Ken Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Race

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7 жыл бұрын

From the 2002 Channellock 250
Footage owned by: FOX Sports
Footage uploaded by: KingCuervo88

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@joshjarnagin3161 7 жыл бұрын

Whoever decided that the 63 needed an on board was brilliant

@theLongPigChef Жыл бұрын

Blaaahahahha... Right?

@gabewood983 7 жыл бұрын

You know your awful when the announcers break their neutral stance to make fun of you

@sdrawkcab735 7 жыл бұрын

DW has never been a neutral announcer.

@TheShockninja 7 жыл бұрын

Imagine if James Hunt were alive and he called this NASCAR race. The commentary would be classic.

@CamelSmokes23 7 жыл бұрын

TheShockninja Remeber when he called bull shit over some driver making excuses over the turbos on live tv. Damn he was a cool dude. Racing needs more men like him.

@cfoster81 7 жыл бұрын

Or if Statler and Waldorf from the "Muppet Show" were in the booth for that race. They would have skewered Ken Alexander so much he would have just called it a day after the third crash

@Riggsfan99 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Joy is pretty good at staying neutral. Other than this the only other race i remember is Martinsville this year he said "oh its Cody Ware" after Ware spun

@STICKGUYMB 7 жыл бұрын

Me when I turn off all the assists in NASCAR games for the first time

@DudeWithThePoop 6 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one who raced with assists. It explains why I don't do the career mode in Thunder 2004 (it disables the assists by default)

@AlonsoRules 7 жыл бұрын

who needs a caution clock, just use this driver

@rustysracingnetwork579 7 жыл бұрын

I guess he was the John Wes Townley of 2002

@AlonsoRules 5 жыл бұрын

Townley had speed

@cookieboy17 7 жыл бұрын

6 cautions in one day, I never thought I'd see someone do as well as Vickers at Martinsville causing 6 cautions. to stay on the race track and cause 6 cautions without KO'ing your car takes talent

@VG03Racing 7 жыл бұрын

you're here!?!!?

@AEMoreira81 7 жыл бұрын

David Ragan one race caused a bunch as well...it was the year he was running the 06 after Todd Kluever's abortion of a career.

@VinceMoscar 7 жыл бұрын

you watch nascar? nice

@skylerdixon9408 4 жыл бұрын

Vince Moscar man.. he made a whole video series on the NTG IL challenges

@PYLrulz1984 4 жыл бұрын

At least Alexander had the excuse of he wasn’t a top level racing driver.

@DavidLand91 5 жыл бұрын

This is why the minimum speed rule should have never been abolished.

@KColleyTV 7 жыл бұрын

This was the first Busch Series race I ever attended. Even as a nine year old then, these shots of him holding up traffic and being a true moving chicane didn't even do enough justice to how bad he was that day compared to everybody else.

@cfoster81 7 жыл бұрын

Why didn't NASCAR just throw the Consultation flag on him

@MrBWhite88 7 жыл бұрын

It's worth noting that this was his final Xfinity Series start.

@xoxksa 3 жыл бұрын

He had MULTIPLE starts?

@pirate772009 2 жыл бұрын

@@xoxksa He drove from 1999 to 2002. He attempted three races between 1999 and 2000 as an owner/driver but never qualified. The first race he actually made was ironically the 2001 Food City 250 at Bristol where he finished dead last. His team for that race and most of 2001 was Jay Robinson Racing and they couldn't even lock down a primary manufacturer because he drove everything except a Dodge for Robinson. He also drove one race that year at Charlotte for a team called PRW Racing. So he attempted 15 races in his career, qualified for 12 of them, and had a career best finish of 29th at Darlington the week before this debacle where he surprisingly finished 31st lol

@ghostofpastghostofpast3700 Жыл бұрын

The next year he was an ARCA series front runner rumor has it 😁

@nascarfan19 7 жыл бұрын

At least he got an in-car cam

@AllThingsRacing 4 жыл бұрын

63rd like, this comment's blessed

@chadawesome5073 4 жыл бұрын

I remember this race. I was tire carrier on the #40 for Brian Vickers.

@deaf2819 2 жыл бұрын

That’s crazy I was the tire that day ! 3rd pit stop. You almost dropped me thank god you didn’t! Vickers was an awesome driver always took care of me :)

@Kelpflakes 2 жыл бұрын

Omg same! I was just a teenager but it was so fun to be a pit for derrik cope

@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt Жыл бұрын

I was the driver, good pit stop!

