I cringe everytime I think of 07. It was the year when NASCAR started the screw with my emotions. I felt cheated and ripped off as a fan. Jeff did better than anybody this season, and instead it was forgotten about and Jimmie overtakes the spotlight. And 30 top 10s. Cmon that's just robbery right there. I will always hate the chase with a passion.
This is the year Nascar started a downturn. From 2008 onward, Nascar has lost fans and popularity each and every year. Chase made me swear off of Nascar
Yup. after that season, I lost interest in Nascar and stopped watch Nascar ever since. Under old points system. he would have 7 championships. Imagine 93 wins with 7 titles.
Yeah, this is where I hate the Chase. It hurts drivers like Jeff Gordon who are the drivers that do well all season and then have nothing to show for it and guys like Jamie McMurray who could be top 10 drivers in the standings if they had the old system.
Nascar alienated the fan base. I was born near India, grew up here since I was 4, and I got hooked on to Nascar around 97, and Gordon was the reason I became a fan. And even I felt cheated once the chase started. Only watched cuz of Gordon, once he retired, so did I. Nascar needs to back to having a personality. Right now, non of the drivers have that.
He wasnt only the champ that season(by a long shot) he was also the champ in 2004 and 2014! Gordon would have 7 titles under the old system but instead we have this broken fuckin system that has taken title from drivers that actually deserve them and given more titles to drivers that didn't! Anyone who won a title from 2004 to the present day is NOT a true champion of NASCAR!
@@sirdaddylops5398he is the real third seven time champ. Not to take away from Jimmies championships Just Jeff earned them way more than Johnson and he should’ve got 7 titles
@@timtwing5886eh depends It’s not as legitimate but some that were the best all season did still win the championship it’s just not as common as it should be
if it wasnt for chase/playoff crap system that shouldnt even exist, Jeff Gordon could have been a true 7 time champ 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001. (2004, 2007, and 2014).
My god that talladega spring race was so good. The shot of Jeff, Tony, and Jimmie going down to the bottom together was awesome. 3 of the sport’s greatest to ever do it. Also what a hell of a way to pass Dale Sr
Nascar hasn't been the same for me since Jeff retired. It has opened me up to other forms of racing though, but damn it's not the same as watching Jeff and rooting for him relentlessly on Sundays. Love these edits.
3 Daytona 500 wins 5 Brickyard 400 wins 9 Martinsville wins 12 plate track wins (6 at each track) 30 top tens in one season (modern-era record Average finish of 5.7 in one season 13 wins in one season (modern-era record) Just some of Jeff Gordon's accomplishments
I hate virtually every rule change that NASCAR has made over the last 20 years. Getting rid of the old points system is the worst decision they could have ever made. What's ironic is they were trying to eliminate boring end of season point races brought on by dominant performances by forcing parity, but that's what ultimately strangled the growth of the sport. Parity is great for the NFL because teams are represented by cities, the more cities that are competitive, the more the populations of those cities buy tickets. NASCAR doesn't work that way. Drivers aren't represented by a particular city or market. Nobody gives a shit if David Reutimann has an equal shot at the championship. His 5 fans don't make a difference. The sport thrives on dominating performances by a few stars. The problem with introducing parity is that dominating performances is what built stars. Stars and dominance drew crowds. The biggest boom in NASCAR came when Earnhardt went to the black car and won 4 championships in 5 years, kicking everyone's ass - which drew fans. Jeff Gordon comes in and wins 40 races and 3 championships in 4 years, destroying everyone in his path - which drew fans. Too much parity means there are virtually no dominant seasons any more. Everyone is too equal. Competitive engineering (some would call cheating) is completely mitigated. Nobody can pass, the champion has 4 wins. RIP NASCAR.
Yeah Johnson had 10 wins that season, but Gordon led the points 27/36 races, had more top 5's and top 10's, had less DNF's, led more laps, and was overall more consistent than Johnson. The championship should've been his.
