The Story of the Final eNASCAR Championship and Why it Ended in Controversy

[@HeyItsEmilyLove]

The way he talks about his mom supporting and being so excited for him, then realizing she’s not around anymore legit makes me cry. I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad you have great memories to hold on to

[@superninjaracer9971]

Ikr, makes me cry too 😭

[@TylerDohar]

Thank you for sharing this. It lets me relive a couple of awesome years. You did amazing grabbing the stories from both Dan and Justin.

[@AnotherStream]

I don't watch Nascar, I don't watch eRacing events - but your videos have been so compelling and interesting. From the people involved to the events themselves your videos are so well put together. I'm enraptured and honestly learning a lot about the sport/esport. Keep up the fantastic work

[@thinkandrepent3175]

Thank you DJ, the growth and prominence, perhaps the survival of this historically new form of racing, "simracing" depends on the journalism of the sport, as can be seen in real life auto sports, if we can see and hear the competitors stories and let them bear their souls as the person behind the wheel, then we all win, and present the next would-be racer, or race fan, to the beauty of racing, in all it encompasses... the thrills of victory and the agony of defeat, a human endeavor that predates the ancient Greeks and continues to evolve unto the present times and into the future!

[@BobGiaquintoRacing]

This was great. After the console fiasco, Dan joined my league in iRacing. Such a good dude and great competitor

[@5tig_]

Man, this series was... something...

[@sk8erboi55789]

it was, my buddy wowthatsgarbage was in it. We had been playing for years together and he was trying to get me in with him. We did get to hang out though when they came to charlotte for championship weekend for the first season. We had a deal where if one of us was in the other's state, we would hang out. All the racers were really cool too, had raced with a lot of the xbox guys for years so it was cool to put faces to gamertags.

[@Jev6]

@@sk8erboi55789whoooooooooooosh

[@IHJello]

You have a real skill in interviews and documentation

[@easiazyy]

Dude this was an amazing video. I don't know if this is a one shot or you'll do more but this is definitely one of my favorites on your channel

[@jebediahgentry7029]

That's really cool and very classy with what you did at the end of the video. Much respect from me👍

[@tabobbiburnett6740]

Loved the memorial at the end. Lost my mom in 2017 and encourage everyone to enjoy the time you have with them ❤

[@justinkrizenesky]

I've only raced Dan once, but he seemed like a cool dude, if you keep in mind he is still a kid, he's going to make mistakes. Justin on the other hand.... unbelievable driver, but he's two for two either crashing me or putting me in uncomfortable situations, I'll leave it at that 😂 Awesome production as always, Yee!

[@Ryzard]

Interesting given the premise, lol

[@Jrodsly]

Crazy to see Justin Brooks in this video. I go way back with him in the NR2003 community, so to see him still carrying his skill to different games is awesome. He's been bad fast as long as I've known him.

[@michaelbayne2315]

the GOAT as far as I'm concerned.

[@ArturoDrives]

Love this channel, Dj Yee J’s voice is just perfect for this

[@David_Bell3939]

I remember around 8 years ago racing and having fun with MrTrackBar on the console. We had a blast. Great to see Justin racing on Iracing. He is good enough I believe to make it the Coke Series. Great content, just found your channel through NWP. Eric, DannyB and The Iceberg.👍

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

got love a format that rewards a championship to a driver who won 4 races vs a driver who won 7, based off one race

[@Ryzard]

Nascar's own IRL formats are arguably way worse lmao, its wild.

[@optimalpowersimracing6625]

@@Ryzard I'm aware... and thats why the NASCAR broadcast are so bad nowadays, there is no narrative or story line... its the same every week, win and your in & lets talk about mediocrity, who's 16th in points and has no business fighting for a title

[@DarrenPaul]

Sounds like NASCAR

[@nsahandler]

That makes it the most realistic NASCAR series lololol

[@jackhammerjt]

Would love if we got more parts, with some more Heat Pro League Drivers,, learn about their respective experiences with their teams at the time and how it all went down hill, been wanting to do something like this for a while personally 🙏 This was absolutely enjoyable to watch 👏

[@DJYeeJay]

The downfall of nascar heat could be an hour long video on its own haha

[@jackhammerjt]

@@DJYeeJay That would be intriguing 🤔

[@TylerDohar]

​@DJYeeJay I'm always down to share my experiences! Especially now the MSG is out of NASCAR, I can speak a bit more on my pro league experiences, experience with JRM directly and the disaster of Ignition. Obviously, the eNHPL was very niche but if there's people who want to listen, I'm willing to speak!

