Michael Waltrip Racing's Last Hurrah

The story of Brett Moffitt's 8th place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2015.
0:01 Intro
1:18 Chapter I
4:18 Chapter II
9:52 Chapter III
12:53 Chapter IV
17:57 Chapter V
19:50 Chapter VI

[@riverpage7896]

this is actually really well made, if you had someone to help you edit cleaner and with more high quality all your videos would be major bangers

[@ryanwalker1593]

Clear EmpLemon inspiration and that's no complaint. Very good video!

[@marcpotter2266]

It’s really odd how Brett’s career has never really blasted off. He’s a truck champion, won multiple races in the trucks but hasn’t gotten a big break. For what he’s done in the Xfinity series he’s usually out performing the car he runs. Overall his career just screams odd to me. This was all the way in 2015 yet really nothing has panned out from that big moment.

[@theLongPigChef]

Cool video, lil bro. Mikey dropping the burrito on Denny's car was hilarious.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

This race was one of the moments that made he become a Brett Moffitt fan. Great video, dude! Bravo!

[@josephd9190]

Awesome video. I remember watching Moffitt and Pastrana run in east series and the Nationwide series. I saw both mwr wins at Sonoma.Trevor bayne used to drive the 99 out petcare care. Ryan truex ran for them also.Mwr brought some great drivers into the sport and gave them a chance. Wish Mwr was still around

[@ethanw7211]

I miss MWR! Too bad there aren’t many Toyotas left in the Cup Series today. 😢

[@kyleschafer6275]

MWR didn't have manufacture support from dodge in 2006 due to them having an alliance with Bill Davis Racing. If you rewatch the races from then you'd notice Michael would say Napa hotrod due to no support.

[@theone1948]

This was a great watch.

[@jayfur36]

Pretty dang good video man, little rough around the edges with the editing and script but still an entertaining and well researched video. You can tell theres alotta effort put into this. From one small video maker to another, well done.

[@fiesta_prod]

i love that this video plays in my right ear 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@list8678]

Amazing, taught me some things! New subscriber!

[@ClumsyCardboard]

You're getting somewhere. I like your pacing, i can see you've got a pretty decent grasp of a lot of fundamentals of editing, now its just a matter of nailing the details and mixing. Figure that out, and you've got plenty of great videos like this ahead of you. Everyone starts somewhere. Keep at it! Great work thus far.

[@lightningmcdunn8508]

This was so informative, I’m really impressed, I was so surprised when I saw you only had 200 subs, keep grinding!!!!!

[@TGL_STUDIOS]

Absolutely loved this video! Very well done, keep up the great work!

[@JReaLBiz86]

We have to take a moment to really appreciate those NAPA commercials in the late '00s/early '10s. I'm sure it's just nostalgia for the time since I'm getting old, but those commercials were always entertaining.

[@hutfrd]

The Doom music is low key brilliant

[@itruleyloveyouonyt123]

honestly this video is 🔥 good work plz keep it up

[@northwestcup]

Love this video was put together so well

[@quinnlay2150]

Poor vickers he didn't want to and didn't know what was going on😔

[@cashkenterprises5584]

Knowing what we know about him now, I could care less what happened to him

[@hunterwade9030]

Yeah I know who is wife is so I am really not caring about him to much

[@devonmartinez780]

@@cashkenterprises5584what did Brian vickers do other than be average? Not really a crime...

[@WestcoastWallyDriver]

Michael McDowell is still racing too

[@bkreitzm1]

Oh yeah 💀. Sorry I missed that.

[@Suburban-United]

Yup... and he just won his 2nd cup race today.😎🤙

[@KitsuneGB-hc9zb]

Personally I’d say lower the volume of the music or raise the volume of your voice. Sometimes I’m having trouble hearing you.

[@JBSampson88]

Awesome vid, and love the cover of Them Bones in the beginning!

[@racecraze]

I approve if this video as a Moffitt stan

[@justwiz4879]

i have a feeling you watch emp lemon great video bro i wish i could do this

[@hectorrubiojr2071]

Dang, Michael Waltrip Kida thick

[@toadsixeight]

Michael Waltrip got that gyatt

[@BeagleBageler]

I feel like I’m watching a school presentation that had lots of effort put into it, I like it!

[@bkreitzm1]

Thanks! Since school is coming up for me I think I might genuinely do that for my presentations. 😅

[@BeagleBageler]

@@bkreitzm1 well it worked out for me, so if you do it I imagine it would go pretty well

[@evanabernathy9677]

Ty Norris Got Suspended Indefinitely Along 3 Crew Chiefs. Brian Patty Scott Miller Chad Johnson. All 3 Crew Chiefs Were Placed On Probation Til December 31st 2013.

