Pretty sure Kenseth is the one dislike haha

Yeah and Kyle Larson not only fucked up his racing career in Nascar but probably Fucked up his Sprint Car team to.

@@christopherwinter2099 Larson will get a second chance. Probably with Stewart-Haas.

@@christopherwinter2099 Ironically, McDonald's is still on his sprint car... For now... Because he wasn't driving it alone (He had a full time driver they were sponsoring)

@@TheMrtgamer true

Me too I couldn't stop crying

What a great final win. Probably the best final win ever.

after learning history of nascar imo jeff gordon is best driver ever. i know richard has most wins.... but so many of his wins were by default..... in an era where most the best teams didnt run all the races. or even 2/3rds yet petty ran every race year after year..... - 2 or so here and there.. but yea. his competition was nothing like gordon faced. DEI probably would of beaten gordon for that title..but we will never know.

He had a nice car at homestead too was hoping for 5 aka his 7th

Me to he was my favorite diver

I don't remember his best seasons, as I wasn't even born yet or wasn't really following NASCAR at the time. However, I still remember following that #49 Swann Chevy around the track whenever I could. I got to meet him after his cup career was over very near my home town, and his signature is one of many on my signing shirt.

One of my favorites growing up and I'm kind of a youngster. (30) Met him several times in cup and dirt tracks as well as a few motorsport conventions. Super down to earth and funny as hell.

@@blueredlover1060 I believe that BAM car was a Dodge

I respect Schrader for several reasons but most for the very respectful way he handled seeing Dale's fatality

Cause of COVID

Rob Fowler GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

I put a clip of Kahne in the opening as I felt the focus should be more on intentional "Victory Tour" like seasons. Then again, I lumped Kenseth in with that group, so I probably should have featured Kahne more. So sad the way it ended for him.

I still can't believe I ended up at Kahne's last race in 2018 at Darlington. At least he got to run a Throwback that race though.

He regretted it

No doubt he did.

Alan formula1 you’re exactly right

@Alan formula1 no you're right

@Alan formula1 TLDR Contract issues Martin was going to retire after 2005, but the driver Roush hired to replace him was under contract for 2006. Martin decided to stay one more year, but then another seat at Roush opened up.

Which is why I'm still holding out hope for Jimmie.

As a Stewart fan since when I started watching in mid-2006, that win at Sonoma was a great closer. His last few years were rough, but that day he proved to still have plenty of fight still left in him.

Matt "Mark Martin" Kenseth

Mark Martin was his mentor and he's a Packer's fan who watched Brett Favre un-retire so he had no choice but to follow suit

That's mans gonna be the next Mark Martin!

@@crussell6533 no matt has a championship

I hope he does well tomorrow!

Craven ran the Truck Series full time in 2005

Michael Waltrip's last race was the 2017 Daytona 500

Steve Park retired in 2011 Josh Wise, Brian Scott, and Greg Biffle (cup) 2016

@@kittykatecho was only including cup. That's why I put Bill Elliott in 2012 and not 2018

2003 I know Jerry Nadeu retired after his Skull fracture

Essentially the Brett Favre of NASCAR

Bayne has ALS

His 2002 Daytona 500 scheme was awesome. I have it download on NR2003S

The last was Derrike Cope who race in the Daytona 500 in 2021 and then wreak at ton of guys

Me to so joey Logano can put him into the wall at martinsville the same way he did him!!!!!

Well the next one will be for matt k,for wreaking joey at martinsville now.see what comes around goes around right.and joey Logano if feel still hasn't forgotten that,remember what he did to dum ass denny Hamlin well look like now he will be able to return the favor to matt k now to.and how sweet it will be to now right 🏳🏁🏆👏😁🤣💯🇺🇸👍👌‼

Hes never gonna stop racing. Remember? Hes MMMK

@@petebentley3156 He had many opportunities to pay him back between then and Kenseth stepping away in 2017 and he never did because he's not stupid. What's done is done and there's no point in carrying on a grudge like that because it will, as Joey learned at Martinsville, cost you races and championships. I have been a lifelong Kenseth fan and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Joey get junked at Martinsville after he spun Kenseth at Kansas then (and many people forget this) egged Kenseth on at Talladega brake-checking him while coming to pit road. Bottomline is Joey had two full seasons to pay back Matt and never did because he knows better now. I will never be a Joey Logano fan, but I must admit that he has seriously grown and matured a lot since that fateful day at Martinsville and I've come to respect the heck out of him as a driver. I'd be extremely surprised if he and Kenseth had any sort of an incident this season.

Well kazo2,I can spell i only have one eye to see out of because i lost one eye in the military.but that doesn't matter to me right now.with joey Logano and Matt the bratt,just give joey time and sooner or later he will get back at him now!!!!!

Didn't Childress put that car together? I have that diecast, that was a sweet looking inverted car and I always loved the #3 on the hood.

@@aaronkristofer18 I think from around 1994 on, Marcis ran as kind of an R&D team for Childress. Dave still owned his own equipment, but the engines and a lot of the heavy chassis and body work were done by RCR.

