The Worst NASCAR All Star Race: Texas 2022

The NASCAR All Star race was once one of the most prestegious events on the schedule, but recent lackluster races have left many wondering if it's even worth keeping around. And in 2022, the event epitomized everything wrong with the All Star Race and it was so bad they changed the venue completely.
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[@DennyDeliversYT]

ironic and poetic how North Wilkesboro is now taking away Texas’ all star race date for next year… 💀

[@Chase9WG]

Rare NASCAR W

[@erikscherer22]

@@Chase9WG Not so rare anymore. Been a lot of W's for them the past few years.

[@GreatCdn59]

@@Chase9WG even a broken clock is right twice a day lol

[@Tmccreight25Gaming]

Hopefully TMS loses its other dates soon enough

[@braydenfletcher8159]

Really? Is this the first time someone has pointed that out?

[@cctitansfan]

Slapshoes talking about this year's all star race was more enjoyable then watching the race itself.

[@JonathanGaeta]

I know right. This year’s All Star Race was bad, every time I was watching it I was saying “please end this shit show already” until it got to the point I just turned it off. Hopefully next year’s will be better since it’s returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway replacing Texas. This is what I call a big Uno reverse.

[@jerredwayne8401]

Absofuckinglutely

[@Debilitator47]

I don't watch racing in general, but I kind of love these exposes talking about them, breaking the down into talking about the whys, hows, whos, and wheres of racing, more than the racing itself.

[@damarfadlan9251]

@@JonathanGaeta more like big UNO death card.

[@HekateMGO]

I don’t even watch NASCAR at all, but I love this dude’s videos.

[@VictorELayne77]

This man is single-handedly responsible for my current crippling NASCAR addiction. Thanks Slap!

[@Mentally_Will]

How addicted are we talking?

[@VictorELayne77]

@@Mentally_Will I have a “Slapshoes Rabbit Hole Playlist” that I have in the background while I play racing games and when I sleep. “Green flag. Green flag. Clear clear clear. Up top. Right at your door.” Whoops sorry caught me in a moment there. Wait you’re not my therapist?!”😂

[@lukelyall5879]

@@VictorELayne77 bro

[@kid_umi]

relatable

[@carnivaltriumphhh3604]

this guy and the stuff from emplemon

[@uAaronn]

Slapshoes is like monthly Santa Claus, holy cow these videos are fun to watch.

[@mikemeltzer8398]

Exactly!

[@jakejonas7366]

Always quality

[@JonathanGaeta]

I like you mentioned Santa since we are already heading into the Christmas season

[@VaticalliX]

except S1ap doesn't just come out once a year

[@craigsmith9643]

@@VaticalliX yea, maybe 6 times... better then nothing though.. I wish he was like that eric dude and was around every week

[@mattr.8470]

It's funny that you mentioned safety, you can clearly see on the final restart and after Blaney actually won that his windownet was down. Can you imagine if he got into a wreck, something we see all the time at the end of all star races, with his windownet down? Like you said, NASCAR could've just called the race They could've let Blaney come down pit road and have his crew fix it without losing position They could've done anything other than what they did.

[@RacekorStuff]

With the containment seats, the window net doesn’t keep the guy’s head in the car like it used to. It’s more to keep debris from flying in. That said, I agree they should have let him put it up.

[@nishitjogi676]

I have never been so excited to watch a NASCAR history video this much. The story telling is just out of this world

[@JonathanGaeta]

Same. This was the first All Star race where I was like “Please just end this already” where it was at a point I just stopped watching this year’s All Star Race. We know next year’s All Star Race will be legendary as it’s gonna be at North Wilkesboro Speedway, replacing Texas talk about an Uno reverse.

[@andrewmeyer4124]

@@JonathanGaeta The only worry is the Next-Gen's being terrible on short tracks. I hope they run the Bristol Dirt package for it

[@user-fp2uu4nb2t]

the watch emp lemon

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Clicked on this faster than NASCAR hit the caution switch that night

[@RailsofForney]

XDDDDDDD

[@GaijinBaseball]

The thing about it re-enforcing stereotypes really is true man. I feel your pain. Being a fan of Japanese baseball, I finally got my friends to get up at 5 am and watch the Japan Series with me, Game 3 had been an extremely fun back-and-forth between the Tokyo Swallows and Osaka Buffaloes that felt like a 9 round prize fight, and all three had been very entertaining up to that point. Game 4... 1-0 Buffaloes. Thankfully some of my friends are baseball people so we could appreciate some masterful pitching but... holy fuck I felt so bad. Luckily I also got them to watch Game 5 with me and that was a fun one, walk-off third deck homer and everything. NASCAR's always had a special place in my heart, but yeah... it's not fun to see the direction the sport has headed since I was a little kid in the mid-00s, I just wish somebody saw sense and catered to what the hardcore actually want, not "muh wide appeal" that appeals to no one.

