@@RaptorRacing25 not if that puts him above Pearson. I didn’t watch so I don’t know where everyone is but Pearson is the best. Second best is Tim Flock. Next is Herb Thomas.
I'd argue that today's championships would have even more meaning with just how much more competitive they are and how much more the require from a team.
Well petty won his championships by winning and winning, so did Johnson, but he got through with points then wins at Texas. So petty will always be the king, but Jimmie can be the prince.
Kyle Busch is the second most won driver in NASCAR and he has 3 championships not 1. Because in all of his series he has 46 +50+91=186 and still has more years so he might pass Richard Petty. I'm not saying this because he's my favorite driver .
I love the Daytona races and all but I think people put too much weight on Daytona 500’s. I don’t think it should be like “oh well so and so won 2 Daytona” Especially now a days where it’s just a crapshoot
Hi Eric I love your videos You probably won't see this but if you do I want to say Keep it up and thank you for making videos for these lovely people to watch. -Bosty Bro Keep it up bud :)
>Matt > 21 >21 is new Paul Menard's ride >21 is also Eric Jones age, which is Matt's replacement >27 - 8 = 19 >19 Xfinity car is sponsored by Paul Menard >19 is next year >17 was last year, also Matt's old number >Tide sponsored the 10 in Matt's debut year, so 17 + 10= 27 = Paul Menard old ride (which is now charter for the 8, which was earlier driven in cup by the ROTY runner up in his debut ) My theory is: Matt was poised to drive the Wood Brothers car but Paul bought that ride and also bought a share on JGR so he influenced the teams' choice on NOT renewing his contract, but then he tried to convince RCR to put him on the 27 charter but because he also pulled his sponsor, it was denied by RCR, so he also lost a chance of being an Elliot Sadler 2.0 in the 19 xfinity ride with Menard's/Tide Pods sponsor. Also Tide Pods wasn't a meme until they pulled their sponsorship from Matt. Illuminati confirmed. 👀
I’m biased towards Jeff Gordon but in his defense, if nascar kept the same consistent points method that they had Jeff Gordon would be a 7 time champion. Especially in 2014.
JakeMaayan probably because is was a more well rounded of a driver. Out of the top 5 Jordon was by far the best on road course. That being said I think Earnhardt is the GOAT.... 1. Earnhardt 2.Petty 3. Gordon 4. Pearson 5. Johnson ( chase format, not his fault but complete season vs last 10 events) all amazing driver in the NASCAR ranks
@@kylebuschfan1826 Who cares about wins? Championships means consistency. If you have more than anyone, you are a better driver for a longer period than the rest.
You’re looking at the facts on paper not who’s a better driver. I wouldn’t have made it that way but I can see how Gordon landed over Earnhardt. I would have placed Johnson above Petty because Petty took advantage of the bloated schedule of early nascar and he went on a winless streak for over a decade when nascar went into the modern era. Jimmie Johnson actually has consistency, even in 2020 he has been a threat for the win.
Yeah kyle busch is one of nascar's modern day heroes. I know he's not richard petty but he has over 200 wins in the different series and in cup he he has 2 championships. He has done what you just said.
Even if Gordon. "would have" won 7 without the chase, that doesn't matter. What matters is that Jeff didn't win during any of those years. The fact is Jimmie Johnson adapted to the chase very well and Jeff didn't adapt nearly as well.
Mr Applesauce and if are Ernie Irving doesn't swerve in front of Davey Allison in 1992 Davey Allison would've won the championship but you know what? Ernie irvan swerved Davey Allison got caught up in the wreck and the championship came down between Alan kulwicki and Bill Elliott. So the whole Gordon would've won 7 championships is pretty relevant.
Mr Applesauce Dale Earnhardt would've had 9 titles if he didn't get in that wreck with Ricky Rudd in 1989 and if he finished better down the stretch in 2000. In 2000 Dale Earnhardt finish second to Bobby Labonte in the Championships. 1989 when Dale Earnhardt got in that wreck with Ricky Rudd he was leading the point system. See the would've should've game can be played all types of ways.
Jeff Gordon said on the broadcast after the show that his top 5 was 1. Petty 2. Pearson 3. Johnson 4. Dale Sr 5. Jeff Gordon He has said on several occasions that Jimmie is the greatest he ever raced against including dale sr
1. Jeff Gordon (he would have had 7 championships under Winston cup format, and still almost 100 wins) 2. Dale Earnhardt 3. Richard Petty 4. David Pearson 5. Jimmie Johnson
John Mack y'all need to stop with the whole Gordon would have seven titles of not for the chase. if Ernie Irvin doesn't swerve in front of Davey Allison in 1992 than Davey Allison would've won that championship. but Ernie irvin swerved Davey Allison got caught up in the wreck and the championship ended up coming down between Alan kulwicki and Bill Elliott. So stop with the whole Gordon would be a 7 time Champion if this didn't happened BS.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
Dood exactly I brought up the fact that if Dale Earnhardt in 1989 doesn't get in that wreck with Ricky Rudd when he was battling Rusty Wallace for the title he could have won the championship that year or in 2000 when Dale Earnhardt finished second in the championship to Bobby Labonte he had a couple of races down the stretch where he didn't perform well. if those two things work out for Dale Earnhardt he could have been 9 time champ but you know what they didn't and he was a 7 time champ. See would've should've game can work both ways.
My top 5: 5. David Pearson 4. Jeff Gordon 3. Dale Earnhardt 2. Jimmie Johnson 1. Richard Petty You could maybe swap Pearson with Gordon but I think he’s better since I’ve seen him race.
5. jimmie johnson * 4. Jeff Gordon 3. David Pearson 2. Dale Earnhardt 1. Richard Petty * numerous scandals and was caught cheating many times. Also JJ was nothing without his crew chief.
@@curtcollins6659 man..... no driver is anything without their crew chief? and the numerous scandals chad is a genius for pushing the grey... Thats what makes chad so great. Every single driver and crew chief has done multiple sketchy things while driving, many drivers have said that racing is won by the best cheater. You're a fool to put jimmie anything less than second. 7 championships over 3 points systems and 4 cars.... in the most competitive time in the history of NASCAR.
I always consider David Pearson the greatest driver of all time. I think if he has the same opportunities, and raced more races he'd probably be the one with 200 wins. Just his winning percentage is so unbelievably amazing.
Love the video but you're being slightly inconsistent with your views as well Eric. You say Gordon had a slump in his career but you're forgetting that Dale Earnhardt from 97-00 Earnhardt had 6 wins. Inlcuding a winless 97 and a one win 98. In Jeff Gordons final 4 years he had 8 wins and a title run (much like Earnhardt). Im just saying that Earnhardt didnt have an extremely consistent career. There were a couple dud seasons in his career too
But earnhardt won 7 Titles DUE TO CONSISTENCY. 97 was a horrible season because of his horrible wreck, 98 was just a meh season (despite his daytona 500) And his 1987 and 1990 Seasons were Insane
Top 10 in my opinion 10. Tony Stewart 9. Lee Petty 8. Darrell Waltrip 7. Rusty Wallace 6. Bobby Allison 5. Jeff Gordon 4. Jimmie Johnson 3. David Pearson 2. Dale Earnhardt 1. Richard Petty
In fairness, please note that Jeff would have had 7 titles if the points system had not changed about ten gazillion times as he won under the Earnhardt/Petty points system. As a result, I consider him in a virtual 3 way tie with Dale and Richard for championships. I feel too many of Johnson's were kinda flukey, but he is still undoubtedly #4 on my list, with Pearson #5 (too few cups and raced way more races back in his era, I view him as a 50-win ish driver in the modern era). So I'd say Petty, Gordon, Sr, Johnson, Pearson, then debate Allison/Waltrip/Yarborough and mash my teeth as I think about it.
