Missing Rings: Jimmie Johnson 2005

All NASCAR fans know Jimmie Johnson as the definitive driver when talking about dominance. Most NASCAR fans immediately think of his 5 straight championships from 2006 to 2010. But what many don’t know or remember is that Jimmie Johnson was close to starting his streak the year before in 2005.
Starts: 36
Wins: 4
Top 5s: 13
Top 10s: 22
Poles: 1
Laps Led: 547
Standings: 5
Average Finish: 12.7

[@whatincarnation95]

He'd have 7 titles if he got that and the 2004 championship. Imagine how people would be freaking out about a 7 title streak.

[@rayzie8599]

but it's the chase lol

[@jackmulkey4865]

Knowing NASCAR fans they'd say it wasn't earned

[@rayzie8599]

@@jackmulkey4865 I'm just baiting but also I think it's important to at least recognize the difference between the standard championships and the chase version. They reward different strategies and performance over the course of a season.

[@jackmulkey4865]

Well yeah, but it's also 10 races, it's not like it's a single race or 3 races. It still rewards consistency and winning.

[@JackLikesTrackhouse]

Jack Mulkey agreed. I’m in the minority of people who don’t have a huge gripe with the Playoffs

[@BlackFlagsMatter]

He's not copying me so stop it... Great video bro!

[@TheIceberg]

Thanks man, glad ya liked it.

[@User-nu6km]

No one said that, so stop spamming iceberg's videos.

[@BlackFlagsMatter]

Beryllium your the one that had that Dick cake lmao

[@User-nu6km]

different stroke for different folks

[@thehendervengers7371]

Black Flags Matter do champion ship seasons Jimmie Johnson 2016 for Johnson ending it with Lowe's!

[@mj48x7w4]

I love the chase format from 04 to 13 there was so much drama and excitement

[@TheIceberg]

Even though I’m more of an old school guy with the format I would absolutely love to see the 04-13 format back especially if it was just top 10 in points. It would be so much more fun for the whole season.

[@glenncross4987]

The chase format is at least better than the playoff format. With the chase, you still needed to be consistent all year while now, you just to win and you're in.

[@chadbrisco4042]

@Glenn Cross or we can stick with the playoff rounds since it's fun to see people eliminated every three weeks but tweak it so that it's more consistency based during the regular season. Take the win and your in thing out. The 16 most consistent drivers make the playoffs and then they get eliminated. I think that would be better.

[@nicksant1653]

Johnson could have had 7 championships in a row from 2004-2010. Just think about that for a moment.

[@evanwilliams6406]

He could have also been a rookie champion as well, he did lead the points in 2002 at one point and if he doesn't collide with Mark Martin and a blown engine at Talladega he might have had a shot.

[@rayzie8599]

but it's the chase lol

[@Highline_29_Designs]

NickSant16 actually that would have been 6 in a row, but your point still stands. Also that would make him an 8x Champion current day, so if that had happened.... No denying at that point he would be the GOAT! (unless you are a biased Petty or Earnhardt fanboy). For me there's still hope he can get that 8th.

[@rayzie8599]

@Andrew Anderson what you just said is objectively wrong. Plenty of people care about the distinction.

[@rayzie8599]

@Andrew Anderson well yeah, Jimmie Johnson is and was absolutely phenomenal. He totally deserved his success and a championship under any format is a huge accomplishment. It's just not quite the same thing.

[@M1lesJames]

Hell JJ could've won the cup his rookie year in 2002. It's crazy how good he's been throughout his career. I'm not even a JJ fan but it's kinda tough seeing him struggle this year

[@TheIceberg]

I agree. My view of him has drastically shifted since I met him. I used to loathe him but now he’s one of my favorites. I kinda hope he retires soon so he doesn’t hurt his legacy too much.

[@johnboy4025]

I have no problem with JJ as a person, and he’s a hell of a driver... problem is he is a product of Brian France’s horrible reign in NASCAR. Basically he won 7 due to a VERY broken and stupid system. Shame because he he had the 3 he deserves in 2006, 2009, and 2013... chances are he’d be loved as much as Jeff, Dale, and Richard.

[@tomdalfonzo9959]

@@johnboy4025, would I be right in saying that people should blame the system, and not Jimmie Johnson?

