All Time Total of Cup Series Crashes

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The worst driver of the decade thread made me decide to share my crash stats project, which I plan on turning into a book at some point. As some may have seen in my posts about it before I have tracked the number of crashes by Cup drivers by digging through all 2000+ Cup series races on racing reference. I started this 2 years ago. The totals for drivers include all races including the Duels, Clash, All Star race, and back in the day there were other qualifying races and consolation races. The only limit is on available results. For example its not until the 90s that you have caution flag reasons listed for all races. In those cases I can only go by if it lists the dnf as crashed. Because of this the top of the list heavily favors modern drivers because for example the 1949 season only had data that totaled 11 crashes. I'm working on getting percentages based off starts but that is a slow math process as this list includes 1168 drivers. The key to having a lot seems to be either not that great with an inexplicably long career such as #1 driver Michael Waltrip. A driver like Richard Petty has it based off of longevity. Interestingly depending on how his 2020 season goes Kurt Busch could overtake Michael Waltrip.

Driver Career Total
Michael Waltrip 255
Kurt Busch 239
Bobby Labonte 198
Jimmie Johnson 188
Ryan Newman 182
Kasey Kahne 180
Kyle Petty 178
Kyle Busch 176
Jimmy Spencer 176
Jamie McMurray 175
Sterling Marlin 172
Ken Schrader 171
Ricky Rudd 169
Dale Earnhardt Jr 168
Joe Nemechek 168
Dale Jarrett 168
Richard Petty 166
Geoffrey Bodine 164
Mark Martin 164
Robby Gordon 161
Matt Kenseth 154
Jeff Gordon 151
Martin Truex Jr 149
Jeff Burton 149
David Ragan 148
Tony Stewart 147
Rusty Wallace 146
Clint Bowyer 142
John Andretti 141
Derrike Cope 139
Terry Labonte 138
Denny Hamlin 136
Elliott Sadler 136
Dave Blaney 133
Casey Mears 133
Brett Bodine 125
Dave Marcis 123
Greg Biffle 123
Kevin Harvick 121
Paul Menard 118
Joey Logano 116
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 116
Brian Vickers 115
Dale Earnhardt 114
Lake Speed 113
A.J Allmendinger 111
Ward Burton 109
Brad Keselowski 109
Bill Elliott 106
Dick Trickle 105
Greg Sacks 104
David Gilliland 103
Jeremy Mayfield 103
Carl Edwards 102
Darrell Waltrip 101
Ernie Irvan 101
Morgan Shepherd 98
Harry Gant 96
Todd Bodine 93
Hut Stricklin 92
Juan Pablo Montoya 91
Kyle Larson 89
Mike Skinner 87
Aric Almirola 86
Bobby Hillin Jr 85
Danica Patrick 85
Buddy Baker 85
Cale Yarborough 84
Sam Hornish Jr 83
Robert Pressley 82
Jeff Green 82
Rick Mast 82
Marcos Ambrose 81
Kenny Wallace 80
Reed Sorenson 79
Travis Kvapil 76
Trevor Bayne 75
Ricky Craven 73
David Stremme 73
Jerry Nadeau 73
Bobby Hamilton 70
J.J Yeley 68
Austin Dillon 67
Johnny Benson Jr 65
Regan Smith 65
Rick Wilson 64
Chad Little 64
Mike Wallace 63
David Reutimann 63
Neil Bonnett 62
Bobby Allison 60
Phil Parsons 60
Ted Musgrave 59
Jimmy Means 58
Steve Park 58
Benny Parsons 57
Alan Kulwicki 56
Michael McDowell 56
Scott Riggs 54
Dick Brooks 53
Wally Dallenbach Jr 53
Landon Cassill 52
Davey Allison 51
Alex Bowman 51
David Pearson 49
Mike Bliss 48
Joe Ruttman 43
