Hi,
I have a client who races cars for fun.  i don't know much about race
car driving and would love to speak intelligently about the subject
and even tie in a race car metaphor to one of my upcoming
presentations.  Can you tell me who are the best drivers in the world
and what makes them the best?  Thanks a bunch.

Dear Kivo, 

There are several types of car racing, in different types of cars, and
also in different leagues or serieses.

Best NASCAR drivers
===================

NASCAR is the most popular in the United States. 

Steve McCormick from About.com was asked several times who are the
best drivers. He answers here:
http://nascar.about.com/library/weekly/aa042902a.htm

Erhardt, as you may recall, passed away last year
<http://nascar.about.com/cs/daleearnhardt/>

Sites about NASCAR
------------------
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nascar.htm - How stuff works: what is
NASCAR and how the cars are built.

http://nascar.about.com/ - NASCAR at About.com 


Best Formula One Drivers
========================
Formula One best drivers today are: 
- Michael Schumacher, from the Ferarri team
<http://www.autocarindia.com/pitstopf1/drivers/f1driver.asp?driver='Michael+Schumacher'>
His little brother Ralf is ranked four
<http://www.racingone.com/driver.asp?driverid=195&subseries=12>.


Sites about F-1
---------------
http://www.formula1.com/ - official site

http://directory.google.com/Top/Sports/Motorsports/Auto_Racing/Formula_One/
- Google Directory


Best Drag Racers
================
http://www.draglist.com/lists/dragsters.htm - Draglist lists the best dragsters. 

Larry Dixon is ranked one
<http://www.racingone.com/driver.asp?driverid=313&subseries=13>.

Sites about Drag Racing
-----------------------
http://www.draglist.com/index.shtml - Drag List 

http://www.nhra.com/ - The official site of the National Hot Rod
Association, drag racing's leading sanctioning body.
 

CART - Championship Auto Racing Teams and Indy Racing League
============================================================
Bruno Junqueira is ranked first
<http://www.racingone.com/driver.asp?driverid=883&subseries=4> in the
CART;

While Mark Taylor is ranked first in IRL
<http://www.racingone.com/driver.asp?driverid=2247&subseries=11>.



Are two leagues, spiltted because of legal disagreements. The race
itself is Similar to F1.

How stuff works <http://www.howstuffworks.com/champ-car.htm> 


World of Outlaws
================
This is the zaniest of all car races. 

Sammy Swindel <http://www.racingone.com/driver.asp?driverid=489&subseries=6>
is ranked first.

World of Outlaws - <http://www.worldofoutlawsracing.com/> - official
site of this series.


General Information
===================
Racing... Gone! http://www.racingone.com/ - has ranking (under
"drivers" in each type of race) of the best drivers today.

I hope this answered your question. I searched the web for the terms
abovementioned. Please contact me if you need any clarification on
this answer before you tip/rate it.