I know little about NASCAR (or racing in general) but I watched this clip a few times and it's pretty obvious that there is a man with an inferior vehicle that won with superior skill. God Bless EarnhardtSR and anybody else who plays to win.
it seems like he has the inferior machine because the cars behind him can draft up to him but elliot had more than one chance to out-accelerate dale without the benefit of drafting and could not
It was common knowledge to anyone in or around NASCAR that Elliotts T-bird was cheated up BIG TIME in those days. They didn't call it "The Narrow Bird" for nothing. Not only that but they were monkeying around with the weight of the car as well. Crew members have since admitted this. Once NASCAR caught on, Elliott slowed down.
Liam Dirlam he won 7 championships. 2 he earned, the other 5 everybody around started having bad luck. Go back and review. He only showed people how to cheat and kiss Mike heltons ass
I'd rather late 60's/ early 70's to be honest. I'd shit my pants if I saw any b-body mopar from that era racing today. Even the 69 Torino, and I'm not even a Ford guy
Because they didn’t look the same, like today’s POS cars. Today’s cars are so technologically advanced in every aspect and everything is dialed in so perfect that you never see any driver having to manhandle the wheel Because they are loose or tight. It’s so boring now. You could see Dale driving his ass off just to keep from getting passed. Bill Elliot was also a monster back then!
Incredible. If nothing else, it could be called the Pass THROUGH the grass. There is no way he should have been able to hold on to that car, even if he had been on pavement. Doing it on grass just made it that much more impressive.
All time greatest! This is something you will not likely see again. Very special for those that don’t know. Fun to watch in real time and live as I did many years ago. Greatness!!
Another 1 - 2 - 3 finish for those Aerocoupe Monte Carlo SS'....The post race interviews for this race are hilarious. Elliot looked like he was about to light a match to his hair after this race!
I used to watch this tape over and over again when i was bout 5 or 6. Most little kids had a Disney movie or some as a favorite this great moments of nascar video was mine still have it yes it still works me and my son will watch it together from time to time
I can't believe the amount of people calling Dale the dirty driver in this race. Bill tried to wreck him TWICE to get the lead but the Intimidator didn't take any of that s***. This video still cements the fact that Dale Earnhardt was one of the greatest drivers to ever sit in a NASCAR stock car.
Some people remember the whole race, and not just those few laps..... Bill was faster the whole race... Dale was coming down on his inside line everytime... Hold your line , stop coming down on someone because they are going to pass you.... If you are that good, you will pass him next turn....
One of best races ever. Earnhardt shows how it's done when you don't have the fastest car out there. He made it the fastest car and drove his ass off. Lots of great drivers, but I'd say he was the best of the best.
Earnhardt? Hell, Gordon passed him in wins in half the time. When Gordon came to town the winning % of #3 went in the toilet. "If ya can't beat 'em, wreck , em." Just look at the Holly Farms video on here and see what a sportsman the "intimidator" was. Was he a better driver that Elliott? Sure. But could the Elliotts build a better car under those rules than Childress? You betcha!
Look at '1986 NASCAR all star race' on youtube and you will see why earnhardt pulled this stunt. Left a bad taste in his mouth to be dusted like that. 'If you can't beat 'em, wreck 'em'. He couldn't even smell the fumes from #9. A car built by 3 brothers in a cinder-block building on a back road in north Georgia. Was earnhardt a better driver? Yes. Did he have any scruples. No, and for that his fan loved him.
Back in the day, those two where the top rivals. They one some, and lost some. Like the amazing 2 lap comback Bill made at the Winston 500 back in 1985. Bill and Dale were duking it out, but eventually Bill came through. Props to both drivers. Rip D.E.
I have this entire race on vhs, I watched it live in 1987 when I was 10 years old, and my dad tape it. I consider it one of my most prized Earnhardt possessions.
No one could run onto the grass,keep position without crashing and taking out the half of the other cars like Earnhardt. Best driver of all time. Period
Bill backrd off had he stayex in it earnhartd would shot right inti the side of bill an both woulda crashed so elliot drsrved as much credit for that save as earbhardt
Gordon is no better than anyone else. He was beating Earnhardt when he was old and Jeff was in pampers still. Realize the 40-50 guys that run Nascar are the cream of the crop. The crew is much more important than the driver and any driver can win with the right tools. Dale would drive hard BUT he owned up to it and admitted when he spun someone. He was NOT a whiner like most are today.
If giving someone the "chrome-horn" on the dog leg in Charlotte is not "trying to wreck someone" then I don't know what is. Bill just happened trying it on the greatest driver on Earth at the time and 99.9% of the time, anyone else would have gone spinning. After getting his ass beat on the track, Bill pulled a coward move by ramming Earnhardt's car on the cool down lap (when he could finally catch that 3 car).
