Top 10 WORST Gen-6 NASCAR Races
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- With the Gen-6 era coming to an end in NASCAR we have looked at the best it had to offer, now we look at the worst. The races that we groan at the mere mention of in conversation. These are the races that make us happy that the Gen-6 era has come to an end as these races are the worst of the worst. These are the top 10 worst Gen-6 NASCAR races.
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What do you think the worst Gen-6 races were?
Any race with dirty air
2020 Coke 600 (Charlotte)
The only way that race would've been saved is if Jimmie didn't get DNQ'ed and if he won
2020 coke 600
2015, 2016 & 2018 Talladega fall races.
Not only bad for the Gen 6, but they were horrendous for Talladega standards.
2018 Kentucky and Coca Cola 600
After the 2019 Pocono race Busch was asked how he got to the front and he said he passed one car all day (Clint Bowyer) and that was all it took.
This list proves that downforce impacts the racing way more than horsepower.
I agree I wouldn’t mind the 550 on the new car if they just used the same 4 inch spoiler at all tracks at least try something different but no still using 8 inch
As a huge Truex fan, it pains me to see many of the "Worst Gen 6" races or just any in general that have been called the worst, always seemed to only be ones when Truex dominated and/or won 🤦
he never wins in exciting ways, when hes good hes really good though
I love seeing MTJ win
@@derekloweree2520 exactly lol when he wins, he dominates
I was at that 600 it was great
@@ShadowEspeon24 IKR
Expecting a Martin Truex victory in here somewhere lol. Edit: lmaoooo yeah the first two haha, it’s great when your driver wins boring races because I still have a fond memory of both. Even though I will admit they were bad races.
Truex fan here it always makes the races a bit more watchable if your driver dominates a boring race
@@Takingyoutojail As a Blaney fan, I hate seeing him dominate races lmao
I don't really understand why some NASCAR fans don't like drivers dominating certain races these days. But they sure like such examples if they are 20-50 years old.
NASCAR fans having Dissociative identity disorder, as usual.
@@РоманБекиров-с4м was the 2021 Coca Cola 600 more entertaining than the 2020 race, no because one guy dominated the race where as in 2020 there were a couple guys that dominated, Bowman, Elliot, Truex etc
Another truex fan here, yeah I enjoyed his dominance but from a non truex fan it can be pretty boring watching the same dude lead everything and barley and passes for the lead
The 2013 Daytona 500 makes me worried about how the NextGen cars may race during their first superspeedway race of the season. Hopefully the amazing superspeedway package from the end of the Gen 6 car will carry over somewhat to the new cars.
We have to assume there's going to be a ton of growing pains next year with the new car. If they don't start figuring out the car after two thirds of a season to a year and a half, the Cup series is in serious trouble
Unfortunately plate races will probably suck for the forseeable future, similar to the start of the gen 6 era. Until NASCAR finds something that strikes a balance between competitive racing and safety, it's probably going to be ugly. 1.5s are just going to be awful period moving forward since the top brass seem to have decided that low power, high downforce, lots of close cars but no chance at passing outside of restarts is what they like to see.
Well my friends, I’m glad to say your fears are dismissed! We had some great superspeedway racing this year in my opinion
I'm still proud I was in attendance for the 2016 Good Sam 500. If you don't know this race, it was the race when Kevin Harvick barely beat Carl Edwards at Pheonix.
Honestly these races would be a good playlist if you wanna just listen to a NASCAR motor go brrrrrrrr… lol
Nascar asmr
Yep 👍🏻 it would
2018 Talladega fall race. Literally no competition at all because the SHR cars somehow had over a 2 second lead over the rest of the field.
Oh I remember 2013 Texas. Gordon's slim shot at a title died that day.
2016 Coke 600 was actually a great race, even though Truex dominated the whole thing. There was also plenty of racing in the top 5 (besides the lead, of course) and there were only 4 cautions, which only fueled Truex's dominating performance.
2021 Daytona 500 was also very good. Yes a massive wreck early led to plenty of single file racing but the finish was just as exciting as well, especially with an underdog winning it.
You can't forget about 2018 Talladega-2 and 2019 Martinsvile-1. Those races were BORING.
2:05 while I get why it is perceived as a bad race, you can't deny that Truex flat out killing everyone in this one was a remarkable feat
1. 2013 Daytona 500
2. 2018 Talladega (fall)
3. 2015 Michigan (fall)
4. 2014 Richmond (fall)
5. 2015 Brickyard 400
6. 2019 Pocono (spring)
7. 2020 Atlanta
8. 2021 Daytona 500
9. 2017 Kentucky
10. 2015 Phoenix (fall)
Honorable Mentions
2018 Texas (fall)
2018 Auto Club
2016 Brickyard 400
2013 Pocono (spring)
2018 Kentucky
The 2013 Daytona 500 wasn't a great first impression for the Gen 6 car, was it?
