NASCAR commercials used to be SO good.

Hardly a bust. Evernham replaced him after ONE SEASON, in which he nearly won twice. Oh, and his replacement, Jeremy Mayfield, had the exact same points finish in 2002, a worse average starting position and only a marginally better average finish. Atwood was sent to a terrible satellite team and never truly recovered. I'd say he got screwed over more than anything.

That's a little harsh. Had it not been for a late race caution while leading at Phoenix at the end of 2001 he would have won that race. Not to mention another late race caution that cost him the win at Homestead a week or 2 later while leading again. Then shipped off to a satellite team that was utter garbage. Finally landed an 'ok' Busch ride in 04, almost won a race there. Then he got dumped by Fitz when he was AHEAD of teammate Tim Fedewa in points before the end of fhe season. Explain that one too me. Didn't exactly get the fairest shake. Brought up too soon, and didn't spend as much time at the shop as he probably should have very early on...yes. Given the right opportunity, and a fair chance..the kid could drive.

Love this guy's channel. He's like the UrinatingTree of Nascar.

I remember watching you play NT2002 with Casey Atwood over a year ago. This gives great context on what could be seen in him.

I always felt had Ray shown more confidence in his young driver he could have succeeded. He was rushed at such a young age into cup and then moved after his rookie season to a satelite car for the team. Destroyed his confidence and he was bounced out. Joey Logano took a few years in cups, Erik Jones and Chase Elliot finally won this season, and Daniel Suarez still has 0 wins closing in on almost 2 full seasons. Now days teams luckily have more patience with there drivers but I always felt back then that the field was deeper with talent.

I think that another year in the 19 would have been good for Casey. Dumping him to the #7 wasn't best.

Thousands of drivers have tried to get to the cup series, would have loved to start just once, so at least he made the show and that is saying something for the young man!!! 2021

Probably my favorite driver who never broke through. I got into NASCAR as a 7 year old kid in 96 so seeing this 17 year old race at daytona was just awesome to a kid like me.... plus that 19 car with the mountain dew green was bad ass lol IMO he was a victim of something that drivers are suffering from to this day.... being pushed through the ranks and eventually given up on far too soon. Danica, Suarez, Eric Jones all recent examples

I was at the Busch Series race when Atwood got his first win. I remember thinking, wow, this guy is going to be something great! Thank you, @Black Flags Matter, for creating and posting these videos.

It's always kinda sad how it all turned out. He was obviously great at the Nashville Fairgrounds, but getting wins at Dover and Milwaukee were no small feats, either. He also seemed to like Homestead, which during that time was rather flat, almost like Milwaukee.

He also made some questionable financial decisions, such as forcing his family to sell it's entire Late Model operation because, in his own words, "I'm in Cup now, I'm set for life"...

Atwood could drive the fairground nashville speedway blindfolded.

Casey Atwood’s 2001 incident on pit road led to pit road crews being required to wear helmets

I love it and subbed, can you do Steve Park: NASCAR's Unlucky Bust, a driver who Dale Earnhardt saw a lot of potential in, and showed flashes of what he could have been, but had his career derailed by some downright awful crashes

I kinda feel like Casey should've been given one more year in the #19.

A lot of these so-called busts were good drivers the pressure of media and losing confidence in yourself is another reason. The media and fans can put lots of pressure on a young driver.

IMO he should have gotten another year in the 19. Kurt Busch also was a rookie in the same year, and he also DNQ'd in 1 race and finished BEHIND Atwood in points. Yet he wasn't thrown out of the 97 after that year, and he went on to become a champion 3 years later. It's also not a coincidence his best race in 2001 was at the racetrack where he had his best race in 2000. Shows you how important experience was to him.

At DAYTONA in 2001, he only had pressure from Ray on a fresh team, fans expecting "the next Jeff Gordon" by association with Ray, Chrysler coming back into NASCAR, rookie of the year battle, HYPE, and being youngest. Casey got a shot for Ray Evernham motorsports, but did not want to run Cup at that point. By request of Bill Elliott. Bill's brother Ernie had lost his son Casey to cancer, and wanted to mentor as a past champion, a young promising driver. Together with RAY, they tried out Casey Mears (wrecked a few cars), Casey Atwood (wrecked a few cars), and Kasey Khane...who ran well right off the truck. Evernham Motorsports "SHOP" was NOT located in Charlotte area....it was up in HICKORY, NC. Nashville is/was more the hub in NASCAR for Busch Series.

still better than Danica

Good to see you have more than 800 subs. Rock music for ya buddy. And by rock music, I mean courage for 1K subscribers to reach for ya my man.

