What If NASCAR Had the Playoffs In 2007?

[@jbaskinger41]

“Pause and show that”

[@matthewdaley746]

I wish.

[@TheIceberg]

I knew I missed something lol

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TheIceberg We all make mistakes.

[@shannonlee7079]

@@TheIceberg Why is the 2006 season hidden from the playlist and not online

[@beerbatteredsports2]

Basically its 2018 with the two guys who dominated the season finishing 3rd and 4th and the guy who used consistency to get to the final four winning.

[@TheAqualegend]

I will never forget Logano's godly outside pass at Miami in that race... Still no idea how he did that.

[@TheMW2informer]

2007, that year where it's either crystal clear HD widescreen. or the cappiest of 4:3 VHS tape captures.

[@macdaddy67]

*Happy Eric Estepp noises*

[@davicee.]

matt is the best.

[@88fanforlife]

Yes drivers would’ve raced different but Teresa would’ve still gave Jr shit motors

[@88fanforlife]

Drew Davis yes indeed. At least he was for the most part pretty competitive. Unlike the dumpster fire that was 2009 and 2010

[@Ab_Ismael]

Matt Kenseth clutched his way into the round of 8 & the championship 4 and went on to win at Homestead and win the championship Everyone: *Outstanding Move*

[@jp3gaming]

2:06 "Pause & show that". I love the series keep up the great work.

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

I'm watching this in class right now, cant wait to see the potential champion

[@matthewdaley746]

Hope you're away from the hurricane too.

[@edd17sp74]

Hell yeah, Matt! Even though Johnson won 10 times in 2007, I feel like Matt Kenseth would have had a really good shot at winning it IRL because he ran up front and led laps in almost every race, but he had so much bad luck, he wrecked A LOT. In this video, I knew if Matt made the final 4 he’d obviously win the championship because he won Homestead that year, but I was honestly worried he wouldn’t have made the final 4 because of how much bad luck he had in the first five races.

[@iandickey8320]

0:29 With that being said As Boris Said goes across the top

[@jmjrulz9482]

So Matt becomes a 2 time champion with consitensy once again. Looks like Roush might win back to back titles in 2007 & 08.

[@gabingston3430]

Ah 2007, the year I started following NASCAR.

[@hotdogs5265]

Ahh 1993 the year I started following nascar at 7 years old. Too bad you didn't watch it in the 90s. It was so good and they ruined it.

[@furioussherman7265]

If you haven't done a Missing Rings video for Jeff Gordon's 2007 season, you should. I can't remember anyone else ever getting 30 top 10s in a season since I started watching NASCAR in 2007.

[@onlyautismic]

I love this series... probably because I’m a MATT Kenseth fan

[@nascar4842]

Great video man. Something is just so funny to me thinking about this video, when Johnson won 10 races and the championship in 2007, people say he didn't deserve it but I am willing to guarantee that if someone won 10 races now and lost the championship everyone would be crying a river saying they were robbed a title. A champion is a champion no matter what format NASCAR uses and to those who hate this format, there has been even worse

[@ThatDudeNamedDale]

This is a season where the playoff format really detatches from what we saw. Gordon and Johnson absolutely obliterated the competition this season, nearly HALF of all points paying races were won by just these two drivers. Gordon set a record of 30 Top 10 finishes this season. Honestly for Kenseth and Kurt Busch to be finishing ahead of these two (in my opinion) in this format is pretty wild and goes to show how "tempermental" the playoff system can be. Great video as always!

[@longbar6565]

Gordon would of won under any system in ‘07 except the one he raced in that year because he definitely would have won homestead. These videos are so awesome

[@camothegoat7333]

Watching that Kansas race live had to be cancer

[@jackbritt2424]

Can you make a video explaining the 2007 season with the 2 different cars.

[@TheIceberg]

I probably can at some point. Definitely a fun topic.

[@seannolan9857]

Pretty easy explanation. We introduced the COT, and ran it on tracks less than 1.5 miles. We kept the old car for the bigger tracks. At least until Fall Talladega when we finally used it at a large oval (I think we used the COT at the road courses too, but I'm not 100% certain.)

[@johnboy4025]

Still crap, Jeff Gordon was better than all of them. Interesting to see this though

[@electronicfire5243]

John Boy welp we know he won the 2014 championship soooo

[@deryccoulson4901]

Obviously just a a Gordon fanboy. He even states at the beginning it’s “HYPOTHETICAL”.

