Amen! I miss Buddy,Ned, and Benny. Honorable mention to Bob. I was thinking today that people just don't know the sponsors and the drivers are weak for the most part. Look who is dominating, (Harvick). He is the last of the great era and knows how to drive. Just my opinion.
I wish CBS would come back to broadcast NASCAR races. The passion and perfection of a broadcast was unprecedented and blows today's broadcasts out of the water.
If CBS got the rights today most likely what would happen is that depending on which half of the season they got the rights to ,most of the races would end up on CBS Sports Network which unlike FS1 or NBCSN isn't a basic cable network, meaning very few people would be able to see them unless CBS Sports Network became a basic cable network or CBS decided to go for the races currently done by Fox and gave a few more PGA Tour events in the spring to NBC or Golf Channel to make room for NASCAR. To make things worse, events like qualifying, practice, the Xfinity series and the Trucks would most likely be put on All Access, CBS's subscription streaming service which again limits access for people that don't have the service. In terms of the quality of the broadcast, I agree with you that CBS would bring passion to every broadcast and hire people that are knowledgeable and care about the sport.
Most likely, nobody involved with CBS' coverage in 1999 would be part of a new NASCAR on CBS. They would need a producer and play-by-play men who are entertaining, informative, passionate, and relevant.
The 1999 Pepsi 400 aired on CBS on Saturday July 3, 1999. It *easily* won its Saturday night timeslot, with a 5.4/13 rating/share (42nd out of 115 shows airing that week) and was watched by 8.11 million viewers.
Yep and it took awhile for him to get back to being competitive......then he had surgery I believe in the off season and was good to go for the 2000 season...
I loved how, since it was a primetime broadcast, they used CBS's closing credits template at the time. The Blue Sky promo was a bit jarring for following an auto race, but the Letterman promo was spot-on.
Man I miss NASCAR on CBS i was born in 88 and grew up 15 mins from Daytona so if I wasnt there watching the races I would watch them on CBS. No better trio in NASCAR broadcasting then Jarrett, Baker and Joy.
A fun race. Rusty just couldn’t hang on the restrictor plate tracks. He led a ton of laps, just to get shuffled at the end. Just like the 1999 Daytona 500. Such a clean race as well.
Best season for him at the restrictor plate races, beating his 1990 performance. In 1990 he painstakingly lost the Daytona 500 after leading 155 laps with that right front tire going flat yet still finished fifth. Afterwards we all know he won the remaining three: Winston 500 at Talladega, Pepsi 400 at Daytona, then completed the sweep at Talladega a few weeks later with his win in the DieHard 500.
@@mattkowal90 Only time ever one driver led 100+ laps in all 4 plate races in one season. 1990>1999, that 3 car that year was unbeatable, only nature can beat it.
@@Ghostmotorfinger Oh by far! Richard Childress would probably agree with us if we said that was one was among the best of superspeedway chassis ever built. Lets not forget that the car won the 1990 Gatorade 125 qualifier he was in. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had Amelia, I wonder what Senior would have called her.
I missed watching this race when I was a kid and I didn't get to see how Jarrett won the race or even knew it was controversial. Thanks so much for the upload!
When they moved the Pepsi 400 to nighttime, Earnhardt finished no worse than 10th and had a shot at winning all 3 that he was in. He finished 10th in '98 after leading 41 laps but hit a tire like a hockey puck down pit road that messed up the valence and handling, yet shot up through the field after having his front end replaced. He finished 2nd in this race, and if Jarrett had passed the pace car again Earnhardt would have won his third Pepsi 400 and first under the lights, and then in 2000 he finished 8th.
Was in 6th grade at a Halloween party at the local community center..had to go check the radio ever so many minutes..remember Dale hitting that tire..killed my night
@@stevencook420 When they ran the 1998 Pepsi 400, I was one week away from turning 8, still living where I was born in NYC/Long Island in 3rd grade. The 1999 Pepsi 400, I was enjoying Summer vacation in between 3rd and 4th grade. In fact, Dale Earnhardt won the first race after I was born (Phoenix 1990), and Alan Kulwicki won at Rockingham three days before I was born.
