I went to a signing at the K mart across from Daytona when they were sponsor for DW. My departed and disabled brother was a big fan and wanted his autograph. The session was scheduled for 2-4. I could see that most people wouldn't get through, but the gentleman stayed for hours past the deadline till everyone was taken care of. He spent time speaking to each fan and made me a fan for life...
DW was such an awesome race car driver and everything he did with & for the sport is admirable. He was one of the best guys in the booth! How he handled Dale Jr the day Sr died was outstanding.
I met Geoff Bodine at a IHOP in Daytona one year, it was 85 or 86’!! My stepdad said to go over and ask for his autograph, I was nervous and he was awesome!!! He introduced his wife and said she was more popular than him!!! So gracious with his time.
Met DW at a conference and he didn't have to stay but he did and I got a pic. Such a good man. Same with Bobby labonte. They don't make them like this anymore
Do you remember the show “Winners” on TNN? He took over after Neil Bonnett started racing and eventually died at Daytona. It was a great show on Sunday mornings, but was short lived.
I cannot watch Nascar anymore without any Earnhardts, Waltrips, Wallaces, Jarretts, Allisons, Pettys................even Gordons. But it sure is awesome hearing the stories of these guys from the 70's through the 90's and how great Nascar was back then before it started it's tumble down in the 2000's. I sure miss the old school. Miss that 3!
@@garyowens3687 when they started with the "Car of Tomorrow" stuff, I was like nah... I could appreciate NASCAR wanted to make the even playing field but...
Dale Junior is such a genuine, intelligent and good hearted person. I can understand why he was the most popular driver for so long. I personally was never a fan of his but certainly didn’t dislike him in anyway. How could anybody dislike him. Years ago I read a book by DW. I can’t remember the name of the book. It was about his father-in-law helping him to get into NASCAR and a lot of the things he did to cheat. There was a lot more in the book other than that but I don’t remember it as it was probably 15 years ago that I read the book. Look it up if you can, it is a good read!
"DW A Lifetime Going Around in Circles". Yep I own the book and was fortunate to be involved in "Stock" car racing when we did work in that "grey area". Figuring out new ways to get an edge was half the fun.
As a European who never heard about Nascar before the year 2000 this is amazing. Seeing how they conducted themselves during the last 50 years puts this series in a whole different perspective.
Same I'm from Ireland and the characters in nascar through the years were so brilliant and are just a big a part. I love F1 but it's so polished that there's no way you'd get anything like the nascar antics. Could you imagine the likes of Tony Stewart in F1. It would be like trying to tell a lion to sit down in a house full of steaks. They'd be trying to sanction bowyer just for being himself lol. That's what makes nascar so much fun. It's got real characters.
You have to remember that NASCAR was 100% born purely from moonshiners modifying their cars to out run police as they smuggled their shine. Just like America it’s self, it was all founded on outlaws bucking the system.
@@ryanschaff123 I know the history of it is so cool isn't it. I could be totally wrong but I can't think of a single other sport that has that type of history/ roots.
What a treasure, DW is one of the best interviews I have ever seen. I Am glad you had him remember all this so it is now part of the history of the REAL NASCAR.
I love stories like that. It's not cheating, it's reading between the lines of the rulebook. My dad worked in IndyCar for many years, and would go to lunch with Smokey Yunick when he was fielding a car for Indy. He said his cheeks hurt afterwards from grinning and laughing so much hearing Smokey tell stories about ingenuity. I think one of my favorite creative solutions was when F1 teams started doing water cooled brakes in the 1980s. Similar to the lead shot, they'd have a good size water tank to make weight, and once the race started, they'd flick a switch and pump all the water out onto the track, supposedly to cool the brakes, but it was really to dump the extra weight. F1 weighed the cars after the race too, but they would top off all the fluids first, so the water tank would get filled up to full again, and the car would be back to the legal weight.
Pedro Rodriguez won at Spa with a 3.3L V12. Chris Amon tried his best but couldn't catch him. Vittoria Brambilla got pole when his pitboard man swung it in front of the timer beam before he came past. I love NASCAR rule interpretation stories, but other series have a lot of them. Smokey Yunick was a genius, nothing less.
True story, FIA stopped allowing them to refill fluids because so many cars were doing this. Another good F1 story are the teams who figured out the sequence of the green lights at the start and would receive a transmission to the millisecond of when the green would be out and F1 figured out they were exploiting that and changed the sequence so the next race multiple cars jumped the start because of it.
This interview is one of my all time favorites. Thanks Jr. The honesty here blows me away. I remember those days & Jaw's didn't get that name by accident. NASCAR was ON, in those day's.
