That thumbnail is WILD💀

(That thumbnail though). But on a serious note, this is probably the most competitive playoff grid we’ve seen since the field was expanded to 16 drivers. If you look at the points, these 16 guys are at the top, with very few exceptions. I’m looking forward to this.

I miss the old Chastain too. He made the summer of 2022 a joy to watch

Extremely bold of you to assume that Reddick’s pit crew won’t forget to put the wheel on the car at Texas on the final pit stop.

So good of Ross and Denny to make up like that

AYO WHAT THEY DOING IN THE THUMBNAIL

Chastain’s antics last year is actually what got me back to watching the sport again. I hope he gets a little closer to the behavior from last year. The sport needs its guys that play rough and it needs someone that stirs the rest of the field up.

As a Reddick fan I just don't see a deep run happening this year. Between 23XI pit crews, bad strategy calls, and the occasional driver error, the team's been so inconsistent. I really hope I'm wrong, but I think he's a second round exit.

Oh no, he picked Reddick for the Championship 4. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Stat to keep in mind, since they’ve added stages to NASCAR, no one has made the final 4 in Cup with less than 200 stage points earned over the course of the full season. 1/5/11/19/20/24/45 are the 7 who have either hit 200 already or are averaging enough stage points per race to hit 200 before the finale. Although the 1 & 20 are only barely hitting that metric.

RFK Racing is coming on strong to start the Playoffs this year and this means that Roush is Back! I really think Buescher has a chance to go all the way.

Elly: Predicts Reddick in the final 4 Reddicks Pit Crew: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

First off-love the thumbnail. Second-this playoff field is so evenly matched, that it’s a coin flip for who could be in our out in almost all the rounds. Not sure if anyone is going to be right this year

Ross Chastain: *celebrates a win at Nashville* Ross Chastain: “oh no” Fredrick Fazingbear III: 4:55

My hot take is having both Penske drivers out in the round of 16. I don’t really think it’s gonna happen but I think I’m gonna be right about one of them, and I think Bubba makes it in. Kansas and Darlington are great tracks for him

I don't miss Chastain doing dumb moves at times, but the reason Chastain is my favorite driver is that he doesn't seem like you can really rattle his cage. I want that Chastain back. The one who will take risks because they are worth it and because only he can do it. I hope we get that Chastain back.

Now watch Stenhouse win the championship Update: he's out the first round 🤣🤣🤣

Well Blaney did prove you wrong alright

Love the self awareness and wittiness seeping through this video. Was grinning almost the whole time. Keeep up the excellent work

If bubba wins imma do a flip

Bro Literally Predicted a bit of the future (he predicted Larson winning darlington,he knew Ricky Stenhouse Jr,McDowell and Logano getting eliminated in the 1st round)

That thumbnail is so out of pocket😅

Greetings, and a personal, POSITIVE message to you EllyProductions! I'm going to keep this short, since I can go on and on, but your production skills, videos, and channel all together are top notch. I'm glad to see another NASCAR based content producer and you do a great job of it (with much laughter added). You are comparable to others such as Emplemon and S1apsh0es, and I just subscribed to your channel as well, after finding some videos of yours. Keep it up, I'll be watching 👍 P.S. your predictions seem to be going down the shitter 😁

Welp, he was right about Larson at Darlington, hopefully that isn't Kyle's only highlight of this playoff...

I picked Stenhouse as my favorite years ago and it's worked out in the long run.

elly can you please make a high quality version of the thumbnail please man I need it for research purposes

3/4 isn't bad, sucks to see Harvick exit due to SHR being garbage though. Having him say it was the worst experience with a fender in the center of Bristol is absolute hell

That thumbnail is sus indeed lol

Since I got your Video "Sponsors in Racing" in my Recommended I have watched every single New Video on your Channel. You are one of the best Nascar Content Creators out there.

