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  • Ah yes, the good ole days when a crash on the last lap doesn't end a race prematurely, and racing back to the checkered

  • It was this kind of Daytona and Talladega racing that made me fall in love with Nascar. I hated that there for about a 5 year period from 2001-2005 Dale Jr and Michael won nearly all of those races but they were exciting as hell to watch. We got back to that point a little bit this year but it's not close to being like this race here was. There was more passing in the 10 laps here than in probably the entire Daytona 500 this year.

  • What ended up being wrong with Craven?

  • @xmancomments he had the wind knocked out of him

  • "at least 10 cars involved in the wreck on the backstretch" =understatement of the century

  • dang this is 10 years old and i still get nervous watching this

  • My favorite part: 5:55-6:11 Jr. making the moves that nobody else had the balls to make

  • damn this gave me chills... over 10 yrs later

  • LOL @ 9:29....

  • AMAZING RACING , GOD DAMNIT I MISS PACK RACING AT SUPERSPEEDWAYS :( LIKE IF U AGREE.

  • My stepmom was working that day and she got home right when they crossed the line to get the white flag she asked me and my dad: "Has the big one happened yet?" Off turn 2 there it was!!!

  • thumbs up if you hate when people start their comments with thumbs up

  • This is was the best plate package NASCAR had as far as "pack" racing. Plate racing or "pack" racing has sucked since '02. Probably the only two good races were the two Daytona ones in '07.

  • i love the way the old cars sounded! I wish they would bring it back

  • if i was the president or chairman of nascar, i'll bring back restrictor plate racing like this. I will also let the drivers race to the finish, not the frozen field bullshit.

  • That was quite a finish! Spectacular to say the least.

  • poor ricky rud haha. car blows 50 yards from the finish.

  • Now this is restrictor plate racing not this 2 car prom date type crap

  • Why don't they bring back this kind of racing? It was the best kind NASCAR needs it back...

  • @cmahn11 It is quite simple, once big E died, Nascar didn't think it would be TOO safe, and with all the changes to slow cars, and make things safer it is effected the way the drivers drive and the cars handle.. I am no expert but that is just my opinion.

  • thats how you fuckin race and win dale!! i wanna see this shit again!

  • Can anyone tell me what happened to Dale Jr???? I just Jr from 2001-2005 at Talladedega . I went to the fall race in 2006 and he was robbed of that race. Todays resticter plate racing totally sucks with this tandem racing,very boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 2001, greatest year of racing in nascar history

  • @constantdewdrinker88 Not exactly; we lost Dale Sr. that year. Other than that, I'll agree it was pretty cool. I was especially siked when Jeff won the championship.

  • @nascarfanatic2425 I meant the racing itself, not the accidents lol

  • @constantdewdrinker88 Oh yeah, I know. Hopefully we get a taste of the old Talladega when they go there this coming weekend with the bigger restrictor plates and something else to keep the cars from being stayed locked together for as long.

  • @nascarfanatic2425 We need a bumpy track for that man ;)

  • @constantdewdrinker88 Yeah, but we still had good racing in the 06 race. At least, up until after the big one happened. From then on, the only wild part about it was the last lap pass.

  • @nascarfanatic2425 hopefully Daytona will be like it's old self in a year or two. Will age much faster than talladega

  • @constantdewdrinker88 Dale Jr. said that the track's gonna get it's bumps back quickly, and he's got IDK how many Nationwide wins there, plus he's a 2-time points race winner there, and I think he's won the Bud Shootout twice too.

  • @nascarfanatic2425 I can't wait for it

  • @constantdewdrinker88 Me neither. I like everyone at HMS except Jimmie Johnson, so I'll be for Jeff, Jr., and Kasey to win it. I'm also a fan of Edwards, Keselowski, Lagano, Mark Martin, and I'm also looking forward to Danica Patrick entering part-time in Cup.

  • @nascarfanatic2425 I like all 4 Hendrick cars, Keselowski, Cassill, Danica

  • i miss this kind of racing too

  • Its funny... Bobby LaBonte was leading coming to the white and on the backstretch hes upside down. Didn't see that coming.

