Comments on: The WORST NASCAR Comeback Season Ever

By: @nascarsteve

@nascarsteve — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:24:27 +0000

In reply to @hunternixonfishing2500. Outside of that near win at Indy, and I was a HUGE Kenseth fan. I think a lot of it were probably due to setups, since there was no practice or qualifying, I'm sure the setups on the cars were the same as Larson's and they had completely different driving styles. Matt never had time to adapt or give feedback.

By: @TheFredster32

@TheFredster32 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:23:49 +0000

In reply to @RetroCarsForever. It sounds a lot like Bobby Labonte's last season for JGR before he left to try and save Petty Enterprises. So sad.

By: @nascarsteve

@nascarsteve — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:22:51 +0000

In reply to @X2Lazy2WinX. no doubt that sprint car deal with Ward affected him, also, I think he was so used to driving high horsepower cars (late models and sprints have 900) he never adapted after the HP reduction.

By: @tloz171nfs

@tloz171nfs — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:39:15 +0000

He was my favorite driver growing up and 2007 was painful. Almost every wreck wasn’t his fault, and it seemed like trouble found him regardless of where he was running 🙁 An all-time great deserved a better send-off.

By: @americanbadass88

@americanbadass88 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000

In reply to @zedanide6984. Jeff Gordon would have one less championship in 01. That cup had Ricky Rudd wrote all over it he would have had like several wins that year if not for fluke accidents, tire failures etc. most were when leading to

By: @nolandavis9040

@nolandavis9040 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 04:36:51 +0000

That Snickers car is still one the most underrated paint schemes of all time.

By: @kylefostermusic

@kylefostermusic — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:17:27 +0000

Deck was stacked heavily against Rudd in 2007…Yates was on their last leg and that year was probably the most competitive of the modern era in terms of the mid pack teams and sheer number of cars attempting to qualify every week.

By: @chrisguardiano6143

@chrisguardiano6143 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:30:07 +0000

As an F1 fan in addition to NASCAR, Ricky Rudd’s comeback in 2007 reminds me a lot of Michael Schumacher’s comeback with Mercedes in terms of him being called in to mentor a young driver (in this case Nico Rosberg) 3 years later. Like Rudd, Schumacher’s comeback did not go well at all & what makes it worse is that it lasted for 3 seasons from 2010-2012. Schumacher finished his comeback with no wins & only one podium & was replaced by Lewis Hamilton for the 2013 season.

By: @X2Lazy2WinX

@X2Lazy2WinX — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:06:11 +0000

Tony Stewart in 2014 always stands out to me as the worst comeback season. Bro was not himself anymore and everything else that transpired made me wish he retired after that season tbh.

By: @edd17sp74

@edd17sp74 — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:47:22 +0000

So many of those wrecks, poor Ricky was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was just a magnet for misfortune that year…kinda like how my favorite driver has been for the last three straight seasons. It’s really a shame, Ricky Rudd is such a cool guy. He raced forever, got to drive some of the most iconic cars in the sport, had his own team (and was, at least for a while, pretty darn successful at it) it’s too bad his last season had to go so poorly.