STATS: Dirt Track Rankings (1949-1970)

Cup Series points races only. Does not include races on the Daytona Beach-Road Course, nor the cancelled race at Tulsa on August 4, 1956.

DRIVER RANKINGS

(9) Buck Baker, Junior Johnson 

(7) Jim Paschal 

(6) Tiny Lund, Jack Smith, Roy Tyner 

(5) Jimmie Lewallen, Jimmy Pardue, Lee Petty, Richard Petty, Wendell Scott 

(4) Neil Castles, Stick Elliott, Larry Frank, Fred Harb, Jimmy Helms, Cotton Owens, Blackie Pitt, Billy Rafter, Eddie Skinner, G.C. Spencer, Donald Thomas, Curtis Turner, Doug Yates 

(3) Johnny Allen, Dick Beaty, Curtis Crider, Fred Dove, Fonty Flock, Ned Jarrett, Bobby Johns, Dick Johnson, Brownie King, Ralph Liguori, Lloyd Moore, Billy Myers, Tom Pistone, Dick Rathman, Jim Reed, Gober Sosebee, Gwyn Staley, Speedy Thompson, Joe Weatherly, Bob Welborn, Rex White, Cale Yarborough 

(2) George Alsobrook, Bill Amick, Jimmy Ayers, Buddy Baker, Rodney Bottinger, Perk Brown, Scotty Cain, Billy Carden, Bob Cooper, Pepper Cunningham, Bob Derrington, Darel Dieringer, Joe Eubanks, Tim Flock, Dick Getty, Wayne Gillette, Larry Hess, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Keck, Elmo Langley, Ed Livingston, Owen Loggins, Harold Mays, J.D. McDuffie, Ralph Moody, Bud Moore, Bunk Moore, Arden Mounts, Frank Mundy, George Parrish, Bennie Rakestraw, Shorty Rollins, Ermon Rush, Slick Smith, Joe Staton, Marshall Teague, Larry Thomas, E.J. Trivette, Emanuel Zervakis 

(1) Bobby Allison, Eddie Anderson, Jack Anderson, Ole Anderson, Don Angel, Bob Apperson, Buddy Arrington, Woody Arrington, Bruce Atchley, L.D. Austin, Johnny Beauchamp, Jim Bennett, Bill Benson, Leo Bergeron, Max Berrier, Jim Bickerstaff, Don Biederman, Art Binkley, Bunkie Blackburn, Bill Blackwell, Bill Blair, Doug Branson, Barry Brooks, Len Brown, Dick Burns, Cannonball Brown, Woody Brown, Andy Bruni, Al Bonnell, Bob Burdick, Danny Byrd, Wally Campbell, Ted Cannady, Pete Cardenas, Don Carr, Crash Carson, Raymond Carter, Ted Chaimberlain, Bill Champion, George Clark, Sherman Clark, Allan Clarke, June Cleveland, Ed Cole, Hal Cole, Leland Colvin, R.L. Combs, Jim Cook, Joe Cote, Doug Cox, Spook Crawford, Charlie Creger, Lloyd Dane, Bay Darnell, Gene Darragh, Hugh Darragh, Dizzy Dean, Jim Delaney, Arnold Denley, Bud Diamond, C.H. Dingler, Francis Dionne, John Dodd, Jr., Jerry Draper, Ray Duhigg, Glenn Dunaway, Ralph Dutton, Bud Erb, Erik Erickson, Herbert Estes, Rod Eulenfeld, Lou Faver, Lou Figaro, Ken Fischer, Pat Flaherty, Walt Flinchum, Jimmy Florian, Bubba Furr, Walson Gardner, Dick Garlington, Shorty Gibbs, Joe Gillow, Cecil Gordon, Matt Gowan, Jim Graham, Eddie Gray, George Green, Dick Grice, Bill Hall, Jack Harden, Rock Harn, Jack Hauher, Harvey Hege, Buddy Helms, Harvey Henderson, Ray Hendrick, Boyce Hildreth, Elton Hildreth, Morris Hill, Ray Hill, Jack Holloway, Harland Holmes, Paul Dean Holt, Lee Hough, Curtis Hunt, Dick Hutcherson, Jack Ingram, Bubba Into, Tommy Irwin, Bill Jarlick, Frank Jischke, Joe Lee Johnson, Ken Johnson, Britton Jones, Jim Jones, Possum Jones, Richard Jones, Ed Jordan, Reds Kagle, Tex Keene, Glenn Killian, Harold Kite, Mike Klapak, Sonny Lamphear, Bill Latham, Coleman Lawrence, Dawson Lechlider, Ted Lee, Irv Leitch, Dick Linder, Virgil Livengood, Sterling Long, Clyde Lynn, Johnny Mackinson, Emory Mahon, Chuck Mahoney, Bill Majot, Larry Mann, Larry Manning, Dave Marburger, Dick Martin, Otis Martin, Jimmy Massey, Lyle Matlock, Roy Mayne, Joe Bill McGraw, Joe Merola, Joe Million, Artie Mitchell, Tommy Moon, Earl Moss, Charles Muscatel, Ed Negre, Gus Newman, G.T. Nolan, Whitey Norman, Ed Normi, Ken Pace, Samy Packard, Marvin Panch, Ed Paskovich, Peck Peckham, Dell Pearson, Gene Peltier, Julian Petty, Maurice Petty, Andy Pierce, Dick Poling, Hank Pollard, Marvin Porter, Bob Price, Ray Pruitt, J.T. Putney, Jack Reynolds, Bert Robbins, Robbie Robinson, Fireball Roberts, Bob Rose, Bob Ross, Ken Rush, Jim Russell, Leon Sales, Lucky Sawyer, John Sears, George Seeger, Bill Seifert, Graham Shaw, Gene Simpson, Gordon Smith, John Soares, Cy Spencer, Fred Starr, Pete Stewart, Bill Stickler, Dick Stone, Victor Strassburg, Bill Tanner, Frank Tanner, Dave Terrell, Herb Thomas, Jabe Thomas, Jimmy Thompson, Johnny Thompson, Roscoe Thompson, Cliff Timberman, Ray Untiedt, Bill Vanderhoff, Bobby Waddell, Jack Wade, Kenneth Wagner, Bryant Wallace, Gayle Warren, Bill Weiman, Robert Weisemeyer, Al White, J.C. White, Bill Whitley, Bill Widenhouse, Dink Widenhouse, Felix Wilkes, Jerry Wimbish, Don Woodard, Cliff Woodson, Bailey Wynkoop, Steve Young, Jack Zink 