Just remember 789, Elliott and his brothers BUILT the car that came from 5 miles back, under green, at Talladega. And #3 could only watch. To hear his fans, I'd have thought that he could have thrown the car up on his back and toted it past that lame old T-Bird. Also recall that in 'The Winston' post-race interview Earnhardt blamed Bill for wrecking #5. But who did the 5-car ram after the event? It wasn't the #9.
LOL "PASS IN THE GRASS" BABY!!!!! I remember Elliott trying to wreck everybody in that race so his slowbird could win. Too bad red. Same results on the street with the Monte SS sucking up the T-Bird in one exhast pipe and blowing it out the other like a gum wrapper. This is but one example of thousands that show Dale as the greatest ever. There are more with other drivers as Elliott usually could not run with Dale, so he did not make many highlights with "The Great One."
I was being sarcastic paulsack21. Elliott won the first two segments, nearly lapping the field in both. That is why Bodine was so desperate to get past the 9 at the start. The fact is earnhardt, great though he was, was a poor sportsman in what should be a gentlemans sport. After all, as he learned, it can be life and death even when great care is taken.
That was the most amazing display of driving ever. Only one man could of done that Earnhardt goat 🐐 bill Elliot cry baby 😭 Earnhardt had more balls and skills and he was magic in a car. That’s why millions of people loved him.
Why didn’t Dale ever win most popular driver ? Bill a cry baby I don’t think so. He was the cleanest driver to ever race. Both of them made nascar great. I am a Elliott fan and met him a dozen times he’s a good man . If it wasn’t for Chase I wouldn’t even watch this crap these days.
I liked him too, but their short track program really held them back. He won his only short track race in '88, the year that he won the Cup. That is where Earnhardt, Waltrip, Gant, Bodine etc. owned the Elliotts. You can''t give away half the schedule (back then) and expect to challenge for the Cup.
Fastest car in the field: Bill Elliot Best driver who ever lived: Dale Earnhardt Winner of All-Star Race? Dale Earnhardt.........who drove mostly sideways the last 10 laps to win this! Nobody could handle a racecar like Earnhardt.......Nobody!
Bill was doing everything but taking Dale's wallet, Dale gets blamed for being a dirty racer, but Bill should have had a push bumper on his car that day!
Watch the front end when he comes out of the grass. Dale knew just how to drive....he let the car work through the dirt and just pushed her back onto the pavement. Incredible
Never a pass but one hell of a display of driving by the man in black. If he was still alive he would even tell that bill drove him into the grass. This is what made sr. The best there was
What a testament to both drivers. I see a lot of Dale praise, and justifiably so, but it took Dale showing the world every bit of driving skill that made him one of the greatest ever to stop Bill. They were both amazing, and if Elliot had a bigger money team, Bill vs. Dale would have been the rivalry of the ages.
Pass on the grass? Earnhardt was already leading when Elliot bumbed him on to grass and Dale could barely hold the lead. And they always refer this as the pass on the grass.
I liked the stock cars of back then. Today's race cars look wussy and like grocery-getters compared to that muscle car-look the Nascar stock cars had back in those days. I'm glad to say watching Dale Earnhardt growing up AND Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard ( Original Show, not the Fake stuff ) is where i got my driving skills from for in real life driving. Long live # 3 & # 01. =)
How competitive nascar was in the 60's&70's? Well, it was competitive... But different: It was real stock car from near production. So money have little to do there...Exception, may be on tire. The competition inside constructor was more important then now. The driver was good, even better from 1972, as competitive but more friendly between them then now. You know, guy like Lund,Freddy,Pearson or Roberts are not to underestimate.
Actually, back in those times, Kyle Busch wouldn't have wrecked anyone. Everyone would have wrecked him, given the chance. Remember the rivalry that DW and Earnhardt had back in the day? NASCAR was so much better back then, before PC took them over.
Elliot clearly had the faster car. Then when Bill went to pass Earnhardt clean, He drove up into the side of Bill, cutting his tire. Earnhardt was just blocking cars that were 10+ mph faster than him.
@@racersedge2511 Thats opinion, To me Bill was the better driver... he just didn't have the will to put someone into the wall at 200 mph and kill them.... Dale didn't give a shit if you were going headlong into a wall at 200 mph.... Karma got him in the end...
So you would put a guy with 7 Championships in the modern era even with guys with 1 or less championship? Strange logic. Face it folks, you didn't have to like the man (Earnhardt) but you had to respect the man. Few could match his talent and desire. As for the T-Bird vs Monte Carlo SS. Come on folks, the Monte Carlo SS won 52% of the races it was used in from 1983-89. Won the manufacturers cup EVERY year it was raced. DOMINATION no matter how you want to spin it.
