Me to this was the generation i really grew up watching and I just love this generations of cars. Those Chevy Monty Carlos were such beautiful machines
@@stormcerj 850hp ...that's what i miss, just listen to how much better the cars sound, even though there running plates here and with them they still had around 650HP, the engines still sounded better even with restrictor plates, and now they've castrated the cars down to 500HP without plates!!!, pathetic!!! Not only that, used to be men, with personalities, not these spoiled kids who are like cold fish with no personality, boring and sterile, goody two shoes corporate hacks with no appeal whatsoever, hell i can't even find a driver to pull for anymore, not that it matters because i quit watching every Sunday since 2016 when they went to the new shit no power engines, that was just like the last straw for me, and I'm glad i did because they havn't stopped destroying everything that made NASCAR what it once was, all these rediculous rules, stage racing, ( what ever happend to endurance), shortening most of the races from 5 to 400 miles, the cars look horrible and now with those carbon fiber bodies just a little contact and the caris destroyed, you can't beat the dents out like metal and most of the time there is nothing left to beat out because the body is disintegrated all over the back stretch, and glowlights, like some lowrider thug!? Really??? That's the furthest thing from what NASCAR was, i mean you know the greats are rolling over in their graves, just sad what they've done and continue to do, you think the cars look like shit now, wait until next year when that hideous Gen7 car comes out, all it's missing is big 22 inch chrome rims, and wouldn't surprise me if that's next.
The drivers, the cars, the personalities, the fans and the old points system. Not a thing I don't like about it. It's been ruined since the inception of THE CHASE!
Holy crap Elliott had angels with him, full bore into the wall and slapped on his driver side door at 200MPH, no HANS or soft wall. Brutal crash, Bill must have a spine made of steel I beam.
It's great to watch "real stock car racing". The 90's was the best era for NASCAR. I use to be a die hard NASCAR fan for long time. I'd watch qualifying on Friday afternoons, Bush race on Saturday's and Winston Cup on Sunday's. Also had season tickets to Darlington. But those days are gone...
The 90s sure had the most distinguishable car schemes. Especially the late 90s. But to me, the 80s had the best and most intense racing in nascar history. The fastest and craziest matches were seen. There were no restrictor plates until the late 80s so you didn't see a lot of "big ones" happening due to several dozen cars bunched up together. Back then the fastest cars won.
2:40:11. I completely forgot they got Earnhardts car back out there with Kyle Petty driving. And listen to the fan appreciation seeing the 3 back out there no hood or fenders. What an awesome time in NASCAR
Satellites is the only way and the best way you get to see the entire race. In person sucks you only get to see one very small part of the race and have to be deaf for 3 straight hours surrounded by drunk incest hillbillys that haven't showered in weeks the only thing that beats satellite is actually driving in the race
Yeah well Terry was better he wasn't a backstabbing snake like Bobby imagine stabbing you're brother in the back with two laps to go you're brother has led the last 30 laps and all of a sudden you back stab him hang him out to dry so you can pass him and win the race at the last minute. Bobby was a coward for what he did to terry
I was there that day ,we were sitting so close to wreck we got hot radiator spray on us & a got a few red pop rivets from Bill Elliots 9 car Im guessing ....so much smoke we couldnt see much ,but we could still hear cars screeching & crashing very hard into each other, most violent thing Ive ever heard & witnessed. Earnhart was lucky that day .
What a feeling that must be when you are just cruising, feeling out your car and listening intently for the spotter, then you're facing the inside wall!
2:21:18 This is something that's hard to get across to the fans today. The superspeedway racing of today produces tight pack racing, but as Dale said, "It's not good racing though. Y'all can talk about it all you want, it ain't good racing."
I started watching this yesterday. This morning, I read that John Andretti died. One of the first names I heard when I started watching again today was John Andretti. RIP.
I miss the old big satellites. When we got ours, my dad had “a dude” who spent all day programming it. But getting to watch the raw feed of everything was awesome
@Dan N yes that's true although their using (unleaded) racing gas it's like 112 octane, we have one gas station in my city that sells it, I used to put it in my Trans Am, last time I looked it was 7$ a gal.
The other drivers did NOT want to help Gordon at all unless they just had no other option. If he pulled out of line, it was over. Pretty amazing he ever won any of those plate races.
