Tried something a little different with this video. Let's take a look back at the one of the most unique gimmicks NASCAR inadvertently created.
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I am not all for plate racing, but I’ve always found the 2-car tandem very unique and cool since I was a kid.
This is the only gimmick that I’ll defend (unlike the garbage chase in auto racing, which do not belong, and other silly bs)
But yeah, 2-car tangos. Good times. I always feel like I’m 10 years old when people talk about tandem racing and when it came back in 2019-2021
This is the closest nascar has ever felt to a team sport. I actually miss it compared to the current package
I remember being so excited when tandem drafting came back 2019-2020 ish. I was so excited and the racing was so great.
After Ryan Newman’s crash at the 2020 Daytona 500, I’m pretty glad we don’t have this anymore.
I love tandem plate racing because it corrected the most broken aspect of plate racing. It broke up the pack and put the race back into the hands of the racers.
Great video Eric! Really enjoying them all as always
We should allow the Xfinity cars to tandem draft again to add variety to plate weekends at Daytona and Talladega. We already get traditional pack racing with the truck series and the cup series.
I wasn’t watching NASCAR at the time and only got into it 9 years after the tandem high, but I enjoy rewatching races from that era
Something I’ve never seen live, and was sort of an anomaly. I actually get excited when cars get into tandem today because it’s something that, for the most part is gone.
I feel the same way about tandem racing as I do this video. It’s something new and different and fun in the moment, but all the time after being used to something else; I don’t think I would enjoy it in the long run
I agree with everything in this video except calling it a gimmick, a gimmick implies that it was an intentional act. But it was more something that came along unintentionally as time went on, and people figured things out, as you explained.
What a great video!!! From the music to the edits everything was perfect! And the story was great I almost forgot about how great 2011 was for pack racing yet dangerous at the same time
Loved the style of this video dude! The documentary nature reminded me of five wide and the music is sick! Can I get a track list for my synthwave playlist?
eric, please do more of this style of video. i really enjoy your perspective
Now that that you went back in time and reminded us about the tandem racing, I did like it. But, I prefer the packed racing with a little bit of the tandem sprinkled in the pack.
2 car drafting was what got me into the sport, when it left, I left. And now that I’m back, I still miss it.
As a kid, I remember watching the 2011 Talladega race with my grandfather. The drag race to the line made us both get off the couch in suspense! That race is still talked about in my family as one of our favorite races
What i like most about it was the war between each manufacturers working with together and that was and still the best part. So weather it was tandem racing or pack racing i still like it and it will always be a part of Nascar.
I actually liked back then how drivers of one team communicated with others drivers of the opposite team when they did two car tandem drafting….
I feel they should honestly bring that back along with the two car tandem drafting.
Really enjoyed this video and the history of tandem drafting
Most interesting superspeedway racing, plus it required more skill and strategy than the current format.
I absolutely loved 2 car tandem because 2011-2012 was the first year that I watched nascar. Nostalgic tome
Dude you consistently set the standard for NASCAR content creation. What a great video man.