Select the 33 greatest Indianapolis 500 drivers of all time...Robby in the final 100.

Choose your Greatest 33 from a list of 100 drivers pre-selected by an esteemed panel of international motorsports media and historians.
http://thegreatest33.com

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on March 24, 2011 at 10:46pm
Danica Patrick has none SHQUAT!
Permalink Reply by annaabbie'sDAD on March 25, 2011 at 9:07am
Well she has thrown a few enteraining tantrums (Helio put her into pit rod wall & her cat fight with Milk & DoughNUTZZ)
Permalink Reply by WJM on March 25, 2011 at 2:30pm
Jim Crawford, Kenny Brack, Eddie Rickenbacker, Wally Dallenbach, Sr.

Who shouldn't be on the list:
Pat O'Connor, Nigel Mansell, Marco Andretti,
Permalink Reply by Lance on March 26, 2011 at 12:33pm
I wonder why Buddy Rice isn't there....
Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on March 25, 2011 at 9:34am
Mine would be Nigel Mansel. That was an awesome year, when he moved from F1 to Indy and Dirt Devil sponsored car.
Permalink Reply by rpmscott on March 25, 2011 at 10:00am
I would have to say Scott Brayton. The man could put it on the front row. That and he was a friend of mine and I worked for him
Permalink Reply by wingit on March 25, 2011 at 10:13am
If Danica and Marco made the list and Jimmy Vasser did not. Then I say the list is a joke. Hell Danica is a joke. It is fun to watch her stomp around after she screws up.
Permalink Reply by Raymond Pankopf on March 25, 2011 at 3:40pm
jimmy won't be on "the list" as "the list" is promulgated by the speedway as a promotional gimmick...

jimmy won the "real" 500 in the first year of the split and then issued the infamous "who needs milk?" he is on the speedway's "other list."

and that is too bad.

jimmy was/is one heckuva a racer, and one of my top 10 all time. i always enjoyed his work.
Permalink Reply by Lance on March 26, 2011 at 12:46pm
Dude...Jimmy Vasser never won the Indy 500 and his Indy stats don't measure up to Danica or Marco....

His resume outside the 500 is not enough to put him in the top 33.Other than a season or two driving dominant Ganassi cars, his resume is pretty weak.
Permalink Reply by Raymond Pankopf on March 26, 2011 at 2:22pm
vasser won the u.s. 500 in the first year of the split. would he have won indy that day? who knows? maybe, maybe not.

as far as "resume outside the 500," vasser was the '96 open wheel champion and he has more wins (10) against tougher competition than either of the two you mention.

my point was: there is no way would ims even consider him after the acrimony of the split - regardless of his stats, and that is too bad. jimmy, and several others of the day, had his career impacted in a negative way by tony george's ego play. open wheel racing was hurt in many, many ways - has yet to fully recover... and it was all so unecessary.
Permalink Reply by Keddy Jacobs on March 26, 2011 at 4:35pm
Yeah, the fields were so deep when Danica and Marco racked up those stats - those exhausting bump weekends when the stands were filled with spectators holding their collective breath... And, it wasn't like they weren't swimming in Honda money and competing against teams blowing the dust balls off of their engines.
Permalink Reply by Lance on March 26, 2011 at 12:42pm
Danica and Marco both could make an argument for the list. Aside from 2 wrecks not of his making, Marco has been very competitive there. Both have led in the closing laps...

Danica has finished: 4th, 8th, 8th, 22nd, 3rd, and 6th in her 6 starts there. Very consistent efforts on her part as well.


Marco has finished: 2nd, 24th, 3rd, 30th, 3rd....

Just for comparison, here is Robby's Indy results. I'm not counting 2004 because of the rain situation...

27th, 5th ,5th, 29th, 4th, 6th, 21st, 8th, 22nd.

In other words...Robby's stats are not too dissimilar from the other two.

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