The Talladega Win That Ruined a Career
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- In the 31st week of the 2021 season, NASCAR saw something unprecedented. During the weekend at Talladega, fans were treated to three brand new winners in each of the series. Brandon Brown’s win, however, went down as one of most infamous wins in NASCAR History. How was that even possible? Brandon Brown winning was one of the most feel good stories we saw in the 2021 season? Why would it become one that NASCAR wants everyone to forget? Well thanks to unfortunate timing, a side reporter mishearing the crowd, and a three word chant, we would see one of the most controversial moments in NASCAR History. This is the story of the “Let’s Go Brandon” Incident.
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You know how this all could've been avoided
BY GETTING RID OF FRONT STRETCH INTERVIEWS AND GOING BACK TO BASICS WITH VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW'S
I can't believe they didn't get rid of them after this happened.
@@supertornadogun1690 And then the incident where a fan threw a heavy beverage can at John Hunter Nemecheck in the Truck series after which I suggested the same fix.
Or if fans just kept their mouths shut
@@Whenchungo07 Or reporters
And NBC BEING HONEST and NOT Lying about what was said!
What makes me sad is that this whole thing was completely out of Brandon's control. He deserves so much better. I already liked the dude because he helped work on the cars he was racing. I became a certified fan for life after his Talladega win and the whole "Let's Go Brandon" meme.
Your exactly right! NASCAR made a big deal out of it ,when it was the fans who were chanting it and then not approve the bit coin sponsorship! Unbelievable the stuff NASCAR pulls! He can definitely can drive a car! I hope some big company will step up an sponsor! It's a real shame! Turn it into a positive!
Just goes to show that all the "outraged" folks who vowed to quit NASCAR and boycott it and never watch again after the Bubba Wallace garage thing or the banning of the Confederate flag were just all talk and no walk snowflakes. Just like that Truck Series driver ray cicharelli.
Even worse is that far leftists to this day actually have the audacity to blame him. I get that they're absolutely clueless on almost everything, but them blaming Brandon for this is like blaming an abuse victim for their own abuse.
Karma is a bitch
@@irepairofpc31familykartrac51 There's no karma. Brandon did nothing wrong.
Great video. Not enough people talk about how much it affected Brandon himself.
The last interview broke my heart. He never deserved any of this. I hope he finds a good place in life for him to keep succeeding.
To be honest I think the NBC reporter knew what they were saying but NBC was probably on the hot mic demanding her to spin it in a positive light. I think if they went with honesty Brandon would of walked off scot free.
She had no idea. She was wearing noice canceling headphones, cars in the back ground, a director in her ear… all she heard was a chant rhythm and assumed they were saying Let’s go Brandon.
@@jeremysimpson1432 Even if she didn't hear it last time I went to a race (granted it has been going on a decade now) was MiS and there were media and NASCAR crew all over even in the grandstands so I highly doubt no one heard it and radioed into NASCAR or NBC what was going on
@@jeremysimpson1432 she couldn't hear the chant but can hear the guy she was interviewing??? GTFOH She heard exactly what was said and even if she couldn't it she knew because f joe biden being chanted at sporting events across the country was shown every night on the news.
Or..... they heard the f word and knew that they could lose their entire income from the event to the advertisers, who are legally allowed to take their money back when explicit actions and language are used
@@Ender_Challengewell we all heard what the crowd was saying so if that's the case they could still lose that income.
That dude is such a solid driver and he definitely doesn't deserve any of this. That report knew what the crowd was saying.
Even if she did, it’s not like anybody could have anticipated what happened in the aftermath.
The reporter did not mishear the fans. She drew attention to them and then realized what they were saying. She tried to cover it up but only made it worse.
Exactly.
it's 100% the shitheads fault they just can't enjoy it without puking their politic chants
Pardon me but how can you say this? Are you the reporters ears giving us inside scoop?
@@deaf2819 you would have to be an idiot to mistake that. We can clearly hear it in the video and I bet it would be even clearer in person.
