@@scjacket611 He is, too bad that he going to Indy car next year. Not saying he couldn't do it but it one thing to be one of the greatest NASCAR racer to drive a NASCAR's car, it's another to drive a Indy car or vice versa. All I'm saying is it's one thing to win a NASCAR race, it's another to win a Indy car race. Sorry, I'm just not a good speller, so I was saying it to the speaker and it's write it out for me, too bad if it came out wrong. But yes you're right about being dumb if I accidentally sent it while it was still in progress. It was just a mistake. Anyway before I made this too long for what it should be here it is, if you must know my point.
& even before 2015 if Jeff won at Texas in 2014 making it to the final 4 & going to Homestead, where I feel like a lot of people forget, he had one of the best cars & was in position to win but they decided to pit on the last caution.
@@xhoosierfan24x74 I never understood that he gave that race away bothers me to this day I’m glad you mentioned it that race decision needs a deep dive !
Both National Guard cars losing the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the final turn of the final lap is one of the most perplexing things in motorsports history.
Edwards winning the 2016 Championship would've been more impactful, as the pain wouldn't be as bad as it is now. Gordon winning 5 would've propelled him to GOAT status among Earnhardt and Petty though
If the ‘17 playoff format with playoff points format had been around, he likely would’ve. With all the bonus points he had, he easily would’ve made Homestead, and we all know how much he dominated that race.
What if Ryan Newman couldn't make up that final spot at Phoenix in 2014 is one that pops into my mind. Jeff Gordon would've been part of the Final four at Homestead. Jeff's car was amazing at Homestead too. He led 161 of 267 laps and would've easily won if he didn't make the strange and suspicious late race pit stop.
We need someone to ask the crew chief and Jeff about that incident im talking about a deep dive because he was in a class of his own and had that race won until he literally gave it away ?!
@@deaf2819 strangest and dumbest call that I've ever seen. I think it was to avoid racing against any of the final four drivers. Of course that's all speculation.
@@rolandjovi2441 yea which is silly if that’s the case let their asses race alone in the final race so nobody interferes ! One of these you tubers should find these answers for us i doubt any of them remember this but it’s VIVID in my mind because I wanted him to take that momentum into the next season and next homestead race eff the championship 4
The two from 2012 with Dave Blaney & Micheal Waltrip/Casey Mears would've been cool but as a Kenseth Fan I'm pretty happy with how the results went IRL.
Jeff gordon winning his fifth and final championship in his last full time season wouldve been spectacular and a fitting way for a hall of famer to end their career.
@@Syclone- without the stupid chase/playoffs Jeff would be a seven-time champion and Jimmie would only have 3 (which is why I still hold that Jeff is a better driver than Jimmie)
@@Syclone- except the championships after 2004 mean so much less since we're not actually crowning the best driver as "champion" just manufacturing an "exciting end of the season" ...not.. Look back at the stats from 2004, 07, and 14 and you'll see that Jeff was far and away the best driver... (ok maybe 04 was a little close).
Great video... But you did miss a few. - 2012 Spring Martinsville race where David Reutimann’s dying car makes it to pit road and it allows Jeff Gordon to beat Jimmie Johnson to earn Hendrick’s 200th win in NASCAR. As a result, Jeff versus Clint doesn’t materialize. - 2013 Fall race at Richmond where Clint Bowyer doesn’t spin on purpose & Ryan Newman wins the race (clinching him in The Chase) & Jeff Gordon enters as the last driver to qualify (edging out Martin Truex)... MWR doesn’t lose sponsorship in the fallout & is still a top NASCAR team. - 2013 Fall Talladega race where Austin Dillon doesn’t flip on the last lap & Dale Jr gets a last-lap pass on Jamie McMurray. - 2014 Fall Kansas race where Dale Jr. doesn’t blow a right front tire while leading the race and ends up winning the race & making the Round of 8. - 2014 Fall Texas race where Clint Bowyer doesn’t clip the wall with 2 laps to go and Jeff Gordon easily cruises to the win & clinches his way to Homestead. - 2015 Fall Kansas race where Joey Logano doesn’t punt Matt Kenseth and races him cleanly for the win & the rivalry never materializes.
I wish Michael Waltrip had won Talladega in 2012 especially considering that I am just as big of a Michael Waltrip fan as Erich Keplinger And I wish Jeff Gordon won the 2014 Championship and the 2015 Championship
DALE EARNHARDT SR ALIVE TO WIN THE 2010 Championships DALE EARNHARDT JR WINING HIS 1RST CHAMPIONSHIP JEFF GORDON DRIVE FOR 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2004 JIMMIE JOHNSON WINNING THE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIPS
I wish Jamie’s engine had never blown that day so bad, I was at that race and despite a somewhat uneventful race the closing stages were actually very interesting due to the multiple strategies going on, and I grew up a fan of biffle and wanted to see him win so bad that day. Also if I remember correctly Jamie’s engine deciding to split was the first caution of the day, it would’ve been fitting for that race to had been the last caution free race in nascar history seeing as stages aren’t going anywhere soon.
