1e B.Allison, Lorenzen,G.Bodine pick one as greatest driver

[Greg]

1e Bobby Allison, Fred Lorenzen, or Geoff Bodine pick one as greatest driver

It is round one of the greatest sprint cup driver ever tournament.


Remember you are only allowed one vote per poll, and this poll will close in 3 days.

Pick just one. Name /Wins/Championships/ Win percentage-Poll closes in 3 days

Allison, Bobby / 84 /1 /11.84

Lorenzen, Fred /26 /0 / 16.46

Bodine, Geoffrey /18 /0 /?

 

[klemmabyna]

just so fred lorenzen doesn't get overlooked...

never raced for the championship. most events entered in a season: 29 of 55 in 1963. but...

#5 all time in winning percentage at 16.5% (26 wins in 155 starts) behind only herb thomas, tim flock, david pearson, and richard petty.

in 1964 he won 8 of the 16 races he entered.

 

[FlFlash]

Also the first driver to Win more than $100,000 in a season!

 

[Greg]

Good points klemmabyna, FFlash.

I hated not being able to vote for little Joe Weatherly [sp] too.

Glad you are telling some of their stories, they should never be forgotten.

 

[MOEJOE]

Im lovin it

 

[Greg]

The photo: "the yellow banana"




A Junior Johnson-built Ford, driven by Fred Lorenzen in Atlanta's Dixie 400, it was built in the spirit of Smokey's 7/8ths car.

-A front end sloped downward
-A lowered roofline
-Narrowed side windows
-the windshield postioned for aerodynamics
-A kicked up tail


well at least that's what I have read about it... could be folklore, but I think it is true