Missing Rings: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2004
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2018
- After 4 years of ascending through the ladder of Nextel Cup competition Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was poised to break out and assume the throne of NASCAR’s finest. He had his breakout season and was officially one of the sport’s elite drivers. 2004 offered one of the most storied seasons in NASCAR history and Dale Jr’s experience of the season was no different. This is the story of how 2004 became a missing ring for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Starts: 36
Wins: 6
Top 5s: 16
Top 10s: 21
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 1131
Standings: 5
Average Finish: 12.1 
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I know this is a long one but I gotta say this is one I’ve been looking forward to since I started planning out this series. I hope you all enjoy and I’d love to see your feedback.
You really think he was good enough in 2004 to get a video like this? Ive been following since 2000 and i saw that entire 2004 season race by race and lap by lap to the last one at Homestead and i must say when the 8 crew was on they were lights out better than anyone easy. But when they were off? They were really off. Talladega he did lose the points lead because of that slip of the tongue. But even if he kept it did you see how he ran at Darlington and Homestead when he had to absolutely perform? Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch were by far way more consistent than Jr. He didn't even beat a one win Mark Martin that year when he won more races than him in the regular season and the Chase and you say he is missing a ring? Look 2004 is easily his greatest season statistically and even emotionally he was happiest i and many would believe. Now can i say he had a better season than the overall champion Kurt Busch? Well regarding wins yes. But he WAS NOT even close to being as consistent as Gordon and ESPECIALLY Jimmie Johnson who won 4 of the last 6 races. Idk man i think your reaching HARD. Earnhardt Jr does not have missing rings in my opinion. To me he was a good race car driver. But other than what he did at Daytona and Talladega he never wowed me in his career. Something about winning 4 races in a 9 year stretch had something to do with it...
Your Cognitive Dissonance Binds You You obviously didn’t watch the whole video because I literally pointed out how many points they gave away between cussing, the Atlanta wreck, and Martinsville mistakes. Everyone that year was not as consistent as most years.
My favorite driver since 1998 cuz I didn't even watch Nascar till my senior year in High School so I wasn't one of those mass of fans that came over because of his Dad and it seemed like from 99-2001 the future was bright he dominated the hell out of the Bush series in 98-99 and had an outstanding rookie cup year in 2000 then when his father passed I could see for obvious reasons he wasn't the same till 2004. Saying the word Shit in Talladega in Victory Lane in the chase they docked him 25 then the damn Atlanta race he won there in the Spring and was fighting for the lead at the close of the race and got taken out which was the costliest wreck of his Championship hopes and he even won at Phoenix afterwards. Now a days they wouldn't dock u for saying the word Shit. I've heard network slips all the time without penalty. After this cost him his greatest season the downfall started when DEI gave him Waltrips team in 2005. The haters can say what they want but Dale Sr death was a factor as he raced to gain his attention and now he was gone and with that the leadership DEI needed plus concussions he will always be my favorite driver because of his honest genuine personality and emotional passion.
They penalized him 25 points and $10,000 for that. They had no idea what they were about to get into with Kyle Busch.
2004s cars were the best looking ever. The Monte Carlos, the R/Ts, the Tauruses and even the Grand Prix were amazing
And the racing was better they didn't create as much dirty air as the current cars.
Missing Rings: Carl Edwards PERIOD. He has barely missed out on a championship at least four times (2005, 2008, 2011, and 2016).
BlazeSupersaur there will be future episodes covering his struggles
Fuck Carl Edwards
@@mcconville88 What are you, gay?
@@keyboardwarrior327 Actually yes I am, you got a problem with that
@@mcconville88 I have no problem with gay people, as long as they don't want to fuck Carl Edwards.
Yay
That cursing penalty is complete BS to this day
So he was better than the 24 and 48 and 97 that year? Ill give you the 97 but no way the 24 and 48. Clearly u did not watch that season
Agreed
The FCC was issuing insane fines to networks during this time. NBC didn't have a 5 second delay, so NASCAR had no other option to fine him. Moreover, NASCAR was already fining people for swearing on live radio/TV broadcasts. Both Johnny Sauter and Hornaday lost 25 points for profanity months earlier. For once, NASCAR was consistent. Jr should have watched his mouth.
