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Who is the most popular NASCAR driver of all time?

By YPB Team

Trophies count for nothing in this one. Cheers do, and the loudest of them rarely went to the best driver on track.

  1. Dale Earnhardt — ranked #11
    Dale Earnhardt
    Won the fans' Most Popular Driver award once, in 2001, after his death.
    1000pts
  2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. — ranked #22
    Dale Earnhardt Jr.
    Won Most Popular Driver fifteen times, every year from 2003 to 2017.
    857pts
  3. Chase Elliott — ranked #33
    Chase Elliott
    Took over the fan award in 2018 and kept winning it.
    516pts
  4. Richard Petty — ranked #44
    Richard Petty
    The King, who signed autographs until the line was gone.
    516pts
  5. Cale Yarborough — ranked #55
    Cale Yarborough
    A South Carolina farm boy whose 1979 fight put NASCAR on national television.
    515pts
  6. Denny Hamlin — ranked #66
    Denny Hamlin
    Leaned into being booed and turned it into a second career.
    400pts
  7. Kyle Busch — ranked #77
    Kyle Busch
    The sport's most reliable villain, and its all-time national-series wins leader.
    400pts
  8. Jimmie Johnson — ranked #88
    Jimmie Johnson
    Seven titles and comparatively muted crowds, which became its own storyline.
    329pts
  9. Danica Patrick — ranked #99
    Danica Patrick
    Led laps in the Daytona 500 and drew fans who watched nothing else.
    248pts
  10. Bobby Allison — ranked #1010
    Bobby Allison
    Head of the Alabama Gang, and one of the sport's most-followed families.
    248pts
  11. Jeff Gordon — ranked #1111
    Jeff Gordon
    Never won the fan award, and was booed as often as cheered at his peak.
    248pts
  12. Bill Elliott — ranked #1212
    Bill Elliott
    Won the fan award sixteen times, the all-time record.
    248pts
  13. Tony Stewart — ranked #1313
    Tony Stewart
    Three titles and a temper that fans treated as a feature.
    248pts
  14. Davey Allison — ranked #1414
    Davey Allison
    The heir apparent whose death in 1993 the sport never quite got over.
    248pts
  15. Darrell Waltrip — ranked #1515
    Darrell Waltrip
    Booed as a driver, beloved as a broadcaster for two decades afterwards.
    154pts

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