2001 NASCAR Old Dominion 500 - Kevin Harvick punts Bobby Hamilton out of the lead

[NascarNixon]

Kevin was on NASCAR's sh*t list back in the day.

[jackobcooper]

Hamilton actually got loose before Harvick even touched him.

[MrBurney12]

harvick is the man, was just a kid back then tryin not to get pushed around and i'll be damned of he didin't put his foot down. Just like the man that used to drive that car. Kevin isn't trying to be dale he's just bein a competitive racer and so what if he picked up a few pointers from the best

[waterfordjim]

.....Like Bobby Hamilton said.... "Harvick aint a SCAB on Earnhardt's BUTT." :-D

[estes0003]

Bobby Hamilton talks like a gay person

[ilikepepsi3883]

I remember the day that he made that comment about Earnhardt. That was the day I lost any shred of respect I ever had for Bobby Hamilton. But at least he was partially right. Harvick had a little more time, and now he's racing for Cup series championships...something that loser could only ever dream of doing. That's why he was relegated to racing for truck series titles for the remainder of his miserable failure of a career.

[rhiananshort]

@ilikepepsi3883

Yea, racing FOR Cup series championships! Bobby Hamilton was one of a handful to EVER win a championship as driver AND owner in nascar history! And he wasn't saying anything about Dale, he was saying Harvick is trying to be like him and will never come close. Just because Harvick had all the better equipment, does not mean he is a better racer. Bobby built his own shop with his own money and even took his sponsors with him to the truck team.

[rhiananshort]

@ilikepepsi3883 AND maybe you should do better research before bashing people's careers. He made more money in his life than your broke ass will ever see! And let the man rest in peace. Harvick is an asshole anyway.

[3kevin88]

same way id drive cut me off u in tha wall. way racing should be and no running from a fight

[MrHartfordHockey]

i like the interview afterwards the wreck

[osubuckeyes14]

what a disrespectful reference to dale earnhardt. hamilton hit harvick harder anyway, hamilton just had less talent.

[osubuckeyes14]

what a bad call. hamilton hit him harder, just he didnt spin

[Jrharvickfan]

I'm glad Nascar has gone away from penalizing drivers for bumping drivers back for payback. what happened was Harvick was able to save the car and Hamilton wasn't so we spun. Happens tons of times every race. Glad Nascar finally grew a pair and let drivers handle their business

[980696]

@Jrharvickfan agreed! 

[Duke4Reuti]

Classic Hamilton interview!!!!!!!!!!!

[roryfixkar]

@guitarman2134568 Way to be an asshole, Bobby Hamilton died of cancer a few years ago.

R.I.P

[guitarman2134568]

@roryfixkar Yeah I know :\. I probably shouldnt let my younger brother use my youtube account.

RIP Hamilton :(.

[montelee]

Have at it boys!

[gobackto82]

oh gosh at least harvick didn't pull a kyle busch on the official

[dirtymopossie]

Hey if your going to bump and run, then you should expect it back. It wasn't Kevin Harvicks fault that Bobby Hamilton couldn't maintain control of his race car.

[eatmeyou27]

Brad K reminds of a young Kevin Harvick so much.

[nforspeed91]

Its a good thing nascar wasn't so lame for the 2010 season....every driver would have gotten a 1 lap penalty every race

[ShotgunDolphin]

Lol. Bobby Hamilton was spot on in his interview. RIP Bobby and Benny

[KingCuervo88]

bullshit call...

[BakerRacing40]

hamilton hit harvick hard , harvick tapped him and hamilton ran out of talent...

[xtrident60]

I forgot how much I couldn't stand Benny Parsons until I heard him hear again...

[DTM2929]

Yeah, I remember being furious watching this...

Hamilton tries to dump Harvick, then Harvick taps Hamilton who loses it. Then NASCAR has the nerve to penalize Harvick. Pretty shoddy officiating, pretty shoddy driving by Hamilton. NASCAR is so inconsistent with this stuff.

Hamilton was a fine driver in his own right, but he was absolutely in the wrong with this one- intentional or not, Harvick has the right to take a shot back at him: that's how short track racing has, and always has worked.

