NASCAR's Officiating Sucks

[@S1apShoes]

This kept popping up into my recommendations, so I was like "Alright! Fine! I'll watch it." But this is actually really well done. The 2022 season was just a cavalcade of bafflingly bad decisions that stretched on and on for 36 weeks. So long that we just became numb to it and forgot how bad it was.

[@EllyProductions49]

Thank you, Mr. Shoes :)

[@Notkylebusch]

Hi @S1apShoes

[@RazerHolic]

I was thinking about how this sounds like your voice

[@cheerdiver]

How certain are you that it's not a symptom of a super speedway problem? AJ Foyt 'using restrictor plates is like putting blinders on a race horse' circa 71'. My comments get censored for pointing out the obvious, yet the 95' D500 is a prime example. All cars were impounded after qualifying and smaller restrictor plate was were installed to race. This increased Hg", faster speeds and more problems.

[@dennisbowen452]

You helped inspire a new generation of awesome nascar youtubers. The prior generation was good but this is something else lol.

[@StarMaster055]

“Remember Cole Custer? I sure don’t” had me dying 😂

[@RacingFanForLife19]

Timestamp??

[@RACINGUS95]

@@RacingFanForLife19 15:51

[@Railroadracer49]

Yep 😂 Hopefully he rebuilds his career in xfinity

[@BDC_BRZY]

Sameeee

[@endgamerplays]

Coal custard? Who?

[@bahe_4058]

Look at how fast the officiating of the season went to shit after Kurt got sidelined; he was the glue holding us together all along.

[@whoasked9500]

honestly

[@duffman18]

The last driver to race against Dale Earnhardt. So him finally leaving the sport means that all connections to Dale Sr are finally gone, so no wonder shit fell apart.

[@IIegacyy]

@@duffman18 earnhardt promised austin dillon his number, or so i heard

[@Monkey832]

@@IIegacyyAustin Dillon never raced against Earnhardt

[@4StrokeShop]

@@Monkey832Because Austin was a child.. Obviouslyhe never raced against him

[@lukebreadstick56]

This felt like EmpLemon with a different voice, excellent job man!

[@mrdogeepic8750]

thats exactly what I thought

[@maxm3998]

This video gives me serious emplemon vibes, great work and keep making these man.

[@connorbingel7134]

He clearly take inspiration from emp and he is pretty good

[@sqweeps.03]

Almost has a slapshoes vibe too

[@eq4611]

Who?

[@TwistedToe]

When I heard Safety Penguins I did a doubletake lol. Incredible videos man, one of my new favorite channels for sure!

[@ABR48YT]

Mike what are you doing here?

[@Sholerant]

Hey Peter I won!

[@yaboirip1010]

i hope this video’s views skyrocket because it is entertaining, informative and extremely well put together. the editing on this is wicked and i hope you make more videos like this in the future

[@TheYoshiller5]

Elly TwistedToe's server is so toxic.

[@endgamerplays]

@@TheYoshiller5 then don’t go in it

[@ericthecoolman5921]

Oh what’s up rip

[@Gren7180]

Between 2021's "unique" calls in F1, the WEC and DTM and 2022's NASCAR's season (and IndyCar apparently had some weird ones too), I have to say following motorsports can be exhausting at times from how things are relegated and enforced. However, you're right in saying that next year is what matters and I hope next year will be a lot more positive for NASCAR and every other motorsport as well. Nice vid man! Also that second Texas race was pure agony. I seriously hope it's removed from the 2024 schedule and onwards unless they can fix it...if that's even possible.

[@OskarasNauseda]

21's "unique" calls in F1 what are they ?

[@anubus6]

I watch F1 as well. One of the best reviewers I had the luck of finding this year was a KZbinr named Rocketpoweredmohawk. Trust me, it is well worth the watch.

[@threadtapwhisperer5136]

"That" call in 2021 F1 was some proper jank.

