Nascar lives in the grey area. They blatantly make rules up and decide when they want to follow the established ones on the spot. It's part of the reason why viewership has gone down over the years.
"Are we buildin' this sport up or are we tearin' it down?" That is the ultimate question Dale. Right now it's crumbling to the point where I have a hard time bringing myself to even watch every weekend. Thinking 'what BS are we gonna have to see or hear now?' When I saw the empty seats scattered along the frontstretch at Texas I tend to believe some people are thinking the same thing. Also, ticket prices are getting ridiculous.
Ticket pricing has gone down but okay. You are tearing it down. You can have opinions but when you stop watching then your opinion doesn't matter. Also... It's still racing. Stage racing only made them race harder.
Prices have gone down? Not from what I've seen. Maybe if you want a seat in the nosebleeds. They might throw in a discount on them. From what I saw for prices at Texas it seems you have to save up for a year ahead of time to just go to one race. Excuse me if I don't make 70k+ a year like some do. Cheaper to watch at home. From what I saw at Texas must be quite a few more people agree.
@@wolverineprime2886 I mean, if $70 for a weekend ticket up high where you can see everything is expensive, that's not on the sport. Oh, and that ticket use to be $100 for one day.
Texas is my home track and they really do get too gimmicky with their stuff. It’s really not that great for a consistent watcher of NASCAR but to a new fan they get the wrong impression of what’s going on.
As a LOOONG time Nascar fan , I would have to say what you do not need is a driver calling the fans crybabies and telling them (at a race) that "if you do not like how I race , don't come and watch" as Kyle did. I lost something for NASCAR and Kyle Busch that very day. My dad was like many others and always said " Never bite the hand that feeds you." As far as deliberate cautions it has been happening ever since (at least) when I was racing motorcycles in 1970 and I would have to guess long before that.
Don't know if you read these comments Jr but to be honest I was never much of a fan of yours till you and Tony Stewart hooked up no matter what team you all were in and helped one another especially in restricter plate racing. You guys should go down in history for just that alone. Naturally I was a Stewart fan still am love his no nonsense way of dealing with things and not holding back. You two make a great pair should of been team mates.
We got too many damn rules as is... yes Bubba spun intentionally. But more rules is not the answer. Just leave it alone and move on. It will work itself out in the wash at some point.
wrong spinning out not by accident in any other series is a suspension and it didnt work out to well for clint its called altering the outcome of a race he wasnt gonna win or in the chase its wrong to cause a caution not by accident is wrong peroid
@@flammenjc Was it a big deal for the guys who just pitted and were put a lap down? Hell yes! Bubba needs a suspension and a fine. Remember Micheal Waltrip Racing in 2013 and the Federated Auto Parts 400?
So I got called in I think in 98’ or 99’ and was taught a valuable lesson. The big cheese made it clear. They don’t care what I do to my car but it can’t be obvious!” I was told “if you sit on the pole week after week, the press will catch on eventually and then they will start asking questions which will force us to RIP YOUR CAR APART BEFORE THE RACE” . - It was actually hilarious. Because he said in a (dirtysouth- southern accent) “I don’t care if yall install some of those new high-technologies compuuuhhhters in and have that damn car doing back flips down the straight away! But don’t you dare have that car jumping the catch fence during practice, qualifying, then turn around and do it in the race!” - other words what he meant was. Either be fast at qualifying and run middle pack during the race. Or qualify 7-15th and win the race. But don’t be just blatantly making it obvious your up to NOO good. - I learned all the series will let you get away with a lot as long as it doesn’t become there problem! Hence Media asking questions about your car or on track activities. Then they have to do something so the series doesn’t appear like it lets people do whatever they want. - you lose credibility with sponsors and they don’t wanna pay millions to be in a race they know they don’t stand a chance winning. Gary Nelson’s job was to clean it up to make it more attractive on the business side.
Love this podcasts download. Great listening to Jr.and his guests. Leah is a very very beautiful woman also. Wow she's a dime, very gorgeous. Keep it up Jr. Love you...
Jr, you must do a podcast with a concern, why do we still have gimmicks Brian France had created. The playoffs, the stage racing, and having changes with car done before the qualifying which results automaticly qualifying at the back of the field when Winston era. Changes done after the qualifyings automaticly send teams to the back.
Thank you Junior for thinking of those of us who do not like that type of thing and I've been a Nascar fan forever and lately have been upset with several little things that happened during the race that someone really should start addressing if they want to keep people like me there and bring in new people
Ah come on Jr that stuff was gold ! Couldn’t wait to google the big screen at Texas ! They were great zingers ! Those one liners are everywhere from anybody .
I remember a Datyona 500 where Buckshot Jones was backwards in the first few laps. On live TV Buck Baker made some comments about Buckshot Jones in the Double O car doing exactly what we expected him to do this early in the race. Jr, I so often agree with you but this one I have to say funny is funny. Yes that would have been what fans expacted back in the 80's and 90's. Drivers would throw down on each other hard. Like Dale Sr said at Britsol I just wanted to rattle his cage. This one not quite a drive roast but there was a saying that rubbin is racin. Now rubbin is a fine, two weeks off and loss of points. I do not feel that comments like Dale Sr wrecks everyone or Terry Labonts cant drive a nail, or Ervin has to work for the phone company to get on a pole, the fastest thing on Lake Speed is a pedal boat would have ever come ascross as personal. The fans would have loved it your dad would have made t shirts and the track would have had to build more seats next year so the fans could read the big screen. Now your pissed off for someone else. NASCAR needs some rough edges, thats what made them what they were. Now I can sit on the I 77 overpass and see more action , passing and bumping. They sport is so sterile that you can do open heart surgry in Victory lane.
