2001 EA Sports 500 - PART 15/18 (Finish/Big One)

[427BELAIR]

between this and the oct 2000 talladega race, probably the best last 5 laps ever.

[Nascarboy426]

I remember being 7 years old and seeing Bobby Labonte's car flip over...I was like "They can do that?" XD

[149impala]

Its funny how at certain parts of the finish the commentators are in such shock at what their seeing that they cant say anything at times

[Dudeawesome1000]

It would have been awesome if Rudd had pulled a Ricky Bobby and just got out of his car and ran across the finish line.

[jeffg24LT21]

in my opinion best tally finish ever

[TheSubstituteGnome]

I remember watching this live when I was 9 years old.

To this day I still think this is the greatest finish to a NASCAR race of all time.

[TornadoIndy]

This was back before Sprint completely altered the overall tone of the sport. This was also back whenever DEI started their dominance at all of the restrictor plate tracks. And, this is back whenever nobody could really touch Junior at Talladega. The 2001 fall event is where he began his string of four consecutive wins at the track. If I remember correctly, this particular race wasn't credited as being one of the greatest finishes in NASCAR History.. That's insane. This finish was amazing.

[Bighoss2369]

bobby labonte went from leading to wtf in like 10 seconds flat

[BrianFalconsFan29]

i feel like this was yesterday

[18sux29rox]

was there a big one before this one? 

[Sportsgamer92]

Hard to believe all of the top 10s and top 5s Labonte has at superspeedways yet he only has 1 win (at Talladega).

[zandylovesrisk]

I remember that after Bobby flipped, I started to cry because I thought he died(favorite driver and this was after Dale Sr dying)

[JonPilat111]

@zandylovesrisk good thing he didnt or else bayne wouldnt've one the 500 if ya think about it

[zandylovesrisk]

@JonPilat111 Yeah, very true. I'm just sad that Bobby came so close to winning a Sprint Cup race and finished 4th since is last win was in Homestead-Miami Nov 2003

[JonPilat111]

@zandylovesrisk i remember the 05 coke 600 so close i was rooting for him there and jimmie got him at the line

[zandylovesrisk]

@JonPilat111 I know, Bobby should have taken the outside line to get momentum and get it away from Jimmie

[427BELAIR]

back when jr lived up to his last name.

[sandman47546]

other than darlington in '03, i can't think of a better finish to a race than this one.

[MIAMetsfan809]

Man this was how awesome restrictor plate racing used to be colorful commentators late race shadows and you can hear the fans from the BOOTH!!

[CoolNASCARGuy]

This was such an awesome race!

[RSGVXStuntmanVx]

He's wearing a open faced helmet. 7:45

[RSGVXStuntmanVx]

I love this race it is so awesome thanks for posting the whole thing!

[racermac1988]

The finish to one of the wildest races in NASCAR history...

[FrodothePuppet]

Ya gotta feel for Rudd at 6:36! Less than 500 feet away from the finish line, and he can only sit there and watch Ward Burton make it there a minute later!

[rustyshackleford01]

I noticed the yellow flag on the wall at 4:56, I could have sworn they had caution lights by then

[hookem24]

@rustyshackleford01

i dont think they had caution lights until they started freezing the field

[ownwar8]

these engines are so sexy

[MrCavalier82]

As with the comment I left on Part 11 of the 1997 DieHard 500, NASCAR needs to go back to this type of racing at the plate tracks of Talladega and Daytona instead of the nose-to-tail parade of last month's Talladega race.

[jlogano20]

whats with the quality???

[battalionfan888]

if you look at the top it says the video is still processing, i just uploaded the thing 15 mins ago calm down

[jlogano20]

no i mean its grainy and blurry

one of the best races of 2001 though!!!

[roadbeef]

@battalionfan888 did this vhs pass thru the washing machine?

[skatering42]

@battalionfan888 here we are 2 years later and the quality is still shit

[Chihuahuaman2]

@battalionfan888 its still crap