Thursday, September 29, 2022

2022's Most Loved and Hated NASCAR Drivers

2022's Most Loved and Hated #NASCAR Drivers

Hearts for Daniel  / Boos for Bubba

  • Gambling.com reveals the Internet’s top 10 most loved and hated NASCAR drivers during the 2022 regular season.
  • The report names Daniel Suarez as the most loved driver, with Bubba Wallace coming in as the most disliked.
  • With 12 drivers left in the 2022 playoffs, how do these stars fair in the ranking?

One month on from the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the team at Gambling.com have looked back to reveal which drivers received the most love and hate online last season.

 

By utilizing the social listening tool Linkfluence, positive and negative online sentiment data, for every active NASCAR driver, was acquired over the regular season (between 1st February – August 31st). These figures were then ranked to find the top 10 most loved and hated drivers for 2022.

 

#NASCAR Driver - Daniel Suarez

 

The Top 10 Most Loved NASCAR Drivers of 2022:


Rank

NASCAR Driver

Positive Sentiment*

1

Daniel Suarez

44.7%

2

Austin Cindric

42.4%

3

Kyle Larson

36.6%

4

Kevin Harvick

35%

5

Alex Bowman

34.8%

6

Ryan Blaney

31.8%

7

Martin Truex Jr.

31.2%

8

Joey Logano

30.4%

9

Chase Briscoe

29.6%

10

Kurt Busch

29.6%

 

Coming in the number one spot as 2022’s most loved NASCAR driver is Daniel Suarez, with 44.7% of all tweets praising the Mexican racer.

 

Diving into the data, the majority of these came during his win at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 event, where 62% of all tweets about the driver were positive.

 

Ohio’s Austin Cindric falls just behind, placing 2nd on the ranking (42.4%). Following a similar pattern to Suarez, it was Cindric’s win at the Daytona 500 in February which delivered him the most love online.

 

#NASCAR Driver - Bubba Wallace

 

The Top 10 Most Hated NASCAR Drivers of 2022:

Rank

NASCAR Driver

Negative Sentiment*

1

Bubba Wallace

30.1%

2

Cody Ware

18.9%

3

Ty Dillon

17.2%

4

Denny Hamlin

15.1%

5

Justin Haley

14.7%

6

Cole Custer

13.9%

7

Daniil Kvyat

13.5%

8

Jacques Villeneuve

13.4%

9

Kyle Busch

12.5%

10

Austin Dillon

12.3%


Unfortunately, its Bubba Wallace who came out as the most disliked driver over the course of the 2022 regular season, with almost 1 in 3 tweets made about him being negative (30.1%)

 

It was his second-place finish at the Firekeepers Casino 400 which received the most negativity online, with one tweet reading:

 

“You could pull ten random strangers off the street and they would all beat Bubba Wallace in a race”

 

With Wallace sitting clear at the top of the ranking, Cody Ware (18.9%) and Ty Dillion (17.2%) make up the top 3 most disliked drivers last year.

 

Which Drivers in the Playoffs Received the Most Love?

Most Loved

Overall Rank

NASCAR Driver

Positive

Sentiment*

Negative

Sentiment

1

Daniel Suarez

44.7%

3.9%

2

Austin Cindric

42.4%

3.8%

3

Kyle Larson

36.6%

10.1%

5

Alex Bowman

34.8%

6.4%

6

Ryan Blaney

31.8%

10.9%

8

Joey Logano

30.4%

10.1%

10

Chase Briscoe

29.6%

7.5%

12

Chase Elliott

28.6%

7.1%

14

William Byron

26.4%

8.1%

18

Ross Chastain

24%

10.8%

25

Christopher Bell

21.6%

9.7%

27

Denny Hamlin

20.9%

15.1%


*Percentage of all Twitter posts made which were deemed positive between 1st Feb -31st Aug.

 

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source: NASCAR Media

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What bullshit! Most loved driver, Chase Elliot, most hated, tie,,Denny Hamlin and Bubba “I can’t drive” Wallace! No others close, well maybe Ty “Im an asshole “Gibbs! Who writes this bullshit? Fire them they are idiots!