What you said about you Truex fans and us Blaney was spot on lol. Blaney's always gonna be my favorite driver as long as he's in the sport, and for now, he's still just about the only good, likeable part of Penske's whole NASCAR operation. I'd be VERY surprised if he wins the championship, but I'm not ever gonna stop being his fan. Never ever. Truex on the other hand, I think is looking really good this season. I think he's got a real shot at taking home this whole championship. I don't know exactly whose gonna win it, but if I were a betting man, I'd have to go with him, KB, Buescher or *maybe* Byron. Great video as always. Can't wait to see if your playoff predictions will be as good as your season opening predictions 😉🤣

Alright, as of Martinsville, the championship 4 is set. Summary : Larson did win at Darlington, Reddick finally got his pit crew to wake up and win at Kansas And at Bristol, Denny beat our favorite drivers. R16 Eliminations: Harvick 😢 Stenhouse McDowell Logano Winning Willy gets the dub at Texas Blaney just edges out Harvick to win at Talladega And The Dinger has another upset win at Charlotte R12 Eliminations: The Revenge Tour for #8 ends early The inner beast of Chastain didnt emerge Bubba still impressed us to get in the R12. Brad did not get the monkey off his back. Larson gets his 2nd win of the playoffs at Las Vegas Bell once again, comes in clutch to win at Homestead And finally, FINALLY, Blaney gets in the Championship 4! R8 Eliminations The Racing Gods will not grant Hamlin this time MTJ gets out late 😢 Buescher put up a good fight Reddick just short of it. CHAMPIONSHIP 4: LARSON BLANEY BELL BYRON

Sooooo who's here after Larson finally won Darlington?

Melon Man is going to turn the whole field sour again to have that Pheonix appearance yet again. 🍉

I love your videos. I also like ur prediction. I must say you are the best at making NASCAR content.

I eagerly await the moment Elly and UrinatingTree collab.

I agree with the final 4 but I would swap KB with Reddick, idk I just had a feeling and predicted this since like Atlanta lmao

To think that you predicted Harvick will make it to the Round of 12 winless is a testament to him and how bad Stewart-Haas has become. But then again the Playoffs always give you something so I expect Harvick to have one last win that might keep him on the Round of 8 contention

The 1 thing I absolutely did not see coming in 2023... the Busch brothers redemption arc. I mean literally I wasn't surprised by anything that's happened this year more then both the Busch brothers being loudly cheered for... good to see them get the respect for the talent they had/have as they reach old age in the sport.

As a Blaney fan, I agree with the Blaney Title “At least he won”

I honestly think Keselowski is quietly due for the final 4. He's run consistently at the front of the field, and consistency takes you far in the playoffs.

I say Willy B returns the 24 back to championship victory lane

Watching this after the Darlington race You were COOKING with these first round predictions holy shit

As a Blaney fan, the last 12 races have been rough. Only 3 top 10s, and 5 finishes outside the top 30. Tbh, I don’t really see him going far in the playoffs this year.

7:00 Watching this in 2024, he proved you wrong, Connor

3:11- 2021 was a throw-away season for NASCAR. Practically every team out there other than those with 'Hendrick' somewhere in the name were subject to a season-long parts freeze while they hoarded sponsor money for the 2022 Next-Gen cars...while Hendrick had no such consideration. If you dig deep enough, it's easy enough to find anywhere, the #4 team mentioned it in March 2021. Or wasn't anyone curious as to why top-tier teams became backmarkers overnight if they managed to get a single regular season win (eight drivers coasted into the playoffs with one win each) while they low-budgeted their way to the champeenship? As a result, almost every driver out there unless they had the names "Elliot" or "Larson" as a last name threw out their left shoulder rotator cuffs in waving the #5 or #9 to the front of the field, while even the two dominant regular drivers (Hamlin and Harvick) from 2020 couldn't even scrape together a regular season win between them during the 2021 regular season. Let's face it, 2021 was a professional wrestling-style redemption arc for Kyle Larson, he had to demonstrate as to how you couldn't be a real winner unless you went to NASCAR re-education camp, and then miraculously ended up driving for the best-funded team in existence? Also, how convenient that his Hendrick teammate Chase represented the only real competition for Larson during the entire season, remember, only re-educated champions win in NASCAR. Unless something magical happens, Larson doesn't win another NASCAR championship. He makes a lot of mistakes.

