I will give kudos to the Pyrotechnics Coordinator for the raceway! The fireworks going off sequentially around the edge of turns 1-2 and 3-4 as the leaders came around lap 1 was a nice touch!
They threw that caution for Harvick late, man was halfway out of the car before they threw it. Man is halfway out of a stoped and flaming fuel laden husk of a car and they wait that long to slow everyone down and let the safety crews out.
@@coreypayne1208 if you watch back the drivers were still at full speed until the graphics were changed. If Jeff said that it was to calm down the audience at home. Caution thrown late.
Everyone in the frontstretch grandstands was screaming for a yellow, car drove right under the flagstand on fire.. Also it rained for 2 full laps before they threw the first yellow
Was happy for Erik Jones. Hope his career surges with Petty GMS. Hope Chase rebounds. Glad to see Tyler Reddick and Byron do well. Also hope to see Harvick and Briscoe rebound.
I love how last weekend the #3 car returned to Victory Lane and now the #43 car went also back to Victory Lane. These past 2 weeks have been worth it and hopefully the #21 Wood Brothers car wins soon as well.
I agree the next gen car was not ready while it looks good they safety the bull shit areo change to ford at the very start of season after the car was approved and practiced all year putting every Ford team behind and nascars favoritism to Chevy is largely why that happened ...but flying wheels and fires the single lug nut a fan and when a wheel gets punted into the grandstands after coming off nascar change their tune like always when it is too late then the Fords keep caring fire wonder why nascar hummm let the damn teams build these cars from ground up like they used to do that way when something screws up it's on them seems like nascar can manipulate who wis who loses who catches fire and who runs like stinky ass who blows up and that is not right especially when NASCAR always favors Chevy teams
I hope Gragson has enough stamina for a full Cup schedule . The last two races he has puked after the race and Sat he had trouble doing the TV interview. I have rarely seen other drivers do that. Does he party or is he out of shape? I really like his passion for racing but I do hope he is taking care of himself.
It has been a very long time since the 2014 Coke Zero 400. Seriously, I don't think I've ever cried for joy, but I thought I was going to after Erik Jones crossed the finish line. How about that? Something to take me back to the year I first got into NASCAR.
Kenseth should have come back this year. Between Suarez and Jones winning with their new teams and Truex missing the playoffs, 2022 has been the year of revenge of drivers screwed over by JGR. Kenseth would have had a proper farewell season than the one he got in 2020.
Just a note on Kyle Busch. I was listening to the 11 in car audio after the freaking 4 car caught fire and his CC told Denny that Kyle had downshifted right before the engine let go.
As an Elliot/HMS fan I was upset that he had the issue early. Was happy to see Larson fight back. Also happy for Bowman and Byron showing more speed than they have in a while. Really happy for Jones and it’s just nice seeing the petty 43 back in victory lane. Also really surprised how calm Kyle Busch was post race saying simply “the sun will come up tomorrow” In Kyle Busch standards that is a 0 out of 10 on the anger scale. Like you mentioned maybe having to bite his tongue to attract sponsors.
I remember when Regan Smith beat Carl Edward's at Darlington many moons ago. Darlington always seems like you need to have a good car, and a good driver. Can't miss out on either one of them.
The only thing you need at Darlington is a good driver. The way the tires fall off it’s a great equalizer and it takes a driver who can drive a poor handling race car above all else.
Honestly the attrition was kinda refreshing, reminded me of the old southern 500s y’know. I feel the engine issues were just teams experimenting with new things trying to get more of something out of their cars
Another cool story about the race... It's the first time the Petty 43 was in victory lane at Darlington since 55 years ago on September 4th, 1967. TO THE DAY! And first time it was in victory lane, period, since 2014
The parity continues, 17th different winner (20 including non points races), and the three guys with the best average finish entering tonight (Elliott, Truex, Harvick) all DNF’d.
I was there at that race. The crowd went nuts when Kyle Busch went up in smoke.!! Great race. My first time ever going to nascar race. It was cool. Eric Jones and 43 great win!!’ Oh yeah turex was on a mission!!! Until that happen. Mannn
Erik Jones was the 4th guy at JGR when the others were dominating the series. He’s out here in a Petty-GMS car getting top 10’s, contending for wins. Then the stars aligned tonight perfectly for the 43. 🔥
I'd be tickled if Jone's Michigan team mate Brad Keselowski could SCORE a Win this year! I'm from Michigan and a Ford fan, I had Grandparents that lived Byron Mich .
