The man defently had talent, he just joined PPI while the team was literally crumbling beneath his feet.

I worked for Bobby Hamilton Jr. in the Arca Series back in 2016. It was cool listening to his stories about his dad.

I remember when he took over his dad’s truck in 2006 when Hamilton Sr. got cancer. At the very least, he had a long career unlike other NASCAR Busts.

I REALLY hate to see that his career went downhill like it did. Bobby Jr was a good driver in his day, just not good enough to impress Cup owners very much. Had things gone differently for him, I can legitimately see him winning a championship for the Trucks or Xfinity Series. Losing his father was going to be a struggle no matter what, but he was still a strong enough driver that I think that had things been different, he could still be around today. His career was just plagued by inconsistency, driving for bad teams, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I just hope that he found some peace. I feel bad that he lost his father in 2007

Bobby Hamilton Jr almost made an incredible comeback when he almost won the 2003 Busch Series championship. It was just a little too late.

This guy will always be a legend in my book. He and his whole team brought their trailer and car to my elementary school back in 2002-2003(??). It was like an on site field trip. They even signed one of those team postcards that the merchandise haulers used to hand out in the 2000s for me. I would still love to know who either knew them or had the connections to make it happen because it wasn’t like we were a big school in a city.

I was wondering when this video was going to come out.... I feel bad for him not only losing his dad to such a horrible disease, as his fallout as an owner himself, to which I completely understand why he no longer wants ANYTHING to do with NASCAR.....

The Tide 32 is still my favorite paint scheme of all time. What a rough last few years it had though.

Fun fact, I raced and won against Bobby in some league races in the Nascar Heat 2 days. Was pretty cool to race against and was a good guy.

It’s a shame Bobby Jr. had such a poor showing in the Cup Series, given he was actually fairly decent in Xfinity and Trucks.

I still don’t know why, maybe because he was a real driver, but in NASCAR 09, at least the PS3 version, he was consistently running inside the Top 5 in the Nationwide Series.

The crazy thing about most of these "busts" is that even when they go back to the lower series where they were good, it's just never the same

It's a shame Bobby Hamilton Jr's career played out this way

For me is wasn't a case of someone not having the talent to join the Cup Series, the just joined it with the wrong team.

With Bobby Jr you could definitely see the potential. He joined PPI at the worst possible time.

Hamilton Jr shoulda stayed in the Busch Series a couple more seasons since he was showing championship contending potential

The remains of those cars probably went into making actual Dr. Pepper cans.

Another case of "Why have you not done _"NASCAR Busts: Cal Wells"_ yet?" He was all about that Tide & McDonald's money... That's it. He *never* cared about his drivers, & especially after Ricky Craven left.

As a long time Bobby Hamilton Sr. fan i always had lots of high hopes for his son to do very well. I was very happy how we was so close to winning the Busch series in 2003. While my man Sr. Won the truck championship the following year. I felt devastated when he passed in 07 and how Jr just couldnt go on to race. And when Jr joined PPI I didnt have high hopes. But always cheered on the Hamilton family from Nashville. Always loved that Square D and Schneider Electric cars Sr ran.

The cars then had 900-1000hp, and those cup cars took so much throttle control.

Funny enough, the first ever race I attended as a kid was the 2003 Busch Series Race at Kentucky, which Bobby Hamilton Jr won.

Yeah Bobby Jr was better as a Busch Series veteran

I hated to see PPI Motorsports go out like that, not even 5 years after the iconic Darlington win with Ricky Craven. If they had better resources, and with the support from Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Super 8 Motel etc., they could've been a powerhouse team. I know that's a hot take, but I mean they could have if they had the right drivers after Ricky Craven left.

I met Bobby Hamilton Jr at Highland Rim Speedway just outside Nashville in 2011, he is such a nice guy.

Honestly, never knew he drove the Tide ride.

Bobby Hamilton Jr. not only a bust but after seeing these videos. He had some pretty hard wrecks!.. I can’t even imagine how many concussions he had. This was way before the safer barriers

He was starting to get some confidence in the Busch Series, but his stint in the Tide ride broke him down and he couldn't handle it. Had he stayed in the NBS I think we would all have an extremely different view of Bobby Jr. Myself included.

The biggest mistake in Bobby Jr's career was leaving the Marines Busch series car to go to cup with PPI, he basically pulled a Scott Whimmer

Please do a double gone to soon : Eric Mcclure and Kevin Grubb

Bobby H. Jr…..brutal. I see some great paint schemes in this video that should be on iRacing. When we racing D.G.? Great content as always 🤌🏻

I always wondered if Bobby Jr. was moved up too quickly. Some additional time in ARCA might have really done him some good toward really mastering the cars. Hope he's doing well though.