And even afterwards, NBC still didn't change their policy and just over a month later, Tyler Palko dropped the F-bomb in an interview just after beating Notre Dame.
You can also thank Janet and JT. From there, they were bat shit policing anything that's deemed offensive.
Missing Rings: Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson 2004
1 down, 2 to go lol
The Iceberg Lol yes. Great job on the video man!
Definitely JJ 2004. Those wrecks in the chase really set him back even though he had pretty much all top 5's in the chase besides those.
Kurt Busch: You almost had it! *reels in championship*
I remember. The wreck at Atlanta was heartbreaking.
He could've sweeped Atlanta in 2004
Noah Hall yeah but he could have finished 3rd and won the championship that year
Might give Jr the championship in my alternative NASCAR history
Right? Wtf is this? Lol
I will immediately like that alternative history better (:
Im all in for that. I became a fan in 04, really wanted him to win it
In my alternative history, Kasey Kahne would've won at least one race in 2004.
With the terrible luck that Dale Jr has had to endure over the course of his career, it is a travesty that he never got a championship.
Jr at Atlanta in 2004 and Jimmie Johnson at the new roval last week. Their competitive nature and will to win at that moment overcomes everything else.
YES!!! WE NEEDED THIS! I feel like jr could have had 2 championships and 35 wins when you look at his stats so it’s annoying when people hate on him
True
Agreed he was better driver than his status shows. Hate when people hate on him .still my favorite drive sundays aren't the same for me.
A life long Jr. fan here. The best I can say about this season is point to it for those 'NASCAR conspiracy theorists' that always said NASCAR bent the rules for Jr. and say "here's your sign."
This series is amazing
The good ol' days, this made me miss jr and old school nascar even more 😭
I’ve always believed that if Jr. won the championship in ‘04, he would have won much more afterwards
Missing rings : sterling marlin 2002
If he didn't get hurt at Kansas, he probably would've gotten that ring.
Here are some Ideas for Missing Rings I have :
Kyle Busch - 2017
Kevin Harvick - 2015 & 2016
Denny Hamlin - 2010
Carl Edwards - 2008 & 2011
Dale Sr. - 2000 & 1995
If I have any more, I'll be sure to send 'em your way. Great video, and I look forward to the next edition of missing rings.
Alan Muccioli I won’t say which one but the next edition is in this list
Alan Muccioli no 2017 was definitely Truexs year
Haha Kyle Busch a champion haha give me a break Truex won it fair and square get over it
Devin Turkey, believe it or not, I'm not a Kyle Busch fan. But there's a reason I say 2017 is a missing ring for Kyle Busch : the struggles that 18 team had really bit them hard. When they finally got it rolling, it was too little, too late.
Rockingham needs to come back.
A group of investors actually recently bought Rockingham, and they plan to have racing back there by 2021 or so. Unfortunately though, by the looks of it, the chances of NASCAR returning there are quite slim.
Jacob Johnson nascar will shoot themselves in the foot and die if they don’t.
@@tamezzodiac2862 I completely agree. NASCAR is losing fans very quickly, and if they don't go back to their roots, even if it's just for a few races a season, they're going to die in a decade, if even that long.
Jacob Johnson they need changes and need them now. Do you know what the nascar pinty series is. That’s what the cup cars should be built like. They should build them the exact same but with 900 hp and sound like the Gen 4 at speedways and superspeedways and every where cause the Gen 4 sounded badass.That’s what they need for cars. They need to use 2000 rules or 90s rules there is way too many rules. They need the tracks all to be built rough with a repave so they are hard to drive. They need to get rid of the chase and go back to what it was. They need to get rid of all these gimmick rules they have added since 2000 like the going below the yellow line. They need to make Bristol how it was. This is what the schedule should be.
