The Most Boring NASCAR Race. Ever.
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- I know I like to look at a lot of crazy stories in NASCAR, controversies, scary accidents, tragedies, and things like that. But this week, we’re going to take a step back into something a little more tame. So sit back and relax as we dive into NASCAR’s most boring New Hampshire race, ever.
Now, when you think of New Hampshire races, they’re not always the most exciting. A lot of them are pretty forgettable. I mean the races haven’t been too bad in recent years. Although some attributes of the track can be comparable to others, the flat one-mile oval is pretty unique. It’s hosted many NASCAR races, hosting the Cup series since 1993. But one race sticks out from the others - the 2000 Dura Lube 300. As many of you may recall, this is the race that Jeff Burton led every single lap in. So we’re going to dive into it.
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It may have been one of the most boring races, but I’ll rather see a boring race with safety implications than another fatal wreck
Agreed, 2000 was a terrible year for New Hampshire
Safety isn't every thing. Talk like that is why I'm worried racing will be banned one day. To dangerous can't let people risk there own life's have to save them from them self kinda talk.
Stfu there not racing scared. Racing isnt killing eachother@robertstone9988
@@GlizzyBeans if you put safety above all else then the Inevitable out come is nothing dangerous is ok. As a society you have to be willing to loose some people.
@@robertstone9988 Mcd's is looking for workers. The scared drivers can apply.
Yeah, 2000 New Hampshire was the worst year for the track, with 2 deaths. I get that these were security measures and stuff and it is still incredible how Burton was able to lead EVERY lap, but the race is pretty boring and if it wasnt for Burton, it wouldnt be remembered for anything. Great video, i belive people should talk about the 2000 season a bit more, there were definetely some good stories to be told 😊
Harrison Burton’s entire career is the complete opposite of what his dad did in this race 😂
😂😂 im screaming
And Harrison had a great team When???
@@godisgood1359 WBR is a Penske satellite. They’re not quite on their level, but they’re clearly not remotely as bad as you think. Matt DiBenedetto literally made the playoffs with them the year before Harrison joined
I pray he takes a trip back to xfinity next season and gets his shit together, he’s young so he has time for a comeback. i’m wondering if Haas will give him a ride
He’s a good kid. What have you done with your life besides be a keyboard
The wreck that brought out the red flag was literally the only WC stoppage that wasn't for rain in 2000.
I thought this would be about the race at Indy after they diamond ground the track. Cars were stopping every 10 laps for tires.
That was bad. Somehow F1 had a worse Indy fiasco in 2005. The series and tire manufacturer screwed the pooch on that one.
@extragoogleaccount6061 up until 2005 I had gone to every GP at Indy. It's 100 miles away, a general admission ticket was $25 and I could park in someone's yard for $20. But in 2005, watching the tire drama unfold, I decided against going. I'm glad I didn't go. Before 2005 I would go up every year for all 3 days and spend all day at the track. I'm still a little salty about Indy losing F1.
imagine how boring the 2005 f1 race was
Wasnt boring for me.. Rudd started ~25th and finished 3rd. Only car to pass all day
It's ironic because this weekend's race at New Hampshire was the complete opposite of this race lol.
One of the most boring races ever. The second one would have to be the 2013 Daytona 500.
The 2000 Daytona 500 was boring too
@@thefranchise4698 Oh God yeah 2000 Daytona was so bad. The ONLY drama all weekend was if Benson could somehow hang on in his unsponsored car, but otherwise Jarrett just had everyone school all of speed weeks.
It's really too bad Earnhardt died in 2001, because that plate package they had from late 2000 through about 2003/2004 was amazing.
I'll raise you New Asheville 1971. 17 cars started the race, 12 start-and-parked. Richard Petty cruised to an easy victory over Elmo Langley. There were no other competitive cars whatsoever. Even Ned Jarrett's double-digit lap wins at least had someone else who could have theoretically won if they'd lasted the whole race, but that was just sad.
This is exactly why Richard Petty is not “the king”. Most of his 200 wins were against what couldn’t even be called “competition”
@@user-ed1yx2fq7l I wouldn't go so far as to say 'most'. His win total is certainly inflated, but even if you remove all the under 200 mile races he'd still have 115. And even in the short ones there were usually at least two or three cars who could beat him on any given day. A complete field of nobodies like I described above was not the norm.
@@seannolan9857 The distance of the race doesn’t matter at all. The fact that there was no tech inspection or real competition at the time is what matters. The fact that Petty won a race at Dover where he unlapped himself 5 times to win without any lucky dog says it all. He had no competition. Woah 2 or 3 other cars that COULD keep up sometimes? Try an entire field separated by less than a second.