Interesting note despite only 3 top 10s in 2007 he still finished 6th in points in the Busch series.

if you have this guy in your videos, add Brent Sherman to the list

Need a Landon Cassill video after this one

In defense of him he almost won the 2003 Xfinity championship after being 369 (nice) behind Scott Riggs at Richmond

Ran with him on iRacing a bunch, he’s a super nice guy.

Bobby Hamilton wasn’t bad PPI was a go kart team when he joined

9:48 Sooooo "NASCAR Busts: Landon Cassil" when?

He's a nice guy! I chatted with him on a group on Facebook

It was rough seeing that Tide car run like garbage 😢. My favorite car from my childhood.

I have been waiting for this video forever! Thank you! Lol

I wouldn’t say he’s a NASCAR bust. He’s a NASCAR Cup series bust but he did decent in the Busch series so I don’t think I can put him down for that.

One vapor lock away from being the 2003 Busch champ.

I've said it before but I'm gonna say it again... When are you gonna do Jon Wood?

You really do a great job with these shows

Ive been waiting on this one for a while...

Next NASCAR Busts: Kevin Conway, please

A fourth NASCAR Bust video in a month? You are the best Black Flags Matter.

Would've like to see how he Would've faired out if him & team Rensi moved up to Cup together. I remember they ran a 1 off( I believe it was Kansas) and they was super fast. Came home 15th. They Would've had Ford support and that was during the time the Fords was very competitive.

Still more talent than Ty Dillion

PPI had its best days early on when it entered the sport. They initially rans Fords with a Cosworth V8 as the company was interested in NASCAR. After the manufacturer change this team was pretty much lost, and I can attest due to the fact I worked for Cosworth at the time.

Future NASCAR Bust ideas: Josh Wise Jason Jarrett Kevin Conway Landon Cassill Shawna Robinson Michael Annett Jeffrey Earnhardt David Gilliland

Could you imagine if ARCA drivers went straight to the Xfinity Series these days?

I watched hamilton jr in nashville doing the weekly racing and he wasn't even the 4th best driver, yet he's the one who got all the opportunity. Such a shame when better drivers can't get the chances.

Unrelated to the main content, what is that song at the beginning of the video? I remember it from the Nascar 07 preview on the old EA sports games, but Shazam just doesn't come up with anything for it. I'd greatly appreciate if you could help me out, and keep up the great work Darian!!!

I got a picture with him as a baby at Chicagoland Speedway. I never knew anything about him besides that one picture lol

When they announced some of the top 75 i was slightly dumb founded his dad wasnt on the list based on some of the guys on the list. The man kept the truck series interesting for a few years.

Man my dad has his Dr Pepper shirt. Big Dr Pepper fan, I miss watching the sport, twenty + years ago it was really good. Damn nostalgia

Rick Houston interviewed bobby Jr about his time with ppi recently. Bobby said management wouldn't let crew chief Harold Holly set the cars up how he wanted them. The team also was running RCRs 'c program' as far as technical support (arca level horsepower engines, etc) because that was all Cal Wells could afford. Sounded like Tide/p&g didn't give them alot of money to work with.

Ooh this ain’t fair. Guys only full cup season was for a team that was only competitive in 2001-2002.

seems like a bad career move not a bust

Next Video: Nascar busts:J.J Yeley

I hope you do a look back at his 2003 NBS year

Always liked him.

So many NASCAR busts I've seen. Another on that's occurred to me is Brian Ickler.

Forgot to mention that he’s been on the run since 2017 thanks to him starting a ARCA team and ripping off numerous drivers

Casey Atwood, or Hank Parker Jr could be the next topic for "NASCAR Bust"

NASCAR busts recommendations: 1. Kelly Bires 2. Danny O’Quinn Jr 3. Chase Miller 4. Colin Braun 5. Casey Mears (2003-2006)

This man told Ricky Bobby to hold his beer. Dude hit everyone on the track

I like what one driver said about Bobby Jr a few years ago: "The guy's got a 10 foot ego in a 4 foot body"

I'm early and now do nascar busts: David Ragan

Was gonna dm you him lol he put up a great season at rensi but he also had Harold holly and was known to not be respectful to Crew members and others but he also had the weight of the world on his shoulder with Bobby sr and his health battles too which couldn’t of been easy at all but if the attitude was there he would of been a little better but not much

Basically a Bobby Hamilton Jr Crash compilation 🤣

Since the 32 tide ride was focused on the thumbnail, i was wondering if Ricky Craven was a NASCAR Bust

Before a driver gets labeled a bust, it should be considered what kind of equipment they had an opportunity to drive in their career. The best equipment Bobby Jr. ever got to drive was the Cal Wells 32 which according to Bobby’s recent interview on the Scene Vault podcast, was basically a 3rd tier RCR hand me down operation that was on par with an ARCA equipment. I wouldn’t call Bobby a bust because of that.

Ah, another of my choices makes the Nascar bust field. It’s really becoming a list of who’s whos and your typical run of the mill type of bust.

