2003 Darlington Raceway: 'No, I've never!' | NASCAR Classic Full Race Replay 

LarryMac: "And both these cars are driving terrible right now, half a lap to go." DW: "Naw, they're driving good!"

So nice watching a race naturally develop, pure racing no gimmicks, stages or bullshit. Strategy, tire wear, fuel mileage all so much more important. Miss this a lot.

Even tho Kurt lost you can tell how much fun he had

"It's gonna be a drag race!" "WOW!" "They touch! They touch!" "CRAVEN GOT HIM!!!!"

"They didn't even need seats in these grandstands Because nobody was sitting down!" -Larry Mac

"Gatorade Victory Lane" >giant bottle of Powerade on Craven's car

I remember being about 5 or 6 when this race happened. My dad and a bunch of his coworkers loved Nascar and made a bet on it every week. They would draw a number from a hat and whatever number they got was the starting position of the driver. My Dad got Ricky Cravens number and that was the only time that he won the bet. I've never seen that man jump as high as he did when they were coming to the finish!

Funny story about this race, I was 12 when it happened and I was at my grandparents’ house for spring break. My aunt, uncle, and cousins were also over at their house and everyone was trying to get me to come outside but I just wanted to watch the race. My favorite drivers are/were Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte who were both involved in an early crash so they were non factors and Kurt Busch, who I couldn’t stand, led a good chunk of the race so I made a deal with my grandma that if Kurt Busch was still leading with 20 laps to go, I’d turn it off and come outside. Busch was still out front with 20 laps to go so I turned the race off and went outside with my family. Later that night, we were all sitting around in the living room watching the news and I remember the anchor saying “When we come back from break, your weather forecast for this week and more on the closest finish in NASCAR history” and I basically just sat there like 😐😑😤

The greatest finish in NASCAR history.

I don’t think anyone expected Darlington to stay on the schedule until this race ended.

Timeless. Classic. 😉

Considering the build up to the race, the (at the time) last Southern 500 in the fall, the rumblings at the time of Darlington losing the date, this race saved the track's future in NASCAR. Thanks Ken Squier for ezplaining that on the year in review documentary

It was nice to see both Craven & Blaney have a great run! Both of those guys had a lot of bad luck! Back when NASCAR was an event! Thank God for RU-vid. I can relive the good ol days!

Love that Tide Ride no matter who's in it.

I hope anyone about to watch nascar for the first time just watches the last 60 laps of this race and they’ll understand why they’re going to enjoy this track. This is the best

Wow...I was at this race! Sat right on the front stretch coming off turn 4. Remember seeing Kurt and Ricky banging doors and fenders to the finish line.....awesome race!

I remember being 10 years old watching this race, absolute classic. Courage.

The race that saved Darlington

This was the greatest finishes in NASCAR history and it’s in the top5

Do any of you wish Pontiac was still around today?

the fact that craven won because the pontiac's nose is a little longer is wild

**Overwhelming Nostalgia.**

Greatest nascar race ever!!! The true mountain top peak of the sport

DW's commentary at the end of this race was so good haha he called it!

I dont understand, why does everything seem so much better? The sounds, the colour schemes, the cars running so close to each other, drivers even seem like they have to actually drive or they'll wreck. Now? Now it seems so easy.

Pontiac’s last win

this is one race that will NEVER get old

Its crazy to me that if it had not been for this race Darlington more likely than not would have been off the schedule

The tide was my favorite car since I was a little kid. I love when they run one these days

I watched this live …it still is the Best finish I EVER SAW!

This one never gets old

Fantastic race. I remember this like it was yesterday

What a drag race 🏁finish between Kurt Busch and Ricky Craven 👏

I miss Dodge Intrepid and Pontiac Grand Prix

One of the best finishes in Nascar.

Possibly the best NASCAR race ever. NASCAR, more of these archive races for us broke shut-ins, please! :)

Ok NASCAR, now upload the Busch race from the next day that had an even wilder finish between Todd Bodine and Jamie McMurray

Thank you for posting this I have wanted to watch this race for a while now but I couldn’t find it until now

I miss Waltrip’s commentary SO much! His happy voice made the races fun and exciting. Boogity boogity boogity! Let’s go racin’ !🤣🤣🤣

First of all THANK YOU to posting these races. These races are awesome to watch and the quality is good. Thank you, thank you, thank you. If you are looking for ideas to post, how about posting the videos from the 1998 50th Anniversary Celebration. The videos were Good Old Gods, Inherit the Win, Southern Exposure, Field and Towers and Sincerely Bill France. Those videos would be great for younger fans to appreciate what made NASCAR so great and give them a great understanding of the history of the sport.

