I think seasons like 2010 and 2011 are why they changed the ROTY rules. We all know Brad Keselowski would've won if he was eligible. He was the only guy that ran the full schedule in his first full season in 2010.
2012 was even worse as Stephen Leicht attempted 21, failed to qualify a Circle Sport car 6 times, and got it on virtue of being a defacto road course ringer despite his background not being on road courses in a race that frankly was more bizarre for Leicht than normal as he managed to finish on the lead lap and pass Bobby Labonte for 26th.
Key part to this is the big money teams didn't have the seats available so all we got for years as rookies is underfunded teams. Two things improved the rookie classes again, one was quality rides opening up as the late 90s/early 00 drivers started retiring (Gordon, Stewart, Kenseth, Earnhardt...etc). The other was Nascar limiting the Cup guys racing in the lower series
All I remember from Kevin Conway is two things. Jeff Gordon's soundbite on how the 34 needs a driver when he lapping him and Robby Gordon assaulting him at Vegas in 2011 over unpaid sponsorship money from Extenze.
I think Michael Mcdowell has come a long way since this video is the one that Daytona 500 to Brickyard and made the playoffs two out of the last 3 years
Nobody remembers him running. Honestly, same with Brett Moffitt in 2015...just looked it up myself, as he was ROTY that year & i truly don't remember him running too many races.
TBH, Trevor Bayne never had a rookie season in Cup. Yes, he had rookie stripes on his car from 2010-2014, but in the end, he never had a season where it was considered “Rookie status.” The most races he ran in the #21 in one season was 17 races in 2011.
We have better rookies because the rookies we have are driving Hendrick and Gibbs powered cars. Top tier stuff. Certainly better than Circle Sport or old Front Row Motorsports
@@seannolan9857 They are driving top tier stuff because the veterans started retiring and teams needed to replace them. Either way, some of these rookies would've moved up
Sadly, a lot of the IndyCar folks ran over to nascar because it looked like IndyCar was dying. It really hurt IndyCar for a few years when Hornish and Dinger came over to become also rans. Speed also probably would have made a great candidate for a Indycar ride.
I still find 2008 funny. Despite having 3 former Indy 500 champions (2 of which also won IRL championships, the other an F1 championship), it was the virtual nobody from the NASCAR development ranks that was ROTY.
I mean... she was never going to be HOF material, but she really wasn't a bad driver. She was overhyped and pushed through to the Cup series much too quickly. I think if she had run a year in the trucks and another year in the Nationwide series, she may have been a respectable driver. And yeah, many times she did a good job of kicking her own ass, but she also had the worst luck in the field. She had MANY really good runs go up in flames because she got caught up in someone else's BS.
Agreed. Five different winners ties them with 1994 for the highest number since 1960. Sure, their combined win total is lower than Clint Bowyer's, but they still all won.
Danica was clearly the worst. She had top flight equipment with SHR for her entire run, and came away with a grand total of 7 top tens. Almirola hasn’t exactly racked up wins in SHR either, but he has qualified for the chase in all 3 years. Second place has to be Dario Franchitti. It takes special effort to make David Stremme look good by comparison.
@@gregrowe1168 yep. Not that Kenseth was a slouch his last few years at Roush, but I definitely feel Matt had better chances at more titles for the first few years at Gibbs.
This due to one reason, Buschwhacking, These young ones didn’t get a chance to race because Cup drivers were filling in top rides in the Xfinity series at the time.
I think 2012 takes the cake here. The guy 41st in points won rookie of the year because the only other contender was start and parking for all but one race (and STILL finished higher in points).
@@andrewwinslow9315 I somehow don't even remember that happening and I watched the 2012 season. I can only only guess the reason is summed up in 2 words that were very popular in the same time period: Start & Park
You have to also nominate 1992 when Hensley won it considering that he started only 24 races. But 2010, 2012, and 2015 were pitiful as well. Conway, purely awful. Leicht gets his because Wise start and parks all but one race. Moffitt wins simply because his BK competition sucked. Period. Any objections?
@Kuromori That was in Nationwide, not Cup. In Cup, his biggest accomplishment was finishing 22nd at Martinsville. That was his only top 30. Oh yeah, and he was the first rookie that year to lead a lap.
Danica Patrick was forgettable as a NASCAR rookie (other than that pole at Daytona). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn't set the world on fire as a rookie either. A match made in heaven. :) At least until Danica left NASCAR and decided she'd rather sleep with a quarterback.
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What rookie class was the most comically bad?
