2000 Talladega Winston 500 

I had a lot of memory and collected his cars.

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Indeed, you are correcr sir!

I was there, right in the top corner coming out of turn two on the back stretch, had season tickets there for 14 years, and this one definitely one of the best and my favorites, Watching 3 car find his best grove for the last laps, what an amazing driver, and of course he pulled it off and had the fans and my crew on our feet all day, simply amazing , miss you iron head !!!

Good call

The last great years of NASCAR before it went to 💩

@@badmonkey2222 dont you mean before IT???

I know that basically the cars nowadays are like IROC cars.. all the same.. super stable.. cookie cutter.. why did the Chase format not work you think?

@@charlesbukowski9836why didn’t the chase work? because it sucks to watch! do you know ANYONE who enjoys watching stage racing?

I left as well with the Chase and JJ's fake championships, and the gimmicks (lucky dog, cautions, stages, driver introductions crap, boring broadcasting, ugly cars). This race is the perfect nascar.

Yeah, I miss that aero package on the superspeedways. Look at the first 1/3 of this race. Pack racing, 3 and many times 4 wide. No wrecks and drivers were happy with ability to pass.

The only race I think that should be in stages is the all-star race

Dale Sr iconic win at 2000 Winston Select 500 still is legendary even 24 years later.

Yep. Now every single NASCAR race since 2020 to 2024 (except Plate track races and 2024 Atlanta 1 Race) are more like a borefest show. Especially with Gen 7 cars.

First race Charlotte 1996, at open wheel tragedy Charlotte. Saw greed and pride destroy fan loyalty. Liked it better when alls you had to do was turn left

Are they have now is a bunch of wine ass white nasty and Mommy boys out there right now!!!

Makes me miss memories of NASCAR 2001 PS2.😢

Still approved even in 2024.

Team Helman loved watching him race

@@robertblack8117 ---How the hell did he get up there so quick? Kenny Wallace deserved half that million for sure.

@Christopher Bateman Hell yes! With 4 laps to go he wasn't even in the top 15. Even Ned Jarrett couldn't understand it! LOL 2:12:17. God I miss him and Ned Jarrett's call.

Im a car nut I have to watch this video almost everyday. This guy was and is the best driver I have ever seen. cant wait for Daytona 2020. will be there. you Mr. restrictor plate dame you are so missed.

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Yup! It's stupid today. Playoffs are for football, not racing. When Dale Earnhardt raced, there were no stage points, no chase, and no playoffs. They won championships, not chases.

#3

I loved every bit of it at the time. I would not miss a lap I miss the old style and points system.😢

Good NASCAR: 1990-2003

These were real stock cars with real drivers

Same

My dad and grandpa watched Nascar all the time when I was a kid. After Dale died they stopped and I never stuck with it. When I think of Nascar I think of this sound. Its jarring watching modern races and not hearing it.

I've missed the old pavement at Talladega Superspeedway. It provided better racing than the new pavement.

​@@josephdavis4872the new pavement at Talladega since 2014 looked poor compared to PS1 Talladega Superspeedway.

I was there with my Wife and My DAD!

Crisgo3d, history will repeat itself.

@@daffy7313 I'm pretty sure he means the drivers like Earnhardt, Gordon etc. and the cars competing in this race.

Sadly. I hate I'm young because I missed the best of racing

Agreed. He is Dead.

Listened and viewed in real time....the entire grand stands were exploding with "Look!", "Here HE comes!". and my fav, "He can see the air......." A moment in time for any fan of the sport.........truly amazing, was Dale Earnhardt.

@@captainbart well said Sir

no double yellow line rule that didn't come into play until after Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001

Simple answer Because Earnhardt is the intimidator

@@brianpatrickreddington1750 yellow line rule?

indyfan2 He may have hated plate racing but he was the master of it & now Junior currently is

If Jr:s last name was"nt Earnhardt he would not even be a thought in anyones mind

Jeff Young so a 2 time Daytona 500 winner wouldn't be a thought in anyone's mind?

Jeff Young So...a person who won the Daytona 500 twice wouldn't be remembered? I'd like to see you do better. I really would. J.D. McDuffie head looking ass.

@@midnightdeluxegaming6582 J.D. Mcduffie head looking ass. Using that one the first chance I get. In fact I'm on my way to Walmart cause its guaranteed to happen. Can't Wait!

Yes!

Amen!

I truly believe he could see the air.

