Chase Elliott had the most wins, laps led, and best average finish of any driver this past season. Despite having a 19.5 average finish in the last 11 races, he was so dominant in the first 25 that he still would have clinched the championship a round early
@Kharn The Betrayer, he had enough wins stolen from him this season that I’m ok with it. Larson alone cost him 2 and Byron really shouldn’t have won martinsville
At least Bill lost a championship because other drivers were better than him throughout the entire season and not by some stupid garbage non-racing format
Something about that 9 team was completely unmatched throughout the regular season. But, through the Playoffs, he fell in performance, and people like Logano, Chastain and Bell, who have been with the 9 team all year were able to surpass them.
@@megaflare24 Fair, but at one point or another in those first 26, he had a legitimate shot to win. I guess his team just chose to run well and win when they thought they weren’t risking much.
If the Chase format water down the Champion title, the Playoff format has really tarnished it. Even if the round of 4 winner was the deserving champion, it still feels empty.
As an Elliott fan I’ll be honest he was lucky he made the final 4 if he either doesn’t win Dega or even has a bad finish or even collect enough stage points and he easily misses the round of 8
I wouldn't say he was lucky. It seemed like he was almost unlucky to miss it with how much went wrong for him. His regular season and his pure fight was the only reason he got past it.
@@Kartkid024 I’d say he was lucky, if he doesn’t win Pocono (a race he finished 3rd) then Ross Chastain doesn’t have to Hail Melon, him and Denny would be in. I could be wrong, but that race has been on the forefront of my mind ever since the round of 8, and even when Kyle Busch was eliminated.
@@NathanJakobMichaelThomas Again though, as much of a rare gift as Pocono was, he also got screwed out of Watkins Glen, the Roval and Road America. Could argue too he may have gotten screwed out of the first Martinsville race because of his pit crew and even the Indy Road course because of getting wiped out from behind. He also had to fight through some bad cars during the playoffs. So as much as he did catch some breaks during the season, I think he had far more go against him.
@@TwistedTyler8 I think you need to go back and watch all those races. He defiantly has a case in every one of those races. He was defiantly not lucky to be in the Championship race. He fought every bad break you can ask for to get there.
100 percent. I couldn't fully enjoy 2020 knowing he didn't deserve it. But now it really sucks because gragson and Elliott would have won titles and they have nothing to show for it
@@racecraze I agree with what Harvick said after Martinsville I would rather just win races nowadays than win a championship under this format. This format is all for entertainment and not crowning a true champion
@@hunternixonfishing2500 worst part is that the prestige of winning a championship has been diminished to a point where its less respected then total race wins
Someone did the points if it was still in Winston Cup style and Elliott would have had the title by a mile. But since he has a good team he still has many chances in the future to get some more titles
It's stupid that by the time Elliott actually should have won a regular points championship (and not a mickey mouse championship as they say), the playoff system prevents him from actually getting it.
Elliott actually started match the 22 best lap times at Phoenix and he came over the radio and said the car felt amazing and I honestly believe he finally had something for the 22 if he hadn’t been crash, but I’m not a fan of the format I’m a diehard Elliott fan and I don’t really care weather he was the champion or not I didn’t care in 2020 or 2021 the championship is meaningless in my option I’ll watch every race in the season until the playoffs start then I could careless happy he had a great season tho
Ya I don’t watch barely at all during the playoffs. It’s such a clown show of fake entertainment and these mindless fans worship the system. The best driver should win no debate. I wouldn’t even watch nascar if chase wasn’t in it
I think it was the right call making the first missing rings of this season be about Chase Elliott. He was a more deserving champion than logano in my opinion. But I feel like you're going to have to do another one about Denny Hamlin for 2022. Even though he was just as inconsistent, if not more so, as anyone else in the field having that win taken away costing the points he would have needed to advance from Martinsville to Phoenix. Finishing second three times in a row in the opening round and not getting a single win there also cost him the points he would have needed. He was close to being hail melon proof at the end of martinsville. Or even looking at how his pit crew cost him spots on the final three pit stops of the Martinsville race. If the pit crew performs at the end of Martinsville the way they had at the beginning and middle portions of the race, Hamlin likely wins and Chastain doesn't even need to perform the hail melon in order to get to Phoenix. There are plenty of big stories this year, perhaps Kurt Busch deserves a spotlight for this season given his performance and the reason for his missing the playoffs, but unfortunately Hamlin deserves another missing rings special for this season, at some point.
