8 Things You (probably) Didn't Know About NASCAR

[@S1apShoes]

0:16 The UFC: Am I a joke to you? This video was edited by Biodegradable. you can check him out here: twitter.com/BiodeEditable If you want to get to know the drivers behind the wheel better and find out what makes them tick, then you can check out "The 9 Types of NASCAR Winners" here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZPFm3una7CMl5I

[@anonmeatcheesebun]

I can tell you're a UFC fan. 9:12 - HEN MOOMENT

[@S1apShoes]

@@anonmeatcheesebun NASCAR made like Ronda Rousey and restricted head movement, but this time for safety.

[@JonManProductions]

New Intro Bit is Slick AF.

[@TalladegaTom]

Another great video. TY. As a HUGE Smokey Yunick fan I appreciate that you noted him here. However he didn't really 'cheat' as much as interpret the rules accordingly (for the most part). Like the fuel line example, if it is wasn't written in the rule book, it was territory that was fair game. There was nothing illegal about having an anaconda sized fuel line at the time. As far as deliberately breaking actual rules, sure he did of that some for sure, but only in self defense as others were doing it too. But he did have a sense of racing within the rules. For example, folks ran nitrous a lot back then. The second NASCAR outlawed its use, Smokey stopped using it. Others, not so much. The best ever Smokey story is the one that took place at Darlington in 1954 when he was running the Hudson Hornet with Herb Thomas. I hesitate to post a link to the article as sometimes links go to spam. I humbly ask anyone interested in reading a great racing yarn written by Smokey on how things were back in the early days to search 'the internet' for "Smokey Tells All Thirty Years of Fun, Games and Playing Fast and Loose With The Rules" It's one of my all time favorite stories that you might enjoy as well. :)

[@TalladegaTom]

Here is the link to the Smokey story. Hopefully this gets through. www.hotrod.com/articles/ctrp-0801-smokey-yunick/

[@hayden4597]

Smokey Yunick didn’t gain 1-2 gallons of fuel from the fuel line trick. He gained like 10 gallons. He had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of feet in the roll cage.

[@7natcho]

AJ’s My Daddy not sure if anyone will ever know exactly how much fuel line was actually in the car . A program i watched on Smokey had claimed he placed 26 feet of one inch fuel line coiled under the seat . If i am not mistaken most builders utilized a 1/2 inch feed with a 3/8 return . Not saying i am right so please don't think that just replying with what a documentary stated is all ...

[@seekingcirculation]

Outstanding move

[@MuppetVT]

Shit, he probably could have taken the car for a couple victory laps just to rub it into tech inspection's face

[@jdsedberry3074]

He also left the track drove it back to his garage in Daytona. Cops saw him at the stop light and didn't even bother him because they knew he was pissed. When asked about how far he could have gotten without a fuel tank he said, " I could've drove that son of a bitch to Jacksonville."

[@jerrysantos6484]

He admitted to have enough gas to drive to Jacksonville from Daytona. It is documented.

[@ScarletCharlotte]

I'm British and grew up watching Formula 1, so watching other European open wheel series was an easy switch for me. I used to be one of those people who mocked ovals for being nothing but turning left. Then I watched Indycar and I got why ovals are incredible. Then I stumbled onto your videos and got curious. I gave the 2020 Daytona races a try. Now I'm watching every Cup and Xfinity race I can find (which is pretty much everything back to 2015). I still prefer open wheel circuit racing but I'm loving bingeing Nascar, and I'll never hear a bad word said about oval racing again. So count me as one of the people you've converted into a Nascar fan.

[@b33rbashjawnsonttv64]

Not to mention Go Bowling at the Glen and 2 other road races are still run for cup series.

[@chalet6863]

There is tons of old races on the NASCAR KZbin channel. They also upload the most recent race a day or two afterwards

[@ollijokinen1571]

Another European here who has followed F1 for a long time and recently got into Nascar. You can never watch too much racing. :)

[@theandyrichter2868]

I've always followed NASCAR and started getting into F1 this year. I like both.