I honestly would give this race a 90. It had everything at one point. You didn't know what was going to happen next. It almost felt like the playoffs itself, as it kept eliminating drivers when you least expected it.
Seven different organisations and 18 different teams have won races since either Blaney or Truex last won; both are now winless in 12 months after combining for seven wins last year.
I was there such an awesome Race such an awesome atmosphere And it was so awesome to see the number 43 take the checkered flag at Darlington for the first time since 1967 to weeks in a row with two iconic numbers in victory Lane
It’s amazing how far back Larson & Chastain were in this race and somehow both made up points (the 5 more so than the 1) and kept themselves decently above the cut line.
WOW what a race! Ad couple of Darlington races and do away with Designer races ( Indy road course, Chicago street race and one or two of the super speedway crash fests). Happy for Jones and that small team.
I was there at the race as a Kyle Busch fan. It was such a great race. Very cool to see the 43 and Erik Jones in victory lane. First caution was throw while it was raining on front stretch for a few laps. I was screaming it’s raining like that guy at Daytona was last week!
Best track in the series IMO. Great race to start the playoffs and glad Darlington has 2 races again. NASCAR has MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES with this car. It was bad enough before Kevin's car caught fire. Not the first one this year. Add that to all the drivers who have been speaking out on the hits the drivers are taking. Knowing NASCAR, they won't do anything.
I tell you what they going to have a busy off season on improving this next gen car..feel that this car wasn't ready even though they improved the racing on intermediate tracks but safety wise needs to be addressed and fix prime example why Kevin harvick voice is opinion on his interview after breathing smoke through the interior.
Recorded the race while I was at work, stayed up past 2am to watch it. Kyle's engine expiring was one of the most unexpected things I've seen this year
Two teams with perhaps the best engine rooms : (Gibbs and Hendricks) lost 3 engines. What does that say. This race is too long. Like many NASCAR races it’s a battle of attrition. Shorten the races in order to see the best results from the drivers and the cars.
@@williambranham6249 well if you know the southern 500 is a crown jewel race so it's one of the longest races on the schedule and in the playoffs but I do agree with that statement.
@@jermaineboyd6594 Yes at age 76 I do know that. I lived a few miles from Darlington years ago and did go to one race D Waltrip won. Mr Peanut was there. The race was rain shortened l. At one point the cars were so spread out it wasn’t interesting. I never went to another race. I must say it was great to see the stands full of fans.
@@williambranham6249 well I'm age 37 and I watch nascar races since the mid 90's, I been to two races in person in the Midwest we're I live texas and Kansas speedways but since the racing improved with this new car I might make the long drive to visit Darlington one day who knows maybe next year.
What a fantastic race. Even I almost broke my knuckles punching the stuffing out of my refrigerator when KFB blew up, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Darlington is officially my favorite track, I'd love to race there later in my life.
Can't wait to find out what caused flames to come thru Harvick's dashboard. Hope he rebounds in next 2 races. Nascar has a lot of work to do on these cars.
It's _great_ to see the _43_ in victory lane again while the King is still here! With six to go I couldn’t stand it anymore and nudged the recording up a couple of times and Eric was still ahead every time. Great night for all long suffering Petty fans.
Congrats to Eric Jones and Petty GMS, well deserved win. They've had some very good finishes this year. Nice to see the Iconic 43 in victory lane. I saw a small puff of smoke come out KB's car before TV said anything. As far as these cars, I literally hate these new cars, from having to shift 4 times a lap, sequential shifter, single lug nut, composite bodies, transaxle, independent rear suspension and cars catching fire for no reason. Obviously, these cars are flawed, and drivers are starting to express their dissatisfaction. I miss the days of race on Sunday buy on Monday
Martin’s performance for the year based on his stats compared to A 😂Dillon’s performance makes a case for revamping the playoff system. The system is too complicated and at the same time has one big loophole: win one race and finish in the bottom half the rest of the races and you’re in the playoffs. A points only system makes more sense to me.
He didn't win the race but the hero was Kyle Larson. 17th and 2 laps down in the xfinity race at 1 point almost won it. Last night was almost 4 laps down and at 1 point was nearly top 10 that's a drive if I ever saw one
Harvick is right. Nascar needs to do something more to the next gen car to prevent such shitty parts from catching fire and lessen the crash impact of the drivers inside. Otherwise, love seeing the 43 (Petty GMS) back in victory lane and Jones the two time Southern 500 winner. Gotta love how other teams are winning races. The Lady In Black lives up to its name. More than half the playoff contenders went out of the race. 8.6 out of 10.
