I'm still convinced Teresa was the reason Dale Jr. was how he was for the longest time. Maybe she may have had some points, but ultimately, when your dad created the team with the dream that his kids would run it some day, and Teresa says "yeah, no, it's mine!", you'd have to figure that affected Jr. mentally pretty badly. Even when he ended up at Hendrick, the thought of watching his stepmother wreck what his dad helped create had to have been heartbreaking. You can tell his Xfinity team is his pride and joy. Even if it's getting Hendrick help, it's still on the track to this day, while DEI is now nothing more than a marketing operation to keep the memory of Dale Sr. alive.
Not defending her in any way, but Dale Junior admitted to his part in what happened as well. In his podcast he conceded that he was dumb to be allowed to make the decision to asked for a team swap.
@@PYLrulz1984 The problem was JR wasn't mature enough to be the head of the company. He admitted that all he cared about during that time was partying with his buddies. Teresa gets a lot of shit for how that all went down, and yes she could have done things better, but he was not in a good place mentally to be given that responsibility at that time. If anyone deserves blame for that, It should be Dale Sr. He is the one who decided to leave the team to Teresa.
I listen to Dale Jr’s podcast and he has gone on record to say he had a big say of the team swap going down and he regrets it. I truly believe if cooler heads have prevailed, The Grreat 8 would have been championship contenders in 2005.
@AISUYU COLD of course, you could spin it the other way, that if Jr. and Tony try to work things out, and it blows up again, it could sink things pretty quickly. Hindsight is 20-20, and even if I had some success, and trusted my organization at the time, if my crew chief and I aren't getting along, maybe freshening things up may be something that helps. At the end it didn't, and eventually, there were much bigger problems at DEI that eventually came to a head.
not to mention if they had kept Eury Jr. for 2005 the momentum would’ve kept into 2006 when they were championship contenders and might have won if they were more consistent
From what Jr said, basically he and Tony Sr were pissed at how 2004 ended and were fighting on the radio all during the Homestead weekend. So when they came to him and proposed that change he was like “sure ok”.
She wasn't a good owner but that swap was very telling about Jr and Waltrip both. Mikey wasn't going to be great no matter what. But Jr struggled for sure. He wasn't near the talent of the top tier drivers. Very good driver for sure
@@nalehale415 mainly because D.E.I didn't have much talent outside of Dale jr,Tony Sr and Tony Jr when it came to fielding a race team ,building chassis's etc plus d.e.i was behind on technology needed to be competitive
Say what you people want about Mikey, keep poking Fun at the guy, but Mikey is a Damn Good Analyst in the Booth dating back to 2004 in the Truck Series, he does a Good Job at it. And in Fact he had Great Chemistry with Phil Parsons and Rick Allen in the NASCAR Truck Series FOX Sports Booth.
While I'm not necessarily the biggest Michael Waltrip fan, his personality, combined with his limited success with DEI, is a small part of what made the early 2000s so special for me as a NASCAR fan.
Haha... I needed a new favorite driver for the 2001 season after Ernie Irvan retired, and watching Michael win the Daytona 500 with DW calling the race made me a Mikey fan. Those were a fun few years.
And it was all the witch's fault. She brought something that was meant for son and friend into ruin in the most disastrous way possible (mechanical failure, team confusion, Jr and Mikey nearly getting into a huge fight, etc)
Mikey was like 2nd or 3rd in points in 2003 and was the hottest driver at the time. He was running like 2nd at the Bristol night race and was closing in on the lead and got caught up in a wreck. From there on, he had an abysmal rest of the year and finished like 15th in the points. That absolutely could have been his year. :(
That would be the beginning of the end of DEI. Michael Waltrip left the team after 2005, Dale Jr. left after 2007, teamed up with Ganassi that lasted from 2009 until about 2014. All Teresa Earnhardt's fault! Worst owner ever!
