You mean a race where they were just driving around double file for 150 laps (because nobody can make a change to the car or drive a line to get out ahead) then everyone makes YOLO moves because the manipulated championship structure does not reward someone who might be ok finishing 3rd or 4th or in the top 10? so they wreck just about every single race?
‘BUT HERE COMES HARRISON BURTON!!’ will no doubt go down in history along with ‘THROUGH GOES HAMILTON!’ as the best racing commentary calls of all time
Leigh Diffy> Rick Allen And the self proclaimed “best driver in the world” only caused about 3 or 4 wrecks today. When will people learn the 5 is just a loose nut out there
Did not care for the accent and inflection . . . NASCAR, THE RICH AND FAMOUS. LOUD, OVERDRAMATIC, EVEN CHAOTIC. thank you, VIZIO, for the muting feature.
@@EricEstepp I totally disagree, I could hardly understand that british dude, Please bring back Rick Allen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That"s a real announcers voice!!! Nascar is an American sport and have some foreigner call the shots is just wrong.
@@FishNFoolLures Two points here, one, Leigh's not British, he's Australian, and two, he's much clearer voiced and stumbles over his words far less than Rick Allen. I like Rick but he's just not as good
Harrison Burton to Wood Brothers after being fired recently tonight “And I took that personally” And congratulations Harrison Burton truly a well deserved win
Gotta commend Eric on the video for how well edited it is and how quickly he was able to get it out. Moments like isolating his audio when the golf cart drives past at 6:38, the splicing of interviews and race clips, and the graphics can take a while. Just shows why he's become one of the best covering NASCAR on youtube.
Everyone hating on Burton for being 34th in points but he played the same game with the same odds as everyone else. Nascar made the format, Burton's just playing the game. Good for him and Wood Brothers.
I don’t think anyone is hating on Burton. It’s the system. It’s a joke. A dominant season should be rewarded with a championship, not potentially thwarted by an inferior team if say a guy blows a tire and spins in front of you.
Don't think anyone's really hating on Burton or Wood Brothers. We all dislike the 'Win & You're In' system. The fact that there's a legitimate chance that a driver could finish 2nd EVERY race in the season and not make the playoffs because in 26 races we potentially had 16 different winners and a few of them might have been guys who have been on average finishing 25th, just got super lucky with a bunch of wrecks. The '30th or Higher in Points' rule is a band-aid but if you want the best drivers, best teams competing for the title? The 'Win & You're In' system needs to go.
Amazing call by Diffey, and I’m glad Jeff Burton got to enjoy that moment, I feel he’s been very unbiased on honest in the booth. Many casual fans may not even know his son races.
You're right, Jeff rarely ever commentates on Harrison on screen. Even after the win he said very little, so to see that big physical celebration as Harrison crossed the line was very cool.
The problem is NOT that Harrison is in 34th and won and made the playoffs, it's that there's even a playoff system so that this can happen. Instead of Harrison getting all the attention for his win, we now have to discuss this stupid system that lets almost half the field get in. It's a farce, but almost no one has the backbone to say so! Congrats to the Wood brothers on 100 wins.
@@tobylou8 agree. Craptastic system that rewards 2/3 of a season of sorriness.. and a driver buys a scratch off ticket and is now catapulted ahead of other better teams and peers.
First of, I got a little emotional because even I could sense how much this win meant to both Harrison and especially his father! Second, that commentary “But here come Harrison Burton!!” gave me chills down my spine
I was recording the last two laps, almost tears in my eyes thinking I was about to capture his first win of the season… only for the end of the recording to be of the floor of the grandstands and me cursing the universe out. I wanted to be happy for Burton, but I was too deep in my mourning of KFB’s close win.
Very cool that Burton won, Both for him and Wood Brothers. I just hate that the playoffs take away from it. I miss races standing alone without it be championship breaking.
3 races of the year! Harrison doesn't deserve a spot in the playoffs, but that was so cool to see him win, and Jeff celebrating with him and the Wood Brothers' getting their 100th win. Leigh Diffey had the call of the year. Shades of 1993 when Ned called his son home in the 500 and DW calling his brother home in 2001. Family means everything.
You know, I don't hate it. Harrison winning screws up the playoff grid, but the kid needed a break. Hopefully a win buys him enough cred to land a ride somewhere in the national series.
idk man. he still has to earn the respect. he's a cup winner and that's a lot more than most can say but ahhhh i don't think the boost in season finish is warranted.
@@samharris3508holy crap everyone needs to realize you can’t change anything if Kyle had won everyone would’ve said it was deserved then everyone is all angry he won let the kid be happy
I’m so happy for Harrison burton not only getting his first win. But also getting the woods brothers one of the oldest cup teams in the series getting their 100th win. A huge milestone for that organization. Again congratulations to the both of them.
Just something to consider, depending on how things go in the future, this could easily be the only cup race win in Harrison Burton's career. Congrats to him, huge win. But oh my god we need to have a top 25 requirement to make the playoffs or something! On the plus side, it should be easy for the top of the field to make the round of 12 since there are some easy 1 and done teams in it.
I definitely agree after this season it needs to be top 25 or 30 or something to make the playoffs. Just think we would have Austin Dillon in the playoffs too if NASCAR didn’t revoke his playoff berth.