Daytona
2.Atlanta
3.Phoenix
4.Auto club night
5.Kern county night
6.Talledega
7.Rockingham Add lights night
8.Martinsville
9.Bristol
10.Iowa Night
11.Richmond (night race)
Allstar rotating schedule
12.Charlotte night
13.Pocono
14.Gateway Night
15.Nashville short track
16.Dover
17.New Hampshire
18.Chicago
19.Daytona night
20.Pocono
21.Eldora Night
22.Glen
23.Irp short track Night
24.Darlington
25.Michigan 36
26.Mid Ohio
27.phoenix Night
28.Richmond Night
29.Charlotte roval or another road course.
30.Las Vegas
31.Martinsville night
32.Bristol night
33.Darlington Night
34.Rockingham
35.Talledega Add lights night
36.Homestead revolving schedule.
They need to add lights at the tracks I’ve said for something new.
This is if they keep the chase. If they don’t then move talledega up a bit and martinsville up. Other than that keep everything the same. Also make races on local races instead of fs1 and nbcsn. Just use fox and nbc. Also they need to get Allen bestwick back and a few other announcers. Lastly they need a spending cap so ever team can have a chance again like the old days so teams aren’t dumping there life in to race cars and it’s affordable. That means it’s true driver skill again and not all equipment. Any team can win sponsor or not. Being on a big team should mean yes you get a little bit better equipment and a good teammates but it’s definitely not impossible to win in bad equipment.
Absolutely
The Gatorade duel's was so pack look at all those fans just for a qualifying race
Good times
WOW, your Missing Rings series is some of the most comprehensive stuff I've seen on RUclips. Please keep up the good work, as a die-hard Gordon fan that was following these races live in years like this, it brings back so much nostalgia.
Marc Cohn Thank you so much! It’s awesome to see comments like yours. I’m glad you like it and I’ll be sure to make more!
@@TheIceberg thank you for the high quality content :)
Thank you for doing this video this year heartbroke me as a Jr. fan.
Dale Jr. should be a champion.
Dale jr: *cusses*
Benny Parsons: oh no he can’t do that!
I love your documentaries! They are very entertaining.
Martinsville and Atlanta were heartbreaking as a 11 year old Jr fan
I was at his Phoenix win and thought maybe he still could win it but the 48, 24 and 97 were just too good
Thorin Jordan try being a 4 year old fan
Love the video great job Iceberg! May be long but well worth it 🙂
Thank you for the kind words
Woah. A long video. Haven't watched it yet but I am sure it is great
I'm sure that someone else has already pointed this out in the comments, but it's actually crazy how similar Jr.'s 2004 season was historically to Davey Allison's '92 championship run in so many ways. It's such a shame they both came up just short in their careers. They're still respectable legends in their own rights on their own terms.
I always felt that Dale Jr deserved at least one championship even if he never got one he's a champion in my books
I've been waiting for this one!!
That bleep was added in later. NBC back in those days was well known for not censoring curse words during live broadcasts so anyone who was watching at the time heard the entire sentence unedited.
Yeah, I know that it was originally unedited. Due to RUclips’s shaky algorithm the video may get demonetized with the original unedited clip. I wish I could put it but if I can avoid it I will.
Now I'm depressed...
I have such mixed feelings for the 2004 season, on one hand, success, on the other, disappointment, oh well, cant change the past...
Great video. 20 years later and I'm still bitter Dale lost this title.
I hate to say it, and as much as I like Jr, I still don't think he wins the championship even if he wasn't penalized for cussing on TV after his Dega win. The Atlanta wreck was what did him in more than the penalty.
Great video though dude, I really enjoy your channel.
I pointed that out, watch the whole video
@@TheIceberg I watched the whole video. I just feel like alot of Jr fans hinge on that penalty when discussing his 2004 season instead of the poor finishes that proceeded that race.
@@rcracer8872 if he was a real championship driver he would have won a championship in the cup series
@@rcracer8872 I love and respect the hell out of Dale Sr and consider him with the all time motorsport greats in general with guys like Senna, Foyt and Schumacher. But dale jr didnt have the same fire that Sr had. Junior was good, but not one of the best.
@@rcracer8872 *proved
I really miss that 8 Budweiser!!!