[@RhygonGG]

You have to watch the truck races too. It is teenagers driving pickup trucks at 130-180 miles and hour

[@maskiiofficial3345]

"Cheating is celebrated by fans-" Also fans: DaRn ChEaTiN tOyOdErS

[@JNT101]

No. Cheating is celebrated. UNLESS a Toyota does it. Or a Toyota wins. Those are the worst.

[@S1apShoes]

Ford teams: flexgate NASCAR fans: yawn MWR: Spingate NASCAR fans: OfF wItH tHeIr HeAds!

[@JNT101]

S1apSh0es Seems logical to me

[@ZH1851]

@@S1apShoes Hotel: Trivago

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@S1apShoes Inconsistency at its finest

[@felixf5211]

Many years ago, when I used to compete on a regional level, we kinda made fun of the guys who ran ovals. You only turn left, how hard can it be? Well, I got my answer when I agreed to run an event on a 1/2 mile asphalt oval. It was and still is the single most frightening thing I've done in a car. On a road course you pop the corner and go on to the next one. Not on an oval. The corner never ends, or so it seems. Additionally, what you see in front of you is a concrete wall splattered with the paint of the cars that crashed into it. It's SO intimidating and extremely challenging. Never ran on oval again and never will. I have the highest respect for the drivers and the crews.

[@7natcho]

Felix F i am the opposite . Oval is all i ever ran . I couldn't imagine 120 to 160 mph and getting the car slowed down enough to make a 90 degree corner .. Yikes ... Also massive respect for a crew to set up a car to go fast straight , hard turn left and then a hard turn right all the while keeping the brakes from melting off the car . The chassis goes through 2X more load on a road course just because it flexes both ways . You know the old saying though ...racing is the only sport that takes two balls to compete !! Have a Great weekend Driver !!!

[@GaryBickford]

Roller Derby with engines!😊

[@joey8373]

Now try it on dirt going 70-80 into a corner ; )

[@7natcho]

@@joey8373 well said sir ,,, well said . Tried dirt once and failed horribly . Eldora speedway infact . LMAO never tried again . very special breed there !

[@klk1900]

I feel the same I’ve ran events at Daytona peaked at 182mph and I’ve ran a bunch of road course events. Road course cars are designed to have a ton of down force. And good brakes. The car I ran at Daytona had little bitty brakes That didn’t work for shit. Even Indy car you have so much control and if the car isn’t turning good you can change it on the wheel. Stock body cars you have very little control and not enough down force to hold you down. Stock body is by far the hardest to control which luckily I grew up racing on dirt which gets you prepared to handle stock body cars. You have to use the gas peddle to steer the car. Where Indy and F1 you have enough down force and brakes to use the steering wheel.

[@Mercury_458]

Me and my dad was at the 2013 coca cola 600 when the cable broke and the race stops so we where listening to the driver on a scanner an Bowyer was talking about peeing on the side of a highway

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

Sounds about right

[@nwinburn]

Me and my dad "was"??? Seriously????

[@josiahisawesome101]

I heard about the cable falling from Montoyas radio

[@Mercury_458]

@@josiahisawesome101 yea I remember sitting in the stands and all the sudden they pulled down pit lane and I was so confused and on the scanner it had MRN and they where talking about it

[@joshkirkfield]

@@nwinburn bro calm down with the question marks , no need to even say anything at all

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

Very refreshing perspective! As an old Nascar fan from the 60's I really enjoyed how ya laid that out. 👍👍🏁🏁 Love the stuff about Junior and Smokey. They were some hard ole knots.

[@S1apShoes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zlinedavid]

I'm glad Junior lived long enough to truly come full circle. He was part owner of what was for a time the only legal distillery in NC, and was able to sell his family's whiskey legally. Didn't have a half bad career as a driver or owner either.

[@RalstigRacing]

@@zlinedavid The legal shine ain't nothing like the real shine....

[@tbird1991]

@@RalstigRacing who needs to see anyway am I right?

