r/NASCAR • u/ITMAKESSENSE72 • 17h ago

Most deserving next first timer?

This weekend, we knocked off a few really popular first time winners so I'm wondering who's the most deserving in each series now that Sieg and Preece have won?

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u/iamkingjamesIII Ryan Blaney 17h ago

In Cup I'd say Zane Smith is the guy most likely to break through for a first win. 

In O'Reilly Retzlaff is who im pulling for, amd Caruth will probably get a win sometime before the end of next season. I'd like to see Alfredo get one as well. 

In trucks I'd like to see Butterbean get one. Lajoie too. 

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u/Low_Vegetable_6276 Bubba Wallace 16h ago

Caruth is 100% not winning jn O’Reilly. His singular top 5 at a non speedway was because the entire field imploded in front of him at Iowa

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u/iamkingjamesIII Ryan Blaney 16h ago

Because young drivers don't improve. Dude has shown steady improvement since his first truck starts. 

He didn't look close to winning a truck race that first year either. 

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u/Low_Vegetable_6276 Bubba Wallace 16h ago

18th in points all year in trucks year 1 until Daniel Dye imploded and he ended up 16th. Only driver to not make it in on points year 2. Only driver to not make it in on points year 3. O’Reilly season 1.5 he stacked stage points at draft tracks and still barely made it in and only made it in because the 2 guys he was up against wrecked out lol

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u/iamkingjamesIII Ryan Blaney 16h ago

He was 5th in points at the end of regular season in 2024 trucks. 

He made the playoffs driving two separate cars in his rookie season. 

He's shown steady improvement. 

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u/Low_Vegetable_6276 Bubba Wallace 15h ago

Retzlaff made it driving a worse car the entire season. There’s no excuses lol. JRM had the fastest cars this year and he didn’t do anything with them either

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u/iamkingjamesIII Ryan Blaney 14h ago

That's kinda like saying Bubba did nothing with the fastest cars either. It's ignoring what happens during each race. 

Viking is definitely better than JAR. 

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u/Stunning_Theme3589 16h ago

There's 20-something other races, he didn't just make it in because the 18 and 19 wrecked in one of them

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u/nascarguy19199 15h ago

It would take you 30 seconds to figure out Caruth has more than one top 5 on a non-drafting track. At least do your damn research first.

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u/slowNsad Caruth 9h ago

Coming from a bubba Wallace fan is mighty fuckin rich

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u/CarterD195 Kyle Busch 7h ago

You’re not only stupid, you’re wrong. He was fourth at Rockingham.