Flew over from the UK to watch my first nascar race live and wow it did not disappoint, although gutted I never got to say hi and thank you for keeping me up-to-date with all the nascar news for the past 4 years 🤘🏻
The best thing of this race was the both. Leigh Diffey was amazing, i loved how he was already beginning to get loud and hyped one lap before the race even started, and he had good chemistry with the others as well.
I think this is another case for why Playoff qualifications have to be adjusted. Guy who was in the 30s in points and is now a "championship contender". Just feels like a spot wasted. Great race though, 3 wide almost the whole race is crazy
This is the reason why if the points system was still using the pre-playoff format, Burton's win would have little impact on the points for the top 15.
Harrison Burton and the 21 Wood Brothers car just wrote the best feel-good story in NASCAR of 2024 that was great and I'm glad I got to see history made before my very eyes what a race that was incredible I would have never wrote the ending to this one😊
@@Carlovingbozo8 the worst part was hitting the wall while still upside down. Roof hatches don't do crap when cars are upside down too so it gets even more dangerous if they hit one of the Halo bars above a door..
You got to respect Kyle Busch though. He could have completely dumped Harrison Burton but didn't. Hate he didn't win but hopefully this is a sign they can contend the rest of the season.
A big reason I love the 2013 Talladega Spring race is because the feel good finish didn't impact the playoffs/chase or who won the championship. It was just that, a feel good win. I wish the 30th in points rule wasn't a thing, and when they cancelled that after 2022, we all knew a day like this was coming
Win-and-you're-in is easily my least favorite part of the chase. I don't think that anyone in the top 16 should lose their spot to anyone outside the top 16 because of a statistical anomaly.
What if we went back to the top 10 in points make the post-season and remove the stage cautions and no win and your in? It means you have to be consent every week and can't have bad stretches we have a lot of good drivers imagine the chaos of chase Elliot missing the post-season if not just go back to the full season points system
I still think win and Top 25 in points makes you eligible for one of the 16 playoff spots. The sideways flips I believe are directly related to the flat underbody. Each one that's happened in Cup has had a small gap between underside and pavement (bumps for Berry and LaJoie, banking for McDowell) and air under a car at the speeds they are going is always going to get them airborne, more so with a solid surface with no obviously pathways for the air to flow under.
I'm happy for the kid. I agree, the win and your in...sucks. The storyline of it was phenomenal. Congratulations to the Wood Brothers for #100. That's special
Maybe we just get rid of "win and you're in", and only the top 16 (or 12 or 10) in points qualify. You'd still get playoff points from wins, but winning a race is not an automatic ticket. Or maybe we just get rid of the playoff system altogether. 🤷♀
He has been going all the way back to his coverage of the Aussie V8s some 10-15 plus years ago. Diffey and that Channel 7 crew were awesome. Go on, go look up his call of the 07 Sebring 12 Hours finish. Nobody cared that Audi won. Everyone was glued to the GT battle, with Leigh leading the call. Leigh's always had a knack of awesome commentary, go back to his Network Ten days with Greg Rust, neil Oastler, and Bazza, and his rally coverage for the BBC. I mean, pick a sport, Leigh's probably done something with it
Congrats to Harrison Burton on an incredible victory! As badly as I'm sure Kyle wanted to get the win, I appreciate that he didn't spin the 21 for it; he could have easily done so, but he didn't. That's a real class act from a champion of the sport, and the true way of how to accept a loss in a desperation moment. As for the broadcast - as much as I enjoy Rick Allen's voice (and I hope he's able to continue calling races next year), Leigh Diffey is exactly what NASCAR broadcasting needed - HUGE win for NBC here! As for NASCAR... ooh boy, what's your next course of action? Your little shark fin modification proved absolutely useless tonight. If anything, Cup cars going airborne went up from last week by 100% (I know the car wasn't to blame for the McDowell crash, but still) - great job (sarcastic slow clapping). I think the flips in the last 2 weeks proved that grass had nothing to do with the Preece flip last year, and the flat undertray is almost entirely at fault. Pull your heads out of your butts, admit defeat and redesign the undertray!
Agree. I don’t expect Harrison burton and the wood brothers to make a deep playoff run. But nonetheless I’m just looking at this for first win and 100th win perspective.
So happy that Kyle Bush showed a lot of class by not dumping Harrison . Especially after experiencing such an off year. He still has the talent ! Good to see RCR showing more speed that last two weeks ! Nice also see Kyle talk to the media after what had to be a disappointing result !
As Australian viewers! Fantastic to see Harrison & wood brothers winning & also Good call of NBC sports for bring Aussie commentator Leigh Diffy addition to nascar & HE FANTASTIC!!
Dont forget to mention that Berry won a stage and eas leading many laps. He had one of the best cars out there tonight as he was able to dice it up with the leaders.
Honestly, as a fan of the sport sine 1994, nothing about the crashes in the past few weeks is alarming to me. The cars are built to withstand this type of crash. The purpose of restrictor plates, roof flaps, and all the other aero and horsepower changes at superspeedways was to keep the danger on track from extending to the fans. These cars are really only getting enough air to turn over. They're not getting high up in the air and going end-over-end like they used to. As far as the playoff rules go, I've been saying for a few years now that a "win TWICE and you're in" system to lock in would reward consistency quite a bit more and prevent fluke finishes from knocking out more deserving competitors.
It kind of hurts the credibility of the NASCAR playoff system when a driver 34th in points wins a wreck filled plate race. And is now guaranteed 16th place in points even if they DNF the rest of the year. This is only his 2nd top 10 this year.
