@@ashenwolf98 #1 wtf are you talking about. I replied to his grade he got in the video. And for you to assume prejudice is just plain you being a rude azz. You might want to go look and see how many others also think his driving performance this year was sub par and he didn't deserve the grade he gave him.
Larson: no grade? Expelled from cup, tore it up on dirt, was reinstated and a hendrick 2021 cup ride. Kenseth took this year pass/fail as a fill in role. Just give him a Pass
@@disalvofamily231 Equipment wise certainly is an upgrade. Definitely has a fewer dollars in his contract. Probably won't have many personal contracts or endorsements(if any)
Larson sadly gets an F. Getting Fired for saying the word on public stream can't be saved by any good deeds. I forgive him, but he gets a fat L this year.
If not for Chase pitting in the Coke 600 and take himself and Logano out at Bristol he may have only had two wins. Still a good year though. One of the most consistent.
Damn Preece F, I agree he was bad I’m not delusional; but he rattled off 8 Top 20’s (2 Top 10’s) in the playoffs, so some hope is still there for him next year. Others had worse years given their equipment in my opinion
These nascar content creators have some kind grudge against Preece. He proved his worth many times throughout the year but was chastised for not being consistent. The only thing that stopped him from being consistent was bad luck and equipment failures. They’re just absolutely oblivious to the bad luck and I don’t get it. He doesn’t get a fair rap, the talent is there he just needs some things to go his way. Not to mention the fact he was dealing with a whole new team and Stenhouse struggled many times in the same equipment throughout the season I just don’t get it. In 2021 he will turn some heads, I can’t wait!!
@@dillonsloss2472 you’re missing the point. Between bad luck and mechanical failures he still doesn’t a F. A lot was out of his hands and that’s just the truth
Aric Almirola: Doesn't win, Chokes in the Round of 12, finishes 15th in points Eric: B+ Alex Bowman: Wins, Nearly makes Championship 4, finishes 6th in points Eric: B+
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. RPM isn’t some race-winning outfit like you say it is. It’s been 6 years since they last scored a win, and even with that win, in 2014 Almirola had a lower average finishing position than Wallace did this year. Wallace has become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
For my guy Ryan Blaney, I say he deserves a C+ This was by far the most competitive he's been in his career, however, their bad luck and failure to capitalize on wins this season did them in. There is a silver lining to: their biggest weakness, not being able to finish out races, was improved on in the playoffs after they were eliminated. They got 6 top 10 finishes, and were stating where they were running. With that momentum, they should be a threat next year
I’d agree with that. But it’s not like they will either be competing for the top 10. New team and an underfunded RPM my guess is they both will finish points in the 20-25 range
@@markjones2854He outperformed him in 2022 but 23xi is just a great team and rom is not. If jones goes to 23xi with a 3rd car, he will 100% outperform bubba
@@austinraley6004 He's been without a doubt the best RWR car this year. He got rushed into Joe Gibbs and has learned a lot since then. Give him a good xfinity car and watch what he does.
The last 2 drivers to win the 500 and the championship are Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Denny Hamlin does not drive for Hendrick, he needs to stop winning it now
I think Hendrick Motorsports had it's best season in a while: Chase Elliott won his 1st Championship. William Byron won his 1st win at Daytona International Speedway to get into the Playoffs. Alex Bowman won his 2nd win at Fontana/Auto Club Speedway. Jimmie Johnson had a better season than in 2018 + 2019, and he ended his career at Phoenix finishing 5th.
@@joshuapittman4663 I don't think he deserves to go to Hendrick. He's a racist. Even if he said it by accident, that's on him. I'm suggesting he finds a new career.
