Greatest Finish in NASCAR History? | NASCAR Atlanta Race Review & Analysis
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CORRECTION: The official margin of victory is 0.003 seconds between Suarez and Blaney
Modern classic finish
2nd closest finish ever
@BarryMcockiner-no8qd Actually, it's the 3rd closest finish, according to Nascar
And they didn’t wreck each other!!! Plus Blaney had a clean car, not involved in any of the chaos!!!
Let me guess Daytona between Hamlin and Truex then Talladega with Blaney and Newman.
Suarez just saved his career with that win…
Yep
100% he did
He just delayed being replaced by Hailie Deegan.
For this year, if he flounders next year I could see Zane replacing him in 2026.
Facts!
A rare NASCAR moment: Ryan Blaney not winning in a close superspeedway finish
Blaney was supposed to win, check the script. He just made a mistake lol
@@alancavy How many times were you dropped on your head before you came up with that comment ?
@VladimirBlarp uh it's called a joke. Many like to say with NFL or even nascar that there is a script lol. I just commented that because Blaney tends to be up front at super speedways pretty often.
@@alancavy ok ok, I'll retract my comment. You just never know these days since so many truly think like that. And true, Blaney has been on the winning side of many photo finishes, just wasn't his day this time.
As a blaney fan, the photo finishes he has been in are are 2019 talladega, 2020 Daytona, 2020 talladega, 2023,talladega 2022 Daytona if it counts
As a KFB fan, I'm not even mad. WHAT A FINISH!!!
Too bad they can't have a 3-way tiebreaker in California next week.
Haha great reference
I see what you did there
Speak for yourself I wanted KFB to win!
That's perfect man 😂
I feel the same way only I’m a Blaney fan. Can’t be too mad at that one.
Imagine being 'that guy' who leaves the track early to "beat the traffic" and miss seeing NASCAR history in person.
as soon as larson wrecked out a pack of hendrick fans behind me left the stands and never came back. what a bunch of losers lmao
Literally my parents when I was a kid.. but they were there only because of me so I can’t really hate on it.
As an adult I have never left before a checker
Worse being the person that paid to see a scripted act.
No I can't imagine being THAT GUY. I stay till the lights come back on un the theater.
@@ronbelanger4113 how is that scipted
The last time a 100% was given on the groovy gauge was the 2022 Coca Cola 600
I was there for the 600, very deserving 100
@@JuanSalazar-er6hh I agree
Deserving too! One of the best races I have ever seen!
Oh yeah I give that race an 9 out of 10 because I'm not a denny hamlin fan.
We were at that race too.
Can we just appreciate that Clint actually shut up and let mike call the finish
Clint is getting much more tolerable with Kevin in there with him, plus, I think he did a great job at the finish
Still kinda sucked, though. The Fox booth was DW, LMC, and Mike Joy. This is just..... Joe Buck with a clown and a retired racer with insight. At this point, the radio is a better booth
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.nah Kevin is great, let em cook
@@MoterSport33I wouldn’t quite call Kevin great just yet, but give him some time and I think he’ll end up becoming great in the booth. He has his mess ups but being new to the booth full time I’ll cut him slack there, but he has definitely been a solid addition to the booth.
It takes a couple years for drivers to realize they can’t be the center of attention while in the booth. I grew up a huge Gordon fan and I couldn’t stand him his first year in the booth but he turned it around and realized he was a color commentator/analyst, and he embraced it well. Clint has done the same but with his explosive personality it took him a little longer.
Literally a Cars 1 finish 🔥
"Lady's and gentlemen! For the first time in Piston Cup history..."
"A rookie has won the Piston Cup."
*Rips curtain*
*YES!!!*
If you saw Cars 3.
The finish was at Georgia Superspeedway.
Watch the opening montage.
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. "WE HAVE A THREE WAY TIE!"
@@bobbyscibadee oh hey McQueen that must be really embarrassing but I wouldn’t worry about it because I didn’t do it (laughter)😂😂😂😂
-Great Race overall
-An all time classic finish
-Good winner (From a KFB fan)
This was the greatest finish I have ever seen in my live. Suarez btw just saved his career today
Agree with every point.