Tim Richmond 43
Erik Jones 43
Chase Elliott 43
J.D McDuffie 42
Ryan Blaney 42
Tony Raines 39
Steve Grissom 37
Chris Buescher 37
Eddie Bierschwale 35
Matt DiBenedetto 34
Junior Johnson 33
Kevin Lepage 33
Scott Wimmer 33
Daniel Suarez 33
James Hylton 32
Kenny Irwin Jr 32
Brendan Gaughan 32
Cole Whitt 32
Ty Dillon 32
Brian Scott 32
Michael Annett 32
Lennie Pond 29
G.C Spencer 28
Chuck Bown 28
Bobby Isaac 27
Buddy Arrington 27
Jimmy Hensley 27
Ron Bouchard 27
Buckshot Jones 27
Johnny Sauter 27
Ken Ragan 26
Scott Speed 26
Justin Allgaier 26
Darrell Wallace Jr 26
Wendell Scott 25
Jeff Purvis 25
Loy Allen Jr 25
William Byron 25
Jim Sauter 24
Donnie Allison 23
Rich Bickle 23
Josh Wise 23
Jeffery Earnhardt 23
Hermie Sadler 22
Corey LaJoie 22
Elmo Langley 21
Tiny Lund 21
Darel Dieringer 21
Richard Childress 21
Gary Bradberry 21
Jason Leffler 21
Jack Smith 20
LeeRoy Yarbrough 20
Earl Brooks 20
Tighe Scott 20
Ronnie Thomas 20
Larry Pearson 20
Rob Moroso 20
Scott Pruett 20
Curtis Turner 19
Fireball Roberts 19
Bobby Johns 19
Neil Castles 19
H.B Bailey 19
Bobby Wawak 19
Tommy Gale 19
Jody Ridley 19
Trevor Boys 19
Randy LaJoie 19
Jack Sprague 19
Boris Said 19
Ryan Preece 19
Herb Thomas 18
Henley Gray 18
Tommy Ellis 18
Jim Paschal 17
Joe Weatherly 17
Roy Tyner 17
Marvin Panch 17
Cecil Gordon 17
Joe Millikan 17
Stacy Compton 17
Patrick Carpentier 17
Buck Baker 16
Fred Lorenzen 16
Tom Pistone 16
Frank Warren 16
D.K Ulrich 16
Jimmy Horton 16
David Green 16
Casey Atwood 16
Lee Petty 15
Bill Champion 15
Ned Jarrett 15
Coo Coo Marlin 15
Jeb Burton 15
Daniel Hemric 15
Johnny Allen 14
Rex White 14
A.J Foyt 14
Pete Hamilton 14
Rick Newsom 14
Connie Saylor 14
Phil Barkdoll 14
Stanton Barrett 14
Joey Gase 14
J.T Putney 13
Dick Hutcherson 13
Walter Ballard 13
Grant Adcox 13
Elton Sawyer 13
Bobby Hamilton Jr 13
Jabe Thomas 12
Charlie Glotzbach 12
Dick May 12
Joe Frasson 12
Gary Balough 12
Bill Elswick 12
Mike Alexander 12
Mickey Gibbs 12
Stanley Smith 12
Gray Gaulding 12
Cotton Owens 11
Jim Reed 11
Paul Goldsmith 11
Tommy Irwin 11
Jimmy Pardue 11
Johnny Rutherford 11
Bruce Hill 11
Slick Johnson 11
Carl Long 11
Andy Houston 11
Andy Lally 11
Brett Moffitt 11
Fonty Flock 10
Speedy Thompson 10
Bub Strickler 10
Jim Vandiver 10
Richie Panch 10
Brad Teague 10
Chet Fillip 10
Ken Bouchard 10
Billy Standridge 10
Ron Hornaday Jr 10
Larry Foyt 10
Max Papis 10
Ryan Truex 10
Banjo Matthews 9
Larry Frank 9
Paul Lewis 9
Bunkie Blackburn 9
Larry Thomas 9
Doug Cooper 9
Wayne Smith 9
Bill Seifert 9
Don Tarr 9
Ed Negre 9
Ron Keselowski 9
Roger Hamby 9
Mike Potter 9
Delma Cowart 9
Christian Fittipaldi 9
Matt Tifft 9
Jimmie Lewallen 8
Roy Mayne 8
Bud Moore 8
Jim Hurtubise 8
Raymond Williams 8
Dean Dalton 8
Baxter Price 8
Marty Robbins 8
Stan Barrett 8
Clark Dwyer 8
Rodney Combs 8
Butch Miller 8
Ross Chastain 8
Roscoe Thompson 7
Billy Myers 7
Hershel McGriff 7
Tim Flock 7
Ralph Ligouri 7
Bob Welborn 7
Doug Yates 7
Ralph Moody 7
Nelson Stacy 7
John Sears 7
Clyde Lynn 7
Earl Balmer 7
Dick Johnson (US) 7
David Sisco 7
Larry Smith 7
Travis Tiller 7
Skip Manning 7
Blackie Wangerin 7
Steve Moore 7
Jerry Bowman 7
Doug Heveron 7
Pancho Carter 7
Kirk Bryant 7
Dave Mader III 7
Dick Johnson (Aus) 7
Robert Richardson Jr 7