How did he punt him? He made slight contact that made Martin's car go up the track. That isn't punting him. Mark stayed 2nd. Stayed going straight and didnt have any damage
@@braydenfletcher8159 except Mark is one of the nicest and most respected drivers in racing history. He was the first person to recognize that worthless twit. I agree with Mark and disagree with that spoiled daddy's boy. Mark did NOT deserve that. Besides, if Joey waited and got side by side with Mark going into turn two, he'd let him go. Mark has a history of settling for 2nd.
If you want a comparison, he did what Jeremy Mayfield did to Earnhardt back in 2000 at Pocono. He got him loosened up enough and went around him. There was no punting. It was just one of those racing deals. You put 43 competitors in racecars, those facts mean nothing. They want to win. They'd run over anyone to get a win.
I would've LOVED to see Carl Edwards win his first championship, I was a huge fan of his, I remember watching that race and pretty much crying when he crashed out, it was so heart breaking to see, and then the poetic insult to injury of him being bought out, oh I'm sorry, "retiring" for the failed experiment that was Daniel Suarez, just made it all the more upsetting.
2012 Sonoma - Kurt Busch drove for unsponsored 51 Phoenix Racing car. Battling Clint Bowyer for the win in the last 10 laps. However, Kurt Busch clipped a tire barrier in the turn 11 and broken the track bar. He finished 3rd in that race.
"...the race that everyone remembers for being stopped by the potholes in the track. Must've been paved by the same company that paves Illinois roads." Are you kidding? They were paved by PennDot! 🤣
From 2010 to 2015, Dale Jr finished top 3 in the Daytona 500 four out of five of those years. As a Jr fan myself, that’s a big “what if” for me. What if he had won one of those times besides 2014?
Here is another one (this one is kind of a reach because of what actually ended up happening, but it is worth mentioning): Dale Jr's engine blows up in the final sprint to the finish, and Denny Hamlin wins the 2014 Daytona 500, becoming the 1st ever driver in Cup history to win the Clash, the Duel race and the 500 in the same year Imagine how much of a boost that would have been to Hamlin's legacy: coming back from an injury-riddled 2013 season, Hamlin starts off the new season by dominating all of 2014 Speedweeks. This, in addition to his other 3 Daytona 500 wins, would cement him as an all-time great as far as Daytona 500 success goes. Even if he doesn't win a title, Hamlin would be a first-ballot Hall of Famer off of his Daytona 500 success alone
As for the one with Christopher bell, you gotta remember that at that time bell was just a dirt racing kid from Oklahoma. He hadn’t had his nascar wins yet, or 3 chili bowls
I’m a little surprised the Fall Texas race in 2014 wasn’t on here. Had Keselowski not wrecked Jeff Gordon at Texas, he would have surely made the championship 4 and was very strong on 1.5 mile tracks that year.
He was REALLY close in 2017. If Adam Stevens didnt fuck up his strategy and stay out longer than he should have, he probably would’ve won the race. 2018 he just wasn’t fast unfortunately same as 2016. He was always in the final 4 though, so there was a very real possibility of him winning multiple in a row (17,18,19) or something crazy because he was always in the mix.
Kyle Busch's 1st championship in 2019 because we all should know that Jeff Gordon deserved it in 2015, he was the only one better than Kyle Busch that night in beautiful awesome 2015 at Homestead.
What he isn't mentioning about the 2015 truck race at Eldora is that Bobby Pierce is a well known dirt late model driver, as was his father. He's no underdog... He was a ringer hired by MB for the Eldora race. It's no different than Cup teams bringing on successful road course drivers as ringers at Watkins Glen or Sonoma, which has been done for decades.
Jamie McMurray also could've gotten his final win in the 2018 Roval race. Blaney passed him for 3rd coming to 2 to go, and Jamie said after the race that he let Blaney go because his left side mirror had fallen off earlier in the race and he wasn't sure if the 12 was inside of him or not. If he was the one who stole the win instead of Blaney, it would've been his final win in technically the same event that he got his first win 16 years before.