You could give Gordon that, but the thing is he didn't adapt but Johnson and a few others did. Not saying that Gordon was shit because he didn't try to learn it, though. It's just it's better to calculate on track and championship performance alone over a crap ton of imagination BTW how the hell do you know he would have 7 championships? Remember with the change of formats come the change of driving style.
Altic White Dale Earnhardt finished second in the championship in 2000. You forgot about though didn't you? he nearly want an eighth title that year and was among the favorites in 2001 when he was in third place of the 2001 Daytona 500 until the wreck happen. Y'all keep thinking Dale Earnhardt was past his prime when wasn't.
@@Lukeijob not really, 5 in a row, 7 all time. plus jimmie has more wins and raced in a more competitive era. along with the fact that Jimmie raced with a class where he refused to wreck people.
I’m back and I don’t know about THIS list. I am really surprised about where Harvick is. That is wrong where Dale Sr. is. Final three 3. Johnson 2. Dale Sr. 1. King. I think Johnson will go down just like Gordon and Earnhardt... In the record books.
1. Pearson 2. Petty 3. Gordon 4. Earnhardt 5. Johnson Pearson had an incredible win percentage. Petty had 200 wins. Gordon has more wins in the modern era than anyone.
DALE EARNHARDT should be second on this list 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁😢😢😢😢😢😥😥😥😥 I miss him a lot and I am a Dale Earnhardt Diehard fan and I cry every time they show the replay of the last lap of the 2001 DAYTONA 500 and in 2021 that will be 20 years with out the MAN IN BLACK 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁
They changed the points system so Johnson wouldn't win championships but IT DIDN'T WORK! And Jimmie races on tv, Petty did not, so less people were influenced to race in Petty's era. My top 5: 5. David Pearson 4. Jeff Gordon 3. Richard Petty 2. Dale Earnhardt Sr. 1. Jimmie Johnson
7 titles. 123 Poles. 200 wins. 712 top tens. - - - 7 titles. 83 wins. 35 poles. 343 top tens. I'm a Stewart fan, through and through. But, I can not deny both of theses guys are GOATS! - As of 4/4/2018
Without the Chase being introduced Jeff would have won 8 Championships. I watched a guy making a Video how the season would have played out without the Chase.
Kyle busch. 43 wins at the time... Been 4 years since this ranking was done. Since then he's up to 2 cup championships... 1 xfinity championship... 60 cup wins.. over 100 xfinity wins.. over 200 wins across all series.. he's won at almost every track... like him or hate him he is the top 2 or 3 pure Wheelman the sport has ever seen and is now just outside my top 5 to ever do it. Right now 1. Dale Earnhardt 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Richard Petty 4. Jeff Gordon 5. David Pearson 6. Kyle Busch 7. Darrell Waltrip 8. Cale Yarborough 9. Bobby Allison 10. Tony Stewart
the f1 nerd I don't get why people were so butt hurt about that. I would have placed him in 3rd (Behind Petty and Pearson) but yeah it's pretty sad they put Jimmie Johnson on top.
What people forget is that Earnhardt had setbacks in his career and it was also shortened by his passing in 2001. He had almost the same winning percentage (11.2) as Gordon at 11.6, which averaged with as many starts as Gordon (805) would've given Dale 90 wins instead of 76. Also his wreck at Talladega in 1996 affected him to where he wasn't near as competitive before that, winning just 1 out of 100 races from '96 to '99 Talladega, and in his older age he still recovered to finish 2nd in points in 2000 and possibly would've won an 8th championship had he lived to try, and at least a lot more wins. Not to mention 7 championships that were arguably tougher than JJs where he didn't dominate the full season like Earnhardt had to. Perhaps Jimmie could've won under the other system had his team prepared for it but it probably would've been harder. This list is just not accurate. Earnhardt should be no lower than 3rd at worst.
Gordon got screwed by the Chase system. Somebody went back a few years ago and did the math... if NASCAR had kept the old point system throughout Gordon’s career he would have won 9 championships
Keep in mind too, and this is strictly hypothetical, that Jeff Gordon competed in the Chase/Playoff Era and Dale Earnhardt didn’t. Think about the seasons Jeff had in which he would’ve won the title under the previous format (ex 2007). But I do agree that Dale should be past Jeff Gordon on this list. You can’t give or take championships away no matter how they’re won.
5 Gordon 4 Earnhardt 3 Yarborough 2 petty 1 David Pearson I also think Bill Elliot would be top 10 had he stayed in a competitive ride and not started his own team. Also Ernie irvan should be on the list if not for injury he would have at least 1 title and probably 50-60 wins
Jeff would have the same amount of titles under the same system that Earnhardt had. That could give the nod? Plus 17 win difference, 2 Daytona 500 wins more?
Keep in mind that Jeff would have won his 7th championship had it not been for the chase, he would had only two championships had the chase been implemented when he started. This proves that Jeff Gordon is awful when it comes to playoffs.
Jeff Gordon would have 7 championships under the Winston Cup rules that Earnhardt won his 7 under, that certainly contributed to it. Exactly the kind of consistency you mentioned is what Gordon had INSTEAD of getting lucky at the very end like Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson did. Johnson would have 3 championships if the chase was eliminated.
Okay, so after finding my brain has logic, I'm just redoing the top 5 I made here. Only 2 spots changed. 5. Cale Yarborough (First ever 3-time champion in NASCAR with 83 wins. What's even more impressive was that he had suffered going off the track in 1967. It's no A.J. Foyt comeback story (Seriously, check the 1965 Riverside race to see that) but still. He was also that 3rd man who could beat Petty on a consistent basis. He narrowly lost at the Firecracker 400, for example.) 4. Jeff Gordon (I originally put him 3rd. He has 93 wins and 4 championships. He also has the least DNFs in a season, and is the current Iron Man! I said he would've gotten 3 championships if the Chase never existed in 2004, 2007, and 2014... but I retract that statement. As much as I'm a Gordon fan, it would be nearly impossible to replicate how the season went if there was a different point system, since people drive very differently in different situations. Such example being Kenseth. In 2003, he didn't need to win because he was consistent all season. In 2013, he won 7 times to stay in the Championship hunt. When the changes happened, Gordon also struggled to adapt. For you see, every championship he won under the regular system, he got maybe 6th in the Chase. He's still an amazing driver, but he peaked so early, and the new format killed his groove for a while. (I still believe 2014 should've been his. But bad luck ahoy in Charlotte and Phoenix) 3. Dale Earnhardt Sr. (Originally 4th. Here we have a 7-time champion. A 6-time champion with DEI, and a 1-time championship with crappy teams. Over 6 years. How? Because Sr. He's done things that I never even thought could be done. The "pass" in the grass, the intimidation factor, the fact that he could go from the back of the field to the lead in... 6 laps? I mean my god, HE GOT 2ND IN HIS FINAL YEAR! Really, the only reason he isn't considered any better is not because he lost his prime, but because... well, you know.) 2. Richard Petty (Yep, I'm staying stubborn here. He is the King of NASCAR with 200 wins, 7 championships, a historic 1964 season (though to be fair, probably would've been a whole different story if Weatherly didn't smack turn 6 in Riverside) and 7 Daytona 500s. Yet I still have the feeling that this was all he could do full-time. One driver did better part-time. 1. David Pearson (105 wins, 113 poles. and a 3-time champion. All in the span of only 574 races. Not once did he run a full-time season and he got 3 crowns, including a repeat in 1968 and 1969. He only has 10 less poles than Petty as well. Not only that, but he constantly battled Petty and actually often outmatched him. The mystery remains what he would've done if he ran a full-time season. Perhaps he wold be the King of NASCAR. That's why I consider him to be the best.) My honorable Mention: Joe Weatherly (25th is FAR to low for Little Joe. He was the definition of dominance in his era. He was the first ever repeat champion in NASCAR, and he did it in both of his full-time seasons. He could've done so much more, but as mentioned before, Riverside took his life.) I probably went retarted somewhere.