Haha, I love how Johnson fans constantly bring up his 10 wins like that's some sort of a justification for this robbery. Jeff won 10 times in 96, where was his championship? lol
Man this brings me back to 9th grade, and I’ve been a Jeff Gordon fan since I started watching NASCAR. This was definitely a favorite season of mine as well as 04. Jeff was competitive the whole season. I just hate the Chase former and the playoff format now is worse.#24ever
I wasn’t crazy about the rule changes starting around 2004 (the Chase, Lucky Dog, COT)...but 2007 is what truly started my downturn of interest in Nascar. Jeff was robbed plain and simple....I know the rules are rules, but to have that big of a lead just wiped out...I mean what’s even the point of the rest of the season?
You know, I just realized that half of Jeff's wins came in the COT that year. lol He also had a better average finish in the gen-4 car than that of Jimmie Johnson, (8.8 to 14.5) a better average finish in the COT than that of Jimmie Johnson, (5.5 to 6.9) led more laps, (1300 to 1290) got more top-5's, (21 to 20) more top-10's, (30 to 24) and had fewer DNF's. (1 to 4) All in all, there's only 3 areas where Jimmie beat Jeff that are worth bragging about: Jimmie got more wins, (10 to 6) completed more laps, (10,318 to 10,240-- provided that info is right) and he earned more Chase Points. A big part of that was having 2 more wins than that of Jeff going into the chase, and winning 4 races in a row at the most convenient of times.
I'm not sure that Gordon would have quite seven championships if the chase never existed, or that Johnson would have only 3, Johnson specifically strategized for the chase better than anyone. If he put all his effort toward consistency under the old format, being as great a driver as he was, I think he'd have at least 5 championships. However, I can't see Gordon possibly losing the 2007 season, he was just too good. Whether he'd win 2004 or 2014 is up for debate. As is whether Johnson would keep his 2008 and 2010 championships. I doubt he'd still have his 2016 one. I think we can all agree that the chase is just a really bad idea.
Regardless of what NASCAR declares official; Jeff Gordon was easily the best performer throughout the entire 2007 seasons. That's not my opinion; that's a statistical fact. He performed better this year than during championship seasons he had in '95 and '97.
I know - I think that record for 30 (at least I think it's 30) Top 10 finishes in a single season still stands. That is insane. That's almost 1998-calibre consistency.
darien taylor lol with those drivers. yeah easy for him. Kyle couldn’t even do it with those top drivers who left nascars. kyle was one of top 10 drivers and lot of top 10 drivers retired.. let’s say top 10 drivers retired. jeff will easily have 36 top 10s.
0:29 Mike Joy miscalculated how many wins Jeff had in the Twins. It should be 4 (at the time of that race), with 1993, 2002 (the one he doesn't mention), 2006, and 2007
93 wins and 4 championships. He should had more championships. He was fucking amazing during the winston cup era, but nextel/sprint with new playoff format fucked him up. But the same thing is happening to Jimmie Johnson but much worse than Gordon. Gordon was still winning races after 2003 and seasons like this proved that. But Jimmie Johnson is having so much trouble now in this new era of NASCAR. I mean Jimmie placed 28th at Michigan last week. This just proves how fucked the points system is in NASCAR. Jimmie Johnson hasn't even won a race yet this season, and he usually does. The young guns are having so much trouble competing in NASCAR because they dont have enough experience. Carl Edwards, Dale Jr, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth(even though he's racing part time.) All the good drivers are gone and there is no more competition in the sport anymore. All it is is Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr. There seriously needs to be a change in NASCAR because nobody is watching it anymore and Brian France just doesnt listen. He doesn't give a shit about the sport and you can see the effect its having on it. Take out stage racing, bring back the Gen 4 cars because those looked way better and it would solve the aerodynamic issues with the cars. Bring back the old point system, and NASCAR will be better than ever. Also, there was no point in having the COT. They literally could have made Gen 4 cars safer. No need to change the way the car looked. It was also butt fucking ugly and looked retarded. Sorry for the long ramble.
