Umm Ricky Hendrick had been with JJ and was already talking to Jimmie. Hendrick knew of Jimmie by his son, Gordon just gave the okay. People need to remember how important Ricky Hendrick was in this whole deal.
What In Carnation? NascAr just would have found another way to take two championships from Gordon. One being one of Johnson's and one being Kurt busches.
Okay, hats off to the folks that worked on this video for the NASCAR UA-cam channel! I have been a huge advocate for videos on the NASCAR UA-cam channel that are to the same standard of quality as what Formula 1 puts out on their UA-cam channel. This really was a good video. Awesome work.
@@erikl827 because the chase point system took 3 additional championships away from him, jeff Gordon would be your 7 time champion it the chase never happened, Carl Edwards would also have 2 possibly 3 championships, the info is out there, and I'm an Earnhardt fan
I think the entire Lynch pin of this is where would Johnson be without Chad. These last few years without him has really shown just how much a good crew chief matters.
Jeff Gordon has 7 championships regardless under the original and legitimate points system. They are as follows: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2014. Plus Jeff's stats alone make him the best. Jimmie Johnsons best statistical year was 2007 and in that same year Jeff had better stats and that wasnt even Jeff's best year. The idea that Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson are even in the talks for the greatest of all time and not just Jeff and Dale is ridiculous.
I started rooting for Jimmie his rookie year and man, what a wild ride he’s had over the years. Hoping he finds one final win this year. If not, he has amazing stats that won’t be tarnished by these past few years.
He might have gone to the IRL and/or Champ Car it left without a NASCAR ride. He recently said that he’d always wanted to drive IndyCars, so if he thought he probably only had a few years left in his career, he would have made the jump.
I used to hate seeing Jimmie win so much. I used to ask this question all the time myself. But now with the idea of Jimmie retiring this year, I don’t feel that way anymore.
Nice video! In my opinion, Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison dying had more of an affect on NASCAR than about every other death did. The 7 and 28 rides opened up when they died and that eventually led to Gordon winning lots of races because two major competitors were dead. That put things in motion for Jeff to even go up to Rick Hendrick and talk to him about Jimmie Johnson in the first place, and what of Tim Richmond? Does Hendrick even want to put Gordon in another car of his if Richmond doesn't die? Not to mention Ernie Irvan's accident at Michigan in 1994 never happens, Sterling Marlin does not take the 4 ride when Irvan moves over to the Yates 28 team. I'll go even further than that and say Dale Earnhardt does not die in 2001 in the Daytona 500. All because two men died and changed everything for the worse. Unreal
2 or 3 championships at most and 50 to 60 wins still one of the best drivers ever but not the best Jimmie Johnson is nothing compared to Dale Earnhardt the intimidator is was and always will be nascar's greatest driver ever and my favorite driver all time
Jimmy is as good as D.E. ,his equal amount of championships speaks for that. he just doesn't have the balls to push the competition out of his way like the intimidator had.
His car would be different? It’s not like Jimmie lost a seat because of it. He’s in the same car just with Ally. Ally signed on for a few more years with the 48 car so if Jimmie retires this year then he probably would’ve retired this year just Lowe’s would be the sponsor.
Personally i think Gordon would be given Chad Kanaus &win 7 championships or more and be second all time in wins I think Jimmie would probably become like Joloyn Palmer in f1 started a few races didn’t do so well & ended up doing something with the broadcasts
I hear all Gordon fans want Gordon to have 100% percent credit of "discovering JJ". Ricky Hendrick knew of Jimmie Way before Gordon did. Gordon just vouched for JJ. This is a pretty stupid video. Why would you do a what if video when you know things will be completely different without JJ for obviously he wouldn't be racing? Get it together whoever runs this channel
Cool video, but to keep it more realistic, because Jimmy Johnson did happen, WHAT IF the chase NEVER happened, you would be shocked to see the results, it affects, Johnson, Gordon, Edwards, Stewart, Harvick, both Bush brothers. If you want to compare to the theses guys to the greats of all time , you will now who the BE3T is....
Well Chad was on Stacy Comptons crew at the time, I don’t see Gordon getting rid Robbie Loomis after just winning a championship in 2001 and Chad probably would got picked up by Penske or Roush before Hendrick would get there hands on him
What if: Lowe's still sponsored him,what if Chad Knaus never left Jimmie Johnson what if Jimmie Johnson did not have that brake faliure at Pocono in June 2017 what if, he might have his 8th championship and end that winless streak soon?
