What a finish: Ambrose, Keselowski battle at Watkins Glen

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2018
  • It doesn't get much better than the toe-to-toe race for the checkered flag between Brad Keselowski and Marcus Ambrose in 2012 at Watkins Glen.
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  • @AsteroidStrike9OfficalYT
    @AsteroidStrike9OfficalYT Před 6 lety +382

    Best thing about this: Post race Brad walked up to the 9 crew and shook every crew members hand. Saying how great of a race it was and how he respects Marcus for not just dumping him and having a great race.

    • @DavidJ867
      @DavidJ867 Před 6 lety +57

      Agreed, this was good hard racing for the win, and Brad was a great sport after the race.

    • @perhapscoleiro3164
      @perhapscoleiro3164 Před 4 lety +30

      Ambrose came from the Aussie Supercars, where any contact was punished. Something that carried into NASCAR

    • @puggus6547
      @puggus6547 Před 3 lety +8

      @@perhapscoleiro3164 He was great in both NASCAR and the Aussie Supercars

    • @shanehodges6980
      @shanehodges6980 Před 2 lety +1

      Doesn't change the fact keselowski is one of the biggest dick heads in Nascar... Marcos was great fun to watch though

    • @chilloutdrivingsessions2440
      @chilloutdrivingsessions2440 Před rokem

      Marcos*

  • @Trevor42721
    @Trevor42721 Před 6 lety +152

    If only Marcos Ambrose was still racing in nascar... He brought good races to the road courses

    • @AEMoreira81
      @AEMoreira81 Před 4 lety +23

      That Supercars experience taught him well. It's a shame that he stopped racing before 40.

  • @V10_Addict
    @V10_Addict Před 6 lety +199

    God bless Watkins Glen and Marcos Ambrose. One of the greatest race tracks ever made, and one of the most exciting road racers ever.

  • @Buynot
    @Buynot Před 6 lety +188

    Rip Dodge being in Nascar

  • @thegreatcarraway
    @thegreatcarraway Před 6 lety +66

    I wish they showed Brad's interview I've never seen a driver so happy to get 2nd before.

  • @ReprogrammedToHate
    @ReprogrammedToHate Před 4 lety +81

    Ambrose was so underrated. What a road course master.

    • @rydoggo
      @rydoggo Před 3 lety +6

      Well, he's well experienced with heavy long-wheelbase v8 race cars. I hope to see more Australian racers come to Nascar because it makes for great road course racing.

    • @lesblase3667
      @lesblase3667 Před 2 lety +5

      @@rydoggo You Americans would absolutely love to see our Shane van Gisbergen or Scott McLaughlin race your cars at Watkins Glen. Those two alone, without disrespect, would absolutely demolish any current NASCAR driver on that track. Respectfully. You guys would love them both. They got highlight reels for days. Scottys up there in America now. Racing Indycar now. Watch his onboard from last weekend. Absolutely wicked masters of road course racing

    • @joshpauley289
      @joshpauley289 Před rokem

      @@lesblase3667 well Marcus Ambrose didn’t even “demolish” and nascar driver on this track. We had two f1 drivers and Jordan Taylor race in our last road race, they finished 18,24, and 29. Nascar drivers are beating them at their own racing 😭😭

    • @BoxOfKrabs
      @BoxOfKrabs Před rokem

      It would be cool to se Scott McLaughlin run a nascar race for Penske but it would have to be a week when IndyCar Isn’t running

    • @howdydo5760
      @howdydo5760 Před rokem +6

      @@joshpauley289 what you got to say about that now huh

  • @lonewolf7306
    @lonewolf7306 Před 5 lety +62

    Marcos Ambrose Will Always Be In The Top 5 Road Course Racers

    • @jasonwilliams4768
      @jasonwilliams4768 Před 4 lety +15

      He was a Champion in our aussie V8 Supercars too.

    • @fivespeed42
      @fivespeed42 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Gotta remember he was in 2nd tier equipment too... makes what he did even more impressive

  • @BreakyTime
    @BreakyTime Před 3 lety +35

    This is probably the all time greatest NASCAR finish. Just.... unreal.....

    • @topgunfanatic7650
      @topgunfanatic7650 Před 2 lety +1

      There have been similar ones tho but yes this is definitely one of the best all time finishes there ever was.

    • @danielblaise156
      @danielblaise156 Před 11 měsíci

      You must have never seen Darlington 2003 Craven vs Kurt Busch.