Nothing wrong with trying ....the problem was the 8 car was basically the 24 car of dei but the 15 and 1 were no where near HMS as far as team talent goes especially with the crew and car chiefs
I will say that it was cool to watch Michael's in car camera when they had that in car channel option. Can't remember what they called it, but he would do a lot of passing with that fast car. They'd have a bad pit stop or something and he would come flying through the field. Remember him trying to work Steve Park at Indy, (I think Park was in Childress's 30 car then.) Michael jacked him up in the short chute, loosing Park up and he got on by him. It was so cool. Lol
I feel like they could've just hired a few different guys for the 15 team and tried to be better sharing notes between the 8 and 15. In hindsight that feels like a smarter move.
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But nevertheless, he's still one of my favorite NASCAR characters, he's so goofy and I've never met a fan that said that they never liked Michael Waltrip...
@Chasing Briscoe no I understand how that can be a little bit irritating, and yeah, I can agree on that he sabotaged Clint Bowyer's driving career, and the fact that after he left MWR, he was never the same driver again... I actually like hearing different opinions, because it provides different perspectives...
Michael waltrip had more dnfs than finishes. In early 2000’s when Texas motor had fandango for the fans on like a Thursday my mom won the old school flat screen and Michael waltrips jacket he was wearing on stage and he called her up, she was so happy and my pops had no clue how to work a camera so she was pissed haha. That was her favorite driver and me and my pops always laughed everytime he dnfd
"Waltrip was better than you think." "01 500 could have been great." "When Waltrip had the best team." Loving this Michael Waltrip Apology Tour here on BFM
Rousch drivers there for a couple years seemed to pick someone and keep wrecking them- they took out several point leaders, one being Sterling Marlin, who was out a while with a broken neck.
Hey man, I been binge watching your videos since the first one I watched. Love the content! You touch on a lot of aspects of the sport that aren't acknowledged often. Keep up the quality videos!
Hot Take: people talk about where nascar would be if Dale Earnhardt Sr hadn’t died, tbh it’d be almost the same. What’d be different, is DEI equipment and the careers of Waltrip, Earnhardt Jr, Park and Truex Jr (not much different for Truex, but still). Waltrip would’ve had more than just plate track wins, (maybe even dare I say... a cup title???), Jr prob 2 cup titles, Park, many more wins and prob an xfinity title or two, Truex more wins.
I agree with everything except Michael Waltrip. Michael was absolutely abysmal at Mile and half tracks and is just too inconsistent to make the chase let alone win it. But yeah DEI would definitely be contending and still be around if he didn't die.
Waltrip was a mid pack guy. He should have never got that 15 car. Earnhardt did that cause he liked him. Yeah he finally won, but he was never the type of driver that deserved top tier equipment.
When this happened and looking back, DEI had just signed their death certificates. Management made some of the boneheaded moves and try to replicate themselves as Hendrick 2.0 and FAILED MISERABLY.
I don't know if it was mentioned earlier but The Year before this Ty Norris was VP at DEI and his interview with Dale Jr was fantastic. It pointed out that no matter what this splinter was going to happen. Dale Earnhardt was the glue to that team and only Jr had a chance of making it work but Teresa was being a pain in the neck the whole time.
I can't wait to watch this. DEI was my fav team. 8 & 15 were my lucky numbers and both had great paint schemes. But M Waltrip's unique skill at superspeedways, underdog story and genuine personality made him my fav. He's goofy, but wholesome
@@NASCARFAN93100 idk I might add outlaw’s 2005 to the bad seasons especially considering how he lost his ride at the end and it was already a championship hangover season for him anyway
Well, Hendrick would never swap teams around right after one of them made a great run together. Can you imagine how stupid you’d have to be to swap Bowman and Elliott’s teams for 2021?
@@prairiefarmer5994 they've done team swaps but it's always been the teams that where struggling its the move HMS makes before they start firing CCs and drivers. It usually works Jeff Gordon had a career revival when Alan Gustafson took over for Steve latart and Dale Jr had a career revival when Steve took over his team .
I would love to see you cover the career of Steve Grissom. I was actually given a bumper that I believe was his and have a cool diecast of his Kodiak car and would love to learn more about his career past seeing his name in old races.
While I'm not denying that in many races he was probably just running bad, most of of the incidents here don't seem like his fault at all. I woulda been interesting to see the results had he had better luck. Wouldn't have been terrific but not nearly as bad as it ended up.
