This was the first NASCAR race I ever watched on tv. I was starting to get into the sport and finally got to see my first race the next year at Bristol. It was shortened by rain but I was hooked. That is until about 2021 and I just don't really follow it much now but love to go back and watch races from the 90's and 2000.
Kyle Petty’s 8th & final NASCAR Cup Series win. Also led the most laps with 271 after starting 37th in the race. Also the car he ran was the car that finished 20 laps down at Charlotte the week before. Also Kyle Petty finished 30th in points for 1995. Also Jeff Gordon finished a lap down after leading 132 laps 🙃. Also this was the first concrete race at Dover. Also I wished NASCAR could’ve upload the 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 because I really wanna see Jeff Gordon’s dominance in perfect quality! 😍
I'd rather have 500 miles of torture than no miles at all. I live almost exactly between Pocono and Dover. I've been going to those two tracks for almost forty years now. Both of those tracks have now been knocked down to one Cup race at each track per season. The thought of both of my home tracks being dropped from the NASCAR schedule makes me pretty angry. If those two tracks get cut from the schedule we won't have any tracks that genuinely represent the Mid-Atlantic region of our great country, in NASCAR. Too much change just for the sake of change is NOT alright with me!!
500 miles should be the race. Remember, part of racing was to demonstrate the performance and endurance of parts and pieces. Today's racers eat cake compared to these drivers. A race on Sunday's became a family affair. You had time for church...1 pm, time to watch the start, eat something from the grill, then a nap and the end. Truly an event testing MAN and machine... not this attention lacking cellphone addicted generation of me me me.
500 mile races are so awesome. Hopefully they come back. Especially at tracks that only get one event a year now. NASCAR is thr highlight of my week and I don't want a cup race to end in just a few hours. Football fans can watch games all day Sunday, why can't race fans enjoy the same thing.
All the cars had great paint schemes. Labonte's Kellogs car, Rusty's MGD Pontiac, Kyle's green on black Pontiac. The classic Tide colors were still on the track with Rudd behind the wheel. Petty's STP car was around with with 44 on the door with Bobby Hamilton? I think. This was the peak of NASCAR, and the tail end of the classic age.
So after seeing John Andretti and Ricky Craven can we agree that aero existed before 2019? Craven never touched him but it could look like he did from different angles
I was there! Didn't like our seats that race. Bought enclosed grandstand seats. Had A/C....but was too quiet! Glad it was a short ride back home to Annapolis!
@@jonathanchilders8636 I think you mean Dale Earnhardt was a crybaby. Mark Martin a lot of times didn't blame anybody or rip anybody so what the f*ck are you talking about
Preferred Dover when it was asphalt. The drops and rises were more obvious and you could see the drivers smoking the hell out of those tires in the corners. Still Dover is a great track. Too bad we've gone to so many boring 1.5 mile layouts. Definitely need more short tracks and another road course or a change. Maybe add Laguna Seca or Barber.
There's enough road courses, we need way more short tracks. Not tracks over 5/8 mile either. Time to go to real short tracks like Kern, Irwindale, Evergreen, The Bullring at LVMS, Winchester, Salem, Five Flags, New Smyrna, Slinger. Imagine what some of these tracks could do to improve their facilities with the TV contracts. Since most of the money goes to the tracks anyways.
@@KRT049 let us not forget about Elko speedway in MN has some memories like Bobby Allison breaking his leg while leading the NASCAR point championship I believe in 73
Broadcasters: Check out all of these cool in-car cameras!
5 minutes later: aaaaand they're gone...
This was the first NASCAR race I ever watched on tv. I was starting to get into the sport and finally got to see my first race the next year at Bristol. It was shortened by rain but I was hooked. That is until about 2021 and I just don't really follow it much now but love to go back and watch races from the 90's and 2000.
Kyle Petty’s 8th & final NASCAR Cup Series win. Also led the most laps with 271 after starting 37th in the race. Also the car he ran was the car that finished 20 laps down at Charlotte the week before. Also Kyle Petty finished 30th in points for 1995. Also Jeff Gordon finished a lap down after leading 132 laps 🙃. Also this was the first concrete race at Dover. Also I wished NASCAR could’ve upload the 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 because I really wanna see Jeff Gordon’s dominance in perfect quality! 😍
Also, this is a lot of information. Also, I appreciate it!
@@GregAllenF1 well, a lot had to be put out there! 😅
Also thank you! 👍🏻
Love the look of that old Pontiac.
Watching 500 miles at Dover and Pocono back in the day was absolute torture.
haha yeah they were 5 hour races, sometime in the late 90s they reduced it to 400 miles
Should really be 300 miles
I'd rather have 500 miles of torture than no miles at all. I live almost exactly between Pocono and Dover. I've been going to those two tracks for almost forty years now. Both of those tracks have now been knocked down to one Cup race at each track per season. The thought of both of my home tracks being dropped from the NASCAR schedule makes me pretty angry. If those two tracks get cut from the schedule we won't have any tracks that genuinely represent the Mid-Atlantic region of our great country, in NASCAR. Too much change just for the sake of change is NOT alright with me!!
@@steelers6mk They're boring ass tracks, your vicinity to them be damned.