As Eli and buddy Baker once said announcing a race on MRN. Dale was put to the back for "rough" driving once, and a loose lug once.. So twice he was put to the back. Both times, In a few laps he was leading AGAIN. Eli and Buddy were both laughing their asses off. One says " HEY Nascar, you can re start that #3 in the parking lot across the street. It DONT MATTER, Dale is GOING to the front"😆

@@riftraft2015 love this story.

*****UPDATE***** 536k now

Dude I was at this race along with about 12 others family and friends and it’s one I will never EVER forget. It was unreal

Yep.

Update 1 Million

1.4 million.

John Andretti has now joined them

Go Dale!!!

Love that #3 car and driver!!;;

Best ever!!!

Platinum days of NASCAR for me: 1980s to 2000 (no elimination playoff format).

Not only the peak of viewing the peak of NASCAR. I think, the cars still had HP unlike today, they sounded 100× better, they looked so much better, no lame stage racing, can't stand to even watch it anymore and that's sad coming from somebody that grew up 20 miles from Rockingham and have been to so many races there and everywhere can't even count, and lived and breathed NASCAR since I was a kid.

Bobby Patricca Okay yeah I was wondering. Like I know I was dumb young at 2000 but I remember interviews and stuff. 😂😂 I thought my memory was failing.

I figured it was just to avoid copyright infringement

Even way more entertaining than the whole 2020 to 2023 NASCAR Season and 2022 to 2024 F1 Seasons COMBINED!

AMEN

***** :)

Hello fellow gamer. :D But I agree. Dale will always be one of the best drivers ever.

Same here

All Access Gaming yep, he's the only one who could away with cheating. He never impressed me

4Real. Bother. timothyshade6@gmail.com

That was cool

We could've seen more 3

Easy Its Talledaga. You can go front to back to front again in 8 laps

​@@wesleyloroff2736much like in PS2 NASCAR THUNDER games. From 33rd to 1st in 4 laps Only.

Matthew LaTorre at Least it was at Talladega

I was there too. Camped out in the infield.

His best win too.

Seriously there isnt a better example of his skill and instinct than this race.

@@SuperScottschannel me too hell of weekend

Which one was the Past and Present cause Bill and Dale Sr race around the same time

16 years in Died: February 18, 2001

Whoopity Doo now 17 years, that's how old I am.

@@oscartobaroatmeal6734 whooping now 19 damn

@@mausecoolschool5712 Ikr. Actually I was born the same week Dale Senior won that race

@@BigJsgarage So that was date. I find it surreal I watched that live. I was 5

It was all because of those roof spoilers enhancing the draft way too close for comfort. They got rid of those after the Fall 2001 race. But they could've left the near vertical angle rear spoiler though.

Zane Marte shut up

Rest of the restrictors cars from 2002-2007: unsettled Tom*

So sad that they destroyed NASCAR, points system, STAGE racing, forced road courses at naturally amazing tracks, now dirt racing at Bristol. NASCAR created a mess when all they had to do was change very little to nothing!!

This seems to be digitally enhanced.

ToaAntan mainly because your life was on the line

^^ What Matt said. These cars provided great racing but they weren’t safe whatsoever. Drivers couldn’t afford to do some of the stupidity that they do in present day. Couple that in with straight up concrete walls, open faced helmets, and very little safety mechanisms, one bad move could put you 10 feet under. This was truly a dangerous era of NASCAR racing, and it’s truly unfortunate that it took the death of Dale Earnhardt the next season for NASCAR to do something consider they lost 4 or 5 drivers in 2000 alone.

Doyle5x naacar sucks now btw. Single file racing no leader changes. Kyle busch usually wins after driving dirty then bitch when he doesnt wins.

ToaAntan No, this wasn’t their finest. Even at this point many drivers including Sr. were complaining about NASCAR ruining racing. Super Speedway racing died with restrictor plates. I’m not saying that plates didn’t have to be mandated. NASCAR simply couldn’t afford cars being launched up into the grandstands due to lawsuits but that didn’t change the fact that the plates killed Daytona & Dega racing. I’m plenty old enough to remember racing before the plates and even this example isn’t even close in comparison.

and NO C0MUNISTS gangs as circuit directors

You got that right

Except for Jeff Gordon, Dale wants to trade some paint all the other drivers I'm good let me get out of your way Jeff Gordon bring it on, Jeff had a lot of respect for Dale but he didn't fear him like just about all the other driver

Such a shame after the 2004 season Rockingham was without a cup race. NASCAR needs to bring it back

@@carwhiz90 I know they were talking about last year bringing it back for the Xfinity series but I've never heard them say anything else about it, I miss going to races there but the sad thing is I don't even know if I would go, i can't stand Nascar anymore, has gotten so bad, the cars have no horsepower anymore, they look like shit and sound like shit, don't like any of the drivers and hate that lame stage racing, and this is coming from somebody that's been going to races and lived and breathed NASCAR since the late 70 when i was a kid.

