My dad told me a story when he was at a race back when Morgan shepherd was a one man crew. He said he went down pit road and stopped and got out ran around changing tires and filling the car then went over the wall and came back and sat down on the wall and ate a bag of chips for awhile then jumped back in and took off 😂😂
Seeing some of the broadcast clips (like Kirk's fans at Pocono, or Billy Bigley Jr's story) makes me nostalgic for times when the broadcasts weren't all about the stupid playoffs. The commentators just talked about what was happening, and found things to tell us about if they needed to. If today's booth men didn't have to focus on the playoff agenda, maybe there wouldn't be so many viewers who are apathetic about teams drying up or not being able to justify stepping up to Cup because a charter is not available. If any of you really are fans, you should care about the fate of every team. While perhaps not disastrous, a team closing their doors is never good for the sport.
I mean they kine of have to. Running full time in cup for like 8 years and running in the back the whole time isn't exactly successful. At least germain racing was a midpack team despite not getting many top 10s
SCORE Motorsports Mach 1 Motorsports Hover Motorsports Shepherd Racing Ventures R&J Racing Phoenix Racing Definitely looking forward to your videos on those teams.
@@GoganLiesbrecht and in Xfinity, his cars are challenging for top 15-20s on a weekly basis even a top 10 on their best days, never thought I'd say that at all considering decades earlier MHR was DNQing races left and right.
Man, if only they'd had faith in Derrike Cope. That being said, if they had gone with him and not cycled all the way to Todd Bodine, would there have been a championship-caliber (in trucks at least) Germain Racing team? Another excellent installment, I'm already excited for the next one~
These make me really regret not paying more attention to those no name cars, with the older drivers, starting in the back of the field, who haven’t Captured many if any checkered flags in the Cup series but yet they do have many Wins & they’ve achieved a lot in NASCAR including just qualifying for a Cup Race. It’s funny how now that I’m older the drivers who’ve paid their dues for years just to struggle to qualify for a cup race, then if they even finish a race that’s the Victory that interests me even more than the drivers who are handed the keys to the very best equipment in all of Motorsports.
@@LASTCARonBROCK Keep up the good work man. I’m very interested in the next one because I know nothing about Johnny Benson getting there or what he did there.
Love your videos. The 2004 field fillers was one of my favorite things about this season. The 2004 NEXTEL open is one of the best races to watch with these fields fillers in it. Still one of my favorite race's.
Thank you for this series - this was one of my favorite NASCAR seasons, and it was thrilling anytime one of the underdogs would get even a little tv time. Will watch every second of every episode. Kudos.
Fascinating and informative episode of ROTFF as always! I really enjoyed it so much. Good job! Keep up the awesome work. I'm looking forward to the next installment of ROTFF.
@@LASTCARonBROCK oh trust me I’m working on “binging” but I don’t like missing details and end up rewinding a lot so it takes me a little longer. Thanks so much for the hard work
The Arnold Racing #50 car was really Derrike Cope's last hurrah in Cup racing, the team was on TV a lot for a crappy mostly unsponsored team. Cope ran very respectable with them, I rooted for them every week. I was honestly shocked when they released him, I was like okay maybe they have some up and coming stud from a lower series, when it was announced to be Mike Wallace, I was like no way, Cope might of been washed up at this point but at least he was a former Cup winner. Mike Wallace was complete crap in Cup outside of a few decent runs on superspeedways.
Man i can’t wait for shepherd video, maybe on late Larry hollenback too DNQ Michigan and Atlanta, WD Indy, Fontana, Loudon, and Charlotte. DNQ 05 Daytona 500
I will give credit here as this team was really never a 'Start and Park' they pretty much always made the effort to compete to until the end of the race.
I find this to be really interesting. While it's indirect since the Arnold portion of the team shut down the Cup operation after '05, it seems to be that 23/11 Racing, featuring Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin, are the ones who carry any sliver of a legacy left behind of what was, at first, a decent upstart organization carrying on the legacy of another, in Melling. I also find this video interesting, considering Arnold Motorsports gave EA Sports permission to have the game developer put its 50 car in NASCAR 2005, with Derrike Cope as the driver. That in itself is interesting too, considering the game was released weeks after Cope & AMS parted ways. Regardless it's amazing to see the traces of a modern-day team with a superstar owner in one of the most highly-regarded releases in NASCAR game history. Thanks for letting me know about the complete history of the organization, considering the fact that I was curious about it after all the time I had playing NASCAR '05. Really makes me appreciate the work & change that goes into the development of modern-day NASCAR teams. I hope Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin have a better run in 2021 than Don Arnold & crew had in '04. It'd be great to see a promising entry fulfill its wishes, considering the history & circumstances that lead into everything surrounding it, as the squad enters Daytona next February with their heads high.