"Jimmie placed 28th at Michigan last week. This just proves how fucked the points system is in NASCAR." What in the world were you smoking when you typed this lol that made no sense whatsoever 😂
Gordon was easily the champion that year! Nascar went to a broken fuckin point system in 2004 that totally changed what the histroy of nascar should be! This system stole titles from drivers who deserved them and gave more titles to drivers that didnt and dont tell me the 'champs' from 2004 to the present day still deserve them because they dont! The chase no longer rewards consistency which for how many decades was a fundamental part of what nascar is! Gordon was 312 points ahead of 2nd place tony Stewart in 2007 before the field reset(joke)! When the field reset he wasnt the leader Johnson was because jimmie had more wins! What a fuckin JOKE! Gordon worked all those races was the most consistent driver by far for absolutely NOTHING! Gordon should have been the champion in 2004, 2007 and 2014! Gordon should have 7 titles and in my kind he does because thats what the REAL history of nascar would be and Johnson would only have 3 titles, Hamlin 3 titles, harvick 4 titles and carl Edwards would have 2 titles! The chase is a joke and is giving, literally giving titles to drivers that dont have to be consistent until the end of the year, its totally broken and a joke! I will never say jimmie is a 7 time champion let alone the greatest driver of all time! Gordon should be the greatest driver of all time! Even though dale is the greatest driver of all time, jeff is ghe best driver of all time! The real history of NASCAR is gordon IS the greatest of all time! 2004-2023 champions....all a joke!
There's a difference in quality, I wanted to include the HD version of the finish, but also include footage that showcases more of the finish that the HD version didn't show.
Timeline: 2007 Jeff Gordon has six wins Phoenix International Raceway gets a hug from dale jr. 2008 Dale jr. Is now teammates with Jeff Gordon 2016 Jeff Gordon join broadcast for Fox sports with Mike joy and Darrell Waltrip
0:00 Gatorade Duel
3:49 Subway Fresh Fit 500
25:52 Aaron's 499
42:17 Dodge Avenger 500
59:18 Pocono 500
1:17:50 UAW Ford 500
1:30:43 Bank of America 500
I cringe everytime I think of 07. It was the year when NASCAR started the screw with my emotions. I felt cheated and ripped off as a fan. Jeff did better than anybody this season, and instead it was forgotten about and Jimmie overtakes the spotlight. And 30 top 10s. Cmon that's just robbery right there. I will always hate the chase with a passion.
This is the year Nascar started a downturn. From 2008 onward, Nascar has lost fans and popularity each and every year. Chase made me swear off of Nascar
The format now days sucks they need to go back to the old point system
Yup. after that season, I lost interest in Nascar and stopped watch Nascar ever since.
Under old points system. he would have 7 championships. Imagine 93 wins with 7 titles.
Yeah, this is where I hate the Chase. It hurts drivers like Jeff Gordon who are the drivers that do well all season and then have nothing to show for it and guys like Jamie McMurray who could be top 10 drivers in the standings if they had the old system.
Nascar alienated the fan base. I was born near India, grew up here since I was 4, and I got hooked on to Nascar around 97, and Gordon was the reason I became a fan. And even I felt cheated once the chase started. Only watched cuz of Gordon, once he retired, so did I. Nascar needs to back to having a personality. Right now, non of the drivers have that.
That fucking Pepsi paint scheme is fucking fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I’m glad to see that there is an entire community that feels the same as me in regards to Jeff Gordon’s 2007 season 🤣
Definitely not alone that's for sure 😠
As time goes on everyone seems to have generally come together to agree he was the champ that season
He wasnt only the champ that season(by a long shot) he was also the champ in 2004 and 2014! Gordon would have 7 titles under the old system but instead we have this broken fuckin system that has taken title from drivers that actually deserve them and given more titles to drivers that didn't! Anyone who won a title from 2004 to the present day is NOT a true champion of NASCAR!
@@sirdaddylops5398he is the real third seven time champ. Not to take away from Jimmies championships
Just Jeff earned them way more than Johnson and he should’ve got 7 titles
@@timtwing5886eh depends
It’s not as legitimate but some that were the best all season did still win the championship it’s just not as common as it should be
I love that race off Jeff Gordon great
Such a memorable season. Disappointed that a championship didn't come out of it, but still such a great one to remember
This would've been his 6th championship if it weren't for the effing chase.