Anyone who compares Kyle Busch or Jimmie Johnson to the Man in Black is a complete fucking moron. Their pretty-boy drivers will never compare to the likes of the Intimidator and The King. Johnson can win as many races as he wants but he will never have their tenacity, their ferocity, or their crowd-pleasing tempers!

KnuxMaster Without the Chase, Johnson is a 0 time champion.

LT1HILLINGHOE This exactly.

How difficult would it be to calculate all the seasons with the Chase as if they were just regular old-school point scoring seasons? That would be interesting. Would Johnson really have ZERO?

Robert Anderson It's already been done. Johnson has none.

Sb2 what an engine.

Yea over 800hp. Makes the shit 550hp engines they have now sound like toys.

@NASTY CANASTA hahahahahshshshsh 450?!?!?!? There has NEVER been a cup car with that low of HP in the modern era until 2016 when they got those new shit 550hp engines and that's the lowest it's ever been. Yes they all had plates, once again let me educate somebody, restrictor plates do not affect horsepower very much, they restrict fuel flow and airflow WITHOUT taking thier HP that was the whole point of using them so they could take power and speed without taking away much HP...just do yourself a favorand go Google it, the cars from the 80s until 2016 hand anywhere from 750 to 900HP... go now...get

@NASTY CANASTA what the fuck are you talking about??!- Bill Elliott when he set his speed record the cars had almost 900 horsepower that year, I said the engines now from 2016 onward when they got new engines had lower HP the new engines in 2016 they produce 550 on super Speedways and mile-and-a-half tracks with the spacer and they open them to 750 on short tracks and road courses, I never said anything about the cars back in the day not being able to produce more than 550 you said that that's what this whole thing is about now you're claiming they had more horsepower????? Your the one needs to lay of the crack, from EARLY 80S UNTIL 2016 HP VARIED FROM 700S TO ALMOST 900, AFTER 2016, 550 SSW AND MILE 1/2s, 750 ROAD COURSES AND SHORTTRACKS... and read what I said restrictor plates restrict air and fuel which do restrict horsepower but not much that's why they use them, they definitely didn't cut the horsepower in 1/2 to 450 there's never been a cup car with 450 horsepower in the modern era......Period until now they are close because they suck now, like everthing else, music, etc.... and damn dude you're the one talking about restrictor plates why do you think they couldn't set up all record like Bill Elliott's with 850 horsepower? because they have restrictor plates on Super Speedways in the early nineties man some of the cars had almost 900 HP.

@NASTY CANASTA AFTER FUCKING 2016 DUMBASS YES YOUR ARTICLE IS FROM 2018 and once again I never said that they couldn't produce more than 550 after 2016 I said 550 on super Speedways and 750 on short track and road courses how many times do I have to fucking say it can you not read???????? and before 2016 they absolutely had over 800 horsepower I will get the links right now dumbass.

nascar should find a way to put this aero package on the gen 6 cars, that would easily fix that problem. i wanna see four wide new leader every few laps, not single file sitting duck races.

+JNFmx Definitely... a prime example is how in the beginning of this race Gordon went from last to first that's crazy..

+Joel Fredrickson 15 years later

+JNFmx Actually the plate races I watched this year were pretty exciting, except for the last 30 laps in the Daytona night race

Mr Creeper! yeah! I hate when they run sungle file racing around the top line of the track for the majority of the race until 5 pops to remaining to go.

@Rocket Man lol who velcros your helmet in the morning?

Got that right brother!

@Rocket Man you can go to hell

Nothing will ever be able to duplicate this. There is only one and I mean one Dale Sr.

These men put on a racing show start to finish every time.

Check out the 1979 Daytona 500 (full race) video!

Imagine if jr gatekeeped😭

Go karts in heaven? Lol

I disagree

I also vividly remember jumping up from sitting on the ground when Earnhardt took the lead.

Eric Britz Non Restrictor Plates Make it More Exciting.

That's what races at either Daytona or Talladega are for.

What’s restrictor plate racing.

Technically it’s still both, but even more unpredictable