In order for anyone to make any kind of call.......no matter how boring you may think the race is!!!! You must watch every lap of every car....to see the racing thats going on with the driver of each car! You have to stay up with the race! To make any kind of call!!! So I agree! Let it take care of it self !! DRIVER TO DRIVER!!!!.....in the garage!!!
In all honesty and just from my own perspective those who are running Nascar have been and still are self destroying their own sport. I used to watch the Truck, the Infinity and the Cup series every weekend and for year's. And now it has become so bad that I don't even want to take the time to watch any of them. But on the other hand I do truly enjoy watching Dale Jr's Podcast.
Always wondered about not only the capabilities but also the possibilities of having "Teams" . A driver that's in the hunt for the championship and/or the playoffs had a teammate that is either locked in or no chance of making it... causing a yellow or intentionally wrecking a driver to further the other teamates chances. Oddly enough you don't see or hear about scenarios like that. I'm sure that it's happened dozens of times throughout the years but nowadays with how the racing format is you would think it be more prevalent. I'm not sure that I got my point across but would love to hear drivers talk about these scenarios if they have indeed presented themselves.
That's the problem now a days with everything. Not enough seesion Adults in a room with these kids to teach the the way. And they think it's hip to ignore and degrade older people while there being selfish. RESPECT! LISTEN! LEARN! AND YOU'LL STAY ON TOP NOT A ONE HIT WONDER.
Bruh thee amount of Logano fans that were saying he didn't intentionally spin at Martinsville was blowing my mind and the fact that Jr said he saw him intentionally spin..... I feel like NASCAR wants a civil war within the fan base ....
How is Harvick a trusted vet when he intentionally wreck the field at Dega in 15 so he wouldn't lose a ton of points?? That basically took the win from Jr
I don't think I've ever been mad at a driver and nascar than I was that race. Harvick obviously wrecked the field on purpose and tried to blame it on trevor Bayne
Yes that the way I felt about that when it happened. He tuned left in front of everybody and wrecked the whole field and yes cost JR. a win.And I not forgot it yet.
Love learning your perspective on things Dale ,I watched every single one of your races, practices,qualifying..ect since 2004 and its cool to see you do this now and learn who you are. Remembering all the things I watched growing up helps me put the pieces together why certain things happened.
Things were simpler back then. You get the most points during the year you win the trophy. How can anything be better than that? All this chase/playoff does is bring drama in to get the casual new age fans with attention spans of house flies.
@@jasonbradham2193 Yep, NASCAR turned it's back on the old fans so I turned my back on them. Good thing I have old races to watch on TH-cam and NR2003 game to relive racing at old tracks against real drivers.
This isnt the time to nock down the sport.. do you see the stands? They are tons of open seats. As a fan that left the sport after Jeff Gordon retired. I am trying to come back. But after trying to come back to be a fan again the stands are empty. Why is that?
I usually try to make it to both Texas races every year, but couldn't go to either one this year. I didn't get to see the quips on Big Hoss, and this is the first I've heard about it. As for the other issue, I COMPLETELY agree with Dale that judgement calls should be kept to a bare minimum in ANY sport. Unfortunately, we seem to be stuck with them in EVERY sport, most notable balls and strikes in baseball and pass interference in football. I really wish there was a way to eliminate that, but it just doesn't seem realistically possible.
Also, with the MWR situation at Richmond, there was radio chatter that was quite incriminating. And Junior spun intentionally at Bristol once, and NASCAR popped him for it -- because Junior admitted his intent on the radio.
Hey guys so I was never a NASCAR fan until my boyfriend got me into it, and he took me to my first race at Texas Motor Speedway (the one before this was posted) and I personally thought the lines were funny. But I also assumed it was something that they always did it is kinda weird that the first time they do it happens to be my first race lol.
I love the driver intro situation. It pissed me off as well. But one day at some point a guy that had a so called "meme" on the big hoss comes out there and makes whoever directed those look like a hypercrit
i disagree regarding intentional spins. it's a part of racing that needs to be policed and severely deterred. it ruins a good race and diminishes efforts by others, especially the car owners and teams. cautions are the great equalizer. make the penalty outweigh the crime, and the crime will cease to exist. sitting out 2 races and a hefty fine, would stop this kind of selfish stupidity. but nascar loves drama, and feel everyone does too. they need to rule with an iron fist, to stop drivers from acting like a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers. it hurts the racing image. it needs to be about racing, not racing entertainment. adopting some FIA protocols would a step in the right direction. this is just my opinion though. thank you Dale Jr for this show. i thoroughly enjoy it. P.S. i have a bunch of old Circle Track magazines from the '80's, '90's. if you are missing any issues in your collection, give me a list and i'll send them if i have them. cheers.
I agree, Nobody is a mind reader and you cant penalize drivers not knowing their true intentions when racing hard. Also I went to the Texas race a couple years back in the late 90's and I saw fans had made up signs that were way too personal directed at Jeff Gordon and I'm not a fan of Jeff's, but there are lines crossed that never should be!
Jr. is right about the rude comments. It's unsportsmanlike and the last thing we need is more trash talking and unkind behavior just to get a laugh. We get on to kids about this kind of thing but we don't set good examples either.
