It’s more of an identity thing than anything else. Austin had also run the 3 in his Nationwide and Trucks days, and if I recall correctly, Richard Childress said he would only bring back the 3 for family
One thing they don't bring up about Austin's 2013 Xfinity championship anymore is that he didn't win a single race. But that was because Cup guys mainly Kyle Busch won most of the races. But that was full season points. So, despite not winning a race he was the best Xfinity regular. But people still found it controversial.
I guess the question is if would people find the likes of Jason Leffler and David Ruetimann (who would've won in 09 and 07 if the series points declaration rule stood) controversial. Still, he did Kenseth his way into a championship, so finding that controversial is a bad take from people.
Better to have a Bad Season than being called a NASCAR Bust. That’s the nicest way to put it for Austin Dillon’s Cup career, so far. That’s my only defense I have on Austin. I used to despise him, but I’m just neutral towards him nowadays.
10 DNFs in one season is unacceptable, no matter how you slice it. I wouldn't really care about him being mid if he weren't driving the 3. He is a disgrace to that number.
I had the opportunity at the last possible second when we went too the spring Kansas race to meet Austin. I've never been the biggest fan and been a Sr fan since a kid but who wouldn't take an opportunity to meet a driver. Nice guy got a picture. Though I agree with this video.
Maybe money? Kyle Busch isn’t cheap and Rodden has pretty much been let go from every crew chief position he’s had. If I’m RCR, I’m sizing up Danny Stockman again. He’s got two championships with Austin and they scored 3 poles in cup in 2019, which was their lone cup season together.
You never mentioned the crew chief change with Keith Rodden as Austin Dillon’s crew chief. Kahne fans remember the horror with him as crew chief back in the day😂. Austin Dillon’s too dependent on Justin Alexander leading the ship, he shines when he has him as a crew chief because they’ve built an inseparable chemistry. He did terrible in 2019 and stockman was his crew chief at that time. And the wreck after wreck in the 3 car of all rides is inexcusable, which in my opinion is one of the worst seasons I’ve ever seen an rcr car have
New series suggestion: Winless seasons, a series that looks at drivers that went winless but still put up good numbers. Suggestions: Bubba Wallace 2023, MTJ 2022, Kevin Harvick 2021, Chase Elliot 2017, Dale Jr 2013, MTJ 2012.
Aside from being 29th in Points. You're New Teammate has 3 wins and makes it into Round 2 of the Playoffs getting killed with penalties and You have Keith rodden as a Crew Chief who is just Mediocre. gosh as Kahne fan Having Keith as Crew chief. Those days were painful.
When you have 10 DNFs, finish 29th in points, and your teammate gets three wins compared to you in a single season, it really shows who you are. Richard Childress, it’s time to move on from Austin Dillon.
Keith rodden is an awful crew chief, remember he was Kasey Kahne’s crew chief back from 2015-2017, when his performance spiked down suddenly. This is at least the 2nd time he’s been hired as a crew chief and the team immediately becomes a dumpster fire, I’m not sure it was a coincidence…
Austin has had a decent run, but per Dale Jr's comments on his podcast, I think it's time for Austin to move to running RCR behind the scenes (in the same way that Kurt Busch has done for 23XI) and give the 3 car's wheel over to a more promising prospect.
Honestly, after seeing how his grandfather handled the Creed-Hill situation and how he just came off his worst season, I wonder if Austin Dillon and RCR would be better off if Dillon just became the new owner. No, this ain’t me joking. I genuinely believe Austin Dillon would make for a better owner than his grandfather. Granted, that’s not a high bar to clear, but still. He got KFB on the team. That’s got to count for something. Then again, maybe I’m coming up with a thought as crazy as this is because of how AWFUL this season was. (Seriously, when you OUTDO Ricky Stenhouse Jr’s 2022 DNF count, you know you had a bad season.)
Everyone's gonna blame austin but a lot of the blame has to go to keith rodden, remember how downhill kasey kahnes performance went down at hendrick after he was paired with rodden after 2014? Keith rodden ruins teams speed.
