who is the greatest race car driver of all time?

Answer 1

Without a doubt it's the late Ayrton Senna. The man consistently outqualified and outperformed every teammate he had in his career at every level of racing, with teammates like F1 champions Alain Prost and Damon Hill. Incredible car control in all weather conditions at any track. Unbeatable and uncomparable.

Answer 2

If career wins is a key ingredient to greatest race car driver of all time. Richard Petty, would be #1. The King won 200 Winston Cup races throughout his career. He also won the Daytona 500 seven times and was the Winston Cup Champion seven times as well. If money earned is considered, Dale Earnhardt would be your man. The Intimidator, who would do anything to win, won $41 million in his career on his way to tying Richard Petty with seven Winston Cup Championships. Of course, if potential is taken into consideration, you must take into account Jeff Gordon’s 49 wins and 3 Winston Cup Championships, all by the age of 28. So who’s the best NASCAR driver of all time? I guess it all depends on how you look at it…

Answer 3

IndyCar and Nascar: I don't care
Formula 1: probably Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio or maybe (but with a huge ?)Michael Schumacher;
Fangio was one of the pioneering pilots and World Champions in Formula 1. He won 5 titles in the 1950's and his record stood up for about 45 years.
Senna won only 3 titles but that was because he lived in a time of fierce competition. And his fatal accident stopped him from a few more years in F1 that could have come with another 2 titles.
Fangio's record stood firmly in position until 2002. That's when Michael Schumacher equalled it, in spite of certain moments of controversy, caused by pitlane orders. In 2003 he broke it and a year later he set the record to 7 titles, 5 of them back-to-back(2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). That's when his run was ended by another pilot that will undoubtedly join the gallery of great pilots in a few years' time. Even though the guy won the title last year and is on a dominant pace this year. He will really join the Hall of Fame if he wins next year with a totally different car and team.


(Fernando Alonso; champion with Renault in 2005 and most likely in 2006; he is moving to McLaren from next year)

Answer 4

This question rather depends on where you're from.

If you're from the USA, it'll be Eindhart (sp!), Andretti or AJ Foyt.

If you're from anywhere else around the world, it's a battle between Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.

Others worth considering are Jim Clark, Sterling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, and Gilles Villenueve.

But personally I'd give it to Nouvalari, "The Flying Mauntain". He won a bike race with a broken leg, when his seat fell off in one race he used a crate of oranges turned it upsiie down and used that as a seat, and best of all, he raced in the German GP against the might of the Mercedes, and one lap down with a rubbish car, came back and beat them, in the process pi$$ing off Hitler who was expecting a German victory.

Answer 5

Mario Andretti.

1967 Daytona 500 Winner
1969 Indianapolis 500 Winner
1978 Formula 1 Champion
1979 IROC Champion
1984 Champ Car Champion (4th time)

I'm sure there are other highlights of his racing career that I'm leaving out but Mario proved that he could be competitive in many types of race cars.

Answer 6

without a doubt Mario Andretti....the guy has been a champion at every level of racing. F1 Champ, 4x Champ Car Nat'l Champion, Daytona 500 winner, Indy 500 winner, 3x 12 hour Sebring winner, USAC (dirt track) champion, IROC champ, Pikes Peak Hill Climb winner, Driver of the Year in three different decades & a career that touched 5 decades....there is so much more that can be said, but I've said enough!

Answer 7

Too many to choose from. But some the all time greats are Bobby Allison, Dale Sr., Richard Petty, Al Unser, The Andretti and Foyte Families, Mel Kinyon, take your pick.

Answer 8

Either Senna, Andretti or Foyt.
I would say Senna--I never saw a more single-minded driver.
But Andretti and Foyt would have to be right up there with him because they raced in every type of circuit and series and were successful in all of them.
I love NASCAR, and there will never be another Dale Sr., but don't you people realize there is racing outside the ovals?

Answer 9

Juan Manual Fangio, F1 world champion 1951, 54-57

Answer 10

Dale Earnheart