Those calls have to be made right then. Its not like F1 where you can get a 5 second penalty and drop 1 spot. NASCAR should be able to do that because a drivers morality isnt going to effect it, just my take
Men are no more would be my take of all things wrong with NASCAR. NASCAR is simply a reflection of the standard of behaviour slipping in society just like it has on track. Bubba probably single mum household witch would explain why he behaves like a woman
The only reason I disagree with a driver approaching another driver about an intentional spin is: How would the driver spinning himself out even know that he is affecting someones long run or whatever it may be that he is damaging? Drivers like Bubba are so far behind that they are lucky to know where their own car is running let alone anyone else in the field. I can hear Bubba and his spotter now saying: "I HAVE A FLAT! WELL DON'T SPIN OUT ON PURPOSE CAUSE YOU WILL MESS UP KYLE BUSCH'S DAY" LMAO!!!
I'm from the UK so nascar is new to me. Agree with jr but instend of the drivers govering themself why not have a top x driver goven the drivers and keep them in line.
Dale JR, you are waking up to a higher perception of universal consciousness! It is working out well for you! which ever path your on energetically, its working!
When I hear Texas , Phoenix, California.... they're like the race version of Ambien. Now they've managed to put a road course in Charlotte. That's a minimum of 4 lazy relaxing Sundays... and that's if you don't include the 600.😴
I am a huge Dale Jr fan and i agree with his looks on things way more then i do nascars but bubba Wallace isn't racing forba championship he is Racing for his Job and lively hood!!!!! You have to do what you have to do for your teams best interests like Logano done the week before it was gonna cost Logano points which is super IMPORTANT but no matter what he will be back in the 22 next year with whatever happens but more importantly bubba wallace could lose his ride forever so i race myself and i feel personally the guys that are winning right now is the ones that have GREAT equipment and jobs for next year but if i was in bubba Wallace's shoes i am going to do whatever it takes to stay active in the cups series and keep my job!!!!!
Boyer was fined for that race like 25 points I think if im not mistaken, it just didn't really affect him much and especially not compared to MTJ who the 25 point deduction knocked out of the chase and replaced him with Newnan
NASCAR should just leave the trolling to the internet. The internet has 10,000,000 times the viewing capacity than the back [stabbing] stretch. NASCAR allowing venders to disrespect their product will only bring it's down fall.
Always being a racer...I had a friend that was in the NFL that said it to me plain and simple "only we know what is going on in the helmet " honestly that's the truth.
Loved the show and have come back to being a jr. Fan even after the events of his causing the separation and eventual splitting up of my family due to him sleeping with my not so better half and eventual stalker of he lol. I finally can watch jr with out wanting shout disrespectful foul language at the TV in his name. As all real men we have to look back and forgive and forget. Anyways I am a fan again and enjoy your show and stories. And actually wanted to thank you for sleeping with my ex cause I went on to meet the woman of my dreams and has given me two beautiful daughters and is a woman with integrity and morels that jenni never had jr. So thank you and I enjoy your shows and have love for the Earnhardt name and you and your dad are legends to many. Thanks for all the years of racing.
Dale Junior should drive for Tony Stewart. I think he would be awesome driving a Ford for Stewart Haas racing. I know he likes Chevy's but let's just say he drives a Ford and some how wins lots of races more then he did in a Chevy then I just wonder what his outcome or what he would think at the end of the day. I mean Mark Martin and other drivers that maybe were diehard Ford guys went to driving other brands and at the end of day Brands never really mattered anymore because they just loved racing overall. Your personal vehicles can still be the brand you really like and still race a different brand.
It's shouldn't be a black and white or whatever thing with Bubba, it should be the safety and lives of the driver's the pit crews the safety crews and even the Nascar officials that are over the wall in harm's way❗Have a sit down meeting with all the driver's pit crews owners , and lay down the law❗ Have them all vote on who should out of the driver's maybe even the pit crews (the over the wall gang!) be that confronts the possible offender or offenders and go from there!
Sure this has been brought up. But JR has a spin out rule named after him. He legally intentionally spun himself out to get the lucky dog pass. It was illegal on Monday.
