The 9 Types of NASCAR Winners | NASCAR Alignment Chart 

Fun fact: When Paul Menard was asked if he ever smiles, he simply said, "Only when you catch me at a weak moment."

Lawful Good - _In NASCAR, nice guys don't finish last, but they do finish second. A lot._ Neutral Good - _Not winning is a surprisingly good way to earn fans while winning a lot._ Chaotic Good - _Shining gold surrounded by the mundane, a diamond in the rough._ Lawful Neutral - _They'll race you fair, but they want to _*_win._* True Neutral -_How does one have so few pictures of them smiling, and looks awkward smiling?_ Chaotic Neutral - _Sometimes you'll win a race by sheer goddamn accident._ Lawful Evil - _They follow the rules but have some ethical issues to work out._ Neutral Evil - _Shit happens. Though finding themselves in shit more often than not._ Chaotic Evil - _Just as likely to race you clean as they are they'll race you dirty. Cause Chaos doesn't give a shit._

"Junior Johnson wrote half the rules in the NASCAR rulebook" [Smokey Yunick has entered the chat]

Junior Johnson would build his car under the weight limit then fill his tires with sand for the weigh in. After a couple laps he would pit and change tires. Then he would have a car 300 pounds lighter.

"Well, not giving a shit helps." Real life advice from S1apSh0es

Paul Menard: "If I die, tell my wife I said "hello"

S1ap: Let's talk about Chaotic Neutral 2021 - Michael McDowell: Yes.

"How does a man win with so many enemies? Well, not giving a shit helps." Gave me a chuckle.

You speak of Dale being so empathetic towards Davy and Aryton but the man was such great and close friends with Neil Bonnett that he never, ever, spoke about Neil’s death, ever, he could never muster up the strength to talk about losing his best friend.

Richard Petty and David Pearson. The Tom & Jerry of NASCAR.

With all due respect to Jamie McMurray, I would argue for Kyle Petty being the classic Chaotic Good driver. He "only" won eight Cup races in a 30-year career -- but in most of those wins, he just flat-out smoked the competition. In his three Rockingham wins (all from the pole), Kyle led 433, 380, and 484 of the 492 laps. And at the 1987 Coca-Cola 600, he took control late and literally lapped the field. Kyle never finished higher than 5th in points, but on his best days, he was as good as there ever was.

Of all the drivers that drove for Jounior Johnson I can imagine it being Darrel being the one to tell you "How do you know he didn't?" with a shit-eating grin behind a pair of shades.

When you got to True Neutral, I knew Paul Menard was going to be there, he is the metapod of NASCAR.

That was fantastic. - A broken hearted Mark Martin fan

Putting Ryan Blaney in chaotic good. He doesn’t have a boring finish to his name.

I loved that you put Dale Sr. as chaotic evil lol so many people somehow think of him as this teddy bear that everyone loved

It always comes back to 1992 Atlanta hooters 500

That moment when Lady Chaos just sweeps the top 10 under the rug.

Somehow, Lee Petty protesting his own son's first win strikes me as a real-life equivalent to Master Roshi entering the World Martial Arts Tournament to hand Goku and Krillin their first major losses. And look how both those turned out.

NASCAR: “Alright guys, we need to make a comprehensive list of rules to make sure the racing is clean and fair.” Junior Johnson and Smokey Yunick: “That’s our cue!”

I swear man, your passion for NASCAR history is awesome. By far my favorite channel!

When I you called Paul Menard the true neutral I couldn’t help but bust out laughing

Paul Menard is the TRUE definition of Neutral.

As a Earnhardt fan (Sr and Jr), I like the way Sr raced. he didn't stick his neck out for anyone who didn't deserved it, he never let anyone pass him go of easy, and he never backed down from a fight. R.I.P Dale Earnhardt 1951-2001

So looks like we’re adding Justin Haley to chaotic neutral... gg justin

Not a Dale Sr fan but my favorite "not giving a shit" moment is when he climbed halfway out of the car to clean the windshield at Richmond.