    • @Trevor_Spinelli
      @Trevor_Spinelli Před 5 měsíci

      2024 Atlanta will now be on this list, along with 2013 Talladega, and 2003 Darlington.

  • @zachm2448
    @zachm2448 Před 4 lety +28

    2003 at Darlington was the best finish in NASCAR history....until this. I used to sleep thorough the majority of road course races in the years prior to this. I’m very glad I didn’t miss this live though. My driver wasn’t even in the mix and this is the most edge of my seat excited I can ever remember being watching a final lap. It was a real treat to be a NASCAR fan on this day.

    • @fivespeed42
      @fivespeed42 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Watkins Glen always delivers, has always been one of my favorite tracks on the schedule

  • @rockypc24
    @rockypc24 Před 4 lety +13

    This will forever go down as Allen Bestwick's signature call.

  • @JayStephens8
    @JayStephens8 Před 6 lety +22

    One of the best finishes ever

  • @Riggsfan99
    @Riggsfan99 Před 3 lety +22

    I wish Marcos would return for some of the road course races. Especially now that we have a lot of road courses on the schedule

    • @shanehodges6980
      @shanehodges6980 Před 2 lety +4

      let him retire in peace, he has gave enough for racing

    • @meniscus3500
      @meniscus3500 Před rokem +2

      with project 91 you never know...

  • @thewaytoneverify
    @thewaytoneverify Před 2 lety +8

    Every time someone asks me why I like Nascar I come back to this finish. Yeah it sucks my boy the 18 got spun, but MAH GAWD what a finish. Its impressive on ovals, but even more impressive when these guys get up on the wheel like that on a road course.

    • @igamehard8860
      @igamehard8860 Před 2 lety

      More impressive as I believe the cars were making around 875hp on skinny tires with no grip. Real drivers right here

  • @zackmayhewiracing
    @zackmayhewiracing Před 2 lety +7

    "CAN AMBROSE SAVE IT?"
    I love Alan Bestwick

  • @russianbubbawallace8681
    @russianbubbawallace8681 Před 6 lety +100

    For all of you say that Keselowski wrecked Kyle, look closely and you will see that Kyle came down on the 2, giving him nowhere to go but the grass

    • @stickydaddymilk6577
      @stickydaddymilk6577 Před 6 lety +21

      ThatoneRahalfan15 he had a mechanical issue anyways, he wouldn't have won even if he didn't come down on kes.

    • @V10_Addict
      @V10_Addict Před 6 lety +13

      I'm a Kyle Busch fan, but it's true. KB did come down on him.

    • @Jerrangutiang
      @Jerrangutiang Před 6 lety +1

      i saw 2

    • @PaladinNL5
      @PaladinNL5 Před 6 lety +1

      The Ss were not meant to go 2 wide

    • @AsteroidStrike9OfficalYT
      @AsteroidStrike9OfficalYT Před 6 lety +11

      Josef Stalin Kyle didint have a problem. All 3 were slipping in oil from the 47 who blew up with 2 to go. So if Kyle came up or came down. Brad Wouldive slid intok him anyways. Nobody's fault there

  • @travisburton2948
    @travisburton2948 Před 2 lety +6

    I'm convinced neither driver held a straight line for that entire last lap. So badass, insane hp, shot tires and full commitment. Both drivers raced hard, but clean. That was the best finish of a cup race to date in my opinion.

  • @n-a-lstudio8488
    @n-a-lstudio8488 Před 6 lety +22

    I loved this race soooo much

  • @journeystarr
    @journeystarr Před 4 lety +16

    Marcos was always fun to watch on the road courses

    • @fivespeed42
      @fivespeed42 Před 11 měsíci

      He was always in 2nd tier equipment, makes what he did even more impressive

  • @preciousmetalhead5155
    @preciousmetalhead5155 Před 6 lety +7

    This always comes to mind when I think of spectacular finishes. Great freakin race. KB in the Wall makes me feel like the world is right.

  • @ScottXC91
    @ScottXC91 Před 2 lety +6

    10 years later and this still makes the hair ok my neck stand up. Such an amazing sequence of events.

    • @jamesramsay867
      @jamesramsay867 Před rokem +1

      Yes it does, what a race. Nobody could have called it better than Alan Bestwick. Wish that guy could call every race, everywhere, from now on.

    • @fivespeed42
      @fivespeed42 Před 11 měsíci +1

      With Shane Van Ginsbergen winning Chicago and now in tomorrow's race at Indy, I'm here reliving some classic Ambrose. Shane reminds me a lot of Marcos, and I'm lookin forward to him coming to nascar.
      I just wish Ambrose had more of a chance to drive in top equipment, I think he'd have a few more wins

  • @whoasked9500
    @whoasked9500 Před 5 lety +5

    And people say NASCAR can't turn right! Great finish!

