From 'The King' to 'Sliced Bread,' we count down the best drivers to ever race a stock car. Ranking the 25 Greatest NASCAR Drivers of All Time What makes a driver one of the 25 greatest in NASCAR history? Championships come to mind, but that doesn’t tell the whole story when there were only a handful of drivers running full-time schedules in the early years.
Still incomplete, but perhaps a better gauge even than championships. And winning percentage may be better still. Cultural impact for a sport that relies on personality more than virtually any other? Absolutely important.