Missing Rings: Jeff Gordon 2007

Jeff Gordon had been in the midst of a career slump from 2005-2010. The lone bright spot was 2007 where he looked as if someone had brought back the Jeff Gordon of the late 1990s.
Starts: 36
Wins: 6
Top 5s: 21
Top 10s: 30
Poles: 7
Laps Led: 1300
Standings: 2
Average Finish: 7.3
Video Credits:
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Jeff Gordon Edits

[@xtremedeath24]

It hurts knowing that Jeff Gordon is a 7 time champion if the Chase was never a thing. It was by far one of the most DOMINATING seasons ever. Gordon had 30 top 10s. 30! He had only 6 finishes lower than 10th all year. That is UNHEARD of nowadays.

[@joshdrumheller4920]

Harvick had 29 I believe in the 2018 season. Still insane to believe!!!

[@joshdrumheller4920]

@@rcracer8872 didn't realize you had your be so salty and a smart ass over a comment jerk off.

[@shilpi326]

RC RACER 88 shut the fuck up. no-one gives a fuck that dale earnhardt is your favorite driver. he had no competition anyways.

[@Josh-oo9pv]

RC RACER 88 shut up

[@m42679]

He finished 11th twice in 07 also. So he only finished below 11th 4 times

[@whatincarnation95]

Still the most heartbreaking loss to any Gordon fan. Goddamn you, Chase format! This was also what practically started the enormous decline of the sport in my honest opinion. Many old fans left thanks to the format along with the COT, which despite being good at times never really reached the Gen 4 type of good racing we had.

[@alexbroadbent5313]

What In Carnation? Didn’t you hear Bryan France people love the chase slash playoff system. At least that’s what they would say in some strange alternate universe because no fan in they’re right mind is going to say that.

[@notmasyn41]

Best statement in the world

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

Well the format is gone, COT is gone. So where are the fans? No one knows if Gordon wins the title in a different format. Drivers race the format.

[@Si1verRaven]

@@RippingItAllSportsCards number don't lie

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

@@Si1verRaven Exactly and Johnson is the champion.

[@KKFan9]

Yes, as a Gordon fan, my heart is still broken over 2007. This was the equivalent of that one girl you crushed on, thought was perfect. You became friends, things were going well, and then she got away somehow. I'm not too far off either.

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

Yeah I know that feeling. Man it's not a good feeling at all.

[@talhadevyt]

I can relate to this....

[@kennethmatthewn.tabbilos1584]

Geez, I just got flashbacks to that bro (And I know I'm 5 years late in reply).

[@vanillawafer176]

Us Jeff Gordon fans die a little on the inside when people talk about the 2007 season haha

[@rolandjovi2433]

This is the truest Missing Ring video yet. Finishing 3rd, 7th, 7th, & 10th to Johnson's four race winning streak ultimately cost Gordon the title. I was so heatbroken at the time. Not bitter now, but boy did I hate Johnson and the Chase after 2007.

[@longbar6565]

RolandJovi 24 couldn’t agree more

[@Steventhe2nd]

johnson robbed him, plain and simple

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@@Steventhe2nd Johnson was just doing his job. The Chase robbed him. Same with Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, (3 times) and Kyle Busch. (2018)

[@Steventhe2nd]

@@nascarfanatic2425 no, it was johnson, he did the same to Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@@Steventhe2nd How do you figure it was Johnson and not NASCAR/the Chase?

[@draneym2003]

Full season points: Gordon: 5321 Johnson: 5102 (-219) Gordon didn't just win, he blew him out.

[@Ab_Ismael]

Jeff Gordon: 5,455 Jimmie Johnson: 5,102 (-353)

[@whoasked9500]

Gordon got flat out screwed.

[@KiroBuildZ25]

Even though I am huge Jimmie Johnson fan I will say Jeff did get screwed in ‘07

[@Lord_Foxy13]

Same Boat here bro

[@TheCusterFan]

Hmmmm, 24 days till the 500, nicely timed video

[@RacingWorldTV202]

Also the worst timing since this it was a reminder of a heartbreaking loss :(

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

He should be a 7 time champion. 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2014.