[@JonathanGaeta]

Same. It kinda sucks being a NASCAR fan, I grew up with NASCAR in the early 2000’s

[@blueredlover1060]

That Guardians Rays game he had clipped I listened to since the bottom of the third. That was a special shirt if torture.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I've noticed that F1 manages to somehow do this to themselves. They call Monaco the "crown jewel" on the season and it's their most famous race. In the US it's one of two races that are on ABC instead of ESPN. If non-F1 fans are going to watch a race it'll probably be that one given all the hoopla around it. The problem is that the Monaco Grand Prix is the worst, most boring race on the F1 calendar, especially from the perspective of a casual fan. Even hardcore fans like me, who can appreciate the kind of skill it takes to race at Monaco, think the race sucks. The track is way too narrow and the cars are too big so it's almost impossible to pass. In the final laps of this years race the top 4 cars were bunched up nose to tail but the track killed any possible intruige about who would win. We knew the cars can't pass so they could have done 100 laps like that and the running order never would have changed.

[@TheAlpharam]

As a big dirt guy there's been plenty of times I've taken someone to what should've been a completive race at a decently racy track with a decent sized touring series only for a one lap rubber train fest to break out

[@EFFEZE]

@@BiggieTrismegistus I agree completely. Monaco has to stay on the calendar. But they can alter the track to adapt to the cars now being much wider and longer than before. The barriers could be set back a bit at least in a fair bit of the course. And the chicane after the tunnel could be opened up to allow passing. Same with the first corner. It used to be much less tight so cars could get along side with drs to pass. But they talking about taking Monaco, spa, and France off the calander for more tilker designed crap in the middle East etx

[@JacobNascar]

My favorite part of the race was once the caution came out before Blaney crossed the finish line it was Clint Bowyer: "I don't even know what to say." Mike Joy: *puts on his Mr Potato angry eyes "I do, but I won't"

[@dracoarton94]

The irony of North Wilkesboro taking a date from Texas reminds me of a quote from AcceleRacers. "Wisdom is a circle. What you recieve, you must give back." Texas took a date from North Wilkesboro in 1997, and is forced to give it back 26 years later.

[@Raptorking18]

The lord giveth and the lord taketh

[@phillipstafford2410]

I almost forgot about the Chastain bush crash, amazing to think Chastain is now in contention for the championship in the final race, and not out with Injury, especially after the year he's had

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

The amazing thing is that move he pulled off to get into the final four. The first time I saw it my brain had a hard time believing what I was watching was real. It looked like a real life video game glitch.

[@HemiSlant6828]

Ross Chastain is the current embodiment of Chaotic Neutral.

[@BuddyWright93]

I feel like this video was a very heartfelt apology to S1ap’s father.

[@RailsofForney]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@Cmc1976]

Proud to have attended an event that would be turned into a Slapshoes video. A true honor

[@PyroBun_2844]

And later on in the season, TMS once again proved that it’s an unserious racetrack and it’s that needs to be converted into a Walmart. Very poetic that Wilks is taking TMS place as the ASR.

[@andysee6996]

Or it could torn down and replaced with a North Wilkesboro or Rockingham clone. Big Hoss could be moved to the new backstretch.

[@caseysmith544]

@@andysee6996 yes or even worse they go stupid and force it to be the death trap of the paved Langhorne Speedway but with safer barrier as NASCAR seems to be wanting a death to bring back the 2000--2007 era of top peak levels, sorry but the playoffs are doing this now dropping people as is the current car, change the playoffs to a no cut with set to 0 and wins being what ever and stage wins whatever points the top in NASCAR want and then only then will people return as well as fix the car safety but not to the one IROC car that was too thin in the design and cost a driver the use of his legs.

[@Dratchev241]

@@andysee6996 or we just bring back the real north wilkesboro and rockingham.

