Man I miss these days , the old cars, that high pitch snarling beast sound of the pack of cars, the old Hendrick/DEI rivalries of the restrictor plate domination, good times.
G Jam Agreed!!! I don’t like the pack racing today. Unable to make moves and separate yet, still be close to make up time if in line. Like everything else in life. It’ll eventually be back to what it was. In some sense
The sport is gonna die next year big time. They completely ruined racing its just boring now. Segments are aweful should make it heats instead then have a main event.
Gordon used this same car at Talladega for the spring race the following year. Clearly the most dominant car in the field. Great run at the restrictor plate tracks for Jeff from this race until 2005 spring Talladaga, winning 3 out of the 4 races.
This was a awesome, I was there in 2004 when Jeff won from the pole, but there was some tragedy, a man with his daughter got hit by lightning 50 ft from where I was standing in the souvenir area outside the speedway, girl was ok, but the dad wasn't, they didn't take the green til after 930pm and ended close to 1am, hell of a good feeling to see your favorite driver win in person.
2004 Pepsi 400 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Track: Daytona International Speedway Type of race track: Superspeedway Starting cars: 43 Finishing cars: 38 Laps: 160 Cautions: 5 Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon (24) Most laps led: Jeff Gordon (24) (61 laps led) Race Winner: Jeff Gordon (24)
NASCAR used to be such a glorious thing to sit down and watch on a Sunday (or Saturday night). Throw some burgers and hot dogs on the grill, throw a 12 pack on ice…… Don’t get me started on how awesome it was if you had the honor of being at Talladega in the mid 90s early 2000s Now it’s just pure political garbage with empty seats, like everything else
@@pepsiguy52883 I'm well aware of that fact but NASCAR had the Powerade bottle in Gatorade Victory Lane for a couple years before finally getting it right in 2005.
@@josephjohn3857 There are 42 other drivers in the field. I will always understand a commentator cheering on a family member. 2001 daytona 500 DW on Michael, Ned Jarrett on his son Dale in 1993 but DW's Jr favoritism really used to get me annoyed. Made me really glad to see Dale retire when he did.
The only Restrictor Plate Races that DEI and HMS didn't win from 2001 to 2007 was the 2001 Talladega 500, 2002 Daytona 500, 2003 Pepsi 400, 2005 Pepsi 400 2005 UAW Ford 500, and 2006 Pepsi 400. Also since the Cup Series went to the Gen6 car in 2013, Ford has won 12 of the 21 Restrictor Plate Races. 7(5 straight) at Talladega and 5 at Daytona.
Between the years of 1997/98 - 2006/07 was the best these things sounded and raced at these restrictor plate tracks. I may be off a year or so. Hence the reason I put the seasons as I did. I forgot the 98 Pepsi 400 was the first year for it being under the lights.
i was at this race there was no rain at all for the 3 days before that in daytona and as soon as i got out of the cab at the track and the sky opened up
this was the beginning of the end for the DEI plate dominance.....one of the most dominating 4 years of winning on plate tracks by an organization in the history or nascar
@@jasonjgr8580 Not once in the statement does he say cup championships won. Guy was simply saying DEI dominated restrictor plate races for 4 years which they did.
Nope. From 2001-2006 the first exclusive contract for only 3 channels to show 1 half of the season and the other half. This was under the FOX and NBC/TNT deal. Where FOX would get the Daytona 500 in odd numbered years (2001, 2003, 2005) and NBC show the Pepsi 400 and NBC have the Daytona 500 in even numbered years (2002, 2004, 2006), and FOX show the Pepsi 400 those years. Once ESPN came back in 2007, the schedule was now split into 3 different channels, FOX had the first 12 races exclusive rights to the Daytona 500, and they had Daytona-Dover, and with NBC dropping out, TNT took the 6 race schedule, known as the summer series, from Pocono-Chicagoland, then ESPN/ABC had Brickyard-Homestead, it would remain that way till 2014. When NBC came back, and the old schedule was back, with FOX and NBC airing their races for a half a season, minus both networks airing the 500.
KingCuervo88 Do you happen to have anything else from this weekend any of the Nextel Cup Qualifying for the 2004 Pepsi 400 race or any more from this weekend if you did could upload it? Thank You!!
I think this is everybody was pissed Jeff won and was throwing all the shit from the stands at his car after the checkered flag. Fucking embarrassing ass public. I thought it was in poor taste and I was a Martin fan.
Everyone was still pissed at Gordon at this point, but began to like him in his later years after they had figured out how screwed out of championships he was getting, with the Chase format and now the ridiculous Playoff format.
Man I miss these days , the old cars, that high pitch snarling beast sound of the pack of cars, the old Hendrick/DEI rivalries of the restrictor plate domination, good times.
