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Ernie Irvan (2015) Remembers
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2015
- Vignettes from a Jan. 18, 2015 interview with NASCAR legend Ernie Irvan at the Robert H. Jackson Center located in Jamestown N.Y. Ernie recalled some of his competitors, his first win (Bristol (1990)), 1991 Daytona 500 win, 1994 life threatening accident at Michigan, 1997 win at Michigan and other highlights of his career.
I miss being a kid in the 90's.. i miss nascar in the 90's
God, me too!
Same
Me too
Spicy Legado
Same here’s bro
Spicy Legado Me too! I was born in 84 and spent my childhood in the 90's and grew up in a Family that loved racing. I'd give anything to go back to about 94
We used to race against Ernie at the Stockton 99 Speedway stating in the 70s. He was the certainly the most friendly person in the pits and courteous driver on the track. He'd give you a tap to tell you to move out of his way, if he really liked you you'd get a second tap before he spun you into the infield, never the wall.
Yeah Ernie you won at Sears Point from the back to the front ,You did that 2 twice in one race,Had me as a fan for life after that :) Glad to see your still around racing and looking great.
This was when he told his Crew to tell Earnhardt to get out of the way or he'd get him out of his way, and finished almost 13 second ahead of 2nd place
If any racer as talented as Ernie Irvan ever suffered more rotten luck than he did, I'd like to hear about it.
Well you cant discount Steve Park, Ricky Craven, Johnny Benson, Jerry Nadeau and how they're careers would've gone if not for bad luck, injuries and stuff like Ernie had
Ernie is a great guy to this day. Had him on my radio show a few times, before and after the Michigan brain injury. In Southern NY state, which is Bodine country, Ernie was way popular. Especially as this is where KODAK was headquartered. Lots of us here still think fondly if ya Ernie!!!
Dale Earnhardt and Ernie were my 2 favorite drivers. I saw Ernie win at Michigan after the wreck. Great day.
Next stop for Ernie, the Hall of Fame
Ernie said one of THE MOST greatest compliments to LEGENDARY DRIVERS LIKE, Dale Sr., THE KING Richard, and Rusty that WHEN THEY SIT YOU DOWN AND TALK .............................YOU LISTEN!! THAT was being a racer of the day and what makes these legends who they are as well as them seeing all the potential in the world just needed to put a rope on him and throttle him down a notch. MUCH respect to ALL those legends and to ERNIE for being man enough to admit that "yeah it hurt" to have his pride and ego questioned but a lot of talent was on the line and sadly enough it seems like all these HOT SHOT drivers don't know what its like until they get that WALL CHECK and seriously finding out the hard way that you can't drive like its the last lap every race. Michigan crash was his reality check and sadly the beginning of the end of his career as he was NEVER the same after hitting the wall that hard and concrete is NOT FORGIVING. I wonder what could have been had he not had that life altering accident. I always thought of him as a great racer and a potential championship competitor but just wish we could have seen him reach that height. Even though I have all but given up on NASCAR due to all the politics and rules that change like under wear at least there are fond memories of drivers like Ernie and the other greats that helped out when racing was still a blood sweat and tears sport. GONE is the day of the driver that lived paycheck to paycheck to pay for his racecar. GONE are the days when the driver ACTUALLY worked under the hood of their own racecars and knew what it took to make them roll. SADLY the so called NASCAR of TODAY is nothing more than a bunch of rich kids that are, given racecars they know NOT ONE DAMN thing about and have NO RESPECT for the guy's that work on them. It's a bunch of kids that have parents with too much money that say " Here you go son " here's a racecar now go out there and see if you can do something with it. If NASCAR wants to regain ANY fan support or loyal following again then they need to have REAL drivers that spend time working on their own cars not having mommy or daddy do it all for them and thus when get out on the track and something goes wrong they don't just blow it up on purpose like a little crybaby. The other factor is that some of these kids in the cars today are not racers by any stretch of the imagination and someone needs to sit them down like they did Ernie and have a talk about doing something else before they kill themselves or others out there. The Grubb brothers were a prime example of this. NEITHER of them could drive a car, BOTH were scared of going fast and finally good old DADDY GRUBS put them in something way over their heads and ONE got his bell rung and called it a career the other couldn't deal with life and ultimately killed himself. I knew both of them personally as they are from my hometown and Wayne at least realized that this wasn't the sport for him and Kevin tried all be it in vane to be something that he just wasn't able to do. R.I.P. Kevin, and finally to close Ernie HAD what it took to be a great racer but after that head trama in the crash EVERYONE could tell that he wasn't the same man but my hats off to him for getting back into the saddle and proving to the world but mostly to himself that HE WAS a racer bottom line. Thanks for the great memories again Ernie.
Ernie did make a spectacular comeback , but it was the fall 1998 talladega race that ended Ernie Irvan being a competitive racer . Sterling Marlin wrecked Irvan in that race and Irvan was once again cut from his car and airlifted to the hospital . Watch the fall talladega race from 1998 on UA-cam . Irvan came back in 99 but he was never competitive.