[@Brett_Baker_]

2004 he should’ve won it too

[@noahcoleman5556]

Why 2015? I'm a Gordon fan, but he was running mediocre for most of the year until the chase.

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

I guess because it was his farewell year

[@VGF80]

Replace 2015 with 2004.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

Why not 1996?

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

I can't with 2007. I just can't.

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

This one stings the most by far. 2004 and 2014 have nothing on this.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

Nothing comparable!

[@slimbrady6691]

1996.

[@RacingWorldTV202]

Like what happened to Darrell Waltrip after he got spun by Rusty Wallace in the 1989 Winston , I think the 2007 season was the point where Gordon's perception among fans started to really shift. Before this season, as noted by what happened at Talladega I, he was still that young, scrapping anti-hero of a driver who was duking it out with Earnhardt and was nothing like what fans had come to know in their drivers. After this season with the loss to Jimmie Johnson, thanks in good part to the Chase format as many fans would argue, and then his subsequent dry spell after this season (and more heartbreak in 2010), I think fans realized that he wasn't the same anti-hero he was. I think they also realized that Gordon had become like Earnhardt had in the late '90s after a similar period (and like how Johnson is becoming now); a seasoned veteran in the later years of his career who has a link to a different time in NASCAR that many fans are nostalgic for. It's a shame that he didn't win this title but if there's anything positive that could come from this season, it's that it began a period of greater appreciation for him.

[@nascartoday8849]

2007 was one of last great seasons

[@americascrewchief2004]

Yeah, and 2015 also i guess

[@BlueflagAlpha]

2016 is good too

[@gychristensen]

It's a damn shame that a driver can have 30 top ten finishes in a 36 race season and still lose out on the championship

[@Ab_Ismael]

I just wish somebody would actually do something with the chase format Just remove it, it’s trash and go back to Winston Cup format But the ceo and president of NASCAR are too stupid to understand

[@the9der352]

As a viewer of Formula 1, I understand your POV. The same kind of thing happened towards Sebastian Vettel back in the 2018 season, where despite having finished in the top ten for 20 out of 21 races, but lost the championship.

[@slimbrady6691]

@@the9der352 Dude that's not comparable in the slightest. The reason Vettel lost was because Hamilton finished in the top 5 in 20 out of the 21 races and won 11 races to Vettel's 4. Vettel just flat out got beat that season, he wasn't screwed over by a points format.

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

If I was a Gordon fan then, Johnson winning 4 races in a row would have pissed me off big time.

[@chromediesel444]

Thats when I began hating the chase format. Then 2014, more hate on the current format. He could of been a true 7 time without the aid of chase/playoff/bs format.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

Or he could have been a 0 time champion if a different format was used. No one knows what would have happened under a different fornat.

[@bowserjr.]

Nino Nuccio There was no format before 2004.

[@packisbetter90]

14 was his til brad k had to ruin it

[@jeffreyvences5746]

That Coca-Cola 600 in 2007 got me heated because Gordon had a fast car. He was slicing his way through the field so quick. 😢

[@2CodeRed4U]

2007 was when I REALLY started watching NASCAR on a weekly basis. As a huge Gordon fan growing up, that season hurt. That’s when I really began to dislike Jimmie Johnson.

[@schuylerschultz804]

thing is, he DID capture that "missing ring". He's a 7-time champ. He won in 2004, 2007, and 2014. I don't care what anyone says. The Chase/Playoffs have robbed so many people of legitimate titles. Nascar has no undisputed champion. The Playoffs don't reward consistency over an entire season. That's why the Playoffs need to go. It's nothing but manufactured drama. Championships under the Playoff format really don't mean anything in reality. You could literally win ALL 35 races leading up to the finale, but finish 2nd at Miami and lose the championship. That's how BS this Playoff format is. And the funniest thing is that Ryan Newman, in 2014 - the first year of the Playoffs - nearly broke the entire system by making it to the final 4 by consistency alone! The Playoffs need to go. End of story....

[@jackduncan5442]

And the thing is, meatball almost won the Championship without even winning a race and he wasn't even that consistent. Only like 5 top 5s or something.

