I did *not* believe our boy here was 6'7" until about @6:06. That feeling when you kneel down to propose and you're *still* eye to eye with your girl. Congratulations Eric. :)
I'm a Nascar fan from Indonesia, Nascar is an American sport, at first it was very difficult to understand Nascar competition, but since I found your channel, and I watched your videos, I feel close to the map of Nascar competition, your channel really helps me to enjoy Nascar, stay healthy and enthusiasm for continuing to provide information for NASCAR fans throughout the world
While I was a NASCAR fan before finding your channel, DECS is what got me into this channel in middle school. Here I am in my third year of college still clicking on almost every video
The watchalong Eric did years ago when he reacted to several races was hilarious because he forgot how often he made Stewart wreck, and he wrecked in all but 2 or 3 of the videos he watched
Imagine 4 races a year. 1 in the January-April area another in the May-August area and then again in the September-December area probably for like Christmas time
25:01 I grew up watching Sub4ra/3dBotmakers’ NASCAR downhill diecast races, always loved the quote “El-wrecko”! Always rooted for my favorite driver in those races!
Love these "Inside Baseball" videos! You should do this in the summer also! Also, yes being up on the fence in fron of the SF line when JR won the 2001 Pepsi 400 is one of the major core memories of my childhood/life! Watching the drunk rednecks that Ive always yell like maniacs for for the 1st 13 years if my life cry like babies by the thousands and thousands in joy was something that we may never see again. Seriously. Also, come down to Tampa and go to Busch Gardens and ride Iron Gwazi, Montu, Cheetah and the other greats! I can get you in for free lol
Thank you Eric for all the great content in 2024!! Congratulations on your future wedding and good luck on that and I'm excited about 2025!! I think it's going to be another silly season!
I know the feeling of not having a favorite driver. Was a Dale Jr fan. Tough to pick someone new. I have a slight preference to Hendrick and JRM drivers but no actual favorite.
I said it before, I think the one year extension is them hoping Zilisch is good enough in xfinity next year to bring him to cup early. If Zilisch does super well and Suárez struggles... that might not be good for him. If Suàrez does okay though, he'll likely stay. It might be sort of a test year for him, and put him on the hot seat.
Thanks for answering my question, Eric! I was happy to see you get on iRacing, keep at it you’ll keep improving. I was a road racing snob until I got into iRacing. I tried some oval racing on there and realized the same thing: “wow! These guys have to hit their marks within inches for such long runs, while also saving tires AND racing other cars door to door. I should really check out NASCAR!” That year, Kyle Busch was also racing the Lexus GT3 in the Daytona 24hr and I saw how well he did. I’ve been hooked ever since 😎
Hey Eric great content as always my friend. Happy new year to you wishing you nothing but the best of luck for 2025 and the year ahead. I was at the 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona got to see that in person. what an epic and amazing win by Dale Earnhardt Junior. I even have the diecast was wondering if you're a fan of the IROC series? I know Stapleton does content on that. Was wondering if you'd ever do something on that series too thanks.
I sat through the Daytona 2012 race. Enjoyed free self upgrade to preimum seats that were left empty with no stadium workers or fans around. Montoya was the frosting on the cake for a long week end of rain delay.
You definitely make a lot of videos over a year. there must be times you dont want to hear the word nascar. I'm looking forward to the 2025 season starting and following along with OOTG 🏁🇺🇲🇮🇪
As a fellow Podcaster and proposer in 2024 i would like to say congratulations on the engagement..... but WOW your tall !!! The fact you're that much taller than that railings ( 6:06 ) just makes me feel INCREDIBLY short and I'm 6'2" 😂 would love to meet you in person as your one of my favorite nascar channels to watch ( sorry nascar itself has you beat but you get more views from me 😅) Happy new Years outta the Groove from Switchin grooves 🎉
17:50 this is mine too! The fact the caution came out with like a lap and a half yet was so frustrating. I still have beef watching Bowman after that even though it wasn’t really his fault.
I have a few answers for your questions as well: maddest I've ever been watching a race: Talladega 2003 when NASCAR gave Jr the win and not Kenseth (I was pretty livid) and the race at Phoenix when Brian Vickers dumped Kenseth, I basically wished casteration on Vickers. I've been in one of your videos, 2019 Texas, I was actually RIGHT next to you during the driver's meeting, I heard my voice ask Ross Chastain questions as he signed for fans. Actually, that same day, I asked Bubba for a selfie and he took my phone and snapped it, and you're in the background. And in 2016 when Kenseth was at the Toyota display at Texas, I found the screenshots of it later, you're right behind me again. Glad to have been a part of it, and you're the only Kenseth fan bigger than me!
