NASCAR Busts: Brian France (ft. The Iceberg)

This series isn't limited to just drivers, it also includes key people in the sport of NASCAR. The biggest bust of them all is without a doubt Brian France.
Will look how Brian France took a once great motorsports giant and turned it into a shell of its former self.
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[@danielsummey4144]

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that Jeremy Mayfield was right.

[@DixytheGoat9]

He was Robbed and right since the day

[@j9vlikz683]

ironic how he was targeted by France about the Adderall situation when only 11 years later he would be arrested for DUI lmfao

[@terryburgett6075]

@@j9vlikz683 DUI and poss of control substance

[@jamsanator0511]

As a person with ADD that shit still pisses me off.

[@dangerzone24]

He was arrested for theft and possession of meth after that. The only thing he was right about was the Ray and Erin deal....well and calling out Brian

[@whatincarnation95]

Ever since he left, we've seen upticks in ratings. Coincidence? I think not!

[@jade2003YT]

Thank goodness

[@MotorsportsFan17]

There could be a multitude of reasons for the Ratings going up (but it's only slightly _because The Saviour Dale Jr is still gone, and therefore The Ratings aren't going up by 30 or 40%..._ )

[@curtyos]

someone began cpr on a dying corpse... the drunk ******* couldnt run his own life let alone a major racing label

[@RyanVargas_23]

What In Carnation? Been upticks in nearly everything.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

It should also be noted that Jim France has made his presence known at races. Brian never did, and that was I think his ultimate failure. He failed to connect directly with the fans. Both Bills and Jim are connecting with the fans in person. Sure, they're not perfect, but who is? There's a difference between being not perfect and being a complete failure. One of the Frances was a failure; the other 3 are just not perfect. Take a guess at who's who.

[@DavidLand91]

It's amazing to see how many mistakes were made from 2003-2007, that created the deep long term problems that we see now.

[@calebh92]

Ironically enough, 2003-2007 was NASCAR’s peak.

[@weston9106]

CH14 imagine if good decisions were made during that period instead of brand suicide

[@Eliteprecision29]

You mean 2007-2018.

[@zerodos_02]

@@dennisbowen452 Waltrip did the same thing. Except he wrecked his car and "walked" home

[@AlonsoRules]

Extend it to 2008 with the lack of a pre race test at IMS with the COT. It ate up the tyres. Cords were showing after 5 laps.

[@allprosportz686]

Chase Elliott’s win ironically ended this mans career lol

[@jam_plays_games]

All Pro Sportz what’s a France to an elliot really?

[@allprosportz686]

DaleE988 hell ya brother

[@Gucesarl]

IDK... the actions adopted after his “leave” is still on the old Brian France way. I fear he’s still the boss, but behind the scenes.

[@AlonsoRules]

Bill Elliott should be CEO

[@areasevenpro]

That's what happens when Chase is on the case.

[@victoruribe2465]

Brian France was responsible for the fall of the sport. -The Playoff Format -Car of Tomorrow -Schedule realignment -TV package & -Loss of Sponsorships

[@NotSteveCook]

+ stage racing, the 5 minute clock, and PC broadcasts

[@marcosverli6514]

HE'S A TOTAL JERK & A STUPID IDIOT!

[@alexbob7799]

oh god stage racing is what made me stop watching

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

All of those are bad, but the COT had to be done. It was a safety reason

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

And playoffs don’t belong in Motorsports

[@jimmiejohnsonfan48karrilot87]

Chase Elliot wins Brian Frace: Well time to get drunk and rob a bank!

[@rdsabbagh]

That day will go down as the day NASCAR was saved.

[@ThePikaPlayer]

@@rdsabbagh only if you're talking about the brian france part

[@snappy452]

He probably didnt even know the result of that days race. The Hamptons are notorious for being the playground of the stupidly wealthy where they can get away with ALMOST anything. Unfortunately for Mr. Brian, Long Island employs Draconian measures/punishments to prevent DUI/DWI. No one gets away with that.

[@moto1p1]

I see Brian France as more of the nodding out while sticking up a pharmacy kinda guy

[@kristismith3662]

That's how mafia works

[@NASCAR_Junk]

In his 15 year career, his stats are this: Playoffs Group qualifying Stage racing Loss of Rockingham DUI

[@iceloracingnetwork9427]

Nascar Junk Stage Racing is good imo

[@pandaexpress7326]

Kentucky 3 different series sponsors NBC Terrible racing

[@TitayRhodesia]

COT terrible chase and points system kenseth's suspention

[@RazorSharp75426]

Safety

[@MegaMr46]

Promoting Politics

[@flareog134]

"Brian France out there talking about an effective drug policy is kinda like Al Capone talking about effective law enforcement. The pot shouldn't be calling the kettle black. And I think the world needs to hear that too." Quote of the century.

