And to add more salt to the wound all 3 of his teammates made up the top 3 in the standings in 2009

@Gucesarl

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve truly forgot that JG still managed to finish third in standings after the Darlington crash.

@j9vlikz683

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gucesarl tf gordon finsished in the top 3 in points even when he was stuggling

Man 4:58 really hit the feels. No one should ever feel like they’re in somebodys shadow, or that they’ll disappoint by not living up to nearly impossible expectations.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has admitted on his podcast a couple of times that the Car Of Tommorow was his least favorite generation of car to drive, citing the inability to respond to adjustments and the car could go only drive a certain speed, in short Jr. was hampered by this era of racing. He did pick up a win at Michigan in 2012 though.

Jr. Certainly had a lot of bad seasons but I give it up to you and other loyal Jr. Fans for never giving up on him. I've been a JJ fan for almost 13 years and have never liked another driver.

@RunningsRacing

5 жыл бұрын

@@rcracer8872 Boi, did you really just say Jr. Is the second best driver ever? That might be the worst comment ever.

@caleykruse9852

5 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 Jr isn’t even top 25 and I’m a huge Jr fan He was good but not great

@fh2058

4 жыл бұрын

Your a Jimmy Johnson fan your opinion doesn't count. Just like his phony championships

@SpaceMetalFerrari248

3 жыл бұрын

@@fh2058 at least he knows how to spell his name right unlike you. So your comment is invalid.

@ShrexyGuy

Жыл бұрын

​@@SpaceMetalFerrari248dude never spelled his name, learn to read instead of just suck your uncle's dick after a couple PBRs

You know, as a junior fan, it was hard to watch him struggle. I have always been and always will be a junior fan but man was it hard to watch him struggle.

What's even more devastating about this season is that his Hendrick teammates finished 1-2-3 in the points. Even as a diehard Junior fan, it's hard to defend that.

@SubmissionGrappler83

6 жыл бұрын

Hendrick never has been able to have 4 strong teams.

@fatpatlives1998

5 жыл бұрын

Once jr lost Tony Sr it was down hill from there

@tomdalfonzo9959

5 жыл бұрын

@@fatpatlives1998, Hendrick should've bet his entire farm to get Tony Eury Sr. back with Junior.

That was a rough season he had. I think it had to with the transition from the family business to a new team. He and Letarte worked great from 2011 to 2015. He showed good consistency in 2011-13 but had a couple slip ups. 2014 and 2015 were incredible and he clicked. No matter what I always stuck by his side and cheered for him every week since the summer of 2004.

Good Seasons: Mark Martin 2009 Bad Seasons: Carl Edwards 2012

@larsongame4120

4 жыл бұрын

Kyle Busch 2012 says hi

Dale Jr's 2009 and 2010 seasons were probably the worst I've ever seen a driver who's capable of winning & making chases run in top equipment.

2013 was Jr’s best winless season ever.

@GoodOlRoll

Жыл бұрын

Fr with the elimation format he would've won the title that year.

The were seriously 10-12 races that year where Jr should have been in the top 5 or at least the top 10 but bad luck in the final 20% of the races took him out. I have no doubt with how weak the Chase field was that year that he would have made it. He wouldn't have been a factor but he would have been more respectable. Now 2010 is the year where he pretty much ran 20th every lap of every race.

@MattProtrains

6 жыл бұрын

His finishes during the chase races, even though he wasn't in the chase wasn't indicative of his performance. Had a top 5 car at New Hampshire; taken out by Reutimann, Kansas; started front row, led a chunk of the opening laps before the pit penalty killed the momentum, and afterwards the engine blew near the end. California; wreck, Texas; ran out of fuel and stalled on pit road. You could just sense even if the team fought back with a strong showing, something else would bite them before the end.

@philipdawson7800

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I noticed: trouble often found Junior when he was doing well. I don't know if he would have made the Chase, but he'd probably have been around where Bowyer was (15th-ish), rather than down in the muck.