[@dragance9995]

@@OskarasNauseda It definitely wasn't the only one but it was BY FAR the most controversial: Abu Dhabi 2021. Context: going into the final race of the season, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were tied on points. Max took pole but Lewis took the lead on lap 1 (which was also a bit controversial, as when Max repassed him Lewis just cut the whole damn corner without a penalty or even being forced to give back the position, also Lewis should have been starting 12th and not 2nd, but moving on). Lewis led for most of the race thereafter and was set to win the race and the championship. However, on lap 53/58, Nicholas Latifi crashed and brought out the safety car. As it took a while to clean up, people thought the race wouldn't restart. And by lap 57 the race still wasn't restarted, and at this point even if you wanted to restart, you needed to wait for the lapped cars to unlap themselves all the way, and there was no time for that. The race director, Micheal Masi, ordered only the lapped cars between Max and Lewis to start unlapping and restarted it anyway before they could even have a chance to unlap completely. And since Max pitted under the safety car and Lewis didn't, Max had a MASSIVE tire advantage, overtook Lewis, won the race and the championship.

[@duffman18]

​@@dragance9995 and Masi was eventually fired for that decision, yet Max still gets to keep his championship. Now I'm just hoping that Ferrari can get their shit together and give Hamilton an 8th championship to cement himself as the greatest of all time.

[@ElectricoGamez]

3:25 "I have no fucking idea" Me: *"Fucking Classic."*

[@cadenthompson362]

Anyone else watching this after the 2024 Spring Richmond race?

[@sharkdesigns1]

and the fall race

[@iAstr_0]

Hi! Aussie here recently getting into Oval Racing. The fact that any of this happens at all is appalling, I know that if similar happened in our Supercars league down here that there would be riots! Should also say that this was really easy to understand which helped a newbie like me :P

[@HirokaAkita]

"...At this point, all NACAR needs one week without controversy. One week of good, clean, enjoyable raci- * TEXAS * *OH FU-!* " I loved that line xD

[@crazymarkiplierfan]

Driver trys something new* Nascar: "oh I don't like that one bit, no I don't"

[@mister_casual97]

Absolutely outstanding video dude, top quality. Really hope this gets some attention! You deserve it.

[@ryanhickey4483]

Funny, informative, and killer editing. Nice work sir!

[@johnvandeventer8668]

Here’s my take on this. Despite some bad officiating and drivers getting hurt, I think it was a good season. Like we had some excellent racing on intermediate, including the Coke 600. I agreed that the cars need to be fixed. And the racing at both Talladega races were amazing with a lot of action and little crashes

[@supertornadogun1690]

wasn't any huge wrecks at the daytona summer race either until *Rain*

[@aaronkristofer18]

if only dillon didnt psych himself out and clear 2 lanes of traffic and he'd be a 5 time winner rn

[@ItsNothin]

I gotta say! I almost skipped this video but Im glad I didn't! The editing, comedic timing, everything is perfect on this video! Good job! And good luck! 👊

[@bruh--momentum7108]

Love the downward sprial reference, your editing and videoghraphy is amazing :)

[@WilliamDuh]

12:23 I have never laughed so hard in my life. "With an airplane wing bolted to the back"

[@PoptartMcNuggies]

"They Caught Him With A Case Of Itchy Arm Syndrome" Got me dying even though im a diehard bowyer fan

[@TitanicRacing]

I took that picture at 1:12! I remember putting it on Reddit. Unfortunately I did not buy it. But it's funny to see it appear in a video with a good number of views.

[@haribobie]

"The last thing you want is your championship established on some bs call" Michael Masi wants to have a word with you

[@pgtrep7700]

This video has a better sence of direction and better scene transition than the all race for the championship series lol Nice vid btw

[@mrbigw100]

Your voice overs with the cartoon had me dying 😂 awesome video bro

[@TheRealPhoenix155]

11:50 genuinely made me shit myself... I've watched Nascar a lot before, but to have no commentator sounds or ANYTHING, just the pure sound of that wreck, just hits different man-

[@jatzbethstappen9814]

Keep making these videos! I find them very engaging and informative, especially down here in Australia.

[@MrRozzi20]

New and most favorite NASCAR channel man, made me chuckle so many times....good shit

[@Cooper.Crichton]

Fantastic video! Everything from the jokes, editing, and information was incredible. Definitely one of the best Nascar and possibly KZbin videos I have ever seen! 👏

[@nvwood8394]

First, this is a very well done video. Second, NASCAR is continually improving, but this is because they continually mess up. In my opinion, which impacts exactly nothing, the major flaw here is a single family wanting, enjoying, and exercising complete control of a professional sport. Maybe the best thing that could happen would be for the drivers and owners to ban together and form another sanctioning body and compete directly with NASCAR. The fans are there for the drivers, not the France family.

