16:41 it's debatable if that's the most Tony Stewart comment from Tony, a few years before that, he was racing for the championship against the front runner, Carl Edwards. I believe their was 5 races left in the season. Carl Edwards had just won the race and Tony came in 2nd. Tony walked over to Carl Edwards while he was still in his car and said "Hey Carl, that was fun and enjoy the win because Im going to win the championship and the next few races coming up!" Tony went on to win the next few races and the championship. While in one of those races, after a pit stop set him back, he was heard over the radio saying "Here kitty kitty" while catching up to and passing Carl Edwards to win that race. Now that's a Tony Stewart comment to remember.
What made Matt Kenseth’s kamikaze move on Joey even more intriguing was because of, well… Matt Kenseth. A driver who is normally a coolheaded guy and a clean racer (most of the time)
Kenseth had had more than enough It wasn’t just Kansas, Logano blocked him entering pit lane in Talladega, and then he thought Brad wrecked him on the restart in Martinsville
“The problem with taking out someone with nothing to gain is that one day that same person might end up with nothing to lose.” NASCAR the art of revenge.
As someone who's never watched a NASCAR race in his life, these stories are fascinating and very entertaining. I think when it comes to sports or esports or whatever, the story and how it's told are the only things that matter to enjoy them. And you do a wonderful job telling them!
@@TurdFurgeson275Lol. Maybe if they find some Gen 4 reruns. For modern nascar, idk, just go down to the park and tell people you’ll give a twenty to the first person around the parking lot. Probably a better foot race than anything nascar puts out today.
“In this moment, NASCAR is entering the dark timeline. The fans have been beaten and broken down. If they wanna salvage any hope out of this season, they’re gonna need a hero.” - EmpLemon, NASCAR and the Art of Revenge
2015 was also my first (and so far only) race I attended in person: Homestead to see Jeff Gordon who I wanted to see race live at least once before he retired. (I’m not American)
@@DaytonaPrototypes As a Hamlin fan at the time I had been waiting nearly two years to see that moment, it was something special. And after constantly shitting on Jeff Gordon (because my dad was a fan. Good grief kids are dumb) I found myself rooting for him in the end and just being overjoyed to see his celebration. The fall Martinsville race that year was truly something special.
Don't forget the circus qualifying format for the Daytona 500, Kurt Busch getting screwed out of a win at Fontana, and Austin Dillon's terrifying crash at Daytona
I will never understand our obsession as americans with turning everything into the NFL, NBA or whatever. It's stock car racing. It doesn't need overtime, it doesn't need playoffs. It doesn't need freaking quarters and halftime which they call stages. Why does everything have to be a ballgame? We even tried to turn F1 into it when they went to Miami and Vegas with the team introductions just like if they were running out onto a field through a tunnel pumped full of smoke from a smoke machine. Our popular culture is a joke.
Even though he obtained the Final 4 through what Kenseth did. This is one of my favorite Jeff Gordon memories. I am a life long Jeff Gordon fan and still get chills every time I hear Jeff over the radio saying, "Yeah, We're going to Homestead!" Still brings a tear to my eye. So, in other words. Thanks Joey for being insufferable and thank you Matt Kenseth for having balls the size of Stan Marsh's radioactive balls from South Park. You both allowed me to believe in Jeff Gordon's final race.
For some reason the algorithm randomly recommended your channel to me. I know nothing about American motorsport whatsoever, and yet these videos are an absolutely fascinating glimpse into an entire world I didn't even know was there. Outstanding job on these videos, dude!
The start of the Gen 6 troubles (even tho 2016-2017 were good, and the first half of 2018 being a struggle), the Chase being the Chase for the worst as usual, constant manipulations and inconsistencies, NASCAR letting drivers killing each other, and a terrible package. Yep, garbage season. (And it’s almost 9 years ago??? Damn… I’m old. Thanks Elly😅)
@@hotdog9423 I got into nascar in mid-2009. I really enjoyed 2010-2014, and 2016 the most. Nowadays, with the way NASCAR is, I just watch less races nowadays and just go by what I wanna watch
@@Joshua8824RacingFinal Gen 4 rule book, only changes are requiring the hans and safer barrier/other track safety improvements. Pay a competent engineer to take a pass on how to improve interior car safety of the gen 4’s without changing car performance. That’s literally it. Just use the most popular era’s rules with better safety. It’s not hard. Refinements would optimize package for running close without depending on aero to pass. Possible horsepower increases, but carefully considered. Stock car racing is better the more total grip is dominated by mechanical rather than aero. Aero dominated stock cars are just… really, really bad open wheel cars. Open wheel cars are light enough that they can usually use power to overcome aero problems for passing. Stock cars look like they slam into a wall when pulling out to pass.
