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Great pit stop your crew chief says and while that may be true, you also parked awkwardly in your stall causing you to be stuck behind Mayfield but like you said, at least you finished the race this time and didn’t DNF. Even championship contenders have occasional bad races in a championship season

If there’s anything I hate in NASCAR a ton along with so many other things it’s Lap 1 crashes. Whether it be real life or video games, if someone/anyone DNFs like your buddy did, you don’t even get to break a sweat or find out your car’s potential for the entirety of the race. EDIT: That tire shit at the end was exciting AF. That’s NEVER happened before compared to having fuel mileage races. Wouldn’t be surprised if we saw *Tire Thrillers* as a new thing in real life NASCAR come 2025

Pretty cool to see some of your other real life friends I’ve never heard of be featured as fictional characters in this Series. Content creators having those make these NASCAR Championship/Career Modes even more fun to watch! But as far as the race goes, you and your teammate had a little DEI vs Roush tussle to start the race with Kenseth and Biffle which was fun to watch! Sucks that you lost the race the way you did since everyone else took 2 tires while you took 4 but a Top 5 is sure as hell a good points day EDIT: Well my Gosh! You actually pulled it off coming to the White Flag! Well done! Thought you lost it for a second so I stand corrected

That was one helluva spiffy intro! Something different I see! You should do it that way more often even if it’s only every once in awhile. Nice video as always dude!

Didn’t even know you were sick mate. Get well soon! Although you caught me hella off guard when you skipped the pace laps but I understand why you did. At least Schrader’s car held together on the start this time with that front row only for you to send him into the wall deep into the 1st run. But yeah, once that 1st wreck happened, all hell broke loose the rest of the way so you weren’t kidding! Crazy ass shit!

Get better soon lad!

You had a fast ass car on this day my guy. Good race!

great race, enjoyed every minute

Hi mate I just stumbled across this channel and it’s safe to say you have a new subscriber the content is amazing

Love it! At first I thought it was the actual *F1 2000* game but this took me by surprise. Great stuff Kai!

Nice to see Tony finally make his Winston Cup debut as a part timer to get ready for a full 1999 Rookie Campaign which is what he didn’t do in real life as we all know. Is it still The Home Depot Paint Scheme of all things? As for the race itself, as a Petty fan myself, I’d be sweating bullets too if I was Andretti after watching my boss go down like that and I’d be doing the same as you to get those 5 Bonus Points if I saw everyone in the Top 5 in front of me all ducking into the pits. But the finish however, you could’ve pulled off some lucky ass miracle shit had you not hit the wall. So close! Oh and your memory serves correctly: DJ88 did indeed win this race in real life in 1996 which is how the *kissing the bricks* tradition started. Although I do have one question: If Chad Knaus is your crew chief in this Universe, who’s gonna be Jimmie’s once you get to 2002?

great finish, i dont think you could win without the wall brush

Great race mate

Alright! Starting off the week just right my man! Good job on finally getting your 1st points of the season/career mode! EDIT: Glad you were able to successfully switch the language of the commentators back to English! Didn’t think it’d be possible but here we are!

LET'S GO! You and Zhou get your first points of the season on the same weekend.

I remember when both Pocono Races were close together growing up a kid watching NASCAR every week. Usually the 1st one was the week before my dad and I went to MIS which meant one thing: School was coming to an end for Summer Break. I talk about this to myself a lot on how the NASCAR schedule always coordinated with my personal schedule the same way every year sometimes with the same races or even different races when they changed the schedule from time to time! Talk about getting old! As for the race itself, that was some great wheel to racing at the beginning till Mikey took your ass out which is ironic because he drove your car the next season in real life which is how Sadler got the #21 especially since even to this day I wish he had been in NASCAR 2000 along with Jimmy Spencer #23 even though EA would’ve had to censor the sponsorship since Winston was his actual sponsor in real life. Glad you were able to stay in the race nonetheless and still have a fast car like the wreck never happened. Happy Thanksgiving Kai! Can’t wait for the NR4 Christmas Special where you give Nadeau that 2001 Atlanta win he should’ve had in real life and for the 2002 Sears Point version in NR2002, that should be your New Year’s Eve Special

Why German?

Alright! I look forward to Binge Watching this series from start to finish! Time to have some fun!

Yes! I wear my Leclerc hat in every video. Love to see the Seb hat. Just remember. Don't drive like 2024 Williams. Lol

WTF was Kenseth doing??? 😂😂😂 The equivalent of Schrader’s car fucking up on the pace laps every time he qualifies on the front row 🤣🤣🤣 Kidding aside, difference between him and Schrader though is that MK17 got back in the race even if he was multiple laps down, you and Benson appeared to have these Plate Races figured out in this LP and Jr was being a good teammate pushing you through the middle all the way up to the front. Too bad all that magical stuff eventually went down the shitter. That’s just racing I guess! EDIT: But at least we had another exciting photo finish to cap it off And also I don’t think Todd was part of the accident with his brother, I think he we just trying his damndest to avoid getting in it and that was a helluva maneuver to show his wreck avoidance skills Guess the magical stuff didn’t go completely down the shitter after all. I stand corrected. You rebounded to get a Top 10 and Brett somehow, someway stayed in the race. Impressive. Good race!

15:22 You forgot to mention he did pole and flip at Talladega fall race.