[@andysee6996]

@@Dratchev241 That might make the area oversaturated with tracks. NASCAR already goes to Martinsville, Charlotte, and Darlington all twice a year

[@Dratchev241]

@@andysee6996 it wasn't a problem before, it wouldn't be a problem now.

[@eagflc]

I can sympathize with your dad. Your channel and Black Flags Matter have become my sources for NASCAR entertainment. I love the sport, but all the changes, good and bad, I've lost confidence in the product NASCAR puts out.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Indycar and F1 are my favorite series but I watch a lot of all kinds of racing. I've tried to get into NASCAR over the past few years but I just can't for some reason. Given the obvious decline in popularity and comments like yours it seems like the series lost something but I can't put my finger on what exactly that is. I hate the playoffs but the sport still managed to maintain its popularity for a while when that format was brought in. What happened to NASCAR seems to mirror what happens in professional wrestling from time to time. Sometimes the stars the align just right and pro wrestling experiences a huge increase in its popularity but then after awhile all those new fans drift away until only the hardcore remain. I seen that cycle twice in my lifetime so maybe NASCAR will make a similar comeback at some point in the future.

[@eagflc]

@@BiggieTrismegistus I really enjoy F1 but I am new to watching it. When I started to watch NASCAR, early 2000's. When NASCAR was at its peak popularity. NASCAR would poke fun at F1, the automotive racing done by young rich playboys, and NASCAR is the "down home racers, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. As examples, but now it's turned into what they said they weren't. Not all the drivers, the new up and comers though are. Where I lost interest in NASCAR was when Jimmie Johnson retired. I know he went to Indy car and followed a little. But Jimmie kept me invested in NASCAR, but they had made so many changes, almost annually. Now change can be good. If you don't change then you're destined to fade away. It was how often a change or changes were made. Something you like or dislike, maybe gone next season. You don't get to learn to like it or dislike it. I heard in a class, that if a currency keeps changing, people lose faith in it. That's why currencies stay pretty much the same. I think the same can be said for NASCAR and wrestling. New points systems, new regulations, different engine packages at different tracks. I've said a couple of times, "Man, I like (insert rule change). I wonder how long they will keep it." That's where I lost confidence and investment in NASCAR. To those that are passionate and love the sport today, that's awesome and great. For me the sport is on life support but I hope one day it will pull through.

[@terskatti4994]

Black Flags Matter is pro black racist

[@justlucky8254]

Same. They've managed to create some gimmicks that never should've been tried. Unfortunately, my beloved sports of supercross/motocross have started dabbling in their own gimmicks. Well, supercross at least. Motocross has managed to stay sane so far. Still, combining the two series together this year is one more thing they are trying to do "differently". Time will tell for everything, I suppose.

[@aarontalksculture4946]

North Wilkesboro snatched the All-Star race from Texas like Chastain snatched Hamlin's championship hopes. 🤣

[@jeremeymcdude]

You ask why people watched 50's dirt track nascar? They supported their local speedway and usually watched the weekly racing there. Plus you hear the "Big Series" is gonna be in town usually puts more people in the seats. theres a reason small town dirt tracks have plenty of fans still going to watch.

[@TheIceberg]

Yeah the open race started beer o’clock for me that night. I don’t care to admit how bad it got by the finish.

[@GetBenched2010]

When S1appy is sorry you had to see this, you NEED to see this.

[@RailsofForney]

“S1appy” Nice job with your 40-points scrabble word there.

[@Imspammedout]

Holy crap. I was at this race. It is the ONLY motorsports race I've ever attended, and I had a blast. Yeah, the ending was weird as shit. I remember talking to strangers in the stands for a moment when no one knew what the hell was going on. But after watching NFL double down on so many mistakes, I actually appreciated the admission of error, even if it was too little too late.

[@craigstephenson7676]

Races are so fun, by far the best sporting events I’ve been to. I went to my first 2 races this year. And the fall Talladega race in particular was super fun. I’m definitely going back there in May and then in October and so on for as long as I live in Alabama

[@hudsboy1049]

If S1ap were to do another top 10 worst NASCAR calls, this would be #1.

[@edd17sp74]

Always love your videos, Slap, and I think it’s funny that you ended this by saying “I’m sorry you had to watch this.” Dude, I’m sorry you had to be *at* this race. At least I got to watch this snore fest from my couch.