Kevin Conway 7
Alex Kennedy 7
Parker Kligerman 7
John Anderson 6
Fred Harb 6
Ralph Earnhardt 6
Bob Cooper 6
Larry Manning 6
E.J Trivette 6
Mario Andretti 6
Mike Chase 6
Andy Hillenburg 6
P.J Jones 6
Ed Berrier 6
Jeff Fuller 6
Dario Franchetti 6
Bill Blair 5
Joe Eubanks 5
Elton Hildreth 5
Danny Letner 5
Blackie Pitt 5
Parnelli Jones 5
Eddie Gray 5
Ken Rush 5
Jimmy Massey 5
Wilbur Rickstraw 5
Don Hume 5
Sam McQuagg 5
Gordon Johncock 5
George Davis 5
Richard Brickhouse 5
Ed Hessert 5
Charlie Roberts 5
Ramo Stott 5
Vic Parsons 5
Joe Mihalic 5
Roland Wlodyka 5
Bill Schmitt 5
David Simko 5
Mark Stahl 5
Jim Bown 5
Steve Christman 5
Jack Pennington 5
Jerry O'Neil 5
Dan Pardus 5
Kerry Earnhardt 5
Stuart Kirby 5
Shawna Robinson 5
D.J Kennington 5
B.J McLeod 5
George Seeger 4
Ray Duhigg 4
Lloyd Dane 4
Dick Rathman 4
Dick Beaty 4
Gordon Smith 4
Johnny Beauchamp 4
Tom Cox 4
Reb Wickersham 4
Sonny Hutchins 4
Gene Black 4
Junior Spencer 4
Don Biederman 4
Gary Bettenhausen 4
Friday Hassler 4
Hoss Ellington 4
Ray Hendrick 4
Richard D. Brown 4
Bob Burcham 4
George Follmer 4
Earl Ross 4
Ferrel Harris 4
Terry Bivins 4
Al Holbert 4
Joe Booher 4
Jocko Maggiacomo 4
Billie Harvey 4
Don Whittington 4
Dean Combs 4
Elliott Forbes-Robinson 4
Bobby Gerhart 4
Sammy Swindell 4
Ben Hess 4
Kerry Teague 4
Dorsey Schroeder 4
Steve Kinser 4
Kirk Shelmerdine 4
Davy Jones 4
Lance Hooper 4
Ron Fellows 4
Brent Sherman 4
Chad Chaffin 4
Chad McCumbee 4
David Starr 4
Timmy Hill 4
Felix Wilkes 3
Red Byron 3
Tommy Thompson 3
Bob Flock 3
Leonard Tippett 3
Bub King 3
Chuck Meekins 3
Danny Weinberg 3
Gene Comstock 3
Jimmy Thompson 3
Gober Sosebee 3
Bill Widenhouse 3
Dink Widenhouse 3
Glen Wood 3
Bill Amick 3
Arden Mounts 3
Gwyn Staley 3
Axel Anderson 3
Eddie Pagan 3
Red Farmer 3
Emanuel Zervakis 3
Brownie King 3
Howard Phillippi 3
Jim Cook 3
Max Berrier 3
Doug Cox 3
Arley Scranton 3
Gene White 3
John Rostek 3
Herb Tillman 3
Joe Lee Johnson 3
Marshall Sargent 3
Stick Elliott 3
Billy Wade 3
Maurice Petty 3
Lee Reitzel 3
Ken Spikes 3
Jimmy Helms 3
Jimmy Lee Capps 3
Doug Moore 3
Larry Hess 3
Buren Skeen 3
Gene Hobby 3
Paul Dean Holt 3
George Poulos 3
Jack Harden 3
Bobby Mausgrover 3
Walson Gardner 3
Jerry Grant 3
Ben Arnold 3
Buddy Young 3
Bill Dennis 3
Jimmy Crawford 3
Bobby Brack 3
Marv Acton 3
L.D Ottinger 3
Tony Bettenhausen Jr 3
Bruce Jacobi 3
Ralph Jones 3
Nestor Peles 3
Bobby Fisher 3
Nelson Oswald 3
David Sosebee 3
Kevin Housby 3
John Rezek 3
Don Sprouse 3
Joe Fields 3
Dave Dion 3
Rick Baldwin 3
Lowell Cowell 3
John Krebs 3
Darryl Sage 3
Rick McCray 3
Jerry Cranmer 3
Willy T. Ribbs 3
Charlie Baker 3
Ed Pimm 3
Patty Moise 3
Curtis Markham 3
Ronnie Sanders 3
Gary Collins 3
Brad Noffsinger 3
Tommy Kendall 3
Mark Gibson 3
Troy Beebe 3
Jeff Davis 3
Hideo Fukuyama 3
Tom Hubert 3
Shane Hmiel 3
Cody Ware 3
Pepper Cunningham 2
Slick Smith 2
Louise Smith 2
June Cleveland 2
Leon Sales 2
Marshall Teague 2
Andy Pierce 2
Bill Holland 2
Tommy Melvin 2
Bob Greer 2
Bud Riley 2
Jesse James Taylor 2
John McGinley 2
Bill Miller 2
Jack Goodwin 2
Gene Darragh 2
Mike Magill 2
Buddy Shuman 2
Herschel Buchanan 2
Johnny Patterson 2
Buddy Krebs 2
Pop McGinnis 2
Johnny Zeke 2
Clyde Minter 2
Donald Thomas 2
Bob Pronger 2
Virgil Stockton 2