@@user-ed1yx2fq7l The unlapping usually had more to do with high attrition than pure speed. Yes, there was a huge gap between the haves and the have nots from day one up until about '88-'89. And then again from 2009-2021. But the haves usually were pretty close together until attrition set in.
New Hampshire has always been an oddball track on the schedule. With tragic deaths, boring races and the Smith family demanding two races. Summer races are always a lull time on the NASCAR schedule and ive mainly skipped the races at New Hampshire.
Yep good thing there's only one New Hampshire race on the schedule now.
Initially it was Bob Bahre, who initially owned the track when it first got two races, who wanted the second race. And they did eventually get it, at the expense of one of North Wilkesboro losing a race. Between that and Texas Motor Speedway taking the other North Wilkesboro race, New Hampshire Motor (then International) Speedway played a part in the downfall of one of the sport’s founding tracks.
I think it just depends on what style of racing you like. Being mostly short track fans up here in the northeast, it was really cool to see Bob Bahre build the biggest "short track" ever made. With such small banking in the turns you really need to know how to fully utilize your brakes and keep momentum rolling through the corners. And qualifying is much more important here compared to any other 1.0 - 1.5 mile track. Some great racing over the last 30+ years.
This sums up what next gen races are and why they are like
This
5:45 that’s the most bottom split IRacing looking wreck I’ve seen lmao
why are you in bottom splits?tanking or just suck
@@hsrvic3948 just suck
Haha no sorry the worst most boring race ever was the 2008 brickyard 400. A 160 lap race split up into 10 lap segments because of a shit tire with a caution period between each one. Having been at that race it was by far the most boring race ever.
That was not only a boring race but the worst race ever in the modern era.
Hot take: NASCAR fans don’t understand racing
This race probably would have been more boring had there been no restrictor plates and a driver boycott (the 2005 F1 race at Indianapolis immediately comes to mind).
I dunno, I like seeing history even if it's boring. Pay no attention to that exide hat on my shelf xD
I’ve seen several more boring than this. This race has some good moments.
May be wrong, but this was the last start with Little in the 97. Next week was Kurt Busch's first Winston Cup Start
The last start of Chad Little was 2000 Winston 500
BTW, adding a restrictor plate makes a big difference in how cars behave on any track, but especially on a short track.
Sure, but is it really all that much safer when a throttle sticks?
@@user-ed1yx2fq7l Exactly. Average speed was 5 mph slower, top speed 10 mph. So throttle sticks....you're going 130 instead of 140? Doesn't really sound like anything huge. Also once the cars are bunched up in a pack, that struck throttle would now take at least one car with you, if not a bunch like you see at Daytona or Talladega. So was it really safer to risk TWO cars going into the wall at top speed instead of just 1?
Loudon is not a short track it is a super speedway.
@@kevincouture627 By rule, yes. But we all it drives way more like a short track than say Daytona or Talladega
Defiently mostly forgettable And now new Hampshire is a playoff race..good job nascar way too make the playoffs look boring next year..can't switch too rain tires every race
Last race where a driver led every lap.
If memory serves, a large part of the reason Jeff Burton was so dominant that day was that his team had burnt one of their seven in-season tests in the preceding week on a similar flat mile oval (I want to say Milwaukee?) with a plate in place, so that they could get the best possible setup. No other team chose to spend a test on what was expected to be a one-off, so virtually nobody had anything for him.
It was Milwaukee yes, the TNN crew made a point of mentioning it, but I thought Labonte also tested as well or am I thinking of another year?
I remember watching this and It was as dull as it sounds. Didn't help that as a Jeff Gordon fan I felt Jeff Burton was a big rival of his, so seeing him dominate like that was annoying. One thing I can't get over is how bad the video quality is from back then. Just hard to believe when I see these races and its hard to make it things sometimes. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
I watched this race yesterday (because i wanna watch all 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series) and this is by far the worst race i ever seen in my life
PD: sorry my english
PD: now i watching the NAPA Autocare 500 (the first time when Kyle Petty drove the 45 car in Winston Cup of his late son Adam Petty)
For the engines, I've heard it on TNN's call of the race that the teams were scrambling and had no idea and IIRC, some teams used Daytona engines, others put plates on existing engines. I'd need to go rewatch the race. FOr why they did it, it wasn't the most boring race, There was action through the field but the TNN cameras didn't catch all of it. It was also TNN's final race or final race at NH as well
No sorry there wasn't much passing. There's no sugarcoating it.