@@gabingston3430 Not at all. Thankfully Auto Club a month later made up for it.
fun fact the 2013 aaa texas 500 was the first nascar race i have reminders of watching
i was a kid at the time but i liked rewatching the recording
2013 Fall Talladega. Trainfest
2021 Daytona 500, Trainfest
2013 Talladega fall was an awesome race
I disagree with the 2020 Kansas II race. It was a solid race but the finish was not good at all. There were worse races in the Gen6 era.
Also, I hate that the Coke 600 got neutered by the stages. That race in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2015 all had interesting strategies with no stages and were fun. After that, the race was just not the same.
Also the 2016 Indy race was far, far worse than the 2015 race. 2016 had barely any action and then didn't want to end because of all of the wrecks that drew out the race to its foregone conclusion of Kyle Busch winning.
Texas should be on here a couple of times. The 2019 Spring Martinsville race should also be on here.
The 2015 Brickyard was the last Brickyard I attended as I moved to Florida in June 2016. But I remember calling my Dad after the race and told him if I needed help that night falling asleep id just turn the recording of the race on.
10:08 nah, the 2000 Daytona 500 was worse. By far the worst. Dale Jarrett won the Budweiser shootout, won the pole, led the most laps and won the race. Only the first five laps were enjoyable, the rest was a snooze fest. Only 9 lead changes and 1/3 of them would be in the first five laps and the race ended under the caution.
Then the 2001 Daytona 499 was one of the greatest races in NASCAR history.
@@gabingston3430 Yep. Just exclude lap 200 and you get a race full of excitement. That race had everything. Lead changes, action on track, big ones, you name it.
@@williamfernetducharme Well, really just the last half of lap 200.
The Ironic thing about the 2014 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond was that Me and my dad were in attendance for that race. I was disappointed Jeff Gordon didn't win there and clinch the Regular Season championship.
I was 3 rows to the right of the spectator climbing the fence lol
@@jasonkeiffer5680I never spotted the guy climbing the fence until I found out about the whole situation on RUclips.
The 2019 fall Dover race definitely deserves to be here. Mabye it seemed worse because I was there and I was freezing my ass off
Dover has sucked for the past 10 years at least, I went from 2012-2016 and the races were either borefests or total blowouts, after 2016 when Truex won, I threw in the towel and said no more, Dover really needs to have only 1 race per season, it really hasnt been that good in a long time
@@Massachamp08 now it does
@@GardenStateDiecast it's for the better honestly
That race was so painful to watch, it was the biggest dirty air fest and even with low downforce this year's was just as bad.
The 2021 Daytona 500 had no problems with the racing package, the drivers were just scared cowards.
Exactly. It wasn't the cars, it was the drivers. and then Logano complains about how cars are too fast but yet he caused the big one at the 500 and the Dega spring race.
Logano did not cause that Daytona crash🤦🏽♂️
That 2019 Pocono will forever be my daughters favorite race cause that is the race she got to meet Kyle, Samantha, and Brexton right outside victory lane for the first time and got a pic with Samantha and Kyle signed her jacket for her.
And the 2013 Daytona 500 is why I am a NASCAR fan today, my grandpa was babysitting me when I was 7 and the Nationwide series race was on,. I walked downstairs just in time to see the final 10 laps and wanted to know when the next race was. He said tomorrow and I got really excited. He spent the night at my house because my parents were away for the weekend and we watched the 500 together. I loved it and I’ve been a fan ever since. I now have a soft spot for that race even though it’s brutal to watch.
That's the kind of NASCAR stories I love reading and hearing about.
South Point 400 at Vegas a few months ago was also really frustrating, especially because the Xfinity race the night prior was so good.
how did 2015 Fall Phoenix not make the list? the start was Delayed due to rain, when the race did get started, there was controversy. Kurt Busch got Penalized after Jimmie Johnson spun his tires. kurt has to go a lap down in a race where hes fighting for final 4 contention. after a long and boring Green flag run, where harvick leads 143 of 149 Green flag laps, with those 6 laps lost during pit cycles, a caution comes out for stenhouse and the 32. as this happened during green flag pit stops, Dale Jr was in the pits when the caution came out, and harvick pitted before, making Jr. the leader. they then run 23 laps under caution, over *23* miles under caution, it starts raining, and they call the race, and Jr wins. adding insult to injury, This was the cutoff race, meaning the 4 drivers who got eliminated had no way of trying to win
I forgot about that one. That race definitely did not help dissuade the "NASCAR favors Dale Jr." tinfoil hat wearers.