As a Logano fan I appreciate what happened at martinsville. It made Logano not only less of an “asshole” on track but I think a few years passed and he actually gained respect indirectly because of it. So for once in my life I will unironically say…. “Thank you Matt Kenseth”
My first ever Nascar race i attended was that one rainy Michigan weekend in June 2015. Elly, thank you for shining light on it, even for a brief moment
“These championships aren’t won like the ones Petty and Earnhardt won. I’d rather go out and win races”-Kevin Harvick 2020. And I agree with him I know this is about 2015 but that echoes even back to this season where it all is a gimmick show for entertainment and not crowning a real champion
I fully agree with you on the gimmick show. Darrell Wallace was complaining about the speeds at Talladega back in the 90's, Dale Earnhardt went on TV and told Darrell Wallace if he can't handle it stay at home, otherwise put your big boy pants on, shut up and race, that's what we get paid for and if you can't handle it you don't need to be here! That's when NASCAR was racing! Not entertaining. **NASCAR, stop entertaining and start racing again!! Stop trying to please the fans of the losing drivers and changing rules, races, cars and championships to appease them!! Release the horsepower and damit let them boys and girls RACE!!!
To watch a loser take out a race leader on purpose because he's a little cry baby, leading to that winning driver losing the playoffs in a sport that shouldn't even have playoffs? I watch it for the racing. It sounds like you're more of a Desperate Housewives/reality drama queen fan than into auto racing.
Aaaahhh man… this was the most dumpster-fire NASCAR season ever. A guy who missed 36% of the season was crowned the Champion, Jeff Gordon momentum from 2014 was ruined, Kevin Harvick manipulated the playoffs, Kenseth went full demolition derby at Martinville. The whole thing was embarrassing ass hell!!
Worst rookie of the year in brett Moffitt. Drove for two separate teams due to early injuries moving Ragan to gibbs to replace Kyle busch. And then goes to the 34 with front row. And at this point they were still the underdogs and buescher wasn't there yet. Best finish that season and only top 10 was an 8th. FRM didn't really have the speed on most tracks, and he finished 34th in points. The whole rookie title was bullcrap too. The other guys were Jeb Burton and Matty both BK racing teammates, who tied for 2nd in the rookie league standings. Brett is a former truck series champion turned xfinity lifer doing spot hot seat races, Matty D is a part timer, and Jeb becoming an xfinity lifer says everything you need to know about how nascar was going at that time
Very proud to say I was at that Truex win at Pocono. Was a super cool win to be at since it was not a name you saw winning at that time and I had no idea what was to come next for him.
Denny Hamlin is now without a doubt the most hated driver. Kyle has mellowed and become more of a family man, and reprioritised his image, Joey still doesn’t care, but he isn’t as blatant with his disrespect on track, and Brad K has gone on to bring one of the greatest NASCAR teams of the modern era back to relevance. That is why most have been redeemed.
Man, Jeff Gordon retiring. I was born a couple years before he started and when I first watched NASCAR it was his first season. Something about that rainbow colored Dupont car caught my child's eye and I've been a fan of his ever since. Sad to watch him retire, but it's completely understandable.
The regular season champion needs to be a 1st round bye + 25 pt advantage at the start of the 2nd round. The long haul seasons long points accumulated need to have a bigger impact on the overall season champ.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any year where the point leader after 26 races was eliminated in the first two rounds. Truex came close last year, but still limped into the round of 8. So I don't see how that change would affect anything.
Hey man, thanks for making these. I'm going to my first Nascar race at COTA because of videos like these getting me into the sport and it's history. Looking forward to a new haters guide for 2024 cause I need to figure out who to root for when SVG isnt on track. Hell im even going to Texas Motor Speedway later this year cause I want to see a speedway race, even if it's Texas I guess lol
I gotta say other than hey great video, uhhh like half the music or more is in my sleep playlist and/or relaxing playlist (yes even mireor temple) so in some roundabout way the music alone got me to pay attention to that abysmal season.
dude when you first stared uploading I was wondering like how much you'd keep focusing on nascar and now like a year or two later you're legit one of the top nascar youtubers and you keep em coming, keep it up PLEASE
2:51 speaking on this topic, watching the turn around for Brad over the years has been incredible, even Joey has humbled up quite a bit it’s good to see.
I have a solid question: We've gone over how the post-chase seasons would've gone with the old points systems, but what about the inverse? What if we went back to even 90s seasons and applied the current Chase system to them? What would the standings look like? I've also wondered if NASCAR had any sort of potential to do a "Classics" race or two, where they'd take older models (with minor safety upgrades) and run those for a weekend. I could see the late 80s early 90s cars being a blast to watch, and potentially give the higher ups a kick in the seat of the pants about what actual NASCAR should look like.
I would note that his video shows how they go under the 2014-2016 system. Playoff points fix some of the most egregious things about that system, like Harvick and Dale Jr.'s winless championships going to Edwards and Kenseth respectively.