  • @SWMP1523
    @SWMP1523 Před 6 lety +3

    2012 was one of the best seasons i can remember and i've been watching since as far as i can remember back to 1995

  • @Fordracefan9856
    @Fordracefan9856 Před 6 lety +18

    That was wild i love it

  • @brandynhenry7107
    @brandynhenry7107 Před 3 lety +8

    Agile glorified tanks on quick road courses is nascar's wheelhouse outside of short tracks. Glad they've finally got the memo with next season. Can't wait

    • @fivespeed42
      @fivespeed42 Před 11 měsíci

      Watkins Glen is still the king, it's the super speedway of road courses. It really suites these cars well

  • @PaladinNL5
    @PaladinNL5 Před 6 lety +7

    2012 was an underrate season

  • @Rinku588
    @Rinku588 Před 6 lety +4

    Man, I remember this finish, I was jumping up and down like crazy

  • @Nathan-ir4nr
    @Nathan-ir4nr Před 3 lety +5

    I was expecting this. Marcos Ambrose also raced in the Australian Supercars Series

    • @1IS_Eric
      @1IS_Eric Před rokem +2

      Raced? Did more than race, left the sport in the same way McLaughlin did, as Champion

  • @russellschroeder990
    @russellschroeder990 Před 3 lety +3

    This was awesome just look at the fan’s reaction to ambros sliding through that second to last corner on the outside

  • @MrCyclone21
    @MrCyclone21 Před 3 lety +7

    Miss you Marcos Ambrose !👍🏻😎🏁

  • @nothinghere7391
    @nothinghere7391 Před 6 lety +16

    No stages needed

  • @taurusreborn2571
    @taurusreborn2571 Před 4 lety +7

    Ah yes the chaotic good/neutral Marcos Ambrose

  • @BigWillRacing
    @BigWillRacing Před 3 lety +5

    Aussie Aussie Aussie.......

  • @chadchadchadchadchad
    @chadchadchadchadchad Před rokem +1

    I like that they had Parrott go back and re-record the "Sprint Cup" part when he originally said "Nextel Cup."

  • @MNSonYT
    @MNSonYT Před 6 lety +2

    One of the best finishes in NASCAR history.

  • @cornszn3058
    @cornszn3058 Před 6 lety

    This was my first race that I was at, did not disappoint with this finish

  • @AlexMaxwell2000
    @AlexMaxwell2000 Před 6 lety +9

    Marcus was good driver

  • @raredesign
    @raredesign Před 6 lety +1

    I love that track!!! I took my family on it opening day!

  • @zhangsenpai263
    @zhangsenpai263 Před 2 lety +2

    And that is motor racing, everyone!

  • @jasonviolante1113
    @jasonviolante1113 Před 5 lety

    Gosh this was amazing

  • @grizzlygaming8857
    @grizzlygaming8857 Před 6 lety

    Loved this race!!!

  • @BurtonsAttic
    @BurtonsAttic Před 6 lety +3

    Awesome "clean" beating and banging! Really on the edge!

  • @Ob1tuber
    @Ob1tuber Před 2 lety +2

    Best Final lap ever

  • @tipsywizard7865
    @tipsywizard7865 Před 2 měsíci

    This is one of the race endings I watch when I have a bad bout of depression and want to feel excitement

  • @rabenracing6093
    @rabenracing6093 Před 5 měsíci

    Still to date, in my opinion, one of the best battles for a win in nascar history

  • @Cuhh346
    @Cuhh346 Před 6 lety +5

    What a finish

  • @oskarjensen8841
    @oskarjensen8841 Před 6 lety +2

    Never gonna see a race like this again 😣

  • @Thatsmashguy27
    @Thatsmashguy27 Před 10 měsíci

    This is still the best glen finish, 11 years later

  • @rafakrisnamurtiwidodo5501

    Coming back from Shane Gizzy's win in the Chicago race

  • @germanaltreche5497
    @germanaltreche5497 Před 2 lety +1

    I just saw that 9 ford sitting idle ima dark room sad and exciting all at the same time

  • @michaelmcdonald4639
    @michaelmcdonald4639 Před 9 měsíci

    This was an awesome race

  • @billy4byrnes
    @billy4byrnes Před 6 lety +5

    Aussie Aussie Aussie

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Před rokem +1

    This is pretty much every final lap in V8 Supercars tbh

  • @sampizza463
    @sampizza463 Před 6 lety +3

    Unfortunately with the low downforce we will never see another great finish like this.

  • @TheRyman24
    @TheRyman24 Před 3 měsíci

    Memorable

  • @ActiveKarai5
    @ActiveKarai5 Před 6 lety +1

    Miss those days....