@rawhydemusic8620 4 жыл бұрын

I believe Ken Alexander may have finally killed that thing.... lol good ole DW. I loved his commentary

@LukeDatema 7 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know it was possible to have that awful of a day. Should've parked it after his 3rd wreck.

@AutoRockinRacing94 7 жыл бұрын

if Radioactive was around then

@Michael-mg3zb 7 жыл бұрын

That would have been gold.

@AutoRockinRacing94 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Martinez exactly, especially this race. Bet Jimmy Spencer would swore him out good.

@AEMoreira81 7 жыл бұрын

One would need a 25-minute radioactive for this race.

@DCTib 5 жыл бұрын

He probably stayed out there because Fox probably wanted him to. Notice how they had cameras inside and outside of his car. Kind of odd to see cameras on a back marker car.

@evanwilliams6406 9 ай бұрын

They wanted to get some shots.

@EthynReasoner 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Sprague knocking him out of the way is priceless!

@dylanhills3244 3 жыл бұрын

That was my Busch Series driver that year! Miss seeing him out there. Fellow Michigander driving a Chevy for Hendrick.

@TheSpiderTre 7 жыл бұрын

i went to look up this guy and i was thinking he was some 20 year old rookie. nope, he was 49 and had a little bit of experience being a back marker in other short track series. this race was also his last in any series recorded by racing reference

@someguyinanambulancesavage9829 7 жыл бұрын

some say that, that #63 is still running to this day........in ARCA.....

@NascarRacingFan5 7 жыл бұрын

That must have been a nightmare.

@codyficker7851 7 жыл бұрын

I want to talk shit but I can't because I'd be just as bad.

@RogueCarrier-lh6yp Жыл бұрын

Quote of the race: “I believe Ken Alexander finally killed that thing.”-Darrell Waltrip

@joshjarnagin3161 7 жыл бұрын

This is a condition now known as Vickernism

@AEMoreira81 7 жыл бұрын

You spelled David Ragan wrong :D

@DrakionClaw 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Green got his next to last career win in this race

@johngancarcik5682 3 жыл бұрын

He has a chance on daytona and talladega

@Chives5150 7 жыл бұрын

"Go Greased Lightning, you're tearing your car up on the half-mile."

@ahawk91 7 жыл бұрын

How the heck did he go 9 laps down in 49 laps

@NascarNixon 7 жыл бұрын

Struggled to restart the engine on the first caution and was super off the pace.

@TheShockninja 7 жыл бұрын

He makes Amber Cope look like Jimmie Johnson.

@Nitro55555 7 жыл бұрын

39 laps*

@CyprusHartford 7 жыл бұрын

BURNOUTtv it's Bristol, baby

@andrewhayner1559 6 жыл бұрын

The Spring Bristol Race is 300 laps. It actually took 89 laps for him to fall that far behind, which makes it not the most dismal thing if you don't account for the rest of the race...

@speedbreaker0234 5 жыл бұрын

I love how he first an into the Rent-A-Wreck car

@LASTCARonBROCK 7 жыл бұрын

Yikes, that's a long afternoon. Still, could've somehow been worse - almost got it to the finish and didn't get last.

@Kelpflakes 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.

@shinystarmiestudios4179 Жыл бұрын

Didn't even finish Botom 10

@Dalejr88rox 7 жыл бұрын

I feel kinda bad for him. He just seemed like he was always in the wrong place, and constantly had the spotlight on him for the wrong reasons

@whoasked9500 6 жыл бұрын

I still am calling him the worst NASCAR driver ever, but opinions are opinions.

@dbkoobnyc4815 7 жыл бұрын

And this is why they implemented the minimum speed rule

@xoxksa 10 ай бұрын

If anyone's wondering what happened in that last crash, Ken Alexander plowed through Stacy Compton when Stacy slowed down for the wreck. It was beyond ARCA brakes.

@WookieDrives 7 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling Mike Senica is going to recreate some of that this year in the truck series (how the hell he got approved is beyond me).

@Cmperry9 7 жыл бұрын

ExplosionWard9 worked with him in the supercup series.....

@alexclubb2916 7 жыл бұрын

He got approved the same way Tim Viens did go start and park a few arca races or run around multiple laps down get approved for half mile trucks and then go run and get parked for being too slow to keep min speed up. Tim Viens got parked in a nationwide race and Mike Harmon got in the car and finished the race... Basically if you have the money to buy a ride you are good to go if you suck you will get parked for being too slow nascar doesnt play

@WookieDrives 7 жыл бұрын

Oh I know Alex. Worked with Tim when he got started in ARCA.