[@DiegoAlvaradoRacing]

Second this

[@alecwenger4579]

you deserve way more subs. awesome video as usual i love these sim racing documentaries

[@CaseyMasser]

It was awesome to reminisce on their rivalry! Sucks I only got too witness it 1st hand for the last few races of season 2. I can still remember my reaction to what happened at Bristol like it was yesterday.

[@johnelectric933]

Great story and love your format. I used to work at a track once a month. What always impressed me was, even the real car racers, the people that had to pay to race and maintain their cars, had the same attitude "it's just racing". If a racer didn't have a spare of a broken part, word would get around by itself and someone would come up with one.

[@brunofrancischine5171]

Used to commentate a F1 League with Dan back in 2018. Was crazy to see his rise in the Pro League haha good times

[@NASCARDAWGYT]

Racing with Daniel in some leagues on iracing now as a part time teammate, it’s interesting seeing his story from this perspective.

[@DukeTheRebel]

Dan is a very class act guy I raced with him For a while and he was fast, especially on F1.

[@jordanblodgett7978]

Just raced with him last week in iRacing, and he seemed to be quite quick.

[@JaceHale09]

Brooks also has his own car design company that looks really sick!😊

[@NO-VlCE]

I swear people just make lore videos on anything these days..... I'm kinda here for it.

[@nihontiger]

Great work as always, Justin. Dan is a regular over in FTF running for the Project 42 team. He's as fast as ever and just won the most recent race at Kansas.

[@therealpoody7485]

What a great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@rustywalrus]

Thank you for sharing this

[@KVoegs]

One of the leagues of all time

[@dirtycrocket4104]

Favorite new channel, true high quality content

[@sladegravitt8721]

Ay got some camera time 😂. Great video nonetheless, loved competing with these two & battling with them back in 20’.

[@kevinmanufan28]

Very nice touch at the end of the video

[@wordburton7714]

Will never forget where I was when the 30,000 dollar door happened. Screaming my lungs out for Dan. Thought the speeding penalty at Michigan was all she wrote but god was on his side. Kid deserved and deserves all the success he’s had. Couldn’t ask for a better friend!

[@RED4424]

Amazing video man! Was a hell of a time for sure.

[@xPORKYxZR1x]

It was amazing to be apart of the first season, it was awesome to be a fan for the second season. That all around experience was just amazing. Im sure with iracing’s game in 2025 that they will have their own version of this for console.

[@colinstiles9424]

i used to sim races against Justin a little in those 2008-09 NR03 days, crazy how small the sim racing community can be sometimes

[@Racinrasslinfan36]

Great video I played heat 4 and 5 regularly but didn’t know about the controversies here

[@JaceHale09]

I race in a league with Justin brooks now and he kicks ass

[@Adamwinters]

It’s Bristol, baby. At Night. Embrace the Bump n’ Run!

[@lemon9804]

Incredible video DJ

[@DukeTheRebel]

I remember how much of a mess this series looked like back then. Heat just did not have the right multiplayer component for an esports league imo. The physics for multiplayer racing were just a mess compared to iRacing or even the Eutechnyx games. If y’all know what I’m talking about.

[@OpBrix]

I love these vids, so fun to watch

[@RacingStockCar33]

I have done a LOT of local nascar sim racing and I also did some GranTursimo sport racing since 2018

[@atlantisfromtheinternet]

Man, I literally started up Heat 5 a couple of days ago and said ‘huh, that sure happened’

[@cleanculture8286]

What a great mom, sad to hear of her loss. She was only 50 😔

[@breadperez]

great video as always

[@DJYeeJay]

@@breadperez Thanks Brad!! I appreciate it

[@andrewsmith7367]

I like watching . It got me interested in sim racing again.I now race in rfactor 2. Great video very interesting.