[@bienvenidocabacungan7341]

Jeff Gordon: I'm gonna win the champioship this year! Chase Format: Imma end this man's whole career.

[@Kahne-yy3vq]

You should do a video about the whole season of 2007 because I see them switching between the car of tomorrow and the original and more liked one.

[@psychlops924]

Kahne 94595 yeah I had forgotten they did that. I think the CoT plus the Chase is what ultimately has destroyed the sport. I know the bigwigs like to point out that the decline in ratings and attendance where about the same time as the 2008 crash, but that’s because in 2007 they showed us all what they could do to screw up one of the greatest sports in existence. If I could, I’d snap my fingers and get rid of both of those things.

[@generalshepherd2209]

Kevin Harvick’s 2020 season can fall in this category alongside Jeff Gordon in 2007 and Carl Edwards in 2011 where a driver takes advantage of a points reset to snatch a title away from the driver who is the class of the field.

[@GoodOlRoll]

Same average finish too, 7.3

[@Brett_Baker_]

YES I ASKED FOR THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT

[@austinblansett9900]

This one might break me 😂 thank you man I can’t wait to watch it.

[@r48productions]

That season is where I really followed NASCAR for the first time. That Martinsville race was so memorable. 👍🏽

[@Steventhe2nd]

the example why i hate Jimmie Johnson, he robbed him that year, and that year, Jeff's win in the spring Talladega race helped cheer me up after losing my father

[@Ab_Ismael]

Jimmie stole 4 championships and should’ve been a 3-time champ, that’s why I hate Jimmie is people love him because he’s a ✌️7-Time Champ✌️ and people hate on Logano for not deserving 2018... And personally I don’t think he deserves 2006 because of his yearly running 5th in points all regular season and pulling a magic wand out of his ass in the chase and becoming the best in the last 10 races Typical JJ luck - He only deserves 2006, 2009 and 2013

[@lemonjuicegaming6551]

@@Ab_Ismael You just contradicted yourself.

[@DrDemented9885]

I was a JG fan since 1996 fav win was Darlington 1998 an cool Winston million from the long gone no bull five. Miss those days. This race essentially give him the title MM blowing his engine

[@jadendewar4694]

The fact that 10th was one of his worse finishes this year is amazing

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Not to mention Gordon finished outside the Top 20 only 3 times throughout the entire 2007 season while Johnson had twice that many finishes outside the Top 20 including 5 outside the Top 30

[@MagnusOpite34]

One of the most dominating seasons in all of modern nascar.. He would have clinched the title at Texas without the chase format. Nobody got screwed more than Jeff did by the chase. He WOULD have been a 7 time champ with the old points system.

[@yolobewackins9715]

Missing Rings: 2018 New Orleans Saints

[@frmnNnj]

Yes. Here are some others: Missing Rings: Los Angeles Rams Missing Rings: Kansas City Chiefs

[@shilpi326]

f1r3m4nN1nj4 22 Missing Rings: 2016 Atlanta Falcons

[@yolobewackins9715]

@@shilpi326 That would fall under a new series: Blown rings

[@cowlover24]

Missing rings 2013 Denver Broncos

[@eqvnt6938]

Championship Seasons: 2013 Seattle Seahawks

[@evanwilliams6406]

Jeff Gordon is the true champion of 2007 under the old format, Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus just had the Chase figured out in those years. But under old system rules Jeff is a 7 time champion instead of Jimmie. I feel like Jimmie has about three titles he legitimately earned.

[@justinturley7071]

What makes Jeff’s year even more of how BS the Chase was in 07, was that Dale Jarrett in 1999, winning his only Championship, had 29 Top Tens in 34 races, and with 4 wins. Jeff had 30 top tens with 6 wins in 36 races.

[@kenzschueler]

This.....this ....is what I asked for. Thank you man!

[@michaeltoss8204]

Jeff got screwed out of being a 7 time champ by the chase system. It's so stupid.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

We don't know that.

[@Si1verRaven]

@@RippingItAllSportsCards numbers don't lie ☺

[@loominator9568]

This was the first year I watched NASCAR and this battle blew my mind. I rooted for Gordon even though I’m a Kenseth fan and now I’m more upset than he didn’t win it because he never got his 5th

[@larrylegend1255]

I never liked the chase even when they started it. JJ is a great driver; however, he is not a true 7 time champion. The chase has ruined Nascar. GOAT.