I like the concept of these videos but the way it's presented always seems to equate poor luck with low ability on the part of the teams and drivers. Like... the narration will say "but then Waltrips performance fell off and it was obvious which DEI team was better", but then it'll play 3 straight clips of Waltrip cutting a tire which is just... not an issue of skill or ability? Engine failures show an issue with the team, but getting intentionally wrecked, cutting tires, and getting caught in huge wrecks are not signs of a failing shitty race team or driver. (Obviously DEI really did have major issues, but the presentation of it all here is kinda head-scratching)
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“We wanted to be more like Hendrick who succeeded by having stable Crew Chief pairings, so we swapped our entire two teams.”
Big brain thinking: +20
Hmmm.... It’s like they really didn’t understand what made them successful with those 2 cars
Dale Jr: I think we have a chance at the title in 2005
Teresa Earnhardt: no
I'm still convinced Teresa was the reason Dale Jr. was how he was for the longest time. Maybe she may have had some points, but ultimately, when your dad created the team with the dream that his kids would run it some day, and Teresa says "yeah, no, it's mine!", you'd have to figure that affected Jr. mentally pretty badly. Even when he ended up at Hendrick, the thought of watching his stepmother wreck what his dad helped create had to have been heartbreaking. You can tell his Xfinity team is his pride and joy. Even if it's getting Hendrick help, it's still on the track to this day, while DEI is now nothing more than a marketing operation to keep the memory of Dale Sr. alive.
Not defending her in any way, but Dale Junior admitted to his part in what happened as well. In his podcast he conceded that he was dumb to be allowed to make the decision to asked for a team swap.
@@PYLrulz1984 The problem was JR wasn't mature enough to be the head of the company. He admitted that all he cared about during that time was partying with his buddies. Teresa gets a lot of shit for how that all went down, and yes she could have done things better, but he was not in a good place mentally to be given that responsibility at that time. If anyone deserves blame for that, It should be Dale Sr. He is the one who decided to leave the team to Teresa.
I listen to Dale Jr’s podcast and he has gone on record to say he had a big say of the team swap going down and he regrets it. I truly believe if cooler heads have prevailed, The Grreat 8 would have been championship contenders in 2005.
That move wouldn’t have happened if Sr was still alive.
@@nickfarnum5689 facts
@AISUYU COLD of course, you could spin it the other way, that if Jr. and Tony try to work things out, and it blows up again, it could sink things pretty quickly.
Hindsight is 20-20, and even if I had some success, and trusted my organization at the time, if my crew chief and I aren't getting along, maybe freshening things up may be something that helps. At the end it didn't, and eventually, there were much bigger problems at DEI that eventually came to a head.
not to mention if they had kept Eury Jr. for 2005 the momentum would’ve kept into 2006 when they were championship contenders and might have won if they were more consistent
Teresa Earnhardt wrecked DEI and that’s probably the most questionable move of all time swapping crews in 2005.
Dale jr also had a part in that....but yes probably the worse move in Nascar history
From what Jr said, basically he and Tony Sr were pissed at how 2004 ended and were fighting on the radio all during the Homestead weekend. So when they came to him and proposed that change he was like “sure ok”.
He ends up regretting it in the end
She wasn't a good owner but that swap was very telling about Jr and Waltrip both. Mikey wasn't going to be great no matter what. But Jr struggled for sure. He wasn't near the talent of the top tier drivers. Very good driver for sure
@@nalehale415 mainly because D.E.I didn't have much talent outside of Dale jr,Tony Sr and Tony Jr when it came to fielding a race team ,building chassis's etc plus d.e.i was behind on technology needed to be competitive
Mikey's 15 NAPA Auto Parts scheme is still 🔥
His 01 & 02 cars were gorgeous
@@jimobrien9104 Agreed!
Just picked it up today, at Jamie’s flea market
@@jimobrien9104 agreed, I prefer his 2005 scheme though
Say what you people want about Mikey, keep poking Fun at the guy, but Mikey is a Damn Good Analyst in the Booth dating back to 2004 in the Truck Series, he does a Good Job at it. And in Fact he had Great Chemistry with Phil Parsons and Rick Allen in the NASCAR Truck Series FOX Sports Booth.
