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The 5 Best Grand National Series drivers with only 1 Career Win By Brian Cotnoir Doesn’t matter what you call it, the Sportsman Division, the Grand National Series, the Busch Series, the Nationwide Series, or the Xfinity Series; NASCAR’s second-tier series has helped the develop the careers of some of NASCAR’s best drivers such as Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, and many other outstanding drivers.  Some drivers though in the series only had one career win. Like with the last time, my biggest determining factor for my ranking was career Top 10’s in the Series, so don’t be surprised that I didn’t include Jimmie Johnson, who despite only have 1 career win in the Xfinity Series, also only ever had 24 career Top-10 finishes.   I’m just focusing on each driver’s performance in the Busch/Nationwide/ Xfinity Series, and Cup Series success did not play a factor in any of these rankings 5.) ...

The Top 5 NASCAR Cup Series drivers with only 1 Career Win By Brian Cotnoir My first article on this blog was where I stated who I thought was the best NASCAR driver without a win (there’s a link at the bottom of the page), and recently I started thinking…what about the drivers who only had 1-2 career wins, how would they rank against each other, so this is going to be a part of a new series here where I rank the best NASCAR drivers who only have 1 win in the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Gander Outdoor Series based on win totals. If you’re wondering how I determined the ranking, I looked at average finish, and points average points finish, but the biggest determining factor, was career Top 10 finishes.   To be included on these lists you have to be a retired from Full-Time Cup Series racing, so no active drivers with just one win will appear on this list as they have the potential to score more wins.   Let’s not waste any more time here are the best caree...

5 MORE Lesser-Known but Awesome Racing Stories By Brian Cotnoir Every now and then we come across legends of racing greats.    You may have heard some of these stories before if you’re a diehard racing fan, but if you’re a casual racing fan or only follow one specific racing series you may be surprised to find out some of these facts, and if you missed my first article, be sure to check out the link at the bottom of this post. 1.)   Richard Petty in Car Number…6(?!) Most racecar drivers are associated with a number.   Dale Earnhardt, and #3, Jeff Gordon and #24, AJ Foyt and #14, Lewis Hamilton and #44, and of course the King, Richard Petty, drove car #43.   But in 1986, he did the unthinkable, when he drove in the Coca-Cola 600 behind the wheel of a lime-green #6 car.   Now it is true, early in his career Petty would sometimes drive a car #41 or #42 (cars that were normally run by his father Lee or his brother Maurice), but why in th...

Top 5 Worst Performing Team Penske (NASCAR) drivers By: Brian Cotnoir Everyone in racing knows the name Roger Penske; he’s a legend in Indycar, Sportscars, Endurance Racing, and the Automotive Industry.    In fact, he recently became owner of the Indianapolis Motorspeedway AND the IndyCar Series, but when it comes to Stock Car Racing, though Penske has surprisingly accomplished a lot. Roger Penske’s only been in NASCAR since the early 1990’s though and despite the fact having the legendary Rusty Wallace drive for him for decades it wasn’t until just recently that he became a championship winning owner in NASCAR.   Penske builds fast cars and wins lots of races, so if you can’t win in a Team Penske car, something is seriously wrong, and unfortunately for these 5 drivers they have the unfortunate distinction of never having won in a Team Penske car. 5.)   AJ Allmendinger Despite not really having much success early on in his cup career, AJ Allmendinger ...

Top 5 Worst Performing Chip Ganassi w/ Felix Sabates drivers By Brian Cotnoir Chip Ganassi is a legendary owner in Open Wheel Racing.   His teams have 11 drivers Championships between CART & IndyCar, he’s a 4-time winning owner of the Indianapolis 500, and in 2010 he became the 1 st Car Owner to win the US Racing “Triple Crown”, when his cars won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, and Indianapolis 500 in the same season!   Ganassi has also had a lot of success in Endurance Racing, winning multiple IMSA titles and 24 Hours of Daytona’s.                                   Ganassi would eventually look to expand his racing empire in bought a majority share of Felix Sabates Racing around the turn of the new millennium, and then later eventually merge with the Dale Earnhardt Incorporated.    Ganassi has ...