I absolutely love this show!! Stories of old and new that bridge the generations and keeps the sport I love alive. Thank you Mr. Earnhardt for what your doing.
JR, You are a natural and the openness of your guests is gratifying. The honesty is beautiful and the respect they have for each other; admirable. JR you're a good, good man. You're a refreshing role model for our youth and your podcast is addictingly awesome with all-star guests. Keep em comin JR!!!!!!!!
I watched this a long time ago and watched it again today. Cheating is cheating, but like they said "if your car is legal your crew chief isn't doing his job". This and the sheer physical work to drive a racecar back then highlights the championships and the number of races that Earnhardt and Petty won, among other great drivers. Those days are gone and unfortunately so are most of the driver's from back then. I used to race r/c cars and DW's Tide car was my main body. I still have the car and body. DW brings back a lot of good memories. Thank you DW and thank you Jr for having him!
I could listen to these stories from DW and others from those eras 24/7. So intriguing and funny. There was so much room for creative innovation back then.
Love it! Ole DW singing like a bird and thank you because I see that fun in his eyes when he relives some good times! Dale it was like a De Ja Vu ! Great show and hopefully more DW to come and maybe with Michael as well!
My GOSH these stories are priceless!!! “We dropped a little led every now and again”.....LOL! “I had a helmet that weighed 50lbs”.... CLASSIC, who the heck comes up with that stuff!!! Old school racing, drivers so much better than today’s... imagine wrenching a nitros bottle at 180+ mph.... LOL! I could listen to DW tell stories for a week!
This is one of my favorite parts from this podcast. You never knew the drivers personality back then. This let's you hear things you never knew back then. If you have ever watched NASCAR ,this is a great set of stories.
I remember that day like it was yesterday, I’m surprised Larry didn’t mention how all the team members came out to congratulate Sr on his big win. Excellent job on this interview. Kc
Wow what a great episode I could listen to DW talk his stories all day long. I find so interesting how they used all the creative cheats to get a little advantage over the next guy and they all did it. Having DW tell the stories he makes it funny as hell. I’d love to see more episodes like this.
Admittedly I'm just a casual NASCAR fan and have been for most of my 49 years, so I'm not as technically savvy about racing as some of the diehards. But I really love these sit-downs reminiscing about the old times - especially with a guy like Darrell Waltrip. I may need to subscribe.
Man what a race Wednesday night! You raced the wheels off that car tonight, you and Carson both. So proud to say I’m a son of Wilkesboro, thank you so much for all you’ve done.
I still miss DW's personality come Race Day. He was always fun to listen to during a race. Especially when he's bring up random stories or random history about something. Growing up watching NASCAR in the 90's but mostly in the 2000s, this guy taught me a lot of the history of the sport just by watching every sunday on FOX.
My favorite DW comment was when he said "The inside of the track is shorter than the outside of the track." My wife and I just lost it and we never stopped laughing about it for years.
@@fatpatlives1998 That's an awesome video, dude. I've seen all four of them. I think my favorite story from that video was Buddy Baker falling out of the ambulance. And seeing Coo Coo Marlin there was a treat!!! I thought he was passed on at that time I did not know he was alive until 2005.
Darrell will forever be a major part of the so-called Golden Age of NASCAR. I'm a huge fan of the aero wars between my beloved Chrysler and Ford in the late 60's and early 70's and the cars that resulted from same...but looking back at the 80's is now an almost surreal experience. Drivers with incredible personalities...some of the most beautiful cars ever raced(Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupes)...fastest speeds in NASCAR history. Waltrip is just pure entertainment in so many ways.
I agree with D.W. and Dale, Jr. NASCAR makes the "rules" but if the "rules" say a car has to weigh 3,700 pounds at weigh in...they did that. Too bad if NASCAR did not foresee the creative way crews found a way around that rule, and many others. My favorite was the "dump cans used in the 60's to refuel. Some "creative types" discovered that if you put a flapper valve in the bottom of the dump can (which becomes the top when pouring in the fuel) that allows air to rush in it allowed that fuel to flow out of that can nearly instantly. There were NO rules against doing that at the time. NASCAR just said they could hold no more than 10 gallons (or whatever) and that was it. So while some teams were waiting in the pits for the fuel to glug glug out of those cans...the ones with that valve emptied almost as soon as it was turned up. That is not "cheating" to me, that is innovative thinking. Smokey Yunick used something like a 30 foot, 1" diameter coiled fuel line from the tank to the carb thereby holding an additional 5 gallons of gas or some such amount. There were no rules against that at all. There are now, ha ha.