[@77Badger]

He and a lot of other people must have known what was happening. Ticking time bomb.

[@rifleman1002]

It's almost as if Mayfield knew of Brian's drug problem. It's sad that he didn't get ANY intervention. Oxy addiction isn't something you can easily hide.

[@Fuzon-S]

Next time on NASCAR Busts: Digger the gopher cam mascot

[@osurocks24]

I agree, that thing sucked. All it did is make annoying noise Everytime they went that camera shot. Thank God they got rid of that.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

But digger cam is good

[@nogard0497]

Oof

[@gagesstuff5946]

@@osurocks24 cam was good, gimmick was not

[@osurocks24]

@@gagesstuff5946 Ok I agree with that.

[@tobysmith4551]

Biggest bust of all time.

[@urhopefulsenpai]

Now waiting on the Teresa Earnhardt one

[@Bonkasneeze]

She would probably sue then

[@mrgremer357]

urhopefulsenpai please no! That voice alone is 10 times worse than fingernails on Chalkboard!

[@mandude03VideosYT]

Jaret already covered that topic

[@richieosborn2639]

She committed suicide after Michael McDowell became the 50th new winner of the Daytona 500! The Teresa we see now is an android replica!

[@Trevor42721]

Brian France getting arrested was one of the best things that could happen to nascar. Now we finally have a good ceo

[@minigungaming5915]

... hopefully

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

but a bit too late. I am not a NASCAR fan,,, but, I am a 7th cousin to Dale E. #3.

[@hermitcrabbot]

The primary problem is the illegitimate Chase format. The Chase came into being because a driver won the championship on points alone, without winning a single race. All you had to do to fix the problem was increase the points awarded for winning a race. No need to come up with an unsuitable and artificial 'playoff' format. Now you've got a system where the points you earn during the season are in effect thrown out, and the 16th-place points earner still has a chance for the championship. The plate-track races have become un-watchable, as they resemble a game of Tetris at 200 m.p.h., until they succumb to 'The Big One'. Then there is the nonsense with 'stage points' and 'playoff points', and draconian penalties for minor glitches in the pits. I'm not a fan of Kyle Busch, but he accumulated the most points last season, and should be the champion, not Joey Lagano. I understand Nascar wanting to guarantee excitement during the final races each season, but don't create a 'winner-takes-all' joke. Each of the 36 races should count the same.

[@Trevor42721]

@@hermitcrabbot true

[@edwardmartinez199]

There is no point it's rained I never waste my time on Nascar call it asscar.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Brian France should have never been CEO in the first place

[@AlonsoRules]

he only got in because of nepotism

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

@@AlonsoRules nothing necessarily wrong with nepotism, as long as the person being promoted is competent. the longer the incompetent is allowed to screw things up, the worse things get.(peter principle)

[@harringtonbenton334]

SO then, the rot was already there! The person who installed him was rotten! This is a sport running from who they and their fan base are...horrible people. I love cars but I enjoy my cars without the trailer park garbage

[@AlonsoRules]

nepotism is cancer

[@robminmonaca]

Anthony Kernich that nepotism hurt Indycar the most. Mari Hulman George daughter of Tony Hulman screwed up big time when she made her son and grandson of Tony Hulman Tony George president of IMS in 1989 and just gave him unchecked power to nearly destroy the Indy 500 and all of Indycar. I can’t believe he thought USAC drivers were better than CART drivers in 1996 to create the 25/8 rule.

[@AddictedTS23]

Is it just crazy that NASCAR 2005 reached it highest peak, and than 10 years later the sport is suffering. Thanks Brainless France.

[@TheGamesterLP]

First gen creates, second gen builds, third gen destroys and Brian just about destroyed the sport

[@connergrindstaff3683]

No wonder they went back to Jim France, to try to build

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

You are spot on! This happens in MOST family run/controlled businesses and very few make it past the 3rd generation. I once worked for a family owned company that at one time was larger than Kodak in the film/printing industry and had not had a layoff in over 88 years. But 3 years after the kids took over, it went bankrupt. The great "Harvard Business School" cancer strikes again.