As a kyle busch fan I’m gutted. Tan in the top 3 literally all race after the sun went down he was the dominant car until truex came on late in stage 2. Then it was just a battle with him and truex where truex would get him on the longer run. Sucks for truex just a much but to lead half the race do everything right and just lose 30 points for a blown motor under caution is heartbreaking.
Engines blowing under caution, cars catching on fire, drivers getting injured/speaking out on safety, broken toe link crabwalks, it's safe to say the new gen cars have some issues.
I was shocked when they pulled that A arm out of Chase's car. It looked like a cheap cast aluminum piece. No wonder these things break like a dropped box of crackers when they wreck.
At first it was the tires, now it turns out that they have mechanical and safety problems. The car has to be checked to determine where the faults are.
I noticed the cameras never panned over to it, but during the caution for Harvick, JJ Yeley also caught on fire on pit road. He was in the 15, which is another Ford.
To remedy some of the dirty air problems, I suggest that they either modify the diffuser or do away with it entirely at the tracks less than a mile and a half.
I had Jones winning Bristol, but dammit I'm just happy he finally got a W for Petty GMS. This year has already been insane with Chastain, Suarez, McDowell, Buescher, Reddick, and Wallace...now we have Eric Jones going into 2022 with a win and his teammate is Tony Stewart's son in all but name...it's gonna be fun That said I do agree that this car has a lot of justifiable concern. The hard hits including Kurt Busch having to drop out of the season, the high number of loose tires, the fires with Harvick and Buescher lacking contact, and that parts shortage at the start which I'm sure played a role here...yeah this needs to get handled sooner than later.
What a race! The essence of the race felt like a playoff race all 500 miles. Friends and others around me could appreciate the intensity, and were tuning in over the LSU game. Safety concerns aside - this was a win for NASCAR.
the cheers when the 18 blew up was hilarious. so bummed for my guy reddick. he was ahead of jones on pit road and his crew lost him that spot (he lost 1-4 spots every pit stop i think)
No mention of Corey Lajoie? After the first caution he raced his way from last to 15th before the end of Stage 1 and stayed there for most of stage 2 until he stayed out with 30 to go in the stage to be the leader. And even on older tires, he still finished the stage in like 12th. Dude was doing great til half way through stage 3 when he just became the slowest car on the track for no apparent reason. He was putting on a great show from what I saw in the stands.
Such a crazy race and that fire on Harvick's car was insane. I do love to see a smaller team get the victory and give us the 17th winner on the season and 55 years to the day Richard Petty won his only Southern 500
That was the craziest southern 500 I ever seen,leaders that lead the race especially truex we're dropping out like flys but the ones that didn't have mechanical issues with Erik Jones congrats to him and putting the iconic 43 call back into victory Lane in decades.
Florida State Seminoles vs LSU Tigers game on ABC came down to the wire Florida State Seminoles 24 LSU Tigers 23. This Game will have more TV Ratings than the Cook Out Southern 500 on USA. Football Season is here. Lee Corso is 2-0 in Headgear Selections on College GameDay on ESPN. Eric Estepp you should be the next Celebrity Guest Picker on College GameDay.
The suspense of this race was waiting to see whose engine was next to blow up or whose car will burn up next. These next gen cars are definitely something else.
I said before and I will say it again. This next gen car is the equalizer of nascar! Yes it does have its flaws, but I'm loving the diversity in the wins. New teams, small teams and old teams are winning! The car still needs tweaking. Classic example of what works great on paper, doesn't always hold true in real life. What works great in a control environment, is not guaranteed success on a track
@@chrishansen8477 I was referring tweaking of the car, not the racing. I like the concept of stage racing, but they don't need to pit. I think the racing should just continue, without the pit stops.
Great video Eric. Christopher moved up more than anyone with 1 win! You was right he will be in the Championship 4! Ford knows why their cars keep catching fire hope they fix it soon! Should hear that Kyle Busch Announcement soon.. October should be interesting! 👍
Harvick was just in his moment. The cars actually hard to drive and I love that. There’s nothing wrong with the car other than a few issues with driver safety. The car has produced some great racing. It was just unfortunate issue. I believe the top teams are starting to push the issue with these cars which is why we are seeing these types of failures.
That a pretty huge issue...... he may habe been in his moment but he isnt wrong. Last driver from that era where a driver would actually speak his mind instead of being a robot for nascar.
"I want whatever the 19 has."
- Kyle Busch
before both their engines blew
careful what u wish for
😅
I forgot about that quote. 🤣🤣 We know he regrets saying that now..
