“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose” Amazing advice. I want to use this as some kind of quote.
I feel bad for Matt Kenseth. It took a lot of emotional maturity, fortitude, and humility to maintain composure, avoid drama, and to just focus on being his best self. Humility is often mistaken for weakness, but his casual revenge on Logano proved he's no doormat. Respect. Sorry you had to race with so many douchebags, Matt. You're definitely the better man.
“Some days you’re the bat, some days you’re the ball. Never fun when you’re the ball.” - Matt Kenseth’s closing statement in his Martinsville post-race interview
Matt Kenseth took the brunt of the force from every altercation in his career, he was arguably the most level-headed, even-tempered driver on the track, and after all of it, that one move by Joey Logano, that one unnecessary setback, awakened the wrath of the most calm driver. Also, I feel like I should note that the transition element of Denny Hamlin's FedEx 11 moving on screen when you said that the intensity of racing at Martinsville is dialed to 11 was very clever symmetry between the script and the visuals.
will I be the only one to point out this is basically exactly what was said in the video? people are gonna watch the video, not look in the comments for the same information
@@a.w.5682 this is essentially what he said in the video, I just repeated it out of amazement for the situation. It doesn't take a lot to amaze me, I'm easy to impress.
"He is perhaps best known for finishing the '07 Daytona 500 upside-down" Something about the incredibly deadpan delivery of that ridiculous sentence killed me.
@@jeffh6516 are you just salty cause your insecurity drives you to worshipping follower counts bigger than yours that you saw by taking time out of your day instead of doing something productive?
Little bit about Kenseth that got left out of the video, after the crash his crew chief said over the radio "wow right front tire must've blown out or something" in the most sarcastic tone I've ever heard 🤣🤣🤣
funny enough, the Radioactive of this features Kenseth saying the same thing "Yeah front right's blown or something." After which NASCAR called Kenseth, the CC, and I think the owner to the trailer lmao Edit: I can't spell
They interviewed Kenseth about this once and I believe the Crew Chief said something to the effect of “I hope you sold enough tshirts with that move to pay for that car!”
For anyone curious the exact transcript from Kenseth and his crew chief was Crew Chief - Wow man, I guess your right front went down there. Kenseth - I blew a right front or something. They were trying their best to make it seem like an accident so he wouldn't get suspended but EVERYONE knew that was on purpose 😂😂😂
I was at the 2015 Martinsville race. When Kenseth pile-drove Logano into the corner, the crowd cheered louder than at any other race I've attended. The only Logano fans in the entire place were sitting right in front of us. It was *almost* enough to make me feel sorry for them.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose." Absolute banger. I generally have been watching less video essays recently because I find a lot of them to be kind of pretentious, but that line was straight fire.
@@alfa01spotivo solar sands, internet historian ,john bois ,Ordinary things, Fredrik Knudsen, Oki weird stories, night docs, Jacob geller, trey the explainer- all great video essay channels
I'm British, and I've literally never watched Nascar before i started getting loads of Nascar videos turning up in my Recommended Videos (this being one of them), and I've already decided that Matt Kenseth is absolutely my favourite driver of all time, just because in this 5 minute video, EmpLemon made me hate Logano so much that I've just got to root for him (even though he's retired)
You'll probably never see this, but my father died when I was a about three years old. Never got any memories of him, but people talked about how big of a NSCAR fan he was. I've never been much of a fan myself, but when I watch your videos talk about it, it's like I'm getting a glimpse into my father's passion. So thanks for that.
As an non american, nascar seems to me a part of the american experience, especially of the 2000s... Live and Rock. I offer one minute of solitude from my part to your Father.
This guy puts in this much work and effort to make these quality vids, while other channels can regurgitate the same shallow content and get just as many views. People need to start supporting real quality content like this more so we see more channels going that direction.
In truth, this is a very old-school repair technique that appeals to the "spirit of the machine" or "Anima ex Machina" in engineering terminology. They're punishing the vehicle in the hope that it encourages it to function more favorably in the future. A type of Pavlovian negative reinforcement. This is the same reason that 'percussive maintenance' works sometimes. If the machine spirit it scared of failure, or further punishment, then it will do whatever is possible to prevent such situations again. Think of it as a type of machine learning. (/s (not spam, I'm just proud of this "explanation)).
Matt Kenseth is my favorite racer because he teaches us one of the most important lessons in human history. No one is obliged to be nice to you. People are nice to you because they choose to be, so don't take it for granted because no one is absent of choosing differently at any given point.
On top of that, just because someone's a nice person doesn't mean they can't do something to screw you over in any way, shape, or form. Respect is something earned, not taken.
Be kind to one another...... because if you go around being an insufferable prick...... one day someone will wake up and choose violence and you'll be on your back in the blink of an eye
Peaceful men are far better than harmless men, as peaceful people are capable of dishing out great violence if they want, harmless men are just that, harmless
Kurt Busch's antics at Roush/Penske/Phoenix should be an entire video in itself. I've never seen a man lose his sanity more in a racecar than Kurt. Every team radio from him was golden.
It's actually kind of a shock to hear that Kenseth isn't very popular. He was my dad's favorite driver. But my dad is German, so I imagine the quiet politeness appealed to him.
The turn 11 on Sonoma I've been fortunate to drive myself and it is one of the most jarring experiences to go from that high of a speed of around 100MPH+ to make slowing down to 40MPH feel like you are Gary the snail. Awesome work on this dude!
It’s always cool to see more high profile people with experience in the area comment on videos like this. Plus, it really shows how good Emplemon is at making these types of documentaries. Hands down one of the best channels on UA-cam.
XD you can get away with a lot because the cars are meant to take a bit of a beating and comparatively slow so the drivers can take more liberties and risks with revenge
“Where is he? I’m gettin’ his ass.” This is probably my favorite Jeff Gordon quote. It perfectly embodies what happens when you piss him off. Absolutely beautiful.
As a Jeff Gordon fan, watching Matt Kenseth take out Joey Logano, leading to Jeff’s 93rd and final win, was one of the best NASCAR moments of all time in my opinion.
Its still devastating to this very day that after Jeff Gordon won his 93rd and final win at Martinsville in 2015 many of us thought he would have a fairytale ending career winning the championship at Homestead for the ages to look back on but sadly we were robbed... it still gets me because I rooted for Gordon that day... sure I wanted Truex and Harvick but I picked Jeff to win his 5th championship because he had more experience but when Kyle Busch won the championship I was devastated like everyone else...
It's not my favorite race I've ever seen, but it might be the best race I've ever seen. Cautions, playoff drama, Kenseth vs Logano/Penske as well as Danica vs Gilliland. It amazes me the best race I've ever seen, came from the worst season I've ever seen
Nowadays they still can do that but one glaring problem though.... NASCAR is using a 10 minute timer for the crew to work on the car and if it reaches the 10 minute marker they are out of the race... Pretty controversial move...
"The problem with taking something from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that someday, that person you took it from will have nothing to lose" Damn. That's deep. Imma put that on my gravestone
As a F1 fan, I really love these little Nascar stories. They really put into perspective how different two motorsports can be across the globe. Both are awesome and exiting in their own ways. F1 is like Ivan Drago, a superhuman trained to perfection. And Nascar is like Rocky, a stone-hard fighter that came from humble beginnings.
This video is the best explanation of why NASCAR is so much more than driving in circles and has created thousands of new fans. I hope they’ve acknowledged EmpLemon for this
The problem with picking on the guy who never reacts, is you’re confusing length of his fuse for lack of spine. Just remember kids, people only use really looong fuses for the bombs that really go boom.
In my country, the more sportive guys who would sacrifice comeuppance for the good of the sport, we call them the "Let it go guys" (Turma do Deixa Disso). But when the let it go guys decide to give comeuppance, it's the hardest revenges we see
“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose” is such a ridiculously hard line.
That's why I'm a Kenseth fan. He doesn't act like Tony Stewart and just lets his wheels do the talking. I just wish his luck wasn't so fucking awful...
Matt Kenseth was one of my favorite drivers growing up. Seeing him exact revenge on a driver I didn’t like had me cheering so loudly that my parents told me to be quiet.