If you’re into old wooden rollercoasters I’d highly recommend giving Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pa (just outside of Pittsburgh) a try. The Thunderbolt, Jack Rabbit, and Racer are all *chef’s kiss*
Hi Eric. I have been watching your videos for a few years now. And I thought I would ask you what manufacturer that either still in the sport or no longer in the sport was your favorite. My is Pontiac. Back in the 2000s, they were just cool to look at on screen, and the sound too was awesome when they did on board with one. Now, all of them basically sound the same. The Ford might actually sound a little deeper than the Chevy and Toyota. So now my favorite is probably Ford
I knew you were a kindred spirit !! I live a mile from N.Wilkesboro Speedway and a NASCAR fan since the early 80’s; When you said Tony Stewart had been your least favorite driver.. SAME and for the same reasons!!! He’s just an 🍑
Even though I'm a huge Jimmy Johnson fan, the 2016 final at Miami Carl Edward's got totally screwed on the last caution, for...what...we still don't know. Then, the crash with Joey took him out. Another NASCAR ghost call, and yes, still a huge fan. I'm extremely happy Jimmy got his seventh, but, come on NASCAR!
as a mcmurray fan i still remember watching those double e cup series videos and then crying when he crashed or lost (I was 5-10 years old at the time)
That’s funny you say that about Tony Stewart because when I was little he was and probably still is my favorite nascar driver and it was because I liked his bad attitude lol I loved how fiery he was lol now I’m a Larson fan and he is really the opposite very much more laid back and level headed
FUN FACT: Eric has Only posted ONE video in all of 2025, What’s going On?
Penguin0 coming soon “ericestepp situation is weird”
we need to sign a petition to get matt kenseth to be the wedding officiant for eric’s wedding
Even on one knee hes almost taller then her lol. 😅
Everyone DM matt
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I did *not* believe our boy here was 6'7" until about @6:06. That feeling when you kneel down to propose and you're *still* eye to eye with your girl. Congratulations Eric. :)
And she’s in heals 😂
I'm a Nascar fan from Indonesia, Nascar is an American sport, at first it was very difficult to understand Nascar competition, but since I found your channel, and I watched your videos, I feel close to the map of Nascar competition, your channel really helps me to enjoy Nascar, stay healthy and enthusiasm for continuing to provide information for NASCAR fans throughout the world
this is so cool, cheers from albuquerque new mexico 🍻 🎉🎉
3 videos within 24 hours at the farthest point in the offseason from racing?
What an absolute treat
Happy New Year! We need more OOTG episodes like this. More Out of the Crowd segments. A weekly segment during the season at least would be nice.
Happy New Year Eric also congratulations for getting engaged 🎊
While I was a NASCAR fan before finding your channel, DECS is what got me into this channel in middle school. Here I am in my third year of college still clicking on almost every video
Great way to start 2025
22:31 As a resident of Southern Indiana, hearing you shoutout Holiday World is awesome. I’ve rode the Voyage at least 15 times
The 19 in your name is heartbreaking
@ It kind of hurt when I changed it
@@chasebriscoefan19 I’ve had to change everything to Forever SHR fan
As a kid being a Tony Stewart fan watching the Double E cup series was ruff the dude wrecked every other week
I guess now we know why 😂
The watchalong Eric did years ago when he reacted to several races was hilarious because he forgot how often he made Stewart wreck, and he wrecked in all but 2 or 3 of the videos he watched
Congrats on getting engaged Eric!!!!
C'mon Eric, we need at least one stop motion race a year! You were awesome at it. Please consider it.
Imagine 4 races a year. 1 in the January-April area another in the May-August area and then again in the September-December area probably for like Christmas time
I agree
25:01 I grew up watching Sub4ra/3dBotmakers’ NASCAR downhill diecast races, always loved the quote “El-wrecko”! Always rooted for my favorite driver in those races!
Happy New Years Eric. Cheers to a hopefully fulfilling 2025 season
Love these "Inside Baseball" videos! You should do this in the summer also!
Also, yes being up on the fence in fron of the SF line when JR won the 2001 Pepsi 400 is one of the major core memories of my childhood/life! Watching the drunk rednecks that Ive always yell like maniacs for for the 1st 13 years if my life cry like babies by the thousands and thousands in joy was something that we may never see again. Seriously.
Also, come down to Tampa and go to Busch Gardens and ride Iron Gwazi, Montu, Cheetah and the other greats! I can get you in for free lol
Seeing fan engagement with Eric is amazing; it really helps create the feeling of a strong community imo
Happy New Year 🎊 🎉 🥳 Eric 🏁, looking forward to seeing your videos 📹 in 2025
Thank you Eric for all the great content in 2024!! Congratulations on your future wedding and good luck on that and I'm excited about 2025!! I think it's going to be another silly season!
