What do you think Haas would have been like had Tony Stewart not jumped on in 2009?

Ward Burton was an underrated driver. Always outperformed his equipment.

The Netzero 0 car is forever an icon. Beautiful car.

Say what you will about their performance, but they had some good schemes. Johnny Sauter’s Yellow COT scheme is underrated.

So if people don’t remember Gene Haas went to prison in 2007 for tax fraud. In prison he has talked to Custer who was running the team in 2008 and told him make the team better or shut it down. So the Tony Stewart deal was the Hail Mary to save the team, no Stewart deal, that team would have most likely folded by end of 2009.

Haas' first race with two cars was the 2004 Brickyard 400. They brought the 60 back for Jason Leffler.

The Days when Tony Stewart was Joe Gibbs Racing's Star Driver

There's a reason why it's called Stewart-Haas racing and not Haas-Stewart racing. Haas would not have lasted much longer in NASCAR if Tony hadn't come in.

SHR has recently missed out on signing Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch. Now it looks like they may miss their chance on SVG also with the Haley news today. Kaulig is better equipment than SHR right now.

I remember Ward Burton in the #0 Netzero from NASCAR 2005

When I would play Fight to The Top I would buy Haas racing to see how things pan out.

Missing about Troy Cline who was HAAS first development driver running west series from 99-01 for HAAS. He made two Busch starts for Haas but disappearing Believe he still works at SHR

That NetZero paint scheme is severely underrated. One of my favorites

Without SMOKE™️, Haas CNC Racing would be a failed memory of what tried to be a cup team🤔

I dont think Haas would even have their F1 team if it wasnt for Tony. He would have dumped so much into the stock car team I dont he would have been able to afford it.

Jack Sprague, Mike Bliss, Jeff Green, and Ward Burton all did well with the equipment they were given. I wish Haas had been able to give them better. I’d say that they were relatively mid-pack at best, and field filler at worst. Flashes of potential, but largely way too inconsistent to be up front every week. Since Tony came to the team, SHR has been a staple of both success and failure in our sport, just like it’s Ford predecessor, Robert Yates Racing. They’ve had successes with Tony, Ryan, Kevin, and Kurt, but also misses with others like Danica, Daniel, and Cole (All of which were rushed up too early). Like the organization before it, they have good drivers, and good sponsors, they just lack consistency, and the ability to make competitive equipment at the moment. Where they differ, is that SHR has the chance to rebuild, now that they have Josh Berry, and the possibility of hiring Shane van Gisbergen or Michael McDowell to replace Aric Almirola. Regarding their situation now, I’d say that if Tony can pull his team together, and not leave everything up to Gene, Zippy, and Joe Custer, they’ll be back on track, but it will be slow. PS, Fun Fact: Ward Burton could’ve had a completely different career. He was actually picked by Rick Hendrick to go to the 25 car in 1997, but Budweiser rejected him for Ricky Craven. An underrated driver could’ve been completely different, had things gone his way.

It sucks they didn't make a lot of diecast of that #0 Netzero car. I got one of Ward Burton as the driver for Racing Champions and that was all. I know they had Mike Bliss driving it as well as Jeff Green when it was sponsored by Best Buy and renumbered 66.

Actually the 39 was not rebranded as the number 4 car. The number 4 was a brand new car for Stewart-Hass Racing.

You neglected to mention Johnny Sauter’s Xfinity win in 2004, the lone win for the team before Stewart. This meant that when Cole Custer won in 2014 at the New Hampshire truck race, Haas became just the 6th owner to win a race at all three levels of NASCAR (interestingly enough with 2 of the 3 categories being without Tony: the 2004 Busch win which was pre-Tony, and the 2014 Truck win which was fielded directly by Haas instead of SHR

They may not stay in Nascar WITH Tony Stewart if the performance keeps declining

The team was kinda an affiliate of HMS

I now believe the name Jeff Green is pronounced "Scott Riggs"

Interesting background on Gene Haas. Thanks.

Therefore, Tony Stewart made the team better (at the time)

Well, now that we're here, after the announcement...

If Haas can flounder for so long in F1, I think he would've been just fine without Stewart in NASCAR... Just without the results that at know now

I remember 2008 season when I start watch NASCAR the 66 and 70 car, at this time they are backmakers like RWR, LMC or Spire today. Tony Stewart comming to this team is the best thing that happened, Hass didn't survive longer without him.

And I believe it’s called Stewart-Hass because Tony owns 51% and Hass owns 49%. Not 50-50 I believe.

why does it look so cursed to me that the same logo they used for modern f1 was used back in the early to mid 2000s on a nascar. it feels like putting a home depot livery on the 48 car.