The thing that still pisses me off about 2015 Fall Talladega is that two years prior we had "spin-gate" and here we saw Harvick blatantly wreck Trevor Blane to end the race under yellow and keep his spot in the points.
2:27 My opinion of Bad Brad has softened, racing for Roush and him calming down will do that. My opinion of Joey(no I won’t use the nickname Mark Martin gave him, he doesn’t deserve it) has only hardened. As a Kenseth fan that Kansas race still pisses me off and he still drives like the physical embodiment of every modern NASCAR drivers worst tendencies. Overly aggressive, late blocks and zero respect for the danger that lies just beneath the surface of every motorsport.
It's nice to see someone talk about NASCAR without bitching and moaning about how it was better in the good ol' days, it's no longer a sport, we can't respect them anymore. Sure, I don't like some of the decisions the governing body is making, but that's not mutually exclusive to enjoying the sport.
Man, Hocevar in the 2024 season is gonna be one of the most entertaining guys as long as he isn't racing your favorite driver given how he feels like joey 2.0 New and improved.
2020 was the worst season ever. Ryan Newman almost died. we had the 550 package. The whole Bubba thing. Larson’s racial slur. Elliott winning the championship just to become a meme and he will never be taken seriously when he should be. and Harvick was robbed Because of the god-awful playoffs when he should’ve won it with dominantiin due to his nine wins.
The problem is that today’s veteran drivers haven’t taught today’s young drivers how to be respectful on the track the way they were taught when they started…….Dale Sr.would have put these kids in the wall and not thought twice about it. It’s a tough lesson to learn but it’s effective
I haven't watched this season in eight years and I feel like my recollection of events is better than this video. Nice video and all, but I can't believe you said Jimmie Johnson had an uncharacteristic showing at Dover. It was a rear axle seal failure that put him at least 40 laps down. Kyle Busch was never really in the elimination conversation because the real battle at the end was between Dale Jr and Jamie McMurray. Also, missed this quote that was played during the prerace show for Atlanta: "If I wanted to take a [beep] day out of my [beep] week and drive a [beep] Nationwide car, I'd take a [beep] day out of my [beep] week and drive a [beep] Nationwide car." -Tony Stewart
Another detail to include about Talladega: The plate races to that point were starting to get controversial. NASCAR chose to ban tandem drafting in the Nationwide and Truck series after Kyle Larson's crash in 2013 resulted in injuries to spectators. The plate race prior to the fall Talladega race was the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona where Austin Dillon's car was launched into the catchfence. NASCAR decided that the crash was the result of overtime finishes and said that for Talladega they would allow only one overtime attempt. On the first attempt, a crash happened that everyone thought would end the race, but NASCAR clarified that the attempt only counts if the leader crosses the start/finish line on the restart. That rule (which was changed to the overtime line rule soon after) is the only way Kevin Harvick would have advanced.
Harvicks bs at Talladega was so embarrasing for the sport. shouldve been blackflagged laps earlier. EVERYONE knew he couldnt make speed. Then the "champion." I respect Kyle Busch, he is immensely talented and i was happy he earned his 2nd later on, but under no circumstances should he have ever been able to win in 2015. The only word i have is embarrassment.
This IS the worst season in NASCAR! You don't miss almost a 1/3 of the races and still have a shot at the title and the ONLY reason Kyle obviously did is because of the broken chase format. This system is SO broken and has given 'titles' to drivers who don't deserve them, which is pretty much every driver since 2004 and takes titles away from drivers who do Gordon 7 Harvick 4 Hamlin 3 Johnson 3 Edwards 2 There's SO SO many cases just proving how broken this system is and how bad Nascar 'racing' is today! The system is BROKEN there's no tweaking it here and there for improvement! It's like asking should I build my house out of wood or brick, well it doesn't matter when it's foundation is sand!
9:00 Logano actually talked about that back in a podcast shortly after the fall Martinsville race in 2022. He said that looking back, that was a really dumb thing for him to do, cause it directly led to what happened at, well, Martinsville later that same year. But to him at the time, he wanted that 3 wins in a row, sinply cause he thought that would look cool.
I was there at that fall Dega race and I just knew all season when they announced the OT line some dumb finish would happen…just didn’t think it would be THAT dumb lol
Idk why people hate Kyle Busch because that championship, like it wasn’t his fault, he didn’t want to miss part of the season but he picked himself up and figured out a way how to win it all
I'll absolutely say that everyone who thinks that championship lacks any and all merit is well within their right to do so, but I'd be lying if I said that wasn't the happiest I've ever been to be a Kyle Busch fan
Logano winning championships multiple times and still being a threat for more is absolutely hilarious 😂 watching people cope and hang on to something that made him what he is today is also hilarious 😂
I feel like most of the NASCAR UA-cam channels now are clickbait farms. The only other one is Brock Beard but his videos are much more in depth and a lot longer and has a much different vibe
“That’s awesome. I mean he didn’t take him out, he *junked* him.” Is the most Tony Stewart thing to ever be said by Tony Stewart.