[@johnboy4025]

Notice how I said at the end “interesting to see this though”? Gordon all the way!

[@electronicfire5243]

John Boy yeah 100% 24ever

[@davicee.]

naaah, in my opinion he sucks. matt kenseth all the way

[@jeffreyvences5746]

*Can't wait for What if NASCAR had a Playoffs for they years 1949-2003.*

[@joshuapboston1999]

Kenseth would be a 2 time Cup winner in this setting... interesting. Can't wait for the 2008 edition!

[@the_elmeister]

This would’ve been Jeff Gordon’s championship if it was full season

[@dylanholland_dh2901]

I liked how this turned out!

[@AflacCupSeries]

Sure is interesting how all contenders end up racing each other

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

Back to back underdog longshots. Epic

[@clarkmckee4700]

2004: Jimmie Johnson 2005: Greg Biffle 2006: Kevin Harvick 2007: Matt Kenseth 2008: Dale Earnhardt Jr 2009: Kyle Busch 2010: Tony Stewart 2011: Tony Stewart 2012: Tony Stewart 2013: Kyle Busch 2014: Dale Earnhardt Jr 2015: Kyle Busch 2016: Jimmie Johnson 2017: Matt Kenseth 2018: Martin Truex Jr

[@the_elmeister]

In P1 Motorsports’ Breaking the Chase @ 6:57: “Jeff Gordon was in a position where he could lock up the championship two races early at Texas. All he would have to do was finish 28th and he would be the 2007 champion. At Texas, both Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon were in contention all day with Johnson winning the race and Gordon coming home 6th to lock up the championship two races early.”

[@nathansheeler1663]

I love this series keep up the good work! Was really excited for this video to see how my first year in nascar would’ve played out instead.

[@blakegallimore5242]

Hands down one of my favorite series

[@candeniz5999]

As a Matt Kenseth fan, I'm shaking.

[@davicee.]

matt is awesome! :D

[@johnclark8637]

I don't like the championship coming down to one race.

[@AlonsoRules]

nobody does - its a stupid gimmick

[@davidbuell7051]

I think it would be fun to see a video on some late 90s-2003 seasons and "what if they had the playoffs"

[@scottshelton3497]

Gotta love those 2007 DEI engines.

[@NiD_Wolfsberg127]

These "what if" videos are my favorites, keep up the good work, love your chanel

[@clarkmckee4700]

I wish Dale Jr actually made the 07 playoffs being the final year of him at DEI

[@cba_2442]

I'm sorry 2007 didn't exist. Me and my 24 gear have no memory of it.

[@GhoStrider-bg5ln]

2003 and years prior with the Chase and/or "playoff" format? Or 2004 to the present under the 2003 system?

[@elliottdibenedettofan995gu8]

The main words from that season I remember. Larry McReynolds- "We got one car, on his roof comin' across the start finish line. They're *still* wrecking!"

[@marycornett3165]

Up side down and on fire lol

[@GraySpeedProductions]

Wow, really shows the hole in our playoff system too. Great job on this Iceberg!

[@danielcurtis5179]

I'm pretty new to the channel but I'm loving this series, keep it up man!

[@TheIceberg]

Glad to have you on board my friend!

[@niksargentniknite4850]

loving this series and all your other vids. keep it up man!!

[@calebrabon9]

I love this series plus your a real smart man

[@michaelbayne2315]

Damn. Finally made it early to one of these. LETS GOOOOO

[@matthewdaley746]

Off we go!

[@charliel3248]

I love this series!!

[@Badassinblack51]

I’m actually starting to love this series. I can just imagine if nascar had the playoffs

[@angelugarte6333]

Amazing video! Keep up the good work!

[@aaronkristofer18]

The fact that Casey Mears had a shot to make the Round of 8 is wild to me

[@nothinghere7391]

I'm waiting for 2013 to hear happy Dale Jr. noises

[@GBA_Time]

I’d love to see you do this series pre-2004. I just watched a @blackflagsmatter video in which Steve Park won the Watkins Glen Race.

[@TheIceberg]

I'm definitely considering doing this in specials for certain seasons. Ones like 1992, 1995, 2000, and 2003 are big requests

[@Stuffyoucantunwatch]

I wished NASCAR came up with the original chase and then the Stage points and other rules, plus does the 5 minute repair rule come into the equation in these points tallies?