[@RogueInfern0]

I honestly hate the argument that *“Jimmie should only have 2 or 3 championships”* or *“Jimmie’s 7 are illegitimate because of the Chase.”* The 48 team played the system right, they got rewarded. 7 times. Under two different formats. For the argument saying Jimmie should only have 2-4 championships, had this been Winston style points, I can see your point as mathematically, he wouldn’t have won them in that format. But it doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have gotten 7. Like I said, the 48 team played according to the points format, so there’s no doubt in my mind that they would have done the same in the old points system, too.

[@mrwittyboy9616]

@@rcracer8872 but more competition

[@TheIceberg]

I just want to let everyone know that this serious will be bi-weekly. So the next episode will be on October 4. Its pretty close to another date so I think y’all can decipher who it’s gonna be covering. P.S. The driver who this video will be about won a race on the day before the video will come out as well.

[@48fanfromky]

2010 Denny Hamlin?

[@brettdodd5921]

The iceberg after the 2005 season Hendrick had a milk and cookie meeting with Johnson and knaus

[@MotorsportsFan17]

Missing Ring: Mark Martin 2009... (I'm almost 100% certain that you're thinking of that next...)

[@TheIceberg]

I do have it scheduled a ways down the line

[@LucasCram44]

ATRAX Productions He was the freak accident lmao. Plus, Jimmie was the points leader at time, and if that and the wheel hub failure at the Rock didn't happen, we would be talking about a rookie Champion.

[@dennyhamlinfan1148]

The Iceberg who do you have scheduled for this series in the future? There’s so many good cases for missing rings in this era, I just found this channel and started watching this series. Kenseth 2013, Hamlin 2010, Edwards 2008, Johnson 2012, Harvick 2015, Keselowski 2014, etc

[@alexthesniper1952]

@@LucasCram44 Wrong He had blew a Motor at dega spun out twice at the rock and finished sub-par at martinsville.

[@LucasCram44]

@@alexthesniper1952 He spun out twice at Atlanta, and got damaged while avoiding a wreck at Martinsville, and yes he had a wheel hub issue that took him out of the race at the Rock. Know your facts before you tell somebody they're wrong...

[@FlyGuyOnly773]

Jimmy Johnson came into NASCAR on fire and never look back

[@johnboy4025]

FlyShitOnly773 Were it not for Jeff Gordon, JJ would not be as successful as he was

[@nicks3134]

John Boy yea cuz Jeff gave Jimmie the good cars that made Jimmie perform well

[@evanwilliams6406]

A couple of Missing Cups 1992 Davey Allison, 1997 Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin 2009, Rusty Wallace 1993 and 1994(won 18 races in that span, but no Cup), Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 2004 season(his only shot at a Cup), and even Mark Martin 1990.

[@pinhead5043]

Really Mark Martin's career is worth a missing ring video

[@rustywalrus]

Honestly, the whole thing is similar to Denny's choke jobs and can be simplified to "What if Jimmie pitted at Homestead?" because that's what killed it with an incredible opportunity. One terrible choice. Chad choked that easy decision away with Tony running poorly and so many laps to go. I forget how long that run was but it was the obvious decision from what I remember. I want to say, from that monumental point forward, they found the horseshoe for the next 5 years.

[@TheIceberg]

Knaus definitely shit the bed with that call. To think that using common sense could’ve got them 6 in a row is mind boggling. Based on where Stewart finished I believe Johnson would either have to win or finish second to win it all. While difficult if there was any other driver to do it it’d be him. I remember being 7 and feeling like it took a lot of the fun out of the race when he crashed, at least all the fun until the finish at least.