5 years later

@@acrock21 in 5 years he will be called to do a part time gig for JTG or Roush again

Broady Taylor mine as well go for oldest driver to win

He didn't WANT to retire, he was forced out for a fresh face. He'll drive any remotely competitive car that is interested in having him until those opportunities eventually end. I don't blame him at all.

@@BlueTrane2028 Unfortunately I think he wants to be done now. He's my favorite of all time and I was so bummed with his return to CGR that basically turned into a laughing stock. That one hurt man

He won't throw a pick to cost you a chance at the Super Bowl. Kenseth is quietly one of the best drivers in the sport. If he can find a full time ride, he can still produce at a high level. Also, I would give that to Ryan Newman, given he's driven for more teams in his career.

Bluered lover I was referring to the retirement talks but never seeming to retire

I think that it's been more due to not finding consistent rides than actually wanting to retire.

Bluered lover that is very true. I like Kenseth and Favre, no disrespect to either lol. Just a comparison

@@blueredlover1060Kurt Busch has driven for more than Newman has.

You're absolutely right. But there's an interview with Buddy Baker where he reveals his career basically ended with that crash in 1988. As with other drivers on this list, he did continue to run, but never again on a full-time basis.

@@LASTCARonBROCK ,can i find it on KZfaq?

@@henriquepaladino3779 You know, it might be there - I'm trying to remember what show it was from. All I remember was footage of Buddy Baker standing in the first corner and saying "this is where my career began and ended, right here at Charlotte." If anyone knows, by all means let me know.

Brock Beard kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idaWh6anypPUpIU.html

Buddy un-retired in 1990, and stepped away from the cockpit for good following Neil Bonnett's crash.

Well he isn't doing well now with the team but we'll see what Toyota will bring him. Also that bad stuff that happened to his family

Just be happy your favorite got to retire my favorite driver in nascar history is Dale Earnhardt

Man, that last win in Martinsville is burned in my memory. As a Jeff Gordon fan, and a Logano hater, seeing Matt take out that dirty driving Logano, the one driver that had the best chance to beat Gordon that day, and later seeing him fend of McMurray for his final win, and giving him one last shot at a championship is one of my favorite racing moments.

I was ten when that happened and that was like the second happiest moment ive had watching sports behind the Eagles super bowl win.

Thank you! I do what I can.

It would've been great if Sterling had a full-on retirement season. Unfortunately that Bobby Ginn deal in 2007 fell through, taking him out of a full-time ride.

Yes, .. definitely, ..it would of been great to see him get the proper respect he deserve .. . a full-time-retirement season ..

Sterlin was fired by Chip just like Kyle Petty was by Boston Ventures. Just dropped period.

@@atlfan48 get ur facts straight, Sterling's contract was up, Chip wanted a younger driver in the 40 car .. he never found the right one thou .. keep ur attention on J.J retirement year .. fan48 ..

@@chargerz2204 Your right, but Chip informed him over the phone. Can't stand Chip!!! For the record, that 48 has nothing to do with JJ. It's there in reference to late Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson, on the track I bleed 43 Blue.

I mean the only reason he stayed was because he was just having fun so you can't really blame him for staying

@@xavierjuno4572 I suppose, but he is one of a quite a few examples of once great drivers staying well past their best. In F1 for example, Graham Hill, father of 1996 world champion Damon Hill, had won two titles in his career, but recorded his last win in 1969. He stayed in the sport with ever less competitive teams and when no seats were available, he set up his own team. However, by 1975, even he realised the game was up when he failed to qualify for the race which he had won five times previously, Monaco. Like Richard Petty, Graham Hill stayed far too long past his best

Johnson never had a spell of struggling to qualify or get top 20s like Petty or DW, did. He still made the playoffs for two seasons in a row after his last championship, and for these last two seasons has been right on the outside of making it in. It’s not like he became as uncompetitive as you claim he became. Petty went from finishing in the top 10 in points to barely making the top 25 after one season, and scored just 2 top 10s in his last four seasons. DW had a mildly more competitive last few seasons, especially with his DEI stint, but still was quite uncompetitive. Johnson still regularly finished in the top 10 for these past few years, even he haven’t been as competitive as he was before. I’d say that DNQs “stink” up the end of a career more than regular top 10s.

It's a good question, and I hope it inspires more discussion of those seasons. When writing this, I'd remembered their retirements playing out the same as everyone else's, but clearly they didn't. Every one of them is unique.

You're right - wasn't it cool when his crew was wearing throwback #15 shirts at Homestead?

Well, you were half right.

Same with Jeff Gordon's last race was 18 year old Gray Gaulding's first.

I hope he kicks ass in Kyle's car. Funny that Jeff Gordon and Matt were rivals back in the day, but him sending Joey into the wall after his punk-ass driving, and Jeff later winning that race is one of my favorite moments in NASCAR, and it made me a Kenseth fan ever since.