Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tribute to The Intimidator

This commercial aired right after Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona. Budweiser made commerical Tribute to The Intimidator.

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• Intimidator

[kingmaddog2]

I miss you dale sr

[bullpuky]

Dale Jr. didn't "sell" Dale Earnhardt Inc. He didn't own it. Teresa Earnhardt had the majority share. Jr didn't have enough corporate power in the company to control anything. He was simply a driver with a contract and some good profit sharing in the company. He negotiated his contract and tried to get a bigger say in how he would run his team but failed to make any progress. So he painfully decided to leave DEI and drive for a successful team before he gets too old to win a championship.

[ps2knutz]

nice champion ship june

[weedlehoot]

@RunerRacerPeniguin5 Nope...Rockingham.

[bullpuky]

@weedlehoot That would be awesome! Post a comment here when you do so we can find it!

[weedlehoot]

I was just searching and found this here...I directed and shot this commercial. I will need to post a proper encoding of it. We shot it 3 weeks after his fathers death...Very tough time for Jr.

[JustinHendren1995]

Good commercial. People should stop trash talking jr. He's not a bad driver just has bad luck.

[roguelead72]

@VuDu4000 The only thing the same about the engines is the displacement, everything else is manufacturer specific(heads,manifolds etc)

[bullpuky]

@VuDu4000 I suspect that much of the "edge" one team has over another comes from three factors. First, engine. You'll never hear about what they do to get the small gains in horsepower. Two, you won't hear about how they bent the rules until they're caught. Three, driver. Personally I think #2 is the largest contributor. Post race inspection can only discover so much unless they break the engine down. I recall many things teams were doing that cost them big time when caught. JJ inlcuded.

[VuDu4000]

@bullpuky Yes ofcourse the tuning of the car is what matters most in this case and driver skill. But I believe most of the teams in Nascar is professionals who knows how to tune a car to give it it's max, otherwise they wouldn't be in Nascar would they? But how come J-J can win 5 CS in a row while the others have no chance? Why couldn't DEI give Junior a good car he could win a CS in? I just don't get it how the other team can be better so much better when they have the same conditions.

[bullpuky]

@VuDu4000 They're all the same car. 2 official things will make one team better than the other. The driver and tuning. Driver experience has a lot to do with it. With tuning, the main thing teams have control over are things like the valving in the shocks, tire air pressure, spring rate setup in the suspension all of which help the car handle and corner better. The third factor is what a team can get away with that go beyond the rules. Cheating runs the risk of heavy fines but can be worth it.

[VuDu4000]

@bullpuky I don't know much about Nascar as I don't watch it very often. Maybe only 2-3 races of a season when there is nothing else to watch. But doesn't everyone in Nascar drive the same car? I know there is different models, like Chevy, Dodge and all that but doesn't everyone have the engine of the same kind to make it a more even sport? What can make that other team so much better then, than the team he drove for?