[@dennyhamlinfan1148]

Rusty Walrus Denny’s loss still hurts. Denny’s team made horrible errors from Phoenix-Homestead 2010. They had won the previous week’s playoff race at Texas to take the points lead, so they were riding high. Denny led 180 laps at Phoenix, but Mike Ford made a crucial fuel mileage error causing them to finish 12th. Had Denny won that race, it would’ve locked up the championship going into Homestead, and it would’ve been his 9th win. Denny was furious and I think the disappointment of not locking up the championship threw him off his game going into Homestead. Then, to make things worse, they have a poor qualifying effort at Homestead. Denny quickly made his way up through the field, so it looked like he’d contend. Then, inexplicably, he made a judgement error and just spun himself out. The splitter damage from that finished off his title hopes, I can’t believe Denny made such a silly mistake

[@hatred8894]

in total Jimmie Johnson could have 9 championships 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2013,2016

[@KingGASports]

2002 as well, he was leading points up until a blown engine at dega

[@kevinmeyer5485]

2012 as well

[@johnboy4025]

kylethekiller 771 he should have 3.

[@hatred8894]

thats if the chase never happend

[@johnboy4025]

Would have been better if it hadn't... NASCAR would still be going strong despite the recession and the COT

[@erichk101]

Missing Rings: BFM thinking that I'm trolling and Michael Waltrip is not my favorite driver all-time.

[@Lazyboy51]

So many people are going to realize how awesome this guy is once he retires.. He is such an awesome driver/person.. Also it really surprises me Lowes won't stick with him even as a part time sponsor til he calls it quits, you know like maybe be on the car 1-2 times a year like Hooters and SE1 is for Chase Elliott. Really excited to see who sponsors JJ next though!

[@TheIceberg]

I’ve met Jimmie 4 times and I swear it seems like the man gets nicer and more considerate of how I am each time. I’ve never heard anyone who’s met him say anything bad about him. The first time I met him I was 12 and a bumbling mess. He was on his golf cart and stopped for me and I couldn’t find what I wanted in my bag for him to sign. His wife was telling him he was gonna be late and to come back later but he stayed anyways and shook my hand. I will always remember that, it showed me how good of a man he is.

[@Lazyboy51]

@@TheIceberg That is awesome man! You know I go to Chicagoland too, I live in Central Wisconsin. I used to live in Bolingbrook when I was a kid. Did you meet him all 4 of those times at Joliet? I have bought a pit pass for Chicago in 2014 and 2015 and was a bit disappointed with how lack luster it was to be able to do anything as far as getting closer to the cars. They let us walk behind them with a rope cutting off access in the grass by the concert area. I see you usually camp there so I would guess that's how you got to meet JJ on his golf cart? My Mom moved to Daytona and my wife and I went to our first 500 this year, there was a Jeff Gordon meet and greet for the 500 I think you got to meet William Byron as well.. not 100% sure but it was $800! I said to hell with that no matter how much I love Jeff Gordon, Chase Elliott, and Jimmie I would never fork out that kind of money. So I am super curious how you lucked out to meet someone like Jimmie without paying through the nose.

[@sahholsteins1]

I meet Jimmie Johnson at our small little local airport after Ragbri ( a bike ride across the state of iowa) before he left for pocanno amd he was an awsome nice guy signed my 48 flag amd talked shortly with him and Matt Kenseth and they where already 20mind late to get their plan in the air it was such a cool moment in my life

[@rowdysmoke1466]

Missing Rings: Matt Kenseth 2013 Missing Rings: Carl Edwards 2011 or 2008

[@pinhead5043]

Maybe throw in 2016 for Carl Edwards

[@kuma6572]

Just throw in his entire career and a missing ring

[@turn6garage640]

Great videos, another missing ring for Jimmie Johnson would be 2012, Jimmie led the championship going into Phoenix but a blowout and mechanical failure cost him the title to Brad Keselowski.

[@TheIceberg]

I definitely will do that one sometime down the road. Almost every season for Johnson between 2002 to 2016 is either a championship or championship caliber season. He definitely is going to reappear in this series.

[@johnboy4025]

The Iceberg 2011 was his worst season up to that point. 2018 and so far 19 are by far his worst... 2012 was... just okay.

[@dankane8625]

Yes, he had the lead going into pheonix(where he usually dominates) and blew a tire.

[@kendall4245]

I like this series. Expecting more missing ring videos.

[@realdealaneil]

Here are a few missed rings: 2015 Joey Logano, 2002 Jimmie Johnson, 2004 Dale Jr or JJ, 2008 Carl Edwards, 2010 Denny Hamlin,

[@shawnf820]

I forgot how heartbreaking this season was. Thanks for the reminder! I honestly thought he’d never get one after how close he came only to lose in ‘04 and ‘05.