  • this is when Dale Jr drove like his daddy ever sin e that 04 win where he cussed on TV that's where he went down hill this was the old Dale Jr 99 to 04. now he just sucks

  • @MRNASCARFAN25 lmfao, this "downhill" your talking about didn't start when he swore in victory lane. It started when his stepmother wouldn't give him majority ownership of the company his father created for jr to own one day. Really there was no downhill for Jr, that takes balls to back out of the company that brought you into the sport and move on. Good thing he did too, look where DEI is now. Yea he had a couple rough seasons, but so be it, nobody is perfect. Hes kicked a lot of ass this year.

  • NASCAR 2001-2004: OH MY GOD!!!! WHOS IT GONNA BE?!!! HHHH!!!!!

    NASCAR late 2007-now: Shut up rusty wallace no one wants to hear about when you raced that guy and the other guy in the two car draft!

  • and anybody who says JR cannot race needs a slap on the neck...look at him fight back up there

  • I'm sure SR would have been right there in the mix, and probably would have won

  • I can't believe Gordon made it throught that crash. I mean, Craven was in front of him and got taken out, how the hell did he make it through?

  • @Dudeawesome1000: 3 words: it's Jeff Gordon!!! He's one of the BEST (if not THE best) of all times!!!

  • @PhilipTheBigOne Can't argue with that.

  • Pack racing if you look at good its very beautiful I miss this racing so much this 2 car tango get me bored like when I watch indy cars

  • Best racing ever.

  • when everything was right with NASCAR. Winston was in charge, Jr was in the #8 Bud car with DEI & the cars still looked like their street counterparts...

  • they did to tinker with the front and rear bumpers so they dont match up evenly and that'll end the 2 car tandem

  • Thumbs up if your glad Allen Bestwick is back in the booth for ESPN!

    

  • @dwinter66 oh yea!! the fans have been begging for that for years, his voice is too perfect for it not to be heard during the entire race broadcast :)

  • @dwinter66 Want him back on MRN.

  • I was 13 when i saw this race, one of my first races. My heart rate was through the roof. Of course my fav number is 17 so at the time i liked the 17 ans stuck with him. Gald i did to this day. amazing race though. blew me away.

  • Even though there was a big wreck at the end, this race reminded me of the golden age that NASCAR was in at this time. A great blend of raw, young talent and old, savvy veterans who all shared one common, important thread - RESPECT.

  • i miss this 

  • Every word said gave me goosebumps.

    This finish was awesome.

  • two car tandems are like horse and buggies in amish country...this is real racin where its anyone race till the flag drops!

  • Yeah I miss that kind of nascar

  • I use to love watching Restrictor Plate racing but now with this whole 2 car Tandem it has just become so boring and so artificial. I usually love watching Daytona and Talladega but this year it's been a bit of a bore fest. Don't ask me why the drivers think this racing isn't any good.

  • lol talledaga knights

  • I was at that race I will never forget it!!!!! the 18 car went by us on his door between 2 cars backwards!!!! Hell of a race !!!

  • I was at that race I will never forget it!!!!! the 18 car went by us on his door between 2 cars backwards!!!! Hell of a race !!!

  • what? a big wreck that Mark Martin WASN'T in? something must be wrong

  • @fleetadmiralj The way he was able to drive to the front like that, I'd venture to say that this might have been one of his best restrictor plate cars with the exception of the 2007 Daytona 500.

  • man DEI had awsome restrictor plate program in the early 2000's

  • That was RACING right their!!!

  • Poor Ricky Rudd :( ....

  • I miss when the cars sounded like this

  • thumbs up if this commentary is better then todays

  • I miss this type of racing... its exciting ALL race, unlike now where it is at the final 3 laps... WHAT A FINISH

  • stewart really pulled a dick move on his teammate, wally was about to call him out before all hell broke loose

    oh well, go jr lol

  • Ahh... The good ol' days.

  • as long as that 2-car tandem bullshit exists we will NEVER see a race like this again and we may never even see the big one again.

  • @slipknot8807 Well let's see what comes in the Bud-Shootout. 

  • I'll bet when the two Gibbs cars got in front, I bet they were like, "Yeah, we're together and we're gonna beat the 8 car." Not!

  • 8:20 shit i've never seen that till Elliot Sadler at Pocono. Craven in the background.

  • HEY NASCAR!!!! You want great racing?!? Newsflash it happened in 2001!!!!

  • @acenace24 It's still here on this track in 2011.

  • Why was Kenny Wallace in the 1?