94% on my groovy gauge. The bar I was at had the race on one of their main screens and it was the only thing being watched by hundreds of Saturday night partiers, most of which were not NASCAR fans. And the place was going CRAZY! We loved it.
We live in a safety first society that places safety above all else and to detriment of sport some times. We have decided as a society that if there is any chance some one could be hurt that must be stopped at all cost. Thare are lots of documentarys about it. Pre ww1 human life just wasnt as valuable and some one dieing wasnt a big deal,death happens. After ww1 and the massive loss of life western society started down a path of making human life more valuable every generation making the world safer and safer. personally don't put that kind of value on human life. But some would say I'm wrong or bad I'd say rest of you are silly and afraid of death to much. I can remember when drivers would be killed in a race, they would clean up and then restart the race. Cause "shit happens"
You can't cheat physics. If NASCAR really wants to stop blow overs they slow the cars down and stop racing super speedways. You either design something to drive 200 mph in one direction and be controllable, or design something that doesn't blow over but offers little to no control going forwards.
Totally agree with you Eric about Harrison, it was a great win for him and Wood Brothers. No harm in saying their not a playoff contender. Awesome reporting, thanks for staying up tonight!
I absolutely love Harrison winning. I absolutely despise the fact statistically, the worst full time team 25 races into the season, is being able to compete for the championship.
I am happy for Harrison and the Wood Brothers, but this win will definitely be overshadowed by the fact that Austin Dillon is now replaced with a driver who is having a worse season statistically than Dillon in the playoffs. Also, can we finally address the underbody and take off the shark fin? I feel like the fin only made things worse as the car was able to catch air that much easier.
A note on Keselowski, he overcame a restart violation to finish top 10. We saw a Daytona race before where the driver of the 6 got a restart violation and the driver of the 21 getting his first career win before (it was 2011). Also, we had 2 fires & 2 flips in the same race. That’s rare
One day will get a car flipping over the catch fence and into the grandstands. Just to advance into the playoffs. You guys would be like "hell ya, that was an amazing race!" Then when austin dillon hits two cars out of the way for the win, "its a disgrace race." lol
How the experts at NASCAR don't realize a flat, airplane wing-like underbody is what is causing these wrecks I don't know what they're thinking. The bottom of these cars look like Hot Wheels and when air gets under them they flip these vehicles like pancakes!
Screw the playoffs, who really cares. That was the best plate racing NASCAR has seen in a long time. Harrison winning just added more dimension to the race.
This format has to change, legit contenders get eliminated by a 30th+ non contender. It's sort of like divisions in other sports, a loser always makes it through because they are in a garbage division and a contender gets eliminated because they are in a top division.
We need to get back that one rule where only top 30 in points can get in the playoffs. Also I hope Josh is ok that was a hard hit. The race itself was pretty good, the finish stinks it up a bit though
Maybe we should make a new rule and change it to like top 25 - 27 or something idk but this is getting ridiculous the win and your in system might need to be changed a little bit
Your onsite sound quality is getting great!! It used to be so bad it was a turn off, it's awesome seeing you care about your brand and final product. Keep up the good work!
Every season NASCAR shows the racing world a type of racing you won't find anywhere else for a couple of races in the season. Daytona, Talladega, and sort of Atlanta as well. NASCAR drivers drive 190+mph, literally inches away from each other, bumper to bumper, side by side, for 400 or 500 miles. No other form of motorsports has a spectacle even close to the type of racing we see at these tracks. I understand how many fans don't like it, but for a couple races a year I freaking love it. It's different and I love watching them. The type of talent it takes to be dominant in these type of races is a much different talent than it takes to win a Formula 1 race or even a standard oval in NASCAR. It doesn't mean it's better or worse just different and I personally love 'plate' racing (I'm aware it isn't call that anymore but c'mon I've been calling it that for nearly 40 years I'm not changing lol). Last night was a very very entertaining race, start to finish, so much to keep up with even if you took out the wrecks. Last night was 100% NASCAR at Daytona and I loved it!
Daytona, and Talladega are the 2 tracks where literally ANYONE can win. If you get enough “big ones” to take out a lot of the top drivers, that leaves the back off the pack drivers to battle for the win.
I just fell to my knees in a Walmart. Everybody was looking at me weird. I showed them the finish, and they all fell to their knees. All the customers and workers couldn’t believe it.
austin dillon from 32nd in points: _“be ready for your playoff world to be rocked”_
harrison burton from 34th in points: *_“hold my grape juice”_*
We passed to have a nuke to witness an asteroid in this ISPF standings
i saw somebody apparently betted on burton to win this race on draftkings, that payout is gonna be sooo nice for him 😭😭😭 (great for him tho haha :D)!
😂
"hold my top 40 finishes"
We got a Harrison Burton win before GTA 6
Austin Dillon will be the biggest upset this season
Harrison Burton "Yep thats me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation"
Lmfao I get it bro this comment is hilarious 😂
Man people can get upset about playoffs but this race was absolute cinema. Racing, playoff, commentary and crashes man
21 doesn't belong in playoffs he is almost last in points
@@Staysick17he still won let the man be happy
You mean a race where they were just driving around double file for 150 laps (because nobody can make a change to the car or drive a line to get out ahead) then everyone makes YOLO moves because the manipulated championship structure does not reward someone who might be ok finishing 3rd or 4th or in the top 10? so they wreck just about every single race?