@@jareddiamond5133 he goofed up, dosent mean he is racist. He has done so much for the black community these last months so do you research before labeling someone like that
@@jareddiamond5133 🤦♂️ He’s not racist... A racist wouldn’t go to black leaders in sports to apologize and try to understand his mistakes A racist wouldn’t spend 5 years working for charity that is meant to help black children in the inner cities... He deserves it more now than he did before the incident.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Harvick had an extremely great season statistically, which is why Eric gave him the high marks that he did. Wallace, driving for a much more mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
@@Ren_1090 I get that his stats were alot better then last year and that he got the attention of a lot of sponsors. I would give him a better grade then last year but getting a lot of sponsors doesn't make you a "A driver". I hope to see him do good next year but I'm doubtful. I remember when he was a Roush Xfinity driver and didn't do great and Chris Buescher won the championship as his teammate in 2015. Maybe hes a late bloomer and I'll be wrong.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
I feel like Kevin Harvick gets an A-. Reason why, he dominated the whole season, 9 wins more than any cup driver this year. But then at Martinsville when he got eliminated, it really surprised me.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
You're a very generous grader for some of these drivers. These are my grades (based on the overall season): Champion: Chase Elliott- A 2nd. Brad Keselowski- B+ 3rd. Joey Logano- B 4th. Denny Hamlin- A- 5th. Kevin Harvick- A (as close to an A+ as possible, need a championship for that) 6th. Alex Bowman- C 7th. Martin Truex Jr.- B- 8th. Kyle Busch- C+ 9th. Ryan Blaney- C 10th. Kurt Busch- C 11th. Austin Dillion- C- 12th. Clint Bowyer- C- 13th. Matt DiBenedetto- C- 14th. William Byron- C 15th. Aric Almirola- C 16th. Cole Custer- B- 17th. Eric Jones- D+ 18th. Jimmie Johnson- D 19th. Tyler Reddick- C 20th. Christopher Bell- C- 21st. Chris Buescher- C 22nd. Bubba Wallace- D+ 23rd. Michael McDowell- D+ 24th. Ricky Stenhouse- D+ 25th. Ryan Newman- D 26th. Ty Dillion- D 27th. John Hunter Nemechek- D 28th. Matt Kenseth- F+ 29th. Ryan Preece- D 30th. Corey Lajoie- D- 31st. Daniel Suarez- F 32nd. Brennan Poole- F+ 33rd. Quin Houff- F
I don’t think bubbas on track performance this year had anything to do with him getting the ride with 23/11. MJ himself said as soon as he decided to join Denny and create the team he said he knew Bubba Wallace would be his driver. No matter how he got it he got it
I'd pump the brakes a little bit. 2311 racing may eventually win one, and Jordon has a deep pocket. However it takes some time to build a race team. I have a feeling it's going to be more of a furniture row level team. And the shine will wear off of budda, and Jordon will likely sale. That's just my thoughts about it. Becay think about it. If that stuff didn't happen at Texas. Bubba wouldn't have gotten all those sponsors, and Jordon wouldn't be building a race team. I feel like this is more of a PR stunt for Jordon. Because also this was the first year MJ started to take a stand for the whole racial business. He's always been hush hush. Now I do think this is Bubba's opportunity. If hes going to have to be a top 10 racer and not a mid 25. I know that has more to do with RPMS and not budda. He's a good driver, but they're really putting a lot on him. I hope he shows out and finally takes that step, but I say pump the brakes. Don't put all the pressure on him. Let the team develop, and go from there. Chase won the championship, but it seems like Bubba won the season. IMO
Nice grades you’ve given out to these drivers for this year! Most of them have been an improvement from last year while others either stayed the same or did much worse. Luckily as a Truex fan, Truex did pretty good this season winning at Martinsville in my favorite paint scheme even though he’s come so close to winning a ton of races this year. Hopefully he can get more wins next year! 👍
Personally i woulda gave blaney a C he had great speed at the beginning of the season then after the corona break he kinda dropped off and got that lucky talladega win and wet the bed in the round of 16
this video from a year ago was hoping in my reccomdetion page the past two weeks non stop as if yt was preparing me for this Lets GO Chase is the championship
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
Regression was inevitable for Newman. His cars were ranked 23rd on speed last year and his playoff berth was heavily based on manipulating pit stop timing to increase stage point totals.
Every time Almirola deserves a win he has the worst luck but then every few years he gets a win out of absolutely nowhere because of some insanely lucky help from nascar.
My favorite driver...won the cup. So saying anything but A+ is silly. Not to mention that he won 5 races, could have won many more, and was in contention constantly. Yup, a darn near perfect season for Chase. Love it!
You give bubba an a? 😂😂 but dibenedetto a b- . Damn Eric that’s rough. Matt had a few top 2 finishes. A bunch of top 10’s. Wood brothers had the best season since Morgan shepherd ran the car. Finished 13th in points.
@History Buff stats show that Matt has had the best season since morgan shepherd. Blaney only made the playoffs that year because he won a race at poconno. Matt raced his way in
Bubba Wallace: exhibit A as to why the “race card” is pulled so often. Got rewarded for doing nothing positive. Harrison Burton or Erik Jones were better options than he was.
@History Buff The fan base isn’t racist. The fan base is just dopey and ignored what the Confederate Flag really stood for. You think the fan base is in favor of slavery and treason? Of course not! The south just flies that flag to pretend to be rebellious and badass. The only people that fly the Confederate Flag are punk adolescents that drive 20 year old Silverados with sketchy lift kits. They don’t know anything about the Confederate Flag other than it’s what you fly on the back of a junky pickup just to be “badass.”
Matt Kenneth needs higher than a D. The man was on his couch during Daytona had an 18 month vacation, and couldn’t practice. The dude still had a 2nd place finish to Kevin Harvick. I mean try going on vacation, then showing up to work late your 1st day back and still meeting productive goals by 5pm. B-
Since he left out the GOAT I'll grade him for you guys. Timmy Hill: A+++++, probably the greatest season we've ever seen from a driver, really looked like Petty out there at times. Some races he lapped so many cars they just stopped scoring him, and this is all not including his Iracing season, just amazing...
