The History of DEI: The biggest what-if Team in NASCAR History
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- NASCAR is a team sport much like many of professional sporting leagues around the world. Some of their teams have been around for over half a century, while others just entered the garage in the last few years.
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Today we look at the biggest what-if team in NASCAR History, Dale Earnhardt Incoporated.
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Safe to say, if it wasn't for Theresa's stubborness, I'm very sure DEI would've won at least one Championship
Oh yeah, there is NO doubt about that!
Goeffy probably won’t have his four championships same for Jimmy…. And I’m ok with that
I'm not a big race fan, so I could be way off with my Opinion. I think it's easy to be on the outside and say those things. However the devil is definitely in the details. We don't know business wise what Theresa had no idea about due to Dale taking car of it. Also from what I understand Dale was her life. So unless you have a race team with your spouse, then have your spouse tragically die during a race... You can't really say why Theresa was the way she was with race shop and racing that killed her husband. Ya know?
@@darrelladams4188 what? Jeff had his fourth in 2001. Maybe Dale surviving could have led to him getting an 8th. Maybe sniping the 2001 title. But if not Jeff was likely going to have 4 championships.
As for a DEI championship, without Dale maybe Jr wins it in 2004. Other than that I don't know. Even with Theresa not letting ego get in the way the DEI team itself would still be fractured. No one could agree on anything after Dale's passing. Dale Sr was the glue that held everything together.
With Dale I can see Jr winning in 2004 and maybe 2008. Stewart was on fire in 05, and Johnson in 06. 07 and 08 would be tricky to predict but I could see Truex winning in 07 maybe. Other than that I'm not sure. Maybe Dale can convince Mark Martin to go full time for DEI in 09 and he wins the championship that year instead of Jr. But i don't know if Jr ever gets more than two championships. And going past 09 gets extremely difficult to predict.
Wish it would be that simple but Theresa was just the scapegoat. Dale Jr had just equal fault here, he wasn’t all into being a race car driver he even screwed up the partnership and relationship with the Eurys even though he wasn’t in charge he was the driver and the Eurys were the ones he had the most success with. He was immature and being a driver he said he made mistakes in having say in what the team did. Meaning you can be a driver or an owner not both. Also where has RCR been? The DEI engines were a collaboration effort. DEI would be in the same tier as RCR all this time of it we’re here today. Never matching hendrick or even JGR. A main reason JR Motorsports has been a success is because of hendrick Motorsports. Have you guys noticed a drop of performance last year after hendrick withdrew its ownership stake in JR Motorsports?
Dale Jr's win at Daytona in the summer after his father passed away in the 500 is probably the greatest thing that I ever saw in nascar.
I still like Gordon more, but damn if it wasn't emotional for jr!!
I agree 100%!
Bro those DEI care were ICONIC probably some of the best looking Nascars ever.
I agree!
That 2004 Truex Part-time bass pro scheme was fire. That color needs to come back.
I agree! 🔥
If this ends up being Truex's final year he should run that scheme as a throwback
We can only imagine what DEI would be if she would have given 51% to Dale jr. I mean, he could have tanked it just as bad or kept it afloat until he hit his stride like he is in the Xfinity series. If only
Such a fun team. So glad I grew up in this era of nascar
I agree!
Park was full time in 1998 but got injured in a practice crash at Atlanta which is why Waltrip was brought on as a sub
I learned something! Thanks a ton!
It worked out perfectly. Waltrip had just sold off his team because he ran out of money and didn't have a ride lined up afterwards.
That is an honorable mention for CGR
I got it!
I believe the reason many say the 15 should have won :: The 01 win below the double yellow line ., disqualification….. the 20 forced the 01 below the double yellow disqualification. The 15 finishes first. I can respectfully agree with their thinking.
Well only argument with that is the 17 wasn't disqualified for forcing the 8 under the yellow in 2003. However judging both clips Smith did what junebug did and should have win that 😊
@@CoryAY82383 I was just saying…… if 1st and 2nd get disqualified than 3rd place wins….. almost like foreshadowing 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
@@darrelladams4188 i do agree with that but my point above kinda over throws that
@@CoryAY82383 my bad I missed the Canadian flag…… as if NASCAR keeps the rules the same or enforces the same week to week… maybe in the Pinty..
@@darrelladams4188 dude I didn't know ow they had a Canadian talladega? I literally only compared the two most comparable finished fir this incident. Sure just ignore it cause I'm Canadian. Wow...