A "where are they now?" for the drivers involved: Tony Stewart: Tony would go on to race until 2016 when he would retire. He races local dirt races and began his own racing series, the SRX, which was a relative success this past summer. He is the co-owner of championship-winning team Stewart-Haas Racing, which won the 4th race of the season at Phoenix. In 2022 he was a guest analyst for NASCAR on Fox the LA Clash and Daytona 500. In 2014 Tony Stewart was competing in a dirt race in upstate New York. Stewart bumped into a driver named Kevin Ward Jr., causing him to wreck and the caution to come out. Ward, displeased, exited his car and went into the way of traffic to show his displeasure with Stewart. Ward was hit and died. (I would recommend you read into this if you're interested, as the situation is very complex and I want to keep this at least somewhat brief.) Brian Vickers: Vickers would retire from full-time competition in 2012 due to blood clotting issues. He would go part-time for a few years, scoring a win at New Hampshire in 2013. He would marry a woman named Sarah Kellen. Kellen, under the alias Sarah Kensington, was one of Jeffery Epstein's "recruiters" who was heavily involved in trafficking and "coaching" young minors. She is under investigation by the FBI. Robby Gordon: Robby would leave NASCAR in the early 2010s, creating his own racing series, Stadium Supertrucks Michael Waltrip: Michael Waltrip's team would shut down in 2015 due to his team controversially spinning out to affect the "Chase." He currently works as an analyst for NASCAR on Fox and is a commentator for FS1's coverage of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Kurt Busch: Kurt Busch would win the 2004 Nextel Cup Series championship. He would jump teams every few years due to controversies, until getting to Stewart-Haas racing. He would win the Daytona 500 in 2017 and go to Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019. In 2021 his postseason started abysmally and was eliminated in the first round. He finished 11th in the standings for the final season of Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR team. In 2021 he was signed to drive for Michael Jordan's team, 23XI alongside Bubba Wallace for 2022. In the 2022 Daytona 500 Kurt found himself consistently around the trouble, but usually able to evade it unscathed. In a rough season Kurt found himself in trouble and taking hard hits all year. Despite this he won the 13th round at Kansas to lock himself into the playoffs. During qualifying at Pocono Kurt spun out exiting turn 3 onto the front stretch and suffered a concussion following the hit. Kurt Busch withdrew from the playoffs due to injury. On October 15th, he announced he would retire from full time racing. Jimmy Spencer: Spencer would leave the Speed Channel in 2013 and disappear from public life until July of 2021 when he appeared on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s podcast, The Dale Jr. Download. Kyle Busch: Kyle Busch is currently a 2-time NASCAR champion, winning the 2015 and 2019 championships. He has taken the record for most wins in all 3 NASCAR series having a combined 215 wins in all 3 series. In 2021 he ran a solid season despite his 2020 slump, finishing 9th in points and nearly advancing to the final round after a chaotic cutoff race at Martinsville. In the 2022 Daytona 500 he scored a 6th place finish after recovering from a hard crash early. With 1 race to go he sits 14th on the playoff grid after one of the most spontaneous season collapses in history. In a contract year, M&M's announced they would be leaving NASCAR and Kyle Busch. Leaving him without a sponsor and too high of an asking price Kyle Busch has found himself out at Joe Gibbs Racing for 2023. Kyle Busch will drive for Dale Earnhardt Sr's former team, Richard Childress Racing driving noneother than Dale Jr's old number the 8. In an abysmal send-off at JGR he finished 13th, his worst points finish since missing the Chase in 2012. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Dale Jr. would retire in 2017 due to concussions. In 2018 he became an NBC commentator. He is a car owner in the lower NASCAR series, owning Jr. Motorsports. He also runs a podcast, the Dale Jr. Download. Denny Hamlin: Denny Hamlin created his own team alongside Michael Jordan, 23XI in 2021 with driver Bubba Wallace. In 2021 he only had 2 wins but was radically consistent throughout the whole season leading the points for 24 weeks straight. He finished 3rd in the standings. In 2022 he failed to finish the Daytona 500 after being caught in a wreck. Hamlin had an abysmal start to the season. Despite this, he won the 6th round at Richmond after a late pit call. This had been the only bright spot of an otherwise abysmal year where he can't seem to catch a break. At the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte he would win a second race. In the weeks that followed Hamlin would begin a feud with driver Ross Chastain, who has wrecked Hamlin several times. At Pocono, Hamlin doored Chastain, sending him into the wall. Hamlin won this race, but was disqualified for an illegal piece of tape on the front-end of the car, the win instead being awarded to Chase Elliott, who finished 3rd. Despite an amazing playoff run he was eliminated in the round of 8 by 2 points after Chastain pulled a "video game" move at Martinsville. Chase Elliott: Chase Elliott would go on to win the 2020 Cup Series championship. He had 2 wins and finished 4th in the 2021 standings. He has become a driver with a reputation for his skill in road courses. In the Daytona 500, Elliott stayed quiet but finished a solid 10th following a chaotic finish. He lead the points and won the regular season. During the championship race at Phoenix, Elliott was wrecked by Chastain, leading him to finish 4th, last of the final 4. Jeff Gordon: Jeff Gordon would retire after the 2015 season. He became a NASCAR on Fox commentator. This year he announced he would leave Fox to take an administrative role at Hendrick Motorsports, his old team. Clint Bowyer: Bowyer retired after the 2020 season and became a NASCAR on Fox commentator alongside none other than Jeff Gordon. He was involved in an incident immediately following the race at Kansas Speedway where he struck someone who walked into the road. It is reported this person was high, and Bowyer had no drugs in his system. Matt Kenseth: Kenseth retired in 2017 from Joe Gibbs Racing. The next year he would return as a fill-in driver for Roush Racing, his original team. In 2020 after the controversy caused driver Kyle Larson to be suspended for the season Kenseth would fill in for the rest of the season. He has stated that will be his final ride, but some do not believe that. He races local late model races in Wisconsin. In 2022 Matt was a guest analyst at Auto Club Speedway's race, and phoned up Joey Logano from the booth during the race, acknowledging the old animosity. Joey Logano: Joey Logano went on to win the 2018 Cup Series Championship in a massive upset over Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., and Kevin Harvick. In 2021 he won only one race in a fluke at the Bristol Dirt Race, having many rough wrecks including his car flipping over at Talladega. He made a deep postseason run despite this and finished 8th in the standings. In 2022 he won the Busch Light Clash at the LA Coliseum but failed to finish the Daytona 500 following a wreck. After Darlington he broke a 40 race winless streak by slamming William Byron into the wall with 2 to go, outraging fans yet again. He backed this up with a clean win against Kyle Busch at Gateway. Logano cruised to the final 4 in an exciting finish at Vegas, and won the championship with his 4th win of the season at Phoenix to become a 2x champion. In championship media week, Logano was asked about his run-in with Matt Kenseth, saying that while he was pissed because that was his championship to win, as he saw it, he ruined it because he didn't think, and wrecking Matt served him no purpose. EDIT: Updated post-2022 season. Updating every few weeks as the 2022 season continues.
@@charleesturdy8996 the reason I omitted the incident with Kevin Ward was because it's a complicated situation and it wasn't pertinent to his racing career.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day, that person may have nothing to lose" is one of the best quotes I've ever heard. Well done Emp
Nascar is declining in viewers and if you follow it closely it is not hard to see why. Also if you are looking for Nascar stories/Documentaries I suggest "S1apSh0es" and "Nascarman History". They both upload great videos. One of my favorites is a video titled "In 1992 We Thought Davey Allison was Indestructible". That guy had a hell of a year.
@@manueltjuhh3807 That's not true. The viewership this year is down from previous years including last year. It's because of all the bad decisions made by NASCAR over the years. People are going to watch Indycar and IMSA because they just can't watch NASCAR anymore.
Just imagine if Dale Earnhardt didn’t pass... we would’ve seen a Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt rivalry going into 2001 and beyond... it would’ve been epic to see but we were robbed...
I miss NASCAR in the 2000’s, just the aesthetic of the broadcast, the excitement it brought, the amazing PS2 games. When NASCAR is on TV you can’t confuse it for anything else.
Me too, I am not american but grew up watching american media and NASCAR was my favorite thing after prowrestling. The early 2000's were an amazing time for races.
@@SammEater I'm American but I'm right there with you. Those years were peak entertainment with NASCAR and WWE. Day race on Sunday than watching a paper view WWE match in the evening with my siblings and parents.
F1: my car's one of the greatest hits of engineering, a literal masterpiece as finetuned as it's humanly possible and tested in so many environments I know how it will behave before it even is constructed. If it does as much as touching the wall, it needs repairing Nascar: LEEEEROOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYY
Yep and he's one good driver, to the point that a guy like Logano, who people say is "superior", felt the need to wreck him so he would have less chances to win the title. That's how scared the kid was from the "boring" Kenseth. But what goes around, comes around. Nice that Kenseth gave him a taste of his poison.
Matt Kenseth sounds like the Keke Rosberg of Nascar. Finished consistently to win his championship and yet people don't really rate them. To be that consistent in a sport in which anything can happen, that's impressive.
Keke Rosberg just got lucky. If not for Didier Peroni's accident Ferrari would have won the championship, also the Renaults being unreliable helped him a lot too.
HELLO!!! I want to spend time with celebrities. Just kidding. GAGAGAGAGA! I only want to spend time with my two girlfriends and record videos for UA-cam with the 3 of us. OH YEAH. Don't hate me for living the best life, dear rorm
I can respect Matt Kenseth for his conduct. Not really a Nascar fan nor do I watch races, but it's surprising and refreshing to see someone so hard to anger and who can keep his cool.
As an open-wheel and sportscar racing fan, which usually have pretty clean racing, I can't get my head around how NASCAR drivers are constantly punting each other at walls, especially considering that they usually drive at an average speed of around 180mph on faster ovals. I know that NASCAR cars are built like tanks, but it should be a fucking crime, so I also respect this man, even though I've only just found out about him. Well, that and the fact that he's a NASCAR Cup Series champion.
