“Actual Crime”—Hendrick Motorsports Star Missing Out Top 50 List Including Lewis Hamilton Has NASCAR Fans Fuming

Recently, the Autosport website revealed its list of the Top 50 drivers of the 2022 season. It should come as no surprise that reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen topped the list. However, there were plenty of complaints from fans about worthy names missing out. The NASCAR community was the most aggrieved, especially since none of the Hendrick Motorsports drivers featured on the Top 50 drivers’ list.

The only drivers from NASCAR on the list were Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain, and Joey Logano. Meanwhile, 13 Formula One drivers made it to the list with Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, and Lando Norris in the top 10.

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Fans were furious at the disrespect to the Hendrick Motorsports drivers

The primary critics of the list were Chase Elliott fans, which is fair enough. Chastain, Bell, and Logano were expected to be included in the list as they made it to Championship 4. However, Elliott was the fourth driver in the final four, so fans were baffled at the snub. They were especially wild, considering that Elliott notched up the most wins (5) during the season. Here are a few of the NASCAR fans’ reactions:

There were plenty of accusations of British bias and F1 bias because the list had as many as 13 F1 racers. A few fans suggested that Autosport simply looked at the final results before compiling the list. Few people even made a case for Denny Hamlin, as the JGR driver had put in decent performances during the season. The fact that NASCAR drivers competed in more races than their F1 counterparts was not lost either on some keen observers of the sport.

There were a few insinuations that since Chastain “made a cool move,” he was given preference. One thing was for sure, a large number of Chase Elliott fans were furious about the snub. In the overall rankings, Bell was 38th and Chastain was 20th. Meanwhile reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Logano just missed out on the Top 10, settling for 11th place.

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