A variety of cars and tracks leads me to A J Foyt and Mario Andretti in positions 1 and 2 followed closely by Steve Kinser, Steve Kinser, and Steve Kinser.:checkered:

Opp, A.J.,Smoke, Hewitt, K.Weld, Charlie Swartz...I could go on and on. Opp has to be my favorite though.

Of all the drivers I have seen one name stands out above the rest. Rich Vogler. I have seen him win in more types of cars on both dirt and pavement. Plus his unbelivable ability to jump in inferior equipment at IMS at the last minute and put it in the show. I think the boys in NASCAR had a whoppin' coming to them till he met his fate at Salem. RIP Rich you will always be my hero!

Bob Shutt

winged: Steve Kinser
non-winged: Hewitt/Yeley
pavment: Dave Steele
Late Model: Bloomquist/Moyer
most fearless: Hewitt/Jeff Shepard (anyone at the 2002 Night the Stars Come Out knows what im talking about)
Smoothest: Billy Moyer

I'm young

Going with what I've seen in person and the kind of racing I like....

Sprint Cars - Kinser by far the best on dirt. He'd have lot of USAC wins too if he had chose to do that. When you win over 40 races in a year that something.

Indy Cars - Rick Mears is the best I've ever seen. A.J. and Mario weren't as big a factor. Nobody was as good at taking care of equipment and then being an assassian at the end like Rick was (Unser Sr. is right there in that category). Indy win in '91 is a perfect example of that. If you stack his starts to wins against anybody, he wins going way.

A.J., Mario, and Stewart to me are in there own class. Whether you like/dislike any/all of them, they are the best overall.

I still think A.J. may be Tony's dad based on driving skill and personality.

The best I have seen:
wing sprint-Steve Kinser
non-wing sprint-Jon Stanbrough
pavement sprint-Dave Steele
pavement Silver Crown-Dave Steele
dirt Silver Crown-Jack Hewitt
DIRT big-block modified-Brett Hearn
dirt late-model-Jeff Purvis
asphalt late-model-Butch Lindley
NASCAR-Bobby Allison

THE BEST EVER-AJ FOYT

Midget - Mel Kenyon, Tattersall, Wente, Vogler (tie)

Sprint - Vogler, Gary B., Pancho, Troy Ruttman, Herk, Bigelow, Dickson (tie)

SC - Hewitt, Ziggy, Sills, Rice (tie)

Indy - Foyt, Sweikert, Vuky

Overall - Foyt, Gary B., Vogler (tie)

Honorable mention - Sheldon K. Lloyd Ruby, Billy Cassella

How stupid of me to leave out Smoke!

Jan Opperman & Steve Kinser

Midgets
Dirt - Jimmy Davies
Pavement - Dave Steele
Both - Mel Kenyon

Sprints
Dirt - Jack Hewitt
Pavement - Pancho Carter
Both - Gary Bettenhausen and Larry Dickson

Silver Crown
Dirt - A. J. Foyt
Pavement - Tony Stewart
Both - Tony Stewart (since I never saw Foyt race a dirt car on pavement)

All around - A. J. Foyt

Hey., has anyone ever notices when you reply to threads like this that your answers don't always stay the same.

That is so hard to come up with an answer, I would have to say AJ for all around. Hewitt, Darland, Gary B., and Billy Engelhart are my champ car guys. Sheldon Kinser and Bubby Jones were always a thrill in sprinters! Kevin Olson, Vogler, Fox, and Kevin Doty would be my midgeteers. Boy, I sure do miss the good ole days!!