I stopped the vid at Big "E" to look at the stats compared to Gordon. I was surprised to see that Gordon..... in 125 more races than Earnhardt.....had only 4 more DNF's
I think some of the voters did that to not lose Jeff's respect. Some people are paranoid like that and don't want to lose much respect of a practical god.
Jeff should have 7 with the old points system. Jeff should be 2-3. He should be above Dale because he dominated dale during the 90s in Earnhardt’s prime. Jimmie and Jeff are close but I chose Jeff. Just watch the Atlanta 2011 finish and you pick.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
Thomas Monroe but how do you know the results would’ve been same had the chase not existed. Some teams sacrifice their results in the summer to prepare for the tracks in the chase if they get a win early in the season. So counting under the old format while the chase exists is inaccurate.
Johnson is highly overrated, he needs to win a championship without Knaus, the crew chief is the secret... if Evernham had stayed with Gordon they would have had at least 10 championships if not more
Eirc this has to be a joke Me I agree 100% with Eirc My dad I agree with fox because they probably have Reasons that Jeff is above Dale My mom Petty,Earnhardt,Johnson,Jeff, Pearson
I feel like you have a bias towards Modern-Era Drivers (I do too, I grew up with them) but guys like fireball and Especially junior Johnson made NASCAR what it is, he basically wrote half the rule book lmao. Great Content tho Glad to see NASCAR get its do on YT, Love your vids.
Gordon would have 7 championships without the chase..... So I mean..... And his last couple years, ya 2015 wasn't so great even though he made it to the final 4, but 2014 he was clearly the best car, but Crashelowski was a douche and wrecked him.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
Here is my take on Gordon being ahead of Sr. I am a Gordon fan, but I do think Sr. Should be ahead. You mentioned ‘lulls’ in Gordon and Harvick’s career, and Sr had one too. His last Championship was in 1994, and he wasn’t the top dog anymore. I personally think 2001 or 2002 would have been his final year anyways. He also won those 7 championships in a similar era as Petty, Yarborough, Rusty Wallace, and Darrell Waltrip. Gordon won in the transition, and while he did become a 5-8 place car, Gordon did that in the toughest era, and debatably came 2 laps away from winning championship number 5, when he and Keselowski collided at Texas in 14. I do think Sr should be ahead, but by a narrow margin. My personal top 5 is 5. David Pearson 4. Jeff Gordon 3. Dale Earnhardt 2. Richard Petty 1. Jimmie Johnson
1. Jeff Gordon 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Dale Earnhardt 4. Richard Petty 5. David Pearson Dale Earnhardt was more consistent all around than Richard Petty (Petty went 8 years at the end without a win) while I don’t think David Pearson has enough starts to be up in the top 3. I put Jeffery and JJ one, two as I feel they both dominated in the most competitive era the sport has ever seen. I gave Jeff the edge over Jimmie due to the fact he never really fell off the map over a 23 year career, 700+ consecutive starts, you could always count on Jeff running up front, even when he would have a down season (aside from his rookie year was never lower than 11th in points).
RC RACER 88 Jimmie Johnson has more wins then Earnhardt Sr, and Jimmie Johnson got 5 championships in a row, and no one else has gotten that meny in a row, and Jimmie Johnson has one more 500 then Sr!
Zane Dyer not the most competitive era from 86 to 93 or 94 was probably the most competitive era. Then all the good drivers left and 2 of them died and then dale got hurt only 2 years later so then it really fell off till 2000 then the new drivers picked it up a little bit but it still wasn’t as competitive as it was in the 80s. Anyone who thinks this is the most competitive era is a joke. Cars were way closer and took way more skill to drive back then. Dale also got hurt in 96 really bad and it ruined him then I think got in a fire somewhere in between there and then another serious crash in 99. So dale really had no chance against Jeff Gordon cause he just wasn’t himself. Look at 96 right before he got hurt and he had a ton of wins then got hurt and fell off. He didn’t regain traction till 2000. More pay to play drivers then ever. The field is filled with dads money and last names. Also the people who say well Jimmie got more wins in less starts don’t take in consideration that dale ran 4 full seasons in a ton of different shit cars compared to Jimmie getting tossed into the fastest car on the circuit right off the bat. Dale got 4 championships in a row in the tire competitive era. Also rcr was a super small poor team that dale made into a giant. Even in the 90s they had the smallest shop and least amount of equipment compared to everyone else cause that’s how they always were they knew no different. Under a broken format drivers can blow up or get taken out on purpose so it’s an easy win for a decent driver cause there is no one good left. Under a good system everything you do all year. Jimmie would only have 3 championships under a real system and even under the Winston he was only really good the last hand full of races so the playoff system fit him well but it’s not a real fair system. Look at Jimmie now he legit hasn’t done shit at all and that’s cause one he had all the money put into his car at Hendricks and Hendricks has always had a problem with equally giving out te equipment. Once they did they all sucked and they did that around 2018 and Jimmie has been the worst Hendrick driver 2 years in a row. Jimmie is nothing more then a driver that fell lucky in NASCARs panic downfalls so everything went his way not on purpose but it happened. He had the best crew cheif too who learned from ray you saw right away once chad left him Byron improved and Jimmie fell even farther down. Chad was one of the main reasons too. Jeff Gordon would of had probably 9 championships if ray stayed with him cause how fast the cars were once ray left Jeff was never the same. These cars are so areo driven now it’s more about the set up the driving talent and that’s why this isn’t the most competitive era at all. In set ups maybe in just a basic car and driver hell no. These drivers are way softer. Way more afraid to make contact. Way more afraid to really do anything now. Even a lot of the drivers now say they would get destroyed in the late 80s. Chase Elliott was asked what era would you like to race in and he said probably the 80s but he would get taken to school cause those drivers then were something else. Also dale won a race with no power steering at Bristol if that doesn’t show talent then I don’t know what does. You can have fast cars and success but there is also raw talent and that’s what dale had and Jimmie really has only had fast cars to back him up. I mean look at Kyle busch he has a lot of raw talent. Just the moves and daring moves people make when they have raw talent is just way more impressive then just havia fast car and passing them. Hanging onto the car at Daytona in Iroc after flying through the grass sideways at 160 and saving it and still going. Kyle Busch has multiple moments like that and so does dale. Forcing it 3 wide all that. It’s like senna. Senna on paper may of not been the best but if you just go back and look at the talent and moves he made behind the wheel you can see how much talent they have. Jimmie really never had much raw talent. He never did anything impressive or eye opening besides his like one pretty lucky save which was impressive at Dover in 06 where it wasn’t a save just a wreak that didn’t wreak cause a save is when you keep gn it stop. He has only done a few things like that once though so he’s really not that impressive.
