The period from 2000 through 2002 featured the best looking race cars NASCAR ever had on the track. They were becoming so sleek looking, yet they had their own brand unique identity. Then 2003 came and the cars were all required to fit the same template. So essentially, they were all the same Franken-brand that was identical besides the headlight and tail light stickers. And it only went downhill from there.
It's so weird to see the stands packed like that. It almost doesn't seem real. It's hard to believe that NASCAR was ever that popular. Hope it can get back to that one day.
Its so cool to see father and son race together like that. You know in the back of their minds that when it got to them racing like that it was just like a father and son Sunday drive. I feel for JR. He should have had many more years racing with and learning from his father. It is just a great feeling to get to see this again and remember a time when nothing else mattered except that moment on that day where it was just them doing what they loved.
Anyone arguing the racing today is the best it’s ever been is delusional. Back then they could stay right on each other’s bumpers, in their tire tracks, all the way around the track. And they did it without any gimmicky aero packages or horsepower restrictions.
NASCAR let teams take aero and suspension trickery to the absolute limits and never did anything because their leadership was asleep at the wheel (figuratively and eventually literally).
Yeah the last couple years have been shit racing, but have you been watching the Gen 7 cars? The racing has been fantastic. Ive watched every race so far, havnt been able to say that since 2014.
@@beastlydookie81at this point, the Gen 7 only really needs improvement on the short tracks. I wish the team were able to build the cars tho. The very strict rules makes it a tad less interesting. But the racing has been mostly good
It is a shame the father son duos don't last longer than they do in NASCAR. Richard and Lee was ended abruptly by Lees horrible Daytona crash. Dale and his father raced on dirt together a few times before Ralphs fatal heart attack. Imagine the races that could have been between those two. Now Kyle and Richard had quite a few years together however Richards prime was many years in the rearview mirror by then. Then Kyle and Adam never really had a chance to get going because of Adams fatal crash at New Hampshire. Bobby and Davey finished 1-2 at the Daytona 500 the very same year that Bobby almost lost his life at Pocono. Then you got the Earnhardt's. Dale Sr was second in the points in 2000 and if not for that fatal crash no one can talk me out of the notion that Dale Sr would have got number 8 in 2001. Can you just imagine some of those Talladega and Daytona races between Sr and Jr? Man ol man that would have been something else.
Since this is a Charlotte race, I think they should upload the 2002 fall race when Jamie McMurray won his 1st cup win in his 2nd cup start in the #40 car while he was filling in for Sterling Marlin later that year. Like if you agree.
@@bennybenito3647 They had a bad aero package that year at both Daytona races that led to virtually no passing and a lot of single file racing and it heavily benefited the Fords. Funnily enough the racing at Talladega was still amazing in the spring race in 2000 but by the fall race they changed the aero package to what they would use all of 2001. The fall race was Earnhardt's legendary come from behind win.
I miss the old NASCAR. Also miss them talking about all the Drivers and team's not just a few. They ruined NASCAR !!! Why many of us don't waste our money and time to attend anymore.
I hate the new “starting grids.” They show the first two rows and that’s it. I miss when they went through everyone. I also wish they talked about the lapped cars more.
Even though Dale, Jr. Led the most laps, he’ll tell you that Jerry Nadeau had THE CAR to beat that night. If only it had rained more, but also if it wouldn’t for the engine failure, Nadeau would’ve either won or finish top5, that’s how good his car was, but we’ll never know the result other than his 38th place finish.
That 24 car looked awesome but ran like crap. I always thought it would have been a good replacement for the original rainbow paint scheme if they wanted to keep that theme.
2000 was a weird year for Gordon. Some races you barely knew he was there, especially Indianapolis which he dominated years prior but had a horrible weekend all week. His name was barely mentioned that whole race weekend.
For Bristol, they should either do Earnhardt's first career win in '79 or Rusty Wallace's first career win in '86. Or they could do the 2001 Food City 500 (Elliott Sadler's first win).
They already upload 9 Bristol races : 85-90-91-92-95-97-99-02-02. It will surprise me if they upload a tenth. The 91 and 92 races are not in the playlist of full races.
Welp, i was right and wrong. Right, because it's a first win, wrong because I thought it will be Gordon's one. Meh, i'm not complaning and get Eric Estepp here lol
Maybe I’m a traditionalist but I just don’t see Tyler reddick being better than Kurt. Season to season comparison maybe but Kurt in his prime was a bad mfer. Drove a Indy car to a top 5 also he could wheel
Been watching since 1997 and this is still one of my favorite races ever. It had it all Dale Jr, Dale Sr a surprise winner, natural drama and a ton of hard racing! Makes you wonder how 2001 could have been!
