ESPN A Decade Of Excellence - Part 1 of 6

[TheTarheel2011]

what year did this air?

[NY32986]

@TheTarheel2011 1991

[3intimid8or]

What was the Unical ( i think I misspelled that) challenge? Like what did you have to do to win it?

[Caterpillarjon]

Damn racing was good in the 80's and early 90's.

[funboy8]

Dr Punch was a great pit road reporter but not the same can be said about his current play by play role.

[AutoRockinRacing94]

What was that in the begining when Earnhardt came out of the car.

[LeoAmes]

Looks to be the end of a race that Earnhardt had just won that he started to record over at the end.

[brad202684]

The 3 best NASCAR commentators EVERR: Bob Jenkens, Benny Parsons, and Ned Jarret. RIP BENNY!!!

[chrisuncleahmad]

How long did Jarrett drive the Citgo car and who took over?

[battalionfan888]

Jarrett drove the car in 1990 and 1991, Morgan Shepherd took over the car in 1992

[NY32986]

@battalionfan888 Neil Bonnett Drove it in 1989

[ReadyToWrestle]

Dr. Jerry Punch 1980's-1990's = Great Pit Reporter

Dr. Jerry Punch today = mediocre play-by-play announcer

[racing202]

@ReadyToWrestle Doc's making a return though. He sounds almost like he did in 1990s

[Ernde38]

Eli looks VERY uncomfortable, and why in the blue Hell was he the analyst!? LOL. He was never a driver!

[Caterpillarjon]

He looks like that guy Mark David Chapman that killed John Lennon.

[Crisgo3d]

to me, back then ESPN had more respect for NASCAR and were good with facts. Unlike now

[mexpn]

Dr.Jerry Punch is THE BEST, he has even saved lives as a pit reporter.

[wolves16]

I've read Bodine's win probably shouldnt have happened. He was scored on the lead lap, when he actually wasn't... and thus shouldn't have won the race.

[O5fan]

which one?

[wolves16]

Brett Bodine's win at North Wilkesborough.

[StewieGriffin1985]

nah, I believe it was Geoff Bodine's win in North Wilkesboro in '89

[mattomatto417]

I love all of your videos.. thanks so much for posting this.

[Troggle84]

Eli Gold did races on ESPN?  You learn new things each day.

[Frrrrrrunkis99]

He does play by play for the NHL's Nashville Predators.

[cfoster81]

I think he also does the play-by-play for Univ. of Alabama football games on the radio.

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

It's Eli Gold! RUN!

[OlsonFan]

Thanks for adding this.

[Randildo]

wow kyle petty in victory lane. man this is old. even more astounding is seeing brett bodine in victory lane lol

[dino2354]

Ha Ha Ha...I agree. Kyle Petty for the last 8 years, is a total non-contender!

[mdhsyracuse]

yeah that was his only win in 480 career races

[Randildo]

he won 8 races in his career if im not mistaken. i know for a fact his 1st win was at richmond in 86 when dale earnhardt and dw had an incident, and his last was in 95 at dover cuz i was there lol.

[Randildo]

unless u meant brett bodine lol. then i feel like a spanked ass. lol

[mdhsyracuse]

Yes, Brett Bodine of course. Sorry it took so long to get back to you XD

[RealRacer2442]

Damn. Bob looks weird back in 1981.

[NY32986]

@RealRacer2442 But Bob will always be bob either with the little fro he had in 1981 or when he looked for the most part the same for over a decade from the mid 80s to the 90s, to now when he's in his Mid 60s on Versus.. He's still the best with motorsports

[RealRacer2442]

@NY32986 1) This was posted 3 years ago. 2) Me saying that Bob looks wierd does not change the fact for me that he sucks as a commentator just b/c his hair looked different. 3) Yes. Agree. I think he's one of the best racing commentators around to this date.