BY CAR NUMBER 

(15) #11

(14) #6

(13) #4

(11) #34

(10) #9, #14

(9) #17

(8) #30, #59

(7) #2, #18, #19, #28, #41, #64, #80, #93

(6) #7 #8, #23, #25, #42, #43, #44, #55, #86, #88, #97, #99

(5) #1, #20, #27, #49, #54, #66, #68, #75, #77, #87, #91

(4) #0, #5, #12, #22, #33, #47, #62, #63, #72, #94, #96, #98

(3) #10, #13, #21, #36, #38, #48, #51, #56, #61, #71, #76, #82, #01, #06

(2) #3, #24, #29, #31, #32, #37, #45, #46, #52, #60, #85, #90, #09, #100, #110, #120, #171, #188

(1) #2jr, #4-X, #7A, #12N, #16, #26, #39, #50, #53, #58, #67, #69, #70, #73, #74, #78, #79, #81, #83, #84, #89, #92, #00, #02, #04, #05, #07, #08, #104, #107, #108, #111, #112, #118, #122, #126, #135, #137, #162, #196, #203, #264, #285, #297, #302, #303, #310, #349, #420, #421, #480, #711, #791, #B-29

(0) #15, #35, #40, #57, #65, #95, #03

(29) Unknown

MANUFACTURER RANKINGS

(134) Ford

(89) Chevrolet

(55) Oldsmobile

(44) Plymouth

(33) Hudson

(32) Dodge

(27) Mercury

(23) Pontiac

(17) Chrysler

(8) Studebaker

(6) Buick

(5) T-Bird

(3) Nash

(2) Packard, Rambler

(1) Cadillac, Henry J, Kaiser, Lincoln, Tucker

(5) Unknown


REASON OUT RANKINGS

(67) crash

(60) engine

(41) overheating

(16) oil pressure

(14) piston

(12) disqualified, rear end

(11) carburetor

(10) radiator, transmission

(9) did not start

(8) axle

(7) brakes, clutch, fuel pump

(6) a-frame

(5) bearing, distributor, head gasket, spindle, wheel

(4) driveshaft, gas line, handling, hub, oil line, right-front hub, right-rear axle, shocks, steering, tie rod

(3) crankshaft, flagged, quit

(2) ball joint, fire, fuel line, gas tank, gasket, ignition, mount, tire, tires

(1) alternator, bell housing, coil, differential, electrical, engine mount, fan, fuel tank, injury, left-front wheel, left-rear axle, manifold, mechanical, mud, oil leak, oil pump, push rod, right-rear hub, right-rear wheel, rocker arm, rods, running, stalled, suspension, sway bar, time gear, timing, tortion b, withdrew

(72) Unknown

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