[@mikemeltzer8398]

If I'm honest I'm not a big NASCAR fan, but your videos are awesome! Your narration/sarcasm is fantastic! I look forward to these videos, they really are good! Rock on brother!!!

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Same. I'm a fan of Indycar and F1 and barely follow NASCAR, but I love the videos of Mr. Shoes.

[@Zeakthecat]

im not a big sports fan, or motorsports fan in general. outside of formula drift, and maybe some xgames stuff, i could care less, and i rarely watch anything else outside of a kentucky basketball game with my mom whos a huge big blue fan. i joke with her about being a tn vols fan, but in reality it seem the bit of competition seems to make her happy. literally outside of all of that, i don't really care. but slapshoes is a talented content creator who NASCAR should hire with 0 BS in the contract, just a honest to god hiring contract. and i bet if NASCAR gave a damn about safety and ratings, they probably wouldn't care about what wall street says, they'll poll the audience and drivers and gain feedback on where they could improve.

[@SGTGAGE]

I watched this race live on tv and my grandpa was asleep as kyle busch was leading the 2nd stage and i nearly jumped out of my chair when i saw Ross chastain almost flip his car and grandpa kinda woke up and just fell asleep after the caution came out lol

[@tylerhernandez5207]

Slap is sorry for making us watch this, I'm sorry for him having to make this because NASCAR messed up

[@mustpotato41]

Even the worst driver in the top division: cuts to multiple Quinn Houff moments 😂

[@tofikhabie9193]

I click so quick when I see a slapshoes upload it’s crazy

[@cunever]

The wait for your videos is always worth the time: great topics, marvelously told!

[@llmkursk8254]

Silver lining, North Wilksboro is coming back. This is my first time hearing the news, but it excites me all the same considering the history you’ve told of the track.

[@KonwTheTrut]

I kinda like how you have Everything at the End of Time playing in the background. It’s quite the masterpiece.

[@UntiltedName]

My grandpa took me to most of those 90s all star races. Good times. We lived about 45 min away from there. I still live that close to it but haven't been to a race since high school (so, 2001). holy shit the north wilkesboro stole the race from texas next year? lmao, I may may do like you did and drag my dad to it.

[@Blitz4824]

Don't you love it when your favorite KZbinr uploads the day after you watch some of his vids

[@ashkechum101]

As a race fan in Dallas this track needs to be reformatted. There’s a huge market here and I’d hate to lose this track but it’s not helping itself rn

[@Jose-Gomez]

Back To The Original 1999-2016 Configuration.

[@ashkechum101]

@@Jose-Gomezor do what atlanta did and make it a superspeedway

[@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo]

It's been a while s1ap, nice to see you back!!

[@craigstephenson7676]

I feel like despite all the issues, this year could be a turn for the better for Nascar. You and Emplemon, and the Next-Gen car got me back into Nascar, and it’s been super fun. I went to my first two races this year, Atlanta in July and Talladega in October. Talladega in particular was one of the highlights of my year. Last week‘s hail melon was probably this generation’s 1979 Daytona 500, and I think it will bring a surge of interest into the sport. I never thought I’d go back to liking racecars so much, but here I am.

[@tsholts5173]

I'm kinda going down the same path as your dad (and frankly, mine as well). I've just found myself picking and choosing which races I wanna watch every year now. I've already abandoned the playoffs (grew up with the Chase and I realize how bad that was as well), I gave new Atlanta a chance and they ruined it, not giving the street course a chance, and next year will be the first time I watch the AS race in a few years. Loved the use of "It's just a burning memory"

[@cyprusgaming.]

12:13 I had the exact same worries for that to happen with my friend since I finally got him to come over to watch nascar. First race was Homestead and the second one was Martinsville last week. So happy he didn't watch either Texas one first lmao

[@Cole2OO5]

I didn’t really like the idea of the All-star race being at Texas, but this just showed it’s the final nail in then coffin for having a second date. As well as the proof that it pretty much is a tire killer

[@connorbingel7134]

Slap seems to be taking some inspiration from emplemon in the best way possible. I think he is probably the best nascar youtuber for new fans

[@flynnzone70]

After listening to these series of events, I can comfortably put this on the same level as the Hell in A Cell Match between Rollins and The Fiend from 2019 (Iconic event that was watered down over the years, and a baffling call at the end that pissed everyone off)

[@rockypc24]

I was there. I was standing in Ryan Blaney's pit box and as the white flag flew and he took the checkered, I was all like "Did the caution come out?" Everyone was celebrating on the crew but a NASCAR official came up and was all like "We aren't done put everything back" Everyone looked like they just saw a ghost. When Blaney had his window net down, I was all like "Wait a second! He can't do that!" I think one of the sponsor reps was all like "shh shhhh" It was one thing I will always remember about an otherwise unmemorable race. Infact you can see me at 16:45 in my Sonic Youth Shirt.