@@randomkdm You just named the two most underated drivers of the last 30 years. Marlin and Irvan were both really good drivers. Plus, I always liked Sterling in the post race interviews. He'd blow off the questions and just start thanking sponsors. You weren't getting 2 words out of him until Kodak, Coors or whoever else paid the bills got their due
Bless your heart! JJ been DONE for several years. .lol Just, hey,hey hey. Goodbye!! Sponsor left, crew chief left... what's he hanging around for? Found that J Gordon OWND the 48 was quite entertaining. Can't wait to see who gets picked to Take Over!!
Lmao quit crying. Can’t hate the dude just because he has a better career than your favorite driver. I’d get tired of seeing him beat my favorite driver all the time if I were you too 🤐
@@chris.fxrbes Well...Never said I hated him! At one time I did pick JJ -way back when he could get da Job done- BUT, he NO Longer can- like past 3years! I picked drivers over him had (has) more Clasd
Oh yeah! What drives has he beat in past ,3yrs? Ughhhhh, NONE. His time is over n should have retired when he WAS that dang good driver-now he's simply washed up n can no longer do what he could, Once Upon a Time! Again I say Big sponsor Left, Big-time crew chief moved on...now it's time for him n his attitude to just say, 'Hey Hey Hey, Good Bye'! I be LMAO dude.
@@teresawyatt1558 How is it seven years ago? He won the championship that year and they changed the format for the championship and he still able to win ANOTHER championship for SEVEN, THREE years later. Again, like I tell everyone who has such a stupid argument that they can't even support without looking something up, CHECK YOUR SOURCES, CAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY AINT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW IT YOURSELF.
Lets all face it. The chase and playoffs are the only reason JJ is even a 4 time champion. Not to mention 7. The Chase and Playoffs rarely crowns the rightful champion.
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How ridiculous is this. Johnson is tied with 7 championships in the cup series, but everyone calls his the greatest of all time. Which is ridiculous bc you can't compare careers over different eras. But they say Jimmie is the greatest. But his crew chief, 7 time championship crew chief is only considered, one of the greatest? How's that work?
Well it’s debatable and Jeff had beat Dale Sr most of the time in the mid to late 90s Richard Petty is 1st as always tho 2nd Johnson 3rd Earnhardt 4th Gordon 5th Pearson
This is NASCAR, it’s not F1. Why don’t F1 announcers say that NASCAR drivers are the best of all time. Go watch F1 if you love that sport that much and keep the fenders for the big boys! 😂
I'm really disappointed with this. I thought this series was about actually theorizing about "what if", and used stats and behind the scenes info to come up with the most probable "answer/theory". All this did was just ask more questions over and over. In Marvel comics, they have a series called "What If". If it was written like this video, the cover would say, "What if Spider-Man didn't get bit by a radioactive spider" but all of the pages would be blank.
What if Bubba never got "woke" what it NASCAR never hired Steve Phelps....In a global pandemic where NASCAR was the only show going on,it could have reached the heights of the 90's almost...BUT!!! NASCAR also got "woke" and is gonna go broke
@@RandomCarl05 Then go tell ESPN,FOx,FS1,NBC,Abc,Cbs the same thing homes.Oh,it's only political till it dont fit your narrative right?I loved this sport more than you can imagine,so dont come at me about BS
One things for sure, Jimmie fans should forever be thankful for Father Jeff
Umm Ricky Hendrick had been with JJ and was already talking to Jimmie. Hendrick knew of Jimmie by his son, Gordon just gave the okay. People need to remember how important Ricky Hendrick was in this whole deal.
Erik L I agree as well
We’re thankful for Jeff but we absolutely hate the 24 fans that say he is absolutely nothing without Jeff
Ethan Weeter he credited Jeff as much as he can and Jeff denies it everytime. Forget to take the meds today grandpa?
The Snapperhead 7 titles vs 4 titles suck it up buttercup
Gordon fans wouldn't be in so much pain, that's for sure
I am 🤧
Gordon is a 11x time champion. 4 as a driver and 7 as a owner.
What In Carnation? NascAr just would have found another way to take two championships from Gordon. One being one of Johnson's and one being Kurt busches.
*Happy fan noises*
Oh no I wouldn't of been in so much pain
I’m really hoping he can leave the sport with atleast one more win. That one thing would make this year so much better
That would get him a space just after Richard petty
Or at least 2 wins
Considering Matt Crafton got a win after like 2 years last week, I think Jimmie could get one more before he retires
@@CatGoomba64 agreed
Hay man you mean one more cup that would be splendid and spectacular
Okay, hats off to the folks that worked on this video for the NASCAR UA-cam channel!
