Richard Petty vs Rusty Wallace: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up

by Charlie Turner

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March 23, 2009 2:26 pm UTC 9 Comments

Talk about your bad draws. You’re one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, have over 50 wins and a Cup championship, but you are a BIG underdog. Titanic toss-up in the NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.

Richard Petty. Maybe I’ll just stop there. I mean, he IS called the King. But I can’t, I have a contract. 200 Cup wins, seven Winston Cup championships and 123 poles. All records. So are the seven Daytona 500 victories, 10 consecutive wins and 27 wins in a single season. And he looks fabulous in a cowboy hat.

Rusty Wallace is eighth on the all-time victory list with 55 in 706 starts. He was the ’89 Winston Cup series champion and is tied for second with Ricky Rudd for most consecutive seasons with a win at 16. One of NASCAR’s most popular drivers during his career.

On the surface this looks like a romp. But that’s why you play the games so leave us your vote in the comments.

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9 Responses to “Richard Petty vs Rusty Wallace: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up”

Brenda on March 23rd, 2009 2:42 pm

Just found this website- it looks very interesting and I am saving in my favorites
okla21fan on March 23rd, 2009 2:51 pm

being nicknamed the KING > nicknamed RUBBERHEAD

Petty
Steve Wronkowicz on March 23rd, 2009 5:11 pm

Welcome Brenda–thanks for stopping by–but ya gotta play the game–who do ya like?

I’ve seen some upsets before; and this one is harder than expected. I don’t know why but the upset bell is moving……………just not far enough to ring. I’ll take the King, but I think he is vulnerable. Some of those 200 wins were pretty lame, considering the fields. Go look ‘em up if you don’t believe.
Charlie Turner on March 23rd, 2009 9:48 pm

Pure no-brainer.

Let’s just say…for argument…that you throw out 30 percent of Petty’s wins as – what, tainted? He still has 140.

Only Steve would think of giving this one to “anyone but Rusty”.

The King wins in a round one knock-out.
Marc on March 24th, 2009 12:25 am

Steve… you were punked!

Brenda’s “comment” is spam.

Charlie the King wins as the guy yells, “Let’s get ready to rummmmmmmmmble!!!!,” not in the 1st round.
carmike on March 24th, 2009 4:31 pm

Sorry for the draw Rusty, but the King it is.
Spaceman on March 25th, 2009 11:54 am

Richard Petty all the way
Matt Mercer on March 27th, 2009 11:37 pm

The King.
Keith on April 2nd, 2009 2:25 pm

Gotta go with The King. Sorry Rusty

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