@@commandercody4984 that's not saying much though. Ben Rhodes Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim are all basically doing the same thing the Dillon bros did in the truck series which is back themselves into a win because they have the best equipment.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Danica has NO WINS and Austin has four wins in cup series and some wins in other series like xfinity and truck he is a better driver than her and that’s my opinion
@@Motorsportsfan48Agreed. Bowman was even the points leader for a bit before the penalties put on Hendrick. He just hasn’t been the same since the wreck at sprint cars.
I’m a fan of AD he’s got talent I’ve seen him win in person I know the talent is there, but he just needs to work on consistency and they need to bring back is long time crew chief Justin Alexander. He was dillon’s crew chief from 2016 to 2022 (minus 2019) and he made the playoffs all but one season (2021) that is clearly a pairing that was working and have good chemistry but RCR keeps changing it. But still it was a terrible season for the 3 bunch but I know they can turn it around they’ve done it before.
It was bad, just as bad as his 2019 season if not worse. Bad seasons: Austin Dillon 2019 would make a good video considering he didn't score a single top 5 all year
I was really hoping he was going to do at least okay now that he has Kyle Busch as a teammate, and he convinced Richard Childress to sign him, but I was wrong
I still can't imagine how bad Austin could've been hurt in the Gateway crash if Stenhouse's car wasn't there to take the brunt of the impact. How Gateway has no SAFER walls down the entire front straight is mind boggling.
@@Motorsportsfan48 COTA and Talladega in 2022, and Nashville and Phoenix in 23 for Ross. Dillon won at Charlotte, Daytona 2x, and Texas. Each has 4 wins
For the next videos you can do: 1- Seasons collapse: Martin Truex Jr. 2023. 2-Missing Rings: Denny Hamlin 2023. 3-Missing Rings: William Byron 2023. 4-Missing Rings: Christopher Bell 2023. 5-Missing Rings: Kyle Larson 2023. 6-Season Collapse: Kyle Busch 2023.
Truly a painful year as an Austin Dillon fan. Seeing him be taken out of races where he would've finished decently at was not fun to watch. Hoping 2024 is better but with Keith Rodden still on the pit box, its not looking good.
As someone who’s fairly new to nascar I had no idea Austin Dillon was actually a consistent playoff driver and I never would’ve guessed that after this season
The finish of the 2018 Daytona 500 wasnt controversial at all. In typical aric almirola fashon, he pulls a late block thus wrecking himself. Props to bubba for gettin that big run that helped AD get that massive W.
Keith Rodden gets most of the blame in my eyes. Dillion isn't a great driver but he's far better than his last season. Rodden also ruined Kasey Kahne's late career, remember.
I feel like he actually would have a relatively small fan base if he didn’t race that number. No way to build an identity by being a worse version of the 3 or 29
He’s not really that terrible, he just gets a lot of hate because everyone knows that there’s zero chance he’d be a cup driver if pop-pop didn’t own the team. He’s got 4 wins, but not one of them was a result of talent. Both Daytona wins saw the top twenty cars get taken out and he won ironically because he was far enough behind the leaders. One straight up fuel mileage win and another on a good tire call and gen 6 cars that just couldn’t pass. Plus, he drives the #3 which is just depressing. And he calls himself “Ace.” Like I’ve literally never heard anyone call him that. You can’t give yourself a nickname. Aside from this year he normally brings the car home in one piece so there’s that. He’s just the cringiest dude in the history of the sport.
Honestly if he voluntarily went down to xfinity, and just drove that for the rest of his career, I feel like he would be more successful. He is a talented driver, but filling the #3 car with a different driver would probably be beneficial to RCR
i feel like Richard just needs to starts treating him like a driver instead of family all the time cause there is so much more potential in other drivers that honestly should be in the cup series that just isnt
I’m not for silver spoons and I feel as the downfall of RCR has to do with them building the team around Austin however he is a better driver than a lot of people including fan favorite Matt D I feel he’ll have a bounce back year next year and may hang it up to take the reins at RCR management
The fact that Elliott missed 7 races and still finished better... that's just not it chief...
Not to mention that Elliott had as many Top 5s as Dillon had in Top 10s in which Elliott had over twice that many.