[@robminmonaca]

That is Just what happened to Indycar Tony George was a third generation family member. The first gen was the great Tony Hulman and created USAC but he died and it fizzled out and only lasted to just run the Indy 500 race but the Organization shrunk big-time by the end of the 70s and CART formed. Mari Hulman came on board in the late 70s and 80s and she joined the board when the Indy 500 was still very popular having CART at the Indy 500 then Tony needing something to do after not doing well in Indy lights was put into the position of IMS president and his mom wanted young blood and thought he was very smart and because she probably saw her father in his eyes and just let him nearly destroy their family business.

[@funnyfarmband4410]

That’s right, they always says third generations either sell or run it in the ground.

[@christopherlucas4620]

Everyone knew what he was doing. All the way down to Jeremy Mayfield. He got away with it for so long because his last name is France.

[@adamfistler4655]

Mayfeild got sandbagged because he outed Everham and Crocker.

[@danielmoorefield4891]

My only question is about that. Where are the parents?

[@evanwilliams6406]

The Godfather of all NASCAR Busts

[@dnasty312]

Fredo?

[@notiresjustgas3610]

LOL 😝

[@dennisthehirev580]

I'm 65 years old. I've followed NASCAR since 1964. The excitement is gone. Thanks Brian France. When's the Oxy-Moron 500?

[@VictorySpeedway]

I'm 65, too. I was a NASCAR fan ever since ABC's Wide World of Sports played a 10-minute clip of the Daytona 500. In the northeast, and because I was 11 years old, I had no access to live NASCAR racing, so had to follow my favorites (Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett, Fireball Roberts, Curtis Turner, et al) through scant newspaper coverage and an occasional radio report. When NASCAR hit TV big time in 1979, I watched all the races I could. It was something I'd waited for for years and years. Now, I don't bother. Racing is as boring as baseball. In fact, I've given up on all professional sports. I do, however, visit local dirt tracks from time to time to see local heroes battle it out for fifty dollars and a trophy. Much more exciting. One more thing: Australian Supercar races are what NASCAR could have been. Yes, they turn right a lot, but the cars seem to be closer to showroom stock than the cookie-cutter rolling billboards that run in packs every Sunday.

[@catjudo1]

Jeremy Mayfield got a raw deal, IMO. He had spoken out against Ray Evernham having an affair with Erin Crocker when everyone else in the team had kept quiet, which was, of course, an embarrassment to the sport (rather than an embarrassment to Evernham, which it really was). It isn't a stretch to think that Evernham pulled some strings in retaliation. NASCAR made Mayfield look like a pariah, especially when he refused to bend and admit defeat. Now that Brian France has been unmasked as a drunk and a junkie, Mayfield's side sounds a lot more credible in hindsight.

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

Sterling Crockett mayfield was guilty as hell but the way it was handled was wrong

[@catjudo1]

@@rooseveltbrentwood9654 I'm not so sure. I had a blood test performed as part of a new job, and the lab called me and told me that I had tested positive for meth. They inquired about the prescription meds I was taking and when I told them one in particular, they said that could produce a false positive and to bring proof that it was legally prescribed. Mayfield said the same thing, and it wouldn't have been too difficult for a billionaire to pay off the lab. He ended up taking another sample at an independent lab and the results were different, with the medical folks saying that a false positive was very possible. I only say this because I had such an experience, so I know it can happen.

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

Sterling Crockett oh false positives happen all the time. Its Mayfield’s later arrests that make me question his innocence.

[@fish3539]

I actually just read an article about Jeremy Mayfield about a week ago and all the dots connect saying Mayfield was innocent

[@russnotgus3803]

Maybe, but he was arrested for having a lot of meth at his home. Along with an arsenal of firearms and stolen property worth a small fortune.

[@M1lesJames]

Mayfield might be innocent in a sense, but he was arrested and stolen property was found on his property

[@fish3539]

@@russnotgus3803 yeah I heard the thing about Jeremy having meth at his house being in a guests room and I read back in 2012 or '13 that the firearms belonged to a friend who did not properly have them registered. Maybe true, maybe not, I don't honestly know. I'm not protecting him for what happened, I'm just saying he seems innocent but what do I know

[@mvd3338698]

Mayfield should be reinstated as well as given a settlement ....

