Surprising DNQs in NASCAR (Part 2)

[@keyboardwarrior327]

Wow, the week after Robby Gordon failed to qualify at Atlanta he won at Loudon.

[@badbooking3221]

To think I thought the latest driver to do that was Dale Jarrett in 1994, I now stand corrected!

[@MannyZtheWolfWarrior]

Wasn't that end of season finish in New Hampshire the one that got delayed by the 9/11 attacks?

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

@@MannyZtheWolfWarrior correct.

[@AlonsoRules]

Imagine if there were DNQ's in current NASCAR and a Championship 4 driver missed the Miami race

[@jabber1990]

back when 45+ cars showed up for cup qualifying, now today we struggle to get a full field

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

I miss those start and park guys too.

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

@@RippingItAllSportsCards most weren't even start and park teams until the 2000s. There were a lot of competitive cup teams back in the day. Lots of good talent and equipment back then.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

@@ricksanchezsflask8794 But I remember a lot of start and parks too. Especially in the early to mid 2000s. At least now, everyone is trying to complete the race.

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

@@RippingItAllSportsCards I recall a few that I guess could be considered start and park, but they were much more competitive than the later teams that would only run 5 laps and quit.

[@High-Side-Broadcasting]

2 years later 44 cars tried to qualify

[@mvdbutler]

0:11 That 2006 DNQ Scott Riggs Was The Bad Start To His Ray Evernham Racing Career Next Year 2007 He Made The Daytona 500 But Missed 6 Races And Got Fired By Ray Evernham

[@Ibelikemj]

Milton Butler Ray didn’t fire him, George Gillette did and wanted a Quebec driver so they got Carpentier.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

That Talladega field...a race that: Buckshot Jones (00), Larry Foyt (14), Jason Jarrett (98), Christian Fittipaldi (44), John Andretti (90) and David Green (60) made it.

[@mesousagaby740]

How Fittipaldi and Foyt made it in is beyond me.

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

@@mesousagaby740 because all they have to do at Talladega is step on the gas and their cars were fast enough 😂😂

[@ThatDudeNamedDale]

Am I the only one that kinda misses having to send people home on a weekly basis? Now days its harder to fill out a 40 car field, which is a shame :[

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

You and me both. Qualifying is pointless now. They either keep cutting starting fields or just trying to defend the lack of interest.

[@AlonsoRules]

charters killed the field sizes

[@imrustyokay]

@@AlonsoRules Exactly.

[@affandi99]

I'm very sorry about Chad Little in number 97 though, he was ninth when he was DNQ :(

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Didn't think he was ever 9th in anything

[@NascarNixon]

Chad actually finished 2nd in Busch Series points in 1995.

[@affandi99]

@@NascarNixon ah thanks for the info, mate :)

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

@@NascarNixon I do recall him doing well in the busch series, but very lackluster in Cup.

[@SHEVYWOOD]

Hey Nixon, have you seen Holman's new series "Surprise failures to qualify"? I think I've seen some of those clips in the same videos and the same series before 🤔😂

[@mesousagaby740]

Additional fun fact: Lance Hooper made that fall Atlanta 2001 race, and so did Carl Long after DNQ-ing the spring race.

[@marquis281v8]

Hooper was running a R&D engine for Andy Petree

[@DavidRagan3134]

Only 17 cars made every race in 1998 lol So many DNQ'ed at least once that year. But yep, this was common in the late 90s and early 2000s

[@t.b5177]

I love these videos

[@christopherlucas4620]

They were all flippin’ burgers that day.

[@mesousagaby740]

I noticed that these surprising DNQ's tend to happen at Atlanta unusually often.

[@NascarNixon]

Makes sense. Atlanta was one of the first 5 races of the year, so teams that had no points to fall back on DNQ'd. Then, the 2nd race at Atlanta was at the end of the year when teams had run out of provisionals.

[@TheLocalLt]

friskynixon yep. Even look at the 2015 spring atlanta race for an example of this. Michael Annett failed to qualify in the Harry Scott 46 so he and Pilot/FlyingJ bought Brian Scott’s seat/sponsorship at the Circle Sport 33.

[@bobdare]

Kurt Busch missed a race in '01?? 😳

[@victoriacastro6229]

No rookie made the 36 races in 01

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Apparently. Didn't know that

[@bobdare]

Kurt went on to win this race the following year

[@danachappell9783]

Yep. The only time he missed a race for failing to qualify and not for a controversy of some kind

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

He was pretty bad with 27th points place that season, but completely turned around his career in '02 with his first 4 wins including the last race with a whopping 3rd rank to close out the year.

[@kyleschafer6275]

Back when nascar would have 4 or more dnqs, now they barely can have a field of 40

[@affandi99]

And they tried to reduce it even more, what the heck Nascar doing ?!

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

Yea I miss those start and parkers.

[@affandi99]

Love you guys, wish Nascar still exist after 2020

[@AlonsoRules]

you can show up and race by default, even if you're 5 seconds off the pace

[@fusionattraction4044]

Im baffled that i havent seen a rip Adam Petty comment

[@jamesbraun9842]

Can you do a Indy car edition for this

[@NascarNixon]

Perhaps

[@trainboy32]

Interestingly enough years after dan pardus dnq’d at Charlotte one of his Sons three races last year was at the Charlotte roval

[@americascrewchief2004]

GONE HUNTIN'

[@evanwilliams6406]

Then Robby won at New Hampshire in 2001 the day after Thanksgiving...

[@coldstonestunners]

Kurt busch not qualify in the 97 WHAT

[@wrongcheese]

2001, was a shite rookie season

[@TheLocalLt]

jumpydoll he was actually better in 2000 as a raw rookie than 2001 as a ROTY. Go figure. I think in reality it was because John Deere bailed and it took a few months to find Sharpie Rubbermaid. Of course it was during his unsponsored run that Dale Earnhardt famously flipped him his last bird at Daytona

[@dustykh]

Something not surprising? Dave Marcis missing a race or two. or five.

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

1 R.I.P Adam 2 Scott had finished 4th last year 3 Bill Davis should've never drove for Toyota instead of Dodge 4 Todd did his best in the 92 last season 5 Atwood sucks Ass 6 Coors Light later sponsored the 91 7 Benson still somehow managed to finish 13th in the points 8 Damn Harry 9 Davey wouldn't ever fail to Qualify 10 The 30 could've been in the race had the 90 not been there 11 Robby won The Black Friday 300 5 Days Later

[@bentheswitchsportsfan06]

#5 - Atwood had 2 career busch series wins - Youngest pole sitter in xfinity history - 10+ top 10s

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Wish they could have a special exhibition race called the Black Friday 300 every year.

[@christianj.russel8546]

rip adam petty

[@DiegoOspina86]

Soon after.... 🤣🤣

[@noahbacklund74]

Chad Little was robbed because i did research and he was 38th fastest 188.912 mph while Darrell Waltrip was 46th fastest with a 186.717 mph and yes Little didn't have provisional since it was a new team but when your 9th in points before Atlanta and DW was 38th in Points but with the DW's Champion's Provisional sends Chad Little home and I will say this u can still use the 1997 points system for qualifying but 4 races is too much why not 3 races and since there 30 teams racing full time why not top 20 in points automatically in after las Vegas and if your not in the top 20 in Points even if your a champion that provisional is blocked