@@NASCARFAN93100 Chase Elliott is just so good.
My question after looking back at Austin’s entire Cup season is this… why couldn’t we have gotten Kyle in the 3 instead of the 8?
There are 5 million NASCAR fans that would dox Richard Childress' home address if he put Kyle Busch in the 3
@@anthonyruggiero1988Yeah because a talented driver is worse than a Mid Silverspoon driver isn't?
It’s more of an identity thing than anything else. Austin had also run the 3 in his Nationwide and Trucks days, and if I recall correctly, Richard Childress said he would only bring back the 3 for family
@luisdavidrodriguez2934 having A mid driver is better than getting doxxed right? And I'm pretty sure if Austin left rc would retire the 3
RC has said that only members of the Childress or Earnhardt family can drive that number
One thing they don't bring up about Austin's 2013 Xfinity championship anymore is that he didn't win a single race. But that was because Cup guys mainly Kyle Busch won most of the races.
But that was full season points. So, despite not winning a race he was the best Xfinity regular. But people still found it controversial.
I guess the question is if would people find the likes of Jason Leffler and David Ruetimann (who would've won in 09 and 07 if the series points declaration rule stood) controversial.
Still, he did Kenseth his way into a championship, so finding that controversial is a bad take from people.
Austin Dillon should consider owning his grandfather's team.
People consider a busch series championship controversial lol? What next? Is there controversy brewing in the k&n series?
That’s what happens when you replace Justin Alexander with KEITH RODDEN
Better to have a Bad Season than being called a NASCAR Bust. That’s the nicest way to put it for Austin Dillon’s Cup career, so far.
That’s my only defense I have on Austin. I used to despise him, but I’m just neutral towards him nowadays.
10 DNFs in one season is unacceptable, no matter how you slice it. I wouldn't really care about him being mid if he weren't driving the 3. He is a disgrace to that number.
If he drove the #33 then I wouldn't mind that at all
Now that is a bit of a stretch. Austin hasn't been that terrible all of his career. He's a 5/10 driver at best.
Wasn't the most amount of DNf Danica Patrick was 7 seasons
We saw that like 6 of them weren’t even his fault and you’re putting full blame on him. You’re just mad about a number he drives.
I just want Childress to give the number to Kyle.
I had the opportunity at the last possible second when we went too the spring Kansas race to meet Austin. I've never been the biggest fan and been a Sr fan since a kid but who wouldn't take an opportunity to meet a driver. Nice guy got a picture. Though I agree with this video.
Losing Justin Alexander was a huge step back. Why is Rodden coming back in '24?
Maybe money? Kyle Busch isn’t cheap and Rodden has pretty much been let go from every crew chief position he’s had. If I’m RCR, I’m sizing up Danny Stockman again. He’s got two championships with Austin and they scored 3 poles in cup in 2019, which was their lone cup season together.
*hears music in the background* Guess you could say Austin Dillion had a bad time this season
You never mentioned the crew chief change with Keith Rodden as Austin Dillon’s crew chief. Kahne fans remember the horror with him as crew chief back in the day😂. Austin Dillon’s too dependent on Justin Alexander leading the ship, he shines when he has him as a crew chief because they’ve built an inseparable chemistry. He did terrible in 2019 and stockman was his crew chief at that time. And the wreck after wreck in the 3 car of all rides is inexcusable, which in my opinion is one of the worst seasons I’ve ever seen an rcr car have
New series suggestion: Winless seasons, a series that looks at drivers that went winless but still put up good numbers.
Suggestions: Bubba Wallace 2023, MTJ 2022, Kevin Harvick 2021, Chase Elliot 2017, Dale Jr 2013, MTJ 2012.
So…Good Seasons?
Wallace 2023 wasn't a good season. Barely squeaking into the playoffs in great equipment is an L lmao
Just remember RC called Sheldon Creed the dumbest driver he ever hired……
Aside from being 29th in Points. You're New Teammate has 3 wins and makes it into Round 2 of the Playoffs getting killed with penalties and You have Keith rodden as a Crew Chief who is just Mediocre. gosh as Kahne fan Having Keith as Crew chief. Those days were painful.