Suarez just delayed the inevitable, being replaced by Hailie Deegan or Frankie Muniz
@@mattjones1378 You are very funny
@@mattjones1378 Hailie is crazy
I can see Trackhouse become a 3-car team just to trigger Hendrick, but not seeing Deegan or Muniz in the 3rd car
That didn’t even look like a regular speedway race. That looked like an early 2000s IndyCar pack race. I.e. absolutely insane. What. A. Race.
Well Atlanta isn’t a regular super speedway
@@ejw158 Fair, fair.
It does feel like an early 2000s indycar race they had a three way photo finish at Chicagoland speedway in 2003 and one of guys involved Scott Dixon still races.
FOR REAL THO @@danielblock6876
yeah the runs are massive with the effect of needing to lift
Greatest finish I've seen. As a Trackhouse fan and a Mexican, I couldn't be happier. Congrats to Daniel Suarez for the win, congrats to Chastain for the top 10!
Didn't know he was Mexican, my 24 ( Jeff Jordan own ) won last week and now a Mexican won hell yeah !!! Been a fan since I was a kid . every Mexican I grew up as a kid loved NASCAR!!! It's a great season so far!!
Honestly pretty cool how Trackhouse came back after their Daytona disaster particularly from Ross Chastain
Everyone: Daniel Suarez is on the hot seat in 2024...
Daniel Suarez: Not so fast mi amigos!
He went from hot seat to *F I R E B A L L*
Suarez : dont you dare underestimate my sombero and pinata ese
@@robertdavischaniago917 Cartel Suárez is something I never thought I'd imagine lmao
@@niktherabbit6747 bahahaha
Suarez just did what Lightning McQueen could not. WHAT A FINISH.❤ Trackhouse sign this man immediately!
Just cause he won this race dont mean he can just relax so no😂
@FlungFluPanda Agreed especially with SVG in the Xfinity. He needs either two wins or advance to the round of twelve and almost make round of eight to stay with Trackhouse. Unless a charter opens up, which is very unlikely.
A splash in the pan dosent help his normal showing.
@@calebmetcalfe6998 Suarez always had good funding and could find rides with decent teams. If they let him go he will land somewhere else. He is a Cup winner and not a bad driver at all.
@kg0173 I doubt the Cup Series being so competitive these few years has a lot of rides available. And no one will be selling a charter anytime soon. So I see it as everyone for themselves these days or risk being tossed aside.
Race started with an illegal glove and ended with one of the greatest finishes in NASCAR history. Wild!
Last time you gave a 100% was the 2022 Coca Cola 600. And this race today absolutely deserved a 100%.
Sounds about right
Was that the beuscher flip?
@@Preston09659 ya
@@Preston09659yes
@@Preston09659Yes
The first two races have been decided by a combined .009 seconds. 🔥
Difference is one ended naturally, the other was rigged by Hendrick
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.go cry
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. Imma Byron fan so ur definitely not getting my sympathy 😂
This kind of racing creates more fans than bringing races to a new market ever could. Finding whatever has to be changed at Talladega and Daytona to let these drivers move around freely like they did tonight should be NASCAR’s highest priority for the next year.
Add me to this list!! Finally a race that I did not know how it would end..Yep, I'll give it a 100 finish..Wish I had been there in person, with NO AD break ends. 😢
Todd Gilliland led the most laps in a race for Front Row in their history
FRM is looking good. 💪
@@Evom777no kidding, they were surprisingly fast at this track, what with McDowell living up to the team's name
He led more laps than his father now !
I'm pretty sure Kurt Busch led a lot of laps for FRM... Just saying...
@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va Kurt never drove for FRM, you must be thinking of his stint in FRR/Furniture Row Racing. Yay easily confusing acronyms!
when i heard about the penalty for an illegal glove i was so confused and when i saw the footage it was like, oh that is the most illegal glove of all time
When I first seen about it And that he had to do a pass through I thought that was too much but then finding out about the web and what advantage can cause I fully understand why. The next big question is what is the monetary penalty for modifying gloves will be
WHAT A FINISH!
I think Suarez just saved his career at Trackhouse!