[@bkreitzm1]

Appreciate the knowledge, man! I didn't even come across that while researching.

[@larrelllewis9407]

Didn't know me and Brett Moffitt share a birthday. The more you know.

[@ShotDeLaTimbo]

Great video!!

[@somethedan61]

W content. Very underrated. How don’t you have 1K yet?

[@Pulse0n]

Great video! While the editing is a bit choppy and I'm pretty sure I can hear some background noise coming from your mic, the pacing was really good and the overall scripting was amazing! Give it a bit of time to improve and I can see you going far!

[@Indizzinator]

Great video

[@Foxdidnothingwrong]

Unless I didn't see it but I think you forgot to mention Vickers last win and the teams last win

[@therago1456]

Holy shit, this video was good and it reminds me of EmpLemon and criminal investigation videos.

[@Terick5]

Michael McDowell is still active and he drove for MWR.

[@swiftie.4_life]

👏👏👏

[@nascarsignore]

Kenny Wallace actually finished third in Michael Waltrip racing’s first start, he was given a black flag at the end for passing below the yellow coming to the line

[@bkreitzm1]

Really? I had no idea of that, thank you!

[@nascarsignore]

@@bkreitzm1 it was actually 5th, not third. sorry for being wrong myself

[@carclan53]

U should do one on Furniture Row Motorsports

[@aaronnorris4774]

Great video! I see a lot of people in the comments trying to give you advice but I didn’t see anyone mention equalifying the low end out of your voice recording. There’s a hum coming through the mic you can’t only hear with headphones on. Hope this helps!

[@bkreitzm1]

Yeah, thanks! My audio recording has been the biggest issue with these videos.

[@aaronnorris4774]

@@bkreitzm1 if you ever have any questions or need to outsouce any cleaning hmu! im an audio engineer

[@CadenZoucha]

I like the bones by AIC background music nice work on that

[@cjo1992]

What's with all the clips of not MWR cars lol. Specifically like around 12 minutes in. Lots of racing between the 9 and 17.

[@ringoflatts6571]

Your use of music is wonderful

[@jmclean10]

8 bit them bones

[@Dan24943]

You did a great job. I think some of the context was a little off about some of the details but still a good story.

[@mcmurtersportsupdate7171]

Love the old-school video game version of Man In The Box song in this video! Alice In Chains is the greatest grunge rock band of all-time.

[@henrysilberhorn9572]

(This is long, so sorry in advance. I wanted to provide some good feedback, as well as offer a different perspective on some of the statements you made.) This video was really well put together. Good job. This is stuff that will continue to grow your channel if you produce better and better. Something I would suggest is gathering more clips and using more clips that relate to what you’re talking about. Some examples would be using clips from Truex leading laps and Bowyer winning races when talking about each of them during your 2012 segment. Using clips from a random race where I see a Red Bull #4 car and a #17 car could be potentially confusing to a new or casual NASCAR fan. Additionally, using relevant clips for the time period you’re speaking about is good. I see the one race being played when discussing 2012, so I can assume it takes place then. But when I see it again when talking about 2013, it can be confusing. Or when 2014 and 2015 are talked about over an interview clip from an incident that was discussed prior that happened in 2013. This will all help the new and casual NASCAR fans, which is really what these types of videos attract. All of this wasn’t an issue in some other parts of the video, but matching clips with what you’re talking about will definitely help engagement. Here’s my “counterpoint” to the video. Branching off of the “why does it matter” segment. In my honest opinion, Brett Moffitt’s 8th place finish doesn’t matter. Sure it was a great run, but his performance the rest of the season didn’t do much for his resume. In fact his 2016 truck win probably had more influence in him getting a ride at Hattori in 2018. His Rookie of the Year campaign probably just enforced the fact that the rules for Cup drivers in lower series choked out talent from rising through the ranks. It was like this for the better part of 4 to 6 years, with the exception of Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, and Ricky Stenhouse. Since the rule change at the beginning of 2015, we have seen some great rookie classes. I have to say that Atlanta was not MWR’s last hurrah. After Daytona (7th) and this Atlanta race, Clint racked up two top 5s and 11 top 10s, clinching a Chase birth. The race that best showed that MWR wasn’t a complete joke was Sonoma. Clint ran up in the top 5 almost all day, even leading a few laps. I vividly remember looking up at the leaderboard at times during the race and wondering how the hell Clint was running with the leaders. Performances like this are what kept him in the conversation for the final spots in the Chase that year, and that ultimately ended with a birth after Richmond. They fell out after the first round, but after the honestly disappointing start to the year after the qualifying crash in Daytona followed by 4 straight finishes outside the top 20, they put together an okay season. Finally, if this race and Brett Moffitt finishing 8th made Atlanta a race worth watching and racing at, then why can you only recall Harvick’s penalty after dominating the race? You said it yourself, after the mid-2000’s, Atlanta stopped having memorable moments. There some here and there, like the 2011 finish, Kahne’s 2014 win, and Harvick’s 2018 win (and just overall dominance year to year), but nothing special like the photo finishes of the past. In my opinion Atlanta really only became a worthy watch after the repave. That was put on full display during the two races this year, and will continue to do so as the surface wears out. Again no hate, I loved the video, just thought I’d offer some advice and different opinion! Keep it up!

