It's more than just that, he since said that when he was forced to replace the late Dale Earnhardt he was using the same crew as Dale Senior did. Richard Childres did have a bespoke car and team for him to have him (or at least that was the plan before the tragedy of the 2001 Daytona 500) make his Cup Series debut in Atlanta, which wasn't entered obviously, but it did have crew members who were closer in age to him than the crew he ended up working with. What's more, due to the insane schedule he was forced to run (running full time in both the Busch and Cup Series full time simultaneously), it meant he didn't have time to think about the massive shoes he was filling. It's not that he didn't think that Dale's crew couldn't compete for championships, he just felt that they weren't what he needed to be comfortable
@@SiVlog1989 I mean it's understandable, Sr and his crew were absolutely poised for a 8th title that year but neither them or Harvick obviously knew it was gonna happen once Dale died
Terrible year for Harvick. He was parked by NASCAR and he was the first to be parked by the series since DK Ulrich. Just a frustrating year, Harvick had a lot of success in 2001 but he ruffled a lot of driver's feathers like Bobby Hamilton and Ricky Rudd. But after 2001, he suffered the worst year of his career in 2002 and had a lot of crashes and miscues. He did pull the spin and win in Chicago but other than that the year was trash. 2003 was loads better and he eventually matured and turned into the dominant driver he was meant to be.
Harvick himself on Jr’s podcast said that 2002 was harder for him mentally than ‘01 because the organization had to make different decisions on how they operated because it was his team now and he couldn’t just go to the track and race. In ‘01, he raced a lot of setups that were made for Dale originally, but since he tested those cars- he knew how they ran and got a feel for them. ‘02 saw RCR shift focus for Harvick and he ran cars setup wise that were very different from his predecessor. Additionally, his team personnel were still Earnhardt’s crew, so Harvick felt like it still wasn’t his team entirely.
Yeah I’m a lifelong Harvick fan and this season was hell. I think 2009 was just as bad as 2002 though . Highlight of 2009 was him dominating the 2nd Atlanta race and finishing 2nd.
Jeff Green- 2003 (Got let go by RCR after bagging Harvick, then struggled at DEI) Kasey Kahne- 2016 (How you can not lead a SINGLE lap driving for Hendrick Motorsports is a joke) Brad Keslowski- 2013 (Terrible backup to a championship) Kurt Busch- 2012 (Just a downright shocking season) Kyle Petty- 2002 (Once again just a downright shocking season) David Gilliland- 2007 (Very over hyped especially after getting the Pole for the Daytona 500, turned in to a very bad season) Tony Stewart- 2006 (Terrible backup to a championship) Johnny Benson- 2003 (After a pretty promising 2002, he was poor in 2003 and never got a full time cup ride again) Brian Vickers- 2004 (Very hyped after winning 2003 Busch championship, struggled dearly)
Benson's '03 wasn't very good, but he was still the top performer for Pontiac, and did better than any of his teammates, or his replacement. Just a victim of Pontiac's overall awfulness that year. Terry Labonte also had a 0 lead lap year for Hendrick. In 2001 of all years, when any car could randomly have a good run.
I love these bad season videos you do. A lot of falls like to forget those bad seasons and put themselves in denial that it never happened. Thank you for helping it fresh in our memories, lol.
Harvick had terrible that year as well as 2009. But what's impressive about that is: Harvick has finished in the top3 in points in all but two seasons since his miserable 2009 campaign (2012 & 2016).
Believe or not, 2003 was Harvick's first full season since he was parked in '02 and did not run the Daytona 500 in 2001 since Earnhardt started the race in the #3.
not sure if you could do a video on him because he didn't have too much coverage that year but Terry Labonte from 2001 would be my suggestion. teammate car to that year's champion yet and average finish of 24.1, average start of 30.8 and not a single lap led. boy, Hendrick didn't put a whole lot of stock into that car in 2001 lol or maybe if you wanted to do a "Good Seasons" video, Terry's 2003 season would be one
Good video. I started following Kevin in 2001 and remember just how awful this season was. I found it interesting you pulled clips from Busch and truck races too I like that. Personally I think his 2009 season was actually worse, but I suppose that's another video for down the road.