[@whatincarnation95]

i'm 7 seconds in and this is already a banger

[@redfallxenos4585]

Have my children

[@duncan8088]

Redfall Xenos what

[@noahkoz6873]

Facts

[@Kaseyberg]

The oldest driver to start a nascar sanctioned race is Herschel Mcgriff from oregon at the age of 90.

[@IngvaarFinn]

Nice way to legal euthanasia lol

[@csnide6702]

Of course it was found out that he wandered in while trying to escape his nursing home and got in the wrong car. Next thing you know he's a race car driver......

[@lawnmanmartinfan7909]

If I recall correctly The comment made was a fifty two year old winner not who started the race

[@Kaseyberg]

@@lawnmanmartinfan7909 ?

[@426maxwedgie63]

Finally, something to show people who say “haha you watch NASCAR, why would you ever do that?”

[@smittywjmj]

Because a 358ci pushrod V8 in a 3000-something pound car that can actually bump into things without ripping a wheel off is a whole lot cooler than little bitty 1.6L DOHC turbo V6es that have to rev to the moon to get anywhere, in an open-wheel carbon-fiber bathtub with inverted wings. And while IndyCar is vaguely similar in its open-wheel ultralight design and some of its technical specifications (2.2L DOHC twin-turbo V6s), they do at least race on a wider variety of tracks.

[@marycornett3165]

The ones that say that is probably like I was until the 04 season then I finally set home and watched a full race and I haven't missed but 4 races since and those were because of family emergency

[@haulperrel2547]

I watch NASCAR because I'm too stupid to follow real racing.

[@gufo_tave]

@@smittywjmj LOL, Rev to the moon? At the time of the 3.0L V10, F1 engines were capable to rev close to 20000 RPM. THAT was revving to the moon!🤣 Also, NASCAR engines are NOT exactly low-rev engines. Now are limited to around 9000 RPM (correct me if i am wrong), that is NOT a small RPM for such big engine, with the handicap of push-rod valvetrain. Achieving such rev values with this kind of valvetrain... is not banal, IMHO.

[@netcald991]

Why would you do that, I watched the whole video, why? All they do is turn left for 90% of the races in the calendar.

[@mori_6574]

Dang, all the NASCAR KZbinrs be uploading rn. Honestly doesn’t surprise me. WE GOING RACE TOMORROW!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOO

[@VictoryAviation]

Stoked

[@fatford4209]

Who else knew everything on the video but still enjoyed it? Edit: Holy crap this is my most liked comment!

[@demoderbydude7775]

Me

[@Jame5man]

Same

[@Alan_M00ch]

Same dude, saaaame.

[@nelsona779]

I didn't know everything but still enjoyed it😎✊🏾👍🏽

[@Alan_M00ch]

@@nelsona779 Well, welcome to NASCAR!

[@StudioDaVeed]

Slight oversight on Top Notch Cheaters: Gary Nelson was so good NASCAR Hired him to sniff out cheaters. Athletes? Many decades ago there was a series of athletic challenges: 'Battle of The (Insert demographic here)'. Bobby Allison participated once and when asked about his and other drivers true athlete status he told the story of his heat training. He also mentioned something I found very interesting and has stuck with me all these years. He said that race car drivers of all stripes could do something with ease that many in the general public could not do. That was, glance at a rotating 33 1/3 record on a player and read the label. (Yes, I have that ability, lol.)

[@tofikhabie9193]

Bro slap shoes literally single handedly keeps nascar history afloat

[@andrewhuffman2758]

I'm a lapsed fan of the sport, from the early-mid 2000s. But your videos are so goddamn good it's got me considering jumping back in. That, and how bad the Lions have been.

[@davidhonkstvorisit4811]

We got a race tommarow be there (watching on TV) or be square

[@FastEvan47]

I am literally in the same boat!

[@reapercreeper3466]

'how bad the lions have been' now what's funny.

