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@@chrisuncleahmad666 and 3) More people were upset about the fact that Football overran into the race, and NBC didn't think to place it on either TNT or CNBC.
Indianapolis is 2.5-miles long while Charlotte is 1.5-miles around. Ten consecutive laps around Indy is 25 miles compared to 15 around Charlotte. On average, in this race it was about 28-30 laps/42-45 miles that a tire lasted. Around Indy 42-45 miles is 17-18 laps. In this race we were using the Generation 4 car, while the 2008 Brickyard 400 we had already started using the Generation 5/COT Car of Tomorrow.
A dynasty from 06-08. 02-05 was the beginning. They came close to winning a championship all those years but came up short. 03, Matt Kenseth had a big point lead and Jimmie took 2nd place. 04, Jimmie was some 8 points short. 05, he had a chance, but it all slipped away from his hands after he crashed at Homestead. Let's not forget he and Chad were fighting amongst themselves halfway through or towards the end of 05 I can't say for sure. But 06 on, they got everything in the right direction. 02-05 is what I considered Phase I. 2006-2010 was Phase II. 2011 was a struggle. 2012 was probably a rebuilding year. 2013-2016 was maybe Phase III. 2017 was probably the beginning of the end of their winning ways.
I was coming home from Southern California that day. And they're were like about 100 laps to go when I got home. I was sad to see Rusty get screwed these last several races in his farewell season.
Ah, the 48 winning in true Hendrick style. Not that competitive all night and then magically the fastest car on the track with only 2 tires lol. I do find it funny that during the 48’s dominance at Charlotte its never mentioned that they were the only team invited to the Goodyear tire tests at the track from 2002-2005.
I was gonna comment this, but had to make sure no one else already said it lol. Isn’t it amazing? Runs like crap all night, then all the sudden is 2 tenths better than everyone else on the last run. They did that on numerous occasions and I’ve never figured out how they were able to get away with whatever they were doing
@@RichieWilliams97 Jimmie and Chad won Charlotte in every generation of car except for the Camero. He was just that good. Jr had the same caliber of cars and could barely sniff victory lane.
@@byrontownsel7274 Junior never had prime Chad as his crew chief. I’m telling you, the dude had a magic wand he could wave whenever he needed to. Look up the spring 2013 Dover race. Jimmie was about to be lapped the first run, then somehow became a quarter second faster than the field after his first pit stop. That’s not Jimmie being good. That’s Chad knowing something that every other crew chief in the garage had no idea of at the time.
@@byrontownsel7274 theres video of chad knause telling jimmie to wreck the car during the victory celebration cus they knew it wouldnt pass inspection, lol
2:01 I had to double take to make sure I was watching the '05 race, I had no idea Jimmie brought that scheme in this early. I thought it was a 2006 debut. I guess I'm not Jimmie's biggest fan anymore, but I now have a new trivia question.
I feel like they should have moved the running order scroll up a little more because there was a good size gap between the top of the frame and where it was at. It covered up some of the cars depending on the camera angle.
_Now, let's join Bill Weber in Charlotte for primetime NASCAR Nextel Cup Series racing presented by The Principal Financial Group. So long, everybody._ - who said that?
Tom Hammond. One of the more versatile lead voices in sports broadcasting. He's been with NBC Sports since 1984. He has had many well known calls throughout his career, with his (arguably) most well known call being at Track and Field in the 2008 Summer Olympiad: "...AND USAIN BOLT, WINNING BY DAYLIGHT!!!"
@@TheTMoney35 Yep. Was the lead commentator for Notre Dame Football on NBC from 1992 to 2012, and a few NFL playoff games on Wild Card weekend since Al Michaels was elsewhere doing another game.
@@xSoccerxCorex NASCAR actually was the second biggest sport then, NBC wouldn't have thought twice of dumping the race like they would now because amateur golf is on.
From what I heard (this was from a deleted video years ago) they ran something like 10 pace laps and timed it so that the NBC director would switch over in time for the green flag. Also from what I heard years ago, there was a SPEED Channel that focused on scanner audio (before radioactive was a thing) and supposedly Chad Knaus was telling Jimmie Johnson "NBC director is going to give race control a count down from 10".
How could I forget about Robby Gordon flying across the infield through the pit road opening after his engine blowing up. He got chewed out by a few crew members and officials because he almost ran them over.
This was the 2nd ever NASCAR race I ever attended at 11 years old, I was at the start finish line with my dad and little brother. Is it just me, or were the cars faster back then? They look like they’re flying down that backstretch.