Very good questions. As to handling issues, NASCAR seems to have a set list of reasons a driver falls out of a race. Some are pretty easy to understand, like a "crash" or a blown "engine." Reasons like "handling" don't have as clear of a definition, much like "vibration," which comes up a lot when a team start-and-parks their car. Both show up more frequently today because NASCAR stopped using "quit" as a reason around 1993. This is likely the reason Arnold Motorsports and other "field fillers" have used this reason. Other times, "handling" comes up simply because a car is driving so badly that no adjustment is able to make the car drive safely around the track. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had this happen to him once at Las Vegas, where his car handled so badly he basically had to quit the race. As to why it's so hard to finish a NASCAR race, there can be many reasons. Before 1972, it was because the technology used in each car was quite crude, and teams had to figure out ways to make the cars more durable. Dirt tracks tore up equipment easy, especially when the surface was bad. Paved tracks in the early years could be just as treacherous. After 1972, when a minimum race length was set, the challenge was the length of the race, and the expense of keeping up with well-financed teams. There was a time where many tracks ran 500 laps or 500 miles, which tested the limits of the equipment.
19:18 Don Arnold" I know you have to be politically correct. The meaning of the word redneck has really changed. You used to be able to say it as a joke, just in fun, but if one person thinks you are being serious, you can't say it anymore".
Arnold motersports sounds like a 3 year old created a team named it after him self and just raced and finished the race in last or around that like a 3 year old would
That's a very good question. The more I've learned about when working on Derrike's biography, it sounds like they mutually agreed to part ways. Geico may have been putting pressure on Arnold to put Mike Wallace in the car since they backed his Busch car at the time. He ultimately did after Charlotte, where Geico was the sponsor. This would explain why Arnold sounded reluctant to let Derrike go, acknowledging how much he'd helped the team, and considering bringing him back at a later time. I'm not sure Derrike counted on getting more rides in the No. 50 at that point because he drove for so many other teams after that in 2004 alone.
@@LASTCARonBROCK Cope is the butt of a lot of jokes amongst NASCAR fans, but it seems misguided. Arnold and StarComm are shining examples of his value. Those were both field filler cars--albeit in different eras. In both cases, his experience and skill made them competitive in real time (Arnold) or helped the team progress with other drivers far beyond their assumed capabilities (StarComm) In a lot of ways, you just wonder "what if" especially for Arnold. But no one can ever take away Daytona 500 champion.
Did NBC announcer say “Cope is attempting to get into his 4th Daytona 500”? That has just been brought into question on facebook. Time for a fact check….back in 5 minutes 🧐
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"Who wants to watch a documentary at 3 in the morning?!"
Me who is in Finland visiting relatives: "Oh boy 3 am!"
Okay Patrick Star
I watched it at 2 am does that count
I work third shift to make ends meet so 3am is prime Brock Beard documentary time lol
16:41 “too date this is copes last start in the Daytona 500”
2021: hold my beer
I feel like Brock says "Field Fillers" louder in every installlment.
Seriously. I kinda like it though!
he straight up screamed it this time
I'll be testing the limits of my home theater next installment
Agreed
Morgan Shepard, Racing for Jesus.
May he live in peace the rest of his days. Why is it always the good people that develop diseases
My dad told me a story when he was at a race back when Morgan shepherd was a one man crew. He said he went down pit road and stopped and got out ran around changing tires and filling the car then went over the wall and came back and sat down on the wall and ate a bag of chips for awhile then jumped back in and took off 😂😂
@@nathanscharf5116 what a leganed. He's now on my top 5 list for favourite drivers of all time
@@GoganLiesbrecht He’s still alive dude
@@nofeargaming9403 they’re looking for funding for the 2021 season
Seeing some of the broadcast clips (like Kirk's fans at Pocono, or Billy Bigley Jr's story) makes me nostalgic for times when the broadcasts weren't all about the stupid playoffs. The commentators just talked about what was happening, and found things to tell us about if they needed to. If today's booth men didn't have to focus on the playoff agenda, maybe there wouldn't be so many viewers who are apathetic about teams drying up or not being able to justify stepping up to Cup because a charter is not available.
