Dale Jr. Download: "Freakin' Awesome" Pre-Race Stunts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2020
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and legendary promoter Humpy Wheeler discuss the best pre-race stunts at NASCAR events. Dale Jr. recalls his favorite pre-race stunt and Humpy shares all the details from behind the scenes - from military reenactments to Jimmy The Flying Greek.
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Hey guys, I am the stunt driver that jumped the black bus in Oct 1995 and the RV in 1996. It was an honor to do it. I got a lot of mileage off the photo of jumping the Black Bus - Thank you!
if you have movies of your jumps make sure they are out there for us to see , that stuff was awesome and is a real treat for people who were there to remember you doing it , thank you for the entertainment and the fond memories
doug field if you type in “Mark Hager St. Louis Pipe Ramp” it will connect you to some of my stuff. I’m also a Stunt Coordinator with LA Motorsports (lamsports.com)
Charlotte Motor Speedway and Humpy Wheeler put my stunt career in overdrive. I owe him and many others a great deal of thanks.
@@markhager4508 thank you soo much , my dad is no longer with us , but going to the races together with him was special and watching you and others doing crazy stunts never gets old , the first i saw was Evil Kenevel and he crashed and broke his leg , seeing a picture or the footage will bring back everything , thank you again for the thrill and the memories that last forever , God bless you
Why is he not in the NASCAR Hall of Fame?
I feel he's definitely worthy. Never be another one like him!
@The House that Jack Built Age has nothing to do with it. Dale Jr is in the hof
@The House that Jack Built
He’s too young ????
Say what ?
My guess is because he ran afoul of the France family.
@@angelzombie6165 except he never ran afoul with the France family. The France family loved him, he was a promotional genius not only for the Charlotte Motor Speedway but for NASCAR as a whole.
And the parking lot is full of em! Fell of my chair laughing.
Humpy Wheeler: The true P.T. Barnum of NASCAR! For this sport to survive it needs more people like him!
I had no idea that Dale Earnhardt Sr operated the robosaurus. That's awesome
I feel like this was 1% of his story’s please bring him back on!!!
Miss the prerace shows nascar needs to bring this back
Those hoakie gimmicks are what is missing from the races today. I could watch Humpie stories every night. These stories make the grass roots connection. Keep the stories like these coming.
Man Huppy Wheeler is a walking NASCAR Legend the story’s this man has needs to write a book
He did. "Growing Up NASCAR" fantastic read.
Humpy Wheeler....a wonderful story teller. Dale....bring him back....encore.
Best interview ever!
The best "Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dirty Mo Media" ever!!!
Humpy Wheeler to me is the most historic track owner in history and all of the stories I’ve ever heard are just legendary. The school bus story is my favorite pre-race stunt.
He's a promoter not an owner.
He was a promoter not the owner. Bruton smith owned the place
I love my Mountain Dew race coat! Great shows Dale jr.! We miss the good old days! Peace! Thanks!
I can’t and refuse to wipe this stupid grin off my face while watching this
Humpy's such a legend - a lost breed
Awesome show seeing Humpy Wheeler! Cheers, Mark Hager.
Let’s bring back stunts and do away with pre race concerts at Charlotte
Elite Soulfly No they’re just not as good
Agree
Agreed! I took my daughter to see Robosaurus at a monster truck show years ago and she still remembers it even though she's now 26 years old. I'm sure she'd love to see it again, this time with her twin 4 year old boys!
Yes Please!!!
@@joshjarnagin3161 but it brings YOUNGER fans. Nascars marketing is trash. They complain about there fans dying off but don’t put in the effort to get new and younger people interested.
This is amazing. So glad he got these stories straight from the horse mouth. Badass old man. Sharper than a whip.
"NASCAR people went absolutely Bawhorefish" LMAO. Great listening to this old timer.
This "old timer" is living NASCAR history ..while we are slowly using these "old timers"..please I'd you have enough attention and consideration to co moment on dale Jrs channel..please show respect to mr Wheeler
@@joeysharp6857 You are not the comment police, you have no authority here. Also, if you weren't as dumb as a box of rocks, you would have understood from his comment that he enjoyed the episode as well as Humpy Wheeler's personality.
