The truth behind a car that was so fast NASCAR banned it | Harvick’s Happy Hour

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  • Опубліковано 3 кві 2024
  • Kevin Harvick is joined by NASCAR Legend Ray Evernham! Ray told the origin story of the legendary “T-Rex” car and why it was banned by NASCAR and more.
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  • @NASCARonFOX
    @NASCARonFOX  Місяць тому +13

    What do you think Jeff Gordon’s biggest impact was on Hendrick Motorsports?

    • @TheBoringLlama
      @TheBoringLlama Місяць тому +10

      Winning them 4 champions and or bringing in Jimmie Johnson lol

    • @budracing68
      @budracing68 Місяць тому +3

      Feel like he drove everyone there to be better.

    • @DewkChronic
      @DewkChronic Місяць тому +6

      He was the guy people could think was Cole Trickle. Days of Thunder got a lot of new fans and they needed a guy to pull for and Jeff Gordon was that guy.

    • @Grayson950815
      @Grayson950815 Місяць тому

      @@DewkChronicif they just said Geoff or Jeff they’re technically correct lol

    • @BandDirector
      @BandDirector Місяць тому +1

      @@TheBoringLlama AGREED! My first race was ATL in ‘95 when Jeff won his first championship! I was hooked and a Gordon fan the rest of his career. 2 things have always bothered me though. I HATE the chase format and Gordon would have had his 7 championships (at least statistically according to Jayski’s site) if the chase hadn’t been introduced. I also think Gordon giving the 48 team all their best stuff when Johnson arrived set Johnson on his way. Johnson was a great driver, but I think Gordon was better. Those 13 wins in the ‘98 season is the most dominant performance in the modern era!

  • @chrisanthony579
    @chrisanthony579 Місяць тому +63

    Creative engineering and working in the grey area's is what made NASCAR great. It was a sport within a sport. Not so anymore with a 300+ page rule book and IROC cars.

    • @brandoncreswell
      @brandoncreswell Місяць тому

      Love this idea

    • @meangreen99
      @meangreen99 Місяць тому +1

      i think the chances are that car was actually illegal and ray stil just doesnt admit it. why cant he just describe exactly what made it so fast? he does seem get detailed this time than other times he tells the story

    • @Real28
      @Real28 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@meangreen99 I'm fine with him keeping it to the grave. Clearly whatever they did wasn't _technically_ illegal. If you pass tech, you're legal. Else the blame falls on the governing body.
      But it's the fact that Bill France said "it won't be tomorrow" which is what tells you it was legal, but they knew if no one else could figure it out, they'd RUN AWAY so they had to find something to ban.

    • @meangreen99
      @meangreen99 Місяць тому

      @@Real28 he actually talked more than he usually does about it, i typed halfway through the video. mostly just aero balance

    • @silvy3047
      @silvy3047 Місяць тому

      The next gen saved nascar

  • @bjank4598
    @bjank4598 28 днів тому +12

    Really miss the days in NASCAR. Just hard for me to get into nowadays

  • @Dupontman627
    @Dupontman627 Місяць тому +68

    Gordon's the face of HMS

    • @austinbeasley1300
      @austinbeasley1300 Місяць тому +5

      There's good evidence to suggest that if Gordon never went to HMS, HMS wouldn't have at least 11 of the current Championships they have now, Gordon got 4 and then recruited Johnson to HMS, so he's a huge part of the success of HMS, and as Mr.H gets older it's clear he's picked Jeff to own and run the company when he's gone, I also believe behind the scenes Kelly Earnhardt and Dale Jr have some part in development of HMS talent, and in the future I believe Dale Jr will eventually have a Cup team and it'll be closely partnered with HMS, kind of like 23XI and Gibbs is now, but one things for sure, Jeff is definitely the future of HMS even after all these years.

    • @walterAnders
      @walterAnders 9 днів тому +1

      I mean he's part owner and in line to take over if Rick ever retires or passes Jeff Gordon will be the owner of Hendrick motorsports one day

    • @tillman40
      @tillman40 8 днів тому

      No Ray no Gordon , not the other way around

    • @austinbeasley1300
      @austinbeasley1300 8 днів тому

      @@tillman40 ehhhh his Championships and 50+ wins after Ray left says otherwise.. Ray was definitely a great CC and helped Gordon with his car building skills and innovations but Jeff was still the best driver for years after Ray stopped working with him. If anything there’s a good case to be made that Jeff’s talent and abilities led to Rays success, not the other way around.

