Looking back, Dale Jr. had some massive wins in NASCAR history. Daytona after his father passed, Dover after 9/11. 2 Daytona 500s. He deserves to be in the HOF. He helped carry the sport for many years after his father passed. He earned his spot folks..
Amen! I keep re-watching those. The Pepsi 400 2001 I think it was. He dominated that race. Had an MLB All Star Baseball Budwiser like paint scheme. It was sweet. Never forgot those moment. He was so much faster then everyone else that race. He could pass folks easily by himself, but no one could pass him if he was in the lead. Not even with help. The good old days. Feels like Nascar lately just flat out have too many new rules.
18 February 2001 dale Earnhardt crashes with Ken Schrader and in 290 kmh crashes to the wall and fatal crashes 9 September 2001 in New York was 4 explosives
@Joseph Kennedy The cars themselves were fine, it was the lack of safety equipment for the driver like the HANS device and the lack of SAFER barriers that made races back then dangerous. If SAFER barriers were in use back then and the HANS device and other such measures had been mandatory by rule rather than just encouraged, Dale SR wouldve had a much better chance of walking away from the Daytona crash. That being said, I would love to see a revival of the Gen 4 cars that have a bunch of the modern safety systems built in to make them safer than the old ones. I think the racing would improve if they used the older cars, especially at the medium and smaller tracks. Bristol used to be a lot of fun to watch.
Steve Park was not driving that Chevy #1 during this race, it was Kenny Wallace. Park got sick in an earlier race (2001 Darlington 500) and didn't jump in until 2002's Darlington 400-mile race.
Uhg its true that nascar is dying and the races are becoming boring. Look at what happened in talladega. The aeropackages just get worse and worse for super speedways
2001 was a rough year, Not Just for Race Fans but for America as a whole. Losing Dale Sr. in February and then 9/11 happening. Dale Jr winning at the return to Daytona and winning this first race after 9/11 was healing for me.
Mr. Slimmy Jimmy there’s decent crowds at most tracks when weather ain’t a factor. Except for Phoenix, the only way that place will sell out is if the grandstands only have 10 seats in them
Been a Earnhardt fan as long as I've known of them. My first glimpse of NASCAR. waa at Monroe Speedway many years ago. They put a NASCAR in with a bunch of pro stocks as a demo. Blew them away. Awesome.
FA IWhen the harness racing was over, the track was changed over to your type of track. It was just amazing to watch the transformation. It was also sad but interesting. Back in the early 80,the bridge was always a challenge to horses who were stabled there.at the time.Just amazing to know was there and your family were there to race cars and me horses. My brother was a big fan. He made a bet with his friends if your Dad didn't win, he would shave his head, but leave the #8. Of, course he didn't have too. Continued success and best wishes to all of your Team!
Nice to see that you left out the majority of the last lap and the flagman never waving the white flag, because waving the white flag (in war) represents defeat, and America would not accept defeat. Guess you're too Politically Correct nowadays...
Man I wish I was alive in 2001 I would love to see these cars race I collect alit of cars diecasts. NASCAR is losing fans though I think nascar should be way way way more popular since it's so cool
The entire 2001 season was worth remembering. No one really remembers or cares about the current or the last few seasons of NASCAR. It's like trying to remember the last train that had you stopped at the crossing. Or the last cheeseburger you had at McDonalds. Generic and nothing new or interesting enough to remember.
2001 memorable? Dude, Jeff Gordon won by like 350 points (that is the difference between 1st and 43rd after 3 races). There were 7 races won from the front row, 12 races with under 15 lead changes, 7,4 cautions per race (12 races had 10 or more cautions)... You fuckers should go check out the races, almost all of them are on UA-cam with decent quality. A lot are absolute snoozefests (the difference between 1st and 20th was a lot bigger back then, it's almost funny to see a top driver come back after an early problem, the backmarkers look like they are in a different class of car) and then you have a few races that you could confuse with modern races. Racing wasn't better, go watch those races, they weren't amazing.
Shrimp Nuggets Jr. Not exactly. The New Hampshire race was supposed to run the weekend after 9/11 but NASCAR postponed the race til the end of the season. The Friday after Thanksgiving.