[@rynosraceroom66]

Props to Donna for loving what her kid loved ! Great content . Thx YJ 🤘🏻🏁

[@MattBaumgartner618]

Cool video!

[@junior37390]

amazing video man

[@NozFoxGaming]

Great video Justin

[@Drifter982]

Being I've known Brooks since 2010 and talked to his mom, that ending had me tearing up a good bit. She was an awesome lady. Justin, she's still there bro and still cheering you on in everything you do, you hear it deep in your heart and soul.

[@RipperYouTubeOfficial]

Great video bruh

[@Myrvold]

I really don't care at all about esport... Like... I don't watch it, I would rather play some friendly stuff myself etc. I still watch the documentary-style stuff you make though. It's just worth it! :D

[@zanetti20]

That was awesome. I get to drive in teat sessions almost every week with dan since hes a part of the team that epi partnered with for setups and ot just amazes me how hes able to drive so fast and maintain his speed long run im learning from him and the other faat guys a lot. Hes such a good kid and doesnt mind helping when he can

[@TChapman500Gaming]

Motorsports Games saves the day! And ruins 2 whole franchises in the process.

[@SoberHighDrunk]

On the verge of ruining WEC also. They had a indycar game going which didn’t even get off the ground.

[@antz350]

Pretty cool video man.

[@gh0stm0nst3r6]

Be proud of those tears Donna the GOAT Mom. RIP Great vid

[@Waka69520]

Cough cough time was wild. And so fun for online gamers!!!

[@sk8erboi55789]

Honestly i feel 2009 was the best one. The pack racing was awesome, needed setups to be competitive, you could actually trigger wrecks by touching in the wrong spot. I honestly think it was one of the best console nascar games.

[@Metal_junk]

I remember trying out for that series, I ended up top 80 most of the time but there were a lot of really quick guys.

[@nsahandler]

In the words of a great man: "Rubbing is racing." The only thing keeping it from having the real drama of an actual NASCAR race was the two dudes swinging on one-another for the deliberate hit.

[@Tunda2]

The pro league lives!!!! Shout out LinedCone!

[@gzaos]

Rip mom, 50 years is too young.

[@Swagzilla90]

These guys on GT7 would be excellent.

[@danny__dimes6606]

It sucks to hear Dan talking about him getting less iRacing time because of work. I feel like Racing eSports needs to have higher pools. It's the only form of eSports based off an actual sport that is as close to playing that sport as you can get.

[@rambo_r3239]

I've been doing top leagues on f1 for years and I always regretted not doing this, could've done really well as these guys weren't on the same level as others, like I racing drivers

[@JustinCollier-rd4fs]

only the real ones remember when Ray Afala, Michael Conti, Adam Gililand and Nick Ottinger were going head to head

[@BornIn1500]

Last one was in 2020... "OMG it was the last one ever!". Kind of ridiculous, don't you think?

[@e93sports80]

Just subbed

[@Racer59Productions]

30:28 dirty dan 😂😂😂

[@brandonduenas30]

My condolences brother 🙏

[@YouTubeAuditor1]

I remember when this was around, I raced with and beat some of these guys in the qualifying lobbies. There's about three or four really skilled players that were in that league, and the rest were essentially just content creators to advertise the game. The reality is that most of these players are just plain average, except theyre unemployed and spend 60 hours a week grinding the game.

[@JeremyLeech]

I was here for the OG thumbnail

[@DJYeeJay]

@@JeremyLeech there were 2 that were being A/B tested and they both performed almost identically lol

[@JeremyLeech]

@@DJYeeJay hey we’ve all done it 😂 great video btw! Love this type of content you’re putting out.

[@YoSuey]

Toolchest for a dresser is peak investment tech.

