I live about 40 minutes from North Wilkesboro speedway, I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s going to the track with my dad. My dad would pick me up from school early so we could go to qualifying. Racing is a bond we share to this day, thank you Dale Jr for all you have done for North Wilkesboro!!
Just like your dad, you are one of a kind. Who cares how many you won, your presence on track or off is second to none! I really miss your racing but I love you just as much now. Thank you Dale
Don't let the here-and-again troll get you down Dale. Wilkesboro was great for all of us and we appreciate the effort. I'll go back as long as they'll let me.
Oh my gosh I had a retro graphics shirt like that (wasn't retro then haha ) from the 90s or even 80s w/that grid and font was from a New Wave band I forget who! 👕 M in Miami : ) oh letting slip about Mario Andretti : ) 🎙️❤️👍🏁 Have fun at IndyCar!
I listened to this part of the podcast while pumping gas with earbuds in and was hysterically laughing. People looking at me started laughing because I was laughing so hard
Good to hear you speak on Rockingham. You were a rookie and I was looking for a new driver after Ernie got hurt again and was pulling for the 3 even though my brother said I couldn't cuz that was his man and this car went flying by and up to the top of the practice board and I turned to my big brother and said that's my new driver. I skipped like 7th grade Friday all day to just watch practice and qualifying and that was my favorite time doing it the first time I saw Jr on the track.
Not sure if anyone said this but they messed up the racing by removing the inside curbing. Now cars have at least a foot extra inside in corners 2&4. This alows the inside line to get on the throttle sooner than with curbing. Back then the curbing alowed the outside car to get in the throttle before the inside car giving the outside lane a better chance.
Well for us racers that run iracing and we run Wilkesboro Nashville fairgrounds and Rockingham we want to see all three tracks back to give us different shaped tracks. Hell take off sonoma and Watkins glenn add Nashville and Rockingham
nascar does not appeal to the country at large anymore. all they have left is their core fan. they need to strike while the iron is hot because the core fan will not forgive them again.
just because larson whooped everyone doesn't necessarily mean the race was a dud. not every short track race is going to be dale sr and terry labonte at bristol. that was never really how NWS raced anyway.
North wilkesboro was a really good race. The downfall is on the teams individually. A few teams did way better than the rest of them. Almost like no one prepared for the chance at a million dollars.
I guess I'm a weirdo....but I didn't think North Wilkesboro was a bad race. There was plenty of racing. Was it hard for the drivers...yes. That's part of the drama. Somehow, Kyle Larson found a way to pass cars....lots of cars. That means those other drivers and teams have an opportunity to separate themselves from the field as well the next time they get a shot at it. Maybe next time they won't pull over and let him pass just because he's faster. Either they need to get faster or make him slower! There are 3-4 tracks I'd give up in a heartbeat to keep North Wilkesboro.
I want to be a full time race car driver. Racing makes me no money, so just because i want to be a race car driver ill quit my job that pays my bills. 😂 The Crowd in the south east compared to the rest of the country should be everything a business needs to know. But it is the 2020s so what we want trumps reality lol
The only complaint I have read or heard is from Hamlin, wanted the track repaved! Most people don’t care what Hamlin whines about!The event was a success!!!!!
I hate the NASCAR qualifying format. Racing is merit based. "What have you done lately"... There shouldn't be safety nets in NASCAR like that. I can go to my local dirt track watching racers on a SHOE STRING BUDGET fighting like Dale Sr. did to keep their damn lights on and they can get sent home... God forbid Rick Hendrick or Joe Gibbs miss a race... I'm sure they won't even notice a dent in their bank accounts...
@@vincewallett I ROC is different what they did is have drivers from all the motor sports drive a set of cars that were all the same make and model and prepared the same way
North Wilkesboro should be made the new annual July 4th Weekend race. Make it 500 laps instead of 400. Start in the daylight and finish in under the moonlight.
I loved the races at north wilkesboro asa stars and the cars series was great I watch all the asa and cars races on floracing love the series I think it has a great future
All Star race was terrible because of the car and tire, not the track. We already know how bad the Next Gen is, but the tire just magnified the issues. These were the lap times from the final 90 lap run: Start: 20.9 Lap 30: 21.9 Lap 70: 21.9 Lap 90: 22.0 Literally almost zero falloff after lap 25-30 and only slightly more than 1 second falloff over the whole run. And it wasn't just Larson. Bubba ran a 22.0 on lap 87, Elliott, Reddick, Briscoe, etc all 22.1s. Hell, even the lap cars were 22.2-3s after 80 laps.