Yeah, I'm not a NASCAR fan at all, mostly because all the drivers seem like assholes who'll happily risk your life just for looking at them funny, so it's kind of surprising to see that there are actually people who drive NASCAR that aren't jerks.
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN you haven’t seen full races then, drivers try to avoid crashes, this video and a lot of other make NASCAR look like a constant demolition race when that’s far from the truth.
@@samba-v8c punting people or “bump and run” drivers are booed for their antics, you see fans really cheering for the cleaner drivers. The champ from 2020 was Chase Elliot, and he is one of the cleanest drivers out there. Every driver respects the kid because of it.
It’s amazing how people like Emplemon can take such a seemingly niche topic such as NASCAR or high jumps and turn them into half hour long entertaining and thought-proving videos for the masses. There are very few people on this platform who can do that, and it’s a nice break from all the fake, political, drama ridden videos you normally find. Sure, there may be hundreds of people on UA-cam with much larger audiences. But regardless, Emplemon will forever be one of the greatest of all time. He’s made entertaining content for just about a decade, maturing with his audience. And he feels like a friend in that sort of way. TL;DR: Great work Emp, keep it up!
No wonder I dropped off of nascar in the 2010's, I didn't recognize why I wasn't enjoying the races as much as I had in the 2000s keeping one eye on Ernhardt Jr, but this video puts it in hindsight VERY clearly. Never did care for the "sure thing" style Kenseth had going on, but seeing him just PILEDRIVE Logano brought a genuine smile to my face, guy had it coming for YEARS!
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose." Truth bomb right here
@@danielcurtis2297 As someone who has spent over 20 years watching the sport(not by my own freewill), I can safely say that it is just guys driving in a circle. People passing each other, isn't "action". But keep trying to defend this awful sport.
@@danielcurtis2297 It also takes a lot of skill to golf. Doesn't mean it's entertaining to watch. Passing isn't entertaining. "Oh my god! Did you see that!? Tony Stewart just passed Newman! And it took him 3 laps to accomplish it!". It's not entertaining. Sports in general are not entertaining to watch.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day, that person may wind up with nothing to lose." That's the coldest thing I've ever heard
FINALLY someone acknowledges that Bowyer was pushed into the position that caused Gordon to wreck. Everyone always acts like Bowyer just straight up wrecks Gordon even though that was clearly never the case
I hold a huge respect for Kenseth. Not only was he the most levelheaded driver in Modern NASCAR, but he took out the most big headed driver and cost Logano the championship.
@@shonenjumpmagneto It's a Super GT reference, a sim racing UA-camr and streamer who usually says that guys who have been taken out in a race have been "sent to the Shadow Realm"
@@markolitvic6981 oh okay lol I thought maybe Dragon Ball Super/GT had something to do with it like whaa did he actually reference that UA-camr I wouldn't know lol
I know nothing about NASCAR but I love that after a career of being completely unflappable and laid back, Matt K made one deliberate crash. Just one. And I don’t think he did it for himself, I think he did it for the fans.
I grew up religiously watching NASCAR, Ren and Stimpy, and The Simpsons with my dad in the 90s. He is now 70 years old and when I've visited him the past few times we bonded over watching your videos on NASCAR and The Simpsons. Thank you.
This genuinely put a tear on my eye. My grandfather was a die-hard NASCAR fan, but he died before I was even old enough to drive. Loved watching with him, even though I never had a clue what was going on.
Dale caused his own demise with pure stupidity..... said the h.a.n.s device was dangerous when he should have just listened to the more intelligent people.
As a member of the NASCAR fan community, the storylines and drama of the sport is a huge reason why I watch the races every week. The trucks, Xfinity and Cup series all have drivers you love to love and love to hate. Wins for your guy are so much rarer than seeing your typical sports team win, and the payoff of rooting for a driver for years to see them succeed is unlike any other fan community I've been apart of. Long live motorsports.
Kurt did HIS part in that feud too. He leaned on Jimmy's front fenders down the stretch and hurt the aero and then parked blocking Jimmy's pit. Jimmy showed his displeasure. Kurt learned a lesson to stop short of that line. Ask for it and Jimmy will deliver.
If you listen to Dale Jr’s podcast when Jimmy Spencer was on he says that Busch threatened his family when he walked over to his car after the race. At that point it was inevitable that someone was gonna get punched. Not saying that Spencer should’ve punched him but there was a lot more going on between the pair behind the scenes.
EA NASCAR games: DO NOT replicate the actions in the game. Drive safely and responsibly. Do not drive like this in real life Nascar drivers: BUT THIS IS HOW WE DRIVE IN REAL LIFE
Jimmy Spencer just couldn't stand that he wasn't good enough to get his way, and responded how so many men of his age do, with threats and violence. Pure stupidity, it sure explains why Kurt was able to learn how to be a better drive than him so fast despite being driven mildly crazy by Jimmy.
@@MrBeegs88 I'm black and from Brooklyn, I did like Nascar as a kid but only because I was waiting to see them crash, it was definitely a lot more popular back then though with stuff like Cars, Talladega Nights, and the EA Sports games.
ive have lived next to the Charlotte motor speedway in North Carolina my entire life and have never gave a damn about nascar and i still dont it is emplemon that i give a damn about and thats why i watch his videos
Watched this exact video a half dozen times and will be watching it for the next decade or so hopefully! Thanks for making it, you're good at making these videos and highlighting peak NASCAR means a lot!
Love your NASCAR stuff. Never unironically watched a race in my life, but it's always cool seeing somebody illuminate sports narratives in a way I never would have considered.
@@terraversalvoid5391 In theory, it's just like watching a really shitty movie with your friends. In practice, if you're watching NASCAR ironically, it's probably because it bores the fuck out of you
Everybody knows the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" but the full saying is "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, nor horror like the wrath of a kind man."
@@Selickrip55 No, he didn't, genius. He said he was at a previous race where Joey wrecked Matt. He didn't say he was at the race where Matt got his revenge on Joey.
Matt Kenseth has my official respect now knowing what he did to Joey and how respectful he is to others. Edit: Thank you all for the likes. I didn't expect this many from you guys.
Phenomenal narration on this one Mr. EmpLemon - You deserve an award for making such amazing documentaries for the insane price of 'free'. As many others have stated, I never was really a nascar fan (ive always enjoyed fast cars and racing in general though), but watching this, how could you NOT be intrigued with the amount of storytelling and character building you have on display... top notch stuff man, and truly, one of the main reasons I still endlessly scroll through youtube for 'good' content
34:18 Goosebumps right down to my toes I grew up with Nascar in the house. My dad was a huge fan and roped me and my brother into it from an early age. We all had our favorite drivers and my dad was happy to gift us with hats, TV shirts and toys. I never really understood everything that was going on but my dad let me know who the heroes and villains were on the track. Once I was old enough to realize I didn't actually have much interest in Nascar I stopped watching it. But your videos on it have been incredibly nostalgic and even emotional for me. They bring me back to my childhood. Watching my dad jump up and down screaming at the TV, the big Daytona 500 days (my dad would throw a big party together, only day of the year he did this) and playing Nascar Thunder for the GameCube with my brother. I know you probably wont read this comment but thank you for making these. Every single video you make is a homerun but these hit different for me. I'll never forget the day my dad told me he had given up on Nascar. Even though I hadn't watched in years and didn't have much interest anymore, it filled me with a deep sadness. I realized that chapter of my life was over. These videos reminded me of all this and I started talking about Nascar to my dad again. In a way, your Nascar videos helped strengthen my relationship with him again. So thank you. Keep up the good work man.
The only problem I had with the video is how he describes Logano. Everything up to it is very neutral just setting up the situation and showing the outcome. But Logano/Kenseth one sounded like him describing why he has a hate boner for Joey and how satisfied he was to see him taken out. The description of the situation at Kansas isn't really accurate and most of the commentary over this part is really unfair and bias
Yeah, I had some plans when I came to UA-cam today, but this was recommended on the main page so I was like "no, wait, hold on, drop all the plans, I'm going to spend the next 40 minutes on NASCAR drama."
33:35 that is what those who watch basketball would call a flagrant. Dude isn’t turning the wheel because he wants to make sure he breaks homeboy’s rear axle. That’s good shit
You can just see him straight up drive Lagano to the wall. "Whatever. If you found me dead then just throw me in the trash!"| Truly a mindset to be feared.
F1 fan here watching her first long(er) video on Nascar and you did an amazing job man. Ngl I had some prejudice against Nascar cause it's just cars going in circles but you explained all the incidents so well that it seems actually kind of interesting to me now. This was great.
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“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose” Amazing advice. I want to use this as some kind of quote.
That was a mic-drop moment
You just did
Epic quote, EmpLemon has to be one of my favourite docu youtubers
Haha. Gerbilkor beat me to it. I was gonna say “i think you just did”... good on you gerbil. My kind of thinker.