[SPAZZY1912]

looked like harvick barely touched hamilton...IMO

[jc71ss]

TNT is still bias against harvick

[greatassistant]

harvick is just a intimidator wanna be... hes just 7 championships behind the real one.

[kevin2920]

Bobby started the whole thing. He was a whinner. Maybe thats were his son gets it from..He bumped Kevin out of the way Kevin returned the favor....If you are gonna dance with the devil be preraired to get the horns...

[msullivan85]

Was thinking the same thing, this is unbelievable...Harvick didnt spin because hes a beast of a driver and corrected it, Hamilton spun because he couldnt keep it straight, but anyway no matter...RIP Bobby

[cArmAkAze]

Bestwick is the voice of reason.

Bullshit call, Hamilton's dead, Harvick wins.

[jc71ss]

Even back then TNT hated harvick just like now. Ugh can't stand them.

[Harvick29ism]

If that was this year Harvick would of been OK...

[Quiksand2929]

The only reason Hamilton spun and Harvick didn't is because Hamilton has no talent. That penalty was bullshit too. Hamilton hit Harvick harder, you can see it on the replay.

[RNCoyote]

@Quiksand2929

No talent? Are you kidding me? He put Richard Petty 43 along with Morgan-McClure no. 4 and then Andy Petree no. 55 in victory lane. How can have no talent since he put those cars in victory lane?

[day500champ08]

@RNCoyote I agree that Hamilton was a talented race car driver, he may not have had the equipment of the big name teams yet he got the job done. OTOH, the penalty is bs. Bobby knew the instant he hit Kevin something was going to happen. It was just a type short-track racing tumble.

[MrPhilliesfan18]

@RNCoyote after petty brought the 43 200 times please Hamilton was terrible

[RNCoyote]

@MrPhilliesfan18

Wally Dallenbach and Rick Wilson drove the car and they never won, hardly reached the top 10, and rack up few DNQs til Hamilton stepped in. Hamilton might have few wins in the cars but its the first time 43 won since Petty won his 200th race

[nascarfanatic2425]

@MrPhilliesfan18 Okay, Hamilton was no Jeff Gordon or Dale Earnhardt, but Hamilton was a great driver. I agree the penalty was bs, but Hamilton was a great driver. RIP Bobby.

[orangetrain66]

@Quiksand2929 fuck u dude hamilton has wayyy more experience then harvick hes better short track

[easttennessian]

@Quiksand2929 the reason he spun an harvick didnt is because where he was at in the corner harvick could get in the gas an save the car cause it was on exit but hamilton was on corner entry..

[JokaPlaya]

@Quiksand2929 The man is dead. Have some respect.

[GTRF1V8]

kevin harvick is a little bully.

[sporgie84]

that's the only penalty i've ever seen kevin harvick get.

[nascarsignore]

@sporgie84 lol... ur bullshitting... right?

[sporgie84]

@nascarsignore tell me 10 other times kevin harvick got penalized. speeding tickets don't count

[nascarsignore]

@sporgie84 maybe not 10.. but once off the top of my head, 2002 Kroger 250 truck race when Harvick spun another truck on purpose and was suspended from the Cup race ( Kenny Wallace drove )

[nascaraddict329]

harvick barely touched him. bull shit call

[tvspnd1228]

what a line by hamilton

[chevymadman5]

well i thank the first bump was juz racin but the 2nd from kevin was on purpose but dont thank he should of gotten penalized for it.. rip benny n bobby

[vidEvWill]

I wanted to know how the Harvick-Hamilton contact started. They were talking about it during the season in 2001 I just never knew what happened between them.

[Wimmer33fan1]

This is the kind of racing we need to see at Martinsville!!

[NightFightah]

@Wimmer33fan1 We're not gonnna anymore, probably, sadly. The COT has such a slab-sided front end it just doesn't work for bump and runs really.

[Montoya42Fan]

Kevin never meant to spin Hamilton out, Kevin made a small tap that just sent Hamilton spinning.

[cubeus19]

Rip Hamilton, Rip Benny Parsons.