I just want to say how much I appreciate the name Black Flags Matter S’genius

Good video, sorry but gotta say it. It's the Milwaukee Mile not Milwaukee speedway

I've always been a fan of his. He's from my hometown, just a good ole southern boy living the dream

NFL had Ryan Leaf, NASCAR had Casey Atwood

You’re like the Mike Korzemba of NASCAR YT

I'm pretty curious what would have happened if he actually did well and stayed at Evernham's 19 car. Best case scenario Dodge would still be in Nascar and he'd have 1 championship.

"Ah screw it he was absolutely fricking terrible" -Durian 2017

Wow! It’s been years since I last saw that Dew Crew Commercial!

You forgot to mention his 2002 ARCA win at Pocono in the #19 Dodge Dealers Dodge for Evernham Motorsports. He started on pole and led 56 of the 80 laps. His last stock car win.

i like your videos....i subscribed because of your channel name..LOL nicely done

I certainly rooted for Atwood to win races and do well in 2001, as I enjoyed seeing the newcomers make names for themselves. But it was a struggle for a lot of 2001, probably because of Atwood not putting in the effort to mesh better with his team (he admitted in an interview several years back he could have done more than rely on his talent alone). Then he started to pick up traction towards the end of 2001, running well at Phoenix and almost winning Homestead. But it was too late and he was demoted to the #7, which wasn't even co-owned by Evernham for the whole season.

I am new to your channel I really like it this is my favorite video from you could you do stacy compton or buckshot jones

Dude! ❤ your videos! New sub here & hope you keep making more. That opening flip is how I remember him & the Red #19 car

I miss Eli Gold’s nascar calls. I wish they’d bring him back

7:24 Rare scene of the 19 Dodge with no Green.

I was actually at that race in Milwaukee which was one of 2 nascar races I went to in my life the other was Michigan Speedway. All I can say is what a dominant performance he had that day . Him and Dale Jr . pretty much laped the field

You need to do a collective bust on all the open wheel drivers that switched in the 00’s for more money

Casey Atwood wasn’t a bust. He just had poor luck.

Great Vids

I remember Atwood from my nascar 2005 game

Well done.

everytime i think of mountain dew i keep thinking of the commercial featuring casey atwood

Question: Has your opinions changed a bit on Casey Atwood today?

I was at that Busch race when he flipped, sitting on the backstretch, only saw the car go flying up in the air.

This is going to be William Byron you can hate but I’m telling ya

I met him in a hat shop in his rookie year lol

I had the privilege of racing against Casey Atwood in 2001 at the height of his popularity and expectations. I am also a huge Dodge booster so I was a bit of a fan. I was going to college at NADC at the time and racing on weekends at his home track (Highland Rim just north of Nashville) and he came home to race for the weekend because cup was off. While personally he was kind of a smug and standoffish guy at that time it was obvious, especially in person, that he was an incredibly talented driver. To hear some kid who sounds like he's never left his basement call him one the worst drivers ever is cringy af. Casey could have made a very good living racing a small local tracks but he decided to take a once in a lifetime chance and shoot for the moon. We could all hope to be so lucky to have such an opportunity. Funny thing is for me personally it did come to where everyone was telling me if I really wanted a job in the racing industry then I had to move to Charlotte. And because the market is over saturated there it's difficult to get noticed. It wasn't unreasonable to want to stay in Nashville, especially since he dominated the market, it had been a hotbed of racing for years and still is. I reached a crossroads when I graduated and I decided I'd rather be a truck mechanic. Sounds like I need to start making motorsports videos though.

I liked that 19 intrepid with the green top numbers soooo much better than Bill Elliots 9 back in the day. But I also remember that when the Atwood kid went to the 7 car I was actually kinda excited about the change. But ya that didn’t pan out at all.... 😂

There were two Father and son duos in that 2000 homestead race that Casey Atwood scored a decent run at that time.

Hahahahahaha. "A total fucking disaster." That is the most vocal I've ever seen you about an opinion in a video. And I don't totally mind it either ;P

I don't think I've heard BFM be so pissed at a driver, aside from Rob Moroso

He was the first driver to be penalized for NASCAR’s yellow line rule

Wow I didn't know NBC actually broadcasted a Winston cup event in 2000 I thought they didn't start doing that till 2001. Wow guess I learn something new everyday and btw I'm only saying this cause I was 3 years old at the time.