Fixed almost
@@hogzillerwe didnt watch the same race
Leigh Diffey made this a movie. Congrats to Harrison Burton on an insane win
‘BUT HERE COMES HARRISON BURTON!!’ will no doubt go down in history along with ‘THROUGH GOES HAMILTON!’ as the best racing commentary calls of all time
Leigh Diffey made that finish amazing and awesome
I was at the track in person and this race felt like a movie. Best race I have ever been to aside from the 2013 Auto Club 400.
Leigh Diffy> Rick Allen
And the self proclaimed “best driver in the world” only caused about 3 or 4 wrecks today. When will people learn the 5 is just a loose nut out there
Did not care for the accent and inflection . . . NASCAR, THE RICH AND FAMOUS. LOUD, OVERDRAMATIC, EVEN CHAOTIC. thank you, VIZIO, for the muting feature.
The most insane race I've seen ever in my opinion. Daytona almost never fails to dissapoint. Also Leigh Diffey was fantastic in the booth!
I'll have to rewatch the broadcast, but Diffey's call at the end was great!
His call all night was great. Awesome move by NBC
@@EricEstepp I totally disagree, I could hardly understand that british dude, Please bring back Rick Allen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That"s a real announcers voice!!! Nascar is an American sport and have some foreigner call the shots is just wrong.
@@FishNFoolLuresHe speaks plain English tho.. he's not hard to understand 🤣 he brings good energy in the both
@@FishNFoolLures Two points here, one, Leigh's not British, he's Australian, and two, he's much clearer voiced and stumbles over his words far less than Rick Allen. I like Rick but he's just not as good
Harrison Burton to Wood Brothers after being fired recently tonight
“And I took that personally”
And congratulations Harrison Burton truly a well deserved win
Didn't Ward Burton win the Daytona 500 one year only to loose his ride later in the season?
@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Valose
@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va Yeah, after he won, he got 1 more win, but he was horrible, and he was released at the end of 2003.
I don’t understand your comment
@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va No. He won the 500 in the 22 car in 2002, and finished the season in the 22 for all 36 races for Bill Davis Racing.
Gotta commend Eric on the video for how well edited it is and how quickly he was able to get it out. Moments like isolating his audio when the golf cart drives past at 6:38, the splicing of interviews and race clips, and the graphics can take a while. Just shows why he's become one of the best covering NASCAR on youtube.
facts, plus that he still does it all himself! most guys at his scale have hired a editor or 2. the fact he didn't shows how above and beyond he goes
Everyone hating on Burton for being 34th in points but he played the same game with the same odds as everyone else. Nascar made the format, Burton's just playing the game. Good for him and Wood Brothers.
I don’t think anyone is hating on Burton. It’s the system. It’s a joke. A dominant season should be rewarded with a championship, not potentially thwarted by an inferior team if say a guy blows a tire and spins in front of you.
Nobody said any of that.
Don't think anyone's really hating on Burton or Wood Brothers. We all dislike the 'Win & You're In' system.
The fact that there's a legitimate chance that a driver could finish 2nd EVERY race in the season and not make the playoffs because in 26 races we potentially had 16 different winners and a few of them might have been guys who have been on average finishing 25th, just got super lucky with a bunch of wrecks.
The '30th or Higher in Points' rule is a band-aid but if you want the best drivers, best teams competing for the title? The 'Win & You're In' system needs to go.
Damn right
Nobody is hating on Burton, they are hating the playoff system. Don’t hate the game player, hate the game.
Amazing call by Diffey, and I’m glad Jeff Burton got to enjoy that moment, I feel he’s been very unbiased on honest in the booth. Many casual fans may not even know his son races.
You're right, Jeff rarely ever commentates on Harrison on screen. Even after the win he said very little, so to see that big physical celebration as Harrison crossed the line was very cool.
Hes so good at being unbiased, I couldn't remember if Harrison or Jeb was his son lol
The problem is NOT that Harrison is in 34th and won and made the playoffs, it's that there's even a playoff system so that this can happen. Instead of Harrison getting all the attention for his win, we now have to discuss this stupid system that lets almost half the field get in. It's a farce, but almost no one has the backbone to say so! Congrats to the Wood brothers on 100 wins.
@@tobylou8 agree. Craptastic system that rewards 2/3 of a season of sorriness.. and a driver buys a scratch off ticket and is now catapulted ahead of other better teams and peers.
We all must realize that being something in the points means nothing. Wins are that matter.
NASCAR point racing makes for boring racing.
@@tobylou8 NASCAR playoff racing makes for bull crap rewards and dive bomb moves and lame drivers in the hunt.
@Raptormn Oh so every Nascar season before the playoffs were implemented was boring racing? Smh.
First of, I got a little emotional because even I could sense how much this win meant to both Harrison and especially his father! Second, that commentary “But here come Harrison Burton!!” gave me chills down my spine
“But here comes Sebastian Vettel”, take two
Shades of Crofty.
I cried when Harrison hugged his dad after the race. Man, that was emotional.
through goes hamilton
@@CNC-Time-Lapse I got teary eyed. I had to stop myself.
Hurt as a busch fan but im confident we can pull a win to keep the streak alive
Playoffs done he's not winning Darlington
happy for Burton and the wood brothers, but that might’ve been the most painful KFB loss I’ve ever seen as a fan
I feel the same way, except I’m not whole fan of KB.