Best Martinsville race ever.
16:41 it's debatable if that's the most Tony Stewart comment from Tony, a few years before that, he was racing for the championship against the front runner, Carl Edwards. I believe their was 5 races left in the season. Carl Edwards had just won the race and Tony came in 2nd. Tony walked over to Carl Edwards while he was still in his car and said "Hey Carl, that was fun and enjoy the win because Im going to win the championship and the next few races coming up!" Tony went on to win the next few races and the championship. While in one of those races, after a pit stop set him back, he was heard over the radio saying "Here kitty kitty" while catching up to and passing Carl Edwards to win that race. Now that's a Tony Stewart comment to remember.
"Bet I can make him do a flip." - Stewart prior to murdering Kevin Ward Jr. in front of a crowd and getting away with it.
@@jameshubbard7720that’s actually awesome. NASCAR never fails to amaze me haha.
@@perciusmandate Jesus Christ…
What made Matt Kenseth’s kamikaze move on Joey even more intriguing was because of, well… Matt Kenseth. A driver who is normally a coolheaded guy and a clean racer (most of the time)
If u watch that race Joey was coming for 3 seconds behind and fast he had better tire then Matt and Matt was trying to defend but got wreaked
His radio explaination was the best too!
Kenseth had had more than enough
It wasn’t just Kansas, Logano blocked him entering pit lane in Talladega, and then he thought Brad wrecked him on the restart in Martinsville
Was this the same season where he sneak attacked Brad?
Beware the fury of a quiet man lol
Fun Fact: GTA VI Will be The First Ever GTA game to be released without Jeff Gordon competing as a driver
This will definitely impact local Trout populations.
@@chipsdubbo4861Mike Trout populations?
Sad.
And without an Earnhardt on the grid
And without waltrip in the booth
“The problem with taking out someone with nothing to gain is that one day that same person might end up with nothing to lose.”
NASCAR the art of revenge.
yeah that's a great video
That's one hell of a video, I go rewatch it once a month dude
One of my favs sports quotes ever.
1 guys is a multi time champ and the other is forgotten. Cope. 😂😂😂😂
@@joshdude1975 holy shit a lagano fan
get the fuck out of here nobody wants to see you there
“how do crown a real champion now? it’s just the wild wild west” -denny hamlin 2015
At this point he’s gonna need that to win a championship
The fact there's no repercussions for destroying a driver's championship by taking them out of a race intentionally proves this point to be correct.
@@jacobmassey3897 Eh, you’d get parked if you did.
@@jacobmassey3897tell that to Logano when he wrecked Kenseth for no reason at Kansas
@@crippledcrusader1321 did you watch the video lmao?
As someone who's never watched a NASCAR race in his life, these stories are fascinating and very entertaining. I think when it comes to sports or esports or whatever, the story and how it's told are the only things that matter to enjoy them. And you do a wonderful job telling them!
You should watch NASCAR with some friends. It’s actually super entertaining
@@TurdFurgeson275Lol. Maybe if they find some Gen 4 reruns.
For modern nascar, idk, just go down to the park and tell people you’ll give a twenty to the first person around the parking lot. Probably a better foot race than anything nascar puts out today.
Idk if anyone else noticed this but the song playing while Kenseth wrecking Logano was “I need a hero”.
Nice touch. Very fitting.
“In this moment, NASCAR is entering the dark timeline. The fans have been beaten and broken down. If they wanna salvage any hope out of this season, they’re gonna need a hero.”
- EmpLemon, NASCAR and the Art of Revenge
Well…Jeff Gordon did make the final 4 in his final season. That’s gotta be worth something, right?
That was such a huge moment for me as a fan of both Jeff and that 24 car.
@@twiellieS A M E
@ethanschmid410418 moment 💯😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Yea, but all of his 4 championships were won normally though
Pretty amazing considering how banged up he was and past his driving prime
“Some days your the bat. Some days your the ball. It’s never fun when you’re the ball.”
Matt Kenseth
Only bright moment of 2015 was Gordon’s final win
And truex's win at Pocono
2015 was also my first (and so far only) race I attended in person: Homestead to see Jeff Gordon who I wanted to see race live at least once before he retired. (I’m not American)
idk, Kenseth destroying Logano at Martinsville was the moment of the decade.
@DaytonaPrototypes well yeah, that goes with it. Gordon only won because Logano got taken out. Those moments are paired together
@@DaytonaPrototypes As a Hamlin fan at the time I had been waiting nearly two years to see that moment, it was something special. And after constantly shitting on Jeff Gordon (because my dad was a fan. Good grief kids are dumb) I found myself rooting for him in the end and just being overjoyed to see his celebration. The fall Martinsville race that year was truly something special.