[@epiceevee325]

Are you the one furthest to the right?

[@rockypc24]

Correct@@epiceevee325

[@Planefan1000]

@@epiceevee325 If you look to the right (next to the man with a red shirt), you can just about see a man with a black shirt that says "SONIC YOUTH" with the logo on it. He's cut off by the video border

[@seancassidy795]

I’m an Indycar/F1 fan from the Midwest, and I have an admission. I used to be a racing elitist. Anything less than the pinnacle of open wheel or prototypes was inferior sporting, with nothing being lower than stockcars. However, during Covid I began watching more racing related KZbin, and ended up with a Slap video in my recommendeds. Totally changed my outlook on the sport, and it helped grow me as a racing fan.

[@bluengold3443]

GIGAS1AP IS BACK WE'VE MISSED YOU KING

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

Its the perfect microcasm of how nascar have just made themselves worse and worse

[@pedroneves4465]

Watching your takes on Nascar is always a treat. You single-handedly (alright, maybe Black Flags Matter also had his part) made my interest in the sport peak. Can't wait for a video on *that* move by Ross.

[@bhumiriady]

Welcome back to YT, S1ap! Also, I really enjoyed this video so much.

[@tangydiesel1886]

Sad part is, every time I talk with someone from Texas, all I hear is how TMS is "the best track in the world" but none of those people go that live in the dfw area. I think KC gets about the same attendance as tms, despite dfw having 3-4x the population.

[@stewpuddy4161]

Every time I forget that awful underglow someone reminds me of it.

[@BiTi3030]

The potential was there. And then they made it manufacture specific. That ruined it for me.

[@t.r2603]

North Wilksboro by May!?! They must be using the Army Corps of Engineers to get that place back up and running so quickly!

[@snoman003]

Love your cynical, REALISTIC, analysis of the sport. Ironically, I end up watching more of your posts, than I do of actual current NASCAR.

[@AK-NERFER]

North Wilkesboro was a great race to watch

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

I'm still kicking myself over the Chastain crash. I was intending to do a cool pan shot of Kyle leading until I noticed how off the pace he was. Then I started clicking the camera to capture the moment. Not realizing I didn't change the shutter settings in time. Yeah, the Dale Jr. bump was nice but the photo could've been much better. Also, it was a rough weekend being at Texas. Lost my main Instagram account and had to build my reputation all over again from scratch. So yeah, worst ASR indeed.

[@joshuapboston1999]

How did I know you were going to post this down? This truly was the worst All-Star Race ever. Their first mistake was selecting Texas of all places! Poor officiating by the sanctioning body, a horrible track to race at, and a huge wreckfest by pretty much everybody... It's enough to drive a Madman crazy! Thank goodness we have North Wilkesboro returning to the schedule as the All-Star Race next year. It might be one of the best yet.

[@jasonbone7033]

S1ap, Your content is always entertaining! Way more than that awful race! NASCAR has got their hands full of issues to fix.

[@ahogg5960]

I had the exact same problem when I took my then girlfriend (now wife) to a cricket game. Short form Twenty20 game... goes about as long as a baseball game does. Usually these games are very exciting, lots of action. This one... wasn't. We get to the innings break and as the players run off the field, she turns to me and says, "Is that it? Are we done? Can we go home now?" I say, "Nope we're only halfway." The look of defeat on her face is something I'll never forget. The rest of the game was a complete blowout and she spent the second innings reading a book.

[@kamfoss8972]

I absolutely "love" the fact that all of the problems with NASCAR pretty much revolve around Bruton Smith. That man was cancer to the sport!

[@coryshannon3815]

An idea to fix any race at Texas Motor Speedway: Royal Rumble race. Start off with two cars, then every three laps, and new car enters the race, until the whole field is in. Race goes to 120 laps (since the last car would enter at lap 114), and no segments in it. It'd be a sh*tshow, but it sound like TMS races have become one, so it can't be any worse.😂

[@GetBenched2010]

I'm still trying to figure out who auto racing has never gone over in Texas.