Chase still would've won the title under the old Winston format, but man he fell apart at the end of that season. Under the Winston format, because people love to bring it up when it makes their guy look good, Elliott would've won narrowly after looking like a threat to lock it up multiple races in advance after Talladega, just not a strong end of the year to the guy who dominated the summer...
@@seannolan9857 I mean, on one hand, yea Chase was the best driver all season. On the other, this isn't the Winston era any more, you have to have it in the last 10 races and Chase just didn't
I remembered about his interview after Roval (iirc) where he was worried about his chances in round of 8, citing passing issues with the car. Seems that the worry carried to the championship 4, as nobody could really pass.
he was still consistent last year, just wasnt as fast as the 5 what really surprised me this year is how he’s performed in the playoffs. throughout his career, he’s always been alright in the regular season then come alive strong in the playoffs. dont really know what happened in this year’s playoffs for the team
@@ssigeon Chase was slow at all the 1.5 mile tracks and struggled at Darlington. It wasn't just the playoffs it was all year it just stood out more in the playoffs.
Actually? Gustafson's strategy to pit him in stage 2 probably was the best of the four drivers because then he didn't have to wait on fuel during the stage break pit stop. Logano did have to wait, and as a result Logano came out 5th and Elliott came out 6th. I thought the tide was about to turn in the race when that happened...but you kno....then the #9 choked again... 👀
It’s been a while since a Missing Rings episode. Hope there will be more next month. Suggestion: Brad Keselowski 2020 Lost the title to Chase by 5 points, the closest championship margin in NASCAR history.
When the playoffs started it just seemed right after that Chase was missing something. If he didn't have the points cushion that he did, there's no way he would have made it to the final four.
In the full year format, the Championship 4 would have been: * Chase Elliott: 1,201 points * Ryan Blaney: 1,140 points, -61 * Joey Logano: 1,134 points, -67 * Kyle Larson: 1,124 points, -77
I know no one seemed like or want Joey Logano winning the championship but could you do a video breaking down his season which was better then people seemed to think. Fords were not good this year but both Joey and Blaney found ways to run well most of the season.
I tell you from actually being at Phoenix that day Joey Lagano was the class of the final 4 but chase had started to have something for him then boom restart happens and he's done
Viewership numbers were up the entire regular season because of the new car. Playoff numbers this year were down in almost every race compared to last year, including Martinsville. Idc what the numbers are for Phoenix 2 this year, people are NOT hyped for the playoffs anymore. 19 years of data to show lack of support of it, no other motorsport uses it, but they still somehow think they're being revolutionary
I'd say the strategy call by Gustafson worked. They needed less fuel on the stage caution pit stop and made it up to second of the playoff guys. He passed Joey on the restart so he was leading the championship when he spun out.
The missing cup. Chase Elliott was unstoppable this year and he would have been the real champion instead of Logano had there been a season-long format. Logano was the best car that race and that is all there is to it. But what a season Chase had. Chase Elliott was my mother's favorite driver, and she would have been happy about this year but also disappointed because he did so well but could not win the Cup. That three race winning streak was pretty good though. Chase has nothing to hang his head over.
A 1 race championship means the championship 4 has become more prestigious and the championship a little less prestigious. The championship is still the biggest thing but it just doesn't mean what it used to and what it should. Chase took advantage of the playoffs in 2020 and won the championship. Chase won the Winston format this year and made the championship 4. He was the best this year. Luckily he already has a championship where he wasn't quite the best so it balances out. I just wish it wasn't one race at the end to decide it. I'm ok with the playoffs but I wish the final round was a 3 race round starting even in points.