Everything after 2004 was a bad season for Jr other than 2014 and 2015 to be honest

@robertahern8905

6 жыл бұрын

@@rcracer8872 well they were ok but when he was supposed to be one of the next greats. He really didn't even get close to there

@wimpman94

6 жыл бұрын

2003, 2004, and 2014 were the only seasons where Jr was a legitimate title contender

@allabouthewaves4354

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sauce You might want to add 2015 too. Both him and Jimmie were better than Jeff the whole season until the Chase.

@SwingAxleLover

6 жыл бұрын

@@rcracer8872 2005 and 2008 were pretty abysmal for him.

@daviddavenig7434

6 жыл бұрын

Junior was always my favorite driver but he needed to have the best car or he didnt have a chance.. 2003 n 04 were his best chances to win a title. But I honestly don't understand how or why he was so awful in 2009 thru 2010..man he was so strong with Letarte ...after 06 it was hard to root for junior until 2011 when he started being competitive again..

Thinking about Junior's career, it's pretty bittersweet from the outside. So much potential, and unfortunately so much disappointment intersected with moments of brilliance. So much happened around him that he could not truly affect. His father was such a mountain among men, a true legend who it almost seems fitting was taken before we could see him grow old. I wasn't a Junior fan, but I always had a pretty high opinion of him as a person and driver. If you think of how much he had to take on so soon, there's probably no way you could do better than he did. Managed to keep his head straight and did well outside of racing. Smart person. Just like his dad in that. As someone who was a Mark Martin fan and a 90's fan/kid, I'm sad to say I saw the sport live its apex being and then slowly die as the last of its true roots faded away. I hope a reset comes with Arthur France's dismissal.

Junior Nation forever. Thank you Dale and Dale Jr.

Black Flags Matter= Best NASCAR KZreadr

@hectorvillanueva9313

5 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 you just can’t accept the fact Jr had some tough seasons, and that BFM had the freedom and information to make this. He isn’t making fun of him for this, he’s just basically saying that even some active drivers have their worst season, even though Dale retired.

@hectorvillanueva9313

5 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 I think you should reread my comment a bit carefully. I know you didn’t say he had tough seasons, but I know you dislike the video just because it’s Jr and it’s a Bad Seasons video. All Imma say is you just have to accept the facts at some point.

@ladysaurus73michaelshumach13

5 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 Stop The FIGHT GUYS

Bad seasons: Martin truex 2014

@thefiend9469

4 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian Kane this comment was made 5 months before that video learn how to read dumb fuck

First wins: Jimmie Johnson

People hate the COT package, but I will always love it since it reminds me of how I found NASCAR.

I speak for all JR nation fans, this was a dark time in NASCAR history

Bad Seasons: Kevin Harvick/Jeff Burton/Clint Bowyer 2009 Bad Seasons: Matt Kenseth 2009 Bad Seasons: Kasey Kahne 2010 Bad Seasons: Kurt Busch 2012 Bad Seasons: Clint Bowyer 2016

Cool vid : D I remember it seemed like every other race Jr was crashing out or having some bad luck. Bad season indeed

What a comment from Kyle RIP Dale Jr

@RacingWorldTV202

6 жыл бұрын

"You know it's never Jr, always the crew chief." Wrecked.

@DerrickRG

6 жыл бұрын

How many Crew Chiefs has Kyle gone through? Yeah, he needs to stfu.

@EddieLRosado4L

6 жыл бұрын

SinikkaL (Wannabe MLG Name) Um, like three? As compared to how many for Jr.?

@trevorcollum6883

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Emery Fuck KB

@elihartsoe6718

5 жыл бұрын

jr wishes he was KB

Please do good season: Ryan Newman 2003 and gone too sone Casey Elliot

Nice vid. Love this series

Any other driver would have gotten the boot, and he shouldn't have kept that ride, but glad he did because eventually it turned around for him in 2011 before the concussion.

The low point of this season was his 40th place finish in the Coke 600..not cause he got in a wreck, but literally just cause he was slow. Never have I seen a top car with no scratches on it finish so poorly.

Steve Letarte revived Dale Jr's career.