Just found your channel. NR 2003 is the best racing game ever!! Keep going!!👍🏻

I cant take myself seriously with that handlebar mustache for my driver😂😂

No Road Course Ringers? Bummer

2:28 Hell yeah my (French) buddy Jean Claude is back from his vacation to give the command at what is technically my hometrack so it’s perfect! Nice to see both Bodine Brothers in the field this week as I saw Brett get injured in that vicious practice crash in person while 9 year old me was in attendance for the ARCA Race so that’s my small NASCAR claim to fame and it was the day before the Spurs won their 2nd of 5 championships after the real life version of this race where my boy KP45 wrecked on the last lap, Duncan won Finals MVP and The Admiral retired on top But holy shit was that a BIG ass Lap 1 wreck! At first I thought someone lost an engine and too many people got in the oil and all piled up. Very cinematic though! Nice bounce back win to rebound from those bad races my dude! And even better, you beat the odds of fuel mileage to do it! Well done!

Somehow you didn’t slide back down into traffic which is a miracle but after that, this race became the definition of Murphy’s Law: Everything that can go wrong does go wrong EDIT: Sprague being released caught me off guard since I was expecting him to stay in the car for the whole season in this Universe like Park in the #1, Green in the #30, Andretti in the #43 and Nadeau in the #01. Not to mention in this Universe, he was released from the ride 5 weeks earlier than real life

2:25 As a KP45 fan myself, I totally approve of that 100%! I guess that makes sense since he was good at short tracks back in the day so they made him good there in these Early 2000s NASCAR Games including the EA ones and him taking that early lead is the version of him I wish I had saw as a kid rooting for him as being a fan of his and Montoya for all those years growing up was NOT fun.

What happened to the steering wheel? To me, turning it off just wasn’t realistic which is why I never messed with it and it’s like how are you supposed to turn the car? But yeah, mega heartbreak right there with my homeboy Todd Bodine. It’s just racing my guy, shit happens. I’m just glad with Park racing for a championship in this Universe that Jeff Green stays in the #30 EDIT: You think you choking was bad enough? Oh man, Todd putting on a disaster-class with your incident and KB97’s beforehand is even worse. Even in real life NASCAR, we see drivers put on disaster-classes like Gragson at Chicago in 2023 for example or even Vickers at Martinsville in 2011 (hint… hint… Vickernism)

I used to be a GOAT on this game back in the day. I LOVED Bristol and racing there. In my era, had to use the joystick to steer. The key to Bristol is staying smooth. Do not overdrive the car, and you'll find more speed. Bristol is being smooth, and when you enter the turns, quickly brake and back on the gas. This is the classic style so the groove is where you want to be and on that yellow line through those turns.

Yay! Ernie is back! Knew this would eventually come and on top of that, we get to see Smoke do something he didn’t do in real life: Run part time in 1998 to prepare for 1999! Good shit! Glad to see you back going again like you never missed a beat after that surgery! Not to mention I’m sure that’s what Martinsville did in real life too at this exact same time of season EDIT: When does the Todd Bodine Series Resume?

YES! Been waiting for this to drop since you confirmed it on Instagram via DM. Even if you never do a full season on these EA Games, I hope you continue to do them as one-offs every once in a blue moon including Thunder 04 but hey not everything is for everyone like you said. Thanks for compromising my guy! Looking forward to the NR4 Christmas Special with Jerry Nadeau via Rewriting History and of course the Sears Point one with him in NR2002

We’re getting Texas under the lights??? Didn’t see that coming! Nice to see! Also is there a backstory of bringing North Wilkesboro back from the dead that soon since in real life they had just stopped racing there 3 years earlier? If so, I’m interested to hear how you came up with it Glad to see you fully recovered from your surgery and back going Kai! Missed ya man! Only 1 more race till Ernie Irvan is back! Now we’re thriving! EDIT: 13:37 No caution for debris? Well that’s some bullshit! Todd Bodine with the Ultimate ARCA Brakes 😂😂😂 Also Rusty did what he couldn’t do in real life: Win at a plate track

I remember that version of Sears Point from NR4 when I was younger. As much as NR2003 is GOATed, I LOVED that game and NR2002 to the core and when I modded the missing drivers into both games along with the missing Chicagoland and Kansas in NR4, I LOVED it even more as it was almost the entirety of real life 2001 and 2002 Also good to see a Robby Gordon appearance which you did tease to me on Instagram and we finally get to see Nigel in the 3rd Yates car! And FYI, my father subscribed to you today as the man just retired yesterday on Halloween!

Could you post the download link to some of your original paint schemes?

It's called Gilligan's island. Also the black flag was most likely because pit road is closed on a restart.

I was just minding my own damn business...

Love the new dashboard sign! Perfect upgrade as another perfect example of the fact that every TH-cam Channel evolves and only gets better to keep up with the times. As for the race itself, that was a guaranteed win for sure until you got junked. Can’t win em all I guess! Hope the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega goes well!

Solid finish, gotta love them races where all you needed was one more lap for the win

What graphic mods are you using? And do you think you would ever do a tutorial on how do make it look that good? Cause those cars shine is amazing

Glad to see Kenny Irwin Jr back from injury! When does Ernie Irvan come back? Also glad you finally got this race over with! I don’t even care what the final outcome was! Looking forward to Sears Point!

LMFAO at that qualifying lap to end it 😂😂😂 Impressive that it still won you the pole! Thanks for remembering that’s Johnny in the #43 and not Jay + that #37 Brewco ride was a Chevy the previous season with Jeff Purvis. I’m way behind on my TH-cam Fix but I’m glad I finally tuned in to this Episode! Not to mention that 1st wreck should’ve been a yellow but the people in the Tower must’ve been out in the back drinking a Busch 🤣🤣🤣 EDIT: This race was the definition of a caution filled mess 😅😅😅

00:01 I knew it!