It's because of the aero package with that near vertical angle lipped rear spoiler and additional roof spoiler. That package created some of THE BEST plate racing EVER.
I still believe it is, if you play Final Final Fantasy VI or III in US. They have this world called the Floating Continent which ends the first half of the game. By the end of the dungeon, the statues that maintain the balance of the world are rearranged by the villain which causes the world to go into an apocalyptic state. This is what happened when Dale died in NASCAR. Dale was the unifying and balancing force and when he died, NASCAR's balance and stability when along with it and then NASCAR was left without an icon and a leader.
The most profound, prophetic, and downright eerie statement EVER made in NASCAR history was made just moments after "the big one" ( 18 cars crashing ) of this race, when Dale Earnhardt said over the radio to Richard Childress.....quote: "Richard, I'm tellin' ya, if they don't do something about these cars, ( meaning restrictor plate racing ) they're gonna get somebody killed"....end quote. Not long after Dale's death, Richard Childress revealed this in an interview. And what's even crazier, perhaps an EQUALLY prophetic & eerie statement was made just the day before this race.......again, by Dale Earnhardt. Terry Labonte stated that the day before the race, they were talking about how Dale Earnhardt was about to break Terry Labonte's "Iron Man" record for "most consecutive Cup races ever completed by any driver, and Dale said to Terry jokingly: "If I make it". Thanks for posting this entire race........it's the best quality I've seen yet on youtube.
Also when he was interviewed prior to the race he said something like "You're about to see something you've never seen on Fox" if memory serves me correct.
A couple of days before on practice coverage, Dale was wondering if the yellow line would ever be policed due to the aggressive moves. While the question was posed in a joking manner, truth was NASCAR did something about it after he died.
I was there and had my radio on dales channel. He was stopped right in front of me during the red flag. I never heard dale say that. Dale actually wasn’t saying anything. I know what you are talking about Richard telling that but I never heard him say that. Dale was actually a big supporter of racing side by side pack racing. He was just in an interview the day before talking about it. He liked the new package because it was keeping the cars side by side. The pack racing didn’t cause him to wreck. It was cause by marlin, schrader, Wallace. People think sterling swatted his back end out. Or dale came down on him that’s not what happened. What happened is sterling was right on his tail which shoved air under dales car. Schrader shoved air under the right side of his car which makes you back end very light. And the final nail in the coffin was rusty Wallace. Now rusty just wanted to push dale so dale would brag on him. But rustys car and every car have a 3-4’ wake/bubble of air that’s building on the nose of the car. Rusty started advancing forward and the air from his car went up under dales and the back end came out from under him. It went from left to right because the g forces are coming left to right and the wind was possibly a semi cross wind. The combination of sterling, Kenny, rusty ramming air under dales car lifted the back end up higher and higher until he had no down force. Today you would get punched in the face for that because every driver knows but in 2001 dale knew the most on how the air flowed but the majority of those old guys they just couldn’t comprehend what the air was doing on the car. So the ignorance killed him. Today everybody knows not to be getting on a car like that shoving all that air under it.
You can tell dale was fighting for his two boys in front of him on the last couple laps. He had TWO hands on the steering wheel that’s when you know he’s locked in. At least he went out knowing one of the two won that race. He literally created a 200ft gap between turn 3 to turn 4 unreal
At that point of the race, I thought Dale was getting ready to win the 500 a second time, never knew Michael was even in the picture nor did I think that Dale was going to help anyone. This was 17 laps to go, the crap was on the line, I thought Dale was gonna go after the win, then he all of a sudden lets Michael in line and then he drove defensively, something I had never seen him do. And then all hell broke loose. What's lost in all this is that Rusty had to change a tire early in the race and went a lap down early on and Rusty Wallace ended up finishing 3rd instead of Dale.
@@evanwilliams6406 He could've pushed or drafted behind Earnhardt had Earnhardt held his line instead of blocking and cutting off Marlin in turrns 3 and 4(which eventually of course took his life as we know it) to a third place finish beating out both Marlin and Schrader in a photo finish behind Jr and Michael and he would still be with us.
You cannot speak enough about Ken Schrader's character in those interviews. Michael Waltrip got a chance to win a race and got it. I still miss not seeing number 3 on the track... #3
Crazy how every time I watch this replay, the impending doom always looms over the race, which was one of the best ever, and you just wish the biggest tragedy in NASCAR history didn't have to happen...