Sorry, just subscribed but wanted to comment regarding "Bogus Cautions". There is nothing more frustrating than watching NASCAR throw a bogus caution late in the race to protect the leader, or strongest car, from being taken out of contention due to unforeseen incidents. Whether it be a flat tire for example that puts the "Chosen One" back in the pack or a lap down, or pitting right before a legitimate caution causing the loss of a lap. This strategy by NASCAR is bullshit to say the least, and painfully obvious and insulting to seasoned race fans. I was as at a race in Fontana in 2018(?) when Kyle Busch, admittedly my all time least favorite driver, lost a lap or dropped back in the pack for a reason my alcohol laden brain can't remember, late in the race. Of course there was a "mystery debris" caution that allowed him not only his lap back but the eventually the win. This practice, among others is the cause of me no longer being a NASCAR fan. Jr., when you retired I stopped watching Cup racing. The very First race I watched was the Winston race where Mr. Earnhardt made the "Pass in the Grass". I was hooked. When he passed away in 2001, I gravitated to you not because of you name, but because of you personality and driving ability. I have no idea how his death affected you as a son and a racer, but you took on WAY more than you should ever have had to, and handled it like no one could ever have imagined. But, the single incident that killed my interest in Cup Racing was when Kyle Busch, again he makes me want to puke every time I see him bow to the crowd after a win as if he did it ALL HIMSELF, broke his leg in the Busch race at Daytona before the 500. In the real racing days, the driver would climb in the car, take the green and pull to pit road for a relief driver to secure the points from the race. It's such NASCAR Bullshit that he was allowed to compete, and win the Championship that year because of the Chase (don't even get me started on the Chase). I watched Dale Earnhardt race with a broken fuckin sternum among other inuries...and qualify on the pole at Watkins Glen so he could get his points. Davey Allison drove with a broken fuckin collar bone, where they had to velcro his hand to the shifter so he could get his points. I've see the pics of Ricky Rudd driving Daytona 500 with band aids holding his swollen eyes open after flipping during the Clash. It all became driven by the almighty dollar. Fill seats and sell merchandise. Die hard racing fans like me watched week in and week out for the racing. Remember when they talked about biased ply tires and staggering?!!! Sunday's race has just become a survival of the fittest. If your driver is not running in the top 5, you're not going to hear about him all day. During the broadcast where we used to follow the pit stops to see what adjustments were made to your driver's car, we now see multiple commercials. NASCAR has become all about the money and not about the racing. I miss the good ole days, but at least I got my Sundays back. I know you are, or were, a commentator for NBC. I don't hold it against you. You are one of the funniest motherfuckers I've ever heard, and I'll bet your description of the race is something to behold. Ok, that thud you heard was my fat ass hopping off my soap box. Just wanted to vent my frustration at losing my favorite pastime. Love your Podcast and look forward to catching up on old episodes as well as the new.
Friends off track helmet on its unleash the animal with respect for the power. This is a extreme sport injury happens each piece is part of a whole puzzle. Giving myself options a safe way to wreck or drive. Do you drive defensive or offensive?
Bring back North Wilkesboro if Nascar cares about its image. Get about 12 to 15 of these rich drivers put in a million they can get back in shape and upgrade it a little its not always about the money espically with what going on in the world today
This is what happens when you have playoffs in racing, drivers who really aren't part of the Chase may mess it up for others. It's like a team that knocks you out of the Final Four, they aren't going to help those drivers do that. There was never any reason for a playoff in racing in the first place because of so many competitors and the mechanical elements as any ill-timed caution or mechanical problem will take you out of it.
“Here’s two guys that got into it last week, buy a damn ticket!” Dale Jr needs to handle NASCAR’s marketing side from now on
Jr. You're a great advocate for the sport. Keep fightin' the good fight. You bring up a lot of great points. Keep up the great work!! Cheers!!!
I second that. We support you Dale
If NASCAR really wants to save itself they need to put Jr and Tony Stewart in charge.
Agree! May have to re-install the removed seats at the tracks also.
Yup. All you have to do to know how good Stewart would be at running events is look at how well Tony Stewart has done with Eldora.
John Harris waaaahhhhh
Jr over the rules and racing stuff...but tony Stewart needs be the press guy for nascar
@Blue2 Sierra
Kyle Petty waa saying the rule xhanges were bad back in the 90s lmao
Nascar lives in the grey area. They blatantly make rules up and decide when they want to follow the established ones on the spot. It's part of the reason why viewership has gone down over the years.
That's almost like hockey with some hits fights. Etc...big gray area rules
Nascar was great when social media wasn't involved...hard core fan since 1989!!!
Jr for President!!!
The world would be a better place!!!
"Are we buildin' this sport up or are we tearin' it down?" That is the ultimate question Dale. Right now it's crumbling to the point where I have a hard time bringing myself to even watch every weekend. Thinking 'what BS are we gonna have to see or hear now?' When I saw the empty seats scattered along the frontstretch at Texas I tend to believe some people are thinking the same thing. Also, ticket prices are getting ridiculous.
My entire family stopped watching when stage racing began. Its no longer racing.
Ticket pricing has gone down but okay. You are tearing it down. You can have opinions but when you stop watching then your opinion doesn't matter.
Also... It's still racing. Stage racing only made them race harder.
Prices have gone down? Not from what I've seen. Maybe if you want a seat in the nosebleeds. They might throw in a discount on them. From what I saw for prices at Texas it seems you have to save up for a year ahead of time to just go to one race. Excuse me if I don't make 70k+ a year like some do. Cheaper to watch at home. From what I saw at Texas must be quite a few more people agree.
@@wolverineprime2886 I mean, if $70 for a weekend ticket up high where you can see everything is expensive, that's not on the sport. Oh, and that ticket use to be $100 for one day.
Dale's gotta take it to Eddie Gossage if he feels that way about those intros and billboards.
Would love for Dale Jr to be in charge of NASCAR one day.
It'll never happen though. Unless he buys the whole shebang
zero chance
@@user-cs3zs6jn1d Penske will buy Nascar next,then put Jr.in charge?
A co- commissionership of him and Kyle petty.
I would just be happy for him and Kelley to somehow run dei
Texas is my home track and they really do get too gimmicky with their stuff. It’s really not that great for a consistent watcher of NASCAR but to a new fan they get the wrong impression of what’s going on.
That is what it really seemed like Dale was saying. It really just isn't a good look for NASCAR.
I agree, if I watched for the first time and saw that it'd leave a bad taste
As a LOOONG time Nascar fan , I would have to say what you do not need is a driver calling the fans crybabies and telling them (at a race) that "if you do not like how I race , don't come and watch" as Kyle did. I lost something for NASCAR and Kyle Busch that very day.
My dad was like many others and always said " Never bite the hand that feeds you."