@@14stockfan If NASCAR favored Junior, don’t you think Junior would’ve won races in 2007, 2009-2010, snd 2013…….
I'm glad someone confirmed my suspicions about the 2013 500. I remember thinking it was so horrible.
I was at Richmond for the entire 2014 fall race weekend. The entire Nationwide series race was dominated by Kyle Busch. The only cautions in the cup race were for Josh Wise getting turned sideways, debris, and the fan on the catch fence. The only good battle lasted for 20 laps between Harvick and Keselowski. I was sitting in the front row just behind the start-finish line.
the 2013 daytona 500 was the one they replayed the next year during a rain delay and multiple news outlets reported Jimmie Johnson won back to back Daytona 500s, meanwhile the real race hadn't started yet.
I won't miss the gen 6 car one bit. The way the car was designed it didn't race very well at all. It had some memorable races but the car I won't miss it. 2015-2018 the racing got worse as we took more and more downforce off and thats cause the car has a ton of sideforce
My least favorite things about it was it was extremely fragile and just light contact ruined the aero and it had so much sideforce it was completely glued to the track, and they couldn't ever find an aero package that truly worked at every track...some tracks like Bristol, Darlington, Martinsville are package agnostic and they could run anything and put on a great race, while others can put on a great race only if the tires wear and others like Dover and Richmond can't put on a good race no matter what package used.
@@PaperBanjo64 It didnt matter what package you uae cause the body of the gen 6 is so terrible. Tracks like say Dover it wasn't the track's fault but the car's fault.
@@ty50bmg11 exactly Dover used to be one of the best tracks, both 2006 races were good.
MY TOP 25 WORST Races in NASCAR History:
25. 2020 Coca-Cola 600
24. 2022 Texas
23. 2019 Advance Auto Parts Clash
22. 2000 New Hampshire
21. 2021 Indy Roval
20. 2022 Xfinity Kansas
19. 2020 Kentucky Trucks
18. 2021 Watkins Glen Trucks
17. 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200
16. 2023 Phoenix Trucks
15. 2008 Brickyard 400
14. 2022 All-Star Race
13. 2007 LifeLock 400
12. 2012 Pennsylvania 500
11. 2023 Daytona Trucks
10. 2021 COTA
9. 1992 Bud @ the Glen
8. 2023 Chicago Street Race Xfinity
7. 2020 Texas Fall
6. 2002 EA Sports 500
5. 2015 Talladega
4. 2013 Daytona 500
3. 1971 Bowman Gray
2. 1969 Talladega 500
1. 2020 Busch Clash
I tend to forget the bad ones because they weren't memorial but of 2021 I would have to say fall Richmond and Las Vegas out of the ones I remember lol
great video and i have a video idea - Missing Rings Dale Earnhardt 1995. He got 19 top 5 and 23 tops 10's to Jeff Gordons 17 top 5's and 23 top 10's. How did the Intimidator lose his chance at an 8th title?
Gordon got more wins and more laps led that's what beat him.
surprised that Kentucky didn't make it
I remember the 2013 Daytona 500. The most disappointed I have ever been while watching a Daytona 500, and I haven't missed a Daytona 500 since I started watching in 1993. To this day, the 2013 Daytona 500 is still the most disappointing one I have ever watched.
I really don't get on why so many people hate the the 2016 Coca Cola 600. After all it was a monumental achievement made by Martin Turex Jr by leading flat out 85% of the race. Yeah I get watching some one leading all the laps in a race is boring, but at the same time, that basically history being made in front of your own eyes weather you like it or not. I think more NASCAR fans need to appreciate this race. Who knows, maybe Truex didn't lead all of the laps and instead we got someone like freaking Matt Tift out of all people.
IMO the worst race in gen 6 for me was the 2018 roval.
The "Tums Heartburn Turn" didn't even get it's name
The race was boring.
We didn't have an intense cutoff battle.
And the leaders didn't wreck each other.
I swear if I see someone not know this is a joke I will laugh my a*s off.
😂
MTJ led 392/400 laps of the Coca-Cola 600
I started watching in 2016 and I can recall several awesome Gen 6 races. Also, I gotta say that from an aesthetic standpoint the car was great.
I'm shocked you don't have 2018 fall Dega on this list.
Pre-race ceremony skydiver landing on Harvick's car and phuqing it up is still my favorite.