The good ole days when America was united. Quick observation, both the Yates cars spun out and saved it somehow. Jimmie Johnson did they same thing in qualifying and they talk about it like he’s God, smh
I dont understand how people are ok with flags being on cars, were they can get crumpled up and fall of the car being on the ground, yet when you drop the actual flag, that's not ok, why aren't they both disrespectful, please explain
This wasn't stage racing, this was STAGED racing. Monster Jam/WWE levels of bullshit. I'm sure if Dale Jr had crashed early on, they would've made Jeff Gordon/Kevin Harvick the winner somehow.
It is widely accepted that NASCAR has staged certain races like how Monster Jam does. It is not like the whole race is scripted, that would be way too complex to coordinate, but once the race has to be decided, only a number of results are accepted. In Monster Jam's case the events sometimes don't go the way they originally wanted because of mechanical failures, driving errors or even "happy accidents" like O'Donnell's frontflip in the 2017 World Finals. Certain famous of staged races include this race, the 2001 Atlanta Spring race (Kevin Harvick, who was rather shit back then, somehow wins against Dale Sr's biggest rival), the 2001 Daytona July race (Dale Jr leads 116/160 laps... in a superspeedway... in 2001, how can you even deny that?), the 2011 Daytona truck race (Michael Waltrip wins exactly 10 years after his never-enjoyed Daytona 500 win) and a bunch more. In recent years the whole staging seems to be more limited to qualifying sessions (Danica's poles) but it is impossible to deny that NASCAR has fiddled with the outcomes of certain races to boost their ratings and increase post-race exposure (appear on the news and so on).
Huge crowd, great racing, tons of sponsor banners.. the good ol days..
Charles Russell Weird tiny sunglasses...
Breaks my heart
@@xdude2xstill tons of sponsors, fans are coming back, old tracks coming back
NASCAR is back!
@@H0LLOW_PRIV I hope so
Looking back, Dale Jr. had some massive wins in NASCAR history. Daytona after his father passed, Dover after 9/11. 2 Daytona 500s. He deserves to be in the HOF. He helped carry the sport for many years after his father passed. He earned his spot folks..
Amen! I keep re-watching those. The Pepsi 400 2001 I think it was. He dominated that race. Had an MLB All Star Baseball Budwiser like paint scheme. It was sweet. Never forgot those moment. He was so much faster then everyone else that race. He could pass folks easily by himself, but no one could pass him if he was in the lead. Not even with help. The good old days. Feels like Nascar lately just flat out have too many new rules.
2001 must be a worst hear for fans Dale sr death and 911 attacks
That 2001 Pepsi 400 is the greatest race in the sport’s history.
He’s in the HOF now
All be it he had wins in weird and cliche moments, it was Gordon who kept the sport going, not Earnhardt Jr.
2001 was a hell of a rough year.
Yes it was a rough year losing dale dale sr then 9/11
No. 1994 was
Especially since I was born in 2001.
18 February 2001 dale Earnhardt crashes with Ken Schrader and in 290 kmh crashes to the wall and fatal crashes
9 September 2001 in New York was 4 explosives
@@РахимаАбдуллина-ь2х 1996 was worse than 2001
I sure miss them gen 4 cars 😍😍
Mr. Mojo Risin a fuckin men
@Joseph Kennedy The cars themselves were fine, it was the lack of safety equipment for the driver like the HANS device and the lack of SAFER barriers that made races back then dangerous. If SAFER barriers were in use back then and the HANS device and other such measures had been mandatory by rule rather than just encouraged, Dale SR wouldve had a much better chance of walking away from the Daytona crash.
That being said, I would love to see a revival of the Gen 4 cars that have a bunch of the modern safety systems built in to make them safer than the old ones. I think the racing would improve if they used the older cars, especially at the medium and smaller tracks. Bristol used to be a lot of fun to watch.
They were awesome
I ONLY LOVE IN GEN 4 IS FORD TAURUS
@Joseph Kennedy Doubt thats the reason, F1 cars have gotten much safer while still being insanely thin and basically form fitting someones body.
Look at that crowd
Armondo Ortiz we don't get them like that anymore at Dover, it's really a shame
I've got a small piece of Dale's quarter panel hanging on my wall from this very car! A prized possession!
lol
Can you upload a video of it
You stole it?