  • @MrChuck78929
    @MrChuck78929 Před 5 lety +1

    The new graphics in forza are looking sick!

  • @UahUahUah
    @UahUahUah Před 3 lety +2

    I would love to see a road course battle like this between Ambrose and Hamlin or Ambrose and Elliott.

    • @SPCWakefield1103
      @SPCWakefield1103 Před 2 lety +2

      Ambrose, Elliot, Larson, and Gordon, who would win?

    • @shaytrueblueaussie
      @shaytrueblueaussie Před rokem

      @@SPCWakefield1103I’d argue it would come down to Ambrose and Gordon (provided luck is on his side.)

  • @bturx2180
    @bturx2180 Před 6 lety

    How many times have they uploaded this?

  • @PhotonBread
    @PhotonBread Před 11 měsíci

    Top 5 best finishes in all of motorsport

  • @Str8upFacts
    @Str8upFacts Před 6 lety +3

    Nascar should always make a lap car drop oil for the last few laps of the race and not throw a caution. Made for a good show.

  • @hammerheadracingmedia3823

    My favorite finish, it was my type of finish, it was dirty and you didn't know who was gonna win

  • @LogicBroYoutube
    @LogicBroYoutube Před 6 lety +1

    Nice

  • @collinthomas6288
    @collinthomas6288 Před 3 lety +1

    That’s exciting racing, a bit comical, but boy does WGI facilitate great racing.

  • @RyTrapp0
    @RyTrapp0 Před 11 měsíci +1

    THIS is why NASCAR road racing is some of the best road racing on the planet - low downforce, big heavy cars, mediocre brakes, tall hard(compared to real road racing ones) tires, doesn't get much more fun than that

    • @jamex98
      @jamex98 Před 11 měsíci

      We never be seen like this now in nextgen. Gen 5 cars made it better race in 11-2012

  • @RiftBoy
    @RiftBoy Před rokem

    I loved ambrose in V8 Supercars and he was just as good in nascar

  • @D1aNdOnLyNiCkx3
    @D1aNdOnLyNiCkx3 Před rokem

    Marcus was Def one of the top road course drivers don't see much banging like that anymore 😒 just hearing him slide the car with complete throttle control high hp shot tires

  • @sheikfrankicechibu1827

    That was the day I became a Kez fan

  • @JayStephens8
    @JayStephens8 Před 6 lety +2

    Ashame we don’t see finished like that anymore

  • @gojiman1649
    @gojiman1649 Před 9 měsíci

    I'm sorry but I've been watching nascar since the 2000s. I seriously don't understand how people didn't love the gen 5 car. Even in the middle of it all when everybody hated it I never saw it. Had great racing, wasn't entirely dependent on aerodynamics, and it was a driver's car. I wish nascar fans knew what they wanted because it feels like they hate something, Nascar changes whatever they hate, and then nascar fans are upset that nascar changed what they hated. The death of nascar won't be because of its terrible point system or the playoffs. It's going to be the fans because they don't actually know what they want from the product

  • @sportsfan09yt
    @sportsfan09yt Před 6 lety +5

    Hope Suárez wins or anyone other than harvick truex and Kyle busch

  • @KeithSpeaks1
    @KeithSpeaks1 Před 5 lety

    Who else is here an hour before the 2019 race?

  • @Bobbarker23455
    @Bobbarker23455 Před rokem

    Classic

  • @TnTProDuctionsFilms
    @TnTProDuctionsFilms Před 6 lety

    This is gonna be Truex vs Suarez this weekend

  • @nicholashamm3117
    @nicholashamm3117 Před 6 lety +1

    Ambrose drove his ass off.. ! Whats sad is... ambrose left nascar... he should make a return. So should J Pablo Montoya. Absolutly great racing

    • @robertryan7204
      @robertryan7204 Před rokem

      No retired but involved looking after some young drivers

  • @tubeyas57
    @tubeyas57 Před 11 měsíci

    I think they said that Labonte's car was leaking oil on the track, to top things off.

  • @ITZ_SLENDER
    @ITZ_SLENDER Před rokem +1

    1:08

  • @kylewaddington1983
    @kylewaddington1983 Před rokem

    He used of because V8 Supercars Championship race on Circuits because I am from Australia allso

  • @drewtaylor651
    @drewtaylor651 Před 2 lety +1

    I say we find Marcos for project 91 at the glen in the next year or so

    • @robertryan7204
      @robertryan7204 Před rokem

      Nipe retired but involved in racing in Australia

  • @joshtri2067
    @joshtri2067 Před 2 lety +1

    Ambrose too good in circuit racing.

