|| *Comments on the 2008 Allstate 400 At The Brickyard:* View the most recent comment <#78> | Post a comment <#post> 1. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Embarrassing. Simply embarrassing. There is no excuse for this. This is supposed to be the greatest form of racing there is, at their second biggest event, and they can't even race for 11 laps? 115mph average speed? They have been building towards this all year with the crappy new car. We can criticize GoodYear all day, but when the organization decides to intentially make the new car as BAD as possible, you have to expect this. It is just pitiful. They need to make some serious, long overdue changes, and fast. That was pathetic. On a positive note, I was pleased with the addition of Dale Jarrett in the broadcast booth. He is much better than Rusty at giving in depth analysis. They have Rusty in a good place, in the pit studio to give short, energetic soundbites. Any more time and he tends to become incoherent and reliant on catch phrases, that's for sure. They have a good set up, I hope it works better than last year. Kudos to DJ, Andy and Jerry for getting through this mess of a race, and resisting the urge to yell "WHAT A CROCK OF SH**!!!!" 2. Neal posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ok I take back my comments about last night's Nationwide Race. This was the worst "race" I've ever seen, and I've been watching NASCAR for 20+ years. This wasn't a race. It was nine 10-lap heat races with an 8-lap "A" Main. NASCAR and Goodyear both deserve to take it on the chin for that puppet show. Goodyear should eat the tire bills of all the teams and NASCAR needs to issue a public apology. 3. Zed 3_88fan4eva posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow secong biggest race of the year and Goodyear managed to screw it up, I cant really blame NASCAR on this one. But Goodyear needs to pull there outta their you know what. And like what DaleSrFan said, DJ is much better in the booth than Rusty...chip off the ol' block. Just wish they could get Ned Jarrett and Bob Jenkins in the booth and put Jerry Punch on pit road agian Good runs for Sadler, McMurray and Allmendinger. 4. billchill posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) i gotta agree with u DSFF, this was the worst race ever. DJ is my favorite driver and it will be nice to see him on a weekly basis. Dale, Andy and Jerry go great together probably because they were boyhood friends. 5. WallaceFan posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nascar should be ashamed. Goodyear should be ashamed. The racing was good but Nascar was unbelivable. Competition cautions every 10laps? You need to let the crew cheifs and drivers manage their race. Instead Nascar forced them to pit at their discretion, even closing pit road so noone could short pit them. Anyways it turned into a load of crap. I can see a few comp cautions, but def not over 5. This race was an embaressment. Anyways congrats to Jimmie. AJ Allmendinger deserves a load of credit, as he was in th top 10 all day and even led a bit. That guy is going to be the man one day. 6. Clayton posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sometimes I wonder how people can hate NASCAR and then I watched this race!! What an AWFUL race!! The worse race in NASCAR history!! 7. Anonymous posted: 07.27.2008 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is not a race. This the worst race I watches the two Lowes Motor Speedway races in 2005. Race fans at IMS need to get their refund for seeing this joke of a race. I can't completely blame goodyear for this. Mike Helton needs to get fired and everyone in Nascar management for that matter. I think everyone Nascar hired in order to create the car of tomorrow needs to get fired also. I can't blame the race track. I know the old cars had tire problems at the track, but this is a cot problem. The problems today is the result of how the Car of Tomorrow was built. Nascar basically created a car that is not capable of not having tiring problems on all types of race tracks. Nascar needs to do at least a couple changes to the car before the start of next year. 8. Norman in Ohio posted: 07.27.2008 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I just got back from the track. The race was unusual, but fun. I am sure for the next couple days everyone will over-react. NASCAR needed to do a tire test with all teams. The biggest race is Daytona 500 and then the Brickyard 400. The mistake is the car, tire and track. Perfect storm. The track was diamond cut a few years ago (since the diamond cut, NASCAR has always had competition cautions). The COT has higher CG and no aero grip...thus mechanical grip is severe on the right side. Thus, Goodyear (without full tire test...first time since they began racing at IMS) was in a box and failed. NASCAR is behind on testing...already addressed for 2009. However, NASCAR has not addressed the COT. There is the problem, not Goodyear. At the end of day, my day at the Brickyard was fun! 9. Woodbridge posted: 07.27.2008 - 11:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In my 16 years of watching racing this was by far the worst race ever... Why not just let the guys race? The crews and drivers knew the limitations of the tires, was it worth it to have so many damn competition cautions? A total mess.... NASCAR, Goodyear, and IMS should all be embarrased! 