The 2012 Finger Lakes 355 At Watkins Glen Might Be NASCAR's BEST Road Course Race!

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11 ай бұрын

The 2012 Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen International ended up having one of NASCAR's best finishes of all-time. The circumstances were weird, but it turned a somewhat dull race into a instant NASCAR classic.
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@AngryChristian1 11 ай бұрын

I was so certain Ambrose and Keselowski would both spin. That was some very hard racing and easily one of the best race finishes I've seen.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I still don't know how Brad didn't spin when Marcos ran into the back of him coming out the carousel.

@martenspitzner408 10 ай бұрын

@@Demise90Racingthat's because Marcos lifted a second before bumping into Brad to make sure he'll only nudge him slightly. And he only started to accelerate again once Brad was off his front bumper. That gave Brad the chance to survive this.

@cito1101 11 ай бұрын

I remember watching this with my older brother at my grandparents' house. We were both going crazy during the final laps. My favorite quote from the last lap "EVERYBODY'S IN THE GRASS"

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I think everyone went crazy watching this. What a turn of events!

@Aidan_-_ 11 ай бұрын

As a Kyle Busch fan it still hurts but i can't deny it's still one of my favourite Nascar finish of all time and the 1st i saw live on TV.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

Hell of a race for it to be your first!

@miguel760t 11 ай бұрын

IIRC everyone except Brad K and Ambrose was pretty upset NASCAR let it go green with all the oil on the track, but this is honestly one of the best last laps in racing history.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

It was a tough situation, as normally you can see the oil or fluid, but in this case you couldn't. I agree, one of the best last laps ever!

@supertornadogun1690 11 ай бұрын

@@Demise90Racing I got Deju Vu of this race at Road America last weekend, the speedy dry led to some insane racing.

@thatdpguy 11 ай бұрын

This was the second NASCAR race I watched (the first being the 2011 Daytona 500). I distinctly remember watching the middle portion of the race in a McDonalds eating a chicken wrap lol, wish I had stayed for the finish, would've hooked me for life about 4 years earlier than it actually did

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

That's wild they had the race on at McDonald's lol.

@heyitkota 11 ай бұрын

One thing I have to say about the COT is that road course races were almost always a must watch with them. Idk if it's rose tinted glasses but Sonoma and Watkins Glen were almost always really good races

@AndyFromBeaverton 10 ай бұрын

Without a doubt one of the best finishes ever. How often do you ever hear the second-place finisher happier than the first in the interviews? I wish you would have included Brad's interview.

@TwoAcresandaMule 11 ай бұрын

this finish and race does NOT get enough credit. I love both of these drivers.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more 👍

@combatking20 11 ай бұрын

You couldn't see the oil. Normally when someone is leaking fluid you can see it. And Jeff Gordon spun out in the same area Brad K. went through.

@javiergarrido6088 11 ай бұрын

Sorry for JP Montoya for those issues. He could have won it.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

He definitely would have been a contender for the win, that's for sure!

@supertornadogun1690 11 ай бұрын

Idk about all time but the best finish I've watched semi-live was the Xfinity Bristol finish in 2021.

@TweezersUnlimited 10 ай бұрын

idk if it inspired this video to be made but man this last weekend's Road America Xfinity race was amazing. Never seen a last 2 laps like that ever, especially since it was a battle between 4-5 cars.

@paullilko41 11 ай бұрын

I was 12 and remember screaming in my living room the entire final lap, hoping Ambrose would win. I ran upstairs to tell my dad as he came out of the bathroom what an epic finish he missed lmao

@spacedisco612 8 ай бұрын

Brad's interview after the race was awesome, he was so pumped even though he finished 2nd

@petemc4190 11 ай бұрын

Us Europeans only really tease NASCAR because it gets to race Watkins Glen...

@pedrohenriquecarneiro3386 11 ай бұрын

That was a crazy ending! O final da corrida foi coisa de doido!