G Jam more like Jeff Gordon vs DEI. Lol. Although in 06 Jimmie had more success then Jeff.
G Jam Agreed!!! I don’t like the pack racing today. Unable to make moves and separate yet, still be close to make up time if in line. Like everything else in life. It’ll eventually be back to what it was. In some sense
And the stands was full.
Agreed 👍 💯🎯💯
"Jeff was our preseason favorite to win the championship"
And he would and should have. Damn
Chase.
yup 2007 and 2014 as well and a few in between there as well
6 time champion in my eyes.. and frankly that's all that matters to me
The sport is gonna die next year big time. They completely ruined racing its just boring now. Segments are aweful should make it heats instead then have a main event.
AJ Suriano Earnhardt fan here, but yes Amen. Respect to the 24.
Kurt C shoulda won in 2004 2007 2014 based on winston cup points so he should b the one tying richard and dale
I love when a race falls on the three-th of July!
Im glad I wasn't the only one-th
Taking the 4th of July weekend away from Daytona was absolutely one of the dumbest things NASCAR has done.
Gordon used this same car at Talladega for the spring race the following year. Clearly the most dominant car in the field. Great run at the restrictor plate tracks for Jeff from this race until 2005 spring Talladaga, winning 3 out of the 4 races.
This was a awesome, I was there in 2004 when Jeff won from the pole, but there was some tragedy, a man with his daughter got hit by lightning 50 ft from where I was standing in the souvenir area outside the speedway, girl was ok, but the dad wasn't, they didn't take the green til after 930pm and ended close to 1am, hell of a good feeling to see your favorite driver win in person.
After 6 races that I've been to at Atlanta, I finally saw Jimmie last Sunday. Great feeling.
2004 Pepsi 400
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Track: Daytona International Speedway
Type of race track: Superspeedway
Starting cars: 43
Finishing cars: 38
Laps: 160
Cautions: 5
Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon (24)
Most laps led: Jeff Gordon (24) (61 laps led)
Race Winner: Jeff Gordon (24)
The move that Jr. puts on at 2:25:12 is incredible.
Easy to do when you're twice as fast as everyone else.
@@spencerpenson7523 sure buddy
Wow that was incredible
Thanks man
And he lost who gives a damn
20 of us from Bermuda was at this race it rained like crazy we were tailgating in the Best Buy parking lot during the rain delay
I was there too! We tailgated at the mall!
NASCAR used to be such a glorious thing to sit down and watch on a Sunday (or Saturday night). Throw some burgers and hot dogs on the grill, throw a 12 pack on ice……
Don’t get me started on how awesome it was if you had the honor of being at Talladega in the mid 90s early 2000s
Now it’s just pure political garbage with empty seats, like everything else
Millions of Coca Cola C2 cars, and guess what? The Pepsi car won.
I really miss classic nascar racing and the Pepsi 400 at Daytona
2:37:00 - Jeff starts pushing the Powerade bottles off the car 😂
In Gatorade Victory Lane no less.
@@TravisMSimpsonPowerade is a coke product Pepsi owns Gatorade
@@pepsiguy52883 I'm well aware of that fact but NASCAR had the Powerade bottle in Gatorade Victory Lane for a couple years before finally getting it right in 2005.
The delay at the start is long enough I can fit a shower in and NOT miss the first lap of actual racing lol
July 3th? Shame they couldn't run this race on July 4nd.
@@abbasladak294 so, this race finished at 12:00 am?
July 4rd is always a good day also. Let's not forget the day After though. July 5nd.
@@abbasladak294 how you know
Odd that fox allowed dws extreme jr bias to go on every race especially the restriction plate races
Why is that odd? They needed the fanbase.
@@josephjohn3857 There are 42 other drivers in the field. I will always understand a commentator cheering on a family member. 2001 daytona 500 DW on Michael, Ned Jarrett on his son Dale in 1993 but DW's Jr favoritism really used to get me annoyed. Made me really glad to see Dale retire when he did.
@@josephjohn3857shut up
This is when hendrick meaning mostly jeff started chipping at dei s restrictor plate domination
The only Restrictor Plate Races that DEI and HMS didn't win from 2001 to 2007 was the 2001 Talladega 500, 2002 Daytona 500, 2003 Pepsi 400, 2005 Pepsi 400 2005 UAW Ford 500, and 2006 Pepsi 400.
Also since the Cup Series went to the Gen6 car in 2013, Ford has won 12 of the 21 Restrictor Plate Races. 7(5 straight) at Talladega and 5 at Daytona.
Between the years of 1997/98 - 2006/07 was the best these things sounded and raced at these restrictor plate tracks. I may be off a year or so. Hence the reason I put the seasons as I did. I forgot the 98 Pepsi 400 was the first year for it being under the lights.
i was at this race there was no rain at all for the 3 days before that in daytona and as soon as i got out of the cab at the track and the sky opened up
I surfed the 3 or 4 days before the race with perfect weather. Race day it just dumps...