Top 5 should be like this 5. Jimmie Johnson 4. Jeff Gordon 3. Richard Petty 2. Dale Earnhardt 1. David Pearson My reasoning: Johnson at 5 because if the points stayed normal, he’d only have 3 championships if I remember correctly Gordon at 4 because he raced against so many great drivers and beat them, should have had 7 championships with the traditional points, but didn’t always have the fastest car year in and year out Petty at 3 because he got most of his wins in the 60s and early 70s when NASCAR wasn’t as competitive as it is today, but still deserves a lot of credit for his 200 wins David Pearson at 2 because he won 105 races in a limited amount of starts, ran part time for most of his career Dale Earnhardt at 1 because he won the championship in 7 out of 21 years (1 about every 3 years) and had 76 wins. Once he started winning, he was almost always a factor. Probably would’ve gotten more wins and another championship, but we all know what happened. We miss you Dale.
if D Pearson ran more full time years he probably would've been better than Richard Petty
Declan George he was anyway he is the best ever
Declan George he is the best
Dale earnhardt should at least be 2nd
@@RaptorRacing25 not if that puts him above Pearson. I didn’t watch so I don’t know where everyone is but Pearson is the best. Second best is Tim Flock. Next is Herb Thomas.
No I doo not agree
Eric "They're not being consistent with the value of championships."
Me "Like their rulings?"
Not every championship should be valued equally. Brian France has spent the last 15 years making NASCAR championships utterly meaningless.
I'd argue that today's championships would have even more meaning with just how much more competitive they are and how much more the require from a team.
Jimmie Johnson's championships were much easier to win then the way Dale Earnhardt had to do it
Nathan Stroud So true Nathan so true!...
Jeff Gordon should honestly be higher because he theoretically would have 8 championships if they stuck with the original point system.
My top 10
10:T. Stewart
9:L. Petty
8.B. Allison
7.D. Wakeup
6:C. Yarbourough
5.J. Gordon
4.D.Earnhardt
Then same 3 as the real list
My top 5 would be
5.Jeff Gordon
4.David Pearson
3.Dale Earnhardt
2.Jimmie Johnson
1.Richard Petty
1. Richard Petty
2. Dale Earnhardt
3. David Pearson
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Jimmy Johnson
Jimmie is the best driver, hands down tbh. Change my mind
Wrong kid Dale Earnhardt is way better than Jimmie Johnson
@@rcracer8872 no kid
@@globalgodsam6961 yes moron he is Dale Earnhardt is NASCAR's greatest driver ever and always will be did things no one else could do
@@rcracer8872 give reasons like stats record please on why sr is better
5. David Pearson 4. Richard petty 3. Dale Earnhardt 2. Jeff gordon 1. Jimmie Johnson
horrendous shout
Well petty won his championships by winning and winning, so did Johnson, but he got through with points then wins at Texas. So petty will always be the king, but Jimmie can be the prince.
Kyle Busch is the second most won driver in NASCAR and he has 3 championships not 1. Because in all of his series he has 46 +50+91=186 and still has more years so he might pass Richard Petty. I'm not saying this because he's my favorite driver .
Yeah that’s right. Jeff shouldn’t be ahead of dale at 4th. Jeff should be 2nd all time with Dale being number 1.
I love the Daytona races and all but I think people put too much weight on Daytona 500’s. I don’t think it should be like “oh well so and so won 2 Daytona”
Especially now a days where it’s just a crapshoot
DALE TO THE FRICKING SR 5TH!?
He should be top 3
yea he wasn't no fucking hero, just throw someone in the wall so i can win
@@cemetery76 rubbing is racing you pussy snowflake you are out there to win at all cost not make friends Dale was the greatest all-time
@Bleed Orange yeah what's your point Dale was the greatest and Kyle crybaby is trash
@@rcracer8872 no, richard petty. dale is 3rd for me. but richard petty is definitely the best.
"Harvick still has a chance to win a few more races" Harvick now with 58 wins and two more championship runs
Hi Eric I love your videos
You probably won't see this but if you do
I want to say
Keep it up and thank you for making videos for these lovely people to watch.
-Bosty Bro
Keep it up bud :)
I appreciate it! Thanks for the support!
DoubleEdud it's alright thank you for noticing this comment :)
>Matt
> 21
>21 is new Paul Menard's ride
>21 is also Eric Jones age, which is Matt's replacement
>27 - 8 = 19
>19 Xfinity car is sponsored by Paul Menard
>19 is next year
>17 was last year, also Matt's old number
>Tide sponsored the 10 in Matt's debut year, so 17 + 10= 27 = Paul Menard old ride (which is now charter for the 8, which was earlier driven in cup by the ROTY runner up in his debut )
My theory is: Matt was poised to drive the Wood Brothers car but Paul bought that ride and also bought a share on JGR so he influenced the teams' choice on NOT renewing his contract, but then he tried to convince RCR to put him on the 27 charter but because he also pulled his sponsor, it was denied by RCR, so he also lost a chance of being an Elliot Sadler 2.0 in the 19 xfinity ride with Menard's/Tide Pods sponsor. Also Tide Pods wasn't a meme until they pulled their sponsorship from Matt. Illuminati confirmed. 👀
That aint the charter for the 8. It's for the 00.
huh
2015 and 2016 Harvick also scored the most points of anyone as well.
I’m biased towards Jeff Gordon but in his defense, if nascar kept the same consistent points method that they had Jeff Gordon would be a 7 time champion. Especially in 2014.
I agree. I was never a Hugh Gordon fan but I did think he was a better driver. Also you have to look at who else was on the track at the time.
As a die hard Gordon fan I can say that now Chase might live up to the hype.
Also head to head once we hit 94 Jeff Gordon was giving big e the whoppin
dale was better
This is getting out of hand. *Now there are two of them.*
3:13 now he has 58, damn time flies
Shoulda Woulda Coulda BUT DIDN'T.
Remember that Gordon fans
DoubleEdud if you hold the last year against Jimmie than you have to hold the fact that Petty failed to win in his last 8 full seasons
JakeMaayan probably because is was a more well rounded of a driver. Out of the top 5 Jordon was by far the best on road course. That being said I think Earnhardt is the GOAT.... 1. Earnhardt 2.Petty 3. Gordon 4. Pearson 5. Johnson ( chase format, not his fault but complete season vs last 10 events) all amazing driver in the NASCAR ranks
DoubleEdud I agree to disagree. Jimmy should be 5th Earnhardt be 2nd
This is how I would fix the top Five #5 Jimmie Johnson, #4 Jeff gordon, #3 Dale Earnhardt #2 David Pearson #1 Richard Petty
DoubleEdud get Kyle Busch the hell behind keslowski also Wallace should be in the top 5
dale sr 5th??