The saddest and absolute darkest day in NASCAR history...the day we lost the one and only Dale Earnhardt...the greatest NASCAR driver AND greatest stock car driver NASCAR and all of motorsports will ever see. R.I.P. #3 Dale Earnhardt!!! You are in a much better place now!!!
Are we not gonna talk about the giant 'E' shaped cloud that appears in the sky over the crash at 3:59:28? No matter how many times I watch that final lap, I keep hoping Dale will just slingshot Jr. and Mikey to score his 2nd Daytona 500 win..
Nascar was NEVER the same after this infamous race. Losing such a great legend like Dale Earnhardt Sr killed classic Nascar, and brought up the modern safety rules we have since with no more deaths still, 21 years later.
2001 was a sad year for my family and everyone else in the world. First my uncle saw this race and when NASCAR announced when Dale Earnhardt had died, he was devastated and sad, when September 11, 2001 came into hand, things got worse for everyone. When the twin towers were attacked my family and friends were very very sad along w/ everyone else who saw it on TV. However that changed in 9/25/2001 when I was born. My family and friends were excited when I was born but in memory what took place. And when Austin Dillon #3 win the Daytona 500 in 2018 everyone felt happy emotional at the same time.
20 Years Ago! We Lost Dale Earnhardt Sr In The Daytona 500 In 2001. He Was An Amazing Driver And Become The 2nd Driver To Have 7 Championships, 76 Career Wins, And 1 Daytona 500 in 1998 for 20 Years of Trying. At The Beginning In The 2002 Winston Cup Season Fans, and Drivers Put 3 Fingers For The Legend. So This Was My 1st NASCAR Event In History! I Was Only A Baby! R.I.P Dale Earnhardt 1951-2001🙏🏻!
As of 2019, ONLY ONE Driver Kurt Busch is left from this race. By the 20th anniversary of the race Kurt will be THE LAST DRIVER from this Daytona 500 to retire.
@Jordan Boteler Yep, but he's a team owner of JR Motorsports so still heavily involved with the sport. Jeff Gordon retired in 2015 but is an announcer on Fox.
Losing Dale will always be a shock and to this day in 2023 it's still hard to believe it happened. But I still can't stop thinking about MW winning that race and waiting for his best friend every time I see clips of this race
This NASCAR has absolutely no resemblance to modern NASCAR. Even the track is totally different with the repave, high fences, double yellow line and paved infield. Ron Hornaday went from 39th to 5th in 15 laps. There is no way that you could do that with the current cars.
It's the aero package with a near vertical angle lipped rear spoiler, and additional roof spoiler that made those moves Hornaday made possible, and why the race was recorded as actually one of THE BEST 500s EVER, despite the final lap crash that killed Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Not to overshadow the final lap...but the debut of Kurt Busch was pretty significant too. I believe he’s the only full-time driver who started this race still racing today.
As a 10 yr old 2001 was so difficult for me personally Dale's death, 9/11, other personal things I honestly feel stuck mentally in that year and I cycle back to it and watch things from that year it was like the end of nostalgia/reality to me.
Crazy watching all the commercials in real time. Nothing has changed. 20 years, and everything but some gatorade logos and other branding are the same.
Pretty sure Park was talking about Robby Gordon when he said its the same guys causing the problems every week. Robby caused the big one at Talladega the year before. I imagine a lot of the drivers got nervous when they say Robby had worked his way toward the front
Thank God Earnhardt Sr. didn't have an in car camera. Just imagine the unbearable trauma and pure sadness of Mike Joy, DW, Larry Mac,etc and the people watching the original broadcast of the race seeing The Intimidator all bloodied from the sudden impact and violence of the wreck.
You know what I've noticed since I've been old enough to watch alot of forms of racing since I was 7 back in 2000 it always seems like when there's a fatal crash it's always on a sunny day
Sad to think about it, but at 1:40 of this video we see the last time Dale Jr and his dad would ever see each other. I’ve lost a parent and the last moment I saw them is burnt into my memory. I just can’t imagine those moments being out in the open for the whole world to see.