Morgan Shepherd finished 33rd wtf.
And yeah, Coke invaded this race but they still couldn't stop Pepsi. But then Coke Zero did in 2008.
OH MY GOD IT'S A SATELLITE FEED
this was the beginning of the end for the DEI plate dominance.....one of the most dominating 4 years of winning on plate tracks by an organization in the history or nascar
Jason Jackson dei did not have shit, how many cup titles did they win 0!!
@@jasonjgr8580 Not once in the statement does he say cup championships won. Guy was simply saying DEI dominated restrictor plate races for 4 years which they did.
Man, good times
Jeff Gordon's 68th Career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Victory
2:33:32 White Flag
artisticgizmo that’s a spoiler, jerk
@@TheMW2informer who cares?
Good finish at daytona thanks
I love how the kiss Jr. ass all night I guess they forgot the guy who drove the 24 was the best restrictor plate driver ever
SMFH Not
👍 won more restrector plate cup points races than anyone. Those are the ones that count.
TheDieHardWWEAddict the numbers prove it
Dont worry Guys it was taped on the Thirth of July...😂
I enjoy it when Darrell Waltrip says junior is going to win and he is wrong! He was always a jr butt kisser.
Half of the graphics are missing....wonder if that's Fox or Sports2's doing?
Is because the sport2 english channel used Nascar international feed
NASCAR international cut
I like how the last 5 laps they talked about the non-winning driver
The Coca-Cola C2 cars!
What about them? They all lost to ONE PEPSI car ;)
Wasn’t it weird that Fox was broadcasting the Pepsi 400
Nope. From 2001-2006 the first exclusive contract for only 3 channels to show 1 half of the season and the other half. This was under the FOX and NBC/TNT deal. Where FOX would get the Daytona 500 in odd numbered years (2001, 2003, 2005) and NBC show the Pepsi 400 and NBC have the Daytona 500 in even numbered years (2002, 2004, 2006), and FOX show the Pepsi 400 those years. Once ESPN came back in 2007, the schedule was now split into 3 different channels, FOX had the first 12 races exclusive rights to the Daytona 500, and they had Daytona-Dover, and with NBC dropping out, TNT took the 6 race schedule, known as the summer series, from Pocono-Chicagoland, then ESPN/ABC had Brickyard-Homestead, it would remain that way till 2014. When NBC came back, and the old schedule was back, with FOX and NBC airing their races for a half a season, minus both networks airing the 500.
KingCuervo88
Do you happen to have anything else from this weekend any of the Nextel Cup Qualifying for the 2004 Pepsi 400 race or any more from this weekend if you did could upload it? Thank You!!
How i miss this style of racing. Now a days it’s just stuck behind someone two and three wide
The Top 6 in the Nextel Cup standings in 2004 finished in the Top 6 in this race.....
Omen maybe?
Do U have the 2005 Aaron's 499 and the 2005 Hershey's Take 5 300?
Raceday Top 5 With Frank V jeffs 2005 aarons 499 yoda pepsi car was the only car there it seemed my goodness 😎
23:42 start
celebrating July 3th
nice one johhs
That move By Jr @ 2:25:12 was Legendary.
2nd Greatest Restrictor Plate Racer in the Modern era Behind his Father.
Nope wrong. Jeff Gordon had more restrictor plate win nascar points wins than anyone in history
“From 3th July” - nascar education
Audio?
Why does pit road look so dark
I was there
1:12:22 something burrnin
1:30:21 mokey see
Why it shows Viasat the Swedish thing?
3th july?
Nascar 06 total team control challenge
Jimmie Johnson 48 Lowe's Chevrolet
Need A Push? 2:26:43-
I wonder if Mikey W was screaming "Where's the 24?" during those early yellow laps. Uhhh right next to you Mikey, and he's gonna beat you tonight too.
28:40 Typical Johnathan Caddell
I think this is everybody was pissed Jeff won and was throwing all the shit from the stands at his car after the checkered flag. Fucking embarrassing ass public. I thought it was in poor taste and I was a Martin fan.
Everyone was still pissed at Gordon at this point, but began to like him in his later years after they had figured out how screwed out of championships he was getting, with the Chase format and now the ridiculous Playoff format.
From 3th July
The 3th of July, huh?
1st J.Gordon,2nd Jimmy Johnson,3rd Dale Jr,4th Bush or is it Busch?
Coca Cola C2 cars
31:35 OHH dammit Kenny :(
33:01 one hop this time
2 cars.. 3 cars.. 4 cars... lmao, Really DW?
3th
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