I have been a huge advocate for videos on the NASCAR UA-cam channel that are to the same standard of quality as what Formula 1 puts out on their UA-cam channel. This really was a good video. Awesome work.
Hello :P
Again, Jeff Gordon could have had eight NASCAR championships.
Boo hoo. Why do Gordon fans like to live in the what ifs?
@@erikl827 Jeff Gordon fans like me sometimes like to imagine alternate outcomes. Just saying.
I really am not sure about it. Gordon probably wouldn’t have won 2004 or 2003, not very sure about the rest
@@erikl827 because the chase point system took 3 additional championships away from him, jeff Gordon would be your 7 time champion it the chase never happened, Carl Edwards would also have 2 possibly 3 championships, the info is out there, and I'm an Earnhardt fan
@@erikl827 imagine if your guy got robbed several times, are you going to boo hoo?
This video put it well. Jeff Gordon made the best financial decision, but at the cost of at least being a 6-7 time champ.
How many times did he finish second to Jimmie
@@rickywilliams286 LOL
@@rickywilliams286 Jimmie finished 2nd to Jeff more often
@@j9vlikz683 Jimmie finished second to Jeff 7 and Jeff to Jimmie 4
@@njj9555 why did you *technically* repeat the same comment twice but tag 2 people?
I think the entire Lynch pin of this is where would Johnson be without Chad. These last few years without him has really shown just how much a good crew chief matters.
Without the Chase System, its a proven fact that Gordon would’ve been a Seven Time Champion
No moron it's not different format drivers would have raced differently
Do more of this series, please !!!!
We need to have more vids like thissss, this is so cool
he owes Jeff Gordon a huge thank you for discovering and recruiting him to join the Hendrick stables...
Thanks Nascar for using my idea so thank u
Jeff Gordon has 7 championships regardless under the original and legitimate points system. They are as follows: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2014. Plus Jeff's stats alone make him the best. Jimmie Johnsons best statistical year was 2007 and in that same year Jeff had better stats and that wasnt even Jeff's best year. The idea that Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson are even in the talks for the greatest of all time and not just Jeff and Dale is ridiculous.
Great piece! Please make this a series!!
This was really well done! Please do more of these NASCAR, the Photoshop jobs in these were insane!
This is how many times they said Jimmie Johnson
I
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What if Kyle Busch Never was in Joe Gibbs
A dream
As a Gordon fan I'm kinda glad Jeff Gordon got Jimmie Johnson to Hendrick Motorsports
Yall Johnson fans shouldn't hate Gordon for that
I’m gonna miss Jimmie when he’s gone, he was such a good and nice guy.
What if The 2015 Talladega Fall race caution free? Thats means Dale Jr never had that penalty and won the race.
I started rooting for Jimmie his rookie year and man, what a wild ride he’s had over the years. Hoping he finds one final win this year. If not, he has amazing stats that won’t be tarnished by these past few years.
He might have gone to the IRL and/or Champ Car it left without a NASCAR ride. He recently said that he’d always wanted to drive IndyCars, so if he thought he probably only had a few years left in his career, he would have made the jump.
They should do what if Spingate didn’t happen
He is with out a doubt one of the GOATS of Nascar
@@Weezy10580 83 wins and 7 championships ain't close then please tell me what is
@@Weezy10580 I can see where you think you are God him self. lmao
More content like this NASCAR! This hurt to watch as a Gordon fan but damn its crazy to think about.
I used to hate seeing Jimmie win so much. I used to ask this question all the time myself. But now with the idea of Jimmie retiring this year, I don’t feel that way anymore.
Now that Jimmie is gone, I’m watching NASCAR again.
Answer?
Ask KamikazeGames.
Or Griffdawg
Jimmie is my idol 😭❤️ I love you jimmie
I Think Jimmie Needed Chad Knaus To Win
Watch him win at martinsville like jeff did in his final full time season
Nice video! In my opinion, Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison dying had more of an affect on NASCAR than about every other death did. The 7 and 28 rides opened up when they died and that eventually led to Gordon winning lots of races because two major competitors were dead. That put things in motion for Jeff to even go up to Rick Hendrick and talk to him about Jimmie Johnson in the first place, and what of Tim Richmond? Does Hendrick even want to put Gordon in another car of his if Richmond doesn't die? Not to mention Ernie Irvan's accident at Michigan in 1994 never happens, Sterling Marlin does not take the 4 ride when Irvan moves over to the Yates 28 team. I'll go even further than that and say Dale Earnhardt does not die in 2001 in the Daytona 500. All because two men died and changed everything for the worse. Unreal
Bro you I’m going to cry I been a Jimmie fan all my life I can’t Imagine him going to a different team ( let’s go team hendrick )
2 or 3 championships at most and 50 to 60 wins still one of the best drivers ever but not the best Jimmie Johnson is nothing compared to Dale Earnhardt the intimidator is was and always will be nascar's greatest driver ever and my favorite driver all time
Jimmy is as good as D.E. ,his equal amount of championships speaks for that. he just doesn't have the balls to push the competition out of his way like the intimidator had.