@@nascarfanatic2425 the one thing NASCAR should never have done: Hire Brian France as the new head of the sport at those times...
@@kennethmatthewtabbilos9261 Although, I can't say Jim France is doing much better at this point in time.
Without the chase gordon should have had 7-8 champions
My favorite driver all-time did win 7 championships jeff will have to settle for 2nd best
For like the first time ever, completely agree
@@rcracer8872 your favorite driver was an idiot who refused to wear the hans device and got himself killed as a result
@@GoodOlRoll maybe his favorite is petty or jimmy
@@djretard he's a hardcore Earnhardt fan, trust me. I've had run-ins with him at least 10 times.
if it wasnt for chase/playoff crap system that shouldnt even exist, Jeff Gordon could have been a true 7 time champ 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001. (2004, 2007, and 2014).
In 2007 it was a runaway, he outscored JJ by 353 points and had a modern era record 30-Top Tens.
My god that talladega spring race was so good. The shot of Jeff, Tony, and Jimmie going down to the bottom together was awesome. 3 of the sport’s greatest to ever do it. Also what a hell of a way to pass Dale Sr
Dale Jr.
Nascar hasn't been the same for me since Jeff retired. It has opened me up to other forms of racing though, but damn it's not the same as watching Jeff and rooting for him relentlessly on Sundays. Love these edits.
Yeah, I'll always miss the racer he was. Thanks again for the compliment; I enjoyed editing these very much : )
I agree totally. I haven’t watched a NASCAR race since 2015. I have fallen back in love with World of Outlaws and dirt track racing
Jeff Gordon won that championship in 2007, I don't care what the official history says. He totally dominated that year.
3 Daytona 500 wins
5 Brickyard 400 wins
9 Martinsville wins
12 plate track wins (6 at each track)
30 top tens in one season (modern-era record
Average finish of 5.7 in one season
13 wins in one season (modern-era record)
Just some of Jeff Gordon's accomplishments
And he never miss a start
You know this is old when the lapped cars start at the front on restarts
This was probably my favorite NASCAR season out of all the years I've been alive
Minus Jeff not getting the Championship, (thanks to the chase) I'd come pretty close to agreeing with you.
I hate virtually every rule change that NASCAR has made over the last 20 years. Getting rid of the old points system is the worst decision they could have ever made. What's ironic is they were trying to eliminate boring end of season point races brought on by dominant performances by forcing parity, but that's what ultimately strangled the growth of the sport. Parity is great for the NFL because teams are represented by cities, the more cities that are competitive, the more the populations of those cities buy tickets. NASCAR doesn't work that way. Drivers aren't represented by a particular city or market. Nobody gives a shit if David Reutimann has an equal shot at the championship. His 5 fans don't make a difference. The sport thrives on dominating performances by a few stars.
The problem with introducing parity is that dominating performances is what built stars. Stars and dominance drew crowds. The biggest boom in NASCAR came when Earnhardt went to the black car and won 4 championships in 5 years, kicking everyone's ass - which drew fans. Jeff Gordon comes in and wins 40 races and 3 championships in 4 years, destroying everyone in his path - which drew fans. Too much parity means there are virtually no dominant seasons any more. Everyone is too equal. Competitive engineering (some would call cheating) is completely mitigated. Nobody can pass, the champion has 4 wins. RIP NASCAR.
Don't give a damn about the Chase, Gordon took a shit on NASCAR in this year and was the only valid champion.
Yeah Johnson had 10 wins that season, but Gordon led the points 27/36 races, had more top 5's and top 10's, had less DNF's, led more laps, and was overall more consistent than Johnson. The championship should've been his.