BUT IT WAS SAFE TILL THEY FOUND A SOLUTION@@runrafarunthebestintheworld
Well, being a huge Jeff Burton fan, this was the best race ever.
Jeff Burton perfect race would be amazing to watch, Jeff Burton is the best NASCAR driver ever
I disagree 100%. This was not the most boring race In nascar history. If you’re measuring it lead changes. Then yes. But there was clearly action on track. Crashes close pit stops, There was battles for the lead just no actual lead changes. If you need a better example of a boring race, the year Martin Truex almost led the entire coke 600. That was awful. How about 2021 at Pocono when Kyle Busch won, worst race I’ve ever attended. Basically any time nascar goes to a shirt track anymore…..zzzzzz I’d give to see a race like this one again.
I wouldn't call this the most boring race. I've sat through some Richmond races lately that completely sucked. No natural cautions, hardly any passing
Just seems like your typical New Hampshire race to me. Seems like the leader always take off from the rest of the pack there, and there's always someone managing to make moves through the field (Rudd and Andretti in this case)
I remember watching a Dover race where Kyle Busch lapped like 95% of the field and that was a boring race to watch lol
I’d say have a look back on the very first COT race at Bristol. Single file for 500 laps.
Funny make this video, and then Eckes leads every lap at Nashville😂
Man 2000 really had bad stinkers thinking about it
2020 Richmond or 2021 Charlotte 600
Dover fall 2019 and 2021 were really bad, both with different size spoilers, but same result...aero wash and little passing.
Great video, but actually wasn't the first time using restrictor plates on a track less than 2.5 miles. The first (I think the first restrictor plate use in general but not sure on that part) was at Michigan in 1987 in reaction to Bobby Allison's Talladega crash.
Ok. I am wrong about year and reason. Right on the track. It was 1970 to even out competition between big and small blocks and the same era cars started going over 200mph.
I was there. Trust me. As bad as it looked, it was worse.
I knew which race this was by the title…. I remember this snoozer shockingly well.
You claim this is the most boring "ever". You need to go into the history books and see how many races where the winner had the others laps down, some over 10 laps. Now those had to be boring.
I mean a bunch of Bristol races were won by 7 laps...the first Coke 600 was won by 4 laps...sounds like real snoozers to me.
I was at that race and I agree even though he was my favorite driver 😂
2008 Brickyard 400. I was there it was absolutley terrible
I was there too. Yah it was bad lol
I was at this race which was postponed until the end of the saeaon... A November. Race. In. New England!!!!. Hardly any vendors showed up and the championship was pretty much decided. Also I remember there was definitely a non zero chance of snow that day too. Restrictor Plates at this track are great for the modified tour cars but awful fo4 full bodied heavy stock cars.
Restrictor plates suck period
bro makes boring races entertaining
The 2024 All-Star Race also qualifies. Outside of Ricky Stenhouse's wreck there was no big moments and Joey Logano led all but one lap
I remember watching this. Wasn't the most boring I've ever seen. At least there was still wrecks and some passing and comers and goers. The 2022 Martinsville spring race was up there for most boring ever though. Been to the Brickyard may times and theres been some super boring races there as well like 2008 ( boring but would become infamous after) 2009 2012 2015 2016 etc. Also, not in my time but imagine how bad it was in the old days with guys like Petty, Pearson, Ned Jarrett etc lapping the field.
So basically it was a precursor to almost every single shorttrack race since the end of the gen6(could almost say gen 5too).
I strongly disagree on the take about it being the most boring race ever. A race doesn't need to be a crashfest or have tons of lead changes to be memorable.
This was a history making race as no driver in the 1980's or 1990's or since this race has lead every lap. I feel if it was a more popular driver that won, everyone would be singing their praises
I encourage you to watch the spring Michigan races from 1991-96. They were fairly dull races.
There were some boring races at North Wilkesboro about 92-94.
Even the 1998 Daytona 500 is ONLY remembered because Dale won, it as well was an extremely boring race.
I think it was definitely a history-making race, and it was super impressive! The reason it was a boring race in my opinion is because of the, well, lack of passing. And yes, the Super Speedways were definitely horrible around this time as well, I stumbled into many articles around 1999-2000 about how bad the racing really was while making this video.
I'll have to look into the Michigan races from around this time. Thanks!
@@nascarfan4888JJ You're welcome! I always appreciate your videos and totally understand why you would consider it the most boring race. I definitely doesn't make my top 10 favorite or top 10 least favorites.
Having watched nearly every televised cup race since about 1983/84 I'll tell you even then there was some snoozers. I was at the 1997 Spring Michigan cup race and actually fell asleep during the race for about 10-12 laps. Even the old Atlanta produced a few duds.
