In an era where the owner driver was finally going away outside occassions of drivers racing again for the heck of it, Joe Lutz, known as Lightning Lutz, was a big outlier, and captured two championships for his own team, Lightning Racing. The native of Watertown, Tennessee held on owner drivers went practically extinct, and while he ran the whole 1990's without another championship, he remained a threat for wins and established that owner drivers had more potential than many thought they still had. Would he be in the conversation for the greatest ever if he'd sold off his team earlier? It's possible, but he still remains in the upper echelons of the series with a multi-championship career.