That's NOT it. Elliott was on his way to pass and Dale KNEW it! The ONLY reason why Elliott didn't pass was BECAUSE of Dale going into the grass. That's the whole point. Dale Knew Elliott was going to pass him unless he blocked. Just look at 0:44 (don't get more deliberate than that!) And you Even see Elliott let Off at that point. Bill had the faster car & Dale Knew it. I mean, the Only reason Dale was there was cause of the 1st lap tangle (again.. Elliott faster and tryin to pass Bodine)
Well Bill was always well-mannered.....but Ive seen videos of him after this race and hes as red as his hair.....he was pissed off to no extent....I know he wanted to wreck Earnhardt that time more than any other but I think thats why Elliott turned him into the grass....and why cant we have this balls out racing today???
AMEN bro! It's Dale's own style, with ALL Due respect, that got him killed. Elliott Did win the first 2 and then Bodine (Almost purposely?) tried to block him, take him out?? I mean..how do you cut down that far, toward the apron on the first turn with someone running up on you,Spotter seeing!?..Come on now!! Elliott was SO obviously faster (even had Dale at 1:22-23On the Outside!) but Dale was the best at blocking/pushing aside, which you see,then Elliott, forced behind, cut the tire.
I was at this race and Earnhardt cut down on Bill like he did a couple of times before and put himself in the damn grass. I sent one Earnhardt fan home not so in victorious after the race.
@LT1HILLINGHOE We'll right at this moment, The only other "imaginary exploit" I could see me having is convincing or giving a f**k whether you believe anything or not!!
Blocking is not driving dirty. And when Elliot tried to spin Dale and Dale came back up on him after being in the infield and keeping the lead, that's when Elliotts tire went flat Labonte tried to pass Dale on the inside and didn't have anything for Earnhardt who was on the outside so no one was 10 mph faster than Earnhardt. The best car and best man won that day and also two other Winstons. Elliott was the dirty driver that day and you know it.
Bill didnt try to spin Dale... Dale came down onto him, he was doing it all race everytime. Bill was holding a good inside line, Dale was in the middle to high, and came down... Thats not talent....
Actually the Intimidator moniker came with the black Goodwrench 3. the car became a menacing sight in anyone's rear-view mirror and there was even a game function called "Intimidator" thrown into a few Nascar EA sports game titles.
What Ken doesn't say is that Dale started to turn Geoff down into Bill in the turn one incident (Watch 0:22 closely & you'll see it) & that Dale came down on Bill in "The Pass in the grass" moment at 0:56, much like Kyle Busch went up on Tony Stewart at the end of the fall Daytona race in 2009. Both incidents are actually Dale's fault.
Pass in the grass is the biggest overstatement ever said. There was never a "PASS" If Earnhardt wouldn't have cut his tire down #3 wouldn't have finished the race. Bill was so much faster that day it wasn't even funny. That Ford thunderbird was SAILING THAT DAY.
Wow, the battle between Elliott and Earnhardt show their opposing driving styles. Elliott could've bumped Dale a few times, and when Dale was in the grass Eliott lifts to keep the 3 in front of him. Great racer, he was always my favorite when I was young and I love to see him racing for Wood Brothers now.
exactly i agree with u nerrrich dale was able to drive any car noone wanted too ive been a dale earnhardt fan my whole life dale earnhardt wasnt even cocky about it once he left the race track
he won daytona a couple of times in the 80's. and those old guys, cookoo marlin, fireball roberts, drove those cars wide open. no rules, no restrictor plates. and, i admit in the 80's, other guys caught up. but hell he was old enough to be their daddies.
if they raced like that today, each drive would be fined... I wish they raced like this, maybe each track could sell out instead of being filled with more and more empty seats each sunday.
Look, I like Petty and all and theres no doubt he was a great driver but just how competetive was he once the playing field got level? When the rest of the field got big money sponsors like he had in STP since forever, Petty didn't win nearly the amount of races he did when he was racing against Joe Sixpack. And lets face it he won a ton of races when he was the only guy out there backed by big sponsor money. As for Daytona, its true Dale only won the 500 once but the man had over 30 wins there.
That's what Earnhardt liked to say anyway... Not a lot of people shared the same view of "racing," as he did. I remember him plowing Terry Labonte on the last lap of Bristol one time... he didn't slow down... just used him as breaks. He was a pretty dirty racer a lot of times, but still would have won a lot if he raced clean... just not as much.