This guy ended up being the reason Dodge had to get Mayfield.

I wonder how he was compared to being the next jeff gordon but at least he made it to the cup series but was lazy and didnt do shit at least he regrests that he should of moved to charlotte

Good example of the drivers today and why they need the lower classes to build their way to the cup. 20 yr olds just aren't ready in 99.9% of cases.

Sad thing when I was a kid I had a dodge poster of Atwood now it sits in the attic lol

when I spoke with Casey about his career,he said he was really disappointed with the #26 castrlol racing tam, then Ray signed him, and he just stopped working

I wasn't watching NASCAR in 2001 so I don't know the whole backstory of Casey's release from the 19 car, but it seems that his career would have taken a much different turn if he won the Homestead race.

"You better not do this on Sunday." Who else remembers?

I like him cause he shares the first name as my uncle, his last name is the same name of the store that has the best free popcorn, one of my dad's great friends has a friend who used to work for Evernham Motorsports and the Uncle of another friend of his owned Ultra Motorsports

Ngl i loved his #7 Car in Dirt To Daytona

I love that 19 car

DW: that wall's been there ever since I've been comin here

He was a pretty good driver honestly

This may sound like a very crazy and whacked out idea of a driver move I personally would like to have seen happen in the 2002 NASCAR Cup Series season, but guys, ladies, here we go: Robert Yates Racing should've expanded to three cars, and signed Casey Atwood to drive it after he was released from Evernham Motorsports' #19 car after the 2001 season. Atwood had good racing talent at times, and was slowly improving as the 2001 season progressed. Also, imagine how greatly Atwood and his career would've benefitted from having Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd as teammates to learn from? Maybe Atwood might've had a longer career in NASCAR's premier division, and he might've won lots of races, maybe not, but a scenario like this might've greatly helped Atwood have a more successful career in NASCAR.

“a total fucking disaster.” I LoL’d.

Listened to this guy on the Dale Jr Download and I have a different opinion. He wasn’t a bust. He was more of a victim of a bad situation and inpatients.

Generally agreed with this video. However, I do wonder- could Atwood have done better with more experience? After all, he did score a pole at Phoenix in 2001, and led 71 laps, and at Homestead came very close to a win. So I wonder, if he stayed with Evernham could he have done better? I'm not sure. 2002 was a terrible year and that was with the same Evernham equipment (not the team, however). It's hard to say.

I liked Attwood. Do a segment on Buckshot Jones.

How was he so good in the Xfinity Series and flopped in Cup? He has Evernham equipment which was decent. Was it the pressure of living up to his early success?

Nascar ads were Just build different

Oh! That guy...

Maybe it was that change from ford to dodge too

DEADASS I WAS FRIENDS WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN 3RD GRADE, IN NASHVILLE. EMMA ATWOOD

Am I the only one who notice you used period incorrect sounds for the opening?

I think this is the video where your channel began to take off.

Cool Video

Am I the only one who thought BFM sounds like a NASCAR version of Mike Korezemba in this video.

According to Ray Evernham, Casey had the driving talent to rival any of the superstars of our sport. What he lacked was work ethic. Once he found out there was more to being a driver than driving, he simply didn't put in the effort.

Evernham’s set up logic was completely backwards when he started that team. Way behind the times. Wasn’t Atwood’s fault. Even Mayfield (a winner) did bad in his first year.

Is LMS Charlotte?

you can bearly hear any audio

I think his technique grew up early, but there were not growth potential

Is this man the NASCAR Mike Korzemba

9:08 really, we can't do lap one

He has a huge Mandela effect about his Xfinity career. In reality it wasn't too great.

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I hope you reach 20 subs.

He had a lot of potential but it sucks to see that it got all thrown away

Dang he was good at homestead

Anyone else hear a screeching noise in this video?

6:58 Casey breaking the rules wearing an open face helmet.

A lot of your busts seem to come from Evernhams team

one name david gilliland

Good Seasons: Sterling Marlin 2002????

To think in 2001 we had Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, and Kevin Harvick as rookies as well. With nowhere near as much hype as Casey.

I can't hear anything and my volume is full.

Casey Atwood's car he drove in his 2nd start looks like a generic NH3 car.