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The Top Ranked Racecar Drivers of All-Time from North Carolina
Notes: Drivers are ranked on the list of the state they were born in.
Where a driver grew up or went to school is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 1958 | Level Cross | 1 |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt | 1975 | Kannapolis | 2 |
| 3 | Lee Petty | 1949 | Randleman | 21 |
| 4 | Herb Thomas | 1949 | Olivia | 41 |
| 5 | Ned Jarrett | 1953 | Conover | 48 |
| 6 | Dale Jarrett | 1984 | Conover | 73 |
| 7 | Bobby Isaac | 1961 | Catawba | 85 |
| 8 | Rex White | 1956 | Taylorsville | 86 |
| 9 | Benny Parsons | 1963 | Wilkes County | 90 |
| 10 | Harry Gant | 1973 | Taylorsville | 130 |
| 11 | Speedy Thompson | 1950 | Monroe | 171 |
| 12 | Cecil Gordon | 1968 | Horse Shoe | 176 |
| 13 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1999 | Kannapolis | 184 |
| 14 | William Byron | 2018 | Charlotte | 202 |
| 15 | Neil Castles | 1957 | Charlotte | 227 |
| 16 | Bob Welborn | 1953 | Denton | 234 |
| 17 | Bill Blair | 1949 | High Point | 251 |
| 18 | Morgan Shepherd | 1970 | Ferguson | 277 |
| 19 | Kyle Petty | 1979 | Level Cross | 278 |
| 20 | Jim Paschal | 1949 | High Point | 293 |
| 21 | Jack Ingram | 1965 | Asheville | 308 |
| 22 | Richard Childress | 1969 | Winston-Salem | 313 |
| 23 | Junior Johnson | 1953 | Wilkes County | 322 |
| 24 | John Sears | 1964 | Ellerbe | 341 |
| 25 | Jimmy Pardue | 1960 | North Wilkesboro | 362 |
| 26 | L.D. Austin | 1957 | Greenville | 438 |
| 27 | Billy Myers | 1956 | Germanton | 448 |
| 28 | Joe Millikan | 1979 | Randleman | 455 |
| 29 | Bill Champion | 1956 | Shelby | 490 |
| 30 | J.T. Putney | 1964 | Arden | 515 |
| 31 | Jimmie Lewallen | 1949 | Archdale | 556 |
| 32 | Larry Thomas | 1961 | Thomasville | 573 |
| 33 | J.D. McDuffie | 1963 | Upper Little River Township | 597 |
| 34 | Dean Dalton | 1971 | Asheville | 622 |
| 35 | Bob Harkey | 1963 | Charlotte | 632 |
| 36 | Donald Thomas | 1951 | Olivia | 642 |
| 37 | Jim Packard | 1959 | Hendersonville | 656 |
| 38 | Glen Dunaway | 1949 | Kings Mountain | 664 |
| 39 | Roy Tyner | 1957 | Red Springs | 670 |
| 40 | Gwyn Staley | 1955 | Burlington | 702 |
| 41 | Buddy Shuman | 1952 | Charlotte | 726 |
| 42 | Austin Dillon | 2013 | Lewisville | 734 |
| 43 | E.J. Trivette | 1964 | Deep Gap | 758 |
| 44 | Blackie Pitt | 1954 | Rocky Mountain | 773 |
| 45 | Brian Vickers | 2004 | Thomasville | 809 |
| 46 | Austin Cindric | 2015 | Mooresville | 828 |
| 47 | Bobby Keck | 1956 | Graham | 834 |
| 48 | Shep Langdon | 1959 | Angier | 841 |
| 49 | Bill Seifert | 1966 | Skyland | 893 |
| 50 | Raymond Williams | 1970 | Chapel Hill | 909 |
| 51 | Jimmy Massey | 1955 | Mebane | 910 |
| 52 | Perk Brown | 1952 | Spray | 937 |
| 53 | Clarence DeZalia | 1957 | Aberdeen | 1065 |
| 54 | Larry Hess | 1965 | Salisbury | 1137 |
| 55 | Dick Beaty | 1956 | Charlotte | 1203 |