1:29 Fun fact! This race was filmed for stock footage for Logan Lucky, so to make that race also one of the worst Gen 6 races is that the speedway got robbed a lot of money by the Logans and Joe Bang underground of the track, and NASCAR and the Speedway let it go due to how it was planned.
Such an underrated movie
I passed out during the 2021 500 right around the first stage. I woke up with 15 or so laps to go and got to listen to the finish of it, but damn, you exorcism more from a Daytona 500.
Whoa, who brought exorcisms into the conversation?!
I don’t understand why NASCAR ever thought that high downforce was a good idea
I am astonished that Talladega 2018 Fall isn't on this list.
This is a good video from the iceberg and these are ten awful Gen 6 car races for example the 2013 Daytona 500 the second worst race at that track
Anything with the train involved. Where you have the cars being in single file at the top of the track.
so we gonna ignore the fall 2018 dega race where stewart haas left the field …..
The 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 was special for me cause it’s the first race I’ve ever attended and I enjoyed it as a whole.
But it was really frustrating in those last 40 laps when Kevin Harvick was being screwed by dirty air
6:56 I remember when the 500 was rained delayed I was flying home and coincidentally I was flying right over Dayton. I snapped a pic of the clouds over the FL pretty cool to see it from 39,000 feet.
Very surprised not to see 2018 Fall Texas race. It was terribly bad from the stands that day. Left 100 laps early because of it
3:53 I can't believe that this was the first NASCAR Race I ever watched
I remember falling asleep watching the 2021 daytona 500 in stage 2.
Then I woke up with 12 laps to go on stage 3. Hopefully the 2022 500 will be good.
Let's hope.
This year's 500 would have been good without the lap 14 crash
I have to say The worst GEN 6 race was The 2013 Daytona 500 was the worst
10. 2015 Talladega chase race
9. 2013 Talladega chase race
8. 2021 Daytona 500
7. 2020 Coca cola 600
6. 2013 Daytona 500
5. 2018 auto club
4. 2021 coca cola 600
3. 2019 Sonoma
2. 2020 championship race at Phoenix
1. 2018 Talladega chase race
2013 Traintona is up there
A real Nascar fan doesn't fall asleep during a race Just staying
The Gen 6 was a mixed bag there was some good races with good finishes but there was also some really bad dull boring races hope the Gen 7 can be better wish the low downforce and high horsepower was used again pack racing doesn't always mean good racing
Hopefully Gen 7 will have a lot better races than Gen 6 tbh
A race I was excited for but was hugely disappointed in was 2021 COTA. NASCAR made a bad choice to call ending the race for rain when they ran in the rain all day. I hope next year it’s dry and they can put on a show.
Where is the 2018 fall Talladega race? It was literally just the 2000 Daytona 500 but at Talladega and with a good overtime finish tacked onto the end. Take away the overtime finish and end the race under caution and you get the 2000 Daytona 500 exactly.
The 2021 Daytona 500 was the first ever Nascar race Ive ever watched. Im from across the pond (europe) so cover is near-impossible to find.
I feel i got robbed with the rain comming down because i was enjoying the exitence of cardboard Michael walltrip doing the gridwalk, the "put it out" thing and seeing nascars race for the first time after seeing random videos and having played Nascar 08.
Will deffinatly try to watch the 2022 edition and hopefully it will be more than just 13 laps
You do realize they ran all 200 laps, right?
@@SlickBillByron that's not the problem. When the caution at lap 13 came out, that's where it took longer than it was worth it for. There's over 6 hours of timezone difference between Daytona and the West of europe so this was always a short watch
That's another good reason to bring back 1 PM starts
You know, it's kinda funny that the 2013 Daytona 500 was #1 on this list. Denny Hamlin was fined by Nascar for talking about how poor the Gen 6 car was at the start. The first race was that 500.
Any Texas race on the new surface could be placed on this list but the 2020 federated auto parts 400 at Richmond was terrible. I'm glad there were no fans in attendance
The 2016 folds of honor quiktrip 500 deserves to be in here and the 2020 folds of honor quiktrip 500
Any Atlanta race until this year was awful
Not a single Atlanta race? My personal list would be loaded with all of the terrible races from Atlanta Motor Speedway over the past several years.
that drunk fan is legend 🤣
#6 hurt me that is a very special race to me because it was the first race I saw in person and I had an absolute blast
Thats why cousin Ricky wasnt allowed at Richmond anymore. RIP.
My Top 5 are 2016 Indianapolis, 2016 Coca Cola 600, 2019 Auto Club 400, 2018 and 2015 Talladega Fall races with most Texas races as an dishonorable mentions. Lack of passing and just lackluster racing.