As far as deliberate cautions it has been happening ever since (at least) when I was racing motorcycles in 1970 and I would have to guess long before that.
Judging from the empty seats at every race people are taking his advice.
@@GreatDarkWing0491 Nascar bit our Southern hands long ago. You have to stop watching.
The Klingerman one made me laugh so hard. I took him out one time at Dover on Iracing.
The entertainment industry always needs heat (controversy), cheap heat is what Jr. is talking about no place for it.
Well done Dale Jr. I really enjoy your show! You deliver an amazing product!!
Don't know if you read these comments Jr but to be honest I was never much of a fan of yours till you and Tony Stewart hooked up no matter what team you all were in and helped one another especially in restricter plate racing. You guys should go down in history for just that alone. Naturally I was a Stewart fan still am love his no nonsense way of dealing with things and not holding back. You two make a great pair should of been team mates.
Yeah. I still wish he would have held back on that dirt track..
Lmao... Im still laughing and the "can't drive a nail" .... 😂😂😂😂
WELL SAID DALE!!!! LETS JUST B HAPPY TO B THERE
We got too many damn rules as is... yes Bubba spun intentionally. But more rules is not the answer. Just leave it alone and move on. It will work itself out in the wash at some point.
wrong spinning out not by accident in any other series is a suspension and it didnt work out to well for clint its called altering the outcome of a race he wasnt gonna win or in the chase its wrong to cause a caution not by accident is wrong peroid
Yea harvick dominated the whole race and still won so i dont see it was that big a deal
@@flammenjc Was it a big deal for the guys who just pitted and were put a lap down? Hell yes! Bubba needs a suspension and a fine. Remember Micheal Waltrip Racing in 2013 and the Federated Auto Parts 400?
Drivers dumping each other week in week out is child like. Rubbing is racing bump and run.
Why can't I hear NBC announcers? On my TV all I can hear is the cars... turn up the mics and turn down the cars
So I got called in I think in 98’ or 99’ and was taught a valuable lesson. The big cheese made it clear. They don’t care what I do to my car but it can’t be obvious!” I was told “if you sit on the pole week after week, the press will catch on eventually and then they will start asking questions which will force us to RIP YOUR CAR APART BEFORE THE RACE” . - It was actually hilarious. Because he said in a (dirtysouth- southern accent) “I don’t care if yall install some of those new high-technologies compuuuhhhters in and have that damn car doing back flips down the straight away! But don’t you dare have that car jumping the catch fence during practice, qualifying, then turn around and do it in the race!” - other words what he meant was. Either be fast at qualifying and run middle pack during the race. Or qualify 7-15th and win the race. But don’t be just blatantly making it obvious your up to NOO good. - I learned all the series will let you get away with a lot as long as it doesn’t become there problem! Hence Media asking questions about your car or on track activities. Then they have to do something so the series doesn’t appear like it lets people do whatever they want. - you lose credibility with sponsors and they don’t wanna pay millions to be in a race they know they don’t stand a chance winning. Gary Nelson’s job was to clean it up to make it more attractive on the business side.
Love this podcasts download. Great listening to Jr.and his guests. Leah is a very very beautiful woman also. Wow she's a dime, very gorgeous. Keep it up Jr. Love you...
Jr, you must do a podcast with a concern, why do we still have gimmicks Brian France had created. The playoffs, the stage racing, and having changes with car done before the qualifying which results automaticly qualifying at the back of the field when Winston era. Changes done after the qualifyings automaticly send teams to the back.
I went to get a poutine here in Canada at a kebab and poutine shop and bam! Dale junior was on the Tv.
Thank you Junior for thinking of those of us who do not like that type of thing and I've been a Nascar fan forever and lately have been upset with several little things that happened during the race that someone really should start addressing if they want to keep people like me there and bring in new people
"Garrett Smithley. He's already in the way." 😂😂😂😂😂
Sometimes you wish someone would pull a caution lol. And I believe they’re more people hurting NASCAR today then helping.
Great Pod cast, as always!!
Ah come on Jr that stuff was gold ! Couldn’t wait to google the big screen at Texas ! They were great zingers ! Those one liners are everywhere from anybody .
I remember a Datyona 500 where Buckshot Jones was backwards in the first few laps. On live TV Buck Baker made some comments about Buckshot Jones in the Double O car doing exactly what we expected him to do this early in the race.
Jr, I so often agree with you but this one I have to say funny is funny. Yes that would have been what fans expacted back in the 80's and 90's. Drivers would throw down on each other hard. Like Dale Sr said at Britsol I just wanted to rattle his cage. This one not quite a drive roast but there was a saying that rubbin is racin. Now rubbin is a fine, two weeks off and loss of points. I do not feel that comments like Dale Sr wrecks everyone or Terry Labonts cant drive a nail, or Ervin has to work for the phone company to get on a pole, the fastest thing on Lake Speed is a pedal boat would have ever come ascross as personal. The fans would have loved it your dad would have made t shirts and the track would have had to build more seats next year so the fans could read the big screen. Now your pissed off for someone else. NASCAR needs some rough edges, thats what made them what they were. Now I can sit on the I 77 overpass and see more action , passing and bumping. They sport is so sterile that you can do open heart surgry in Victory lane.