[@GaughanGirl77]

Not gonna lie, I'm kinda like your dad in that I've fallen out of following nascar closely like I used to (for many reasons), but your videos are always still super enjoyable. Thank you for helping me to remember something I used to love during what's been a few very rough years.

[@3bar]

Your videos are the only NASCAR related thing that I look forward to. I might put a race on for no other reason than background noise when I'm puttering around the house, but that in itself is a rare occasion.

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

Glad to see S1apshoes remembered his KZbin password

[@danracerboy24]

Slapshoes i love your videos please keep em coming!! Gotta wait too long for new videos to come out cant wait for the next ones

[@fordenginebuildersv8power184]

Great to see you posting again!

[@ASimpsonsfanaticforBurns]

I will never forget this race, I watched it on TV, and remember going "WTH!" when they announced the race wasn't over.

[@robertwagner5873]

Omg... can't believe you're back. Love your channel. PLEASE do more content

[@jaredkinneyjr]

Emp Lemon's videos are some of the best pieces of art, video, storytelling I have EVER witnessed in my life. Award Winning, there is no doubt!

[@jakejonas7366]

Great video man! Been subbed for a long time now but you always bring high quality content and it’s appreciated. So many KZbinrs do the very basic to throw videos out so quick but you always put good stuff out. Thanks for that man.

[@storyracing387]

Missed your videos dude! Hope all is well and we can end this season better than it started!! 🔥🤘 Great job as always! I recently took a trip to ol NC. Got to visit the HoF, SHR, Trackhouse, and HMS. Next time I'll go visit some more!

[@matthewpuleo9307]

The king had returned! Missed ya slap

[@chase8572]

nice touch to use everywhere at the end of time as the background music lmao

[@garyclarkiii730]

The Emplemon reference was kino

[@CharlesB9496]

May 22 was by far the worst day of my life. I lost 2 people who were close to me. I didn't hear about the race until a few days after. I watched it through swollen and blurry vision in a hospital, and even then, it was a shortened "highlights" kind of replay on Fox sports 1. I was hoping to at least see a fantastic next gen show on an intermediate. I was incredibly disappointed. But I didn't even know about the last lap stuff until I got my hands on a laptop and logged into twitter later. So yeah...fuck this race.

[@rileywillis7621]

Hell yea, Welcome back! Great video

[@SamuelH]

I missed you S1ap. Please make more content

[@keriwilson2003]

Another great vid mate, keep it up 🤙🤙

[@JunohNebula]

It's ironic I've recently come into posession of the Maxx Cards set for the 1992 All Star Race shortly before this. This video definitely restored my repressed memory of this race. Both my Dad and I were incredibly baffled at the call to do the finish all over again. Crazy the difference of 30 years in a Sports ey?

[@HVYgrandrapids]

So glad to have another Slapshoes video, been too long!

[@christianwitte9208]

Nobody does the lead up to get anyone up to speed with the context than S1ap. Amazing job and I can’t wait for North Wilksboro next year!

[@KCS4LifeOFFICIAL]

I was just watching this channel yesterday hoping for a new upload 🔥🔥🔥🔥 wake up and boom its here

[@OGpenguinBTW]

I'm so happy that North Wilkesboro is back this made my day being sick better

[@ItsNothin]

Great Video! I distinctly remember watching this race on TV shouting at it in disbelief. I went to bed that night so pissed at NASCAR for what they did. But.. It is what it is! Im just glad the all star race has found a (hopefully) good home for the foreseeable future

[@TheCamSays]

9:21 “Yeah! We won. Just like how we won every other race this year. Yeah!”

[@joshfleegle2281]

I love your videos man. Keep ‘em coming! Love to run into you at a race someday

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

THE RETURN OF THE S1AP!