I've already seen some dude on discord use it as his bio lmao
I feel bad for Matt Kenseth. It took a lot of emotional maturity, fortitude, and humility to maintain composure, avoid drama, and to just focus on being his best self. Humility is often mistaken for weakness, but his casual revenge on Logano proved he's no doormat. Respect. Sorry you had to race with so many douchebags, Matt. You're definitely the better man.
Matt Kenseth was actually my favorite driver
@@DaDualityofMan same
Matt can race in formula 1 where respect is high and theres not much controversy in it but still can be a bit boring (ok alot)
@@pixytokisaki1457 races are boring in general.
The only race I'm interested in is who is the first to set fireworks in his toilet.
@@ahmadzahraniAAZ Lmao 😅
“Some days you’re the bat, some days you’re the ball. Never fun when you’re the ball.” - Matt Kenseth’s closing statement in his Martinsville post-race interview
Absolute Chad
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@@JamesJJSMilton Chad Kenseth
Matt Kenseth took the brunt of the force from every altercation in his career, he was arguably the most level-headed, even-tempered driver on the track, and after all of it, that one move by Joey Logano, that one unnecessary setback, awakened the wrath of the most calm driver.
Also, I feel like I should note that the transition element of Denny Hamlin's FedEx 11 moving on screen when you said that the intensity of racing at Martinsville is dialed to 11 was very clever symmetry between the script and the visuals.
There are few things I fear more than the wrath of a patient man.
@@Malchron cringe
will I be the only one to point out this is basically exactly what was said in the video? people are gonna watch the video, not look in the comments for the same information
@@a.w.5682 this is essentially what he said in the video, I just repeated it out of amazement for the situation. It doesn't take a lot to amaze me, I'm easy to impress.
@@raphaeldagamer oh XD makes sense
For a guy that hasn't watched nascar.
Kenseth crashing Joey was probably the most coolest shit I've ever seen.
Kenseth has had enough
I saw that live on TV, the entire race was amazing
@@superninja252 what a day it was
@@Tortuguita117 That and last gordon victory made my day
@@superninja252 same
Forgiveness is necessary, but some people need to be taught a lesson. In service of all the rest and themselves.
"He is perhaps best known for finishing the '07 Daytona 500 upside-down"
Something about the incredibly deadpan delivery of that ridiculous sentence killed me.
Dude me too, with the visual as well I’ve definitely just looped that part and laughed till my sides hurt
Ok have a nice day in hell i guess idk why you literally died because of some poorly spoken statement I guess that's the tiktok effect
@@Keatoil Are you just mad because your TikTok only has 5 followers?
@@jeffh6516 are you just salty cause your insecurity drives you to worshipping follower counts bigger than yours that you saw by taking time out of your day instead of doing something productive?
Wtf are these last two replies?
13:36 "his pit crew rapairs his car"
*sees men beating the shit out of the car with sledgehammers*
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Yeah, perfectly acceptable repairs
@@MrSpruce thanks for sharing I had a rough week and this made me cry laughing
That's how I repair my Jeep. Isn't it kinda how you should be repairing cars that come from US? 😅
Top comment bro
Little bit about Kenseth that got left out of the video, after the crash his crew chief said over the radio "wow right front tire must've blown out or something" in the most sarcastic tone I've ever heard 🤣🤣🤣
Jimmie Johnson & Chad Knaus' comments on the radio about the crowd reaction was gold, too
funny enough, the Radioactive of this features Kenseth saying the same thing "Yeah front right's blown or something."
After which NASCAR called Kenseth, the CC, and I think the owner to the trailer lmao
Edit: I can't spell
They interviewed Kenseth about this once and I believe the Crew Chief said something to the effect of “I hope you sold enough tshirts with that move to pay for that car!”
For anyone curious the exact transcript from Kenseth and his crew chief was
Crew Chief - Wow man, I guess your right front went down there.
Kenseth - I blew a right front or something.
They were trying their best to make it seem like an accident so he wouldn't get suspended but EVERYONE knew that was on purpose 😂😂😂
“That’s awesome. I mean, he didn’t take him out, he *junked* him.”
- Tony Stewart
I was at the 2015 Martinsville race. When Kenseth pile-drove Logano into the corner, the crowd cheered louder than at any other race I've attended. The only Logano fans in the entire place were sitting right in front of us.
It was *almost* enough to make me feel sorry for them.
"Almost" LOL
He deserved it, karma catches up to everyone
Dont feel bad logano fans arent people
The “only” Logano fans out of the 55,000 in attendance? 👍🏻
I sure feel sorry for Logano fans.
EmpLemon always knows how to make Nascar incredibly entertaining even to people who know nothing about the sport.
If I didn't know any better at this point, I'd assume EmpLemon is a bonafide Nascar fan!
Stock car racing is better and more entertaining overall
@Egg T there are no circular or oval races in stock cars, try again
So does S1apShoes
@@THESLlCK NASCAR is stock car, at least in theory. That's literally what the SC in the acronym stands for.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose."
Absolute banger. I generally have been watching less video essays recently because I find a lot of them to be kind of pretentious, but that line was straight fire.
emplemon is the only video essayist i still watch lol
Emps video essay are beyond any quality of any other shit tuber
quote goes hard, feel free to ctrl c + ctrl v towards notepad
@@alfa01spotivo Have you tried Summoning Salt?
@@alfa01spotivo solar sands, internet historian ,john bois ,Ordinary things, Fredrik Knudsen, Oki weird stories, night docs, Jacob geller, trey the explainer- all great video essay channels
love how at 13:35 it's just the pit crew slamming the car, sped up, looks so goofy it's like it's straight out of a video game.
Out of context, it's sooo funny lol
This is me fixing my own computer
"Unbeknownst to him, his pit crew beats the living shit out of his car and is looking to pick up some extra dents"
@@HASH134 what even is the context???
@@Youcican i shoot it with a shotgun and say it was shipped like that
"In the game of revenge, everybody loses"
Except Kenseth, that was righteous justice
Well he did lose his one shot at the championship, though he sure gained a place in our hearts.
@@iMorands He wasn't a target of revenge tho, he was a target for the sake of being a target.
@@qqqqqqthree no
@@iMorands He lost it before he had his revenge. He literally had nothing to lose
I'm British, and I've literally never watched Nascar before i started getting loads of Nascar videos turning up in my Recommended Videos (this being one of them), and I've already decided that Matt Kenseth is absolutely my favourite driver of all time, just because in this 5 minute video, EmpLemon made me hate Logano so much that I've just got to root for him (even though he's retired)
You'll probably never see this, but my father died when I was a about three years old. Never got any memories of him, but people talked about how big of a NSCAR fan he was. I've never been much of a fan myself, but when I watch your videos talk about it, it's like I'm getting a glimpse into my father's passion. So thanks for that.
Hunter, that was very moving, and with no irony or sarcasm, "thanks for sharing".
As an non american, nascar seems to me a part of the american experience, especially of the 2000s...
Live and Rock. I offer one minute of solitude from my part to your Father.
This is honestly beautiful I’m so sorry that happened to you mate
beautiful ❤️ love to you buddy. youtube can be a beautiful place
Fast and furious reference?
"Rule #1 of stock car racing is to know how to wreck someone without wrecking yourself"
Awesome to see other UA-camrs highlighting NASCAR!
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“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose”
Such a raw line
can we just appreciate how Emplemon went from making hilarious and silly YTPs to becoming a amazingly slick video essayist?
Yeah, to think this was the guy behind Frying Nemo and numerous spingebill YTPs as well.
He went from a YTPr, to an edgy complainer, to a documentary maker.
@@yarlodek5842 see? Character development!
thank god, i have zero interest in the YTP videos. this though? this is top notch content and i’m here for it
This guy makes better Nascar content then Iceberg and Black Flags Matter
13:31 I lost it at this “Kyle thinks his car is totaled, however…” *cuts to crew beating the living shit out of a car”
Someone called their cousin Manny
proper mechanicing happening
Meet the Engineer
@@friendofp.24 *BA, BA, BA-NAAAAAAH!*
@@0uttaS1TE copyright LOLOLOL
This madlad is actually making television-quality documentaries and just handing them to us for free.
This guy puts in this much work and effort to make these quality vids, while other channels can regurgitate the same shallow content and get just as many views. People need to start supporting real quality content like this more so we see more channels going that direction.
well, if every channel was high quality
none of them would be
You actually have to step outside in order to make a real documentary
@@archmageofpizzamancy2471
Until the quality dips then you see how ungrateful we were
Seriously, some of the best content on yt
“His pity crew repairs the car”
*cuts to footage of them beating down the hood with sledge hammers*
"It'll run just fine, we promise!"
primitive methods to repair primitive technology...
In truth, this is a very old-school repair technique that appeals to the "spirit of the machine" or "Anima ex Machina" in engineering terminology. They're punishing the vehicle in the hope that it encourages it to function more favorably in the future. A type of Pavlovian negative reinforcement. This is the same reason that 'percussive maintenance' works sometimes. If the machine spirit it scared of failure, or further punishment, then it will do whatever is possible to prevent such situations again. Think of it as a type of machine learning. (/s (not spam, I'm just proud of this "explanation)).
