The Best and Worst NASCAR Playoff Battles

[@tylerhernandez5234]

Not having a single drunk Brad moment and skipping the 2012 season is criminal

[@TheBraydenBunch58]

I honestly want the chase back, It seems more legitimate than the grid format, Also Blaney’s championship was a Mickey championship in my opinion.

[@marcuseasoniiyt]

This could be my bias as a Byron fan, but Byrom clearly deserved that championship, and I'm 2014-16 Chase format supporter. (My first season was 2015, so that's why)

[@milogunther5024]

As a Blaney fan, I agree. Byron or Larson deserved it more

[@milogunther5024]

​@@marcuseasoniiytas a gen 4/5 baby, I give you a pass for liking the 2014-2016 format a lot. I love the COT unironically, so I get it. Byron definitely deserved the title last year

[@NASCARBOI_OFFICAL]

@@marcuseasoniiytsame

[@aldouscoroza]

You can say the same with LoGAYno in 2018 and 2022

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

The championship battle with McQueen,The King,and Hicks in Cars was amazing. In the end,Hicks won after crashing The King. McQueen choose to lose the title to Chick because he wanted The King to finish his last race. Jimmie Johnson would've won the 2004 championship if it weren't a mechanical failure at Talladega and a crash at Kansas. That would've been a emotional championship for HMS. McQueen lost another title to Jackson Storm in Cars 3.

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

Mickey Mouse champions 2004-Kurt Busch 2007-08-Jimmie Johnson 2010-Jimmie Johnson (Could've been Hamlin too) 2011-Tony Stewart (Yeah,it's a great championship for Stewart,but mediocrity doesn't award people a championship under the Latford system) 2014-Kevin Harvick (Could've Newman too) 2015-Kyle Busch (Worst champion in auto racing ever. That will never change.) 2016-Jimmie Johnson (Could've been Edwards too) 2018-Joey Logano 2020-Chase Elliott (Could've been Logano too) 2022-Joey Logano (Could've been Chartain too) 2023-Ryan Blaney (Could've been Larson too) Everyone races like Chick Hicks in NASCAR today,and there will never be a dynasty again. The Knockout Style format (2014-Today) is the worst format in auto racing. That will not change. Jeff Gordon got eliminated in 2014 because of one bad race at Texas. Harvick,Logano,Hamlin,and Newman all finished ahead of him that race. Eventually Gordon's two second places were the last of his career. Gordon was 4th after Texas and Newman was ahead of him. Gordon nearly won at Homestead but was told to come down pit road as they didn't want a non final four to win the championship. Gordon finished 10th. He and Kevin Harvick are most screwed out of a championship. Gordon only won one race in 2015,and he got 5 top fives. He never get his fifth championship,and he was in the Fox Sports booth. That didn't work. Gordon stepped down to run things at Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick fell off from 2016 to 2020,only getting 16 wins during that time. For those that call people a Headrick Motorsports fan and a Joe Gibbs Racing hater. Headrick is better than JGR. I'm not a Headrick Motorsports fan,and I don't like Joe Gibbs Racing either. Gordon and Larson are good and I like Johnson,Byron,and Earnhardt Jr. Chase Elliott may leave Headrick Motorsports for a team like Penske or Roush. Larson may retire by age 39. Who would replace them. We'll never know. Bowman and Byron may leave HMS too. Sam Mayer or Erik Jones could replace someone like Bowman or something. Jeff Gordon,Kyle Larson,Piston Cup Productions,and Lightning McQueen are the GOATS. You can't change my mind.

[@cykablyatman6242]

kyle busch winning on both fucked up legs is stuff of legends (not even an nfl player could do it obviously)

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

2004-Jeff Gordon (It would've been a emotional championship for HMS) 2005-Tony Stewart 2006-Jimmie Johnson 2007-Jeff Gordon (30 Top tens) 2008-Carl Edwards 2009-Jimmie Johnson 2010-Kevin Harvick (RCR's first championship since 1994) 2011-Carl Edwards (Roush's third and final championship) 2012-Brad Keselowski 2013-Jimmie Johnson 2014-Jeff Gordon (Ties Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with seven championships) 2015-Kevin Harvick 2016-Kevin Harvick 2017-Martin Truex Jr 2018-Kyle Busch 2019-Kyle Busch (2019 would've had a championship battle with three drivers on one team) 2020-Kevin Harvick (The real 4-time champion/SHR's third and final championship) 2021-Kyle Larson 2022-Chase Elliott 2023-William Byron (Hendrick would've have 13 championships) 2024 could be Tyler Reedrick

[@KidLatin27]

@@JasonRamme-g9w or Christopher Bell or William Bryon could've been last year's and as a Jeff Gordon fan I would have cried with joy seeing Jeff Gordon won his 5th championship

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

2009 would've been a championship battle with Jeff Gordon,Jimmie Johnson,and Tony Stewart.

