5 years later and this is still incredible too watch.

I really like the Nike/Sony car griff!

This was amazing Griff!! I loved seeing the Nike cars and I LOVED the idea of Jerry Nadeau driving the Invader Zim car! :D

I am only 10 minutes in and this is fantastic! I envy the patience you must have. the hard work has definitely paid off!

15:20 watching in 2024, happy to say North Wilkesboro has returned

Even though it's a little too late, I thought of something: what if Steve Kinser, Davy Jones and Randy LaJoie ended up doing good in there cup?

THAT 2001 KENNY IRWIN JR CAR IS EXACTLY HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK!!!!

9/11 doesn't happen in OMS. Well, there goes trillions off our debt

2002: What if Blaise Alexander and Dale Earnhart was still alive? 2003: What if Bobby Hamilton never crashed? What if Greg Biffle was a rookie in 2002? He will drive the 43 car in 2002. 2004: What if Pikes Peak was on the schedule? What if Tony Renna was a cup driver? What if Jerry Nadeau never crashed? What if The Australia GP Raced in NASCAR? 2005: What if Patrick Racing came to NASCAR? What if Al Unser Jr. was a cup driver? What if Twin Ring Motegi (Japan) as a cup and xfinity track? What if Rockingham never fell? 2006: What if Joey McCarthy was a rookie in 2005? 2007: What if Paul Dana was still alive? What if Qubo became a sponsor in NASCAR? Scott Wimmer drives the 4 car. What if Texas World Speedway returned? What if Roush's 6th car was sucessful? What if Best Western and Super 8 became a sponsor? What if Stanton Barrett raced full time? What if the second Texas race moved to the cutoff of the chase? What if Davenport Motor Speedway was rebuilt and raced in NASCAR from 2006 and forward? What if Fernando Alanso raced in NASCAR? What if Dan Weldon went part-time in the truck and xfinity series but raced full-time in cup? What if John Andretti never left NASCAR? What if David Stremme ran the 40 car until 2016? What if Toyota came to NASCAR early?

TIM FUCKING RICHMOND!

Amazing Griff... Lot of stuff that I like. 1 thing that I don't really like and that is... The gradient on the no. 7 Hooters car :) I'd do the classic stripe personally :)

Almost 5 years ago now, i remember when this was first up and i was waiting for part 2

Both the announcement and uploaded prologue of this upcoming series by you is one of the best speculative alternate timelines I've seen for NASCAR's premier touring series, Griffdawg. This also made me especially happy being an enormous Davey Allison fan and I like how you prevented Clifford Allison from being fatally injured in that Xfinity Series crash at Michigan in August of '92. It's cool that you still put Ernie Irvan in the second fielded Yates entry as well since Ernie still is one of the more underrated drivers in racing history in my estimation and one of my personal favorites. I might add one suggestion or request on down further in this series when it gets closer between the 2014-to-2017 seasons that somehow or another you include Robbie Allison (Davey's son) in these dynamics of NASCAR as a potential Rookie candidate or something. I feel that if Davey had lived out the rest of his career that he most likely would've merged with Robert Yates and their organization would now be Allison-Yates Racing and they would probably be affiliated with Stewart-Haas Racing or be a satellite team for them anyway. I'm sure a lot of what you've done is now "canon" in many NASCAR fans' hearts. Thank you so much, Griffdawg.

I hope the Nick car wins in 01' so we can hear "Victory! Victory for Zim!!!"

Dude, this is awesome! Looking forward to the rest of it.

Two years bruh! Would’ve loved to see OMS go on. But it’s time for a new chapter I guess

oh yeah, been waiting all day for this!

Thank you Griff for making these awesome videos.

You forgot 1986 when Bill France jr. stumbled upon the dragonballs for this prologue to happen 😉

So happy you're putting Jimmy Hensley in this. He's a close family friend and a great guy.

Griffdawg wonderful job with the video and with the cars and I am looking forward to seeing the series

this looks really good Griff!

Coming together nicely Griff looks awesome!

34 minutes of life worth spending

also thanks for keeping north welkiesboro speedway i love it

Great video and keep up the good work from here and in the future

This looks soooooo good.

"Return of an old friend" That's the 3 car in victory lane, right?