I forgot about the random Jeff Green vs. Michael Waltrip feud.
Michael’s 2005 season:Decent
Dale Jr’s 2005 season:Miserable
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@@stay.frosty.11 21 now for when he drove the 21
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While I'm not necessarily the biggest Michael Waltrip fan, his personality, combined with his limited success with DEI, is a small part of what made the early 2000s so special for me as a NASCAR fan.
Haha... I needed a new favorite driver for the 2001 season after Ernie Irvan retired, and watching Michael win the Daytona 500 with DW calling the race made me a Mikey fan. Those were a fun few years.
Welcome to 2005, where Teresa Earnhardt managed to do the crew swap that would lead into the birth of MWR, DEI's death and the Kentucky Boys Beefing
And Toyota birth on NASCAR 😁
I remember seeing that All Star race.
"Can't bump draft at Lowe's" one of the commentators said
That 2005 Aaron's 499 was awesome
Dunno why but all these incidents with Jeff Green of all drivers just had me straight out laughing
2003 MW with the 8 team would've been wild.
And it was all the witch's fault. She brought something that was meant for son and friend into ruin in the most disastrous way possible (mechanical failure, team confusion, Jr and Mikey nearly getting into a huge fight, etc)
That was DEI’s jumping the shark moment.
Mikey was like 2nd or 3rd in points in 2003 and was the hottest driver at the time. He was running like 2nd at the Bristol night race and was closing in on the lead and got caught up in a wreck. From there on, he had an abysmal rest of the year and finished like 15th in the points. That absolutely could have been his year. :(
I always loved the NAPA paint scheme. I'm an Advance guy but I love the NAPA scheme.
That would be the beginning of the end of DEI. Michael Waltrip left the team after 2005, Dale Jr. left after 2007, teamed up with Ganassi that lasted from 2009 until about 2014. All Teresa Earnhardt's fault! Worst owner ever!
They try to be like Hendrick motorsports and they definitely paid the price
And how did Hendrick get to that 2-car contenders? Gordon (nearly) single-handedly carried the organization for years. DEI tried to expand too early.
Then Jr went to Hendrick.
@@SilentDanDisney If you can't beat 'em, join 'em lol
Nothing wrong with trying ....the problem was the 8 car was basically the 24 car of dei but the 15 and 1 were no where near HMS as far as team talent goes especially with the crew and car chiefs
Tons of Drivers tried To Replicate Jeff Gordon but failed
*If It's Not Broken, Don't Fix It!*
A rule that doesn't exist anymore. It's so far gone, it almost feels like it never existed.
I dont think napa is sad about where they are now. I never thought about how they stuck around mikey until the spingate scandal.
I will say that it was cool to watch Michael's in car camera when they had that in car channel option. Can't remember what they called it, but he would do a lot of passing with that fast car. They'd have a bad pit stop or something and he would come flying through the field. Remember him trying to work Steve Park at Indy, (I think Park was in Childress's 30 car then.) Michael jacked him up in the short chute, loosing Park up and he got on by him.
It was so cool. Lol
Mikey: *blows engine*
BFM: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Perfect timing to post this video after the Cup race at Las Vegas!!
If you look up "C U Next Tuesday" in the dictionary, Teresa Earnhardt's picture is next to it.
I feel like they could've just hired a few different guys for the 15 team and tried to be better sharing notes between the 8 and 15. In hindsight that feels like a smarter move.
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- Jeff Gordon vs Jimmie Johnson 2007 season
- the career of Denny Hamlin
- the career of Martin Truex Jr
- the history of furniture row sports
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- Top Busch series drivers
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Rise and fall of roush racing
Matt kenseth 2003 championship
Carl edwards career review
I always check the video quality on youtube any time pre-2007 footage comes on
When Dale died I felt like the team wasn’t gonna be around long but it wasn’t bc they were chasing hendrick just didn’t have a good leader
All he needed was good luck, I really feel like things would’ve been different if he just had good luck on his side in 05
Drinking game : take a sip every time he says “Dismal.” lol love the vids my g
But nevertheless, he's still one of my favorite NASCAR characters, he's so goofy and I've never met a fan that said that they never liked Michael Waltrip...
