Who is the most overrated driver in Nascar?

Question

Kurt Busch is overrated but he isnt hyped every week

Answer 1

Jeff Gordon hasn't done anything worth mentioning this season, but all you hear about is how Jr hasn't won a race. Jr is the top Hendricks driver this season, even doing better than two year champ Jimmie Johnson!! Race on Jr.!! He is just warming up, he will get a couple of wins this season and may even take home the Sprint Cup!!

Answer 2

Jimmie Johnson

Answer 3

Michael Waltrip.  Guy gets in the top 5 year after year for Most Popular Driver, but has a whopping 4 wins over a 25 or so year career.  All of which came in a 3 year period from 01-03.

Answer 4

For those saying that Dale Jr is the most over rtaed driver you must not know that he had 6 wins in 2004 I believe. Any driver that wins 6 times on this circuit is pretty darn good, he has been driving junk the last few years. I would have to say right now that Matt Kenseth is the most over rated.......look at him in the standings; I think around 22nd.......Terrible for having Rousch equipment.

Answer 5

Michael Waltrip.

Some of these other answers kill me.

Jeff Gordon?  81 wins and 4 titles makes a guy over rated?  This guy is the reason they brought in the current cup format because he was running away with titles when there was  months to go in a season.  Just look at last year, without the adjustment to points totals there is no way anyone catches Gordon.  The guys average finish was 11th for the entire season.  People must think VERY highly about this guy if a record like that makes you over rated.

Dale Jr.?  I'm not exactly a Jr. fan, but the winless streak has more to do with DEI not being able to give him competitive cars than it does Jr's ability.  Probably the best restrictor plate racer in NASCAR.   Might finally win a title now that he has decent equipment (or are Hendrick cars over rated too?).

Answer 6

Jeff Gordon, it's all they want to talk about when he wins its Jeff and when he does not its Jeff

Answer 7

Kyle Busch

Answer 8

Finally, someone says Junior is overrated. I once was a Jr. fan, before he sold his soul to Jeff Gordon and Cheater Johnson. Honestly, I'm glad Kyly Busch spun Jr. out. It's his fault that Busch got buried at Hendrick. Go Mark Martin, a driver kids can look up to. Not Jr. But Martin Truex Jr. would be a great role model too. At least he didn't sell his soul, and he's got one more win than Big E last year. Oh that's right, Big E didn't win last year.

Answer 9

Dale Earnhardt Jr. ~ I am tired of everyone talking about he's the best driver ever, blah, blah, blah.

Even the announcers kiss his butt. DW in Talladega saying that if he were David Regan he'd move over & let Jr pass him. BS. No driver racing for position should ever move over & let anyone pass them. That's not racing. But DW's opinion seems to echo the view of Jr Nation.

I am just sick of the fans & the media acting as though Jr can do no wrong. That he is the best & he deserves to be treated like royality. Kyle Busch fans act the same way. He's got to be the 2nd most overrated driver.

And tied for 3rd is Jimmie Johnson & Jeff Gordon. After 2 races this season, the media was asking if Hindrix Motorsport would win. They made it seem like a deadly sin the they couldn't win in the first 2 or 3 or even 4 races.

Heck, if only Hindrix cars are supposed to win every weekend then why do we fans still watch the races. If they're the only ones supossed to win then why do the other drivers race every weekend. Why not sit home & let the 4 Hendrix cars race each other every week.

You know, it's more the media & certain types of fans that make certain drivers overrated. It's not necessarily the drivers themselves. Most of the drivers don't think on the same wave length as many of their fans or the media.

Even Jr after Richmond, said that he had a top 3 car & that's where he should have finished. He never said he deserved the win.

So, all in all, it's mostly the fans & the media I have a problem with.

Answer 10

I would go with Kurt Busch. But as for Dale Jr he is one of the top nascar drivers. He finnaly has a car to back it up i know its 10 or 11 races in to the season but im predicting jr to win 3 races this year

Answer 11

Junior.Great racing name upper average driver.

Answer 12

Jamie Mac Murray.

Answer 13

Dale Jr.

Answer 14

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. gets three times the coverage of Jeff Gordon and has less than 1/4 the success.

Answer 15

Jeff Burton didn't win a race for 5 years, Kahne is on a long winless streak, Harvick is on a long winless streak, Newman had a long streak until he won Daytona...

Why is Jr any different?

Everyone talks about how Jr Nation needs to realize he is just another driver, no different than anyone else...then you JR Haters need to quit making a BIG deal about his winless streak when many top notch drivers have went through the same thing....

And to answer the question: Scrub Busch is highly overrated.  Anybody can win a few races if they went out wrecked the rest of the competition.

Answer 16

I think Tony Stewart is way overrated. And when he dont get hi way he cries about it...

For all of you that said Dale jr. Just look who is 3rd in the points and then do some home work before giving a stupid answer.

Answer 17

I have to say Jr., I know there are a lot of Jr. fans here and I apologize but the time he spends in victory lane does not even come close to his air time.

