Worst Driver?

[flipper35]

Michael Andretti was disapointing considering the lineage.

[herr_oberst]

^ Well, then Marco must have Mario considering cyanide pills.

[GDSOB]

Originally Posted by motion

Hero Matsu-s-h-i-t-a. What do I win?

You mean F' "King Hiro"

[gorthar]

Formula One Rejects

On the topic of worst drivers...One of my favorite racing websites. Love the irreverent humor of these guys.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Michael Andretti was disapointing considering the lineage.

How can you say that???

Cart/Indy record:
317 Starts
42 Wins
32 Poles
1 Championship

what a bum!

Milka Duno was black flagged (for not keeping minimum pace) in more races than in ones she finished.

[herr_oberst]

The argument could be made that Paul Tracy might be one of the worst - my theory is, someone with that much natural talent and raw speed should have won A LOT more races but he took himself out of contention with ill-advised, boneheaded moves.
(And I'm a fan. I think he should have been declared the winner of that infamous Indy 500)

[legion]

Originally Posted by L8Brakr

Of the last decade or so......

Milka Duno????

She may have had other skills though

Definitely her. Watched her do a whole IRL race on the apron moving at half the speed of the rest of the field. I knew why she was there, but can't figure out why the IRL let her out on track.

[Racerbvd]

Jr.

[motion]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

The argument could be made that Paul Tracy might be one of the worst - my theory is, someone with that much natural talent and raw speed should have won A LOT more races but he took himself out of contention with ill-advised, boneheaded moves.
(And I'm a fan. I think he should have been declared the winner of that infamous Indy 500)

Ah yes, the infamous FIRL 499.5. Can't let a Champcar boy win now, can we?

[motion]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Jr.

Jr was a very good racer. Had some personal problems. OK, a lot of personal problems.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by motion

Jr was a very good racer. Had some personal problems. OK, a lot of personal problems.

+1
Honored this year at Portland Historics. And for us Porsche fans - footnote: Won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1986 and 1987 driving a Porsche 962 with Al Holbert and Derek Bell


Al Unser, Jr. Honored at 2013 Portland Historics

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by RacerX1166

Most unlucky has to go to Roberto Guerrero.

I always used to feel so bad for that poor guy. He seemed like such a cool guy, but everything always went wrong for him.

[intakexhaust]

OK, I'll mix it up a little and seem to be defending a few drivers mentioned.

The OP is talking 'professional driver' and believe or not, the great late #34 Walter Payton raced professionally.

His heart was in it but a real wild man on the track. I'll put him in the running as worst pro driver. A big time shunt in 1993 during a Trans-Am event practice at Road America ended his racing career.

[Zeke]

Re: Guerrero, he has a beautiful and talented family.



Not so unlucky after all.

The Guerrero flock has grown now. Marco, 24, is a mechanical engineer who enjoys working with the technical part of race cars — and doing the Baja 1000 with his dad. Evan, 21, is graduating from Lehigh as a biology major and is headed to medical school. Haley, 17, is a high school junior who is already being recruited by colleges for their soccer programs.

“Looks like we’ll have a Dr. Guerrero in the family,’ Roberto said. “And mention Haley because people leave her out of stories, and I get in trouble.”

Source: Where Are They Now? Roberto Guerrero | The Official Blog of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

[motion]

I've seen his wife driving around SJC for years with the license plate, 92Pole, or something similar. I don't recall the year. I've always hoped to run into Roberto and chat with him, but never have. Cool dude.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by gorthar

Formula One Rejects

On the topic of worst drivers...One of my favorite racing websites. Love the irreverent humor of these guys.

1st time and just checked that site out. Thanks!

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by 911SauCy

Aside from Danica...Kyle Petty?

For the longest time I thought his name was Cow Patty...

[sammyg2]

Last year I was flipping stations and saw a roundy-round race on the tube, and Takuma "kamikazi" Sato was surprisingly in the lead.

I told my son, "that's weird. He usually crashes well before the half-way point of the race".

I had no sooner finished that statement when Sato plowed into the wall. The only question is will he just take himself out or will he take others with him?
Sure he won last week's LB grand pricks, but that's only because all the other drivers were hiding from him.

In F1 he crashed or was DQ'd in almost half the races he entered.
Bonzai!