[@aaronasmr8833]

Jeff Gordon is a better driver than Jimmie Johnson, period

[@Bak3dGamingYT]

When Gordon won pocono I was at that race grew up an hour from pocono and it was the only time I ever saw my idol win. What an amazing race

[@anthonydeloreto3881]

Steve Letarte became Gordon's crew chief in the final 10 races of 2005.

[@3rdeyerioichi749]

2007 was an awesome year! Great to see Jimmie win the title, but yea it was heartbreaking to see Gordon not win the title

[@johnstuart5367]

The man got 3 missing ring 2007 and 14 still hurt the most

[@NRF_Productions]

Jeff Gordon winning on Dale Sr’s birthday at his home base surely was a worst case scenario. Rough day for Earnhardt fans for sure

[@chrisbarnett4719]

Great video iceberg

[@williamseaman176]

What about Elliott Sadler in the Xfinity series in 2011 and 2012?

[@dylanjom8233]

Another Jeff Gordon Missing Ring! I remember watching some of the 2007 races. I really wanted Jeff Gordon to win that championship. Coming so close to winning most of the races but Jimmie Johnson was there and that sort of made Gordon get into a challenge which is his(also Rick Hendricks) car, his teammate. So bummed...

[@TSDN]

Any other year, Jeff wins the championship. JJ won 4 straight & 10 total. That 48 team was unbeatable

[@GoodOlRoll]

If they didn't split the season in 2 Jeff would've won it. JJ wasn't unbeatable until the final 10 races of the year.

[@jackduncan5442]

​@@GoodOlRollLast 5 races.

[@GoodOlRoll]

@@jackduncan5442 JJ's avg finish was 5.0 in the 2007 chase.

[@bumble_24bee34]

Idgaf what people say Gordon is a 7 time champion

[@Someone-oe2pg]

Facts

[@rowdysmoke1466]

Much like KB in 2018, best all season, but one guy was better in the “playoffs”

[@Highline_29_Designs]

Logano wasn't even better in the playoffs, just wins Martinsville and shows up to Homestead with the best car....... But that's what the championship decision comes down to now, so I guess we'll just have to deal with it 🙄.

[@joshdrumheller4920]

That's what pissed me off. Being how Harvick and Busch won 8 damn races and the lose to a fishlip reject like Logano. It was by far a BS season.

[@rowdysmoke1466]

DC Comics Racing True, true.

[@naturewisdom677]

@@joshdrumheller4920 when the drivers who won the most races in 2003, 2002, 2000,1999, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992 didnt win the title why didnt you bitch about the format then? There are plenty more seasons i can go back too but i first need an answer to my first question.

[@Highline_29_Designs]

@@naturewisdom677 I know you aren't asking me, but I'm gonna say it's probably due to the fact that the drivers that won 8 races dominated the entirety of the season and were the most consistent. Logano was a 6th-10th place car every week, while Harvick and Busch were winning stages, leading laps and winning races. Logano literally wasn't a title threat till he won Martinsville. Those years you speak of, the drivers that won championships were dominant all season long even if they didn't win the most races. They were leading laps and in contention for the win every week. Plus those championships weren't won off of one race, they were determined over *all* the races.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Jeff was clearly the best driver of 2007

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Chase formate really ruined everything Gordon and Edwards had championships stripped straight from them. Gordon is a real 7 time champ no bullshit. Also this was the first few races of the horrible cot.

[@Highline_29_Designs]

I swear some Earnhardt fans have no respect lol.