Very interesting thumbnail. “Will the real Kyle please stand up?” It’s been an odd year for Kyle. He got those 2 wins early in the year and since then he’s been on a downward spiral. I’ll be honest. Going into this year I initially thought with Kyle Busch Ok. You got completely sabotaged by Gibbs, you’re going to a new team in RCR, and this’ll be a fresh start for you. But to come out of the gate like he did winning the second race and showing race winning pace in AN RCR CAR is something no one expected. Happy for him after last year. “At least he won.” For Blaney you’re not wrong. 😂 Stewart Haas has been ass this year. No other way to put it.

The prediction on Kyle made me so confused and mad at the same time, also here are my predictions Round of 16: 4,23,34,47 Round of 12: 6,12,45,20 Round of 8: 5,22,17,1 Final 4: 8,19,24,11 Champion: 24

My Bracket Round of 16 Darlington: MTJ Kansas: MTJ Bristol: Keselowski Eliminated: Reddick, Blaney, Stenhouse, McDowell Round of 12 Texas: Hamlin Talladega: Byron Roval: Reddick Eliminated: Harvick, Chastain, Bell, Wallace Round of 8 Las Vegas: Byron Homestead: MTJ Martinsville: Harvick Eliminated: Busch, Keselowski, Logano, Buescher Champion: William Byron (Followed by Truex, Hamlin and Larson)

It’s the best day of the week when he uploads a video!

6:56 And he is one now!

7:03 ages like fucking spoil milk

Thanks for all you do!! Great fun to watch and always makes me laugh and think.

I enjoyed that Kurt segment. Made me tear up a little bit

About the playoff predictions: McDowell, Logano, Stenhouse, Wallace out in R1 Reddick, Blaney, Harvick, and Keselowski out in R2 Hamlin, Buescher, Bell, and LARSON out in R3 (my one bold playoff prediction) And Byron scores his first title in Phoenix.

That thumbnail is wild!

Legit just went back to see your play off predictions, 11/16, yikes bro. Amazing vids as always

Darlington-byron Kansas-truex Bristol-harvick eliminated 16th Stenhouse-32 15th Wallace-21 14th Mcdowell-19 13th Keselowski-2 Texas-larson Talladega-buesher Roval-elliot(non playoff) eliminated 12th Reddick-12 11th Chastain-8 10th Blaney-3 9th Busch-0 Vegas-harvick Homestead-larson Martinsville-larson eliminated 8th Buesher-34 7th Bell-19 6th Logano-8 5th Byron-3 Phenoix-blaney(non playoff) 4th Hamlin 3rd larson 2nd Harvick 1st truex HERES MINE

Bro already got his first prediction correct. I’m betting my life savings on the rest of your predictions 💀

5:00 i appreciate this reference 💀💀

I’m liking my picks less and less lol Eliminated 16: Wallace, stenhouse, harvick, kesolowski 12: logano, McDowell, reddick, busch 8: blaney, Chastain, buescher, Hamlin Championship four: Byron, Larson, truex, bell Champion: Byron Winners(race order):Byron, truex, Larson; Chastain, wallace, bell; Byron, Larson, truex; Byron

I have extreme bias but I feel like everyone is counting out Stenhouse too easily. He had top-13 finishes in both Kansas and Darlington this year and Bristol is one of his best tracks. I feel like he can easily advance if they show that same speed again, especially if other playoffs drivers have issues. Also in 2017 when he made the playoffs everyone was counting him out in the first round, but he advanced to the second. I think that could happen this year too.

Slapdash predictions for me: Round of 16: 4 / 12 / 34 / 47 Round of 12: 6 / 20 / 23 / 45 Round of 8: 1 / 5 / 11 / 22 Championship 4: 8 / 17 / 19 / 24 Champion: 19

What song is that where Kyle Busch’s winning all the races in laughing? Like the orchestra, symphony type of song

7:21 I didn't watch the COTA race this year and am just hearing that commentary for the first time. That broke my heart.

I agree with this, I think people are really sleeping on Reddick just because he was a first round exit last year.

Playing a glory roll of Kyle Bush just giggling either like a young child or an evil genius after every win is just fuckin hilarious.

I agree with your final 4, except swap Busch for Reddick. Good video!

