How This NASCAR Team Went From One Of The WORST To The Most Up And Coming

[@IsaacV24]

It’s crazy to imagine a start-&-park team is now one of the playoff contending teams of the sport.

[@AlanpittsS2b]

They aren’t a real title contender. The gimmick win and in playoff system is the only reason they were involved. They have improved but as of right now have never been a real threat to a championship

[@jagmodyoutube4264]

​@AlanpittsS2b FRM is a very competitive team right now due to the penske alliance frm runs at the front and mid pack now they can prove that they are competitive but they have had bad luck (McDowell almost made playoffs)

[@chasebriscoefan19]

The Front Row fast food cars are iconic

[@Matt_8000]

One of the craziest things from 2021 and 2022 is that McDowell lost his crew chief after both seasons He put up his best season yet in 2021, and his crew chief left to Penske. So FRM had to get him a new crew chief for 2022, McDowell put up his best season yet, and then his crew chief left to HMS After all that, they still pushed through, improved, and are now the team we know today

[@dmoran1093]

It was Drew Blickensderfer that left for SHR and is now back with FRM. Ironically he left because he thought shr would be his ticket to compete for multiple wins.

[@seannolan9857]

You may not know Brian Simo, but he does have one odd claim to fame: He's the only driver that has a winning teammate record against Kevin Harvick. He got a top ten in a one off race for RCR's then part-time #33 in 2005.

[@nascarguynai]

McDowell’s 2021 win made me a huge fan of him and FRM and its sad to see him leave :(

[@da_ch00m65]

same here, i dont really understand the move bcs i feel like Spire is just the FRM of Chevrolet

[@swilleh_]

It was one of my first nascar races to watch and i said: whoever wins this race is my favorite driver

[@boamedia9496]

Yo I said this on one of your first videos but holy cow the quality of these videos are insane. Quickly becoming one of the best nascar documentary youtubers🙌🏻

[@ihave40winsyt]

I appreciate that!

[@lincolnsorensen6833]

ihave40wins honestly has become my favorite NASCAR channel over the past few months. Awesome job!

[@ihave40winsyt]

w opinion!

[@josepedrorodriguez2376]

Front Row Motorsports has grown a lot in recent years, having a rise from 2010 with support from Ford until today. Now, this year the team has been expanding in both programs with very talented drivers to compete for championships.

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

I am so happy you brought up Michael McDowell. I've been a fan of him since his Daytona win.

[@wordlesslfiddling]

Front row is the biggest Cinderella story of all time its amazing that theyre now fringe playoff contenders qnd with a great lineup to build into the future i dont see any signs of stopping

[@thatminecraftman5192]

The quality of these videos are crazy. One of the best NASCAR channels imo.

[@Racer59Productions]

You also forgot to mention the fact that in 2019 FRM had a 3rd entry with Matt tift

[@Taylay7573]

There's more races in NASCAR where Long John silvers are sponsored then actual people that have been there

[@JSTOGaming_]

I was there to watch McDowell win the Daytona 500, and it was definitely so awesome to see that for him and FRM.

[@ParadiseCity1329]

FRM is so underated on Superspeedways and McDowell is so good on the RCs. He actually won the Star Mazda series in 04 and they were pretty much all Road Courses which explains why he's so good on them.

[@nascaregr]

Zane Smith Chandler Smith Todd Gilliland Noah Gragson Layne Riggs That's a scary line-up in 5 years

[@treehouse98]

21 truck wins and 16 xfinity wins in about 5 years? yea, they'll be contenders sooner rather than later

[@practicelogos53teamer]

I remember I was so happy and excited for FRM when they got their first win with David Regan in Talladega.

[@LessGo7921]

8:34 The start of a future cup champion. Mark my words

[@trolljunk8933]

McDowell deserves a big thank you check from Front Row on his way out. Having a guy that consistent and emotionally mature helped that team make leaps and bounds. McDowell is hopefully turning into the Kurt Busch role of, any team he joins he improves.

[@Imdefbigboss]

To show Todd Gillilands improvement over his cup career in 2022 he placed 28th behind Harrison Burton In 2024 he finished 22nd ahead of Michael Mcdowell and at one point was in the top 20

[@saltbombcreations8336]

The definition of zeros to heroes

[@NotMattyDYT]

They're actually now starting to live up to their name "Front Row"

[@RileyHerbst98]

Front Row Motorsports finally delivering their name by having both cars on the front row at the Daytona Summer Race in 2024 will be such a underdog moment

[@JJ48fan]

Believe it or not I remember watching Ragan win at talladega

[@ihave40winsyt]

same i fell off my scooter during the rain delay lol

[@JJ48fan]

@ yeah I was posted at the tv watching cars go in circles

[@thekingmansplainer6813]

Front Row: The journey to live up to their name.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I wish Michael McDowell was still driving for Front Row Motorsports

[@itsRiptyde]

Crazy good video! Keep up the great work

[@ParadiseCity1329]

The Open Wheel Invasion (i call it Motorsport invasion since some guys weren't open wheeled), caused really bad rookie classes from 07-13 (minus Joey Logano for obvious reasons and Montoya was the most successful of the invasion with 2 wins.)

