Who was your original favorite driver in NASCAR?

Question

the first NASCAR driver I every liked was darell waltrip

Answer 1

dw was my original favorite,,, then it became mark martin... and now i am a team ford guy, but i do like both of the busch brothers....

Answer 2

JIMMIE JOHNSON

Answer 3

The King Richard Petty.

Answer 4

I'm really young (16), but my first and current favorite is Ryan Newman. He won the first race I ever went to. It was at Dover in the spring of 2003.

Answer 5

Terry labontee. [sp?] old #5 or awesome bill from dawsonville. aka bill Elliot.

but Terry was my dads favorite and my daddy is my hero. so go figure.

Answer 6

Rusty Wallace

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Answer 7

David Pearson

Answer 8

Jeff Gordon was mine and still is. I started watching in 2001 and liked him from the start. It was kind of funny because my sister really dislikes him although she doesn't know why.

Answer 9

Rusty Wallace

Answer 10

Dale Sr. was rthe original for me.

Answer 11

Originally Cale Yarborough. But now Jeff Gordon. Has been since his 1st year. Will be til the end.

Answer 12

Rusty Wallace was my favorite, he signed a shirt for my daughter years ago, and made jokes about the joys of kids to me and the fans around, he was just a really cool guy.

Answer 13

My first favorite driver is still my favorite driver and that is TONY STEWART!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 14

in 1964 Fearless Freddie Lorenzen..

Go Dale Jr & Hms

Answer 15

Jamie McMurray. It lasted about 8 weeks before I jumped on the Bowyer bandwagon.

Answer 16

Mine was none other than The Intimidator, Ol' Iron Head himself, the best pure racecar driver to ever sit behind the wheel of a stockcar and that driver is none other than the greatest driver to ever live Dale Earnhardt Sr...God Bless Dale and R.I.P.

Answer 17

Once I was old enough to know what was going on I like Bobby Labonte, I still do!

Answer 18

Fred Lorenzen and Glen Roberts were my favorites.

Answer 19

Bill Elliott

Answer 20

Well actually mine was Mark Martin, he was my dad's favorite driver and my dad is my hero so I took to Mark Martin too!

Answer 21

William Glotzhagh

Answer 22

Well the first was Fireball Roberts,then Cotton Owens,The in the 70's came Cecil Gordon,then Darrell Waltrip,Bobby Allison,Dale  Earnhardt,Davey Allison,Alan Kulwicki,Tony Stewart,Denny Hamlin,Carl Edwards.

Answer 23

David Pearson.

Answer 24

I think I liked Jeremy Mayfield back in the early 2000's.

Answer 25

Alan Kulwicki

Won Winston cup in 1992, dies in 1993

Independant driver (owner/driver--very rare)

Rest in peace.

DW (Darell Waltrip too) and I love him also as an announcer.  Good driver and announcer.

Answer 26

Jeff Gordon, when I first got into NASCAR it did not take long for me to become a #24 fan.

Answer 27

1999-2001 Dale Earnhardt Sr

2001-2003 Steve Park

2003-2008 (and beyond) Martin Truex Jr and Paul Menard

Thats my Timeline of favorite drivers

Answer 28

I'm young (16) but when I watch classic races I like Richard Petty and Cale Yarbough.

Answer 29

I have been a fan since the sixties. I had no favorite untill 1979 a brash rookie arrived on the scene. He won his first cup in only his second year after being rookie of the year the previous year.

Answer 30

43 The King...He will always be the KIng!!!!74 daytona starts with 10 wins....Jeff gordon has like only 130 more wins to tie 200 wins!!!

Answer 31

Bill Elliott and Ricky Rudd back in the 80s.