Refuse to Lose: Jeff Gordon and the 1997 Daytona 500
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A revealing and personal look at Jeff Gordon, Ray Evernham, and the 24 team in the 12 days leading up to their victory in the 1997 Daytona 500.
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I hated Jeff Gordon back then but looking back all I can think is how awesome he really was. Enjoy the hell out of watching them old races now and root for him.
It’s like me with Dale Jr now, I was a huge Gordon fan growing up always hated the Earnhardts, but today I am an Earnhardt fan and never miss an episode of the Dale Jr Download
How good was Jeff Gordon? I'm from Baltimore Maryland with no connections to NASCAR. But I'm a huge sports fan. Jeff Gordon got me to pay attention to NASCAR. Since he retired I have not watched a single race.
He wasn't just great he made NASCAR popular to guys like me. NASCAR just hasn't been the same since he left.
PS - Dale Earnhardt was the other reason. The day he died a lot of my passion for NASCAR died as well.
"You lifted over there didn't you?" - Ray "I'm working on it." - Dale
In a way I think Dale pushed Jeff to be better. Treated him like a son he was training while competing against jim.
RIP #3
I’ve been to that shop Ray walked over to me, I shook his hand, pre selfie days. Ray was a classy man
I would literally give my left nut to have a 1 hour lunch with Ray.
A family friend of mine is close friends with Ray and goes down to his house/shop every year and has shown me all kinds of pictures of his car collection and has said he’s one of the nicest people on the planet
I wish there were more content like this. It's almost like NASCAR's The Last Dance. You didnt get this access back then
Had never seen that footage of Dale Sr. getting out of the ambulance and taking his car off the wrecker to get it to pit road. Did he finish the race with that destroyed car? Legend.
He did indeed finish the race. One tough customer.
Great program. Those Rainbow Warriors were something special. No telling how many Cups they win if the band stays together.
Might have gotten the Gordon 24 over 100 wins.
Can't wait for that rainbow warrior to return to racing in a few days at indy. I hope he does well even tho he'll be driving a porsche.
"GRISSOM? Oh come on..."
I hated Jeff back then. I couldn’t tell you why. I was a kid who got tired of watching him win. I was wrong. He was great and NASCAR was at its peak then and I wish I would’ve just enjoyed it more and appreciated Jeff for what he was: a great driver.
The "modified guy from new jersey" probably stopped working after their 1st championship.
Also, look at fucking Chad Kanus! No wonder he won 7, he was taught by the great Ray Evernham.
Also, they really were toasting 10 months early for a Championship!
Let's all just sit back and agree that if Jeff and Ray would have stayed together until they both ended their careers, Gordon would have at least 7 championships.
Speaking of that just learned that if the points system had stayed the same Jeff would have 7. Holy shit!
They'd probably have like 10 championships. Gordon was the most dominant driver I've ever seen from 95-99. He won 47 races in that span. To put into perspective just how insane that is, it took Jimmie his 5 championship seasons in a row, plus an additional 3 seasons to match that. So it took Jimmie 8 seasons to win as many races as Jeff did in only 5.
@@slimbrady6691 10.😂 Even tho he does not have the most wins or championships, there is still a solid argument to be made that he is likely the best race car driver ever.
1995 1997 1998 2001 2004 2007 2014
Jeff Gordon is the best driver ever. If the points system stayed the same, he would have 7 titles. Or, alternatively, if he and Ray had stayed together he would have 7 also.
Back when speedweeks was really awesome. I was born and raised and still live 20 mins west of Daytona International Speedway and the 1997 Busch Clash was my first race I was 9 years old at the time, sitting in turn 3
Lol how the sport has changed. Not only does Dale come off the ambulance, but he rides back to pit road with no helmet on. The good old days
"Yea, I'm just a little confused on that deal there..."
"Oppppp Ray..."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ray Evernham is the best leader I have ever watched and listened to. I would follow him to the gates of hell.
I been following NASCAR since 1995 and I am absolutely still in love with this sport!!
This was gold!!!
Wish ray would’ve stayed in 99!!
Dale Jarrett wrecked twice in 15 laps...........LOL :P
Never was a Dale Jarrett fan
The year you built BLACKER I think shes in DuPont Chromalusion paint.
Young Chad Knaus!
No wonder he was so damn good. He was under the great Ray Evernham.
Air compressor and 3M scotch at the pit boxes - thats all you need.
Fight me, Evernham was so handsome back in the day
Awesome documentary! Cool to see the young Chad Knaus in there...who would go on to win 7 championships with Jimmie Johnson.
15:45 continue from here, future self
....did u ever make it back? 😂
It could be said that Earnhardt pushed Gordon. After Dale died, Gordon's racing fell off quick.
Possible, it also didn't help that Jimmie Johnson went on an absolute rampage for five years 😂
Once Ray left, that was it.
He also won a 1/3 of his races after 2001, so not sure where you're getting that it fell of 'quick'?
@@ryanjamieson8779 Yes, but not at the same pace.
@@ryanjamieson8779 Yep.
From 1994-2002 Jeff Gordon was the greatest driver in Nascar history. Winning the inaugural Brickyard 400, 2 Daytona 500 wins, 4 Championships.
Don’t forget the 1997 Winston million, the Coca-Cola 600 how many times in a row did he win the southern 500 it’s insane. His winning percentage was so astronomical that it’s hard to put into words.
Song at 30:18?
I thought watching me would help fill my NASCAR fix leading up to the 500 (still 9 days to go), but I was completely wrong. I’m more hyped than I was before I turned this on! I just want the season to start already.
I was a Dale Sr fan, my mother (RIP) was a Rusty Wallace fan. We both had to bite out Gordon/Evernham disgust and admit that what they did in the 1997 Daytona 500 was beyond amazing. They overcame a bad qualifying run, an okay 125, a setback in happy hour, and they out maneuvered the Great Team of Dale Earnhardt Sr/Richard Childress in passing the #3 to get into contention, and then passing Bill Elliott to win. Refuse to Lose is their perfect motto, I hated Jeff Gordon in my teenage years, now I show this, and Dale Sr's final victory to my football teams that I coach on not only, not giving up, but refusing to lose. I Love this Film, God Bless Jeff, Ray, and of course Dale Sr!!!!
The 2 dislikes are from Helton and Phelps lol
And RCR.
the kinda guy that dale was... he raced hard and he respected being raced hard... losing him was a big loss for the sport because of how he respected the sport
The greatest Driver CC Ever
Obviously Ray was very smart. But one way he was very smart was that he would play psychological warfare with Earnhardt and keep Jeff out of it so Jeff could focus on just racing. Because if Jeff became engaged in that psychological warfare Earnhardt would always win that battle.
Happy birthday Jeff Gordon you are my favorite racer driver and I quit watching it because it's not on fox til next season
Ya go up and ur complaining to NASCAR. LOL
I'm gonna present the still beating heart of Jeff Gordon to Bill Elliott.
Really? When?
cant believe i was there at that last Jeff Dover win
What’s the intro song?
Lenny Kravits "Are you gonna go my way"
@@anthonynunyabizness9989 Thanks Man!!
Ray has better hair now than he did in 1997
my favorite racer of all time
Is that Chad Knauss?
11:15 did he cuss his ass out
18:43
b4 rainbows were gay
oh how wrong you are, literally all earnhardt fans assumed Gordon was gay because of the paint job.