2020 things 1.What if The Daytona 500 wasn’t rained out 2. What if Ryan Newman didn’t crash in the Daytona 500 3. What if COVID didn’t happen 4. What if Jimmie didn’t crash from the lead at Darlington 5. What if Chase Elliott wasn’t wrecked by Kyle Busch at Darlington 6. What if Chase Elliott didn’t pit in the 600 7. What if Jimmie didn’t get penalized in the 600 8. What if Chase Elliott didn’t wreck Joey Logano at Bristol 9. What if Jimmie didn’t get turned by Kevin Harvick at Talladega 10. What if Jimmie didn’t get COVID 11. What if Quin Houff didn’t crash at Texas 12. What if Jimmie didn’t get turned by Brad at Kentucky 13. What if Cole Custer was blocked at Kentucky 14. What if Denny Hamlin didn’t blow a tire at the Brickyard 15. What if Jimmie wasn’t involved in that crash at Daytona that took him out 16. What if Matty D missed the playoffs And I’m done writing this jeez
If Junior won that Fall Talladega race, Kyle Busch wouldn’t have advanced and therefore win the championship. Also, because of his win at Phoenix, Junior would be in the Championship 4
What about a list of forgotten/ letter known controversies that occurred during the 2010s? Like controversies that were big deals, but didn’t have quite the publicity of a spin gate. Since Im a Jimmie fan, I think of the what seems like forgotten restart controversy in 2013 with Jimmie Johnson at Dover. Montoya didn’t get going and Johnson waited, then went, but passed Montoya before the start finish line. He was black flagged, and didn’t win the race because of jumping the restart even though he had absolutely dominated it. This led to restart issues/controversies like Johnson again at Kentucky later that season, or leaders others, which led nascar to establish the “gieco restart zone”.
This one is kinda forgotten but what if trevor bayne won the 2017 brickyard 400 if the last 10 laps finished under green he could've likely stretched fuel and won but because of the Bowyer crash it changed things up we'll never know
About the 2018 Roval, you forgot to mention how Almirola would have never made it to the round of 12, meaning the 4 SHR cars wouldn’t have been in the round of 12 AND the Round of 8. This could have potentially changed the outcome of Talladega, as I doubt SHR would have done what they did had there been only 3 cars instead of 4 still in the playoffs, and with a new winner the Round of 8 would have drastically changed, meaning it could also have affected the Championship 4. Crazy stuff
If austin dillon didnt block didnt block bowyer at daytona, it could have led to his first win of 2019. And if ryan newman enver got hit by blaney in the 500 this year, he defiantly would have won his second 500, and snap a winless streak emotianally.
i dont think Carl wouldve retired if he won Homestead cuz he still had 3 years before he would hit his statistical prime. That race broke him mentally and i really feel for him
Here are three moments I could think of: 3. Jeff Gordon winning his 5th championship in 2014. I know he could have won it if it wasn't for Brad Keselowski. I still think he should have been at least at five time champion, what could have been. 2. Clint bowyer winning the 2012 NASCAR championship. Imagine him winning the championship for Michael Waltrip Racing, what it could have done for the organization if it did happen. Maybe they still be around today, maybe Martin Truex Jr. been a champion a lot sooner than he did. We would never know because of Jeff Gordon fault,he would never have another chance as he did that year ever again 1. Martin Truex winning the 2018 NASCAR championship. Think about it, it would have meant that he had won back to back championship for Furniture Row, a underfunded team. Think about it, sure Alan Kulwick did also win a championship with a underfunded team but unlike him he had the chance to defend his title. It would have shown that they did deserve the championship and it wasn't just a fluke. They would been the first underfunded team to be back to back champions. Imagine what that could have meant for NASCAR. If only this thing could have happened. Like if you wish these things happen.
Mark sounded hurt. I understand BUT joey was trying to prove his worth as he was going to be released by Gibbs following 2012. That race was either bump an icon out of a potential final victory and have a good chance at getting another quality ride the following year. Or not bump Mark out of the way and give a vet another win as you fade into obscurity with either a lower team like Regan Smith or David reuttiman. If I was joey yeah I'd have to bump Mark out the way.
what if David Ragan not only wins the 500, but also beats Harvick to the line if Harvick would have ran out of gas at Charlotte? 3 wins on the season would definitely have put Ragan in the Chase that year as a Wild Card and he definitely would have had a contract available for him at Roush the next year. but the expectations of him in 2012 would have been astronomical and he probably wouldn't have lived up to them
For me, some of the biggest things, 2010 Atlanta Brad doesn’t get wrecked and what if Montoya ran down Kurt and get the open wheeler the oval win he deserved. 2011 Coke 600. 2011’s Montreal race sticks out to me, as Danica ran over a shoe with her car that was on track while she was leading. Imagine how things would have been if she had won a race in Nascar..... 2012 not sure? (From what’s already mentioned). 2013 what if Dale won the 500 then, or Danica get a top 5. What if Montoya holds off smoke at Dover 2014? What if Dale doesn’t blow a tire at Kansas while leading or wreck at Dega in the cut off race? (With the win at martinsville sending him to the final 4). 2015? What if Busch doesn’t break his legs? Or doesn’t get a waiver? What if Harvick got eliminated at Dover like he should have or not wrecked the field/Nascar throw the caution when Dale was ahead. 2016? What if chase won at Michigan in August? What if Dale was never injured again? What if William Byron’s engine holds out in the final 3 truck races and he wins his deserved title? 2017? What if chase won the 17 Daytona 500? What if Sadler eeks out a title in xfinity? What if Elliot holds off Hamlin 2018? What if Dillon never turns Almirola? What if Gallagher never parties like it is ‘99? Yeah what if Johnson doesn’t wreck out Truex at the roval but wins it himself? What if truex holds off Logano? What if Harvick never tips the FBI about DC Solar/Chastain finds funding for Ganassi for 2019? 2019? Idk? Maybe DiBennedetto wins? Maybe chase not eliminated when he was?