This is shit he should be In 3rd
Tomcat Gamer he should be 4th David Pearson has a lot more wins
@@kylebuschfan1826 Who cares about wins?
Championships means consistency. If you have more than anyone, you are a better driver for a longer period than the rest.
Dark Reality Pearson didn’t run full time every season
@@kylebuschfan1826 nope Dale is # 1 and Kyle crybaby is not even top 40
You’re looking at the facts on paper not who’s a better driver. I wouldn’t have made it that way but I can see how Gordon landed over Earnhardt. I would have placed Johnson above Petty because Petty took advantage of the bloated schedule of early nascar and he went on a winless streak for over a decade when nascar went into the modern era. Jimmie Johnson actually has consistency, even in 2020 he has been a threat for the win.
NASCAR racehub is on drugs
heh
nascarfancslfr lmao
Shut up
Tonya Davis no thank you
nascarfancslfr Dale Sr is number one greatest all-time no-one else is even close
Kyle Busch got the triple in 2010 remember with Cup,Xfinity(or at that time Nationwide) and Truck in 1 weekend
Yeah kyle busch is one of nascar's modern day heroes. I know he's not richard petty but he has over 200 wins in the different series and in cup he he has 2 championships. He has done what you just said.
My top 5:
5. Jeff Gordon
4. David Pearson
3. Dale earnhardt sr.
2. Richard Petty
1. Jimmie Johnson
I’m not a big Jimmy Fan but I agree with you
Even if Gordon. "would have" won 7 without the chase, that doesn't matter. What matters is that Jeff didn't win during any of those years. The fact is Jimmie Johnson adapted to the chase very well and Jeff didn't adapt nearly as well.
Gordon would've had 7 titles if it wasn't for the points system. Should've placed him 2nd instead of jimmie
Mr Applesauce you don't know that for sure
RC RACER 88 even though I think is irrelevant there is a video saying what if the chase never happened it's on RUclips.
Mr Applesauce and if are Ernie Irving doesn't swerve in front of Davey Allison in 1992 Davey Allison would've won the championship but you know what? Ernie irvan swerved Davey Allison got caught up in the wreck and the championship came down between Alan kulwicki and Bill Elliott. So the whole Gordon would've won 7 championships is pretty relevant.
Mr Applesauce Dale Earnhardt would've had 9 titles if he didn't get in that wreck with Ricky Rudd in 1989 and if he finished better down the stretch in 2000. In 2000 Dale Earnhardt finish second to Bobby Labonte in the Championships. 1989 when Dale Earnhardt got in that wreck with Ricky Rudd he was leading the point system. See the would've should've game can be played all types of ways.
MICOLE WHYTE yeah I remember that battle for the 2000 championship very well
WTF NASCAR!! HOW DARE YOU PUT DALE EARNHARDT IN NUMBER #5!!
Aric10AlmirolaFan \Chase9ElliottFan it was fox I believe
My top
5.David Pearson
4.Jimmie Johnson
3.Jeff Gordon
2.Dale Earnhardt
1.Richard Petty
Jeff over Jimmy? Ik he’s not good now but like a 10 win difference and 3 championships difference
Without the chase, Jeff would have 7, more versatile, won at more different types of tracks, etc...
@@hengineer but he didn't, so what
My Top 3
3. Jimmie Johnson
2. Dale Earnhardt
1. Richard Petty
Nah Jimmie passed petty and sr after winning his 5th consecutive championship
Nope, JMO Gordon should be in the top three. Suggest you learn your history before you speak
Jeff Gordon said on the broadcast after the show that his top 5 was
1. Petty
2. Pearson
3. Johnson
4. Dale Sr
5. Jeff Gordon
He has said on several occasions that Jimmie is the greatest he ever raced against including dale sr
1. Jeff Gordon (he would have had 7 championships under Winston cup format, and still almost 100 wins)
2. Dale Earnhardt
3. Richard Petty
4. David Pearson
5. Jimmie Johnson
@@bumble_24bee34 he didn’t pass Petty. Petty is one of 2 drivers to have triple-digit wins.
5. Johnson
4. Pearson
3. Earnhardt
2. Gordon (he would have 7 titles if not for the Chase)
1. The King
John Mack y'all need to stop with the whole Gordon would have seven titles of not for the chase. if Ernie Irvin doesn't swerve in front of Davey Allison in 1992 than Davey Allison would've won that championship. but Ernie irvin swerved Davey Allison got caught up in the wreck and the championship ended up coming down between Alan kulwicki and Bill Elliott. So stop with the whole Gordon would be a 7 time Champion if this didn't happened BS.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
Dood exactly I brought up the fact that if Dale Earnhardt in 1989 doesn't get in that wreck with Ricky Rudd when he was battling Rusty Wallace for the title he could have won the championship that year or in 2000 when Dale Earnhardt finished second in the championship to Bobby Labonte he had a couple of races down the stretch where he didn't perform well. if those two things work out for Dale Earnhardt he could have been 9 time champ but you know what they didn't and he was a 7 time champ. See would've should've game can work both ways.
John Mack dude notice how most of the people on this top 50 races with Earnhardt
My top 5:
5. David Pearson
4. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt
2. Jimmie Johnson
1. Richard Petty
You could maybe swap Pearson with Gordon but I think he’s better since I’ve seen him race.
1. Richard Petty
2. Dale Earnhardt
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Divid Pearson
My top 5.
My top 5
5. Jeff Gordon
4. David Pearson
3. Jimmie Johnson
2. Dale Earnhardt
1. Richard Petty
That's how I would rank them
Dale over jimmy
5. jimmie johnson *
4. Jeff Gordon
3. David Pearson
2. Dale Earnhardt
1. Richard Petty
* numerous scandals and was caught cheating many times. Also JJ was nothing without his crew chief.
@@curtcollins6659 man..... no driver is anything without their crew chief? and the numerous scandals chad is a genius for pushing the grey... Thats what makes chad so great. Every single driver and crew chief has done multiple sketchy things while driving, many drivers have said that racing is won by the best cheater. You're a fool to put jimmie anything less than second. 7 championships over 3 points systems and 4 cars.... in the most competitive time in the history of NASCAR.
@@karadyer6906 Dale Earnhardt is NASCAR's greatest driver ever far better than Jimmie
Geoff Bodine should have made the top 50 he was better than some on the list
I always consider David Pearson the greatest driver of all time. I think if he has the same opportunities, and raced more races he'd probably be the one with 200 wins. Just his winning percentage is so unbelievably amazing.
Mr.YAMP Petty has the same win percentage.