Haha all these whiners in the comments. I've grown up around racing. I've raced RC cars for 14 years and watched every form of motorsport imaginable since I can remember. Blocking I'd part of racing, period. You really think racers should just say "ok, you can go now buhbye"? Nope. You fight tooth an nail to keep that lead. As long as your blocking doesn't cause a wreck then it's fair game. In all my years of racing dirt oval RC Sprint cars or any form of RC, I've never got mad at someone for blocking. And nobody has every gotten mad at me for blocking. There's a difference between dirty driving and hard racing. Learn it.
michaelwaltrip55 Blockong is unquestionably dirty racing. I dont see any blocking here, though. Defending hard and blocking are two different things, friend.
Blocking in sprint cars will get someone hurt and or killed really quick when the guy behind you drives up over your rear tire and gets launched and flip 6 times...
Bud I'm to defend you on this. A lot of people say blocking is dirty, well guess what. I didn't go to the racetrack to make friends. Who cares what your competition thinks of you. EVERY driver would do what Earnhardt did if they thought they could do it and get away with it. When I say get away with it I don't mean the sanctioning body of racing saying it's ok, but getting away with it I mean bring able to hold on to the car and not wreck. There's blocking in all forms of racing and in many different styles. Blocking doesn't exactly mean moving down on someone and making contact. Its also by moving a half Lane down on the straight away to keep the guy behind you from getting on your inside. You're not there to to make it easy for some one to pass you, or to help a driver that races for the same car owner. I hate the term teammates in racing. There are no teammates. If you're willing to hurt your progress to help someone else, then you're no longer racing. If you stay in the draft and don't attempt to make a pass at the end of a race, bc u don't want to hurt ur owners other team, your no longer racing. Dale Earnhardt was the greatest ever. Nobody and I mean nobody, could have won that race against Elliott except Earnhardt.
This was a three segment race. Let me see if I can recall who won the first two segments.......And what was the margin of victory? Difficult to recall.
I know little about NASCAR (or racing in general) but I watched this clip a few times and it's pretty obvious that there is a man with an inferior vehicle that won with superior skill. God Bless EarnhardtSR and anybody else who plays to win.
it seems like he has the inferior machine because the cars behind him can draft up to him but elliot had more than one chance to out-accelerate dale without the benefit of drafting and could not
This race was run in three segments. In the first two Elliott nearly lapped the field. Yes, he had the dominant car.
It was common knowledge to anyone in or around NASCAR that Elliotts T-bird was cheated up BIG TIME in those days. They didn't call it "The Narrow Bird" for nothing. Not only that but they were monkeying around with the weight of the car as well. Crew members have since admitted this. Once NASCAR caught on, Elliott slowed down.
He has a monte Carlo aerocoup, thats not an inferior car😂 Do you know the specs on that thing
Liam Dirlam he won 7 championships. 2 he earned, the other 5 everybody around started having bad luck. Go back and review. He only showed people how to cheat and kiss Mike heltons ass
Bill Elliot set the fastest speed record in that very car, 1987 Ford Thunderbird
easily the best looking era of cars in NASCAR
I'd rather late 60's/ early 70's to be honest. I'd shit my pants if I saw any b-body mopar from that era racing today. Even the 69 Torino, and I'm not even a Ford guy
G body the best. Looks that kill.
Because they didn’t look the same, like today’s POS cars. Today’s cars are so technologically advanced in every aspect and everything is dialed in so perfect that you never see any driver having to manhandle the wheel
Because they are loose or tight. It’s so boring now. You could see Dale driving his ass off just to keep from getting passed. Bill Elliot was also a monster back then!
The scientific term for this is called "Balls Out Racing".
It’s what made him soo good!! He left them out there every race
11 Years old at the time I'm almost 44 and this was an amazing experience to watch on TV
Incredible. If nothing else, it could be called the Pass THROUGH the grass. There is no way he should have been able to hold on to that car, even if he had been on pavement. Doing it on grass just made it that much more impressive.
I definitely agree that they change it from "in" to "through".
Actually it wasn't even a pass as Elliott never had the lead!
All time greatest! This is something you will not likely see again. Very special for those that don’t know. Fun to watch in real time and live as I did many years ago. Greatness!!
Many of today's drivers would pass out midrace in these cars... Bubba, Noah to name the obvious...
One reason that earnhardt drove like this was his memory of the '86 Winston.
Exactly
This is my favorite race out of all races in NASCAR
The greatest of all time The Man In Black Dale Earnhardt RIP 1951-2001
Amen
7 points champion I was 5 or 6 in 2001 and was sad when i heard he died in the crash
He will be missed
Another 1 - 2 - 3 finish for those Aerocoupe Monte Carlo SS'....The post race interviews for this race are hilarious. Elliot looked like he was about to light a match to his hair after this race!