[@fyrbyrd71]

And this "revelation" is how many days too late? The damage is done, just like any type of "justice" this country tries and claims to have; bullshit cronyism.

[@jeckart1986]

Brian France: bans a driver for a prescribed drug to combat his ADD Also Brian France: pops a couple oxy, gets drunk, and goes for a cruise. Smh

[@A_Wild_Yeengirl]

ABSOLUTELY Where's the complaints about the mental health awareness aspect of this? He purposefully suppressed a driver who was taking a PRESCRIBED DRUG that would make his everyday life bearable by counteracting his neurodivergence.

[@pablofernandez2335]

That's called "double morale" mate :)

[@RawGator]

Here while the video is under 200 views. Come back when it has at least 100k.

[@iceloracingnetwork9427]

RawGator This comment aged well

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

Earnhardt did warned Mayfield about Brian coming up the corporate ladder.

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

AutoRockinRacing94 i think he said “kid, save all the money you can! He’s gonna kill the sport.”

[@danieldavidson7348]

AutoRockinRacing94 I don’t think that ever happened

[@danieldavidson7348]

The mechanic Of all he claims it did but I’m not buying it

[@osurocks24]

When did this happen?

[@danieldavidson7348]

osurocks 24 no idea, it’s a story Mayfield tells on his dinner with racers podcast

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Who’s here after Brian filed a lawsuit against a parody account🤦‍♂️

[@KDS_NETWORK]

My brother was thinking about that...........good thing he didnt Bc our mom and dad wouldn’t care but would be pissed if we got lawsuited

[@cohme2991]

Honestly I hate the stage racing and the playoff format. Honestly I hated the chase format when it first came out, like let's get back to drivers winning chamipionships based on consistency not wins.

[@Peter-V_00]

En how, it's like the engine change rule that came when Junior Johnson's guys could change an engine in 20 minutes and get Cale Yarborough back on the track, this kind of dedication and outright skill propelled Cale and Junior to 3 consecutive championships, in typical sour grapes reaction instead of everyone else meeting the challenge the top guys are dragged down, FUBAR. Fast forward to Jeremy Mayfield, I still believe to this day that whole thing was cooked up by Ray Evernham after the rumor mill revealed he was sticking his dick in Erin Crocker, too much off track crap ruins the on track optics, all of this since big money entered the "sport".

[@jtpal12]

Or if you want to reward championships on wins, just change the way points are awarded instead of using a dumb playoff system.

[@cohme2991]

For reals, that would a better idea

[@Trevor42721]

Remember back in 2003? When Matt Kenseth won the championship by only i think 1-3 race wins while Ryan Newman won 8 races. The chase was designed to make sure that wouldnt happen

[@Trevor42721]

@@HughWanztino yeah ive never thought of that way to fix it. Nascar needs to do that then

[@gutturaldarkness]

He went back to his day job hosting infowars.

[@ahoneybee823]

This comment is underappreciated, and now I can't unsee it.

[@DrAkuIa1]

Gordon was definitely impacted at Richmond. He was sitting in a position to easily make the chase until Bowyer was told to spin. MWR manipulated the race to benefit Truex. So it made sense to add in Gordon.

[@Peter-V_00]

So what you're saying is NASCAR is "rigged", surprise surprise surprise, most pro motorsports are rigged, once you've been involved you see how, it's a friggin joke, actual talent and guts are secondary.

[@Peter-V_00]

@BLACK ICEYOU From my days racing professionally with motorcycles and snowmobiles there are so many off track things that impact what happens on track one can accurately surmise that with the bigger stakes come bigger scams to favor certain parties, not to mention the money laundering aspect of those large sums changing hands, but I digress.

[@Trevor42721]

@@Peter-V_00 nascar isnt rigged, if it was then Danica would had won in cup because it would had been the highlight of the year

[@jimmybraum942]

What they should have done was:throw bowyer out, and put Gordon in. No problems.

[@geocoop60]

@@jimmybraum942 MWR as a whole tried to screw over Jeff Gordon & Ryan Newman to get Pukex into the chase Boilwer's spin was the catalyst rhat put everything into play. Vickers was a victim in this because he did what he was supposed to do, race his race. NASCAR made the right decision to punish MWR put Gordon & Newman in the chase

[@howabouthetruth2157]

It was Junior Johnson who brought Winston to NASCAR first. He went to them seeking something like a $50,000 sponsorship for his team, and the bigwigs at Winston laughed & said: "We were looking to invest at least a half million". The rest is history. No one ever approached Winston about sponsorship before Junior Johnson. And soon after, they sponsored the entire series of course.