@Cmperry9 7 жыл бұрын

I don't miss that part of my ARCA days

@billsteinbachiii3461 6 жыл бұрын

It is funny that through all of this he almost made it through the entire race!

@matthews9041 3 жыл бұрын

Definition of a mobile chicane

@Griffdawg 7 жыл бұрын

wow.

@BackflipMotorSports 7 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! I thought Brennan Newberry at Charlotte was bad

@chromehorn89 7 жыл бұрын

god these videos are awesome

@acerogers3342 7 жыл бұрын

Who would of thought out of the people who'd be successful in this race it'd be two backmarkers Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne. Also some suggestions for a poor season vid Kasey Kahne's 2016 season, Casey Mears's 2016 season and a vid series NASCAR commentator fails such as Teague's fire at Richmond, Xfinity finish at dega etc

@Buttermilkjug 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Teague~ :)

@mesousagaby740 6 жыл бұрын

Okay, HOW he got an in-car cam is RIDICULOUS. It's like some psychic told FOX: "Hey, you might need to give give a camera on that 63. Just saying." Speaking of, did that 63 ever get a good run in this series? It lasted for a while in the early 2000's, but I always seem to see it below like...25th place or something.

@NascarNixon 6 жыл бұрын

Shane Hall got a few Top 15s in the car, including a 10th at Kentucky in 2002.

@TwelfthQuotient 3 жыл бұрын

1:26 "Not Again!!" Good ol' Mike Joy

@JamesLoganHowlett 6 жыл бұрын

Alexander makes Erik Jones 2017 Kansas Spring race look like a Sunday drive.

@emmanuelhartnett3885 6 жыл бұрын

This Makes Danica Look Good

@beanboy89 7 жыл бұрын

Who is this guy? But props to whoever gave him the in-car camera for this race.

@cakenob3768 7 жыл бұрын

Holy crap!! What an awful day for him...

@alexanderieronimo8086 6 жыл бұрын

This might be my favorite Nixon video

@finnshipley4333 5 жыл бұрын

The in-car cameras certainly didn't help him.

@baconbait1122 7 жыл бұрын

How in the fuck did this guy get an onboard for this race? Let's start with THAT bright idea

@timwalkerjr99 7 жыл бұрын

This makes Vickernism not look so bad.

@bigflopparacingteam 7 жыл бұрын

reminds me of Yuji Ide in F1

@rg2320 7 жыл бұрын

themontrealman oh yeah ide was bad and Sato was good thats why super aguri fired ide because he couldn't finish a race and look what Anthony Davidson did much better

@racerboy9ify 3 жыл бұрын

Rosset wasn’t much better

@evanwilliams6406 4 жыл бұрын

That 63's down a driver.

@rvegasguy_5216 4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they gave him an in car camera. Maybe they knew he would cause 20 cautions

@megabutters9144 4 жыл бұрын

I think it was because of the "Pepboys Trivia" thing that happened during races, and since Ken Alexander was sponsored by Pepboys in this race, it'd be logical to use a onboard camera for them.

@shinystarmiestudios4179 Жыл бұрын

He was 19 laps down when he crashed out.

@jbsmoove2B 7 жыл бұрын

I think he would have been fine if he kept to the top lane. he kept trying to run the bottom and he couldnt move fast enough. its not like anybody ran the outside lane back then without a lil help anyway lol

@cArmAkAze 7 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Kogay at Monza sometime ago

@mks1870634 6 жыл бұрын

He finished 31st. He should have S&Pd. First member of that team to be fired should have been the spotter! "Keep going...."

@mks1870634 4 жыл бұрын

At least he finished better than Cole Trickle's debut at the track.

@potatosix1342 7 жыл бұрын

this is the busch series right?

@NascarNixon 7 жыл бұрын

correct

@nascarbig1s 7 жыл бұрын

Patrick Staropoli up next?

@nathanderover6929 7 жыл бұрын

Buddy Parrott on the radio?

@ballsthatclank 6 жыл бұрын

He damn near made it the whole race

@TimiVision1 3 жыл бұрын

0:50 message to Rick Ware Racing

@AutoRockinRacing94 5 жыл бұрын

Ron Jay wishes he could be Ken Alexander

@WaifuWarsRacing 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, at least people will remember him

@brentanic 7 жыл бұрын

any relation to Blaise Alexander?