10. Baker posted: 07.27.2008 - 11:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most God awful excuse of a race I've ever seen. Nascar should be ashamed of what they provided us and the teams. They need to exit Goodyear from the sport because it is just one joke after another from the old car to the new car Lowes to Atlanta to Indianapolis it doesn't matter they still find a way to screw things up. Sorry excuse of an organization. Piss poor leadership and management. 11. GeoffreyStephens.com posted: 07.27.2008 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Definitely the worst race ever. My opinions (from my blog @ GeoffreyStephens.com ) It was an embarrassing day for NASCAR on Sunday when one of the biggest races of the Sprint Cup season looked like a broken record player: Start. Stop. Start. Stop. The day featured competition yellows about every 12 laps because the geniuses who run the show decided not to hold an open Goodyear tire test for teams to prepare themselves for a COT race on the abrasive Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (A tire test in April only featured a handful of teams) Today, the Brickyard 400 was a brick of crap. What are you gonna do, though? Disappoint 250,000 (and I question that crowd total since open seats were visible in each turn) fans by canceling the race, which was everything but a lesson in safety? It seems no one knew who to blame. The team owners and ESPN announcers credited NASCAR for their "efforts." The obvious solution would have been to send all 43 teams down the road to O'Reilly Raceway Park and hold the event there. Pack the fans in (they could sit on each other's laps I suppose) for a three hour short track classic instead of a four hour marathon of rubber shredding. It was no surprise when pole sitter and fastest in practice Jimmie Johnson came out victorious. Hendrick Motorsports excels in difficult situations and the two-time champion was one of few to come out smiling in the end. Back to the safety aspect, however. Was NASCAR really 100% sure that going ahead with the event was the right thing to do? Sure, softer walls align various parts of IMS but the sanctioning body should never "expect" someone to hit the walls during the course of a race. Thankfully, everyone made it through unscathed and let's just hope this debacle isn't repeated in 2009. The race sucked but it was going to suck anyway, right? As many know, this was not the first time an Indianapolis Motor Speedway race had a "tire situation." The 2005 United States Grand Prix Formula One race had only six cars (three teams) start the race because the other seven teams were not comfortable with the Michelin tires they were given for the weekend. After that event, Michelin refunded fans for their tickets and compensated those who renewed in 2006 as well. Will Goodyear do the same for the NASCAR fans who made the trek to IMS on Sunday for what was supposed to be one of the "major" events? You can stop laughing now because you correctly guessed the answer of no. Expect NASCAR and Goodyear to spin the blame away from themselves. It's what they do best. 12. Patrick posted: 07.27.2008 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Worst race I have ever seen in my life. 13. samfan22 posted: 07.28.2008 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't think of anything positive to say about this one. The fans deserve refunds. This was by far the worst race I've ever seen. Nice run by Allmendinger, and Johnson was the class of the field. Not that we could truly tell if anyone could make a run at him racing for 9 laps at a time. Tough breaks for Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Matt Kenseth. I would hate to be NASCAR if Harvick or Kenseth miss the Chase by a few points because of terrible tires. 14. Anonymous posted: 07.28.2008 - 1:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, blame the COT. Good move. Actually, it was Goodyear's fault, as they haven't been able to put a competent tire on a Cup car in over two years. This race was a joke. The racing between the cautions was really good, though. It's just a big shame that they couldn't go longer than 9 laps. 15. Haywood posted: 07.28.2008 - 2:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) i wish i could disagree w/ the above... horrible race. i quit watching about an hour into it. i've also never seen the brickyard with that many empty seats. really shows that even the fans at the track didn't want to watch this race. i don't know if it's the car or the tire, but a few times this year, tire wear has ruined the race. they need to fix something. 16. Rusty posted: 07.28.2008 - 3:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This may be the worst race I've ever seen. What a joke. But props to AJ Allmendinger though, coming in 10th for his first top 10. He even ran top 5 for a while in the "race." 17. Kit posted: 07.28.2008 - 3:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ZZZZZZZZZ I thought racing was racing, not follow the leader. 