51:48 volume up omg 😂😂😂

Way to win a race without dumping a racer, he easily coulda wrecked him, but chose to beat him pedal to the metal! AWESOME!!

I remember watching this when I was 8 with my dad. This is the race that made me a Nascar fan cheering for Craven being from Maine.

Still the best finish in history. Probably will always be. Love this so much!

3:15:38 That laugh..

CRAVEN GOT EEM

FINALLY, THE FULL RACE.

i like how neither driver complained about the contact and respected each other at the end

20 years ago today! Have you ever?

DW's commentary is the best.

Greatest finish ever. Also R.I.P. John Andretti.

Three words to describe this race: what, a, race!

I watched that race live as a young kid and I'll never forget it. I liked that Tide car because my Driver Ricky Rudd use to have that sponsor. Now a days Logano is my driver and he Just won today at Nashville. He risked running out of gas to get the W.

Absolutely insane how few awfully timed ad breaks there are. I cant wait for cable to die

Great race. Thanks for showing it.

DW: "It's like going to the fair doing bumper cars" XD

Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

3:15:19 Craven gotem

one of the greatest finishes in Nascar history and a great win Ricky Craven got over Kurt Busch and a fantastic photo finish

This. THIS is why I love NASCAR.

3:10:08 in 2022: CAUTION! Gordon moving slowly and or driver scraped a wall. Yellow! Negating one of the best finishes ever

Best NASCAR race i've ever seen ... it's Darlington, so they're sideways half the time ... i could rewatch this every year, plus DW w the driver take, just f'in awesome

*YES* THE RACE, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

Couldn´t stream a better race now that NASCAR is back baby!

I miss great racing like this. I hope we can get the sport back on the right track before it fades into nothingness.

This is what this sport is all about watched this race from start to finish and enjoyed every minute

I thought Kurt Busch won that race. It was crazy!🏎

The first NASCAR race I ever watched. If this didn't get you hooked at 5 years old like me, nothing would've.

This was the closest Blaney has ever came to winning a Cup race right?

2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Location: Darlington, South Carolina Track: Darlington Raceway Type of race track: Speedway Starting cars: 43 Finishing cars: 38 Laps: 293 Cautions: 7 Pole Winner: Elliott Sadler (38) Most laps led: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8) (91 laps led) Race Winner: Ricky Craven (32)

i was playing NASCAR 2003 and mark martin qualified 2nd (i was 1st because its only 87% dificulity and i tune the CRAP out of my car) . always.... i pushed mark to his first win always liked mark.... seems like a chill dude

Incredible victory lane interview

DW: "Let's see if we can get Sterling Marlin to talk to us" Me: Don't Do that! That's rude!

Oh yes, I've been waiting for this!

Also, back in the 90s ESPN used to do a cool thing during the week leading up to the race weekend where they would replay old races on ESPN Classic. I think that would be cool. For example, Pocono week you could show this Pocono race from 1985 and people could see how great the racing at Pocono used to be. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gkVEUeh8bzg.html

One of the greatest finishes ever. One of the best races of Ricky Craven’s career. One of the best races of Dave Blaney’s career.

I’m so glad nascar is back!

"HERE HE COMES, HERE HE COMES"

Well now this finish has just been dethroned after that Kansas finish.

Fun Fact: 9 drivers (10 when Jimmie's eligible) in this race, (Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Dale Jr, Bobby & Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott, Tony Stweart, Mark Martin, & Dale Jarrett), will be inducted into the Nascar Hall of Fame. Edit: Make that 10 drivers with Kenseth getting into the hall this year.

This was peak NASCAR

It was beat today Wow

Hey NASCAR with the Coke 600 coming up this week it would be awesome if you uploaded the 1994 & 2005 Coca-Cola 600’s those are absolute classics!

👁👁 What a finish

Crazy finish for 32 and 97

That Michael Waltrip in car camera was spot on

Back when Darlington had more of an attitude!

I love this NASCAR opening theme!

And would ya look at that.. Newman on the front row.❤👍

Quality content!

Yes! My favorite win from my favorite driver. Also, that answer the question that nobody was asking : Will they upload races from the old calender or from the new one. That also mean they will probably upload the first Jeff Gordon win for Charlotte.

The greatest sports moment in New England history that doesn't involve Tom Brady

2:19:42 this crank it up to me was pretty satisfying

Still the best NASCAR finish of All-Time.

Love these races...

I like this race it was wild at the end of the race

Thank you NASCAR

I didn’t know NASCAR on FOX had a Beyond Racing segment during the races that specifically explain what Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart’s favorite hobbies and interests are.

My favorite driver was the polesitter!!

This is still the Greatest finish in NASCAR History and it's not even close 💯