Surprising DNQs in NASCAR (Part 1)

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

The entire 2007 season could be here. There were a dozen or so fully funded teams that struggled to make races every week.

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

The Toyota Drivers come to mind

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

Oscar jimenez Yep, Bill Davis' 36 and 22, the two Red Bull cars and the 3 MWR cars all failed to qualify multiple times.

[@forrestrobbins4165]

Ward Burton in the 4 that year too

[@roguelead72]

@@DaytonaPrototypes Paul Menard too, until DEI merged with Ginn and they used Sterling Marlin's points.

[@AlonsoRules]

Then the COT came along and ruined all the fun

[@racefan7616]

After Richard Pettys DNQ, NASCAR introduced the provisional to keep any big name driver in the field. It went up to the bottom 7 in 2003, and in 2005 the top 35 rule was introduced. Provisionals came back from 2013-15, and were replaced by the charter system. Btw, petty DNQed 4 times in 1989

[@NascarNixon]

Past champions provisional was introduced

[@areasevenpro]

In Mark Martin's book NASCAR for Dummies, Petty's four DNQs led to a massive drop in ratings in 1989. The idea of the Past Champion's Provisional was flawless until Charlotte 1997, when Darrell Waltrip failed to qualify due to Terry Labonte having dibs for being the more recent champion and was higher in points. The Past Champion's Provisional was also unlimited until NASCAR noticed that DW used it 20 times in 1998.

[@SinginShooter]

Dammit, DW.

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

@@areasevenpro I swear Darrell Waltrip must have used the provisional spot to make every race his last season in 2000.

[@areasevenpro]

@@ricksanchezsflask8794 NASCAR started setting limits on the Past Champion's Provisional in 1999, resulting in DW having a lot of DNQs that year and 2000 after he used up all of his provisionals. He had to buy out Carl Long's starting position to make his final Coca-Cola 600 in 2000.

[@bobbytrill420]

Next week: new upload from ryan Holman "failed to qualify part 1"

[@affandi99]

And Ryan Holman just a shadow of my favourite channel, keep it up Nixon ! Man wish we seen more unexpected twist during qualification this year...

[@hunterwofford8]

wellllllll

[@NascarNixon]

Not quite the title he picked

[@bobbytrill420]

@@NascarNixon I called it though

[@NascarNixon]

Races in order of appearance: 2000 NAPAonline.com 250 (Michigan) 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond) 2010 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) 2014 GEICO 500 (Dega) 2007 Crown Royal 400 (Richmond) 2008 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington) 1996 Purolator 500 (Atlanta) 1997 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte) 2005 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) 2007 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) 1989 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond)

[@BuschWhackerReviews]

I forgot how much of a pathetic failure that 2014 Talladega qualifying was

[@Cenatwood]

I admire the fact that Richard Petty didn't try to buy his way into that Richmond race, much like James Hinchcliffe at the Indianapolis 500 in 2018.

[@NascarNixon]

I mean. Richard had bought his way into Charlotte years earlier...

[@mvdbutler]

I Still Pissed At james hinchcliffe failing to qualify for the 2018 indy 500

[@elisamaria3628]

Dw’s lack of self awareness is hilarious talking about Jarrett using up provisionals when he did the same

[@xxCrazyEights88xx]

If I remember correctly, in the clip where Boris Said missed the race, around 40 cars had already qualified with Boris was on pole. But because it was rained out before the last couple of cars could make an attempt, it was cancelled. NASCAR later changed the qualifying setup which put the drivers outside the top 35 in a separate session in order to make the race. If you ever watched qualifying during the early Sprint Cup era, you’d have noticed that those below the top 35 qualified before/after the top drivers. This rule was essentially eliminated once the charter system came into place with the qualifying format changing to timed sessions.

[@areasevenpro]

You should do a video on the history of the Past Champion's Provisional - why it was implemented, who used it the most, and who was the last to use it before it was phased out by the charter system.

[@SinginShooter]

I think that's one for The Iceberg to do.