[@scottaaron382]

My thing with stages is the caution at the end of stages. Throw the stage checkers, but not the caution. The best drivers of the discipline in the world don't need a break mid-race.

[@rebelracing88]

Best video yet. Brian France didn’t single handily ruin NASCAR, but he’s definitely the largest contributing factor IMO. And props for pointing out the illegitimacy of the NASCAR’s championship system. The Chase is a joke.

[@JonnyInstinct93]

Brian France killed NASCAR..

[@whoasked9500]

I thought the first bad decision from Brian was the 2004 Chase.

[@hotdogs5265]

Biggest mistake nascar ever made. Stage racing for me is maybe even worse.

[@KennethConyers]

I thought it was him accepting the position.

[@cranjismcbasketball1638]

The chase system and everything that followed it is gimmicky trash. There's a reason why Formula One, Indy Car, and pretty much every other successful racing organization doesn't do that kind of shit.

[@dbztranks6601]

@@hotdogs5265 I personally like the chase when it was 12 drivers I do not like the stages and the crash clock is even worse

[@Jose-Gomez]

​@@dbztranks6601 Yeah, I Agree. Because Why Do We Need The 2014 16 Driver/4 Round Elimination Playoff Format, Instead Of The 2004-2006 10 Driver/2004-2013 10 Chase Race Format?. NASCAR, GET RID OF THE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS FORMAT FROM 2014, AND BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL CHASE POINTS FORMAT, WITH THE 2004-2006 10 DRIVER FORMAT! And Also Lastly, Bring Back Flag-To-Flag Racing Instead Of Stage Racing. #MakeNASCARGreatAgain.

[@rmalmeida1976]

France is also their boss. How many people are going to call out their boss and still have a job afterwards? Video is on point.

[@BloodyBoyBlue]

Arguably, he did make at least two positive changes, double file restarts, and the 1 point per position system which is incredibly easy to understand for anyone watching. But that’s about it. (Unlike most fans, I don’t really notice stages having much of an impact, since it’s mostly eliminated the phantom/fake debris cautions that plagued NASCAR in the late 00’s/early 10’s)

[@catjudo1]

I don't think the fake cautions have gone away. I think they've been codified into the Stage cautions. I gave the stages a chance, thinking that they might be like the heat races at the short track, but they're not like that at all. They're just another excuse to throw bullshit cautions, and as a dubious bonus, the points system makes even less sense now. If NASCAR's points system worked, at least one other sanctioning body would have adopted it. None have. NASCAR needs to take a long, hard look at Australian Supercars and British Touring Car Championship, because those series put on shows that NASCAR can only dream of now.

[@DDS029]

The NHRA uses a similar style of points. They can get away with it though because no matter what, like other sports that Brian was trying emulate, it's one on one, at least per round.

[@tlrlml]

Nascar has had double file restarts since the 1948 modified season... !

[@MotorsportsFan17]

Well if this proves anything, it's that Jim France is a *SAINT* by Comparison to _Brian The Sinner_ ...

[@andrewdotmp4]

Alright Bernie Ecclestone Any f1 fans around

[@NotSteveCook]

Used to be. Won't be again until after Lewis retires, hybrids are gone and the engines sound like race cars again, and we have real US tv coverage again.

[@jamesbraun9842]

The three stooges: Brian France for NASCAR Tony George for Indy car Bernie Ecclestone for Formula 1

[@andrs901]

Not fair to Bernie, TBH. He was instrumental for the sport's growth.

[@richardtickler8555]

Bernie also made the sport big before he went crazy

[@ethanwilliams7133]

I'm glad he's gone. It's going to be a long road back to the top but I'm hopeful that NASCAR will find their way again, we fans just have to stay positive even though there isn't much to be happy about because in the end we can say that we were there through the good and bad times.

[@ericfording3556]

*Brian France wants to know your location.*

[@b2b545]

HAHAHAHA

[@beckysmith2422]

Dont allow

[@iceloracingnetwork9427]

To sue you

[@therealether1]

My favorite Dinner with Racers podcast is the Robin Miller episode where he talks about breaking the story that Brian was replacing Helton , referring to France as "the village idiot" 🤣🤣

[@CountryCarReviews]

Karma Brain France busts Jeremy Mayfield for taking his own prescription medication Gets caught with oxys that wasn’t his. Karma 👏🏻

[@RunningsRacing]

Man, if I could go back in time, Bill Jr. Would have never had Brian because I would have gotten rid of that mess. This video was great and had fantastic quality (I expected nothing less) I loved it!