Its inevitable, SVG is about to have Suarez demoted to xfinity series
@@mattjones1378 where Suarez has won a Xfinty Championship
I mean, wouldn't the 91 work for SVG like it did Chicago? It can happen. A 3-car team that triggers Hendrick would provide fresh competition
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. yea prop right. I’m saying if Suarez got put back down in xfinty he would win a lot of races and compete for championships like Cole Custer is doing
I still can’t wrap my head around how crazy that Cars 1 finish was it makes me want to rewatch that movie sometime in the near future wow what a race
25 years of watching racing, this is the best finish I have ever seen.
Indylights 4 wide finish from a few years ago. Although nobody saw it live obviously.
Bubba was involved in the Lap 1 wreck, sped on Pit Road on the Green Flag Pit Cycle, and he couldn’t lead any line cuz his splitter was all jacked up and he finished 5th. Back to back top 5’s!
Huge KB fan and I can’t even be mad that was AMAZING
AS A SUAREZ FAN, IM SO FUCKING HAPPY
SAME OMG
ARRIBA SUAREZ
Same here dude! We have waited so long for Daniel Suarez to win, and boy did tonight become history for NASCAR! WE ARE ALL DANIEL'S AMIGOS! WE WON TODAY!
He needed a win and by god did he get one
SUAREZ CON GRUPO FIRME IN NASCAR
Kyle Busch forgot to stick his tongue out.
Lol
🤣😂😛
Loved that intro! What a race! I hope it gets 94+ on Jeff Gluck's poll.
I was at the track and I give it 100+. That ending had the crowd stunned, confused, and exited. SO WORTH IT
Nascar is really stepping up. As a fan of all kinds of racing, I am of the opinion that Nascar has had some of the best racing out there recently. Both Xfinity and Cup. Fantastic.
Lol, I like how you didn't mention the Truck series, that's been a sh*t show so far this year...
@@sethbomgardner9030Arca 2.0
The one 1 year I can’t make it to Atlanta…
HAHA I KNOW THE PAIN BRO
Cindric was amazing tonight
All the Penske cars were and that includes Harrison
I still can’t believe that four wide move for the lead worked, I was convinced he was about to take everybody out lol
Won't forget that finish if I live to be 100. Daniel Suarez is bringing that win back to the house. Hope he goes easy on Tequila Tuesday, but hes earned it. Hell yeah congratulations Daniel
I was in the apex right before the start finish line and Blaney had it until the VERY LAST minute. It was insane live and even cooler seeing the TV playback
Cars 1 Movie is really telling the future
We live in a universe where a kid's movie did more impact to a sports league than Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights, and Stoker Ace combined
So fortunate to be there and experience that in person. Greatest race I’ve seen in my 10+ year watching career. Crowd was electric, weather was beautiful, 100% is an understatement!
Chase was in THREE wrecks today and finished 15th
This is the single best race I've ever watched. Intensity was there from green flag to checkered flag, the track and package combo was perfect, and the final lap was literally straight out of a movie. At 2 to go, I thought nobody was going to be able to get beside Blaney and take the win from him, and then the last 3/4th of a mile happened. A true barn burner of a race.
That wreckfest of a race was saved by that finish. Wow - best last lap moment since the Hail Melon
Say what you will about the number of cautions in this race, 30 cars finished with 22 on the lead lap, that’s more than most short tracks. A lot of single car spins and ‘big’ wreaks with little damage.
Greatest finish in nascar history
Preciate the heart after like a second 😂
2nd greatest. Nothing will ever touch Darlington 2003.
@caseyyoung4205 I wasn't alive when that finish happened, so this finish is the best finish I have ever seen and definitely top 3 all time.
Amazing finish. My non nascar fan friend said he needs to watch more races after that. Great race, better finish.
Pure Cars 1! Lightning McQueen tongue sticking out and all! This is what we should’ve had at Daytona last week!
What an amazing race, and not just the finish. From the drop of the green flag, there was side by side, even 3 wide racing. Almost 50 lead changes!! Junior was right, Atlanta just keeps getting better and better. SO awesome to see it in person!
Dude that was insane what a freaking awesome finish great race
What a great race, and spectacular finish.
I was at the race, high up in turn 4. Atlanta is my home town track, so I go to both races every year. We like to call it A-tona.
Since the reconfiguration, this is the best track in NASCAR. The racing is always great, lots of action, passing, and great finishes.