[@EdgySwordfish]

The stage racing, points system, overcomplicated rules, and extreme overuse of the yellow flag for phantom debris just to pack up the field again ruined Nascar for me. If they ever do away with these, I'd be in again, and the same would probably be true for many former fans. Shame too, bc I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[@gojiman1649]

Hey those lions are looking pretty good now

[@wadupbraah]

Mark Martin won 5 races in a single season at age 50.... Imagine if he had been driving a car of that quality his entire career.

[@mikes7651]

He drove for Jack Roush for most of his career and had many cars of that quality. 1998 in particular, he had an exceptionally good year and only lost the championship because Jeff Gordon was just unbeatable at the time

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

The fact there is a sport where guys in their late 50’s are still competitive is mindblowing in itself

[@lawnmanmartinfan7909]

In my opinion , mark martin was the best driver of his time to never win a championship🏁

[@jpnsportscards4755]

I've been a big NASCAR fan for over 20 years, and even though I know about most of the stuff you're talking about, you always make it super interesting. Keep up the great work man!! Take care!!

[@flogger4419]

Use to be an avid fan but 3 events changed all that. #1 the death of Dale Earnhardt who made the modern era. he was a gigantic personality unlike the 5'6" jockeys who would like to thank blah, blah. blah! Love him or hate him but he put fannys in the seats. #2 the arrival of Brian France who decided he had to attract the younger generations with things such additions as segments within the race and harnessing in the drivers and their opinions and also proving that cocaine does not make one smart cause the younger generation still doesn't watch NASCAR! #3 the car of tomorrow which totally ruined any fan identifiability with what's on the track!

[@flextapefixessomethings7091]

That intro was GODLY

[@coloc8501]

When you talked about radio swearing, I like how you pointed to Clint Boywer's crew chief. Nice touch🤣🤣🤣

[@psivewri]

I had no idea about the spotters! Great video :)

[@bendaaa69]

how did you not know that

[@justinlokere]

@@bendaaa69 because maybe he isn’t very knowledgeable about NASCAR? Get off your high horse, please,

[@FaultedJoker69]

It’s better to go in person cause you can feel the engine and the excitement in the stands

[@bluesrike]

I kinda knew about the spotters from playing NASCAR Thunder. But didn't know that they were talking on open channels.

[@Andre-qv1yf]

Thank you for bringing this sport closer to me. About 4 weeks i didnt watched anything about nascar but then i watched some Videos from you and yesterday i watched my first race and i loved it so thank you!

[@engine-man2217]

What an informative and well put together video, sat through the entire thing and I gotta say, the content is damn amazing.

[@AmericanGirlGymnasts]

I’m the tiny segment of viewers who begrudgingly watched NASCAR with their dad and family when they were growing up (the Daytona 500 was regularly screened at my birthday parties family attended) and didn’t really like it but recently started enjoying learning the history of the sport and hearing the stories you’ve talked about on your channel. I can’t wait to play NASCAR 2000 again and actually have an idea of who most of the other drivers were😂

[@emdotrod]

A good beginner's guide for those who wanted to start watching NASCAR. I agree on the statement that you got to know NASCAR to fully appreciate it otherwise you're going to ask why NASCAR have playoffs for example

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

In all fairness even NASCAR fans generally hate the Playoffs.

[@TheForeverRanger]

@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 Then you get into stage racing... I for one love stage racing because it makes certain tracks watchable (looking at you Kentucky) and adds a bit more strategy to the sport.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@TheForeverRanger Mid race points was a great idea to encourage the drivers to push for positions all the time. Stage breaks are the worst idea ever.

[@mikes7651]

Stages and "playoffs" in their current form are some of the dumbest ideas yet. Remember when Slap talked about the pit strategy helping to keep people glued to the TV? The stages actually make that strategy a lot more predictable (read: less interesting) and they're one of the reasons why my kid-born interest in NASCAR is waning and my interest in IndyCar increasing. It's not as bad as throwing automatic cautions every 20 minutes like they tried one year, but it's still pretty sad imo. I wish they would stop treating NASCAR as something that needs gimmicks to be entertaining, because the actual racing in and of itself is exciting to me. For context, I've been watching NASCAR since 2003.