Answer 18

You're absolutely right!  You can't blame him for that, though.  He's been brilliantly marketed, and his fans (short for fanatic) are defiantly loyal.  He's a good, but not great driver.  I feel sorry for him at times, he doesn't seem very happy.  He'll make it into the winner's circle again someday, the odds are in his favor.

Answer 19

i would say jr and ryan newman  newman can qualify  but thats about all he does

Answer 20

I would say "Junior". Sorry - I  haven't seen much to impress me.

Answer 21

if someone's overrated, does that mean you have a poor source of information? Use your own judgement and make your own ratings. You just need a solid foundation for your opinion, basically your own educated insight. Otherwise your just going by what people tell you.

Answer 22

Dale Jr. is without a doubt the Most Overrated in the Medias Eyes and TV Announcers Hearts. His On track accomplishments do not warrant all the HYPE>--- 72 race winless streak and 0 Championships!!!!!!!!

Answer 23

3 words "DALE EARNHARDT JR."

He's a good guy, I like him, and he's a very good driver but not one of the elete ones.

Answer 24

Hmm how about Hamlin and Busch, combined they have 1 more win that Carl Edwards. JGR has a combined 43 wins between 3 drivers and 32 of them have been from Smoke. Big deal, Jr hasn't won in 2 years, Jeff Burton once went almost from 2002-late 2006 with out a win, and has only won 3 races since 2001(not a knock on Jeff, I like him, just stating facts, don't rip me a new one drivingfast31). But I don't hear how Jeff Burton's overrated all the time. How bout Kasey Kahne, won 6 races in 2006, and hasn't done squat since then, no one's sitting here riding him for not winning in 51 races.

boston, you say he sold his soul and left the family. Well maybe if the family business had'nt fallen to sh*t he would'nt have left. BTW Jr has family ties to HMS as well, his grandfather worked for HMS for years, his father won HMS's first NASCAR race. Oh yeah and back in the early 90's Dale Sr. suggested that Rick sign some kid from California, who's only won 81 races and 4 championships for him.

Wait a second, Smoke's overrated??? He's only won championships in every series he's run in(USAC, IRL,IROC,NASCAR Cup Series twice), ok that's really overrated...NOT!!!!

Jay, aside from the championship, Kenseth and Jr have very similar numbers stats wise, and he's what 22nd in points now?

Answer 25

Two words: Dale Jr.

That's just my opiniont hough ladies and Gentlemen and those of you flipping out about me saying this get a life let me have my opinion like you have yours.

Answer 26

Dale Jr. is by far the most overrated driver NASCAR has ever had.. I mean think about his career..What has he really accomplished??? I hate to say it but look at what Jeff Gordon and what all he had accomplished  at this time in his career compared to Jr. If it wasn't for the name "Earnhardt" how many fans would Jr. have?

Answer 27

I agree Earnhardt is very overrated. I get tired of hearing all the lame excuses for his losing streak. Matt Kenseth started Cup racing at the same time, won Rookie of the year, won a championship, and finished 2nd in another one, all while Dale was missing "The Chase". That doesn't exactly scream great driver in any way. I can also see a case for Gordon being overrated. Yeah, his record in Cup racing is okay, but outside of that, he hasn't done squat. Darn few Busch Series (Nationwide) wins, no truck starts, no IROC wins, etc. Compare that to a guy like Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, or even Kyle Busch, drivers that win in everything they sit in, and Gordon's racing record seems pretty empty. And even in Cup racing he seems to struggle more than a driver in his position should.

Answer 28

Uh that would have to be Kasey Khane....Dude the guy was 20 something in points last year-he's barely in the top 12 in points right now and it's too early to say where he'll be at end of season.

I can't see how Jr would be over rated I mean the guy is 3rd in the Points right now-it's not like he's 13th or lower.

Give the guy a break-so he hasn't won a race in 2 years-at least this year he's finishing races and isn't having motors blow up on him....He's probably led at least one lap in each race so far except maybe the one Casey Mears got into him with the slick track. He's had a couple bad races this year as far as luck-but overall he can't be too dissappointed

Answer 29

Dale Jr. is definetely the most overrated. Has been since he's been in NASCAR and it probably won't change. He can thank his last name for that.

Most underrated drivers are probably Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer.

And the best driver out of everyone to me is KYLE BUSCH. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are very good drivers, also.

Answer 30

THIS IS TO THE PERSON THAT SAID STEWART,LETS SEE,HE'S WON THREE NATIONWIDE RACES THIS YEAR,AND HE USUALLY DONT START WINNING THE BIG ONE'S ON SUNDAY TO HALF OF THE SEASON,BUT WHEN HE DOES START WINNING,YOU WATCH OUT,HE WILL BE ON FIRE,AND WHY HE'S 8TH IN POINTS,JUST PURE BAD LUCK,HE IS SO NOT OVERRATED,GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT,DALE JR IS WAY OVERRATED,I LIKE HIM,REALLY I DO,HE IS  LIKE MY SECOND FAVE DRIVER,BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY,BUT HE IS OVERRATED,AND ALSO KASEY KHANE IS TOO,SORRY IF THE TRUTH HURTS!