My dad was Mark's private pilot for years and I loved getting to see his racecars and gym in his old hangar here in Daytona. Love Mark and his son Matt, amazing people.

10:35 - HAHAHA! Dale waved to the fans as he crossed the finish line for the win.

21:26 Small correction for the Logano-Kenseth 2015 move at Kansas. Logano didn't need a win, having already won the week prior. He still probably moved Kenseth in an attempt to stop one of the strongest cars that season locking itself into the next round. Obviously went horribly wrong in hindsight xD

Embracing the Darkness of the Intimidator here. Everything about him from how he drove to the paintjob on his car fit that Chaotic Evil role he got slotted in on the chart.

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about Ray Evernham or Chad Knaus for neutral evil. Their drivers (Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson) were mostly Neutral Good, but their crew chiefs pushed a LOT of rules to the edge (and at times got caught) and strategized to the nines to give their drivers an edge.

2:20 Lawful good - “The Face” Mark Martin 5:53 Chaotic good - “The Wild” “The Excitement” Jimmy Spencer, Jaime McMurray 8:14 Chaotic evil - Dale Earnhardt “he doesn’t care, he does what he wants” 13:18 Lawful evil - “Skirt the rules” Junior Johnson 17:17 Neutral evil - “play fair, play hard” 19:51 Lawful neutral - “Hard Work pays off” “Will you do what it takes to win?” 22:56 True Neutral - “Loner” “Just Race” “No Personality” Paul Minard “Quiet” 24:50 Neutral Good - Matt Kinsith, “King” Richard Petty 27:57 Chaotic Neutral - “Lucky” “Fortune” “By Chance” Danny Hamlin 33:41 Busher Brothers

8:38 holy shit that Trigun music was unexpected but VERY appreciated

My prayers have been answered to my wish for the NASCAR equivalent of Jon Bois. Masterful work as always

I like how this has a "chart party" feel to it

All those images of Paul Menard 'smiling', put the image of Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon.... now I can't unsee it. Thanks Slap.

I got a bachelor in journalism, and read a lot/see documentaries all the time. You, my man, are the best on documentaries, seriously. Interesting, great knowledge and next level analytic. YOU ARE THE BEST on youtube and hopefully you can make more of these vids. I have seen all I believe. Best regards from Europe!

I love that mood haha "It helps to not give a shit" Lmao

“That man is...” Jeff Gordon? 😀 Jimmie Johnson? 😀 “Paul Menard” 😐

“Boo him mercilessly” Kyle Busch enters chat

The last guy learned how to dodge wrecks by running in iracing rookies. Probably

That was everything I hoped for it to be and more. Amazing. Without a doubt, this has become my favorite NASCAR channel.

Junior Johnson wrote one half of the NASCAR rule book and Smokey Unick wrote the other

Breaks my heart while also soothes it with admiration when listening/watching Mark Martin. My favorite Nascar driver. Exemplary conviction of moral and lawful good/driving. Sadly the old adage is a partial truth. Nice guys don't just finish last, they finish 2nd.

You're quickly becoming the Jon Bois of NASCAR content

I was about to go off on you not including Smokey Yunick but then I remembered that it was the 9 types of Nascar DRIVERS. Great vid btw.

My favor driver is/ was Davey Allison. I was just a kid when he died but he was (atleast in my eyes) the hero of Nascar. Every bit as good and aggressive as Earnhardt only not so dirty. He was so exciting to watch when him and Earnhardt would be door to door. Still get a smile seeing these old clips. Thank you.

I can't believe Terry LaBonte was left out. Only 22 wins but 367 career top tens and 2 championships while driving clean and a fan favorite.

Way to lean into the "Jon Bois" comparison and make it your own! Hell yeah brother.

Kyle Larson is becoming the new Mark Martin/Harry Gant

you are killing this NASCAR video demographic, you have single-handedly got me excited again about racing. returning to my roots!

Dale Earnhardt Sr is my favorite driver of all time he’s just so polarizing

I think Austin Dillon would have been a good chaotic neutral character. Literally most of his wins have some sort of fluke or luck that he won them.