The crowd fricken' popping off at the sight of Matt obliterating Joey had me dying 🤣
Don't forget the circus qualifying format for the Daytona 500, Kurt Busch getting screwed out of a win at Fontana, and Austin Dillon's terrifying crash at Daytona
Wasn't Dillon's crash in 2014?
@@resyrum5301Nope, it was 2015
@andrewmeyer4124 No it wasn't. It was 2014
@@resyrum5301 definitely 2015, you can easily look it up
2015 Coke Zero 400.
Coming off one of the best seasons in ‘14 made this worse.
Ikr
Absolutely.
I'm honestly surprised you haven't made a "How I run NASCAR." video. Like you're now in charge of NASCAR so, what changes would you make.
It's been made be others and honestly I use NWP to vent those frustrations@@Joshua8824Racing
@@Joshua8824Racingthis is an interesting thought
@@Joshua8824Racing throw it in the garbage and focus on Indy and F1, that's how I'd fix nascar.
I will never understand our obsession as americans with turning everything into the NFL, NBA or whatever. It's stock car racing. It doesn't need overtime, it doesn't need playoffs. It doesn't need freaking quarters and halftime which they call stages. Why does everything have to be a ballgame? We even tried to turn F1 into it when they went to Miami and Vegas with the team introductions just like if they were running out onto a field through a tunnel pumped full of smoke from a smoke machine. Our popular culture is a joke.
It’s fun to watch.
😊
Even though he obtained the Final 4 through what Kenseth did. This is one of my favorite Jeff Gordon memories. I am a life long Jeff Gordon fan and still get chills every time I hear Jeff over the radio saying, "Yeah, We're going to Homestead!" Still brings a tear to my eye. So, in other words. Thanks Joey for being insufferable and thank you Matt Kenseth for having balls the size of Stan Marsh's radioactive balls from South Park. You both allowed me to believe in Jeff Gordon's final race.
Wasn't that Gustafsons voice saying that?
that was one of if not the best videos you made, everything from 8:00 to the end gave me chills, good job bro
the build up to the kenseth and logano crash legit gave me chills, never change man 🙏
For some reason the algorithm randomly recommended your channel to me. I know nothing about American motorsport whatsoever, and yet these videos are an absolutely fascinating glimpse into an entire world I didn't even know was there. Outstanding job on these videos, dude!
10:56 "That is until Danica Danica'd" 😂
The start of the Gen 6 troubles (even tho 2016-2017 were good, and the first half of 2018 being a struggle), the Chase being the Chase for the worst as usual, constant manipulations and inconsistencies, NASCAR letting drivers killing each other, and a terrible package.
Yep, garbage season.
(And it’s almost 9 years ago??? Damn… I’m old. Thanks Elly😅)
Absolutely.
TBH I'm surprised you haven't made a "How I run NASCAR." video. Like you're now in charge of NASCAR so, what changes would you make.
IMMEDIATELY send the playoffs and stage racing to hell @@Joshua8824Racing
I enjoyed the early 2010s minus 2013, then Nascar started swiping power away
@@hotdog9423 I got into nascar in mid-2009. I really enjoyed 2010-2014, and 2016 the most.
Nowadays, with the way NASCAR is, I just watch less races nowadays and just go by what I wanna watch
@@Joshua8824RacingFinal Gen 4 rule book, only changes are requiring the hans and safer barrier/other track safety improvements.
Pay a competent engineer to take a pass on how to improve interior car safety of the gen 4’s without changing car performance.
That’s literally it. Just use the most popular era’s rules with better safety. It’s not hard.
Refinements would optimize package for running close without depending on aero to pass. Possible horsepower increases, but carefully considered.
Stock car racing is better the more total grip is dominated by mechanical rather than aero. Aero dominated stock cars are just… really, really bad open wheel cars.
Open wheel cars are light enough that they can usually use power to overcome aero problems for passing. Stock cars look like they slam into a wall when pulling out to pass.
As a Logano fan I appreciate what happened at martinsville. It made Logano not only less of an “asshole” on track but I think a few years passed and he actually gained respect indirectly because of it. So for once in my life I will unironically say…. “Thank you Matt Kenseth”
Nah
9 words to begin a sentence that can rule it as invalid. Congratulations, lOgAnO fAn. 🤣😂
@@gregkoelling how does a being Logano fan invalidate an incident that happened to Logano
I thought so too, but the last few seasons I'm not so sure. I think he just needed to find someone who wouldn't fight back again.
Nah, Kenseth was such an ass that day that any and all respect I had for him was lost. Such a chump move.