@@deaf2819 bullshit
My school banned “let’s go Brandon” at the time, and my first name is Brandon, so some kids that I knew and were friendly with got in a circle around me and chanted “let’s go Brandon” (because my name is Brandon) they got in trouble and argued “his name is Brandon” was the highlight of my day, and every time I win something in PE a few kids will quietly chant to me “let’s go Brandon” I like it, still one of the highlights of the month
Let's go Brandon! (you)
Yep….good old woke thinking and acting. Mental illness is real!
Cool so your school bans political free speech how leftist of them.
@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance yay
Out of all the things to ban
You know, if they were still doing victory lane interviews, this probably wouldn't of happened.
If NBC was Honest this would Not have happened! Let’s tell it like it really is or was.
@@TC-dw6wg what did you want nbc to exactly do
@@ILikeRice88924 it’s not complicated, just ignore it duh
@@TC-dw6wg if the crowd didn't chant what they changed this wouldn't have happened.
@@ILikeRice88924 You are a bit slow ...
If the "Let's Go Brandon" thing actually meant Let Go Brandon rather than what it actually meant, it would have probably been the most iconic moment in Nascar History honestly, with everyone chanting and cheering on an underdog that's fought his way hard up and broke through, sadly this wasn't what happened.
I feel for Brandon. I hate politics mixed with my sports. Brandon is a hard working driver who’s career is been ruined by something he didn’t do.
So he didn't jump on the bandwagon and try to sneak a sponsor past Nascars regulations and get rightfully stopped for it?
@@AlphaHumphrey Hell IDK I don’t work for them. I just feel for the dude cause I think he has talent, but politics screwed him over.
@@AlphaHumphrey really he had no choice but to lean in to it when every other sponcer disowned him. The left will isolate and shame some one then get mad when they go to the other side. Like duh you forced my hand
@@AlphaHumphrey He didn't try to jump on the bandwagon, he only tried to go with that sponsor because no one else would touch him.
@@pharaohwrestlingyt Idiots ruin everything they touch, including Brandon Brown's career.
Honestly feel sympathy for Brandon, I could never imagine how horrible it would be to lose everything because of a political chant. I hope everything goes well for Brandon and hope to see him win more races.
he shouldn't have ever lost a single thing. a political chant shouldn't cost anyone. it sure hasn't cost the worthless left. it's a ridiculous world we live in.
@@tonycraven8142 what does the left have to do with a bunch of politically illiterate conservatives bringing politics into a sporting event and shouting obscenities on live tv and in front of children? For a party that constantly preaches about morality and "protecting children" these actions seem to be antithetical. But let's be real the only thing you want to "protect children" from are ideas & lifestyles you don't comprehend.
How ?
It was just a one big chain of unfortunate events. Hoping that Brandon can get back on his foot soon
BS…..the kid got screwed and NBC is responsible. Please take your enabling BS (unfortunate events) somewhere else. I also do hope this kid gets another chance and also hope his family sues the shit out of NBC. Let’s have some responsibility / accountability in this country AGAIN!
Dose he not have both feet? Or are you just wishing he get some what back but not all the way?
Last I saw he's gunna be out of full time driving for the 68.... Due to sponsorship troubles thanks to that chant.
@@dillonpierce7869 the crowd chant isnt what ruind his career. It was the "let's go Brandon" and nbc's attempt at covering up what we could all clearly hear. This isnt on the fans using there god given right to free speech.
@@robertstone9988 i can blame stupid people using their voice in a fashion that ruined a honest person's reputation..... Or people I perceive as stupid.
The reporter didn’t even genuinely miss-hear the crowd. She was trying to cover up what they were saying for the sake of NBC
That's absolutely correct. Everything woke goes to sh*it.
Thank you!
This is one of the worst if not The worst way to have your first win and NASCAR career tarnished
And it's sad Brandon Brown had to be the one paying the price for all of this
The only one comparable to this was when Wendell Scott couldn't keep his trophy.
Michael Waltrip
would argue otherwise
Everything woke goes to sh*it.