[@nicks3134]

Shawn F he had an overpowered car of course he would get a bunch of titles.

[@luisrosales9349]

Jimmie was almost a rookie champion. How crazy would that have been?

[@generalshepherd2209]

Missing Rings: Jimmie Johnson literally every season up until 2018.

[@MarkReda-hy5ey]

Him winning 5 in a row just shows how flawed the system is. He ran well at the right time that doesn't define a champion I consider him a legit 3 time Champ and on the top 10 all-time drivers list

[@ericelston7670]

Imagine if JJ won 2001-2020 Championships. Ok that's a bit over drastic but JJ could've seriously won 2004, 2005 and 2012. 10 time champ.

[@THEDonnyB]

You should do a video on what if NASCAR had the Winston format from 1949-1971. Doesn't need to be a huge series like the playoffs series. It could just be a video that summarizes the champion and runner up and the points they had.

[@AflacCupSeries]

I think he find a couple of those missing rings

[@TheIceberg]

To the detriment of virtually everybody’s favorite drivers lol

[@darthhull85]

Remember when JJ was leading points his rookie year? Dude was so good from the start. Hell, didn’t he win the pole at his first Daytona 500?

[@rowdysmoke1466]

Jimmie beating Labonte in 2005 Coke 600 broke my heart.

[@chadbrisco4042]

Could you imagine Jimmie Johnson winning 7 championships in a row from 2004-2010.

[@RunningsRacing]

Why did you have to do this to me! This one hurts Jaret......JJ should have had this one, 2002, and 2004. Good video Jaret.

[@TheIceberg]

There may be some more Johnson episodes in the future so fair warning.

[@RunningsRacing]

@@TheIceberg I kinda saw that coming but it is ok.I'm not going to be salty or anything like that....I understand that this is history and is now a "What If?".

[@redfallxenos4585]

2002? Johnson ended up 6th overall in the standings that year, he never could've won 2002

[@RunningsRacing]

@@redfallxenos4585 He could have but he wrecked in a couple of key races.

[@NawnyaBusinaz]

Mr. Asterisk!

[@vinewood8295]

Man you have GOT to do Dale Earnhardt 1989 & 1995... Dale Sr lost the 89 & 95 Winston Cups by a combined 46pts, 12 in 89, 34 in 95. Incidents that cost him: in 89 he was leading at North Wilkesboro on the final lap when Ricky Rudd attempted to make a last lap pass that resulted in both cars being spun out & Geoff Bodiine winning. Instead of winning or finishing 2nd Earnhardt was 10th. In 1995 he was leading at Talladega late in the Winston 500 when Mark Martin & Jeff Gordon went by him with only a few laps left, while in third on the final lap he was spun out by Morgan Shepherd and finished 21st. Two unfortunate incidents if not for those Earnhardt would have 9 Winston Cups...

[@TheIceberg]

Those definitely are ones I’m goin to be covering in this series. Due to the quality of the footage I’m gonna do them later so I can do it right. I’m a massive Earnhardt fan and I want to make sure I pay Big E the respect he deserves.

[@BobbertYates]

@@rcracer8872 Yup sadly I kinda Wanted Him to win that year

[@SubmissionGrappler83]

I was so glad Tony won that championship! The next 5 seasons were super frustrating.

[@johnboy4025]

Love these vids... JJ should only have 3 titles (06, 09, 13). I think the Chase and Brian France combined made JJ someone who should have been good for NASCAR to someone who people can’t wait for him to go away. I was ready to like him too... once Jeff Gordon got robbed in 2007 not because he faltered, but because the system allowed others to catch up, that was when JJ started to become a not so favorite outside his fan base. While Jeff Gordon and Richard Petty got huge farewell tours... JJ is going to have a good riddance tour.

[@allabouthewaves4354]

Yea could've would've should've doesn't matter. He has 7 championships.

[@allabouthewaves4354]

He's going to get a huge farewell tour dumbass. He's one of the most popular drivers. From the early 2000s to the mid 2010s, you go to a track and you would see more Dale Jr, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart gear than anyone else.