Love the video but you're being slightly inconsistent with your views as well Eric. You say Gordon had a slump in his career but you're forgetting that Dale Earnhardt from 97-00 Earnhardt had 6 wins. Inlcuding a winless 97 and a one win 98. In Jeff Gordons final 4 years he had 8 wins and a title run (much like Earnhardt). Im just saying that Earnhardt didnt have an extremely consistent career. There were a couple dud seasons in his career too
But earnhardt won 7 Titles DUE TO CONSISTENCY. 97 was a horrible season because of his horrible wreck, 98 was just a meh season (despite his daytona 500) And his 1987 and 1990 Seasons were Insane
I'm satisfied with a 9th for mah boi Tony Stewart 😌
@ClintBoy14 9th is good
Top 10 in my opinion
10. Tony Stewart
9. Lee Petty
8. Darrell Waltrip
7. Rusty Wallace
6. Bobby Allison
5. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmie Johnson
3. David Pearson
2. Dale Earnhardt
1. Richard Petty
In fairness, please note that Jeff would have had 7 titles if the points system had not changed about ten gazillion times as he won under the Earnhardt/Petty points system. As a result, I consider him in a virtual 3 way tie with Dale and Richard for championships. I feel too many of Johnson's were kinda flukey, but he is still undoubtedly #4 on my list, with Pearson #5 (too few cups and raced way more races back in his era, I view him as a 50-win ish driver in the modern era). So I'd say Petty, Gordon, Sr, Johnson, Pearson, then debate Allison/Waltrip/Yarborough and mash my teeth as I think about it.
You could give Gordon that, but the thing is he didn't adapt but Johnson and a few others did. Not saying that Gordon was shit because he didn't try to learn it, though. It's just it's better to calculate on track and championship performance alone over a crap ton of imagination
BTW how the hell do you know he would have 7 championships? Remember with the change of formats come the change of driving style.
Maybe Pearson ahead of Johnson but still good
Stephen Puglisi would've should've could've. The Buffalo Bills would have won a Super Bowl had that field goal went in but it did.
Stephen Puglisi you don't know that for sure
Jeff Gordon wishes he never told Rick Hendrick about Jimmie Johnson!
Jeff Gordon beat the snot out of dale from 1995 to 2001. So the list is right
Altic White Dale Earnhardt finished second in the championship in 2000. You forgot about though didn't you? he nearly want an eighth title that year and was among the favorites in 2001 when he was in third place of the 2001 Daytona 500 until the wreck happen. Y'all keep thinking Dale Earnhardt was past his prime when wasn't.
Altic White Dale Earnhardt is the greatest all-time Jeff doesn't even have half the talent of the intimadator
Jeff will never be half the man or driver Dale Earnhardt was your so jealous its hilarious
@@rcracer8872 no
@@pp3k3jamail he's 3rd
But would if Jimmie retires at the end of the 2020 season?
My top 5 best nascar drivers of all time
5. Jeff Gordon
4. David Pearson
3. Dale Earnhardt
2. Jimmie Johnson
1. Richard Petty
DALE Earnhardt is far better than Jimmie Johnson ever was
2 years later Harvick has gained 16 more wins lol
My Top 5: 1. Richard Petty - 2. Jimmie Johnson - 3. Dale Earnhardt Sr. - 4. Jeff Gordon - 5. David Pearson
Scott Young I think dale has got jimmie
@@Lukeijob not really, 5 in a row, 7 all time. plus jimmie has more wins and raced in a more competitive era. along with the fact that Jimmie raced with a class where he refused to wreck people.
My top 5 would have been
5. Jeff Gordon
4. Jimmy Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt (not because if his car #)
2. David Pearson
1. Richard Petty
I’m back and I don’t know about THIS list. I am really surprised about where Harvick is. That is wrong where Dale Sr. is. Final three 3. Johnson 2. Dale Sr. 1. King. I think Johnson will go down just like Gordon and Earnhardt...
In the record books.
1. Pearson 2. Petty 3. Gordon 4. Earnhardt 5. Johnson
Pearson had an incredible win percentage. Petty had 200 wins. Gordon has more wins in the modern era than anyone.
What?
How you gonna put Gordon ahead of Sr when Dale won almost as many championships as Gordon and out of his prime? Come on man
.
No
Jeff Gordon won 60 races in 6 years...
DALE EARNHARDT should be second on this list 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁😢😢😢😢😢😥😥😥😥 I miss him a lot and I am a Dale Earnhardt Diehard fan and I cry every time they show the replay of the last lap of the 2001 DAYTONA 500 and in 2021 that will be 20 years with out the MAN IN BLACK 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁
They changed the points system so Johnson wouldn't win championships but IT DIDN'T WORK! And Jimmie races on tv, Petty did not, so less people were influenced to race in Petty's era. My top 5:
5. David Pearson
4. Jeff Gordon
3. Richard Petty
2. Dale Earnhardt Sr.
1. Jimmie Johnson
7 titles.
123 Poles.
200 wins.
712 top tens.
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7 titles.
83 wins.
35 poles.
343 top tens.
I'm a Stewart fan, through and through. But, I can not deny both of theses guys are GOATS! - As of 4/4/2018
my top 5 would be : 1. Richard Petty , 2 Dale Earnhardt 3 David Pearson 4 Jeff Gordon 5 Jimmie Johnson.
MY BOI KENSETH IS ON THA LIST!!
Without the Chase being introduced Jeff would have won 8 Championships. I watched a guy making a Video how the season would have played out without the Chase.
Dale Earnhardt is 3rd at the very least. If Jimmie Johnson wins an 8th title, he will undoubtably be the greatest ever.
I would say Dale should be 3rd on this list. I say you could argue Pearson or Jeff both for 4th and 5th
Kyle busch. 43 wins at the time... Been 4 years since this ranking was done. Since then he's up to 2 cup championships... 1 xfinity championship... 60 cup wins.. over 100 xfinity wins.. over 200 wins across all series.. he's won at almost every track... like him or hate him he is the top 2 or 3 pure Wheelman the sport has ever seen and is now just outside my top 5 to ever do it.
Right now
1. Dale Earnhardt
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Richard Petty
4. Jeff Gordon
5. David Pearson
6. Kyle Busch
7. Darrell Waltrip
8. Cale Yarborough
9. Bobby Allison
10. Tony Stewart
They put dale Sr at 5 I'm disappointed
the f1 nerd same
the f1 nerd I don't get why people were so butt hurt about that. I would have placed him in 3rd (Behind Petty and Pearson) but yeah it's pretty sad they put Jimmie Johnson on top.
James Braun Dale Earnhardt is the greatest all-time Jimmie Johnson is nothing compared to Dale Earnhardt
1.Petty
2.Dale Sr
3.Jimmie
4.Gordon
5 . Pearson
What people forget is that Earnhardt had setbacks in his career and it was also shortened by his passing in 2001. He had almost the same winning percentage (11.2) as Gordon at 11.6, which averaged with as many starts as Gordon (805) would've given Dale 90 wins instead of 76. Also his wreck at Talladega in 1996 affected him to where he wasn't near as competitive before that, winning just 1 out of 100 races from '96 to '99 Talladega, and in his older age he still recovered to finish 2nd in points in 2000 and possibly would've won an 8th championship had he lived to try, and at least a lot more wins. Not to mention 7 championships that were arguably tougher than JJs where he didn't dominate the full season like Earnhardt had to. Perhaps Jimmie could've won under the other system had his team prepared for it but it probably would've been harder. This list is just not accurate. Earnhardt should be no lower than 3rd at worst.
Gordon got screwed by the Chase system. Somebody went back a few years ago and did the math... if NASCAR had kept the old point system throughout Gordon’s career he would have won 9 championships
My top 5: 5. Matt Kenseth 4. Jeff Gordon 3. Jimmie Johnson 2. Dale Earnhardt Sr 1. Richard Petty
Keep in mind too, and this is strictly hypothetical, that Jeff Gordon competed in the Chase/Playoff Era and Dale Earnhardt didn’t. Think about the seasons Jeff had in which he would’ve won the title under the previous format (ex 2007). But I do agree that Dale should be past Jeff Gordon on this list. You can’t give or take championships away no matter how they’re won.