It all still hurts to look back on but I’ll say one thing they should’ve never messed with the chase. It should’ve stayed 10 drivers reset on points and go the last 10 races. 2004 2006 2010 2011 and 2012 all had really good championship battles and you didn’t need to go heavy on the playoff gimmicks. I know some people hate the chase idea no matter what format but I liked this initial format. It still held true to how a championship should be decided while adding a little twist to it
I myself don’t want any Chase and would prefer the traditional points race. With that being said I hold the same position as Radman where I’d be fine with going back to the 2004-2006 Chase
@@TheIcebergkeep in mind the chase only exists because matt Kenseth won the championship with only one win.
great video of the season that almost was. thanks
2004 was the biggest what if in Jr's whole career. Still sucks to think about.
What I don’t understand is why he penalize but not Jeff in 2014,for the same word.
Got their shit together and decided it was bull shit to do that. Unfortunately you can't undo the past, but you can fix the future.
The FCC modified their fining policies for live sporting events by that point. Networks weren't getting fined so NASCAR didn't feel the need to fine drivers.
@@rcracer8872 What benefit does Nascar get from keeping Jr from winning a championship?
@@rcracer8872 How would they make more money by Jr not winning the championship? If Jr won a championship they would have sold tons of merchandise and the free publicity of Nascar's most popular driver winning the Cup championship would have been huge for the sport.
Dale Earnhardt Jr in my eyes, is a driver that should have had a championship, but bad luck and silly mistakes have ceased him of the glory of being a champion. Instead we have Kurt Busch, a driver that is otherwise forgettable (in my book, not trying to rude but....).
Now we need Davey Allison 92.........
I agree. People overlook how many championship caliber years he had from 2003-2004, 2006, and 2013-2015. He had so much bad luck on top of the early years of his career when he made dumb mistakes. As for a Davey Allison episode, release date TBA, 2018
@@TheIceberg Yeah. A matter of inches and a BS last minute rule for the 2015 fall Talladega race that would only let them get 1 GWC attempt screwed him out of a very good shot at the title that year. I guarantee you that if they had another attempt or had been allowed to race, Jr would've won that race and not been eliminated and with the rained out Phoenix race gifting him another victory, he would've made in to Homestead that year with at least having a shot. Of course, assuming it had gone the same way, he would've wrecked out of Homestead, but he would've at least had the opportunity.
Are you kidding me? Look at Kurt Busch right now. He is consistently outrunning Kyle Larson, who many consider to be the best talent in the field. 2012, when he was in the top 5 at Sonoma when he had one of the worst cars in the field. Plus many others I haven’t listed. Kurt Busch is *not* forgettable.
Kurt Busch got a lot of lucky breaks in 2004 that got him that championship and he capitalized on the mistakes the others made. I'd say the 2004 championship went to the luckiest guy more than the best guy, but I give more credit to crew chief Jimmy Fennig more than anything else as his leadership steered Kurt through all this madness to keep the team together so they were able to accomplish a goal of winning a championship. So while it might not have been the champion we all were expecting, I have to give credit to Jimmy Fennig for his veteran leadership.
Should do a missing rings for Greg Biffle in 05. He led the series in wins,finished 2nd in points narrowly losing to Stewart and had several instances of bad luck most notably giving up the lead to pit for a loose wheel at Texas finishing 20th or so, and minus that alone he would have won the championship! Imo
That 25 point penalty isn't why he lost the title. The two 33rd place finishes, especially Atlanta, where he could have potentially won, list him the title.
I clearly stated that in the video
No. As always the thing that did him in... Was the injury
he spun carl edwards the race before. pay back is a bitch!
Yes it was along with Edwards screwing him at Atlanta
@@User-nu6km wrong he did that in 2006 busch race at Michigan
As a Jr fan, I unfortunately remember this season well. Not only for Jr's problems but for Kurt Bush having a tire come off and still getting a good finish winning the championship.Crazy year!!!
2004 was Junior's first really good season until 2014 when he won the Daytona 500 again and had an unfortunate end to his season but Junior at least won Martinsville that year.