The 2016 600 and 2013 Texas fall races were not bad. You cannot say a race was bad because of driver dominance when the rest of the field had action. Also the 2019 spring Michigan was one of the worst race I have ever seen because it was a full on pack racing and faster cars couldn't pass Logano for the lead.
Without looking at this (just started the vid) I already know fall Michigan 2015 or the brickyard is prob going to be on here.
And I was right!
I honestly didn't remember the end of this years Daytona 500. I fell asleep watching it, woke up and rewound to the last couple laps and watched it, but I didn't remember that McDowell won until it was mentioned.
The downforce and spoiler packages made the races way too controlled and restrictive, and the winner of those races doesn't feel like he won it, he won it because he was out front the longest. In the 2013 Daytona 500, I was happy for it to be over because there was no passing at all and no one dared to make a run. Jimmie would have dogmeat had they not waited so long and actually had a plan instead of the last lap.
9:25 Kudos to Logano for avoiding that
Ok maybe I'm biased (ok I definitely am biased) but as a 8 year old Jimmie fan with a broken arm at the time, I loved the 2013 500, looking back on it I see what you mean by it being awful
Not a fan of high downforce needs to bring back more horsepower
Lol, the Pure Michigan 400 in 2015 was the first race I ever attended. So, far that I loved that race
viseo idea could be each tracks best and worst gen 6 race
I’m surprised the 2020 Fall Texas race didn’t make it on here. If I remember correctly, they were gonna race on Sunday, however rain from I think the hurricane south of them hit so postponed to the next day, Monday, rain, postponed again, Tuesday they were able to get it in. But at that time, they could have gone to Martinsville, done that race, come back mid week and finish Texas and then got to PIR. I’m not saying Kyle Busch winning that race made it bad, I’m saying how Nascar handled that weekend, holding everyone hostage just to finish the damn race
Also you’re so right about the 2021 Daytona500 which brings to mind a better rain day policy that needs to happen!
If it rains before halfway, a 2hr window starts, if the rain doesn’t end in that 2hr window, postpone the race to the next day and allow for everyone to go on their merry way.
If it’s past halfway, a 1hr window, can’t get the race going after it? ITS OFFICIAL!
Unless they bring in some of the older drivers to tell stories again like they used to on FOX during red flags or do some funny stuff, then that rainy day policy I typed out, should be the way to go!
i went to the 2015 talladega fall race. it was the first ever cup race i went to, 2nd overall, and it was at my home track. i had a blast. mostly cuz at the time, i had no clue what was going on, and it just entertained me. now, with more understanding of the finish, i feel like it was one of the worst. maybe not top 10, but still pretty bad.
2013 Daytona 500 was bad. But 2018’s was even worse
VERY surprised 2018 fall Talladega wasn't on this list
It's gotta be the Daytona 500 (2013, 2021), Phoenix (2017,2021), Talladega (2020), Indy Road course (2021), and basically any intermediate track with that awful package
I was at the 2013 Daytona 500, and the one time there was a good crash, of course i was in the bathroom.
The 2018 fall talladega race really should’ve been on here, I’d argue it could be number one
Both 2019 Martinsville races should at least be honorable mentions.
Quality content as usual, keep up the good work!
The worst gen 6 race was the year Kyle won (2019 I think) at auto club. It was single file most of the race besides restarts. High HP high downforce. You couldn’t even side draft then. Fans were leaving with 15 to go
We were in our car before the race ended and had turned on MRN and the finishing order hadn’t changed.
Fans should always be ignored when they're asking for slower speeds and higher downforce
I don't think fans ever wanted low horsepower and high downforce, every forum I've ever been on they want unrestricted horsepower and the smallest spoiled possible.
2018 fall Talladega was also really bad
Why hate on non pack racing? If a guy is faster he deserves to be further ahead instead of being a sitting duck. Constant passing is not racing.
Honestly I think Richmond 2020 fall race was one of the worst races i’ve seen in a long time that should be far up the list they were just train racing the whole race.
The 2021 Daytona was funny for me.
Sat down to watch it, red flag, play DnD, catch the last 15 laps.
Makes you wonder also on the Top 10 list, how many of those races did they use that hard as hell Goodyear version of a tire??? That hard compound sucks ass!!!
That 2019 pocono race was absolutely awful 😂
I’d probably bump the 2021 Daytona 500 up because I feel the opposite, the fact that a career loser like McDowell won on a complete fluke made the race even worse.
it pains me that the 2020 Hollywood Casino 400 was my first nascar race in person
I have a bad feeling that the 2022 Daytona 500 Is gonna be single file racing because no one will want to wreck the car
I love racing cold tracks, but single file would suck.