18. adamal82 posted: 07.28.2008 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Worst "race" ever. enough said 19. Dodge posted: 07.28.2008 - 8:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why is it Goodyears fault? Goodyear did everything they could do. In past years NASCAR held a test session at Indy for this reason, the track is so abrasive. This year, for whatever reason, they hold it at Pocono. Unlike most of you guys, I couldn't watch the race because we had SEVERE Thunderstorms here. Lost satellite for a couple of hours. 20. DaleJrFan17 posted: 07.28.2008 - 10:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Huh? The race is over? Oh good. I thought the race would never end after this S#!&. Well done IndianFailpolis. You are gonna lose alot of fans for this and alot of money for giving refunds. 21. DaleJrFan17 posted: 07.28.2008 - 10:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The only good I can say about this race is that there was a record 26 lead changes. 22. Neal posted: 07.28.2008 - 11:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3 races after his miracle finish and proclamation that his team was on the rise, Michael Waltrip has finished 27th, 36th, and 43rd. So much for that resurgence. 23. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.28.2008 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The blame should be shared. You have to blame NASCAR for creating this COT without realizing the residual consequences. With all the money they are raking in, they should have realized all of these after effects. When you design a car from the ground up and decide to make it handle as bad as possible, this is gonna be the result. With all of the slipping and sliding these new cars do, you either have to build a tire that is rock hard, provides no grip, and causes drivers to spin out every 20 laps, or make a grippy tire that wears out too fast. With that being said, you can't give Goodyear a complete free pass. As the tire manufacurer for the biggest racing series in America, you should be able to handle difficult situations. You should sure as hell should make a product that can go more than 10 laps. EVERYBODY had their tires down to the cords after each pit stop, even the front runners. That is completely unacceptable. Where are their engineers? And why didn't they take heed of the results of the earlier tire test? There is an article about it on nascar.com. They had the exact same problem then, and still couldn't fix it. That is also unacceptable. The problem is that both Robin Pemberton and the Goodyear guys said "well in the past...." Stop right there. The past doesn't matter. With this new car, throw everything from the past out the window. How could they not see this? And also, IMS deserves some blame. Diamond cutting the track was not a good idea. I know it helps the Indy cars, and I know the Indianapolis 500 has a much longer tradition, dating nearly 100 years. But they need to also consider the other series needs. Face it, the Brickyard 400 has just as many fans, and a larger TV audience. And it is part of a much bigger picture. No disrespect to the IRL or their fans, but after the Indy 500, they go back obscurity (until Danica throws another one of her tirades). The Brickyard 400 is part of the championship picture for NASCAR that is followed by many millions of people. They need to repave the track. 24. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.28.2008 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would also like to say that NASCAR did the right thing by throwing the competition yellows. They should have prevented it before it happened, but they didn't, so they did the right thing beginning at 2pm ET. They shouldn't have allowed teams to just drive into the wall every 30 miles like they did at Charlotte in 2005. That is dangerous and unneccesary. We would have had just as many yellows anyways, but for more laps because of the lenghty clean up. And one other thing, to people (mostly the writers) who say "This shouldn't happen at the Brickyard" IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE!! All tracks and all fans deserve better than this. I go to Martinsville twice a year, and I don't deserve to sit through this anymore than fans who go to Indy. Just because it is the Brickyard 400 doesn't make it any more inexcusable. 25. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.28.2008 - 11:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, and good job to Mikey for wrecking unassisted on Lap 5. Still think you deserve that Top 5 at Loudon? The best MWR finish was 30th. With only one sponsor for next year and results getting worse, the future looks bleak for MWR. 26. hurrDEhurr posted: 07.28.2008 - 1:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't worry guys, next week's race should be spectualar. OH WAIT... 27. JR posted: 07.28.2008 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're all lucky the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company only makes tires ;-} 28. dUDE gUY posted: 07.28.2008 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DaleSrFanForever, you're right. I don't know about these other guys, but I think it was either competition cautions, or cautions caused by blown tires (yikes!), usually leading to wrecks (not good), which leads to clean-up (yawn...), which extends cautoin periods by a lap or two (YAY MORE COMMERCIALS!). Yes this race was an abysmal failure (though the green-flag