@Chasing Briscoe just out of curiosity, why? (If you don't mind me asking?)
@Chasing Briscoe no I understand how that can be a little bit irritating, and yeah, I can agree on that he sabotaged Clint Bowyer's driving career, and the fact that after he left MWR, he was never the same driver again... I actually like hearing different opinions, because it provides different perspectives...
Haha my dad worked for Jeff green at his shop in mooresville he was an ok dude
DEI Was going down because of Theresa's Decision To swap both Teams
Michael waltrip had more dnfs than finishes. In early 2000’s when Texas motor had fandango for the fans on like a Thursday my mom won the old school flat screen and Michael waltrips jacket he was wearing on stage and he called her up, she was so happy and my pops had no clue how to work a camera so she was pissed haha. That was her favorite driver and me and my pops always laughed everytime he dnfd
Micheal Waltrip might not have been the best NASCAR driver, but he is always super fun to listen to and watch on and off the race track
"Waltrip was better than you think."
"01 500 could have been great."
"When Waltrip had the best team."
Loving this Michael Waltrip Apology Tour here on BFM
It sounds more like God screwing Waltrip
"Eric stop Streaming so I can Upload!" BFM - 2020
Rousch drivers there for a couple years seemed to pick someone and keep wrecking them- they took out several point leaders, one being Sterling Marlin, who was out a while with a broken neck.
It did look like most of those DNFs weren't Michael's fault in fairness.
I think mikey actually had some real talent, when DEI had good stability on 01-04 he had good performances, he just never had a great enough chance.
Hey man, I been binge watching your videos since the first one I watched. Love the content! You touch on a lot of aspects of the sport that aren't acknowledged often. Keep up the quality videos!
The best team ultimately blew up in DEI’s and Michael’s faces.
I forgot how many tracks off of Beck's "Guerro" album NBC used for NASCAR coverage back in the early-mid 2000's.
Hot Take: people talk about where nascar would be if Dale Earnhardt Sr hadn’t died, tbh it’d be almost the same. What’d be different, is DEI equipment and the careers of Waltrip, Earnhardt Jr, Park and Truex Jr (not much different for Truex, but still). Waltrip would’ve had more than just plate track wins, (maybe even dare I say... a cup title???), Jr prob 2 cup titles, Park, many more wins and prob an xfinity title or two, Truex more wins.
I agree with everything except Michael Waltrip. Michael was absolutely abysmal at Mile and half tracks and is just too inconsistent to make the chase let alone win it. But yeah DEI would definitely be contending and still be around if he didn't die.
Nascar 07 busch series as the intro
Can we talk about how good that Irwin tools car for Kurt Busch looked in 2005??
Splitting up Junior and the Eurys was stupid. Dale Jr was never the same without them.
DEI was ruined by Teresa Earnhardt.
I will never understand why teams are so quick to change driver/crew pairings when it's obvious they have a winning combination
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Teresa Earnhardt is the Courtney Love of NASCAR.
JR had maybe the unluckiest career ever.
Waltrip was a mid pack guy. He should have never got that 15 car. Earnhardt did that cause he liked him. Yeah he finally won, but he was never the type of driver that deserved top tier equipment.
But who did?
"Best Western, Thank You."
When this happened and looking back, DEI had just signed their death certificates. Management made some of the boneheaded moves and try to replicate themselves as Hendrick 2.0 and FAILED MISERABLY.
I was a Waltrip fan during this time. Idk what I was thinking. I became a Kurt Busch fan the following year thankfully lol
I don't know if it was mentioned earlier but The Year before this Ty Norris was VP at DEI and his interview with Dale Jr was fantastic. It pointed out that no matter what this splinter was going to happen. Dale Earnhardt was the glue to that team and only Jr had a chance of making it work but Teresa was being a pain in the neck the whole time.
I can't wait to watch this. DEI was my fav team. 8 & 15 were my lucky numbers and both had great paint schemes. But M Waltrip's unique skill at superspeedways, underdog story and genuine personality made him my fav. He's goofy, but wholesome
Seeing this reminds me of how good Nascar still was during this time frame especially compared to the garbage they put on now
I knew this song from NASCAR 08
I don't care if Mikey is leading the front or leading the back, he and his brother are two of my favorite people!