Right lol 😅😅
Truex's engine didn't blow, belts got knocked off somehow. But it would've if he kept running.
Never in my life have I seen this much stuff happen at a non-superspeedway race. What a thrilling way to start the playoffs.
This years coke 600?
@@NR_88 well that was just wrecks, there was no huge wrecks here just really bad wear and tear lol.
Was there at the race it was thrilling for the 2nd half. 1st half was a bit underwhelming
I will give kudos to the Pyrotechnics Coordinator for the raceway! The fireworks going off sequentially around the edge of turns 1-2 and 3-4 as the leaders came around lap 1 was a nice touch!
FactS
It was pretty cool to see that.👍🏾
Erik Jones was one bad move at Talladega away from being in the Round of 12 in a Petty car. Let that sink in.
Ur right, I forgot about that. That’s crazy
I remember
A GMS car that carries Petty's name out of respect but yes.
NASCAR would've just screwed him with the rain disaster.
He was also solid at Fontana
They threw that caution for Harvick late, man was halfway out of the car before they threw it.
Man is halfway out of a stoped and flaming fuel laden husk of a car and they wait that long to slow everyone down and let the safety crews out.
Completely agree can’t believe Eric missed this.
Jeff said that the caution came out on time but NBC (USA) didn't change their graphics
@@coreypayne1208 if you watch back the drivers were still at full speed until the graphics were changed. If Jeff said that it was to calm down the audience at home. Caution thrown late.
That could have ended really badly. Harvick easily couldve died from a spinning car, considering mfs like cody ware are on the track
Everyone in the frontstretch grandstands was screaming for a yellow, car drove right under the flagstand on fire..
Also it rained for 2 full laps before they threw the first yellow
Was happy for Erik Jones. Hope his career surges with Petty GMS. Hope Chase rebounds. Glad to see Tyler Reddick and Byron do well. Also hope to see Harvick and Briscoe rebound.
He will
I love how last weekend the #3 car returned to Victory Lane and now the #43 car went also back to Victory Lane.
These past 2 weeks have been worth it and hopefully the #21 Wood Brothers car wins soon as well.
Or the 18 returns in victory lane, oh the pain I’ve experienced since Bristol.
6 is next.
I just want this season to have 20 different drivers win this season.
Love Harvick telling it like it is... he doesn't give 2 shits what anyone else thinks. . Spewing facts
It was a lot of opinions. NASCAR already made a change and it's clear they need to make another one, which they will.
I agree the next gen car was not ready while it looks good they safety the bull shit areo change to ford at the very start of season after the car was approved and practiced all year putting every Ford team behind and nascars favoritism to Chevy is largely why that happened ...but flying wheels and fires the single lug nut a fan and when a wheel gets punted into the grandstands after coming off nascar change their tune like always when it is too late then the Fords keep caring fire wonder why nascar hummm let the damn teams build these cars from ground up like they used to do that way when something screws up it's on them seems like nascar can manipulate who wis who loses who catches fire and who runs like stinky ass who blows up and that is not right especially when NASCAR always favors Chevy teams
@@shannongrayRFK bro its not that deep
@@shannongrayRFK I agree with you. Poor Harvick up in smoke. That's insane!
Eric, look at this weekend Gragson wins xfinity and Jones wins Cup....Teammates next year. Was the best weekend of the year of racing so far.
I hope Gragson has enough stamina for a full Cup schedule . The last two races he has puked after the race and Sat he had trouble doing the TV interview. I have rarely seen other drivers do that. Does he party or is he out of shape? I really like his passion for racing but I do hope he is taking care of himself.
@@williambranham6249 I believe he is just out of shape, has to work on stamina and possibly, eating habits
34 years as a Petty fan and life is finally looking up! Honestly can't believe how good our team is now
It has been a very long time since the 2014 Coke Zero 400. Seriously, I don't think I've ever cried for joy, but I thought I was going to after Erik Jones crossed the finish line.
How about that? Something to take me back to the year I first got into NASCAR.
Kevin Harvick headed into the playoffs on fire with back to back wins…
now Harvick is in the playoffs and he’s still on fire finishing P33… 💀
Good one lol
Hmmmmmmm
Erik Jones outlasting his 3 former teammates was very fitting
Kenseth should have come back this year. Between Suarez and Jones winning with their new teams and Truex missing the playoffs, 2022 has been the year of revenge of drivers screwed over by JGR.
Kenseth would have had a proper farewell season than the one he got in 2020.