@NathanBoardman19 A 3,000 pound metal monster moving at 200 mph is anything but primitive, but keep coping. You sound like a Logano fan 😂
@@sulosnamorwhen you have something reasonable to say you can just say it.
The rest detracts tbh
“the problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose”
such a great quote
Fully agree
The fact that the fans in attendance gave Kenseth a standing ovation is pretty heartwarming to that story.
Goin postal boiz. Got nothin to lose
420 likes not gonna ruin that today.
@@KeoniPhoenix I mean, seeing this harmless stick suddenly turn into a spear of justice is quite exciting.
Matt Kenseth is my favorite racer because he teaches us one of the most important lessons in human history.
No one is obliged to be nice to you.
People are nice to you because they choose to be, so don't take it for granted because no one is absent of choosing differently at any given point.
On top of that, just because someone's a nice person doesn't mean they can't do something to screw you over in any way, shape, or form. Respect is something earned, not taken.
Be kind to one another...... because if you go around being an insufferable prick...... one day someone will wake up and choose violence and you'll be on your back in the blink of an eye
Peaceful men are far better than harmless men, as peaceful people are capable of dishing out great violence if they want, harmless men are just that, harmless
And this - everyone has their breaking point. Just hope they're not breaking your way!
Kenseth belongs in Gitmo
Kurt Busch's antics at Roush/Penske/Phoenix should be an entire video in itself.
I've never seen a man lose his sanity more in a racecar than Kurt.
Every team radio from him was golden.
It has been great to see him calm down tho. Now he's a very likeable driver
It seems like everyone with the name Kurt, is a mad lad Kurt Bush, Kurt Cobain, so on probably.
@@DepravedCoTApologist There's too many calm drivers we need chaos back.
Until Haas and Ganasii
@@Ob1tuber and eventually, 23XI
It's actually kind of a shock to hear that Kenseth isn't very popular. He was my dad's favorite driver. But my dad is German, so I imagine the quiet politeness appealed to him.
>german
>quiet
huh?
@Sillimant_ he doesnt get it💀
@@Sillimant_Go to germany fam youll see what he means
Terry Labonte and Matt Kenseth were my mom’s favorite drivers. Come to think of it, the polite, strong, silent type reminds me of my dad too.
The turn 11 on Sonoma I've been fortunate to drive myself and it is one of the most jarring experiences to go from that high of a speed of around 100MPH+ to make slowing down to 40MPH feel like you are Gary the snail. Awesome work on this dude!
Ayyeee who knew thatdudeinblue watches emp
F1 is even crazier with how rapidly you brake and accelerate
It’s always cool to see more high profile people with experience in the area comment on videos like this. Plus, it really shows how good Emplemon is at making these types of documentaries. Hands down one of the best channels on UA-cam.
bro just drift the turn and save the 110 MPH.
My mom could make that turn at 110 MPH if she was going to the store with some coupons that expired that day
As a F1 fan, my reaction to everything was ''thats alowed??' 'he's still alowed to drive, what?'
Welcome to the last 60 years of Stock car racing.
That’s NASCAR for ya...it isn’t the purest form of Motorsport, but it’s real exciting.
XD you can get away with a lot because the cars are meant to take a bit of a beating and comparatively slow so the drivers can take more liberties and risks with revenge
That's the USA. There's a lot you can do in American football compared to Rugby, for example.
@@freedomgoddess lol
“Where is he? I’m gettin’ his ass.”
This is probably my favorite Jeff Gordon quote. It perfectly embodies what happens when you piss him off. Absolutely beautiful.
I like how no other story compares to logano, every story someone had something to gain by instigating, except him.
Based on this video I’d say Robby Gordon is similar
“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose”
Really loved that quote
So you've watched the video too?
As a Jeff Gordon fan, watching Matt Kenseth take out Joey Logano, leading to Jeff’s 93rd and final win, was one of the best NASCAR moments of all time in my opinion.
Its still devastating to this very day that after Jeff Gordon won his 93rd and final win at Martinsville in 2015 many of us thought he would have a fairytale ending career winning the championship at Homestead for the ages to look back on but sadly we were robbed... it still gets me because I rooted for Gordon that day... sure I wanted Truex and Harvick but I picked Jeff to win his 5th championship because he had more experience but when Kyle Busch won the championship I was devastated like everyone else...
@@Mister_Matt_____1 The season before that was more painful IMO. At least he made the final four that year.
It's not my favorite race I've ever seen, but it might be the best race I've ever seen. Cautions, playoff drama, Kenseth vs Logano/Penske as well as Danica vs Gilliland. It amazes me the best race I've ever seen, came from the worst season I've ever seen
13:34 the sped-up footage of the pit crew beating on the car with sledgehammers makes me crack up every time
Nowadays they still can do that but one glaring problem though.... NASCAR is using a 10 minute timer for the crew to work on the car and if it reaches the 10 minute marker they are out of the race...
Pretty controversial move...
"The problem with taking something from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that someday, that person you took it from will have nothing to lose" Damn. That's deep. Imma put that on my gravestone
Ironic considering your name
@@UrMomsChauffer lmao
As a F1 fan, I really love these little Nascar stories. They really put into perspective how different two motorsports can be across the globe. Both are awesome and exiting in their own ways. F1 is like Ivan Drago, a superhuman trained to perfection. And Nascar is like Rocky, a stone-hard fighter that came from humble beginnings.
Amazing way to put it
Amazing comment
NASCAR is the embodiment of ‘Murica. Making moonshine and dodging the tax man with go fast.
@@ObservationofLimits And then utterly selling out, first to corporations and then to PC culture.
@@canisdirus6045 seen the Ritz car? Lol
As a person who knows literally nothing about racing or nascar, I can easily say this was still a lot of fun to watch
Same
I agree
@@SoundScape532 love your kanye remixes
Second this notion
I watch NASCAR every week
This video is the best explanation of why NASCAR is so much more than driving in circles and has created thousands of new fans. I hope they’ve acknowledged EmpLemon for this
birb ♥️❤
Kenseth story is honestly amazing. The most chill guy finally taking revenge on the bully.
The problem with picking on the guy who never reacts, is you’re confusing length of his fuse for lack of spine. Just remember kids, people only use really looong fuses for the bombs that really go boom.
In my country, the more sportive guys who would sacrifice comeuppance for the good of the sport, we call them the "Let it go guys" (Turma do Deixa Disso). But when the let it go guys decide to give comeuppance, it's the hardest revenges we see
@@ObservationofLimits Well said!
@@bigguy8435 spoke like a true Hue BR!
@@ParanaHueTv Vlw irmão
I massively enjoy these Nascar videos. With each video I piece together more of the history.
Didn't expect to see you here
@@Liner_404 well, emp's most played game is TF2.
Kiddie diddler
Didnt know u were interested in this stuff XD
We NASCAR fans will take you in with open arms
“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose” is such a ridiculously hard line.
I saw this comment the moment he started to say it hahah.
it really is tho. And to that I say "don't play with fire unless you want to get burned"
“The fury of a calm man is more terrifying than the fury of an angry man.”
I had a feeling Matt's story was gonna turn into the classic "quiet kid that snapped" story
That's why I'm a Kenseth fan. He doesn't act like Tony Stewart and just lets his wheels do the talking. I just wish his luck wasn't so fucking awful...
At that point Pumped up Kicks began playing rent free in Matt's head as he prepared to take out Joey
Him and Steve Park were my favorite drivers.
@@largol33t1 what was even more sickening most of the time he just got caught in other peoples shit that he had nothing to do with
More like guy with excellent reputation ruins it with one dumb ass move.
Watching Matt putt Joey into that wall put the biggest smile on my face.
@@eduardclark what does this mean
It put a smile on the entire croud
Matt Kenseth was one of my favorite drivers growing up. Seeing him exact revenge on a driver I didn’t like had me cheering so loudly that my parents told me to be quiet.
Oh believe me! I don’t like Joey either because he’s a spoiled driver on the track who wants everything his way... but he also complains a lot...
Harvicks about to do the same thing to Elliott
A "where are they now?" for the drivers involved:
Tony Stewart: Tony would go on to race until 2016 when he would retire. He races local dirt races and began his own racing series, the SRX, which was a relative success this past summer. He is the co-owner of championship-winning team Stewart-Haas Racing, which won the 4th race of the season at Phoenix. In 2022 he was a guest analyst for NASCAR on Fox the LA Clash and Daytona 500. In 2014 Tony Stewart was competing in a dirt race in upstate New York. Stewart bumped into a driver named Kevin Ward Jr., causing him to wreck and the caution to come out. Ward, displeased, exited his car and went into the way of traffic to show his displeasure with Stewart. Ward was hit and died. (I would recommend you read into this if you're interested, as the situation is very complex and I want to keep this at least somewhat brief.)