Nathaniel Higgerson no the teams often sell them
Mate you need to prove it if your lieing it is pretty f**kin stupid
Man... I miss that Yellow Pennzoil Chevy. Steve was such a great driver
Nothing Here Ikr. Wonder where he is now.
Steve Park was not driving that Chevy #1 during this race, it was Kenny Wallace. Park got sick in an earlier race (2001 Darlington 500) and didn't jump in until 2002's Darlington 400-mile race.
I miss the Kodak car, no matter who was driving it. That had some cool schemes
+Diego Ruiz Got sick? HE NEARLY DIED!
One of the many voices you'll never hear again: Bill Weber
Anthony DeLoreto thankfully
Well, you could go to one of his magic shows!
And allan bestwick
halo368 you’ll hear Allen if you watch IndyCar.
@@D5UA-cam not anymore...
I WAS THERE! The crowd was going so crazy that the seating structure was moving. It was AWESOME. Next to the Daytona wins, this was my favorite race.
This was back when NASCAR was great
Are comments like this considered spam now?
Make NASCAR great again
Swear to god +crystaljon this shit is the worst part of the sport. This is what drives people away. Its bitch, moaning, and complaining.
Uhg its true that nascar is dying and the races are becoming boring. Look at what happened in talladega. The aeropackages just get worse and worse for super speedways
Because this was when Bill Jr still ran NASCAR, before Brian ruined it.
This makes me patriotic, Thank you Dale
It was perfect that Dale Jr. won. The win was for not only for Dale Sr., but 2,977 other people.
Im a Dale Jr fan and this is one of my favorite wins of his career
@RC RACER 88, I agree his Dover win is still amongst my top 5 favorite Dale Jr wins.
@@Ghostmotorfinger
1 Pepsi 400 01
2 Daytona Xfinity race in #3 2010
3 Dover 01
4 04 and 14 Daytona 500s
5 Martinsville
2001 was a rough year, Not Just for Race Fans but for America as a whole. Losing Dale Sr. in February and then 9/11 happening. Dale Jr winning at the return to Daytona and winning this first race after 9/11 was healing for me.
I was at this race, 8 years old.
Soylent Green Nice
I also was the race I was 17years old
I'm a Dale Jr fan too and I was lucky enough to see him win in person too 2014 Daytona 500
Prayers for all the people who died in 9/11...
we misss you dale
The Real Twilight Sparkle no we don't
@@jessicataylor4071 yes we do
Back then when nascar was great and had awesome racing and now the tracks are a ghost town
Mr. Slimmy Jimmy there’s decent crowds at most tracks when weather ain’t a factor. Except for Phoenix, the only way that place will sell out is if the grandstands only have 10 seats in them
I want our country back, I want our sport back 😩💔. Let's all live like it's 9-12-01 again before it's too late
#RaiseHellAndPraiseDale
#RaisehellPraiseDaleandEatcornbread
What In Carnation? #doingitforDale
@@anthonyrobbins2451 #RaiseHellHaveaBeerAndRootForDale
Congrats Dale Earnhardt Jr for winning that race congrats again thumbs up.
I was at that race. Absolutely incredible. Still have the MBNA and American flags they gave to ya at the gate.
Those cars are so sexy. Gordon's metallic blue and striking red
MrMW2nd I love Gordon's flames car. Best paint scheme ever and the 2001 version stuck out the most more than any other year he had that paint scheme.
I like his rainbow car
This is like the definition of Murica
Why do I see you in every video
@@FishbedFive maybe you should lol
What in Carnation? = The Nascar memer who shows up in every Nascar comment section
The whole race was great. Rusty spinning Rudd, and almost coming to blows. Wilson in Victory Lane.
THAT'S a crowd right there!
Look how full the stands are
Lifesong Videos at DOVER
Oh shut the fuck up already
It's 9-11-2021 now. Thank you Jr. for your patriotic victory lap.
America was united as people.
Been a Earnhardt fan as long as I've known of them. My first glimpse of NASCAR. waa at Monroe Speedway many years ago. They put a NASCAR in with a bunch of pro stocks as a demo. Blew them away. Awesome.