@@Zim85 At one time, now the rules leave very little to no room for "interpretation". What's written is what the drivers are supposed to follow..supposed to. The fines for cheating now are exhorbidant, so even if you gained an advantage in the cheat, you'd lose it once you were caught and punished.
I read that when they started x-raying cars, they used to fill the all the chassis tubing full of water before weigh in. Made it 300 pounds lighter after they drained the water before the race.
You are correct, cept it was 50ft of 1 inch fuel line! 💪 Someone in Hollywood is missing the boat, a major movie should have been made about Smokey back in the 90's! 😒
Great stories DW. Love it. Would love to hear about the 79 Daytona 500. I was there in the infield. What a race. Helped bring NASCAR into the main stream.
My dad was a engineer in the 70s for Nissan/Datsun in the European touring car championships. And let me tell u, cheating isnt just common in Nascar.. it happens all over the world! Ive heard loads of stories about teams with nitrous, oversize engines, illegal bodywork/frame/suspension mods, the list is endless too:)
I just found this channel, I haven't paid attention to racing since 1994 when my Mom passed away. My parents and their friends would pile up in the motor home and almost every race we were in the infield. I always wanted to tag along whether there was a ticket for me or not. Couple races I sat on top because there was no extra ticket for me. Most weekends from 6th grade all the way to graduation. My father hated DW he has a shirt that says even God hates Darrel Waltrip, so every chance I got, I got his autograph, t-shirts hats, whatever I could get. My favorite car was #17 Tide.
As someone that could not stand DW as an announcer, I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Just a totally different DW compared to the “color commentator” we saw for years!
Best darn show ever. Hope ur doing this when ur old and grey. Was with your dad at Cayuga speedway before his Nascar days.He won that day. Passed four cars on the last lap to win. Hauled in with an old Chevy square body and open trailer , slept in the box. After the race we were sitting on the trailer fender with Dale and I said to him that it was a good race to watch. He said that he had a good day and this "racing thing" was probably going to be a good thing for him to stick with. No kidding!!!! Eye of the tiger. Also loved watching you. You are a great race car driver and show host. Keep up the great work. Graham Mac Lean.
The lead shot in the frame of the car I had heard of before. As a matter of fact Kyle Petty's crew chief at Pocono got caught doing that in the early 1990's. Ironically, that guy would later be a Nascar inspector or something like that in the garage area, basically policing it.
I could listen to his storeys all day long imagine Dale sr was still living and have him and dw on this show that would be amazing to listen to both of them
I recently found this channel to subscribe to. Initially I thought it was another garbage podcast but I am really surprised how it lures me in and worthy of my ear's time.
@F-15 Crew Chief well, everyone cheats. To say that he should have an asterisk next to his name, means that you could apply that to every driver and crew chief that has won a championship ever. I guarantee.
This is one GREAT interview. I just have one request. DW, you, Dale and several other of the "Inner Circle" need to go to the France family and say " Look, we all know that creativity is as much a part of NASCAR as trophies. It is about time that we inducted the most creative guy who ever pulled a wrench....Smokey Yunick. I KNOW all about the bad blood between the France family and Smokey. It is time to induct him. NASCAR and the France family look small and petty by trying to ignore the King of the rule book....SMOKEY YUNICK.
Growing up my dad took us to Nashville almost every weekend during late model season. I watched DW learn to drive there. He was a fierce competitor. Watching him in the booth talking about how he hates to see these guys fighting and such is kinda funny cause he was out of his car and on the other before they quit moving after a wreck. He was passionate to say the least. I have always supported him. Still do.
I remember when I first started watching Nascar my grandfather said. There is only one absolute rule in racing "IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN YOU AIN'T TRYIN" and BOOM there it is in this video. Great stuff
I love this. Whether its the tv show or the podcast I love it. But man the personalities that have passed on that would have been great on the download. Buddy, Benny, Neil, Bill Sr. and Jr., I mean the list is so long.
I love old school NASCAR before it turned into a multi-national conglomerate with a slew of pretty boy drivers. I could listen to these stories all day. Love ya, DW!
I love hearing the old stories..from D.W. I used to watch him as a kid...hes a great driver..watching him battle it out on the track...I used to like his bud car...
They took all the FUN out of Nascar with too many rules. They might as well run crate engines, equal cars, & make driver's draw numbers from a hat to see which car number they drive each week
EXACTLY. They thought they could make Nascar like IROC....all equal cars, driver is the only difference. That's not what people wanted. They still don't get it, either.
@@jaydeetrillg It's all been an attempt to make the cars all the same. It was, and is, a terrible idea. For just a fun race like IROC? Sure. But to do it with the cars that drivers earn a living with? Terrible idea. Need to go back to stock-bodied cars and let the teams innovate, cheat and do whatever it takes to win. And get rid of these cookie-cutter motors while we're at it.
