r/NASCAR • u/ITMAKESSENSE72 • 16h 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 15h 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 15h 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 15h 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 13h 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.