[@curtissmith2679]

NASCAR sucks

[@Jame5man]

Me, a longtime NASCAR fan, watched a video about a sport I know very well because it’s a great video dammit

[@devinbunn2111]

2:41 or as the late Eddie Guerro would say: "if you're not cheating, you're not trying"

[@meligoth]

I'm not a NASCAR fan by any stretch, but your videos are very fascinating. Not just entertaining as your narration keeps me interested, but very educational that you bring lots of history in every video.

[@ez33kiel6]

Your videos have made me really interested in NASCAR and the american motorsport scene! As a kid i never saw any nascar races on TV since i live in scandinavia, so WRC and F1 were pretty much the only forms of motorsport to watch here without paying for an american sports channel subscription

[@jackwolf2984]

As a Brit, much appreciate this kinda of video, explaining the basics. Started putting on races as background noise while I work from home. Was surprised there were whole races on youtube, compare to other sports which you'll struggle to find whole games. Have so many questions, but I'll look forward to your other videos.

[@VictoryAviation]

Indy Car uploads full races usually the day after they occur. I’m not totally sure how NASCAR does it. They’re both interesting to watch. They have their own craft when it comes to racing.

[@Buynot]

@@VictoryAviation Indycar no longer uploads full races. The deal they signed with NBC at the end of 2018 doesn't allow it anymore.

[@VictoryAviation]

Buynot Oh, well that sucks. I remembered catching up on all the races leading up to the Indy500 (I live in Indianapolis so I get to see that one live), then I could follow the rest of the season. Guess I won’t be doing that this year 😟

[@zinddy]

Iam from europe and you, emplemon, and Mark Martin got me to be interested in the sport, even tho iam mostly f1 fan i really like this sport.

[@pachidermo]

"Hopefully now you know more about these men driving cars around slightly differently shaped circles, at unreasonably fast speeds". As a guy who's new to NASCAR, I freakin' LOVE that description, and makes me want to see more.

[@Razz415]

Well done slap. My kids are starting to get into Nascar. This will be a good one for them.

[@Shay_Mendez]

I used to watch Nascar religiously back in the 2000's and I honestly did not know that drivers had multiple spotters. You really do learn something new every day.

[@watermelonbanana1772]

Nothing grinds my gears more than the people who say that the drivers aren’t athletes....

[@mattdibenedettofan7719]

Yess ikr and bowling

[@gregrowe1168]

Not all of them were. Guys like rick mast and jimmy Spenser won races and probably couldn’t run a mile if a bear was chasing them. But that was many years ago. Now basically all of them are very fit.

[@zlinedavid]

@@gregrowe1168 Jimmy Spencer vs a bear......how big is the bear? 🤣

[@mikes7651]

For me it's the people who say the gimmicks are keeping NASCAR relevant

[@GaryBickford]

Another point of interest - drivers often work both with and against each other, making temporary alliances or performing spite moves. Sometimes one driver will "bump draft" a competitor to reduce the air drag of both, pushing them both ahead if other cars. Also they will sometimes come close but offset to the left or right, disrupting the airflow and forcing the other driver into a spin. Unlike F1, WEC, or WRC, on the "superspeedways" like Daytona these cars are running continuously at close to 200 mph so the aerodynamics of the cars control the interactions. At first glance they're just driving in circles but actually it's more like a free-for-all on a skating rink. The dynamics are constantly changing in ways you don't often see in other racing venues. Also from what I hear the drivers and teams are a lot more approachable than other motor sports.

[@JNT101]

Ok so I saw a notification, it said S1apSh0es, and I clicked faster than I ever have in my entire life.

[@kyleohara8700]

I randomly found your channel 3 weeks ago, and I love it... Thanks for being such a great story teller!

[@writerman7038]

6:29 WELP, I want a salad now.