Bro are u just gonna go on every vid with jimmie Johnson in it talking about how he is nothing compared to Dale?
@@gpbunn395 are you talking to me,or rc dumbass 88? If so, I'm not your bro.i only have 2 of those,both died in car crashes.
I got a better one, What if Lowe's never left Jimmie Johnson,
His car would be different? It’s not like Jimmie lost a seat because of it. He’s in the same car just with Ally. Ally signed on for a few more years with the 48 car so if Jimmie retires this year then he probably would’ve retired this year just Lowe’s would be the sponsor.
NASCAR Fan 18 i think hes being sarcastic
Nice title
This is why I'm not a Johnson fan. If Johnson didn't race my fav driver Gordon would literally be the GOAT
Nope Dale Earnhardt would still have been better
someone make a more in-depth video on this please
Nobody can say nothing until anyone finds a time machine, and since we don't have that ,at the end Jimmie is the man he is the champion
Personally i think Gordon would be given Chad Kanaus &win 7 championships or more and be second all time in wins
I think Jimmie would probably become like Joloyn Palmer in f1 started a few races didn’t do so well & ended up doing something with the broadcasts
Should do what If dale never died that would be so interesting
One of the biggest questions is finally answered
This was good, Thinking Of who could have gotten the 48 or the fourth Hendrick Car is interesting.
Who do you guys think could have gotten that car
Johnson's Xfinity struggles are the reason I believe Hemric should get the 48 or 88 depending if they move Bowman to the 48
This would be weird lol
I hear all Gordon fans want Gordon to have 100% percent credit of "discovering JJ". Ricky Hendrick knew of Jimmie Way before Gordon did. Gordon just vouched for JJ. This is a pretty stupid video. Why would you do a what if video when you know things will be completely different without JJ for obviously he wouldn't be racing? Get it together whoever runs this channel
How about Jeff with Chad instead of Jimmie?
Cool video, but to keep it more realistic, because Jimmy Johnson did happen, WHAT IF the chase NEVER happened, you would be shocked to see the results, it affects, Johnson, Gordon, Edwards, Stewart, Harvick, both Bush brothers. If you want to compare to the theses guys to the greats of all time , you will now who the BE3T is....
What if it had been me?
What do you think would have happened? Jeff Gordon, 8 time champ at least. Probably 120 wins.
Same here!
What if Davey didn't die? What if Alan didn't die? How much more would that had affected the Series.
Exactly, Gordon wins 40-50 races tops and Jimmie Johnson is never a thought IMO.
Well Chad was on Stacy Comptons crew at the time, I don’t see Gordon getting rid Robbie Loomis after just winning a championship in 2001 and Chad probably would got picked up by Penske or Roush before Hendrick would get there hands on him
What if: Lowe's still sponsored him,what if Chad Knaus never left Jimmie Johnson what if Jimmie Johnson did not have that brake faliure at Pocono in June 2017 what if, he might have his 8th championship and end that winless streak soon?
If I didn't get hired, I would have landed a ride in Morgan McClure, and that team was trash
Edit: wow barely any likes big sad
Jeff Gordon where's ur face wonder boy?
@@randomkdm You just named the two most underated drivers of the last 30 years. Marlin and Irvan were both really good drivers. Plus, I always liked Sterling in the post race interviews. He'd blow off the questions and just start thanking sponsors. You weren't getting 2 words out of him until Kodak, Coors or whoever else paid the bills got their due
Bless your heart! JJ been DONE for several years.
.lol Just, hey,hey hey. Goodbye!! Sponsor left, crew chief left... what's he hanging around for? Found that J Gordon OWND the 48 was quite entertaining. Can't wait to see who gets picked to Take Over!!
