The commentator is incorrect @1:30 about when Dale Sr. got to Cup competition. The Goodwrench sponsorship on the Nova was NOT "before Dale got to the Cup level". GM Goodwrench signed on to sponsor Dale's racing ventures and Richard Childress Racing in 1988, well AFTER Dale had got to Cup & won 3 championships already.
Given the fact there are some counterfeit cars out there Dale Jr wanted to make sure he had the genuine article. Dale Jr covered this car on the Dale Jr Download podcast and found that the car is the authentic one he sat in as a young lad he found 3 holes drilled in the cage where a radio box was mounted and they were still there and matched the photos, that's when he knew had the real thing!
@@acrock21 ... Robert Gee built it, refabricated the front clip to turn it into a Chevy Nova, then decades later, was 100% committed to restoring it at JR Motorsports’ Fab Shop. I got a chance to see it up close. No expense was spared to restore this beauty... you can see the progress photos online as it was being taken apart and meticulously rebuilt by the hands that originally created it specially for Dale’s low seating position... Just a beautiful piece of historical NASCAR/Busch Grand National Series machinery...
Dale won the first busch(xfinity) race ever in this car in 1982 at Daytona. It was originally a Oldsmobile omega. Dale won a pile a races in this car. He eventually changed the body to the nova you see here. But i know he won rockingham, Daytona Richmond, Darlington, and few others. He didn't lose much in this car. This was the very first car that rick Hendrick had any kind of ownership in. He Robert gee and dale owned the car. In 1983 dale secretly tested the very first car that rick Hendrick ever owned at Charlotte. A 1984 monte carlo. Dale at the time was under contract with Ford and bud moore. Google dale earnhardt drivng rick Hendrick car 1984. He had city chevy on the side. Solid white with green writing.
let's face it... if Rick Hendrick wants a car, he's gonna get that car. Once he enters his first bid, everyone else doesn't even matter anymore; it's pretty much gonna be his no matter how much it'll cost him.
Can you imagine how dumb those guys felt when they found out how badly they embarrassed themselves. I hope they have friends who never let them forget it
@@ShaunHensley Because they were describing it as significant because it was a car he raced before he got into the top level Winston Cup, while he actually had been racing in WinstonCup since the late 70s and even won the championship in 1979 in his first full season. It's part of the Dale Earnhardt legend and to not know that while presenting the car at a big televised auction is the sort of this a "car guy" would have a tough time living down. I have to say that my original comment sounds really snarky seeing it now, no telling why I thought I had to be jerk that day
The guy said it was be for Sr got into cup racing. That is incorrect. He was racing cup series in the wrangler car before this paint scheme made it to cup level and before Goodwrench was a main sponsor.
Dale Jr called Rick and asked him to bid on it for him. Dale Jr. now owns it and that's amazing.
Bruzer Bites sure is man
Dale Jr has had the car stripped down for a complete refab at JR Motorsports
Richard Zimmerman I would have left it alone, it looks clean! What a waste of money!
@@jimmycline4778 lot of mods done to it and Dale wants it the way it was when his Dad raced it.
@@jimmycline4778 It's not he's putting it back to the way it was when he Dad drove it
This car just ran pace laps b4 the Xfinity race Darlington today with Jr. behind the wheel on 5/8/21.
It looks AMAZING on the track again
The commentator is incorrect @1:30 about when Dale Sr. got to Cup competition. The Goodwrench sponsorship on the Nova was NOT "before Dale got to the Cup level". GM Goodwrench signed on to sponsor Dale's racing ventures and Richard Childress Racing in 1988, well AFTER Dale had got to Cup & won 3 championships already.
I was hoping someone els caught that👍
Before he was in cup? Lmao Sr won his first championship in 80 ... this was a car he ran in busch to help nascar get things going
I was going to say the same thing until I saw your comment,
They probably were confused because the car is a 77. It actually started life as a Pontiac. But yes, this won the first Busch series race at Daytona.
I was thinking the same thing. Lol. Obviously they didn’t know much about Earnhardt. Lol
@@Tomthenostalgiajunkie You would think the sponsor would give it away
I'm so puzzled that Barrett Jackson would not have fine even a 2 minute google on dale Sr there was no busch in 1977 it was sportsman racing
Seems like a better deal than a psa 10 Lebron rookie
So cool that Dale Jr is the NOW the owner of the car and it looks AMAZING now
Imagine being one of the few people that owned this car before this and now dale jr has it back. Think it even spent some time in the hall of fame.
Given the fact there are some counterfeit cars out there Dale Jr wanted to make sure he had the genuine article.