Can you do a way to early 2021 playoff prediction? Here is mine: 1. Harvick 2. Kyle Busch 3. Keselowski 4. Elliott 5. Logano 6. Hamlin 7. Bowman 8. Larson 9. Byron 10. Almirola 11. Reddick 12. Bell 13. Blaney 14. Dibenedetto 15. Truex 16. Custer This is in no preticular order, just my top 16
Bubba had a B season. Alex Bowman is not that talented. Alex Bowman runs between 6-18th every week except for a month when he pulls speed out of his ass.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
I give Ryan Newman an A-Plus for walking out of the hospital and getting a few top 10s and he and Ryan precce and Ricky stenhouse and Kevin harvick are my favorite drivers
I am very proud Austin Dillon got an A. In my opinion, Austin looked very clean this season. That win at Texas inspired me. I felt like Dillon was going to do well in the playoffs. And look at that! Austin qualified for the round of 12! Great acomplishment!
Good take. Only think off on the 37 Preece because he usually ran ahead of faster cars, got wrecked and had equipment failures way too often, and lost positions on pit stops. So I see a crew chief and money issue. JTG focused on 47. Plus Stafford is close. Was actually surprised the Bell vs Jones was just as seen from this seat. However Bell does have tendency to self destruction. The 48 and 42, only unknown from this end is the issue aging eyes or all the new talent. My thought was eyesight. A 72 year old friend who actually got me into the sport and has more years owning, crew chief, and team member experience than anyone younger than 40 something says otherwise. Looking forward to the future !
It had to be an A+ for all championship 4 + Harvick. They all had A+ seasons by being heavy contenders for the championship. Only A season would be Elliot, he was not a contender but managed to clutch it big at the end which makes him an A+ too.
Hey Eric. Don't know if you read this stuff or not. But what's up on you keeping us posted on the Charlotte test next week? Maybe some video of the roval testing? Aight den. 🤘
I enjoy you posts Eric. Agree or don't contest most grades you gave but Ryan Newman??? He should get an A+ just for getting back in a race car this year after what he went through at Daytona!
So once again late to the party 🤪 but I wish you had put up a graphic of what each driver scored. There were too many to remember. I will comment on three though. Of course my guy Chase Elliott gets an A+. Also considering everything that was placed on Bubba's shoulders and his performance in an underfunded team I'll agree on that one too. Then finally there's #MyManMatt (Kenseth). Heartbreaking 😭 is the only way to describe it. I too had really high expectations for him. I so wanted him and Jimmie to win my heart just broke 💔.
Timmy Hill ran all 36 races and you didn't mention him, probably because he was ineligible for points. while he didn't get any top 10s, he led his first lap at Talladega-2 and won the iRacing Pro Invitational "championship" with an average finish of 3.57, skewed only by an 11th at Talladega (otherwise it would be 2.33). i would argue at least a C for Timmy Hill
What is Eric smoking? He grades Bubba Wallace an A for the 20/20 season in NASCAR.He only went up three positions in the final standings from his previous year with a Richard Petty small budget team. I remember Alan Kulwicki had a small budget team and won the NASCAR championship. I guess, relatively speaking, Alan Kulwicki would receive a grade of 20 A's. Eric, obviously is not qualified, objectively, to grade NASCAR drivers.
Bubba getting a B I can agree on, but an A is very excessive. Certainly an improvement over the last two years, but he's resembling more of a Daniel Suarez rather than a Truex if we're comparing lower grade teams in that he's more of a sponsor machine than a driver if we're being honest. I could comment on the whole Talladega controversy...but I'd rather not dock him for shenanigans outside the racing world during interviews. All I'll say is that he's getting a big ride upgrade...so now he better put his racing where his mouth is, cause boyo he acts like Kyle Busch without any of the accomplishments to back it up.
Christopher Bell peaked after the playoffs. John Hunter Nemechek finished 8th at Darlington and that’s it. Did nothing Custer won but didn’t do much else Reddick was NONEXISTENT throughout the playoffs. I didn’t hear anything about him in the last ten races.
Hold up Harvick with 9 wins 7.3 Average finish A and Bubba Smollet gets an A too he only got that ride is because he pulled the race card and got handed everything i'll give in a C-
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Harvick had an extremely great season statistically, which is why Eric gave him the high marks that he did. Wallace, driving for a much more mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
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Timmy Hill gets and A++ for finishing top 5 at Charlotte in the stage
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He outran MTJ and Denny Hamlin at bristol
Fr
Poor Timmy Hill
Honestly, I'd give him an A just for the iRacing win
Honestly, give him one of denny hamlin's 2020 cars and he'd win at real texas
Timmy Hill deserves some attention. He was the star during the pandemic break, along side Clint Bowyer!
Bubba Wallace an A? that's a loony toon grade by far. He deserves no more then a C+ And for that you get graded with a Thumbs down :(
@@winzall9767 Not once was Bubba Wallace mentioned in this thread. Get out of here with your prejudice.
@@ashenwolf98 #1 wtf are you talking about. I replied to his grade he got in the video. And for you to assume prejudice is just plain you being a rude azz. You might want to go look and see how many others also think his driving performance this year was sub par and he didn't deserve the grade he gave him.