I can understand that not wanting to help a fast car but I ever could understand why in the early 00’s every driver wanted to help junior I mean I get he wasn’t an asshole but he clearly was th e fastest car at the plate races at the time and still no one would ever leave him out to dry to go to the back especially not in the late closing laps it never made sense to me from a competitive sense
@@jonathan_tong93 How so? I would say they were equally as bad. One involved fire, while the other took a hit on the roof from another car with the occupant inside.
@@jonathan_tong93 Earnhardt just about had to be cut out of his car after the '96 crash. He never was the same after that. That's a pretty severe crash!
The Ford Taurus made a lousy restrictor plate car. It produced so much down force it hindered them at the big 4 RP races but made for an awesome unrestricted car on the shorter tracks.
Loved the video but honestly this is about where NASCAR stopped being NASCAR. In the quest for competitiveness they lost the very thing that brought fans to the track. My opinion only but I did enjoy seeing some of my hero’s from yesterday year.
The big one at 2:08:50. Happened when Ward Burton got into Dale Earnhardt, turning him into Bill Elliott sending both cars into the wall. Elliott and Earnhardt got on their side.
Burton appeared to be running ok then turned into the 3 car ...hmmmm watching it a person would like to see how Burtons car was handling the previous 2 laps there ,
I know this is an old post but I just want to say thank you for uploading these races. This is what I grew up on, this is when racing was at it's best.
This wreck, the one when Earnhardt went in nose first (year before or after?) and the 125 where Schrader went from bottom lane straight up head on in turns one and two at Daytona are three wrecks I saw live that I thought we just witnessed a fatality. Amazingly; all three 'walked away' and this was pre- Hans device and safer barriers.
Love how they said Burton just made a little contact with Earnhardt, and clearly, he came up and spun him out big time, full-on left rear, and turned him right into Elliot. Wonder what he was doing there. Made no sense.
He got a run on Elliot going into the trioval, but instead of checking up he looked low and caught the apron with his left side tires. That kicks the car back up on the track, and into Earnhardt. If burton would have just touched the brake and stayed in line the wreck would not have happend.
This crash was just like what happened to Earnhardt in 1996 at Dega! The different was Earnhardt was in S.Marlin position when he got into Ellioit Ward Burton got down on apron of track and washed up into Earnhardt.
This is what nascar needs to go back to. No more stages. No more green white checkers either, if the race ends under caution it ends under caution. Oh yeah we need a talladega night race in July or august or anywhere from July to September.
“It’s not good racing, y’all can talk about it all y’all want. It ain’t good racing” -Dale Sr. I think it’s interesting how long drivers have not wanted to race at super speed ways. Dale was the best at Dega and he still makes the comment. He thought he killed Rusty in 1993 and before that in 93 I believe, Stan Smith suffers the the same injury that Dale would die from. Every year we see driver saying stuff like “this is what the fans want” should we have been playing with their lives in such a way? Very interesting.
Earnhardt always was a hypocrite. Bitched about something unless he benefited from it, then it was alright in his book. Same shit with him dumping other drivers to win. When it happened to him, he cried and whined like a bitch.
@@user-gu1hl2kx2k I think he was dangerously competitive at times and caused many of these wrecks, but I don't think he ever wanted to see his competitors get injured. Once out of the car I'm sure hes pissed about losing but I I think he's also concerned for other drivers. At that point he doesn't know everyone's status.
Exactly the same hit yes. This looked worse than Dale’s fatal wreck. I remember seeing this thinking the worse just like Ryan Newman’s recent Daytona Wreck. Glad Bill made it out alright. He was always my second favorite driver after 3.
I do believe rick mast had apart in the wreck too I know there was 20-21 of them in this one. yeah I know racing reference listed mast but not Standridge he was involved too and Billy Standridge drove a car with Phillips on it in this cause Geoff Bodine didn't make this race that weekend.
Trying to find the Talladega race where Jeff Burton's car smokes heavily when he goes slow, but is fine when at speed. Maybe it's one of the '99 races...... i'll get there eventually.
Days of real satellite 🛰 📺 you can still do it today if you run a blackbird system and keep up with the configuration of those things floating around up in space satcom capcom starlight F4-f9
I know Earnhardt wouldn't win 'cause his only win in 1998 was the Daytona 500. Great race though (with the big one). Wow they took a commercial break after only 4 laps...... That's worse than today!
Hey look a 500 mile race where it matters what you did the first 450 miles! There is about 10-15 minutes of racing between each commercial break as well. It's almost like its a race first and advertising platform second.