Well Joey. In my neck of the woods "Old Timer" is a term of Endearment and respect. Because I'm in a good mood I will show you the respect you don't deserve and not comment any further to you.
@@joeysharp6857
You’re a weenie.
This Old Timer is straight up Respect being shown.
Get a clue before you try to tell someone else how to behave.
@@MisterMitchMM
%💯
Joey is clueless.
I took my son to this race on Memorial Day weekend where they did this military show omg it was the best show ever my boy was about 9 years old he just loved it those explosions rattled your teeth lol
I could listen to Humpy’s stories for hours!
When i need a laugh i know where to find it. This video is a classic. 👍🔥💥 Humpy could do a stand up comedy show.😂😂😂😂😂😂
OMG i love Humpy Wheeler !
I could have listened to 12 hours of him.
That was priceless! What a story teller!
That's just freaking awesome.... 😲
Jr, every guest has been awesome but having Humpy on gotta be one of the best! just awesome!
Best interview ever!! Even better than Kenny Wallace interview!
Life pre 90s was so much better than the PC world of today
PC ain't got a damn thing to do with it.
@@TonyWud Politically Correctness has everything to do with it.
@@EasyMoneySG You want to make everything about politics. I'm here to hear Humpy.
@@TonyWud you know you can watch the videos without reading the comments section, right? All i was saying is that you wouldnt get away with all the cool stuff Humpy did back then today. and the term "politics" in this sense has nothing to do with the government, but the politics inside NASCAR.
@@EasyMoneySG Roger that. I think "insurance correctness" would stop most of them.
Humpy is the greatest promoter of all time. A true genius. I would love to sit down and just listen to the stories he could tell.
I'm not even a NASCAR fan, but I can't stop listening to guys like Humpy sharing their stories. I sold apparel for an arm of Earnhardt's company Sports Images back in the late 90's. With that, I was able to get garage and pit passes for certain races. My dad was a big gear head, loved ole #3 and I was able to take him to a couple of races at Dover with the all access passes. I never had a close relationship with my dad, we never shared the same interests in life. But for those couple of Sundays, we were never closer in our relationship.
One cool moment was watching Dale walk through the garage area, surrounded by autograph seekers. He caught me and my pa watching his every step from the side, saw our 3 hats and must have seen the smile on my father's face...... and just gave a slight wink to my dad.
For a couple years, I started watching all of the NASCAR races and yes, I became a huge #3 fan. Last race I watched was the crash in 01. RIP to a great man.
That was AWESOME
Humpy Wheeler is a joy to listen to.
Some of the things they talked about I'd rather watch than some pre-race concert of a band I don't listen to from a genre I don't listen to.
That bus jump where the front axle got ripped off was so funny 😂
Humpy Wheeler is a hell of a storyteller.
I saw Robosauraus as a kid at an air show in Michigan. It was awesome haha.
the best stuff I've ever heard, MUST have more (Thanks!)
I have to watch this again. That’s how I know I found something worth watching. Amazing history and wicked funny! Thanks D Jr! Awesome sauce bub!
I’m so happy you were able to get Mr. Wheeler on your show. Another classic!!
Humpy is THE MAN.
ABSOLUTELY GREAT Have Mr. Wheeler back with more stories. Somebody needs to write a book about his tricks that made NASCAR great.
What a legend. If only nascar had promoters like him now.
This is the best interview so far next to junior grand mother.
Never known of this man because I’m to young. But he seems like one of the coolest guys ever. Thanks for being an awesome promoter.
Trey, he the "coolest", and a Genius at coming up with the best entertaining events for the fans. In my opinion (and many others) Bruton Smith (owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway) was a FOOL for firing this man.
I love this stuff. Its unbelievable the stories and the goings on
ROTF and im not kidding one damn bit. Need more of Humpy!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dale Sr chomps up all the cars in the practice run. Sr says where's the rest of the cars? Humpy says you crushed them all. Sr says there's a whole parking lot full of them! 🤣😂🤣😂
This is the kind of thing that gave the sport vitality. The energy that Mr Wheelet has in reminiscing about the pre-race promotions shows how important they were to him. He's a legendary promoter. I had never heard of the Granada invasion stunt before this.