@@stevencook420 Earnhardt Jr. finally won at Pocono on June 8th, 2014, and I was there to witness it. Those final 5 laps were heart-wrenching. Unfortunately, my 14th birthday was the day of the Hendrick plane crash.
My grandma took me to this race.. We had pit passes and all. It was amazing being 10 or 9 or whatever I was watching my hero Dale Earnhardt in person. Damn Dale Jarrett ruined the party though winning LUCKILY due to caution lol.. I think Dale woulda got him if he had the chance. I still remember watching this last lap in tears begging my Aunt (she worked for NASCAR) too do something to let them finish the race under green lol. Gosh life was so much easier and happier back than… Dads dead now, Aunt lost her husband (my Uncle) last month, my grandma and I don’t even speak.. god things change.. I’m a papa myself now watching these highlights with my 2 year old.
Involved in crash 1 Steve Park 2 Rusty Wallace 4 Bobby Hamilton 5 Terry Labonte 6 Mark Martin 7 Michael Waltrip 9 Jerry Nadeau 10 Ricky Rudd 12 Jeremy Mayfield 16 Kevin Lepage 22 Ward Burton 24 Jeff Gordon 28 Kenny Irwin 42 Joe Nemechek 43 John Andretti 55 Kenny Wallace 60 Geoffery Bodine 66 Darrell Waltrip 94 Bill Elliott 97 Chad Little
When NASCAR was great, & simple! Announcers just called & talked about the race!! All you hear during a race today is so many damn stupid rules drivers have to obey by, takes away from the actual racing
@ebraman9588 The big difference here is this: Mark was forced to do it as a one-shot because he had a really hard crash in practice and broke his wrist. Danica did that all her career as a force of habit. I think Danica pioneered it as a habit in NASCAR, although the practice was hardly new.
James Molloy yes the IRL was foolish enough in 99 to try to compete with NASCAR on the 4th of July. Their race only drew 20,000 fans and was never attempted again.
On July 4, 1999, GMA Network aired the 1999 Pepsi 400, the first NASCAR night race on American Network Television, which was the cornerstone of the 19th year of NASCAR Racing on Philippine Television. This race was jointly produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc. and simulcasted on the Entertainment Music Channel 27 with a radio simulcast on Super Radyo DZBB 594 kHz and Campus Radio 97.1 WLS FM
I had a Chance to Win 1 Million Dollars at This Race as part of a Discount Auto Parts Promotion before they became Advance Auto Parts, where 6 months before the July 4th Race on your Entry you had to Pick in Order the First 5 Racers, And the Driver I picked to Win the Race Mark martin wrecked his car with less then a minute left in practice and broke his arm and started a back up car from the back of the pack I had 2 of the other 5 racers but No Dale Jarrett who won because Jimmy Spencers crash or Jarrett would have run out of gas giving Dale Sr the Win. I am not complaining, I got a weekend for 2 at Orlando Hotel, Luxury Bus to Infield at Daytone and Seats on the End of Pit Roads in Grandstands and $1,000 spending Money. I Took my brother who all my life had always been there for me and deserved it, There were 10 of us that had a chance to Win that Million and No One Did, But we All Enjoyed our Time
"Sensational rookie Tony Stewart!" Holy cow I'm getting old!
Look at that crowd! Wow, these were the days. I miss this Nascar.
foreverX99 you and me both, i wanna start a new NASCAR, the way it used to be...
@@seanschwab9715 I wish the glory days of NASCAR Could go back by 2020
Amen! I miss Buddy,Ned, and Benny. Honorable mention to Bob. I was thinking today that people just don't know the sponsors and the drivers are weak for the most part. Look who is dominating, (Harvick). He is the last of the great era and knows how to drive. Just my opinion.
The thing I don’t Like about this era is the Superspeedway racing, very spread out
The introduction to this race is just fantastic
Watching this will make you sad. What a wonderful sport this was. The colors, sounds and excitement were unreal. Now it's like a parade with sponsors.
