NASCAR's list of '75 Greatest Drivers' has more than a few head-scratchers, and several deserving drivers remain on the outside looking in.
with the slam-dunk addition of seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.
And then there's Joe Bauman. He holds the minor league single-season home run leader with 72 in 1954. Good luck finding a Hall of Fame plaque for Bauman in Cooperstown. Loved watching Ron Hornaday tearing it up in the Truck Series and Randy Lajoie winning a pair of championships in the Xfinity Series, but I never really considered them amongst the best NASCAR drivers of all time. The best of the best race against the best of the best in Cup.
Several drivers who made the NASCAR 75 Greatest list got at least a small shot in Cup and hardly looked like the greatest of all-time when they they were put into the big pond of the Cup Series.• Ralph Earnhardt: 0 wins, 6 top-5s in 51 Cup starts• Jack Ingram: 0 wins, 1 top-5 in 19 Cup starts• Ron Hornaday: 0 wins, 0 top-5s in 46 Cup startsSure, these eight drivers racked up plenty of wins and championships, but those wins and championships came at levels below the Cup Series.
Big wins? Paschal won the 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in both 1964 and 1967. He was also a three-time winner at Martinsville.Jack Smith raced in NASCAR’s top series from 1949-1964.Smith's 21 Cup Series wins in 264 career starts between 1949 and 1964 puts him in a tie for 38th on the all-time wins list with Jeff Burton, Kyle Larson, Benny Parsons, Bobby Labonte .
Thompson was one of the top racers in NASCAR Cup between 1956 and 1959, when he won 16 times and finished third in the points each season. .Getty ImagesFlock's 19 wins puts him in a tie for 44th all-time with Buddy Baker, Greg Biffle and Davey Allison .
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