All I can think of when dw starts talking about dropping lead, is my grandpa yelling at me to go faster, " Get the lead out"..... Makes so much more sense
I've always liked DW but honestly I found the sport at the very end of his driving career so most of my impression of him is as a commentator in the booth. But love him or hate him, it's so awesome to listen to him tell the stories about how they used to bend the rules. You can call it cheating but it was just every man for himself trying to do whatever it took to win. They were so competitive and if you didn't bend the rules, you didn't stand a chance because everyone else was bending the rules too. Oh the glory days of NASCAR! Too bad it's not more like that today.
I worked for DW as his Computer tech most of the years he was in the booth. he could go on with stories like this for hours!
You are a lucky man!
What a cool job! :)
That would be an awesome job
And I could listen to his stories for hours.
i would listen
I went to a signing at the K mart across from Daytona when they were sponsor for DW. My departed and disabled brother was a big fan and wanted his autograph. The session was scheduled for 2-4. I could see that most people wouldn't get through, but the gentleman stayed for hours past the deadline till everyone was taken care of. He spent time speaking to each fan and made me a fan for life...
DW was such an awesome race car driver and everything he did with & for the sport is admirable. He was one of the best guys in the booth! How he handled Dale Jr the day Sr died was outstanding.
A GF of mine and a buddies GF saw Darrell and his wife at the pizza place after North Wilkesbour
I met Geoff Bodine at a IHOP in Daytona one year, it was 85 or 86’!! My stepdad said to go over and ask for his autograph, I was nervous and he was awesome!!! He introduced his wife and said she was more popular than him!!! So gracious with his time.
Met DW at a conference and he didn't have to stay but he did and I got a pic. Such a good man. Same with Bobby labonte. They don't make them like this anymore
Him and Dale sr. Along with some others, like Richmond, Wallace made nascar
DW is one of the best personalities this sport has ever been graced with. I could listen to these stories all year.
R.I.P.
@@TheEgg185 why. Why you trick me.
I’ve listened to this 15 times and it never gets old to me, I laugh every time. We need DW on again!
Me2
Darell Waltrip could make a whole series with the stories he could tell.
I wish he would
I’d sit and listen to everyone of em
Do you remember the show “Winners” on TNN? He took over after Neil Bonnett started racing and eventually died at Daytona. It was a great show on Sunday mornings, but was short lived.
Hell yeah. Ol DW is such a hoot😀
Me Too! He needs a Blog of his own!
I cannot watch Nascar anymore without any Earnhardts, Waltrips, Wallaces, Jarretts, Allisons, Pettys................even Gordons. But it sure is awesome hearing the stories of these guys from the 70's through the 90's and how great Nascar was back then before it started it's tumble down in the 2000's. I sure miss the old school. Miss that 3!
Ah yes, stopping people from dying sure is tumbling
I miss Handsome Harry. Harry Gant was such a gentleman
I hear you. I miss Jaws, Ironhead, even Wonder Boy (because he could enunciate).
Right with you, when they changed Nascar it took everything it was away and you can tell it by all the empty seats in the stands.
@@garyowens3687 when they started with the "Car of Tomorrow" stuff, I was like nah... I could appreciate NASCAR wanted to make the even playing field but...
DW is a talker, and I'm so happy to hear all his stories. He'll be remembered as much for his broadcasting as his driving.
BOOGITY BOOGITY!!
I could listen to DW for hours on end. What a great story teller. I sure do miss him in the booth during races. God bless you Darrell Waltrip❤️
I'm not even NASCAR fan, but I could listen to these guys swap old race stories all day. So entertaining...
Dale Junior is such a genuine, intelligent and good hearted person. I can understand why he was the most popular driver for so long. I personally was never a fan of his but certainly didn’t dislike him in anyway. How could anybody dislike him.
Years ago I read a book by DW. I can’t remember the name of the book. It was about his father-in-law helping him to get into NASCAR and a lot of the things he did to cheat. There was a lot more in the book other than that but I don’t remember it as it was probably 15 years ago that I read the book. Look it up if you can, it is a good read!
"DW A Lifetime Going Around in Circles". Yep I own the book and was fortunate to be involved in "Stock" car racing when we did work in that "grey area". Figuring out new ways to get an edge was half the fun.
As a European who never heard about Nascar before the year 2000 this is amazing. Seeing how they conducted themselves during the last 50 years puts this series in a whole different perspective.