2005 track was almost 10 mph faster than 2024 at coca cola 600 due to the diamond ground surface, 2006 track was also faster 3-4 mph (on qualifying). 2005 races especially the fall races (Bush and Cup) had crazy fast laps
as much as people complain about the tires issues now, people would absolutely freak out if this happened this year. goodyear has a long track record of being absolutely terrible.
2nd year in a row in that race that the car that lead the most laps got robbed by a tire failure while running upfront. And Jimmie happens to be the one who comes up lucky. Shame for Elliott Sadler.
This race is why I think that Monday night racing at Charlotte would work wonders. Of course the racing would need to be really good, but other than that Chase Elliott fans that want the Roval and bad racing now are the only things holding a Monday night Charlotte race back
NASCAR needed more road racing. Thankfully we have a pretty decent schedule in 2021 with a lot of diversity in race tracks, even a dirt race, and a much better car in 2022. That half mile they'll have in Fontana will be pretty interesting in 2022 too.... and even though not set in stone, there are serious efforts to put Nashville Fairgrounds on the Cup schedule for a second Nashville date.
@@de31168 for some reason I thought this race ran on Sunday night. I thought it would work on a Monday because with a lot of the smaller football games on Mondays moving to streaming services NASCAR could snag a primetime Monday slot for the race
Actually NASCAR in 2008 was bad for tires... and has been ever since lol. Indy would have been no problem without the COT atrocity. Thankfully next year we'll have something better. COT lasted way too long. (Gen6 is just a slightly prettier COT)
@@captainnebulous2918 yeah they basically had modern F1 tires in 2008, they instantly lost grip, Kyle Busch said they only had grip for 2 laps in the Atlanta spring race, that's also when Tony Stewart said Goodyear couldn't build a tire worth a crap and used the fact they left every major sanctioning body as proof.
The roval is dumb. It’s only cool amongst todays crowd because they 550 package was atrocious. Nascar thought that making every race a copy of Daytona or talladega would bring in more fans. Turns out it just as terrible as the real fans thought it was going to be. The roval is a gimmick.
@@joeking9800spot on!!! The 550 package was the best thing since cookies and milk, and the fans, the drivers, everybody for the most part was on board with it..... and yes, if NASCAR was in their right mind, they would bring back the fall Charlotte Oval race a LONG TIME AGO......
Looks like nascar screwed the 15 out of a win here. The car was the class of the field. Very bizzare they would force a team to pit because a tire was 2 lbs below a suggested air pressure…??????
Peak 🙌🏼 the sounds, the colors, the camera flashes in the stands. Just pure high-octane bliss.
USC and Notre Dame in 2005 was one of the best games I had watched college or pro. And 2005 had a lot of good games.
Best National Championship of the BCS.
@@waydebaker33 of all time^^^ texas usc
@@2jsalomon everything about it.
Fun Fact: This race was filmed for stock footage for the NASCAR Movie Talladega Nights!
Also fun fact, the David Stremme crash on lap 244 was "Cal Naughtans crash"
@@MrMaster5555 I see that
Awesome trivia!!
Also another fun fact Scott Riggs flip was also in talladega nights as well as clips from uaw gm quality 500 Aaron’s 499 and uaw ford 500
@@christianrobertsracing1 kinda hilarious since David Stremme was ASS. Not as ass as Todd Kluever but still ASS.
I loved that backstretch shot NBC had back then.
this chase format to me was amazing!! way better than that playoff bullshit they got now!!
That’s really cool that smoke drove a 19 car in the Busch race the day before.
This was the 2008 Brickyard 400 before the 2008 Brickyard…how is this not talked about more??
A few theories:
1. This race saw more than 10 consecutive green flag laps ran
2. Only 2 competition committee cautions compared to the Brickyard’s 6
@@chrisuncleahmad666 and 3) More people were upset about the fact that Football overran into the race, and NBC didn't think to place it on either TNT or CNBC.
Indianapolis is 2.5-miles long while Charlotte is 1.5-miles around. Ten consecutive laps around Indy is 25 miles compared to 15 around Charlotte. On average, in this race it was about 28-30 laps/42-45 miles that a tire lasted. Around Indy 42-45 miles is 17-18 laps. In this race we were using the Generation 4 car, while the 2008 Brickyard 400 we had already started using the Generation 5/COT Car of Tomorrow.
Jimmie Johnson previewed his 2006-08 scheme in this race.
