World's greatest racers, part III

Now we start getting in to some of the big, big names in auto racing in the past 95 years. Here are the No. 50 down to No. 26 greatest racecar drivers in the world.

Rank, racer, country, years, points
50. Fernando Alonso, Spain, 2003-2007, 41.19
49. Luigi Chinetti, Italy, 1932-1951, 42.08
48. Rinaldo Capello, Italy, 1999-2006, 42.51
47. Jim Clark, United Kingdom, 1959-1967, 43.12
46. Klaus Ludwig, Germany, 1979-1988, 43.31
45. Gordon Johncock, United States, 1965-1991, 43.33
44. Bill Elliott, United States, 1978-2001, 43.53
43. Al Unser Jr., United States, 1983-2003, 44.91
42. Dale Jarrett, United States, 1991-2006, 45.11
41. Al Holbert, United States, 1976-1987, 45.17
40. Hans Joachim Stuck, Germany, 1976-1996, 45.37
39. Jody Scheckter, South Africa, 1974-1979, 45.45
38. Rodger Ward, United States, 1956-1964, 45.51
37. Denny Hulme, Australia, 1965-1973, 45.63
36. Niki Lauda, Austria, 1974-1984, 45.87
35. Hurley Haywood, United States, 1973-1994, 46.33
34. Dale Earnhardt, United States, 1979-2000, 46.54
33. Jeff Gordon, United States, 1993-2007, 47.10
32. Bruce McLaren, Australia, 1959-1969, 48.09
31. Marco Werner, Germany, 2002-2007, 48.63
30. Mauri Rose, United States, 1934-1950, 48.83
29. Johnny Rutherford, United States, 1963-1986, 48.88
28. Maurice Trintignant, France, 1953-1961, 50.45
27. Yannick Dalmas, France, 1988-2002, 51.15
26. Bobby Unser, United States, 1966-1981, 51.17

Now it's getting tough. Johncock was a two-time Indy winner. Jarrett won three Daytona 500s and two winston Cups and he's behind Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon in this group. I'd never heard of Hurley Haywood, but he's one of the top endurance racers ever to come out of the U.S. He won three LeMans races, two 12 Hours at Sebrings and four 24 Hours at Daytonas. Maurice Trintignant won twice at Monaco and once at LeMans, and Bobby Unser was a three-time Indy 500 winner.