The Iceberg 2019
1948.... *nobody ran* 😂
2010
Almost any COT year except 2009
2010
6:43 Rule #1 in stock car racing is learning how to wreck a guy without wrecking yourself!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
6:43 Jaret should make more memes. This is enough proof to prove my claim
6:43 Iceberg has turned to the meme side of NASCAR youtube
I don't care how old that meme is. I'll always laugh at it
In my opinion, 2010 is a huge bruh moment, there’s only one dude competing for it, the other guy only ran 3 races i think, that’s why its so bad
I think seasons like 2010 and 2011 are why they changed the ROTY rules. We all know Brad Keselowski would've won if he was eligible. He was the only guy that ran the full schedule in his first full season in 2010.
2012 was even worse as Stephen Leicht attempted 21, failed to qualify a Circle Sport car 6 times, and got it on virtue of being a defacto road course ringer despite his background not being on road courses in a race that frankly was more bizarre for Leicht than normal as he managed to finish on the lead lap and pass Bobby Labonte for 26th.
that Danica Part made me laugh so hard.
Jesus, that Danica section had me dying😂.
For nearly an entire minute, we hear wheezing
*and for good reason*
Key part to this is the big money teams didn't have the seats available so all we got for years as rookies is underfunded teams. Two things improved the rookie classes again, one was quality rides opening up as the late 90s/early 00 drivers started retiring (Gordon, Stewart, Kenseth, Earnhardt...etc). The other was Nascar limiting the Cup guys racing in the lower series
All I remember from Kevin Conway is two things. Jeff Gordon's soundbite on how the 34 needs a driver when he lapping him and Robby Gordon assaulting him at Vegas in 2011 over unpaid sponsorship money from Extenze.
2010 ROYT: *Kevin Conway*
*Oh my........ PP won something.....*
EXTEND IT WITH EXTENZE
Danica kept the body shop at SHR employed
February 14, 2021: So...... about that Michael McDowell guy.........
Conway being sponsored by extenze is like brazzers sponsoring danica Patrick, terrible drivers w horrible companies to go along😂
I think Michael Mcdowell has come a long way since this video is the one that Daytona 500 to Brickyard and made the playoffs two out of the last 3 years
Bruh... Literally in 2012, *Steven Leicht won the ROTY....* 😐
Josh wise was the other Rookie, and he just Start and Parked every race
Bruh..........😑
Because the cup drivers kept stealing rides in the Xfinity series
Nobody remembers him running. Honestly, same with Brett Moffitt in 2015...just looked it up myself, as he was ROTY that year & i truly don't remember him running too many races.
Remember when Steven Leicht hit that beaver at pocono in 2012
7:00 basically Danica's whole nascar career in general
TBH, Trevor Bayne never had a rookie season in Cup. Yes, he had rookie stripes on his car from 2010-2014, but in the end, he never had a season where it was considered “Rookie status.” The most races he ran in the #21 in one season was 17 races in 2011.
I feel like we have better rookies thanks to NASCAR’s lower series restrictmemt to cup drivers.
We have better rookies because the rookies we have are driving Hendrick and Gibbs powered cars. Top tier stuff. Certainly better than Circle Sport or old Front Row Motorsports
@@shakefl And they're driving top teir stuff because the top teams aren't just running Cup drivers in the lower series every week.
@@seannolan9857 They are driving top tier stuff because the veterans started retiring and teams needed to replace them. Either way, some of these rookies would've moved up
Looks like Michael McDowell is gonna finish above 23rd in points this year.
Make that 2 years.
Trevor baynes whole career outside of his 500 win was pretty forgettable lol
It's honestly depressing that he peaked when he was 20.
He peaked in his second race and never did anything worthwhile again, cool guy though.
Whenever I see two consecutive zeroes on a race car, I always think of that crash at Texas.
also the crash at Daytona a few years later.
(Watkins Glen enters the chat)
When I see two zero's on a race car all I can hear is Darrell waltrip saying whoa whoa oh no oh no
Absolutely lost it at the Danica part 😂
LOL at danica and Ricky wrecking together
6:43 wasn't expecting that sound bite
6:43, I would say, is very accurate.
I'd say 2010-2012 are the only truly depressing ones.
Stephen Leicht 2012 ROTY highlight reel: Getting blasted by Jeff Gordon at Indianapolis
That is all.
don't forget about hitting a groundhog at pocono
@@joshuaweatherman9496 yeah...thanks for reminding me about that episode.