[@eggselent9814]

I kinda liked most of the 2022 chase besides the finale. Three of the drivers in the finale had their interesting storyline. Chase Elliott had the best season of his career and in the playoffs he had numerous issues but still found the way to the finale, trying to prove some doubters wrong after being dominated by team mate Larson and having a bit of a "mickey mouse championship" the previous season. Ross Chastain's 2022 season would've been potentially a movie if he won the title, winning with a team in its second season, having never won a race before + his whole antics throughout the season including that hail melon at Martinsville and Christopher Bell was very much proving himself as a real title threat. At several points it looked like he wasn't gonna make it. For a long time he was close to not making the chase before turning up and winning new hampshire. He did the same thing twice in the playoffs at the Charlotte Roval and Martinsville. But then comes Joey Logano. The only uninteresting candidate in the final four who wins.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

We should return to 2004-2013 Format in regards to The Playoff System

[@seannolan9857]

There's three different formats represented there. Top ten in points seeded by points position, top twelve in points seeded by wins and top ten in points seeded by wins, plus two wildcard race winners from 11th-20th. While it sounds like a small difference, it can really effect the final outcome. 2020 best demonstrates this: Joey Logano wins under the 2004 system, Chase Elliott wins under the 2007 format and Kevin Harvick wins under the 2011 format.

[@Jose-Gomez]

NASCAR Needs To Seriously Should. But The Lower Series AKA The NASCAR Xfinity Series And The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, No.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@Jose-Gomez The Playoff System should be Axed in regards to Both Said Series

[@KidLatin27]

​@@NASCARFAN93100that's not gonna happen.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@KidLatin27 Unfortunately

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

Under the 2004-2013 format,Joey Logano would've been a four-time champion. Johnson (7) and Logano (4) would've been amazing. Also Harvick would win 2020,Chartain would win 2022,and Byron would win 2023. But they will never change the format for the next 25 years,and fans will continue to be upset.

[@seannolan9857]

Harvick wins 2020 under the 2011 format, but not under the two previous ones. Logano wins under 2004's system and Chase Elliott under 2007's. I believe that Hamlin wins 2022 under 2011's system, though he'd miss the Chase in the other two formats.

[@richardhogenson594]

Anyone else misses the SPEED CHANNEL?

[@UncleT4life]

Also 2006 when Jimmie beat Kenseth by 56 points, but with full season points it would've been only 4

[@Gooeyburger86]

Yeah we definitely need to bring back the old Chase format. We’ve used this one for a while and it’s barely had any changes and all it does is give us champions who were not the best driver that season

[@noviranger88]

"Best playoff battles" Fails to mention the Hail Melon

[@ryanmorrison3699]

We should give each of the top 3 touring series one of these formats. Give Trucks the playoffs, give Xfinity the OG Chase and give Cup the Wildcard format, for example. Then see which series gets the best ratings and the format with the best ratings/ticket sales gets implemented across the entire spectrum!

[@trevorhintz1290]

Cup Series Points Standings (Full Season Points) 1. Kyle Larson 959 (5 wins) 2. Chase Elliott 958 (1 win) 3. Tyler Reddick 941 (2 wins) 4. Christopher Bell 922 (3 wins) 5. Ryan Blaney 892 (2 wins) 6. William Byron 884 (3 wins) 7. Denny Hamlin 865 (3 wins) 8. Alex Bowman 829 (1 win) 9. Ty Gibbs 818 10. Ross Chastain 806 (1 win) 11. Brad Keselowski 804 (1 win) 12. Martin Truex Jr. 796 13. Chris Buescher 780 (1 win) 14. Bubba Wallace 757 15. Joey Logano 733 (2 wins) 16. Chase Briscoe 665 (1 win) 17. Kyle Busch 658 18. Daniel Suarez 649 (1 win) 19. Austin Cindric 620 (1 win) 20. Carson Hocevar 556 21. Michael McDowell 547 22. Todd Gilliland 546 23. Noah Gragson 504 24. Ryan Preece 493 25. Josh Berry 490 26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 473 27. Austin Dillon 449 (1 win) 28. Daniel Hemric 441 29. Corey LaJoie 437 30. Zane Smith 426 31. Erik Jones 420 32. Justin Haley 418 33. John Hunter Nemechek 386 34. Harrison Burton 362 (1 win) 35. Aj Allmendinger 206 36. Kaz Grala 178 37. Shane Van Gisbergen 108 38. Cody Ware 105 39. Ty Dillon 92 40. BJ McLeod 50 41. Joey Hand 43 42. Anthony Alfredo 41 43. Jimmie Johnson 40 44. Corey Heim 35 45. Parker Retzlaff 32 46. Derek Kraus 32 47. Justin Allgaier 24 48. Austin Hill 23 49. JJ Yeley 21 50. Riley Herbst 20 51. Joey Gase 17 51. David Ragan 17 53. Josh Bilicki 12 54. Josh Williams 11 55. Kamui Kobayashi 8 56. Will Brown 6 57. Juan Pablo Montoya 5 58. Timmy Hill 3 59. Cam Waters 2 60. David Starr 1 60. Chad Finchum 1

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

If Hamlin won Phoenix and finished top 5 at Homestead,he wins the championship over Johnson.