My honorable mentions for the Chip Ganassi video: Jamie McMurray won 3 races in the 2010 Season including the the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. Sterling Martin almost won the 2002 Winston Cup series Championship but after a crash in Kansas and later diagnosed with a cracked vertebra in his neck and miss the last seven races, Martin finish 18th in points.
All great mentions! Thanks a ton Miguel!
No problem Matt, you can always count on me to help.
@@miguelterraboeiradasilvaI guess another shout out could be the busch brothers battle for the win at Kentucky
As a jammie fan thank you.
@@titanicgaming1148 no problem man and this is for you.
Basically the death of Dale Earnhardt was the thing that hurt the team the most, I believe the teams run on top would've lasted a lot longer had he not been killed that fateful day.
Dale Jr was already making a name for himself in NASCAR thanks to his two Busch Championships and might've won DEI their first Cup Championship in the mid 2000s; Dale Jr would've basically been the star driver of the team much like his Father was for RCR or Jeff Gordon was for Hendrick Motorsports during that same time period.
I agree 100%. I think they would still be better today if he was still with us
My own honorable mentions for Chip Ganassi
Jamie McMurray winning the teams first ever All Star race in 2014, where Jamie made a blinding speed pass on Carl Edwards for the lead and ran away with the win
The Busch brothers battle at Kentucky, in which Kurt Busch beat his younger brother to take the victory, a moment still revered to this very day as one of the craziest last laps
Jamie McMurray’s breakout season in 2010, which he won the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year, alongside the fall Charlotte race
And finally, Juan Pablo Montoya’s Watkins Glen speed record from 2012
All great mentions! Thanks a ton!
16:07 thanks for my mention
No problem, thanks for mentioning it! 🔥
Voldemort lol
Honorable mention for chip ganassi: Kyle larsons charge at the end of the the first roval race
Love it!
Talking about Chip Ganassi Racing, don't forget to mention the 42 car was in Transformers Dark of the Moon, a long with Hendrick's 48 and 88(the car Dale Jr went to after DEI).
Love it!
Mention for CGR : In 2021 Southern 500, Ross Chastain witnessed Kyle Larson attempting a wall ride pass on Danny Hamlin, which lead to the 2022 Martinsville Playoff Race wall ride incident
Love it!
DEI also ran select starts with Park and Hornaday in 1997 with a nice looking Burger King car
Yup, the 14 car!
A team with so much history in a short time in the 2000s
Exactly!
Thank you for mention my Honorable mention, you are a great creator and friend.
Thanks for always providing great mentions! Ditto to ya!
I have three CGR mentions:
1. Juan Pablo Montoya ran the 2006 finale race at Homestead in the 30 car, wrecking on lap 253, finishing 34th.
2.Tommy Kendall had a one-off at Sonoma in the 42 car in 1991, back in the SABCO days, placing 18th.
3. And another single-start driver, Dorsey Schroeder ran the 2001 Sonoma race in the 01 car, coming home 25th.
Love it!
For Chip Ganassi Racing, Jamie McMurray's 2010 breakout season winning the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year.
Love it! Great mention!
Even as a Tony Stewart fan I knew Regan Smith won that race
This right here is an admirable admission. Kudos to you!
Zane Smith was going to replace Kurt Busch in the 1 for Ganassi if they didn’t sell the team to Trackhouse
I feel like I heard that!
For Chip: Juan Montoya almost winning Indy, what would have been if NASCAR didn't foul up
I agree!
An entire video about DEI and no mention of the Eurys? The Tonys were the biggest reason the 8 and 15 were successful!
Thank you.
Thank you!
The 01 didn't make its first start under the DEI banner until Indy in 2007.
I learned something new, thanks a ton!
DEI and RedBull has to be tied for the biggest what-if team
I wish redbull would come back
Such a shame that the wicked witch didn't just let Jr and Kelley steer the ship. Instead of just running the ship into the ground.
I agree 100%
Fun fact : Jr got screwed over at Talladega fall race in 2004 because he cussed in the victory lane interview which NASCAR responded by take 25 points away from him
Very true, but the 2 straight DNF’s is what ultimately cost the title
@@DoglegMediaMatt btw the reason NASCAR is sensitive over cuss words in 2004 is obviously caused by that Janet Jackson incident at the Super Bowl
No question, Jr is the most popular and globally known NASCAR driver of all time.
I would agree!
The #8 car was planned to run the full schedule with Aric Almirola for 2009 at Earnhardt Ganassi but due to sponsorship issues the team shut down after I believe the first 9 races of the season
That’s a great mention!
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What about Junior's victory at Talladega in the fall of 2004, when he cursed during an interview, which is also killed his chances of winning his first title by being docked 20 points by NASCAR? 2004 is supposed to be his first championship and that's a shame.