It's cool to see his dynasty scheme on the 03-05 Monte Carlo
A dynasty from 06-08. 02-05 was the beginning. They came close to winning a championship all those years but came up short. 03, Matt Kenseth had a big point lead and Jimmie took 2nd place. 04, Jimmie was some 8 points short. 05, he had a chance, but it all slipped away from his hands after he crashed at Homestead. Let's not forget he and Chad were fighting amongst themselves halfway through or towards the end of 05 I can't say for sure. But 06 on, they got everything in the right direction. 02-05 is what I considered Phase I. 2006-2010 was Phase II. 2011 was a struggle. 2012 was probably a rebuilding year. 2013-2016 was maybe Phase III. 2017 was probably the beginning of the end of their winning ways.
The formerly known Lowe's Motor Speedways surface had more of a profile to it.
Alright! I was looking for this race this morning. Thanks for posting it.
I was coming home from Southern California that day. And they're were like about 100 laps to go when I got home. I was sad to see Rusty get screwed these last several races in his farewell season.
Ah, the 48 winning in true Hendrick style. Not that competitive all night and then magically the fastest car on the track with only 2 tires lol. I do find it funny that during the 48’s dominance at Charlotte its never mentioned that they were the only team invited to the Goodyear tire tests at the track from 2002-2005.
I was gonna comment this, but had to make sure no one else already said it lol. Isn’t it amazing? Runs like crap all night, then all the sudden is 2 tenths better than everyone else on the last run. They did that on numerous occasions and I’ve never figured out how they were able to get away with whatever they were doing
@@RichieWilliams97 Jimmie and Chad won Charlotte in every generation of car except for the Camero. He was just that good. Jr had the same caliber of cars and could barely sniff victory lane.
@@byrontownsel7274 Junior never had prime Chad as his crew chief. I’m telling you, the dude had a magic wand he could wave whenever he needed to. Look up the spring 2013 Dover race. Jimmie was about to be lapped the first run, then somehow became a quarter second faster than the field after his first pit stop. That’s not Jimmie being good. That’s Chad knowing something that every other crew chief in the garage had no idea of at the time.
@@byrontownsel7274 theres video of chad knause telling jimmie to wreck the car during the victory celebration cus they knew it wouldnt pass inspection, lol
@@byrontownsel7274 Learn the sport and get back to us
This race was the only reason there was tension in this chase 😂. Had Tony finished top 5 like the speed he had this chase would’ve been a blowout
2:01 I had to double take to make sure I was watching the '05 race, I had no idea Jimmie brought that scheme in this early. I thought it was a 2006 debut. I guess I'm not Jimmie's biggest fan anymore, but I now have a new trivia question.
The track changes they made in 2005 were disastrous for the cars that year. Both Cup races were total wreckfests with the tires they had.
Man the tire issue reminds me of the 08 Indy race
Poor rusty. Every classic race I’ve watched recently, Rusty gets a pit road speeding penalty.
I feel like they should have moved the running order scroll up a little more because there was a good size gap between the top of the frame and where it was at. It covered up some of the cars depending on the camera angle.
_Now, let's join Bill Weber in Charlotte for primetime NASCAR Nextel Cup Series racing presented by The Principal Financial Group. So long, everybody._ - who said that?
Tom Hammond. One of the more versatile lead voices in sports broadcasting. He's been with NBC Sports since 1984. He has had many well known calls throughout his career, with his (arguably) most well known call being at Track and Field in the 2008 Summer Olympiad:
"...AND USAIN BOLT, WINNING BY DAYLIGHT!!!"
@@TheTMoney35 Amazing
@@TheTMoney35 Yep. Was the lead commentator for Notre Dame Football on NBC from 1992 to 2012, and a few NFL playoff games on Wild Card weekend since Al Michaels was elsewhere doing another game.
first cup series race I ever watched in full
Man imagine if they had missed the start due to the game. I would’ve been PISSED.
I can see why NBC Sports left 15 years ago the first time around.
game was more important and had a bigger rating, though it was obvious why nbc was fine without nascar once they got the NFL back.
@@xSoccerxCorex NASCAR actually was the second biggest sport then, NBC wouldn't have thought twice of dumping the race like they would now because amateur golf is on.
I heard that they ran extra pace laps and then timed it perfectly so that when NBC cut to the race the race went green immediately.
From what I heard (this was from a deleted video years ago) they ran something like 10 pace laps and timed it so that the NBC director would switch over in time for the green flag. Also from what I heard years ago, there was a SPEED Channel that focused on scanner audio (before radioactive was a thing) and supposedly Chad Knaus was telling Jimmie Johnson "NBC director is going to give race control a count down from 10".