Definitely Agree with you Dale,not very classy or respectful at all,❤d the #DJD
It was awesome and gr88t again,Thank y'all❣🌞
I like the new angles
I totally agree with you about the one liners, in MY opinion it was classless and a wee bit trashy on the part of TMS
In order for anyone to make any kind of call.......no matter how boring you may think the race is!!!! You must watch every lap of every car....to see the racing thats going on with the driver of each car! You have to stay up with the race! To make any kind of call!!! So I agree! Let it take care of it self !! DRIVER TO DRIVER!!!!.....in the garage!!!
I agree Jr. Don’t denigrate folks like that.
Dale Jr.'s honesty, over the different things that happened, is one of the major factors that made me A Dale fan.
In all honesty and just from my own perspective those who are running Nascar have been and still are self destroying their own sport.
I used to watch the Truck, the Infinity and the Cup series every weekend and for year's.
And now it has become so bad that I don't even want to take the time to watch any of them.
But on the other hand I do truly enjoy watching Dale Jr's Podcast.
Always wondered about not only the capabilities but also the possibilities of having "Teams" . A driver that's in the hunt for the championship and/or the playoffs had a teammate that is either locked in or no chance of making it... causing a yellow or intentionally wrecking a driver to further the other teamates chances.
Oddly enough you don't see or hear about scenarios like that. I'm sure that it's happened dozens of times throughout the years but nowadays with how the racing format is you would think it be more prevalent.
I'm not sure that I got my point across but would love to hear drivers talk about these scenarios if they have indeed presented themselves.
That's the problem now a days with everything. Not enough seesion Adults in a room with these kids to teach the the way. And they think it's hip to ignore and degrade older people while there being selfish. RESPECT! LISTEN! LEARN! AND YOU'LL STAY ON TOP NOT A ONE HIT WONDER.
NASCAR is a lost cause,.....Dale,Jr. leaving the sport and that stupid 'stage racing' killed it.
Dale JR 2004 Bristol race TH-cam
I am a huge JR fan but how soon we forget..
Dale jr is really good at debating...... He always gets me to change my mind.
Jr mike is right about the MWR Bubba Spun On Purpose It’s Happening about every race nascar needs to give em a 5 lap penalty
Sounds like they were trying to get the fans arguing and feuding.
Bruh thee amount of Logano fans that were saying he didn't intentionally spin at Martinsville was blowing my mind and the fact that Jr said he saw him intentionally spin..... I feel like NASCAR wants a civil war within the fan base ....
@@LilTwix81 i remember after fontana when the media was fabricating the Kyle busch vs. Richard Petty argument
napa nascar heat it’s like they love comparing apples and oranges ....
Love the show
How is Harvick a trusted vet when he intentionally wreck the field at Dega in 15 so he wouldn't lose a ton of points?? That basically took the win from Jr
I don't think I've ever been mad at a driver and nascar than I was that race. Harvick obviously wrecked the field on purpose and tried to blame it on trevor Bayne
Yes that the way I felt about that when it happened. He tuned left in front of everybody and wrecked the whole field and yes cost JR. a win.And I not forgot it yet.
I agree when make off the wall remarks like that it leaves a perception of this is a joke and lack of professionalism.
Those one liners aren't bad, I think it's a funny way to connect with the fans. Personally I loved them!
A Kodiak bear eating a box of tide was pretty funny. “I drink and drive for Miller beer” was pretty funny. Dang I’m getting old.
Love learning your perspective on things Dale ,I watched every single one of your races, practices,qualifying..ect since 2004 and its cool to see you do this now and learn who you are. Remembering all the things I watched growing up helps me put the pieces together why certain things happened.
If you don't have the chase, this isn't an issue
Things were simpler back then. You get the most points during the year you win the trophy. How can anything be better than that? All this chase/playoff does is bring drama in to get the casual new age fans with attention spans of house flies.
@@swirvinirvan3789 but, us old school fans are gone.
@@jasonbradham2193 Yep, NASCAR turned it's back on the old fans so I turned my back on them. Good thing I have old races to watch on TH-cam and NR2003 game to relive racing at old tracks against real drivers.
Joey Logano still a featherless dart lol
This isnt the time to nock down the sport.. do you see the stands? They are tons of open seats. As a fan that left the sport after Jeff Gordon retired. I am trying to come back. But after trying to come back to be a fan again the stands are empty. Why is that?
I usually try to make it to both Texas races every year, but couldn't go to either one this year. I didn't get to see the quips on Big Hoss, and this is the first I've heard about it. As for the other issue, I COMPLETELY agree with Dale that judgement calls should be kept to a bare minimum in ANY sport. Unfortunately, we seem to be stuck with them in EVERY sport, most notable balls and strikes in baseball and pass interference in football. I really wish there was a way to eliminate that, but it just doesn't seem realistically possible.
Also, with the MWR situation at Richmond, there was radio chatter that was quite incriminating. And Junior spun intentionally at Bristol once, and NASCAR popped him for it -- because Junior admitted his intent on the radio.
Cassi aka @G88Gassi needs to have a talk with Eddie on the topic of kindness.
Dale Jr once purposely spun out at Bristol and admitted it during a radio interview. He was trying to keep from going a lap down.
You wanna cookie?!👎
Thanks for repeating what JR actually said about halfway through this
Hey guys so I was never a NASCAR fan until my boyfriend got me into it, and he took me to my first race at Texas Motor Speedway (the one before this was posted) and I personally thought the lines were funny. But I also assumed it was something that they always did it is kinda weird that the first time they do it happens to be my first race lol.
DALE JR FOR PRESIDENT OF NASCAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In quarter midgets I needed a caution so I just turned the car off 😂
That Onitsuka hoodie is sick!!