Nascar overreacted so bad on Harvick for that spin. They parked him in the truck race then parked him again in Winston cup. I get that he was being wild that year, but man thats a lot
That ride was cursed. Green out of the cup series with no wins. Steve Park last full time cup ride before went back to trucks. Johnny sauter didn’t even make it through his rookie season in the 30 AOL car and was replaced by Blaney/Burton
i think harvicks career really took off around 2010 after all the big dogs retired (martin, jarrett, labonte, rusty) so overall i would rank him below all these legends, but dont get me wrong he was pretty good, a top 50 driver in all nascar history, so thats still pretty impressive
All those guys you listed were in way better equipment though. Jarrett drove for JGR and then RYR which was a very competitive team when he was there, Labonte drove for JGR and then fell off hard after 2003, and Wallace drove for Penske. RCR was mid-pack around the time Dale died and still is.
Between 2001 and 2006 Fox and NBC swapped the Daytona races. For example, Fox got the 500 on the odd numbered years, and NBC the even years. The other network did the 400 that year. NBC the odd years, Fox the even years.
mason everidge because dale earnhardt died in the 2001 Daytona 500 and it’s a scary thought in 2001 those white cars were originally supposed to be black number 3 cars
2009 was worse for me as a Harvick fan. at least got a win in 2002, 2009 was barely any better in points and thanks to Bowyer spinning with 17 to go at Atlanta, he went winless that year.
Although Kevin Harvick had the unenviable task of filling the enormous shoes vacated by the late Dale Earnhardt, ultimately RCR was right to promote him to the Cup Series as a replacement. He showed that while he may have had a challenging second season, he was just as capable of being a top driver as The Intimidator was
@@DrewHiRacingNASCARWinPOVs playing Devil's Advocate, any top driver is capable of making mistakes, after all, one of the many occasions Dale Earnhardt came up short in the Daytona 500 was in 1986, when he sped through his pit box, handing the advantage to the eventual winner, Geoff Bodine
Just to simplify for the fans who don't know. Since 2004, any driver that misses the playoffs, knows they didn't had a great season. For example ⬇️ Jeff Gordon won four races in 2005, including the Daytona 500. His year was trash BECAUSE he scored 9 DNF's which were more than his wins & top5s that season. Tony Stewart missed the playoffs in 2006 because he didn't accumulated enough points to be in it. He still won five races, three in the playoffs. Would've finished 2nd in points had he been apart of it. Lacking consistency cost him. Kyle Busch won four races in 2009, again, missed the playoffs because his season was more of a win or bust situation. Wrecks & engine failures denied his ticket towards the playoffs. Jamie McMurray won the Daytona 500 in 2010 & scored two more wins including the Brickyard 400. But nonetheless, struggled for the most part & had too many bad finishes as an end result. Jimmie Johnson won 3 races in 2017, had 1 top5 the rest of the season after his Dover win. Johnson has gone 9 races currently without a top10 finish. Johnson earned 4 top5s & 11 top10s which tells me his year was pathetic despite 3 Wins. So anybody that tells me that even if you win 3-5 races a season, guess what I DON'T CARE!!! You can win your races all you want, but you have to fill the rest of that gap with Top5s, Top10s, laps led, average finish, stage points, playoff points, etc. That's what matters.
Imagine if this happened today with the fanbase we have? Have to pit due to a lug nut missing. What?! Parked for a simple retaliation spin... and no don't try to compare this to Kenseth and Logano.
Your next Bad Seasons video should be Rusty Wallace 1993, where he had two scary flips at Daytona AND Talladega. And your next NASCAR Busts video should be Danica Patrick.
"I'm gonna go get him" can have a double meaning if you're a NASCAR driver. I hope that wasn't verbatim what he said to get parked. I would've gone ballistic over that.
Dana Chappell -- '04 was actually 2/3rds of a decent season for Labonte. He sat comfortably in the Chase until Joe Gibbs decided to fire Bobby's crew chief "Fatback" McSwain. Unfortunately Labonte's season and career would never recover.