John Soares 2
Harvey Eakin 2
Bill Morgan 2
Dominic Persicketti 2
Leslie Young 2
Bill Tanner 2
Erick Erickson 2
Van Van Way 2
Bob Rose 2
Joel Million 2
John Dodd Jr 2
Billy Carden 2
Bill Morton 2
Ted Cannady 2
Ed Brown 2
Allen Arden 2
Richard Brownlee 2
Dave Terrell 2
Gene Simpson 2
John Dodd Sr 2
Bob Duell 2
Ernie Young 2
Lucky Long 2
Bobby Myers 2
Larry Flynn 2
Harvey Henderson 2
George Green 2
Al Pombo 2
Bobby Waddell 2
Sherman Clark 2
Harold Hardesty 2
Shorty Rollins 2
Marvin Porter 2
Bunk Moore 2
Fritz Wilson 2
Bob Burdick 2
Ed Markstellar 2
T.C Hunt 2
Curtis Crider 2
Bill Whitley 2
Woodie Wilson 2
Dave Mader 2
Rock Harn 2
Clem Proctor 2
Carl Joiner Jr 2
Don Noel 2
Bobby Keck 2
Ed Livingston 2
Joel Davis 2
Jack Anderson 2
Bob Derrington 2
Billy DeCoster 2
Lyle Stelter 2
Jack Ingram 2
Jack Bowsher 2
Whitey Gerkin 2
Bill Ervin 2
Butch Hartman 2
Stan Meserve 2
John Kennedy 2
John Kenney 2
Johnny Halford 2
Earle Canavan 2
Ron Hutcherson 2
Clarence Lovell 2
David Ray Boggs 2
Johnny Barnes 2
Carl Adams 2
Dan Daughtry 2
Jackie Rogers 2
Jerry Sisco 2
Darrell Bryant 2
David Hobbs 2
Janet Guthrie 2
John Utsman 2
Wayne Watercutter 2
Glenn Jarrett 2
Claude Ballot-Lena 2
Clay Young 2
Ernie Cline 2
Phil Finney 2
Bob Senneker 2
John McFadden 2
Tom Sneva 2
Al Loquasto 2
Butch Lindley 2
Ronnie Hopkins 2
Harry Goularte 2
Buddie Boys 2
Terry Schoonover 2
Jimmy Ingalls 2
Randy Baker 2
Jim Hull 2
Jonathan Lee Edwards 2
Dave Pletcher 2
Allan Grice 2
Terry Byers 2
Bill Venturini 2
Sarel van der Merwe 2
Tracy Leslie 2
Butch Gilliland 2
Bob Schact 2
Ritchie Petty 2
T. W Taylor 2
Ed Ferree 2
Al Unser Jr 2
Tim Steele 2
Keiichi Tsuchiya 2
Jay Sauter 2
Jeff Krogh 2
Brian Simo 2
Frank Kimmel 2
Brandon Ash 2
Todd Kluever 2
Marc Goossens 2
Jacques Villeneuve 2
Jon Wood 2
Erik Darnell 2
Tomy Drissi 2
Victor Gonzalez Jr 2
Kyle Fowler 2
Dylan Lupton 2
Ryan Sieg 2
Ray Black Jr 2
Tanner Berryhill 2
John Hunter Nemechek 2
Garrett Smithley 2
Bayley Curry 2
Tyler Reddick 2
Buckshot Morris 1
Sara Christian 1
Bob Smith 1
Walter Minx 1
Chick DiNatalie 1
Lee Schmidt 1
Ray Erickson 1
Lyle Scott 1
Al Gross 1
Bob Wilson 1
Dick Burns 1
Ed Hamanard 1
Sterling Long 1
Johnny Mantz 1
Joe Merola 1
Ann Chester 1
Ken Warmington 1
Tex Keene 1
Tommy Coates 1
John Schelesy 1
Frank Keller 1
Bill Burton 1
Jimmy Ayers 1
Hank Lee 1
Ted Tedrow 1
Robert Caswell 1
Pete Page 1
Jack Wade 1
Bob Walters 1
Jim Byrd 1
Bill Amberg 1
Irv Leitch 1
Joe Skovron 1
Jim Delaney 1
Charles Gattilia 1
Frank Carlin 1
Don Black 1
John DuBoise 1
Bill Remaly 1
Frank Holzhauer 1
Dawson Lechilder 1
Johnny Thompson 1
Gayle Warren 1
Johnny Yountz 1
Lee Connell 1
Don Bailey 1
Owen Jones 1
Iggy Katona 1
Jack White 1
Tom Suligoy 1
Elmer Wilson 1
Frank Mundy 1
Victor Brunzell 1
Sam Thompson 1
Wally Campbell 1
Dick Linger 1
Ed Massey 1
Jim Romine 1
Ted Swaim 1
Tommy Wells 1
Mike Klapak 1
Don Eggert 1
Bill Rexford 1
Earl Ross 1
Bill Joslin 1
Jim Fiebelkorn 1
Shorty York 1
Bill Cheesbourg 1
Al King 1
Lloyd Dennis 1
Cliff Woodson 1
Carson Dyer 1
Jim Jernigan 1
Allan Clarke 1
George Bush 1
Paul Richardson 1
Jack Holloway 1
Bruce Atchley 1
Larry Mann 1
Nelson Applegate 1
Chuck Garrett 1
Stan Parnell 1
Weldon Adams 1
Jimmy Ingram 1
Paul Wensink 1
