Top 10 BEST races of 2024

[@48nation]

Just a quick note about the blurred section near the end as that was for copyright issues. Thank you all for watching. This video and the other one technically took an entire year to make as I had to rate every race as I watched them so thanks a lot for watching. It means a lot 🙏

[@patrickashlock5904]

This video was great I can tell it took a lot of effort

[@shaheerahmed5134]

NASCAR Wec Imsa Indycar These four are my favourite motorsports

[@Romit12]

Wait you referring to the IMSA organization or the WTSC?

[@cbj4sc1]

Watched every WEC race this year. I highly recommend the Spa 6 Hour and Fuji 6 Hour, despite either not really having a late race battle for the win they still provided incredible action throughout the whole thing. Though honestly you can't really go wrong with any WEC race from this year. I also really enjoyed the Nurbergring 24 hour despite it being cut waaaaay short due to fog.

[@48nation]

WEC is really hard to watch for me without a Motor-trend subscription but next year I’m gonna try harder to watch the races. The WEC KZbin also is terrible.

[@fartgun9001]

@@48nationits really a fun series to watch tbh even tho its hard to watch in America but atleast we have imsa 😁

[@russianbubbawallace8681]

Supercars at Townsville this past year was AWESOME, just watch the battle in the rain between Cam Waters and Chaz Mostert. Incredible

[@Thefrogbread]

Cam waters my beloved

[@russianbubbawallace8681]

@Thefrogbread my goat

[@Thefrogbread]

@@russianbubbawallace8681 personally I’m a Matt Payne fan but waters is such a talented driver

[@NurburgringMascotThirstA-is6gl]

Very good list! As pissed as I am with Nascar's playoff BS, they did have several amazing races this year, absolutely deserved spots on the list. Some honorable mentions off the top of my head: - The Dakar Rally, (RIP Carles Falcón) - MotoGP USGP and Australian GP - What little could be run of the Nurburgring 24h (the rest of it with the fog delay was the worst race of the year) - IMSA Petit Le Mans - WEC Bahrain season finale - The dramatic championship finish for WRC at Japan A bit of recency bias, should start rating the races I watch to better remember them lol

[@48nation]

@@NurburgringMascotThirstA-is6gl yeah I should have mentioned Petite Le Mans but I didn’t watch the entire race so I really didn’t wanna put it on the list. The final run with the Cadillac’s lights shutting off was some of the most badass driving ever tho

[@NurburgringMascotThirstA-is6gl]

@@48nation I actually missed the end and watched it on replay, that was so tense! Oh, and I forgot the Macau GT rain race, it's short and on KZbin and had some crazy good driving.

[@SnapBackToReality-KFB]

F1 Interlagos by any chance?

[@48nation]

@@SnapBackToReality-KFB 8/10

[@Zay16020]

Missing almost every WEC race from the list, but I can 100% agree with this top 10 tho

[@fartgun9001]

good list but i'd probably add imsa road atlanta 2024 into honorable mentions just because of how insane the ending was

[@48nation]

Yeah I almost added it but I didn’t wanna make the video too long. Definitely one of the most badass drives from the 01 Cadillac with the lights going out.

[@fartgun9001]

@@48nationfair enough that race was fun for me to watch as a cadillac fan

[@tadijadelija4794]

As someone who only watches F1 i like your channel a lot cause its actually pretty interesting to keep up with the world of Motorsport this way. Subjectively i didnt like Baku very much cause i was rooting for Max in the championship, but racing wise it was really good, Interlagos was my personal preference but if the red flag killed it for you i understand that, also would like to hear a rating on Silverstone this year, one of the better races this year in my opinion

[@Thefrogbread]

Boo

[@48nation]

Silverstone I had at 7/10 and Brazil at 8/10. 2022 silverstone is still my favorite F1 race I’ve ever watched. And I thought the chaos at Brazil this year just stepped a little too far over the edge of fun chaos and such while i thought the finish was pretty predictable after we saw how fast Max was in the wet.

[@kenstewart3607]

Solid races in this list, but I’d add the Indycar races at Milwaukee and pretty much the entire WEC season (IMO the most entertaining series currently). The end of the Petit Le Mans this year was also pretty crazy.

[@48nation]

I originally had the Milwaukee race 2 on the list for honorable mentions but felt the video was already too long. Gave race 1 6/10 and race 2 8/10. Petite Le Mans was 8/10 as well

[@kenstewart3607]

Another amazing race that technically was this year was the opener to the Formula E season in Sao Paolo. It was much better than other FE races I’ve watched and makes me excited for this season.

[@TheOrdinaryGMR]

What's up man? Been refreshing this screen to watch this 😂

[@TGL_STUDIOS]

It would be cool to see you make top 10's for previous racing seasons!

[@stormsmith6772]

Races ranked for me 1 Spring Atlanta 2 Kansas spring 3 coke 600 4 Bristol spring/fall 5 cup championship race

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

- WEC has been great since 2023 and IMSA continues to be awesome! - Baku carries great racing when we do get great racing - Kansas always delivers - Goodyear has been carrying the Gen 7s, if you think about it. They accidentally made the Bristol Spring race great! - we need some more Mazda MX5 oval races! - as for IndyCar, the post-Olympic races of 2024 honestly carried the bad season. From Gateway to Nashville, we’ve had nothing but good racing and natural drama for the championship! - ARCA at Elko was great too! But then again, ARCA always puts on a great race there!