The sport's history equals, in different ways, that of F1. Racing history in general is very captivating and interesting 🏎️
Same I'm from Ireland and the characters in nascar through the years were so brilliant and are just a big a part. I love F1 but it's so polished that there's no way you'd get anything like the nascar antics. Could you imagine the likes of Tony Stewart in F1. It would be like trying to tell a lion to sit down in a house full of steaks. They'd be trying to sanction bowyer just for being himself lol. That's what makes nascar so much fun. It's got real characters.
You have to remember that NASCAR was 100% born purely from moonshiners modifying their cars to out run police as they smuggled their shine. Just like America it’s self, it was all founded on outlaws bucking the system.
@@ryanschaff123 I know the history of it is so cool isn't it. I could be totally wrong but I can't think of a single other sport that has that type of history/ roots.
A lot of Europeans love Nascar it’s nice seeing you like sport. 👍🏻
I could watch these episodes with D.W. all night long. Man I sure do miss the old days of NASCAR.
Me too man
What a treasure, DW is one of the best interviews I have ever seen. I Am glad you had him remember all this so it is now part of the history of the REAL NASCAR.
Man.. to be able to sit down with these guys for hours would be one of the greatest treasures to be able to hear all the stories
I love stories like that. It's not cheating, it's reading between the lines of the rulebook. My dad worked in IndyCar for many years, and would go to lunch with Smokey Yunick when he was fielding a car for Indy. He said his cheeks hurt afterwards from grinning and laughing so much hearing Smokey tell stories about ingenuity.
I think one of my favorite creative solutions was when F1 teams started doing water cooled brakes in the 1980s. Similar to the lead shot, they'd have a good size water tank to make weight, and once the race started, they'd flick a switch and pump all the water out onto the track, supposedly to cool the brakes, but it was really to dump the extra weight. F1 weighed the cars after the race too, but they would top off all the fluids first, so the water tank would get filled up to full again, and the car would be back to the legal weight.
Pedro Rodriguez won at Spa with a 3.3L V12. Chris Amon tried his best but couldn't catch him. Vittoria Brambilla got pole when his pitboard man swung it in front of the timer beam before he came past. I love NASCAR rule interpretation stories, but other series have a lot of them. Smokey Yunick was a genius, nothing less.
True story, FIA stopped allowing them to refill fluids because so many cars were doing this. Another good F1 story are the teams who figured out the sequence of the green lights at the start and would receive a transmission to the millisecond of when the green would be out and F1 figured out they were exploiting that and changed the sequence so the next race multiple cars jumped the start because of it.
This interview is one of my all time favorites. Thanks Jr. The honesty here blows me away. I remember those days & Jaw's didn't get that name by accident. NASCAR was ON, in those day's.
My father got DW's autograph for me after his 83 championship season. Pulled for him until he walked away. Class act
DW is one of my favorite humans. I can listen to this man for hours days weeks
I absolutely love this show!! Stories of old and new that bridge the generations and keeps the sport I love alive. Thank you Mr. Earnhardt for what your doing.
JR, You are a natural and the openness of your guests is gratifying. The honesty is beautiful and the respect they have for each other; admirable. JR you're a good, good man. You're a refreshing role model for our youth and your podcast is addictingly awesome with all-star guests. Keep em comin JR!!!!!!!!
I could listen to DW’s stories all day long!! Thanks, Dale!
Happy 76th Darrell... one of the best!
This is the best video I have watched ever!! I'm still grinning, what happened to that Nascar we grew upon. 70's baby
One of the most iconic voices in American Sports Broadcasting.
Boogity, Boogity, Boogity.
Let’s Go Racing Boys!
These stories are absolutely the BEST! Could listen to DW all day! Bring him back time and again, Jr!!!! Please!!
Love listening to these two. DW's stories are the best.
Classic.
These are absolutely thee best podcasts ever of any kind.
Instant Classics.
Thank you Gentlemen.
I watched this a long time ago and watched it again today. Cheating is cheating, but like they said "if your car is legal your crew chief isn't doing his job". This and the sheer physical work to drive a racecar back then highlights the championships and the number of races that Earnhardt and Petty won, among other great drivers. Those days are gone and unfortunately so are most of the driver's from back then. I used to race r/c cars and DW's Tide car was my main body. I still have the car and body. DW brings back a lot of good memories. Thank you DW and thank you Jr for having him!
I could listen to DW all day long, I love these stories.
The absolute best days of NASCAR were run what you brung.
RIP Dale Sr. 🙏🏼🏁
I could listen to these stories from DW and others from those eras 24/7. So intriguing and funny. There was so much room for creative innovation back then.
Love it! Ole DW singing like a bird and thank you because I see that fun in his eyes when he relives some good times! Dale it was like a De Ja Vu ! Great show and hopefully more DW to come and maybe with Michael as well!
