2001 Daytona 500 - The Big One Interviews

[Rusty2FTW]

add Ron Hornaday to the list because he had right front side damage

[wa5519]

I just wonder how the FOX guys didn't go on about Robby - Seeing it the first time I would've been most concerned about him - Tony's car could've beheaded Robby

[10ace11]

Ohh the irony, Hammond standing next to a #3 car saying that these cars were the safest in the world.

[980696]

@10ace11 shit i know....the safety and head restraints.......

[MrBrennan008]

That was Tonys near fatal crash and Dale Sr.s fatal crash the same day

[bobolob]

Was there ever a time Mark Martin actually looked young?

[ROBLOXIANgordonrox24]

I almost get sick watching clips of this race.

[C0LL1N]

that is really weird that they did the whole "testament to safety" speech and used a dale earnhardt cutaway car 25 laps before his death, and rusty wallace has a lot of damage, its amazing he was all the way at the front for that tragic scene at the end.

[RedSoxNation92]

@C0LL1N

i thought the same man it really is pretty strange

[bobolob]

@C0LL1N I agree. Very Ironic that they use the #3 as the cutaway car touting safety. It didn't take long for them to totally debunk what they thought safe meant.

[PTpredsfan]

The video was great til it had to make me sad...

[TheStewartfan1420]

In 2001 the cars and saftey were awful! its like nascar didnt care before Dale Sr Died

[kensethmartinfan]

6:17 - 7:00 Oh, the irony....

and the worst part is, that's Dale's car!

[superdevins]

@kensethmartinfan yeah kinda say that was some foreshadowing do you think so.

[concreteandlashire]

I wish Dale sr had been involved in this wreck. Probably wouldn't have had as severe repercussions as what actually happened.

[dgoodin24]

and everyone thought this crash was going to be the highlight of the race, RIP The Intimadator

[noonecfcf]

lol i see Vegas Fox in there! Fox 5!!

[cookieacdc24]

wat happened 2 andy houston?

[BCADAMS24]

@cookieacdc24 He works for RCR as Austin Dillion's spotter in the truck series

[InvisibleTeeth]

See that 92 car sitting in the top 10 there of Stacy Compton?

The crew chief on that car was Chad Knaus. Oh...and yeah they got dinged for rules infractions a time or 2.

[pwnzor3000]

Its creepy enough in its own that Hammond was talking about how safe the cars were...

Its even CREEPIER that the cut-away car, is a Dale Earnhardt car :(

RIP Dale Earnhardt

1951 - 2001

[pwnzor3000]

You guys, I didnt write that shit.

If you look at my channel, Im a HUGE NASCAR fan.

I have no clue who's been getting on here, or why, but I can assure you it wasnt me.

RIP Dale Earnhardt.

[jrfan07]

@pwnzor3000 lol after i replied to your comment i went to your channel and seen your dp was jr and stuff, i figured someone else may have said that, i recognized your channel name too so it was peculiar to see lol. i recommend changing your password if thats a possible problem. make sure to sign out too when you leave your computer.

[pwnzor3000]

@jrfan07 Turns out it was my friend Brandon, who doesnt hate NASCAR, but he doesnt watch it.

He messes w/ me like that, and that kinda shit can REALLY piss people off.....it did me.....

[gobackto82]

@pwnzor3000 if i can help i can tell you how people hack other people in a PM (im not a hacker and im not saying that i can tell you how to hack others)

[jrfan07]

@pwnzor3000 lmfao. then dont go on youtube and watch it then

[pwnzor3000]

@jrfan07 I didnt write that....

[donhol17]

very creepy listening to jeff hammond talk about how safe the cars are built now for the drivers safety, and knowing dale sr will die in this race...VERY CREEPY

[wdnewberry]

Dale's death was a one in a million thing... any one element happens differently, and he may have survived. The cars were safer than they ever were that day, but Dale's death was the blow to the gut that NASCAR needed to make them even safer still. It was so sad to loose Dale, but it was necessary for the future safety of the sport. Because nobody since has died in a Sprint Cup, Grand National, or Truck series machine.