What NASCAR moments from the 2010s do you wish could’ve happened?
Special thanks to Erich Keplinger for the help on this one
I wish Jr had won that Coke 600 in 2011. I was losing my mind in those closing laps. Cheered for him there after
I wish Denny Hamlin could have a championship... 😔
Logano winning the 2015 title
Dave Blaney winning the 2011 Aaron's 499
Ryan Blaney Winning At Phoenix And going to the final 4 in 2019
"How cool would it have been to break a winless streak by winning?"
I'd like to see someone break a streak of no wins by NOT winning.
You can break it by retiring.
Technically in my opinion his 2019 clash win broke his winless streak, though it didn't count for points.
@@scjacket611 He is, too bad that he going to Indy car next year. Not saying he couldn't do it but it one thing to be one of the greatest NASCAR racer to drive a NASCAR's car, it's another to drive a Indy car or vice versa. All I'm saying is it's one thing to win a NASCAR race, it's another to win a Indy car race.
Sorry, I'm just not a good speller, so I was saying it to the speaker and it's write it out for me, too bad if it came out wrong. But yes you're right about being dumb if I accidentally sent it while it was still in progress. It was just a mistake. Anyway before I made this too long for what it should be here it is, if you must know my point.
The Cleveland Browns did it when they tied the Steelers in 2018...
@@nascarfan9724 how does a tie break a winless streak?
What about Jeff winning at Homestead in 2015 for the championship? That would of been nuts.
oh, absolutely! Jeff was always my guy growing up.
Beat me to it. Would have been poetic justice after having the championship stolen from him the year prior.
& even before 2015 if Jeff won at Texas in 2014 making it to the final 4 & going to Homestead, where I feel like a lot of people forget, he had one of the best cars & was in position to win but they decided to pit on the last caution.
Fr how did he miss this
@@xhoosierfan24x74 I never understood that he gave that race away bothers me to this day I’m glad you mentioned it that race decision needs a deep dive !
"Well, just how fitting would it have been to break a winless streak, by winning" Not sure how else you break a winless streak
Lmao
F
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Stop racing?
Retirement and death would probably be how to do that. But those ways suck, so winning really is the best way to end a winless streak.
Waltrip said he'd retire in victory lane if he one that Talladega race. That woulda been a cool storybook ending
When and where did he say this?
Won...not one. One is a number. Won denotes a first place finish or victory.
@@josalynfarmer5336 my bad English teacher, I don’t go into essay mode in these comments
@@bobbyshmurdashat3369 Showing a little bit on intelligence goes a long way in people's perspective of you. Spelling isn't difficult.
Iceberg: “great moments that could have happened”
DennyDelivers: *sad noises*
Lmao
Titleless pain.
It's ok. Jr nation understands pain in this decade 🙃
PAIN
Both National Guard cars losing the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the final turn of the final lap is one of the most perplexing things in motorsports history.
On Memorial Day weekend nonetheless.
I think a great moment to add to this list would be what if Brendan Gaughan cleared the big one and won Talladega fall
No even better what if he flips over , lands on all four, keeps going and wins
@@rossb18islesthat would have been an awesome moment
A possible Jeff Gordon 5th title in 2015
I found it strange that the Indy 500 and the coke 600 was lost in turn 4, and both cars were national guard cars......
jeff gordon winning 2014 would have definitely fixed this timeline
Edwards winning the 2016 Championship would've been more impactful, as the pain wouldn't be as bad as it is now. Gordon winning 5 would've propelled him to GOAT status among Earnhardt and Petty though
If the ‘17 playoff format with playoff points format had been around, he likely would’ve.
With all the bonus points he had, he easily would’ve made Homestead, and we all know how much he dominated that race.
If he did, Missing Rings would’ve been much different.
@@stw3art14 he's always the goat
Imagine the scenes if the 2012 Daytona 500 was called and Dave blaney won
They could’ve banned Montoya from NASCAR for life.
@@richieosborn2639 How tf was it Montoya's fault his car broke
man quit reminding me of that 2019 bristol race. i dont wanna cry
What if Ryan Newman couldn't make up that final spot at Phoenix in 2014 is one that pops into my mind. Jeff Gordon would've been part of the Final four at Homestead. Jeff's car was amazing at Homestead too. He led 161 of 267 laps and would've easily won if he didn't make the strange and suspicious late race pit stop.
We need someone to ask the crew chief and Jeff about that incident im talking about a deep dive because he was in a class of his own and had that race won until he literally gave it away ?!
@@deaf2819 strangest and dumbest call that I've ever seen. I think it was to avoid racing against any of the final four drivers. Of course that's all speculation.
