Who was your very first favorite driver?

Question

And what year was it?

Answer 1

Dale Sr. mid 90's.  Then Rusty Wallace for a while.  But Dale Sr was always THE man.

Answer 2

Harry Gant and Richard Petty in the early 80's.

Answer 3

#43 Richard Petty since 1968 .

Answer 4

Rusty Wallace #2

Answer 5

2005; Jimmie Johnson

Answer 6

Jeff Gordon #24 and Jimmie Johnson #28

Answer 7

my first favorite drivers were actually nhra guys - "big daddy" don garlits and don "the snake" prudhomme, back in the early 70's.

for nascar? probably cale yarborough, but that was because it was the only name i could remember.  that was a loooong time ago, back when we watched only every now and then.

at my first live race (vegas, 2003), i cheered on hideo fukuyama, driver of the #66 kikkoman ford.  i did so because he was so far behind i figured he needed at least one fan.  he finished 33rd, 9 laps down.  he only ran two races in each year 2002 and 2003, with two last place finishes, a 39th place, and his best - the 33rd place mentioned above (probably because he had one fan that day ;-)

besides hideo, i cheered on vegas' own kurt busch, then his brother when he came up. i'd place bets at the casinos on kurt and junior nearly every week while i lived there.  i've added other drivers who i root for, but the busch brothers remain front and center.

Answer 8

Sterling Marlin 90's

Answer 9

Bill Elliott early 80

Answer 10

David Pearson/early 80s.

Answer 11

Kenny Irwin - 1998 Rookie of the Year.

Answer 12

Dale Earnhardt junior   the year was 2001.

Answer 13

Matty Roy Kenseth 2006

Answer 14

In the sixties, Pearson and Petty.

My dad liked them both, so did I.

Answer 15

Richard Petty, 1970. 12 yrs later I watched this redheaded Georgia boy win at riverside, then I had two favorite drivers. Now I am AMPED up as I watched this guy race when he was learning to use a razor and now is one of NASCAR's top drivers.

All three drivers have class and are well respected by their team mates.

Answer 16

In 2002 I tested the Nascar waters but in 2003, I was a full fledged fan. I actually have that whole season on tape. Neurotic? Maybe.

I went through a bunch before settling.

2002: Elliott Sadler

2002: Sterling Marlin

2002: Bill Elliott

2003: Jimmie Johnson (was in his fan club and seen his potential during his rookie season, I said he would be the next Richard Petty)

2003: Kevin Harvick

2004: Kasey Kahne

2005: No one to start the year then reverted back to Elliott Sadler and stuck with him since

Funny story goes along with that. I woke up one morning a boy with no driver to pull for when I just said that I will pull for Elliott Sadler. Checked Nascar.com and seen he was on the pole for the Brickyard 400. I think he was running in sixth at the time and cut down a tire with less than 10 or 20 to go and he has stated that race was when his bad luck officially started and look where he is now, 28th in the points and dropping. I will stop rambling now.

Oh, yeah, I have to specify I was never a band wagoner, I actually like pulling for drivers while they are in a slump or starting out so I can say I watched them become great. That's why I went with Jimmie but I didn't like him off track.

Since last year Kyle Busch has been a top prospect for me when Elliott Sadler retires.

Answer 17

Stewart Jr. Jimmie 2006

Answer 18

I became a fan of Awesome Bill Elliott in 1992 when I was a boy of only six years.

Answer 19

2001 - Jeff Gordon.

Answer 20

David Pearson !!

Got the chance to meet him back in ''72'', at the then...

Atlanta International Raceway !!  That was ''before''... they SCREWED THIS TRAC UP !!

Answer 21

BOBBY ALLISON AND COCA-COLA CHEVELLES AND MONTE CARLOS.....THEN IT WAS EARNHARDT SENIOR AFTER HIS ROOKIE RUN AT DAYTONA......ENOUGH SAID RIGHT THERE.

Answer 22

Bill Elliot

Answer 23

Mario Andretti and it was a long time ago.  But Oh how I loved and still do love Mario.

Answer 24

TONY STEWART-2005

Answer 25

Fred Lorenzen--1964, when I went to my very first Nascar race the World 600-1964, sad race this was the race where my other favorite driver had a dreadful  crash, Fireball Roberts he died later in July..R.I.P Fireball.

Go Dale Jr & Hms

Answer 26

1960-Ned Jarrett

Mid 60's-Bobby Allison

70's-Bobby and Donnie Allison,Buddy Baker

80's-Allison & D.W.

90's- Davey Allison

Mid 90's The Intimindator,Dale Earnhardt

After 2001-Tony Stewart

Answer 27

Cale Yarborough and I do not remember the year

Answer 28

Dale Earnhardt Sr, Always "Fan of the MAN"...1979..Rookie of the Year, have all the collection of sundrop bottles following his career as well as Richard Petty..but when Dale came on the scene, it was over for the King and onto "The Imitator"

Answer 29

The #27 MGD Miller Pontiac Grand Prix of Rusty Wallace.(1990)

Answer 30

1986, Dale Earnhardt

Answer 31

Not sure of the year. 68 or 69. The Silver Fox. David Pearson. That's really strange cuz he drove a Mercury Cyclone and I've always been a GM guy. Go figure.