I think regardless of what he says he tried to live up to his father's legacy, and probably had something to do with his concussions that killed his motor reflexes.

Good seasons: Matt Kenseth-2013

Great video dad

Kyle Busch's comment at 5:21 is spot on

@DerrickRG

6 жыл бұрын

For himself.

@trevorcollum6883

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you’re a immature man child.

@jolene_simz

5 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 that’s when you take hating on Kyle busch too far

@RyanTheIncredible882

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, he became a title contender again with Steve Letarte. So, one could argue that it was actually the crew chief.

Might want to do that for a few seasons in the 88. For such high expectations, there was such a meager payoff until 2014 and 2015.

@limestonebutter

6 жыл бұрын

Evan Williams *horrible

@allabouthewaves4354

6 жыл бұрын

He was good in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He just didn’t win multiple races. 2012 might have been his best regular season since the Chase started outside of 2004.

@RacingWorldTV202

6 жыл бұрын

2011 was good and 2012 was better, minus the concussion issues, and 2013 was extremely consistent despite not winning (would've won the title under the same circumstances with the 2014 format).

@evanwilliams6406

6 жыл бұрын

He was better in the 2010's than in the late 2000's. I think it had a lot to do with having Tony Eury there and having a completely different style than what Hendrick had with its employees and the communication wasn't there. Also having the COT wasn't good either, until they put the spoiler back on then Dale started running better, but it always seemed like it was something holding the team back. But the COT era was bad for a lot of drivers and affected their careers as a result.

@RacingWorldTV202

6 жыл бұрын

Evan Williams Definitely. Jeff Gordon is another driver I can think of who struggled, Kevin Harvick (110-some race winless streak between 2007 and 2010), Jeff Burton (only one win, his last, in the COT era), Ryan Newman (only two wins the COT era, one on an SS and one on strategy). Those are some examples but the car definitely affected many drivers but Jr also with the demise of DEI added in as a big factor, I'd argue with how depressed he seemed. The spoiler was a big helper, though, for sure.

Championship seasons: Dale Jr, 1998 Good Seasons, Kasey Kahne, 2006 Good Seasons, Elliott Sadler, 2004

@whoasked9500

6 жыл бұрын

Kasey Kahne 2012?

You know it's bad when Reed Sorenson crashes, and he actually ends up being an innocent victim in the situation...

Would you be willing to do videos like these for his 2010 and 2017 seasons? As a junior fan it's hard to watch but I enjoy the work you do on these videos

Next should be bad seasons Kevin Harvick 2009

@allabouthewaves4354

6 жыл бұрын

The whole RCR camp was bad in 2009.

@DERAOFFICIAL

6 жыл бұрын

Bowyer and burton won races I think it wasn’t that bad

@allabouthewaves4354

6 жыл бұрын

All 3 RCR cars didn't make the Chase in 2009 and didn't win a race either. Bowyer was 15th, Burton was 17th, and Harvick was 19th in points that year. You thinking about 2008 when all 3 made the Chase, Burton won 2 races, and Bowyer won a race.

@DERAOFFICIAL

6 жыл бұрын

justin dinkins yes I was thinking about that season my bad lol ig they did suck

Pains me to say this because I too am a Dale Jr fan as well but I agree! 2009 is by far his worst season!

Look at all those fans in the stands ! Crazy how empty the stands are. On the other hand jr had a good career vs. Others

Bad Seasons: Tony Stewart 2014 Bad Seasons: Kurt Busch 2012

As a Jr fan 2009 was a season I would love to forget and 2009 was also a Bad Season for Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick as well

Good seasons: Ryan Newman 2003. I’m going to keep requesting this until you do it

Kasey kahne bad seasons 2007 after having 6 wins in 2006.

@lord_moxley

6 жыл бұрын

2007 pains me so badly

@whoasked9500

5 жыл бұрын

Lord Moxley Same.

Don't forget the fact that his three team mates finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the standings. Jr, 25th..........

