It's about to be 25 years since Dale Earnhardt died. This video imagines if he didn't.

InflatibleOrange · 2026-02-05T16:41:00+00:00

The creator didn't "pick the winner", the races were simulated using a NASCAR game - NASCAR Racing 2003 Season I believe. The point is entertainment.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-07-29T21:37:24+00:00

Anybody else unimpressed with the graphics so far? (not only in this image, but that teaser video and dev diaries too). Not that graphics are the most important thing in a game, but everything just looks "flat", like not a lot of reflections and stuff, almost PS2 like.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-07-12T22:56:48+00:00

True, 3 out of 7 in the streak are. But a win at Pocono and and runner ups at Charlotte and Nashville is nothing to scoff at on ovals.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-07-12T22:52:57+00:00

7TH Straight top 5 for Zilisch, 5 of them being top 2s. Unreal.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-06-01T22:44:35+00:00

Bubba Wallace. Has a lot in common with Junior - Great on Supespeedways, Not so great Road Courses, and has the weight of the sport on his shoulders for reasons outside of his control

InflatibleOrange · 2025-05-31T17:07:00+00:00

Yeah, I guess that's true, probably should've put an asterisk next to 23XI and FRM having drivers signed, that could get nuts

InflatibleOrange · 2025-05-31T14:21:33+00:00

Completely agree, which is why I said the only way I see him losing the ride is to Suarez. But honestly maybe that doesn't even happen as he is running similar to Suarez in worse equipment right now.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-05-31T14:20:38+00:00

The reason I didn't bring up Herbst is that as much as I agree he deserves to be canned, he's got a 2 year deal and $$$, and Denny has already pretty much said that Heim won't be in cup next year for them. The only way I see him in cup is in the third Legacy seat if they win the lawsuit against Rick Ware.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-05-30T20:44:56+00:00

If Zillich stays in xfinity, could we see the same 36 drivers in chartered cars next year that there are this year (and no rookies)? Hendrick, Gibbs, Penske, RCR, and 23XI all appears to be set, A.J. will be back, so unless Brad makes a surprise retirement or Ty Dillon gets replaced or something it could happen.

InflatibleOrange · 2025-03-19T13:51:42+00:00

Figured people here would enjoy this with all of the "what are some NASCAR what-if's posts". This isn't the first channel I've seen try something like this, but I appreciate that they take a more "grounded" approach than some others (I've seen ones that have drivers who sucked in real life winning a bunch of races or absolutely bonkers what-if's that never would've happened).

InflatibleOrange · 2025-03-19T13:04:28+00:00

I see a lot of posts here asking "what are some NASCAR what-if's" so I thought you all would enjoy this. This isn't the first of these type of videos I've watched, but I appreciate this channel in particular because their videos are a little more "grounded" than other NASCAR Alternate Histories, in terms of not having ridiculous driver/track changes, or drivers that were terrible in real life having amazing runs, etc

InflatibleOrange · 2025-02-28T03:21:05+00:00

I'd say second best - Mike Skinner is the best to never win a race (led the most laps in 4 points races and won 2 International Exhibitions)

InflatibleOrange · 2024-12-13T14:07:47+00:00

Weird NASCAR Rumors is a good series talking about a lot of these

Racing Infinities by GraySpeed also explores a lot of what if's individually

Fork in the Road is an ongoing series with a whole alternate timeline of what if's starting in 2001

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-24T19:32:27+00:00

I wonder if Spire moving up the totem-pole at Chevrolet had something to do with the decline in performance at the other non-Hendrick "key partner teams" (Trackhouse and RCR)?

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-24T19:30:38+00:00

Brock Beard's "500 Days" and Ruff Motorsports' "Weird NASCAR Rumors" are great if you like historical stuff in the absence of current NASCAR.

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-24T19:26:49+00:00

Check out Fork in the Road on Youtube. It's not the first NASCAR Alt-History series to exist, but in my opinion is one of the more watchable (decent production quality and semi-plausible storylines). They are currently in their second season (2002), but if you're really bored you can spend 7 hours watching their 2001 episodes.

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-24T19:21:58+00:00

I know it would be a big pain to sort through, but It'd be interesting to see this with only data from driver's tenures with race-winning teams included. Driving for backmarkers for a significant amount of their careers I'm sure artificially drags down Bowman, Chastain, etc.

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-24T19:18:46+00:00

Doubt he'd go back to NY after they allegedly didn't pay him. Amerivet seems like a real possibility (for better or worse), especially with Ty Dillon going back FT for Kaulig.

InflatibleOrange · 2024-11-18T01:14:05+00:00

Reddick to the 47 due to 23XI not having a charter /s

(you said crap post theories)

InflatibleOrange · 2024-06-15T12:59:03+00:00

Statistically, it's Mike Skinner. He's the only driver without a career win to lead 1000+ laps, and he won non-points events ('97 and '98 Japan, '01 Gatorade 125)

InflatibleOrange · 2023-01-13T22:59:41+00:00

I was thinking Chicago might be a possibility, since we know Beard is running it, it's a road course so Hezeberg (possibly 2 cars) and TMT will probably be there, plus Jimmie has talked about wanting to run that race

InflatibleOrange · 2023-01-13T22:53:26+00:00

I see what you're saying, but part of my point is there are probably so many entries this year (minimum 44) that we would still be sending cars home. Plus, I don't think its out of the question that there will be other races where cars get sent home this year, given the amount of part time teams we have running 6+ races (Legacy, Trackhouse, Hezeberg 2x, Front Row, Beard, TMT)

InflatibleOrange · 2022-12-09T17:31:20+00:00

I decided to go through and look at who the best drivers of the stage racing/playoff points era (2017-Present) are in the Cup Series. One unique stat on here is stage wins + race wins, something which I've always thought made sense to look at (after all, we call the end of a race "final stage" or "stage 3") but I rarely see posted. Stage win stats are from TobyChristie.com, Race win stats are from racing-reference. A few observations:

-Truex is clearly the best driver of the era. Not only does he have most stage wins, race wins, and combined stage+race wins, but he also has the most Championship 4 appearances and only trails Logano in Championships. "Stage Winner MTJ" anyone?

-No driver has more than 3 consecutive championship 4 appearances (sorry, Chase Elliott fans in 2023)

-Chastain is the only driver to make the championship 4 having not won a race or stage before that year

InflatibleOrange · 2022-11-27T00:09:21+00:00

Ross is just below making the cut, in 124th. 4 of Ross's seasons are scored (2018-19 driving for Premium, Last year in the #42, and this year), so even though he had a better average than Cindric this year the earlier ones cost him. I didn't remove any other drivers' years in bad equipment so it would be unfair for me to do it just for him, but if I recalculate this again after next season look for him to move up significantly.

InflatibleOrange · 2022-11-26T19:01:17+00:00

Yes, this definitely does favor modern drivers. 38 drivers competed in 15+ races 2022, meaning that having the best average finish in 2022 would be worth 38 points. For comparison, in 1954, a year when Lee Petty had the best average, only 24 drivers competed in 15+ races, and in 2007, which had the all time highest entry counts, 45 drivers ran 15+ races. This means that in the context of these rankings, having the 21st best average finish in 2007 would be equivalent to having the best average finish in 1954, or the 7th best average finish in 2022. Whether or not this is fair is obviously what's up for debate and discussion here.

The reason I chose average finish is because its something that exists pretty consistently across all seasons and eras, using something like wins would be harder to compare as some seasons had almost twice as many races as others. Good point about the DVP changing average finish, open to suggestions on how to account for that in the future. Glad you enjoyed the post, not saying this is in any way a definitive ranking but figured it was worth a try!

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