I race dirt track. Dirt racing is full of "creative ways" This episode was friggin awesome. 😎🏁🇺🇸
I could listen to DW tell these stories ALL DAY!
I could listen to the stories of the old days of racing for ever Thank you to all for making it possible In uncertain times it is truly refreshing ❤
My GOSH these stories are priceless!!! “We dropped a little led every now and again”.....LOL! “I had a helmet that weighed 50lbs”.... CLASSIC, who the heck comes up with that stuff!!! Old school racing, drivers so much better than today’s... imagine wrenching a nitros bottle at 180+ mph.... LOL! I could listen to DW tell stories for a week!
This is one of my favorite parts from this podcast. You never knew the drivers personality back then. This let's you hear things you never knew back then. If you have ever watched NASCAR ,this is a great set of stories.
We have to get all the wisdom from DW before hes gone. One of the all time greats
Love these interviews with DW. I hope there are more to come.
Love listening to DW. The man is a great story teller
I remember that day like it was yesterday, I’m surprised Larry didn’t mention how all the team members came out to congratulate Sr on his big win. Excellent job on this interview. Kc
What a life DW has led. He is so entertaining!
Was that a pun with the "led"? Lol
Wow what a great episode I could listen to DW talk his stories all day long. I find so interesting how they used all the creative cheats to get a little advantage over the next guy and they all did it. Having DW tell the stories he makes it funny as hell. I’d love to see more episodes like this.
Admittedly I'm just a casual NASCAR fan and have been for most of my 49 years, so I'm not as technically savvy about racing as some of the diehards. But I really love these sit-downs reminiscing about the old times - especially with a guy like Darrell Waltrip. I may need to subscribe.
Man what a race Wednesday night! You raced the wheels off that car tonight, you and Carson both. So proud to say I’m a son of Wilkesboro, thank you so much for all you’ve done.
I still miss DW's personality come Race Day. He was always fun to listen to during a race. Especially when he's bring up random stories or random history about something. Growing up watching NASCAR in the 90's but mostly in the 2000s, this guy taught me a lot of the history of the sport just by watching every sunday on FOX.
"This sounds really bad... but its not" LOL Gotta luv DW
My favorite DW comment was when he said "The inside of the track is shorter than the outside of the track." My wife and I just lost it and we never stopped laughing about it for years.
I could listen to DW for hours.
Get Cale Yarborough on the show
PLEASE
If they ever did the number one topic has to be about his engine noises
Definitely!
That's the one ya need. Talk about some stories. There's already a video out with a bunch of em from years ago but I don't think Dale was there.
@@CC.94 nascar legends...from the mid 90s
@@fatpatlives1998 That's an awesome video, dude. I've seen all four of them. I think my favorite story from that video was Buddy Baker falling out of the ambulance. And seeing Coo Coo Marlin there was a treat!!! I thought he was passed on at that time I did not know he was alive until 2005.
I love the way DW tells stories. So funny and exuberant about them.
These are the stories that all race fans love to hear!!! Keep em coming DirtyMo
Darrell will forever be a major part of the so-called Golden Age of NASCAR. I'm a huge fan of the aero wars between my beloved Chrysler and Ford in the late 60's and early 70's and the cars that resulted from same...but looking back at the 80's is now an almost surreal experience. Drivers with incredible personalities...some of the most beautiful cars ever raced(Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupes)...fastest speeds in NASCAR history. Waltrip is just pure entertainment in so many ways.
I agree with D.W. and Dale, Jr. NASCAR makes the "rules" but if the "rules" say a car has to weigh 3,700 pounds at weigh in...they did that. Too bad if NASCAR did not foresee the creative way crews found a way around that rule, and many others. My favorite was the "dump cans used in the 60's to refuel. Some "creative types" discovered that if you put a flapper valve in the bottom of the dump can (which becomes the top when pouring in the fuel) that allows air to rush in it allowed that fuel to flow out of that can nearly instantly. There were NO rules against doing that at the time. NASCAR just said they could hold no more than 10 gallons (or whatever) and that was it. So while some teams were waiting in the pits for the fuel to glug glug out of those cans...the ones with that valve emptied almost as soon as it was turned up. That is not "cheating" to me, that is innovative thinking. Smokey Yunick used something like a 30 foot, 1" diameter coiled fuel line from the tank to the carb thereby holding an additional 5 gallons of gas or some such amount. There were no rules against that at all. There are now, ha ha.
I'd agree, the rules are usually left up to interpretation for the racers/crew.
@@Zim85 At one time, now the rules leave very little to no room for "interpretation".
What's written is what the drivers are supposed to follow..supposed to.