The fact that my dad knows this man and his dad, Brandon is a very sweet guy, tried to always be at the shop even when it wasn’t open, to make sure everything was good and help out anyway he can, they even bought a shop in Charlotte/Concord just to be closer to the big teams, it sucks that he isn’t gonna be in the car next season:(
This is a good reason why they should just do victory lane interviews. You watch th entire race and don’t get to see the winner in victory lane. That’s about as dumb as nascars points system
That sucks for him. That team tried hard to get a win with all the obstacles they went through. I don't know if maybe Brandon could've maybe made a statement in nascar interview or Twitter no more then a week after the win and say "Hey fans don't use my name as a political thing" or something and maybe sponsors would not be quick to abandon him. It ain't his fault. It's very unfortunate for him and his crew.
It’s not Brandon brown's fault that his win was ruined
So was his career he just raced his final race in the 68
Amazing how the "Keep politics out of sports" crowd brought THEIR politics into sports and are STILL celebrating that they ruined the career of a small business owner
Those are the same people who vowed to quit following along and watching NASCAR and boycotted it forever after all the Bubba Wallace garage stuff and the confederate flag getting banned. Guess they just showed us how big snowflakes they were, all talk and no walk sensitive birds.
The problem with the "keep politics out" thing is the vagueness of it. Because let's be honest, what even is "politics" anymore? It feels like the answer to that is "everything."
@@vidmasterK1 Wokeness is a disease.
@@vidmasterK1 It really is unfortunate. I want to state for the record that I am a Republican, but I will say that both sides should seriously re-evaluate themselves; especially the extremists. Far-leftists have a tendency to get triggered by the littlest of things. Far-right wingers have a tendency to be so insensitive and do things with very little if any thought. Political tensions are at the worst they have been since the Civil War, and it's only going to get worse as long as people are able to get away with being cowardly keyboard warriors.
@@vidmasterK1 "all talk and no walk" Like antifa ???
The left is literally insane.
If he can't drive for his family's team, I hope another owner realizes he has the talent to race in any of the top 3 NASCAR series and signs him for next season.
I always rooted for Brandon cause I was born in ‘68’ , it’s such an unusual number for a race car, and I always root for the underfunded teams at the super speedways cause they’re always the great equalizer. It’s very unfortunate for Brandon what happened, he should damned near hold NBC liable for damages! Praying he continues racing for his fans.
Feel bad for him he didn’t dearve to get screwed over
I can't begin to tell everyone how pissed I am about this. This stupid chant no one will take accountability for may have ruined his career. Brandon DID NOT deserve this. 😡
Exactly
alabama people never think their at fault for their own pure ignorance and that's what is sad about this whole situation they just do what they want without giving a first thought of the consequences of those stupid actions they like to pull
You can thank political correctness for this, not the people.
@@leesmith7012 that's just an excuse to avoid what was said you should never ever chant anything political at a sporting event never ever you either cheer for who you like or don't bother to show the fuck up at a game race or whatever the hell is going on you can chant it on you're local street but not at a live sports event
@@brandondavis8790 bullshit. If people didn't get their damn feelings hurt so easy, and our politicians wouldn't work so hard to turn my country in to a shithole it would have never started in the first place. You're right though. Politics don't belong in sports. Don't watch football any more because of it
Bro I'm nearly crying for this kid. He does not deserve repercussions for what some drunk idiots start chanting... I used the term before understanding what happened out of ignorance a few times. However this kids career does not need to end because of it. I hope he can bounce back from it and shine at what he loves to do.
BOUNCE BACK BRANDON!!! We believe in you
Can you explain HOW ?
LETS GO BRANDON
That ending tugged at my heartstrings
That is a shame, young man wins at Talladega and get screwed over. They can never take that win from him.
That day I will never forget, I have wanted Brandon Brown to win in 2021, but unfortunately I pass that day from happiness to sadness. when I said to myself "Finally, Are Brandon Brown and his team going to get money and more sponsors for the rest of 2021 and 2022?"
But in the end it was the opposite, lost sponsors and the cryptocurrency turned out to be a scam. Thank you fans for ruining Brandon Brown's emotional win and losing sponsors and his ride for 2023.