2015 was The Exact Opposite of 2014
I love Kenseth’s radio. Him and his crew chief both say “must’ve been a front right or something” 😂😂
My first ever Nascar race i attended was that one rainy Michigan weekend in June 2015. Elly, thank you for shining light on it, even for a brief moment
You deserve more views and subscribers. Keep up the great content!
“These championships aren’t won like the ones Petty and Earnhardt won. I’d rather go out and win races”-Kevin Harvick 2020. And I agree with him
I know this is about 2015 but that echoes even back to this season where it all is a gimmick show for entertainment and not crowning a real champion
He suffered from it more than anyone but Gordon
I fully agree with you on the gimmick show. Darrell Wallace was complaining about the speeds at Talladega back in the 90's, Dale Earnhardt went on TV and told Darrell Wallace if he can't handle it stay at home, otherwise put your big boy pants on, shut up and race, that's what we get paid for and if you can't handle it you don't need to be here!
That's when NASCAR was racing! Not entertaining.
**NASCAR, stop entertaining and start racing again!! Stop trying to please the fans of the losing drivers and changing rules, races, cars and championships to appease them!! Release the horsepower and damit let them boys and girls RACE!!!
@@williamheller1362 I would argue Harvick suffered from it more than Gordon
If gordon got to 7 he would have a legit case to be the GOAT. Now some people dont even have him top 3@@hunternixonfishing2500
im not even joking, i was waiting and waiting for an upload and it finally came, thanks elly!!!!
Matt taking out Joey is still one of the most badass moments of the past 10 years especially since he barely got mad as EMPlemons video said :
That Martinsville moment is still so iconic and it's moments like that that perfectly explain why we watch NASCAR
To watch a loser take out a race leader on purpose because he's a little cry baby, leading to that winning driver losing the playoffs in a sport that shouldn't even have playoffs? I watch it for the racing. It sounds like you're more of a Desperate Housewives/reality drama queen fan than into auto racing.
2018: "allow me to introduce myself"
2018 was decent in my opinion had a lot of good races
Man, I gotta say, this is the first of your videos I've ever seen and I'm impressed. Very nice. Subscribed.
Aaaahhh man… this was the most dumpster-fire NASCAR season ever. A guy who missed 36% of the season was crowned the Champion, Jeff Gordon momentum from 2014 was ruined, Kevin Harvick manipulated the playoffs, Kenseth went full demolition derby at Martinville. The whole thing was embarrassing ass hell!!
Worst rookie of the year in brett Moffitt. Drove for two separate teams due to early injuries moving Ragan to gibbs to replace Kyle busch. And then goes to the 34 with front row. And at this point they were still the underdogs and buescher wasn't there yet.
Best finish that season and only top 10 was an 8th.
FRM didn't really have the speed on most tracks, and he finished 34th in points.
The whole rookie title was bullcrap too. The other guys were Jeb Burton and Matty both BK racing teammates, who tied for 2nd in the rookie league standings.
Brett is a former truck series champion turned xfinity lifer doing spot hot seat races,
Matty D is a part timer, and Jeb becoming an xfinity lifer says everything you need to know about how nascar was going at that time
I remember this season well, but what I want to comment on is your narration. You have a great delivery and your storytelling is fantastic.
the wheel flick at 13:38 is just cherry on top for the experienced guy lmao
One thing I'm proud of, Jeff Gordon won a race in his final full time season. Sad things gone worse entering the "entertainment era".
Very proud to say I was at that Truex win at Pocono. Was a super cool win to be at since it was not a name you saw winning at that time and I had no idea what was to come next for him.
EllyProductions dropped a video during the Rolex 24 👏
Denny Hamlin is now without a doubt the most hated driver. Kyle has mellowed and become more of a family man, and reprioritised his image, Joey still doesn’t care, but he isn’t as blatant with his disrespect on track, and Brad K has gone on to bring one of the greatest NASCAR teams of the modern era back to relevance. That is why most have been redeemed.
(13:30) love that you used the MK64 post-race music 👍
11:32 is that “I need a hero” in 8 bit? 😂
Yes
Ya bet
0:57 man I loved Le Mans 66’ 😩
Bro I miss Gordon 😢
Gordon is the G.O.A.T
I started watching in 2003 and at the time I just liked the paint scheme but I learned who and what he did and 21 years later well here we are
I love the content you put out.
It represents the sport well.
Dale Jr should've been given the win at Fall Talladega he was clearly ahead but he got screwed out of it
Its crazy cuz 2015 was the season that actually got me watching nascar again from week to week
Great video! Definitely one of those seasons I paid less attention to back when it was happening.
Man, Jeff Gordon retiring. I was born a couple years before he started and when I first watched NASCAR it was his first season. Something about that rainbow colored Dupont car caught my child's eye and I've been a fan of his ever since. Sad to watch him retire, but it's completely understandable.
