Black Flags Matter

Darian Gilliam (born: ),https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx4W4WQyrcJe1moP3KJs2xDNODA6UQngM_ better known online as Black Flags Matter, is an American YouTuber, commentator, who is known for NASCAR commentary.
==About==
===Driver's Bust===
BFM will talk about the drivers who were promising for success but ended up getting kicked out of NASCAR, for drug test failure, lack of win, violating the rules, etc... He has made NASCAR busts about 46 drivers. The following include:
*Casey Atwood
*J. J. Yeley
*Scott Wimmer
*Scott Speed
*Rob Moroso
*Scott Riggs
*Steve Park (Retracted)
*Trevor Bayne
*Erin Crocker
*Danica Patrick
*Brian France1
*Jimmie Johnson (Xfinity Series)
*Scott Pruett
*Dylan Kwasniewski
*Travis Pastrana
*Steve Kinser
*Shane Hmiel
*Kyle Krisiloff
*Chad Little
*Brian Scott
*Clint Bowyer (Pro Invitational)
*Sean Caisse
*Burney Lamar
*Aaron Fike
*Hendrick Motorsports Development (2004-2005)2
*Steve Wallace
*John Wes Townley
*Tyler Walker
*Christian Fittipaldi
*Loy Allen Jr.
*Todd Kluever
*Andy Houston
*Dewey Ryder3
*Brad Sweet
*Brad Coleman
*Brian Vickers (Hendrick Motorsports)
*Justin Labonte
*David Stremme
*Brian Rose
*Reed Sorenson
*Bobby Hamilton Jr.
*Jon Wood
*Kelly Bires
*Gray Gaulding
*Kevin Conway
*Sam Hornish Jr. (Cup Series)
*1Brian France was not a driver but the former Chairman and CEO of NASCAR.
*2Although it's not about a driver, it's about a multitude of drivers. The video was about the history of the Hendrick Motorsports development program in both 2004 and 2005. It was a Busch Series development program that had three different drivers they were developing in Blake Feese, Kyle Krisiloff (who Gilliam went over in another bust video), and Boston Reid while they also signed Adrián Fernández to have all four run select starts in the 2005 Busch Series season in the number 5 car. All four drivers ran so bad in 2005 that Rick Hendrick ended the development program until 2008 when he merged with Dale Earnhardt Jr's Nationwide Series team JR Motorsports where it has since went way better.
*3Dewey Ryder was a fictional character played by Danny McBride for the Mountain Dew commercials when Dale Earnhardt Jr. was about to retire. It was one of Gilliam's April Fools videos.
He also currently has done 5 videos of IndyCar busts with those five drivers being Mark Taylor, Jon Herb, Jamie Camara, Oliver Askew, and Milka Duno. He also currently has done one Formula 1 bust video about Nikita Mazepin. He also did an SRX Series bust on Paul Tracy where he's made two separate videos talking about his career in the Series. He also currently has done 3 videos of drivers who he considers to be not a bust with those 3 being Steve Park (who he considered a NASCAR bust before changing his mind), Danica Patrick in IndyCar, and Johanna Long.
===Bad/Good Season===
BFM will talk about the drivers who had a good/bad season based on wins, top 5, top 10, average finish in year and ranking. He's done 17 videos of good seasons and 37 videos of bad seasons in NASCAR/IndyCar. The following include:
====Bad Seasons====
*Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2005
*Michael Waltrip 2006-2007 Part 1 (went over 2006)
*Michael Waltrip 2006-2007 Part 2 (went over 2007)
*Kevin Harvick 2002
*Kurt Busch 2001
*Kasey Kahne 2005
*Brad Keselowski 2013
*Alex Bowman 2014-2015
*Denny Hamlin 2013
*Mark Martin 2003
*Joey Logano 2017
*Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2009
*Johnny Benson 1999
*Jimmie Johnson 2018
*Jamie McMurray 2018
*Michael Waltrip 2001
*Casey Mears 2003
*Martin Truex Jr. 2014
*Derrike Cope 1991
*Kurt Busch 2006
*Dale Earnhardt 1992
*Richard Petty 1988-1989
*Jeremy Mayfield 2000
*Brian Vickers 2011
*Jimmie Johnson 2019
*Jeff Gordon 2005
*Alexander Rossi 2020
*Matt Kenseth 2020
*Carl Edwards 2012
*Bobby Labonte 2005
*Brad Keselowski 2010 (Cup Series)
*Stewart-Haas Racing 2021
*Jamie McMurray 2006
*Ward Burton 2002
*Kyle Busch 2022
*Austin Dillon 2023
*Stewart-Haas Racing 2023
====Good Seasons====
*Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2004
*Kyle Busch 2004
*Kyle Larson 2017
*Jeff Gordon 1996
*William Byron 2016
*Ryan Newman 2003
*Kyle Petty 1992-1993
*Kasey Kahne 2006
*Carl Edwards 2008
*Chase Elliott 2018
*Christopher Bell 2018
*Mark Martin 2009
*Tony Stewart 1999
*Greg Biffle 2005
*Brad Keselowski 2008-2009
*Jimmie Johnson 2004
*Denny Hamlin 2019
===Gone Too Soon===
BFM will talk about the drivers who passed away at the young age. He's done videos on 20 drivers from Dirt Racing, Moto GP, F1, IndyCar, and NASCAR. The following include
*Adam Petty
*Blaise Alexander
*Kenny Irwin Jr.
*Alan Kulwicki
*J. D. McDuffie
*Davey Allison
*Greg Moore
*Tim Richmond
*Dan Wheldon
*Jason Leffler
*Jules Bianchi
*Casey Elliott
*Kara Hendrick
*Russell Phillips
*Matt Hawkins
*Peter Lenz
*Chris Trickle
*Ricky Hendrick
*Ayrton Senna
*Scott Bloomquist
===Abandoned Tracks===
Similar to S1apSh0es, BFM will talk about the race tracks which were abandoned. He's currently done 8 videos of abandoned tracks.
===NASCAR Weekly Podcast===
Along with Eric Estepp, The Iceberg and DannyBTalks, BFM opens a podcast and talk about NASCAR weekly.
==Controversies==
===Misinformation===
On August 22, 2022, BFM uploaded a video titled "What Happened To The ARCA Series?" in which he explains the rise and fall of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). However, one detail in the video that raised some eyebrows was when he claimed the Automobile Racing Club of America or ARCA for short was "struggling financially". 1 day later, Casey Campbell brought ARCA's PR director Charlie Krall onto his podcast in which Krall responded to the claims made by BFM saying "Under no circumstance was ARCA sold to NASCAR because we were in any sort of financial difficulty. That's nothing that can be further from the truth. The reason that sale was made was to ensure a long term future beyond, you know, beyond the very short term and it has worked the way it is intended." Krall then followed it up with "To go out there and make this assumption and put it on your YouTube channel with tens of thousands of views, it's irresponsible. If you want to make a claim, call me. I'm really easy to get a hold of."https://youtu.be/bM_A8jzjfHY?t=1192
===Plagiarism accusations===
In 2024, BFM had been accused of plagiarism multiple times by people on Twitter from No Context NASCAR, County Line Films, Ben Schneider, and a few others. Twitter users soon started posting that they have been blocked by BFM over the plagiarism accusations. To this day, BFM has not responded to the plagiarism accusations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3a13y9Uhs
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
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Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016