@timothymowrey572 11 ай бұрын

I think that the finish of the 2003 Darlington spring race with Kurt Busch and Ricky Craven was absolutely awesome

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I did a video on that one. Closest finish in Nascar history. Absolute classic.

@smokeymchaggis73 11 ай бұрын

I never had a bigger smile than seeing Kyle and Brad lose on the last lap. Even if Gordon had to spin too 😂

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

It was awesome seeing Marcos win!

@__deebzz__ 11 ай бұрын

Good, clean, hard racing...

@isthatrubble 11 ай бұрын

always find it interesting what races I see online now with that "one live" logo on the footage - that's an australian free-to-air tv channel that I'm not sure even exists anymore, and it seems like it used to air a lot of international motorsport for a while. now besides the australian supercars races we get the australian f1 gp on tv and that's about it, everything else is behind a paywall. I wish I'd appreciated that era while it was happening!

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

That's interesting. This was the best footage I could source of the whole race. I never knew what that channel was, but they were able to show the original ESPN feed so I knew it had to be outside of North America.

@jasonhowell7763 11 ай бұрын

I always loved nascar on road courses. So awesome. Glad they're doing more.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I love it too, but unfortunately the package for this new car needs quite a bit of work on the road courses.

@Ronald_Jones 11 ай бұрын

The race the next year would be the first ever race I ever watched

@jaimemontano2674 11 ай бұрын

What a race! I remember it as if it was yesterday!

@Bastian_Zugnappen33 10 ай бұрын

Amazing Video 👍🏁🏎❤

@Demise90Racing 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@SportzyCG 11 ай бұрын

I remember this. It was really fun to watch

@bebruin91 11 ай бұрын

Hands down best nascar finish

@KellieLeigh48 11 ай бұрын

I'd put it up there for sure. 1988 was excellent as well

@michaelhazen3153 10 ай бұрын

It was one of the best Nascar races at Watkins Glen

@Ian44_92 10 ай бұрын

Another great finish at Watkins Glen was the 2006 Busch Series race between Kurt Busch and Robby Gordon

@Demise90Racing 10 ай бұрын

I agree! I have to do that one in the future!

@PHONK_KEEPER 10 ай бұрын

It's still crazy to me how people hate Kyle Busch but that man make NASCAR entertaining as hell when he came in

@OpTiC_DaD 11 ай бұрын

Definitely a heater that I remember 🤙🏻

@ColtDaBolt85 11 ай бұрын

Kevin harvick VS Mark Martin in the 2007 daytona 500

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

I did that race. It's on my channel. One of the all time greats 👍

@DrakionClaw 10 ай бұрын

Brad K is such a good sport, got out of his car and was congratulating Abrose's team members. Had it been Kyle Busch you know he would have ran off to his trailer in a huff and whined.

@nicolewhyte7550 11 ай бұрын

COOL

@itsmebatman 11 ай бұрын

I remember watching this from over here in Europe. Was rooting for Busch to win, after Montoya was out of contention. But in the end I was just happy Keselowski didn't win, because I hated that guy.

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

Hahaha fair enough.

@ravBuffalo 11 ай бұрын

I’d love for the 2014 Watkins Glen race with AJ Allmendinger winning over Ambrose, where everyone was happy after losing the Penske ride in 2012. Is it ok for another Allmendiger video on the channel?

@TheTotallyRealXiJinping 10 ай бұрын

Jason ‘I don’t care if my career is over today’ Leffler

@Atticus3lack 11 ай бұрын

Everytime I think of Nascar I always think of that south park episode

@Demise90Racing 11 ай бұрын

Nascar fans are poor and stupid 😂

@Atticus3lack 11 ай бұрын

@@Demise90Racing hahahaha

@michaelhazen3153 10 ай бұрын

It's funny that although those Europeans who ridicule Nascar for oval track racing and say their sport has better drivers but virtually all the Europeans that have tried Nascar have been unsuccessful, even on the road courses. Indycar and Road Ringer drivers also have been unsuccesful. It took many years for JPM to win a Nascar race as well as Ambrose although the latter eventually won 1 race