Death is such a scary thing, so sad to see Dale interacting with people on pit road like he did before every race not knowing in a few hours he would be killed in a wreck. Every time I think about death I always get a very uneasy feeling in my stomach. The uncertainty of what happens after is what really freaks me out. I know it all depends on what you believe I guess
Yes sir, 80s, 90s, and early 00s were the best. It started a gradual decline after this race, especially when they came out with the bullshit Chase points system starting in 04 that made it too much like playoffs in Football, Baseball, etc. Of course, they started jerry rigging with the rules so much every season it became too much of a pain in the ass to follow. And honestly, hate to admit it, but the sport is "too safe" now so to speak. Part of the thrill of watching auto racing is the risk involved and nowadays racing in NASCAR is probably safer than driving to the grocery store in your personal vehicle so it's not nearly as exciting or nail biting as it once was.
@@MrJay84b Yeah I agree 06 and 07 were pretty great, and as much as I dislike the chase, 04 was a really good year. But to me, I'd say 2000 (except for the 1st 3 plate races) and 2001 are two of the greatest seasons along with 1990, 1995, 1989. The plate package from the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega through the 2001 EA Sports 500 at Talladega is the greatest plate package I've ever seen.
3:19:40 Really bad example for the safety of the cars by Jeff Hammond considering the eventual outcome. Not to mention that the car exhibit was Dale's car layout
Schrader was 1st to Dale's car, I think he knew Dale probably didn't make it BUT he gave a good interview so as not to spill anything before a formal announcement was to be made... In any case though, seeing him like that right after the wreck is a memory I would not want to have RIP Dale, forever missed my favorite driver all time un-fortunately for me I only got to see him race in person but once...
Schrader said in an interview many years later that as soon as he got to Dale's car to check on him, he knew Dale was gone. But he didn't think he should be the one to tell the world "Dale's dead", so that's why he was a little vague and evasive in the post race interviews. Can't even imagine having to see what he saw and then have the media gathered around him so soon after. It's a miracle he was able to keep his composure as well as he did. 😔
Ive always thought that if A. Schrader had been a little further up, his car would have absorbed the impact and Sr. would have made it. Probably injured, but he would have made it B. Schraders car isnt there, Dale Sr. slides up and slaps the wall more at a side angle
That’s exactly how I see it also, he may have even got it gathered up before it got to the wall. He was just about halfway thru 4 when the contact happened so the radius of the turn is pretty sharp there so he would have likely slapped it with the side like you were saying. It’s just a terrible set of circumstances that led to him hitting the wall almost flat head on. In those days without a HANS that usually meant serious injury or death. The last bit of info is what really happened with the belts. The dislocation of his ankle along with the broken ribs and sternum suggest he twisted to the forward and to the right on impact. A side impact may not have loaded the belt and caused it to dump. I watch this race and always hope the last lap plays out differently. #3 Always.
Likely never unfortunately. It was an awesome race up until that final lap. I've been trying to find the complete 2001 season on DVD for years with no luck.
So crazy to think of the multiple incidents dale was involved in that could have ended his day (pit collision with Schrader, near wreck with Kurt, etc).
3:50:16.....Mike Joy: "Ohhhh!!! BIG trouble!! BIG WRECK BEHIND THEM!!!....to the flag...."...from that point on, everybody KNEW.. something was wrong with the Black #3. They were overjoyed that Michael Waltrip had FINALLY won a race after 462 starts without a win....but our hearts broke for Dale shortly before the 15 Napa took the checkered flag
Well, Elvis gained a bunch of weight, was out of shape and finally had a heart attack, I think people saw that coming in the last few years of his life. The other 3 you mentioned though were unknown shockers when they happened, who woulda thought Dale Sr would be killed at the track where he won the most races & where his popoularity was arguably the strongest OR that JFK would be gunned down like that in front of all those people...
2001: Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Death, WWF Raw Xbox Delayed, SD Just Bring It E3, Last Oval SmackDown, The Alliance, Invasion Angle, NASCAR On Fox, NASCAR On TNT, NASCAR On NBC, NASCAR FX, Triple H ™ Injured, WrestleMania 17 Jerry Lawler Quit, Paul Heyman, Monday Night War Ended, PlayHouse Disney, 9-11 Attack, Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, Supermarket Sweep, The Invasion Angle, Etc.