If any of you really are fans, you should care about the fate of every team. While perhaps not disastrous, a team closing their doors is never good for the sport.
By my count, 10 teams have closed under the Charter Era. Make of that whatever you want.
"Derrike Cope is on the pole!!" Cope was the GOAT of Arnold Motorsports.
Also, I got new J.D. McDuffie diecasts recently 😁
@EFEZZE6280 Yep, a true unsung hero of NASCAR.
So this is what Arnold did after the Magic School Bus
That was pretty good.
We got to end this series with Rick Ware Racing
facts
I mean they kine of have to. Running full time in cup for like 8 years and running in the back the whole time isn't exactly successful. At least germain racing was a midpack team despite not getting many top 10s
And MBM
@@brianglennon6657 at least carl long doesn't start and park as much as he used to. He's been trying
He could do an entire series on them, they’ve somehow been around since the late 80’s!
SCORE Motorsports
Mach 1 Motorsports
Hover Motorsports
Shepherd Racing Ventures
R&J Racing
Phoenix Racing
Definitely looking forward to your videos on those teams.
Don't forget mhr. Mike harmon is a beast, don't know how he's run for so long
@@GoganLiesbrecht Harmon's raced for so long, and has survived multiple generations of car.
@@fogalicious2644 and the 2nd to last car owner to utilize the dodge challenger in xfinity
@@GoganLiesbrecht 2 decades and not even a top 10. Dude is a 🤡.
@@GoganLiesbrecht and in Xfinity, his cars are challenging for top 15-20s on a weekly basis even a top 10 on their best days, never thought I'd say that at all considering decades earlier MHR was DNQing races left and right.
NASCAR 2005 Chase For The Cup (2004) and 06 Total Team Control (2005) Had The #50 with Derrick Cope and Jimmy Spencer Taking Turns
So letting Cope go was the mistake, never thought I'd say that
Haha puns
Derrike cope looks like burt reynolds
The team didn't Cope well after that.
Cope seemed like he still had something left in him even at 45
Man, if only they'd had faith in Derrike Cope. That being said, if they had gone with him and not cycled all the way to Todd Bodine, would there have been a championship-caliber (in trucks at least) Germain Racing team?
Another excellent installment, I'm already excited for the next one~
Nothing makes my night any better Brock. This series is amazing and I’m already super excited for next episode!
I remember Arnold Motorsports in NASCAR 05 CFTC it was nice that they wanted to be in the game Don Arnold was one of the best underrated owners
These make me really regret not paying more attention to those no name cars, with the older drivers, starting in the back of the field, who haven’t Captured many if any checkered flags in the Cup series but yet they do have many Wins & they’ve achieved a lot in NASCAR including just qualifying for a Cup Race.
It’s funny how now that I’m older the drivers who’ve paid their dues for years just to struggle to qualify for a cup race, then if they even finish a race that’s the Victory that interests me even more than the drivers who are handed the keys to the very best equipment in all of Motorsports.
Forgot to mention the team's last attempt at the 2006 Daytona 500 with Larry Foyt.
As always great work.
I also just finished your book about J.D. and I have to say it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Fantastic work.
Thank you, sir! I'm pleased with how the book came out, and I'm working on the next one along with this series. :)
@@LASTCARonBROCK Keep up the good work man. I’m very interested in the next one because I know nothing about Johnny Benson getting there or what he did there.
The intro to this series sends chills up my spine. Great work. About to make that shit my ringtone
Can't wait to watch the Pheonix Racing episode!
I remember when this team was in NASCAR 2005 Chase For The Cup and NASCAR 06 Total Team Control
Love your videos. The 2004 field fillers was one of my favorite things about this season. The 2004 NEXTEL open is one of the best races to watch with these fields fillers in it. Still one of my favorite race's.
"That's where another businessman from Florida steps in" BY GAWD! THAT'S JAMES FINCH'S MUSIC!
YES! Love this series.
Of all your documentaries, this series may be your best work to date
This series is amazing! Keep up the great work
I’ll miss German racing but jeez I love that intro
Great work, as always, Brock! Looking forward to James Finch/Phoenix Racing, and one of my all- time favorite wins.
Thank you for this series - this was one of my favorite NASCAR seasons, and it was thrilling anytime one of the underdogs would get even a little tv time. Will watch every second of every episode. Kudos.
Another great episode Brock, I like all the insight on the other side of NASCAR. Not everyone is loaded with cars and engineers in NASCAR
Was a very bone head decision by getting rid of Cope in that ride. He was running solid and him and Mike Hillman had something going there.