[@resyrum5301]

"Remember Cole Custer? I sure don't, but Nascar does." The delivery sounds like it's from the history of the entire world I guess, and I love it

[@jeffktown]

It's like a hybrid of Internet Historian, S1apSh0es and EmpLemon

[@vCuda]

Easily a channel worth over 100k subs! Keep up the content man, your personality is a ton of fun, and your breakdowns are solid

[@blakeandrews9496]

i’m glad you made this video man i was infuriated with the status of the officials all year and somehow still forgot about some of this stuff just because there was so much to remember.

[@basedgodstrugglin]

Big time Wallace fan, I felt his anger because he was on rails in Vegas but wasn’t too happy with his actions. I swear on my life if NASCAR isn’t consistent with their penalty calls with things like this I’ll be sending hand written letters to NASCAR calling them idiots in officiating and consistency

[@mazdaroadster-mx5]

Your content has made me interested in NASCAR. It's seriously that good. Too much NASCAR content on KZbin is just bland and boring. Your sense of humour is refreshing in this space. Brilliant stuff

[@egg_404]

I've never even HEARD of Ross Chastain before but his slingshot wall ride was one of the coolest damn things I've ever seen in this sport 😭😭

[@andrewwinslow9315]

17:58 I'll add this fact into it. The race at Vegas was held on October 16th. The last time a race was held that day at that track, somebody went home in a body bag, it was 2011, and we lost Dan Wheldon that day.

[@Julia-nq3ut]

I love that you used Bowser’s Lava Lair, thanks for that

[@totallynotfan]

loved this video hopefully it gets a lot of views, awesome job man

[@ironicdays]

agreed

[@laynehekter7947]

Good timing after last night...

[@speedy5152]

I now I’m late on commenting on this but this was an incredibly put together video and I enjoyed it! Hope this receives even more attention than it already has.

[@rondobrondo]

The music choices and transitions in this video are excellent. Really adds a thematic level to the content and adds to the storytelling. Subscribed

[@malcolmalexander3352]

This is one of the best put together NASCAR vids I’ve seen in a while. Great stuff man

[@ryansclips5023]

wow where have you been on my feed, finally someone with some good humor that makes nascar videos

[@Photek24]

dude im so glad i clicked on this in my recommended. this is an awesome - and hilarious - video. well done man!

[@edd17sp74]

I’m watching this in September of 2023 and I’m like “Wow, I completely forgot how much of an absolutely shitshow last year was.”

[@PinebrookPictures]

This is an awesome video. So good, and you captured the issues this season so well.

[@hunterfitch5694]

Your videos. The quality. The value. The effort into it. The narration. Chefs kiss! 👨‍🍳

[@nascarwithkaze9121]

You brought back my love of nascar

[@Chironnupu]

so glad this video came in my recommended, one of the best vids I've seen this year easy. you have both fervent passion for the sport and can explain it in a fun and digestible way, keep it up!!

[@TrippaMazing87]

Very sad to see Kurt out of NASCAR now, but I was lucky enough to see his last race in person. I think he could’ve been in for the title fight this year.

[@barneyward6448]

To be fair, he never said he was done racing entirely, just that he was stepping away from doing a whole season, as we could still see him doing part-time races this year as long as he's cleared by his doctors. But I do agree that we could have seen him fight for the title again. It is sad that got cut short for him, and all those hard hits he had taken previously in 2022 didn't help either.

[@UnitSe7en]

It's the same in F1. It's _such_ a level of incompetence that I refuse to believe it's not intentional. Someone's getting paid by someone to try to change results, or just penalize certain teams or drivers and often it works.

[@ChewyGum]

Love the style of this video great job (also I gotta respect the emplemon style music in this and slapshoes refrences)

[@ZPaul_]

As a Truex fan Daytona was just pain. Even more pain than Martinsville 2018.