[@edfulginiti8798]

Here's all I know: a sport I once loved, a sport I cherished, is now a joke. So very sad.

[@Guiltless765]

Agreed.🍺

[@tlrlml]

You have won this stage... keep this up and you might have an opportunity to not have your entire effort this season blown away like so much dust.

[@notmasyn41]

I’ve noticed, when Brian France hosted, there was so many debris cautions for nothing, now I haven’t seen much of them debris cautions. 👍

[@catjudo1]

They're called stage cautions now...

[@j.paulm.1575]

13:14, thank you for saying that, it's good to know I'm not alone on that opinion.

[@ineedAmberLamps]

10:55 "The points don't even mater anymore!" They never mattered after the chase system was enacted (mind fuck)

[@TheSuperSquad]

This video gonna go viral

[@notiresjustgas3610]

It better

[@pomegranates3269]

@@notiresjustgas3610 and it did

[@silenceenigma587]

I think this is the first episode of the series where the subject isn't even a driver. Good episode by the way

[@TomBoi]

Wanna hear a joke? Brian France

[@terrygoyan3022]

Love the punch line.....

[@Carshtime]

Dude don’t make me die laughing. I have so much to live for.

[@bhumiriady]

Awesome video as always, Darian! Been waiting for this one for a long time and the results are spectacular! I also enjoyed Jaret's cameo appearance. Without doubt, Brian France is the ultimate NASCAR Bust!

[@dennisrichards2604]

Wow! I never knew what happened between Brian and Martin at the banquet ceremony. Unbelievable!!! That was SO disrespectful! Even Martin was shocked u could tell.

[@NotSteveCook]

Bri Guy was unhappy because his boy Loguano wasn't the winner of the playoff games

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

This is probably the best video i have seen on the channel man - Great Job!

[@kennethjeffries5022]

Jeremy Mayfield got a good laugh at this video and im sure ha .

[@nate567987]

because he had a drug iuses and got dumped

[@calebharper1590]

Bring back the generation 4 car.

[@kylefitzpatrick6926]

You have been consistently putting out some very insightful high quality NASCAR videos. I love it

[@nascartoday8849]

Jim france only 5 races into his ceo spot and the viewership as gone up

[@Trevor42721]

Well technically this is his first full year as ceo in nascar, Jim France took over after Watkins Glen

[@DDS029]

Problem, Jim France's age, and he never really wanted the job. Who's next in line? The merger of NASCAR and ISC would leave Leeza France-Kennedy available. She has been running ISC for quite awhile, and that part being a publicly traded corporation. Anyone is able to know it's financial status.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

How I remembered it was that Gordon got knocked out of the Chase because of it and they sacked Truex for his ties at MWR and they deemed him as one that benefited from Spingate.

[@penguinbrony2415]

That's actually what happened. If the spin never happened, Jeff Gordon would have gotten in on points.

[@samuelmcneill1120]

I think it’s safe to say now that Brian France is gone that 2019 was in my opinion one of the best seasons in this decade and the best of the gen 6 era

[@barrettpolhemus3475]

What Brian said about Logano at 12:30 is bull. He was on kenseth’s bumper for half the freaking straightaway!

[@nitrofish8484]

Heat racing in the xfinity series was pretty bad too

[@iced_coffeelvr1069]

I wouldn't mind the 2004 playoff system with the 43-1 point system. I would even be OK with stages and stage points. I just hate the elimination format we have now. It's ridiculous and makes the first 26 almost meaningless. Win one race and you can cruise to the end of the season.

[@ahoneybee823]

Win the Daytona 500, and you qualify for a crapshoot that doesn't start for 7 months.