I never understood why Gibbs did that. It didn't make sense at the time, and looked downright moronic once their season quickly went off the rails afterward. Pretty much ruined Bobby's career and the 18 team until Kyle took over in 2008.
"How about a test drive?"
Balto Racing “oh my goodness!”, “bust us out there Sammy”
That was the worst test drive I've ever seen.
GN -- Oh how I long for the days of old when NASCAR broadcasting was actually about NASCAR.
Balto Racing gets me every time 😂
Too perfect lol
Welp so much for the test drive
They are the Worst Company ever lived but it's funny
It's more than just that, he since said that when he was forced to replace the late Dale Earnhardt he was using the same crew as Dale Senior did. Richard Childres did have a bespoke car and team for him to have him (or at least that was the plan before the tragedy of the 2001 Daytona 500) make his Cup Series debut in Atlanta, which wasn't entered obviously, but it did have crew members who were closer in age to him than the crew he ended up working with.
What's more, due to the insane schedule he was forced to run (running full time in both the Busch and Cup Series full time simultaneously), it meant he didn't have time to think about the massive shoes he was filling.
It's not that he didn't think that Dale's crew couldn't compete for championships, he just felt that they weren't what he needed to be comfortable
@@SiVlog1989 I mean it's understandable, Sr and his crew were absolutely poised for a 8th title that year but neither them or Harvick obviously knew it was gonna happen once Dale died
“How about a test drive?”
*Flashes to big wreck*
5:30 That leap over Greg Biffle's car, if you can find footage of it, is LEGENDARY.
Terrible year for Harvick. He was parked by NASCAR and he was the first to be parked by the series since DK Ulrich. Just a frustrating year, Harvick had a lot of success in 2001 but he ruffled a lot of driver's feathers like Bobby Hamilton and Ricky Rudd. But after 2001, he suffered the worst year of his career in 2002 and had a lot of crashes and miscues. He did pull the spin and win in Chicago but other than that the year was trash. 2003 was loads better and he eventually matured and turned into the dominant driver he was meant to be.
Evan Williams his worse year was 2009
Bill Meacham was parked in 1991.
Harvick himself on Jr’s podcast said that 2002 was harder for him mentally than ‘01 because the organization had to make different decisions on how they operated because it was his team now and he couldn’t just go to the track and race.
In ‘01, he raced a lot of setups that were made for Dale originally, but since he tested those cars- he knew how they ran and got a feel for them. ‘02 saw RCR shift focus for Harvick and he ran cars setup wise that were very different from his predecessor. Additionally, his team personnel were still Earnhardt’s crew, so Harvick felt like it still wasn’t his team entirely.
His 03-06 paint schemes were my absolute favorite
Yeah I’m a lifelong Harvick fan and this season was hell. I think 2009 was just as bad as 2002 though . Highlight of 2009 was him dominating the 2nd Atlanta race and finishing 2nd.
May I recommend Brad Keselowski - 2013? One of the most disappointing turnarounds after winning a championship the year before.
I would like to introduce to you Kyle Busch 2020
@@CountyLineFilms kyle made the playoffs-plus this comment was made 2 years ago
@@notyourrealname75 I was gonna say, out of all comments to see a reply on today...this certainly wasn't one that I expected.
Jeff Green- 2003 (Got let go by RCR after bagging Harvick, then struggled at DEI)
Kasey Kahne- 2016 (How you can not lead a SINGLE lap driving for Hendrick Motorsports is a joke)
Brad Keslowski- 2013 (Terrible backup to a championship)
Kurt Busch- 2012 (Just a downright shocking season)
Kyle Petty- 2002 (Once again just a downright shocking season)
David Gilliland- 2007 (Very over hyped especially after getting the Pole for the Daytona 500, turned in to a very bad season)
Tony Stewart- 2006 (Terrible backup to a championship)
Johnny Benson- 2003 (After a pretty promising 2002, he was poor in 2003 and never got a full time cup ride again)
Brian Vickers- 2004 (Very hyped after winning 2003 Busch championship, struggled dearly)
As a Kahne fan, 2016 is hard to defend.