  • @RobertSmith-pt7gl
    @RobertSmith-pt7gl Před 3 lety

    ) Besides being a great stearer Maybe the only driver in the field who has perfect heal and toe method down shifting under brakes wile just about everybody else was left foot braking a habit developed in oval racing. All v8 supercar drivers are master's at heal and toe..

  • @derekj6929
    @derekj6929 Před 11 měsíci

    If Ambrose was in better equipment, he would still be in Nascar...

  • @ultimategmoneyremaber1821

    He split the bus stop in half

  • @TheNewGuy028
    @TheNewGuy028 Před rokem

    WAY BETTER THEN DINGER VS AMBROSE!

  • @TibCib3
    @TibCib3 Před 3 lety +2

    Runs off track re enters with an overtake
    Yeyeye real racin boi murcia yeehaww

  • @cda_official27
    @cda_official27 Před 7 měsíci

    Nascar Deja Vu

  • @georgewilds2956
    @georgewilds2956 Před 2 lety

    Davis Holland

  • @TnTProDuctionsFilms
    @TnTProDuctionsFilms Před 6 lety +3

    The reason why everyone was driving so bad on the last lap was because there was Oil on the track, I forgot who it was who was leaking fluid but there was oil on the track

  • @Racingfanforlife18
    @Racingfanforlife18 Před 6 lety

    This looks like a Forza Race

    • @rcracer8872
      @rcracer8872 Před 6 lety

      M&M-RacingFan 18 best part of this was cryle crybaby Busch getting wrecked like the talentless prick he is

    • @icykhan32
      @icykhan32 Před 6 lety

      RC RACER 88 I wouldn’t say he is talentless he’s better than Dale Jr

    • @rcracer8872
      @rcracer8872 Před 6 lety

      Icy Khan Dale Jr is 1000 times better driver and person than cryle crybaby Busch will ever be

  • @RKV-
    @RKV- Před 4 lety

    For once Brad didn't dirty race

  • @samagic322
    @samagic322 Před 6 lety

    Wow they changed the cars again. I liked the chevy

  • @nathanthelocalduffiea2no.15

    Did you guys know Corey lajoie has a CZcams channel you should subscribe

  • @FacuGonz3
    @FacuGonz3 Před 4 lety

    800hp

  • @steveblakley5285
    @steveblakley5285 Před 6 lety +3

    F1/ FIA would have dq'd them both for avoidable contact. Thats why i cant watch european style racing. Same awesome finnish with 2 3 guys giving all they got hanging it way out thare. To quote the band triumph they lay it on the line. Over hear every one chears over thare its all angry faces and fines and penalties.

    • @fouronetwo813
      @fouronetwo813 Před 6 lety +1

      I used to love F1. It's a steaming pile of hot garbage at this point.

  • @georgewilds2956
    @georgewilds2956 Před 2 lety

    Nzl

  • @nicholasmohr3353
    @nicholasmohr3353 Před 6 lety

    21st viewer!

  • @russianbubbawallace8681
    @russianbubbawallace8681 Před 6 lety +4

    Too bad the 2018 car won't have good racing like this

    • @48fanfromky
      @48fanfromky Před 6 lety

      it might rain on Sunday...so
      Edit: Dangit, the forecast is starting to clear up

    • @jeffgordonfan2462
      @jeffgordonfan2462 Před 6 lety

      L

    • @jeffgordonfan2462
      @jeffgordonfan2462 Před 6 lety

      GatoradeCupSeriesX94 NBC hasn't shut the fuck up about it because the BIG 3 are too good right now with no one stopping them or winning at all, stop getting pissed off because 3 guys are at their prime for this season. Be mad at the drivers who aren't stepping up, not the drivers that already have & that are proving themselves

    • @russianbubbawallace8681
      @russianbubbawallace8681 Před 6 lety

      48fanfromky it's been changing quite a bit

    • @russianbubbawallace8681
      @russianbubbawallace8681 Před 6 lety

      jeffgordonfan2462 like honestly. He's talking about the big 3 but my comment is not about the big 3. You can tell that the races are boring this year. There's just too little downforce to make a pass in a green flag run

  • @itsnascary8989
    @itsnascary8989 Před 6 lety +3

    😂kyle Bush

  • @mattkbm1825
    @mattkbm1825 Před 6 lety +1

    lol jeff gordan in the wall... go rusty2

  • @kaslogan5597
    @kaslogan5597 Před 4 lety

    Good ole Aussie and kiwi V8 supercar drivers. Much better than this crap

  • @fastmack25
    @fastmack25 Před 6 lety +2

    its time for a british car and a team in nascar