When you have 10 DNFs, finish 29th in points, and your teammate gets three wins compared to you in a single season, it really shows who you are. Richard Childress, it’s time to move on from Austin Dillon.
You forgot that Richard is Austin's grandpappy, so don't count on Austin leaving anytime soon.
Nah it shows how bad Keith rodden is as a crew chief. He makes cars flat out slow.
Keith rodden is an awful crew chief, remember he was Kasey Kahne’s crew chief back from 2015-2017, when his performance spiked down suddenly. This is at least the 2nd time he’s been hired as a crew chief and the team immediately becomes a dumpster fire, I’m not sure it was a coincidence…
As long as someone's paying the freight on that car, Pop Pop will keep Austin in it.
I see you dont understand how nepotism works.
His 2024 season makes his 2023 season look amazing
NASCAR Busts: Mike Dillon. The only thing he was able to score in his career was Richard Childress' daughter.
💀
Austin has had a decent run, but per Dale Jr's comments on his podcast, I think it's time for Austin to move to running RCR behind the scenes (in the same way that Kurt Busch has done for 23XI) and give the 3 car's wheel over to a more promising prospect.
I agree with this
Honestly, after seeing how his grandfather handled the Creed-Hill situation and how he just came off his worst season, I wonder if Austin Dillon and RCR would be better off if Dillon just became the new owner.
No, this ain’t me joking. I genuinely believe Austin Dillon would make for a better owner than his grandfather. Granted, that’s not a high bar to clear, but still. He got KFB on the team. That’s got to count for something.
Then again, maybe I’m coming up with a thought as crazy as this is because of how AWFUL this season was. (Seriously, when you OUTDO Ricky Stenhouse Jr’s 2022 DNF count, you know you had a bad season.)
Yeah Dillon really had a “Bad Time” this season.
Everyone's gonna blame austin but a lot of the blame has to go to keith rodden, remember how downhill kasey kahnes performance went down at hendrick after he was paired with rodden after 2014? Keith rodden ruins teams speed.
He's never been great and Austin deserves Keith Rodden as crew chief anyways. Let's not act like he deserves something better.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld atleast he has won races unlike Danica Patrick
@@commandercody4984 that's not saying much though. Ben Rhodes Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim are all basically doing the same thing the Dillon bros did in the truck series which is back themselves into a win because they have the best equipment.
@@commandercody4984JJ Yeley, Cody Ware, Brian Scott, and others too
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Danica has NO WINS and Austin has four wins in cup series and some wins in other series like xfinity and truck he is a better driver than her and that’s my opinion
Bad Seasons: Alex Bowman 2023
Championship Hangovers: Jimmie Johnson 2014.
I'll be completely honest as an Alex bowman fan he has had a bad season
@jennifermorse2092 yup painful to watch
@@Motorsportsfan48Agreed. Bowman was even the points leader for a bit before the penalties put on Hendrick. He just hasn’t been the same since the wreck at sprint cars.
That #3 needs a way better driver. Thats a legendary number just like the 24 and the 24 was back this year.
Even without that points penalty he would be like 25th-26th in points
People seem to be forgetting he has Keith Rodden as a crew chief
Can you also do Championship Seasons: Max Verstappen (2021, 2022 and 2023)? You can talk about this victories across these seasons in one video.
Wut is there to talk about he showed up he won. The only season u can really talk about is 2021 but we dont need that lol
I’m a fan of AD he’s got talent I’ve seen him win in person I know the talent is there, but he just needs to work on consistency and they need to bring back is long time crew chief Justin Alexander.
He was dillon’s crew chief from 2016 to 2022 (minus 2019) and he made the playoffs all but one season (2021) that is clearly a pairing that was working and have good chemistry but RCR keeps changing it.
But still it was a terrible season for the 3 bunch but I know they can turn it around they’ve done it before.
Austin Dillon's wrecks make me cry just as hard as if I ever saw somebody from Oh Shiitake Mushrooms or Life as we Gomez get hurt.