I feel like Chase Elliott deserved to be the champion she deals with shitty cars basically at the end of the season. He was so close to winning multiple times this season and multiple times to get good points
Elliott is joining the club that got robbed by the playoffs when it came to leading the series with a best average finish. Jeff Gordon (2004, 2007, and 2014), Carl Edwards (2008 and 2011) and Kevin Harvick (2010, 2015, 2016, and 2020). Just shows playoffs are here for entertainment and not crown a legitimate champion. Elliott's title quest in 2022 should of been more deserving than 2020. He is best with collecting the most points this season when Iceberg puts the Winston standings every Wednesdays plus racing reference shows that when looking at the bottom of the results page. He could of clinched at Martinsville. Chase Elliott came from the old racing order where average finish was everything. He won 2014 Nationwide Series Championship because he the most consistent driver that year plus 3 wins, 16 top 5s, 26 top 10s, average finish of 8, and 0 dnf's. I already beginning to fear that his racing profile soon might not fit into what NASCAR thrives on today. Chaos, aggressive driving, intentional wrecks, no need of putting together a consistent season. Shame on you NASCAR, Steve Phelps, Steve O Donnel, and everyone who favors entertainment over racing. Plus winning the championship isn't prestigious as it once was. Just a bonus.
I just knew he wasn't going to win after DNFing in the first race of the playoffs. No driver has ever won the championship after falling out of the first race.
I never seen a driver fumble this hard, from peaking in the summer and easily the best driver at that time to a mediocre playoff run and a costly mistake at the finale. As much as I love the traditional points format, Chase choked this one away.
@@JerBuster77 no it's because he was like the 4th best guy in 2020. It's ironic really, he was the 4th best guy in 2020 and won the championship, and this year he should've won the championship this year and finished 4th.
The call by his crew chief got him in front of Joey Lagano before Chastain wrecked him. It was a gutsy call that really worked, other than putting him in Chastain's line of fire.
I have a feeling the iceberg would post this after chase got spun by Ross in stage 3. As a fan of his he still young he going win another soon hes only like 29 years old if I'm not mistaken but hey good season as a whole congrats to Joey logano for the championship
I don't think a missing rings video is warranted for Chase Elliot, sure he had a good summer, but he absolutely LIMPED through the playoffs, he only made it into the final 4 by 4 points. Say what you will about the playoff format, but Chase was lucky to even get into the final 4.
If you ask me, Andrew, this video shouldn't have been made. Alan's strategy did end up getting Chase ahead of Logano and if Chastain didn't wreck the 9, Elliott wins his 2nd title.
His playoff inconsistency doesn't matter once he got into Phoenix IMO. Sure momentum helps a little but not a huge difference. Their strategy call worked to gain spots as well as get an extra pit stop for adjustments. He didn't finish the stage as high as he was before putting but he gained more spots from the stage break pit stop because he didn't have to wait on fuel like the others. At the time of that restart his car was the best it had been all day and he was right next to Joey. It very easily could've been chase winning the championship instead of Joey if chase didn't spin.
I knew this video would happen lol. Joey had everything go right at Phoenix. If Chase hadn't wrecked, he would have been challenging Joey in the closing laps.
I swear if there was a luck spectrum, Chase would be on one end and Joey on the other. That just seems how it goes for the two. Joey seems to catch the breaks and Chase always seems like he is in an uphill battle against stupidity. I figured it would eventually even out, but it just doesn't seem too.
These championships aren’t like the ones Petty and Earnhardt used to win. NASCAR doesn’t need anyone gimmicks, we don’t need manufactured game 7 moments for stick and ball people to get it.
Nascar needs stars again, characters who are memorable. Yeah it's a sport but it's also entertainment. Seems like the current system and cars are keeping stars from shining.
Elliott should've finished 4th in points in 2020, but won the title via playoffs 2022, Elliott should've won the title, but under the playoffs with his championship bidding mistake, he's 4th. Coincidence?
I still see this year as larson being told to let elliott go not getting be best equipment elliott I don't think had a engine failure larson had 3 and struggled with consistency
@@tylerkinney325 Because it's fun, and I like that system. There are also people who tally up seasons with MarioKart points, IRL points, or even invent their own systems. I see no reason why we have to limit ourselves to systems NASCAR has used, though applying old systems is fun as well.
Strongly disagree that the strategy call didn't work. Came in 9th, got back up to 12th before the stage end and the shorter pit stop because they still had fuel, moved him up to 6th, best of the championship 4. Plus an additional adjustment on the field which they desperately needed
The playoffs have to go. The best driver in a full season points system where every track is weighted the same should win the championship. I’m a chase fan and I don’t see his 2020 title legitimate, but at least this year proved he can lead a full season points system.