Gilliland should be a NASCAR Bust.
Petty had a respectable ‘02... it was ‘01 where he struggled mightily (for obvious reasons)
Benson's '03 wasn't very good, but he was still the top performer for Pontiac, and did better than any of his teammates, or his replacement. Just a victim of Pontiac's overall awfulness that year.
Terry Labonte also had a 0 lead lap year for Hendrick. In 2001 of all years, when any car could randomly have a good run.
I love these bad season videos you do. A lot of falls like to forget those bad seasons and put themselves in denial that it never happened. Thank you for helping it fresh in our memories, lol.
9:33 To be fair, the entire organization struggled that year. They weren't up to speed compared to the year before and the following season.
Man 2002 seems like forever ago yet I miss those days, back when nascar was awesome to watch.
Harvick had terrible that year as well as 2009. But what's impressive about that is: Harvick has finished in the top3 in points in all but two seasons since his miserable 2009 campaign (2012 & 2016).
Believe or not, 2003 was Harvick's first full season since he was parked in '02 and did not run the Daytona 500 in 2001 since Earnhardt started the race in the #3.
Damn, I didn't realize that.
I can see the improvement you have had. You sound like a robot in this video but now you more enthusiastic and upbeat.
"How bout a test drive?" *Cuts to cars wrecking all over the track*
not sure if you could do a video on him because he didn't have too much coverage that year but Terry Labonte from 2001 would be my suggestion. teammate car to that year's champion yet and average finish of 24.1, average start of 30.8 and not a single lap led. boy, Hendrick didn't put a whole lot of stock into that car in 2001 lol
or maybe if you wanted to do a "Good Seasons" video, Terry's 2003 season would be one
Bust: Reed Sorenson?
Good video. I started following Kevin in 2001 and remember just how awful this season was. I found it interesting you pulled clips from Busch and truck races too I like that. Personally I think his 2009 season was actually worse, but I suppose that's another video for down the road.
We need more uploads BFM! More Busts! More Bad or Good Seasons! Love your videos would love to see 3 uploads a week! Even 2 would be awesome.
When I first saw 0:18, I thought the wreck was part of the commercial lol
I just realized today that Harvick was 35th in points in 2002 after 14 races. 😳 It was that bad.
And his teammates Jeff Green and Robby Gordon finished ahead of him in points in the 2002 Cup Series Season even though those two didn't win a Race
Nascar overreacted so bad on Harvick for that spin. They parked him in the truck race then parked him again in Winston cup. I get that he was being wild that year, but man thats a lot
2002 season was supposted to be Harvick's first Cup full season for #30 America Online Chevrolet.
That ride was cursed. Green out of the cup series with no wins. Steve Park last full time cup ride before went back to trucks. Johnny sauter didn’t even make it through his rookie season in the 30 AOL car and was replaced by Blaney/Burton
That "test drive" was a little to intense
What a waste of a great paint scheme
Here after listening to Harvick podcast episode of DJD. He really points to 2002 as being rough.
i think harvicks career really took off around 2010 after all the big dogs retired (martin, jarrett, labonte, rusty) so overall i would rank him below all these legends, but dont get me wrong he was pretty good, a top 50 driver in all nascar history, so thats still pretty impressive
All those guys you listed were in way better equipment though. Jarrett drove for JGR and then RYR which was a very competitive team when he was there, Labonte drove for JGR and then fell off hard after 2003, and Wallace drove for Penske. RCR was mid-pack around the time Dale died and still is.
Loved the video! I hope you keep making more 👍
Bad year, but that car looked so good.
Dale Jarrett - 2003
2007?
I just thought about this, but why was this race on NBC and not Fox?
Between 2001 and 2006 Fox and NBC swapped the Daytona races. For example, Fox got the 500 on the odd numbered years, and NBC the even years. The other network did the 400 that year. NBC the odd years, Fox the even years.