The call on lap 29 On Rusty was b.s. He played it smart by hitting pit road instead of going back around the track, avoided laying down debrie and putting the rest of the field in danger. They hit him with some b.s. He couldn't gey slowed down enough because of a flat. I remeber this race vividly not onkly due to it being The Day but I had started recording all NASCAR races on the day before ad keeping them for my viewing pleasure and I watched this one oh so much.
I understand this. I get it it was still abs call. He attempted to slow down and got it whoaed down. At least. Nothing bitching about it can do. I mean it's from 18 years ago. Lol. I just alwaysthought it was a bad call
I hate commercials now a days, but seeing these ads brings back memories of me being a kid watching the races ..
4 tires for $99......my God.
Back when they were enjoyable or at the very least, watchable.
Can't say that with the ads of today.
Then companies got greedy @@DerrickRG
Sad thing is if not for the last lap this could’ve easily gone down as one of the top five best Daytona 500s of all time 😕
It's because of the aero package with that near vertical angle lipped rear spoiler and additional roof spoiler. That package created some of THE BEST plate racing EVER.
I still believe it is, if you play Final Final Fantasy VI or III in US. They have this world called the Floating Continent which ends the first half of the game. By the end of the dungeon, the statues that maintain the balance of the world are rearranged by the villain which causes the world to go into an apocalyptic state. This is what happened when Dale died in NASCAR. Dale was the unifying and balancing force and when he died, NASCAR's balance and stability when along with it and then NASCAR was left without an icon and a leader.
I could not agree more with that.
Would be the greatest ever
It is the best 500 ever.
The most profound, prophetic, and downright eerie statement EVER made in NASCAR history was made just moments after "the big one" ( 18 cars crashing ) of this race, when Dale Earnhardt said over the radio to Richard Childress.....quote: "Richard, I'm tellin' ya, if they don't do something about these cars, ( meaning restrictor plate racing ) they're gonna get somebody killed"....end quote. Not long after Dale's death, Richard Childress revealed this in an interview. And what's even crazier, perhaps an EQUALLY prophetic & eerie statement was made just the day before this race.......again, by Dale Earnhardt. Terry Labonte stated that the day before the race, they were talking about how Dale Earnhardt was about to break Terry Labonte's "Iron Man" record for "most consecutive Cup races ever completed by any driver, and Dale said to Terry jokingly: "If I make it". Thanks for posting this entire race........it's the best quality I've seen yet on youtube.
Also when he was interviewed prior to the race he said something like "You're about to see something you've never seen on Fox" if memory serves me correct.
Earnhardt also said in his prerace interview..."you're going to see something you've never seen before" on Fox before the 500...to paraphrase...
@@josalynfarmer5336 Yes ma'am......he sure did, and I remember it well.
A couple of days before on practice coverage, Dale was wondering if the yellow line would ever be policed due to the aggressive moves. While the question was posed in a joking manner, truth was NASCAR did something about it after he died.
I was there and had my radio on dales channel. He was stopped right in front of me during the red flag. I never heard dale say that. Dale actually wasn’t saying anything. I know what you are talking about Richard telling that but I never heard him say that. Dale was actually a big supporter of racing side by side pack racing. He was just in an interview the day before talking about it. He liked the new package because it was keeping the cars side by side. The pack racing didn’t cause him to wreck. It was cause by marlin, schrader, Wallace. People think sterling swatted his back end out. Or dale came down on him that’s not what happened. What happened is sterling was right on his tail which shoved air under dales car. Schrader shoved air under the right side of his car which makes you back end very light. And the final nail in the coffin was rusty Wallace. Now rusty just wanted to push dale so dale would brag on him. But rustys car and every car have a 3-4’ wake/bubble of air that’s building on the nose of the car. Rusty started advancing forward and the air from his car went up under dales and the back end came out from under him. It went from left to right because the g forces are coming left to right and the wind was possibly a semi cross wind. The combination of sterling, Kenny, rusty ramming air under dales car lifted the back end up higher and higher until he had no down force. Today you would get punched in the face for that because every driver knows but in 2001 dale knew the most on how the air flowed but the majority of those old guys they just couldn’t comprehend what the air was doing on the car. So the ignorance killed him. Today everybody knows not to be getting on a car like that shoving all that air under it.
You can tell dale was fighting for his two boys in front of him on the last couple laps. He had TWO hands on the steering wheel that’s when you know he’s locked in. At least he went out knowing one of the two won that race. He literally created a 200ft gap between turn 3 to turn 4 unreal
what?