I absolutely DO NOT even have the words nor vocabulary to express just how good this video is. Truly, the 1st 2min intro is Emmy Award Winning caliber type dialogue writing! WoW! Is all I can say 👍

My grandpa is an absolute DIEHARD Earnhardt fan. Like I’m talking has a room dedicated for all the nascar stuff and a corner dedicated to Earnhardt. When I showed him the embodiment of chaotic evil he said “Yup that sounds about right.” 😂

My uncle races sprint cars, and honestly I put him under chaotic good 🤣 we dont always go and win but like you said "when they were good, they were damn good." #28

This is the only good tier listing channel

This kid can read me like a book, I’ve might have been evil, but I was sure as hell good at racing.

Ah, Jamie Mac. Say what you want, I was always a fan. And man did he ever have some spectacular moments. That "drift" save at Vegas? An absolute thing of beauty...

RIP Junior Johnson

Being originally from Maine, my family were huge Ricky Craven fans. You never knew when he would be slow or fast. That Darlington win is my favorite ever. I lost my mind in the living room watching it.

Thanks to your videos you’ve opened my eyes to the world of NASCAR

McMurray was alway my favorite since that first win in Marlin's car. I feel like you summed up his career really well.

I am not a NASCAR fan in the least, listening to the passionate explanation and storytelling is top notch. Thanks

You absolutely nailed the alignment chart! And you are dead on about Menard being a True Neutral. It even shows in his usual racing style and finishes. He always seems to run mid pack and occasionally even top ten, but there is never a fuss made over him. But when he runs his best he always seems to be taken out by someone elses mess though, getting caught up in wrecks with nowhere to go. He is definitely one of my top favorite drivers, and I pull for him every week. I look forward to seeing him in victory lane again

The amount documentation and dedication must take hours and hours and for only 7K subs. I seriously commend you sir! Excellent posts

When you were talking about chaotic wins and seemingly coming out of nowhere- that SCREAMS Kevin Harvick

Dale Sr was, and will always be, my all time favorite driver!!!!

Looks like Justin Haley just became the poster child for Chaotic Neural

I dont watch nascar, but this dudes videos are amazing! I am hooked to this channel.. Thanks

The "jack swing" had me rollin' 😂😂😂😂

I was playing Nascar '15 while watching this and as you mentioned that Ryan Newman is hard to pass, I came up right next to him

This is one of the greatest NASCAR videos I've found in RU-vidLand. The analysis of each driver is so accurate. Kudos, Slap, kudos.

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Love the video and really like the channel. I was a little surprised you put Rusty Wallace in the Chaotic evil though. I would've put him in chaotic neutral. He would only get back at a driver if they had done something to him in a race, he didn't bother you unless you bothered him.

I take for granted what a lovingly bizarre set of coincidences the Busecher brothers' stories are, being my hometown drivers by only 50-odd miles and having such odd circumstances befall their way in that quintessentially Chaotic Neutral fashion, and thanks for bringing to my attention how unlikely that is to happen again, as well as some of the details specifically how you pointed them out that I didn't put together or even know until this.

I'm really glad you mentioned the driver swap rule, I had an interesting thought last year regarding this rule, let's say Jones by some miracle makes the final 4 and Kyle Busch doesn't. Kyle Busch is a ton better than Jones in literally every way, so Kyle Busch drops out of the race, and lo and behold, Kyle Busch takes over the #20 for Jones, dominates Homestead and wins Erik the Championship. If this were to occur based on the rules, Erik Jones is your Champion, correct? Now the publicity behind this would be terrible, the title would be viewed as an absolute sham and it would destroy the view of NASCAR's playoffs, and NASCAR would likely call a foul, but the thought alone is interesting enough to ponder.

James Buescher's Daytona win was hilarious. It was awesome seeing all of those cup leeches wreck each other on the last turn.

Out of the 10s of 1000s of YT videos I've ever watched, this ranks up in the top 5 for quality all around, from graphic to content to narration, through and through, regardless of content. Great work!