Love the downward spiral reference 😂 Great video
The regular season champion needs to be a 1st round bye + 25 pt advantage at the start of the 2nd round.
The long haul seasons long points accumulated need to have a bigger impact on the overall season champ.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any year where the point leader after 26 races was eliminated in the first two rounds. Truex came close last year, but still limped into the round of 8. So I don't see how that change would affect anything.
Dude. I thought this was a Slapshoes video until i looked at the channel. Holy shit you're good at this!
10:59 sick transition
Hey man, thanks for making these. I'm going to my first Nascar race at COTA because of videos like these getting me into the sport and it's history. Looking forward to a new haters guide for 2024 cause I need to figure out who to root for when SVG isnt on track. Hell im even going to Texas Motor Speedway later this year cause I want to see a speedway race, even if it's Texas I guess lol
Saw that thumbnail and clicked it shouting HELL YEA and the cats all scurried startled xD
I gotta say other than hey great video, uhhh like half the music or more is in my sleep playlist and/or relaxing playlist (yes even mireor temple) so in some roundabout way the music alone got me to pay attention to that abysmal season.
dude when you first stared uploading I was wondering like how much you'd keep focusing on nascar and now like a year or two later you're legit one of the top nascar youtubers and you keep em coming, keep it up PLEASE
2:51 speaking on this topic, watching the turn around for Brad over the years has been incredible, even Joey has humbled up quite a bit it’s good to see.
I can assure you Joeys 2015 missing ring still haunts him and his fans like me 🤦🏽♂️😖
i will never get over how the 78 an essentially sponsorless car was one of the most dominate cars in modern nascar
Really well put together video, great job Elly.
I have a solid question:
We've gone over how the post-chase seasons would've gone with the old points systems, but what about the inverse? What if we went back to even 90s seasons and applied the current Chase system to them? What would the standings look like?
I've also wondered if NASCAR had any sort of potential to do a "Classics" race or two, where they'd take older models (with minor safety upgrades) and run those for a weekend. I could see the late 80s early 90s cars being a blast to watch, and potentially give the higher ups a kick in the seat of the pants about what actual NASCAR should look like.
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I would note that his video shows how they go under the 2014-2016 system. Playoff points fix some of the most egregious things about that system, like Harvick and Dale Jr.'s winless championships going to Edwards and Kenseth respectively.
Your story relling skills are on point Elly, keep up the great work!!
The thing that still pisses me off about 2015 Fall Talladega is that two years prior we had "spin-gate" and here we saw Harvick blatantly wreck Trevor Blane to end the race under yellow and keep his spot in the points.
2:27
My opinion of Bad Brad has softened, racing for Roush and him calming down will do that.
My opinion of Joey(no I won’t use the nickname Mark Martin gave him, he doesn’t deserve it) has only hardened. As a Kenseth fan that Kansas race still pisses me off and he still drives like the physical embodiment of every modern NASCAR drivers worst tendencies. Overly aggressive, late blocks and zero respect for the danger that lies just beneath the surface of every motorsport.
During Martinville an 8 bit version of I need a hero is playing
2:50 Is that Rimworld music in the background? Damn, I love it
Honestly, with the way nascar has been going, I would love to see a season like that again, it was fun to watch
I know nothing and have never wanted to learn about Nascar, your style of videomaking is so good that it doesn't matter.
It's nice to see someone talk about NASCAR without bitching and moaning about how it was better in the good ol' days, it's no longer a sport, we can't respect them anymore. Sure, I don't like some of the decisions the governing body is making, but that's not mutually exclusive to enjoying the sport.
great video, not a big nascar watcher but i felt so engaged i was bummed when it ended.
7:45 to this day even as a huge Logano fan this has still got me going “what was he thinking?!”
Man, Hocevar in the 2024 season is gonna be one of the most entertaining guys as long as he isn't racing your favorite driver given how he feels like joey 2.0 New and improved.
ITS A MIRACLE TODAY IS GOOD ELLY POSTED🔥🔥🔥
2020 was the worst season ever.
Ryan Newman almost died.
we had the 550 package.
The whole Bubba thing.
Larson’s racial slur.
Elliott winning the championship just to become a meme and he will never be taken seriously when he should be.
and Harvick was robbed
Because of the god-awful playoffs when he should’ve won it with dominantiin due to his nine wins.
Kenseth keeping Logano from winning the 2015 title was a superhero moment.
Amazing content! I've never even seen a Nascar race before yet still this was a fun and interesting video!
Ok. One Thing I Liked About The 2015 NASCAR Season, Is NASCAR On NBC Coming Back. And That Was It.