Ha stay mad! Kyle Busch sucks ass
@@CheetosTheRacerthat’s how you know it’s bad when people who aren’t even fans are like, damn that’s rough
I was recording the last two laps, almost tears in my eyes thinking I was about to capture his first win of the season… only for the end of the recording to be of the floor of the grandstands and me cursing the universe out. I wanted to be happy for Burton, but I was too deep in my mourning of KFB’s close win.
@@anacampanita21 man's in mourning, you geddme.
You got a respect KB for not wrecking Harrison
Very cool that Burton won, Both for him and Wood Brothers. I just hate that the playoffs take away from it. I miss races standing alone without it be championship breaking.
The two greatest wins of all time, Earnhardt's 500 win, & Jr's Daytona win in 2001, both had zero championship implications
3 races of the year! Harrison doesn't deserve a spot in the playoffs, but that was so cool to see him win, and Jeff celebrating with him and the Wood Brothers' getting their 100th win. Leigh Diffey had the call of the year. Shades of 1993 when Ned called his son home in the 500 and DW calling his brother home in 2001. Family means everything.
Almost like it was made for tv.
@@kensimpson8133 That is what Nascar wanted.
He does deserve it because he won and that's the game now
I want to thank you for being a professional Nascar journalist. For the amount of work you do, you deserve it.
"Ray Charles could block that" is INSANE
Kyle said the way the 21 was he would of turned him
How is that insane? ….
I can use a Tony Stewart term bout the 21 car. He was a dart with no feathers. How I seen that car handle
Ray Charles could have won the race, super speedway’s are getting so boring, they do not showcase the best racers.
Then don't watch or comment you just have to chime in though@@chadbarth-hj4kb
I still think its so cool that you're able to interview real cup drivers starting out as a typical young fan who wanted to make some diecast films
You know, I don't hate it. Harrison winning screws up the playoff grid, but the kid needed a break. Hopefully a win buys him enough cred to land a ride somewhere in the national series.
Winning a lottery plate race doesn't give anyone cred.
idk man. he still has to earn the respect. he's a cup winner and that's a lot more than most can say but ahhhh i don't think the boost in season finish is warranted.
Winning a race where 30 out of the 36 cars crashed, isn't that impressive.
@@samharris3508holy crap everyone needs to realize you can’t change anything if Kyle had won everyone would’ve said it was deserved then everyone is all angry he won let the kid be happy
Get the facts strsight dont make claims you don't just sore grapes
Cup Series points standings (F1 points system)(Point penalties assessed on approximate equivalent using F1 points)
1. Tyler Reddick 207 (2 wins)(1 fastest lap)
2. Kyle Larson 188 (4 wins)(4 fastest laps)
3. William Byron 175 (3 wins)
4. Christopher Bell 175 (3 wins)(1 fastest lap)
5. Brad Keselowski 144 (1 win)(2 fastest laps)
6. Ryan Blaney 140 (2 wins)(1 fastest lap)
7. Denny Hamlin 126 (3 wins)(1 fastest lap)(40 pt L2 penalty)
8. Alex Bowman 117 (1 win)(1 fastest lap)
9. Chase Elliott 115 (1 win)
10. Ty Gibbs 110
11. Chris Buescher 94
12. Bubba Wallace 92 (1 fastest lap)
13. Joey Logano 81 (1 win)
14. Martin Truex Jr. 77 (1 fastest lap)
15. Kyle Busch 68 (1 fastest lap)
16. Ross Chastain 56
17. Daniel Suarez 48 (1 win)
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 44
19. Austin Cindric 42 (1 win)(1 fastest lap)
20. Chase Briscoe 40
21. Michael McDowell 38
22. Josh Berry 37
23. Harrison Burton 26 (1 win)
24. Zane Smith 24
24. Aj Allmendinger 24
26. Austin Dillon 22 (1 win)(15 pt penalty at Richmond)
27. Todd Gilliland 19
28. Noah Gragson 18 (20 pt penalty at Atlanta)
28. John Hunter Nemechek 18
30. Corey LaJoie 12
30. Cody Ware 12
30. Joey Hand 12
33. Daniel Hemric 8
33. Anthony Alfredo 8
35. Parker Retzlaff 6
36. Erik Jones 4
36. Justin Haley 4
38. Carson Hocevar -5 (15 pt penalty at Nashville)
39. Ryan Preece -6 (20 pt penalty at Atlanta)
Leigh Diffy was phenomenal in the booth. His call on the last lap will cement this finish in history 1000%
“BUT HERE COMES HARRISON BURTON!”
“But here comes Sebastian Vettel”, take two
I certainly agree I am glad we will see him in the booth the rest of the year he will do fantastic.
Good to see him back!
Parker Retzlaff deserves some credit here. Give that guy some props
They wanted winning to mean more
100%! great push and drafting partner at least those last few laps
Way to go Parker
Yup, as opposed to Bell who did nothing for Busch. Surprise.
Should get part of the winnings! - Parker made that last pass happen
I loved the Jeff Burton fist pump in the booth when Harrison crossed the line. It scored a 10 on fist pumps!
I’m so happy for Harrison burton not only getting his first win. But also getting the woods brothers one of the oldest cup teams in the series getting their 100th win. A huge milestone for that organization. Again congratulations to the both of them.