Brian Vickers: Vickers would retire from full-time competition in 2012 due to blood clotting issues. He would go part-time for a few years, scoring a win at New Hampshire in 2013. He would marry a woman named Sarah Kellen. Kellen, under the alias Sarah Kensington, was one of Jeffery Epstein's "recruiters" who was heavily involved in trafficking and "coaching" young minors. She is under investigation by the FBI.
Robby Gordon: Robby would leave NASCAR in the early 2010s, creating his own racing series, Stadium Supertrucks
Michael Waltrip: Michael Waltrip's team would shut down in 2015 due to his team controversially spinning out to affect the "Chase." He currently works as an analyst for NASCAR on Fox and is a commentator for FS1's coverage of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Kurt Busch: Kurt Busch would win the 2004 Nextel Cup Series championship. He would jump teams every few years due to controversies, until getting to Stewart-Haas racing. He would win the Daytona 500 in 2017 and go to Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019. In 2021 his postseason started abysmally and was eliminated in the first round. He finished 11th in the standings for the final season of Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR team. In 2021 he was signed to drive for Michael Jordan's team, 23XI alongside Bubba Wallace for 2022. In the 2022 Daytona 500 Kurt found himself consistently around the trouble, but usually able to evade it unscathed. In a rough season Kurt found himself in trouble and taking hard hits all year. Despite this he won the 13th round at Kansas to lock himself into the playoffs. During qualifying at Pocono Kurt spun out exiting turn 3 onto the front stretch and suffered a concussion following the hit. Kurt Busch withdrew from the playoffs due to injury. On October 15th, he announced he would retire from full time racing.
Jimmy Spencer: Spencer would leave the Speed Channel in 2013 and disappear from public life until July of 2021 when he appeared on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s podcast, The Dale Jr. Download.
Kyle Busch: Kyle Busch is currently a 2-time NASCAR champion, winning the 2015 and 2019 championships. He has taken the record for most wins in all 3 NASCAR series having a combined 215 wins in all 3 series. In 2021 he ran a solid season despite his 2020 slump, finishing 9th in points and nearly advancing to the final round after a chaotic cutoff race at Martinsville. In the 2022 Daytona 500 he scored a 6th place finish after recovering from a hard crash early. With 1 race to go he sits 14th on the playoff grid after one of the most spontaneous season collapses in history. In a contract year, M&M's announced they would be leaving NASCAR and Kyle Busch. Leaving him without a sponsor and too high of an asking price Kyle Busch has found himself out at Joe Gibbs Racing for 2023. Kyle Busch will drive for Dale Earnhardt Sr's former team, Richard Childress Racing driving noneother than Dale Jr's old number the 8. In an abysmal send-off at JGR he finished 13th, his worst points finish since missing the Chase in 2012.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Dale Jr. would retire in 2017 due to concussions. In 2018 he became an NBC commentator. He is a car owner in the lower NASCAR series, owning Jr. Motorsports. He also runs a podcast, the Dale Jr. Download.
Denny Hamlin: Denny Hamlin created his own team alongside Michael Jordan, 23XI in 2021 with driver Bubba Wallace. In 2021 he only had 2 wins but was radically consistent throughout the whole season leading the points for 24 weeks straight. He finished 3rd in the standings. In 2022 he failed to finish the Daytona 500 after being caught in a wreck. Hamlin had an abysmal start to the season. Despite this, he won the 6th round at Richmond after a late pit call. This had been the only bright spot of an otherwise abysmal year where he can't seem to catch a break. At the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte he would win a second race. In the weeks that followed Hamlin would begin a feud with driver Ross Chastain, who has wrecked Hamlin several times. At Pocono, Hamlin doored Chastain, sending him into the wall. Hamlin won this race, but was disqualified for an illegal piece of tape on the front-end of the car, the win instead being awarded to Chase Elliott, who finished 3rd. Despite an amazing playoff run he was eliminated in the round of 8 by 2 points after Chastain pulled a "video game" move at Martinsville.
Chase Elliott: Chase Elliott would go on to win the 2020 Cup Series championship. He had 2 wins and finished 4th in the 2021 standings. He has become a driver with a reputation for his skill in road courses. In the Daytona 500, Elliott stayed quiet but finished a solid 10th following a chaotic finish. He lead the points and won the regular season. During the championship race at Phoenix, Elliott was wrecked by Chastain, leading him to finish 4th, last of the final 4.
Jeff Gordon: Jeff Gordon would retire after the 2015 season. He became a NASCAR on Fox commentator. This year he announced he would leave Fox to take an administrative role at Hendrick Motorsports, his old team.
Clint Bowyer: Bowyer retired after the 2020 season and became a NASCAR on Fox commentator alongside none other than Jeff Gordon. He was involved in an incident immediately following the race at Kansas Speedway where he struck someone who walked into the road. It is reported this person was high, and Bowyer had no drugs in his system.
Matt Kenseth: Kenseth retired in 2017 from Joe Gibbs Racing. The next year he would return as a fill-in driver for Roush Racing, his original team. In 2020 after the controversy caused driver Kyle Larson to be suspended for the season Kenseth would fill in for the rest of the season. He has stated that will be his final ride, but some do not believe that. He races local late model races in Wisconsin. In 2022 Matt was a guest analyst at Auto Club Speedway's race, and phoned up Joey Logano from the booth during the race, acknowledging the old animosity.
Joey Logano: Joey Logano went on to win the 2018 Cup Series Championship in a massive upset over Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., and Kevin Harvick. In 2021 he won only one race in a fluke at the Bristol Dirt Race, having many rough wrecks including his car flipping over at Talladega. He made a deep postseason run despite this and finished 8th in the standings. In 2022 he won the Busch Light Clash at the LA Coliseum but failed to finish the Daytona 500 following a wreck. After Darlington he broke a 40 race winless streak by slamming William Byron into the wall with 2 to go, outraging fans yet again. He backed this up with a clean win against Kyle Busch at Gateway. Logano cruised to the final 4 in an exciting finish at Vegas, and won the championship with his 4th win of the season at Phoenix to become a 2x champion. In championship media week, Logano was asked about his run-in with Matt Kenseth, saying that while he was pissed because that was his championship to win, as he saw it, he ruined it because he didn't think, and wrecking Matt served him no purpose.
EDIT: Updated post-2022 season. Updating every few weeks as the 2022 season continues.
This needs more likes, and maybe an updated version
@@normalguy88 it is somewhat updated.
@@sonnydog830 Thanks, man
lol tony stewart killed a guy but let's just ignore that
@@charleesturdy8996 the reason I omitted the incident with Kevin Ward was because it's a complicated situation and it wasn't pertinent to his racing career.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day, that person may have nothing to lose" is one of the best quotes I've ever heard. Well done Emp
23:03 "I'm glad I talked to him before i talked to you guys, because I was pretty mad."
respect.
Textbook Gordon
Emp Lemon did more to make NASCAR popular then NASCAR did in the last 5 years
That feeling when EmpLemon is so entertaining that he makes a bunch of guys driving in circles enjoyable to watch.
@@ILYSNAF Nascar is bomb bro
Nascar is declining in viewers and if you follow it closely it is not hard to see why.
Also if you are looking for Nascar stories/Documentaries I suggest "S1apSh0es" and "Nascarman History". They both upload great videos. One of my favorites is a video titled "In 1992 We Thought Davey Allison was Indestructible". That guy had a hell of a year.
@@thejman3489 It stopped declining in viewers since like 2019
@@manueltjuhh3807 That's not true. The viewership this year is down from previous years including last year. It's because of all the bad decisions made by NASCAR over the years. People are going to watch Indycar and IMSA because they just can't watch NASCAR anymore.
Kurt Busch being the last person Dale Earnhardt flipped off is simultaneously hilarious and sad as hell
Just imagine if Dale Earnhardt didn’t pass... we would’ve seen a Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt rivalry going into 2001 and beyond... it would’ve been epic to see but we were robbed...
The huge ovation for Milktoast Matt Kenseth is so sweet lmao
I miss NASCAR in the 2000’s, just the aesthetic of the broadcast, the excitement it brought, the amazing PS2 games. When NASCAR is on TV you can’t confuse it for anything else.
It was definitely a trip down memory lane. NASCAR now hardly can keep my attention. They've change too much.
Me too, I am not american but grew up watching american media and NASCAR was my favorite thing after prowrestling. The early 2000's were an amazing time for races.
@@SammEater I'm American but I'm right there with you. Those years were peak entertainment with NASCAR and WWE. Day race on Sunday than watching a paper view WWE match in the evening with my siblings and parents.
It looks like any other race gotta dossgree bub
Good ole 2000 nascar was the shit
F1: my car's one of the greatest hits of engineering, a literal masterpiece as finetuned as it's humanly possible and tested in so many environments I know how it will behave before it even is constructed. If it does as much as touching the wall, it needs repairing
Nascar: LEEEEROOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYY
JEEEEEENNNNNKIIINS!
Oh my god, he just drove in..