I watch this video every few months, probably my favorite Nascar video on this website.

oh we definitely need an update for this, Blaney is in Chaotic Good for sure

20:32 Keselowski had to have went about this knowing what happened to Regan Smith in a very similar situation at the same track. Smith had to go below the yellow line to avoid wrecking Tony Stewart and was rewarded for this by having the win taken from him. This taught Brad that in order to win he had to hold his line no matter what Carl did or NASCAR would have screwed him as well.

Great video, you nailed most of it. I totally knew Martin and Earnhardt before you brought them up. Probably would’ve gone with Jimmie Johnson as neutral good, but I think you’re right about Petty.

I still miss having men like Martin on the track. It hurt to watch my guy get so close so many times. A clean driver and a great man.

Your videos are thoughtful and well done. Glad I found your channel.

If I was really honest here, Jamie Mac could've been a champion given a ride at one of the big teams. He was always one of my all time favorites and still is. Even in the booth his insight is unmatched, he really should be the new reporter alongside Mike Joy and Bowyer, but who knows? Regardless I always loved Little Jamie Baby.

I will like to see a whole Junior Johnson antics from earlier on till his retirement haha

Lee Petty was absolutely savage in protesting his own son's first Grand National victory

This was absolutely wonderful. Your love for the sport and its participants shone through. The best piece of video I've ever seen on NASCAR. They need you doing this for them!

Yo! Mark was my favorite by far. When he left I lost interest. Carl was in line to take his place in my book but we know how that story unfolded.

I am cackling. Finally watching this video after years, get to the lawful neutral section and you describing your take on the alignment, and literally moments after I say "Ryan Newman" out loud to your description you say the exact same thing 😂 Also related to Lawful Neutral. I nearly forgot since I watched this over two sessions, but I feel like Chase being a poster child of Lawful Neutral in this video aged like milk

Because of my having discovered and binged your channel, the ad at the top of my RU-vid home page is now "Best Cars For Seniors 2020." You know what? Worth it.

8:36 Twenty years later, his name STILL sends shivers down my spine...

35:25 I know that was meant a bit jokingly but I did something very similar to that in a sprint car race. I was at the back of the field when nearly everyone wrecked. Through sheer luck of (not my own steering, but the car losing control all on its own and wiggling like a mad man) I just so happened to take the exact narrow path that you could barely fit a car through, as if God himself was driving. I was screaming the entire time I didn't win though I still ended up in the back of the running order

I've been a Jimmie Johnson fan ever since I watched the 2005 Coke 600, when he passed Bobby LaBonte clean and high in turn 4 on the last lap, and Bobby never contended again. I sat in Turn 4 in Las Vegas the next year, and watched him do this (again), this time to Matt Kenseth. He did this numerous times to win, when he didn't flat out outrun the field. Watching him run two absolutely perfect laps at Homestead 2016, with Kyle Larson on the outside was the longest I've ever held my breath ever. I was so overcome with emotion, it took me 2 minutes before I could finally breath normal and say a word, as the tears of joy ran down my face. Not forgetting of course the Indy tire debacle where they had mandatory pitstops every 10 laps, due to tires being shredded faster than a drift competition. Jimmie ran 10 perfect qualifying laps, to win the race, with Mark Martin two feet off his rear bumper the entire time. Many forget that race, but rarely do you see a cup driver dismantle the field with that level of F1 precision, while riding on potential grenades. Lastly, the Superman victory at Fontana after a late race caution also exemplified this. I also watched him get win #48 at Fontana, holding off Harvick.

Hearing “one off champion” for Kyle Busch the year he won his second is hilarious

I used to hate NASCAR... I was finding it boring, and the cars ugly... but man, since you do videos, I'm addicted to stock car racing! It's because of you man, your videos are awesome, you truly know and love your subject! Keep up the good work please

I just realized that my favorite driver of all time (Kahne) and my favorite current driver (Larson) would both fit into Lawful Good. Elliott's another favorite of mine.

Bro, I've been a Nascar fan for just over 25 years. This guy knows more about Nascar then my 55 year old step-dad thats watched his whole life. Great video man!

8:24, well, Kyle has two now, depends on who you ask.