[@AlonsoRules]

It came in because Richard Petty missed a race once

[@kenzschueler]

I was watching it the first time, and it stopped playing, I was so sad....longest five minutes of my life. I enjoyed this one man. As always

[@14stockfan]

Honestly, the Dale Jarrett DNQ was not that surprising. That car was absolute trash, and it was bound to happen sooner or later that a more recent past champion would need the provisional. I believe one of the main reasons he was put in that car was for the champion provisional.

[@NascarNixon]

True, but it only took him 10 races to run out of provisionals. Just sad.

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Small, start-up teams used to hire former champions just so they could get into the races guaranteed. Didn't seem to work all that well though.

[@JakeFromLateFarm]

How the hell did Jeff Burton -- second in points at that time -- not qualify for that race? lol

[@NascarNixon]

The 99 team was brand new. Back in those days, you either had to qualify on your own for the first 5 races of the year or buy points from another team. They tried the "qualify for all 5 races" method and failed.

[@RC.41]

I was really sad about that!

[@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp]

D W ought to know all about that provisional

[@jaybarker4744]

Martin should of used his championship provi-oops wait a sec

[@brendanhartzer5712]

1:30 Reed Sorenson did make the field after Joe Nemecheks time was disallowed after failing inspection

[@vanillawafer176]

New year, new series! I say this is a great new years resolution! haha

[@CJODell12]

2:56. Teenage Kyle Busch.

[@keyboardwarrior327]

Mark Martin would later go on to make 5 more Busch series starts at Michigan after DNQing during his "final Michigan Busch series visit" in the clip.

[@DavidRagan3134]

You could make a whole video of this just from 1998. So many drivers DNQed at least once that year.

[@CelticsLover1]

The best year of nascar and most competitive

[@nachoalvarez7171]

@@CelticsLover1 and ALL the wins went to 2 drivers

[@pionelpessi707]

“Mark Martin’s final Busch series visit to Michigan” That aged like milk. He went back to the series in 2004, and his first race back (that he qualified for) was, ironically a 2nd place at Michigan

[@NascarNixon]

Mark was the #1 Buschwacker of his era and ironically got beat by Kyle Busch on his return to the series

[@cautioncorner841]

Imaging being in the chase today for an elimination race and not qualifying

[@smokefan4000]

If you're in the playoffs you probably have a charter, so that's not likely

[@jonascar10]

This reminds me of NASCAR 99 On the PS1 where Big names like Burton Gordon or Earnhardt could sometimes not be in the race

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

In 2 Player Mode Though

[@ariansmovies]

@@oscarjimenezsr.716 ding, ding, ding. You are right. 😁 😁 😁 😁

[@ariansmovies]

Loved that particular game while growing up. :)

[@AlonsoRules]

This shows how much NASCAR has changed now. Any man or woman off the street could start a race because the field is never full now. Even the Daytona 500 is a joke.

[@forrestrobbins4165]

I would say the Petty Enterprises cars in 2001. Switched to the new Dodge. All three cars fully funded. All three missed multiple races.

[@Chives5150]

Mark Martin's car broke on him during qualifying for the 2004 Hershey's Kisses 300, forcing him to DNQ.

[@DavidLand91]

Imagine how fun NASCAR would be without the bullshit provisionals?

[@mvdbutler]

Dam Son For Ricky Stenhouse.Jr

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

Gordon ALMOST DNQ's that race

[@Steventhe2nd]

The pack qualifying was awful....

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

The reason why Darrell Waltrip failed to qualify is because Terry Labonte, who had higher points than Waltrip, used a past champions provisional.

[@xanferra]

And it was a provisional he didn't even need. He could have taken a normal provisional but elected not to as it would have bumped his teammate Ricky Craven out of the field. He did the same thing a few years earlier to help former teammate Ricky Rudd make a race.

[@mesousagaby740]

The 2014 Fall Talladega's qualifying session was DISASTEROUS.

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

Group Qualifying was a shitty decision to begin with

[@RC.41]

I was there!

[@StoshSodaSampler]

Didn't Boris Said have something almost identical happen to him at Watkins Glen years before?