Haha, I love how Johnson fans constantly bring up his 10 wins like that's some sort of a justification for this robbery. Jeff won 10 times in 96, where was his championship? lol
Man this brings me back to 9th grade, and I’ve been a Jeff Gordon fan since I started watching NASCAR. This was definitely a favorite season of mine as well as 04. Jeff was competitive the whole season. I just hate the Chase former and the playoff format now is worse.#24ever
2007 average finish
jeff gordon: 7.3
jimmie johnson: 10.8
That win at Phoenix is just about as pumped as I’ve seen Jeff coming out a race car
His most dominate year like his 2014 year this was his championship in 07 but chase always had to screw that up
I wasn’t crazy about the rule changes starting around 2004 (the Chase, Lucky Dog, COT)...but 2007 is what truly started my downturn of interest in Nascar. Jeff was robbed plain and simple....I know the rules are rules, but to have that big of a lead just wiped out...I mean what’s even the point of the rest of the season?
Darrell waltrip shut up LOL “I think that right rear tire is looking soft.” Still mad that Gordon never won a 5th championship
It's criminal that he didn't win the championship that year! Stupid Chase.
You know, I just realized that half of Jeff's wins came in the COT that year. lol He also had a better average finish in the gen-4 car than that of Jimmie Johnson, (8.8 to 14.5) a better average finish in the COT than that of Jimmie Johnson, (5.5 to 6.9) led more laps, (1300 to 1290) got more top-5's, (21 to 20) more top-10's, (30 to 24) and had fewer DNF's. (1 to 4) All in all, there's only 3 areas where Jimmie beat Jeff that are worth bragging about: Jimmie got more wins, (10 to 6) completed more laps, (10,318 to 10,240-- provided that info is right) and he earned more Chase Points. A big part of that was having 2 more wins than that of Jeff going into the chase, and winning 4 races in a row at the most convenient of times.
The Indiana man Jeff gordon is a beast at what he does
It's amazing how he was able to score the most total season points with four DIFFERENT crew chiefs: Evernham, Loomis, Letarte and Gustafson.
I'm not sure that Gordon would have quite seven championships if the chase never existed, or that Johnson would have only 3, Johnson specifically strategized for the chase better than anyone. If he put all his effort toward consistency under the old format, being as great a driver as he was, I think he'd have at least 5 championships. However, I can't see Gordon possibly losing the 2007 season, he was just too good. Whether he'd win 2004 or 2014 is up for debate. As is whether Johnson would keep his 2008 and 2010 championships. I doubt he'd still have his 2016 one. I think we can all agree that the chase is just a really bad idea.
I haven’t watched since Jeff retired and dropped off after chase!
F'n 2007, man. **grumble**
Regardless of what NASCAR declares official; Jeff Gordon was easily the best performer throughout the entire 2007 seasons. That's not my opinion; that's a statistical fact. He performed better this year than during championship seasons he had in '95 and '97.
I know - I think that record for 30 (at least I think it's 30) Top 10 finishes in a single season still stands. That is insane. That's almost 1998-calibre consistency.
I don't think that record will ever be broken but I think the person with the best chance to break it is kyle busch
darien taylor lol with those drivers. yeah easy for him. Kyle couldn’t even do it with those top drivers who left nascars. kyle was one of top 10 drivers and lot of top 10 drivers retired.. let’s say top 10 drivers retired. jeff will easily have 36 top 10s.
Ohh yea the year Gordon should have won the championship 04,07,2014 missing rings
gordon, bring back ur energy drink plz, taste whole lot better than Rowdy Energy drinks
Around 5:03, did somebody throw something at Jeff's car? Talk about classless. Some of these excuses for fans, I tell ya.
nascarfanatic2425 They were mad he passed Dale Senior in the all-time win list. Remember, most of them were already drunk as hell at that point. Lol
Yeah stopped after nascar threatened to kick fans out and never let them return to the track if they threw beer cans on the racetracks and at drivers
That is some of the classless folks in Alabama that i have to be around. Seems to be a trend here in Alabama, not just with Nascar.
2 hrs for 6 finishes??
2007 fall Talladega race= BEST COT RACE.
Remember when Ryan Newman thought he was good?