Dale Earnhardt Jr had a challenging season in 2009, struggling to find success on the track. He failed to win a race that year and finished a disappointing 25th in the overall points standings. Earnhardt Jr faced multiple issues throughout the season, including consistency problems and mechanical failures. He also had several crashes and accidents that further hindered his performance. The lack of success and poor finishes resulted in a significant drop in the championship standings compared to previous years. The struggles in 2009 were a disappointment for Earnhardt Jr and his fans, as he had previously been known for his strong performances and winning capabilities. However, it is important to note that every driver faces challenges and setbacks in their career, and 2009 was simply a difficult season for Earnhardt Jr.

Jr slumped and underperformed. But still hella respect to him.

@meisalanbenfica1

6 жыл бұрын

Trace 29 he slumped very year except 2014

@limestonebutter

6 жыл бұрын

Trace 29 He also slumped in 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2017. Why I don’t have that much respect for him.

@limestonebutter

6 жыл бұрын

RC RACER 88 A: Key word: much. Please pay attention. B: I definitely have a lot of respect back in the day for him. He was very good back then. But at Hendrick he mostly did not run Hendrick level yet everyone kept praising him like he was a god.

@zachwelch1084

5 жыл бұрын

@@limestonebutter he has 30 win

@limestonebutter

5 жыл бұрын

Zach Welch A: 26 wins, not “30 win” B: Most of those were between 2000-2004 and 2014-2015

Bad Seasons-Dale Jr. 2017

@aremanil

6 жыл бұрын

2017 wasn’t bad season for Dale Jr he had 4 poles!

@TheCusterFan

6 жыл бұрын

@@aremanil all restrictor plates basically and he was not in the top 20 in points, for Jr. Standards it was bad

@limestonebutter

6 жыл бұрын

Arturo Manzanarez 21st in points. Hendrick Motorsports. It doesn’t matter if you start good if you drive like shit for HENDRICK.

@RyanTheIncredible882

6 жыл бұрын

Such a disappointing season. He just flat didn't have it in him anymore.

@zander9774

6 жыл бұрын

Hes talked about how him and Amy looked at the concussions from 2016 and decided he didn't want to die in a racecar. 2017 was more about giving the fans a farewell and still be alive to start a family.

These cars look cool from a retrospective

@jraybay

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Murphy Yeah I thought so too but I thought the 2011/2012 cars looked best in recent years

Watching this while drinking Mountain Dew

Good seasons: Chase Elliot 2014 Bad seasons: Carl Edwards 2012

@KingC-way425

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, Chase Elliot 2014 would be part of Championship Seasons

The real black eye of this season was that his three HMS teammates: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin finished 1-2-3 in the points standings.

Can't believe saying this because I'm a big Jeff Gordon fan but do Jeff Gordon's 2008 season

I swear Dale Jr has had the worst luck out of any nascar driver in the modern area of racing

god 2009 and 2010 were so deperssing

@nazcarcup

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Boy do I miss the TNT and ESPN coverage so much.

This one hurts!

My mom I think went to that 2009 Phoenix Race in April. I was jealous.

Bad Seasons: Martin Truex Jr 2014 Bad Seasons: Carl Edwards 2012 Bad Seasons: Tony Stewart 2014-2015 Bad Seasons: Kasey Kahne 2015-2016 Bad Seasons: Greg Biffle 2006 Bad Seasons: Dale Jarrett 2003 Good Seasons: Matt Kenseth 2013 Good Seasons: Carl Edwards 2008 Good Seasons: Mark Martin 2009 Good Seasons: Greg Biffle 2005 Good Seasons: Kasey Kahne 2006 Good Seasons: Ryan Newman 2003

I wish you could bring back the dark depressing music for bad seasons like your older videos. And man I remember coming into that season thinking that junior was gonna win like 8 races and possibly contend for the championship... Lol god damn i was so off with that prediction. Then the crew chief change to Lance McGrew didn't make things any better.

@jraybay

6 жыл бұрын

Elite Killa29 lol

My dad was a Jr. fan, and I was a David Ragan fan. 2009 and 2010 weren't fun...Anyone not named Dale Jr. would have probably been fired after those dismal seasons. Say what you want about Harvick, but I don't think he was far fetched in saying Jr. not running well hurt the popularity of the sport.