@@rolandjovi2441 yea which is silly if that’s the case let their asses race alone in the final race so nobody interferes ! One of these you tubers should find these answers for us i doubt any of them remember this but it’s VIVID in my mind because I wanted him to take that momentum into the next season and next homestead race eff the championship 4
Carl Edwards winning Homestead in 2011 and the title over Tony....what could have been
This. That race was complete bs. People where just letting tony pass. Similar with Chase this year
@@megaflare24 No.
Ryan Newman: prevents Matty D from winning Bristol as a lapped car
Me, a Chase fan: *where have we seen this before?*
@Tyheim Brown i was there to see it live in person. I was also there in 2018 for his redemption race.
To be fair to Newman, he wasn't a lapped car at that point.
I saw that race in person. I still love Newman, but when you're about to go a lap down, then come on. Give the guy room.
The two from 2012 with Dave Blaney & Micheal Waltrip/Casey Mears would've been cool but as a Kenseth Fan I'm pretty happy with how the results went IRL.
What if Landon Cassill won the 2014 fall Talladega race where he finished 4th to Keselowski, Kenseth, and Bowyer?
Labonte breaking an 8 year winless streak and winning the 2011 Daytona 500
Dibeneditto almost winning at Bristol had me tore up. I was so heartbroken for him
What if Newman won the 2014 Cup?
Willing to bet the playoffs would be no more.
@@aviserig Still would've been funny.
@@copocopocopocopo for sure
Dale Jr passing McMurray in the 2010 Daytona 500 for the win would be my "could have" moment. Almost replicating his dad's comeback at Dega in 2000.
7:14 That would've been pretty ironic considering his first win was a fuel milage race at a superspeedway
Greatest moment of the 2010s that could have been:
The Chase is scrapped and we go back to deciding an actual champion with season-long points.
That would make to much sense
@Gabriel the Motorsports Guy oh how I wish that had happened...
With you all the way through!
Jeff Gordon winning the 2015 championship would have been a storybook ending
Jeff gordon winning his fifth and final championship in his last full time season wouldve been spectacular and a fitting way for a hall of famer to end their career.
Jeff Gordon becoming a 7 time champion in 2014.
What?
@@Syclone- without the stupid chase/playoffs Jeff would be a seven-time champion and Jimmie would only have 3 (which is why I still hold that Jeff is a better driver than Jimmie)
@@aviserig Well deal with it, If he was a 7 Time Champion he was a 7 Time Champion which he wasn’t because he won 4 championships
@@Syclone- except the championships after 2004 mean so much less since we're not actually crowning the best driver as "champion" just manufacturing an "exciting end of the season" ...not.. Look back at the stats from 2004, 07, and 14 and you'll see that Jeff was far and away the best driver... (ok maybe 04 was a little close).
@@aviserig and Dale was better than Jimmie and Jeff
“What if he had won? Well, just how fitting would that have been to break a winless streak by winning?”
Well Jared that’s how it works
Ugh 2 moments that make me cry. DiBenedetto getting screwed at Bristol by Newman and Johnson messing up at the roval.
“Just how fitting would it be for him to break a winless streak, by winning?”
Every 60 seconds in Africa, A minute passes
What could’ve been if they just ended the 2012 daytona 500 after the Montoya crash.... dave blaney a daytona 500 champion would’ve been incredible
This deserves a part 2 tbh
Imagine Bobby Labonte getting past the top 2 and sneak winning that Daytona 500. Id been happy
Still to this day I think about Bobby Pierce and how great he was at the Eldora truck races. Hope he gets more chances in nascar dirt tract races
Best race I’ve ever seen
Great video... But you did miss a few.
- 2012 Spring Martinsville race where David Reutimann’s dying car makes it to pit road and it allows Jeff Gordon to beat Jimmie Johnson to earn Hendrick’s 200th win in NASCAR. As a result, Jeff versus Clint doesn’t materialize.
- 2013 Fall race at Richmond where Clint Bowyer doesn’t spin on purpose & Ryan Newman wins the race (clinching him in The Chase) & Jeff Gordon enters as the last driver to qualify (edging out Martin Truex)... MWR doesn’t lose sponsorship in the fallout & is still a top NASCAR team.
- 2013 Fall Talladega race where Austin Dillon doesn’t flip on the last lap & Dale Jr gets a last-lap pass on Jamie McMurray.
- 2014 Fall Kansas race where Dale Jr. doesn’t blow a right front tire while leading the race and ends up winning the race & making the Round of 8.
- 2014 Fall Texas race where Clint Bowyer doesn’t clip the wall with 2 laps to go and Jeff Gordon easily cruises to the win & clinches his way to Homestead.
- 2015 Fall Kansas race where Joey Logano doesn’t punt Matt Kenseth and races him cleanly for the win & the rivalry never materializes.