| 56 | Ty Gibbs | 2017 | Charlotte | 1264 |
| 57 | Jimmy Helms | 1965 | Charlotte | 1282 |
| 58 | Tom Cox | 1962 | Asheboro | 1300 |
| 59 | Paul Bost | 1931 | Lincolnton | 1310 |
| 60 | Randy Lewis | 1987 | Charlotte | 1323 |
| 61 | Doug Cooper | 1964 | Gastonia | 1331 |
| 62 | Scott Riggs | 2004 | Bahama | 1384 |
| 63 | Roger Hamby | 1978 | Ferguson | 1402 |
| 64 | John Hunter Nemechek | 2013 | Mooresville | 1447 |
| 65 | Fred Harb | 1958 | High Point | 1462 |
| 66 | Sam Ard | 1982 | Asheboro | 1475 |
| 67 | Doug Yates | 1960 | Chapel Hill | 1477 |
| 68 | Ralph Earnhardt | 1962 | Kannapolis | 1479 |
| 69 | Jackie Rogers | 1974 | Wilmington | 1488 |
| 70 | Tommy Houston | 1973 | Hickory | 1536 |
| 71 | Ken Rush | 1957 | High Point | 1547 |
| 72 | Whitey Norman | 1957 | Winston-Salem | 1569 |
| 73 | Robert Pressley | 1995 | Asheville | 1600 |
| 74 | Baxter Price | 1977 | Monroe | 1609 |
| 75 | Harrison Burton | 2014 | Huntersville | 1610 |
| 76 | Stick Elliott | 1962 | Shelby | 1611 |
| 77 | Larry Smith (1942) | 1972 | Lenoir | 1627 |
| 78 | Dink Widenhouse | 1955 | Concord | 1642 |
| 79 | Ty Dillon | 2014 | Lewisville | 1654 |
| 80 | Corey LaJoie | 2017 | Charlotte | 1710 |
| 81 | Ronnie Silver | 1988 | Asheville | 1711 |
| 82 | Daniel Hemric | 2018 | Kannapolis | 1712 |
| 83 | Gary Myers | 1976 | Walnut Cove | 1716 |
| 84 | Bunkie Blackburn | 1960 | Fayetteville | 1721 |
| 85 | Richard Brickhouse | 1969 | Rocky Point | 1752 |
| 86 | Gordon Smith | 1955 | Enfield | 1758 |
| 87 | David Ray Boggs | 1972 | Morrisville | 1787 |
| 88 | Steve Wallace | 2004 | Charlotte | 1826 |
| 89 | Stephen Leicht | 2012 | Asheville | 1827 |
| 90 | Wayne Smith | 1965 | Advance | 1828 |
| 91 | Wayne Andrews | 1971 | Siler City | 1848 |
| 92 | Larry Manning | 1963 | Salisbury | 1896 |
| 93 | Todd Gilliland | 2015 | Sherrills Ford | 1901 |
| 94 | Johnny Dodson | 1956 | King | 1934 |
| 95 | Dennis Setzer | 1991 | Newton | 1940 |
| 96 | Richard D. Brown | 1971 | Claremont | 1948 |
| 97 | Harvey Hege | 1959 | Thomasville | 1986 |
| 98 | TA Toomes | 1957 | Asheboro | 1987 |
| 99 | Jim Vandiver | 1970 | Huntersville | 2002 |
| 100 | Ed Cole | 1955 | Pinehurst | 2013 |
| 101 | Amos Johnson | 1971 | Sampson | 2044 |
| 102 | Hoss Ellington | 1969 | Raleigh | 2046 |
| 103 | Roger Baldwin | 1957 | Belmont | 2049 |
| 104 | Ed Berrier | 2000 | Winston-Salem | 2055 |
| 105 | Myatt Snider | 2013 | Charlotte | 2071 |
| 106 | Junior Miller | 1980 | Winston-Salem | 2086 |
| 107 | Richard Riley | 1959 | Charlotte | 2107 |
| 108 | George Parrish | 1955 | Henderson | 2108 |
| 109 | Bosco Lowe | 1967 | Fairview | 2113 |
| 110 | Mike Dillon | 1993 | Lexington | 2116 |
| 111 | Cody Ware | 2017 | Greensboro | 2122 |
| 112 | Billy Standridge | 1986 | Shelby | 2127 |
| 113 | Allan Powell | 1982 | Hickory | 2154 |
| 114 | Lee Reitzel | 1961 | Charlotte | 2161 |
| 115 | Barney Shore | 1958 | Lewisville | 2162 |
| 116 | Glenn Jarrett | 1978 | Conover | 2174 |