action was decent), but everybody did the best with what they had. That said, better preparations are necessary if next year's race is going to be a good one. 29. RaceFanX posted: 07.28.2008 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Cup race for owner Tad Geschickter and first oval race for his Aussie driver Marcos Ambrose. Their #47 Ford finished an impressive 22nd, right in front of Tony Stewart. Stewart unveiled his Stewart-Haas Racing 2009 car, the #14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevy, for the first time earilier in the week of this race. 30. DieselDan posted: 07.28.2008 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is not the worst race ever, but the worst NASCAR race ever. Why wasn't a tire test done? Gary Nelson and Brett Bodine should be fired, as they defrauded a few hundred thousand paying fans from a race, not to mention ESPN and their advertisers. This is NOT Goodyear's fault. NASCAR never allowed a proper test of the new cars at all tracks. Thank God no one was hurt, as Matt Kenseth's explosive tire failure sent shrapnel everywhere. There is two other races that were worse. Sadly, one was a Indianapolis, the 2005 US Grand Prix, when Bridgestone brought crap tires and all the Bridgestone teams parked after the formation lap. The six cars with Michelin tires raced. Then there was the debacle of the 2002 CART Surfer's Paradise race. It was raining. They ran one green lap, had a massive slow speed wreck, then ran the entire race under caution. Then there was a stupid rule about pitting that changed the running order. All this being said, NASCAR needs to work better with Goodyear before something tragic happens. 31. Zac posted: 07.28.2008 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What can you say that hasn't already been said? Goodyear knew the track is rough and abrasive -- it has been for years now -- yet they did nothing to fix it. The COT combined with the temperature, roughness of the track, and poor construction of the tire led to this race being a joke and debacle. Marcos Ambrose comes home 22nd in his first oval stock car race in Cup. 32. 22Fan posted: 07.28.2008 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The green flag racing (I know, there wasn't very much of it) was the best it's been at Indy for a long time. Drivers were actually able to pass this year. Still, it was beyond frustrating to watch. 33. JR posted: 07.28.2008 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers passed under green because some were concerned and running reduced speed 34. Brad posted: 07.29.2008 - 12:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Like everybody else, I think this was a horrible race. What I can't figure out is that every year until this year, NASCAR would have a 2-3 day test session at Indy. There were so many unknowns this year. It's NASCAR's fault because they should have held a test session this year so that the teams could at least get an idea on how to set up their cars with this new tire and of course the COT being at the Brickyard for the first time. Personally, I believe that Goodyear did the best job they could have done. I think NASCAR should have stuck with the original plan to run the COT for 26 of 36 races in 2008 to help the teams get geared up for 2009. NASCAR has got some serious work to do with this new car. As you notice every weekend on TV, you can easily a bunch of empty seats in the grandstand. People are not going to pay high money for tickets and for gas that's over $4 a gallon to see these races. Especially if the racing is that bad like it was at Indy. They have got some work to do. 35. #20 (soon to be #14) fan But #48 hater posted: 07.29.2008 - 1:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (4) BIGGEST FREAKIN FLUKE WIN IN NASCAR HISTORY I went to my First ever Nascar Race (courtesy of my coke rewards) BUT IT WAS DOWNHILL FROM THERE!!!!!!! JOHNSON DID NOT DESERVE THIS WIN (no one did) 36. Jeffrey posted: 07.29.2008 - 2:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) So you people would rather see them try to race in that situation and have no passing by having to be so careful than competiton cautions. I don't think so. The way I see it, while not under the best circumstances, some NASCAR fans have always wanted competition cautions in the races for years. To say it was "the worst race ever" is complete and utter BS. I can see positives in this race. 1. 26 lead changes 2. a LOT of unpredictability and the most important thing of all 3. Kyle Busch ran like garbage{for his standards lately anyway} 37. Rad83 posted: 07.29.2008 - 2:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Indy has always been horrible... but this race was a piece of bull****. What I saw was the worst thing in a NASCAR Race since the Lowe's races of 2005. I'm happy with AJ's 10th place finish. I'm dissapointed with Brian's 42nd-place. This race was an utter disgrace to NASCAR. I feel bad for all the drivers, teams, and fans. The 2008 Brickyard 400 was the most pathetic race in the history of NASCAR. 38. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.29.2008 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Dude Guy, you are right about the preparation. That is the key to this situation. It should have been prevented before it ever started. Once the race starts, it is too late to do anything, you just have to do what NASCAR did. On Saturady, when they realized the tires were turning to dust rather than releasing sticky balls of rubber (the marbles), they should have known right then and there the track wouldn't rubber up. It is simple physics. A change should have been made on the spot. That is what gets me about NASCAR, I think they think that THEY determine the laws of physics, like they are God. They have so much power, I think they see themselves as divine beings. With the COT and deciding to go ahead with this tire, they think they can defy the laws of physics just because they can defy the laws of common sense and common decency with impunity. #48 hater, I'm not a fan of any Hendrick cars either, but Jimmie and his team did deserve to win. They had the speed all weekend, they played the situation perfectly, and got it done when it counted. The conditions were the same for everyone. I am sorry about your first race. I can somewhat relate. I was at the 2005 Coca Cola 600 (though it was far from my first race). Five and a half hours of cars mostly following the pace car. Jeffry, I only agree with point #3 of your positives (YES!!!). Yeah, there were lead changes, but they were mostly anti-climatic . You always knew that Jimmie would be in the lead and pull away in a matter of laps. And the unpredictability was not the good kind. Rad83, I actually thought about you and felt bad when Vickers blew up. That is killer to his chase chances, he needs every point he can get on the big tracks. Oh well, I hope, for your sakes, he can make it. Make us Tar Heels proud. 39. Mr. Big posted: 07.29.2008 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What an incredible, massive failure of a race. I don't even see how you could honestly call this a race. Yes, the green flag racing was decent, but it wouldn't last long thanks to the morons at Goodyear who gave us the equivalent of dog crap for a tire. 40. DaleJrFan17 posted: 07.29.2008 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3. Kyle Busch ran like garbage{for his standards lately anyway} A-fricken-men! 41. Dodge posted: 07.30.2008 - 12:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How can some of you blame Goodyear. If NASCAR held a test at Indy a couple of weeks before the race for ALL teams instead of having it at Pocono, it may not of been an issue. Goodyear had the Pocono tire on the premises for that they could use those if needed. BUT IT WAS NASCAR THAT MADE THE CALL TO STICK WITH THE INDY TIRES. Goodyear can recommend stuff but it all comes down to NASCAR saying YES or NO. 42. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.30.2008 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As I've said, the blame should be shared. Yeah, NASCAR should have made a change before the race, but still, if Goodyear can't build a tire to go longer than 10 laps, that is pitiful. Their engineers should have realized the tire would powdering up rather than release clumps of rubber. But NASCAR's engineers should have designed a better car than the COT. 43. dtroppens posted: 07.30.2008 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't blame Goodyear. Blame the COT and the lack of testing there. That was a NASCAR issue. One post said that they shouldn't have had so many competitive cautions. I kind of agree with that. Make the crews figure out when to pit. Let them push it if they wanted or be conservative. That would've been more interesting. Then again there could've easily been a lot more crashes and I don't think NASCAR should risk lives like that if at all possible. They could've posted a 15-lap limit on any tires and let the crews figure out when they wanted to pit. If there is a caution, then those laps count only 1 for every 3 laps of the 15-lap limit. 44. bigmike90 posted: 08.01.2008 - 7:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) lucky for me i had to work during the race so i missed this piece of shit. saw the hightlights of the this on the news. worst frickin race ever in nascar 45. kb2f posted: 08.02.2008 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) only ims deserves a free pass. those impliying the speedway is to blame fully or even partially are smoking some bad stuff. 46. kb2f posted: 08.02.2008 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry to say that personally the blame lies on mainly hickcar and somewhat on goodyear. But the majority is on neckcar and it's apologists. Best moment of this race (along with the best moment of many other races is whenever Mike Helton is sent to the television booth to make excuses, while the tv folks just nod in agreement. beside that it's always funny to see anybody else (example Gibbs), to appear on tv and praise neckcar for "tryin real hard", a "nascar's doin the bast it can" 47. the bug posted: 08.02.2008 - 1:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr should of won. if he had this would of been the best race eeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 48. dUDE gUY posted: 08.06.2008 - 12:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blame this, blame that, blah blah blah bleh blah. I think everyone involved is to blame. Blame NASCAR for approving a tire that they knew disintegrated in 10 laps, blame Goodyear