[@MrMW2nd]

Hmm a classless driver with classless fans. Makes you wonder. Fuck dale sr

[@randomfaca]

LOL some fans...They're all hicks, what do you expect

[@Highline_29_Designs]

@@randomfaca the guy who did this video is an Earnhardt fan, and he's far from being a hick.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Fanboyism

[@shilpi326]

RC RACER 88 93 wins > 76 wins

[@codyharris3928]

Can you do a video on the different types of cars used in this season? Like how some of them had wings sometimes and other time they didn’t. I’m confused on why they did this. I wish they could bring these car back tho lol

[@talhadevyt]

I was expecting this one eventually

[@billysavona9989]

Hehrehrehree3

[@billysavona9989]

3h3

[@talhadevyt]

@@billysavona9989 what

[@talhadevyt]

@@billysavona9989 sir this is a dominos

[@ethanmcclain7570]

I was a Jimmie Johnson fan up until he retired last year, so of course, I love 2007, but it also speaks volumes about how dominant Hendrick as a whole was. JJ and Gordon owned everyone else.

[@BrandonA1]

JJ was really good but he flat-out robbed Gordon of the 2007 title and Harvick of the 2010 and 2016 titles

[@chadhenderson9732]

Yeah he definitely didn't deserve half those championships. Those years ruined nascar. No one can argue that fact. I mean...2016 with what...16 or 17 top tens? Average finish of 15. Sad

[@zackcampbell5663]

Damn chase format

[@TrickiVicBB71]

I haven't watched NASCAR since 2013. But I am getting into all the NASCAR channels. It pains me to know that Jeff Gordon would have been a 7 time champ. I was 14 years old in 2007. All I knew at the time was to get up at 10am on Sunday and cheer on for Jeff. I think it was after Jimmie's 3rd or 4th championship that I started disliking the Chase format.

[@balzenhazelnut]

I miss Jeff so much and this was so painful :'(

[@WahooBrad24]

This was the year that I really started to hate Jimmie Johnson, and I was a huge Jeff Gordon fan. I know I sound salty, but it was so frustrating to watch your driver run so well consistently all season only to have a teammate, a car that Jeff co-owned come out of nowhere like that.

[@xD12xSiCkNaStY]

2007. back when nascar was good

[@alexniapas9243]

Every car that Jeff has raced in he has won, very few can say that.

[@Ob1tuber]

Gen 3, 4, 5, and 6 True

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The only track Jeff never won at throughout his career was Kentucky However Kentucky is the only track where he never finished outside the Top 10 and it's 1 of 2 tracks where Jeff never DNFd at The other being Martinsville

[@lucasmemorialchapel3780]

As a Jimmie Johnson fan Gordan should have won this championship but for Jeff they were in the 48 era.

[@SinginShooter]

Hell yeah, COT with the BIG WANG.

[@kylemielke1021]

What's crazy the amount of wins Jeff should have won in 2007. He had 6 wins. But Vegas, Texas, Martinsville, the Glenn just to name a few should have been 24 wins that year. Gordon left so many wins on the track in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2014.

[@BDLforever24]

I thought to myself "Its in the bag" after that Texas win. No way anyone of us could have predicted Johnson would rip off 4 straight freaking wins. Still shocks me to this day how that played out.

[@Twolfe1024]

I can’t tell what’s worse the 2014 missing ring or this one...

[@Highline_29_Designs]

I'd say 2014 because at least 2007s was a somewhat deserving format.

[@kyleschafer6275]

2007, Jeff Gordon was dominant all year, the most consistent driver, had 1 dnf the entire year. What stung the most is how much of a points lead gone due to the chase, if it was the pre chase method he wouldnt have needed to race to clinch the tittle.

[@nc2827]

hell yeah!

[@austinstitzel]

I miss Gordon's blue and red flame scheme!

[@PFPF-zz8uv]

Missing rings Matt Kenseth 2013?

[@americascrewchief2004]

Yes, won 7 races and 2nd place points finish.

[@RandyDubin]

Can you please do a Missing Rings with JG in 1996 or Bill Elliott in 1985?

[@scatterplot77]

Would have won 7 without the chase

[@Tymonster95]

You should do missing rings Jeff Gordon 1996

[@zaymclovin4178]

Missing Ring: Sam Hornish 2013 Xfinity

[@OoNVGoO]

oh yes!