[@Dat-Mudkip]

Uh-oh, here comes the 2007 Shitshow 400...aka "Lifelock 400"

[@recon4786]

Fantastic video just wish you’d have more clean graphics for the playoff standings and show the whole thing at one time, and also show who missed the playoffs. Great otherwise and subbed!

[@railsandracing]

It would have been funny if this really happened in real life. The Chase was basically "the Matt Kenseth Rule," because he won the 2003 championship and only won one race. Now he wins the championship by getting two wins vs a guy who had 10 wins. Talk about beating the system. Edit: Come to think of it, stage points have undermined the whole "emphasize winning" thing. If you get enough stage points during a race, you can earn more total points during a race than the winner.

[@doomusrlc]

Before watching... guessing Edwards

[@doomusrlc]

I was off a year lol

[@basketballife5838]

I love these type videos

[@doraal8331]

Idc if people say crap about this I love them man keep it up 🤙🏻

[@the-trustees]

This series really goes a long way towards showing how the playoffs are not in the spirit of racing. I hope, as fans, enough of an outcry might change it back to a simpler format that does not devalue winning like the playoffs do.

[@fishproductions22]

Hello from school

[@matthewdaley746]

Hope you're away from the hurricane.

[@turn1racingmedia408]

Yea Matt!

[@aaronkristofer18]

This season was always weird to me. They moved to the COT halfway through the season and not at the start of the season. Personally, those 2006 COY cars were the best looking COY cars to date. Especially the Dodge's.

[@Nascar-zv9lh]

I’m really excited to see when the 2011 one comes out. Cause I still kinda expect Stewart to win. But all of these videos have been great

[@tylerbronson945]

That’s soooooooo cool how did you do that @The Iceberg

[@dngnascar]

I was about to watch this in class until my teacher said she confiscate our phones if they were out

[@GhoStrider-bg5ln]

Did you finish your homework?

[@dngnascar]

Gho Strider ye

[@doomusrlc]

Hah... 2007 went to Kenseth then.

[@AlonsoRules]

So Jeff's 30 top 10's still not good enough lol

[@acenace24]

Would you consider doing this for the pre-chase years ?

[@TheIceberg]

Yeah, I may do some specials in the future, years like 1992, 2000, and 2003 are all big requests

[@acenace24]

@@TheIceberg It's quality content and we'd probably all appreciate knowing how each season would have turned out differently. Thanks for replying.

[@funwithmurph]

2008 champ is Carl Edwards

[@TheDthatcher]

Love this series

[@81casperflip]

Hey man could you do the 1992 season with playoffs? That would be interesting to see

[@sirnickels9979]

I'd like to see how the 2014 to 2018 would have been like using the 2004 chase rules

[@robertbranning7052]

if you have the info available could you include the stage winners from each race?

[@alyosman5231]

U should do the 2014-2018 Playoffs using the 2013 Chase System with 13 drivers.

[@claudiochianca563]

That's a great Idea

[@Jaceluyah442]

With this video I just realized the final race at Miami in the play offs is kinda bs

[@jmed412]

Best part is JPM being in the playoffs

[@kylewagoner]

Wow what a lineup.

[@Newmanfan4ever39]

the interesting question is would people have wanted johnson to win under this format or not cuz of fans of his teamate * hint hint *

[@willmoon5320]

This is my dream scenario

[@point_decascadia]

I think Eric Estepp wants to live in this timeline

[@sportpersona9986]

LETS GOOO MATTT

[@michaelwise6020]

2008 nascar with playoff

[@clarkmckee4700]