Nice video dude
I am a Harvick Fan but I'm glad He got suspended From Martinsville that year That was stupid of Him to Hunt down Coy Gibbs
Best Thumbnail Ever
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0:18 The test drive of a Ford after it hits over 100000 miles
And this season began the Biffle Vs Harvick rivalry
TheCarguy20 Actually, it started at 2001 in Loudon
Dana Chappell I actually didn’t know that! Now I do 👍
Lol 600th Subscriber, keep the good job dude!
Dale spins someone, bump and run. anyone else spins someone, "your done for the day"
0:18- so how about a test drive *metal scrapping* THATS A BUNCH OF THEM OH MY GOODNESS
Why did you get really quiet when you said Earnhardt
mason everidge because dale earnhardt died in the 2001 Daytona 500 and it’s a scary thought in 2001 those white cars were originally supposed to be black number 3 cars
can you do Mark Martin in 2011?
He needed to be parked that weekend. Not only starting fights with other drivers, but multiple issues, AND they were both in lower series.
I miss that number 8 Budweiser
Same here, DEI should be refounded and field 1-car team numbered 01 or 81.
Bad Seasons: Kevin Harvick 2009
Kevin Harvick 2009 Stats
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 5
Top 10s: 9
Poles: 0
Final Standing: 19th
0:14 Guess that test drive didn’t go so well.
that move gordon put on harvic was sick! !..!
How about Harvick's 2009 season at some point?
From the comments it appears you shld do Harvick - 2009 also
Can you do a kevin harvick 2006 or 2010 season
2009 was worse for me as a Harvick fan. at least got a win in 2002, 2009 was barely any better in points and thanks to Bowyer spinning with 17 to go at Atlanta, he went winless that year.
Is it just me or does this video have an ominous feeling like it is cursed or something?
Can you do a Bad season on Martin Truex Jr
7:10 aka the officials saying to Harvick, "GET OFF THE RACETRACK, MR. NAUGHTY!"
Poor DJ. He was gonna sell a car.
Although Kevin Harvick had the unenviable task of filling the enormous shoes vacated by the late Dale Earnhardt, ultimately RCR was right to promote him to the Cup Series as a replacement. He showed that while he may have had a challenging second season, he was just as capable of being a top driver as The Intimidator was
He’s not even close and will never be like the intimidator. Dude got scared of an Elliott last year
@@DrewHiRacingNASCARWinPOVs playing Devil's Advocate, any top driver is capable of making mistakes, after all, one of the many occasions Dale Earnhardt came up short in the Daytona 500 was in 1986, when he sped through his pit box, handing the advantage to the eventual winner, Geoff Bodine
Just to simplify for the fans who don't know.
Since 2004, any driver that misses the playoffs, knows they didn't had a great season. For example ⬇️
Jeff Gordon won four races in 2005, including the Daytona 500. His year was trash BECAUSE he scored 9 DNF's which were more than his wins & top5s that season.
Tony Stewart missed the playoffs in 2006 because he didn't accumulated enough points to be in it. He still won five races, three in the playoffs. Would've finished 2nd in points had he been apart of it. Lacking consistency cost him.
Kyle Busch won four races in 2009, again, missed the playoffs because his season was more of a win or bust situation. Wrecks & engine failures denied his ticket towards the playoffs.
Jamie McMurray won the Daytona 500 in 2010 & scored two more wins including the Brickyard 400. But nonetheless, struggled for the most part & had too many bad finishes as an end result.
Jimmie Johnson won 3 races in 2017, had 1 top5 the rest of the season after his Dover win. Johnson has gone 9 races currently without a top10 finish. Johnson earned 4 top5s & 11 top10s which tells me his year was pathetic despite 3 Wins.
So anybody that tells me that even if you win 3-5 races a season, guess what I DON'T CARE!!! You can win your races all you want, but you have to fill the rest of that gap with Top5s, Top10s, laps led, average finish, stage points, playoff points, etc. That's what matters.
Anthony DeLoreto w
3:35 surprised hiro mashima didn't sponsor him at some point.
Imagine if this happened today with the fanbase we have? Have to pit due to a lug nut missing. What?! Parked for a simple retaliation spin... and no don't try to compare this to Kenseth and Logano.