[@megatron8490]

As another truex fan. I feel you

[@donburton9078]

Just way too many rules. Honestly, how much can a person remember??

[@adiveintotheworldofnascar]

One of the best NASCAR documentaries I’ve ever seen! Great job! Totally Subscribed!

[@incog30]

Dude, where have you been all my NASCAR life? This video is gold!

[@chasehavlik12]

i find myself returning to this video quite often

[@Thehondad]

Thanks for including a bottle gate clip. Legendary here in Cleveland

[@frankfarms83]

“One of the 3 fans in the stands could have saw it”……. Pain 😢…. Merry Christmas and long live OLD nascar

[@843Core]

Fantastic vid! Well scripted, well edited, very entertaining. Looking forward to more!!

[@rare8567]

great channel bro, dont even watch nascar but the nascar creators on youtube are so much above the ones covering EU racing, guess its time to get into nascar. keep em coming.

[@LoomerCuber]

That rain storm at Kansas will never be forgotten in my eyes, it was so convenient of you to remind me the exact day I got into my first car accident 😂

[@ToddCorey-i1h]

One of the best I've ever seen. Informative and very funny!

[@Anthony_Stuart]

only 8k subscribers with this kind of quality in the videos? Dude, you're about to take off

[@WD969-c3z]

With the #00 vs #48 wreck at Texas, Harvick had a much harder hit in the same area as Bowman, yet didn’t get a concussion. I was quite surprised when they said Harvick was fine, but Bowman had a concussion

[@Kurzov]

15:42 (Laughs in 2023 COTA/Richmond)

[@texpelt8858]

You know what? Subscribed. Great video, great knowledge, good humor.

[@douggoins2960]

I just came across your channel. Your videos are very well done and entertaining

[@clairemaddyparanoid]

i have never watched nascar in my life. I have never desired to watch nascar other than watching pixars Cars for the 103rd time. But i will watch anything as long as the narrator is good enough, and good lord Elly is SUCH a good narrator. this is S tier content, absolutely excellent research and great comedic timing. will absolutely be back for more.

[@Lionlover666]

Dont forget when they said danica patrick got a speeding penalty and then as she was serving it they said, " whoops nevermind you good"

[@evolveVIII]

Dude good job! There are some trash nascar videos but this is amazing

[@llnathanll1654]

Does anyone know the song at 7:32

[@loopy542]

this is a very late reply, and idk if you found the song or not, but it's "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum

[@BeHumble_Sam]

That was quite possibly the funniest yet informative NASCAR video I've ever seen

[@rtvardovski]

14:59 what's the song?? I need it for my iRacing races and blast it just to end up punted into the wall in ARCA

[@TimothyWenger]

I love how you included that clip from TwistedToe’s reaction 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jonathan_Munoz]

2:42 bro went from Eric Esstep to EllyProductions

[@andrewbloom7694]

2:18 I still dont understand whats happening with the HP. How were the gen 6s with their 550 HP setting track records all the time, but the 670 one has knocked multiple seconds off of every tracks lap times? 2019 Talledega race they were running 205.8 mph laps, now they are running like 190

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

This video makes Brian Barnhart (former IndyCar Race Director) blush and rather join NASCAR instead of IndyCar. In all seriousness, the current state of NASCAR in the past god knows how long regardless is just painful to watch due to horrible officiation and other terrible reasons. I’m glad I’ve been watching less NASCAR races since Fall 2019. All I can say is that The Split is the last thing NASCAR needs and they better pray so hard to NOT have a Split. If so, I wonder if the “potential new stock car series” will have better officiation if it ever happens.

[@BT-uq2dk]

15:51 💀I died. The Simpsons clip was the icing on the cake.😂

[@SgtCooligan]

We also can’t forget Nashville or Pocono lol. Keselowski driving with a tire down for 2 laps or Denny Hamlin being the first driver since the 60s to have a win taken away (right call though)

[@frankw5648]

I remember the 2nd Texas race because Ty Gibbs forced Ty Dillon to almost hit my son on pit road.