  • @roryfixkar steve park was probably hurt or something. that happened with him a couple times

  • @xbryman92x nearly died in a freak accident at a 2001 Nationwide Race in Darlington

  • @MrHartfordHockey oh yea i think i remember that.

  • @roryfixkar type in steve park darlington crash

  • if i was leading and in a situation like that at dega today, i would say fuck it! i'm not gonna slow down i want a nice check and a big trophy!

  • that's the kind of racing i miss @ daytona and 'dega, screw the 2car hookup...

  • @caseyreavis Naw they need to move the fans waaaaaay back and take off the restrictor plates and go at it, and even if they go airborn they wont hit anybody

  • @caseyreavis I totally agree, but what i really miss is these cars.

  • @caseyreavis I cant agree with you more. with this new 2 car hookup its made these fun races as boring as pocono or michigan

  • @pault2582 or california

  • @caseyreavis thank you I hate that 2 car tandem so boooooooring nascar suxs man

  • @caseyreavis and look how full the stands are!

  • Tony is a dick for going with Jr and leaving his teammate out to dry on the last lap

  • I bet MRNs coverage of this was INTENSE... anybody think they could get it?

  • I bet the radio audio to this is INTENSE... anybody have it or could get it?

  • "This is unbelievable." I watched it live and agreed with you BP. R.I.P. buddy.

  • Man that was some action, wished they raced like that now. We'll see how the new Daytona and car is though.

  • THE SOUND IS JUST DEMONIC!!!

  • Somebody should've reminded Tony Stewart what team he was on after this race. He just dumped his teammate on the last lap and gave the win the Dale Jr.

  • Junior didn't need help to pass anybody so i think he still wins no matter what tony did

  • @sporgie84: Don't forget, though, Stewart and Junior are the "duo to beat" at Daytona and Talladega. We've seen them work together so many times...

  • @sporgie84

    yup that's what i said if I was bobby i would be livid and knowing bobby's temper he probably was

  • only thing that woul have made this better is if dale sr was there!

  • Son of a bitch, that was an UNBELIEVABLE FINISH!!! OMG!!!

  • 3:54: Please don't anybody make a mistake... They heard him until the last lap...

  • I think any clown could have driven that #8 car to victory lane that day. Jr. made some moves, but only because that car was a dream in all areas!

  • a 405, why does it say that mike wallace is in the 12 car??

  • @NascarFreak3 Mayfield was fired from the #12 car towards the end of the season and they elected to put Mike Wallace in the car for the remander of the season to preserve Ryan Newmans rookie status for 2002.

  • If you are impatient, 7:21 is the wreck.

  • @WolfEverstone Thank you, :3

  • right as the wreck happened somebody was in mid sentence

    " i cant believe tony stewart went with dale jr "

    i agree i woulda stayed with the team mate cuz from what i saw that cost him the race

  • Man 2001 was one of the best seasons of all time. Before someone says but Dale Sr. died that year, yes I know he did and sadly when a majority of people talk about the 2001 season all they want to talk about was Sr. death. But 01 produced some of the greatest memorys, closest finishes, and the racing at just about every race that year was phenominal.

  • now this is racing.

  • NASCAR today should at least let them race bakc in situations like this. it was exciting to do that but it was very dangerous, in these situations they should race back though.

  • What was Labonte thinking when he was flipping? Probably 1 lap ago I was winning how did get here?

  • When the entire field got 3-wide, I was like...."HELL YEAH!!!!" Then at 6:39, I thought Tony Stewart was going to get under Jr. and turn him, but that was a heck of a block.

  • I could just about watch this forever! I love this finish! 

  • 2001 was my favourite Nascar Season despite Dales Death!

  • 6:39 what a block by Jr!

  • guys..... this is talladega! nascar has got to do something about that two car draft crap.. it ruins the finishes.

  • @jay18fan agreed last finish with harvick and mccmurray was so boring they were over a second ahead of every1 else.

  • @queen889 ya i mean, i watch Talladega to see 43 drivers go for the win. the two car draft just ruins it. NASCAR is going downhill.

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  • @jay18fan The two car draft is gay and Nascar should do something to eliminate it. Talladega got its name from this type of intense racing not some two gay car draft. Now talladega races are not intense like this no more.