Something was not right in the playoffs with that car I just don’t know what it was but something was off. Personally I think that all joe gibbs team drivers had something to do with it but that’s just me because they all seem to hate him and almost every time he crashes it’s by one of them. Also, good job for Joey because he’s my second favorite driver and only other driver than chase I can stand.
Honestly, it just seemed to me like they figured something out with the new car in the early part of the season, but by the playoffs, everybody else had figured it out too and he came crashing down to earth. Tension with Larson also probably affected the information exchange between the HMS teams as the season progressed, also hurting his playoff efforts.
Will Chase Elliott bounce back in 2023 to win the championship?
hopefully
No
Hopefully, I don’t have high hopes, but I have hopes nonetheless
Regular season champ has only won the title 3 times. Format is a joke.
He will
Chase Elliott had the most wins, laps led, and best average finish of any driver this past season. Despite having a 19.5 average finish in the last 11 races, he was so dominant in the first 25 that he still would have clinched the championship a round early
He also would be the Winston Cup points champ.
A reminder of how flawed this Playoff system is sadly
To me he has only 4 wins . The 5th was a gift from JGR , he didn’t earn that win .
@@NGPG boohoo , been over 20yrs and still that same dumb comment. Get over it .
@Kharn The Betrayer, he had enough wins stolen from him this season that I’m ok with it. Larson alone cost him 2 and Byron really shouldn’t have won martinsville
Chase Elliott's 2022 season is somewhat comparable to his father's 1985 Season with how it ended
I think though that Chase Elliott could win more championships than his dad.
At least Bill lost a championship because other drivers were better than him throughout the entire season and not by some stupid garbage non-racing format
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT nah it was rigged for Bill to lose it.
We need a Chastain Missing Ring. Just so we can gush over the Hail Melon in the context of an incredible season
I can't like this comment twice, so I'm gunna say, "Fuck yeah!"
Something about that 9 team was completely unmatched throughout the regular season. But, through the Playoffs, he fell in performance, and people like Logano, Chastain and Bell, who have been with the 9 team all year were able to surpass them.
Elliott just didn't have any bad luck in the first 26 races
@@megaflare24 Fair, but at one point or another in those first 26, he had a legitimate shot to win. I guess his team just chose to run well and win when they thought they weren’t risking much.
If the Chase format water down the Champion title, the Playoff format has really tarnished it. Even if the round of 4 winner was the deserving champion, it still feels empty.
As an Elliott fan I’ll be honest he was lucky he made the final 4 if he either doesn’t win Dega or even has a bad finish or even collect enough stage points and he easily misses the round of 8
I wouldn't say he was lucky. It seemed like he was almost unlucky to miss it with how much went wrong for him. His regular season and his pure fight was the only reason he got past it.
@@Kartkid024 I’d say he was lucky, if he doesn’t win Pocono (a race he finished 3rd) then Ross Chastain doesn’t have to Hail Melon, him and Denny would be in.
I could be wrong, but that race has been on the forefront of my mind ever since the round of 8, and even when Kyle Busch was eliminated.
@@NathanJakobMichaelThomas Again though, as much of a rare gift as Pocono was, he also got screwed out of Watkins Glen, the Roval and Road America. Could argue too he may have gotten screwed out of the first Martinsville race because of his pit crew and even the Indy Road course because of getting wiped out from behind. He also had to fight through some bad cars during the playoffs. So as much as he did catch some breaks during the season, I think he had far more go against him.
no shot he wins that many races and is lucky to be there
@@TwistedTyler8 I think you need to go back and watch all those races. He defiantly has a case in every one of those races. He was defiantly not lucky to be in the Championship race. He fought every bad break you can ask for to get there.
Now chase fans know how us Harvick fans felt in 2020. Hopefully now they see how bad this playoff system is
100 percent. I couldn't fully enjoy 2020 knowing he didn't deserve it. But now it really sucks because gragson and Elliott would have won titles and they have nothing to show for it
Ive known since 2020 the playoffs suck
@@racecraze I agree with what Harvick said after Martinsville I would rather just win races nowadays than win a championship under this format. This format is all for entertainment and not crowning a true champion
@@hunternixonfishing2500 worst part is that the prestige of winning a championship has been diminished to a point where its less respected then total race wins
@@racecraze didn’t deserve it, Chase E won and was consistent during the chase then Harvick , and I’m a SHR fan .