[@bkreitzm1]

Wow, that's the only comment that goes anywhere near approaching the length of my video. 😂. I really appreciate all of the advice and differing opinions, and I'm definitely going to use this to work into my future projects!

[@craigstephenson7676]

What about McDowell? He is very much so still racing in the current year 2023

[@jimmygrimm2679]

Actually an awesome video. I would have turned the music towards the start down just a little more, other than that this was awesome

[@danielhensley7443]

Um all 3 MWR cars made the 2007 Daytona 500

[@bkreitzm1]

Yeah, that's one issue I just realized isn't the case. I think they were instead penalized 100 points for each team. Sorry about that.

[@danielhensley7443]

It’s still a good vid. My brain just was like wait what do I miss remember history for a quick second

[@toadsixeight]

@@bkreitzm1they were penalized for using jet fuel in the cars supposedly and I think the 00 crashed out of the race

[@bkreitzm1]

@toad_is_ur_mom oh okay thank you! I seriously don't know how I missed that lmao.

[@toadsixeight]

@@bkreitzm1it’s alright I just recently watched the 2007 Daytona 500 so I remembered that crash

[@evanabernathy9677]

4:15 Onboard Of What McQueen's Crash Looked Like.

[@bigsuetee]

What about Michael McDowell? Did he not race for MWR? He’s still an active driver today!!

[@bkreitzm1]

Yeah, while writing, I totally went over that because he had such a short time there. Sorry about that!

[@Suburban-United]

...and he also won today.🤙

[@evanabernathy9677]

4:14 Here's What Digger Saw.

[@evanabernathy9677]

4:13 Michael Waltrip Gets Domino's Pizza 4:14 David Reutimmann's Ears Burn 16:13

[@evanabernathy9677]

4:00 Dale Jarrett. 4:01 David Reutimmann. 4:10 So How Did They Do ? Let's Find Out & See.

[@evanabernathy9677]

16:12

[@sheloveumii]

for 125 subs this is mental. all you really need is a better mic and maybe turn the music down, and you're golden.

[@jasonjackson5493]

They were allowed to race in the 2007 daytona 500

[@jasonjackson5493]

Moffit is a wheel man

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Always bothered me that MTJ was the one that got screwed over the most by the spingate controversy, when he had little to nothing to do with himself other than maybe knowing about it. Kinda weird that he got a championship with mwr's sponsor 5 hour energy later on after napa left him high and dry

[@joshmeister4449]

The race at Pocono when Joey booted Mark Martin out of the way for the win is the #1 reason why I hate Joey.

[@bkreitzm1]

That's what really started it all, I think.

[@joshmeister4449]

@@bkreitzm1 Ya, all the drivers back then knew that you didnt move Mark Martin out of your way for a win. It just never happened.

[@caleykruse9852]

Lmfao so you hate him for racing hard Joey did nothing wrong Mark wasn’t even mad about 😂😂

[@devilcharger]

Alice In Chains.. NicE!

[@hutrod7721]

Background music is drowning you out

[@amfk8079]

sm64 them bones lmao

[@shaynejohnson3505]

MTJ at MWR is just awkward and idk why

[@hutfrd]

Ok, I gotta say, this voice is very “Chills” but not quite, and at least he has ~some~ inflection in his delivery, albeit extremely bad, but this is worse. I just heard the 5 words, “el idge a bill a tee” when it’s supposed to be one word. The edits are clunky. The material is fine, the writing seems ok. Delivery, cadence, not annunciation, are key. I’m bored out of my mind listening to this and will be switching it as soon as I’m done writing. I know I coukd write a book here because this video is going on soooooo looooong because of the two words, “sec unt” and the three words “prob ab Lee” really slow stuff down. Fix it and I’ll come back.

[@plug2788]

good video but your voice is louder on the right for my headphones

[@bkreitzm1]

Thank you! Yeah, audio was probably the hardest thing to get right through the video, but I'm trying to improve it through my next video so hopefully it turns out better