I’m a logano I’m a little upset

Congrats you made your first correct Playoff prediction

Chris buscher gonna make the round of 8 mark my fucking words

Since that “talk” Justin had with Chastain, Ross has been slow since his win at Nashville. I think he’s one of my picks to be out the first round along with Stenhouse and Reddick.

i know literally nothing abt nascar, but i like your videos x3

My predictions I commented under your video are coming along nicely somehow - A Hendrick car will miss the Playoffs (48 or 24). True. - Kyle Busch will win more than once. True. - AJ Allmendinger will win on an oval. Not yet. - A Front Row Motorsports car will start on the front row (McDowell at a road course). Does finishing up front count? - Stenhouse will win Dirt Bristol and, even riskier prediction, will NOT get wrecked in at least one superspeedway race. Riskier part true. - Jimmie Johnson will get a top 10. Let's wait. - Ty Gibbs will disappoint and start a rivalry with William Byron of all people. Well he's out of the playoffs, rivalry will come soon. - Hamlin and Chastain will either fight or make out in the infield grass. Does a thumbnail count? Cause damn. - Harvick will make the final 4 after the top 2 wreck out at Martinsville. If I were you I'd be betting my house on this. - Bubba Wallace will win the Daytona 500. Hmm. The space between the lines means it will happen next year.

Welp, looks like Ryan proved you wrong indeed! What a final race

One of the thumbnails of all time

Truex Jr. has shown such amazing performance, I feel he has a good shot at winning 2023 cup

bro, that thumbnail threw me for a crazier ride then preece had last week

Do you go to Kennesaw SU?

With the improvements rfk made the second half of the season I really think one if them will make the final 4

Had Stenhouse winning last year's 500 but not this years. Brad cleaned him out last year and I couldn't bring myself to do it again

Damn... were ahead a month now.... and its pretty damn close!!! nicely done!

LESSSSS GOOO NEW EP49 VID JUST DROPPED

HOLY FUCK I CAN SEE MYSELF IN THE STANDS AT AUTO CLUB LETS GOOOOO (i'm a michigan resident)

i see the urinating tree format with this and i like it.

We gonna talk about him getting the Darlington pick right 👀

I’m back after a successful opening week pick to give credit. Ya done good

Dude this thumbnail is amazing!!!!!!!!

MTJ, William Byron, Chris Buescher, and Denny Hamlin.

I have the 22, 12, 34, and 4 being out in the first round. Stenhouse is my underdog pick for a sneaky round of 8

Here's my own predictions; Round of 16: WINNERS: Darlington: Todd Gilliland Kansas: Daniel Suarez Bristol: Chase Elliott ELIMINATED: 16th: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 15th: Ryan Blaney 14th: Kevin Harvick 13th: Brad Keselowski Round of 12: WINNERS: Texas: Christopher Bell [ADVANCES] Talladega: Ty Gibbs Charlotte Roval: Alex Bowman ELIMINATED: 12th: Michael McDowell 11th: Joey Logano 10th: Bubba Wallace 9th: Kyle Larson Round of 8: WINNERS: Las Vegas: Kyle Busch [ADVANCES] Homestead: Bubba Wallace Martinsville: Ryan Preece ELIMINATED: 8th: Tyler Reddick 7th: Chris Buescher 6th: William Byron 5th: Christopher Bell Championship 4: WINNER: Phoenix: Kevin Harvick CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: 1st: Martin Truex, Jr. 2nd: Kyle Busch 3rd: Ross Chastain 4th: Denny Hamlin [DNF]

Alright the Kyle Busch part was funny lol

WHY IS CHASTAIN KISSING DENNY- 💀💀

that hamlin prediction cant be any bolder, in my words denny hamlin is nascar's dallas cowboys, hes been in title contention since the 2010s yet he hasnt been able to do jack shit when it comes to winning titles the cowboys: 0-6 in divisional round games, lost last year because they made zeke the only "lineman" on the last play denny hamlin: 0-7 in potential championship runs (2010, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), lost last year because of his chastain feud if anything hamlin is probably going to lose because of his current feud with larson LMAO

That thumbnail is crazy bro

Truex seethes like no other nascar choker. Love it R1.

How is Ty the first playoff miss for gibbs in 3 years

If you're right, and Kyle Busch is eliminated in the third round, I'm punching my computer.

Ricky Stenhouse making the playoffs was my greatest prediction this year

Lets go Chris Buescher!!!

6:53 YOOOOOO I MADE IT IN THE VID🗿🗿🗿🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️