Zane Howell 1
Duke Heller 1
Eddie Lenz 1
Norman Lynch 1
Bob Shaw 1
Jack Reynolds 1
George Hufford 1
George Gallup 1
Paul Pettit 1
Frank Schneider 1
Perk Brown 1
Harold Mays 1
Joie Ray 1
Chuck Mahoney 1
Pancho Alvarez 1
Dick Eagan 1
Don Vershure 1
Lou Faver 1
C.H Dingler 1
Lacy Jackson 1
Keith Lucas 1
George Clark 1
Larry Schultz 1
Chet Williams 1
Virgil Livingood 1
Tommy Boger 1
Charles Weilder 1
Dub Livingston 1
Al Keller 1
Lou Figaro 1
Dick Ross 1
Billy Minter 1
Leland Sewell 1
Richard Jones 1
Charlie Cregar 1
Chris Miller 1
Al Neal 1
Kenneth Bridge 1
Jim Lacy 1
Ed DeWolff 1
George Rogge 1
Sam Smith 1
Frank Stutts 1
Ed Paskovich 1
Fred Starr 1
Wallie Branston 1
H.R Kahl 1
Gene Laughlin 1
Matt Gowan 1
Emory Lewis 1
Bud Harless 1
Ted Rambo 1
Bill Wieman 1
Stan Kross 1
Bill Harrison 1
Dick Garlington 1
Laird Bruner 1
Ken Pace 1
Glenn Blackman 1
Jim McLain 1
John Capps 1
Archie Nepstad 1
Jim Ord 1
Rex DeLewis 1
Mack Hanbury 1
Al Weber 1
Pee Wee Jones 1
Bob Gould 1
Bill Gross 1
Don Oldenberg 1
Carl Hammill 1
Don Duckworth 1
Jim Thompson 1
Dick Allwine 1
Clyde Palmer 1
Virgil Martin 1
Johnny Kieper 1
John Lansaw 1
Woody Arrington 1
Jack Zink 1
John Schipper 1
Jim Stapley 1
Bill Stammer 1
Bob Rupert 1
John Hamby 1
Al Tasnady 1
Jimmy Mairs 1
Jim Wilson 1
Russ Truelove 1
Buzz Auckland 1
Joe Bill O'Dell 1
Andy Wilson 1
Bob Carroll 1
Harold Beal 1
Don Carr 1
Cotton Priddy 1
Jim Graham 1
Bill Vesler 1
Royce Hagerty 1
Fred Frazier 1
Spook Crawford 1
Russ Graham 1
Roy Bentley 1
Bill Brown 1
Francis Dionne 1
Bill Parks 1
Pete Diviney 1
Brownie Pitt 1
Mel Larson 1
Everett Brashear 1
Hank Chapman 1
Chuck Hobbs 1
Herb Gibson 1
Johnny Mackison 1
Barry Knowlton 1
Lyle Matlock 1
Bill Bade 1
Roger Baldwin 1
Dick Klank 1
Chuck Hansen 1
Joe Caspolich 1
Earl Mosbach 1
Don Porter 1
Dick Getty 1
Jim Blomgren 1
Al White 1
George Parrish 1
Roger Clemmens 1
E.J Brewer 1
Billy Rafter 1
Gene Hege 1
Buck Brigance 1
Bill Boldt 1
Frank Thompson 1
Clarence DiZalia 1
Jim Parsley 1
Don Kimberling 1
Bill Hasley 1
Charley Griffith 1
J.C Hendrix 1
Whitey Norman 1
Dave Marburger 1
Harvey Hege 1
Mike Price 1
Harlan Richardson 1
Richard Riley 1
L.D Austin 1
Dick Blackwell 1
Bob Hogle 1
Jack Austin 1
Ervin Carpenter 1
Barney Shore 1
Hubert Johnson 1
Dave Hirschfield 1
Dick Freeman 1
Pappy Crane 1
Tommy Herbert 1
Dick Dixon 1
James Norton 1
Johnny Dollar 1
Carl Burris 1
Johnny Wolford 1
Chuck Tombs 1
Johnny Miller 1
Lennie Page 1
Don O'Dell 1
Bob Eichlor 1
Darrell Dake 1
Wes Morgan 1
Joe Kelly 1
Pete Boland 1
Jim Hendrickson 1
Ernie Gahan 1
Bob Ross 1
Herman Beam 1
Tom Dill 1
Reds Kagle 1
Elmo Henderson 1
George Alsobrook 1
Bill Clinton 1
Jerry Plotts 1
Art Brady 1
Jim Cushman 1
John Rogers 1
Nero Steptoe 1
Bill Smith 1
Sherman Utsman 1
Al Terrell 1
Frank Graham 1
Paul Clark 1
Dick Good 1
Johnny Clements 1
Johnny Sudderth 1
Sam Fogle 1
Bob James 1
Troy Ruttman 1
Bob Bondurant 1
Don Branson 1
Major Melton 1
Louis Weathersbee 1
Dan Gurney 1
Jim McElreath 1
Dave MacDonald 1
Harold Kite 1
Pee Wee Ellwanger 1
Bert Robbins 1
Samuel Smith 1
Jesse Samples 1
Joe Penland 1
Barry Brooks 1
Rod Eulenfeld 1
Bill McMahan 1
Harold Painter 1
Ned Setzer 1
Possum Jones 1
Pete Stewart 1
Herb Shannon 1
Jack Lawerence 1