Dale Earnhardt Sr is proud of his son for winning and waving the American flag. God bless Dale Jr and America
When NASCAR was phenomenal. Now.....just no.
JustBeingMyself it’s better now
TOPFUEL 173 nascar is better now then back then
That #24 is one of my favorite cars of all time.
Why not bring these cars back. Great racing, fans obviously loved it. Just has everything we loved about Nascar written all over it. Miss these days.
That number 8 budweiser car . One of the many that defined my childhood
FA IWhen the harness racing was over, the track was changed over to your type of track. It was just amazing to watch the transformation. It was also sad but interesting. Back in the early 80,the bridge was always a challenge to horses who were stabled there.at the time.Just amazing to know was there and your family were there to race cars and me horses. My brother was a big fan. He made a bet with his friends if your Dad didn't win, he would shave his head, but leave the #8. Of, course he didn't have too. Continued success and best wishes to all of your Team!
Those Gen 4 cars look beautiful!
I love how all of the cars had American Flags on them. And how they waved the American Flag with the checkered, and chose not to wave the white.
Dale Jr knew how to party it up better than anyone in victory lane
More than 50,000+ fans. That’s crazy
135,000
Congratulations 🎉 he's an awesome 😎 man. Amen thanks 👍👍👍 for sharing this.
really miss those style of stock cars
Wow the stands were pack better then today’s 😔
Now how can we get Motorsports to draw crowds like that again?
Groub b style lack of restrictions?
Great rid of liberal America
@@samuelboughton4711 that is until COVID ends
Nice to see that you left out the majority of the last lap and the flagman never waving the white flag, because waving the white flag (in war) represents defeat, and America would not accept defeat. Guess you're too Politically Correct nowadays...
Wow. You aren't a true Punk. You're just a punk. Big difference you Christian fundamentalist ally.
Razin the Changeling get fucked you liberal
Was there. An amazing day!
American Horsepower! American Freedom!
2001 was a tough pill to sallow for me
1 dale Sr died
2 Steve Austin heel turn
I could go on 4 ever
And of course 9/11
Awesome my favorite driver wins this race just awesome
Please back a car like the gen 4 they were amazing 😍😍
That car with the American Flag out the window is one of the most American thing I’ve ever seen.
4:35 Kulwicki victory laps
Man I wish I was alive in 2001 I would love to see these cars race I collect alit of cars diecasts. NASCAR is losing fans though I think nascar should be way way way more popular since it's so cool
I have been a NASCAR fan since 1995 and it was way better back between 95 and 06
Wow, look at the crowd!!
3:00 WILSON went for one heck of a ride that day...LOL Bet Tom still misses that ball after they got separated......
proud of u jr
I was there that day!!!! Jr. stopped right in front of us in turn 4 after he won!!!
That's one hell of a month for Jr. Father, 9/11, that race.. insane
One day later, (the fake me) was born into this world at 10:40 AM
Mike Joy wait you isn’t the actual mike joy
Mike Joy mike joy was born in 2001???
Back when nascar was worth going to...
My opinion thia was Dale Jrs Greatest Wim 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The entire 2001 season was worth remembering. No one really remembers or cares about the current or the last few seasons of NASCAR. It's like trying to remember the last train that had you stopped at the crossing. Or the last cheeseburger you had at McDonalds. Generic and nothing new or interesting enough to remember.
cMaC Finally a comment from you that isn't completely fucked up.
2001 memorable? Dude, Jeff Gordon won by like 350 points (that is the difference between 1st and 43rd after 3 races). There were 7 races won from the front row, 12 races with under 15 lead changes, 7,4 cautions per race (12 races had 10 or more cautions)...
You fuckers should go check out the races, almost all of them are on UA-cam with decent quality. A lot are absolute snoozefests (the difference between 1st and 20th was a lot bigger back then, it's almost funny to see a top driver come back after an early problem, the backmarkers look like they are in a different class of car) and then you have a few races that you could confuse with modern races. Racing wasn't better, go watch those races, they weren't amazing.
Attenshun deafizit dezodor.
2001 is my favorite NASCAR season all time. I agree.