I remember being 8 years old watching this race with my dad. I had a massive headache so I fell asleep but woke up right as Kenseth won.
Yeah, those 8yr old hangovers suck
Epic spotter quote 1:19:29
The period from 2000 through 2002 featured the best looking race cars NASCAR ever had on the track. They were becoming so sleek looking, yet they had their own brand unique identity. Then 2003 came and the cars were all required to fit the same template. So essentially, they were all the same Franken-brand that was identical besides the headlight and tail light stickers. And it only went downhill from there.
Never realized how important his voice would be to the memories from this time.
Alan Bestwick is the voice of NASCAR for millions.
Matt’s first career win 😍
LarsonGamer42 spoiler alert...😂
He always has looked old
Yes Matt did win
My second race I went to. 1st Charlotte race. So fun man. Great memories.
Thanks for posting these older races. I really enjoyed the racing back then.
It's so weird to see the stands packed like that. It almost doesn't seem real. It's hard to believe that NASCAR was ever that popular. Hope it can get back to that one day.
One of the last races I attended. What's weird is it seemed perfectly normal for the stands to be packed back then!
Ya we never gonna see that again
IT WON’T. Over half of these stands are gone
Go look at races of the fall Charlotte races. Nothing like this
Crazy how many grandstands there used to be lol
NASCAR was so stacked back then I have recently started watching NASCAR I watched some when I was a kid around this time man the nostalgia
Its so cool to see father and son race together like that. You know in the back of their minds that when it got to them racing like that it was just like a father and son Sunday drive. I feel for JR. He should have had many more years racing with and learning from his father. It is just a great feeling to get to see this again and remember a time when nothing else mattered except that moment on that day where it was just them doing what they loved.
Anyone arguing the racing today is the best it’s ever been is delusional. Back then they could stay right on each other’s bumpers, in their tire tracks, all the way around the track. And they did it without any gimmicky aero packages or horsepower restrictions.
NASCAR let teams take aero and suspension trickery to the absolute limits and never did anything because their leadership was asleep at the wheel (figuratively and eventually literally).
These cars are running with restrictor plates though. It has everything to do with aero rules.
Yeah the last couple years have been shit racing, but have you been watching the Gen 7 cars? The racing has been fantastic. Ive watched every race so far, havnt been able to say that since 2014.
Bi
@@beastlydookie81at this point, the Gen 7 only really needs improvement on the short tracks. I wish the team were able to build the cars tho. The very strict rules makes it a tad less interesting. But the racing has been mostly good
Lotta talk about this Dale Jr. kid, but this Kenseth...this guy...I think he might turn out pretty good. I could see him sticking around for a while.
RIP John Andretti
Stayed in a race bus in the infield for this race. Back when it was still cool.
It is a shame the father son duos don't last longer than they do in NASCAR. Richard and Lee was ended abruptly by Lees horrible Daytona crash. Dale and his father raced on dirt together a few times before Ralphs fatal heart attack. Imagine the races that could have been between those two. Now Kyle and Richard had quite a few years together however Richards prime was many years in the rearview mirror by then. Then Kyle and Adam never really had a chance to get going because of Adams fatal crash at New Hampshire. Bobby and Davey finished 1-2 at the Daytona 500 the very same year that Bobby almost lost his life at Pocono. Then you got the Earnhardt's. Dale Sr was second in the points in 2000 and if not for that fatal crash no one can talk me out of the notion that Dale Sr would have got number 8 in 2001. Can you just imagine some of those Talladega and Daytona races between Sr and Jr? Man ol man that would have been something else.
Hard to believe this was 20 years ago!!! Seems like yesterday!!!
One of my favorite 24 schemes.
*Happy Eric Estepp noises*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Darrell Waltrip initially failed to qualify but Carl Long offered him to drive his number 85 Ford
I know yall probably heard this before but this is when NASCAR was NASCAR 🤔🤔✌️
It is so insane to see how many spectators were there
It's crazy how many grandstands there were at Charlotte back then
Thanks NASCAR for the upload.
Im happy that Matt won
im back home!😍
Jerry Nadeau had the worst luck
Since this is a Charlotte race, I think they should upload the 2002 fall race when Jamie McMurray won his 1st cup win in his 2nd cup start in the #40 car while he was filling in for Sterling Marlin later that year. Like if you agree.
Well of course I agree cause that was my first ever NASCAR race I attended
Yes! They should do it before the Charlotte roval race
Its crazy how good the racing was in 2000 compared to how bad that years Daytona 500 was
Why was it bad?