[crbassassin]

hahha, someone's dead!!!

[DJB24966]

wow... ironic that Hammond is talking about Safety in the '01 500, and showing it on a Goodwrench car...

[Nxtl68]

3:26

What ever happened to Andy Houston?

[SammyFarkle]

I know it sounds weird me saying this, but it would have been real nice if you could see Dale Earnhardt Talking about how he got nailed in the side in this accident,

[royalty890]

It's ironic at the 7 minute mark they talk about safety with the 3 car. Man....

[mshake2008]

ummm i'm pretty sure after 9 years lol and tony still driveing i think hes fine after this wreck lol

[r6alerodude]

it wasnt the car it was not havin a hans device

[14purplesmoke]

wow

i feel soorrry for stewart

i hope he was ok

[theoriginalshew]

6:20, when he is praising NASCAR about how safe the car is, and he says its the safest car in the world at that time. it's a black #3 GM Goodwrench car. he says its the safest car in the world at that time. and just a couple of hours later the driver of that car would die of a simple hit into the wall. thats both a sad kind of IRONIC and creepy.

[Nxtl68]

@theoriginalshew

That's really creepy.

[FoamythestripMurphy]

@theoriginalshew Dude no kiddin!!

[SaintBEEP]

@theoriginalshew even more ironic is that Dale Sr. said during the red flag for this accident that "If they don't change the way we race here, someone is going to get killed"

[99boyz]

@theoriginalshew Cuase dale drove Like a Moron

[theoriginalshew]

i think this is the start of stewart's shoulder injuries. in the then busch series when he flipped @ tallagega, cup and busch @ lowes the same weekend crashed he was transported to a local hospital for shoulder pain. there is another one but i cant thin of it.

[jrfan07]

he had a big IRL crash at las vegas in 1996 too

[ThreeSevenSpeedway]

Stewart - destroyed

B. Labonte - demolished

Martin - all torned up

Leffler - all torned up

Park - demolished

[Spyd3r11]

thats absolutly fuckin creepy

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

I sure wish Big E was in that wreck but at the time I was glad he was not. He may still be with us today if he got caught up in that one instead of the last one of that race.

Hope Martin takes the cup this year. I used to love to hate him but somehow it seems to me he has a connection to Dale in my eyes.

RIP Dale

Go Mark Martin

[rebelfartland]

I wonder if Tony Stewart was at the hospital when Dale Sr. got there

[cookieacdc24]

he was about 2 leave when dale sr got there

[18sux29rox]

6:59 its scary that they used dale's car as the cut out .

[racerdsm14391]

fuck usa

[RSGVXStuntmanVx]

you go to hell

[19trouble2]

It is crazy that Jeff Gordon stil finished this race.

[88XxStevenxX88]

Its kind of sad dale died that day, i was only 7 watching this live on TV, this was such a scary race

[MrHartfordHockey]

i was 4

[DChimiliotv]

its kinda ironic they used a cut-a-way version of Dale Sr's car in that race talking' about safety

[wardaddy08]

i was at that 500 and robby ran over ward burton and caused this wreck, he's sucked at every form of racing he's been in

[FinestWuv]

Really? You do know Robby Gordon is a hell of a driving he just needs the right equipment.

[BenRichards87]

robby gordon is a joke. even if he was driving a chevy he would still suck.

[nascar9and88]

Not only was Hammonds statements proven wrong laps later, but even the cutaway car was earnhardts, now that's creepy

[wersaswer]

R.I.P. Dale Sr.

[hockeyboy1231]

wow, that segmant with jeff hammond turned out to be false a few laps later. That just sucks

[DevilzRock97]

lol "And See what Tony is complaining about"

[InvisibleTeeth]

You missed Steve Park's interview...which was funny because he basically said there's a bunch of retards out there and hated everyone...lol

[jrfan07]

lol!