  • @paulday5722
    @paulday5722 Місяць тому +16

    Gordon was the catalyst that changed HMS from a very good team to the sport's dominant force. All the ingredients were there, he brought them together and added his own talents and temperament to make it all work on the racetrack.

  • @brandoncreswell
    @brandoncreswell Місяць тому +36

    More technical content like this please

    • @bradlygray1974
      @bradlygray1974 Місяць тому +2

      Absolutely!

    • @meangreen99
      @meangreen99 Місяць тому +4

      all nascar fans want is more cheating stories from the past and more ray evernham stories about 'cheating' lol

    • @scallen3841
      @scallen3841 Місяць тому +1

      There's nothing stock about a stock car

  • @ryanmfussner
    @ryanmfussner Місяць тому +35

    Imagine if ray never left Jeff and HMS

    • @keenenbenton9843
      @keenenbenton9843 Місяць тому +3

      At least 2 more championships he def wins in 2007 and 2014

    • @paulday5722
      @paulday5722 Місяць тому +9

      I sometimes imagine if HMS had paired Jimmie Johnson with an experienced Crew Chief in Robbie Loomis and put new CC Chad Knaus with veteran Jeff Gordon. Gordon would have ended up with 10+ Championships and over 100 wins.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 Місяць тому

      @@paulday5722 Delusional much, SIMP?

  • @martywatson9796
    @martywatson9796 Місяць тому +28

    Takes me back to when Nascar was fun and racing was really racing.

    • @meangreen99
      @meangreen99 Місяць тому +1

      i remember when people just watched nascar without complaing like little children snowflakes every single chance they got. get outta here dude

    • @skeezix8156
      @skeezix8156 Місяць тому +1

      @@meangreen99we just watched it without complaining because it was left alone for decades and it worked. They have tinkered and messed around to the point it’s boring.

    • @Gravijahz
      @Gravijahz 23 дні тому

      @@skeezix8156They definitely did not leave it alone, NASCAR went through an extreme amount of rule changes year by year. By the 90s, the era of racing I grew up on, they weren’t even stock cars anymore.
      There’s a reason the most skilled racers continue to dominate the sport. Because it’s still a sport that values driving. And that’s not even getting into road courses, which are their own beast.
      That doesn’t mean people have to like
      it. But I think too often people go to “I don’t like this anymore, it’s bad” when maybe you just grew out of it or your preferences changed. And it’s alright not to like modern NASCAR!
      Another thing is that it’s 2024 and you can watch any form of racing you want, across the entire world, whenever you want. V8 Supercars, sprint racing, trucks, endurance racing, DTM, if you like racing you’ve got a feast of options.

    • @dennisgrant538
      @dennisgrant538 3 дні тому +1

      NASCAR was at its best years ago when the cars were closer to stock. They resembled street cars

    • @stevenbear1610
      @stevenbear1610 11 годин тому +1

      Nascar ruined itself. Fans left when they reinvented the sport.

  • @silverfox7673
    @silverfox7673 23 дні тому +5

    NASCAR says go fast but no faster than anyone else

  • @coletrickle-km7cl
    @coletrickle-km7cl Місяць тому +7

    So FINALLY we get down to the nitty gritty as to WHY the T-rex was so dominant.

  • @j_e_hill
    @j_e_hill Місяць тому +4

    ‘65 Malibu SS 396?!? That’d be a keeper today!

  • @bellyflop9723
    @bellyflop9723 Місяць тому +7

    I was there for that event

  • @goldenveinband3620
    @goldenveinband3620 Місяць тому +6

    This is the history substance that will be missing in the future with these new cars and not being able to build your own cars. Took mechanics and engineering right out of the sport.

  • @ryans888
    @ryans888 14 днів тому +1

    I was never a Gordon fan but had to respect that team. Ray was a beast of a crew chief.

  • @DewkChronic
    @DewkChronic Місяць тому +5

    Lacquer, I remember that car too. Cars that win a CUP race get a name.