Kenseth won't be back. He is enjoying his life.
And we don’t want Kenseth back
No, he’s fine where he’s at
Kenseth stays retired happily.
Erik Jones winning the southern 500 with JGR: _tired…_
Erik Jones winning the southern 500 with RPM: *_w i r e d ._*
It wasn't RPM it was Petty GMS. lol
Ahh come on man! Lol 😋
Just a note on Kyle Busch. I was listening to the 11 in car audio after the freaking 4 car caught fire and his CC told Denny that Kyle had downshifted right before the engine let go.
@@andrewjohnson7645 yes it can if you down shift to the wrong gear thus over reving the engine causing it to red line.
As an Elliot/HMS fan I was upset that he had the issue early. Was happy to see Larson fight back. Also happy for Bowman and Byron showing more speed than they have in a while.
Really happy for Jones and it’s just nice seeing the petty 43 back in victory lane.
Also really surprised how calm Kyle Busch was post race saying simply “the sun will come up tomorrow”
In Kyle Busch standards that is a 0 out of 10 on the anger scale. Like you mentioned maybe having to bite his tongue to attract sponsors.
Today's race was wild and congrats to Erik Jones and everyone at PettyGMS on the win
I remember when Regan Smith beat Carl Edward's at Darlington many moons ago.
Darlington always seems like you need to have a good car, and a good driver. Can't miss out on either one of them.
The only thing you need at Darlington is a good driver. The way the tires fall off it’s a great equalizer and it takes a driver who can drive a poor handling race car above all else.
My boy Regan... He really should get the 9 car next year. Only if he's interested though
@@toyotaecw so you're saying if cody ware and Kyle busch switched seats and went heads up at darlington it would be a 50%50%?
You're crazy
Honestly the attrition was kinda refreshing, reminded me of the old southern 500s y’know. I feel the engine issues were just teams experimenting with new things trying to get more of something out of their cars
I’m so excited for the 43 team winning the race last night! I’ve been a Petty fan all of my life! Congratulations Petty GMS and Eric Jones! 🇺🇸43🏁🤠
"How about that race boys & girls!?"
-that Jones boy
eric is the type of guy to post a video at 12 am central/1 am eastern
Every lap had something happening. Loved the race and congrats to Erik Jones
The King Richard Petty is celebrating a 43 car winning the Southern 500. Awesome!!!! Erik Jones awesome!
Another cool story about the race... It's the first time the Petty 43 was in victory lane at Darlington since 55 years ago on September 4th, 1967. TO THE DAY!
And first time it was in victory lane, period, since 2014
The parity continues, 17th different winner (20 including non points races), and the three guys with the best average finish entering tonight (Elliott, Truex, Harvick) all DNF’d.
actually the duels are points races, but 20 is sooo impressing anyway
@@daxyerr No they're not
@@serenap.1041 but you can gain points in them. top 10 in the duels get points from 10 down to 1 like after the end of a stage
@@daxyerr Yeah stage points, I thought you meant regular season points.
@@serenap.1041 yeah no thats right you dont get full points in the duels
I was there at that race. The crowd went nuts when Kyle Busch went up in smoke.!! Great race. My first time ever going to nascar race. It was cool. Eric Jones and 43 great win!!’ Oh yeah turex was on a mission!!! Until that happen. Mannn
Erik Jones was the 4th guy at JGR when the others were dominating the series.
He’s out here in a Petty-GMS car getting top 10’s, contending for wins.
Then the stars aligned tonight perfectly for the 43.
🔥
Was tickled Erik got it done really was hoping he would win 1 before the season was over as much speed as he has shown this year
✌🤠
I'd be tickled if Jone's Michigan team mate Brad Keselowski could SCORE a Win this year! I'm from Michigan and a Ford fan, I had Grandparents that lived Byron Mich .
I honestly would give this race a 90. It had everything at one point. You didn't know what was going to happen next. It almost felt like the playoffs itself, as it kept eliminating drivers when you least expected it.
I concur.
My groove gauge hit 91% because the 43 won. I really appreciate the parity that new car has actually bought in to the races.
Seven different organisations and 18 different teams have won races since either Blaney or Truex last won; both are now winless in 12 months after combining for seven wins last year.
You don’t know how happy I was when Erik won. I hope this is the beginning of a career resurgence.
Thank you for posting this tonight. Been refreshing my podcast library craving more coverage of this race.