Someone did the points if it was still in Winston Cup style and Elliott would have had the title by a mile. But since he has a good team he still has many chances in the future to get some more titles
from a logano fan this season from the 9 was definitely impressive especially the regular season
Logano was good this year and seems to do best on new tracks but he wasn’t best at all and I think Ross and bell both out shined him from their moves
This one hurt the most as a Elliott fan 😪😪
No the year Denny wiped him out at Martinsville had to be the worst
@@johnstickles6789 yeah I saw what was coming for 9 weeks unlike 2017
2020 lol. He deserved it.
It's stupid that by the time Elliott actually should have won a regular points championship (and not a mickey mouse championship as they say), the playoff system prevents him from actually getting it.
Elliott actually started match the 22 best lap times at Phoenix and he came over the radio and said the car felt amazing and I honestly believe he finally had something for the 22 if he hadn’t been crash, but I’m not a fan of the format I’m a diehard Elliott fan and I don’t really care weather he was the champion or not I didn’t care in 2020 or 2021 the championship is meaningless in my option I’ll watch every race in the season until the playoffs start then I could careless happy he had a great season tho
Ya I don’t watch barely at all during the playoffs. It’s such a clown show of fake entertainment and these mindless fans worship the system. The best driver should win no debate. I wouldn’t even watch nascar if chase wasn’t in it
So Chase Elliott is finally a Points Champion, cool.
I think it was the right call making the first missing rings of this season be about Chase Elliott. He was a more deserving champion than logano in my opinion.
But I feel like you're going to have to do another one about Denny Hamlin for 2022. Even though he was just as inconsistent, if not more so, as anyone else in the field having that win taken away costing the points he would have needed to advance from Martinsville to Phoenix. Finishing second three times in a row in the opening round and not getting a single win there also cost him the points he would have needed. He was close to being hail melon proof at the end of martinsville. Or even looking at how his pit crew cost him spots on the final three pit stops of the Martinsville race. If the pit crew performs at the end of Martinsville the way they had at the beginning and middle portions of the race, Hamlin likely wins and Chastain doesn't even need to perform the hail melon in order to get to Phoenix.
There are plenty of big stories this year, perhaps Kurt Busch deserves a spotlight for this season given his performance and the reason for his missing the playoffs, but unfortunately Hamlin deserves another missing rings special for this season, at some point.
Could have won 10+ races this year, just is too clean for modern nascar
Chase was without question the strongest during the regular season. It’s a shame he didn’t have the same success during the playoffs.
It’s a shame nascar has to have an illegitimate system that manufactures entertainment and doesn’t let the best driver win
Ross Chastain has a few words to say about that, take away the W's and Elliott has had a lesser season to the newcomer...
The stats don't lie... Exchange cars and Chastain wins the title easily... Trackhouse is still slower than Hendrick
It's felt like forever since the last Missing Rings video. This brings me back
Chase still would've won the title under the old Winston format, but man he fell apart at the end of that season. Under the Winston format, because people love to bring it up when it makes their guy look good, Elliott would've won narrowly after looking like a threat to lock it up multiple races in advance after Talladega, just not a strong end of the year to the guy who dominated the summer...
We are even now un legit win and loss I hate these playoffs have since 2020
Very similar to how Gordon ended in '95 and '97.
@@seannolan9857 I mean, on one hand, yea Chase was the best driver all season. On the other, this isn't the Winston era any more, you have to have it in the last 10 races and Chase just didn't
regular szn: _Chase Elliott stonk_
playoff: *_he dipped…_*
it is not 'denny time'
I remembered about his interview after Roval (iirc) where he was worried about his chances in round of 8, citing passing issues with the car. Seems that the worry carried to the championship 4, as nobody could really pass.
not a chase fan but he should be champion. the chase points system is illegitimate garbage.
..but at least we got a wall ride i guess*shrugs
Go Brad
Winston Cup Champion
Missing Rings: Cody Ware 2022
Just inconsistencies plagued Elliott at the end there. But we'll be back next year
If Chase can figure out the intermediate tracks he will be hoisting the trophy next year
If he can figure it out in the playoffs he can. The last 2 years he has been inconsistent in the playoffs.
he was still consistent last year, just wasnt as fast as the 5
what really surprised me this year is how he’s performed in the playoffs. throughout his career, he’s always been alright in the regular season then come alive strong in the playoffs. dont really know what happened in this year’s playoffs for the team
@@ssigeon Chase was slow at all the 1.5 mile tracks and struggled at Darlington. It wasn't just the playoffs it was all year it just stood out more in the playoffs.
