History Main / BadassDriver

** As a testament to how badass he is, he held the record for fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the Suzuki Liana. [[spoiler: Until 11 July 2010, when FormulaOne driver Rubens Barrichello (himself an example of this trope, as noted below) beat it by a tenth of a second.]]

* [[TopGear Some say it's Jeremy Clarkson]], or some of the guests they've featured on the show... all we know it, it's really The Stig.

** As a testament to how badass he is, he held the record for fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the Suzuki Liana. [[spoiler: Until 11 July 2010, when FormulaOne driver Rubens Barrichello beat it by a tenth of a second.]]

* LindseyLohan played a budding BadassDriver in HerbieFullyLoaded. Though Herbie did most of the awesome stuff, "Max" had her moments too.

-->--''TopGear''

Most people drive cars. Many are competent. A few are exceptionally skilled. And a miniscule fraction can do things behind the wheel that'd make your head spin faster than the driveshaft. These gods among wheelmen are a marvel to behold, with skill, timing, or luck so solid they can start and stop on farthings, drive through your coat closet without scuffing the drywall, pivot in place, or power-slide round entire municipalities. Such beings will often possess MachineEmpathy, detecting when something's wrong due to subtle changes in how their vehicle is acting.

* This is the entire premise of the (rather stupid) manga ''[=D-Live=]'', that the company the guy works for when not in school gives him vehicles and he bonds deeply with them and does impossible, incredible things. Even if he's never driven one of these before. Then they cite something they didn't like, like he crashed whatever-it-was or got seen on the job, and gyp him out of his pay. He never seems to catch on.

* Any main character from ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' films. But especially VinDiesel. But then, it's ''VinDiesel''.

* Most characters in the ''{{Mad Max}}'' series, especially Max himself.

* [[DanAykroyd Elwood J. Blues]] in ''BluesBrothers''. It takes a lot of {{Badass}} to turn a car around at the end of an unfinished bridge like Elwood did. He can even speed through the dark of the night and outrun dozens of police cars with his sunglasses on.

* Lindsey Lohan played a budding BadassDriver in HerbieFullyLoaded. Though Herbie did most of the awesome stuff, "Max" had her moments too.

* The [[{{Warhammer 40000}} W40K]] universe has the gunner Jurgen, who is determined to make sure that Commisar {{Ciaphas Cain}} IS NEVER LATE! To Jurgen, he will defy physics and all known road laws to ensure this. To add to that, he's gotten away with it!

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* The main characters of The ''DukesOfHazzard''

* Nathan Fillion's character in ''{{Drive}}''.

** Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has the characters mercilessly mock your driving. At one point, they tell you to go to driver's ed. And then you do. Harsh.

* A sci-fi variant, Joker in ''MassEffect'' can do ridiculously awesome things with a spaceship, in this case, the Normandy. Joker is another Non Action Guy due to his brittle bones medical condition. He is also snarktacular.

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* [[RedvsBlue Grif]] yes [[BrilliantButLazy that]] Grif. Don't believe me? Watch ''Revelation'' episode 3.

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* Pretty much any sandbox game with driving in it (''GrandTheftAuto'', ''CrazyTaxi'', ''SaintsRow'', ''TotalOverdose'', etc) requires badass driving to complete the missions on time.

* Pretty much any sandbox game with driving in it (''GrandTheftAuto'', ''CrazyTaxi'', etc) requires badass driving to complete the missions on time.

* Believe it or not, Miss Havisham from ''GreatExpectations is one of these mixed with DrivesLikeCrazy in the ''ThursdayNext'' series. Her crazed driving scene is for the intent of getting bodice-ripper romances. No, really.

* Diego Zhao (a.k.a. 'Rush') frm the ''RushCity'' mini-series in TheDCU.
* Freeway, a member of the criminal organisation the Network and sometimes foe of ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
* Razorback, a little known Marvel character, has the mutant power to, ahem, operate any vehicle at an expert level, just by getting at the controls.

* [[DanAykroyd Elwood J. Blues]] in ''BluesBrothers''. It takes a lot of BadAss to turn a car around at the end of an unfinished bridge like Elwood did. He can even speed through the dark of the night and outrun dozens of police cars with his sunglasses on.

* Pretty much the entire racing cast of ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'', but especially Bleed Kaga. His field racing background explains it a lot.

* Bleed Kaga from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' is the badass race driver in the series, as he is a skilled field racer.

* Bunta Fujiwara from {{Initial D}}. He can drift an 80's Corolla Hatchback at insane speeds. ''While lighting a cigarette''. ''[[EyesAlwaysShut WITH HIS EYES CLOSED]]''.
* The taxi driver from {{Canaan}}. How can you forget him for all this time?
* Leigharch from BlackLagoon mixes this with TheStoner. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]] and CrazyAwesome ensue.

* Bleed Kaga from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' is the badass race driver in the series, as he is skilled in field racing.

* No mention of ''{{Mad Max}}''? There's a reason he's called the Road Warrior.

* There are not few of these in ''Film/{{Ronin}}'' either, capable of putting GeneHackman as "Popeye" Doyle in ''TheFrenchConnection'' to shame.

* Believe it or not, Miss Havisham (Yes, [[GreatExpectations that Miss Havisham]]) is one of these mixed with DrivesLikeCrazy in the ''ThursdayNext'' series.
** Her crazed driving scene is for the intent of getting bodice-ripper romances. No, really.

* Most of the {{Kamen Rider}}s fit this to varying extents. They traditionally ride motorcycles.

->''Some say that his first name really is "The", and that his left nipple is in the exact same shape of the Nürburgring. All we know is, he's called '''The Stig'''.''

* Bleed Kaga and Knight Schumacher from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'', but especially Kaga, are badass drivers in the series.

* Bleed Kaga and Knight Schumacher from ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' are badass drivers in the series.

* Alex from the {{manhwa}} ''TheBreaker''. He is a transporter whose driving skill is described as god-like.

* The land speed record overlaps with ImprobablePilotingSkills, since the driver who steered Thrust SSC to 763 mph was [[CommonMilitaryUnits Wing Commander]] Andy Green of the [[BritsWithBattleships RAF]].

** Ash is a pretty good case of this as well. Consider this: When Ash and Kate race [[spoiler:the second time]], Ash is driving a car that, as Kate points out, "is almost as old as you (Ash) are". Kate herself was driving a freaking Jaguar. Kate ''barely'' wins. To be fair, Ash's car has one monster of an engine.