@@armondealey3714 lol
I was lucky enough to be at this race. Had a blast. Sat on the backstretch. The entire place was packed with fans!!!!
I wish CBS would come back to broadcast NASCAR races. The passion and perfection of a broadcast was unprecedented and blows today's broadcasts out of the water.
If CBS got the rights today most likely what would happen is that depending on which half of the season they got the rights to ,most of the races would end up on CBS Sports Network which unlike FS1 or NBCSN isn't a basic cable network, meaning very few people would be able to see them unless CBS Sports Network became a basic cable network or CBS decided to go for the races currently done by Fox and gave a few more PGA Tour events in the spring to NBC or Golf Channel to make room for NASCAR. To make things worse, events like qualifying, practice, the Xfinity series and the Trucks would most likely be put on All Access, CBS's subscription streaming service which again limits access for people that don't have the service. In terms of the quality of the broadcast, I agree with you that CBS would bring passion to every broadcast and hire people that are knowledgeable and care about the sport.
Most likely, nobody involved with CBS' coverage in 1999 would be part of a new NASCAR on CBS. They would need a producer and play-by-play men who are entertaining, informative, passionate, and relevant.
@@NotSteveCook Maybe Ralph Sheheen as a Pit Reporter but thats pretty much it.
Crazy to see the backstretch grandstands filled.
Now, that never happens.
Miss those days.
now the backstretch grandstands aren't even there
What Backstretch Grandstands? Only Bristol has them nowadays.
Jordan Bengtson are you stupid? He typed they USED to be there.
@@BengtsonJ Darlington still does
The 1999 Pepsi 400 aired on CBS on Saturday July 3, 1999. It *easily* won its Saturday night timeslot, with a 5.4/13 rating/share (42nd out of 115 shows airing that week) and was watched by 8.11 million viewers.
The race weekend that ended Mark Martin's championship hopes. Incredible the injuries he suffered and raced through after his practice crash.
Yep and it took awhile for him to get back to being competitive......then he had surgery I believe in the off season and was good to go for the 2000 season...
I loved how, since it was a primetime broadcast, they used CBS's closing credits template at the time. The Blue Sky promo was a bit jarring for following an auto race, but the Letterman promo was spot-on.
Earnhardt was really impressive in this race. He was using the side draft before anyone else knew it existed.
earnhardt was always impressive at superspeedways
The man was an absolute professional. I love watching these old races and how he could almost literally see the air.
This is really cool to look back on. I was on the backstretch for this race! Thank you for letting me revisit this!
This takes me back to my kid days when I was a NASCAR fanatic. This was peak NASCAR 😌
How i love this marvelous and powerful V8 sound of that year!!!.
1:04:59 Wow the DISRESPECT on Ward Burton was real and not lost on Mike Joy LOL!!!!
Man I miss NASCAR on CBS i was born in 88 and grew up 15 mins from Daytona so if I wasnt there watching the races I would watch them on CBS. No better trio in NASCAR broadcasting then Jarrett, Baker and Joy.
A fun race. Rusty just couldn’t hang on the restrictor plate tracks. He led a ton of laps, just to get shuffled at the end. Just like the 1999 Daytona 500.
Such a clean race as well.
Times have changed. Kmart was main sponsor. Now they are in Bankruptcy court.
When Dale Jarrett is on a rail. look out.
Back when nascar was worth watching
Dale Earnhardt 1999 Superspeedway Finishes.
Daytona 500 2nd.
Talladega 1st.
Daytona 400 2nd.
Talladega 1st.
Best season for him at the restrictor plate races, beating his 1990 performance. In 1990 he painstakingly lost the Daytona 500 after leading 155 laps with that right front tire going flat yet still finished fifth. Afterwards we all know he won the remaining three: Winston 500 at Talladega, Pepsi 400 at Daytona, then completed the sweep at Talladega a few weeks later with his win in the DieHard 500.
