While CART sanctioned the primary year-long season of races, the Indianapolis 500 itself remained under the sanctioning of USAC. He could win in any car, and go fast in any car. Most complete F1 driver ever, almost won titles in '97 and '98 in a car that was a long way from the best on the grid, would have won the '99 title if didn't break his legs in accident caused by mechanical failure. Series Overview Alternatively Known As: Main Event Racing Series (1997-2012; 2015-2017); Great Lakes Helicopter Main Event Racing Series (2013-2014); Sweet Manufacturing Main Event Outlaw Tour presented by Senneker Performance (2018-2019) Series Founded: 1994 Series active! Horses - Most Wins. $.each(dfpMoreSlots, function (index, element) { [13] Alonso also entered the 2019 Indy 500 but failed to qualify due to mechanical issues with the car. By . AJ career spanned more years than all the rest He was good on anything that had wheels, ran dirt bull rings with the sprints, paved oval tracks with indy cars, road races in all manner of race cars, stock cars, sports cars, drove as hard as any driver in any type of racing. True winner of the Triple Crown. When he wins, the first thing he always praises is his team, least of all himself. He looks like Jeffery Epstein stole his thunder in high school with all the middle schooler ladyfriends and that made him seriously jealous and caused him to go on a huge quest for fame and power as a race car driver and try and get revenge on Epstein for stealing his thunder all the way back in High School and finally succeeded when Epstein ended up in jail and The Clintons felt too guilty for having to do the dirty work on their good friend themselves. Sad social and historical knowledge. Ken Miles should be on the list. The 1960 Cup champ grew up during the Great Depression, suffered polio as a child and learned his way around a car by working on his family's Model T. The namesake of Dale Earnhardt was a 15-time winner of the Cup Series Most Popular Driver award and a two-time Daytona 500 winner before retiring to join the broadcast booth for NASCAR on NBC. Even when Darlington's sole race returns to Labor Day weekend in autumn since 2015, neither of them have won in that time slot. The, In the aftermath of the open wheel unification in early 2008, due to a scheduling conflict, the, In 1952, another open wheel series was formed alongside the AAA, the, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 20:06. Non-points races such as the Race of Two Worlds, Marlboro Challenge, and the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 are not reflected in the totals below. All figures current through the 2020 Harvest Grand Prix. Given that it has taken Gordon 19 seasons to get 87 wins, he'd theoretically need to race another 25 years and win at least 4.5 races per season to catch Petty. The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race and the Brickyard 400 have also been considered as alternative Crown Jewels. The national championship was re-instated by AAA for 1920 and beyond. [12] Only two drivers have achieved this feat: Peter Brock in 1978 and 1980 and Craig Lowndes in 1996. Racing is not just F1And Tom is one of the best overall. In fact, from 1967 through 1971, Petty won—get this—92 races. attachDfpMoreSlotEvent(jQuery); He and Jeff Gordon had one of Racings best rivalries. Could haves and would haves don't count. The poster boy for a new era in NASCAR, Gordon won four Cup titles (1995, '97, '98, 2001). * The King was a seven-time Cup champion (1964, '67, '71, '72, '74, '75, '79) who won the Daytona 500 a record seven times and won a hat-tipping 27 times — including 10 straight checkered flags — in 1967. A $1 million bonus prize is offered for any driver to win all three races.[10]. The COT started off the latest decade and remained until 2012. He could drive anything. So much has been made about the five Sprint Cup championships that Chad Knaus has won with Jimmie Johnson. Presented By: There was really no compelling reason to do so other than politics and money. Senna could be right up there, but unfortunately could not prove it. Kyle Busch won the first race in it and he hated it as well. ", "$1 million bonus awaits new Triple Crown winner", Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triple_Crown_of_Motorsport&oldid=982456108, Articles containing potentially dated statements from April 2020, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The Monaco Grand Prix has been part of the, No races held in 1917–1918 or 1942–1945 due to, This page was last edited on 8 October 2020, at 07:54. The golden age of motor-racing. The fans immediately hated it. Kyle Busch claimed 40 of his 56 career total wins between 2010-2019. Perhaps he lost interest after winning his first and only le Mans? Still proves he can beat the best in the world at over 40 years of age in ROC. Prost asked Ron Dennis who was the best driver him or Senna, Rons telling reply why Alain you are the best driver, Ayrton is faster! In my opinion we can only go by their record of acomplishments. I got into a heated debate yesterday with a co-worker about which brand has the most wins across all types of motorsport. Besides being a beautiful man, Mr Gordon made NASCAR accessible for anyone and everyone! Somehow, we just don't see Gordon racing until he's 66 years old. In just five seasons! Since Mario has won an Indy car race in 4 different decades the voters