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Anonymous asked in SportsAuto RacingNASCAR · 1 decade ago

Have you ever met a NASCAR driver?

I met Kurt Busch (i'm a huge fan of his) and he was a really nice guy. Plus it was at a minor league baseball game in Newark, NJ, while he could've been at Pocono (1 1/2 hours away) Has anyone else met a driver? If so, how nice/mean were they?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    i've gotten autographs from dozens of drivers and other NASCAR personalities. sometimes i think it depends on when you meet them, because i have to tell you my experiences with kasey kahne have been just the opposite of mbl's. i personally found him to be one of the nicest drivers in NASCAR. most drivers when they are signing autographs in the pits are walking pretty quickly and signing as they walk. twice, i've seen kahne stop in the middle of a crowd and sign for 15 minutes. that is VERY rare in the pits. i do concur with mbl about mark martin, however. i've gotten his autograph twice, both in the garage area. the second time in particular was a negative experience. he really made it known with his body language and facial expression that signing an autograph for me was a major imposition, it kinda hurt my feelings a little, and that's hard to do, i have very thick skin. but at least he DID sign, that's more than i can say about my experiences with tony stewart and jamie mcmurray, the 2 biggest @ssholes in NASCAR toward the fans, IMO. here, i'll rank drivers and celebs from nicest to meanest just judging from my personal experiences.

    krista voda- plain and simple - the nicest person in NASCAR

    jamie little- very nice

    robby gordon- very nice

    ricky rathman- super, super cool and nice

    dick bergeron-very nice

    mike joy- very nice

    martin truex - very nice

    reed sorenson - very nice

    denny hamlin - very nice

    carl edwards - very nice

    mike masaro -very nice

    joe gibbs - very nice

    chocolate myers - very nice

    kasey kahne - very nice

    rusty wallace - very nice

    mike wallace- very nice

    kenny wallace- very nice

    ken shrader - very nice

    scott wimmer - very nice

    now here's a list of people who are nice, but a notch below the very nice list

    kyle busch

    ray evernham

    juan pablo montoya

    bobby labonte

    terry labonte

    sterling marlin

    david regan

    ryan newman

    michael waltrip

    matt kenseth

    dave blaney

    kevin harvick

    jimmie johnson

    greg biffle

    clint bowyer

    delana harvick (i was surprised she was nice, 'cause there's just something about her that makes her look like she'd be a b*tch, but she was actually nice)

    now here are some that are just plain NOT nice to fans IMO

    tony stewart

    mark martin

    jamie mcmurray

    chad knaus

    dale jarrett

  • 1 decade ago

    I have met Dale earnhart Sr and both the Allisons Bobby and Donnie and raced with some of the ones that came up from the ASA ranks at one time or another back in the day i mean in the seventies all these guys were great guys .. Mark martin for example is just the same in person as he is on television .. The nascar has been i give the black mark to is Darrel Waltrip cause he is a azz.. At Topeka Kansas about fifteen years ago he was at a truck race and my ten year old boy wanted him to sign his damn program and Darrel was just walking by and the little boy held up the program to the great Darrel Waltrip and he began to step very quickly away and then started to run and of course i was there yelling at him you no driving sob run you coward .. Deal is i have never been a waltrip fan anyway and he just added the frosting on the cake and i will never like that bastard ..

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    i have meet these drivers

    Ross Chastain

    Brennan Newberry

    Miguel Paludo

    James Buescher

    Nelson Piquet

    Ty Dillon

    Ryan Gifford

    Mackena Bell

    Bryan Ortiz

    Darrell Wallace

  • robo
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Very Nice

    Elliott Sadler Very Nice

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes I have met several, and I too have met Kurt Busch and he was really nice. The only driver I have ever come across who was a creep was JuanPablo Montoya.

    Also I thought Brad Keselowski was a total dork, but he was not nice or mean.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    in 1975 we ran a modified in New England. We were at a race at Star speedway and I was in line to draw for our drivers starting position. After I drew our spot the guy behind me drew his. It was Jerry Dostie. A former nascar Modified driver. Big Deal. I know, boring life.

  • 1 decade ago

    by friends little brother met tony stewart

    he said he was an as*hole.

    He asked for an autograph

    tony stewart say something along the lines of

    "get the f*ck away, buy my **** on ebay like everyone else"

    But yeah, I've heard most the other drivers are great guys

  • E
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes, I've met my hero, Jeff Gordon, at Hershey Park in PA a couple of years ago. I also met former Busch Series driver and brother of Dale Jr, Kerry Earnhardt.

  • Several and no bad encounter with any....the best looking though was Chad Little...

    My favorite...I am one of the lucky few here who actually got to meet Dale Sr. and had a great little chat with him...and was able to chat without him being swamped by fans...at a rest stop on I95 south..such a real down to earth friendly man.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well I've met Know At All. Does that count?

    How could anyone be so darn lucky?

    But Smoke was just having a bad day when Know It All met him.

    Smoke has gotta be a Very Nice person, to cute not to be!

    Source(s): And he has a list much longer than that of other famous people that he's met! I'm sooo jealous!
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