Stick with the plan! Stick with the plan!
the Btcc is similar wiith crashes
@A P thats just dumb
Matt Kenseth just became the protagonist and I love it
Meh the villain is far more interesting to see race (he's also the superior driver)
@@samuelmccarter4659 all that only made seeing him get taken out feel much better lmao
Nah, Kenseth is a glorified felon
Yep and he's one good driver, to the point that a guy like Logano, who people say is "superior", felt the need to wreck him so he would have less chances to win the title. That's how scared the kid was from the "boring" Kenseth. But what goes around, comes around. Nice that Kenseth gave him a taste of his poison.
@@jeffktown mfw you call him a felon for doing once what Logano does on a daily basis
Matt Kenseth sounds like the Keke Rosberg of Nascar. Finished consistently to win his championship and yet people don't really rate them. To be that consistent in a sport in which anything can happen, that's impressive.
Keke Rosberg just got lucky. If not for Didier Peroni's accident Ferrari would have won the championship, also the Renaults being unreliable helped him a lot too.
OH SHIT a second EmpLemon video related to NASCAR.
Good shit
Dan you were a shitty governor
HELLO!!! I want to spend time with celebrities. Just kidding. GAGAGAGAGA! I only want to spend time with my two girlfriends and record videos for UA-cam with the 3 of us. OH YEAH. Don't hate me for living the best life, dear rorm
@@emmettchristenson6384 not as bad as Corzine
@Egg T it be like that out here
@@emmettchristenson6384 indeed, now PAY YOUR “CRITICIZING A FORMER CT GOVERNOR” TAX! That’ll be $15,000. Welcome to CT
I can respect Matt Kenseth for his conduct. Not really a Nascar fan nor do I watch races, but it's surprising and refreshing to see someone so hard to anger and who can keep his cool.
As an open-wheel and sportscar racing fan, which usually have pretty clean racing, I can't get my head around how NASCAR drivers are constantly punting each other at walls, especially considering that they usually drive at an average speed of around 180mph on faster ovals. I know that NASCAR cars are built like tanks, but it should be a fucking crime, so I also respect this man, even though I've only just found out about him. Well, that and the fact that he's a NASCAR Cup Series champion.
Yeah, I'm not a NASCAR fan at all, mostly because all the drivers seem like assholes who'll happily risk your life just for looking at them funny, so it's kind of surprising to see that there are actually people who drive NASCAR that aren't jerks.
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN you haven’t seen full races then, drivers try to avoid crashes, this video and a lot of other make NASCAR look like a constant demolition race when that’s far from the truth.
@@samba-v8c punting people or “bump and run” drivers are booed for their antics, you see fans really cheering for the cleaner drivers. The champ from 2020 was Chase Elliot, and he is one of the cleanest drivers out there. Every driver respects the kid because of it.
It’s amazing how people like Emplemon can take such a seemingly niche topic such as NASCAR or high jumps and turn them into half hour long entertaining and thought-proving videos for the masses.
There are very few people on this platform who can do that, and it’s a nice break from all the fake, political, drama ridden videos you normally find.
Sure, there may be hundreds of people on UA-cam with much larger audiences. But regardless, Emplemon will forever be one of the greatest of all time. He’s made entertaining content for just about a decade, maturing with his audience. And he feels like a friend in that sort of way.
TL;DR: Great work Emp, keep it up!
oh hey, I watched your pokemon vid.
@@Butter_Warrior99 Look at that! Small world, I guess.
@@Butter_Warrior99 And because of that I think I'm gonna watch the video
@@elansleazebaganno Same.
@@elansleazebaganno probably an alt made to self promote. Oh yeah he has 80 subs no way he'd get recognized LOL
No wonder I dropped off of nascar in the 2010's, I didn't recognize why I wasn't enjoying the races as much as I had in the 2000s keeping one eye on Ernhardt Jr, but this video puts it in hindsight VERY clearly. Never did care for the "sure thing" style Kenseth had going on, but seeing him just PILEDRIVE Logano brought a genuine smile to my face, guy had it coming for YEARS!
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to lose."
Truth bomb right here
Best quote of the whole video.
I laughed when the solution to fixing a totaled car was to have several guys railing on it with hammers.
Gotta beat it back in shape.
😂😂😂
Hahaha have you seen the ausies fixing their rally car by smashing the part on a rock hahahaha
Round here we call that "Kinetic Maintenance"
“It’ll buff right out”
Finished the vid and I really enjoyed how you delivered this incredible topic. Nascar is so much more than going in an oval.
People who say “NASCAR is just cars going in circles” haven’t really experienced the full extent of the sport
@@danielcurtis2297 As someone who has spent over 20 years watching the sport(not by my own freewill), I can safely say that it is just guys driving in a circle. People passing each other, isn't "action". But keep trying to defend this awful sport.
It's going in an oval and body checking each other at 200 mph, fun for the whole family and definitely a legitimate competition
Especially in Sonoma.
@@danielcurtis2297 It also takes a lot of skill to golf. Doesn't mean it's entertaining to watch. Passing isn't entertaining. "Oh my god! Did you see that!? Tony Stewart just passed Newman! And it took him 3 laps to accomplish it!". It's not entertaining. Sports in general are not entertaining to watch.
"The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain is that one day, that person may wind up with nothing to lose."
That's the coldest thing I've ever heard
Cold and true. Nothing more terrifying than a man. With nothing to lose.
FINALLY someone acknowledges that Bowyer was pushed into the position that caused Gordon to wreck. Everyone always acts like Bowyer just straight up wrecks Gordon even though that was clearly never the case
Yeah
Beautiful presentation, great work
ikr
Holy shit its TNTMan93
this dude made some CLASSIC goldenera youtube stuff
Love your Ways to Die in NASCAR vids dude!
Hello there
Dude I watched your channel every day in the 2010s
I hold a huge respect for Kenseth. Not only was he the most levelheaded driver in Modern NASCAR, but he took out the most big headed driver and cost Logano the championship.
A true lover of the sport. A hero. Someone who knows injustice when he sees it.
@@Krystalmyth yep. 💯%
But he got his championship a little bit later
Jokes on u Logano won a championship later on
@@crispykiddo70 Nobody cares about Joey Logano
I go back to these videos 2-3 times a year. Thank you emp for putting out high quality, fun, and interesting videos.
"They pause for a commercial break.When they come back,Tony has been sent to the shadow realm"
made me laugh
Super GT reference
@@Tysmelo6 it's a Yu-Gi-Oh reference
@@shonenjumpmagneto It's a Super GT reference, a sim racing UA-camr and streamer who usually says that guys who have been taken out in a race have been "sent to the Shadow Realm"
@@markolitvic6981 oh okay lol I thought maybe Dragon Ball Super/GT had something to do with it like whaa did he actually reference that UA-camr I wouldn't know lol
Wasted
NASCAR EMP IS THE BEST EMP
Yes
Facts yo. NASCAR getting the love it deserves.
Yes!!!! Exactly!!!!
Yes he is SDTV yes he is
@@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569 well. Not that much anymore.
EmpLemon could make a video called the "Deep meaning behind 2 Girls 1 Cup" and would still watch it
Me too lmao
Oh nose! That will be great.
We need to make this a reality for the memes
I can see it now
"The Complex Reality behind It's Raining Tacos."
‘There will never be another video like 2 girls 1 cup’
I know nothing about NASCAR but I love that after a career of being completely unflappable and laid back, Matt K made one deliberate crash. Just one. And I don’t think he did it for himself, I think he did it for the fans.
I grew up religiously watching NASCAR, Ren and Stimpy, and The Simpsons with my dad in the 90s. He is now 70 years old and when I've visited him the past few times we bonded over watching your videos on NASCAR and The Simpsons. Thank you.
That's sweet
I love this 🥲
im happy for you
This genuinely put a tear on my eye. My grandfather was a die-hard NASCAR fan, but he died before I was even old enough to drive. Loved watching with him, even though I never had a clue what was going on.
That's a nice story.
imagine getting to be the last person Dale Sr ever flipped off. I'd wear that as a badge of honor
I got flipped off!
Worshipping someone is cringe bro
Dale caused his own demise with pure stupidity..... said the h.a.n.s device was dangerous when he should have just listened to the more intelligent people.
@@Gl-my8fw I don’t remember asking
@@yumyumdoritoes12345 it isn’t even your comment that I responded to.....screw off
"Drivers so idiotic it makes us question who decided to give them a license"
Yes sir I too have heard of Pennsylvania
ATL Georgia too
Ever heard of Indiana?
And Illinois
The state of Washington will give Pennsylvania a run for its money
Oh, you must be from New Jersey. Please learn how to park before talking shit about drivers
Seriously, this video is a masterpiece especially after recently watching there will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt.
As a member of the NASCAR fan community, the storylines and drama of the sport is a huge reason why I watch the races every week. The trucks, Xfinity and Cup series all have drivers you love to love and love to hate. Wins for your guy are so much rarer than seeing your typical sports team win, and the payoff of rooting for a driver for years to see them succeed is unlike any other fan community I've been apart of. Long live motorsports.
"Jimmy has wrecked two of Busch's cars, and his face." Amazing line.