KFB was very fair, he could easily send Burton into the wall, but he played the fair game.
Shame he didn't won.
Had Busch sent Burton into the wall he would have faced the firing squad....after the Dillon incident.
Just something to consider, depending on how things go in the future, this could easily be the only cup race win in Harrison Burton's career. Congrats to him, huge win. But oh my god we need to have a top 25 requirement to make the playoffs or something! On the plus side, it should be easy for the top of the field to make the round of 12 since there are some easy 1 and done teams in it.
true. unless someone crazy wins at Atlanta
I definitely agree after this season it needs to be top 25 or 30 or something to make the playoffs. Just think we would have Austin Dillon in the playoffs too if NASCAR didn’t revoke his playoff berth.
@@JBK353 add up the points at end of season that is the champ
Flew over from the UK to watch my first nascar race live and wow it did not disappoint, although gutted I never got to say hi and thank you for keeping me up-to-date with all the nascar news for the past 4 years 🤘🏻
Welcome to the USA!
I got a little teary eyed watching Jeff's reaction to Harrison's win, reminds me of when michael won with darrel in the booth.
Except this time there’s nothing to overshadow the finish
"Denny Hamlin committed arson" 😂😂😂
Love it
😂😂😂
The best thing of this race was the both. Leigh Diffey was amazing, i loved how he was already beginning to get loud and hyped one lap before the race even started, and he had good chemistry with the others as well.
When Harrison threw those blocks, all I could think about was Kyle doing the same thing to Tony Stewart and having that big accident
ill always remember kasey khane proceeding to come through and plow right into the back of Kyle at the checkered flag. That race was insane!
I think this is another case for why Playoff qualifications have to be adjusted. Guy who was in the 30s in points and is now a "championship contender". Just feels like a spot wasted. Great race though, 3 wide almost the whole race is crazy
Yep
just scrap the whole playoff system while we're at it
This is crap
Obviously, I think the spot belongs more to Buescher, Wallace, or Chastain.
This is the reason why if the points system was still using the pre-playoff format, Burton's win would have little impact on the points for the top 15.
Harrison Burton and the 21 Wood Brothers car just wrote the best feel-good story in NASCAR of 2024 that was great and I'm glad I got to see history made before my very eyes what a race that was incredible I would have never wrote the ending to this one😊
The shark fin worked so well we saw 2 cars go airborne instead of one
Umm nothing will stop physics but at least no one went into the fence or barrelrolled
Berry spun like a top while he was upsidedown
Berry would’ve done a Preece if the grass was still there
@@Carlovingbozo8 the worst part was hitting the wall while still upside down.
Roof hatches don't do crap when cars are upside down too so it gets even more dangerous if they hit one of the Halo bars above a door..
You got to respect Kyle Busch though. He could have completely dumped Harrison Burton but didn't. Hate he didn't win but hopefully this is a sign they can contend the rest of the season.
A big reason I love the 2013 Talladega Spring race is because the feel good finish didn't impact the playoffs/chase or who won the championship. It was just that, a feel good win.
I wish the 30th in points rule wasn't a thing, and when they cancelled that after 2022, we all knew a day like this was coming
What's wild is that if Stenhouse wasn't an idiot, both Dillon & Burton would be in the playoffs
Don’t forget about the new announcement that SVG is joining Suarez and Chastain on trackhouse racing and will pilot the #88 car
Win-and-you're-in is easily my least favorite part of the chase. I don't think that anyone in the top 16 should lose their spot to anyone outside the top 16 because of a statistical anomaly.
You mean the playoffs. The chase was better than this crap
What if we went back to the top 10 in points make the post-season and remove the stage cautions and no win and your in? It means you have to be consent every week and can't have bad stretches we have a lot of good drivers imagine the chaos of chase Elliot missing the post-season if not just go back to the full season points system
He missed it last year
@acedelta12 true but if it was like like 2004 full season no injury and the one race suspension from last year is what I meant to imply
I still think win and Top 25 in points makes you eligible for one of the 16 playoff spots.
The sideways flips I believe are directly related to the flat underbody. Each one that's happened in Cup has had a small gap between underside and pavement (bumps for Berry and LaJoie, banking for McDowell) and air under a car at the speeds they are going is always going to get them airborne, more so with a solid surface with no obviously pathways for the air to flow under.
Such a cool moment for the Wood Brothers and the Burton family. Congrats to the entire 21 team on win number 100.
I'm happy for the kid. I agree, the win and your in...sucks. The storyline of it was phenomenal. Congratulations to the Wood Brothers for #100. That's special
Maybe we just get rid of "win and you're in", and only the top 16 (or 12 or 10) in points qualify. You'd still get playoff points from wins, but winning a race is not an automatic ticket.
Or maybe we just get rid of the playoff system altogether. 🤷♀
Wood brothers getting their 100th win that way is such a beautiful moment
Leigh Differy is an absolute gem of a commentator
He has been going all the way back to his coverage of the Aussie V8s some 10-15 plus years ago. Diffey and that Channel 7 crew were awesome. Go on, go look up his call of the 07 Sebring 12 Hours finish. Nobody cared that Audi won.
Everyone was glued to the GT battle, with Leigh leading the call. Leigh's always had a knack of awesome commentary, go back to his Network Ten days with Greg Rust, neil Oastler, and Bazza, and his rally coverage for the BBC.