  • @kylemarkley8615
    @kylemarkley8615 8 днів тому

    Other than maybe Junior Johnson, Ray Evernham stories are the absolute best stories

  • @robgregory5136
    @robgregory5136 23 дні тому

    The fact that Jeff’s karaoke song is tom cruise in top gun is perfect

  • @edhlavaty6914
    @edhlavaty6914 7 днів тому

    My Buddy works there and says the stuff guys are doing with springs down South is unheard of.Its just making it to the Northeast now.

  • @DaleCarterDrives
    @DaleCarterDrives Місяць тому +9

    When a NASCAR crew chief explains why the car was sooooo much faster than everyone else, the reasons given are almost never the REAL reasons. :-)

    • @SWiFTMK7
      @SWiFTMK7 Місяць тому +4

      He’s retired. Guys have admitted to doing worse after retiring because who cares? I’m sure if there were more to it, he’d say. Why wouldn’t he?

  • @jasonjackson5493
    @jasonjackson5493 Місяць тому +2

    He and Petree were ahead of their time

  • @MikeFerguson-pr5ft
    @MikeFerguson-pr5ft Місяць тому +2

    Like Bill's Thunderbird, NASCAR had to slow him down so everyone could keep up. That really didn't work so Chevrolet made the Chevy Thunderbird, the lumna

    • @shanebeck8559
      @shanebeck8559 27 днів тому

      That car still sits on the car stand outside his house

  • @gpawoodyshoneyhole
    @gpawoodyshoneyhole Місяць тому

    I haven't watched this whole interview, did kevin ever ask him about casey Atwood? I'd love to hear his side of things.

  • @c.d.8975
    @c.d.8975 Місяць тому +3

    Ryan Preece is having a big impact on NASCAR CUP racing
    😂😅😁😄😀🤣

  • @johnhaversack1634
    @johnhaversack1634 5 днів тому

    Just imagine what Gordon would have accomplished at HMS if he didnt have to give up his cars/people to the 48 in 2002.....many NASCAR people wouldnt have liked the outcome.

  • @ericheisler5351
    @ericheisler5351 Місяць тому

    Ray Evernham was behind that one.

  • @shanebeck8559
    @shanebeck8559 27 днів тому +1

    Bill Elliot had a car banded from Nascar before Jeff or Harvick every climbed into the seat. And it still sits on a car stand outside his home in Dawsonville Georgia

  • @davidlangley1844
    @davidlangley1844 13 днів тому

    Jeff did well yes sir

  • @wara4632
    @wara4632 Місяць тому +1

    Instead of letting cars thrive, they hold it back due to feelings and who has the most money it seems, no wonder nascar an other types of racing is getting boring smh let the engineers build and let the driver's drive dang.

  • @dontworry1568
    @dontworry1568 Місяць тому

    so why not use that style of setup going forward?

  • @KDill29
    @KDill29 Місяць тому +2

    Need more of this NASCAR On FOX. And less add driven (pun intended) races. That more than half the race is on the small screen, while adds play. Or how about coming back from comercials, say maybe 2 sentences, and go to commercials again.
    And maybe just show the driver pictures, instead of those comic drawn, super heroes pose b.s.
    Cause I love listening to the technical stories, and information. Hearing about the old days, when it was good....and I say old days, when im only 33. No one cares about the silver spoon kids, jumping up the classes faster than their lap times(Ty Gibbs).
    Maybe that'll help ya'll ratings. Just saying.

  • @brianm2129
    @brianm2129 11 днів тому

    The offered payoff wasn't big enough ? What I heard that was the issue.

  • @happygil4698
    @happygil4698 29 днів тому

    there's no I in karaoke.

  • @dustinbowen6411
    @dustinbowen6411 Місяць тому

    If nascar would throw away its rulebook I might start watching it again…

  • @timothynewton4453
    @timothynewton4453 5 днів тому +1

    They always outlaw stuff and say get it off the track, I say gety with the program; whatever happened to healthy competition? Now all that remains is crybabies.

  • @JustinGulley-by3co
    @JustinGulley-by3co Місяць тому +4

    Remember when Jeff Gordon won the Winston million because he got on top of his car and did a hat dance on it after every victory so they couldn't put a template on the car. And nascar approved the hat dance and never disciplined him ever.