Hi Eric Estepp I never miss a single episode on your RUclips channel 😊❤
What's up Marcus
@@ChaseFan9-m5zhello my friend 🧡
Any predictions for Christopher Bell 😅
@StevenP727yeah I predict he'll win at the clash the daytona 500 and the championship in 2025
@@marcusvillarreal how many races will he win
Eric, this is one of the best episodes you've done in my humble opinion.
Congrats on getting engaged Eric! Best of luck to ya.
Happy New Year Eric!
Hey, Eric
Congratulations on the engagement! And here's to a great 2025
Gotta love being early to the Eric uploads
Happy New Year, Eric. Keep it up. Still a proud fan.
I know the feeling of not having a favorite driver. Was a Dale Jr fan. Tough to pick someone new. I have a slight preference to Hendrick and JRM drivers but no actual favorite.
Eric, you have the best NASCAR content.
Happy New Year, Eric! All the best to you and yours! This was a great video, as always. Loved the Q&A session!
Happy New Year Eric and keep up the good work.
I said it before, I think the one year extension is them hoping Zilisch is good enough in xfinity next year to bring him to cup early. If Zilisch does super well and Suárez struggles... that might not be good for him. If Suàrez does okay though, he'll likely stay. It might be sort of a test year for him, and put him on the hot seat.
I could see that happening. Also I could see them going after a IndyCar or F1 guy who might want to maybe make the switch or just give it a try.
Thanks for answering my question, Eric! I was happy to see you get on iRacing, keep at it you’ll keep improving.
I was a road racing snob until I got into iRacing. I tried some oval racing on there and realized the same thing: “wow! These guys have to hit their marks within inches for such long runs, while also saving tires AND racing other cars door to door. I should really check out NASCAR!”
That year, Kyle Busch was also racing the Lexus GT3 in the Daytona 24hr and I saw how well he did. I’ve been hooked ever since 😎
Happy 2025 Eric. Fun way to start the new year.
Loved this video, fun to look back on the DECS days !
It would be so cool if you could do a video like this once a month or something like that!
22:23 having just gone to six flags San Antonio a week ago iron rattler and Superman are amazing. Congrats on the engagement and happy new year
4:31 ERIC IS 6’7 😳🫨
Double E Cup series was a huge part of my childhood and I still watch them to this day
Love seeing The All American Rejects on your Spotify top 5 ,they are one of my favorite bands .
I’ve been watching your show now for maybe 2-3 years and I just now found out I used to watch your stop motion vids! Wow that blew my mind
Great video Eric!! I guess I need to go back and watch some stop motion racing!
Hey Eric great content as always my friend. Happy new year to you wishing you nothing but the best of luck for 2025 and the year ahead. I was at the 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona got to see that in person. what an epic and amazing win by Dale Earnhardt Junior. I even have the diecast was wondering if you're a fan of the IROC series? I know Stapleton does content on that. Was wondering if you'd ever do something on that series too thanks.
I sat through the Daytona 2012 race. Enjoyed free self upgrade to preimum seats that were left empty with no stadium workers or fans around. Montoya was the frosting on the cake for a long week end of rain delay.
Happy New Year, Eric! By the way, I think you should keep your microphone, it sounds very well.
You definitely make a lot of videos over a year. there must be times you dont want to hear the word nascar.
I'm looking forward to the 2025 season starting and following along with OOTG 🏁🇺🇲🇮🇪
I agree with you for the Kyle Bush
Thank you three race championship is everything !!
Happy New Year Eric and congrats on getting engaged.
Im actually quite impressed to see the Beach Boys at number 2 on your spotify wrapped Eric! You have quite the taste
Love your videos Eric ! I hope you can do more question and answer videos ! Love to see Kyle Busch back in the winning circle ! ❤
I can’t wait to see the decs series return if it ever does
Im going to fill up at Sonoco tomorrow, just because you held that coffee cup steady. Ty K.W. for a good show...
hey thanks for answering! figured kenseth would be one of em haha, but cool to hear about wallace and petty. happy new year!
The stop-motion was the bomb! So great!
As a fellow Podcaster and proposer in 2024 i would like to say congratulations on the engagement..... but WOW your tall !!! The fact you're that much taller than that railings ( 6:06 ) just makes me feel INCREDIBLY short and I'm 6'2" 😂 would love to meet you in person as your one of my favorite nascar channels to watch ( sorry nascar itself has you beat but you get more views from me 😅) Happy new Years outta the Groove from Switchin grooves 🎉
17:50 this is mine too! The fact the caution came out with like a lap and a half yet was so frustrating. I still have beef watching Bowman after that even though it wasn’t really his fault.
Congratulations on getting engaged Eric!