[@trainscae1024]

15:15 ngl the style is cool it looks like if nascar had a comic strip

[@48nation]

Funny cus it’s a comic filter

[@pizzalover7254]

Mostly agree but I'd put F1 British GP and the Indy 500 on the list

[@rudyk5518]

Love multiple motorsports being on this list

[@TexasNightmare24]

The Daytona summer race is my all time favorite race over the 2024 fall dega and 2014 brickyard (2024 brickyard was also great)

[@flameosaurus1832]

Definitely wasn’t the best race of the year, but as a lifelong Tony Stewart fan that just wanted SHR to win one last time, the Southern 500 is easily my favorite race of 2024.

[@judewhite4401]

Even though Blaney is one of my guys and Reddick isn’t, I think I speak for every single NASCAR fan when I say, that Homestead-Miami race was a generational thriller. The only auto racing in the world that I follow is NASCAR and occasionally Indycar, but I mostly only follow Indycar during the Indy 500 and when there’s no other auto racing on. I cannot stand Formula 1. It’s so boring and so easy to just run away with the checkered flag. With all that being said, my absolute favorite race of 2024, for the second year in a row, has to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the Watkins Glen Xfinity race. I mean, you had the intrigue of fuel mileage, who was going to make it to the end of the race on fuel, and an AWESOME race for second place, but we didn’t know if Connor Zilisch could make it on fuel, so it was, who was going to be in second place if Zilisch couldn’t make it on fuel? Then, a caution came out on the final lap, thus ending the race and ensuring Zilisch’s victory, but still, an awesome race. The Watkins Glen Xfinity race was perhaps the gold standard for races that prove that even when the dominant driver wins, the race can still be a thriller.

[@fearbuttera9477]

Personally my race of the year is the xfinity race at Indy. That finish alone was unbelievable but the racing all day was fantastic. NASCAR kind of locks out my top 3 races of the year but F1 and Indycar round out the top 5

[@mesousagaby740]

Surprised the Xfinity Chicago Street course race didn't make it here.

[@48nation]

Yeah I thought the battle was pretty good but I rated it 7/10.

[@Tp17828]

I think this years world 100 was amazing

[@48nation]

@@Tp17828 gave that one an 8/10.

[@cba_2442]

I'll never understand people's hatred for overtimes. I'd rather have a ton of those instead of a yellow finish and I've been watching for 24 years.

[@48nation]

I don’t hate overtime I would just rather see a natural finish.

[@jareddiamond5133]

Based on the Information you gave us from 16:26 to 16:45, here is what I found - The Motorsport with the Closest Calculated Average and Calculated Mean is the Indycar Series with a 5.84 Rating (The Average is 5.94). The Motorsport with the Lowest Calculated Average is the ARCA Menards Series with a 3.79 Rating. The Motorsport with the Highest Calculated Average is the MX5 Cup Series with a 7.94 Rating.

[@48nation]

Yeah. I basically used the “notes” app on my phone and typed in the race name and number after every event. Aside from the Cup Texas race I also never changed any of my ratings throughout the year as they were all initial reactions. I found that if I waited more than a few hours to rate a race I would have less of a strong opinion and therefore rating them 6’s and 5’s. I’ll definitely do this next year seeing the positive support I’ve got from yall!

[@splashy810]

Good list but I think Petit Le mans and Indy Milwaukee race 1 should've been on here as well

[@Thefrogbread]

MotoGP was absolutely great this year almost every race was great you should watch next year

[@48nation]

Definitely on my list of series to keep track of next year!

[@MX5CupClips]

MX5 Cup is peak Motorsports

[@48nation]

Literally

[@JohannVonVorst]

You forgot Indycar at milwaukee :(

[@Cousin_Chase]

None of the darlington races even being on the honorable mentions?

[@48nation]

I couldn’t put every good race on there 😭

[@RedSliceGaming34]

So your not denying you didnt watch any Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model races or High Limit Sprint Car Series races? Just you didnt watch World of Outlaws

[@48nation]

@@RedSliceGaming34 yeah. I watched most High limit races but just a few Lucas oil races. Only race of those that I thought was great was high limit at Red dirt raceway in Oklahoma which I rated 8/10

[@Sir_mc_chicken_ketchup]

What did you write Elko? It’s my home track.

[@48nation]

The ARCA race at Elko I gave a 6/10. That was the only event I watched from that track this year

[@Sir_mc_chicken_ketchup]

Ok

[@su-30butwithinternetaccess14]

What about 2024 Sao Paulo?

[@48nation]

@@su-30butwithinternetaccess14 8/10

[@ThatOnePopCat0001]

I wouldnt have Baku on here, while it was a good race, the last 3 or 4 races beat it easily, especially brazil

[@Thecanopyperson]

Where is intrlagos f1, i think it was the best f1 race because of the chaos

[@tescoshortage]

MX5 my king,,,, 🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️

[@48nation]

@@tescoshortage 🐐

[@jabber1990]

why does everyone bitch about fuel saving? that's the ONLY reason it was 3-wide the whole time, if they didn't do that it would have been 2-wide train racing and nobody was passing

[@48nation]

@@jabber1990 the Daytona 500 fuel saving was insane and over the top. I mean you saw the graphic of the lone car going 5 mph faster than the pack. I didn’t mind the fuel saving at dega and Daytona 2

[@AstroAzzy]

Where is 2024 Indy 500?

[@48nation]

In the honorable mentions

[@MGMOAR_YT]

​@@48nationthe 2024 indy500 has to be top 5 of the year

[@renekup2528]

You absolutely need to watch f2 instead of f1 its so much better

[@48nation]

Yeah it’s just most of the races are at 3 and 4 am at my place

[@UnfinishedBread]

i hate the look of the next gen toyota now

[@rikpijsel7272]

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