Remember he went out watching his two boys with wide open race track going for the win thats his last memory
@@TheJingles007 You stupid?
3:36:37 The last lap Dale ever led.
At that point of the race, I thought Dale was getting ready to win the 500 a second time, never knew Michael was even in the picture nor did I think that Dale was going to help anyone. This was 17 laps to go, the crap was on the line, I thought Dale was gonna go after the win, then he all of a sudden lets Michael in line and then he drove defensively, something I had never seen him do. And then all hell broke loose. What's lost in all this is that Rusty had to change a tire early in the race and went a lap down early on and Rusty Wallace ended up finishing 3rd instead of Dale.
@@evanwilliams6406 He could've pushed or drafted behind Earnhardt had Earnhardt held his line instead of blocking and cutting off Marlin in turrns 3 and 4(which eventually of course took his life as we know it) to a third place finish beating out both Marlin and Schrader in a photo finish behind Jr and Michael and he would still be with us.
You cannot speak enough about Ken Schrader's character in those interviews. Michael Waltrip got a chance to win a race and got it. I still miss not seeing number 3 on the track... #3
Austin's still in the #3 but rip dale
3:51:08 [ I JUST HOPE DALE IS OKEY], Who can't cry for this sentence? I know this is too old, but it is still in my heart.
It's ridiculous he wasn't okay after all.
Crazy how every time I watch this replay, the impending doom always looms over the race, which was one of the best ever, and you just wish the biggest tragedy in NASCAR history didn't have to happen...
The saddest and absolute darkest day in NASCAR history...the day we lost the one and only Dale Earnhardt...the greatest NASCAR driver AND greatest stock car driver NASCAR and all of motorsports will ever see.
R.I.P. #3 Dale Earnhardt!!! You are in a much better place now!!!
Great quality. Best of this race on TH-cam
Yeah. This looks like RAW satellite feed from their local FOX station at Davenport Ohio.
Zane Marte raw satellite feeds generally don’t have commercials
I know but I'm saying that because the quality is so clear it looks like it.
Are we not gonna talk about the giant 'E' shaped cloud that appears in the sky over the crash at 3:59:28?
No matter how many times I watch that final lap, I keep hoping Dale will just slingshot Jr. and Mikey to score his 2nd Daytona 500 win..
Now everybody who competed in the 2001 Daytona 500 are no longer active.
What about Kurt Bush?
Chad, thank you so much for having this video on your channel.
Thanks for uploading this epic Daytona 500 of 2001. Despite the lost of the Intimidator.
Nascar was NEVER the same after this infamous race. Losing such a great legend like Dale Earnhardt Sr killed classic Nascar, and brought up the modern safety rules we have since with no more deaths still, 21 years later.
These 2001 commercials still gives me goosebumps today in 2022.
2:48 RIP John Andretti driver of the Petty 43.
3:31:23 and Kobe Bryant
The best and saddest day in cup series history. R.I.P. Dale Sr. U are still missed to this day
3:50:12 Saddest moment in NASCAR History.
R.I.P Dale Earnhardt Sr.
😥😥 yep 😥😥 I'll never forget it.
#2 is the 1995 Russell Phillips crash
The NASCAR I grew up with died that day on the last lap in Turn 4. The sport has never been the same. RIP to the Intimidator.
So true!
Same.
39:11 reference to Juan Pablo Montoya. Little did they know he would be there in 6 years.
2001 was a sad year for my family and everyone else in the world. First my uncle saw this race and when NASCAR announced when Dale Earnhardt had died, he was devastated and sad, when September 11, 2001 came into hand, things got worse for everyone. When the twin towers were attacked my family and friends were very very sad along w/ everyone else who saw it on TV. However that changed in 9/25/2001 when I was born. My family and friends were excited when I was born but in memory what took place. And when Austin Dillon #3 win the Daytona 500 in 2018 everyone felt happy emotional at the same time.
20 Years Ago! We Lost Dale Earnhardt Sr In The Daytona 500 In 2001. He Was An Amazing Driver And Become The 2nd Driver To Have 7 Championships, 76 Career Wins, And 1 Daytona 500 in 1998 for 20 Years of Trying. At The Beginning In The 2002 Winston Cup Season Fans, and Drivers Put 3 Fingers For The Legend. So This Was My 1st NASCAR Event In History! I Was Only A Baby! R.I.P Dale Earnhardt 1951-2001🙏🏻!