[@andrewapurcell]

Id rather have her

[@leftlegcemetery]

Oh what a small world. I been watching alot of The Right Opinion and he has the same editor "Biodegradable" That's awesome!

[@S1apShoes]

Bio does great work. The dude can almost read my mind. It's freaky.

[@Nub00005]

This man starts his car with no fuel tank right in front of the inspectors xD what a legend

[@bobbymoore7874]

Love your videos S1apSh0es. Ive been doing the Bobby Allison heat technique for about 9-10 years.

[@williamwingate1567]

Junior Johnson actually hid the moonshine that he go caught with in my Great-grandparents farm

[@SgtThurston6738]

Here's a fun fact for us Euro viewers, NASCAR has a still ongoing Euro series! (I plan to see them this year at Brands Hatch, UK. They also plan to race in the snow this year!).

[@Nicolas-yb9pr]

I live in Germany and my first race Nascar race was probably in 2003 or 2004. It was really difficult to see the races back then in Germany.

[@737max3]

Slapshoes: Nascar us the first to start up after quarantine World of outlaws sprint cars: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU?*

[@QueenVoodo0]

I’m so excited that nascar is finally back!!!

[@7natcho]

Rahal Fan girl it definitely is going to be different . Track owners food vendors and scanner rentals are going to take a shit kickin !!! SAD but at-least it's not cartoon racing !

[@Whogrl16]

Iracing is a simulator not a cartoon

[@aronkim7105]

I'm an F1 fan, but not exclusively. I want to admire as many motorsports as i can and i know NASCAR gets misjudged by F1ers so i really enjoyed this video. I had no idea about these spotters for example.

[@stormeaglegaming5395]

Glad Nascar is back especially you being alright .

[@justinkoster4417]

the broadcast tomorrow need to pound home the point that these guys are athletes

[@GaryBickford]

I read once that a physiologist wanted to know about driver heart rates. So he put a heart monitor on somebody - Dale Earnhardt? He expected that at stressful points in the race his heart might increase to 129 beats per minute. He was surprised that the heart rate went to 180 as soon as the engine started, and stayed that way through the race. In many forms if racing, not just thus one, drivers can lose 10 pounds during a race.

[@zlinedavid]

@@GaryBickford Was that Sr or Jr? I'm guessing Jr, because I can remember seeing in car footage of Sr driving with one hand on the wheel and one just stretched out on the roll bar, like he was driving home from the office on a Friday afternoon. Man was cool as a frozen cucumber.

[@TheForeverRanger]

200 MPH and all those G Forces on their body plus the heat. G-d forbid they lose power steering and have to turn the wheel without help.

[@FireballTalksNASCAR]

That intro faster than when my friends left me when I said 2020 was a good year.

[@joshkirkfield]

poorly executed joke, but good idea

[@FireballTalksNASCAR]

Except it wasn't a joke.

[@FireballTalksNASCAR]

But I do understand. I don't pump out amazing comments lol

[@GarrettWease]

Great refresher for a less technical minded fan like myself and a fantastic intro to what makes stock car racing compelling for anyone.

[@yankees512417]

NASCAR inspector: you have 10 infractions in your car so we pulled the fuel tank. Smokey yunick: Hold my beer

[@Landmasters]

I was about to suggest subbing out the cheating aspect to better explain the hectic nature of the playoffs, but thinking it over it might do newcomers better to not hear about it initially If there's one thing you want to avoid with newbies it's overwhelming them, otherwise you risk losing them.

[@randomreviewsrebooted5156]

This got me so much more hype for NASCAR's return.

[@JudoCruiseGaming]

awesome video!! had no idea all that strategy went into it, that's fascinating tbh

[@teddybatkin7618]

I loved the video. I was already a NASCAR fan, but now I can explain to my buddies why I love NASCAR.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I see S1apSh0es I click immediately

[@tannerbuckley8126]

Dude! Great work! Your editing here was perfect. Awesome job, man.

[@tannerbuckley8126]

Oh, sorry - Nice work to both yourself and Biodegradable!