Happy new year eric!
I got the final question W
Eric needs to stand next to Carson Hocevar to see who is taller
Eric saying my question was a great question just made my day
Eric! I would really like to see some full roller coaster/theme park videos from you. It would be so cool to see you do a vlog at a park.
Dude if you weren’t 6’7 you’d love the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock-it at Universal Orlando lol
I never realized that eric made stop motion videos until i watched him when i got into nascar,i remember watching them as a younger kid.
I have a few answers for your questions as well: maddest I've ever been watching a race: Talladega 2003 when NASCAR gave Jr the win and not Kenseth (I was pretty livid) and the race at Phoenix when Brian Vickers dumped Kenseth, I basically wished casteration on Vickers. I've been in one of your videos, 2019 Texas, I was actually RIGHT next to you during the driver's meeting, I heard my voice ask Ross Chastain questions as he signed for fans. Actually, that same day, I asked Bubba for a selfie and he took my phone and snapped it, and you're in the background. And in 2016 when Kenseth was at the Toyota display at Texas, I found the screenshots of it later, you're right behind me again. Glad to have been a part of it, and you're the only Kenseth fan bigger than me!
Happy 2k25 Eric!!! Groovy Gang, where ya At???
Happy New Years Eric!!!🎉🎊🎇
AD retiring is definitely best for RCR but I just don’t know if he will do it
Eric, you would be GREAT in the official nascar media space.
Happy new years Eric. Kenseth to your wedding would be cool actually
One of my old teachers got me into NASCAR(as well as the Kentucky Speedway.)
If you’re into old wooden rollercoasters I’d highly recommend giving Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pa (just outside of Pittsburgh) a try. The Thunderbolt, Jack Rabbit, and Racer are all *chef’s kiss*
Hi Eric. I have been watching your videos for a few years now. And I thought I would ask you what manufacturer that either still in the sport or no longer in the sport was your favorite. My is Pontiac. Back in the 2000s, they were just cool to look at on screen, and the sound too was awesome when they did on board with one. Now, all of them basically sound the same. The Ford might actually sound a little deeper than the Chevy and Toyota. So now my favorite is probably Ford
Congratulations Eric
happy new year Eric
This is such a great video. How could you not love this dude. Happy new year Eric!
I knew you were a kindred spirit !! I live a mile from N.Wilkesboro Speedway and a NASCAR fan since the early 80’s; When you said Tony Stewart had been your least favorite driver.. SAME and for the same reasons!!! He’s just an 🍑
Happy new year Eric love the videos keep it up
I agree on Hailee Deegan. I thought she might finally be the one. But alas it was not to be.
Cool episode Eric. Thank You
Mine was Carl Edward's. Then MTJ.
But Bill Elliott was my all time favorite.
Happy New Year 🏁
I want to see Eric on Dale JR'S Podcast. That would be a awesome interview
Even though I'm a huge Jimmy Johnson fan, the 2016 final at Miami Carl Edward's got totally screwed on the last caution, for...what...we still don't know. Then, the crash with Joey took him out. Another NASCAR ghost call, and yes, still a huge fan. I'm extremely happy Jimmy got his seventh, but, come on NASCAR!
Eric Estepp and everyone what are your new years resolutions?
Happy new year I love the vids and I can't wait for bowman gray I'm a huge fan of the madhouse are you
WE NEED THAT STUDIO TOUR!
Happy New Year, Eric Estepp! 🟨🎉
Got my question answered! Thanks Eric!!! 🚘🚘🚘🚘
as a mcmurray fan i still remember watching those double e cup series videos and then crying when he crashed or lost (I was 5-10 years old at the time)
Do you have a least favorite driver YES and gone had my dying. Glad you came back to it though.
Eric Estepp and everyone happy new year did anyone pop any fireworks?
Happy new year!!
Here's to Kyle Larson winning the Indy 500 and the 2025 Nascar championship
That’s funny you say that about Tony Stewart because when I was little he was and probably still is my favorite nascar driver and it was because I liked his bad attitude lol I loved how fiery he was lol now I’m a Larson fan and he is really the opposite very much more laid back and level headed
have you ridden lightning rod since the launch has been taken away? Did you prefer the coaster with or without the launch?
Who in your opinion is the greatest NASCAR driver ever?
Have you been to Holiday World? Heard you mention The Voyager! That’s the big time attraction here in southern Indiana.
You're 6'7"!!! Holy moly!
I want to make more NASCAR content in 2025 in Spanish ! For my Mexican/latino fans ! 😁 i take inspiration from you Eric ! Here’s to 2025 !
Double e cup series got me into nascar too…….
23:12 Wait, someone acknowledged the Diamondbacks have fans? Man, that feels good to hear. 🐍