Kelly Stavast interviewing him didn't help things either. Glad she got moved to IndyCar coverage and Kim Coon took her place in the NASCAR coverage on NBC/USA.
@@michaelbell5 That was the KEY. That garbage sewage rat reporter should just do her job. But everything woke goes to sh*it.
Great video mate! The script was very well paced and the editing of both visual and audio aspects, were absolutely spot on. Very well done!
Thank you! That truly means a lot!
Brandon does very well for the amount of money they can put into the team I wish they could get better sponsors
NASCAR put themselves in this situation with changing the victory interviews to the front stretch
It didn't do much for Kelly either. I haven't seen her on the air all year, even for Indy car.
That's pretty messed up that companies and naSCar have no backbone and treated him so wrong.
Some of the aunts friends own a decently big sponsor that has sponsored several people this year in xfinity so I think I may ask for them to sponsor him next!
I wish I was a billionaire. Then I could sponsor him. He seems like the kind of person that I would want driving my racecar. Someone who, while not a threat to win every week, is good at racing clean and bringing the car back in one piece.
NASCAR killed that f J B
It makes me sad because he was my favorite driver in the xfinity series, and share the same name lol
I feel so bad for Brandon Brown
He does not deserve this
First race I took my grandsons too. It was an embarrassing display even for Alabama.
It was not lol
Really unfortunate for Brandon
The worst part of this was pit reporter Kelli Stavast was never held accountable for ruining Brandon Brown's racing career.
This is a good video! Great Job! Also very sad for Brandon...
This was such a sad story for Brandon Brown, because all the "backlash" should've never affected him personally. The sponsors made very pathetic excuses to pull out of partnership with the team. It was a dumb chant, so why be so sensitive about it? It shouldn't have affected the driver personally. It was a deserved victory on Brown's end. He's a great kid and can drive the wheels out of his car
Everything woke goes to sh*it.
@@-First-Last greatest president in my lifetime said that. And he is not wrong about that or a lot of things
The fact a part time sponsor got mad because a driver picked up a full time sponsor is MIND-Blowing.
Funny (not really) how the same type of politics ruin one young man’s career yet make a superstar out of another
No one deserves to be treated like this.
Nobody should be treated like this.
We are all united as one
gotta love how a race car driver becomes a scapegoat
To be fair Kelli the reporter who interviewed him, hasn't been seen on the NBC NASCAR broadcast this year.
@@stephenholloway6893 good she hurt his career I can’t feel bad for her
She didn't "mis-hear" the crowd. She was covering for them.
Your voice & style remind me of Emplemon which is absolutely a huge compliment.
Imagine having someone win their first race, and your first idea is to start a chant about the president.
What sad people.
Brandon’s my favorite driver In xfinity
They should have pulled the plug on the live interview before it even began
No more front stretch interviews
I’m not a NASCAR fan, but Politics and HATE ruined this. That reporter made an unfortunate mistake that will likely haunt her the rest of her career.
Republican extremists interpret it as “fake news” trying to cover for Biden, but she just just misinterpreted what was being said.
Thanks for posting this I have had to explain this story way to many times. I tell everyone I hate the Let's go Brandon stuff at the race track not for political reasons but it ruined this kids career.
Honestly I'd sponsor him in a heartbeat if I could. These woke corporations are dumb af for not sponsoring him. They're not gonna lose all their customers sponsoring some dude who's name simply became a goofy political slogan.
'Woke' is the generic far-right complaint, it's pretty much meaningless screeching expressed as a word.
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 I agree with you, but I would sponsor him anyway
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 I have heard "woke" used by people who aren't far-right, though, as well. For example, James A. Janisse on Dead Meat used that term to describe Miss Grotkey from Recess. It does seem like a slang term for far-left people, though.
@@nascarfanatic2425 don’t be political here
@@nascarfanatic2425 +100 points for referencing Recess.