FUN FACT
in the final 10 races
Elliott averaged a 17.5 finish
Hamlin averaged a 6.6 finish
If we were still using the 2013 chase with the wildcards, Hamlin would've won the title.
This is my favorite missing rings episode!
Actually? Gustafson's strategy to pit him in stage 2 probably was the best of the four drivers because then he didn't have to wait on fuel during the stage break pit stop. Logano did have to wait, and as a result Logano came out 5th and Elliott came out 6th. I thought the tide was about to turn in the race when that happened...but you kno....then the #9 choked again... 👀
What happened to chase yesterday just summarizes how his playoffs have went
Great video 👍
this hurts, because I feel like Chase's car was just coming to life
It’s been a while since a Missing Rings episode. Hope there will be more next month.
Suggestion: Brad Keselowski 2020
Lost the title to Chase by 5 points, the closest championship margin in NASCAR history.
2011 title: allow me to introduce myself
2021 Martain Truex JR lost by 1 point
@@Me181 he lost by five points as well.
@@striker31 Are We points championship? I was saying In the real championship He finshed 2nd
@@Me181 that would be one position not one point.
I have a series idea, you could talk about comeback seasons, like Kyle Busch in 2015 or something like that.
Me: Sees "Missing Rings" in the title
*waves of nostalgia immediately follow* 🌊
The old NFL Network Show?
When the playoffs started it just seemed right after that Chase was missing something. If he didn't have the points cushion that he did, there's no way he would have made it to the final four.
In the full year format, the Championship 4 would have been:
* Chase Elliott: 1,201 points
* Ryan Blaney: 1,140 points, -61
* Joey Logano: 1,134 points, -67
* Kyle Larson: 1,124 points, -77
Pretty sure logano would be 2nd behind Elliot I think.
You made this video fast af.
I know no one seemed like or want Joey Logano winning the championship but could you do a video breaking down his season which was better then people seemed to think. Fords were not good this year but both Joey and Blaney found ways to run well most of the season.
Or, he can rue what might have been if NASCAR had a season long points battle
This video came alot sooner than expected...
I tell you from actually being at Phoenix that day Joey Lagano was the class of the final 4 but chase had started to have something for him then boom restart happens and he's done
Bro did everything he could to shoot himself in the foot in the playoffs, culminating in turning himself across his rival's nose on a restart.
Viewership numbers were up the entire regular season because of the new car. Playoff numbers this year were down in almost every race compared to last year, including Martinsville. Idc what the numbers are for Phoenix 2 this year, people are NOT hyped for the playoffs anymore. 19 years of data to show lack of support of it, no other motorsport uses it, but they still somehow think they're being revolutionary
as a blaney fan that playoff talladega race is pure anger inducing to this very day
I'd say the strategy call by Gustafson worked. They needed less fuel on the stage caution pit stop and made it up to second of the playoff guys. He passed Joey on the restart so he was leading the championship when he spun out.
Should have won the championship
Next you need to do
Missing Rings Denny Hamlin 2021 and Missing Rings Ross Chastain 2022.
You might as well make one for Christopher Bell and Ross Chastain
The missing cup. Chase Elliott was unstoppable this year and he would have been the real champion instead of Logano had there been a season-long format. Logano was the best car that race and that is all there is to it. But what a season Chase had. Chase Elliott was my mother's favorite driver, and she would have been happy about this year but also disappointed because he did so well but could not win the Cup. That three race winning streak was pretty good though. Chase has nothing to hang his head over.
So explain 2020 when Harvick had 9 wins and yet Elliott won the Championship? You cant have it both ways.
Are you going to do a video on Winston Cup style points, championship winner for 2022
A 1 race championship means the championship 4 has become more prestigious and the championship a little less prestigious. The championship is still the biggest thing but it just doesn't mean what it used to and what it should.
Chase took advantage of the playoffs in 2020 and won the championship. Chase won the Winston format this year and made the championship 4. He was the best this year. Luckily he already has a championship where he wasn't quite the best so it balances out.
I just wish it wasn't one race at the end to decide it. I'm ok with the playoffs but I wish the final round was a 3 race round starting even in points.