[@TheDthatcher]

Or what if Ray never left

[@chifurbr]

Missing rings: Matt Kenseth 2013? in the regular kenseth won more races but johnson was more consistent, in the chase they went head to head all the way until the phoenix debacle

[@reverendrasheemstewart3744]

Missing rings Bill Elliott 1985 & 1992

[@rayzie8599]

Lol the camera man panning on the wrong car at the finish of Darlington

[@nascarfanatic2425]

The only "what if" for 2007 was "what if the Chase was never made?" Let's be honest: that is the only reason Jeff lost in 2007. His finishes during Johnson's hot streak were not bad at all.

[@mtejada10]

nascarfanatic2425 you don’t know how those races would have been raced. My big criticism of Gordon and some others, is that everyone knew about the chase. 48 made sure they were their best in the chase, Gordon’s team did not. That isn’t the chase’s fault

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@@mtejada10 "You don't know how those races would've been raced." Okay, here's where that argument gets debunked: here's a few facts I should point out. - Jeff Gordon got 30 top-10s in 2007. Nobody else has done that in a 36 race season. Jimmie Johnson also had 24 top-10s. Pretty sure that's enough evidence itself that neither driver would've raced 2007 much differently if there was no Chase. But if you need more... - Johnson got 10 wins in 2007. 6 of them were in the first 26 races. Jeff Gordon got 6 wins with 4 of them coming in the first 26 races. - All of Johnson's and Gordon's DNF's came in the first 26 races of the year. What I'm basically saying is that the argument that the season would've been raced differently is basically implying that JJ sandbagged his way to a championship, when all evidence points to otherwise. Jeff's overall performance was simply better than Jimmie's. He had more top-5s, (21 to 20) more top-10s, (30 to 24) led more laps, had a better average finish, had fewer DNF's, completed more laps, had more lead lap finishes, and more poles. There were only 2 categories Jimmie was better than Jeff in regards to 2007: number of wins, and total miles completed-- that difference pretty much being Jeff wrecking out of the Coke 600 where as JJ finished 10th on the lead lap; just to give you an understanding of how close it was. Now, none of this is discrediting how strong JJ's 2007 season was, but you are making an absurd argument and it almost seems like you question JJ's 2007 season, yourself to imply that he would've raced 2007 differently without the Chase; when all evidence points to the contrary.

[@mtejada10]

nascarfanatic2425 I don’t think that anyone sandbagged, but I think 48 every year would do a fair amount of experimenting knowing that wins mattered in terms of bonus points (really how 48 won the chase) and that they would race at most tracks a second time in the chase. I really think Chad Knaus has a really good plan for the chase format in general. Jimmies talent obviously helped, but winning 5 in a row doesn’t come without everything falling into place. Again, the 24 team just got beat when it counted. They had a decent lead halfway through the chase and then 48 put it all on lockdown. Although under the old system they would have won, you really can’t be that upset that the guy who led the circuit in wins won.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@@mtejada10 It bothers me more-so who DIDN'T win as opposed to who did. Like I said, though; I don't try to discredit JJ's 2007 season, because it was impressive. He was the first guy to hit double digits in terms of number of wins since Jeff tied Petty's modern era record of 13 wins in 1998, and Jimmie certainly earned enough top-5s and top-10s in 2007 to have a championship worthy season, but I'm also not oblivious to Jeff's impressive stats, either. The Chase was what clearly made the difference between Jeff winning and Jimmie winning. To give you an understanding of how much of a difference it made, Jeff would've win the championship by 353 points over JJ. That's suggesting that most likely, Jeff would've clinched the championship after his 7th place finish at Texas. Jeff also would've won the title under the current format we have now; provided they would've finished on the same position. Basically, my biggest question is that you say that JJ would've raced 2007 differently had there been no Chase, so how?