@@bennybenito3647 They had a bad aero package that year at both Daytona races that led to virtually no passing and a lot of single file racing and it heavily benefited the Fords. Funnily enough the racing at Talladega was still amazing in the spring race in 2000 but by the fall race they changed the aero package to what they would use all of 2001. The fall race was Earnhardt's legendary come from behind win.
Bring back Bestwick......
God no
Wow Allen looks so young
The pride of Wisconsin
Always great to see a Wisconsinite do a Polish Victory Lap.
Great Race. Thank you for showing it.
Miss the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo!
They made with Taurus, the last great car era of Nascar. Chevy Monte Carlo is the GOAT alongside Lumina.
I miss the old NASCAR. Also miss them talking about all the Drivers and team's not just a few. They ruined NASCAR !!! Why many of us don't waste our money and time to attend anymore.
nascar 2000 was good
I hate the new “starting grids.” They show the first two rows and that’s it. I miss when they went through everyone. I also wish they talked about the lapped cars more.
ah Allen Bestwick Buddy Baker Ken Squier Dick Berggren miss them all
I miss these men and this version of NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
I was there
It's crazy how much faster the pit crews are nowadays
Even though Dale, Jr. Led the most laps, he’ll tell you that Jerry Nadeau had THE CAR to beat that night. If only it had rained more, but also if it wouldn’t for the engine failure, Nadeau would’ve either won or finish top5, that’s how good his car was, but we’ll never know the result other than his 38th place finish.
That 24 car looked awesome but ran like crap. I always thought it would have been a good replacement for the original rainbow paint scheme if they wanted to keep that theme.
00 was a off year for Gordon....once he and robbie created chemistry it was a wrap
2000 was a weird year for Gordon. Some races you barely knew he was there, especially Indianapolis which he dominated years prior but had a horrible weekend all week. His name was barely mentioned that whole race weekend.
Earnhardts car now sits at the RCR Museum
Jr making that move at 1 hour 32 minutes. Damn!!
10:39 from that angle they sound like the late gen 6 cars.
For Bristol, they should either do Earnhardt's first career win in '79 or Rusty Wallace's first career win in '86. Or they could do the 2001 Food City 500 (Elliott Sadler's first win).
They already upload 9 Bristol races : 85-90-91-92-95-97-99-02-02. It will surprise me if they upload a tenth.
The 91 and 92 races are not in the playlist of full races.
Earnhardt’s 79 would be awesome
@@RC.41its lost media
Matt Kenseth's 1st NASCAR cup series win.
Excellent spoiler for those who didn't want to know who won
@@smudent2010 then why are u looking at the comments first?
Grande Kenseth！
got recommended this 3 years late
back when nascar was good. now there's all this pc crap we have to deal with
This was before Nascar was ruined by chase format.
Bien dicho！
nah the only thing ruined is u not accepting change you're such an idiot
The 2004 chase format was ok. I accepted it. The playoffs are the worst thing I’ve ever seen.
Tanks 500millas
Buddy may be hard to understand but he’s so good at play by play.
Kenneth first win😍
Gosh it just don’t seem like it’s been 20 years. Enjoy your youth it don’t last long.
It's not always who wins its how they raced
Blessings to you all ✝️🌹❤️✝️
SMIFF TV has the 6 hour version on his channel without the commercials
22 years ago
i just wonder if nascar ever reads these posts
How young dos bros waltrip is but now they drive Camry sedan
Heck yea!
And who raced
Welp, i was right and wrong. Right, because it's a first win, wrong because I thought it will be Gordon's one.
Meh, i'm not complaning and get Eric Estepp here lol
Maybe I’m a traditionalist but I just don’t see Tyler reddick being better than Kurt. Season to season comparison maybe but Kurt in his prime was a bad mfer. Drove a Indy car to a top 5 also he could wheel
Where is the 2020?
MK17
Please post 2008 all star race
Muito bom kkkk
comments?
AAAAAHHHH
I liked when nascar has more creative paint schemes. Now this race has the same generic patriotic paint schemes. Boring
This is not good racing. Its interesting, fun, grandstandss are full. NASCAR is suppose to be boring with empty seats.
John Chester What?
OHHHHHHHHHH EPIC BURN
(But with the sarcastic accent)
And 2 fake cautions, giving someone a lap back for free, dumb downforce packages
FYI Back then it was still called Lowe's motor speedway
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Been watching since 1997 and this is still one of my favorite races ever. It had it all Dale Jr, Dale Sr a surprise winner, natural drama and a ton of hard racing! Makes you wonder how 2001 could have been!
How young dos bros waltrip is but now they drive Camry sedan
I remember watching this race
You tube tv devices
my first cu race
Wow, how sad for Nadue