Neil is not only recognized by his fans but the entire NASCAR family. He was voted in to the top 50 NASCAR drivers. During his career Neil ran 362 Cup races – winning 18 races, 20 Poles, 83 top 5’s, and 156 top 10’s. What makes Neil’s stats even more remarkable is the fact he only ran a full season 5 times. Neil holds the distinction of being the winner of the first ever NASCAR race held outside of North America when he won the 1988 Goodyear NASCAR 500 at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne, Australia. Neil was a National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame inductee (1997) and International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (2001) He was also inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2012. With all of Neil’s accomplishments, sadly he is still not in the NASCAR HOF … I find this not only unbelievable but also a stain on NASCAR itself.
YEAR STARTS WINS POLES TOP 5 TOP 10 LAPS LED
1974 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975 2 0 0 0 0 12
1976 13 0 0 1 4 1
1977 23 2 6 5 9 493
1978 30 0 3 7 12 316
1979 21 3 4 4 6 568
1980 22 2 0 10 13 331
1981 22 3 1 7 8 1549
1982 25 1 0 7 10 412
1983 30 2 4 10 17 650
1984 30 0 1 7 14 640
1985 28 2 1 11 18 618
1986 28 1 0 6 12 323
1987 26 0 0 5 15 120
1988 27 2 0 3 7 324
1989 26 0 0 0 11 23
1990 5 0 0 0 0 0
1993 2 0 0 0 0 0