| 117 | Ernie Shaw | 1969 | Winston-Salem | 2180 |
| 118 | Hank Parker Jr. | 1996 | Denver | 2216 |
| 119 | Dickie Linville | 1982 | Kernersville | 2230 |
| 120 | Coy Gibbs | 1998 | Huntersville | 2242 |
| 121 | Mike Swaim | 1985 | High Point | 2245 |
| 122 | Shane Hmiel | 2001 | Pleasant Garden | 2260 |
| 123 | Kevin Conway | 2010 | Cornelius | 2272 |
| 124 | Eddie Yarboro | 1966 | Elkin | 2287 |
| 125 | Harry Leake | 1922 | Lewisville | 2290 |
| 126 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 2015 | Mooresville | 2295 |
| 127 | Gary Neice | 1982 | Candler | 2326 |
| 128 | Dub Simpson | 1969 | Charlotte | 2342 |
| 129 | Gene Black | 1965 | Arden | 2346 |
| 130 | John Linville | 1982 | Kernersville | 2353 |
| 131 | Justin Labonte | 1997 | Trinity | 2357 |
| 132 | Tommy Sigmon | 1983 | Hickory | 2363 |
| 133 | Bob Cooper | 1968 | Gastonia | 2401 |
| 134 | Connor Mosack | 2021 | Charlotte | 2406 |
| 135 | Jak Crawford | 2018 | Charlotte | 2407 |
| 136 | Shane Lee | 2015 | Newton | 2408 |
| 137 | Hank Thomas | 1966 | Winston-Salem | 2426 |
| 138 | Loy Allen Jr. | 1994 | Raleigh | 2436 |
| 139 | Dean Combs | 1984 | North Wilkesboro | 2460 |
| 140 | Major Melton | 1963 | Laurinburg | 2478 |
| 141 | Gene Hobby | 1964 | Apex | 2521 |
| 142 | Max Prestwood | 1986 | Lenoir | 2537 |
| 143 | Steve Lawrence | 1982 | Lenoir | 2553 |
| 144 | Walson Gardner | 1968 | Laurinburg | 2574 |
| 145 | George Poulos | 1967 | Charlotte | 2575 |
| 146 | Jimmy Thompson | 1949 | Monroe | 2577 |
| 147 | Kerry Earnhardt | 1998 | Kannapolis | 2584 |
| 148 | George Dalton | 1982 | Waxhaw | 2603 |
| 149 | Bill Hollar | 1971 | Burlington | 2611 |
| 150 | Jesse Little | 2012 | Sherrills Ford | 2625 |
| 151 | James Jones | 1956 | Goldsboro | 2674 |
| 152 | Johnny Chapman | 1991 | Statesville | 2678 |
| 153 | Billy Hogan | 1982 | Troy | 2694 |
| 154 | Chip Lain | 1982 | Kernersville | 2695 |
| 155 | Andy Houston | 2001 | Hickory | 2721 |
| 156 | Kirk Bryant | 1983 | Thomasville | 2724 |
| 157 | Johnny Rumley | 1992 | Summerfield | 2766 |
| 158 | Nathan Buttke | 1992 | Randleman | 2768 |
| 159 | Ricky Hendrick | 1999 | Denver | 2770 |
| 160 | Larry Walker | 1984 | Trinity | 2781 |
| 161 | Harrison Rhodes | 2012 | High Point | 2792 |
| 162 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 2012 | Winston-Salem | 2808 |
| 163 | Brandon Baker | 1987 | Charlotte | 2818 |
| 164 | Stefan Parsons | 2015 | Cornelius | 2880 |
| 165 | Michael Ritch | 1992 | High Point | 2887 |
| 166 | Shane Huffman | 1998 | Hickory | 2901 |
| 167 | Marty Houston | 1999 | Hickory | 2947 |
| 168 | Matt Carter | 2002 | Denver | 2974 |
| 169 | Jason Jarrett | 1996 | Newton | 2975 |
| 170 | Carl Long | 1998 | Roxboro | 3007 |
| 171 | Tim Andrews | 2002 | Mooresville | 3046 |
| 172 | Jeff McClure | 1988 | Harrisburg | 3069 |
| 173 | Robbie Faggart | 1987 | Concord | 3097 |
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