[@seannolan9857]

I'd argue that it was mostly a byproduct of uncontrolled Buschwacking killing the careers of a lot of potential Cup drivers that caused it. Hiring open wheelers was just the way teams responded to the lack of good prospects.

[@lukebreadstick56]

Using Chris Buescher as the start and park picture when he made the playoffs that year is mad disrespect

[@JayStephens8]

So glad to see front row climbing the ladder

[@yes-it-is-i]

Won’t lie I thought the owner was longtime NASCAR commentator Bob Jenkins for the last 4 years or so

[@ihave40winsyt]

literally the only pictures that popped up were the announcer😭

[@DuddleBug5]

The 38 car from 2018-like 2020 with drivers David ragan and john hunter nemechek and the 36 car in 2019 with matt tifft and the 38 in 2023 when zane smith drove the 38 for a amount of races oh and the 36 part time since 2020 with rwr front row collab and then fully front row since 2021 except for 2022

[@johnberger51]

13:34 Summoning Salt music.

[@Nate125yt]

Zane Smith gonna be a hall of famer with this team

[@joeykonrath4414]

Also I am jacked for front row motorsports in cup and trucks! I love chandler and layne for the trucks! Can't wait to see what the young cup team can do!

[@krinky0666]

I was watching one of your video after seeing your post that you are going to post a video about frm and just now i finished the video and you aldready posted lol

[@carlreeves8976]

Bob Jenkins is a journey men I have ever seen

[@MoltenRage41]

David Ragan's Talladega really helped this team stay alive until Micheal McDowell kept it alive with the 500 win And now Todd Gilliland has the mantle of doing the same thing as now the veteran can he do what Mcdowell and Ragan did? Let's see I'm rooting for Gilliland to embrace his inner Ragan/McDowell Yes I'm a Todd Gilliland fan and a David Ragan fan (David Ragan my favorite driver in NASCAR).

[@Taylay7573]

What microphone do you use

[@LessGo7921]

FRM took notes from FRR’s come up ✍️

[@SammRsw]

Still waiting for the 41th win

[@damarviggen6152]

To me Michael McDowell is the one who makes the team so great

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

Kevin Conway: GOAT

[@joeykonrath4414]

Great a$$ video and McDowell winning daytona was freaking awesome but seriously please watch thay video again. Joey logano stays high. Brad starts to turn down and the line behind them is stacked up it was actually the 34 of McDowell that started that crash.

[@aldouscoroza]

It would be Cool if Front Row Switched back to a Chevy, I just hate Seeing Noah and Zane in Fords, and this is coming from a Guy who Hates Ford in Motorsports (Except Roush)

[@bennybradford]

Summoning salt

[@ihave40winsyt]

i do share the same music playlist

[@sjs3469]

Random Fact Gragson has been in the Cup Series since 2022 and has already raced for 6 teams, Kaulig #16, Beard #62, Hendrick #48, PettyGMS #42, SHR #10, and now the FRM #4

[@ihave40winsyt]

he's going for the record😭

[@nascaregr]

Erm actually it was Legacy Motor Club 🤓👆

[@roymcdre9180]

Hms 48??

[@HattieJosh]

@@ihave40winsyt going to be hard to beat Yeley tho

[@sjs3469]

@@roymcdre9180 He drove it when Bowman was injured

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

Michael McDowell should've stayed with Front Row Motorsports, and not go to the #71 Spire team. That car is barely faster than the Rick Ware cars. The #71 car still sucks, I don't care what you say. A few decent races, doesn't mean that it's great.

[@SomeoneOnTheInternet855]

he’ll find a way.

[@southeastmotorsport]

Had better performances than the #7 car did last season

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

@@southeastmotorsport doesn't make it amazing. At best that #71 car will be 25th in points.

[@southeastmotorsport]

@@BrianIsTheGOAT594 Zane Smith in the #71 car finished 3 positions better than Corey Lajoie in the #7 car last season

[@BrianIsTheGOAT594]

@@southeastmotorsport you all need to chill with overhyping the shit out of Spire. That team won't do anything next year special outside of pop up runs from Hocevar.