NASCAR's Officiating Sucks

All of this, and there wasn't even a yellow line controversy...
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[@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.

[@resist56]

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

[@Monkey832]

@@resist56Austin Dillon never raced against Earnhardt

[@lukebreadstick6562]

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

[@mrdogeepic8750]

thats exactly what I thought

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@haribobie]

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

[@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

[@ryanhickey4483]

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

[@mister_casual97]

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

[@cadenthompson362]

Anyone else watching this after the 2024 Spring Richmond race?

[@crazymarkiplierfan]

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

[@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! 👊

[@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 😭😭

[@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

[@donburton9078]

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

[@mikeydaman333]

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

[@bruh--momentum7108]

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

[@Julia-nq3ut]

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

[@ZPaul_]

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

[@megatron8490]

As another truex fan. I feel you

[@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

[@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.

[@WilliamDuh]

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

[@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"

[@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.

[@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.

[@WillmottDesigns28]

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

[@totallynotfan]

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

[@IronicDays]

agreed

[@mrbigw100]

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

[@jatzbethstappen9814]

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

[@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

[@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! 👏

[@ElectricoGamez]

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

[@Idiotcentral28]

As a nascar fan yes the officials suck also 5:04 I went to that Race and idk why they didn’t just cancel it at the end

[@frankfarms83]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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

[@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)

[@malcolmalexander3352]

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

[@MrRozzi20]

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

[@frankw5648]

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

[@ryansclips5023]

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

[@843Core]

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

[@burtdanams4426]

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

[@Photek24]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@user-cf7rq1ex5p]

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

[@adiveintotheworldofnascar]

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

[@laynehekter7947]

Good timing after last night...

[@ChewyGum]

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

[@douggoins2960]

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

[@incog30]

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

[@Kurzov]

15:42 (Laughs in 2023 COTA/Richmond)

[@WorldNascarChampionsWNC]

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

[@hunterfitch5694]

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

[@texpelt8858]

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

[@Thehondad]

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

[@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-

[@ted_kaczynski]

This is a super well-made video. I’m surprised I’ve never seen this channel before. I’ll be on the lookout next upload 😉

[@TimothyWenger]

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

[@SamuelWiltshire95]

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

[@Anthony_Stuart]

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

[@anthonyt219]

Consistency is not something the nascar officials have

[@evolveVIII]

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

[@aj_killjoy]

NASCAR officiating this year was incredibly disheartening. I wish for you to talk about all of the Xfinity and Truck Series officiating shenanigans this year too as you did such an amazing job with this video

[@morgandouglas5955]

I absolutely love your Editing style!!!

[@thatonemexicanguy99]

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

[@johnberger51]

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

[@Landmasters]

This was a great watch, informative and hilarious

[@niccotine9867]

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

[@lck0ut348]

This all reminds me of the disaster that took Jules Bianchi's life at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014 ... the officials never learn from each other, do they

[@chasehavlik12]

i find myself returning to this video quite often

[@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.

[@HoltAircraft]

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

[@typicaljarred]

this video deserves to blow up. great job.

[@TTFNG063]

Another banger of a video by EllyProductions.

[@jeffktown]

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

[@johngavlick6479]

Don't even get me started on the 2023 Bristol dirt race

[@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.

[@luckiestmf1034]

this editing is incredible

[@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.

[@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

[@plutop]

I was at that daytona summer race, and i remember it started pouring on the front stretch when they were in turn 4, and i yelled "get ready for a wreck boys" seconds before the tsunami of scrap metal.

[@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.

[@appleinfl]

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

[@Railroadracer49]

Absolutely great video I agree with everything you said I think things can only get better from here (Hopefully)

[@kevinkelley3906]

When one of the Watkins Glen races finished and we were leaving the stands up comes Mike Helton up the ramp into the stands. Someone was trying to say HI but nope. He didn't even acknowledge him. He just kept walking with his goon squad. What a dousche.

[@Jonathan_Munoz]

2:42 bro went from Eric Esstep to EllyProductions

[@yachtyteam6978]

wow was put together so well!! earned a sub!

[@ElectricoGamez]

2:14 Biggest snorefest of the century

[@aaronkristofer18]

i'm genuinely terrified for the spring martinsville race