[@SiVlog1989]

Usually what works for me in introducing new people, usually family, to how good a sport can be, in my case, F1, I play them the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix. As a standalone race, it was fantastic to watch. Fate played a part in why this race was so fantastic to watch. Due to rain falling towards the end of the single lap (for each driver) qualifying session, the front runners, including newly crowned World Champion Fernando Alonso, found themselves towards the back of the field. As the drivers who unexpectedly found themselves out front, led initially by Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher, tried to hold on to their lofty positions, there was drama almost immediately with Juan Pablo Montoya crashing his McLaren at the final corner after trying to pass Jacques Villeneuve at the end of lap 1. Montoya was out on the spot, Villeneuve continued, but much to the disappointment of the early leaders, the Safety Car was deployed. After resumption, Ralf Schumacher, his race already ruined by the early safety car, dropped out of contention for the win by pitting very early, lap 8 of 53. Soon after this, a metaphorical changing of the guard moment took place. Amongst the familiar names down the order was the outgoing champion, Michael Schumacher. He had new champion, Alonso right on his tail and after a small mistake by Schumacher on the exit of Spoon Curve, Alonso lined up his Renault to pass Schumacher on the outside of one of the fastest corners in F1, 130R. At 180MPH, Alonso swooped round the outside of the old champion, much to the astonishment of everyone watching. Later, car after car, driver after driver, took their turn up front, but realistically it was difficult to pick out a winner. Giancarlo Fisichella, Alonso's team mate at Renault, led for the longest time in the race, but as the race went on, he could not match the pace of the driver who started from 17th place, Kimi Raikkonen. Dubbed "The Iceman," (much like Terry Labonte), Kimi Raikkonen was without doubt the quickest driver of 2005, but due to unreliability striking repeatedly, which hurt his points total, he was already runner up to Alonso in the championship and couldn't be passed for second either. It looked like more of the same in Japan, he came into qualifying with yet another 10 place grid drop due to needing to change his engine. The penalty wasn't actually applied as he, Montoya, Alonso and Schumacher were at the back anyway in qualifying. Nonetheless, he had a heavy fuel load going into the race and the McLaren he drove was a better Racer than qualifier. After his final stop for fuel only, he found himself second behind Fisichella. Raikkonen reeled him in hand over fist, frequently lapping between a second and a second and a half quicker at least per lap than the Renault. Towards the end of the third to last lap, Fisichella went to the inside of the final chicane, unnecessarily, as Raikkonen wasn't close enough to have a go then, but it gave Raikkonen a chance on to the pit straight. The McLaren was now right with the Renault, hounding him corner after corner. They approached the chicane again, and again, Fisichella unnecessarily defended thin air! The last lap was about to begin, Raikkonen was as close as he been all race, he got alongside as they started the final lap, but Raikkonen's rev limiter was kicking in, and Raikkonen was on the outside. Surely he couldn't take the lead from there could he?! HE ABSOLUTELY COULD!! With fans on their feet and (British) commentators James Allen and Martin Brundle singing his praises, Kimi Raikkonen took the lead of the Japanese Grand Prix of 2005 on the very last lap in spectacular style! Raikkonen went on to win the race, punching the air in delight as he did so, and rightly so. It was and is the best win of Kimi Raikkonen's F1 career. Superb. When I show people that race, I prefix it by saying not all races are as good as this, but it's a demonstration of how exciting the sport can be

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I mentioned in another comment to this video that F1 screws themselves by presenting the Monaco Grand Prix as their biggest race of the season. It's certainly historic and there's a lot of glitz and glamor, but the race itself is pretty guaranteed to be one of the worst (if not *the* worst) of the year. In the US more people get exposed to it because it's one of the few races that get shown on ABC instead of ESPN. If a non-F1 fan is going to watch a race there's a good chance it will be Monaco because of all the hoopla around it. I think that's a really bad thing for the sport. For the casual viewer nothing happens at Monaco to draw in their interest and make them want more. I'm a big F1 so I can recognize the sheer difficulty of driving an F1 car around what is essentially an upscale village and even I don't care for the race; qualifying is more entertaining than the race itself. If the Monaco Grand Prix was your first F1 race you'd sit there and wonder why so many apparently insane people are so interested in something so incredibly boring.

[@SiVlog1989]

@@BiggieTrismegistus playing Devil's Advocate, in the case of Monaco, the buzz about it is the fact that nothing else, not even other street circuits, offers anything else like it. The slowest average speed of any race on the calendar, less than 100mph, the shortest race distance (~160 miles, as opposed to the ~190 miles everywhere else) and the sheer novalty of F1 cars being driven round the narrow streets of the tiny tax haven that is Monaco. It is the modern day obsurdity of it that particularly draws sponsors there, getting the chance to cash in with the very rich who live there for tax reasons. I agree that as a race it's not really an event, all too often the races are "follow the leader" offering negligible opportunities to overtake the car(s) ahead. That being said, on very rare occasions, mixed weather can make it a very tense race (1996 Monaco Grand Prix, for example, where it provided shock upon shock, and the eventual winner, Olivier Panis, started 14th but due to a combination of the timing of his switch to dry tyres, decisive overtaking and little bit of luck, he kept his head to keep David Coulthard behind him for lap after lap to claim what became his only F1 race win)