I mean, pick a sport, Leigh's probably done something with it
Yeah we need more accents
@@davids5006accent is fine, we need the passion and excitement he brings
Im am real happy for Harrison winning and the Burton family celebrating the win,father and son now with win.
As a KB fan, that one hurt
love how much more comfortable eric seems recently. awesomely expressive and dialed in, in terms of the info he’s communicating. good stuff dude!
I'm so fkn proud of KB. He could have driven HB in the wall
Congrats to Harrison Burton on an incredible victory! As badly as I'm sure Kyle wanted to get the win, I appreciate that he didn't spin the 21 for it; he could have easily done so, but he didn't. That's a real class act from a champion of the sport, and the true way of how to accept a loss in a desperation moment.
As for the broadcast - as much as I enjoy Rick Allen's voice (and I hope he's able to continue calling races next year), Leigh Diffey is exactly what NASCAR broadcasting needed - HUGE win for NBC here!
As for NASCAR... ooh boy, what's your next course of action? Your little shark fin modification proved absolutely useless tonight. If anything, Cup cars going airborne went up from last week by 100% (I know the car wasn't to blame for the McDowell crash, but still) - great job (sarcastic slow clapping). I think the flips in the last 2 weeks proved that grass had nothing to do with the Preece flip last year, and the flat undertray is almost entirely at fault. Pull your heads out of your butts, admit defeat and redesign the undertray!
Kyle should have turned him after the second block. Harrison asked to get wrecked and unfortunately he didn’t
@@hunterwade9030 Kyle Busch isn't Austin Dillon.
Agree. I don’t expect Harrison burton and the wood brothers to make a deep playoff run. But nonetheless I’m just looking at this for first win and 100th win perspective.
So happy that Kyle Bush showed a lot of class by not dumping Harrison . Especially after experiencing such an off year. He still has the talent ! Good to see RCR showing more speed that last two weeks ! Nice also see Kyle talk to the media after what had to be a disappointing result !
Parker Retzlaff could bite a hole in a brick wall; good grief he's got some chompers on him 🤣
Hell of a drive tonight!
Parker
@@user-ed1yx2fq7l I was looking at JH nemecheck’s name in a title on the side of this video 🤣 thank you!
Honestly would be the funniest thing ever if Burton could by some miracle sneak into the Round of 8 lmao
Possible first round has Atlanta and the round of 12 has Talledega lol
*wins championship*
All things considered,
there was no way that a JGR car was going to push KFB to the win Saturday Night...
So that's what (didn't) happen....
This was the most exciting race I have watched in years...I loved it...amazing and entertaining from start to finish 🎉Congrats Harrison Burton...
As Australian viewers! Fantastic to see Harrison & wood brothers winning & also Good call of NBC sports for bring Aussie commentator Leigh Diffy addition to nascar & HE FANTASTIC!!
I'm a KB fan...and that was a solid win and finish. Good for him...and the Wood Brothers.
“Hold my beer 🍺”,Josh berry.
Gotta give it to Kyle Busch he absolutely could have not lifted at all and spun Harrison Burton through the infield coming to the line but he didn’t.
Actually Larson didn't spin the 42 . He had gotten pushed and was sideways into the 42.
Dont forget to mention that Berry won a stage and eas leading many laps. He had one of the best cars out there tonight as he was able to dice it up with the leaders.
Honestly, as a fan of the sport sine 1994, nothing about the crashes in the past few weeks is alarming to me. The cars are built to withstand this type of crash. The purpose of restrictor plates, roof flaps, and all the other aero and horsepower changes at superspeedways was to keep the danger on track from extending to the fans. These cars are really only getting enough air to turn over. They're not getting high up in the air and going end-over-end like they used to. As far as the playoff rules go, I've been saying for a few years now that a "win TWICE and you're in" system to lock in would reward consistency quite a bit more and prevent fluke finishes from knocking out more deserving competitors.
Get rid of the Chase, the planned cautions (stages), and this new POS car...!!! Thanks for sharing... Keep up your awesomeness...!
Chase has been gone for 10 yrs
It kind of hurts the credibility of the NASCAR playoff system when a driver 34th in points wins a wreck filled plate race. And is now guaranteed 16th place in points even if they DNF the rest of the year.
This is only his 2nd top 10 this year.
Eric you do a great job reporting! Thank you for all you hard work and dedication.
Brad got screwed by a BS call
Erick, you are the new race hub. Thanks so much for sharing all that you do.
Teams are going to start putting sponsor logos on the underside of the cars 💀
Harrison Burton deserves that win, but not a damn playoff spot. NASCAR has to get rid of the win and your in rule.
Nope get over it
@@truckercowboyed2638 nah I’m good
I’m heart broke for KB. He almost had it
Just glad Josh Berry is okay. That was a very scary wreck.
19:53 I don’t know why this had me dying 😂
94% on my groovy gauge. The bar I was at had the race on one of their main screens and it was the only thing being watched by hundreds of Saturday night partiers, most of which were not NASCAR fans. And the place was going CRAZY! We loved it.
I feel no matter what Nascar does to the car theirs always the dangers of going air borne and flipping.