The 48 had a shot to have 12 championships, 2002, 2004, 2005. 06-10 he won. ‘12 he could have. ‘13 he won. ‘15 if he didn’t loose dega, and ‘16.
I feel like that infineon crash ended his title hopes like that
Me too. I believe that's where things started to go wrong for Jr. that year.
Can't miss anything you don't have, every driver has a chance to be a champion and then they race to see who is !!!! No matter what the rules are you have to win the race and in the playoff era that seems to be the case with 4 drivers to race for it all !!!! 2021
2004 was the peak of his career. It's too bad things fell apart at DEI the way they did, Junior had a good thing going there. I wonder what would have happened to juniors career had his father hung around to run the team. Never again did he have such a competitive, balanced, championship worthy campaign as he did in 2004. Wins on a mile and a half in Atlanta. Two short track wins at bristol and Richmond. A win at the tricky one mile triangle of Phoenix. And more of his typical plate dominance with a win at Talladega and a win in the Daytona 500. Such a shame what happened in the fall Atlanta race. Looking back, Dale blew the one real chance he had at a championship because his youthful will to fight for the win clouded his judgement
He had a second peak in 13-15. Winning 7 in 2 yrs in 14 and 15. Competed for two more championships
"Unfortunately, tragedy would strike".... *the mafia ad plays* GREAT SCOTT THIS ISN'T A TRAGEDY ITS A MONSTER
Look how close they could race to one another. That twisted sister car was awesome.
Awesome video. I absolutely love this series.
Bad video. He never deserved a title. This is a joke
Thank you man! I hope to keep ya entertained moving forward
I have 2004 dual elite diecast, 2004 500 elite, sighed non elite arc raced 500, 2004 brstol Menards busch elite.
He's a champion in my book always!
2004 was HIS year and Junior let it slip through his fingers because of immaturity and mistakes on his part. The team itself wasn't ready to win one. '04 started out as a great year, but ended in disappointment for Junior. Had he won the title, he gets that stake at DEI and his career is different.
I think NASCAR as a whole would be in a much different place if he wins it all that year. Him winning the inaugural Chase would’ve made the Chase welcomed more by the fans. NASCAR may not have changed the format as much and may have even kept many fans over the nearly 15 years since.
I wouldn't really blame him for the mistakes. What driver stays behind when he is faster.
I think 2004 was the season he should’ve won it. Yes the penalties hurt but take a look back at the summer months of that year. He had terrible runs and add an injury to that didn’t help. Dale Jr himself said that the summer months of 2004 is what aided in the break up with the Eury’s. Had he not got injured and had some better runs during that time he could’ve kept that momentum going into the chase. I believe his 2003 year was just as good as 2004. He didn’t have the wins but he led a lot of laps and had great finishes all year. During that time DEI was on the verge of being a great team similar to Hendrick and it all fell apart in November of 2004. It goes back to what if Dale Sr had been alive what would’ve been different.
Thanks too NASCAR PC Nonsense and Carl Edwards
I miss watching the points race all season. Now the points standings are meaningless unless you’re on the bubble.
Missing Ring: Greg Biffle 1999 (Truck Series)
And 2005 (Cup Series)
Looking at his Atlanta wreck that year, I will applaud Junior though for going for a win. He’d rather choose a win over a championship just like what Jimmie did at the Roval.
Yeah I mean he had the best car and was on rails late. He got caught up in winning the race. If he just goes at normal pace he might still have won but defensive finishes 2nd or 3rd and then things would have gotten interesting.
At 4:55, You talk about the race that he spun himself on purpose, it's actually pretty cool, because my dad owns a piece of his tire from that race which has a plack that shows the picture from getty images that you have there.
I would happily take that 04-06 chase format
Man despite everything that Atlanta race still makes me mad. He won there in the Spring and was running third with 15 to go possibly winning he was in the catbird seat and didn't even know it. That one wreck cost him a championship because he most certainly would have been a top 5 finish. I still feel bad for Junior when the final standings came in and I saw the point gap. Despite some of the other bad luck that Atlanta race was the difference. Kurt Busch wasn't the best driver in 2004 but his luck was so that stinks.
