Name top 5 drivers all time

[jupiter]

There are a ton of great drivers, it's hard for me to pick:
Fillion
Case
Campbell
Pierce
LaChance

[Lar4400]

1. Campbell
2 OD
3 Webster
4 remmen
5 merriman

[harnessplop]

Love the replies....lots of Herve and campbell

[Lance]

This is easy...
1. Campbell
2. Herve
3. O'Donnell
4. LaChance

5 you can have your pick, Miller, Sears, Case, Tetrick, Luc, ......there are probably 20 that could fit in here.  But I'd go with Sears.

[Lance]

I forgot to mention…maybe not a top 5….but Simon Allard is in the top 5 in our hearts.

[JOLLY RANCHER]

JOHN MONACO

MARTIN KENNEY

FRANK PETRELLI

BREVATOR CREECH

STEVE SMITH

I STAND BY MY TOP 5. 100% 

[polish jola]

1. Purple Jesus 2. Lew Williams 3. Walter Paisley 4. John Campbell 5. Ron Pierce, Bionic Man {Tie}

[SeattleSlew]

This table provides some perspective (although it heavily weights those races overseen by the Hambletonian Society (and mostly more recent ones..i.e. last 25 years).  Not sure you can narrow the list to 5, so I would go with a "Lucky 7" of:

John Campbell
Ron Pierce
Brian Sears
Herve Filion
Mike LaChance
Dave Miller
Tim Tetrick

For major Northeast "raceway" in the past 40 years (Meadowlands, Roosevelt and Yonkers), one might look at Case, Brennan, Webster, Abbatiello, Gilmour, Billy OD.  For diagonal-gait one might add in John Patterson and look at (again) LaChance, Pierce, Cambell and Webster.

[harnessplop]

Was Jackie m top 5 moiseyev

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Any list that doesn't include Campbell and Herve should be deleted.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

John Campbell
Bill O'Donnell
Buddy Gilmour
Herve Filion
Mike Lachance

I hesitate to leave Brian Sears off that list.

[Bernie Madoff]

Was Jackie m top 5 moiseyev

He wasn't top 10000.

[theokodjak26]

John Campbell
Bill O'Donnell
Buddy Gilmour
Herve Filion
Mike Lachance

I hesitate to leave Brian Sears off that list.

Brian Sears cannot be left off any list IMO. He was a top driver at the M against the best drivers in the world for a long time. I agree with everyone on your list but it should be the Top 6 drivers of all time with Ron Pierce added if you make your list a Top 7.

[Ramone]

Brian Sears cannot be left off any list IMO.

Big no to Sears because:
- he doesn't turn and burn
- he doesn't get into spastic contortions under the guise of "urging"
- he apparently has no afflictions with his bottom as he sits still in the bike
- and worst of all he's a finesse driver which doesn't wash with the grandstand goofs

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Brian Sears cannot be left off any list IMO. He was a top driver at the M against the best drivers in the world for a long time. I agree with everyone on your list but it should be the Top 6 drivers of all time with Ron Pierce added if you make your list a Top 7.

With Brian Sears, Ron Pierce was my next choice, however, I also hesitated to leave Jack Moiseyev off my list. IMO, it's moronic to say he only accomplished what he did because he drove for Robinson and Pelling in the heyday. My list is the greatest drivers of all time. Not the greatest statistics, accomplishments, trophies, etc. of all time. For me it's about talent, ability, skills, how you would rate a driver in the various categories of those skills and attributes that drivers must have. With that, Jack is on the list. So is Ron Pierce. I looked to take one off the list, and add Brian. I thought about taking Mike Lachance off the list and adding Brian. I'd still be OK with that top 5, but I just didn't. I thought about taking Herve off the list, but then I said to myself, no, you just can't. I think many people take Billy O'Donnell off the list and they add one of those others names. No, I wouldn't.

So with any 5 of those 8, I would not argue with anyone's top 5.