Y'all come on down in September...I highly recommend it.
I was at the race and holy hell that race was amazing when they didn’t wreck. My biggest shock from the race was how the hell they didn’t wreck going 4 wide the first time. I saw them fan out heading straight for me and I thought there was going to be a parking lot in turn 1
Bubba scoring two top fives in the last two races has got to be the best redemption story in years
ok besides the fact this race might be THE nascar race of all time, who’s playoff predictions had suarez in them? lol
Not even close to having him in. I am fine with that though.
Same. He's in, though, and that's all that matters. That, and THE NASCAR race would still be from the years 1979, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2007. Those were THE NASCAR years to be in
👋
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.Atlanta was boring before this
@ZacharyWelch-mr5jj it was still boring. The race was only saved because of the finish. Too many cautions for my liking.
This race was soooo good from lap 1, and after that finish I think it took me about 5 minutes to pick my jaw up off the ground 😂
This was an epic race! I'm sad Truex got shuffled out with 3 to go or so, but it still was an awesome finish. Congratulations to Daniel Suarez!😀
One of the best races i ever seen since i watch this sport 100/100
Went to Atlanta for my first race and honestly didn't disappoint
Nothing will top the Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch last lap finish at Darlington.
Here’s the button for the Amigos to check in
Trackhouse is now on the good end of the 2 most memorable/globally marketable nascar moments in a long time
The last 100 on the groovy gauge was the 2020 Geico 500 👍
THIS RACE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!
WHAT A RACE how fitting was it that harvick’s first race in the booth at Atlanta is a photo finish!!!!! WOW
This was exciting stuff
And glad it was Daniel Suarez at the end 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
I was gonna rage if Kyle Busch won that. Was rooting for Blaney, then Suarez, either of them to win it. Glad Suarez clutched it, Harvick style
Was my first time at ATL, Great experience Great Racing and WHAT A FINISH. I want to be a purist and not want to see talent over plate racing but man… Also very fun to see all of the Mexican fans so happy holding up flags and cheering.
I've been watching you since the stop car videos in 2015 and thought I'd subscribed to you already, my bad man, you deserve my sub, big part of my childhood growing up
That race was awesome sauce
Anyone else notice at the start of stage 3, Mike Joy said they would begin the restart listening to someone’s spotter(forget who), but Bowyer started yapping about Chase Elliot and there was noticeable silence from Harvick and Joy for a solid minute or 2😂
Boyer is becoming the Tony Romo of NASCAR broadcasting. Just shut the hell up my dude. And not even in the instance you brought up. I can think of several times where Mike or Kevin said something and Boyer just repeated them verbatim.
This race was like watching vintage NASCAR. Lets keep our fingers crossed, hope it continues!
i was busy working as a corner worker at my local kart track this weekend. glad to see all the good news after. i love the comparison to old daytona.
Fantastic race...summed up perfectly in this video!
100% for me as well. Very exciting race from lap 1 to the crazy 3 wide finish. Congrats to Suarez on the win...🙂
One of the best finish in history!! 0.003 is the margin!! 3rd best! Good video and keep pumping awesome content
Absolutely amazing!
Daniel Suarez just became one of the few foreign born NASCAR drivers to win multiple races in the Cup Series as far as I know!
As a big Ross Chastain and Trackhouse fan, this was a terrific end to a kinda down week last week (and great start to my vacation lol).
Hard to be mad as a blaney fan
Heartbroken for Gilliland, fast car at Daytona and gets Junked, had one of the fastest cars today and finishes 26th, hoping his luck doesn’t continue
For real. He had top 3-10 speed pretty much all day. Was a legit threat to win.
I've been saying for over 15 years that if they would change Atlanta into a
"plate race" they would fill the seats again. I was right! Somebody finally listened to me!
Atlanta used to be a four hour sleepfest, but, now, finally, a race worth looking at!
It's about damn time!!!!!
Thanks for a great show this weekend!!!!
Should have been a 99% on the Groovy Gauge for Suarez. What a missed opportunity Eric lol
But Chastain was that 1%
@@kg0173brilliant
That race shows why I love Atlanta, once they crossed the line, I was standing and screaming "Who won?!" Big congrats to Daniel, much needed dub for him!
