aren't American and every single one of them is an F1 driver. Coincidence? I think not.

    If you were to ask a British "ESPN" for the same list, you'd experience the same bias.
     
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