I wish Michael Waltrip had won Talladega in 2012 especially considering that I am just as big of a Michael Waltrip fan as Erich Keplinger
And I wish Jeff Gordon won the 2014 Championship and the 2015 Championship
Also would have been Tommy's 2nd 500 if Dave Blaney pulled it off
Gordon completing his drive for five in either 2014 or 2015
DALE EARNHARDT SR ALIVE TO WIN THE 2010 Championships
DALE EARNHARDT JR WINING HIS 1RST CHAMPIONSHIP
JEFF GORDON DRIVE FOR 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2004
JIMMIE JOHNSON WINNING THE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIPS
@@ColeCoibiBFDIObject Petty's an 8 time champion now?
Now what if Ty Dillon had kept the lead and won the 2017 Dover spring race
Hmmm...seems a little *hypothetical*
It’s all _hypothetical_ with Jaret
What if no caution came at Texas, and Jeff Gordon won there in 2014, punching him a spot in the championship.
I like your new profile pic
@@Mike4k_ thanks, one of my subscribers named "NotSoSuss" did that for me
I wish Jamie’s engine had never blown that day so bad, I was at that race and despite a somewhat uneventful race the closing stages were actually very interesting due to the multiple strategies going on, and I grew up a fan of biffle and wanted to see him win so bad that day. Also if I remember correctly Jamie’s engine deciding to split was the first caution of the day, it would’ve been fitting for that race to had been the last caution free race in nascar history seeing as stages aren’t going anywhere soon.
I would love the 2nd to last one happen
i would in no way call bobby a incredible dirt LM racer an underdog. equipment doent matter, dirt is the great equalizer.
Imagine Almirola winning the Daytona 500 in 2018 over Dillon.
Still hate Logano for punting Mark at Pocono, i guess Mark Martin being the first driver to discover Joey meant nothing to him
Logano is a scumbag, that guy would sell his own mother.
It’s called racing. If you don’t like it, don’t watch.
How did he punt him? He made slight contact that made Martin's car go up the track. That isn't punting him. Mark stayed 2nd. Stayed going straight and didnt have any damage
@@braydenfletcher8159 except Mark is one of the nicest and most respected drivers in racing history. He was the first person to recognize that worthless twit. I agree with Mark and disagree with that spoiled daddy's boy. Mark did NOT deserve that. Besides, if Joey waited and got side by side with Mark going into turn two, he'd let him go. Mark has a history of settling for 2nd.
If you want a comparison, he did what Jeremy Mayfield did to Earnhardt back in 2000 at Pocono. He got him loosened up enough and went around him. There was no punting. It was just one of those racing deals. You put 43 competitors in racecars, those facts mean nothing. They want to win. They'd run over anyone to get a win.
Iceberg: *What could’ve been*
Me: *Staring at Denny Hamlin’s chances at a title in 2010, 2014, and 2019......*
Dislike for Jeff Gordon video
2020
You're Right Dale Earnhardt Jr Would Have Won Martinsville & Coca-Cola 600 In 2011 Or A Jimmie Johnson Win At The Roval In 2018.
I would've LOVED to see Carl Edwards win his first championship, I was a huge fan of his, I remember watching that race and pretty much crying when he crashed out, it was so heart breaking to see, and then the poetic insult to injury of him being bought out, oh I'm sorry, "retiring" for the failed experiment that was Daniel Suarez, just made it all the more upsetting.
Update: Suarez got his first win, and is pretty safe in the chase
How fitting for him to break a winless streak by winning- the iceberg 2020
Imagine in 2014 Dale Jr moved on, then had the rain shortened win in Phoenix. Possibly a spot on the Championship 4.
"Mustve been paved by the same company that paved Illinois Roads."
As someone who lives in Illinois, that shit is so fucking true.
MWR not attempting spin gate is definitely the biggest what if for me
2012 Sonoma - Kurt Busch drove for unsponsored 51 Phoenix Racing car. Battling Clint Bowyer for the win in the last 10 laps. However, Kurt Busch clipped a tire barrier in the turn 11 and broken the track bar. He finished 3rd in that race.
Bobby Pierce kills it with the dirt late models so he has still had a great career
"...the race that everyone remembers for being stopped by the potholes in the track. Must've been paved by the same company that paves Illinois roads."
Are you kidding? They were paved by PennDot! 🤣
From 2010 to 2015, Dale Jr finished top 3 in the Daytona 500 four out of five of those years. As a Jr fan myself, that’s a big “what if” for me. What if he had won one of those times besides 2014?
We’re forgetting the 2011 championship
That 2011 Coke 600 is still the biggest letdown of a finish I’ve seen. I’m not a Jr. fan so I wasn’t devastated, but just SO let down.