This is great Brock! Thank you for making it and sharing it!
I loved that Arnold #50 car. That Darlington race was the reason I even know who Derricke Cope is.
Fascinating and informative episode of ROTFF as always!
I really enjoyed it so much.
Good job! Keep up the awesome work. I'm looking forward to the next installment of ROTFF.
Idk what took me so long to find this series, but holy cow fantastic work!🎉🎉
@@junior3815 Thank you! And good news - I'm still making episodes!
@@LASTCARonBROCK oh trust me I’m working on “binging” but I don’t like missing details and end up rewinding a lot so it takes me a little longer. Thanks so much for the hard work
this is so well done. cheers from toledo ohio
shared to many family members! keep em coming!
Love theses videos Brock. Always have been a fan as a kid back in thoes day of the field fillers.
Brock this series is fantastic thank you
Love the series, thank you Brock!
Probably my current favorite series.
Just like always, another great video!!!! I love the Field Fillers series Brock. I can’t wait for the next episode🏁🏁🏁
Love these documentaries, keep it up!
Imagine a 2 car Arnold team with Bodine and Cope...man.
NASCAR 2005 and 06 on PS2 had the #50 with Derrick Cope and Jimmy Spencer
Hey Arnold... Motorsports!
Loving this series!
The Arnold Racing #50 car was really Derrike Cope's last hurrah in Cup racing, the team was on TV a lot for a crappy mostly unsponsored team. Cope ran very respectable with them, I rooted for them every week. I was honestly shocked when they released him, I was like okay maybe they have some up and coming stud from a lower series, when it was announced to be Mike Wallace, I was like no way, Cope might of been washed up at this point but at least he was a former Cup winner. Mike Wallace was complete crap in Cup outside of a few decent runs on superspeedways.
Great episode! Well done!
Great video I love watching them keep them coming
Love the use of Get Though for the intro and outro.
Man i can’t wait for shepherd video, maybe on late Larry hollenback too
DNQ Michigan and Atlanta, WD Indy, Fontana, Loudon, and Charlotte. DNQ 05 Daytona 500
Both cope and shepard we're great in their heyday
The GOAT Derrike Cope
Been waiting for this. And, Don Arnold was an idiot for dumping Derrike Cope
11:11
Ernie is Derrikes cousin. Derrikes brothers name is Darren
PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN FULL ACCESS TO THE NASCAR FOOTAGE LIBRARY, AND A FAT BUDGET!
I will give credit here as this team was really never a 'Start and Park' they pretty much always made the effort to compete to until the end of the race.
Yeah, that's what I liked about their team. They never gave up, with bad equipment, and bad starting slot.
Love the intro
Phoenix Racing is next! Yesssss!!!!!
Tod bodines qualifying lap. I was sitting on the front stretch. My first race. I was 9.
I love these videos!!!!
Damn this stuff is awesome
That intro gets better every time
24:10 when Jr spun out on purpose to bring out a caution
?
I find this to be really interesting. While it's indirect since the Arnold portion of the team shut down the Cup operation after '05, it seems to be that 23/11 Racing, featuring Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin, are the ones who carry any sliver of a legacy left behind of what was, at first, a decent upstart organization carrying on the legacy of another, in Melling. I also find this video interesting, considering Arnold Motorsports gave EA Sports permission to have the game developer put its 50 car in NASCAR 2005, with Derrike Cope as the driver. That in itself is interesting too, considering the game was released weeks after Cope & AMS parted ways. Regardless it's amazing to see the traces of a modern-day team with a superstar owner in one of the most highly-regarded releases in NASCAR game history. Thanks for letting me know about the complete history of the organization, considering the fact that I was curious about it after all the time I had playing NASCAR '05. Really makes me appreciate the work & change that goes into the development of modern-day NASCAR teams. I hope Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin have a better run in 2021 than Don Arnold & crew had in '04. It'd be great to see a promising entry fulfill its wishes, considering the history & circumstances that lead into everything surrounding it, as the squad enters Daytona next February with their heads high.
And it was the only field filler to actually find its way into a NASCAR game as it was in 2005 chase for the cup
*around the time of the rise
Awesome video!
I see Mr. Cope as starting 13 Daytona 500s, NBC announcer says he was going for 4th start in Arnold car at 13:12
Yes when will see the Morgan Shepherd episode or perhaps Branden Ash
All I got LOL. For Todd Bodine!
Derrike cope was my favorite nascar driver
Finally!!