Saddest day in NASCAR history.
2001: the year of tragedy of the new millennium
As of 2019, ONLY ONE Driver Kurt Busch is left from this race. By the 20th anniversary of the race Kurt will be THE LAST DRIVER from this Daytona 500 to retire.
He was only a rookie too. Can’t believe how long ago this race was.
@@joshuafaulks7230 Me too, be 20 years in February. Had Dale lived, he'd be 69 going on 70 now!
@Jordan Boteler Yep, but he's a team owner of JR Motorsports so still heavily involved with the sport. Jeff Gordon retired in 2015 but is an announcer on Fox.
Well 20 years later Kurt Busch is still here and racing in the 500. And somehow, so is Derrike Cope. Not sure how Cope still is but alright.
And if you think about it Kevin Harvick was 1 race away
Everything was so perfect until the last lap. Great racing, great crowd, great weather
one of the darkest days in nascar history. R.I.P dale earnhardt sr. we miss you dale.
#3ever
10:37
The two men that will forever be bonded to this race.
Losing Dale will always be a shock and to this day in 2023 it's still hard to believe it happened. But I still can't stop thinking about MW winning that race and waiting for his best friend every time I see clips of this race
This NASCAR has absolutely no resemblance to modern NASCAR. Even the track is totally different with the repave, high fences, double yellow line and paved infield.
Ron Hornaday went from 39th to 5th in 15 laps. There is no way that you could do that with the current cars.
It's the aero package with a near vertical angle lipped rear spoiler, and additional roof spoiler that made those moves Hornaday made possible, and why the race was recorded as actually one of THE BEST 500s EVER, despite the final lap crash that killed Dale Earnhardt Sr.
The Oppermans from Texas will always love and miss you Dale Earnhardt Sr, your devoted fans forever
Not to overshadow the final lap...but the debut of Kurt Busch was pretty significant too. I believe he’s the only full-time driver who started this race still racing today.
Right, crazy.
This was not Kurt Busch’s debut race. He made a few starts in 2000 to replace Chad Little.
Debut as a full time driver.
Only active driver to have been given the middle finger on track by Dale Sr
3:03:25
You see Stewart moving inside his car
*hand falls off steering wheel lifelessly*
:(
As a 10 yr old 2001 was so difficult for me personally Dale's death, 9/11, other personal things I honestly feel stuck mentally in that year and I cycle back to it and watch things from that year it was like the end of nostalgia/reality to me.
RIP DALE And congratulations to Winner
Crazy watching all the commercials in real time. Nothing has changed. 20 years, and everything but some gatorade logos and other branding are the same.
Who's here 20 years later watching
Pretty sure Park was talking about Robby Gordon when he said its the same guys causing the problems every week. Robby caused the big one at Talladega the year before. I imagine a lot of the drivers got nervous when they say Robby had worked his way toward the front
Number 3 will forever be the goat of Nascar.
Did anybody else think Stewart was dead when they first showed his in car camera?
I watched the race when it was live I thought he died
Thank God Earnhardt Sr. didn't have an in car camera. Just imagine the unbearable trauma and pure sadness of Mike Joy, DW, Larry Mac,etc and the people watching the original broadcast of the race seeing The Intimidator all bloodied from the sudden impact and violence of the wreck.
You know what I've noticed since I've been old enough to watch alot of forms of racing since I was 7 back in 2000 it always seems like when there's a fatal crash it's always on a sunny day
RIP Dale Sr. 1951-2001
1998 Daytona 500 winner
I remember I had a bad feeling about that Daytona 500 in 2001 😞
Rip Also too Jason Leffler
The most legendary race in the history of NASCAR if not all American motorsport. Dale lives on in all of us. The last true American hero.
50:32 Dale Sr leads the 2001 Daytona 500
Sad to think about it, but at 1:40 of this video we see the last time Dale Jr and his dad would ever see each other. I’ve lost a parent and the last moment I saw them is burnt into my memory. I just can’t imagine those moments being out in the open for the whole world to see.
