Comments on: 7 NASCAR Drivers Who Blew GREAT Opportunities

By: Dan Bukstein

Dan Bukstein — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 17:26:09 +0000

Kyle busch in the chase his first year with gibbs was a blown opportunity

By: Bumblebee

Bumblebee — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 16:51:34 +0000

In reply to Isaac. Lol

By: DrAkuIa1

DrAkuIa1 — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 15:51:48 +0000

Dale Jr. at Hendrick. Would’ve been out after 2010 if not for his name. He finished 25th in points in 2009 (while his teammates were 1-3) and 21st in points in 2010.

By: DennyHamlinNascar

DennyHamlinNascar — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 15:28:36 +0000

In reply to Billy Noyes. Gotta disagree with a few of these, when Gilliland and Kvapil joined Yates it was clear the team was in a downwards spiral for years at that point, Brian Scott, while he did blow it, he didn’t join a top team in Richard Petty Motorsports, Gaughan and less so Kvapil at the 77, wasn’t a fully-fledged Penske car, and was still sort of in a transmission phase from the Jasper Racing team to Penske (as it was Jasper-Penske for a few years) Sam Hornish though once he joined it was by then a fully-fledged Penske car

By: Harold Price

Harold Price — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:22:59 +0000

In reply to PJ Rippa. No, he just had the one year. But yeah, I don’t know how you could talk about Leffler and not bring up Yeley.

By: WintersSoldier

WintersSoldier — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:35:01 +0000

In reply to Billy Noyes. Jeff Green. that is a great honorable mention

By: RMG_27

RMG_27 — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 05:13:23 +0000

I go back to 2006 with Scott Riggs. First year the 10 car was part of Evernham racing and showed speed at times that season. Had a real chance to win the Coke 600 too that year.

By: **********

********** — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:50:13 +0000

In reply to James Johnson. I don't see how Casey could have been happy about that switch with the way Busch was let go and the whole thing was handled there were probably some bad feelings going around for awhile.

By: crystaljon

crystaljon — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:55:55 +0000

In reply to Diane Adkins-Diorio. @ThatRacingFan Are you forgetting how that championship went down?

By: PJ Rippa

PJ Rippa — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:40:30 +0000

JJ Yeley at Gibbs was a blown opportunity. Had multiple seasons to turn it around as well