Eric Estepp on twitter: *Give me reason why Kenseth is not F*
Since Eric simps Matt: *Give Kenseth a D*
LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Because he's Matt Kenseth and deserves a "D+".
he forgot joey gase
he also forgot timmy
Well he got 2nd at indy
Eric:I better find Apples on my desks
Matt Kenseth:*dumps apple farm on desk*
LMFAO
Matt kenseth: *I'LL DO ANYTHING JUST FORGIVE ME FOR 2020*
LMFAO indeed
Larson: no grade? Expelled from cup, tore it up on dirt, was reinstated and a hendrick 2021 cup ride. Kenseth took this year pass/fail as a fill in role. Just give him a Pass
Expulsion means you’re not even looked at. He gets another chance so we’ll see next season how he’ll be graded lol.
If you get yourself upgraded from Ganassi to Hendrick that's probably an A+. Lol
@@disalvofamily231 Equipment wise certainly is an upgrade. Definitely has a fewer dollars in his contract. Probably won't have many personal contracts or endorsements(if any)
@@disalvofamily231 hahahaha
Larson sadly gets an F. Getting Fired for saying the word on public stream can't be saved by any good deeds. I forgive him, but he gets a fat L this year.
Matt:gets a D
Eric: *impossible*
Are we going to ignore Ty Dillon winning a stage? That's gotta be some bonus credit
He won 2 last year
It wasn't Ty Dillon, it was Ty Hamilton
Ty Dillion needs to be in a 3rd car JTG
Ohhh ye da roval
did anybody notice that he forgot Timmy Hill? Besides the Timmy Hill fan club?
He's not elligible!!!
MVRowner he should’ve got an A+
Brad should have had an A. If not for those slow pit stops last weekend, he might have had a shot at winning the whole thing.
I think brad fired his pit crew bc of that race lol
His pit crew looked hung over from Saturday. If he didn’t fire them he should.
@@michaelchadwick3497 thats what im saying his pit crew costed him a championship
If not for Chase pitting in the Coke 600 and take himself and Logano out at Bristol he may have only had two wins. Still a good year though. One of the most consistent.
Hamlin is the type of guy to do all his work have straight A’s then fail his test
😂😂😂 Brad also bad but tje the thing is he was execpeted to suck lol
Then he would get a C. The work is your insurance policy. The test would be weighted more than the work.
Reddick was definitely the most impressive rookie this year.
Hope he gets his first W next season
Yeah I agree reddick was the best rookie he just got unlucky
It really wasn't even that close in my opinion.
Him and JHM seemed to consistently outperform their equipment. Both drivers have a bright future
@@jlmhays68 my thoughts exactly
Damn Preece F, I agree he was bad I’m not delusional; but he rattled off 8 Top 20’s (2 Top 10’s) in the playoffs, so some hope is still there for him next year. Others had worse years given their equipment in my opinion
It's just that he has bad luck, endless mechanical failures and was involved in so many wrecks not of his own doing
Drivers are rated off their whole season not just their playoff performance
These nascar content creators have some kind grudge against Preece. He proved his worth many times throughout the year but was chastised for not being consistent. The only thing that stopped him from being consistent was bad luck and equipment failures. They’re just absolutely oblivious to the bad luck and I don’t get it. He doesn’t get a fair rap, the talent is there he just needs some things to go his way. Not to mention the fact he was dealing with a whole new team and Stenhouse struggled many times in the same equipment throughout the season I just don’t get it. In 2021 he will turn some heads, I can’t wait!!
@@dillonsloss2472 you’re missing the point. Between bad luck and mechanical failures he still doesn’t a F. A lot was out of his hands and that’s just the truth
The Indy ridiculousness still gets to me, someone ten cars up stops with nobody having anywhere to go and ends the race for several others
Harvick seeing a F? In the thumbnail
: THIS OS NOT OKIE DOKIE
@Owly123 no the points system screwed him up
If he dumped Kyle B on Turn 3 or 4 it would make sense so he did F*** him self up
@@Diecast-pj1md but it shouldn’t have to come down to wrecking someone
@@alnado0423 that was a F'n BS pussy move, no idea how he didn't get penalized for that
IT'S A LIE!
Aric Almirola: Doesn't win, Chokes in the Round of 12, finishes 15th in points
Eric: B+
Alex Bowman: Wins, Nearly makes Championship 4, finishes 6th in points
Eric: B+
Almirola was consistently decent all year and after the shutdown bowman sucked until the playoffs
@@dillonsloss2472 This
@@dillonsloss2472 Fair enough. I think that the lack of results was as much bad luck as anything but it is a lack of results nonetheless
Sounds like a salty Bowman fan to me.
@@Bload72productions I got nothing to be salty about, my guy is 6th in points.
Bubba, an A?
Give me a fkn break. Most anyone and everyone who has raced the #43 has gotten at least 1 win.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score. RPM isn’t some race-winning outfit like you say it is. It’s been 6 years since they last scored a win, and even with that win, in 2014 Almirola had a lower average finishing position than Wallace did this year.
Wallace has become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
@@Ren_1090 All because the color of his skin not his talent as a driver.
What? The 43 car has won literally won 1 race since 2000.