If I had predicted the Chase grids after Homestead by year(under the current playoff system) 2004-Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Tony Stewart 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Kurt Busch 6. Jeremy Mayfield 7. Rusty Wallace 8. Mark Martin 9. Matt Kenseth 10. Greg Biffle 11. Jamie McMurray 12. Kasey Kahne 13. Brian Vickers 14. Robby Gordon 15. Jeff Burton 16. Dale Jarrett 2005-Champion Carl Edwards 2. Tony Stewart 3. Rusty Wallace 4. Jeff Gordon 5. Kyle Busch 6. Mark Martin 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr 8. Kurt Busch 9. Jamie McMurray 10. Kevin Harvick 11. Jeff Burton 12. Dale Jarrett 13. Ricky Rudd 14. Bobby Labonte 15. Denny Hamlin 16. Kasey Kahne 2006-Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Mark Martin 3. Matt Kenseth 4. Kyle Busch 5. Kurt Busch 6. Jimmie Johnson 7. Brian Vickers 8. Kasey Kahne 9. Michael Waltrip 10. Scott Riggs 11. Denny Hamlin 12. Carl Edwards 13. Casey Mears 14. Ryan Newman 15. J.J. Yeley 16. Tony Stewart 2007-Champion: Jimmie Johnson 2. Casey Mears 3. Michael Waltrip 4. Dave Blaney 5. Brian Vickers 6. Tony Stewart 7. Kyle Busch 8. Greg Biffle 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr 10. Jamie McMurray 11. Jeff Gordon 12. Martin Truex Jr 13. Kasey Kahne 14. Paul Menard 15. Dale Jarrett 16. David Reutimann 2008-Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Tony Stewart 3. Carl Edwards 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Jeff Gordon 6. Jimmie Johnson 7. Paul Menard 8. Mark Martin 9. Kurt Busch 10. Denny Hamlin 11. Kyle Busch 12. Elliott Sadler 13. Patrick Carpentier 14. Dave Blaney 15. David Reutimann 16. Michael Waltrip 2009-Champion Denny Hamlin 2. Kyle Busch 3. Tony Stewart 4. Kurt Busch 5. Brad Keselowski(09/25) 6. Ryan Newman 7. Carl Edwards 8. AJ Allmendinger 9. Kasey Kahne 10. Jeff Gordon 11. Jimmie Johnson 12. Dale Earnhardt Jr 13. Mark Martin 14. David Ragan 15. Kevin Harvick 16. Juan Pablo Montoya 2010-Champion Denny Hamlin 2. Kyle Busch 3. Tony Stewart 4. Joey Logano 5. Carl Edwards 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr 7. Juan Pablo Montoya 8. Jamie McMurray 9. Brad Keselowski 10. Kurt Busch 11. Marcos Ambrose 12. Ryan Newman 13. Jeff Gordon 14. Jimmie Johnson 15. Matt Kenseth 16. Kevin Harvick 2011-Champion Brad Keselowski 2. Martin Truex Jr 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr 4. Tony Stewart 5. Mark Martin 6. Kurt Busch 7. Ryan Newman 8. Kevin Harvick 9. Jamie McMurray 10. Juan Pablo Montoya 11. AJ Allmendinger 12. Sam Hornish 13. Joe Nemechek (78) 14. Paul Menard (98) 15. Jeff Burton 16. Carl Edwards 2012-Champion Brad Keselowski 2. Regan Smith 3. Martin Truex Jr 4. Kyle Busch 5. Tony Stewart 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Kurt Busch 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 9. Marcos Ambrose 10. Denny Hamlin 11. Joey Logano 12. Sam Hornish 13. Juan Pablo Montoya 14. Kasey Kahne 15. Brian Vickers 16. Max Papis 2013-Champion Matt Kenseth 2. Carl Edwards 3. Joey Logano 4. Kasey Kahne 5. Trevor Bayne(#6) 6. Aric Almirola 7. Clint Bowyer 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 9. Marcos Ambrose 10. Juan Pablo Montoya 11. Martin Truex Jr 12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 13. Jeff Gordon 14. Jimmie Johnson 15. Denny Hamlin 16. Kevin Harvick 2014: Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Matt Kenseth 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Kasey Kahne 5. Kevin Harvick(#4) 6. Tony Stewart 7. Joey Logano 8. Brad Keselowski 9. Clint Bowyer 10. Denny Hamlin 11. Ryan Newman 12. AJ Allmendinger 13. Greg Biffle 14. Carl Edwards 15. David Ragan(#34) 16. Trevor Bayne(#6) 2015: Champion Jeff Gordon 2. Tony Stewart 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Matt Kenseth 6. Joey Logano 7. Danica Patrick 8. Clint Bowyer 9. Denny Hamlin 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr 11. Brad Keselowski 12. Martin Truex Jr 13. Ryan Newman 14. David Ragan 15. Kurt Busch 16. Matt DiBenedetto 2016: Champion Carl Edwards 2. Chase Elliott 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Tony Stewart 6. David Ragan 7. Brian Scott 8. Greg Biffle 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 10. Danica Patrick 11. Martin Truex Jr 12. Ryan Blaney 13. Brad Keselowski 14. Joey Logano 15. Matt Kenseth 16. Ryan Newman 2017: Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Daniel Suarez 3. Chase Elliott 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Ryan Newman 6. Ryan Blaney 7. Kyle Busch 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 9. Martin Truex Jr 10. Kyle Busch 11. Matt Kenseth 12. Kurt Busch 13. Danica Patrick 14. Kevin Harvick 15. Joey Logano 16. Jamie McMurray 2018: Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr 2. Joey Logano 3. Chase Elliott 4. Martin Truex Jr 5. Kyle Busch 6. Ryan Newman 7. Jimmie Johnson 8. Kevin Harvick 9. Erik Jones 10. Clint Bowyer 11. Aric Almirola 12. Ryan Blaney 13. Brad Keselowski 14. Kurt Busch 15. Austin Dillon 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