[@mikey12344]

Stosh!, the Djentleman yeah he had a fast car in practice but it rained and qualifying was rained out and the field was set by points

[@bdavis24fan]

I remember when both Stenhouse and Allgaier dnqed at Dega in 2014.

[@mariogarciaflores9662]

And Reed Sorenson

[@literal_hack_LEONARDO]

​@mariogarciaflores9662 Joe Nemechek failed inspection so that made reed actually in the race

[@pirate772009]

Probably the most disappointing DNQ to me was Kerry Earnhardt at a race at Michigan in 2004 when he was driving his famous Bass Pro Father's Day paint scheme that was modeled after Dale Sr.'s 1998 Bass Pro scheme. Probably one of the only cars to not make a race that had die casts made of it lol

[@24ever60]

I thought ESPN had all the TV rights to the nationwide series in 2008? How did speed have nationwide qualifying from Darlington?

[@TheLocalLt]

West Triggers ESPN and Fox split qualifying for both Cup and Nationwide during the final part of the season from 2007-14. I believe each network got 7 Cup and 7 Xfinity qualifying sessions during the latter part of the year, with ESPN and Fox splitting Nationwide qualifying the rest of the season. This is a similar agreement to one that existed from 2003-2006 between Fox and TNT, with TNT then ceding their remaining Cup qualifying rights to Fox in the 2007-2014 deal. Since the 2015 TV deals, there are no more split up weekends like that for Cup/Xfinity. (Separately from all that, Fox has always had exclusive truck series rights over that entire 2003-2014 timeframe, and still does today, although most of the truck races between 2007-2010 were unfortunately produced by NASCAR)

[@shorttrackthing6919]

Lol 4 people who aren't budget teams who fail to qualify will not be able to race in the Daytona 500 Me: 👆 Austin Dillon you better not DNQ

[@Tarv1]

Stenhouse fails to qualify at Dega...3 years late wins at Dega

[@mariogarciaflores9662]

#Redemption

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

And now, no one fails to qualify and everyone wins, because no one who runs NASCAR knows what the fuck they’re doing.

[@jonathan_m_racing]

Charter System = Less DNQ’s

[@smokefan4000]

A blessing and a curse

[@joshuasweeney7864]

Morgan Freeman’s voice would be perfect for the Boris Said one

[@Wellthatfiguresss]

Didn’t Danica complain about Ricky failing to qualify to nascar?

[@AlonsoRules]

Meanwhile Danica got to start a race because David Reutimann stopped on the track at Martinsville to stay in the top 35

[@mesousagaby740]

Yeah, and instead, Mike Wallace in a shitty car got in instead. Said car started laps down.

[@ScratchingSymbols88]

I don't remember the 17 not making the race at dega but it happened I guess lol

[@Nemofishman]

Weird group qualifying session, they came out too late to make a run.

[@GiDD504]

Who was the bob ross look alike

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Boris said

[@needsmetal]

completely forgot about that Kyle ran the 57

[@RC.41]

Yasss!

[@kevinlesch9656]

Did I just see a clip of a less arrogant Kyle Busch?

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

Yes you did

[@mitcholla]

boris said. 😒

[@justinheretotroll3032]

wow

[@RacingWorldTV202]

That second to last one with Boris Said proved the flaws of the qualifying system back then. Top 35 was too much for guaranteeing spots. It should've been the top 21 so that way 19 spots would be up for grabs, and three provisionals could be available for those high in the points to fall back on, so drivers would have to be on their toes no matter who they are, and newcomers or irregular drivers, like Said, could break in if they were quick enough. Top 35 with 7-8 spots, and the Champion's Provisional, up for grabs was way too limited.

[@MrWolfSnack]

"The winningest driver" never made sense to me as any form of English. Couldn't they just say "the driver with the most wins"?

[@BlowoverBros]

You're acting as if "winningest" isn't a real term and that only nascar uses is it.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Back when this sport was legitimate. Nobody fails to qualify anymore. Qualifying is absolutely pointless now.

[@TravisMSimpson]

Keep showing NASCAR's failures, make them fall apart even faster than they are.

[@smokefan4000]

DNQing has been part of the sport for a long time, idk what you mean