It is not the track. It is the next gen car. The Cars race was great so was the trucks. You seen wheel marks on all those. I seen none on next gen cars
That was a classic short track race just like the 80s and 90s and like every late model race every Saturday night. That was pure racing. Tire wear was good, horsepower was not a problem when you can’t even reach full throttle, aero was not a problem. Lots of passing throughout the field. Best driver drove through the field and dominated. If you don’t like that, you don’t like short track racing. Not to mention Richmond this year was one of the best short track races ever.
Bring Rockingham back! Fast track! I can appreciate the infrastructure and hotel concerns, but NASCAR even though we want growth, needs these rivalries in my opinion.
Dale idc what anyone says. Yes the last race was a clunker (one caution could've changed that) but everything else, the other races, the atmosphere was amazing this last week it wouldn't have happened if not for you. So thank you and I hope and pray this race goes on. I'm so tired of them adding boring ass road course and insane street race. Nascar is oval racing.. period.
If NASCAR wants to be as good as it was in it's hay day it needs to come back to the fan in the south east and get rid of that new car, it is ruining the racing. It took a great race track and made the racing mediocre at best and it definitely wasn't the tracks fault.
The race was good. Larson passed the field so there was plenty of passing. Maybe just a longer race to include a green flag pit stop. I think whatever is done, Nascar will never be as popular as it once was. Times have changed, society has changed, people more interested in staring at their phones while their electric car drives them to work. Sports like MLB and NASCAR are just going to dwindle unfortunately. I thought the race was great, like old times.
I’ve got 3 boys ages 20-10. The only sport I watch in my house is racing, NASCAR, F1, supercross/MX, motoGP, some Indycar and some NHRA. In all these years, races nearly every weekend, not one of them has ever watched one lap of anything with me. Zero interest. I’ve taken them to races and there was some interest and enjoyment. We dirt bike ride as a family, have classic cars we wrench on, but they just don’t watch TV. If they are going to look at a screen it’s a video game. And they don’t play racing video games either. Many of my friends sons are the same way. None of them watch any TV, ever.
If you sold widgets and 75% of your widget sales came from one area, would you: A. keep selling widgets in that area. Or B. Leave that area in hopes of selling more widgets in other places.
Nascar drivers need to stand up and say it loud and clear, we are not racists, we are not zealot evangelical fanatics, we do not support our actual fan base that goes to the tracks and makes our sport looks terrible to the eyes of the World.
You're a curator of the sport. You got the energy. Don't let the negatives stop the revival.
Jr Nation is a real thing. If you get behind a track and tell people to support it, fans will go out of their way to support it.
I live about 40 minutes from North Wilkesboro speedway, I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s going to the track with my dad. My dad would pick me up from school early so we could go to qualifying. Racing is a bond we share to this day, thank you Dale Jr for all you have done for North Wilkesboro!!
The all star race was great. Glad to see old tracks come back to life. Bring back the old fans who hate the chase and the next gen cars.
Thank you Dale for everything you do. We will follow you no matter. The nay sayers can fly a
kite.
I wanna see so many series race at North wilkesboro speedway 🏁
Just like your dad, you are one of a kind. Who cares how many you won, your presence on track or off is second to none! I really miss your racing but I love you just as much now. Thank you Dale
People always find a way to complain instead of being happy for all the effort Dale put in and many others
Don't let the here-and-again troll get you down Dale. Wilkesboro was great for all of us and we appreciate the effort. I'll go back as long as they'll let me.
All Star Race was Great
Had a lot of everything.
At least the track is back. It was a success!. Bring back the rest of the short tracks
Thanks for the laugh in the middle of my work day. That whole chop sticks thing had my laughing my ass off. Thanks! 😂😂😂
All the complaints are NOT north Wilkesboro issues. It's the next Gen car. The same issues will happen at Richmond, Martinsville, bristol
Wilkesboro was great!
Absolutely grateful to have North Wilkesboro back. Every race was great. The Cup Cars are hot garbage at every track they go to.
Oh my gosh I had a retro graphics shirt like that (wasn't retro then haha ) from the 90s or even 80s w/that grid and font was from a New Wave band I forget who! 👕 M in Miami : ) oh letting slip about Mario Andretti : ) 🎙️❤️👍🏁 Have fun at IndyCar!
The 1st race in Japan was 1996. I was there with The bill stroppe team
I listened to this part of the podcast while pumping gas with earbuds in and was hysterically laughing. People looking at me started laughing because I was laughing so hard
Love your podcast Dale jr.
Good to hear you speak on Rockingham. You were a rookie and I was looking for a new driver after Ernie got hurt again and was pulling for the 3 even though my brother said I couldn't cuz that was his man and this car went flying by and up to the top of the practice board and I turned to my big brother and said that's my new driver. I skipped like 7th grade Friday all day to just watch practice and qualifying and that was my favorite time doing it the first time I saw Jr on the track.