I used to watch this tape over and over again when i was bout 5 or 6. Most little kids had a Disney movie or some as a favorite this great moments of nascar video was mine still have it yes it still works me and my son will watch it together from time to time
This was the day that Dale went from 'one tough customer ' to The Intimidator!
LMAO at Earnhardt putting Elliott up in the marbles @ 1:23 mark. The subtle way of saying "let off the gas or into the wall, your choice!"
Ahh, '87 Winston...the first day Earnhardt became the Intimidator.
I can't believe the amount of people calling Dale the dirty driver in this race. Bill tried to wreck him TWICE to get the lead but the Intimidator didn't take any of that s***. This video still cements the fact that Dale Earnhardt was one of the greatest drivers to ever sit in a NASCAR stock car.
Some people remember the whole race, and not just those few laps.....
Bill was faster the whole race...
Dale was coming down on his inside line everytime...
Hold your line , stop coming down on someone because they are going to pass you.... If you are that good, you will pass him next turn....
One of best races ever. Earnhardt shows how it's done when you don't have the fastest car out there. He made it the fastest car and drove his ass off.
Lots of great drivers, but I'd say he was the best of the best.
Earnhardt? Hell, Gordon passed him in wins in half the time. When Gordon came to town the winning % of #3 went in the toilet. "If ya can't beat 'em, wreck , em." Just look at the Holly Farms video on here and see what a sportsman the "intimidator" was. Was he a better driver that Elliott? Sure. But could the Elliotts build a better car under those rules than Childress? You betcha!
Dale's save in the grass was awesome
And the fact that he held the lead and won is even more awesome.
Look at '1986 NASCAR all star race' on youtube and you will see why earnhardt pulled this stunt. Left a bad taste in his mouth to be dusted like that. 'If you can't beat 'em, wreck 'em'. He couldn't even smell the fumes from #9. A car built by 3 brothers in a cinder-block building on a back road in north Georgia. Was earnhardt a better driver? Yes. Did he have any scruples. No, and for that his fan loved him.
Back in the day, those two where the top rivals. They one some, and lost some. Like the amazing 2 lap comback Bill made at the Winston 500 back in 1985. Bill and Dale were duking it out, but eventually Bill came through. Props to both drivers. Rip D.E.
I have this entire race on vhs, I watched it live in 1987 when I was 10 years old, and my dad tape it. I consider it one of my most prized Earnhardt possessions.
No one could run onto the grass,keep position without crashing and taking out the half of the other cars like Earnhardt. Best driver of all time. Period
Bill backrd off had he stayex in it earnhartd would shot right inti the side of bill an both woulda crashed so elliot drsrved as much credit for that save as earbhardt
Thank you for posting,brings back memories.I remember
watching this race in'87
Who's here because of pawn stars?
Me! Was that the "pass in the grass"? Because there wasn't really a pass there...
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 big hawst made it seem so dramatic lol
B Sheppard Yes. Bill Elliot did get around him but Dale came back out on top.
Royal Tee Was very dramatic. Loose in grass at over 150 mph is dramatic
@@obs.vanness1604 He never got in head of him, though. Not saying it wasn't a great recovery, but Earnhardt was in the lead the whole time.
Gordon is no better than anyone else. He was beating Earnhardt when he was old and Jeff was in pampers still. Realize the 40-50 guys that run Nascar are the cream of the crop. The crew is much more important than the driver and any driver can win with the right tools.
Dale would drive hard BUT he owned up to it and admitted when he spun someone. He was NOT a whiner like most are today.
This is real stock car racing. Not the crap we're stuck with today.
Earnhardt was alongside Vukovich, Clark, Foyt and Senna for greatest driver of all time.
Senna and Earnhardt are tied for my favorite drivers
If giving someone the "chrome-horn" on the dog leg in Charlotte is not "trying to wreck someone" then I don't know what is. Bill just happened trying it on the greatest driver on Earth at the time and 99.9% of the time, anyone else would have gone spinning. After getting his ass beat on the track, Bill pulled a coward move by ramming Earnhardt's car on the cool down lap (when he could finally catch that 3 car).
Just remember 789, Elliott and his brothers BUILT the car that came from 5 miles back, under green, at Talladega. And #3 could only watch. To hear his fans, I'd have thought that he could have thrown the car up on his back and toted it past that lame old T-Bird. Also recall that in 'The Winston' post-race interview Earnhardt blamed Bill for wrecking #5. But who did the 5-car ram after the event? It wasn't the #9.
I'd have to agree. Earnhardt didn't earn the Intimidator title by driving clean and being popular early on. But he was one hell of a racer.