Kurt did HIS part in that feud too. He leaned on Jimmy's front fenders down the stretch and hurt the aero and then parked blocking Jimmy's pit. Jimmy showed his displeasure. Kurt learned a lesson to stop short of that line. Ask for it and Jimmy will deliver.
@@bobbysolo5411 so Kurt had no right to be mad after Phoenix?
If you listen to Dale Jr’s podcast when Jimmy Spencer was on he says that Busch threatened his family when he walked over to his car after the race. At that point it was inevitable that someone was gonna get punched. Not saying that Spencer should’ve punched him but there was a lot more going on between the pair behind the scenes.
@@Spooky1stRB well spencer threatened my dog. just trust me bro
EA NASCAR games: DO NOT replicate the actions in the game. Drive safely and responsibly. Do not drive like this in real life
Nascar drivers: BUT THIS IS HOW WE DRIVE IN REAL LIFE
Same could be said for WWE lol
Jimmy Spencer starting a feud and getting all pissy when Kurt responds will forever be one of my favorite rivalries in NASCAR
Jimmy Spencer just couldn't stand that he wasn't good enough to get his way, and responded how so many men of his age do, with threats and violence.
Pure stupidity, it sure explains why Kurt was able to learn how to be a better drive than him so fast despite being driven mildly crazy by Jimmy.
"Well, unless you were a lagono fan. But no one really cares about them....." I about fell out of my chair from the subtle delivery of that line
I'm a Logano fan. We don't need people caring for us.
@@ieronimo18 i pity you
@@ieronimo18 good because we don't give a shit
XD
Logano and his fans both know he’s a dirty driver. As a Byron fan I’m still mad about darlington though.
Only emplemon can make me care about - nay, LOVE nascar
Agree. I really don't care about Nascar until emplemon uploads again lmao
Same here. I find Nascar to be incredibly boring and only loved by inbred drunk hillbillies. Love this dude's content.
I think I like Nascar now
@@MrBeegs88 I'm black and from Brooklyn, I did like Nascar as a kid but only because I was waiting to see them crash, it was definitely a lot more popular back then though with stuff like Cars, Talladega Nights, and the EA Sports games.
Stole my comment :(
I am convinced Emp is single handedly reviving people's love for Nascar
ive have lived next to the Charlotte motor speedway in North Carolina my entire life and have never gave a damn about nascar
and i still dont
it is emplemon that i give a damn about and thats why i watch his videos
Somebody's gotta do it no?
@@billcipher1756 children's cartoon avatar
Him and S1ap
As a 20+ year fan of the sport who has unfortunately watched it's long slow decline in popularity, I hope you're right!
Watched this exact video a half dozen times and will be watching it for the next decade or so hopefully! Thanks for making it, you're good at making these videos and highlighting peak NASCAR means a lot!
EmpLemon and internet historian are one of the youtubers that can make a video talking about anything and ill watch it.
Fully agree
Love your NASCAR stuff. Never unironically watched a race in my life, but it's always cool seeing somebody illuminate sports narratives in a way I never would have considered.
hey greg which 1x sight do you recommend kappa
I find the idea of ironically watching a NASCAR race very funny
@@DAAI741 sitting there drinking beer for like 2 hours whole time saying stupid shit. Sounds fun 😂
@@terraversalvoid5391 In theory, it's just like watching a really shitty movie with your friends. In practice, if you're watching NASCAR ironically, it's probably because it bores the fuck out of you
32:54 watching the whole crowd cheer as Logano gets taken out is one of the best moments in sports history
amen i never seen fans go nuts like that not even with gorden and clint
Hearing the whole crowd cheer👏🏽, can't have those moments without a hero and a villain.
the dark timelines ended that day.
@Theiceberg agrees
People who cheered that on aren't real race fans.
24:15 I cannot overstate how much I love this. I think about this line daily.
The revenge of Matt Kenseth is exactly why you don’t mess with the quiet kid
Pumped up Kicks was playing in Matt's car when he ran into Logano
“Those who can quietly endure are the scariest when they finally snap one day.”
This literally symbolizes Matt’s revenge on Joey
@@ILTP69420 Not really. Sure it was uncharacteristic of Matt to do the wrong thing, but he didn't do anything worse than anyone else in this list.
Everybody knows the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" but the full saying is "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, nor horror like the wrath of a kind man."
Don’t show up to next nascar race legano
32:30 i absolutely LOVE the foreshadowing comment from Kenseth a week before he did the deed and brought joy to all of the nascar fans and drivers!!!
I never knew there was so much personal drama in NASCAR, I appreciate learning about it
More than a year later and this is still my favorite video of all time
31:21 I was at that race with my dad and I remember him literally punching the seat he was sitting on when Joey wrecked Matt
What did he do when Matt got revenge?
@@lotuseater2184 I wasn’t there so I don’t know
@@lotuseater2184 ever heard of the helicopter
You just said you where fucking there
@@Selickrip55 No, he didn't, genius. He said he was at a previous race where Joey wrecked Matt. He didn't say he was at the race where Matt got his revenge on Joey.
“The problem with taking from someone when you have nothing to gain, is that one day that person may wind up with nothing to loose”
33:45
Matt Kenseth has my official respect now knowing what he did to Joey and how respectful he is to others.
Edit: Thank you all for the likes. I didn't expect this many from you guys.
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Phenomenal narration on this one Mr. EmpLemon - You deserve an award for making such amazing documentaries for the insane price of 'free'.
As many others have stated, I never was really a nascar fan (ive always enjoyed fast cars and racing in general though), but watching this, how could you NOT be intrigued with the amount of storytelling and character building you have on display... top notch stuff man, and truly, one of the main reasons I still endlessly scroll through youtube for 'good' content
34:18 Goosebumps right down to my toes
I grew up with Nascar in the house. My dad was a huge fan and roped me and my brother into it from an early age. We all had our favorite drivers and my dad was happy to gift us with hats, TV shirts and toys. I never really understood everything that was going on but my dad let me know who the heroes and villains were on the track. Once I was old enough to realize I didn't actually have much interest in Nascar I stopped watching it. But your videos on it have been incredibly nostalgic and even emotional for me. They bring me back to my childhood. Watching my dad jump up and down screaming at the TV, the big Daytona 500 days (my dad would throw a big party together, only day of the year he did this) and playing Nascar Thunder for the GameCube with my brother.
I know you probably wont read this comment but thank you for making these. Every single video you make is a homerun but these hit different for me. I'll never forget the day my dad told me he had given up on Nascar. Even though I hadn't watched in years and didn't have much interest anymore, it filled me with a deep sadness. I realized that chapter of my life was over.
These videos reminded me of all this and I started talking about Nascar to my dad again. In a way, your Nascar videos helped strengthen my relationship with him again. So thank you. Keep up the good work man.
Ur dad was probably screaming at the ‘07 Daytona 500 finish
That was a good story thanks for sharing that with us!! May God bless you and all your family and keep you safe! Amen
Damn that hit hard and home
The part where Kenseth dumps Logano is so satisfying, especially after you explained why Logano is hated by everyone
I'm not everyone
The only problem I had with the video is how he describes Logano. Everything up to it is very neutral just setting up the situation and showing the outcome. But Logano/Kenseth one sounded like him describing why he has a hate boner for Joey and how satisfied he was to see him taken out. The description of the situation at Kansas isn't really accurate and most of the commentary over this part is really unfair and bias
@@nathanwaskiewicz7776 Cry more, Joey.
You're probably the only dude who can make me excited to learn about nascar history
I don't particularly enjoy nascar but I still binged the entirety of slapshoed channel. Check it out. Its pretty good
Yeah, I had some plans when I came to UA-cam today, but this was recommended on the main page so I was like "no, wait, hold on, drop all the plans, I'm going to spend the next 40 minutes on NASCAR drama."
@@Freak480 yea slapshoes is awesome
I’d like you to meet someone by the name of S1apsh0es
33:35 that is what those who watch basketball would call a flagrant. Dude isn’t turning the wheel because he wants to make sure he breaks homeboy’s rear axle. That’s good shit
You see, Nascar isn't just cars driving around in circles.
Actually cars drive around in ovals...
@@MaxTheGamingMan +7 Road Courses
@@Kvapilnation i see you everywhere i go brad
Left turn left turn left turn
@@dillondelaney4347 mate forgot a few rights
I remember being at Martinsville when Joey got dumpstered. The audience was cheering so loud it was crazy.
that’s awesome. must’ve been a great experience (unless ur a logano fan lol)
Matt Kenseth was really like “my disappointment is non existent, and my day was not ruined”
You can just see him straight up drive Lagano to the wall.
"Whatever. If you found me dead then just throw me in the trash!"|
Truly a mindset to be feared.
Good one
@@blastermaster5039 From his radio immediately after the wreck, Kenseth & his crew said that it "looked as if he had a tire going down" lmao
F1 fan here watching her first long(er) video on Nascar and you did an amazing job man. Ngl I had some prejudice against Nascar cause it's just cars going in circles but you explained all the incidents so well that it seems actually kind of interesting to me now. This was great.