Wilkesboro made me feel 17 again, and Ross Chastain wishes he was Kyle Larson.
I like back in the day you show up qualify you race
Not sure if anyone said this but they messed up the racing by removing the inside curbing. Now cars have at least a foot extra inside in corners 2&4. This alows the inside line to get on the throttle sooner than with curbing. Back then the curbing alowed the outside car to get in the throttle before the inside car giving the outside lane a better chance.
I got my Charlotte tickets! Let’s fucking go!
North Wilkesboro was great, just the car is junk!! Late models and truck races were great.
Well for us racers that run iracing and we run Wilkesboro Nashville fairgrounds and Rockingham we want to see all three tracks back to give us different shaped tracks. Hell take off sonoma and Watkins glenn add Nashville and Rockingham
Dale or someone that's in the know! Will NASCAR ever leave the Charter system and if they did what System would work.
Here at 13,988 views. I had to reread that title, haha. :]
The charter system is crap. Put 43 cars on the track and if you don't qualify, you aren't racing that weekend. We now have basically 36 provisionals.
Gonna take a few to get it sorted out
"The Rock"
nascar does not appeal to the country at large anymore. all they have left is their core fan. they need to strike while the iron is hot because the core fan will not forgive them again.
just because larson whooped everyone doesn't necessarily mean the race was a dud. not every short track race is going to be dale sr and terry labonte at bristol. that was never really how NWS raced anyway.
Junior, I enjoyed race. I also got a kick out of the Cars Tour race.
Is Dale Jr ever going to run in the SRX series. It would be exciting for everyone.
I loved north wilkseboro. The car needs to be fixed simple as that.
North wilkesboro was a really good race. The downfall is on the teams individually. A few teams did way better than the rest of them. Almost like no one prepared for the chance at a million dollars.
Take it easy on them jr it's supposed to be fun
I guess I'm a weirdo....but I didn't think North Wilkesboro was a bad race. There was plenty of racing. Was it hard for the drivers...yes. That's part of the drama. Somehow, Kyle Larson found a way to pass cars....lots of cars. That means those other drivers and teams have an opportunity to separate themselves from the field as well the next time they get a shot at it. Maybe next time they won't pull over and let him pass just because he's faster. Either they need to get faster or make him slower! There are 3-4 tracks I'd give up in a heartbeat to keep North Wilkesboro.
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This weekend was about giving back to the community where it all began. Thank you 🙏 The car is trash!
I want to be a full time race car driver. Racing makes me no money, so just because i want to be a race car driver ill quit my job that pays my bills. 😂 The Crowd in the south east compared to the rest of the country should be everything a business needs to know. But it is the 2020s so what we want trumps reality lol
There was some good racing at north Wilkesboro with the late models the trucks but the cup cars need some work to make short track racing better
37 cars were built in someone’s one car garage. I had that dream that if I was fastest I could make the race. No more.
The only complaint I have read or heard is from Hamlin, wanted the track repaved! Most people don’t care what Hamlin whines about!The event was a success!!!!!
I hate the NASCAR qualifying format. Racing is merit based. "What have you done lately"... There shouldn't be safety nets in NASCAR like that. I can go to my local dirt track watching racers on a SHOE STRING BUDGET fighting like Dale Sr. did to keep their damn lights on and they can get sent home... God forbid Rick Hendrick or Joe Gibbs miss a race... I'm sure they won't even notice a dent in their bank accounts...
The freedom factory!! Cleetus McFarland
wish they would have the IROC races again those were so much fun
watch SRX its the closest thing to it these days
@@rodneyrhonemus3197 thanks
They have brought it back.
It's called the Cup series!
@@vincewallett I ROC is different what they did is have drivers from all the motor sports drive a set of cars that were all the same make and model and prepared the same way
North Wilkesboro should be made the new annual July 4th Weekend race. Make it 500 laps instead of 400. Start in the daylight and finish in under the moonlight.
that shirt will be sent to him by weeks end
not from me but someone
I would love a Davey Allison shirt. Where can I get one?
We need more Southeast races!
I loved the races at north wilkesboro asa stars and the cars series was great I watch all the asa and cars races on floracing love the series I think it has a great future
What is the plan for numbers locations??
I’ve never heard of people not seasoning their food while it’s cooking, specifically eggs?! Wow
YES!!! Slugger Labbe!!!! You will not be disappointed
put a little steak sauce on them eggs
We need to add Relegation to Nascar, best idea in sports.