We live in a safety first society that places safety above all else and to detriment of sport some times. We have decided as a society that if there is any chance some one could be hurt that must be stopped at all cost. Thare are lots of documentarys about it. Pre ww1 human life just wasnt as valuable and some one dieing wasnt a big deal,death happens. After ww1 and the massive loss of life western society started down a path of making human life more valuable every generation making the world safer and safer. personally don't put that kind of value on human life. But some would say I'm wrong or bad I'd say rest of you are silly and afraid of death to much. I can remember when drivers would be killed in a race, they would clean up and then restart the race. Cause "shit happens"
You can't cheat physics. If NASCAR really wants to stop blow overs they slow the cars down and stop racing super speedways. You either design something to drive 200 mph in one direction and be controllable, or design something that doesn't blow over but offers little to no control going forwards.
Totally agree with you Eric about Harrison, it was a great win for him and Wood Brothers. No harm in saying their not a playoff contender. Awesome reporting, thanks for staying up tonight!
I absolutely love Harrison winning. I absolutely despise the fact statistically, the worst full time team 25 races into the season, is being able to compete for the championship.
Im so happy for the Wood Brothers getting their 100th win, and for Harrison getting his first win! Happy for Cody Ware getting a top 5 as well!
I am happy for Harrison and the Wood Brothers, but this win will definitely be overshadowed by the fact that Austin Dillon is now replaced with a driver who is having a worse season statistically than Dillon in the playoffs. Also, can we finally address the underbody and take off the shark fin? I feel like the fin only made things worse as the car was able to catch air that much easier.
The 20 didn't want to push busch to a win and it's obvious
Being a Kyle Busch fan, a win would have been great.. but we'll take that momentum into next week..
A note on Keselowski, he overcame a restart violation to finish top 10. We saw a Daytona race before where the driver of the 6 got a restart violation and the driver of the 21 getting his first career win before (it was 2011).
Also, we had 2 fires & 2 flips in the same race. That’s rare
Anyone can win at a super speed way, and that is exactly what happened.
The random shenanigans in the back drop happening was it for me 😂
One day will get a car flipping over the catch fence and into the grandstands. Just to advance into the playoffs. You guys would be like "hell ya, that was an amazing race!" Then when austin dillon hits two cars out of the way for the win, "its a disgrace race." lol
Dillon should be in after that
Brain dead argument award goes to you
I must say I love the vibes of your shows from the track! 🏁💯
How the experts at NASCAR don't realize a flat, airplane wing-like underbody is what is causing these wrecks I don't know what they're thinking. The bottom of these cars look like Hot Wheels and when air gets under them they flip these vehicles like pancakes!
Love it when you’re LIVE at the Track. Enjoyed it 😎👍🤌👊
I've been waiting for this video to come out since the race finished. What a race and what a finish.
Screw the playoffs, who really cares. That was the best plate racing NASCAR has seen in a long time. Harrison winning just added more dimension to the race.
This format has to change, legit contenders get eliminated by a 30th+ non contender. It's sort of like divisions in other sports, a loser always makes it through because they are in a garbage division and a contender gets eliminated because they are in a top division.
No legit contenders are eliminated. Could maybe argue Chastain is a contender that is currently out but could still get in..
We need to get back that one rule where only top 30 in points can get in the playoffs. Also I hope Josh is ok that was a hard hit. The race itself was pretty good, the finish stinks it up a bit though
Agree with you about the top30 rule
Sounds better a top 25
Did NASCAR officially do away with that rule regarding being in the top 30?
Maybe we should make a new rule and change it to like top 25 - 27 or something idk but this is getting ridiculous the win and your in system might need to be changed a little bit
Yep.@@dtssproductions
Your onsite sound quality is getting great!! It used to be so bad it was a turn off, it's awesome seeing you care about your brand and final product. Keep up the good work!
Blaney got them their 99th win at Pocono a few years ago
I know I said this last week..... KL fan here, I was pulling for KB at the end of the race. 🤜
Dude can't catch a break
Josh Berry deserves credit for his race regardless of the wreck
Every season NASCAR shows the racing world a type of racing you won't find anywhere else for a couple of races in the season. Daytona, Talladega, and sort of Atlanta as well. NASCAR drivers drive 190+mph, literally inches away from each other, bumper to bumper, side by side, for 400 or 500 miles. No other form of motorsports has a spectacle even close to the type of racing we see at these tracks. I understand how many fans don't like it, but for a couple races a year I freaking love it. It's different and I love watching them. The type of talent it takes to be dominant in these type of races is a much different talent than it takes to win a Formula 1 race or even a standard oval in NASCAR. It doesn't mean it's better or worse just different and I personally love 'plate' racing (I'm aware it isn't call that anymore but c'mon I've been calling it that for nearly 40 years I'm not changing lol). Last night was a very very entertaining race, start to finish, so much to keep up with even if you took out the wrecks. Last night was 100% NASCAR at Daytona and I loved it!
I think a certain amount of stage points need to be accumulated over the course of the season to be “Chase” eligible.
Daytona, and Talladega are the 2 tracks where literally ANYONE can win. If you get enough “big ones” to take out a lot of the top drivers, that leaves the back off the pack drivers to battle for the win.
I just fell to my knees in a Walmart. Everybody was looking at me weird. I showed them the finish, and they all fell to their knees. All the customers and workers couldn’t believe it.
Not funny. Cringe
@@ojtoothpaste2240 womp womp
@MG121. Sure you're a dumb 23 22 or 11 pole sucker fan
You said this last week
@@jeremysimpson1432 It was DennyDelivers who said it after Hamlin's penalty