Video suggestion: NASCAR busts Eric Cartman In the South Park episode “poor and stupid” when cartman, became a NASCAR driver. S14 E6 PLS 🙏

Which NASCAR game was the background music from in the beginning I haven’t heard that in yearrrs

Y’all see that lady give Landon Cassill the birdy 🐦? 😊

He is a great dude.

Ah, Cosey's arch nemesis.

Surprised you didn't mention his attempted comeback in ARCA a few years back, as well as the legal issues that came with it.

hey look Nazareth

I was in the stands when he won the Busch race at Kentucky. I always liked Bobby, but he just kind of had some bad timing and luck.

You need to do stacy compton

NASCAR Busts: Josh Wise

Bobby should have stayed full time in nascar busch series instead of taking ppi cup ride, he could have a solid career down like Jason Keller did, and Justin allaiger is having now.

Why are we calling him a Bust? He never had a chance

Next video: Bad seasons Ryan Preece 2020?

Winning 5 races in the Xfinity Series doesnt classify as a bust to me... Maybe a Cup Series bust but aint like the dude never had any success at all.

How about Brett Bodine, Casey Mears or Mike Skinner?

What about a nascar bust David Gililand for the cup series

Raced with BH Jr in iRacing & he certainly had anger issues. I expected him to be a leader but instead he ended up being someone to avoid. I was highly disappointed.

Can you do Gone too soon Terry Schoonover, Gone too soon Bruce Jacobi, Gone Too soon Ricky Knotts, Gone too soon Justin Wilson, Gone too soon Gordon Smiley, Gone too soon Swede Savage, Gone too soon Grant Adcox, Gone too soon Rob Moroso, Goon too soon Clifford Allison, Gone too soon Jovy Marcelo, Gone too soon Scott Brayton Gone too soon Jeff Krosnoff, Gone too soon Neil Bonnett, Gone too soon Rodney Orr, Gone too soon John Nemechek, Gone too soon Chad Coleman, Gone too soon Gary Niece, Gone too soon Gary Batson, Gone too soon Gonzalo Rodriguez, Gone Too soon Tony Roper, Gone too soon Dale Earnhardt, Gone too soon Scott Baker, Gone too soon Dean Roper, Gone too soon Eric Martin, Gone too soon Tony Renna, Gone too soon Christian Elder, Gone too soon Carlos Pardo, Gone Too soon Kevin Grubb, Goon too soon Paul Dana, Gone too soon David Steele, Gone too soon Eric Mcclure, Gone too soon John Wes Townley, Gone too soon John Andretti, Gone too soon Bobby Hamilton, Gone too soon Ashley Cooper, Gone too soon Mark Porter, Gone too soon Peter Brock, Gone too soon Sean Edwards, Gone too soon Dick Trickle, Goon too soon Marco Simoncelli, Gone too soon Nicky Hayden, Goon too soon Luis Salom, Gone too soon Shoya Tomizawa, Gone too soon Allen Simonsen, Gone too soon Andrea Antonelli, Gone Too soon Craig Jones, Gone too soon Joe Frasson, Gone too soon Curtis Turner, Gone too soon James Hylton, Gone too soon Maynard Troyer, Gone too soon Butch Lindley, Gone too soon Slick Johnson, Gone too soon Jeremy Lusk, Goon too soon Nick Owens, Gone too soon Tony Farrell, Goon too soon Scott Hartsock, Gone too soon Sebastian Enjolras, Gone too soon Paolo Zantelli, Goon too soon Fireball Roberts, Goon too soon Buck Baker, Gone too soon Buddy Baker, Gone too soon Chris Gehrke, Gone too soon Marco Campos, Gone too soon Kevin Ward Jr., Gone too soon Scott Kalitta, Gone too soon Blaine Johnson, Goon too soon Darrell Russell, Gone too soon Riccardo Paletti, Gone too soon Roger Williamson, Gone too soon David Purley, Gone too soon Tom Pryce, Gone too soon Don Williams, Gone too Soon Frank Lockhart, Gone too soon Roland Ratzenberger, Gone too soon Ronnie Peterson, Gone too soon Gilles Villeneuve, Gone too soon Didier Pironi, Gone too soon John Anderson, Gone too soon Joey Dunlop, Gone too soon William Dunlop, Gone too soon Caleb Moore, Gone too soon Stanley Smith, Gone too soon Ralph Earnhardt, Gone too soon Hitoshi Ogawa, Gone too soon Joseph Joe Weatherly, Gone too soon Toru Takahahi, and Gone too soon Rick Baldwin I would really love that if did all these drivers.

Truth be told Ricky Craven was also a bust during his time in the 32 (yeah yeah 03 Carolina Dodge Dealers doesn’t change the overall scope)

I don't understand why he thought moving to PPI was a good idea.

Who's taller, Mark "mummy-midget" Martin, . . or Bobby Hamilton Jr.?

Gone too soon: James Buescher

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