But also, the whole 'anti-woke' (or formerly anti-SJW) thing mostly seems to be a recruiting tactical for far-right groups, relying on normies to spread their memes so that people don't immediately associate them with those causes.
If it wasn't for those clowns getting political and showing no respect for Brandon Brown's win, none of this would've happened, and Kelli Stavast would still be in NASCAR
what do you expect? Its Alabama. Collectively home of the dumbest people in the country. That whole little section with Louisiana and Mississippi might as well be be labeled Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest.
Sharing this straight to Facebook.
Share it with the rest of the boomers, sure.
@@DerrickRG completely missing the point.
It's really hard for me to see someone like Brandon suffer due to a bad set of circumstances. But what ticks me off is that Vic abandoned the team when they need him the most right now. While i admit the LGB thing was a mistake, the fact that something like Doge Coin once got slapped onto a racecar means it was not a farfetched idea. (Albeit, I can see why NASCAR canned the sponsorship, and I even agree with them not approving it... but you also have to question why NASCAR approved BLM if they want to avoid political topics...)
It's basic economics; if someone is paying more for the same thing, you naturally want to sell it to the highest bidder. I feel like Vic should be very well aware of how a business works, and I honestly feel like it's just an excuse to avoid attachment with a "political image".
I just hope that Brandon can get a sponsorship before his career grinds to a halt. It boggles my mind that he could very well end up being remembered not as the underdog winning against the odds, but instead the icon of a controversy he didn't even start.
Bubbas BLM paint scheme wasn't endorsed by those idiots.
The BLM thing was easily marketable and therefore a completely different circumstance from LGB.
Let's be honest, even if the sponsor was approved, it wasn't going to last.
@@crystaljon No argument there.
@@crystaljon Well The meme lost it's steam come March of this year.
The Rabid and insane political bases in this country are so ridiculous. The kids greatest moment turned into the hijacking of his career. I felt terrible for him. Until he doubled down and joined in on it with that idiotic bitcoin scam that we ALL knew wasn't going to happen.
What is even crazier is he had made the playoffs in 2020
In 2021 he went viral looking for sponsors while on the playoff bumble
Bumble? Shoulda tried GoFundMe.
Thank you for making this video.
Wow, I didn't know that's how it originated. I was just at Talladega a few weeks ago and inevitably there were a couple jerks chanting both that I could hear. But the overwhelming majority of people were there for the racing. What a shame that it affected his career.
Everything woke goes to sh*it.
The kid worked his way up and won at the fastest track, in the big leagues. Obviously he has talent. Don't see why a handful of morons in the stands should damage his career
It’s not the handful of morons in the stands. It’s the morons who continued to associate and use his name as a replacement for the president and politics.
I will say that the confusion of the crowds chants is funny and is a rare moment that got all of America's attention when it shouldn't have but it is indeed sad to see a young career with potential get screwed do to this all. It's all just bad timing and hard luck, unfortunately life is unfair and this is a perfect example of how you can have everything fall into place but one little thing can mess it all up. Hopefully he can have another shot at being a proper NASCAR driver but if not then I hope Brandon can at least take this rare incident and look at it with positivity and not let this drag him down.
well you know common sense could of been used to prevent all of this
1 not chant anything political
2 celebrate and cheer for a guy for an underdog team getting his 1st win
3 keep the political chants on you're local street or street only not at the race track
@@brandondavis8790 Yes, I agree that the crowd should have just celebrated his win and been happy to see the underdog win but unfortunately people don't always do what would make sense and I don't know who started the chant but who would expect everyone to join in and have the chant be confused for "lets go Brandon". It was a very rare moment that probably will never happen again.
anytime i see let’s go brandon, i can’t help but feel a small amount of anger about what happened here. These words have killed his career, and these people using it don’t care.
Everything woke goes to sh*it. That garbage sewage rat "reporter" should just do her job.
NASCAR killed Brandon Brown when they wouldn't let him capitalize on his name.
The LGB Coin sponson wouldn't have lasted regardless since it was essentially a scam sponsor
Let's go Brandon is about as dorky as it gets
Let’s go Brandon get Biden outta here
@@Panderson17 just say fuck Joe Biden. See it's easy. Damn your missing the point.