LOL "PASS IN THE GRASS" BABY!!!!! I remember Elliott trying to wreck everybody in that race so his slowbird could win. Too bad red. Same results on the street with the Monte SS sucking up the T-Bird in one exhast pipe and blowing it out the other like a gum wrapper. This is but one example of thousands that show Dale as the greatest ever. There are more with other drivers as Elliott usually could not run with Dale, so he did not make many highlights with "The Great One."
God if only the drivers today had as much balls as they did back in the day, This is the Nascar long time fans grew up enjoying
i miss that kind of racing
Best driver ever no doubt no drivers now a day would last against these men
I was being sarcastic paulsack21. Elliott won the first two segments, nearly lapping the field in both. That is why Bodine was so desperate to get past the 9 at the start. The fact is earnhardt, great though he was, was a poor sportsman in what should be a gentlemans sport. After all, as he learned, it can be life and death even when great care is taken.
hell back then him and many other drivers wouldnt have been able to do shit if they raced back then. The racing was much more fierce back then
That was the most amazing display of driving ever. Only one man could of done that Earnhardt goat 🐐 bill Elliot cry baby 😭 Earnhardt had more balls and skills and he was magic in a car. That’s why millions of people loved him.
Why didn’t Dale ever win most popular driver ? Bill a cry baby I don’t think so. He was the cleanest driver to ever race. Both of them made nascar great. I am a Elliott fan and met him a dozen times he’s a good man . If it wasn’t for Chase I wouldn’t even watch this crap these days.
Josey Wales chase sucks just like his dad no balls race me clean or I’ll cry pussies
Thats why dale once said the winner is not always the one with the fastest car, its the one who refuses to lose.
shawn kramer well Bill Elliott's car was probably illegal 2/3 of the time so he probably had the fastest car if Bill HELLiott wasn't in the race
@@jjy4824 bullshyt! It was never templated illegal!
I liked him too, but their short track program really held them back. He won his only short track race in '88, the year that he won the Cup. That is where Earnhardt, Waltrip, Gant, Bodine etc. owned the Elliotts. You can''t give away half the schedule (back then) and expect to challenge for the Cup.
Fastest car in the field: Bill Elliot
Best driver who ever lived: Dale Earnhardt
Winner of All-Star Race? Dale Earnhardt.........who drove mostly sideways the last 10 laps to win this! Nobody could handle a racecar like Earnhardt.......Nobody!
Bill Elliott is usually a pretty calm person but after this one you couldn't tell where his red hair and his skin began he was pissed.
one of the best battles ive ever seen
They always called this the "pass in the grass" but Earnhardt didn't actually make a pass. He just held his position. Still a great move though.
@STREETRACERONFUEL That's actually a compliment to the Elliott's hard work ethic.I guess they were just better car/engine builders.
Bill was doing everything but taking Dale's wallet, Dale gets blamed for being a dirty racer, but Bill should have had a push bumper on his car that day!
Watch the front end when he comes out of the grass. Dale knew just how to drive....he let the car work through the dirt and just pushed her back onto the pavement. Incredible
Dale just out drove all their asses that beautiful Concord day in 1987.
I like the dramatic music. Very fitting.
Never a pass but one hell of a display of driving by the man in black. If he was still alive he would even tell that bill drove him into the grass. This is what made sr. The best there was
What a testament to both drivers. I see a lot of Dale praise, and justifiably so, but it took Dale showing the world every bit of driving skill that made him one of the greatest ever to stop Bill. They were both amazing, and if Elliot had a bigger money team, Bill vs. Dale would have been the rivalry of the ages.
Pass on the grass? Earnhardt was already leading when Elliot bumbed him on to grass and Dale could barely hold the lead.
And they always refer this as the pass on the grass.
he was too agressive at times, but he was still the greatest driver ever
I liked the stock cars of back then. Today's race cars look wussy and like grocery-getters compared to that muscle car-look the Nascar stock cars had back in those days. I'm glad to say watching Dale Earnhardt growing up AND Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard ( Original Show, not the Fake stuff ) is where i got my driving skills from for in real life driving. Long live # 3 & # 01. =)
How competitive nascar was in the 60's&70's?
Well, it was competitive... But different: It was real stock car from near production. So money have little to do there...Exception, may be on tire.
The competition inside constructor was more important then now.
The driver was good, even better from 1972, as competitive but more friendly between them then now. You know, guy like Lund,Freddy,Pearson or Roberts are not to underestimate.
Actually, back in those times, Kyle Busch wouldn't have wrecked anyone. Everyone would have wrecked him, given the chance. Remember the rivalry that DW and Earnhardt had back in the day? NASCAR was so much better back then, before PC took them over.