I just watched this episode. Retired NC State Patrol Captain Bill Malcolm was my next door neighbor when I lived in Salisbury NC. Bill and Lynda are still great friends even after we moved back to Wisconsin. Bill would tell me all kinds of stories about his time in the State Patrol and he even took me over to DEI for a behind the scenes tour! Bill is a wonderful guy. I was never an Earnhardt Sr. fan but I have always been a Earnhardt Jr. fan. Best promoter of the sport and these programs are priceless. Keep them coming!!
That is some Cool Stuff!! Way too funny listening to Humpy! Robosaurus and 14,000 more ticket sales!!! GREAT STUFF!!
Wheeler's hilarious...I could listen to his stories for hours.
There is not another human being on earth that can tell the stories HA Humpy Wheeler could, I could listen to him all day. Have him on again.
I remember seeing Robosaurus and Jimmy The Flying Greek out at CMS back in the day. Wheeler was a great promoter!
Yeah. If you just go ahead and bring humpy back every week that'd be great #legend
I could literally set and listen to Humpy's stories for the rest of my life! 🦅🇺🇸🦅
Love the old timers telling stories!!
Thanks Dale. You have really nailed what we want to see : Something a bit crazy!!!
Seeing Jr and Mike’s faces while listening to the wild tales is one of my FAVORITE djd moments ever. I have seen robo-sore-ass about a dozen times….freaking awesome every time.
Jr thank you for the guest humpy Wheeler this is up there with the King
That’s so freaking cool I had no ideal about this and Dale Earnhardt operated it that’s bad ass
You can tell humpy really enjoys bringing back the older memories lol
Humpy Wheelers stories are gold.
I haven't watched a race in a while, and years ago I was a casual race fan. However, I love listening to this podcast each week. These guys and gal do a great job.
One thing I noticed, and liked, in this podcast was how Dale got enthralled with Humpy's stories. Dale has turned into a great interviewer, but at times he gets almost excited and talks to much while trying to elaborate on this question (I have this same trait at times) and he will cut in on when people are trying to answer. However, for 5-10 minutes at a time during this podcast he was dead silent and completely captivated by Humpy's stories.
The reason why Dale got enthralled with the stories is because HE WAS THERE to see all this stuff. In Person, as a kid!!
The best JR download EVER..!!!!......encore please.
I met Humpy Wheeler in the bar at an engine conference put on by superflo... what a visionary on any project he tackled. Man he can tell stories.
I had a once in a lifetime experience with Humpy Wheeler when I was 8 years old. My Dad and I went to Lowes Motor Speedway to take a tour of the track. When we got there, the lady at the desk said no one was available to take us on a tour. Then comes an old man, who we thought was a janitor or something says “nonsense I’ll take em on a tour. Come on fellas, load up.” At the end of the tour, Dad asked him how long he’d been working at the track…he said “Many many years, I own this track”. We spent a full 2 hours on a personal tour of Charlotte with Humpy Wheeler himself! I don’t even think we were charged for it!! That was one of the coolest experiences of my life!
Humpy.....one of a kind. I attended both Charlotte cup races for some 20 years. Competing with 150,000 other people trying to get into the track and parked was no easy task. Always left for the track from wherever I was staying early, a quick stop at Bojangles, and getting to the track early. It was worth it! We were entertained for hours because of Humpy Wheeler. Probably one of my greatest disappointments was Bruton Smith getting rid of one of the greatest promoters that has ever lived. It was truly "the Great Show".
Best episode ever.... Humpy is one of a kind...
Lot's of fun. Ole Humpy Wheeler is quite a card.
Welcome back Junior, Mike and Mr Wheeler and the stock car season fans. Best show on youtube.
And now...we have the rest of the story. That was great! Thanks for the video, Greg.
One of the best interviews yet. Thanks!
Great video Humpy is great love the stories
Humpy is a wildman.
I like this show a lot but the stories, I love! You just can’t make this stuff up! I pray for Jr’s continued success.