[ruxer99]

dude stfu you stand in front of a TV and record shitty videos

[rusty2]

don't 4get 2 add jeremy mayfield, he got side damage in the wreck

[rusty2]

and ron hornaday, he got nipped by ward burton

[mattmennecke]

Don't blame the car it was solely caused by the lack of a HANS device. And the new cars aren't any safer than the old ones. The safety is all in the roll cage and the HANS. not designing car bodies that look like space shuttles..

[AutoRockinRacing94]

Jeff Gordon was still in his late 20's but he was 30 in August.

[AutoRockinRacing94]

In 2001 I Mean

[BEJAN92]

go jeff gordon

[asman9]

I wish that car was safe just for that ONE time. RIP Dale 3

[flubber342]

@asman9 I wish that every time a driver has been killed, that his car was safe

[pat02537]

The car that was used for the safety segment was a 3 Goodwrench car...really ironic.

[4DECO1]

I wish Dale could have been lucky enough to walk away from his crash.

[vettedude418]

if he woudhave just been tapped in this crash..and if he spun...he wouldnt have been in third place going into 4

[InvisibleTeeth]

More testament on how unlucky Dale was...if you watch the replay of the wreck, watch Schrader get thru it, one of the most masterful jobs ever.

[RainNBlood]

Fuck it... it was a shitty outcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jaiqi]

Jeff Gordon crash thank god

[guillermo968]

ppppfff7 years ago ...

[Joenad]

I wish it was the safest car in the world on that last lap...

[n0vaca1n3]

It was at the time, just not safe enough.

[dx6789]

f1 cars are way safer,even at the time.

[n0vaca1n3]

No they weren't/aren't, or they'd be racing at Daytona as well.

[wolves16]

Drivers had died from the exact same head injuries Sr. suffered for years... and NASCAR didnt do anything about it.

[Huskiebat6889]

I was upset that Jeff Gordon was in the Big One, but at least he was able to walk away from it.

[Winstoncup]

to bad dale earnhardt was not in the big one. because then he would not have his crash at the end of the race.

[jamespic]

Maybe an hour before Earnhardt Died!!!

[m309m]

How ironic that Jeff talked about safety, even going as far as to say "safest in the world" and on the final lap Dale died. Also ironic is the fact that the cutaway car is Earnhardt's car.

[grungyflannel]

anyone else think its a little ironic that jeff hammond is pointing out safety features on one of earnhardts cars? look closely u can see the the GM logo on the good, and the top half of the 3 on the roof...i never noticed that before

[mbahermie]

yeah Robby was in the 4 car and after Atlanta he was released. Just 4 races into 2001.

[evan06kirk]

How old is Andy Houstan?

[NASKAT48]

The graphic showed he was 30 and that was 2001.  Add 6 and you get 36 years old.

[mdhsyracuse]

Stacy Compton finished 10th in this race... with a guy named Chad Knaus as his crew chief

[Randildo]

yall see rustys wrecked car on pit road? He finished 3rd in this race. albiet it was damaged in one of the least most aero dependant part on the car :)

[O5fan]

Yeah, that's amazing!

[trouble192]

you forgot Ron Hornaday-14

[Randildo]

he didnt fox did lol.

[jrfan07]

i didnt even realise he was in the crash lol.

[itsalleternal]

There were probably a few others involved...there were likely more than 18 cars (I saw 23 or 24 cars involved but couldn't catch their numbers).

[trouble192]

RIGHT AS wARD bURTON TURNED LEFT TO HIT ALL THE CARS, THE FIRST CAR MADE HIS HOOD BOOBLE AND THE CAR DROVE AWAY WITH A TIRE RUB. It was Hornaday

[calhounbros]

mark martin has been in alot of big ones

[yowaso13]

sadly the greatest driver in NASCAR passes away later in the race

[wolves16]

I didnt know Robby Gordon was in the 4

Dale Sr just missed this wreck... got a little bit of damage on the right side. What could have been...

[SlimShaney2539]

no doubt, I wish he was in that one instead

[BEJAN92]

i have this on dvd but thanks for posting