[@BiodegradableYTP]

@Tanner hey thanks man :^)

[@Mooker_43]

2020 Darlington : “the perfect storm... again”

[@chrisfaggiano8014]

As a fellow motorsport enthusiast. I just want to say, keep making videos man! I really enjoy your content!

[@samthomas6045]

Been spending isolation working my way through the 2019 season races. As a born and bred F1 fan so much is confusing lol. Praying before a race, 3 stages per race, fighting in the pit lane. Oh and the points and playoff system makes no sense lol, but nonetheless it’s enjoyable.

[@ggsimmonds1]

"Praying before a race" Unfortunately there are some politics-driven culture wars going on in the US right now. Nascar is to conservatives what NBA is to progressives. Whether we like it or not, and whether its justified or not, Nascar is associated with conservative hillbillies

[@THEDonnyB]

S1apshoes, Brock Beard and NASCARman history are my favorite NASCAR channels.

[@nobodys_winds6580]

"Most NASCAR races are between 4 and 500 miles long" There are 4 mile NASCAR races?

[@bertakuceru6865]

Lol between 400 and 500

[@steveng1624]

😂 🤣 😂

[@B-A-L]

Even if there were 4 mile races they'd still manage to bring the caution flag out and go into overtime!

[@JJTHE88FAN]

No he means 400-500 miles

[@driverslqqk7940]

That was a good video and touched on important parts of auto racing in NASCAR which is great these men are A Cut Above the Rest

[@mdrlhighlights7076]

Bowman just signed 1 year extension

[@transcript21]

I’ve watched about every single one of your videos. The history has resparked my interest in the sport. I live about 3 miles from where junior johnsons house was in hamptonville nc. And about 20 mins from north Wilkesboro speedway

[@Konformation07]

Watkins Glen is the most exciting NASCAR track and I'll die on this hill. More road courses NASCAR

[@GHOST7OUTLAW]

I agree with needing more road courses, but they also need to revive some of the older short tracks that they've abandoned over the years.

[@deasttn]

I like Watkins Glen

[@SvechnikovPucks]

Meh some races can get boring there but some are really good nothing in between and if there gonna be another rc its gonna be circuit of the americas in texas since texas has 2 boring dates and it will give people in texas a reason to get back in the sport.

[@Konformation07]

@@SvechnikovPucks The main reason why NASCAR isn't at COTA already is because NASCAR has an agreement with Eddie Gossage who is the man who runs Texas Motor Speedway. He has a clause preventing them from running other NASCAR sanctioned events in Texas outside of his track.

[@thatoneguy1154]

I go every year seat 21 row 14 on Seneca grandstands best track bye far

[@stemmedlawyer1721]

I’m a nascar fan anyway and knew everything on this list but was still really entertained and enjoyed it

[@TheNewsChannel]

Iceberg: Am I joke to you?

[@motionjay24]

I've been watching NASCAR for 11 years

[@rock1724]

Nice, goin on 20 for me

[@gaseouslizard]

UK here, watching this has made me wanna watch a few races now. Cheers!

[@BigBlack81]

I see new S1apSh0es, I click the link. It's not a hard thing to fathom when the quality is this good, right?

[@robbinscarberry8085]

Great video. I’m going to share it and hopefully hook a few new fans this week.

[@riccardoperini4737]

“All be it without any fans in attendance” Seems all normal to me...

[@Burrkilla]

Atlanta 😳

[@sgtpepper6379]

*laughs in 6.5 million viewers*

[@zlinedavid]

Insert Brickyard 400 joke here.

[@therandomrider7793]

I used to be a big fan when I was 6 till about probably 12 then I started playing baseball more and lost interest but these videos are getting me back into it. Fun to hear all the names I remember from back when I was a kid.

[@jimbrauer1855]

I didn't know that i would never watch it again til this week when they turned to politics

[@frerecinq]

As a newly minted NASCAR fan, this video is gold. Subscribed!