I just found an error: Nadeau’s 2000 car has characters from Doug. By 2000, not only was that a Disney show, it had ended because the theatrical film released in 1999 bombed hard. Nickelodeon could still air the episodes that originally premiered on their channel, but why would they A) promote what is essentially a Disney show and B) portray Doug and Skeeter using the Disney designs? If they wanted to promote “current” shows, they would’ve either put Norbert and Daggett from “Angry Beavers” or Henry and June from “KaBlam!” on the right-rear quarter panel.

I wish I got to meet Alan Kulwicki. He was my dads favorite driver and I have modeled my driving style after him, and my go kart number is #7 in honor of Kulwicki.

Awesome job griff. I can't imagine how much work this took. I think though you should have built more turnover into this. No way that many owners kept their drivers the same

thank you griffdawg

bro thanks for keeping riverside

Car mods: Aero88: 1987 and 1988 Cup90: 1989-1996 Original Cup: 1997, 1998, and 2001 Cup2000: 1999 and 2000

I’d be interested in seeing drawings of what the drivers would look like now. I’ll even draw them myself if I have to.

Mike Harmon would make debut in 1981 as 23 years old.

I love your videos Griff

1992: What if Milwaukee and Nazareth were in Cup? What if Clifford Allison was still alive? 1993: What if Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were still alive? What if Ernie Irvan Stays in the #4? What if Sterling Marlin Stays in the #22 1994: What if Ernie Irvan doesn't get injured 1995: What if Casey Elliott was still alive? 1996: What if North Wilkesboro Stays? 1997: What if Kenny Irwin Jr. Ran the Full 1997 Season? What if Darrell Waltrip retired? What if South Boston Joined Cup 1998: What if Steve Park didn't get injured? 1999: What if Ernie Irvan didn't end his Career? 2000: What if Adam Petty Tony Roper and Kenny Irwin Jr. Were still alive? 2001: What if Dale Earnhardt Sr. Was still alive? What if 9/11 didn't Happen?

GRIFF YOU ARE AWESOME U ARE MY FAV GREAT JOB ON THE PROLOUGE

First of all, great job! I can't wait for the rest of this series. I've got 2 questions 1. If there is a bad crash or bad flip during one of the season videos, could it affect the timeline? Like will you account for a driver ending their career early (2001 onward) or a driver being injured due to a wreck? 2. What piano music did you use in this vid? I really really liked it. Had a bittersweet, nostalgic, and almost sad sound to it Keep up to great work! :)

nice video griffdawg

What a great video! I was waiting for this. BTW What if Five Flags Speedway (my home track) was in NASCAR?

Davey died in a helicopter crash not a plane crash.

This is gonna make NR2003 Great again!

Oh boy, this is going to be good. What mod did you use for the 1996 season?

thank you

Christmas just came early this year!

Just out of curiosity, will Nickelodeon promoting Invader Zim on Jerry Nadeau's 2001 ride help it remain on the air in this timeline, or will it still be cancelled in 2004?

What if Ray Everham never stopped his team?

I have a feeling Tim Richmond retires after 2001.

yes nazareth speedway i love it to

Any plans on Pikes Peak in OMS, it was an underrated venue, that never had a chance, Twin Ring Motegi? Does that host a Cup or Xfinity race, do Montreal and Mexico City become part of the Cup schedule?

You forgot Rodney Orr. He died in 1994, same year as Neil Bonnett.

Here's a bonus what if for 2002. What if Galaxy Motorsports never folded? What I would have done is Geoff bodine would have driven the 75 car,which is too be sponsored by manga publisher VIZ media. They saw the sport becoming really popular and manga was starting to grow in America at this time,so they decided,why not?