5 Gordon 4 Earnhardt 3 Yarborough 2 petty 1 David Pearson
I also think Bill Elliot would be top 10 had he stayed in a competitive ride and not started his own team. Also Ernie irvan should be on the list if not for injury he would have at least 1 title and probably 50-60 wins
Jeff would have the same amount of titles under the same system that Earnhardt had. That could give the nod? Plus 17 win difference, 2 Daytona 500 wins more?
Jeff Gordon would have 7 titles if he spent his entire career racing under the same points system that Sr did
Keep in mind that Jeff would have won his 7th championship had it not been for the chase, he would had only two championships had the chase been implemented when he started. This proves that Jeff Gordon is awful when it comes to playoffs.
The 3 drivers who have won 7 titles are in the top 5
Bobby Allison should be too 5 he had 84 wins against Richard petty n Earnhardt should be 1
I personally believe it’s
1.Petty
2.Earnhardt
3.Johnson
4.Pearson
5.Gordon
Johnson is a three time champion w/o the chase. Honestly id have it Petty Pearson Earnhardt Gordon Johnson
Harvick would easily climb this list now.
Jeff Gordon would have 7 championships under the Winston Cup rules that Earnhardt won his 7 under, that certainly contributed to it. Exactly the kind of consistency you mentioned is what Gordon had INSTEAD of getting lucky at the very end like Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson did. Johnson would have 3 championships if the chase was eliminated.
You don't that and Dale was better than Jeff 7 to 4
Okay, so after finding my brain has logic, I'm just redoing the top 5 I made here. Only 2 spots changed.
5. Cale Yarborough (First ever 3-time champion in NASCAR with 83 wins. What's even more impressive was that he had suffered going off the track in 1967. It's no A.J. Foyt comeback story (Seriously, check the 1965 Riverside race to see that) but still. He was also that 3rd man who could beat Petty on a consistent basis. He narrowly lost at the Firecracker 400, for example.)
4. Jeff Gordon (I originally put him 3rd. He has 93 wins and 4 championships. He also has the least DNFs in a season, and is the current Iron Man! I said he would've gotten 3 championships if the Chase never existed in 2004, 2007, and 2014... but I retract that statement. As much as I'm a Gordon fan, it would be nearly impossible to replicate how the season went if there was a different point system, since people drive very differently in different situations. Such example being Kenseth. In 2003, he didn't need to win because he was consistent all season. In 2013, he won 7 times to stay in the Championship hunt. When the changes happened, Gordon also struggled to adapt. For you see, every championship he won under the regular system, he got maybe 6th in the Chase. He's still an amazing driver, but he peaked so early, and the new format killed his groove for a while. (I still believe 2014 should've been his. But bad luck ahoy in Charlotte and Phoenix)
3. Dale Earnhardt Sr. (Originally 4th. Here we have a 7-time champion. A 6-time champion with DEI, and a 1-time championship with crappy teams. Over 6 years. How? Because Sr. He's done things that I never even thought could be done. The "pass" in the grass, the intimidation factor, the fact that he could go from the back of the field to the lead in... 6 laps? I mean my god, HE GOT 2ND IN HIS FINAL YEAR! Really, the only reason he isn't considered any better is not because he lost his prime, but because... well, you know.)
2. Richard Petty (Yep, I'm staying stubborn here. He is the King of NASCAR with 200 wins, 7 championships, a historic 1964 season (though to be fair, probably would've been a whole different story if Weatherly didn't smack turn 6 in Riverside) and 7 Daytona 500s. Yet I still have the feeling that this was all he could do full-time. One driver did better part-time.
1. David Pearson (105 wins, 113 poles. and a 3-time champion. All in the span of only 574 races. Not once did he run a full-time season and he got 3 crowns, including a repeat in 1968 and 1969. He only has 10 less poles than Petty as well. Not only that, but he constantly battled Petty and actually often outmatched him. The mystery remains what he would've done if he ran a full-time season. Perhaps he wold be the King of NASCAR. That's why I consider him to be the best.)
My honorable Mention:
Joe Weatherly (25th is FAR to low for Little Joe. He was the definition of dominance in his era. He was the first ever repeat champion in NASCAR, and he did it in both of his full-time seasons. He could've done so much more, but as mentioned before, Riverside took his life.)
I probably went retarted somewhere.
Dale earnhardt won 6 championships with richerd childress not dei
3.dale Sr
2.jimmy Johnson
1.The King
DALE Earnhardt is NASCAR's greatest driver ever far better than Jimmie ever was
Had the original points system stayed Jeff would have had 7 championships
The best Richard Petty's moment is 1979 D-500 with Cale and Donnie's fight and 1992 final race
I stopped the vid at Big "E" to look at the stats compared to Gordon. I was surprised to see that Gordon..... in 125 more races than Earnhardt.....had only 4 more DNF's
People question why Jeff Gordon is above Dale Earnhardt just remember Jeff is one of the voters
N42CAR • 1 vote doesnt matter out of 20 people
No hate tho
He's kinda right
peobly a fan he is right
I think some of the voters did that to not lose Jeff's respect. Some people are paranoid like that and don't want to lose much respect of a practical god.
Jeff should have 7 with the old points system. Jeff should be 2-3. He should be above Dale because he dominated dale during the 90s in Earnhardt’s prime. Jimmie and Jeff are close but I chose Jeff. Just watch the Atlanta 2011 finish and you pick.
Ahah. Sr's prime the 90's? When he had 40 years old? GTFOH.
Sr won only one less championship than Gordon during 24's prime fanboy.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
You can't say what would have been "if" but the chase dosen't always give the best team of the season the title like it did before the chase.
Thomas Monroe but how do you know the results would’ve been same had the chase not existed. Some teams sacrifice their results in the summer to prepare for the tracks in the chase if they get a win early in the season. So counting under the old format while the chase exists is inaccurate.
Johnson is highly overrated, he needs to win a championship without Knaus, the crew chief is the secret... if Evernham had stayed with Gordon they would have had at least 10 championships if not more
I agree with you. How many times did Knaus get caught cheating ??
Eirc this has to be a joke
Me I agree 100% with Eirc
My dad I agree with fox because they probably have Reasons that Jeff is above Dale
My mom Petty,Earnhardt,Johnson,Jeff, Pearson
dale would only have half the wins if he would have raced 2nd place clean
I feel like you have a bias towards Modern-Era Drivers (I do too, I grew up with them) but guys like fireball and Especially junior Johnson made NASCAR what it is, he basically wrote half the rule book lmao.
Great Content tho Glad to see NASCAR get its do on YT, Love your vids.
Jimmie is number 1
Jeff lost out to JJ 3 or more times where he should have won.
Gordon would have 7 championships without the chase..... So I mean..... And his last couple years, ya 2015 wasn't so great even though he made it to the final 4, but 2014 he was clearly the best car, but Crashelowski was a douche and wrecked him.