Basically Jr beat himself out of the championship in '04. Had he been the smarter and humble veteran that he was in his final 4-5 seasons (basically when Amy came into his life) and had the same strong cars under him, do you think he would have won the '04 championship?
DC Comics Racing Totally, and looking back to the DEI days he also did the same the same type of thing at Martinsville in 2006.
@@rcracer8872 dude that wasn't the only thing that put him out clearly. He had chances to come back from that 25 point "cursing penalty"...... and he almost did, but like I said he beat himself out of it. Now I know no matter what anyone tells you, you still think that everything Jr does or ever did was perfect and everyone is out to get him. I'd like to see you attempt to justify the fact that he intentionally wrecked at Bristol earlier in that year to get a caution, but the thing is you can't. Let Jr fight his own battles, there's no need for you to be his advocate.
@@rcracer8872 and by racing more aggressive he beat himself out of the championship.
@@rcracer8872 Thanks for the compliment it really means a lot, but actually no he didn't, just run consistent in the final 7 races of the season.
Definately
I was only 4 when this all happened still makes me so fucking mad.
Kinda makes you think about Lightning McQueen, even though that wasn’t Jr’s rookie year.
.....By the events of Cars 2 Lightning McQueen had won 4 championships, and who knows how many race wins. Dale Earnhardt Jr only has 0 championships, and 26 wins in 631 races. With 10 of his wins at Restrictor Plate Tracks.
.....I would compare Dale Jr to Chick Hicks in Cars. (the green car) Well up until Chick Hicks won the championship by wrecking the King that is. Anyway have a great/wonderful day.
If dale jr finished top 5 in 10 races to go he is 2004 nascar nextel cup series championship because in the martinsville & atlanta if he can't mistake crashes or who is behind him he will finished in top 5 unfortunately he finished both races at martinsville & atlanta is 33rd so yeah not only that he penalized at talladega when he said the bad language 25 points so kurt busch he is the leader of the playoffs so yeah that's what it is
I thought the rear end broke at Martinsville in the fall race but sounds like I am wrong. The way I had it figured, if he'd have finished 5th there and next week at Atlanta he'd have won it all.
Can we get this points system back? Or the one before that please
Nascar missed out when they peanalized jr at bristol he could have won the championship
Bristol?
Your Cognitive Dissonance Binds You you know the short track
He was penalized at the spring Bristol race because he spun himself to cause a caution. The penalty didn't really change anything because the Chase resets the points anyway.
4:18
BTU RX i forgot it reset the points
Great video.....this was certainly Juniors year to win the championship. Imagine what happens if he does win it? Does DEI not self destruct and continues to grow as Dale Sr had hoped. Dale Jr did not even come close to fulfilling the promise of his DEI years at Hendrick. Had the talent...….just do not think the drive was there that his father had.
Fining Jr not once but twice was complete bs. NASCAR themselves being petty screwed Jr from this championship.
And that friends was Jr.'s best season.
REASON WHY THE 2000S WHERE THE RAIN FALL:
1.DALE EARNHARDT JR
2.JIMMIE JOHNSON
3.TONY STWART
4.JEFF GORDON
5.KURT BUSH
6.KEVIN HARVICK
7.RYAN NEWMAN
8.MATT KENTETH
9.BOBBY LABONNY
10.MICHEAL WARTRIP
Look at the bright side, he is a two time Xfinity champion
Missing Rings: Michael Waltrip (every season)
But I thought he was the greatest? He had to be a champ at some point?
Erich Keplinger Michell Wolcripple Is the worst driver in nascar. period. my god, clint bowyer can never be wrong. i agree with him 100% on everything no matter what. spingate more like schpinlate it wasnt intentional i have rashes on my arms too clint its ok dont worry.
utters bandwagon bowyer fan
The Great Masyn no gawd nab harvick fan get outta here
Freaky Too Fast on pit road..