2001 was my favorite season in terms of the on track product.
I remember this race when he strapped Wilson on a ride 👍
Man I remember this one. I did crowd control there that day. Wasn't supposed to be watching the race. But....
The size of that fucking crowd!
This race was 20 years ago on this date.
*cough* profile
MAKE NASCAR GREAT AGAINN🇺🇸
Sad to think the best days off this and everything else in this country have passed.
Oh great. Another homophobe.
WILSON!
4:57 Dale Jr. was looking for Tom Hanks to tell him that Wilson was on his hands.
Grab some Buds and go celebrate!
You do realize the country of Iraq didn't do 9/11, Al Qaeda did, right?
Wrong flag lmaaao
merlotpapi that's not even the flag of Iraq ahahahahaha
lmaaaao ahahahahaha that makes this person look even dumber because its Iran
Iraq didn't do 9/11
Bush did
Jeff definitely pulled a bump n run on the 14
Dale Jr had Wilson from Cast Away in his car 😎😎😎😎😎
That’s a loooooooooooooot of people 😳
135,000
Did dale jr get the ok to have a ride along
18 years.
19 years. 19 years to the day, America was given a scar.
Weird seeing the pack stadium.
Oh yeah I remember now, the last time major league sports were canceled/postponed was due to 9/11
WILLLSONN
They had a race on 9/11?
Shrimp Nuggets Jr. Not exactly. The New Hampshire race was supposed to run the weekend after 9/11 but NASCAR postponed the race til the end of the season. The Friday after Thanksgiving.
Oh.
Thanks for the help though.
Goddamn I love America
The good ole days when America was united. Quick observation, both the Yates cars spun out and saved it somehow. Jimmie Johnson did they same thing in qualifying and they talk about it like he’s God, smh
I dont understand how people are ok with flags being on cars, were they can get crumpled up and fall of the car being on the ground, yet when you drop the actual flag, that's not ok, why aren't they both disrespectful, please explain
Yeah, Delaware is the first state. But only by five days.
Hey, only driver that could take the outside and win was Dale Earnhardt
"Where is that big American flag?"
WILLLSONNNN
2 things in 2001 were so tragic:
1: Earnhardt dying.
2: 9/11 attacks on the WTC and Pentagon
Silver The Hedgehog it was inside job to go overseas and get there oil
RUST IN PEACE GEORGE MICHAEL
0:57 Gentlemen Start Your Engine:Indy catchphrase lol
Not particularly indy, just racing in general.
Wrong. Sterling
Queue the “This is back when racing was racing, stage racing sucks” comments.
This wasn't stage racing, this was STAGED racing. Monster Jam/WWE levels of bullshit. I'm sure if Dale Jr had crashed early on, they would've made Jeff Gordon/Kevin Harvick the winner somehow.
Jared Edwards i won argue with that
Diego Ruiz shut Up poser. go back to Mexico
It is widely accepted that NASCAR has staged certain races like how Monster Jam does. It is not like the whole race is scripted, that would be way too complex to coordinate, but once the race has to be decided, only a number of results are accepted. In Monster Jam's case the events sometimes don't go the way they originally wanted because of mechanical failures, driving errors or even "happy accidents" like O'Donnell's frontflip in the 2017 World Finals.
Certain famous of staged races include this race, the 2001 Atlanta Spring race (Kevin Harvick, who was rather shit back then, somehow wins against Dale Sr's biggest rival), the 2001 Daytona July race (Dale Jr leads 116/160 laps... in a superspeedway... in 2001, how can you even deny that?), the 2011 Daytona truck race (Michael Waltrip wins exactly 10 years after his never-enjoyed Daytona 500 win) and a bunch more. In recent years the whole staging seems to be more limited to qualifying sessions (Danica's poles) but it is impossible to deny that NASCAR has fiddled with the outcomes of certain races to boost their ratings and increase post-race exposure (appear on the news and so on).
how many drugs do u smoke?
YEAH GO DALE
What happened to this unity 😔
The gop happened
AMERICA
USA USA USA
this is a real race not that ones with 3 stages, that sucks
Ztiiven Ortega this was a wasnt a really race. The stages are awesome most fans love it it’s real racing
2:31
Hei