Best race I ever watched as a young man, the the cars were real! Not cookie cutters like today. Best era of NASCAR ever! 👌👌👌👌
This was back when racers raced in NASCAR not just which ever handsome young driver could sell your product the best.
Elliot clearly had the faster car. Then when Bill went to pass Earnhardt clean, He drove up into the side of Bill, cutting his tire. Earnhardt was just blocking cars that were 10+ mph faster than him.
Elliot had the better car, too bad he wasn't the better driver.
Midnite Which was legal. Its an all-star race. Anything goes.
@@racersedge2511 Thats opinion, To me Bill was the better driver... he just didn't have the will to put someone into the wall at 200 mph and kill them....
Dale didn't give a shit if you were going headlong into a wall at 200 mph....
Karma got him in the end...
@@TroyC68 if dale was in front ,most of time he was holding up traffic
@@perrytony1 Maybe, but you have to get to the front first to be 'holding up traffic'...
So you would put a guy with 7 Championships in the modern era even with guys with 1 or less championship? Strange logic. Face it folks, you didn't have to like the man (Earnhardt) but you had to respect the man. Few could match his talent and desire.
As for the T-Bird vs Monte Carlo SS. Come on folks, the Monte Carlo SS won 52% of the races it was used in from 1983-89. Won the manufacturers cup EVERY year it was raced. DOMINATION no matter how you want to spin it.
thats when it was fun to watch a bunch of good ole boys
That's NOT it. Elliott was on his way to pass and Dale KNEW it! The ONLY reason why Elliott didn't pass was BECAUSE of Dale going into the grass. That's the whole point. Dale Knew Elliott was going to pass him unless he blocked. Just look at 0:44 (don't get more deliberate than that!) And you Even see Elliott let Off at that point.
Bill had the faster car & Dale Knew it. I mean, the Only reason Dale was there was cause of the 1st lap tangle (again.. Elliott faster and tryin to pass Bodine)
Show this to the present generation. THIS is racing!
Bill was a great driver no doubt
But Dale was another LEVEL
He found it out himself that day
Well Bill was always well-mannered.....but Ive seen videos of him after this race and hes as red as his hair.....he was pissed off to no extent....I know he wanted to wreck Earnhardt that time more than any other but I think thats why Elliott turned him into the grass....and why cant we have this balls out racing today???
AMEN bro! It's Dale's own style, with ALL Due respect, that got him killed. Elliott Did win the first 2 and then Bodine (Almost purposely?) tried to block him, take him out?? I mean..how do you cut down that far, toward the apron on the first turn with someone running up on you,Spotter seeing!?..Come on now!! Elliott was SO obviously faster (even had Dale at 1:22-23On the Outside!) but Dale was the best at blocking/pushing aside, which you see,then Elliott, forced behind, cut the tire.
and that is why Earnhardt is the best
I was at this race and Earnhardt cut down on Bill like he did a couple of times before and put himself in the damn grass. I sent one Earnhardt fan home not so in victorious after the race.
Woah, we have a alternate reality internet tough guy on the line. Tell us some more of your imaginary exploits.
@LT1HILLINGHOE We'll right at this moment, The only other "imaginary exploit" I could see me having is convincing or giving a f**k whether you believe anything or not!!
Blocking is not driving dirty. And when Elliot tried to spin Dale and Dale came back up on him after being in the infield and keeping the lead, that's when Elliotts tire went flat Labonte tried to pass Dale on the inside and didn't have anything for Earnhardt who was on the outside so no one was 10 mph faster than Earnhardt. The best car and best man won that day and also two other Winstons. Elliott was the dirty driver that day and you know it.
Bill didnt try to spin Dale... Dale came down onto him, he was doing it all race everytime. Bill was holding a good inside line, Dale was in the middle to high, and came down... Thats not talent....
NOW, that's a real race. RIP Dale
Races won is not important, just titles???? Tell that to David Pearson!
Actually the Intimidator moniker came with the black Goodwrench 3. the car became a menacing sight in anyone's rear-view mirror and there was even a game function called "Intimidator" thrown into a few Nascar EA sports game titles.
The already red hot Chevrolet vs Ford rivalry got even hotter that day.
this was the only race i remember elliott being mad after the race was over
No footage of Elliott ramming him on the cooldown lap or Bodine driving with reckless abandon?
elliot tried to intimidate the Intimidator.
EARNHARDT FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until the wall took his life. Actually he took his own life!
What Ken doesn't say is that Dale started to turn Geoff down into Bill in the turn one incident (Watch 0:22 closely & you'll see it) & that Dale came down on Bill in "The Pass in the grass" moment at 0:56, much like Kyle Busch went up on Tony Stewart at the end of the fall Daytona race in 2009. Both incidents are actually Dale's fault.