Seeing Bubba charge through the field TWICE, to get his lap back then to get into the top 5, was incredible. Don't think he coulda kept up with the top few but he was a beast today.
Having been there today it was a classic AMS race. What a race …huge crowd … was in the Petty section turn 4 …I think the only time we sat down was during cautions. Alotta first timers also that I noticed super into the race…asking questions and all getting involved. 10/10 for me Eric
Was in the same grandstand as you, and I agree that the excitement was through the ROOF. Only sat down during the cautions and in stage 2 when they were single file for like 15 laps. Amazing race, especially the view from turn 4
I agree with your assessments throughout the show. It was a great race post lap 2.
Josh Berry was a rocket after he got back on the lead lap, went up to 6th before the wreck, twas a shame....
Also... 10 team... let's cry.
It's good to see speed out of SHR and It's a shame we didn't get to see what Noah could have done
I’m glad the cup series made up for the absolute jokes of Xfinity Series and Truck Series
I’m throwing the white flag on truck races. Just watching the final 20 laps from here on out. Just a terrible product.
If it wasn't for the fuel scenario in the Xfinity race, that'd have easily been one of the most boring that I've seen in over 30 years of watching NASCAR.
What an awesome finish that was at the end! 🏁
Happy for Suarez!!
"How can you tell" DW: "Binoculars."
Eric after 13 yrs. since 2007 I finally went to my first NASCAR Race and it was a banger!!!
Best Cup race I’ve ever seen in person! So amazing to be there and see a historic finish with my own eyes. They’ll talk about this forever, and I’ll remember it forever!
Great commentary on a great race!
I was at my church’s youth group. Trying to watch the last lap, and still listen to what is going on.
Second race I’ve watched since getting into the sport and boy am I hooked!! I fucking love NASCAR baby
I watched this finish with my dad, who is a old school NASCAR fan. He loved every second of it!
I knew the moment the checkered flag flew that you'd give it a 100%. And so would I! This has to be my favorite race in a LONG time. Even as a Larson/HMS fan, who... did not do so well tonight... They had been rallying most of the race, though. And the race itself was SPECTACULAR! The "Cars" 3-wide photo finish, the 4-wide racing at Atlanta of all places?! The Fox broadcast was really good too for the most part. I'm really loving Kevin, Mike, and Clint in the booth this year. Especially Clint and Keven! They have fantastic chemistry. Happy for Suarez, too! Way to go, amigo!
MANNNNNNN I WAS PULLING FOR BUSCH 😢 ALL TIME FINISH THO
That was awesome! 100 on my groovy gauge as well.
atlanta is my home track and i’ve gone with my family since i was a knee high to a grasshopper in the mid 2000s, at first and even now i have continued to miss the “old Atlanta”. regardless of being my home track it had so many features and characteristics that i loved.
but honestly new atlanta i might just love even more. it perfectly bridges the gap between speedway racing and superspeedway racing. basically what nascar spent the back leg of the 2010s trying to accomplish except it’s actually good.
i’ll always miss old atlanta and i’m sad that was the track that had to be sacrificed to get this, but on the other hand my 3-5th favorite track has now become 1 or 2
Before I watch your video. I was very skeptical on changing Atlanta to be more like a superspeedway. That race was fantastic. For the longest time the Darlington finish between Kurt Busch and Ricky Craven was one of the best finishes ever to watch. This race just blew it out of the door. Congrats to Suarez on the victory.
Amazing race
It was a great win for Suarez. I think it was a great win for NASCAR with that 3 wide photo finish.
I KNEW SUAREZ WOULD MAKE ME PROUD!
Side note. Todd Gilliland blew this race.
Team Front Row CANNOT be happy right now
He mentioned being scared for his life. I was wondering if he choked and finished in the back on purpose
How does him getting a flat tire equal him blowing the race?
Was loving the new timing photos when cautions would come out to show who the leader was, the lowest score I would give this race would be a 95 but 100 well worth it
Totally agree on the Groovy Gauge! OUSTANDING Race!
I've watched all of your race reactions since, about 2018. The last 100 score I can remember was the 2019 spring talladega race. I also believe you gave a 100 to the bristol and kansas spring races in the same year.