What if Steve Letarte had become Junior's crew chief in 2009 instead of 2011?

Good seasons : Jamie McMurray 2010 and/or 2017. PLEASE. I know points wasn't the best in 2010 but 3 wins and they happened to be the 3 biggest races. And 2017 made it to round 2 of the chase. Also 2013. Bust: Daniel Suarez

@dqqdaddq

6 жыл бұрын

AllSportsNation DANIEL IS NOT A BUST MY GOD HE HAS BAD LUCK HE BEEN RUNNING BETTER IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS

@DERAOFFICIAL

6 жыл бұрын

He’s a champion he ant no bust plus only 2 or Jamie’s 3 wins was the big races the third was the second Charlotte race

So….. When is the 2007 Bad Season Video coming out😬😂

just a request for championship seasons but please do stewart 2011. I remember being stewart fan looking at the standings and thinking "well he isn't going to win the title but at least he's in the chase." then 10 races later he was champion how crazy is that?!

@RacingWorldTV202

6 жыл бұрын

The King Mansplainer Even Stewart said so himself that he didn't deserve to be in the Chase and said that they sucked. It was just not a good regular season but the Chase was damn near flawless.

@thekingmansplainer6813

6 жыл бұрын

halfway flawless (5/10 wins) I wonder if we'll see anything like that again.

@seannolan9857

4 жыл бұрын

If the Chase had been a thing in 1967, Richard Petty would have a 7/10 record.

Bad Seasons: Trevor Bayne 2015

@allabouthewaves4354

6 жыл бұрын

lmfaooo Every season is a bad season for Bayne.

@andrewdotmp4

6 жыл бұрын

@@allabouthewaves4354 but I feel like 2015 was his worst statistically. He finished 29th in points while 22 and 23 in 2016 and 2017. So for him, it was his worst

Bad seasons: Geoff Bodine in 1994. He won 3 races, but also had 15 DNFs. Half of the races that year. Most of the 15 DNFs he had were due to engine failures.

Championship Seasons: Matt Kenseth 2003 Good Seasons: Tony Stewart 1999 First Wins: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2000 Bad Seasons: Kurt Busch 2012 NASCAR Busts: Amber Cope & Angela Cope-Ruch

2009-2010, and parts of 2011 were a rough time to be a Dale Jr. fan. During that time, I thought for sure he would never win a race again.

@MattProtrains

6 жыл бұрын

'11 had promise, because after putting Letarte on the pit box, it turned the right direction. The whole 2010 season, the radio chatter between Jr made the team seem mostly dysfunctional. Letarte came in with a more positive outlook, that perked everybody up. They should've won at least 1 race, Martinsville, Coke 600, or Kansas were the ones were I hoped it could've happened. Actually the Coke 600 was a bit heartbreaking.

@bccarl88

6 жыл бұрын

MBX Pictures ironically enough, 2011 was the year that I thought for sure he may never win again. Every time that Dale Jr. had a chance to win, something out of nowhere would happen, (blowing a tire coming out of the pits at Kentucky, running Out of fuel at The Coke 600, getting bumped out of the way at Martinsville). I came to expect it that whole year, ESPECIALLY after the Coke 600 😭

Gotta agree with its never jr it’s always the crew chief

wrecking 1/3 of the field on a restart as a lapped car pretty much set things off for an awful year

Brian Vickers -Good Seasons 2006

a couple in there he couldn't have done much about avoiding not to excuse the season as a whole just feelsbad

What year was Dale JR was leading at Talladega with the Green & While & Red car?

Concussions, Bad Crew Chiefs Like Lance McGrew, Dad Dies I Mean Everything Went Against Him Not Saying He is Elite or anything but you gotta admit a lot of things didn't go his way

Wait bowman wasnt in the car that year

@rp2819

6 жыл бұрын

That dude with the hat Aka Nash Um yeah Dale Jr. Isn't a guy too many people know about lol

@clintharris3273

6 жыл бұрын

Jeez dude Bowman is a young hotshot for this sport. No one even knew he existed in 2009. He started racing in 2014 and wasnt that good but now he is.