Death is such a scary thing, so sad to see Dale interacting with people on pit road like he did before every race not knowing in a few hours he would be killed in a wreck. Every time I think about death I always get a very uneasy feeling in my stomach. The uncertainty of what happens after is what really freaks me out. I know it all depends on what you believe I guess
Darrell Waltrip's call of his brother Michael's Daytona 500 win, and the on-air exchange in Victory Lane: the very epitome of Brotherly Love!!!!!!
26:36 I miss Dale Sr.
Other than the driver dying, NASCAR used to be this lit? 🔥 Looks absolutely nothing like today’s version.
Yeah man NASCAR had great racing back then
Yes sir, 80s, 90s, and early 00s were the best. It started a gradual decline after this race, especially when they came out with the bullshit Chase points system starting in 04 that made it too much like playoffs in Football, Baseball, etc. Of course, they started jerry rigging with the rules so much every season it became too much of a pain in the ass to follow.
And honestly, hate to admit it, but the sport is "too safe" now so to speak. Part of the thrill of watching auto racing is the risk involved and nowadays racing in NASCAR is probably safer than driving to the grocery store in your personal vehicle so it's not nearly as exciting or nail biting as it once was.
@@78FullSizeBronco 06/07 were still great seasons. The COT and Brian France ruined NASCAR.
@@MrJay84b Yeah I agree 06 and 07 were pretty great, and as much as I dislike the chase, 04 was a really good year. But to me, I'd say 2000 (except for the 1st 3 plate races) and 2001 are two of the greatest seasons along with 1990, 1995, 1989. The plate package from the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega through the 2001 EA Sports 500 at Talladega is the greatest plate package I've ever seen.
3:19:40 Really bad example for the safety of the cars by Jeff Hammond considering the eventual outcome. Not to mention that the car exhibit was Dale's car layout
Schrader was 1st to Dale's car, I think he knew Dale probably didn't make it BUT he gave a good interview so as not to spill anything before a formal announcement was to be made... In any case though, seeing him like that right after the wreck is a memory I would not want to have RIP Dale, forever missed my favorite driver all time un-fortunately for me I only got to see him race in person but once...
Schrader said in an interview many years later that as soon as he got to Dale's car to check on him, he knew Dale was gone. But he didn't think he should be the one to tell the world "Dale's dead", so that's why he was a little vague and evasive in the post race interviews. Can't even imagine having to see what he saw and then have the media gathered around him so soon after. It's a miracle he was able to keep his composure as well as he did. 😔
Ive always thought that if
A. Schrader had been a little further up, his car would have absorbed the impact and Sr. would have made it. Probably injured, but he would have made it
B. Schraders car isnt there, Dale Sr. slides up and slaps the wall more at a side angle
Absolutely. The impact with Kenny put his car at that critical angle. The entirety of life can come down to a nano second, to a 1000th of an inch
That’s exactly how I see it also, he may have even got it gathered up before it got to the wall. He was just about halfway thru 4 when the contact happened so the radius of the turn is pretty sharp there so he would have likely slapped it with the side like you were saying. It’s just a terrible set of circumstances that led to him hitting the wall almost flat head on. In those days without a HANS that usually meant serious injury or death. The last bit of info is what really happened with the belts. The dislocation of his ankle along with the broken ribs and sternum suggest he twisted to the forward and to the right on impact. A side impact may not have loaded the belt and caused it to dump. I watch this race and always hope the last lap plays out differently. #3 Always.
@@CPBreezy80 He was correcting himself to straighten out the car but Shrader hit him at the worst angle and prevented that from happening, killing him
The highest and lowest moment of Darrel's broadcasting career.
There's something so haunting watching this video and seeing Dale Sr before the race starts.
I sure do miss Sr. "You'll see something you've never seen before on Fox."
1:50:39
1:44:47
Kurt, welcome to the sport
20 years later he's the 2017 winner of the 500, and he's qualified for his 20th 500 driving the former DEI 1 car now owned by Chip Ganassi.
Kurt's first and last big moment with the Intimidator...
A day with mixed emotions... Hapiness for the Waltrips and sadness for the Earnhardts (and for all the nascar fans then, now and forever)
I miss dale sr.
17:30-A different Jim Kelly, the Buffalo Bills quarterback, was the honorary starter of the 1995 Daytona 500.
3:50:17 RIP Dale Enarndhardt 😭😭😭
R.I.P. Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29th, 1951-February 18th, 2001) 😞
At 3:30 🕞 Kobe Bryant’s McDonalds commercial makes me so sad 😞
was Dale ok?