@@mattkowal90 Only time ever one driver led 100+ laps in all 4 plate races in one season. 1990>1999, that 3 car that year was unbeatable, only nature can beat it.
@@mattkowal90 That 1990 Goodwrench Lumina was a badass machine.
@@Ghostmotorfinger Oh by far! Richard Childress would probably agree with us if we said that was one was among the best of superspeedway chassis ever built. Lets not forget that the car won the 1990 Gatorade 125 qualifier he was in. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had Amelia, I wonder what Senior would have called her.
It was good to see Dale back on track in '99 and seeing him winning again.
Shalom and Amen
I missed watching this race when I was a kid and I didn't get to see how Jarrett won the race or even knew it was controversial. Thanks so much for the upload!
That kid Erin Hughes sang the National Anthem really well. : )
When they moved the Pepsi 400 to nighttime, Earnhardt finished no worse than 10th and had a shot at winning all 3 that he was in. He finished 10th in '98 after leading 41 laps but hit a tire like a hockey puck down pit road that messed up the valence and handling, yet shot up through the field after having his front end replaced. He finished 2nd in this race, and if Jarrett had passed the pace car again Earnhardt would have won his third Pepsi 400 and first under the lights, and then in 2000 he finished 8th.
Was in 6th grade at a Halloween party at the local community center..had to go check the radio ever so many minutes..remember Dale hitting that tire..killed my night
@@stevencook420 When they ran the 1998 Pepsi 400, I was one week away from turning 8, still living where I was born in NYC/Long Island in 3rd grade. The 1999 Pepsi 400, I was enjoying Summer vacation in between 3rd and 4th grade. In fact, Dale Earnhardt won the first race after I was born (Phoenix 1990), and Alan Kulwicki won at Rockingham three days before I was born.
@@mattkowal90 that's cool..Earnhardt won Atlanta in 2000 on March 12th best birthday present besides Kentucky beating Arkansas in 95 sec tournament
@@stevencook420 Earnhardt Jr. finally won at Pocono on June 8th, 2014, and I was there to witness it. Those final 5 laps were heart-wrenching. Unfortunately, my 14th birthday was the day of the Hendrick plane crash.
@@mattkowal90 had to be cool..I was at the Bristol night race when jr won..I'm a Harvick guy but jr always next fav
2:52 Goldberg and Bill Elliott, two very successful Georgia products
My grandma took me to this race.. We had pit passes and all. It was amazing being 10 or 9 or whatever I was watching my hero Dale Earnhardt in person. Damn Dale Jarrett ruined the party though winning LUCKILY due to caution lol.. I think Dale woulda got him if he had the chance. I still remember watching this last lap in tears begging my Aunt (she worked for NASCAR) too do something to let them finish the race under green lol. Gosh life was so much easier and happier back than… Dads dead now, Aunt lost her husband (my Uncle) last month, my grandma and I don’t even speak.. god things change.. I’m a papa myself now watching these highlights with my 2 year old.
Dang....Earnhardt likely would have won had the race not finished under caution. Would have been glorious to see Dale win at Daytona again.
Hell Dale should've won the previous Pepsi 400 at Daytona in 98 if not for hitting something on Pit Road that messed it up
Thanks for posting this! I love your channel....I remember watching all these races as a kid!
1:23:40 funny is MRN had gone to break just before this pass occurred.
2:05:10 "you are the shit!"
Involved in crash
1 Steve Park
2 Rusty Wallace
4 Bobby Hamilton
5 Terry Labonte
6 Mark Martin
7 Michael Waltrip
9 Jerry Nadeau
10 Ricky Rudd
12 Jeremy Mayfield
16 Kevin Lepage
22 Ward Burton
24 Jeff Gordon
28 Kenny Irwin
42 Joe Nemechek
43 John Andretti
55 Kenny Wallace
60 Geoffery Bodine
66 Darrell Waltrip
94 Bill Elliott
97 Chad Little
Greg Gumbel has always been synonymous with the NFL, never knew he did some NASCAR on CBS work!