[@SiVlog1989]

@@BiggieTrismegistus in terms of races F1 drivers look forward to the most, it seems to be Silverstone, Spa, Monza and Suzuka. In the case of Silverstone, it staged the first world championship Grand Prix and it's high speed direction change coupled with massive knowledge and enthusiasm from the fans. Spa, it's kind of a throwback, mainly because of one series of corner which (with the exception of increasing the runoffs around it) has been largely unchanged since 1939, Eau Rouge/Radillon as well as Pouhon, which is regarded as the more challenging corner of the current layout. Monza, partly because of the uniquely high top speeds and partly because of the atmosphere created by the Tifosi. Suzuka, the drivers relish the challenge of the fast left, right, left, right, left esses at the first part of the lap as well as the enthusiastic welcome they get from the Japanese fans

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@SiVlog1989 If it was up to me I'd like F1 to put a little more emphasis on the British Grand Prix at Sliverstone. As you point out it has a lot of history, is a great track and always features a big enthusiastic crowd. You can actually pass at Silverstone too. I think that race could easily be the "crown jewel" of the F1 calendar. That way if a casual fan tunes into the most prominent race of the F1 season they'd see something more emblematic of what the sport is about.

[@SiVlog1989]

@@BiggieTrismegistus agreed. I feel like it's a never ending soap opera that they keep fighting to stay on the F1 schedule. To use a NASCAR comparison, I can't imagine the outcry if Daytona was dropped from the schedule completely. That's how speechless I would feel if Silverstone was completely dropped from the F1 schedule

[@nateisdabest]

Why are you sorry we had to watch this? This video was not only more enjoyable than the race but was really informative and great. This video made my day.

[@jonriggs4409]

I’m just glad to have another video from you

[@Colonel_RamRod]

17:45 an EmpLemon reference? When i thought the dude couldn't get any cooler ❤

[@Mister_Matt_X]

Hey S1ap don’t forget about the three segments happened at the inaugural dirt derby at Eldora for the truck series back in 2013! I think that’s where NASCAR began their idea of stage racing... which I despise...

[@davidstearns9664]

Excellent Video!!! It was worth watching.. ....

[@composerdave68]

I'm like your dad. I used to watch every second of NASCAR that I could. Both days of qualifying (remember those days?), any practices that were on tv etc. This year I barely watched a combined total of half a race. I used to watch the Daytona 500 from the second they came on air until they went off, then went and watched commentaries, replays etc. Didn't watch a second this year. So, I totally missed this fiasco in Texas. Glad I did. I don't see NASCAR coming back from where they have fallen to any time in the near future. But I sure did enjoy this video!

[@tonzilla89]

Thanks for your content mate. From a relatively new fan from Australia, I'm grateful for your videos. I remember watching this and wondering what a colossal fuck up it was 😂

[@RetroAdzz]

Love your content, even though I never watch Nascar, Im still fasinated by it and the stories you telk

[@HONK3Y]

This dude is so fucking good at making these videos. I haven't watched a nascar race in like 15 years, but I have been binge watching his videos over the last week. If there were someone telling the behind the scenes stories like this before I would have never stopped watching. I'm sure a shit ton of work and research goes into these. I'm not sure whether to say thanks or congrats or what. These videos are fucking great! Nascar should be paying you. You tell these stories better than they ever could.

[@joshmuecke85]

Thank you s1ap for getting my family back into nascar again. If it weren't for you i would of missed ross chaistain's wall ride pass.

[@erichk101]

Another great video S1ap

[@anonymous5784ui]

Haven't been on this channel since COVID when I got into Nascar a bit, but this video was just as good as the old ones.

[@justinking332]

Thank you slap for making love the sport again. Living within an hour of wilkesboro, I couldn't be more ecstatic for it to have the Allstars race. Got my tickets and hope to see you there! If not holler may have an extra 🤣🤣🤣

[@Orion76239]

Can't wait to see you do a video over Ross Chastain's wall ride

[@duzenberg14]

Never heard of this channel til this video. Subscription earned.