[@nicks3134]

John Boy unfortunately he will have a farewell tour, because his equipment had caused him to be very overrated, we're seeing that this year, winless because his car isn't overpowered anymore.

[@User-nu6km]

John, I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@User-nu6km]

He is lost without jeff's input: setups

[@e93sports80]

Missing Rings: Dale Earnhardt Jr 2004 Missing Rings: Carl Edwards 2008

[@rowdysmoke1466]

I would've thought that you would do Greg Biffle for 2005.

[@mattr.8470]

As a KB fan Kevin Harvick:2015

[@TheIceberg]

Will definitely do it in the future

[@luisrosales9349]

KB doesn't deserve that championship. Hes a part time champion.

[@mattr.8470]

@@luisrosales9349 I agree, but I am still happy he has it.

[@whoasked9500]

I would've made a video about Greg Biffle 2005.

[@TheIceberg]

That will be a future episode for sure, stay tuned lol

[@jwdracingnetwork8851]

How come his paint schemes switched designs? Like at talladega and Charlotte

[@sinicalypse]

Methinks Tony "Smoke" Stewart goes down in history as the only person to win championships with the traditional scoring system and the chase scoring system. Barring a return to proper racing scoring he'll be the only person to ever accomplish this feat (as I think Jeff Gordon was the last driver to win a standard scoring championship who was still active in #TodaysNASCAR)

[@grungyflannel]

I remember after 05 some people were saying JJ was the next Mark Martin. Not a Jimmie fan but no doubt hes the best driver of his era and one of the best of all time.

[@markharris7751]

You need make one for Sterling Marlin missing rings 2002

[@aimbotkenny]

Hey could you do missing rings on Jeff Gordon 2007 season

[@TheIceberg]

I will be doing that as an episode down the road a bit

[@DL-nn1ws]

And 2004 And 2014 If it wasn’t for the Chase he would have 7 championships

[@rmalmeida1976]

Everyone has their opinion, for me, Jimmie Johnson is NASCAR's GOAT.

[@nascarandrc8296]

Dale Earnhardt was far better

[@combatking20]

2002, 2004, 2005 and 2012. Add those missing rings too the ones he has.... scary too think about a guy who would have 11 championships under (roughly) 4-5 championship systems. Out Richard Petty 7, 5 of those came under 5 different systems. Just too give a little perspective. If you we go into fantasy land, under my championship system (Most wins) he has 4 with a shot too win 4 more.

[@denniscarleton6602]

Good story! Great driver! Johnson and Gordon were great drivers with lots of downforce in their cars. Taking away the downforce made them just good drivers?

[@realdealaneil]

I think 2002 was the one he missed

[@TheIceberg]

It’s another one, I can do more for 1 driver as well as more for a year

[@NascarNixon]

Already got that covered: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6S2oppprJuZbdE

[@EJCatoz]

In my opinion, Johnson would've won the title in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, & 2015

[@DanielSong39]

Johnson would have won many titles without the Chase, just not as many as Jeff Gordon I mean, they still count and Johnson was great but he was not the Rainbow Warrior

[@charismatic9904]

I got one...missing ring: 1994 Ernie Irvan.

[@KingGASports]

Should have 8

[@tamezzodiac2862]

KidFromGeorgia actually should have 4.

[@KingGASports]

tAmEz ZoDiAc you’re a Johnson hater aren’t you? This is a man that could have won 7 straight titles, he deserves that 8th no doubt

[@tamezzodiac2862]

KidFromGeorgia you shouldn’t be bitching he lost these fair and square the chase format allowed him to have 3 more. You are lucky he has 7.

[@KingGASports]

tAmEz ZoDiAc bow down to the goat Jimmie Johnson

[@tamezzodiac2862]

KidFromGeorgia that’s funny cause his crew chief and the chase formate had a huge part in his wins.

[@roycejones9742]

Dale Jr. In 2003 and 2015

[@Shawn6751]

That BS finish at Talladega screwed JR in the Chase that season.

[@YoshiFan961]

Missing Rings: Matt Kenseth (2006) Missing Rings: Denny Hamlin (2010)

[@sinicalypse]

The Last True American Sport! #GodBless

[@charismatic9904]

Missing rings: 1998 Mark Martin.