@@Ren_1090 its ridiculous that he gave a boost to his score for his off track crap. It should always be based on what theh did on track.
For my guy Ryan Blaney, I say he deserves a C+
This was by far the most competitive he's been in his career, however, their bad luck and failure to capitalize on wins this season did them in. There is a silver lining to: their biggest weakness, not being able to finish out races, was improved on in the playoffs after they were eliminated. They got 6 top 10 finishes, and were stating where they were running. With that momentum, they should be a threat next year
Eric Jones in the 43 next year will outperform Bubba Wallace in the 23, any takers on that bet?
I’d agree with that. But it’s not like they will either be competing for the top 10. New team and an underfunded RPM my guess is they both will finish points in the 20-25 range
Yeah we agree because bubba Wallace sucks
This has not aged well so far.
Didn’t age well
@@markjones2854He outperformed him in 2022 but 23xi is just a great team and rom is not. If jones goes to 23xi with a 3rd car, he will 100% outperform bubba
I still cheer for JJ Yeley every week...I wish he had a better ride.
Why?
JJ Yeley was the most consistent RWR car this year
@@austinraley6004 He's been without a doubt the best RWR car this year. He got rushed into Joe Gibbs and has learned a lot since then. Give him a good xfinity car and watch what he does.
Kevin Harvick: *Straight A student all semester*
Also Harvick: *Couldn’t even complete final exam*
Harvick cheated on every test except the finals
XD denny was a straight A student but also failed the final exam so what your point Denny and Harvick are Trash
cause a C student passed the Exam
unexpected gamer someones salty
@@unexpectedgamer9487 uh oh we got a salty harvick fan here
@@lominoodles1122 I am a chase fan lol I am not XD
0 views, 26 likes, and 15 comments. TH-cam just went Clint Bowyer crazy.
Lol
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The last 2 drivers to win the 500 and the championship are Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Denny Hamlin does not drive for Hendrick, he needs to stop winning it now
Harvick and Hamlin deserved A+. Harvick because of the wins and Hamlin because of the wins+championship appearance.
I think Hendrick Motorsports had it's best season in a while:
Chase Elliott won his 1st Championship.
William Byron won his 1st win at Daytona International Speedway to get into the Playoffs.
Alex Bowman won his 2nd win at Fontana/Auto Club Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson had a better season than in 2018 + 2019, and he ended his career at Phoenix finishing 5th.
And they picked up Kyle Larson for 2021...
@@joshuapittman4663 I don't think he deserves to go to Hendrick. He's a racist. Even if he said it by accident, that's on him. I'm suggesting he finds a new career.
@@joshuapittman4663 isnt this the most youngest 4 squad they have ever had? cause thats a bright future
@@jareddiamond5133 he goofed up, dosent mean he is racist. He has done so much for the black community these last months so do you research before labeling someone like that
@@jareddiamond5133 🤦♂️
He’s not racist...
A racist wouldn’t go to black leaders in sports to apologize and try to understand his mistakes
A racist wouldn’t spend 5 years working for charity that is meant to help black children in the inner cities...
He deserves it more now than he did before the incident.
Hey Eric, you may already be doing this, but a list of the best 2020 paint schemes would be AWESOME!
So Kevin Harvick and Bubba Wallace got the same grade. Makes no sense.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes.
Harvick had an extremely great season statistically, which is why Eric gave him the high marks that he did. Wallace, driving for a much more mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
@@Ren_1090 I get that his stats were alot better then last year and that he got the attention of a lot of sponsors. I would give him a better grade then last year but getting a lot of sponsors doesn't make you a "A driver". I hope to see him do good next year but I'm doubtful. I remember when he was a Roush Xfinity driver and didn't do great and Chris Buescher won the championship as his teammate in 2015. Maybe hes a late bloomer and I'll be wrong.
Eric: *forgets that Kyle Larson exists*
Kyle: I deserved that.
Me: Yes. Yes, you did.
WHERE THE HECK IS TIMMY FREAKING HILL
Why did I read this in Brett Griffin’s voice?
@@wesgallo4882 Everyone read it in Brett’s voice.
@@wesgallo4882 😂😂😂
Bubba Wallace should've scored an R. He is a champion of the Race Card
Eric: Chase confirmed his status as the best road coarse racer.
Austin Cindric: Hold my beer
WTF, Darrell A? C at best. 22nd in driver points. How can you score 'Darrell ' higher than drivers in the playoffs?
Bubba is not in good equipment. He exceeded expectations but he is a B+ at best
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
I feel like Kevin Harvick gets an A-. Reason why, he dominated the whole season, 9 wins more than any cup driver this year. But then at Martinsville when he got eliminated, it really surprised me.
let’s goooooo. been waiting for this!
hey braeden
@@ppdawg8307 hey peyton
Eric cmon now bubba was no where near a A he was Mabey a b-
22nd in points. Top 20 early season. Richard petty motorsports. Always in contention at superspeedways the only place he has a shot. A.
@@joeah99cr21 ok but was he good at road courses like the alex and chase no so he was descent but an A
You clearly didn’t get an A in school since you can’t spell maybe.