I like his car
Letarte confessed that the Charlotte car was his favorite car Jeff ever drove.
blue flames on the front they gave him super powers
0:29 Mike Joy miscalculated how many wins Jeff had in the Twins. It should be 4 (at the time of that race), with 1993, 2002 (the one he doesn't mention), 2006, and 2007
93 wins and 4 championships. He should had more championships. He was fucking amazing during the winston cup era, but nextel/sprint with new playoff format fucked him up. But the same thing is happening to Jimmie Johnson but much worse than Gordon. Gordon was still winning races after 2003 and seasons like this proved that. But Jimmie Johnson is having so much trouble now in this new era of NASCAR. I mean Jimmie placed 28th at Michigan last week. This just proves how fucked the points system is in NASCAR. Jimmie Johnson hasn't even won a race yet this season, and he usually does. The young guns are having so much trouble competing in NASCAR because they dont have enough experience. Carl Edwards, Dale Jr, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth(even though he's racing part time.) All the good drivers are gone and there is no more competition in the sport anymore. All it is is Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr. There seriously needs to be a change in NASCAR because nobody is watching it anymore and Brian France just doesnt listen. He doesn't give a shit about the sport and you can see the effect its having on it. Take out stage racing, bring back the Gen 4 cars because those looked way better and it would solve the aerodynamic issues with the cars. Bring back the old point system, and NASCAR will be better than ever. Also, there was no point in having the COT. They literally could have made Gen 4 cars safer. No need to change the way the car looked. It was also butt fucking ugly and looked retarded. Sorry for the long ramble.
How has Jimmie been screwed by the points system? If anything he's BENEFITED from it.
@@GoodOlRoll lol bro this was like 3 years ago I have no idea
"Jimmie placed 28th at Michigan last week. This just proves how fucked the points system is in NASCAR." What in the world were you smoking when you typed this lol that made no sense whatsoever 😂
@@slimbrady6691 I have no idea dude it's been 3 years since I made this comment
@@Kasketthrash 😂
Gordon was easily the champion that year! Nascar went to a broken fuckin point system in 2004 that totally changed what the histroy of nascar should be! This system stole titles from drivers who deserved them and gave more titles to drivers that didnt and dont tell me the 'champs' from 2004 to the present day still deserve them because they dont! The chase no longer rewards consistency which for how many decades was a fundamental part of what nascar is! Gordon was 312 points ahead of 2nd place tony Stewart in 2007 before the field reset(joke)! When the field reset he wasnt the leader Johnson was because jimmie had more wins! What a fuckin JOKE! Gordon worked all those races was the most consistent driver by far for absolutely NOTHING! Gordon should have been the champion in 2004, 2007 and 2014! Gordon should have 7 titles and in my kind he does because thats what the REAL history of nascar would be and Johnson would only have 3 titles, Hamlin 3 titles, harvick 4 titles and carl Edwards would have 2 titles! The chase is a joke and is giving, literally giving titles to drivers that dont have to be consistent until the end of the year, its totally broken and a joke! I will never say jimmie is a 7 time champion let alone the greatest driver of all time! Gordon should be the greatest driver of all time! Even though dale is the greatest driver of all time, jeff is ghe best driver of all time! The real history of NASCAR is gordon IS the greatest of all time! 2004-2023 champions....all a joke!
Why did you play the same jeff video twice first right in the beginning then right around 7 min im gonna say you just play a longer version wtf
There's a difference in quality, I wanted to include the HD version of the finish, but also include footage that showcases more of the finish that the HD version didn't show.
Should have been chip number 6.
Don’t think Jeff ever won there again
He never won at Talladega, Darlington, Lowe's again.
1:09:27 when it wains
Timeline: 2007 Jeff Gordon has six wins Phoenix International Raceway gets a hug from dale jr.
2008 Dale jr. Is now teammates with Jeff Gordon
2016 Jeff Gordon join broadcast for Fox sports with Mike joy and Darrell Waltrip
It was Jeff's year, he had it won, but Johnson robbed it from him like a cheater he always is!
What's crazy is that during the Chase both Jeff and JJ averaged a 5th place finish so it's not like JG choked in the Final 10.
Jeff Gordon was the 2nd best all-time in NASCAR Dale Earnhardt is the greatest
Was that according to Fox Sports?
Jeff Gordon Edits no a more important source me
I think richard petty is the best
@@whattheeggstr then you know nothing about nascar
Wrong lol