I was there such an awesome Race such an awesome atmosphere And it was so awesome to see the number 43 take the checkered flag at Darlington for the first time since 1967 to weeks in a row with two iconic numbers in victory Lane
I couldn't be anymore devastated as an MTJ fan
But happy to see the 43 and Erik Jones back in Victory Lane
Your devastated? ! Try being a Keselowski Fan , He actually led 11 Laps! Incredible.
@@jerryparks6123 Hahaha I've dealt with it before as a Gordon fan
It’s amazing how far back Larson & Chastain were in this race and somehow both made up points (the 5 more so than the 1) and kept themselves decently above the cut line.
I'm fairly sure 6 (7 if you include Suarez) chasers had issues tonight
Well Larson did have almost 200 more laps to get it done.....
WOW what a race! Ad couple of Darlington races and do away with Designer races ( Indy road course, Chicago street race and one or two of the super speedway crash fests). Happy for Jones and that small team.
It was good to see Michael McDowell snag another top 10 finish.
I was there at the race as a Kyle Busch fan. It was such a great race. Very cool to see the 43 and Erik Jones in victory lane. First caution was throw while it was raining on front stretch for a few laps. I was screaming it’s raining like that guy at Daytona was last week!
Best track in the series IMO. Great race to start the playoffs and glad Darlington has 2 races again. NASCAR has MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES with this car. It was bad enough before Kevin's car caught fire. Not the first one this year. Add that to all the drivers who have been speaking out on the hits the drivers are taking. Knowing NASCAR, they won't do anything.
Given NASCAR's history, they won't do something unless one of their star drivers either gets severely injured.
To be fair, Kevin was on fire for couple laps and did nothing. So you can’t only blame NASCAR for this one.
@@travisjohnson6794 agreed , change won’t come untill it’s forced
I tell you what they going to have a busy off season on improving this next gen car..feel that this car wasn't ready even though they improved the racing on intermediate tracks but safety wise needs to be addressed and fix prime example why Kevin harvick voice is opinion on his interview after breathing smoke through the interior.
Recorded the race while I was at work, stayed up past 2am to watch it. Kyle's engine expiring was one of the most unexpected things I've seen this year
Two teams with perhaps the best engine rooms : (Gibbs and Hendricks)
lost 3 engines. What does that say.
This race is too long. Like many NASCAR races it’s a battle of attrition. Shorten the races in order to see the best results from the drivers and the cars.
@@williambranham6249 well if you know the southern 500 is a crown jewel race so it's one of the longest races on the schedule and in the playoffs but I do agree with that statement.
@@jermaineboyd6594 Yes at age 76 I do know that. I lived a few miles from Darlington years ago and did go to one race D Waltrip won. Mr Peanut was there. The race was rain shortened l. At one point the cars were so spread out it wasn’t interesting.
I never went to another race.
I must say it was great to see the stands full of fans.
@@williambranham6249 well I'm age 37 and I watch nascar races since the mid 90's, I been to two races in person in the Midwest we're I live texas and Kansas speedways but since the racing improved with this new car I might make the long drive to visit Darlington one day who knows maybe next year.
@@jermaineboyd6594 I hope you decide to go. Martinsville and Bristol are both fun tracks. As you can tell I like short track racing.
Congrats to Erik Jones and Petty GMS Motorsports on there awesome win at Darlington... Groovy Gage 95% great race.
EJ baby. Became my new favorite driver when he got booted from Gibbs and started driving for the King. So happy for him and PettyGMS
What a fantastic race. Even I almost broke my knuckles punching the stuffing out of my refrigerator when KFB blew up, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Darlington is officially my favorite track, I'd love to race there later in my life.
Can't wait to find out what caused flames to come thru Harvick's dashboard. Hope he rebounds in next 2 races. Nascar has a lot of work to do on these cars.
Do you remember when Alex Bowman car caught on fire at the Spring Darlington race
It's _great_ to see the _43_ in victory lane again while the King is still here!
With six to go I couldn’t stand it anymore and nudged the recording up a couple of times and Eric was still ahead every time. Great night for all long suffering Petty fans.
If Petty were actually the majority owner it would be a Petty win.
@@jtcarter2967
So this is a Maurice Gallagher win.
Its an evpert know nothing episode
Congrats to Eric Jones and Petty GMS, well deserved win. They've had some very good finishes this year. Nice to see the Iconic 43 in victory lane. I saw a small puff of smoke come out KB's car before TV said anything. As far as these cars, I literally hate these new cars, from having to shift 4 times a lap, sequential shifter, single lug nut, composite bodies, transaxle, independent rear suspension and cars catching fire for no reason. Obviously, these cars are flawed, and drivers are starting to express their dissatisfaction. I miss the days of race on Sunday buy on Monday
Martin’s performance for the year based on his stats compared to A 😂Dillon’s performance makes a case for revamping the playoff system.