The fines for cheating now are
exhorbidant, so even if you gained an advantage in the cheat, you'd lose it once you were caught and punished.
I read that when they started x-raying cars, they used to fill the all the chassis tubing full of water before weigh in. Made it 300 pounds lighter after they drained the water before the race.
You are correct, cept it was 50ft of 1 inch fuel line! 💪
Someone in Hollywood is missing the boat, a major movie should have been made about Smokey back in the 90's! 😒
My grandpa did the same fuel line trick back in the 70s racing Sprint Cars lmao.
Great stories DW. Love it. Would love to hear about the 79 Daytona 500. I was there in the infield. What a race. Helped bring NASCAR into the main stream.
Lol it didn't get main stream yil gordon v earnhardt
My dad was a engineer in the 70s for Nissan/Datsun in the European touring car championships.
And let me tell u, cheating isnt just common in Nascar.. it happens all over the world!
Ive heard loads of stories about teams with nitrous, oversize engines, illegal bodywork/frame/suspension mods, the list is endless too:)
I just found this channel, I haven't paid attention to racing since 1994 when my Mom passed away.
My parents and their friends would pile up in the motor home and almost every race we were in the infield. I always wanted to tag along whether there was a ticket for me or not. Couple races I sat on top because there was no extra ticket for me. Most weekends from 6th grade all the way to graduation.
My father hated DW he has a shirt that says even God hates Darrel Waltrip, so every chance I got, I got his autograph, t-shirts hats, whatever I could get. My favorite car was #17 Tide.
As someone that could not stand DW as an announcer, I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Just a totally different DW compared to the “color commentator” we saw for years!
BOOGETY BOOGETY!!
I’ve watched this episode about 5 times gets better every time
Man these stories are amazing!! We need a whole series of this type of stuff.
This great conversation makes me intrigued about what kind of tricks The Intimidator had up his sleeve.
*If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t winnin’.*
"If you ain't cheatin' you ain't eatin'".
If you’re not cheating (bending the rules), you’re not trying hard enough to win
If you're not cheating, and you're winning, you are in the right sport...
If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.
@@jamessimms415 you're only cheatin if you get caught
Best darn show ever. Hope ur doing this when ur old and grey. Was with your dad at Cayuga speedway before his Nascar days.He won that day. Passed four cars on the last lap to win. Hauled in with an old Chevy square body and open trailer , slept in the box. After the race we were sitting on the trailer fender with Dale and I said to him that it was a good race to watch. He said that he had a good day and this "racing thing" was probably going to be a good thing for him to stick with. No kidding!!!! Eye of the tiger. Also loved watching you. You are a great race car driver and show host. Keep up the great work.
Graham Mac Lean.
The lead shot in the frame of the car I had heard of before. As a matter of fact Kyle Petty's crew chief at Pocono got caught doing that in the early 1990's. Ironically, that guy would later be a Nascar inspector or something like that in the garage area, basically policing it.
Who better then one of them🤷🏻♂️
he changed teams
Yep, Gary Nelson was his crew chief back then. He was so good at cheating Nascar made him their chief inspector
Great video. I could listen to these stories all day. Funny how much stuff all the drivers and teams got away with back in the day!
I could listen to his storeys all day long imagine Dale sr was still living and have him and dw on this show that would be amazing to listen to both of them
I recently found this channel to subscribe to. Initially I thought it was another garbage podcast but I am really surprised how it lures me in and worthy of my ear's time.
I’d like to hear jimmy johnson tell these stories. There was a reason he locked it down for so long.
Jimmie Johnson probably has less stories than his crew chief Chad Knaus has, he was the real master mind behind how bad fast he cars were
Jimmie*
@F-15 Crew Chief well, everyone cheats. To say that he should have an asterisk next to his name, means that you could apply that to every driver and crew chief that has won a championship ever. I guarantee.
@F-15 Crew Chief How could you possibly listen to this show, and then say something as stupid as that?
@F-15 Crew Chief if you aint cheating you aint trying
If there's two things i love about NASCAR, it's stories about cheating, and Darrel Waltrip.
Both at once is great!
Please get Bobby Allison on the podcast. Loving the dw podcasts
I like when they have the older guys on…. They all have great stories, and can listen to them all day
This is one GREAT interview. I just have one request. DW, you, Dale and several other of the "Inner Circle" need to go to the France family and say " Look, we all know that creativity is as much a part of NASCAR as trophies. It is about time that we inducted the most creative guy who ever pulled a wrench....Smokey Yunick. I KNOW all about the bad blood between the France family and Smokey. It is time to induct him. NASCAR and the France family look small and petty by trying to ignore the King of the rule book....SMOKEY YUNICK.