@@travisbecker2209 you know there is something called auto correct
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
I watched the same video u made for the 2018 season in grading the drivers and I must say, I was digging the hair u had in the past Eric.
You're a very generous grader for some of these drivers. These are my grades (based on the overall season):
Champion: Chase Elliott- A
2nd. Brad Keselowski- B+
3rd. Joey Logano- B
4th. Denny Hamlin- A-
5th. Kevin Harvick- A (as close to an A+ as possible, need a championship for that)
6th. Alex Bowman- C
7th. Martin Truex Jr.- B-
8th. Kyle Busch- C+
9th. Ryan Blaney- C
10th. Kurt Busch- C
11th. Austin Dillion- C-
12th. Clint Bowyer- C-
13th. Matt DiBenedetto- C-
14th. William Byron- C
15th. Aric Almirola- C
16th. Cole Custer- B-
17th. Eric Jones- D+
18th. Jimmie Johnson- D
19th. Tyler Reddick- C
20th. Christopher Bell- C-
21st. Chris Buescher- C
22nd. Bubba Wallace- D+
23rd. Michael McDowell- D+
24th. Ricky Stenhouse- D+
25th. Ryan Newman- D
26th. Ty Dillion- D
27th. John Hunter Nemechek- D
28th. Matt Kenseth- F+
29th. Ryan Preece- D
30th. Corey Lajoie- D-
31st. Daniel Suarez- F
32nd. Brennan Poole- F+
33rd. Quin Houff- F
I don’t think bubbas on track performance this year had anything to do with him getting the ride with 23/11. MJ himself said as soon as he decided to join Denny and create the team he said he knew Bubba Wallace would be his driver. No matter how he got it he got it
Of course, I would get an A+ for my top 5 at Daytona
@John Q. (frowns in Dr. Pepper)
Denny Hamlin may very well win a championship as an owner before he wins one as a driver
I'd pump the brakes a little bit. 2311 racing may eventually win one, and Jordon has a deep pocket. However it takes some time to build a race team. I have a feeling it's going to be more of a furniture row level team. And the shine will wear off of budda, and Jordon will likely sale. That's just my thoughts about it. Becay think about it. If that stuff didn't happen at Texas. Bubba wouldn't have gotten all those sponsors, and Jordon wouldn't be building a race team. I feel like this is more of a PR stunt for Jordon. Because also this was the first year MJ started to take a stand for the whole racial business. He's always been hush hush. Now I do think this is Bubba's opportunity. If hes going to have to be a top 10 racer and not a mid 25. I know that has more to do with RPMS and not budda. He's a good driver, but they're really putting a lot on him. I hope he shows out and finally takes that step, but I say pump the brakes. Don't put all the pressure on him. Let the team develop, and go from there. Chase won the championship, but it seems like Bubba won the season. IMO
Not with Wallace. Nice kek though
Ironic how I asked for this yesterday lol
Hey Chase!
Hi Chase
Nice job , buddy
Congrats on championchip
Nice grades you’ve given out to these drivers for this year! Most of them have been an improvement from last year while others either stayed the same or did much worse. Luckily as a Truex fan, Truex did pretty good this season winning at Martinsville in my favorite paint scheme even though he’s come so close to winning a ton of races this year. Hopefully he can get more wins next year! 👍
I’m really glad to see Chris going to a much better ride. I’m proud of him for doing as well as he did. He drove the hell out of that 95!
Eric! U said A+ for Chase Elliott, he won the championship and becoming legacy continue, nice work!
Personally i woulda gave blaney a C he had great speed at the beginning of the season then after the corona break he kinda dropped off and got that lucky talladega win and wet the bed in the round of 16
I give Ryan Blaney a B+ he had a real good season and had the best cars at Penske for most of the year.
Harvick was a case of started year great but due to losing focus failed final exams.
I have been waiting about this since I woke up this morning
this video from a year ago was hoping in my reccomdetion page the past two weeks non stop as if yt was preparing me for this
Lets GO Chase is the championship
Larson: A
Only non-black guy in history to improve his career by saying the N word
Wallace an A??? Higher than Brad, and Joey come on!!! Really.
He deserves about what Michael McDowell grade is.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
You really forgot Timmy Hill and his Iracing championship?
Regression was inevitable for Newman. His cars were ranked 23rd on speed last year and his playoff berth was heavily based on manipulating pit stop timing to increase stage point totals.
Every time Almirola deserves a win he has the worst luck but then every few years he gets a win out of absolutely nowhere because of some insanely lucky help from nascar.
My favorite driver...won the cup. So saying anything but A+ is silly. Not to mention that he won 5 races, could have won many more, and was in contention constantly. Yup, a darn near perfect season for Chase. Love it!
Jimmie ran so well a few times and always ran into something. Charlotte, Darlington, talladega
He caught some of the the worst luck this year. Especially the Darlington race. He was so dominate the whole race until he got into the wall.
Dont forget the first Martinsville where they missed the adjustments for stage 3 and fell to 10th after winning previous stage
Out of my 3 favorite drivers my grades
Almirola: B+
Blaney: C
Elliott:........