The system is too complicated and at the same time has one big loophole: win one race and finish in the bottom half the rest of the races and you’re in the playoffs. A points only system makes more sense to me.
Briscoe and Dillon winning Is what kept Jones out. Man he would be in the round of 12. Great job for the 43!
I was there, what a crazy amazing race. My driver chase elliott finished last but Kyle blowing up and seeing the 43 win at Darlington was worth it
Love ❤️ the race Erick jones hold off Denny nice 👍 race
Congratulations Eric jones 👍nascar was awsome 👌
He didn't win the race but the hero was Kyle Larson. 17th and 2 laps down in the xfinity race at 1 point almost won it. Last night was almost 4 laps down and at 1 point was nearly top 10 that's a drive if I ever saw one
The 5 should send the 51 a Christmas card this year for being a literal caution machine.
1st win from a petty car at a non-plate race since 1999 Martinsville go Petty GMS and Erik Jones!
Eric I love you but you have to admit that William is not getting eliminated this round lmao
Did anyone else see that kB waited to go behind the wall until everyone moved out of the way
He learned his lesson🙃🤷♂️
@@missioufojet 😂😂
My favourite moment of the race was watching the crowd stand up and cheer when Kyle Busch blew up spectacularly in front of them!
FKB & FJB LGB
Thats not the only thing Harvick said. He also said to fix these issues they need to find some one else who knows how to run nascar.
Finally the 43 gets the checkered flag. Made my Day.
I was sitting right at the start finish line and the energy tonight was amazing what a great race.
Harvick did run extra laps while on fire, he could brought the car down pit road and got the fire out before it got bad.
Harvick is right. Nascar needs to do something more to the next gen car to prevent such shitty parts from catching fire and lessen the crash impact of the drivers inside. Otherwise, love seeing the 43 (Petty GMS) back in victory lane and Jones the two time Southern 500 winner. Gotta love how other teams are winning races. The Lady In Black lives up to its name. More than half the playoff contenders went out of the race. 8.6 out of 10.
As a kyle busch fan I’m gutted. Tan in the top 3 literally all race after the sun went down he was the dominant car until truex came on late in stage 2. Then it was just a battle with him and truex where truex would get him on the longer run. Sucks for truex just a much but to lead half the race do everything right and just lose 30 points for a blown motor under caution is heartbreaking.
Engines blowing under caution, cars catching on fire, drivers getting injured/speaking out on safety, broken toe link crabwalks, it's safe to say the new gen cars have some issues.
I was shocked when they pulled that A arm out of Chase's car. It looked like a cheap cast aluminum piece. No wonder these things break like a dropped box of crackers when they wreck.
At first it was the tires, now it turns out that they have mechanical and safety problems. The car has to be checked to determine where the faults are.
@@mrray55 these cars are crap..
The parity of 2022 continues and its fantastic.
Going into next season there might be 25 cars that are considered playoff caliber
I noticed the cameras never panned over to it, but during the caution for Harvick, JJ Yeley also caught on fire on pit road. He was in the 15, which is another Ford.
Congratulations #43
ugh, as a Truex fan, this hurt. It was better when Jones won though👍.
To remedy some of the dirty air problems, I suggest that they either modify the diffuser or do away with it entirely at the tracks less than a mile and a half.
Only thing better would be to have Petty blue on the car. So glad to see Jones win!!
I had Jones winning Bristol, but dammit I'm just happy he finally got a W for Petty GMS. This year has already been insane with Chastain, Suarez, McDowell, Buescher, Reddick, and Wallace...now we have Eric Jones going into 2022 with a win and his teammate is Tony Stewart's son in all but name...it's gonna be fun
That said I do agree that this car has a lot of justifiable concern. The hard hits including Kurt Busch having to drop out of the season, the high number of loose tires, the fires with Harvick and Buescher lacking contact, and that parts shortage at the start which I'm sure played a role here...yeah this needs to get handled sooner than later.
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What a race! The essence of the race felt like a playoff race all 500 miles. Friends and others around me could appreciate the intensity, and were tuning in over the LSU game. Safety concerns aside - this was a win for NASCAR.
the cheers when the 18 blew up was hilarious. so bummed for my guy reddick. he was ahead of jones on pit road and his crew lost him that spot (he lost 1-4 spots every pit stop i think)
Did you see all the garbage being thrown on to the track?