Wilkesboro and Rockingham would always have a place with xfinity and trucks at a minimum.
Bro its more work to make scrambled eggs
All Star race was terrible because of the car and tire, not the track. We already know how bad the Next Gen is, but the tire just magnified the issues. These were the lap times from the final 90 lap run:
Start: 20.9
Lap 30: 21.9
Lap 70: 21.9
Lap 90: 22.0
Literally almost zero falloff after lap 25-30 and only slightly more than 1 second falloff over the whole run. And it wasn't just Larson. Bubba ran a 22.0 on lap 87, Elliott, Reddick, Briscoe, etc all 22.1s. Hell, even the lap cars were 22.2-3s after 80 laps.
The fans are speaking up. They want old school stock car racing. Then the stands will be full again. Nascar has gone woke
It is not the track. It is the next gen car. The Cars race was great so was the trucks. You seen wheel marks on all those. I seen none on next gen cars
dont laugh but if you have long hair chop sticks can come in handy to keep the hair up in place
I remember when Bristol ,Martinsville and North Wilkesboro would only qualify 36 cars.Good cars went home.
Wilkesboro gets a pass on THIS RACE. Next time it HAS to be better or it's doomed! I know a lot of that is on the package/car but still..
That was a classic short track race just like the 80s and 90s and like every late model race every Saturday night. That was pure racing. Tire wear was good, horsepower was not a problem when you can’t even reach full throttle, aero was not a problem. Lots of passing throughout the field. Best driver drove through the field and dominated.
If you don’t like that, you don’t like short track racing. Not to mention Richmond this year was one of the best short track races ever.
@@danielchai6145 WRONG
Just be glad you have racing to watch!,unlike other third world countries?
Why do charters like Rick ware racing not lose there charter to try and make racing better? To get a new team in nascar
The xfinity series and cup series needs to go back to IRP.
Eggs Benedict.
Dale Earnhardt Jr has done more for nascar than ANYONE
The only way we see this past weekend at north Wilkesboro is ALL Dale Jr
NASCAR is big business not racing
Bring Rockingham back! Fast track! I can appreciate the infrastructure and hotel concerns, but NASCAR even though we want growth, needs these rivalries in my opinion.
A-1 on eggs😊
Iracing ? Do you think we would ever get the cars pro late model stocks added to go along with the late model stocks?
Tim brewer on the download please
Auction those shirts for Childhood Charities - Come on, man. Call Kyle Petty.
Don't salt before ! The salt is making them running.
eggs running lol
wish I could find a Bobby or Donny Allison t shirt. also a D W t shirt always put the salt and pepper on my eggs when they are cooked
Take off restrictor at daytona and talladega. I hate the pack racing lts
not real racing
Dale u ok man not your self
Dale idc what anyone says. Yes the last race was a clunker (one caution could've changed that) but everything else, the other races, the atmosphere was amazing this last week it wouldn't have happened if not for you. So thank you and I hope and pray this race goes on. I'm so tired of them adding boring ass road course and insane street race. Nascar is oval racing.. period.
The all star race should go to Rockingham. These cars would race so much better on that track with the new asphalt.
If NASCAR wants to be as good as it was in it's hay day it needs to come back to the fan in the south east and get rid of that new car, it is ruining the racing. It took a great race track and made the racing mediocre at best and it definitely wasn't the tracks fault.
The race was good. Larson passed the field so there was plenty of passing. Maybe just a longer race to include a green flag pit stop.
I think whatever is done, Nascar will never be as popular as it once was. Times have changed, society has changed, people more interested in staring at their phones while their electric car drives them to work. Sports like MLB and NASCAR are just going to dwindle unfortunately. I thought the race was great, like old times.
I’ve got 3 boys ages 20-10. The only sport I watch in my house is racing, NASCAR, F1, supercross/MX, motoGP, some Indycar and some NHRA. In all these years, races nearly every weekend, not one of them has ever watched one lap of anything with me. Zero interest. I’ve taken them to races and there was some interest and enjoyment. We dirt bike ride as a family, have classic cars we wrench on, but they just don’t watch TV. If they are going to look at a screen it’s a video game. And they don’t play racing video games either. Many of my friends sons are the same way. None of them watch any TV, ever.
If you sold widgets and 75% of your widget sales came from one area, would you:
A. keep selling widgets in that area.
Or
B. Leave that area in hopes of selling more widgets in other places.
You're looking pale Dale, hope you're well and spending time outside.
Nascar drivers need to stand up and say it loud and clear, we are not racists, we are not zealot evangelical fanatics, we do not support our actual fan base that goes to the tracks and makes our sport looks terrible to the eyes of the World.