This is a great video.
alex bowman winning phoenix as a fill in driver for dale jr
ryan newman passing kevin harvick in 2014 at homestead
Surprised a Dale Junior title run in 2014 didnt make this list. Same for Danica not hitting the shoe at Montreal and winning there in 2012
Here is another one (this one is kind of a reach because of what actually ended up happening, but it is worth mentioning):
Dale Jr's engine blows up in the final sprint to the finish, and Denny Hamlin wins the 2014 Daytona 500, becoming the 1st ever driver in Cup history to win the Clash, the Duel race and the 500 in the same year
Imagine how much of a boost that would have been to Hamlin's legacy: coming back from an injury-riddled 2013 season, Hamlin starts off the new season by dominating all of 2014 Speedweeks. This, in addition to his other 3 Daytona 500 wins, would cement him as an all-time great as far as Daytona 500 success goes. Even if he doesn't win a title, Hamlin would be a first-ballot Hall of Famer off of his Daytona 500 success alone
As a Carl Edwards fan, it still hurts to talk about what happen at Homestead in 2016
The 2016 Ford400 Carl Edwards thing,probably changed nascar,because Edwards probably retired because he did not win that championship.
As for the one with Christopher bell, you gotta remember that at that time bell was just a dirt racing kid from Oklahoma. He hadn’t had his nascar wins yet, or 3 chili bowls
What if Brad got taken out at Phoenix in 2012. Johnson winning his 6th championship and ending his career with 8
In general there’s a lot of “what ifs” for me as a Dale Jr fan lol
I’m a little surprised the Fall Texas race in 2014 wasn’t on here. Had Keselowski not wrecked Jeff Gordon at Texas, he would have surely made the championship 4 and was very strong on 1.5 mile tracks that year.
The greatest moment that didnt happened on the 2010s for me is kyle busch winning 2 titles in a row in 2017 and 2018
He was REALLY close in 2017. If Adam Stevens didnt fuck up his strategy and stay out longer than he should have, he probably would’ve won the race. 2018 he just wasn’t fast unfortunately same as 2016. He was always in the final 4 though, so there was a very real possibility of him winning multiple in a row (17,18,19) or something crazy because he was always in the mix.
Yeah I mean if Kyle was fast in that restart on 2018 he would have won the championship
Kyle Busch's 1st championship in 2019 because we all should know that Jeff Gordon deserved it in 2015, he was the only one better than Kyle Busch that night in beautiful awesome 2015 at Homestead.
What he isn't mentioning about the 2015 truck race at Eldora is that Bobby Pierce is a well known dirt late model driver, as was his father. He's no underdog... He was a ringer hired by MB for the Eldora race. It's no different than Cup teams bringing on successful road course drivers as ringers at Watkins Glen or Sonoma, which has been done for decades.
As an Elliott sadler fan, Brandon Poole won that xfinty Talladega race
Imagine if Gordon won his 5th title at Homestead in 2015, or if Hamlin didn't take out Elliott at Martinsville in 2017
Yet again great content
Dale Jr not getting a concussion at Talladega.
I was at that Coca Cola 600 and I was 10 and people were freaking out below the grandstands cussing and throwing stuff it was wilddddd
Jamie McMurray also could've gotten his final win in the 2018 Roval race. Blaney passed him for 3rd coming to 2 to go, and Jamie said after the race that he let Blaney go because his left side mirror had fallen off earlier in the race and he wasn't sure if the 12 was inside of him or not. If he was the one who stole the win instead of Blaney, it would've been his final win in technically the same event that he got his first win 16 years before.
That 2015 fall Dega race still pisses me off as a Jr fan.
2020 things
1.What if The Daytona 500 wasn’t rained out
2. What if Ryan Newman didn’t crash in the Daytona 500
3. What if COVID didn’t happen
4. What if Jimmie didn’t crash from the lead at Darlington
5. What if Chase Elliott wasn’t wrecked by Kyle Busch at Darlington
6. What if Chase Elliott didn’t pit in the 600
7. What if Jimmie didn’t get penalized in the 600
8. What if Chase Elliott didn’t wreck Joey Logano at Bristol
9. What if Jimmie didn’t get turned by Kevin Harvick at Talladega
10. What if Jimmie didn’t get COVID
11. What if Quin Houff didn’t crash at Texas
12. What if Jimmie didn’t get turned by Brad at Kentucky
13. What if Cole Custer was blocked at Kentucky
14. What if Denny Hamlin didn’t blow a tire at the Brickyard
15. What if Jimmie wasn’t involved in that crash at Daytona that took him out
16. What if Matty D missed the playoffs
And I’m done writing this jeez
If Junior won that Fall Talladega race, Kyle Busch wouldn’t have advanced and therefore win the championship. Also, because of his win at Phoenix, Junior would be in the Championship 4
And had NASCAR grew a pair and penalized Harvick for wrecking the field in that race not once but twice on the final restart
What about a list of forgotten/ letter known controversies that occurred during the 2010s? Like controversies that were big deals, but didn’t have quite the publicity of a spin gate. Since Im a Jimmie fan, I think of the what seems like forgotten restart controversy in 2013 with Jimmie Johnson at Dover. Montoya didn’t get going and Johnson waited, then went, but passed Montoya before the start finish line. He was black flagged, and didn’t win the race because of jumping the restart even though he had absolutely dominated it. This led to restart issues/controversies like Johnson again at Kentucky later that season, or leaders others, which led nascar to establish the “gieco restart zone”.