@@loganlachance1890 nope
No mention of Corey Lajoie? After the first caution he raced his way from last to 15th before the end of Stage 1 and stayed there for most of stage 2 until he stayed out with 30 to go in the stage to be the leader. And even on older tires, he still finished the stage in like 12th. Dude was doing great til half way through stage 3 when he just became the slowest car on the track for no apparent reason. He was putting on a great show from what I saw in the stands.
Such a crazy race and that fire on Harvick's car was insane. I do love to see a smaller team get the victory and give us the 17th winner on the season and 55 years to the day Richard Petty won his only Southern 500
" This race was a RIOT" ahaha that would do perfect t shirts !!!
thanks for the laugh, cheer from France.
As a Truex fan it stinks he had the issues he had with having such a good car. However it was really cool to see Erik Jones get that win!
The fords and only the fords keep catching fire.
Kyle blowing the engine was so unexpected crazy night tonight lady in black was not nice to the playoff drivers
nice to see the 43 in victory lane......i was waiting for hammster to move him or wreck him
That was the craziest southern 500 I ever seen,leaders that lead the race especially truex we're dropping out like flys but the ones that didn't have mechanical issues with Erik Jones congrats to him and putting the iconic 43 call back into victory Lane in decades.
Was at the race, was pissed Reddick lost because we lost a spot to Jones on pit road after we passed him on the previous run.
Florida State Seminoles vs LSU Tigers game on ABC came down to the wire Florida State Seminoles 24 LSU Tigers 23. This Game will have more TV Ratings than the Cook Out Southern 500 on USA. Football Season is here. Lee Corso is 2-0 in Headgear Selections on College GameDay on ESPN. Eric Estepp you should be the next Celebrity Guest Picker on College GameDay.
This is my first time watching NASCAR playoffs, I’d love if you made a video explaining how the playoffs work!!!
Hamlin returned the favor to Jones for Martinsville 2020 for when he helped 11 make the final 4 in his second to last race with JGR.
No... Jones returned the favor to Denny for pushing him to the win at Daytona
The suspense of this race was waiting to see whose engine was next to blow up or whose car will burn up next. These next gen cars are definitely something else.
I said before and I will say it again. This next gen car is the equalizer of nascar! Yes it does have its flaws, but I'm loving the diversity in the wins. New teams, small teams and old teams are winning! The car still needs tweaking. Classic example of what works great on paper, doesn't always hold true in real life. What works great in a control environment, is not guaranteed success on a track
Nascar needs tweaking, stages and playoffs are killing it, last night was good because of long green flag racing and actual green flag pit stops
@@chrishansen8477 I was referring tweaking of the car, not the racing. I like the concept of stage racing, but they don't need to pit. I think the racing should just continue, without the pit stops.
@@crw3673 exactly without the pits stage racing is great
Kyle Petty Called Alex Bowman No Showman Bowman and and made Alex Bowman Fans Angry and Have another Alex Bowman Shirt coming out
The safety crew took their sweet time putting out Kevin's car too
I know, why did the AMR safety crew even get out of the truck? They didn't have fire extinguishers.
@@thatsalie Blame Nascar for not properly equipping their safety teams.
I was there and it was Chaos All weekend and Erik Jones Got a Early Christmas Gift with a win
Great race, too bad for Chase! Glad to see Jones get one. i always thought he got booted out too soon at Gibbs
The mechanical failures settings were set to frequent tonight
Great video Eric. Christopher moved up more than anyone with 1 win! You was right he will be in the Championship 4! Ford knows why their cars keep catching fire hope they fix it soon! Should hear that Kyle Busch Announcement soon.. October should be interesting! 👍
Being from northern Michigan I loved seeing Eric win!!!! But…… let’s go chase!!!!
I can't say it was a good race because I couldn't see it live, but my congratulations to Erik Jones and the Petty-GMS team that gets their first win.
Harvick was just in his moment. The cars actually hard to drive and I love that. There’s nothing wrong with the car other than a few issues with driver safety. The car has produced some great racing. It was just unfortunate issue. I believe the top teams are starting to push the issue with these cars which is why we are seeing these types of failures.
That a pretty huge issue...... he may habe been in his moment but he isnt wrong. Last driver from that era where a driver would actually speak his mind instead of being a robot for nascar.
Yeah kurt Busch getting a concussion is just a minor safety issue .
Dude are are you blind or completely ignorant? There is plenty wrong with this car.
Man the grandstand did go crazy when Kyle Busch blew up
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