I'm an old school fan and I appreciate the older races, I won't defend the awful ones.
You more or less disproved it was the "most boring race" during most of the recap of the race.
It's also laughable that slowing the cars down 5-10mph would "prevent" a bad crash.
Restrictor plates were used at michigan for big blocks in the 70's
Pretty boring. I was there. Almost stopped watching after Adam Petty died. Unfortunately a crash by Dale Jarret there brought us no racing back to the flag/lucky dog.
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At least I witnessed first career wins by Clint Bowyer, Robby Gordon, Joey Logano and Joe Nemechek - all at NHMS
1:38 THANK YOU for pointing out the TRUTH about when the Hans device was mandated, unlike what Nascar says as the reason.
Yep, by that point, Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Tony Roper, and Dale Earnhardt had all been killed within a 9 month time period by the same injury. Blaise's crash 7 months later forced NASCAR to do something. Much like ALL of their safety "initiatives" it was reactionary.
This race was definitely boring, but I'm not sure it was even the most boring of the 2000 season honestly. The Daytona 500 (and really all of speedweeks, outside of the trucks and Bodine's crash) were absolute stinkers.
As a Jeff Burton fan, I obviously am biased on this race, but I’m ok with it being ‘boring’ as it was made safer for the drivers. Another of Burtons wins that was a rain shortened race, I believe happened at Darlington some years before I think 1999, could also be challenged as ‘boring’, but I liked that one as well.
I remember a race at Michigan that went green to checker without cautions. After everyone was shaken out, there was no passing. Dale Jarret won going away. Definitely the most boring race. Also I remember Dale Earnhardt saying this New Hampshire race was as boring as a late model race
2:07 Correction: from 1970-1974, all large-block cars used restrictor plates.
How dare you.
As a kid this was the first race i attended and Jeff Burton was my favorite driver. This race was fantastic.
And yes I was freaking out and pissed at Earnhardt.
This is still my favorite race that I watched in person. Plenty of intrigue around the restrictor plates, got to see Joe Bessey make his only Cup start at his home track, lots of bumping and banging at the end, and as the race wore down it started to get intense seeing if Burton could hang on. We'll never see another Cup race where a driver goes wire to wire.
This eas my first ever NASCAR Cup race, I was 7 years old. I loved it just cause I got to see someone go wire to wire like that
"hard to pass" is pretty much the description for every race at New Hampshire. It's an awful track and I'm not sure why they continue to race there.
Good job getting the rain tire race in there.😂
I thought the 2000 daytona 500 was apparently the most boring race?
The restrictor plate was the issue, no one had any power when they stepped on the throttle.
I was at this race I remember asking My grandfather is Jeff Burton gonna crash yet 😂
*_Aaaaaaand chase Briscoe was just officially annoy as the new 19 driver._*
Damn how many people did Jr wreck in this race
So, this race was basically foreshadowing short track racing today.
I seen the thumbnail and knew instantly what race you were talking about. I remember when Nascar put plates on Daytona and Talladega. I'm old enough to remember going to the small body cars.
My wife and I were there. Shes a Jeff Burton fan, we didnt think it was boring.
Still more eventful than most f1 races 😅.
(F1 fan myself)
Leave it to Steve Park to still have a huge wreck
This was my first ever NASCAR race I went to.
Restrictor plates at a 1 mile track is fucking wild lmao
New Hampshire is one of my favorite tracks.
I hate the New Hampshire race. It always sucks.
Christian Eckes just led every lap
It was a boring race because it HAD to be a boring race
It's weird that this is one of those races I remember, all these years later. I'm glad they did away with restrictor plates there.
Restrictor plates on a short track...💀💀💀💀
Christian Ekes: hold my beer
Most boring race or most boring video
I remember this race and hate it still all these years later lol
Chad little being well Chad Little…
I enjoy fly over
This is why the majority of people think New Hampshire is boring and why it shouldn't have a playoff race ever again. It's actually quiet laughable how some fans that live close to the track think it's actually a good track. It's not. Fans that live close to Pocono say the same thing about Pocono and neither deserve a playoff race or a longer race length.
Not boring at all
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My dad called this race a G / D taxi parade...
He hated plate racing.
This is one of Many boring nascar races !
Don't disrespect Dale Earnhardt 😤
Where was the disrespect for Dale? He did hit people just because he could. That's why his fans loved him.
2000 Adam petty crash fatel turn 3 1980 - 2000
Idk how people like Steve park, just a mid racer and without his earnhardt ties he doesn’t last nearly as long.