Season Collapses: Kyle Busch 2022
Season Collapses: Kevin Harvick 2022
You need to do this for bell Sadly I’m a bell fan but he could of won it if he didn’t have that bad pit stop at the end
NASCAR not being biased moment
I feel like Chase Elliott deserved to be the champion she deals with shitty cars basically at the end of the season. He was so close to winning multiple times this season and multiple times to get good points
Elliott is joining the club that got robbed by the playoffs when it came to leading the series with a best average finish. Jeff Gordon (2004, 2007, and 2014), Carl Edwards (2008 and 2011) and Kevin Harvick (2010, 2015, 2016, and 2020). Just shows playoffs are here for entertainment and not crown a legitimate champion. Elliott's title quest in 2022 should of been more deserving than 2020. He is best with collecting the most points this season when Iceberg puts the Winston standings every Wednesdays plus racing reference shows that when looking at the bottom of the results page. He could of clinched at Martinsville. Chase Elliott came from the old racing order where average finish was everything. He won 2014 Nationwide Series Championship because he the most consistent driver that year plus 3 wins, 16 top 5s, 26 top 10s, average finish of 8, and 0 dnf's. I already beginning to fear that his racing profile soon might not fit into what NASCAR thrives on today. Chaos, aggressive driving, intentional wrecks, no need of putting together a consistent season. Shame on you NASCAR, Steve Phelps, Steve O Donnel, and everyone who favors entertainment over racing. Plus winning the championship isn't prestigious as it once was. Just a bonus.
I will forever think of Jeff Gordon’s 2007 season when I see these videos
This video came out impossibly fast
Missing Rings:
Dale Earnhardt 1995 and 2000
Mark Martin 1998
Tony Stewart 2001
Noah Gragson 2022 (Xfinity)
Austin Cindric 2021 (Xfinity)
I just knew he wasn't going to win after DNFing in the first race of the playoffs. No driver has ever won the championship after falling out of the first race.
Bro barely waited a day😂
I never seen a driver fumble this hard, from peaking in the summer and easily the best driver at that time to a mediocre playoff run and a costly mistake at the finale.
As much as I love the traditional points format, Chase choked this one away.
*2020 Kevin Harvick
Had 9 wins and failed to reach the Championship 4
Well that was quick
His 2020 non-legit championship and his 2022 non-playoff championship: now we’re even
How was it non-legit?
@@johnstickles6789 Because he doesnt like Chase.
@@JerBuster77 LMAO........these Elliott haters crack me up. Harvick had the better year but NADCAR has this bs chase format soooo.
@@JerBuster77 no it's because he was like the 4th best guy in 2020. It's ironic really, he was the 4th best guy in 2020 and won the championship, and this year he should've won the championship this year and finished 4th.
The Texas crash ruined Chase Elliott championship because it was his primary car that was so dominant all season long.
Can we get the same video for Blaney?
I’m expecting Bad Season:Martin Truex Jr 2022 or Brad Keslowski 2022 to be made soon
The call by his crew chief got him in front of Joey Lagano before Chastain wrecked him. It was a gutsy call that really worked, other than putting him in Chastain's line of fire.
Elliott spun himself. There was no line of fire
I have a feeling the iceberg would post this after chase got spun by Ross in stage 3. As a fan of his he still young he going win another soon hes only like 29 years old if I'm not mistaken but hey good season as a whole congrats to Joey logano for the championship
He’ll be 26
He's in his mid 20s
Hes 26 Right now turning 27 At the end of the month
@@RoxChaseDi9 He's 2.5 years younger than me
@@ianperry9598 gotcha thanks again
I don't think a missing rings video is warranted for Chase Elliot, sure he had a good summer, but he absolutely LIMPED through the playoffs, he only made it into the final 4 by 4 points. Say what you will about the playoff format, but Chase was lucky to even get into the final 4.
If you ask me, Andrew, this video shouldn't have been made. Alan's strategy did end up getting Chase ahead of Logano and if Chastain didn't wreck the 9, Elliott wins his 2nd title.
Scored most points all season by a TON
The strategy call did work he pitted at 12th and came out 6th
His playoff inconsistency doesn't matter once he got into Phoenix IMO. Sure momentum helps a little but not a huge difference.