9-1-1 What’s Your Emergency?
At the time watching the pre show who knew? Godspeed Dale
What's the song playing right before pre race ceremonies?
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@@blpanthers00 thank you
How Buffy was so emotional lol, perfect nascar race until the last lap
when will NASCAR reupload this in their official channel
Likely never unfortunately. It was an awesome race up until that final lap. I've been trying to find the complete 2001 season on DVD for years with no luck.
There's no way the fans would appreciate anyone re-broadcasting this race as it would've been too painful to watch.
man that day sucked
So crazy to think of the multiple incidents dale was involved in that could have ended his day (pit collision with Schrader, near wreck with Kurt, etc).
Earnhardt Sr refused to wear the safety equipment Oh well he fucked around and found out the hard way
When time travel get invented, the first thing I'm gonna do is prevent this accident from happening.
3:50:16.....Mike Joy: "Ohhhh!!! BIG trouble!! BIG WRECK BEHIND THEM!!!....to the flag...."...from that point on, everybody KNEW.. something was wrong with the Black #3. They were overjoyed that Michael Waltrip had FINALLY won a race after 462 starts without a win....but our hearts broke for Dale shortly before the 15 Napa took the checkered flag
2:59:33 the move that changed history
Dale's death was similar to JFK Elvis and Phil Hartman you didn't think it would happen like that
Well, Elvis gained a bunch of weight, was out of shape and finally had a heart attack, I think people saw that coming in the last few years of his life. The other 3 you mentioned though were unknown shockers when they happened, who woulda thought Dale Sr would be killed at the track where he won the most races & where his popoularity was arguably the strongest OR that JFK would be gunned down like that in front of all those people...
Hammond picked it!!
I can't, but I will watch until the last few laps. I can't watch Dale go out, but I'd say Junior is great for carrying on.
2001: Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Death, WWF Raw Xbox Delayed, SD Just Bring It E3, Last Oval SmackDown, The Alliance, Invasion Angle, NASCAR On Fox, NASCAR On TNT, NASCAR On NBC, NASCAR FX, Triple H ™ Injured, WrestleMania 17 Jerry Lawler Quit, Paul Heyman, Monday Night War Ended, PlayHouse Disney, 9-11 Attack, Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, Supermarket Sweep, The Invasion Angle, Etc.
I really wished that jr won this race it would have been sad but still it would have been a good moment like a passing of the torch or something
17:49 The last time Dale Earnhardt would hear these words….
What’s the song playing at 1:40:59?
2001 was the worst year dale earnhart died and 9/11 :(
3:19
Really a safe race car then laps later Earnhardt was killed
"If they're all gonna survive this run..."
Sadly Dale didn't...
15:00 best National anthem
18:00 😔
2001 was one of the most darkest years ever. We lost the icon of the sport of Nascar. 9/11 would happen a couple of months later.
Is everyone watching this emotional tragedy race from 20 years ago?
I am.
Tony Stewart's Flip
3:19:50. Sad sad irony
The call on lap 29 On Rusty was b.s. He played it smart by hitting pit road instead of going back around the track, avoided laying down debrie and putting the rest of the field in danger. They hit him with some b.s. He couldn't gey slowed down enough because of a flat. I remeber this race vividly not onkly due to it being The Day but I had started recording all NASCAR races on the day before ad keeping them for my viewing pleasure and I watched this one oh so much.
They have pit road speed limits for a reason. Even with blown tires you can't speed down pit road for the safety of the crews and officials.
I understand this. I get it it was still abs call. He attempted to slow down and got it whoaed down. At least. Nothing bitching about it can do. I mean it's from 18 years ago. Lol. I just alwaysthought it was a bad call
Why I think “this time” maybe it will be different.
1:32:24
bruh 20 wings for 6.99 :o
3:48:25
Mike Joy: Every driver dreams of when is Daytona 500 micheal Walt rip dreams about winning this race any race.
Thumbnail comes just after 10:50.
18:55 Really poor word choice for DW considering how the race would end.
Ironic jeff Hammond saying these are the safest cars in the world during the big wreck. Shortly later, earnhardt died.
3:50:16.
RIP Earnhardt sr.😐
@Corwin719 where? Like what time placement