Agree. They should run Darlington, fall Charlotte, and at least one Richmond race on a Sunday afternoon. Atlanta too
Charlotte just killed an driver. Russell.
Great race indeed, I was there and it was amazing. It was the top for nascar, now it's fasting dying sport.
When NASCAR was great, & simple! Announcers just called & talked about the race!! All you hear during a race today is so many damn stupid rules drivers have to obey by, takes away from the actual racing
+Cougar Canterbury i loved being able to race a 4th groove at daytona and talladega, that yellow line is stupid
I was born on the day of this race
58:06 Hooray for the age of 10-10-XXX numbers!
Whatever happened to that sponsor I wonder?
nice race dave thanks
Greg Gumbel doing NASCAR lol
And it's the Dale and Dale show at Daytona again
Thank you oh so much for this!
At 0:09:49, was that Dr. Punch from ESPN?
Affirmative.
END OF SERIES
Ernie Irvan's final career top-10 finish
19:25 Start
There we go I found it.
Very very well said :-)
Yes.
@ebraman9588 The big difference here is this: Mark was forced to do it as a one-shot because he had a really hard crash in practice and broke his wrist. Danica did that all her career as a force of habit. I think Danica pioneered it as a habit in NASCAR, although the practice was hardly new.
Didn't the IRL have a nighttime race on ABC from Las Vegas previous to this?
James Molloy yes the IRL was foolish enough in 99 to try to compete with NASCAR on the 4th of July. Their race only drew 20,000 fans and was never attempted again.
Yes, but that broadcast was taped and aired the next day (Sunday afternoon).
Of course he passed the pace car - it was a Pontiac. EVERYBODY passed Pontiacs - even Yugos! :lmao:
The Kodak 4 car actually won at Daytona 5 times......correct me if I'm wrong
The broadcasts camera work was 1000 times better
The last time they raced at Daytona in the 19th century. Cars had a special paint scheme.
Not to be rude, but it was the last Daytona race of the 20th century.
Beesweet No. 1900-1999 is 19th century. 2000-2099 is the 20th century. 2100-2199 is the 21st century
+William Scott No, the 20th century is 1900-1999 because 0-99 was the first century. We are living in the 21st century.
It's Wikipedia, but here's proof. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
Welp, I guess some people do learn something every day.
Back when drivers actually missed the show and no such thing as charters....
11:20
Purple 42
The Dale and Dale show part 3 (?)
The peanut boys won this race
58:06
What a great national anthem by 12-year-old Erin Hughes! Too bad she can't stay 12 years old forever.
FBI! OPEN UP! 😂😂😂
😳😳😳
Or even Ken Squier
1:17:47, 1:25:34
19:24
GILLBERG
back then they didn't have green white checkers. good race but I hate a race that ends under caution .
WOW CANT SHE SING
On July 4, 1999, GMA Network aired the 1999 Pepsi 400, the first NASCAR night race on American Network Television, which was the cornerstone of the 19th year of NASCAR Racing on Philippine Television. This race was jointly produced by Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc. and simulcasted on the Entertainment Music Channel 27 with a radio simulcast on Super Radyo DZBB 594 kHz and Campus Radio 97.1 WLS FM
I had a Chance to Win 1 Million Dollars at This Race as part of a Discount Auto Parts Promotion before they became Advance Auto Parts, where 6 months before the July 4th Race on your Entry you had to Pick in Order the First 5 Racers, And the Driver I picked to Win the Race Mark martin wrecked his car with less then a minute left in practice and broke his arm and started a back up car from the back of the pack I had 2 of the other 5 racers but No Dale Jarrett who won because Jimmy Spencers crash or Jarrett would have run out of gas giving Dale Sr the Win. I am not complaining, I got a weekend for 2 at Orlando Hotel, Luxury Bus to Infield at Daytone and Seats on the End of Pit Roads in Grandstands and $1,000 spending Money. I Took my brother who all my life had always been there for me and deserved it, There were 10 of us that had a chance to Win that Million and No One Did, But we All Enjoyed our Time
The Date Of This Race Never Should've Been Changed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!