1996 Daytona 500 - Part 3 of 21

[STP43FAN1]

4:13 shows how dishonest NASCAR's yellow line rule is - today that would be controversial because he'd be below the yellow line.

[STP43FAN1]

188 and change on fresh tires - they don't need 194-plus for good racing there.

[STP43FAN1]

The low-angle shot looking up the western short chute out of the trioval is the best view of all.

[STP43FAN1]

@STP43FAN1 2:12

[Griff88fan]

Such a colorful field back then.

[quasiphatpaul]

For anybody else who hates new nascar but loves this old racing do what I do. On sundays i watch the race on tv muted while paying closer attention to my computer while I watch these great old ones.

[jwill239]

Sr. went from the pole back to 12th place on lap 1..how did he get back to the lead on lap 4? THE MAN!!!!!!

[NAVGFan]

He was the draft master.

[STP43FAN1]

@jwill239 That's how the draft works.

[N1kahnefan9]

I love late 90's NASCAR, these are the drivers and paint schemes I grew up watching. I went to the Atlanta race this year when I was 2 haha.

[mightycowhero]

that sound when they hit the straights...

[TheSubstituteGnome]

I was little then, I remember being really upset when Gordon hit the wall.

[rockypc24]

i was there

[BengtsonJ]

You can hear Allen Bestwick in the background at the 1:48 mark

[NASCARfan22k]

He was the voice of the Daytona 500 for MRN radio in the late 1990's.

[NASCARfan22k]

Jeff Gordon lost the series championship in the first race of the season.

[NAVGFan]

He dominated the year with 10 wins though, just wasn't as consistent as his teammate.

[m140m]

Yeah, he had five DNFs that year, that's what really killed him.

[AustinHollen]

The 10 wins was awesome... it was the start of three straight dominant seasons. The best time to be a Gordon fan!

[CoolNala]

@NASCARfan22k Or at the first race at Talladega!

[MIBFreakPack]

@NASCARfan22k after the first two races in 1996, Terry Labonte was 30th in points and Jeff Gordon was 43rd. Their seasons really had to turn around and it went on to a Hendrick 1-2 finish in the points.

[STP43FAN1]

@MIBFreakPack  Labonte led the most laps here and at Rockingham the next week.

[MIBFreakPack]

@STP43FAN1 That too. Hendrick had a great team that year with those 2. It just didn't start off well.