The problem is that today’s veteran drivers haven’t taught today’s young drivers how to be respectful on the track the way they were taught when they started…….Dale Sr.would have put these kids in the wall and not thought twice about it. It’s a tough lesson to learn but it’s effective
I haven't watched this season in eight years and I feel like my recollection of events is better than this video. Nice video and all, but I can't believe you said Jimmie Johnson had an uncharacteristic showing at Dover. It was a rear axle seal failure that put him at least 40 laps down. Kyle Busch was never really in the elimination conversation because the real battle at the end was between Dale Jr and Jamie McMurray. Also, missed this quote that was played during the prerace show for Atlanta:
"If I wanted to take a [beep] day out of my [beep] week and drive a [beep] Nationwide car, I'd take a [beep] day out of my [beep] week and drive a [beep] Nationwide car."
-Tony Stewart
Another detail to include about Talladega:
The plate races to that point were starting to get controversial. NASCAR chose to ban tandem drafting in the Nationwide and Truck series after Kyle Larson's crash in 2013 resulted in injuries to spectators. The plate race prior to the fall Talladega race was the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona where Austin Dillon's car was launched into the catchfence. NASCAR decided that the crash was the result of overtime finishes and said that for Talladega they would allow only one overtime attempt. On the first attempt, a crash happened that everyone thought would end the race, but NASCAR clarified that the attempt only counts if the leader crosses the start/finish line on the restart. That rule (which was changed to the overtime line rule soon after) is the only way Kevin Harvick would have advanced.
Harvicks bs at Talladega was so embarrasing for the sport. shouldve been blackflagged laps earlier. EVERYONE knew he couldnt make speed. Then the "champion." I respect Kyle Busch, he is immensely talented and i was happy he earned his 2nd later on, but under no circumstances should he have ever been able to win in 2015. The only word i have is embarrassment.
This is why I consider Gordon as the 2015 champion
This IS the worst season in NASCAR! You don't miss almost a 1/3 of the races and still have a shot at the title and the ONLY reason Kyle obviously did is because of the broken chase format. This system is SO broken and has given 'titles' to drivers who don't deserve them, which is pretty much every driver since 2004 and takes titles away from drivers who do
Gordon 7
Harvick 4
Hamlin 3
Johnson 3
Edwards 2
There's SO SO many cases just proving how broken this system is and how bad Nascar 'racing' is today! The system is BROKEN there's no tweaking it here and there for improvement! It's like asking should I build my house out of wood or brick, well it doesn't matter when it's foundation is sand!
9:00 Logano actually talked about that back in a podcast shortly after the fall Martinsville race in 2022.
He said that looking back, that was a really dumb thing for him to do, cause it directly led to what happened at, well, Martinsville later that same year. But to him at the time, he wanted that 3 wins in a row, sinply cause he thought that would look cool.
Funny thing is I used to hate logano a lot but recently I have become a pretty big fan of him
I was there at that fall Dega race and I just knew all season when they announced the OT line some dumb finish would happen…just didn’t think it would be THAT dumb lol
I never took the championship seriously after this season, it just shows how much of a joke it is now.
0:37 that dress looked black and blue before. How did it manage to change colors?
Also being a Jeff Gordon superfan, I really can’t express how exciting it was to see Logano get junked for the ole 24 to punch his ticket.
I just wished that he won at Miami
that raid shadow legends bit had me dying 🤣🤣
Idk why people hate Kyle Busch because that championship, like it wasn’t his fault, he didn’t want to miss part of the season but he picked himself up and figured out a way how to win it all
Really got me with the fake sponsor lol you’ll get them soon! Keep up the great work
i hope you get a sponsor someday, love your videos man, best nascar content ever
7:45 & 11:46
There’s an amazing video essay on “NASCAR and the Art of Revenge” by EMPLemon that features this hit, I recommend watching that video.
It’s a great day when Elly productions uploads another video
Downward spira-oh god... Oh lord... The memories have come back
This might be one of the craziest nascar seasons ever
2015 was a bad year for American motorsports in general. In Indycar we lost Justin Wilson, and Nearly lost James Hinchcliffe
I'll absolutely say that everyone who thinks that championship lacks any and all merit is well within their right to do so, but I'd be lying if I said that wasn't the happiest I've ever been to be a Kyle Busch fan
Honestly. Harvick may have had no other option if he wanted to go to the round of 8, but wrecking the whole field? I kinda disapprove.
I want to see a video on the new nascar Netflix series “full speed” and if you think it will have the same impact as drive to survive in F1
The EmpLemon about this very moment is the video that began my NASCAR journey. Glad to see some references in here to him.
Logano winning championships multiple times and still being a threat for more is absolutely hilarious 😂 watching people cope and hang on to something that made him what he is today is also hilarious 😂
Damn, I think this is the best NASCAR channel on UA-cam. We don’t really have another high quality video essay channel.
I feel like most of the NASCAR UA-cam channels now are clickbait farms. The only other one is Brock Beard but his videos are much more in depth and a lot longer and has a much different vibe