[@niccotine9867]

This is the funniest nascar content ive ever watched. Great work man

[@roberts.444]

This video is a masterpiece. I love the random cuts 😂

[@ElectricoGamez]

2:14 Biggest snorefest of the century

[@gswizzy17]

“The Last thing you want is some inexplicable call to decide your championship” Abu Dhabi 2021: Allow m…

[@RACINGUS95]

*pathetic horsesh*t

[@OskarasNauseda]

wich call i hope lewis cuting the track or totos pit strategy mess up

[@CarsonBarrettRacing]

@@OskarasNauseda as a motorsport fan you can not believe that 💀

[@OskarasNauseda]

@@CarsonBarrettRacing they blamed fia president that resigned but they also forgot that every team agreed to finish the race on the green flag but at least it gave us oh mickey that was so not right

[@CarsonBarrettRacing]

@@OskarasNauseda not any team agreed. FIA said that 💀 someone's biaseddddd

[@morgandouglas5955]

I absolutely love your Editing style!!!

[@thatonemexicanguy99]

“Anything from a Dorito bag or a suicidal jack rabbit“ got me rolling

[@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV]

In the past I’ve seen races where jimmy Johnson got sideway and maybe lost a spot or 2…..caution, not hitting the wall, not another car, no debris, nothing. I’ve seen 30th plus place drivers slam a wall roll back into the pitlane and nothing. In nascar it matters who you are or who your owner is. I wish nascar was an actual racing series like it used to be when men built cars and racer them. But in racing overall, that’s pretty dead. Everything is shelf built

[@theKashConnoisseur]

Motorsports is at it's best when it's teams trying to build and race the best and fastest cars possible. But I guess it's hard to market a team, and easier to market just the driver. So now motorsports is largely about which driver can become the best at driving the carbon copy cookie cutter cars. This is why I mostly watch drag racing these days.

[@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV]

@@theKashConnoisseur drag racing is a totally different racing product, it’s more machine against machine, obviously drivers play a role but there isnt any three wide slide jobs into a corner. I don’t know much about drag racing but I’m sure there’s a rule book that makes it another cookie cutter series, how much of what the teams use is bought? Honestly the days of building race cars to beat your opponent is absolutely dead

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV It can seem like machine on machine, but the teams of mechanics and the skills of the drivers play an equal role to the raw performance of the cars. When you have races that last less than 4 seconds, even thousandths of a seconds difference in reaction time can decide who wins and who doesn't. And of course, the engines basically self destruct with every pass and require a near-complete rebuild between races, so the team behind the car plays a crucial role in whether they get to the starting line or retire in the pit lane. As far as homologation goes, in certain divisions they are trying to make things more same-same. But there's also plenty of races where hand-built drag cars just get sorted according to certain categories (big tire, small tire, turbo/NA/nitrous, etc etc etc). As far as how much is bought vs built, nobody is making their own turbos at home. But there's plenty of shop-built chassis running heavily modified, purpose built, one-off race engines.

[@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV]

@@theKashConnoisseur as I said, I don’t know a lot about drag racing. And I’m not at all trying to shit on it. I’ve been to drag races and those 4 second runs in person can be represented on television

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV yeah, no worries I wasn't thinking you were crapping on drag racing. I just wanted to share some extra information.

[@KEC063]

Another banger of a video by EllyProductions.

[@HoltAircraft]

The selective nature of the rules have always been the biggest problem NASCAR has had!

[@appleinfl]

When you do things right, people won’t think you’ve done anything at all.

[@kylestaton5655]

We need a part to

[@Reegser]

Brilliant video! Keep it up if you can. also 13:12 you know what moment

[@HenrikML]

Man i don’t even watch NASCAR, damn I’m European so this could not be more foreign to me, but by god i will watch every video on your channel, time to become a master

[@saschadavies2350]

Anyone know what the song is at 14:58 is, by chance

[@theuncancelable]

Majora's mask final hours

[@WorldNascarChampionsWNC]

I think you need to update this after the COTA race & Hendrick Motorsports.

[@andrewbloom7694]

12:22 In fairness, I imagine even in 2008 the concussion protocols were, uh, a bit different. McDowell could have had symptoms as well but they just didn't make him miss the time back then

[@anthonyt1t5]

Consistency is not something the nascar officials have

[@johnberger51]

I really like the editing in this video. Great job with it.