[@hmsdemolition8588]

No more NASCAR for me , since jussie Smollett 2.0 with bubba

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

When you said it's a lot like golf or baseball in that how much you know the more interesting it is, I've never thought of it that way before. Excellent observation.

[@B-A-L]

I know plenty about golf and baseball and believe me it doesn't make them any less boring!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@B-A-L Ah. In which case, I don't believe you.

[@tushog3956]

I will never watch another Nascar race EVER... Nascar allows some driver to put BL M on his car as a sponsor? What's next Nascar, ANTIFA, Gorge Soros? I know, letting Bubba kneel during ALL national Anthems before races? I was a proud Fan of Over 25 years now, several races, thousands in souvenirs BUT this disgust me... I WILL NEVER WATCH ANOTHER RACE, EVER!!!!!!

[@andrewputnam2717]

There was a trump sponsor in 2016 so what's the problem

[@Ryanmarcmedia]

Great video! Must watch for new fans that hopefully adds new levels of interest and understanding of the intricacies

[@Barbosa5Star]

With nascar doing everything for minorities and improving their image im just starting to follow them now 💯🙏🏽

[@amatherly81608]

Hey this was an awesome video!! I grew up around the sport of Nascar and racing in general. I've always had an interest in it, but never really followed it. Well other than playing the videogames in the 90s and early 2000s. Thank you so much for this, im proud to say that I am a fam from here on out!

[@morehn]

"No fans in attendance." Get used to it, NASCAR. You lost me as a fan, and I hadn't watched in the past. Now that you support racism, I definitely won't.

[@Avelanche]

Fuck outta here pussy.

[@andrewputnam2717]

Defending your driver that was under risk of being attacked is not being racist

[@not_james_bond3376]

Man, you must've read my mind! Last night I searched for videos like "weird nascar facts" "nascar interesting stories".

[@UpNorthMI]

Haven’t watched nascar in 15 years, but these videos are just fascinating.

[@ChrisBChronisterJr92]

This guys videos are amazing!! I been watching a lot of them.

[@AsttroKnot]

Wow..i never knew NASCAR stood for something until now. great video!

[@PeaceLoveandMolotovs]

Yessss. So happy you added Harvicks reddit scandal lol. Nice video.

[@grahammorris7683]

I’m an f1 fan trying to learn about nascar cause I am an American and this helped. Gonna help me get through quarantine cause it’s the only big Motorsport I know still racing

[@harryparsons2750]

NASCAR has one of the funniest drivers name in all of sports. Of course I’m talking about Dick Trickle. Lmao. And I saw a old video of him sitting in his NASCAR in the pits smoking a cigarette lol.

[@sea2side]

Im an Aussie, theres a LOT I dont know about NASCAR, but this is a good start, thankyou.

[@charleswronge4743]

NASCAR fan 92. Great video. I give u the Oscar

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Speaking of foul language on the radio, I have witnessed some very colorful verbiage on the scanner over the years. Most memorable was John Andretti at New Hampshire. He had a squeaky clean reputation off the track, but after hearing him on the scanner, my understanding of him as a person was forever altered. I'm pretty sure he didn't serve in the US Navy, but he spoke their language that day.

[@davidlogan7216]

This is awesome! I'm hoping that I don't get shut out this year at Loudon and The Glen. Good Job sir!

[@1lostmuffin]

Another awesome video S1ap! Stay safe out there

[@ArmondoOrtiz76Lincol]

Love your videos, well presented, well researched and just full of good history and stories.

[@BentleyTypeR]

I'm pretty sure that 99% of your videos are things we probably didn't know about The National Assosiation for Stock Car Auto Racing. Other than that, YOUR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME!!

[@TheCloudCreation]

#9 It's actually quite difficult. Almost the entire race, drivers are pushing the car to the limit of its avaliable grip and any mistake or jolt of the wheel will send the rear end flying into the wall.

[@Lukasxdist]

Thanks for all the interesting videos that I can watch between my Iracing races. Im new to NASCAR so thanks for all the information 👍