Bad Seasons: Denny Hamlin 2013
Who was in the 66 car during the big one
Todd Bodine
Bad Sean’s is: Danica Patrick (yes there is no numbers)
Dale Jarrett- 2003. He really fell off a cliff that year.
Oh yea, he's great run was over
Jeremy Mayfield- 2002
This hurts as a harvick fan
Bad Season Jamie McMurray 2017- 2018
Bad Season Clint Bowyer 2017
Nascar has a way of always going to commercial at the worst time
Do Bad seasons Jeff Gordon 2008-2010 Please.
5:42 "kevin, kevin!, KEVIN!!!"
Do Joey Logano 2017
Owly123 how do you go from a championship favorite to not even making the post season?
Conway Twitty getting caught cheating usually causes that.
a7racing just trying to trigger the Logano fan above me lmao
Elevators from Italy Logano had a season that was even worst prior to 2017. His worst season all time, not including his rookie season, was 2011.
Owly123 He can do whatever he wants.
If Jimmie Johnson’s bad beginning of the season continues do him for this season
Need Bad Seasons 2005 for Jeff Gordon
I like your videos on UA-cam
I don't know whether he did or not, but I'm pretty sure that in Biffle's position I would have wet my pants
2009 was quite bad to his standards as well.
Your next Bad Seasons video should be Rusty Wallace 1993, where he had two scary flips at Daytona AND Talladega. And your next NASCAR Busts video should be Danica Patrick.
He won ten races that year the crashes we bad but he didn’t have a bad year
Jonathan M. He won ten times that year dude.
Bad seasons: Joey Logano 2017
Owly123 Logano is my most favorite driver but you have to admit he had a pretty bad 2017
Hey, where did he finish in 2003?
You mean 2002? If so he finished 21st
In 03 I think he was second but not sure. He made a run at Kenseth's point lead late in that year
Harvick finished 5th in the '03 final standings behind Kenseth, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr and Jeff Gordon.
"I'm gonna go get him" can have a double meaning if you're a NASCAR driver. I hope that wasn't verbatim what he said to get parked. I would've gone ballistic over that.
IIRC, his exact words were that he was going to kill Coy Gibbs. They cleaned it up for the broadcast.
@@seannolan9857 lmaooooo gotta love harvick
1st also really good video
2019 will be another bad season because of the new mustang.
Sucks he did so bad, that was my favorite paint scheme he had.
tough break
I like Harvick mildily as a fan like 60-40 on a scale of 100
AlexTheSniper19 Same.
Harvick 2009?
Has Kevin Harvick Had any other bad seasons?
2009
@@Alpha-nj8gn Don't forget 2004.
@@whoasked9500 2005
Kevin was bad boy heated argument at Bristol and too aggressive at Martinsville
But that was a good looking paint scheme he had in 2002
Do a truex video
Bad seasons: Dale Jr 2009-2010
Kasey Kahne 07?
WCS6394 in 2016 he didn't lead a single lap that year.
NASCAR Busts: Jack Sprague
Cup, yes but he is a Truck Series legend and was solid in Busch.
True, but this is mainly busts in Cup
See that's that bs, when harvick said that, and Danica said that a million times, and they did jack shit
Bobby labonte - 2005
Mike Vaz Just 2005? More like 2004/2005-the end of his career
Dana Chappell -- '04 was actually 2/3rds of a decent season for Labonte. He sat comfortably in the Chase until Joe Gibbs decided to fire Bobby's crew chief "Fatback" McSwain. Unfortunately Labonte's season and career would never recover.
I think it was Joe Gibbs firing Bobby Labonte at the end of the year that ended his career.
I never understood why Gibbs did that. It didn't make sense at the time, and looked downright moronic once their season quickly went off the rails afterward. Pretty much ruined Bobby's career and the 18 team until Kyle took over in 2008.
Unhappy Harvick
Bad seasons: Daniel Suarez 2018
2003/2004 rusty wallace.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
2009 for Harv was just as bad.
Do 2015 Kyle Larson