Possible missing rings: Darrell Waltrip-1979, Bobby Allison-1981, Bill Elliott-1985, Dale Earnhardt-1989, Mark Martin-1990, Bill Elliott-1992, Jeff Gordon-1996, the 2002 season could be very interesting. Several drivers could've won the title that year (Marlin, Martin, Johnson, and Gordon). Super competitive season where the points leader always had trouble on the track. Jeff Gordon-2007 would be good too.
I probably will do those in the future
@@TheIceberg Awesome. Obviously, it may be somewhat difficult to find footage and info on the first few seasons I listed. Great job by the way.
"Bill Elliot 1992", have you forgot Davey Allison?
@@VGF80 The reason I say Elliott over Allison is Bill Elliott all but dominated the 1992 season with 4 wins and 12 top fives in the first 23 races but the final six races were a disaster. He left Dover with a 150+ point lead over Allison. His final six race finishes were 30th, 26th, 30th, 4th, 31st, and 1st. If not for several mechanical failures no one including Allison or Kulwicki would have caught him.
Allison did have his own issues, only finishing in the top ten four times in the final ten races of 1992.
Do the missing rings MTJ 2016
It doesn't mean shit right now, Daddy done won here 10 times.
Can you do one on Mark Martin
*Cries in earnhardt*
I remember my dad crying after the wreck at Atlanta
I find it ironic that dale Earnhardt was penalized for saying s#$# and yet they don't no nothing when anyone curses today....WOW JUST WOW
That penalty at Talladega was totally stupid! 😠
Missing rings: Joey Logano 2015
Joey should have stepped up. Hes been a bitch since he let matt get away with martinsville
Rowdy Smoke14 coming up in the future
@@TheIceberg Sweet!
Jeff Gordon 2007 and argument for Kevin Harvick / Hamlin 2020
Mark Martin has everyone covered when it comes to Missing Rings. 6 Fan forever tho.
Tony Stewart, young gun???!??!?!?!
What if! If is a huge word
We were so close, so damn close
We? Your fucking nobody
I do believe if he hadn't done that I'll advised non nascar race where he had burns he would have won championship.
Maybe back to back 30th place finish had something to do with it
Matt Kenseth 2006 & 2013
Missing rings 1982 Terry Labonte
7:31 “3th July”??
missing rings clint bowyer 2012
Go Kurt Busch!
That penalty was for Talladega not Bristol
He had penalties at both tracks that year.
If not for that Bullshit Penalty & Edwards wrecking him at Atlanta he would’ve been Champion
TheDieHardWWEAddict Edwards didn’t wreck him. Jr admitted himself it was his fault. Trust me I was pissed off at the time also. But I’ve watched that race many times since and actually just watched it a couple weeks ago. He came up in Edwards and wasn’t clear. Granted Edwards could’ve lifted but it was go time.
Yes he did Wreck him
300th commenter & 100th liker
Ah, the early-to-mid 2000s. Where Jr being the most popular driver made sense.
RC RACER 88 *finishes 19th in points in 2005*
*finishes 16th in points in 2007*
*finishes 25th in points in 2009*
*finishes 21st in points in 2010*
*finishes 21st in points in 2017*
Yep. Great racer. Definitely deserving of winning the most popular driver award 20 times. Totally deserves the amount of fans he has...can you even talk about anything else besides Jr? All the comments I see made by you is talking about how great he his. Shut up about him once in a while.
@@rcracer8872 you always have an excuse don't you?
RC RACER 88 Your excuse for 2009, 2010, and 2017?
RC RACER 88 If you weren’t stupid and ignorant you’d realize that Jr is not near one of the best drivers ever. Is he really good? Sure. Is he the second greatest to ever live right behind his father? Fuck no. 26 wins in 17 years. And, what, Johnson got 83 in 16? Logano got 19 wins in 10 full years, 2/3rds of what Jr got in half of his time. Why isn’t he considered the 2nd best? Stewart got 49 wins in 18 years and 3 championships under his belt? Why are all those people beneath Jr, may I ask? And no, attitude doesn’t matter. Stop confusing skill with that.
RC RACER 88 And why?
Missing Rings: Brad Keselowski 2018