Are NASCAR Drivers the Most Versatile?

Landon Cassill tweeted NASCAR drivers are, “the most versatile professional racing drivers in the world.” Do you agree?

Wyatt Watson: Absolutely. NASCAR drivers come from different backgrounds and disciplines. From late models to sprint cars, and in some cases Formula 1, the NTT IndyCar Series and IMSA, NASCAR drivers absolutely take the cake for most versatile because of how many different racing backgrounds you can come from before setting foot in NASCAR. Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart and Christopher Bell are and have been dirt masters. Drivers like Ryan Preece and Ryan Newman built up from the modified scene. Juan Pablo Montoya has practically been in almost every major racing series in the world. Marcos Ambrose brought his talents from V8 Supercars, and just recently former F1 superstars Jenson Button and Kimi Räikkönen have graced NASCAR with their talents. The list goes on and on and will most certainly continue to grow in the future.

Mike Neff: That is a pretty braggadocious claim, but Landon Cassill is one of the fitter athletes in NASCAR. The ARCA Menards Series used to have the most diverse racing schedule in the world, but the NASCAR schedules are right there now. Motocross drivers are probably more diverse, but the gap is closing.

Stephen Stumpf: NASCAR may have the most versatile schedule in terms of the diversity of tracks at which it races, but I view versatility as being great in multiple disciplines of racing, not just at multiple types of tracks within a discipline.

Amy Henderson: NASCAR’s schedule is the most diverse, with ovals from 0.5-2.66 miles, road courses, a street course and a dirt oval. But there are drivers in other series that are just as versatile. There have been drivers who started on dirt or off-road who went to open-wheel cars. There are asphalt racers who went on to race on dirt. IndyCar has road course aces and oval specialists. F1 drivers have gone on to race sports cars or stock cars. Drivers have gone from two wheels to four. NASCAR doesn’t have exclusive rights to multi-discipline drivers.

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