[@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303]

Not to mention the whole winner-takes-all thing. It's just a farce

[@richdiscoveries]

Another phenomenal story my friend, I love what you are doing here. I was a die-hard Nascar fan growing up in the 80s and 90s, and while I will admit I started losing interest after the death of Earnhardt and especially when Junior started performing badly afterwards which is completely understandable. But once the car tomorrow came in was when I really started just trying to grasp at straws to continue watching. Then came the next cars, all the rules changes and I barely watch it anymore. The politics of the whole sport just got out of control and it really wasn't enjoyable anymore. There was a time when I planned my whole weekend around being able to watch the race, now if I catch one I catch one. I can't even tell you who won the championship the last few years, all I know is Logano won recently and I liked that because I am from Connecticut as well. I don't remember what year was whether it was last year or the year before doesn't really matter I guess. I thoroughly enjoy what you do here, thank you for all your time effort and research

[@dislocation8400]

Finally you made this video I’ve been waiting for so long

[@ianmiller486]

I have to be honest with you, folks. Up until the past year or two, I was almost never critical of this sport. I never thought there was anything wrong with what Brian France was doing. Until 2016, the only thing I heavily criticized NASCAR for was when they scrapped single-car qualifying in 2014. I was fooled by NASCAR media into thinking that the sport was doing fine. Then, I stopped watching from June of 2016 to May of 2017. But when I came back, I started following NASCAR KZbinrs and began to find out fascinating things about the sport that I never knew. For instance, the fact that NASCAR was VERY popular from the 90s until the mid-2000s, and that it is very UNPOPULAR today. The story of NASCAR's rise and fall fascinated me. For several months, I've been wishing for one source that would tell me all that went wrong, and this video does. Thanks for making this video, Darian, and showing us how truly......stuBBORN Brian France was ;)

[@redguysimracing2382]

Nascar in Japan was awesome also they raced I'm Japan until 1998.

[@RacingWorldTV202]

9:48 I miss Jimmy Spencer. 10:11 Gordon was directly impacted by the MWR scandal. He was in the top 10 in points before the caution for Bowyer's spin came out but then after that, he was one point out and ended up missing it (initially) by that much, so he was impacted by it. If Bowyer hadn't spun, Gordon (points) and Newman (wild card) would've made it, instead of Logano (points) and Truex (wild card) like how it initially ended up being until Truex got docked points and Gordon was added in. Honestly, all of MWR should've been disqualified from the Chase that year in the first place. Also, in 2014, NASCAR brought group qualifying to plate tracks beginning at Talladega, not beginning in 2015. Group qualifying was killed off at plate tracks after the 2015 Daytona 500. Those things aside, I enjoyed the video. It was depressing to see, but it put everything into context of just how much NASCAR has changed and declined since Brian came to power. Hopefully with Jim France in charge now, we're going to be on the right track.

[@brandonbutler9786]

I wouldn't say embarrassing. I would say the best thing to happen to NASCAR. Ratings are going back up, an uptick in attendance is starting to occur, his uncle is doing a better job in keeping NASCAR afloat and growing again.

[@damianwinter5634]

Man today i would never have believed nascar being 1 of the most watched sports in america at one point

[@tlrlml]

Those were the good ol' days, truly!

[@e93sports80]

Championship Seasons: Jimmie Johnson 2007 Good Seasons: Greg Biffle 2005 Good Seasons: Matt Kenseth 2013

[@dobermanpac1064]

A father starts a business...his son builds the business...the grandson wrecks the business...whats new??

[@Mattgotsdagreenlight]

Jim revives it?

[@vanillawafer176]

Seeing Briance France in Nascar busts, instantly liked the video!

[@jada9655]

The ironic thing is that barely anyone complains about the nba commissioner

[@lance_r72]

No mention of how NASCAR GAVE Kyle Bush the championship after he missed half the damn season. This alone sealed for me once Gordon retired I was done. I didn't even come back when he filled in for Jr. Once Winston left NASCAR started dieing. Mayfield got railroaded and most knew it. Funny how they also silenced Jimmy Spencer.

[@collectingsoda8571]

This is the best nascar video I've ever watched.

[@patw.6567]

Never forget the importance of management the stars aren’t the number one key and thank you for showing the business side of stuff I’m a business major so i geek out seeing this

[@sunshinecoolwater3960]

ooooooh yes! I've been waiting for this one 🏁

[@Whatruacop97]

Well then after almost 4, years I can say that I’m finally not the only one that thought it was just as much as Nascar’s fault about the whole Kenseth vs Logano incident as it was with both drivers

[@BadWolf762]

The "Chase" was a terrible idea, along with the "Car of Tomorrow".

[@ahoneybee823]

I remember laughing at the Car of Tomorrow. I remember liking the idea of the original chase, but uh... this constantly changing how you determine your champion thing has been getting old.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Excellent channel, keep up the great work.