Dale Jr covered this car on the Dale Jr Download podcast and found that the car is the authentic one he sat in as a young lad
he found 3 holes drilled in the cage where a radio box was mounted and they were still there and matched the photos,
that's when he knew had the real thing!
An amazing episode, the video is on his Dirty Mo Media channel
when they guys that built them get an eye on them they can tell pretty easy
@@acrock21 ... Robert Gee built it, refabricated the front clip to turn it into a Chevy Nova, then decades later, was 100% committed to restoring it at JR Motorsports’ Fab Shop.
I got a chance to see it up close. No expense was spared to restore this beauty... you can see the progress photos online as it was being taken apart and meticulously rebuilt by the hands that originally created it specially for Dale’s low seating position...
Just a beautiful piece of historical NASCAR/Busch Grand National Series machinery...
@@twoblacklabs904 thats pretty cool im sure Jr sunk an astronomical amount into its restore =o
The radio was angled in the photo and the holes were angled confirming
Only Jr. Deserves to have that car, glad he followed through on it. 👍
Sr. won at Darlington in 87 with this car. Just because it' skinned in 77 sheetmetal doesnt' mean it couldnt be run into the late 80's.
Dale won the first busch(xfinity) race ever in this car in 1982 at Daytona. It was originally a Oldsmobile omega. Dale won a pile a races in this car. He eventually changed the body to the nova you see here. But i know he won rockingham, Daytona Richmond, Darlington, and few others. He didn't lose much in this car. This was the very first car that rick Hendrick had any kind of ownership in. He Robert gee and dale owned the car. In 1983 dale secretly tested the very first car that rick Hendrick ever owned at Charlotte. A 1984 monte carlo. Dale at the time was under contract with Ford and bud moore. Google dale earnhardt drivng rick Hendrick car 1984. He had city chevy on the side. Solid white with green writing.
I saw this machine win Glad Jr. wound up with the car
The real goat
It's always cool to go back and see these videos because we know where the went Jr just took laps at Darlington with it
seems like a lot of false information being said by the announcers
No way rick was going to be out bid on that car
That car was built by Robert Gee, Dale Jr.’s maternal grandfather and driven for either DW or Rick back in the day, I think.
DaleSr ran Wrangler cars in cup, waay before Goodwrench team formed.
We know
let's face it... if Rick Hendrick wants a car, he's gonna get that car. Once he enters his first bid, everyone else doesn't even matter anymore; it's pretty much gonna be his no matter how much it'll cost him.
The car was a 77 but Dale sr. Raced it in 86. He was already Cup champion in 1980,he was just doing double duty like they still do today.
Dale just brought it thanks to Hendricks .
190k seems like a steal for that legendary car
Can you imagine how dumb those guys felt when they found out how badly they embarrassed themselves. I hope they have friends who never let them forget it
Embarrassed how?
@@ShaunHensley Because they were describing it as significant because it was a car he raced before he got into the top level Winston Cup, while he actually had been racing in WinstonCup since the late 70s and even won the championship in 1979 in his first full season. It's part of the Dale Earnhardt legend and to not know that while presenting the car at a big televised auction is the sort of this a "car guy" would have a tough time living down. I have to say that my original comment sounds really snarky seeing it now, no telling why I thought I had to be jerk that day
@@jonathangehman4005 Ha I completely misunderstood who you were referring to
How many times did the chrome get used?
So called experts dont even know the history of this car
The guy said it was be for Sr got into cup racing. That is incorrect. He was racing cup series in the wrangler car before this paint scheme made it to cup level and before Goodwrench was a main sponsor.
The announcer has no clue about this car…. It was for Busch races, that is why it is a nova.
Dale Jr has that car now Hendrick was there to buy that car for Jr
To clarify my last comment this is the Busch series car ,not Cup car. Usually run on Saturdays before the Sunday Cup race.Xfinity series present day.
Yeah , I think everyone here is a nascar fan and knows this
If the bidder knew who Rick was bidding for, he would have stopped sooner I think.
I think Rick had the car restored at HMS.
Rick was bidding for Dale Jr. Jr had it restored at JR Motorsports by his uncle
this car did not have GM sponsorship
Could you please tell me the name of the intro music?
It’s a one of them non copyrighted music idk what it was called
Wow the announcers all kinds of fuq'ed that up
Wasn't Rick's money. It was jrs
more like 550hp not 700
LOL Ok
The second bidder was likely staged.
imagine trying to outbid a billionaire
Why is this car at auction????????????
Not sure why, or who the previous owner was. But Hendrick was bidding on it for Jr. Jr owns it now