[@RyanLikens]

W video by the goat iRacing content creator

[@TrailBlazer5280]

idk its really hard to take a side here. Two guys driving hard, some bumping which is totally acceptable and ok he got past. The video makes it look like hes swerving up to push him out toward the wall and yeah that is not cool. But if the replays are not accurate maybe not. Either way, there was no crash only some hard driving and thats just the way it goes. Gotta be a killer to be a winner.

[@punktalley]

What's the 80 +5 laps? Is that 85 laps or did they run 80 laps if no cautions on the last laps to finish under green and if a caution came out on last laps have 5 lap overtime?

[@Sheppardd]

hey its justin

[@ArturoDrives]

The davinci resolve 18 goes crazy

[@pinga858]

Glitch text transition will always be cool lol

[@jordanbane7233]

Trackbarrr filled his car full of fuel on the last stop and I think that’s why Dan was able to get to him even more so than the rear “damage” theory. Keeping the car lighter on fuel made a big difference in Heat. Anyways, fun watch.

[@EpicDemonHunter]

Don’t forget NR night in America for Dan

[@littlemuffin943]

im so hopping the Iracing nascar game will be good, i think it will be if its going to be a seriouse sim game it will be its taking that step back to dumb it down a bit for the consoles is what im worried about

[@dabrooskie8585]

Gonna have to disagree w Dan and think he was definitely the one driving too aggressive at the end

[@jaguarusf]

10:45 Hey that's me! Lol

[@DJYeeJay]

Nice hahaha ya I was just looking for high quality heat 3 footage

[@jaguarusf]

@@DJYeeJay Well thanks for the "high quality" comment!

[@serfwallace]

Imagine casually driving in a league you think nothing of and suddenly being called by some professional real life racing team.

[@AllanFidlerMusic]

The Heat games were not that great compared to Inside Line and Nascar 08. Very excited for Iracing to release the new Nascar game next year!

[@yungsagegaming8577]

Waitaminuate, how can you speed on pit road in a Heat game, or am I missing something?

[@yungsagegaming8577]

Also on a different note, neither of their cars even exist in NASCAR anymore

[@torak_34]

probably on pit entry

[@noone7206]

Dude are you trying to become the Thorin (e-Sports Historian) of Racing e-Sports

[@Z64sports]

If Evolution-3 really was built on Dirt to Daytona they would have been better games imo

[@loganboone8852]

Yeah I'm not buying it if it's $70. This is the reason why game studios that are selling $70-$100 games are shitting the bed and $30-$450 indie titles are thriving. And September gets them the Black Friday/ Christmas sells while the game is still relevant. The logic that raising the price will make the game look better is the same dumb logic that has caused big games such as COD to lose their player base. It's better to sell a cheaper game and sell dlc for the game otherwise all future dlc would need to be free for it to be worth an obsurd price tag

[@bentacc9217]

Bud what are you on about rn?

[@nohud6233]

They need to make a movie out of this

[@littlemuffin943]

dirt to daytona was one of the BEST!

[@Pvt.punchy]

hell of a video

[@williammaurice7206]

EA is poison. Competition is good in the gaming industry. Yea, charlotte coka cola 600 is usually unbearably hot. esports isn't as easy to jump into now for people who aren't full time online. It's tough to maintain the practice needed if you have a day job. What is that bracket stuff? They made a playoff thing like that silly chase?

[@pipper2281]

The heat pro league was the most embarrassing thing ive ever seen

[@platypinetwork]

Why was it on heat 4 when heat 5 was active?

[@ryanbarry4393]

It's a Sim, not a Game

[@DJYeeJay]

Top tier Brian Berry comment

[@RiCkSliK14]

This is only the Xbox side of the story, where’s PS side of the series?? They had some strong drivers on that side too.

[@littlemuffin943]

i didnt like how the nascar heat E series had such a grip on social media and camera presence thats when i droped out i qualified to get into the pool races and said nope i just want to race and it needs to be all skill based not how your social media is and what you were like on cam.

[@miggsgoes]

I am going to be honest with you, in my own humble opinion without being sentimental of course, without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter from a distinctive perspective, I would like to say I have nothing to say. 😎