I cannot think about Humpy without the Humpy Bumper coming to mind. It was a great idea that NASCAR was foolish not to adopt.
This one is up there with the best most entertaining. I could listen to Huppy Wheeler all day he’s got some great stories and funny too. That robo deal he set up with introducing the operator at the end was top notch. I like his attitude when after one of his stunts goes a little south and tears something up bringing down the heat on him he tries to down play it like ehh it ain’t that bad nothing to worry about. Great stuff.
That was a good one!
Ah...Great to see Humpy again. He's got Great Stories...TY D MO...
We went to all them races in Charlotte and loved all the things that humpy wheeler did. It was awesome in a great time. Had by all And then came the race and even made it better. Thanks to you for having humpy on your Channel. Dale jr.
Lmao , that was a good blast of the past. Had me laughing so hard my wife was wondering what I was watching. Jr, I love hearing the stories of the past. I miss your father's personality,and what he brought to the sport. It is kind of funny , I wasn't a fan of your father when he was alive. I rooted for those blue ovals , my step father as a joke had some t shirts printed up, as a joke of course. That had a blue oval on the front of the shirt. It said "Fade" in the oval . Underneath the oval it said what Fade stood for. Fans against Dale Earnhardt. On the back of the shirt it had a red circle with line thru it . And the number 3 with the a Chevy emblem thru it. My parents debuted the shirt at Daytona during the 125 s before they were on tv. It was a black t. To hot for Daytona .they sent me one . Oh my God, I wore it at the Rock People were ready to fight me ,and didn't seem to understand the joke . I retired the shirt after that. Lol. Thought I would share a funny joke that backfired on me . Funny how I root on them chevys now . And always cheered for you. Still sport my Dale Jr racing Ts when I go to the track
Awesome interview...heck of a nice guy..met him a while back in the airport...could listen to those stories all day...another great interview!!
I love Humpy Wheeler and his stunts.
I was there at Charlotte for many of these shows humpy and dale jr are talking about, as a kid. Chrysler section, section F, Row 32, seat 45 over the tunnel.
Loved it the year the B1-B buzzed the stands with it's wings swept back. Scared the hell out of everyone
Love his stories.... thanks
That was absolutely priceless.. Dale I dont know who is putting the schedule together..but man you all have knocked it out of the park since episode 1. That is you a ton for sharing everyone. The laughs, the absolute feeling of being right next to everyone is great. Thank you very very much.
With the loss of Dale Sr, I became an instant Jr fan, as many did. When Jr retired I never could really pick a single driver to follow, the race rules were changing and I began to lose interest in NASCAR. I am so grateful to find these Download podcasts and have thoroughly enjoyed learning the back stories of not only the Earnhardts but of EVERYONE in NASCAR. Humpy is fantastic! It is quite a history and very enjoyable to hear and learn. Thank you, Jr and your team. Cheers from Texas.
Thanks Dale and Humpy so much. I was glued to this episode. Such great amazing ideas, talented people went into bringing a good show to the people and Humpy was way ahead of his time and the best!!
This guy should be on again! Great stories! He needs to write a biography!
Jr. has the best guests by far...
Humpy is the ultimate promoter. No other before and none after has the success he had. A salesman through and through he could sell ice to an Eskimo and a nut to a squirrel. Truly sad todays NASCAR generation knows little of him.
Gotta love Humpy 💖
Just remember, Bruton Smith fired Humpy and gave his son the job. CMS has never been the same.
Yep!!
And now Bruton Smith is dead
Dale, Jr., your racing was a warm-up for this winning show. It's like you're living your childhood again listening to Humpy. He's a trip for sure. Kudos to you, Dale!
Yeah we were doing an intro to the race... we blew up two houses, and called in the military to invade the speedway...Nothing unusual here continue on.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Best one ever
Loved those stories.
Man I have missed this show. I am glad you guys are back!
110% agreed
Same here
Thanks DaleJr, and the great Humpy Wheeler, he is the guy that really could help me get it done, nice I love ❤️ this TH-cam channel thank you Dale Junior Earnhardt you’re the manlove ya brother.thanks,
Him talking about the 80s weekend tv man i miss those days 🤷♂️😁