I love the driver intro situation. It pissed me off as well. But one day at some point a guy that had a so called "meme" on the big hoss comes out there and makes whoever directed those look like a hypercrit
I agree with DaleJr. It’s not healthy for the sport.
Sounds like Gossage being a showman.
Not surprising.
Texas for you.
On brand.
Marketing for Spring race.
They ruined nascar with all the rules and changing the points system
Stages and the chase ruined NASCAR
But I'll bet you love the slow srx series with all there rules too ?
@@chadalac1977 bet I don't, all I watched was Winston/sprint cup, stopped watching back in 2012
@@kevinsalyers690 rock on you da man
i disagree regarding intentional spins. it's a part of racing that needs to be policed and severely deterred. it ruins a good race and diminishes efforts by others, especially the car owners and teams. cautions are the great equalizer. make the penalty outweigh the crime, and the crime will cease to exist. sitting out 2 races and a hefty fine, would stop this kind of selfish stupidity. but nascar loves drama, and feel everyone does too. they need to rule with an iron fist, to stop drivers from acting like a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers. it hurts the racing image. it needs to be about racing, not racing entertainment. adopting some FIA protocols would a step in the right direction. this is just my opinion though. thank you Dale Jr for this show. i thoroughly enjoy it. P.S. i have a bunch of old Circle Track magazines from the '80's, '90's. if you are missing any issues in your collection, give me a list and i'll send them if i have them. cheers.
Love these video's
Wow, insulting the drivers? What the hell were they thinking? Even in F1, they would have REALLY effed up whoever decided to ok it, James Hunt style.
Remember when Texas did the funny radio channel with the Twitter personalities? I bet they hired one of those guys to write one-liners.
I agree, Nobody is a mind reader and you cant penalize drivers not knowing their true intentions when racing hard. Also I went to the Texas race a couple years back in the late 90's and I saw fans had made up signs that were way too personal directed at Jeff Gordon and I'm not a fan of Jeff's, but there are lines crossed that never should be!
Face it JR this new nascar only caters to this new generation. This incident is a shining example of nascar reflecting the young folks behavior.
Jr. is right about the rude comments. It's unsportsmanlike and the last thing we need is more trash talking and unkind behavior just to get a laugh. We get on to kids about this kind of thing but we don't set good examples either.
"maybe Bubba makes a better decision next time>" bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Try listening. Dale said they all have done it.
@@HarryRacer18 there's a Bubba lover. enjoy him while he lasts.
Those calls have to be made right then. Its not like F1 where you can get a 5 second penalty and drop 1 spot. NASCAR should be able to do that because a drivers morality isnt going to effect it, just my take
Men are no more would be my take of all things wrong with NASCAR. NASCAR is simply a reflection of the standard of behaviour slipping in society just like it has on track. Bubba probably single mum household witch would explain why he behaves like a woman
The only reason I disagree with a driver approaching another driver about an intentional spin is: How would the driver spinning himself out even know that he is affecting someones long run or whatever it may be that he is damaging? Drivers like Bubba are so far behind that they are lucky to know where their own car is running let alone anyone else in the field. I can hear Bubba and his spotter now saying: "I HAVE A FLAT! WELL DON'T SPIN OUT ON PURPOSE CAUSE YOU WILL MESS UP KYLE BUSCH'S DAY" LMAO!!!
Jr is a intentional spin expert.
I'm from the UK so nascar is new to me. Agree with jr but instend of the drivers govering themself why not have a top x driver goven the drivers and keep them in line.
We got rid of the King in 1776!
Dale JR, you are waking up to a higher perception of universal consciousness! It is working out well for you! which ever path your on energetically, its working!
When I hear Texas , Phoenix, California.... they're like the race version of Ambien. Now they've managed to put a road course in Charlotte. That's a minimum of 4 lazy relaxing Sundays... and that's if you don't include the 600.😴
Is that a wrecked Amelia car on the desk lol?
When have these drivers EVER policed themselves? Ya get away with it, THAT becomes the precedent!
I am a huge Dale Jr fan and i agree with his looks on things way more then i do nascars but bubba Wallace isn't racing forba championship he is Racing for his Job and lively hood!!!!! You have to do what you have to do for your teams best interests like Logano done the week before it was gonna cost Logano points which is super IMPORTANT but no matter what he will be back in the 22 next year with whatever happens but more importantly bubba wallace could lose his ride forever so i race myself and i feel personally the guys that are winning right now is the ones that have GREAT equipment and jobs for next year but if i was in bubba Wallace's shoes i am going to do whatever it takes to stay active in the cups series and keep my job!!!!!
Boyer was fined for that race like 25 points I think if im not mistaken, it just didn't really affect him much and especially not compared to MTJ who the 25 point deduction knocked out of the chase and replaced him with Newnan
NASCAR should just leave the trolling to the internet. The internet has 10,000,000 times the viewing capacity than the back [stabbing] stretch. NASCAR allowing venders to disrespect their product will only bring it's down fall.
Turn it upside down junior dad would be proud
Hey JR it’s time for you to have Denny on the Podcast .
Always being a racer...I had a friend that was in the NFL that said it to me plain and simple "only we know what is going on in the helmet " honestly that's the truth.
