IMO a great driver is a great driver no matter what he straps into. Kinsers been as successful non winged as winged as have others, Kerr, Huntley, Briscoe, Hewitt

I believe what Dispain said about learning to find the edge and race against each other is the key. Diversity has a lot to do with it but with everything, When you get to the top level the equiptment and team you have around you is often a bigger factor than your driving abilites.

A reverse example is Bill Elliot and Bobby Lebonte and a few others like Schrader who can come down a notch and be competitive.

I know some pure stockers and Mod drivers who'd probably be damn good in a sprinter, OR THE NEXT LEVEL. Bland and others kinda prove this. I even worked on a pure stock team where theres no doubt in my mind he'd of been successful in anything he drove. He could just feel and know how to hook up and keep speed where most others lost it.

Chuck, who thought Gordon's first Brickyard qualifications summed it up perfectly, Totally sideways out of four and still set quick time. 95 percent of anyone exiting that corner sideways eats a wall.