[@mtnpeakcomics]

The hire of Ty Norris will be huge

[@roymcdre9180]

I forgot the 2014 system was still called the chase

[@jareddiamond5133]

2014 - Best 2015 - 50/50 2016 - 50/50 2017 - Best 2018 - 50/50 OR Worst 2019 - Best 2020 - 50/50 2021 - 50/50 2022 - Best OR 50/50 2023 - Best OR 50/50

[@noahsrandomraces4171]

Bros using Pokemon Unite music

[@roymcdre9180]

I just want a system that where the 2020 season ends with Harvick champion, but its close over elliot....

[@mofoprada]

As much as I hate The Chase/Playoff Format, the 2007 & 2015 versions were very compelling in their own way. Nothing will top 2011 in the Playoff Era, but those two seasons were dramatic & entertaining. Objectively, the Winston Cup Era is still the best format.

[@liloneNavii]

I have realized that Tony may actually me mentally different. Idk if its sociopath or psychopath but hes definitely there

[@themindseyecmh]

After watching this I realize that every time nascar changes the playoffs we have a good battle.... but please nascar, don't get any ideas... The plus side to the playoffs is it does create tension and suspense for the championship down to the wire... HOWEVER, imo it can never be as great as an organic points battle ex: 1992.... same applies for NHRA

[@AImpatientMan]

The bad and worst championship playoff battles. Heres some timelines we were robbed of. Matt kenseth winning a second championship by one point. Jeff gordon 7 time champion Kevin harvick 4 time champion Jimmy johnson winning two back to back by 4/6 points respectively Jeff gordon having a better margain of victory than the 98 season for one of his championship Kyle larson winning 13 races but barely clenching a cup by 25 points Carl edwards winning by 323 for a cup KFB back to back champion Screw this stupid gimmicked points format for ruining all these good stories to leave us with only the hail melon(larsons comeback championship season would of happened under a winston format as well)

[@Me181]

The 2023 season made me hate the playoffs as a Byron fan. But atp just leave them wth right

[@noviranger88]

You can't be complaining about the playoffs when your signature game is called CHASE FOR THE CUP. Yeah, I heard that episode of the podcast.

[@ming454]

The best battle was Kenseth vs Logano

[@billfeld5883]

Hard to please us all, however this year we might have a driver that is not a championship quality team 34th in points however he is in the hunt, Stand on the gas Harrison. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GravePrower_VT]

0:03 Logano ruined NASCAR XD

[@Me181]

2023 is just stupid. Just as 2020 best driver gets robbed by some mid ah driver

[@KidLatin27]

2004-best 2005 ok 2006 awesome 2007 Jeff Gordon could've been you champ 2008 should've been Carl Edwards 2009 ok 2010 awesome 2011 fantastic 2012 let's go Brad keslowkeski 2013 50/50 2014 again should've been Jeff Gordon 2015 should've been Dale jr 2016 let's go Jimmie Johnson 2017 Martin truex jr is awesome 2018 thank goodness Joey logano won the piston cup against the big 3 2019 still do like Kyle Busch 2020 let's go chase Elliott 2021 kyle larson rocks 2022 should've been Ross Christian 2023 could've been William byron but i do like ryan blaney.😊

[@marcusvillarreal]

I predict Christopher Bell will win this year's championship in 2024

[@TheBraydenBunch58]

If Larson’s season doesn’t end up like Truex’s 2023 Playoffs run, I’m gonna say he’ll win, But Taco Bell is a decent choice as well.

[@Carsboy95]

Why do you comment stuff like this on so many videos

[@lemonjuicegaming6551]

For fuck sake, stop being a bot.

[@lemonjuicegaming6551]

Shut up

[@seannolan9857]

​@@TheBraydenBunch58Larson will probably make the final four, but if the spring race at Phoenix is anything to go by, it's gonna be a Gibbs or Penske win. Hendrick looked like hot garbage all race.

[@conleycopeland1808]

This is why I like the playoffs the old chase format was predictable and boring for the most part I like having that final race where you have to literally finish ahead of 3 other guys to win the thing it’s unpredictable

[@NASCARfan38-v6n]

The only true way to crown a champ is the full season format