Could've been a great team if Teresa let Jr take over. He's doing great in the Xfinity. Could've been doing that in Cup
I agree 100%!
While there was still a good story to DEI following the death of Sr, their fate was sealed once it happened. In many ways, the best thing that could have happened would have been had Theresa sold the team soon after Sr’s death. The most logical choice might have been a merger between DEI and RCR, but that probably wouldn’t have happened.
I think Jr should have gotten the team personally, but hey, he’s proven himself as a competent team owner with JRM!
Kurt bush Atlanta win 2021 (the team finale win)
Great mention!
HOT TAKE: the original fight spirit of DEI lives on through trackhouse.
I can see that!
I miss DEI
I do too, I wish Jr could have taken control
Larson winning three in a row at Michigan
I was at one of them!
Theresa ruined the culture there, and by thinking she could replace Jr, alienated fans.
The Wicked Witch of the South
You got it!
Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, (DEI) Needs To Come Back, With The Collaboration, With Richard Childress Racing. (RCR)
I think it should stay gone, but JRM should for sure come to cup!
🔥🔥🔥
You must be describing the channels graphic designer with all those 🔥 emojis
And yes, Regan Smith is the rightful winner of the 2008 Talladega race. Smoke clearly forced him below the line. But is NASCAR going to give the win to a kid that nobody had heard of, or of a superstar in his last season with his current team?
Yup! You got it right!
I guess it Dalen’t Earnhardt it’s place in NASCAR.
This is a stretch 😂
Hmmm... could you do a video about Chance 2 Motorsports or would it be too short?
It will definitely happen!
Hey Matt....do you think that if Senior had not had the accident that we'd of eventually seen a DEI merger with RCR???
I don’t believe there would have been a merger, but I do believe DEI would still be here today!
America flag at dover is continues with brad Keselowski wins
Yup!
Teresa single handedly ruined DEI! I have nothing good to say about her. Dale started DEI for his kids.
100%!
YOU FORGOT ABOUT STEVE PARK 1997 14 CAR BURGER KING DEI CHEVY HOW DARE YOU
Smith won that race...idc who you talk to. Stewart shoved him below the yellow line. If junebugs spring 03 talladega pass was "forced" then so was that move. I'm a junebug fan and agree Smith was robed
Speaking facts!
Voldermort 😂😂😂
You know it!
According to what I see you have 3.24K subscribers that alone is enough to make noise but maybe you could also team up with The Iceberg, Eric Estepp, Slapshoes, and many more NASCAR TH-camrs to finally get a petition for NASCAR to rescind Tony Stewart’s win the AMP Energy 500 and finally give it to Regan Smith lol.
I love it, that’s a call to action I been get behind 😂
@@DoglegMediaMatt well do it I would totally sign that petition I feel a lot of fans would
@@DoglegMediaMatt I know Slapshoes one time literally brought up his team right away as an example of someone who went over the line and still got to keep the win lol
If Sr. had retired and lived. dei would be the company, (being nascar) team. Sr. would change the rules when he needed, get the debris and competition cautions to fall whenever they needed them and a blind eye in regards to the inspection process. nascar knew and let Evernham and Knauss do whatever they wanted. Just like when Jr. Johnson was the company car then rcr, and hendrick. Tony Stewart got shutdown after switching brands from "the people's car. He knew what a waste of time and money it was to paddle against the tide, so he left. The France offspring #3 is finishing it off with the charter money grab. I wonder why he lives in nyc instead of where the company is based? There is a strangeness to it. Let a few people see before you take off.
I love Mark Martin but I’m from Bakersfield🫤
Hometown hero!
That 500 had me happy and heartbroken at the same time, whole extended family celebrating and I’m smiling for Harvick but crying for Mark
Xfinity wasnt around in 1984
The Xfinity series first season was 1982 haha
2020 kurt busch tallaaga flip over johnson ok
Love it!
and the indycar championton ales parlo a few year ago ok
Hahahahaha voldermort!!!
I’m glad someone liked that 😂
Dude how can you make these videos with so many errors. Steve Park was full time in 1998 but got injured & DW filled in. 🤦♂️ Get your facts straight before making videos
Sounds like you could do a great job then, have at it!
Call it the Busch Series in 95! Thank you.
It was for sure haha 😂
I wasn't trying to be a douche, im just a classic person lol.
@@joshuaburkhart7690 I didn’t think that at all haha. I just call it that so newer fans who may not know the history can follow along!
@DoglegMediaMatt tell them to look at some Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Luminas, Pontiacs of the late 80s, early 90s and 2000s.