I have a diecast of that number 0 netzero car!

Sprague was booted from victory lane after a Kurt Busch win

The only time they were consistently good was with the early days of the COT

I was not expecting the Strange Animal outro 😂😂😂

I think letting go of Ward was the beginning of BDR's downfall. That being said, I was so disappointed by Mike Bliss' results because I thought he was a pretty solid driver in the Busch Series.

FWIW people were saying the same things about Hendrick as Gordon, JJ, and Jr. were retiring.

This could be the case with RWR after gaining Justin Haley now. And knowing the direction that have been heading in lately. I don’t think the flip would automatically switch by next year. But I think it will take them several years to get to a decent level and then what could be the top level if they make a push for it. But just thinking about what they could become is actually a bit exciting.

This just made remember I actually had a net zero 0 car toy as a kid

Scott Riggs was still driving the 10 for Evernham in '07.

I think if they held out longer with Chevy they would have been alright. Definitely Smoke running things has helped. But currently Smokes standing with NASCAR and doing other things like NHRA and SRX I think are distracting him from NASCAR and I get the feeling he's gonna stop running things.

Haas has about the same track record in F1 they're partnered with Ferarri and the Drivers are the only things dragging the machines to decent finishes

If Stewart hadn't team up with Haas. There won't be a cup team and a F1 team. There will be no two cup titles from Smoke and Harvick to go along with the Daytona 500 champion Kurt Busch.

Is hass the same guy that was part of Kranefuss-Haas racing?

With Haas being in F-1, I think he would’ve cut his loses in NASCAR had it not been for Stewart, unless there would’ve been another significant merger with someone else. Man, so many “what ifs” here!

Let's not forget that Haas with his partner Michael Kranefuss Dave Jeremy Mayfield his first break before Penske started a second team for its first time in 98

You forgot to mention Jason Leffler won a race in 2004 in Xfinity for the team and sat 3rd in points until he was released

My NASCAR number or sports number would be 0 or 00, but not because of Haas before Tony Stewart. Just sad to see my favorite driver in Kevin Harvick almost win at Phoenix, when that was the 6th time there and out of all 6 times at the track, no Phoenix wins. But this organization as a whole has had struggles with the new Fords since even before NextGen. Just been weird seeing Harvick dominate 2020, to now and see an exponentially driven decline.

Has Almirola ever made up his mind as to whether or not he is retiring after 2023?

Sept. 6 2001 😔

Truck series guys just never transfer their success to cup or even busch. Kyle Busch is the only one that done it seamlessly. The trucks are just different and they shouldn't be switching drivers from one to the other. The trucks derailed what looked to be a promising career for Halie Deegan.

whatever happened to the kranifus-haas teams.. I could swear mayfield drove for them .. back late 90s

They about to go back

Maybe dial it back a little bit calling Jack Sprague a "young champion." Dude was 38 years old in 2002 lol

SHR was a single car team at one point in time

I would consider Sprague a young champion considering he was 38 at the time

I would say no Haas would be out of the sport by now and who knows what would have happened to Stewart plus without them getting Harvick the team would not have been as good as it has been once Tony retired

Gene's F1 team tells you everything you need to k ow about whether he stays in without Tony or not

Gotta admit the team had decent drivers and great paint schemes. Just couldn't pull it together and win

U forgot to mention that leffler won a race in 2004

HAAS Racing before SHR

They’d still be changing drivers every year

No doubt about it… Smoke saved Haas in NASCAR. Wonder if Andretti and Haas could team up in F1. Heck, maybe Haas and Hendrick could be a team in F1. Let Larson drive the entire NASCAR season, the Indy 500 and the two GP’s here in the USA 🇺🇸!!!!!! Yung Money 💰!!!!!

They would have been much better if they kept Ward around.

I think Stewart Haas will right the ship.

Stewart Haas before Tony was Ass

SHR is currently on the brink of complete doom and Josh Berry may be their last and only hope. Their line up is weak.

When they opened up F1 shop, NASCAR began to fold, they need extra money to spend in F1, that’s the real story here

Tony Stewart needs to cut all ties with gene Hass I’m sure he could find better partners

Tony Stewart saved Haas Racing.

I guess you could say I’m a goat

hass would have folded without tony

Can you make a video on Ricky Rudd? He was the iron man. And a pure legend. He should have won a championship 😢

SHR is slowly becoming what Haas CNC was before Stewart co-owned the team…

First

If Stewart hadn't teamed with Hass he wouldn't be in nascar

Gene Haas also owns one of if not the worst F1 teams ever

I rather have the Pontiac.