The Resume

(September 20, 1975- )
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
Drives the #42 Texaco/Wrigley Gum Dodge Avenger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
1998 Formula 3000 Champion
1999 CART Champion & Rookie of the Year
2000 Indianapolis 500 Champion & Rookie of the Year
2007 Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year

Why he might be annoying:

He won his first NASCAR race after wrecking his teammate.
He won his first Nextel Cup Race after everyone else ran out of fuel.
He wrecked a lot of other drivers in 2007.
Diehard open-wheel fans consider him a traitor for switching to stock cars.
He struggled in Formula 1 and often argued with his team.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was fired from his Formula 1 team after announcing he was switching to NASCAR.
He was the first Latino driver to race competitively in NASCAR.
He was wrecked by Ryan Newman in his first Cup race.
He is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
He is the only driver to compete in all three major races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (the Brickyard 400, the US Grand Prix, and the Indianapolis 500)
He grew up in poverty and had to use roller blades to travel.

Credit: Darrell

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Autosport International Driver of the Year Award (Ranked: 2003)
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2010] (Ranked: 72)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9201975)
• Darrell's Profiles [Series 1]
• I Married in 2002
• I Was Homeless
• Indianapolis 500 Winners (Ranked: 2000)
• Indianapolis 500 Winners (Ranked: 2015)
• People en Espanol 50 Most Beautiful People [2008]
• Profiles 21751-22000 (Ranked: 21771)
• Race Car Drivers
• Trash Talking Athletes

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 49.12% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 205 Votes: 71.22% Annoying