@thatdudewiththehat7367

6 жыл бұрын

I think Ryan cats gets it it was joke cause I was making a joke about how much jr sucked just go along with it

@japotak99

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Chamberlain learn what jokes are

@mhggggg

6 жыл бұрын

No he didn't join the cup series until 1985

Good Seasons: Matt Kenseth 2013

Do a bad seasons on Jeff Gordon’s 2008 season.

Bad season - Kyle Busch 2012. Only 1 win in all 3 series combined and missed the chase

@justinhendel682

6 жыл бұрын

2014 was worse statistically speaking.

Bad seasons: Carl Edwards 2012

Bad Seasons: Kyle Busch 2012 Good Seasons: Kevin Harvick 2010

Yeah. This was worth kicking Mears off the team. If they kept him I believe he definitely would have had a better career.

@MattProtrains

6 жыл бұрын

No Mears was Jr's teammate for the first year, he was moved to the 5 team with the 25 becoming the 88. But I think due to having another team switch kept him on unstable grounds that he couldn't reconnect. Then Mark Martin came in, and out Mears went for 09. If they kept the same 25 team as the 5 team, I think maybe Mears would've found more success.

@CBF65

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, after Mears was finally doing well after he won Charlotte but then they switched him to the 5, they should’ve either (A) put Jr in the 5 for 2008 or (B) did like Byron and Chase for this year and kept the crew just changed numbers

@MattProtrains

6 жыл бұрын

No question, the 25 team was just about the best non-chase team in 07. If Mears stayed with that group, who knows where they'd go...not sure a championship would be in the picture, but maybe another win or two.

You should do Kurt Busch 2006

Good seasons- Paul Menard 2015

2009 was a bad season for alot of drivers like Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt jr.

"uncalled for" "that was just wrong" hey rubbings racing

I’ve never heard of this season and I don’t want to know about it. I refuse to acknowledge 2009 at all

Jr dad took over the wheel at 1:30

Good Seasons: Jeff Gordon 2007, Ryan Newman 2003. Bad Seasons: Bobby Labonte 2005, Jimmie Johnson 2018.

By far his worst season! When he wasn’t wreaking, the car had a mechanical issue. Plus Lance Mcgrew was a shite crew chief!

@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance

6 жыл бұрын

Nah. He was wrecking. Edit: Sorry, I misread your comment.

This is one of his best seasons to laugh at

That season was hard to watch especially since a lot of the wrecks weren’t his fault has some of the worst luck

Bad Seasons: Jamie McMurray 2011 From winning the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in 2010 to a career-low 27th in points in 2011

Bad Seasons: Tony Stewart 2013-2015

K. Busch was being sarcastic but JR. had some pretty shitty crew chiefs.. Eury Sr. and Steve Letarte being the only exceptions.

I had almost forgotten how ugly those 2007-2010 COTs were

It sucks that he felt he had to live up to his dad's name and I put alot of that on the fans that was fans of seniors

Both 2009 & 2017 were harsh years for Dale, Jr. 2000-04 he had several solid years, 2005 was bad, 2006 was ok, 2007 was bad, 2008 was alright until the playoffs, 2010 was bad, 2011-13 were decent years, 2014-15 he was really good, 2016 he finished 2nd four times.

@theultimatekfbfan2721

3 жыл бұрын

2013 he would won the championship had used this format in 2013

@anthonydeloreto3881

3 жыл бұрын

@@theultimatekfbfan2721 Yes & No. One thing you have to remember is that you race what points system was geared at the time.

@theultimatekfbfan2721

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonydeloreto3881 yeah

Hate to say it, this was always a issue with him and eury jr. Him and eury sr. Was good but it was like the second the second half of the year started they struggled

I wish Jr had gone over to RCR instead of Hendrick. Or that Teresa didn't sabotage DEI.

Good seasons, 1998 and 2009 Mark Martin, 2003 Ryan Newman

He got spun so many times lol