Comments on: 5 NASCAR One Year Wonders

By: @crystaljon

@crystaljon — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:35:43 +0000

In reply to @billymercury3897. That's a one *race* wonder. Not really a one year wonder.

By: @xavierjuno4572

@xavierjuno4572 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:33:01 +0000

In reply to @AngeloRametta. @@aardremiz4752 as seen in 1994 with Geoff Bodine, he probably would've won at least one more and with his consistency, I have no doubt that Alan would've pulled it off

By: @RealisticFisHed

@RealisticFisHed — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:32:53 +0000

Other people have already commented about Aric Almirola in 2018 so I’ll go with Bobby Johns in 1960, where he finished 3rd in points but never finished better than 19th in points in any other season

By: @aardremiz4752

@aardremiz4752 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:28:29 +0000

In reply to @AngeloRametta. I have mixed feelings about Kulwicki, I think he would have won a few more races had he lived but no more championships. I think his career would have been similar to Ricky Rudd had he lived, 1-2 wins per season and consistent, had Davey Allison lived, I’ll go out on a limb and say Earnhardt would have been a 6 time champion and Gordon would be down at least one. I don’t really think Kulwicki counts as a 1 season wonder, he didn’t dominate 92, he raced consistent and smart

By: @MLGProSwag69

@MLGProSwag69 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:27:19 +0000

In reply to @MLGProSwag69. @@RhygonGG Since his team got renumbered to 48, he’s been the worst HMS car of the 4 in terms of laps led every year, he’s not gonna last long enough in that seat for it to age poorly lol

By: @aardremiz4752

@aardremiz4752 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:05:54 +0000

Tim Richmond 86, Neil Bonnett 88 with 3 consecutive wins if you count Australia, Morgan Sheppard held the points lead for a while, 90 I think it was. Harry Gant 1991 5 wins. Geoff Bodine 1994. You could make a case for Mark Martin 2009, that would be a good one for a career resurgence video along with Bill Elliott Dodge days. Call me crazy bud Dale Earnhardt 1980, 81-82 people thought he was a flash in the pan, a fluke. Last one that comes to mind is that year Ryan Newman won a whole bunch of races.

By: @hunternixonfishing2500

@hunternixonfishing2500 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:24:18 +0000

In reply to @hunternixonfishing2500. @@TekuTaurus Yeah and that would have been a no win season too. I don’t count that. That’s a huge flaw and indictment on the current system

By: @szymonkunda2197

@szymonkunda2197 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:09:20 +0000

In reply to @cadillacjohn1994. Exactly. It infuriates me when people associate Montoya only with that dryer incident at Daytona. The guy is a legend of IndyCar, won two Indy 500s which is in itself a huge thing. Apart from that he was winning races in Formula 1, was running pretty strong in NASCAR, at least in 2009, and was successful in sports cars. Super talented and super accomplished race car driver

By: @RACERDALEJR88

@RACERDALEJR88 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:19:58 +0000

In reply to @cadillacjohn1994. JPM to Project 91 when?

By: @chrisguardiano6143

@chrisguardiano6143 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:24:09 +0000

As an F1 fan in addition to NASCAR, Montoya also had two seasons in his F1 stint (2002-2003) where he finished 3rd in the standings & felt like a championship contender. In 2003 in particular, he & Kimi Raikkonen were seen as real threats to ending Michael Schumacher’s & Ferrari’s dominance of the series which did not happen thanks to the FIA ordering Michelin to redesign their tires which negatively affected his performance towards the end of the season. After that Montoya struggled big time in 2004 as Williams struggled to provide him with a car that could help him compete. Then for the final two years of his F1 career, Montoya played second fiddle to Kimi Raikkonen at McLaren & frequently got into arguments with team principal Ron Dennis on just about everything. In fact one of the reasons why Montoya decided to jump to NASCAR when he did in 2006 was because he & Dennis got into an argument about him skipping F1 races so that he could gain experience in the Xfinity Series. Dennis decided that it would be better to release Montoya & tank the rest of the season with the test driver driving the second McLaren car knowing that Lewis Hamilton would be arriving the following season than deal with an unhappy & increasingly disinterested Montoya.