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0:00 Star Wars / 23XI Racing
3:14 Harvick's Final Scheme
4:31 New Ford Mustang
7:10 Denny Hamlin Criticized
47 comments
Harvicks ride looks awesome. Cant wait to see him race one more time!!
I know.. I can’t wait too watch him lose for the 744th time. It will be amazing
Why did you count each time he lost
@nascar_fan_timothy idk i just knew how many times he started and how many wins he has. I’m not real good with words but I’m like super good with numbers. I can do algebra in my head, my classmates always thought I was crazy lol. I have memorized every drivers starts and wins, how many dnqs and how many times they drove each car. Not the truck series so much but cup an xfinity I just know all of them
For some reason I got a feeling we might see another aero war coming soon with this next gen car
I hope so, that would be sick
I’m all for it. Can’t wait to see how Chevy and Toyota change their designs after seeing the new Mustang.
The most futurist looking next gen
There is no other way to make speed you are spot on
That’s what makes NASCAR so interesting. Manufacturers picking different models in their arsenal to go to war on the racetrack
I can’t wait to see RFK and Penske race in the new dark horse mustang! Although I will miss the front end look of the GT500
I’m probably late on this, but it’s crazy you’ve gotten big enough now to be mentioned by Jeff Gluck on DBC! Awesome job man! Love watching your videos and thanks to you, you got me back into nascar! Keep it up!!
Link the episode?
@markesser72 it’s the newest released episode Martinsville and Jeff Gluck episode 314 it’s within the first 40mins it was response to Brett’s question.
Thank you! Glad you’ve enjoyed the videos
@Eric Estepp Came to tell you the same thing about the mention. You are getting some attention.
I hope Phoenix does something cool for Harvick. I’ll be there to see. Great video again Eric!
Thanks for the memories…Kevin Harvick wishing you nothing but best whatever the further might hold for you.
Tv, father, co owner of cars tour, owner of KHI management and driving his late model what he will be doing
You know Eric Estepp is the GOAT when Jeff Gluck mentions and praises him on DBC
The body’s being made within the complete rules of NASCAR should do Ford and Toyota really good. Can’t wait to see the possibilities of these two manufacturers. Also loving the paint schemes
NASCAR has total control over every aspect of these cars, that’s how they can control how each brand handles, give one an advantage over the other, help the mediocre drivers, say Toyota drivers for example, compete with the best drivers, just for example, in the Chevy’s, that is called equity, it use to be equality, but with equality the best always rose to the top, it appears somehow the best still surface, a good example, Kyle Bush driving for a top team but at this time in a car that NASCAR is making the worst handling, and he is not coping very well.
There is nothing Denny could do differently. He did his very best and he’s just not good enough to be the Champ. He should be happy to make the round of eight.
I disagree that he’s not good enough to be champ, at least for this year. The only reason he’s out is because of all of the points lost at Homestead from the part failure. If that doesn’t happen, he makes it in over Byron, and then who knows how Phoenix would play out. This season was not on him
@Andrew Meyer and then his past comes back to haunt him and still doesn’t win a championship – Larson and Blaney come to mind as first in line to Take a page from chase elliott book and extract revenge… with him out of championship 4 justice was served and they can both focus on championship for their teams. Even with driving dirty – he still could win a championship….. he simply (as Tony Stewart once said) “didn’t wreck enough cars”
He’s still probably got more wins than your favorite driver
@Andrew Meyeryeah that’s called racing you gotta perform in all the races ultimately to be the champion….if he was good enough he would have won the regular season
I know you provide content year round but as we wind up the 2023 season I want to thank you. Because of your channel I’ve followed NASCAR weekly for the first time in a decade
Been a good season, imo
Same dude. Eric rekindled my love for nascar and I look forward to the future of his videos .
When Hamlin says “What else could I have done” well… for one you could have not driven into Blaney repeatedly that broke your steering at Miami.
Bingo!
Wheres your proof that thats what broke it?
@Roku TVhe also hit the wall twice
@Roku TV It broke within 5 laps of contact with Blaney
@Don Hudson Everybody hits the wall at Miami though
Remember many seasons where Denny was just on the cusp of bringing home the championship and didn’t. The years with Mike Ford were frustrating as there were some bad calls made, but Denny has always seemed quick to write himself off. It’s funny, remember the “All we do is win!” days? Didn’t win the championship. Most of this year, I would of said all signs point to it being his year, but once again, the wind came out of his sails at Homestead and he was like, oh well, that’s the way it goes. It does make you wonder just how badly he wants it. When you see the drive and passion that Larson, Bell and Byron have, it’s completely off the charts. Mark Martin had the talent, but didn’t have the aggression when it was needed. He was the gentleman driver always. Denny on the other hand is not afraid of moving someone out of the way, but he still comes up short. I believe Blaney referred to him as a “hack” at Homestead. I don’t believe he is a hack with 51 cup wins, but there is some spark, somewhere that is missing. Now at 43, I doubt he ignites it. I do not think he is the driver and wheel man that Larson and Bell are and perhaps not that of some other rising stars.
The new Mustang looks good, this is the first update for the gen 7 car. But the question is how this affect aerodynamics and car performance, we see it next year.
I’m a Ford fan so I’m excited to see the dark horse on the track. Denny has been great even if he never wins a championship, we gotta give it to him, he is a winner regardless!!! Thanks for the memories, Mr. Harvick!!!! great show as always Eric..
I really like the new Ford model. Hopefully, it will fix some of the struggles they had this season, especially at some of the bigger racetracks.
I’m not even close to being a Denny Hamlin fan but I don’t think people realize how hard it is to win a championship.
Blaney sucked all year and got hot with 5 races to go. It’s really not that hard
I’m just gonna say it, Hamlin taking out Chastain at Phoenix this year cost him a shot at the championship
Happy to be a Ford fan as the company doesn’t hang about too long when it comes to innovating. Oh, and GO BLANEY!!!
Hey Eric, I rlly hope that Kevin Harv. make the win happen. Love the 23vl schemes for this weekend. Love your show
The fact that Denny has accomplished all those wins and not won a championship just shows you how hard it is in this modern era to win a championship with this playoff format.
With a driver like him, it was even harder before this pathetic point system, the old system rewarded the best most consistent drivers and teams, not just somebody that can only do well when they have the fastest car on track.