I wonder if Alan Kulwicki Racing would become the Ultimate powerhouse

Tl;Dr Part 1 _What if Tim Richmond remained healthy?_ 1987 _Hendrick Motorsports fields 3 full-time entries for 1987_ 5 - Geoffrey Bodine 25 - Tim Richmond 35 - Benny Parsons (Retires at the end of 1988) 1988 Benny Parsons retires at the end of 1988. 90 - Ken Schrader 1989 _What if Riverside was never closed?_ _Riverside is the tenth race on the schedule, with Phoenix expanding the race amount to 30._ Chad Little is relegated to being a Busch Series ringer. 21 - Dale Jarrett 1990 Riverside is moved to the fourth race on the schedule. _What if Neil Bonnett never crashed at Darlington?_ 31 - Neil Bonnett _What if Rob Moroso had never driven under the influence?_ 20 - Rob Moroso J.D. McDuffie retires at the end of the 1991 season. 1992 12 - Hut Stricklin 44 - Bobby Hillin 1993 Schedule expanded to 31 races. _What if Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were still alive?_ _What if Clifford Allison was still alive?_ Clifford runs the full 1993 NASCAR Grand National Busch series schedule. 28 - Davey Allison 7 - Alan Kulwicki 15 - Geoffrey Bodine 9 - Bobby Hillin 68 - Greg Sacks 52 - Jimmy Hensley _Mike Skinner did not run the 1993 season._ 83 - Lake Speed 51 - Jeff Purvis 1994 _What if Ernie Irvan was never injured at Michigan?_ _Robert Yates Racing expands to two full-time entries._ 4 - Sterling Marlin 88 - Ernie Irvan 70 - Geoffrey Bodine 13 - Ward Burton 84 - Clifford Allison 44 - Bobby Hillin _The inaugural Brickyard 400 is held._ The schedule expands to 32 races. Riverside is now the 5th race of the season. 1995 27 - Elton Sawyer Dale Jarrett extends his contract with JGR. 51 - Bobby Labonte 44 - Jeff Purvis 1996 Neil Bonnett will retire after this season. 13 - Mike Skinner _What if Casey Elliott raced in the NASCAR Cup Series?_ 92 - Casey Elliott 1 - Rick Mast 98 - Jeremy Mayfield 37 - John Andretti 1997 _What if NASCAR never left North Wilkesboro?_ 15 - Ricky Craven 8 - Hut Stricklin 32 - Greg Sacks 87 - Joe Nemechek 1998 _Nazareth speedway added to the schedule. One Pocono date is removed. 34 races on the schedule._ _What if Tim Steele raced in the NASCAR Cup Series?_ 48 - Tim Steele 50 - Ricky Craven 12 - Tim Richmond 17 - Darrell Waltrip 36 - Derrick Cope 30 - Clifford Allison 14 - Jeff Purvis 42 - Kenny Irwin Jr. 1999 _The Milwaukee Mile and Homestead-Miami are added to the schedule. Schedule expanded to 35 races._ _What if Chris Trickle was never shot in a drive-by shooting?_ 58 - Chris Trickle 70 - Michael Waltrip 60 - Geoffrey Bodine 25 - Ricky Craven 75 - Ted Musgrave Ricky Rudd and Rob Moroso’s race teams merge. 82 - Rob Moroso 83 - Ricky Craven 2000 _Chicago Motor Speedway was added to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Expanded to 36 races._ _What if Adam Petty lives?_ 45 - Adam Petty 50 - Chris Trickle 32 - Jerry Nadeau 2001 _Kansas added to the schedule._ _What if Tony Roper lived?_ 60 - Tony Roper _What if John Nemechek lived?_ 87 - John Nemechek 19 - Casey Elliott 44 - Kyle Petty 70 - Mike Wallace

Great video, just a couple points: Davey would maintain his #28 font in 1994, and does Bobby Allison have his 1988 crash?

