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Q: Fans always want to know, given equal equipment who the best driver is. People say Tony Stewart. People say Jeff Gordon. A lot of people say Robby Gordon. What's your opinion on that?
Stewart: I don't know. I'd like to see it, though. The hard thing about it is it would be hard to prove it, because different guys have different driving styles. For example, myself and Bobby Labonte. We drive for the same team, but our driving styles are so different that our setups are different from each other because of that.
He likes his car to be tighter than I do, and obviously I like my car to be freer than his. So we've both had the opportunities to drive each other's cars, but I've noticed that our driving styles are different.
It'd be hard to figure out who's the best, but I think you've got to look at it, the way I've always looked at it, you've got to look at history books. You look at Robby Gordon. He's successful in open wheel cars and trucks, off roadsters, and then he's had success in the Cup Series.
Then you look at Jeff Gordon he's won Silver Crown championships, I think he won a midget championship also. He's won sprint car races with wings and without wings, then won in the Busch Series and won in the Cup Series. So I think guys that have proven to be able to drive different types of cars, those are the guys probably are the best.
So I'd say the three you mentioned, in my opinion, lead that category. I don't think there's anything you can take away from Jeff Gordon. He's always been a winner. Robby Gordon I've always felt like has more driving talent than most of the guys I've ever seen in the 20 years I've been racing.
But I don't think you can just stop with three guys. There's many, many guys you could take and put in different types of racecars and they could figure it out pretty quickly. It'd be hard to narrow it down to just one or two guys.
Just figured Id bold that part. :lol: The rest of the Q&A is on the frontpage at Nascar.com.
Stewart: I don't know. I'd like to see it, though. The hard thing about it is it would be hard to prove it, because different guys have different driving styles. For example, myself and Bobby Labonte. We drive for the same team, but our driving styles are so different that our setups are different from each other because of that.
He likes his car to be tighter than I do, and obviously I like my car to be freer than his. So we've both had the opportunities to drive each other's cars, but I've noticed that our driving styles are different.
It'd be hard to figure out who's the best, but I think you've got to look at it, the way I've always looked at it, you've got to look at history books. You look at Robby Gordon. He's successful in open wheel cars and trucks, off roadsters, and then he's had success in the Cup Series.
Then you look at Jeff Gordon he's won Silver Crown championships, I think he won a midget championship also. He's won sprint car races with wings and without wings, then won in the Busch Series and won in the Cup Series. So I think guys that have proven to be able to drive different types of cars, those are the guys probably are the best.
So I'd say the three you mentioned, in my opinion, lead that category. I don't think there's anything you can take away from Jeff Gordon. He's always been a winner. Robby Gordon I've always felt like has more driving talent than most of the guys I've ever seen in the 20 years I've been racing.
But I don't think you can just stop with three guys. There's many, many guys you could take and put in different types of racecars and they could figure it out pretty quickly. It'd be hard to narrow it down to just one or two guys.
Just figured Id bold that part. :lol: The rest of the Q&A is on the frontpage at Nascar.com.