Billy Stiles 1
Jack McCoy 1
Cliff Garner 1
Don Schisler 1
Tom Raley 1
Eddie Yarboro 1
Harold Stockton 1
Joe Edd Neubert 1
Paul Marino 1
Gary Sain 1
Armond Holley 1
Larry Miller 1
Jim Wright 1
Curly Mills 1
Don White 1
Dexter Gainey 1
James Sears 1
Ervin Pruitt 1
Roy Trantham 1
Frog Fagan 1
Leonard Brock 1
Johnny Steele 1
Jim Lineberger 1
Wayne Gillette 1
James Cox 1
Joe Leonard 1
Dub Simpson 1
Jack Etheridge 1
Don Tomberlin 1
Swede Savage 1
Bobby Unser 1
Andy Hampton 1
Cliff Tyler 1
Lee Roy Carrigg 1
Gary DuPuis 1
Ed Howland 1
Bill Pratt 1
Dave Alonzo 1
Talmadge Price 1
Steve Froines 1
Jerry Barnett 1
Paul Tyler 1
Jimmy Vaughn 1
Gordon Birkett 1
Randy Hutchison 1
John Lyons 1
Maynard Troyer 1
Ray Johnstone 1
Jackie Oliver 1
Mark Donohue 1
Bill Shirey 1
Verlin Eaker 1
Leon Fox 1
Hugh Pearson 1
Eddie Pettyjohn 1
Peter Gregg 1
Slick Gardner 1
Bill Ward 1
Ronnie Daniel 1
Bob Tullius 1
Bob Greeley 1
Jerry Hansen 1
Dick Bown 1
Ernie Shaw 1
Pee Wee Wentz 1
Don Puskarich 1
Harry Jefferson 1
Terry Link 1
Carl Van Horne 1
Randy Betha 1
Warren Tope 1
John Haver 1
Bill Hollar 1
Rusty Sanders 1
Glen McDuffie 1
Johnny Ray 1
Dave Decker 1
John Banks 1
Bill Polich 1
Sam Beler 1
Billy McGinnis 1
Randy Myers 1
Kenny Brightbill 1
Sam Sommers 1
Salt Walther 1
Jim Raptis 1
Robin Schildknecht 1
Dave Watson 1
Jerry Jolly 1
Bill Green 1
Norm Palmer 1
Gary Myers 1
Woody Fisher 1
Gary Johnson 1
Vince Giamformaggio 1
Steve Pfiefer 1
Jeff Halverson 1
Steve Gray 1
Sandy Santullo 1
Jimmy Finger 1
Robert Tartaglia 1
Steve Peles 1
Butch Mock 1
Junior Miller 1
Kenny Hemphill 1
Steve Spencer 1
Henry Jones 1
John Greenwood 1
Randy Ogden 1
Bill Osborne 1
Joey Arrington 1
Tommy Houston 1
Ricky Knotts 1
Buck Simmons 1
Gary Baker 1
Terry Herman 1
Jim Robinson 1
Bob Riley 1
Harry Dinwiddie 1
J.R Charbonneau 1
Robin McCall 1
Bob Jarvis 1
Jimmy Walker 1
Bob Slawinski 1
Laurent Rioux 1
Don Satterfield 1
Dick Skillen 1
Randy Becker 1
Bosco Lowe 1
Alan West 1
Scott Miller 1
Bob Penrod 1
Bob Fox 1
Phil Good 1
Jim Southard 1
Gene Coyle 1
Jerry Churchill 1
Jim Hurlbert 1
Natz Peters 1
Craig Spetman 1
Jeff McDuffie 1
Mike Laws 1
Johnny Coy Jr 1
Bryan Baker 1
Cliff Hucul 1
Tommie Crozier 1
Howard Rose 1
Al Unser 1
Terry Petris 1
Wayne Slark 1
Doug French 1
Charlie Rudolph 1
Ron Shephard 1
Patrick Latimer 1
Jesse Samples Jr 1
Roy Smith 1
Dana Patten 1
Ruben Garcia 1
RIck Jeffrey 1
John Lawes 1
John Linville 1
Ron Esau 1
Philip Duffie 1
Ricky Woodward 1
Mark Reed 1
Tommy Riggins 1
Jack Sellers 1
Ted Kennedy 1
Bill Sedgwick 1
Steve Perry 1
Kim Campbell 1
Irv Hoerr 1
R.K Smith 1
Bill Meacham 1
Stan Fox 1
Jeff McClure 1
Dirk Stephens 1
Jerry Hill 1
Johnny Chapman 1
Geoff Brabham 1
Doug George 1
Shane Hall 1
Steve Seligman 1
Ron Burns 1
Randy Nelson 1
Motohiro Nakaji 1
Dennis Setzer 1
Mike Dillon 1
Mike Ciochetti 1
Glen Morgan 1
Jason Keller 1
Austin Cameron 1
Jorge Goeters 1
Andy Belmont 1
Mike Garvey 1
Terry Cook 1
Mattias Ekstrom 1
Steve Wallace 1
Brian Keselowski 1
Stephen Leicht 1
Paulie Harraka 1
Kevin Swindell 1
Blake Koch 1
Matt Crafton 1
Ryan Ellis 1
Mark Thompson 1
Jesse Little 1
Chad Finchum 1
Harrison Rhodes 1
Austin Theriault 1
Blake Jones 1
Spencer Boyd 1
Kyle Weatherman 1
Quin Houff 1
Justin Haley 1
 