must be very young. But as significant as that record is for Knaus, he's still a few titles away from being the crew chief with the most career championships. function attachDfpMoreSlotEvent($) { If he had not sadly been killed in that F2 race at Hockenheim who knows what records he would have set. Wasn't known enough, needed longer to prove how good he was. I remember him for his time at Jordan GP an newer team if it just had the money and an works engine package could have given the big three teams a run for their money. this can not be said of any of the others except andretti but foyt did it longer than any of them. Oh, yes, and then there was 1971, when Petty won 21 races in 46 starts. Later bought the Liger team renamed it Prost GP and had some success as an ownere with Oliver Panis as his driver. At 36, the 2012 Cup champion is in his prime, finishing eighth or higher in the Cup standings three straight years. Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself, we all know that, but let's be real, if anyone wanted to truly kill him and looked like they would want to kill him, I think it would be this guy. If he wins the 500, he is not the F1 Goat, but the best car Racer ever on legal bases. By comparison, the active driver with the most wins is Jeff Gordon, who earned his 87th win at Homestead in the 2012 season finale. Individual events from 1904, 1906–1915, and 1917–1919 are specifically excluded from the table below, due to the fact that they were not part of an official "championship" season. The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial motorsport achievement, often regarded as winning three of the most prestigious motor races in the world in one's career: the Indianapolis 500 (first held in 1911) the 24 Hours of Le Mans (first held in 1923) the Monaco Grand Prix (first held in 1929) In 2010, the series retired the term "IRL" in favor of "IndyCar.". Remember Loeb had won against Schumacher twice at the ...more. In Australia, a driver is said to have achieved the "Triple Crown" if they win the Sandown 500, the Bathurst 1000 and the International V8 Supercars Championship (formerly the Australian Touring Car Championship) in the same year. Edwards was known for his physique, doing backflips off his car in victory lane and retiring at 36 years old prior to the 2017 season. Total all-time victories for Indy car teams (selected teams & active teams). But unless Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. go out and win five races each over the next four seasons, Mr. Hendrick still has a long way to go to catch Richard Petty as a team owner with the most wins (287). Following him is Jeff Gordon, in 12th place (12.627 percent, 87 wins in 689 starts). Since the California 500's return under IndyCar sanction, it has been a night race. window.addEventListener('load', function () { Can you guess who is third? The following is a list compiling the total number of career victories in open wheel American Championship car racing. By record alone, Loeb is #1, Schumacher #2 and currently Vettel #3 because of their record. We call those the most untouchable records in NASCAR history—records made by drivers ranging from The King, Richard Petty, who virtually rewrote the sport's record book and continues to dominate it (as well as this slideshow, for reasons you'll soon read), all the way to the modern day and Kyle Busch. But the fact of the matter is, Mario won in everything he ever drove. How about Kirk Shelmerdine, with four championships as a crew chief for the late Dale Earnhardt (1986, 1987, 1990 and 1991)? Keep up the good work! I followed his career from 97 to his last race in Homestead of the 2015 season. Racings toughest driver ever. Why? This is one other record that will likely never even come close to being broken, either. The IndyCar Triple Crown was revived in 2013, with the 1971–80 format of the Indianapolis 500 (in May), Pocono IndyCar 400 (in July), and the MAVTV 500 (in October, held at Fontana). Thank you Lewis for your massive contribution in F1, and making it the sport it is today. Kimi Räikkönen holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. Season. Had more natural talent than anyone in F1 other than Senna. Note that victories in the Indianapolis 500 from 1979 to 1995 are listed under the heading of USAC. Equals Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney by winning races in Indy cars, Formula One cars and NASCAR Cup cars. Formula1 (world champ), IndyCar (500 winner & champion), Sports Cars, Dirt Cars, NASCAR, hell, he even won the Pikes Peak hill climb. And one of racings gentlemen drivers. Cousin Carl never won a Cup title, losing the 2011 tiebreaker to Tony Stewart. }); He went out of the comfort Zone to drive in America. The professionalism of him, always praising his team, his team mate and also other competitors. Richard Petty has the most wins as an owner with 268, followed by Hendrick. The Rainbow Warrior made his Cup Series debut in the now-legendary 1992 Hooters 500 at Atlanta, which also happened to be Richard Petty’s final run. Active competitors who have completed two legs of the Triple Crown, Masten Gregory: Totally Fearless author Michael J. Cox research (2013), List of winners of Triple Crown of Motorsport races, "Points Race Stays Tight; Montoya Joins Elite Company With Victory", "Monaco Grand Prix Glitz Draws Rising Stars", "Motor racing - Triple crown: Monaco or F1 championship?