  • @funboy8 i agree man, NASCAR should curve the rear bumpers so that if they do there is a high chance it would set off a wreck. no driver wants that, so hopefully they would think twice about bump drafting, unless your Brad Kesoloser. You all know what he did. Daytona has good racing now, because they cant bump draft in the corners. i cant Daytona 500 with the new pavement!

  • @funboy8 you do know both races this year had more leaders, lead changes, and green flag passes than any 'Dega race ever right?

  • @111cados111 only because on slam drafting. and those 2 car pushes.

  • @jay18fan while I agree with you the 2 car draft wasnt evented by NASCAR the drivers do it. Go and tell them that

  • when did mike wallas drive for the 12 team?!?

  • Hopefuly we can see some vintage bobby lanote and michael waltrip at talldega in a wekk

  • Jr. Couldnt have gotten by LAbonte if Stewart didnt go with him

  • what? 4 dislikes... i didnt know brian france had 4 youtube accounts

  • Labonte would have had the race, but he had WAY to big a cushion coming into the tri-oval. He basically allowed the pack to get a draft run and pass him.

  • whats cravens problem?

  • Bobby Labonte is better than Tony Stewart.

  • there aint anything more beautiful than this!

  • all they need to do is make the front and back bumpers on these COT pieces of shit not line up... i'm sick of the "2 car draft phenomenon".... it's old news... and that's another reason the short tracks (mainly bristol) are becoming boring.. they can slam into the back of each other and keep going.. used to be a gentle tap and you get sideways.... anyways, if they make the bumpers uneven i think we could go back to this....

  • yeah but these days if someone spins at bristol everone comes to a complete stop in like a second.

  • Never again will we see racing like this... If you don't like watching them run like this, then you don't like Racing. period.

    Wish NASCAR would look at this and use it in the future.

  • ahh, ricky almost made it!

  • I wuz sitting right where the wreck happened I couldn't c any of the blocking I just saw Bobby flip alot of smoke and a whole bunch of cars smashed up

  • Up until the wreck it was beatiful racing 3 wide throughout the whole pack and the way Gordon made it through is amazin

  • love it

  • but people need to see jr's talladega win in 2004. jr fuckin dominated. he came from 13th with 5 laps to go and won

  • as benny parsons said it

    "this is unbelievable"

  • i have bobby laontes car from this race go #71

  • this was i 1st race i loved jr i was 5 years old here

  • I hate that they can't race back to the line now, if it's the last lap and the wreck is behind the leaders then why not? alot of times they throw the rule out the window anyway like in the 07 daytona 500, by rule Mark Martin won the race.

  • if this was nowadays they woulda wrecked as soon as one person got 3 wide thats how shitty of drivers they r now back here was the best not crazy faggets

  • How the hell did Jeff get out of that one xD

  • this was when it was good because they had to race back to the line now its a fucking caution when a peigon flys on the track

  • this is what racing is.......

  • WoW!

  • See what happens when Kenny Wallace is put into a better car. He deserves better.

  • that's racing the way it oughta be!

  • "this is...unbelievable" R.I.P. BP and this was the best racing nascar ever produced...when they would actually let them race

  • This was so good for the whole country. This was a few weeks after sep11, and just bc his dad won this race the year before.

  • i like the several attempts at a green white checkered finish

  • I'd say this was Bobby Labonte's last competitive race. Something happened to him after that wreck and he was never the same..

  • have you never seen him and jimmie johnson at charlotte in 2005? That was some good racing man watch it!

  • Yeah I saw that, Jimmie beat him in the final feet.  But what I meant was that it was the last time he was competitive week in & week out.

  • @Nocstaa Ah thought so but just makin sure ya know?

  • @Nocstaa no, this is 2001. jr competed for the championship in 2003 and 2004

  • @Nocstaa he won 4 more races after this.

  • @jonboy1822 Yes, I know.. you don't get what I mean though.

  • this was the first of many talidega races i went to me my sister my mom and my dad went to this when i was 11 man i wish dale jr still raced this way

  • this gets your hair standing up and your heart racing. 2010 DAYTONA 500 IN 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!

  • The duel races were good both had photo finishes. Lets hope the Daytona 500 can top the duel races.

  • @KingCuervo88 hell yeah especialy any race restrictor plate race from about 99 to hell watching carl flip and brad winning it last year all of em are good you know its a race when you hear the crowd going nuts for jr

  • this was and is a great race

    who said jr could'nt drive

    WHAT

    WHAT

    88 N 2010