I see an Iceberg NASCAR video, I watch
McDowell took this video personally
6:43 Incredible use of the meme.
Lets not forget bowman ran for TBR his rookie year.
who's here after mcdowell won lmfaooo
Since this video McDowell has two wins
Kevin Conway, the man who got his ass kicked by Robbie Gordon over sponsorship money
Sadly, a lot of the IndyCar folks ran over to nascar because it looked like IndyCar was dying. It really hurt IndyCar for a few years when Hornish and Dinger came over to become also rans. Speed also probably would have made a great candidate for a Indycar ride.
Kevin Conway...rookie of the year, wow, that was a dark times for NASCAR but, 2020 I think was a weirdly good comeback year
I still find 2008 funny. Despite having 3 former Indy 500 champions (2 of which also won IRL championships, the other an F1 championship), it was the virtual nobody from the NASCAR development ranks that was ROTY.
Jeez at least Danica had some form of longevity in her career.
I mean... she was never going to be HOF material, but she really wasn't a bad driver. She was overhyped and pushed through to the Cup series much too quickly. I think if she had run a year in the trucks and another year in the Nationwide series, she may have been a respectable driver. And yeah, many times she did a good job of kicking her own ass, but she also had the worst luck in the field. She had MANY really good runs go up in flames because she got caught up in someone else's BS.
MY TOP 10 WORST NASCAR Rookies:
10. Steve Park (CUP-1998)
9. John Wes Townley (Xfinity-2008/Trucks-2007)
8. Aaron Fike (Xfinity-2004/Trucks-2007)
7. Sean Caisse (Xfinity-2009)
6. Tyler Walker (Xfinity-2004/Trucks-2003)
5. Noah Gragson (CUP-2023)
4. Cody Ware (CUP-2021)
3. Shane Hmiel (Xfinity-2003)
2. Rob Moroso (Cup-1990)
1. Danica Patrick (Cup-2013/Xfinity-2010)
2007 rookie class underrated 5 different winers came out of that class more then most years
Agreed. Five different winners ties them with 1994 for the highest number since 1960. Sure, their combined win total is lower than Clint Bowyer's, but they still all won.
Danica was clearly the worst. She had top flight equipment with SHR for her entire run, and came away with a grand total of 7 top tens.
Almirola hasn’t exactly racked up wins in SHR either, but he has qualified for the chase in all 3 years.
Second place has to be Dario Franchitti. It takes special effort to make David Stremme look good by comparison.
Since the time of this video was uploaded, Michael McDowell won the 2921 Daytona 500.
Reutimann, had that impressive win at Chicago. At least he earned a legit win.
6:43 > _Muttley has entered the chat_
The only thing I remember about Steven leicht in 2012 was him hitting the beaver at pocono
5:02 it should be noted Logano was pretty mediocre at Gibbs. His jump to Penske is what made his career
Derek Albert ironically it was the old guy kenseth who took over for the 20 car and revived his career.
@@gregrowe1168 yep. Not that Kenseth was a slouch his last few years at Roush, but I definitely feel Matt had better chances at more titles for the first few years at Gibbs.
I don’t care what all y’all say. Kevin Conway is LEGENDARY. Even Earnhardt can’t match the greatness that is Kevin Conway.....’s sponsor Extenze
The Danica Patrick bit killed me 😂
For Stewart-Hass equipment, Danica was the most horrific for driver performance in comparison to their ride quality out of this class.
6:51 love that he starts laughing the moment she smacks the wall
5:38 The Iceberg dishing out burns
Menard won the Brickyard and finished more races than anyone on this list. Most efficient and least costly.
That Danica bit had me crying 🤣, wasn't ready for that..
There was never a worse driver than Kevin Conway!
Kevin Conway had the best sponsor ever!
EXTENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNZE
This due to one reason, Buschwhacking, These young ones didn’t get a chance to race because Cup drivers were filling in top rides in the Xfinity series at the time.
The Danica laughter review is priceless!
Actually it was annoying AF but very fitting lol
i would kill for an entire video of that laughter paired with various danica crashes
Ngl I was in god damn tears at the Danica montage. 😂
Do you suppose maybe the equipment that those rookies got to compete in? Red Bull was still trying to figure things out when AJ was there.
That's exactly it. Most of those teams don't exist anymore or are just ok (CGR, Roush, JTG). Logano started at JGR but was a teenager at the time
6:43 Jaret, what's the name of this laugh sound effect? I've been trying to find it for months with no avail
@Kuromori Look at the top of his head....!