    • @garrycowan4747
      @garrycowan4747 Місяць тому

      Wow, je ne savais pas ça , ils avaient penser à ça 😮 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kenallen2256
    @kenallen2256 Місяць тому

    Wasn’t the Mopar 426 Hemi outlawed ?

  • @justinanderson9126
    @justinanderson9126 Місяць тому

    I wanna here the story i cant remember.the driver but theyvwanted to inspect the egine the car cause it was so fast he just clutched an boom cant inspect it now after the race when he did his victory race

    • @ericdale181
      @ericdale181 Місяць тому

      Darrell Waltrip driving for junior Johnson in the first Winston All Star. Many say he graded the motor on purpose as he crossed the finish line to keep the motor from being inspected. Lol

    • @ericdale181
      @ericdale181 Місяць тому

      *Grenaded

  • @illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015
    @illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015 27 днів тому

    Thank you guys for all the years before 2015, to me NASCAR isn't worth watching anymore

  • @jeremygibbs2275
    @jeremygibbs2275 Місяць тому

    Went back and watched that race last week. Laughed at how everyone, Gordon, Evernham, all of them were bragging in victory lane about how cheated up that car was. Fun race to watch.

  • @alexmaclean1
    @alexmaclean1 Місяць тому

    Ray is an excellent guest, but I'm really not buying Harvick as an interviewer.

  • @craigrawlette4199
    @craigrawlette4199 Місяць тому

    I wish they would bring back the Dodge and get rid of the Toyota. Go back to the old days.

  • @cameltanker1286
    @cameltanker1286 Місяць тому

    All because NASCAR wanted nothing but parity.

  • @jimbob90p
    @jimbob90p Місяць тому

    gordon cheated in 1995 during a pit stop and was not penalized like he should have dale actually has 8 championships

    • @ThyWillRot
      @ThyWillRot 23 дні тому +1

      Who cares about 1995?
      Let it go.

    • @90LPPlayer
      @90LPPlayer 8 днів тому

      If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’ ta win!

  • @jasondelaney6849
    @jasondelaney6849 Місяць тому

    What does Ray mean when he said put a pair of 450s in the back?

    • @MsPanther
      @MsPanther Місяць тому +1

      Springs

    • @jasondelaney6849
      @jasondelaney6849 Місяць тому

      @@MsPanther I see

    • @90LPPlayer
      @90LPPlayer 8 днів тому

      450 Lbs springs. The lower the number, the softer the springs. Typically a stiffer spring would be put in the front right to keep the right front tire down in the track and lessen body roll over on that corner. However, care must be taken…too much pressure on the right front tire will burn that tire up faster and the car will become tight and won’t turn, which causes the driver to become unhappy and increases lap times as he has to slow down in order to get the front to bite and set in the corner.

  • @MrBlackbutang
    @MrBlackbutang 29 днів тому

    Nascar doesn’t race anymore! It’s a drafting competition for years now Lets trade some paint for awhile now

  • @BadWolf762
    @BadWolf762 11 днів тому

    Traction Control.

  • @willomalley7619
    @willomalley7619 Місяць тому +1

    Ray was as slimy as they come especially at Charlotte, just look at Kasey kanes cars there

    • @BkBk-gy6vr
      @BkBk-gy6vr Місяць тому

      He ruined Casey’s career. He signed him to a 3 year deal told him relax it’ll be a learning curve we don’t expect much until year 3 and turns his back on Casey and told him at Talledega his rookie year that he’s being replaced at the end of the season. What a dirt bag. He couldn’t win with his own team because he couldn’t cheat anymore.

  • @mushroom_hatter
    @mushroom_hatter 8 днів тому

    i knew he was cheating

  • @Despiser25
    @Despiser25 Місяць тому

    The generation of Drivers that DESTROYED NASCAR.

    • @scallen3841
      @scallen3841 Місяць тому

      Destroyed it really

    • @90LPPlayer
      @90LPPlayer 8 днів тому

      What generation of racers and crew chiefs do you think Ray learned from?

  • @moistdaddy451
    @moistdaddy451 Місяць тому

    Love kareoke