Hey, I'm still surprised he survived the Bristol gate.
2005 - The year of bad seasons
Except for Tony Stewart
@@johnnyroberts3761 And Roush Fenway Racing
@@NASCARFAN93100 idk I might add outlaw’s 2005 to the bad seasons especially considering how he lost his ride at the end and it was already a championship hangover season for him anyway
The gear limit rule in 2005 killed DEI.
The only thing they forgot was to hire Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson
Makes me wonder how Hendrick would have done with the same scenario
Well, Hendrick would never swap teams around right after one of them made a great run together. Can you imagine how stupid you’d have to be to swap Bowman and Elliott’s teams for 2021?
@@prairiefarmer5994 they've done team swaps but it's always been the teams that where struggling its the move HMS makes before they start firing CCs and drivers. It usually works Jeff Gordon had a career revival when Alan Gustafson took over for Steve latart and Dale Jr had a career revival when Steve took over his team .
@@fatpatlives1998 Yeah that team swap went in Junior's favor for a change.
@@evanwilliams6406 when he got letart most definitely
Hopefully JR Motorsports will bring number 15 and NAPA
I would love to see you cover the career of Steve Grissom. I was actually given a bumper that I believe was his and have a cool diecast of his Kodiak car and would love to learn more about his career past seeing his name in old races.
Bobby Labonte's 2005 season should be discussed.
Same thing for Dale Jarrett's 2003 season
@@NASCARFAN93100 DJ fell off a cliff in 03 😔
Those stickers also helped with aerodynamics.
Here's to Darian's 6,000th Michael Waltrip video 😂
They Could've Kept Dale Jr Paired With Tony Eury Jr And Gave Michael Waltrip A New Crew Cheif
Future uploads: When Jimmie Johnson Had The Best Team and What’s Next For Grant Enfinger.
Great Video!!
DEL shambles (2005 edition) ft. Jeff Green’s ineptitude.
Take a shot every time BFM says a dismal
Blacked out
@@BlackFlagsMatter damn I was out for a month
Waltrip's is 6 foot 5 that must've affected the air at daytona up front.
Nascar so needs to try to emulate these cars with safer equipment.
While I'm not denying that in many races he was probably just running bad, most of of the incidents here don't seem like his fault at all. I woulda been interesting to see the results had he had better luck. Wouldn't have been terrific but not nearly as bad as it ended up.
BFM we need a video on Jeff Fuller of the Sunoco #47...please.
THAT SONG IN THE BACKGROUND THO
'Change the course of their trajectory' lmao
When DEI switched the #8 and #15 teams I truly believe that's when DEI went down hill
Man Dale Jr could have finally won a Championship if they hadn't done this
Praise our Lord Mikey!
Darrian you should do some news type videos where we can get to know you and your personality similar to your podcast buddies.
And people wonder why Dale Jr left DEI and took a bunch of DEI crew with him to Hendrick
Darian I'm sorry for holding up your upload through Eric 😔
What is the name of the song? I remember it from an old NASCAR game. Was it NASCAR 06? Which covered the 2005 season ironically lolz
This single ride swap decision is the reason why DEI is gone.
If it wasn’t for all those blown engines that season Mikey would’ve stayed at DEI
Literally thought this was gonna be about MWR😅
Can I get a link to that 16:9 footage of the 2004 Sharpie 500 Qualifying at 0:39???? I NEED THIS NOW!
I like the concept of these videos but the way it's presented always seems to equate poor luck with low ability on the part of the teams and drivers. Like... the narration will say "but then Waltrips performance fell off and it was obvious which DEI team was better", but then it'll play 3 straight clips of Waltrip cutting a tire which is just... not an issue of skill or ability?
Engine failures show an issue with the team, but getting intentionally wrecked, cutting tires, and getting caught in huge wrecks are not signs of a failing shitty race team or driver.
(Obviously DEI really did have major issues, but the presentation of it all here is kinda head-scratching)
What's the background music? I think I member it from Nascar 08
10:37 "Homies"
Imma need that backing track