I totally agree he WASN'T THE SAME after the wreck!!!!
Good guy award all day long
Ernie, the very best of luck to you and your family !!!
Been thinking about you, Ernie.
Wishing yourself and your family nothing but prosperity.
All the best,
-J.
Miss you Ernie
I want to have a beer with Ernie
my first NASCAR race was at Sonoma in 1994, got to see Ernie out run Dale to victory. been hooked on NASCAR ever since!
Swerving Ervin.. Love or hate he is an amazing racer..
Ernie Irvan hated being called " Swervin Irvan " .............and you misspelled his name too .
I just got my first camera for the Christmas of 1990 (5 almost 6 years old) and my dad showed me the 4 car was sponsored by Kodak, the brand of film in my camera, and he was my driver. That started a love of NASCAR that still lives to this day. If Ernie didn’t suffer the injuries he did at MIS I don’t think Earnhardt would have won 7, nor would Gordon have had the early success he did, this is not taking anything from either because they are two of the best, but Ernie would have been one of the best without that career and life changing injury, would have been one of the best out there for several years. But that is the crazy thing about our sport, what ifs. I will go back to what if Fireball Roberts not lost his life, not only one of the best of that time would have raced on but so would have Ned Jarrett. Maybe Petty wouldn’t have had 7 championships. What if Davey or Alan not lost their lives. Who knows what have turned out differently but it would have. Just realized this is off my daughters account.
90’s NASCAR is my favorite generation of racing.
Because
A) I was Bornt in 89, the 90’s were awesome as a kid, Including NASCAR.
B) The 90’s produced some of the greatest racing/finishes the sport has seen.
& C) I always pulled for Swirvin Irvin, Even as a Jeff Gordon fan.
One of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
Was a sad day when Ernie got in that wreck at Michigan. You always wonder if he could have won the championship that year in 94 had he not have had the near fatal accident
Wow what a hilarious and down to earth person he is awesome interview I am glad I watched this
First driver that I became a fan of. I hated it, when he retired. His house burnt to the ground after he retired, and lost all his belongings, including his trophies from cup wins, and other drivers, as well as Nascar folks re-crafted all his trophies, and presented them back to him, including the Harley-Earl Daytona 500. I last saw him in the Skittles ride back in 1997, I think.
jonesy97 #
So cool to catch up with Ernie. Thanks for sharing.
Frank Zappa
Davey died i quit watching nascar.
My all time favorite driver!!!!
Mine too NASCAR has never been the same for me since he left.
Loved the Video thanks for that He has been my favorite drive from the moment he won the race that J.D Mcduffie lost his life at Watkins Glen.
Yeah I miss the old nascar
Still missing you!!!
He was one helluva driver, no shit,
Raw awesome... Real.. I'm a racer.. People with mics and cameras are broadcasting.. Audio guys probably went insane for this.. Most Americans don't care.. Just like hearing from real racers
you won track championship at Stockton 99 speedway in 1977 been fan every since wish you could still drive \
I am proud of Ernie for driving Davey Allison car like a champ. I forgave him for costing Davey the championship at Atlanta
best answer to an interview question;
"Hell no."
Good ole swervin Irvan. That guy pissed me off alot back in the day.
Ernie hated the " Swervin Irvan " label . You say Ernie Irvan pissed you off ? How ? Are you ashamed of who you was pulling for in the 90s ? Only driver that I know that had issues with Irvan was Sterling Marlin ..................and Sterling Marlin caused many wrecks that he blamed on Ernie .
Ernie was a great driver,watched him win at PIR,after his comeback.He got a bad wrap from the Primma Donna drivers back when he was kicking there ass,and they did not like it,just sayin'
Yep.
The era of great racers forgotten like Chad Little, Hut Strickland, Morgan Shepard are all but forgotten.
Not me, I remember.
he woulda gotten a title
the 2 and 22 need to watch this video
They really do not care about where their legacy has come from, just that they are there now.
This is why I detest current Nascar.
No respect for their elders.
Whoever MADE this video, sure as hell made a big mistake on "what year" Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison both died. They only missed by about 2 entire decades. Good grief.
I wish he'd have talked more about Morgan McClure. I was racing go karts at the time, Kodak 4 replica decals and all
i wish he would race one more Daytona 500
THAT would be great! To have Yates/Roush come out with a #28 just one more time! That would blow my mind! Damn good idea. Let's start a movement....
DDV Show yeah and that McClure number 4 car.. Tony Glover and Company back-to-back Daytona 500 with Sterling Marlin Ernie Coulda did that as well
Swerving Irvine was my favorite as a kid
See now, you make me believe you're talking about Eddie Irvine, the British F1 driver, but I do agree on the swerving part though
Glover is a Genius RIP
Tony Glover is still alive.
I just wish Ernie could rally thank MMM for helping get him really on the map. He left MMM on a bad note.
we still call him swervin ervan
If Ernie would have started his NASCAR career the way he ended, he might have ended the way he started.