Flipagram
For this part about Danica Patrick, you deserve million likes.
Still waiting for a NASCAR Busts collab between Darian and David Land on Hornish
4:15 I know it’s severely old now but thank you for agreeing.
I think 2012 takes the cake here. The guy 41st in points won rookie of the year because the only other contender was start and parking for all but one race (and STILL finished higher in points).
2012. No question
Amen
Stephen Leight 15 races what a joke 😅
@@josecontreras2997 how josh and Timmy lost to Stephen is a mystery
@@andrewwinslow9315 I somehow don't even remember that happening and I watched the 2012 season. I can only only guess the reason is summed up in 2 words that were very popular in the same time period: Start & Park
@@RACECAR I have two better, Field Fillers
Marcos Ambrose is an open wheel driver? He raced in v8 supercars....sedans
🤣🤣 He stoopid
Excellent video!
That Danica summed her career perfectly 😂😂
Bayne should have been a ROTY contender in 2011. Also Josh Wise is another guy better known for sponsorship (Dogecoin) over anything else.
Kevin Conway is remembered for being at least 2 seconds slower than both his FRM teammates at every track 🤦♂️😂
You have to also nominate 1992 when Hensley won it considering that he started only 24 races. But 2010, 2012, and 2015 were pitiful as well. Conway, purely awful. Leicht gets his because Wise start and parks all but one race. Moffitt wins simply because his BK competition sucked. Period. Any objections?
Less than 5 months later, McDowell wins the Daytona 500
No one's ever gonna top Danica for a piss poor performance.
I never knew Dario drove in the Cup Series 😂
and Captentier ran in 2010 in the 26 which became the 32.
@Kuromori That was in Nationwide, not Cup. In Cup, his biggest accomplishment was finishing 22nd at Martinsville. That was his only top 30. Oh yeah, and he was the first rookie that year to lead a lap.
🤣🤣🤣that Danica section had me DYING🤣🤣🤣
Danica Patrick was forgettable as a NASCAR rookie (other than that pole at Daytona). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn't set the world on fire as a rookie either.
A match made in heaven. :) At least until Danica left NASCAR and decided she'd rather sleep with a quarterback.
Brett Moffitt won a ROY as well past this stretch. So it still lingered after 2013.
Bad brad was a rookie in 09 but he went full time in 2010-11 baynes second race was the 500 win
Regan Smith didn't race at Sonoma or Watkins Glen, Ron Fellows instead drove the 01 car.
2019 was pretty bad. You had preece, hemric and tifft.
2012 was a joke.
And a Fake Chase Elliott fan boy pretending he's really Chase Elliott
@@bmschneider30 whats that have to do with a rookie class?
@@chaseelliott8578 😂
@@bmschneider30 Last time i checked, Chase was a rookie in 2016 and not '19. Maybe i'n wrong though.
Marcos Ambrose wasn’t part of the open wheel invasion
Nice laugh track for the human blue screen Danica Patrick
The Danica compilation killed me😂
I often say David ragan would have made the 2008 chase if not for bad luck
Roush was strong that year too, probably the last year Roush truly ran like an elite level team, what happened to Roush in 2009 to suck so badly?!
I’m watching this in the bathroom at school
Women drivers, amirite?
Edit: I'm a woman. Take a joke
Come on not this again
@Kuromori Danica Patrick was consistent, don’t criticize her just because how bad it flopped
Who else remembers when Danica Patrick said in the 2017 Daytona 500 that they were fast?
Don't forget the 2015 with Brett Moffitt driving the 34 Front Row car.
I died during the Danica part
Video idea, can make an entire video of Danica Patrick fails with that sound bite you used at 6:43. Just have it on loop for like 1 hour
I think Juan Pablo Montoya would have had a better career if he drove for a better team than Ganassi.
Kevin Conway = 🐐
I was at the race that joey won at New Hampshire in the rain
How many ads can one video have. I usually like this channel but this was broke up with ads bad
I think that's just part of the new RUclips ToS which basically means that RUclips can put ads on a video for Google's profit instead of the creator's
Bruh the few bucks I pay for Premium is well worth it. No ads, background play, downloads, everything. Well worth it.
Have you not heard of an ad-blocker?
I had 0 ads. No ad blocker or anything
Danica transferred her powers to Ricky, and Wrecky Spinhouse was born
ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video gives me an excuse to say it again: Missing Rings: Sam Hornish 2013 (NNS)
6:13: Stephen Leicht what? He won a Busch Series race at Kentucky Speedway in 2007!