*breathe in*
THEY WERE THE FIELD FILLERS !!
Anybody else notice at 31:14 the 3th July?
Would AJ Foyt Racing’s NASCAR division count as a field filler in this series? Would be a cool episode to see.
Great content D:
serious question: what is handling issue? and why is so hard to finish a nascar race? especially last ep, where the guy almost finished none
Very good questions.
As to handling issues, NASCAR seems to have a set list of reasons a driver falls out of a race. Some are pretty easy to understand, like a "crash" or a blown "engine." Reasons like "handling" don't have as clear of a definition, much like "vibration," which comes up a lot when a team start-and-parks their car. Both show up more frequently today because NASCAR stopped using "quit" as a reason around 1993. This is likely the reason Arnold Motorsports and other "field fillers" have used this reason. Other times, "handling" comes up simply because a car is driving so badly that no adjustment is able to make the car drive safely around the track. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had this happen to him once at Las Vegas, where his car handled so badly he basically had to quit the race.
As to why it's so hard to finish a NASCAR race, there can be many reasons. Before 1972, it was because the technology used in each car was quite crude, and teams had to figure out ways to make the cars more durable. Dirt tracks tore up equipment easy, especially when the surface was bad. Paved tracks in the early years could be just as treacherous. After 1972, when a minimum race length was set, the challenge was the length of the race, and the expense of keeping up with well-financed teams. There was a time where many tracks ran 500 laps or 500 miles, which tested the limits of the equipment.
19:18 Don Arnold" I know you have to be politically correct. The meaning of the word redneck has really changed. You used to be able to say it as a joke, just in fun, but if one person thinks you are being serious, you can't say it anymore".
That ford at the start looks like a old Greg Biffle car
I feel like had they kept Cope things would have gone better, Bodine was great in Xfinty and Trucks but Cup just seemed to have him crash a lot
I agree cope was doing solid in that run.
Is there a new link for scheme maker
What about team extenze racing
Why did they ever let Derrike Cope go....
Well good to know that 13 car will live on for at least a few more years sure its now the 23 but who cares XD its an underdog team through and through
Brock Beard predicting Cope's return in the 2021 Daytona 500
screw the fightt tonight Brock Beard uploaded a video.
I said the same thing
Letting go of Derrike Cope seemed to be their mistake, with him they seemed to consistently be top 25-30.
Fix your audio at min 15. It goes blank while interviewing Cope.
The master only has audio in the left channel. I'll be sure to adjust it in future episodes.
31:05 From 3th July
Wait. I thought that 49 cope wrecked at Richmond was a Dan Shaver car?
Whatever happened to Derrike Cope ? What is he doing now?
He's purchased a Trans-Am car from Trackhouse and is racing it with Nitro Motorsports. I'm also putting the finishing touches on his biography.
@21:00 the only really tall driver in the cup series
Arnold racing became germain racing? 😮😮
16:42 Uh oh...
Arnold motersports sounds like a 3 year old created a team named it after him self and just raced and finished the race in last or around that like a 3 year old would
@Blck Mach1 good point
So why did they give Derrick the hook? Surely, it must have been something other than impatience?
That's a very good question. The more I've learned about when working on Derrike's biography, it sounds like they mutually agreed to part ways. Geico may have been putting pressure on Arnold to put Mike Wallace in the car since they backed his Busch car at the time. He ultimately did after Charlotte, where Geico was the sponsor. This would explain why Arnold sounded reluctant to let Derrike go, acknowledging how much he'd helped the team, and considering bringing him back at a later time. I'm not sure Derrike counted on getting more rides in the No. 50 at that point because he drove for so many other teams after that in 2004 alone.
@@LASTCARonBROCK Cope is the butt of a lot of jokes amongst NASCAR fans, but it seems misguided. Arnold and StarComm are shining examples of his value. Those were both field filler cars--albeit in different eras. In both cases, his experience and skill made them competitive in real time (Arnold) or helped the team progress with other drivers far beyond their assumed capabilities (StarComm)
In a lot of ways, you just wonder "what if" especially for Arnold. But no one can ever take away Daytona 500 champion.
So this team was technically germaine racing
35:53 PRAWBLEMS
Please address Derrike Cope as 1990 Daytona 500 Winner Derrike Cope 😉
And now, Germain Racing is closed after 2020 season.
2:00 stop yelling into my ear
Did NBC announcer say “Cope is attempting to get into his 4th Daytona 500”? That has just been brought into question on facebook. Time for a fact check….back in 5 minutes 🧐