idk of its too late "What If Tony Stewart Stayed With Gibbs

I've taken elements of One More Spark for my own offline league: 1. NO CAR OF TOMORROW; they run it in a few races in 2007, but it's universally panned by teams, drivers, and fans, and therefore, NASCAR instead decides to implement safety features from the CoT onto the Gen-4 car (AKA the SAFER Car) while scrapping the CoT 2. Neil Bonnett does return to full-time racing in the 31 car, at the 1991 Daytona 500 3. Ken Schrader moves to the 90 in 1991 4. North Carolina and North Wilksboro will stay on the schedule 5. Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Neil Bonnett, Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin Jr., and Dale Earnhardt all live (a few drivers in lower series, such as Tony Roper, John Nemecheck, Russell Philips, Tom Baldwin Sr., and Carlos Pardo will still die, and no, all these changes won't spare the likes of Ayrton Senna or Dan Wheldon) 6. Riverside never closed, though it wasn't on the 1988 schedule (in-universe, it was because the city bought the track and refurbished it in a year-long project called Project Wildfire; in reality, it was because the game crashed when I tried running Aero88 at the track; the same goes for North Wilksboro) 7. I think I'll use your idea of alternating between Chicago Motor Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway each season 8. The Milwaukee Mile and Nazareth are on the schedule, but the former is added in 1989 (and takes a hiatus in 1991 due to a major refurbishment), and the latter will be added in 1992 There do exist a few differences in my timeline, though: 1. In the 1988 season, four drivers were killed, these being Ernie Irvan, Derrike Cope, Rodney Combs, and Buddy Arrington; Irvan is replaced by a fictional driver named Dennis Malone (a name from NASCAR 06: Total Team Control), and Cope by another fictional driver named Lennie Haddenberger (just a name I came up with); these four deaths spur safety advances that eventually culminates in the introduction of the SAFER Car (the real-life Generation 4 car) in 1997; in spite of this, a few drivers still die in 1989 and 1990, these being Jim Sauter at the 1989 First Union (replaced by Bo Abraham, another name from NASCAR 06), Grant Adcox in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 (as in real-life), Rob Moroso at the 1990 First Union 400 (replaced by a young Jeff Burton), and tire changer Mike Ritch (again, as in real-life); and in my recent mock season, at the 1991 Daytona 500, Rick Mast was hit by Dale Earnhardt at high speeds; Earnhardt was uninjured, but Mast died en route to Halifax Medical Center and was replaced by Kelly Walker at Richmond (yet another name from the EA Sports NASCAR games) 2. Several tracks are on the schedule that are not in OMS; these include Pikes Peak (which, in my timeline, opens in 1984 instead of 1997), Road America, and Silverstone Circuit; in addition, Texas World Speedway returns to the schedule in 1991, and a few fictional tracks are also included, such as Coca-Cola Superspeedway, Riki Raceway (as San Jose Superspeedway), Progressive Speedway, Levi Strauss Signature Speedway (from the EA Sports titles), and eventually Dodge Motordrome (AKA Dodge Raceway Stadium); eventually, a few tracks such as Iowa, Walt Disney World, and Nashville Superspeedway will come to the Cup Series 3. Tim Richmond does get diagnosed with AIDS, but in 1989, instead of dying, it is discovered that a nursing student did the test and misread the results; he returned to Winston Cup Series competition in the 1991 Daytona 500 4. Those bullshit pit rules used during the first part of the 1991 season never happen 5. Women start running full-time in 1989 (the two women running as of 1991 are my fictional self's teammates, one of them being my twin sister, and the other my wife; neither exist in real-life; the fictional team is called Pacific Coast Racing, and we run Chevys with car numbers 13, 72, and 85; car numbers 13 and 72 are sponsored by Mountain Dew, and car number 85 by Spee Dee's; my fictional self ran the #11 Mountain Dew Buick in his rookie yar 1988, and won the champion, going on to win the 1989 Daytona 500; #72, meanwhile, also won the championship in 1989, and had a bit of a sophmore slump in 1990 before rebounding towards the end with three wins at North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, and Riverside; I expect big things for #78 in 1991); Kelly Walker is another woman, having replaced the late Rick Mast in the #1 6. In 1990, a new package (Cup Physics) is introduced, and NASCAR allows outside manufacturers to test-field cars in races, even manufacturers from outside the United States; in addition, manufacturers get more involvement again, now developing and providing race-spec chassis, engines, and bodies, and in the Gen-4 era, the bodies are viewed as concepts for future models 7. Adam Petty does start racing full-time in the Cup Series in 2001, but he's in the #43 instead of the #45, which is back to being sponsored by STP

I'm kinda late here, but, I have a question : What if Bobby Allison never crashed at Talladega 1987? If so, when will restrictor plates be mandated for superspeedways? Or would there be similar crashes that mandated the use of plates?