Totally agree with you
Right on!!!
I WON'T to the NASCAR HOF until they do!
Smokey wouldn't even want to be in there to be honest. If he were alive and inducted he would have told them to shove it.
Smokey’s hat and jacket are in the hall. Seen them in 2013.
Growing up my dad took us to Nashville almost every weekend during late model season. I watched DW learn to drive there. He was a fierce competitor. Watching him in the booth talking about how he hates to see these guys fighting and such is kinda funny cause he was out of his car and on the other before they quit moving after a wreck. He was passionate to say the least. I have always supported him. Still do.
Love, love this episode! The stories that DW told was very entertaining!
Outstanding piece Guys!!
Watching DW’s foot tap under the table. Just completely indicative of his ADD personality. I absolutely love it
I could listen to this all day
What a show you could have if you put DW , Rusty and Mark on at the same time. What a set of stories you could have
Darrell waltrip looks like the kinda guy you could sit down, have a beer with, and just talk about life and racing.
A mans man through and through
Kills me that Jimmy Spencer accused Jr of having a cheat car at Daytona and his only two wins were in a cheat car.
I remember when I first started watching Nascar my grandfather said. There is only one absolute rule in racing "IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN YOU AIN'T TRYIN" and BOOM there it is in this video. Great stuff
I love this. Whether its the tv show or the podcast I love it. But man the personalities that have passed on that would have been great on the download. Buddy, Benny, Neil, Bill Sr. and Jr., I mean the list is so long.
This is awesome. I got to meet DW is a little kid amongst every other driver he was hands down the nicest
I must’ve listened to this video post 100x’s, and I still laugh my ass off. God bless ❤️ you D.W.
One of your best shows to date guys.
These are always great to watch but the whole podcast needs to be posted on youtube.
I was fortunate enough to meet DW at his race shop just before he retired! I think it was the 66 Kmart ride! I will never forget that experience!
I love old school NASCAR before it turned into a multi-national conglomerate with a slew of pretty boy drivers. I could listen to these stories all day. Love ya, DW!
Amen! NASCAR makes me sick it's so lame today
Isn't jimmy a pretty boy from Cali? How many championships did he win? 7?
If he wasn't a pretty boy he'd be more famous than petty
Love these stories
The lead shot, brings new meaning to " in the marbles, lol
Watching this , for me, is like being around family...Thanks!
Darrel Waltrip was a cheeky SOB back in the day 👍
I have watched this 5 times and will watch it 10 more! 😅
He’s a great storyteller!
I'd love to hear Jr. elaborate on the Clint Boyer crash at Richmond in 2013. That was when Clint dove the #15 for MWR. Jr's reaction was awesome!!
He’d have to get Clint on the show
man this is great i could listen to dw all nite love this stuff
I sure miss D.W. in the booth at the races he always was able to bring a humorous tale to any situation!!
DW is kinda the John Madden of NASCAR - great personality and very knowledgeable in the booth.
I love hearing the old stories..from D.W. I used to watch him as a kid...hes a great driver..watching him battle it out on the track...I used to like his bud car...
They took all the FUN out of Nascar with too many rules. They might as well run crate engines, equal cars, & make driver's draw numbers from a hat to see which car number they drive each week
IROC
EXACTLY. They thought they could make Nascar like IROC....all equal cars, driver is the only difference.
That's not what people wanted. They still don't get it, either.
Isn’t that what the nextgen car is supposed to be? Or is is just the chassy
@@jaydeetrillg It's all been an attempt to make the cars all the same. It was, and is, a terrible idea.
For just a fun race like IROC? Sure. But to do it with the cars that drivers earn a living with? Terrible idea.
Need to go back to stock-bodied cars and let the teams innovate, cheat and do whatever it takes to win.
And get rid of these cookie-cutter motors while we're at it.
Seriously. Or just go back to regular rules. Race on Sunday. Buy on Monday. Buy it off the lot and mod the hell out of it.
All I can think of when dw starts talking about dropping lead, is my grandpa yelling at me to go faster, " Get the lead out"..... Makes so much more sense
I've always liked DW but honestly I found the sport at the very end of his driving career so most of my impression of him is as a commentator in the booth. But love him or hate him, it's so awesome to listen to him tell the stories about how they used to bend the rules. You can call it cheating but it was just every man for himself trying to do whatever it took to win. They were so competitive and if you didn't bend the rules, you didn't stand a chance because everyone else was bending the rules too. Oh the glory days of NASCAR! Too bad it's not more like that today.
I love when DW does engine sound effects. His telling of his Daytona win that nearly wasn't is gold.