Wow, good job, that's amazing
Thanks, its been a long project I'm debating what to do next currently leaning towards Xfinity, nothing should be the level of Cup though either because fewer races or lack of records.
 
Chuck Meekins ... 3 wrecks.

Also 3 lead lap finishes during his 24 race, 5 year career as a professional racecar driver. Statistical throwaway?
 
Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott have impressively low numbers. Kevin Harvick's number is impressive too.

It's also a pretty good way to compare eras. Crashes seem to be more common nowadays than they did 20 years ago. Of course, there's a lot less respect on track in today's NASCAR, and a handful of drivers with a "win no matter what" mentality even if it means wrecking others, and then there's the manufactured drama - debris cautions, stage races, cautions flying for anything and everything late in a race which sets up more chaos, etc.
 
Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott have impressively low numbers. Kevin Harvick's number is impressive too.

It's also a pretty good way to compare eras. Crashes seem to be more common nowadays than they did 20 years ago. Of course, there's a lot less respect on track in today's NASCAR, and a handful of drivers with a "win no matter what" mentality even if it means wrecking others, and then there's the manufactured drama - debris cautions, stage races, cautions flying for anything and everything late in a race which sets up more chaos, etc.
Sr actually didn't crash out of a race from like 87 to 94 which is crazy since when you think of Dale it's the I just wa ted to rattle his cage. Bill Elliott had 1 season with more then 5 crashes and that was 6.
 
Chuck Meekins ... 3 wrecks.

Also 3 lead lap finishes during his 24 race, 5 year career as a professional racecar driver. Statistical throwaway?
In still doing career percentages like I said but I'm pretty sure I will find someone who wrecked twice in 1 career race.
 
In still doing career percentages like I said but I'm pretty sure I will find someone who wrecked twice in 1 career race.
I’m sure you will. I picked that guy off your list randomly. In his era, he could (and did) finish 4th several laps down to record a top five.

Obviously, he wasn’t as bad as Ricardo Stenhouse.
 
And people had the nerve to say Trevor Bayne was the worst driver of the decade. Look at all those with more wrecks than him.
 
Very interesting. David Pearson and Bobby Allison's rate of wins versus crashes is very impressive imo.

I wonder how badly Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip skewed their ratios by racing much longer than they should have.
 
I know it is a Cup thread but the amount of crashes that Stephen Wallace had in the Grand National series is still very disturbing.

I had to get psychological counseling after watching it all. I even studied Old Testament laws and considered getting into politics simply to reinstitute Stoning for the worst offenses, and Wallace was the first offender I had in mind.
 
You would think crashes had to increase as a result of the double file restarts.

Another interesting stat would be some sort of ratio of starts vs crashes

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I know it is a Cup thread but the amount of crashes that Stephen Wallace had in the Grand National series is still very disturbing.

I had to get psychological counseling after watching it all. I even studied Old Testament laws and considered getting into politics simply to reinstitute Stoning for the worst offenses, and Wallace was the first offender I had in mind.
Too late.

Steve was already stoned.
 
Very interesting. David Pearson and Bobby Allison's rate of wins versus crashes is very impressive imo.

I wonder how badly Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip skewed their ratios by racing much longer than they should have.
Petty definitely did he had a rough late 80s and 90s
 
You would think crashes had to increase as a result of the double file restarts.

Another interesting stat would be some sort of ratio of starts vs crashes

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Starts vs crashes is something I'm working on, it's just counting what I counted as starts and 1,168 math problems.
 
You would think crashes had to increase as a result of the double file restarts.

There are a lot of factors, that being one. Late race cautions. More and more slower cars, and more hacks out there. Lapped cars no longer racing with respect and taking leaders out. A LOT more aggression because of things like the playoffs and "win and you're in." A lot more drivers who are more aggressive (Kyle, Kurt, Kez, Logano, Harvick, Larson).

A bunch of today's drivers learned to race by watching Days of Thunder, playing videogames, and being told to Raise Hell and Praise Dale. A bunch of them believe that you do whatever it takes to win, even if it means deliberately crashing your opponents.

The one thing that will bring some of these stats down in the future is how slow these cars are now, thus easier to drive, which means fewer wrecks caused by ill-handling cars.
 
There are a lot of factors, that being one. Late race cautions. More and more slower cars, and more hacks out there. Lapped cars no longer racing with respect and taking leaders out. A LOT more aggression because of things like the playoffs and "win and you're in." A lot more drivers who are more aggressive (Kyle, Kurt, Kez, Logano, Harvick, Larson).

A bunch of today's drivers learned to race by watching Days of Thunder, playing videogames, and being told to Raise Hell and Praise Dale. A bunch of them believe that you do whatever it takes to win, even if it means deliberately crashing your opponents.

The one thing that will bring some of these stats down in the future is how slow these cars are now, thus easier to drive, which means fewer wrecks caused by ill-handling cars.
We have seen a dip since 2016 in totals, 2005 if I recall without pulling it up had the most. I'LL post season totals and drivers who lead each season tomorrow when I'm on my conputer.
 
We have seen a dip since 2016 in totals, 2005 if I recall without pulling it up had the most. I'LL post season totals and drivers who lead each season tomorrow when I'm on my conputer.
Is 2016 when NASCAR instituted the 5-minute repair clock? Sending questionable cars to the garage instead of letting them restart may be one reason for that dip.
 
Are these numbers if crashes or number of times someone crashed out? Some guys would spin a wrecked race car 2 or 3 times

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Sr actually didn't crash out of a race from like 87 to 94 which is crazy since when you think of Dale it's the I just wa ted to rattle his cage. Bill Elliott had 1 season with more then 5 crashes and that was 6.
But, how many wrecks did Sr. cause? :)
Pretty sure you have longest post of the year wrapped up.
Thanks for sharing, very interesting!
 
I just knew Justin Haley was the best NASCAR driver ever.
 
Are these numbers if crashes or number of times someone crashed out? Some guys would spin a wrecked race car 2 or 3 times

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Number of crashes so you have multiple in a race Ricky Stenhouse Jr holds the record with 6 that memorable night at Daytona
 
By chance, I came upon a familiar name.

When do you plan to alphabetize the list (by number of crashes)? :D
 
By chance, I came upon a familiar name.

When do you plan to alphabetize the list (by number of crashes)? :D
When that becomes in anyway important:p or I have a last car esque website for it
 
Here is each season, the number of crashes, the driver who led the series, and that drivers total.