[@sephuris5555]

Dude I havent watch nascar since before pastrana race trying to support found myself going for jr. More for clear reasons. But I love this little series you got

[@johnvandeventer8668]

Honestly the best thing he did was add 900 horsepower to the cars in 2014

[@spacemanmonster23]

Thank you for this BFM this was very well written and shows how much of a dirtbag Brian France was and how he was killing the sport....

[@SHEVYWOOD]

GLAD to see this and see many of the things I thought also said on this. 11/10

[@MatthewDaSmitdog]

And this is one of the greatest examples of the damages nepotism can do to any institution. Brian rode on his daddy and granddaddy's coattails, all the while conjuring up ways to change the sport his family built that they definitely wouldn't have approved. Look where NASCAR is now, and the whole state of motorsports in the United States. All the while, somewhere in North Carolina Jeremy Mayfield is smiling...

[@Jared40]

Love the instrumental in the video good stuff name of song and artist?? Great video by the way great content BFM😅👍

[@Fitzpatrick65]

What Brian France did to Nascar is really bad. Teresa Earnhardt did a whole lot worse. She took what Dale Earnhardt Sr had worked his whole life to build for his family and relationships with his kids to flushed it all down the drain. While not letting "His Kids" get any of it. Now that was really F-ed up.

[@ClarkBR549]

16:39 says it all. Bristol used to sell out every year and it was like pulling teeth to be able to get tickets. Now look at it.

[@midnightchaser9453]

the michael eisner of NASCAR (defunctland watchers know who im talking about)

[@techrat5418]

I understand some decisions because the time they were made but lots of stuff he did sucked

[@nascarzee7279]

Good seasons: Ricky Stenhouse 2017 Bad seasons: Danica Patrick 2017

[@dqqdaddq]

Nascarzee7 no 2017 is how Danica always ran

[@nascarzee7279]

Nascar and Disney Cars Yeah but 2017 she had 11 dnfs and was 28 in points... even by her standards that was a bad season

[@dqqdaddq]

Nascarzee7 I guess but she is a nascar bust nascar busts are not having bad season videos since they are busts

[@HollywoodUndead1509]

Jeff Gordon was directly affected by the stunt that MWR tried to pull to keep him out of the chase.

[@johnboy4025]

The road to NASCAR’s recovery is slow but on the upswing.

[@joshuabaker5651]

I am so glad NASCAR has a new president. I truly believe Steve Phelps will bring back the vision of NASCAR.

[@johncoffelt6645]

Junior Johnson had more to do with RJ Reynolds hooking up with NASCAR than Bill Jr.

[@jamesgentry13]

TBS was doing races from 1983

[@stemogstel22]

Can we all appreciate Jimmy Spencer's "give a d@mn" being pretty much broken all the time? I used to love that segment.

[@auburnltl7452]

2003: I’m the new CEO of NASCAR? Let’s destroy the sport my family created! 2004: Let’s make a new controversial points system and get rid of tracks that have been with us since day 1! 2007: The chase has 10 drivers and the points system is getting Jimmie Johnson free titles? Lets keep it the way it is, add 2 more drivers, and make the new cars suck! 2014: We are dropping in ratings and the racing sucks? Let’s keep the car and create a new rigged points system that is way too big, robs drivers of championships, and makes racing still suck! 2017: We are at an all time low and the rules make no sense? Let’s add more stupid and dumb rules! 2018: I’m a drug addict and intoxicated? Let’s go driving! And that is the story of Brian France

[@LucasCram44]

@10:11 Jeff Gordon missed the chase because of MWR doing that all to get MTJ into the chase, thus knocking out Gordon. So they took Truex out and put Gordon in.

[@Newmanfan4ever39]

eventhough this season is off to a good start ratings wise the damage brian france has done still has me scared for the future of nascar dispite what jim france has done

[@martyg9110]

Stage racing was the final nail in the coffin...why does the race stop for each stage🤦‍♀️

[@MarcoEvens]

The 2013 Chase fiasco is what ticked me off with Brian France. Also praising dirty driving. And even as a Republican, yes I 100% agree you need to keep politics out of sports.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

As an avid RV'er, I will never go into another Camping World store. I will, however, give Marcus Lemonis credit for actually replying to a letter I sent him about this but his hatred of 1/2 of America came through way too loud and clear. It speaks volumes about anyone who hates the concept of "Making America Great Again" and none of it good.