[@mtejada10]

nascarfanatic2425 I think both cases they would have been more conservative. Don’t forget too how in the 90s, when teams started hearing need to average x finish beginning in August September, that teams started points racing. One thing I always have credit for in 98, is Gordon never points raced, he just kept his foot on the gas and kept winning. So an argument could be valid that Gordon would do the same in 07. I can’t prove or disprove that. There is so debate though if the team might have taken less chances, maybe JJ eats into that lead in the late summer early fall months. I think Gordon and other teams fault was they tried to race the chase like they did in the old 90s system to some extent. I consider Johnson the GOAT, but I think they greatly benefitted from being the first team to figure out the chase system and making sure their cars/setups were right for 2nd visits to the track when the chase occurred. I also think they figured out first early to gamble more in the regular season for wins to accumulate bonus points. I think of what if scenarios too, I just always felt like it is unfair to say the chase/playoffs rob anyone when all the teams are fully aware of the rules before the season. Robbing of a title could arguably apply to someone like Mark Martin in 1990, though I’d even argue then that the races would have been potentially different had that penalty not occurred. People also don’t realize that a non Winston point system has been in NASCAR for more years than what people consider the tradition method. Some of the methods in the 60s and 70s were absurd. Again though, teams knew the rules then too.

[@juwannabuildashnowmayne2392]

If Dale Earnhardt was still alive and see if he would have won at least 1 title under the old format while the new one was active I wonder how the Earnhardt fans would have felt about this

[@hunterhasting2304]

Why did they start with the gen 4 and go to the cot and then back to gen4 then back to the cot

[@noahcoleman5556]

They were testing the COT out for several races that season before they went full-time in 2008.

[@iwanttobelievenascar241]

The Drive For Five...

[@tomdalfonzo9959]

It makes many wonder: What if Jeff Gordon had never recommended Jimmie Johnson to Hendrick?

[@Lrules364]

2007 and 2014 are the reasons I no longer watch or support NASCAR. After Gordon left because of the 2014 asshattery, I was done as well. NASCAR is a cesspool these days.

[@barneyward6448]

I have an idea for this series: Missing Rings, Matt Kenseth 2013?

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

Eric Estepp wants to know your location

[@whoasked9500]

Missing Rings: Carl Edwards 2008.

[@StephenGibson829]

Was at that 600 that year

[@njj9555]

This season was the worst robbery.

[@jakeumebayashi3243]

So was the car of tomorrow brought out in the middle of the 2007 season?

[@kyleschafer6275]

Back then theyre testing the car out, let teams get a feel for them, ran 10 races with the then car of tomorrow (cot) and 26 races with the gen 4 cars

[@greightness32]

Did they only run the COT half the year ?

[@JamesCuevasJr]

In 2007, the COT only ran at Darlington, Talladega 2, Sears Point, Watkins Glen, and both races at Phoenix, Bristol, Richmond, New Hampshire, and Martinsville

[@noahhall5211]

Huh if only someone could redo Jeff Gordons 2007 season on nr2003

[@imjusstchillin5776]

God damn chase....

[@MeecosMeh]

Missing rings: Matt Kenseth - 2006 Missing rings: Matt Kenseth - 2013

[@notiresjustgas3610]

#Rainbow24Nation

[@jakeumebayashi3243]

Missing Rings, Big Three, 2018

[@joshdrumheller4920]

Oh yeah!!! I'll never get it.

[@spartan5713]

This was the season that killed my interest in Nascar. I went from watching week to week, to maybe catching a race here or there…to remembering every February-oh that’s right, the 500 is on today…Gordon had a 312 point lead after Richmond before the chase and it got wiped out.

[@johnboy4025]

This was when the decline of NASCAR happened! Gordon’s huge fan base as well as old school fans were pissed off! The right person was denied due to a VERY broken system! NASCAR should have re-evaluated this but knowing Brian France he allowed the ship to sink further! Jeff Gordon to many is the REAL 2007 champ... this was also when JJ became NASCAR’s least favorite driver of all time!

[@stevebobjoe9317]

You're so salty that you came back and commented 4 months later on the same video? lol I'll never understand why NASCAR fans hate success like they do.

[@jackduncan5442]

Brian (the drunk) France.

[@GoodOlRoll]

@@stevebobjoe9317 they hate that the chase doesn't reward actual success

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

Missing Rings: Derrick Cope

[@lottieluna123]

Dude, love your stuff, but please balance your audio better. Your levels are all over the place.

[@sirdaddylops5398]

Under the old format Gordon would’ve won this championship by over 300 points. This is when I stopped caring about the championship. Most people after 2004 were paper champs.

[@zrob8]

Or what if the chase didnt exist, alllwing Jeff to utilize the massive point lead he built for himself