Loved the show and have come back to being a jr. Fan even after the events of his causing the separation and eventual splitting up of my family due to him sleeping with my not so better half and eventual stalker of he lol. I finally can watch jr with out wanting shout disrespectful foul language at the TV in his name. As all real men we have to look back and forgive and forget. Anyways I am a fan again and enjoy your show and stories. And actually wanted to thank you for sleeping with my ex cause I went on to meet the woman of my dreams and has given me two beautiful daughters and is a woman with integrity and morels that jenni never had jr. So thank you and I enjoy your shows and have love for the Earnhardt name and you and your dad are legends to many. Thanks for all the years of racing.
Yeah bro it’s gotta be black and white rules because interpretations can always be used in someone’s advantage
Simple... bring out a caution, you get black flagged. Don’t reset the points. Cannot have a bubble manipulation without the bubble.
Dale Junior should drive for Tony Stewart. I think he would be awesome driving a Ford for Stewart Haas racing. I know he likes Chevy's but let's just say he drives a Ford and some how wins lots of races more then he did in a Chevy then I just wonder what his outcome or what he would think at the end of the day. I mean Mark Martin and other drivers that maybe were diehard Ford guys went to driving other brands and at the end of day Brands never really mattered anymore because they just loved racing overall. Your personal vehicles can still be the brand you really like and still race a different brand.
Texas has to do something. The track usually not a great race to watch. I go, but I sometimes wonder why.
It's shouldn't be a black and white or whatever thing with Bubba, it should be the safety and lives of the driver's the pit crews the safety crews and even the Nascar officials that are over the wall in harm's way❗Have a sit down meeting with all the driver's pit crews owners , and lay down the law❗ Have them all vote on who should out of the driver's maybe even the pit crews (the over the wall gang!) be that confronts the possible offender or offenders and go from there!
Sure this has been brought up. But JR has a spin out rule named after him. He legally intentionally spun himself out to get the lucky dog pass. It was illegal on Monday.
Racing has a lot of gray.
Sorry, just subscribed but wanted to comment regarding "Bogus Cautions". There is nothing more frustrating than watching NASCAR throw a bogus caution late in the race to protect the leader, or strongest car, from being taken out of contention due to unforeseen incidents. Whether it be a flat tire for example that puts the "Chosen One" back in the pack or a lap down, or pitting right before a legitimate caution causing the loss of a lap. This strategy by NASCAR is bullshit to say the least, and painfully obvious and insulting to seasoned race fans.
I was as at a race in Fontana in 2018(?) when Kyle Busch, admittedly my all time least favorite driver, lost a lap or dropped back in the pack for a reason my alcohol laden brain can't remember, late in the race. Of course there was a "mystery debris" caution that allowed him not only his lap back but the eventually the win.
This practice, among others is the cause of me no longer being a NASCAR fan. Jr., when you retired I stopped watching Cup racing. The very First race I watched was the Winston race where Mr. Earnhardt made the "Pass in the Grass". I was hooked. When he passed away in 2001, I gravitated to you not because of you name, but because of you personality and driving ability. I have no idea how his death affected you as a son and a racer, but you took on WAY more than you should ever have had to, and handled it like no one could ever have imagined.
But, the single incident that killed my interest in Cup Racing was when Kyle Busch, again he makes me want to puke every time I see him bow to the crowd after a win as if he did it ALL HIMSELF, broke his leg in the Busch race at Daytona before the 500. In the real racing days, the driver would climb in the car, take the green and pull to pit road for a relief driver to secure the points from the race. It's such NASCAR Bullshit that he was allowed to compete, and win the Championship that year because of the Chase (don't even get me started on the Chase). I watched Dale Earnhardt race with a broken fuckin sternum among other inuries...and qualify on the pole at Watkins Glen so he could get his points. Davey Allison drove with a broken fuckin collar bone, where they had to velcro his hand to the shifter so he could get his points. I've see the pics of Ricky Rudd driving Daytona 500 with band aids holding his swollen eyes open after flipping during the Clash. It all became driven by the almighty dollar. Fill seats and sell merchandise.
Die hard racing fans like me watched week in and week out for the racing. Remember when they talked about biased ply tires and staggering?!!! Sunday's race has just become a survival of the fittest. If your driver is not running in the top 5, you're not going to hear about him all day. During the broadcast where we used to follow the pit stops to see what adjustments were made to your driver's car, we now see multiple commercials. NASCAR has become all about the money and not about the racing. I miss the good ole days, but at least I got my Sundays back. I know you are, or were, a commentator for NBC. I don't hold it against you. You are one of the funniest motherfuckers I've ever heard, and I'll bet your description of the race is something to behold.
Ok, that thud you heard was my fat ass hopping off my soap box. Just wanted to vent my frustration at losing my favorite pastime. Love your Podcast and look forward to catching up on old episodes as well as the new.
But I thought we were all about feelings today.
Does anyone remember when Jr. Was fined for swearing on air. Jr. And Tony would be great as the new Mike Hilton.
Friends off track helmet on its unleash the animal with respect for the power. This is a extreme sport injury happens each piece is part of a whole puzzle. Giving myself options a safe way to wreck or drive. Do you drive defensive or offensive?
Bring back North Wilkesboro if Nascar cares about its image. Get about 12 to 15 of these rich drivers put in a million they can get back in shape and upgrade it a little its not always about the money espically with what going on in the world today
This is what happens when you have playoffs in racing, drivers who really aren't part of the Chase may mess it up for others. It's like a team that knocks you out of the Final Four, they aren't going to help those drivers do that. There was never any reason for a playoff in racing in the first place because of so many competitors and the mechanical elements as any ill-timed caution or mechanical problem will take you out of it.