“To break a winless streak by winning” you don’t say 😂
This one is kinda forgotten but what if trevor bayne won the 2017 brickyard 400 if the last 10 laps finished under green he could've likely stretched fuel and won but because of the Bowyer crash it changed things up we'll never know
About the 2018 Roval, you forgot to mention how Almirola would have never made it to the round of 12, meaning the 4 SHR cars wouldn’t have been in the round of 12 AND the Round of 8. This could have potentially changed the outcome of Talladega, as I doubt SHR would have done what they did had there been only 3 cars instead of 4 still in the playoffs, and with a new winner the Round of 8 would have drastically changed, meaning it could also have affected the Championship 4. Crazy stuff
If austin dillon didnt block didnt block bowyer at daytona, it could have led to his first win of 2019. And if ryan newman enver got hit by blaney in the 500 this year, he defiantly would have won his second 500, and snap a winless streak emotianally.
Ryan Newman's 2014 Hypothetical Winless Championship
i dont think Carl wouldve retired if he won Homestead cuz he still had 3 years before he would hit his statistical prime. That race broke him mentally and i really feel for him
If Newman didn’t put Larson in the wall at Phoenix Gordon would’ve likely completed the drive for five.
Here are three moments I could think of:
3. Jeff Gordon winning his 5th championship in 2014. I know he could have won it if it wasn't for Brad Keselowski. I still think he should have been at least at five time champion, what could have been.
2. Clint bowyer winning the 2012 NASCAR championship. Imagine him winning the championship for Michael Waltrip Racing, what it could have done for the organization if it did happen. Maybe they still be around today, maybe Martin Truex Jr. been a champion a lot sooner than he did. We would never know because of Jeff Gordon fault,he would never have another chance as he did that year ever again
1. Martin Truex winning the 2018 NASCAR championship. Think about it, it would have meant that he had won back to back championship for Furniture Row, a underfunded team. Think about it, sure Alan Kulwick did also win a championship with a underfunded team but unlike him he had the chance to defend his title. It would have shown that they did deserve the championship and it wasn't just a fluke. They would been the first underfunded team to be back to back champions. Imagine what that could have meant for NASCAR. If only this thing could have happened. Like if you wish these things happen.
If the wrecks never occurrenced that Jr. got concussions in
I'm pretty sure this video made Kamikaze cry 😂
I think the greatest that could’ve been would’ve been Jeff Gordon’s final championship in the 2015 season.
Mark sounded hurt.
I understand BUT joey was trying to prove his worth as he was going to be released by Gibbs following 2012.
That race was either bump an icon out of a potential final victory and have a good chance at getting another quality ride the following year.
Or not bump Mark out of the way and give a vet another win as you fade into obscurity with either a lower team like Regan Smith or David reuttiman.
If I was joey yeah I'd have to bump Mark out the way.
Jimmie's 2017 Phoenix wreck which ended his hopes of a 8th Championship
5:57 That 63 Would've been a cool DIECAST too. and This One Two 12:08
what if David Ragan not only wins the 500, but also beats Harvick to the line if Harvick would have ran out of gas at Charlotte? 3 wins on the season would definitely have put Ragan in the Chase that year as a Wild Card and he definitely would have had a contract available for him at Roush the next year. but the expectations of him in 2012 would have been astronomical and he probably wouldn't have lived up to them
Larson should have won the race, and Edwards should've won the championship
As a person who lives in Illinois. I can confirm that 2010 Daytona pothole statement.
For me, some of the biggest things, 2010 Atlanta Brad doesn’t get wrecked and what if Montoya ran down Kurt and get the open wheeler the oval win he deserved. 2011 Coke 600. 2011’s Montreal race sticks out to me, as Danica ran over a shoe with her car that was on track while she was leading. Imagine how things would have been if she had won a race in Nascar..... 2012 not sure? (From what’s already mentioned). 2013 what if Dale won the 500 then, or Danica get a top 5. What if Montoya holds off smoke at Dover 2014? What if Dale doesn’t blow a tire at Kansas while leading or wreck at Dega in the cut off race? (With the win at martinsville sending him to the final 4). 2015? What if Busch doesn’t break his legs? Or doesn’t get a waiver? What if Harvick got eliminated at Dover like he should have or not wrecked the field/Nascar throw the caution when Dale was ahead. 2016? What if chase won at Michigan in August? What if Dale was never injured again? What if William Byron’s engine holds out in the final 3 truck races and he wins his deserved title? 2017? What if chase won the 17 Daytona 500? What if Sadler eeks out a title in xfinity? What if Elliot holds off Hamlin 2018? What if Dillon never turns Almirola? What if Gallagher never parties like it is ‘99? Yeah what if Johnson doesn’t wreck out Truex at the roval but wins it himself? What if truex holds off Logano? What if Harvick never tips the FBI about DC Solar/Chastain finds funding for Ganassi for 2019? 2019? Idk? Maybe DiBennedetto wins? Maybe chase not eliminated when he was?