If there were a Mt. Rushmore for NASCAR drivers....

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Who would you put on it? Here are my four.
Richard Petty
David Pearson
Junior Johnson
Bobby Allison
I wish I could put six or seven on there, but, just room for four. This idea popped up after the excellent thread about famous drivers from different states.
 
Jeff G
Alan K
The King
Ernie Irvan
 
I'll do it this way;
First Team:
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Jimmie Johnson
David Pearson.

Second Team:
Jeff Gordon
Cale Yarborough
Bobby Allison
Darrell Waltrip

Third Team:
Ned Jarrett
Lee Petty
Herb Thomas
Kyle Busch

Fourth Team:
Mark Martin
Rusty Wallace
Bill Elliott
Tim Flock

Special Recognition: Junior Johnson.
 
Ford Racing said:
I love how not a single person has followed directions thus far. :D

Richard Petty
David Pearson
Cale Yarborough
Ned Jarrett
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Actually, Standonit and Aunty did. Big Bill ran Talladega one year during a drivers strike. The drivers Aunty listed raced in NASCAR sanctioned series. I should have been more specific. I was referring to Grand National/ Cup drivers.
 
mack said:
Actually, Standonit and Aunty did. Big Bill ran Talladega one year during a drivers strike. The drivers Aunty listed raced in NASCAR sanctioned series. I should have been more specific. I was referring to Grand National/ Cup drivers.
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I am gonna be honest, I missed the 1979 part, if I could edit my post I would.
 
mack said:
We have a lot of "speed readers" on here. Doesn't matter, I appreciate the input.
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Here , about this

King
Junior Johnson
Wendall Scott
Big Bill Sr.
 
Well maybe the school teacher will help me out and delete the instructions???
 
mack said:
Actually, Standonit and Aunty did. Big Bill ran Talladega one year during a drivers strike. The drivers Aunty listed raced in NASCAR sanctioned series. I should have been more specific. I was referring to Grand National/ Cup drivers.
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Wolfgang did? How does the 1979 cutoff work? They had to run a race by then, last race by then, or what?

I'm acting like I'm all serious about these rules as if I'm going to do it.
 
gnomesayin said:
Wolfgang did? How does the 1979 cutoff work? They had to run a race by then, last race by then, or what?
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Up until the end of the 1979 season. Maybe the school teacher will delete the instructions.
 
Started their NASCAR career by 1979 season?

Never mind, I'll do mine based on if they had watched their first race by 1979, and play the Smashing Pumpkins song in the background.
 
That was the first mistake..rules..there will be some serious hair splitting, do start n parks count? who wins and what is the prize?
 
mack said:
Who would you put on it? Just like Mt. Rushmore does not include any presidents after Teddy Roosevelt. I'm thinking a good cut off date is 1979. Don't have a particular reason for that year, it just seemed to work for me. Here are my four.
Richard Petty
David Pearson
Junior Johnson
Bobby Allison
I wish I could put six or seven on there, but, just room for four. This idea popped up after the excellent thread about famous drivers from different states.
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Wrong Johnson. The other three are as good as any of the alternatives. I might swap Bobby for Cale, but I'm good either way..
 
mack said:
Who would you put on it? Just like Mt. Rushmore does not include any presidents after Teddy Roosevelt. I'm thinking a good cut off date is 1979. Don't have a particular reason for that year, it just seemed to work for me. Here are my four.
Richard Petty
David Pearson
Junior Johnson
Bobby Allison
I wish I could put six or seven on there, but, just room for four. This idea popped up after the excellent thread about famous drivers from different states.
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^^^ This^^^
 
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Jeff Gordon

All 3 carried the sport being the face of it for long stretches of time. There's no one else I consider on their level to be the 4th. (Sorry Jimmie and DW.)
 
Larsonfan1995 said:
Yeah you're right, David Pearson was better than all 3.
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If we're making a Mount Rushmore for all of NASCAR history, I can't include a guy that was for most of his career a cherry picker. Sorry, it's principle more than anything.
 
From my generation (born in 93’ been watching since 99’)

Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Stewart
Kyle Busch


Honorable mention: Greg Biffle cuz I said so
 
Richard Petty
David Pearson
Dale Earnhardt
Jimmie Johnson
 
Privateer said:
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Jeff Gordon

All 3 carried the sport being the face of it for long stretches of time. There's no one else I consider on their level to be the 4th. (Sorry Jimmie and DW.)
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I tried thinking of 4 and came to your conclusion. Petty, Earnhardt and Gordon were the 3 most impactful drivers this sport has seen. Those 3 are known to people who have virtually no NASCAR knowledge because of their presence in the sports world as well as pop culture.

Tim Flock might get my 4th nod given how great he was during NASCAR's first generation.
 
mack said:
Actually, Standonit and Aunty did. Big Bill ran Talladega one year during a drivers strike. The drivers Aunty listed raced in NASCAR sanctioned series. I should have been more specific. I was referring to Grand National/ Cup drivers.
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Well put LeeRoy Yarborough on it then for giving Big Bill the imposter what he deserved (a punch in the face).
 
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