It was bad, just as bad as his 2019 season if not worse. Bad seasons: Austin Dillon 2019 would make a good video considering he didn't score a single top 5 all year
I was really hoping he was going to do at least okay now that he has Kyle Busch as a teammate, and he convinced Richard Childress to sign him, but I was wrong
I hope his reality show gets renewed. Me and my dad have seen every single episode of it and we love it so I hope it continues
5/10 of those DNFs didn’t really seem like his fault
Remember when Dillon wrecked at Pocono and he tried to throw his helmet at Reddick and he missed
Megalavania as the background music is perfect for this vid.
I still can't imagine how bad Austin could've been hurt in the Gateway crash if Stenhouse's car wasn't there to take the brunt of the impact. How Gateway has no SAFER walls down the entire front straight is mind boggling.
next is suarez and cindric
Ross Chastain accomplished in two seasons (4 wins) what has taken Dillon 10 seasons to achieve
*3 actually
@@Motorsportsfan48no 4 he was cleared for the Phoenix race
Not only that but he could possibly be the best driver the #1 ever had
@@Motorsportsfan48 COTA and Talladega in 2022, and Nashville and Phoenix in 23 for Ross. Dillon won at Charlotte, Daytona 2x, and Texas. Each has 4 wins
@@UpsideDownGeniusand keep in mind Ross achieved that in less seasons than Dillon
Here's hoping Austin Dillon does better next season!🤞🙏
That's like hoping if it's not going to be sunny when it's gonna be sunny. Pfft
For the next videos you can do:
1- Seasons collapse: Martin Truex Jr. 2023.
2-Missing Rings: Denny Hamlin 2023.
3-Missing Rings: William Byron 2023.
4-Missing Rings: Christopher Bell 2023.
5-Missing Rings: Kyle Larson 2023.
6-Season Collapse: Kyle Busch 2023.
Can you also make a video called Good Seasons: William Byron 2023 (Since you haven't made a good seasons video in a while)?
Sure
@@BlackFlagsMatter Some others this season can be Good Seasons: Todd Gilliland 2023, one on Ricky Stenhouse, and Bad Seasons: Joey Logano 2023.
It's like the number kinda wants to come back only with Dale, never seen Dillon having any luck with that number
Truly a painful year as an Austin Dillon fan. Seeing him be taken out of races where he would've finished decently at was not fun to watch. Hoping 2024 is better but with Keith Rodden still on the pit box, its not looking good.
As someone who’s fairly new to nascar I had no idea Austin Dillon was actually a consistent playoff driver and I never would’ve guessed that after this season
AD needs to be sent back down like Custer was.
Dillon's season wasn't the worst in 2023, but his shortcomings were magnified by Busch's success. I have a feeling he'll be back swinging next year.
He only had 1 top 5 out of 36 races while his teammate won 3 times
Bad Seasons: Meyer Shank Racing (INDYCAR 2023)
Did not expect them to be THAT bad this year
If Keselowski wasn't there to get hit by Austin Dillon at Talladega, it could've been a repeat of Earnhardt Sr in 1995 in almost the same exact spot.
That Was in 1996, summer race
I’m so happy this season is over
You might as well make another bad season for Austin Dillion for 2024.
The finish of the 2018 Daytona 500 wasnt controversial at all. In typical aric almirola fashon, he pulls a late block thus wrecking himself. Props to bubba for gettin that big run that helped AD get that massive W.
I forgot to put this guy in my iRacing roster because I genuinely forgot he existed last year.
Safe to say Keith Rodden won't be back next season...
i’m an austin dillon fan and this season was just flat out depressing
I don’t dislike Dillon but I’m by no means a fan however I’ve always felt Dillon is on the precipice of being a genuine deep playoff threat
At least he's better than his brother
And his father
Whole Childress went downhill - Kyle Busch to finished 14th in standings, which is his worst season since his rookie season.
I had him winning the 2nd Richmond race.
Austin Dillon's 2023 Average Finish was 21.8
Speaking of Austin Dillon, you could do a NASCAR Busts video on his dad; Mike Dillon
Dillon really had a bad time this season.
It sucks to see one of the most legendary numbers ever being disgraced like this. Now I know what 43 fans felt during Petty’s last years.