Their strategy call worked to gain spots as well as get an extra pit stop for adjustments. He didn't finish the stage as high as he was before putting but he gained more spots from the stage break pit stop because he didn't have to wait on fuel like the others.
At the time of that restart his car was the best it had been all day and he was right next to Joey. It very easily could've been chase winning the championship instead of Joey if chase didn't spin.
Man this hurts
I knew this video would happen lol. Joey had everything go right at Phoenix. If Chase hadn't wrecked, he would have been challenging Joey in the closing laps.
I swear if there was a luck spectrum, Chase would be on one end and Joey on the other. That just seems how it goes for the two. Joey seems to catch the breaks and Chase always seems like he is in an uphill battle against stupidity. I figured it would eventually even out, but it just doesn't seem too.
At 3:47 if you pause look at the three signs the white dot next to the yellow sign on the left is me lmao
Chase will be back next year, he's young & I expect to see him a lot more running for championships 🏆🏁💕
Virginia Slims?
Will Chase Elliott bounce back in 2023 to win the championship?...Chase Elliott will differently be in my championship 4 in 2023.
These championships aren’t like the ones Petty and Earnhardt used to win. NASCAR doesn’t need anyone gimmicks, we don’t need manufactured game 7 moments for stick and ball people to get it.
2013 Sam Hornish Jr.
His playoffs was actually pretty good outside of Las Vegas. He probably had the car to beat in half of the races
As a chase fan this season hurt
So long as he remains on the case, Chase will win the race.
Man, it was so funny when golden boy took himself out at Phoenix. There is a God, and he finally listened.
Nascar needs stars again, characters who are memorable. Yeah it's a sport but it's also entertainment. Seems like the current system and cars are keeping stars from shining.
it doesn't really sting that bad when he got Harvick's missing ring from 2020
The big three of 2018: "First time?"
Please do Missing Rings: Ross Chastain 2022
Elliott should've finished 4th in points in 2020, but won the title via playoffs
2022, Elliott should've won the title, but under the playoffs with his championship bidding mistake, he's 4th.
Coincidence?
"I think NOT!!!"
I still see this year as larson being told to let elliott go not getting be best equipment elliott I don't think had a engine failure larson had 3 and struggled with consistency
not to mention that Chase mathematically locked up the championship at Martinsville in most end-of-year points systems
Under the Latford system anyway. Chastain won in F1 points.
@@seannolan9857 I think that's because out of every driver in the field, Chastain had the most top 5s and top 10s
@@seannolan9857 Why use scoring that NASCAR has never used?
@@tylerkinney325 Because it's fun, and I like that system. There are also people who tally up seasons with MarioKart points, IRL points, or even invent their own systems. I see no reason why we have to limit ourselves to systems NASCAR has used, though applying old systems is fun as well.
If he didn’t throw that block I think he woulda won. That move cost Chase the title.
2012 JJ next 👀
Chase will rebound next season. He's still young so he's definitely going to win another championship or even more championships down the road.
Strongly disagree that the strategy call didn't work. Came in 9th, got back up to 12th before the stage end and the shorter pit stop because they still had fuel, moved him up to 6th, best of the championship 4. Plus an additional adjustment on the field which they desperately needed
Chase Elliot would've won the championship under a traditional points format.
The playoffs have to go. The best driver in a full season points system where every track is weighted the same should win the championship. I’m a chase fan and I don’t see his 2020 title legitimate, but at least this year proved he can lead a full season points system.
@@johnhaas2523 yep. Nascar is too entertainment driven. Not focused on a fair and just points system. It’s a shame
Something was not right in the playoffs with that car I just don’t know what it was but something was off. Personally I think that all joe gibbs team drivers had something to do with it but that’s just me because they all seem to hate him and almost every time he crashes it’s by one of them. Also, good job for Joey because he’s my second favorite driver and only other driver than chase I can stand.
Honestly, it just seemed to me like they figured something out with the new car in the early part of the season, but by the playoffs, everybody else had figured it out too and he came crashing down to earth. Tension with Larson also probably affected the information exchange between the HMS teams as the season progressed, also hurting his playoff efforts.
Elliott had the most points technically?
Scored more total points yes. RacingReference shows the overall points scored in a season and he had scored the most.
@@TheIceberg So that would've given him the title...
Bad Seasons: Chase Elliott 2023