Lmao quit crying. Can’t hate the dude just because he has a better career than your favorite driver. I’d get tired of seeing him beat my favorite driver all the time if I were you too 🤐
@@chris.fxrbes
Well...Never said I hated him! At one time I did pick JJ -way back when he could get da Job done- BUT, he NO Longer can- like past 3years! I picked drivers over him had (has) more Clasd
Oh yeah! What drives has he beat in past ,3yrs? Ughhhhh, NONE. His time is over n should have retired when he WAS that dang good driver-now he's simply washed up n can no longer do what he could, Once Upon a Time! Again I say Big sponsor Left, Big-time crew chief moved on...now it's time for him n his attitude to just say, 'Hey Hey Hey, Good Bye'! I be LMAO dude.
@@teresawyatt1558 How is it seven years ago? He won the championship that year and they changed the format for the championship and he still able to win ANOTHER championship for SEVEN, THREE years later. Again, like I tell everyone who has such a stupid argument that they can't even support without looking something up, CHECK YOUR SOURCES, CAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY AINT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW IT YOURSELF.
Also, what is wrong with your grammar? Your grammar looks like you it tossed in the washing machine and put it on spin cycle.
@theiceberg they took your job
Insert Michael Moobs cryong JIMMAY a hundred thousand times
Going by the old point why!! Jeff Gordon got seven championships
it's weird seeing nascar trying to be a nascar youtuber...
In my opinion Rick's Son Ricky who tragically died in 04 would have got the ride in 02 instead and would still be alive
What if Davey Allison didn't die?
If Jimmie never got to Hendricks he wouldn’t have won anything because Chad Knaus carried him
if that's your logic shouldn't bryon have won a race by now
@@timj9269 Yes. Byron is a trash driver. Him and Jones are the most overrated drivers.
My nbc predictor picks are 1 byron. 2 dibenadento. 3 preece don’t steel them talk to me after byron wins and I get it right
Jeff walked away win one more win, so can Jimmie
Lets all face it. The chase and playoffs are the only reason JJ is even a 4 time champion. Not to mention 7. The Chase and Playoffs rarely crowns the rightful champion.
No one notice the to to typo
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How ridiculous is this. Johnson is tied with 7 championships in the cup series, but everyone calls his the greatest of all time. Which is ridiculous bc you can't compare careers over different eras. But they say Jimmie is the greatest. But his crew chief, 7 time championship crew chief is only considered, one of the greatest? How's that work?
What if Dale Sr never died
Kevin harvick ._.
Nascar would have been so much better
Jimmy Johns
Fix the title bruv
Jeff is better than Jimmie, don’t @ me
Driving ability yeah but accomplishments wise no
And Dale Earnhardt is better than both Jimmie and jeff
Well it’s debatable and Jeff had beat Dale Sr most of the time in the mid to late 90s
Richard Petty is 1st as always tho
2nd Johnson
3rd Earnhardt
4th Gordon
5th Pearson
wait, am i watching a fake NASCAR channel or is this real?
What if Nascar never came up with a bullshit system that made him 7 time champion when he should only have 3?
8 seconds into this video and I wanted to close it. How can you not put a single F1 driver into the best "autoracers of all time" just sayin
@Owly123 you can tell he wanted to see Hamilton or Schumacher. Funny though that he wouldn't have recognized Mario Andretti
This is NASCAR, it’s not F1. Why don’t F1 announcers say that NASCAR drivers are the best of all time. Go watch F1 if you love that sport that much and keep the fenders for the big boys! 😂
Another typo in the title. Come on, NASCAR.
I'm really disappointed with this. I thought this series was about actually theorizing about "what if", and used stats and behind the scenes info to come up with the most probable "answer/theory". All this did was just ask more questions over and over. In Marvel comics, they have a series called "What If". If it was written like this video, the cover would say, "What if Spider-Man didn't get bit by a radioactive spider" but all of the pages would be blank.
Those were the Good Ole Day,s...These days not so much🤷.
Amazing what Chad knaus has accomplished with a below average driver who is a wreckoholic.
Man he would never be great but maybe ok
Jimmie wasn't that good.
Dale Jr is a spoiled brat.
Yuck!
What if Bubba never got "woke" what it NASCAR never hired Steve Phelps....In a global pandemic where NASCAR was the only show going on,it could have reached the heights of the 90's almost...BUT!!! NASCAR also got "woke" and is gonna go broke
What if you weren't so stupid?
What if the people stop talking about politics in a sport channel?
@@RandomCarl05 Then go tell ESPN,FOx,FS1,NBC,Abc,Cbs the same thing homes.Oh,it's only political till it dont fit your narrative right?I loved this sport more than you can imagine,so dont come at me about BS
@NASCAR48MC the world would be .1% better, but still better
@NASCAR48MC would not make a difference another guy like him would show up sadly