A+. Oh snap Eric agrees pretty much, little generous on Blaney.
Alex Bowman would like to have a word after class about his grade.
You give bubba an a? 😂😂 but dibenedetto a b- . Damn Eric that’s rough. Matt had a few top 2 finishes. A bunch of top 10’s. Wood brothers had the best season since Morgan shepherd ran the car. Finished 13th in points.
@History Buff stats show that Matt has had the best season since morgan shepherd. Blaney only made the playoffs that year because he won a race at poconno. Matt raced his way in
Bubba Wallace: exhibit A as to why the “race card” is pulled so often. Got rewarded for doing nothing positive. Harrison Burton or Erik Jones were better options than he was.
@History Buff The fan base isn’t racist. The fan base is just dopey and ignored what the Confederate Flag really stood for. You think the fan base is in favor of slavery and treason? Of course not! The south just flies that flag to pretend to be rebellious and badass. The only people that fly the Confederate Flag are punk adolescents that drive 20 year old Silverados with sketchy lift kits. They don’t know anything about the Confederate Flag other than it’s what you fly on the back of a junky pickup just to be “badass.”
I mean Matty D finished off the season really well after he was eliminated he looked way better and had some amazing races
Matt Kenneth needs higher than a D. The man was on his couch during Daytona had an 18 month vacation, and couldn’t practice. The dude still had a 2nd place finish to Kevin Harvick. I mean try going on vacation, then showing up to work late your 1st day back and still meeting productive goals by 5pm. B-
Since he left out the GOAT I'll grade him for you guys. Timmy Hill: A+++++, probably the greatest season we've ever seen from a driver, really looked like Petty out there at times. Some races he lapped so many cars they just stopped scoring him, and this is all not including his Iracing season, just amazing...
DiBenedetto to the 10 in 2022. Eric please give this a heart so everyone sees it.
That’s be epic
Chase deserves the A+. Bubba an A? Seriously?
My favorite yearly video. Scared for Kenseth after what you posted on Twitter 😳
Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin both get an A as their 2020 NASCAR grade because 1 has 9 2020 wins and 1 has 7 2020 wins
Can you do a way to early 2021 playoff prediction? Here is mine:
1. Harvick
2. Kyle Busch
3. Keselowski
4. Elliott
5. Logano
6. Hamlin
7. Bowman
8. Larson
9. Byron
10. Almirola
11. Reddick
12. Bell
13. Blaney
14. Dibenedetto
15. Truex
16. Custer
This is in no preticular order, just my top 16
Been waiting for this
I watched all videos since 2018 preseason predictions and went back and watched stop motions
There is no way you can say bubba Wallace had an A season. You graded Bubba above Alex Bowman.
Bubba had a B season. Alex Bowman is not that talented. Alex Bowman runs between 6-18th every week except for a month when he pulls speed out of his ass.
@@austinraley6004 I agree I think bubba should get a B. But the point is Alex Bowman finished 6th this year and bubba finished around 20th
@@owenherndon3794 Bowman was around 11th in points before the playoffs started. 11th in points is pretty average especially in Hendrick equipment.
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes. Wallace, driving for a pretty mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
@@austinraley6004 Bowman always sand bags the regular season on purpose once they get a win to run different setups to prepare for the playoffs
I give Ryan Newman an A-Plus for walking out of the hospital and getting a few top 10s and he and Ryan precce and Ricky stenhouse and Kevin harvick are my favorite drivers
So happy that chase Elliot won the championship and so sad for Kyle Busch that he got a C- and so mad that Brad kesalowski got a A-.
I am very proud Austin Dillon got an A. In my opinion, Austin looked very clean this season. That win at Texas inspired me. I felt like Dillon was going to do well in the playoffs. And look at that! Austin qualified for the round of 12! Great acomplishment!
actually, an A-
Yay I’ve waiting for this!
Good take. Only think off on the 37 Preece because he usually ran ahead of faster cars, got wrecked and had equipment failures way too often, and lost positions on pit stops. So I see a crew chief and money issue. JTG focused on 47. Plus Stafford is close. Was actually surprised the Bell vs Jones was just as seen from this seat. However Bell does have tendency to self destruction. The 48 and 42, only unknown from this end is the issue aging eyes or all the new talent. My thought was eyesight. A 72 year old friend who actually got me into the sport and has more years owning, crew chief, and team member experience than anyone younger than 40 something says otherwise. Looking forward to the future !
It had to be an A+ for all championship 4 + Harvick. They all had A+ seasons by being heavy contenders for the championship. Only A season would be Elliot, he was not a contender but managed to clutch it big at the end which makes him an A+ too.
Alex Bowman is racing in Cleetus Mcfarland's 2.3 hours of Lemollets! And Larry Mcreynolds is Calling the Race!
great video eric! Cant wait for whats next!