[@Dat-Mudkip]

Shocking...the guy who won the most didn't get the championship. The further this series goes, the more frustrated I get.

[@wade_says]

Kurt Busch could have almost had a 2nd title? Wow!

[@jasonjackson5493]

Idk if they really would race that differently, they could not drive those cars with that horsepower like they do now

[@jasonjackson5493]

Didn't jr dump Kyle at Kansas that year

[@mitchellmortenson2481]

What’s the deal with some races having the CoT?

[@exray99x19]

I heard that jr would or won in 2013 if they did the 2014 style playoffs? Truth to that statement

[@doomusrlc]

We'll find out in a few weeks hehe

[@mitchellb4551]

yea!!! I am happy Matt won at some point!

[@chifurbr]

if this had happend, they would have instantly ditched the system.... again thanks to matt

[@emailrobertward]

How are you figuring out the stage points

[@riffdane6459]

Racing reference has links to just about every race, and all the info about them he needs.

[@Flamingbro69]

Just got out of school

[@Race0892]

How do you calculate stage points. Just find the race broadcast?

[@TheIceberg]

I just use the broadcasts, I take the stage lengths from today as well as approximate stage lengths for different length races. Not a perfect system but it gets the job done.

[@Race0892]

@@TheIceberg Nice. Awesome work. I have been doing something similar with my format I shared a month ago. It is fun to think about what ifs. Keep up the good work.

[@uselesspaprclip5057]

I didn't know dodge Avenger was in nascar

[@e93sports80]

i believe you can make it to 2013

[@riffdane6459]

If this would have really happened, Matt Kenseth, after only winning one race under both systems, was still eligible for the title. In fact, he CLINCHED the title one race early with the old system. Playoff haters: your comparative arguments between both systems are invalid at this point.

[@tnbmotorsports77]

This just shows how the playoff system doesn't make sense, at least for the highest finisher gets the championship thing. Johnson won 10 times, Kenseth won 1 time. I hate this system.

[@riffdane6459]

He also won one time in 2003...

[@tnbmotorsports77]

@@riffdane6459 true

[@crouchb15]

Too bad 92's not gonna happen

[@salad.1100]

we need a 92 episode

[@TheIceberg]

Perhaps I could make special episodes somewhere down the 2020 road

[@doomusrlc]

Fun analysis: If 1992 had the 2004-2010 chase format, Kyle Petty would have won the title (this is from an article Nascar did following the 2003 season. Some interesting things in there too. Gant would have had 2 titles I believe, Gordon wouldn't have had a couple that he did get, Jarrett would have won 1997 instead of 1999, Kurt Busch would have won his sophomore year in 2002. I don't remember the rest lol)

[@daleearnhardtfan3889]

I like it 🏁🏁🏁

[@rjk81699]

Man 2007 would been a great year if we had the playoff in nascar. Can we go to back and do that haha

[@matthewdaley746]

If only.

[@jabber1990]

not trying to be THAT guy but NASCAR wouldn't let a cutoff race end under rain Other than that; pretty crazy playoffs!

[@noahcoleman5556]

2015 Phoenix ended under rain. Jr's last win.

[@jabber1990]

@@noahcoleman5556 good point

[@jabber1990]

@@noahcoleman5556 could have been just becasue who was leading though