Pass in the grass is the biggest overstatement ever said. There was never a "PASS" If Earnhardt wouldn't have cut his tire down #3 wouldn't have finished the race. Bill was so much faster that day it wasn't even funny. That Ford thunderbird was SAILING THAT DAY.
Now that is racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, the battle between Elliott and Earnhardt show their opposing driving styles. Elliott could've bumped Dale a few times, and when Dale was in the grass Eliott lifts to keep the 3 in front of him. Great racer, he was always my favorite when I was young and I love to see him racing for Wood Brothers now.
From their prospectives they were the only two in the race.
exactly i agree with u nerrrich dale was able to drive any car noone wanted too ive been a dale earnhardt fan my whole life dale earnhardt wasnt even cocky about it once he left the race track
The Maintaining the Lead by Sliding Through the Grass.
This video made me purchase a carton of Winstons. No bull.
A master class in grit and determination. 3
he won daytona a couple of times in the 80's. and those old guys, cookoo marlin, fireball roberts, drove those cars wide open. no rules, no restrictor plates. and, i admit in the 80's, other guys caught up. but hell he was old enough to be their daddies.
if they raced like that today, each drive would be fined... I wish they raced like this, maybe each track could sell out instead of being filled with more and more empty seats each sunday.
Well that's awesome Dale
Dale and Bill got close as friends though later in their careers after this
imagine if kyle busch was in this race, all the cars would be on their roofs
Look, I like Petty and all and theres no doubt he was a great driver but just how competetive was he once the playing field got level? When the rest of the field got big money sponsors like he had in STP since forever, Petty didn't win nearly the amount of races he did when he was racing against Joe Sixpack. And lets face it he won a ton of races when he was the only guy out there backed by big sponsor money. As for Daytona, its true Dale only won the 500 once but the man had over 30 wins there.
That's what Earnhardt liked to say anyway... Not a lot of people shared the same view of "racing," as he did. I remember him plowing Terry Labonte on the last lap of Bristol one time... he didn't slow down... just used him as breaks. He was a pretty dirty racer a lot of times, but still would have won a lot if he raced clean... just not as much.
Haha all these whiners in the comments. I've grown up around racing. I've raced RC cars for 14 years and watched every form of motorsport imaginable since I can remember. Blocking I'd part of racing, period. You really think racers should just say "ok, you can go now buhbye"? Nope. You fight tooth an nail to keep that lead. As long as your blocking doesn't cause a wreck then it's fair game. In all my years of racing dirt oval RC Sprint cars or any form of RC, I've never got mad at someone for blocking. And nobody has every gotten mad at me for blocking. There's a difference between dirty driving and hard racing. Learn it.
exactly. . If you let them pass that is not much racing is it?
michaelwaltrip55 Blockong is unquestionably dirty racing. I dont see any blocking here, though. Defending hard and blocking are two different things, friend.
Napa ask Earnhardt about blocking oh yea you can't blocking killed his ass running elliott up the track cut his tire that's the dirty part
Blocking in sprint cars will get someone hurt and or killed really quick when the guy behind you drives up over your rear tire and gets launched and flip 6 times...
Bud I'm to defend you on this. A lot of people say blocking is dirty, well guess what. I didn't go to the racetrack to make friends. Who cares what your competition thinks of you. EVERY driver would do what Earnhardt did if they thought they could do it and get away with it. When I say get away with it I don't mean the sanctioning body of racing saying it's ok, but getting away with it I mean bring able to hold on to the car and not wreck. There's blocking in all forms of racing and in many different styles. Blocking doesn't exactly mean moving down on someone and making contact. Its also by moving a half Lane down on the straight away to keep the guy behind you from getting on your inside. You're not there to to make it easy for some one to pass you, or to help a driver that races for the same car owner. I hate the term teammates in racing. There are no teammates. If you're willing to hurt your progress to help someone else, then you're no longer racing. If you stay in the draft and don't attempt to make a pass at the end of a race, bc u don't want to hurt ur owners other team, your no longer racing.
Dale Earnhardt was the greatest ever. Nobody and I mean nobody, could have won that race against Elliott except Earnhardt.
Sr was the best hands down. Second was Cole Trickle 😂😂😂
Thanks for providing more evidence that supports my comment.
alright lets make a list of driver who could save a car like that, oh wait thats right nobody
Incredible racing! Very good!
Does anyone know what vhs or dvd tape this came from
This was a three segment race. Let me see if I can recall who won the first two segments.......And what was the margin of victory? Difficult to recall.