Yes the vid I have been waiting for keep doing this vid
john hunter nemecheck literally spun in at least 20/36 races. everytime i looked at the TV he was spinning
Hey Eric. Don't know if you read this stuff or not. But what's up on you keeping us posted on the Charlotte test next week? Maybe some video of the roval testing? Aight den. 🤘
I enjoy you posts Eric. Agree or don't contest most grades you gave but Ryan Newman??? He should get an A+ just for getting back in a race car this year after what he went through at Daytona!
So once again late to the party 🤪 but I wish you had put up a graphic of what each driver scored. There were too many to remember. I will comment on three though. Of course my guy Chase Elliott gets an A+. Also considering everything that was placed on Bubba's shoulders and his performance in an underfunded team I'll agree on that one too. Then finally there's #MyManMatt (Kenseth). Heartbreaking 😭 is the only way to describe it. I too had really high expectations for him. I so wanted him and Jimmie to win my heart just broke 💔.
My way too early 2021 playoff predictions
1. Kevin Harvick - 5 wins
2. Chase Elliott - 5 wins
3. Denny Hamlin - 3 wins
4. Joey Logano- 2 wins
5. Ryan Blaney - 2 wins
6. Brad Keslowski - 2 wins
7. Kyle Busch - 1 win
8. Martin Truex - 1 win
9. Aric Almirola - 1 win
10. Alex Bowman - 1 win
11. Michael McDowell 1 win
12. Erik Jones 1 win
13. Tyler Reddick 1 win
14. Bubba Wallace PTS
15. William Byron PTS
16. Kyle Larson PTS
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17. Matty D
18. Cole Custer
19. Chris Buscher
20. Chase Briscoe
I don't know id DiBenedetto would make the playoffs again but he'll definitely be top 20 in points at least
In my opinion giving Preece an F is pretty harsh considering he had a lot of mechanical failures and getting caught up in wrecks.
He picked the best picture for Kevin Harvick 😂😂
Timmy Hill ran all 36 races and you didn't mention him, probably because he was ineligible for points. while he didn't get any top 10s, he led his first lap at Talladega-2 and won the iRacing Pro Invitational "championship" with an average finish of 3.57, skewed only by an 11th at Talladega (otherwise it would be 2.33). i would argue at least a C for Timmy Hill
Welp I can guarantee you JHN was looking for that #37 ride when he left FRM. Looks like that's not gonna happen anymore.
What is Eric smoking? He grades Bubba Wallace an A for the 20/20 season in NASCAR.He only went up three positions in the final standings from his previous year with a Richard Petty small budget team. I remember Alan Kulwicki had a small budget team and won the NASCAR championship. I guess, relatively speaking, Alan Kulwicki would receive a grade of 20 A's. Eric, obviously is not qualified, objectively, to grade NASCAR drivers.
When I saw the thumbnail I was bout to go crazy 😂
Why does time pass so fast I remember when u did it in 2018
Bubba should get an R for race card.
*Eric gives Matt Kenseth a D instead of an F*
Matt Kenseth: At least you did not get your favorite driver and F
Bubba getting a B I can agree on, but an A is very excessive. Certainly an improvement over the last two years, but he's resembling more of a Daniel Suarez rather than a Truex if we're comparing lower grade teams in that he's more of a sponsor machine than a driver if we're being honest.
I could comment on the whole Talladega controversy...but I'd rather not dock him for shenanigans outside the racing world during interviews. All I'll say is that he's getting a big ride upgrade...so now he better put his racing where his mouth is, cause boyo he acts like Kyle Busch without any of the accomplishments to back it up.
No Eric forgot the best guy in the cup series😭😭😭
Timmy Hill gets an A+ just for getting the iracing win
Ryan Blaney had a ton of speed early in the season. Something happened about the middle of the season with that 12 team
He had one bad month
I’ve been waiting for this
I definitely need to make a video just like this. I’ll probably do mine tomorrow.
I made it
Christopher Bell peaked after the playoffs.
John Hunter Nemechek finished 8th at Darlington and that’s it. Did nothing
Custer won but didn’t do much else
Reddick was NONEXISTENT throughout the playoffs. I didn’t hear anything about him in the last ten races.
Hold up Harvick with 9 wins 7.3 Average finish A and Bubba Smollet gets an A too he only got that ride is because he pulled the race card and got handed everything i'll give in a C-
Eric is rating based on a combination of on-track performance and off-track events/successes.
Harvick had an extremely great season statistically, which is why Eric gave him the high marks that he did. Wallace, driving for a much more mediocre team, had a great season for what RPM could’ve feasibly done, which would’ve given him around a B alone, but off-track events have helped bump his score.
He’s become a very recognizable name in the world outside of NASCAR and attracted a score of new sponsors. He leveraged all of that into what looks to be a very competitive ride with 23XI.
25:10 after going to the bristol night race, the Confederate flag is still very much part of nascar
Ryan Preece: C. He just had a lot of bad luck. I watched him race in the modified tour & win MULTIPLE championships. He's a champion, just needs time
Ryan Preece’s 3 Last Place Finishes Actually Came At Indy, Kentucky, And Texas
I would wreck out if I had to race at Kentucky too
@@krspy8849 I think he had a mechanical issue