@NoSoyAllowed just say “Fuck Joe Biden” goofy ass lmao
Politics continue to ruin racing
Just subbed.
You know, looking back, even as a Republican myself, I will say that the Trump Train has ultimately done more bad than good when it's come to their impact on the world. Maybe they had good intentions at one time, but it seems to me their extremism has really hurt people of all walks of life.
I bet Dale Earnhardt would hire him...based on the injustice alone.
her producer was in here ear telling her say let's go brandon, lol
Someone needs to fund this young man
Everything is about timing.
She knew what they were saying
Yeah, I think he should make a trip up to Canada, to get away from the heat. maybe get a seat with JC Paille? we've seen he has unbelievable talent and would definitely be an asset to the Pinty's series.
i hope brandon brown gets his funding soon. LETS GO BRANDON BROWN
So sad that Brandon got ruined by this... Found the guy from his genius commercial and soon after that he won this race. It's a shame that this chant ruined everything
I didnt even know he was sponsored by ccu. I live right down the road by the campus, so that makes this whole that much more dissapointing
Oh she didn't mishear anything..she tried to down play the situation...
She knew what they were saying. Pretended they were saying something else
She didn’t mishear the crowd.. cmon man.
This is all on the broadcast for shifting away from doing interviews in victory lane and instead doing them on the track, which works for TV, but not much else. Brandon isn’t the greatest driver out there, but losing sponsors and eventually his ride is not deserving for anyone else who would be in that situation.
That's a sad story !
Listen, the reporter didn't have to white wash and act as if something else was being said when you can clearly tell FJB was being said.
That was her fault, he was collateral damage
The ultimate bad timing incident in NASCAR
It was awesome
i feel bad for him, and Kelli Stavast. both of them had their careers ruining over this incident. what sucks is they will probably never recover
Oh yes. "Mishearing" the crowd
If Liberal companies would realize that Brandon Brown had no control of the Let's go Brandon chant. This wouldn't be an issue
No matter how you feel about LGB, the fact is that it destroyed a feel good story and a young talents career, if you participated in using that term, you helped end his career
She didn't mistake what they were saying, I think she tried to cover up what they were really chanting
And now I think he's done driving his family team's car for good after this past weekend or the weekend before.
Feel bad for bro. Goes to show what majority vote will do.
If I was the reporter I would have been like “Hey I’m sorry about our crowd and if you are watching at home with a beep in the background. Also President Biden we have no control over what the crowd says or does, don’t have us sent to Terrorist Prison or something okay. Also nice Win Brandon Brown. Now cut, cut, cut FUCK THIS SHIT CAN NOT WAIT TO DO ALL INTERVIEWS IN FUCKING VICTORY LANE AGAIN!!”
Still burns my biscuits
"Mis-hearing the crowd".
Kelly Stavast is the reason for all of this for trying to cover it up
Nah, it's 1. The crowd who at that moment decided to chant FJB for what ever reason while a dude who isn't Joe Biden was celebrating his first win and 2. The people who ran with it and made "Lets go Brandon" a huge political statement...that could have easily not happened even with her screwing up
I concur with the crowd 👌
Unfortunately he’s gonna have to embrace it I blame the reporter
This whole story is a perfect representation of what is wrong with this country. Both sides of the political spectrum have dashed this young man's dreams with their paltry alterior motives. My heart goes out to you Brandon. America has failed you. 😞
Yup
Member how josh wise got sponser ship from Doge coin I wonder if we can do something for that for brandon brown
she did not mishear the crowd she made up her own line on the spot... and it didnt ruin his career... ive seen some great sponsors on his car this year.
He ran out of sponsorship though after Talladega. Potential sponsors probably know about the controversy and are staying away from sponsoring him. It's unfortunate. He does well considering the equipment he's in.
@@michaelbell5 talking about a violent attack on freedom of speech literally built on nothing. Just goes to show how evil the current administration truly is.
@@michaelbell5 Everything woke goes to sh*it.