Ranking the Best Dirt Racers in History

Below is the list (in alphabetical order) of the best dirt racers in history as recorded by our member participants over the past couple of weeks.

Now let’s pick a top 25 from this list.

List your top 25 (in no particular order) as a reply. When finished, I’ll produce a top 25 list…then we can attampt to rank them.

A.J. Foyt

Al Grinnon

Al Unser

Alan Johnson

Aubrie Holly

Barefoot Bob McCreadie

Bennett Clontz

Bill Blair

Bill Morton

Billy Biscoe

Billy Moyer

Billy Scott

Bob Flock

Bob Moore

Bobby Issac

Bobby Unser

Brett Hearn

Bruce Brantley

Buck Simmons

Bud Elliott

Bud Lundsford

Buzz Collins

Buzzie Reutimann

C.J. Rayburn

C L Prichett

Carl Smart

Casey Cain

Charlie Blanton

Charlie Burnett

Charlie Hughes

Charlie Mincey

Charlie Tidwell

Chubby Thompkins

Chuck Piazza

Cotton Owens

Curtis Truner

Danny Johnson

David Boggs

David Pearson

David Perry

Dick Hutcherson

Dick Mills

Dink Widenhouse

Don Macon

Don Tumberlin

Don White

Donnie Head

Donnie Moran

Doug Cox

Doug Hall

Doug Kenimer

Doug Wolfgang

Dud Nelson

Dutch Hoag

Eddie Crouse

Eddie McDonald

Elmo Henderson

Ernie Derr

Ernie Irvan

Farmer John Edwards

Fat Cat Robbs

Floyd Powell

Fonty Flock

Francis Sullivan

Frankie Carnes

Freddie Smith

Gary Balough

Glenn McDuffie

Glenn Simpkins

H. E.Vinyard

Harold Painter

Harrison “Ozark Ike” Williams

Harry Gantt

Harvey Jones

Hayward Plyer

Herb “Tootle” Estes

Herman Goddard

Herman Mauney

Hooker Hood

Hop Holmes

“Hurricane” Hank Edwards

J.T.Kerr

Jack Hewitt

Jack Johnson

James Sears

Jan Opperman

Jeff Hawkins

Jeff Pervis

Jerry Butch Weld

Jimmie Lewallen

Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Owens

Joe Weatherly

John A. Utsman

Junior Johnson

Kurt Busch

Kyle Busch

Larry Moore

Larry Phillips

Lee Petty

Leon “Slick” Sells

Leon Archer

Leroy Strickin

Lil Bud Moore

Lloyd Merlyn Beckman

Lonnie LeeRoy Yarbrough

Lou Lazzaro

Mac Head

Mac Mangum

Mario Andretti

Mike Duvall

Mutt Powell

Ned Jarrett

Parnelli Jones

Paul “Ghost”

Paul Goldsmith

Paul Lewis

Porky Edwards

Ralph Earnhardt

Ralph Moody

Ramo Stott

Rance Phillips

Red Farmer

Richard Petty

Rod Ulandfield

Rodney Combs

Roger Mathews

Ron Hutcherson

Roz Howard

Sam Ard

Sam Smith

Sammy Swindell

Scott Bloomquist

Steve Kinser

Stick Elliot

Tiger Tom Pistone

Tim Flock

Tim Leeming

Tiny Lund

Tommie Clinard

Tony Stewart

Vic “The Thrill” Hill

Walter Ball

Will Cagle

Woodie Moore

I used an alphabetizer.

Since it appears we didn’t restrict our listing to stock cars, I want to make two additions:

* TED HORN – Magnificent driving talent who won multiple AAA driving titles racing primarily on dirt. A sentimental favorite for me because he won the very first event at the Richmond Fairgrounds 1/2-mile dirt in 1946. Killed at the DuQuoin Mile.

* TOMMY HINNERSHITZ – Known as the “Oley Dirt Farmer” – this late Pennsylvania sprint car driver is in all the halls of fame acknowledging the exploits of dirt sprinters and won more races than anyone will ever know.