500 miles should be the race. Remember, part of racing was to demonstrate the performance and endurance of parts and pieces. Today's racers eat cake compared to these drivers. A race on Sunday's became a family affair. You had time for church...1 pm, time to watch the start, eat something from the grill, then a nap and the end. Truly an event testing MAN and machine... not this attention lacking cellphone addicted generation of me me me.
500 mile races are so awesome. Hopefully they come back. Especially at tracks that only get one event a year now. NASCAR is thr highlight of my week and I don't want a cup race to end in just a few hours. Football fans can watch games all day Sunday, why can't race fans enjoy the same thing.
Kyle petty always had cars with cool paint schemes. I always thought Kyle was a good race car driver despite what people said about him.
He was my favorite driver back then.
All the cars had great paint schemes. Labonte's Kellogs car, Rusty's MGD Pontiac, Kyle's green on black Pontiac. The classic Tide colors were still on the track with Rudd behind the wheel. Petty's STP car was around with with 44 on the door with Bobby Hamilton? I think. This was the peak of NASCAR, and the tail end of the classic age.
Thanks NASCAR for the upload.
These 500 mile races at Dover took forever
500 miles at Dover and Rockingham were longer than the 600 it seemed like.
it was because the speeds were slower than at Charlotte by about 30-40 mph, and add in the cautions and these races were 4.5 to 5 hours every time
Great racing length. Not the kitty cat cellphone attention span crappie society leans to today.
So after seeing John Andretti and Ricky Craven can we agree that aero existed before 2019? Craven never touched him but it could look like he did from different angles
No.....that was a figment of your imagination. Hahahahaha
Aero has existed from day one of racing. Aeropush DIDN’T exist until around this time and it began at Martinsville
Can’t wait to be here later my hometown track!!
Kyle Petty wins? That’s incredible!
I love the way those old microphones make people sound so cool
People say Kyle was bad but hey he won 8 Cup races idc who it is that’s not bad
Can you upload the Busch series race from 1997 from Dover??? The quality is amazing considering its 26 years old
1st lap big one, wow (or 2nd lap)
I liked the part where they talked about ice cream
Look at all the people in the stands…. Haven’t seen that for almost a decade now. They messed it up good…
You know it’s gonna be a perfect Kyle Petty race when everyone runs down into turn one lap one and Dies
I was there! Didn't like our seats that race. Bought enclosed grandstand seats. Had A/C....but was too quiet! Glad it was a short ride back home to Annapolis!
Was 11 years old and went with my Dad. We had enclosed seats on the backstretch. Dad traded a scalper for T1 tix. Great seats.
💓
One of the few times we ever saw Mark Martin mad.
Yeah right, Mark Martin was the biggest cry baby
@@jonathanchilders8636 he was usually very diplomatic.
@@jonathanchilders8636 get a grip old guy
@@jonathanchilders8636 I think you mean Dale Earnhardt was a crybaby. Mark Martin a lot of times didn't blame anybody or rip anybody so what the f*ck are you talking about
Wow I wish they still ran 500 laps today.. It would be an adventure, not a race
They don't run 500 laps anymore???? When did this happen?
@@GretaVanZeppelin1996 Since 1997 Dover had been 400 laps
@@Gasmask11000 oh I was confusing Dover with Bristol
@@Gasmask11000 I haven’t watched a NASCAR race in a long time
It would be a great sleeping pill.
That was a hard hit for Dale Jarrett
Is it me, or does it sound like the audio is being played through a straw? Lol
Those hits into a concrete wall make me cringe every time.
I’ll be at Dover this weekend who else
If you wanna use a profile pic. Use something bad ass like mine
What?
@Doink Productions. What was it?
@Doink Productions. oh
@@Blown_engine respect for the Hamlin pfp
Ted Musgrave was 3rd in points after this race
Kyle Petty, Jeff Gordon and only 5 other drivers even led a doggone lap....
Nascar social media 📈📈📈
Back in the day. They ran cars that the factory built. Lets get back to that.
These are far from
Mike Joy before he developed a personality
Shorten wheelbase
Preferred Dover when it was asphalt. The drops and rises were more obvious and you could see the drivers smoking the hell out of those tires in the corners. Still Dover is a great track. Too bad we've gone to so many boring 1.5 mile layouts. Definitely need more short tracks and another road course or a change. Maybe add Laguna Seca or Barber.
You don't feel that the Roval, the Daytona Road Course, COTA, Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Indianapolis Brickyard Roadcourse aren't enough?
@@vidmasterK1 nope......current ovals are boring. Time to ditch some of them and bring back more short tracks or road courses.
Laguna seca would be crazy with nascar, I can see somone jumping the drop
There's enough road courses, we need way more short tracks. Not tracks over 5/8 mile either. Time to go to real short tracks like Kern, Irwindale, Evergreen, The Bullring at LVMS, Winchester, Salem, Five Flags, New Smyrna, Slinger. Imagine what some of these tracks could do to improve their facilities with the TV contracts. Since most of the money goes to the tracks anyways.
@@KRT049 let us not forget about Elko speedway in MN has some memories like Bobby Allison breaking his leg while leading the NASCAR point championship I believe in 73
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Is it me, or does it sound like the audio is being played through a straw? Lol