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Which corner is the best in the world?

	Michael Bilyy:
– Fanchio in Monticello, FL

	Simon Sikes:
– Juan Manuel Fangio, Monticello FL

	Raed Raffii:
– Turn one in Shanghai

	Cyrus Engineer:
– 2nd last corner on Al Ain

	Nathan Blok:
– Eau Rouge

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Most buzz

1.			Samuele Buttarelli
2.			Alice Powell
3.			Sandy Nicholas Stuvik
4.			Beitske Visser
5.			Nicolaj Møller Madsen
6.			Dmitry Suranovich
7.			Kevin Mirocha
8.			Michael Schumacher
9.			Joe Ghanem
10.			Alexander Danielsson
11.			Simon Sikes
12.			Lewis Hamilton
13.			Davide Valsecchi
14.			Márk Királykúti
15.			Andre Heimgartner
16.			Sebastian Vettel
17.			Garrett Dollansky
18.			Emilio Di Guida
19.			Ramón Piñeiro
20.			Luiz Felipe Nasr
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Richard “The King” Petty

Date of birth:	July 2, 1937 (74 y/o)
Place of birth:	Level Cross, NC
Races entered:	1206
Wins:	200
Podiums:	463
Pole positions:	123
Race win percentage:	16.58%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing career highlights

NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1979.
Second in NASCAR Winston Cup 1977.
Second in NASCAR Winston Cup 1976.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1975.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1974.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1972.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1971.
Winner of the Daytona 500 1971.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1969.
Third in NASCAR Grand National 1968.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1967.
Third in NASCAR Grand National 1966.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1964.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1963.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1962.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1960.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

1992	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1991	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1990	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1989	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1988	29 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1987	29 races.	0 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1986	29 races.	0 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1985	28 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1984	30 races.	2 wins.	2 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1983	30 races.	3 wins.	5 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1982	30 races.	0 wins.	7 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1981	31 races.	3 wins.	8 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1980	31 races.	2 wins.	9 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1979	31 races.	5 wins.	14 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1978	34 races.	0 wins.	7 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1977	34 races.	5 wins.	18 podiums.	5 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1976	33 races.	3 wins.	15 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1975	33 races.	13 wins.	21 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1974	33 races.	10 wins.	22 podiums.	7 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1973	28 races.	6 wins.	13 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1972	31 races.	8 wins.	22 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1971	46 races.	21 wins.	36 podiums.	9 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1970	40 races.	18 wins.	23 podiums.	9 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1969	50 races.	10 wins.	28 podiums.	6 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1968	49 races.	16 wins.	27 podiums.	12 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1967	48 races.	27 wins.	36 podiums.	18 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1966	39 races.	8 wins.	20 podiums.	15 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1965	15 races.	4 wins.	10 podiums.	7 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1964	61 races.	9 wins.	35 podiums.	8 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1963	54 races.	14 wins.	25 podiums.	8 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1962	52 races.	8 wins.	25 podiums.	4 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1961	42 races.	2 wins.	10 podiums.	2 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1960	40 races.	3 wins.	12 podiums.	2 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1959	21 races.	0 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1958	9 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.

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This profile page was last modified 2012-01-26 17:54:03 by Bertil Åberg
Modification: Daytona 500 1971

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Who is your favourite 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup driver?


	The current top five:
1.		Juan Pablo Montoya	72
2.		Danica Patrick	29
3.		Jeff Gordon	21
4.		Marcos Ambrose	20
		Scott Speed	20

Top 2012 race winners

1.	Joe Ghanem	14
2.	Matthew Griffin	13
3.	Andre Heimgartner	11
4.	Ashley Blewett	10
	Jonathan Allard	10
	Matthew Higham	10
	John English	10
	Andrew Waite	10
9.	Warwick Mortimer	9
10.	Viktor Shaitar	8
	Zac Kennedy	8
	James McFadden	8
	Tom Sharp	8
	Anthony Te Rito	8
	Michael Lyons	8
	James Winslow	8
	Spencer Pigot	8
18.	Jason Johnson	7
	Jan Magnussen	7
	Sammy Swindell	7

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