[@d.denson4261]

Missing rings Bobby Labonte 1999 (and arguably 2003) or Brad Keselowski 2014-2016

[@mikeywest6508]

Missing Ring: Bobby Labonte 1992(NBS) or 1999 (NWCS) or Jeff Gordon 1996 (NWCS)

[@duckvro]

Missing ring Mtj 2016

[@TheIceberg]

I will definitely consider doing that one. I’ve made a huge list of over 50 episodes to do for this series so with it being bi-weekly it may take awhile to get through them all but I definitely should do that one.

[@markraynor8142]

He could’ve had 9 titles in 2004-2010, 2013 and 2016

[@stw3art14]

Clint Bowyer 2012

[@FaydsterTV]

13 top 5s and 22 top 10s? No championship? Wtf.

[@sahholsteins1]

Missing ring Jimmie Johnson 2012 Kevin Harvick 2018 Kyle Bush 2018

[@badbooking3221]

Three words were missing here: milk and cookies. For Jimmie fans, you know what means.

[@SirKingBoo21]

Dale jr 2004

[@JML.136]

Tony would of won the title regardless of the Chase . . so no missing ring in my eyes. 2005 was Tony Stewart's year.

[@TheIceberg]

I know but the point of this isn’t who won without the Chase. I did a video about that years ago. Missing Rings is more about missed opportunities. For instance the 1998 Minnesota Vikings didn’t even make the Super Bowl but they had a missed opportunity. Hence a missing ring.

[@stoneracing1778]

Should have 6. Who agrees?

[@johnboy4025]

Alberstone Cup Series he should have 3. 2006, 2009, 2013

[@LucasCram44]

RC RACER 88 Chase doesn't help much. You still have to beat the other 9, 11, or 15 drivers. Why can people not get that through their brains. Just because the Chase exists, it doesn't just give a driver the championship.

[@mattfancher9098]

@@LucasCram44 if it was their driver who won 5 in a row they'd be praising the chase format and how it's the best

[@stw3art14]

Matt Kenseth 2016

[@Kevin-uq4ik]

Missing ring: Dale Jr 2004

[@acrock21]

two missing rings...... then everyone would be calling him the Cat because of his 9 lives

[@continentalrcinglg]

Kyle Busch in 2008 will be one, I'm guessing.

[@TheIceberg]

Oh yeah! Sometime down the road I’m gonna be covering Kyle’s missing rings.

[@johnboy4025]

JJ dropped like a rock in 2008, so Carl Edwards should have won 2008 by 16 over JJ... so that is who is missing a championship

[@SirMan48]

@@johnboy4025 it's Edwards yeah, but JJ took them to school. He won 5 of the last 12 races to put it away

[@AgtWashingtub]

Do a missing rings for Denny Hamlin's entire career. LMAO

[@allennixon4745]

If he would’ve won the 2005 championship he would’ve won 7 straight titles and he would surpass Richard petty and Dale Sr with 8 in 2016

[@redfallxenos4585]

Missing Rings: Ryan Newman 2014

[@LucasCram44]

2002 if he didn't have mechanical failures.

[@TheIceberg]

That’ll definitely be a year to do in the future

[@jeffgordonedits1258]

What exactly is missing? Stewart scored the most points the entire year AND won the Chase. Jimmie lost fair and square.

[@TheIceberg]

Jeff Gordon Edits The whole point of the series is highlighting missed opportunities. This was a huge missed opportunity for Johnson to win it all. I don’t really see how that point got lost in translation

[@jeffgordonedits1258]

Oh? I thought it was about how the "official" records don't match reality, like Jeff Gordon in 2014.

[@johnboy4025]

Because Gordon in actuality was way better than Johnson!

[@bradytravis1785]

Do Kyle Larson 2017

[@TheIceberg]

I’ll be honest I hadn’t thought of that one yet. I’ll make sure to put it on the list

[@mrwittyboy9616]

No pun necessary

[@chrisbarnett4719]

He could have 8 titles by now

[@johnboy4025]

Chris Barnett glad he doesn’t, Hell he should only have 3

[@dalton43live]

Missing rings junior 2004 or 2014

[@TheIceberg]

1 down, 1 to go after yesterday

[@dalton43live]

The Iceberg thank you!!!! Just saw that!

