This NASCAR Driver Was So Bad, He Got Sued For It

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In 2000, sports car racer Mike Borkowski signed a deal with AT&T to sponsor his entry into the NASCAR Busch Series with Bill Davis Racing. It went extremely poorly. So poorly in fact, that Borkowski found himself in court before the season was halfway over, facing a lawsuit, being sued for being a terrible driver, securing his place as one of, if not the worst NASCAR driver ever. This is the story. This is one of the dumbest things to ever happen in NASCAR.
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[@patrickracer43]

AT&T really said "bro is so bad that we want our money back!" Also if I had a nickel for every time AT&T was involved in a NASCAR related lawsuit I'd have two nickels, which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

[@JakeSimRacing]

Yep, At&t had a history of that in NASCAR

[@masoneveridge4078]

​@@JakeSimRacing a little late but it shows that a lot of people lost respect for Sprint and gained respect for AT&T when you realize Sprint lost about 100-200 thousand people in Q4 2007 and AT&T gained about 1-2 Million in Q4 2007

[@therago1456]

That Larson dig at the start of the video had me laughing for a little bit lmao

[@JakeSimRacing]

I’m glad someone noticed. I thought I’d have a little fun in the editing process haha

[@stevennewman8276]

AT&T should b sued everytime my ragedy ass phone dont have service!!!

[@JakeSimRacing]

😂

[@ATK10155]

“Nascar is so stupid. It’s just turning left”
Okay why doesn’t Indy/F1/IMSA drivers ever make it? Jeff Gordon and Tony Steward were both open wheel and they made NASCAR their bitch.
If it’s so easy and repetitive, why don’t more people do it?

[@JakeSimRacing]

Very true!

[@stevennewman8276]

Because today u haveta bring a SHIT TON of ur own money before a team will even sit down with u. Every team Larson was approached by wanted him to bring $1million to tha table...& he's the best driver in the country!

[@ATK10155]

@@stevennewman8276 from what I was told, Rick Hendrick got whatever Larson needed to be able to run. He knew he if he could get Sponsors to run for the team and not the driver, eventually Larson would get back on his feet and get his own sponsors. Larson brings in probably the most money into the team besides Chase Elliott. Harvick probably had the most sponsor money period.

[@stevennewman8276]

@@ATK10155 ofcourse he does. But it didnt start out that way. Before he was signed with anyone,every team wanted money. Thats why he started with Ganassi & not RCR or Hendrcks,etc...theres some dirt poor mfs out there that are some driven sumbichs but itll b the rich lil prick with zero talent that gets in. Fact

[@tim37471]

F1 makes more money then NASCAR so why would they wanna turn left for 3 to 4 hours.

[@BSfromCS]

Dude, we need this scheme for a throwback weekend!

[@masoneveridge4078]

That’s funny as just 2 months ago on November 14th I made a Reddit post asking people who were some of the worst drivers in NASCAR’s history and he appeared in that post

[@JakeSimRacing]

Yeah he’s a pretty solid pick for that honor

[@masoneveridge4078]

@@JakeSimRacing yeah when I heard that I said damn you have to be really bad to be known for that

[@elisamaria3628]

I wonder why go daddy never sued Danica given how many times she wrecked

[@Jay-hj3zo]

Or nature's bakery.

[@greedoshotfirst1]

Great video. Interesting use of the PlayStation startup noise and the GTA III theme song for background music.

[@jasonhall4325]

Weird topic but I love how the GTA 3 theme is the background music

[@finntjomstol9364]

The timing of this story makes it 100x better

[@JakeSimRacing]

Very true!

[@johnbennett6773]

Mike was the man that broke Tommy Kendalls win streak in the trans am series in 1997. Dude knew how to road race, maybe he should have just been a road race ringer.

[@tgs2141]

I mean Plate racing does need luck but there is talent and skill involved

[@foxninjagaming]

At&t & nascar dont mix well cough cough jeff Burton 31 cough cough mike borkowski

[@JakeSimRacing]

Very true!

[@Thegod_of_memes]

0:58 uncalled for

[@NotMattyDYT]

Found out who this guy was from the NASCAR Thunder 2000 mod for Thunder 2003

[@JakeSimRacing]

Not gonna lie, I did have a chuckle when I saw he was in there

[@chrisdavis743]

I love learning something new w/these videos. AT&T and NASCAR are like oil and water, they just don’t mix… pun intended I guess 😊. Thanks for the videos man!

[@JakeSimRacing]

Glad you like them!

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

0:57 we also would have accepted BW losing Blue Emu as a sponsor

[@JakeSimRacing]

Very true!

[@theLongPigChef]

Just found your channel and I'm digging it. Cool stuff. Easy sub.

[@JakeSimRacing]

Thank you!

[@86HAWK1]

I'd sue him too!

[@bobwilson758]

Now - Dave Blaney was good ! Talent -

[@JakeSimRacing]

True!

[@bustertaco]

Cut to the chase with your video