Here is my predictions for 2002-present Track Changes 2002 - Atlanta remains the season finale 2004 - Twin Ring Motegi replaces the Fall Rockingham Race, In 2005 Rockingham will remain on the schedule and will be race #19 on the schedule after the Pepsi 400 2007 - Montreal is added to the Schedule, replacing the Spring Atlanta race on the schedule. Montreal will be race #29 on the schedule after Darlington and Richmond 2009 - Iowa is added to the Schedule and Texas World Speedway returns to Nascar. Iowa replaces the Spring Richmond race, Texas World Speedway also returns to Nascar and replaces the Fall Charlotte Race. 2013 - Circuit of The Americas is added to the Schedule. COTA will be the 17th race on the schedule. Both Riverside and Sonoma will share a race. Sonoma in 2013 will be race #11 and then in 2014 Riverside will be on the schedule as race #11 instead of Sonoma (Sonoma host odd years and Riverside host Even Years, similar to how the German Grand Prix use to be with Hockenheim and Nurburgring ), The year either Riverside or Sonoma do not host a cup race, they will instead host a Xfinity race that year instead and will alternate as well

F to pay respects

Does it change to Nextel Cup and have a chase format in 2004 or does Winston not leave the company as title sponsor also if not does the No Bull 5 program stay around?

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY Favorite KZfaqR IS BACH

Would you also do what if Toyota entered Cup early and what if Jr never left DEI

I wonder who drives the no.42 in 1997, since I'm assuming that Kyle petty still drives it before '97.

21:23 Damn. On the day I was born.

thank you Griffen dog for putting in my hometown track

What about the Sony Wega car and Snickers car in part three of one more spark 2001

Who’s in the #42 car in 1997?

I have another what if...what if Ray Evernham never leaves Hendrick Motorsports and Jeff Gordon? Which also leads to instead of Evernham in late 1999, Dodge offers Bill Elliott big bucks to leave Ford and be the flagship Dodge team? In this timeline Bill Elliott merges his team with his former team Melling, getting back rights to the number 9, McDonald's ends up signing a new multi year sponsorship ending in 2007 and moves to the car and the 94 car gets the Kodiak sponsorship.

What if NASCAR would had international races for the cup series? 😊

I don't get something: why are the 1997-98 cars for Default Cup, but then in 1999-2000, it suddenly switches to Cup2000, only to then go back to Default Cup in 2001? It makes no sense.

YESSSS

You know that someone must be dead by any reason. @Griffdawg You know and also,please are You still alive?

I'm very intrigue by this one question is if all these drivers lived then who died. someone had to. being before safer barriers and Hans devices

So does anyone know why he only did one season of one more spark

What program did you use to paint the cars

Nice Prologue Griff, And I LOVED IT. However, Will Dale Sr. Win His 8th Championship In 2004 Before Retiring At The End Of 2005 (Not Counting His Real-Life Championship Record Tied With 7 Just Like Richard Petty And Jimmie Johnson.)?...I Also Would See It As a Possibility. :3 P.S. Why Was Brett Favre (Now a Retired Hall Of Fame NFL QB For Green Bay Packers) In "One More Spark"? XP. Also, You Forgot To Add Walt Disney World Speedway And Get Nascar Going International In Full-Force From 1988-Today. :)

What happened to this?! I want to see more!

I may have missed it is Jeff Gordon in the 24 still

+Griffdawg What if #22: What if Blaise Alexander was still alive?

You are like the Mike Korzemba of NASCAR (if u don't know who he is he is an NBA youtube who also does what ifs and talks about the NBA and NBA history)

YAY

Does the piano music have a name? And where did you find it from?

Griffdawg, what mods do I need to use?

In 2009 Trevor Banye came to NASCAR He was 18 whe he did He did full time in the 21

Does Jeff Gordon win Indy in 1994

...sooo what happened to John Andretti?

Microscopically upset because I brought up Casey Elliot 1st or 2nd, but really good so far!

What about Jeff Gordon? And Bobby Allison?

What happened to Tim Richmond after 1997? Did he retire? Edit: I'm stupid, Penske is where he went.

Nothing changes with a couple drivers

so no safety changers?

GriffDawg, what mod did you use for 1997 cars?

There were some drivers not mentioned like Matt Kenseth, Dale Jr., Jeff Burton, etc. Does anything change with them?

I like the nike car

Also I have my own what if: what if viz media sponsored a car.

Did you guys every notice on ty dillons car, the number font is the same as rcr

Next series you should go BACK to 1948 and say What if Red Byron never left nascar and was still alive in 1961 EVERYTHING CHANGES Title will be '' Back In The Time Machine For Now''