Well at least the 43 car won last year.
Idea: Bad Seasons Brad Keselowski 2022
0:05 and both were deserving. I don’t care what anyone says
Life in the crashed lane 😂
When Smoke said he won't ever put a guy in a car whose daddy funded his way to cup, this is who he meant
austin dillion needs to get hes game up
Can you please do a good seasons William Byron 2023?
Hearing Megalovina confused me.
Austin will be good next year since it’s an even year
I will forever smile at that Big Crash at the 2022 Coca Cola 600. Nothing like a 6 figure payout to make you enjoy a massive wreck like that.
At 7:51 almost reminiscing on when Dale Earnhardt wrecked in 1996
If Keselowski wasn’t there that car hits harder and flips over
I think we’ll remember his 2023 season by not remembering it
Hey. Do you think you can make a good seasons maybe including xfinity drivers sometimes? Like John hunter nemechek 2023 maybe?
no sh*t his _life in the “fast” lane_ show ended up canceled after not even a full szn… 💀
…also ty dillon clears austin sadly 🥱
Keith Rodden gets most of the blame in my eyes. Dillion isn't a great driver but he's far better than his last season. Rodden also ruined Kasey Kahne's late career, remember.
Bad Seasons:Stewart-Haas Racing 2023
i felt like this was bust video for second
Can you do Bad Seasons: Mercedes F1 2023 after the F1 season ends?
Painful and fun at the same time 🤣
Here are other ideas
Good seasons: William Byron and Kyle Larson 2023
And I thought I had a bad year 😱
Did you play Megalovania as the background music?
Yeah accurate
He's the type that's probably better off in the nationwide or truck series but overall i think he's this generations Morgan Shepherd
Also doesn’t help that he had Keith Rodden as his CC
I think there should be a petition to rename RCR into Nepotism Racing Incorporated.
I feel like he actually would have a relatively small fan base if he didn’t race that number. No way to build an identity by being a worse version of the 3 or 29
Danica Dillon had double digit DNF's.
Not the same person, she has no wins, he has 4
Yup Austin Dillon don’t deserve to be on the same level as Danica pathetic
It’s even worse compared to Kyle Busch, but 10 DNFs damn that’s bad
He’s not really that terrible, he just gets a lot of hate because everyone knows that there’s zero chance he’d be a cup driver if pop-pop didn’t own the team. He’s got 4 wins, but not one of them was a result of talent. Both Daytona wins saw the top twenty cars get taken out and he won ironically because he was far enough behind the leaders. One straight up fuel mileage win and another on a good tire call and gen 6 cars that just couldn’t pass. Plus, he drives the #3 which is just depressing. And he calls himself “Ace.” Like I’ve literally never heard anyone call him that. You can’t give yourself a nickname. Aside from this year he normally brings the car home in one piece so there’s that. He’s just the cringiest dude in the history of the sport.
Honestly if he voluntarily went down to xfinity, and just drove that for the rest of his career, I feel like he would be more successful. He is a talented driver, but filling the #3 car with a different driver would probably be beneficial to RCR
i feel like Richard just needs to starts treating him like a driver instead of family all the time cause there is so much more potential in other drivers that honestly should be in the cup series that just isnt
Next Video: Bad Season Alex Bowman 2023 and Daniel Suárez 2023
Hes better than his brother Ty.
It's Austin Dillon every season he has is a bad season
Hey!
Bad season? More like bad career. Only 4 wins in 10 years in the number 3 RCR car is fucking criminal
That 10 DNFS stat is glaringly bad
Has anyone noticed that Dillon is better in even years than the odd years
I did
WOW I didn't expect Austin Dillon to have the 2023 Bad Season video over 2 Drivers I thought was gonna get it
Someone remind me again why he got the 3?
Because Dale made a deal with Childress that if anything happened to him, only a relative of Richard's could drive the 3
I’m not for silver spoons and I feel as the downfall of RCR has to do with them building the team around Austin however he is a better driver than a lot of people including fan favorite Matt D I feel he’ll have a bounce back year next year and may hang it up to take the reins at RCR management