@Lego88fan 7 жыл бұрын

pastor Maldonado's f1 career in a nutshell

@f1fan112 7 жыл бұрын

Maldonado was fast though. A wrecking ball, but a fast wrecking ball! Heck he won an F1 race in a Williams!

@jamesgentry13 7 жыл бұрын

f1fan112 i crash sorry

@fnirtemotorsportsinsider2992 6 жыл бұрын

f1fan112 In the 90s and 80s that would not be a super amazing feat but in 2012.....

@AMR_Krissy 7 жыл бұрын

jesus

@nmmacc18 7 жыл бұрын

Was this some lowball driver like Brian Scott?

@NASCARFAN93100 6 жыл бұрын

He makes Brian Scott look like Jimmie Johnson

@TurboWheeler 7 жыл бұрын

For all the Pastor Maldonado mentions, there was a driver in F1 who was disqualified for being too slow. His name was Al Pease.

@AEMoreira81 7 жыл бұрын

Pease Out :D

@TurboWheeler 7 жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant!

@evanwilliams6406 9 ай бұрын

Speak now or forever hold you pease...

@andrewr7982 Жыл бұрын

Why did have cameras in his car

@10ToGoNASCAR 7 жыл бұрын

And I thought Brent Raymer, 2008 Martinsville Truck race, was the worst I'd seen.

@mattsuper1366 4 жыл бұрын

And he almost finished the race

@notcole8739 7 жыл бұрын

The one person that disliked this was probably ken Alexander

@evanwilliams6406 9 ай бұрын

#63 Out of Race:Reason Too Slow

@tomtodd7744 6 жыл бұрын

Did he replace Shane Hall because I swore Shane Hall ran races in that car

@NascarNixon 6 жыл бұрын

Shane returned to driving the #63 when Ken got fired after this race.

@SpectralUmbreon197 7 жыл бұрын

If this was the Chili Bowl, Alexander would've been parked around 0:45 and banned permanently.

@rg2320 7 жыл бұрын

METALLIC UMBREON yep

@TotalCruiserBabe 7 жыл бұрын

And a year later, Chad Blount would suffer the same luck in that same race. lol

@thepalaceofdallas3164 6 жыл бұрын

Never raced in Busch again.

@talladegajunkie1439 2 жыл бұрын

Compilation video idea: Announcers crapping all over drivers

@NascarNixon 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9FlnZCqzs23nqs.html

@bcschneider53 7 жыл бұрын

Ken Alexander himself provided the only dislike for this video.

@adamcheek2244 7 жыл бұрын

Ken Alexander: The Man Who Tried to Destroy His Car (and...eventually...succeeded)

@markjeff531 6 жыл бұрын

Was he so slow because he was just a bad driver or was that team just so poorly underfunded?

@vlogenericsrants948 6 жыл бұрын

Both

@Twinspinner 7 жыл бұрын

I try not to undermine the skills of those in professional racing, but I genuinely believe if you gave me equal practice time that weekend as him, I could've run a better race, even though I've never driven around an actual track.

@JacobStevens13 2 жыл бұрын

If it was 1.5 mile track I'd be more inclined to have faith in you but at Bristol with non stop traffic wrapped all the way around...it's like constantly drowning.

@letto18 7 жыл бұрын

All the RIParoni!

@Dat-Mudkip 7 жыл бұрын

Seems like an average race whenever I race in just about anything...

@HelloKindWorld 4 жыл бұрын

63 is my number. If I drove a racecar that's what number i'd want it to be. Good to know its available.

@kmosey4211 Жыл бұрын

1:26

@bodinefan1126 7 жыл бұрын

Quit the series after this race. Focused in running the 63 team.

@mossrm 7 жыл бұрын

No kidding...though if that wasn't a wakeup call saying that he needed to stop racing that car, I don't know what is.

@gdj2438 7 жыл бұрын

He actually did. This was his last race

@98doom 6 жыл бұрын

New rule if you get laped more then once get off

@fusionattraction4044 6 жыл бұрын

Alsp why Pepboys is never coming back to NASCAR

@mono-no-aware.Lem. 5 ай бұрын

wonder if pepboys thinks this was the best use of sponsorship dollars or the worst. I mean he was on the screen a lot getting the company lots of airtime that's for sure!!!