Nascar tonight was awesome. Fairweather fan?
Ernie, you were a great driver. But, in 1994, when you crashed, you weren't leading in the points. It wasn't your championship to lose. You were in 2nd place behind Earnhardt when you had your accident. It was Earnhardt's to lose since he was the reigning champion and he was still on top of the points.
Earnhardt was barely ahead on points and both Ernie and Dale were running away from the field . Irvans accident practically gave Earnhardt the championship in 94 . Go ahead and call out Ernie Irvan if you wish ................but Dale sr won enough without you rubbing it in his face . I respected the hell out of Dale Earnhardt sr ..............but his fans became the biggest crybabies the racing world had ever seen .
@@jimijakjones99 we loved watching you fans switch drivers depending on which one looked like they might be the one lucky enough to out run dale. Crybaby? What did we have to cry about during this time ? Lmao. Let me guess your favorite driver was- Davey, rusty, bill, martin, . Lmao. The good old days.
def miss Swervin Irvin.
Spicy Legado in
Ernie Irvan hated being called " Swerving Irvan " . just saying .
You misspelled Irvans name too .
@@jimijakjones99 hard to rhyme with Irvan though
Every time RYR cranked up the HP somebody got hurt!!!!
Alan and Davey died in 1993 I believe not 1973 . Good video though
Yes 1993.
Go .
If Davey wouldn’t have died, and Ernie not have gotten hurt, Dale wouldn’t have 7, and Gordon wouldn’t have 4 nascar history would be completely different.
If he wouldn't have had that crash, Jeff Gordon would not be a 4 time champ with 93 victories. Same goes for if Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki wouldn't have been killed
Yea but they were...not saying you're wrong but what's your point? We wouldn't be at war for the last 15 years if our incompetent government didn't let a bunch of scrubs fly planes into buildings but guess what? It happened...Not comparing the two but history is history....as a Gordon fan I could say that if the format didn't change to a playoff system then Gordon would have 7 championships instead of 4 and Johnson would have 3 instead of6 (yes that's a statistical fact) but it doesn't matter...history is history no matter how tragic it works out
And I just wanna point out my statement is based on facts while yours is your own theory...how do you know for an absolute fact that Ernie would've won a championship? I'm sure a lot of people would've said the same thing about Kurt bush 10 years ago...not even that...look at Stewart! When he came up in 99 they said for years he was the best racer in America...guys had two championships which is obviously an incredible feat but let's be honest not even close to what any of us expected him to become...I'll admit my response is biased being that I'm a lifelong Gordon fan and i hate Stewart's guts but like I said history is history and you can't rewrite it you either make history or you become history
Bob Saget and the same with earnhardt. He would not have won it 7 times. Tim Richmond also would have limited the number of championships some of them won
The fuck? Allison and Kulwicki died in '93. Irvan's crash occurred in '94. How would Ernie's wreck had any effect considering both of them were already dead, you moron?
glad someone mentioned tim richmond. had that dude lived he was right on the cusp of winning the shit out of everything
I don't know how many times Sterling Marlin wrecked out the field and then blamed it all on Ernie Irvan. I can't stand Sterling Marlin to this day .
he caused a lot accidents I cant stand him either to this day ( sterling marlin ) always blamed every one else for accidents that he caused .
Sterling caused one fatal accident too.
@James Williams ouch that's hard core maybe blocking wasn't the best option he actually had the fastest car on the track and it was known
Interesting on what he said about Dale Jarrett. It's no secret he wasn't the best of "teammate" he basically sabotaged Kenny Irwin too
Dale Jarrett was a butthole , no doubt about it .
@Jim Jon He had good taste.Buffy was a looker
im sure ernie wasnt the best teammate either
The 28 car was cursed
Ok irvan
no mention of Kyle Petty, interesting
John Anderson kule Petty race hot Wheel Pantera race day song
Who?
I know who Davey is. That was my favorite driver until, well, you know. This, what was it? Okay, Kyle person, I'm not familiar with him. Apparently he was racer or something. I didn't go to many races, though, so I watched on TV and only got to see the guys in the front 2/3 of the field. ;)
73 died???
I'm amazed this guy can remember anything. He hit the wall more times then Petty won. Clearly he is as shape as a basketball.
22:59
I think Terri Garr is a Baldamore girl no wonder she's taking silverware
hey ernie i like my estate rare how bout you
Dale Jarrett...Got a Big Nose... lmao!
I was waiting for Ernie to say something about how he wrecked all the 4 cars to get out of his contract so he could get in the 28
You are a salty Davey Allison fan .............I've met quite a few of them . Davey was a great driver , its a shame that his fans won't let it go .
did he die or what
no
azqutie68 he's still alive
I think that somebody should have sat down with Dale Earnhardt one of the dirtiest drivers in the game.
Quit hatin', bitch. He learned as Ernie learned. So gtfo with your bitter haterade, loser.
Bullshit artist, extraordinaire.
They did - he didn't listen - that was why he was called Ironhead by other drivers