Racing drivers from U.S.A.

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Below are the top American racing drivers according to the currently available data on Driver Database. The drivers are displayed in different categories.

Race wins

The American drivers with the biggest number of wins.

1.	Steve Kinser	757
2.	Sammy Swindell	486
3.	Donny Schatz	432
4.	Ernie Derr	354
5.	Danny Lasoski	295
6.	Doug Wolfgang	281
7.	Kyle Busch	260
8.	Mark Kinser	218
9.	Richard Petty	202
10.	Kyle Larson	199
11.	Gary Wright	195
12.	Jason Johnson	190
13.	Joey Saldana	189
14.	Greg Hodnett	184
15.	Bill Schindler	180
16.	A. J. Foyt	176
17.	Lance Dewease	166
18.	Dale Blaney	164
19.	Fred Rahmer	159
20.	Dave Blaney	157

Number of races

The American drivers with the biggest number of race starts.

1.	Steve Kinser	3032
2.	Sammy Swindell	2622
3.	Jac Haudenschild	2503
4.	Donny Schatz	2340
5.	Danny Lasoski	2261
6.	Danny Smith	2247
7.	Daryn Pittman	2141
8.	Paul McMahan	2069
9.	Joey Saldana	2022
10.	Dave Blaney	1973
11.	Greg Hodnett	1946
12.	Johnny Herrera	1827
13.	Stevie Smith	1813
14.	Tim Shaffer	1771
15.	Terry McCarl	1729
16.	Jason Sides	1716
17.	Craig Dollansky	1596
18.	Jeff Swindell	1574
19.	Shane Stewart	1557
20.	Dave Darland	1492

Race win percentage

The American drivers with the highest race win percentage.
A minimum of 30 race starts is need to make it into this list.

1.	Adelbert Snyder	95.2%
2.	Pete Folse	83.6%
3.	Hank Lower	82.8%
4.	Mike McGreevy	81.1%
5.	Frank Luptow	78.1%
6.	John Phillips	72.7%
	Mike Shaw	72.7%
8.	Johnny Beauchamp	70%
9.	Mike Alcaro	66.7%
	Ronald James Tripp	66.7%
11.	Eddie Anderson	65.9%
	Michael Sousa	65.9%
13.	Ross Murray	62.8%
14.	Spencer Anderson	61.3%
15.	John O'Neal	60.5%
16.	Michael Dabney	60%
17.	Aaron Anderson	59.6%
	Bobby Pugh	59.6%
19.	Brandon Aleckson	58.5%
20.	Bobby Grim	58%

Pole positions

The American drivers with the biggest number of pole positions.
Only pole positions from timed qualifying sessions.

1.	Kyle Busch	141
2.	Richard Petty	123
3.	David Pearson	117
4.	A. J. Foyt	102
5.	Mario Andretti	101
6.	Jeff Gordon	98
7.	Mark Martin	90
8.	Ryan Newman	77
9.	Kevin Harvick	72
10.	Cale Yarborough	69
11.	Joey Logano	68
12.	Darrell Waltrip	64
	Ernie Francis, Jr.	64
14.	Denny Hamlin	63
15.	Bobby Unser	61
	Kenton Koch	61
17.	Bobby Allison	60
	Carl Edwards	60
	Ken Schrader	60
20.	Bill Elliott	58

Fastest race laps

The drivers with the biggest number of fastest laps set in races.

1.	Donny Schatz	157
2.	Kyle Larson	87
3.	Jonathan Allard	79
4.	Sean Rayhall	74
5.	Ernie Francis, Jr.	71
6.	Joey Saldana	70
7.	Brad Sweet	64
8.	Tyler Courtney	60
9.	Sean Becker	58
10.	Kyle Kirkwood	57
	Trent Hindman	57
12.	Josef Newgarden	52
	Scott Pruett	52
	Andy Forsberg	52
	Bill Auberlen	52
16.	Shane Stewart	51
17.	David Gravel	50
18.	Daryn Pittman	47
	Kyle Busch	47
20.	Randy Pobst	46

Driver Database Ranking

Ratings of the top American drivers in the Driver Database Ranking.

1.	Michael Andretti	1664.05
2.	Jimmy Vasser	1637.45
3.	Tony Stewart	1594.65
4.	Mark Martin	1594.45
5.	Jeff Gordon	1578.1
6.	Bobby Labonte	1575.9
7.	Dale Earnhardt	1572.6
8.	Jeff Burton	1568.55
9.	Buddy Lazier	1566.3
10.	Scott Sharp	1564.65
11.	Al Unser, Jr.	1564.2
12.	Bryan Herta	1560.1
13.	Scott Pruett	1552.2
14.	Rusty Wallace	1548.55
15.	Ricky Rudd	1545.3
16.	Robbie Buhl	1545
17.	Dale Jarrett	1544.95
18.	Tony Renna	1543.6
19.	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	1543.3
20.	Jon Fogarty	1542.1