9:50 Bro almost reached 200
Damnnnn the Napa #15 Chevy was BAD FAST
Damn these cars are fast!
alot of the guys in the chase this year were in the chase in 2004.. but not dale jr... crazy how much that team fell off from 2004-05
Wow drew blick tire changer before becoming a crew chief
I was at this race!
Same.
1:39:39 CUE THE DUCK!! 🦆
What the duck?
How could I forget about Robby Gordon flying across the infield through the pit road opening after his engine blowing up. He got chewed out by a few crew members and officials because he almost ran them over.
Perfect timing
This was the 2nd ever NASCAR race I ever attended at 11 years old, I was at the start finish line with my dad and little brother. Is it just me, or were the cars faster back then? They look like they’re flying down that backstretch.
2005 track was almost 10 mph faster than 2024 at coca cola 600 due to the diamond ground surface, 2006 track was also faster 3-4 mph (on qualifying). 2005 races especially the fall races (Bush and Cup) had crazy fast laps
@@molnardeivid I miss that era of NASCAR
@@seanc3804 me too. also I liked the sounds of broadcasts back when nbc? took over from fox from the summer Daytona race
as much as people complain about the tires issues now, people would absolutely freak out if this happened this year. goodyear has a long track record of being absolutely terrible.
I feel like had Stewart not wrecked, he would have won this race
2nd year in a row in that race that the car that lead the most laps got robbed by a tire failure while running upfront. And Jimmie happens to be the one who comes up lucky. Shame for Elliott Sadler.
This race is why I think that Monday night racing at Charlotte would work wonders. Of course the racing would need to be really good, but other than that Chase Elliott fans that want the Roval and bad racing now are the only things holding a Monday night Charlotte race back
This race ran on Saturday night.. what makes you think Monday night would work?
NASCAR needed more road racing. Thankfully we have a pretty decent schedule in 2021 with a lot of diversity in race tracks, even a dirt race, and a much better car in 2022. That half mile they'll have in Fontana will be pretty interesting in 2022 too.... and even though not set in stone, there are serious efforts to put Nashville Fairgrounds on the Cup schedule for a second Nashville date.
@@de31168 for some reason I thought this race ran on Sunday night. I thought it would work on a Monday because with a lot of the smaller football games on Mondays moving to streaming services NASCAR could snag a primetime Monday slot for the race
@@generalshepherd2209 the coke 600 is ran on Sunday night because Monday being a holiday (Memorial Day)
@@joeking9800 I’m talking about the fall race
Can you upload the 2005 Pepsi 400
And Pepsi 400 qualifying if he has it.
I thought Indy in 2008 was bad for tires...
Actually NASCAR in 2008 was bad for tires... and has been ever since lol. Indy would have been no problem without the COT atrocity. Thankfully next year we'll have something better. COT lasted way too long. (Gen6 is just a slightly prettier COT)
@@captainnebulous2918 yeah they basically had modern F1 tires in 2008, they instantly lost grip, Kyle Busch said they only had grip for 2 laps in the Atlanta spring race, that's also when Tony Stewart said Goodyear couldn't build a tire worth a crap and used the fact they left every major sanctioning body as proof.
I know they had to repave it, but I hate they took all the back stretch bumps out of it.
The roval is dumb. It’s only cool amongst todays crowd because they 550 package was atrocious. Nascar thought that making every race a copy of Daytona or talladega would bring in more fans.
Turns out it just as terrible as the real fans thought it was going to be.
The roval is a gimmick.
@@joeking9800spot on!!! The 550 package was the best thing since cookies and milk, and the fans, the drivers, everybody for the most part was on board with it..... and yes, if NASCAR was in their right mind, they would bring back the fall Charlotte Oval race a LONG TIME AGO......
Is this a rebroadcast that time or is this live?
Live
1:39:35 CUE THE DUCK!!!!!!
Looks like nascar screwed the 15 out of a win here. The car was the class of the field. Very bizzare they would force a team to pit because a tire was 2 lbs below a suggested air pressure…??????
Another Kasey Kahne patented crap-luck day
Crackhogs 😂😂😂
53:14
never realized how bad the commentary was. pass for the lead in the last ten laps and they sound like they are ready for bed.
Long night by that point.
@TravisMSimpson well when you work 1 night a week I don't think it's much to ask for.
@@BluRaykay NBC has always used their on-air talent for more than just one sport