[@tamezzodiac2862]

I mean the chase had a big part in his 7 championships. Also man can we get these cars back but to make them look more like street cars but be like the Gen 4 but a bit harder to drive cause these things raced so good and sounded so badass.

[@TheIceberg]

The sound was changed due to differing horsepower and exhaust systems. I would think that if NASCAR put time and money into making it up to their safety standards they could change it back

[@johnboy4025]

JJ would be a 3 time champion without the Chase... 06 09 13

[@johnboy4025]

Andrew Anderson Brian is gone now... time to make good changes to NASCAR

[@tamezzodiac2862]

The Iceberg ik what it was made by. It was made by the high pitch headers the exhaust and the horsepower was way higher. The cars raced way better slower and sounded way more bad ass. I think I’m 95 marlins car sounded different from everyone’s else it sounded like what the Gen 4 was known for.

[@Minx5892]

tAmEz ZoDiAc So long as the cars still look as sleek as they are today, yes.

[@altx7776]

Eh. Now I have a better excuse when defending for why he deserves his titles. He could've won it all in '04 and '05. Everyone gets lucky and unlucky

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Why did they have to change Las Vegas to like every other horrible 1.5 mile track.

[@TheIceberg]

To be fair the racing there has been better than before the reconfiguration

[@solomonsheridan8272]

To think we could have seen 6 straight titles. See ya later 7-timer

[@aidanrye]

Dang I didn't realize how disliked Johnson was already in 2005

[@TheIceberg]

Yeah, being raised in an Earnhardt family and being a Jr fan I found out real quick that he used to be hated as much as Jeff Gordon was back then

[@johnboy4025]

2007 was when he started getting The hatred. Jeff Gordon was robbed by NASCAR and the Chase should have been seen as broken and scrapped... the Chase made JJ

[@johnboy4025]

The Iceberg Dale and Jeff though earned respect by actually winning championships by being the best all year... JJ won via a broken system

[@81casperflip]

I hated him lol but I was a Greg Biffle fan so what do I know

[@johnboy4025]

Missing Rings: Jeff Gordon: 2004, 2007, 2014... reason? Brian France’s pathetic Playoff format... allowing others to win the championship even if they weren’t the best all year.

[@TheMIGHTparanormal]

Johnson and Dale Jr done more harm for the sport than any good they could have done...prove me wrong. Dale Jr, most popular driver, but a glorified mid packer that nascar relied on to help their product. Jr sucked. He should have retired in 2005, he would have been better off. Johnson is nothing more than a yes man with a personality of a rock. It was like a gift from god when jr won a race and johnson was caught cheating more often than New England with a camera and an air pressure gauge.

[@Shawn6751]

@@rcracer8872 Dale Jr has a HOF career really. He isn't quite finished yet.

[@nascarandrc8296]

Mid pack really hard to win 26 races from mid pack

[@luisrosales9349]

Jimmie could win 200 races win 10 championships and nascar old farts would still say that he didn't earn them.

[@nascar4842]

Ikr Some people just need to get over is the guy who wins the most races doesn't always win the championship like 2003 Kenseth only won 1 race but noone cares about that but Edwards loses the 2011 in a tie when he only won a single race and everyone whines about that. Everyone who won championships from 2004-2018 deserve them and they just have to accept that

[@nascarandrc8296]

Dale Earnhardt is far better than overrated Jimmie ever was

[@stw3art14]

Thank god he lost. Go smoke and Edwards!

[@rowdysmoke1466]

Jimmie screwed Tony out of the 2005 Daytona 500.

[@allabouthewaves4354]

Stewart wasnt going to win even if he let Stewart by. If Busch and Jr couldn't get to Jeff, what makes you think Stewart was behind all 3 of them. Tony Stewart is a choke artist when it comes to the Daytona 500. One of the greatest drivers ever and a top 10 NASCAR driver ever but he had numerous chances (04,05,06,07,08) to win.

[@sinicalypse]

NASCAR = [Nogooders] Ain't Supposed'ta Care About Racing

[@charismatic9904]

He is beyond overrated.

[@Suspicious22]

pretty disjointed video .