No, he didn't get loose. It was on fresh tires. He tried to go through the middle and ran into Gordon.
saying jeff wouldve won 7 championships without the chase is like saying the golden state warriors are 3 time consecutive champions. (which they arent). people need to let go of the past and acknowledge statistics for what they are. every team and every driver is given equal opportunity to win races and championships at the beginning of the year. so they race their season in a way that gets them to where they need to be to win the championship. saying certain things "would've" happened just shows how unintelligent you are and how little you know about statistics and the factors that change them.
Here is my take on Gordon being ahead of Sr. I am a Gordon fan, but I do think Sr. Should be ahead. You mentioned ‘lulls’ in Gordon and Harvick’s career, and Sr had one too. His last Championship was in 1994, and he wasn’t the top dog anymore. I personally think 2001 or 2002 would have been his final year anyways. He also won those 7 championships in a similar era as Petty, Yarborough, Rusty Wallace, and Darrell Waltrip. Gordon won in the transition, and while he did become a 5-8 place car, Gordon did that in the toughest era, and debatably came 2 laps away from winning championship number 5, when he and Keselowski collided at Texas in 14. I do think Sr should be ahead, but by a narrow margin.
My personal top 5 is
5. David Pearson
4. Jeff Gordon
3. Dale Earnhardt
2. Richard Petty
1. Jimmie Johnson
As of 2020 Kyle Busch is in the Top 8
1. Jeff Gordon 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Dale Earnhardt 4. Richard Petty 5. David Pearson
Dale Earnhardt was more consistent all around than Richard Petty (Petty went 8 years at the end without a win) while I don’t think David Pearson has enough starts to be up in the top 3. I put Jeffery and JJ one, two as I feel they both dominated in the most competitive era the sport has ever seen. I gave Jeff the edge over Jimmie due to the fact he never really fell off the map over a 23 year career, 700+ consecutive starts, you could always count on Jeff running up front, even when he would have a down season (aside from his rookie year was never lower than 11th in points).
Aidan Brazill sr best ever 79 roty then champ with shit car rod oak did not have the cars sr needed still won
Aidan Brazill jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson combined aren't as great as Dale Earnhardt
I think Dale Earnhardt should be in 2nd or 3rd
Gordon should have 7 Championships lol
The top 3 should've been Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson, and Richard Petty. Not Dale Earnhardt at 5, and I agree Jimmie Johnson is #1.
Great video! Can you plz go back to the signups video from season 2 and tell me the music! Thx :D
Jimmie won through a broken system and competitive competition
Jimmie is not even close to the greatest all time Dale Earnhardt
Actually #1 should be The King, #2 should be Jimmie Johnson, and #3 should be The Etemanater!
The Hendervengers wrong moron Dale Earnhardt is way better than Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson is nothing compared to Dale Earnhardt
RC RACER 88 Jimmie Johnson has more wins then Earnhardt Sr, and Jimmie Johnson got 5 championships in a row, and no one else has gotten that meny in a row, and Jimmie Johnson has one more 500 then Sr!
The Hendervengers Jimmie won on an easy format. You can’t go off of stats cause stuff changes.
@@tamezzodiac2862 not really he won in the most competitive era
Zane Dyer not the most competitive era from 86 to 93 or 94 was probably the most competitive era. Then all the good drivers left and 2 of them died and then dale got hurt only 2 years later so then it really fell off till 2000 then the new drivers picked it up a little bit but it still wasn’t as competitive as it was in the 80s. Anyone who thinks this is the most competitive era is a joke. Cars were way closer and took way more skill to drive back then. Dale also got hurt in 96 really bad and it ruined him then I think got in a fire somewhere in between there and then another serious crash in 99. So dale really had no chance against Jeff Gordon cause he just wasn’t himself. Look at 96 right before he got hurt and he had a ton of wins then got hurt and fell off. He didn’t regain traction till 2000. More pay to play drivers then ever. The field is filled with dads money and last names. Also the people who say well Jimmie got more wins in less starts don’t take in consideration that dale ran 4 full seasons in a ton of different shit cars compared to Jimmie getting tossed into the fastest car on the circuit right off the bat. Dale got 4 championships in a row in the tire competitive era. Also rcr was a super small poor team that dale made into a giant. Even in the 90s they had the smallest shop and least amount of equipment compared to everyone else cause that’s how they always were they knew no different. Under a broken format drivers can blow up or get taken out on purpose so it’s an easy win for a decent driver cause there is no one good left. Under a good system everything you do all year. Jimmie would only have 3 championships under a real system and even under the Winston he was only really good the last hand full of races so the playoff system fit him well but it’s not a real fair system. Look at Jimmie now he legit hasn’t done shit at all and that’s cause one he had all the money put into his car at Hendricks and Hendricks has always had a problem with equally giving out te equipment. Once they did they all sucked and they did that around 2018 and Jimmie has been the worst Hendrick driver 2 years in a row. Jimmie is nothing more then a driver that fell lucky in NASCARs panic downfalls so everything went his way not on purpose but it happened. He had the best crew cheif too who learned from ray you saw right away once chad left him Byron improved and Jimmie fell even farther down. Chad was one of the main reasons too. Jeff Gordon would of had probably 9 championships if ray stayed with him cause how fast the cars were once ray left Jeff was never the same. These cars are so areo driven now it’s more about the set up the driving talent and that’s why this isn’t the most competitive era at all. In set ups maybe in just a basic car and driver hell no. These drivers are way softer. Way more afraid to make contact. Way more afraid to really do anything now. Even a lot of the drivers now say they would get destroyed in the late 80s. Chase Elliott was asked what era would you like to race in and he said probably the 80s but he would get taken to school cause those drivers then were something else. Also dale won a race with no power steering at Bristol if that doesn’t show talent then I don’t know what does. You can have fast cars and success but there is also raw talent and that’s what dale had and Jimmie really has only had fast cars to back him up. I mean look at Kyle busch he has a lot of raw talent. Just the moves and daring moves people make when they have raw talent is just way more impressive then just havia fast car and passing them. Hanging onto the car at Daytona in Iroc after flying through the grass sideways at 160 and saving it and still going. Kyle Busch has multiple moments like that and so does dale. Forcing it 3 wide all that. It’s like senna. Senna on paper may of not been the best but if you just go back and look at the talent and moves he made behind the wheel you can see how much talent they have. Jimmie really never had much raw talent. He never did anything impressive or eye opening besides his like one pretty lucky save which was impressive at Dover in 06 where it wasn’t a save just a wreak that didn’t wreak cause a save is when you keep gn it stop. He has only done a few things like that once though so he’s really not that impressive.
Top 5 should be like this
5. Jimmie Johnson
4. Jeff Gordon
3. Richard Petty
2. Dale Earnhardt
1. David Pearson
My reasoning: Johnson at 5 because if the points stayed normal, he’d only have 3 championships if I remember correctly
Gordon at 4 because he raced against so many great drivers and beat them, should have had 7 championships with the traditional points, but didn’t always have the fastest car year in and year out
Petty at 3 because he got most of his wins in the 60s and early 70s when NASCAR wasn’t as competitive as it is today, but still deserves a lot of credit for his 200 wins
David Pearson at 2 because he won 105 races in a limited amount of starts, ran part time for most of his career
Dale Earnhardt at 1 because he won the championship in 7 out of 21 years (1 about every 3 years) and had 76 wins. Once he started winning, he was almost always a factor. Probably would’ve gotten more wins and another championship, but we all know what happened. We miss you Dale.