Season #of crashes Champion champion total

2005 519 Kasey Kahne 19

2016 481 Brian Scott 21

2007 475 David Ragan 24

2003 466 Todd Bodine
Dale Jarrett
Casey Mears 15

2014 458 Danica Patrick 18

2011 452 Brian Vickers 23

2017 449 Danica Patrick 21

2009 447 David Stremme 24

2006 430 J.J Yeley 18

2004 430 Robby Gordon 18

2008 417 Sam Hornish Jr 20

2010 413 Marcos Ambrose 19

2015 410 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21

2002 389 Steve Park 16

2013 387 Kyle Busch 16

2018 386 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 18

2019 381 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21

1997 377 Derrike Cope
Mike Skinner 14

2001 370 Robert Pressley 17

1998 368 Jerry Nadeau 16

1995 358 Jimmy Spencer 19

1991 355 Richard Petty 19

1994 350 Jimmy Spencer 15

2000 347 Scott Pruett 19

2012 345 Kurt Busch 15

1990 326 Rob Moroso 17

1996 319 Robert Pressley 18

1989 309 Michael Waltrip 12

1999 304 John Andretti
Johnny Benson Jr 12

1988 296 Richard Petty
Michael Waltrip 12

1993 294 Jeff Gordon 11

1986 269 Kyle Petty
Joe Ruttman
Dale Earnhardt 10

1992 251 Davey Allison 12

1987 250 Geoffrey Bodine 14

1984 201 Tim Richmond 11

1980 187 Bill Elswick 10

1979 166 Dale Earnhardt 8

1983 157 Geoffrey Bodine 8

1965 156 Tom Pistone 7

1985 154 Ron Bouchard
Kyle Petty 8

1981 150 Tim Richmond 8

1982 142 Dale Earnhardt 8

1967 133 Jim Paschal 7

1968 115 Buddy Baker 7

1973 114 Richard Petty 6

1963 112 Rex White 6

1956 110 Ralph Moody 6

1961 107 Junior Johnson 5

1951 100 Herb Thomas 5

1969 98 Cale Yarborough 6

1970 96 Benny Parsons 7

1960 96 Roy Tyner
Joe Weatherly 4

1964 91 Larry Thomas
David Pearson 6

1974 90 Richie Panch 5

1957 89 Marvin Panch 5

1976 86 Dick Brooks 5

1978 83 Benny Parsons 5

1972 80 Walter Ballard
Joe Frasson
Buddy Baker
Cecil Gordon
Bobby Isaac 4

1962 79 Tommy Irwin
Fred Lorenzen
Nelson Stacy 4

1955 76 Gordon Smith 4

1975 75 Coo Coo Marlin
Dick Brooks
Cale Yarborough 4

1971 71 Walter Ballard
Benny Parsons
G.C Spencer
Charlie Glotzbach 3

1954 70 Elton Hildreth
Herb Thomas 3

1966 67 Bobby Isaac
Darel Dieringer
Buddy Baker
J.D McDuffie 4

1958 67 Junior Johnson 6

1952 60 Tim Flock 3

1977 56 Tighe Scott 4

1959 51 Richard Petty 3

1953 42 Curtis Turner
Herschel Buchanan
Bill Blair
Gene Comstock
Elton Hildreth 2

1950 29 Louise Smith
Tommy Thompson 2

1949 11 Lee Petty
Buckshot Morris
Felix Wilkes
Sara Christian
Red Byron
Bob Smith
Walter Minx
Chick DiNatalie
Pepper Cunningham
Lee Schmidt
Slick Smith 1
 
I know it is a Cup thread but the amount of crashes that Stephen Wallace had in the Grand National series is still very disturbing.

I had to get psychological counseling after watching it all. I even studied Old Testament laws and considered getting into politics simply to reinstitute Stoning for the worst offenses, and Wallace was the first offender I had in mind.

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Stephen Wallace in a race car, is as useless as tits on a boar hog. :booya:
 
I know it is a Cup thread but the amount of crashes that Stephen Wallace had in the Grand National series is still very disturbing.

I had to get psychological counseling after watching it all. I even studied Old Testament laws and considered getting into politics simply to reinstitute Stoning for the worst offenses, and Wallace was the first offender I had in mind.

I wonder if Dad Rusty got psychological help. Dad Rusty who was footing the bill for young Stephen's wreckathon and ironically was announcing many of Steven's (that was what Rusty called him thru clenched teeth) stupidity while watching the $$ signs fly out the window was on the one hand pitiful, but I also couldn't quit laughing. Glad it didn't last long Wallace was painful to watch.
 
Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott have impressively low numbers. Kevin Harvick's number is impressive too.
. Of course, there's a lot less respect on track in today's NASCAR, and a handful of drivers,(like Austin Dillon) with a "win no matter what" mentality even if it means wrecking others, and then there's the manufactured drama - debris cautions, stage races, cautions flying for anything and everything late in a race which sets up more chaos, etc.

:fixed:
 
Considering Elliott's and Sr's lack of wreck numbers, they were also racing more short tracks back in the day that should have more wrecks than the newer track schedules.
 
Greg's post is an all time great post.

Holy ****.

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What would improve this list would be to divide total wrecks of each driver by career total # of races to get a better idea of how often they wrecked. Wrecks per race if you will. Streme, for example, would jump far up the list.
 
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