for not developing a better tire, and blame the drivers and crew chiefs for not pushing for a better tire. It kinda seems like everyone was waiting for someone else to make a change, but when nobody did it was too late to do anything about it. All in all a watchable race, but only because it was interesting to see what would happen next. 49. JJ Lehto posted: 08.10.2008 - 1:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not the first time Indy and tire problems have reared it's head I don't know which was worse an F1 race with only 6 cars driving around, or a race with only 13 lap green flag stints Awful 50. MegaRacer posted: 12.07.2008 - 2:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DieselDan, you have that flip flopped: it was the 14 Michelin teams that pulled off, leaving 6 Bridgetone cars to compete in the '05 USGP. 51. Brian posted: 06.21.2009 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Indy tire demon strikes again! 52. TJ posted: 09.22.2009 - 10:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well I specially came over from Belgium, Europe, to attend my first and only NASCAR race to date ... unfortunately it's one with massive tire problems :( Still an unforgettable experience though as a racing fan to be in a mythic place like Indianapolis ! 53. ii posted: 09.07.2010 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) this race was crap 54. Daniel posted: 05.22.2012 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using fastest 43: #08 Johnny Sauter & #21 Bill Elliott Out using fastest 43: #01 Regan Smith & #45 Terry Labonte 55. CBASS posted: 01.27.2013 - 7:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #01 Dale Earnhardt Inc./ Principal #08 FUBAR #10 Sears Auto Center #16 Dish Network DVR #18 M&M's Summer of Fun #19 Stanley Vidmar #21 Ford-Motorcraft #28 Hitachi Li-Ion Power #34 Front Row Motorsports #41 Target/ Polaroid #43 Totino's Pizza Rolls #96 DLP HDTV/ H.H. Gregg http://www.frontstretchphotos.com/p923684076 56. The Terminator posted: 02.24.2014 - 12:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A travesty! 57. Big Mac Fan posted: 10.12.2015 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We may get on NASCAR for having a competition caution every race (warranted or not), but boy it still does not compare to this. No tire tests, a new car, and a lack of planning led to a terrible race with competition cautions every 10 laps. Very embarrassing for both Goodyear and NASCAR. 58. 88&4Fan posted: 10.12.2015 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh yeah... this race. The worst cup "race" I've ever watched. The two Michigan races this year come in at a close second and third. 59. MAR posted: 10.12.2015 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This race is the permanent black eye that NASCAR gave it's self a permanent black eye that the sport will never recover from it's been a day that started the ultimate decline in popularity and competition level a race that drove away some loyal fans and loyal sponsors. 60. BJ posted: 03.29.2016 - 3:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) my three words to describe this one: WORST RACE EVER!!! Even my grandmother thought this was a total snoozefest and she didn't even watch racing 61. Anthony posted: 08.01.2016 - 9:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @57: there were tire tests, but they did them at Pocono instead!! 62. Jimmie48fan posted: 09.03.2016 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Garbage race. 52 laps of caution? 115 mph average speed? Still very disappointed in NASCAR and Goodyear over this race. 63. Anthony posted: 09.08.2016 - 7:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Hulman would turn in his grave if he saw a race at the track he'd spent his money purchasing and upgrading 64. Comic Book Guy posted: 04.11.2017 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Worst. Race. Ever. 65. RaceFanX posted: 02.14.2018 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Regan Smith makes his first Brickyard 400 start, staying out to lead a lap under yellow but ultimately finishing down the running order. Surprisingly his appearance in this race made him the first driver with the last name "Smith," the most common one in the United States, to compete in a major race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There have been several drivers named Smith who have attempted the Indy 500 through the decades but as of 2017 none have ever qualified for it. 66. Tin Foil posted: 07.25.2018 - 4:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) The race that made fans realize stock cars shouldn't be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. F1 figured it out, why can't NASCAR? 67. Corey posted: 07.25.2018 - 6:13 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) @66 Because there is nothing wrong with NASCAR at Indy? I really don't see how you can come to that conclusion from a Goodyear screw-up. 68. JSPorts posted: 07.25.2018 - 7:49 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The recent races at Indy have been far from exciting, but that has nothing to do with this race. This was a one-time thing. However, the inability of the current car to pass, especially on flatter tracks like Indy, has created dull racing. It's something NASCAR needs to work on everywhere. 69. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 09.06.2018 - 8:05 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) The 10th anniversary of the worst race in NASCAR history the great tire debacle. 70. ElliottFan924 posted: 09.03.2019 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Watching The Iceberg's video, and man, from the looks of it, this race seemed very bad, and ignoring the Clash, aka non points races. This one takes the cake as worst race ever. Like my god, how can it be this bad. I feel bad for anyone who wasted there money to go to this race that day. 71. Matthew posted: 10.01.2019 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) One of the forgotten moments of this race: Jeff Burton took the lead on the quick restart on lap 106, but hit a pair of birds that had decided to sit in the entrance to turn 1 in the process. 72. Anonymous posted: 03.26.2020 - 12:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know this might have been "worst Brickyard 400 ever!" But there was 36 cars in the lead lap the most ever in a race that went the full distance in Cup Series history, there was 37 in Michigan in 2006 but it ended because of rain. 73. Rich posted: 12.06.2020 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dr. Jerry Punch, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett were the commentators. Mike Massaro, Shannon Spake, Jamie Little and Dave Burns were the pit road reporters. Tim Brewer was at the Chevy cut-away car. Allen Bestwick, Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace were at the ESPN pit studio. 74. Altracing posted: 12.15.2020 - 9:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know this is probably a very unpopular opinion and I don't mean to start an argument over something that happened over 10 years ago but having just recently gone back and watched this race while it was definitely a bad race I'm not gonna call it the worst race ever. I know that NASCAR and everyone involved that weekend could have done more testing or something else to prevent all these tire problems but after watching what happened in the 2005 Fall race at Charlotte when you had guys blowing tires after 25 to 30 laps this race could have been worse if more guys had blown tires and wrecked that day and that's why NASCAR had these competition cautions throughout the race in order to prevent more wrecked cars. Someone out there may have a better argument against me on this issue but I thought I'd share my thoughts, and also if something like this happened in the Indy 500 would that ruin the reputation of that race? Again I'm sorry for bringing this up I just thought I'd share my opinion on this site. 75. Jimmie4life posted: 12.15.2020 - 9:59 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wouldn't call it the "worst race ever" either. It was just... a failure by Goodyear and NASCAR. A bad race, IMO, has to either have tragedy behind it, have poor racing quality, or the result was terrible. While this race did have bad quality of racing, and the result of it was another mediocre finish, it doesn't even compare to other stinkers. For example, New Hampshire in 2000 was even worse than this race. 26 lead changes occurred on this race, and while a lot of them did happen under yellow, at least they HAD lead changes, unlike what unfolded on that September day, where Jeff Burton took the lead on lap 1, and never gave it up. Also, the racing was slow and very frustrating to watch because of the lack of passing, and the inability for drivers to complete said passes. Or, many 550 HP races in 2019-2020. NASCAR continues to dish out 100 laps poor racing for 2-3 laps of good racing on restarts. Yes, they are fun to watch, but I'd rather see a good race throughout than one that is stiff and stale after the pack thins out. While this race was bad, it definitely can, and sometimes does get worse. 76. DI9_ForLife posted: 12.15.2020 - 10:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 74, 75, I agree. In my opinion the worst race ever was that New Hampshire race where Burton led the whole time because they decided to put a plate on the engine in the wake of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin's deaths. It was a knee jerk reaction and it provided what would end up being one of the worst races ever run. This race was a farce, indeed, but it was more laughable than the Loudon race which was just truly terrible. 77. Corey posted: 12.15.2020 - 10:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Given the circumstances that year for Loudon, the September race was by far the best weekend they had in 2000. After losing two drivers, they needed to do something. Restrictor Plates were just the easiest solution. 78. ScottB posted: 12.15.2020 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I was actually entertained by the Loudon race, just to see if Jeff Burton could really maintain his lead thru all the pit cycles and go flag to flag. I wouldn't want to see that every week, but as a one-time deal, I was OK knowing I was seeing someone attempt something that hadn't been done for many years in a Cup race. The Brickyard tire fiasco bothered me more, there was never any kind of rhythm established. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: