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I was at the track for all of speedweeks that year......a week I'll never forget, miss you Dale!
@Ghostmotorfinger
9 жыл бұрын
On what would be the final weekend of his life. Dale Earnhardt showed why he was the greatest ever.
@Zoomer30
8 жыл бұрын
Too bad he didn't wreck and get hurt just bad enough to miss the 500. Can't beat fate.
@cheswic
8 жыл бұрын
Wow! I had to read that a couple of times.
@TheMW2informer
8 жыл бұрын
+Zoomer30 more like too bad he was too ignorant to use the HANS device.
@NickyD
7 жыл бұрын
most overrated ever
@SilvioManfredDante85
7 жыл бұрын
If you're talking about Jimmie Johnson,then,yes....
@DerrickRG
10 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of these cars back then.
@almattei88
6 жыл бұрын
Love that 90-degree exhaust note!
@bubbajames8711
8 жыл бұрын
they need to bring this series back. it was so fun to watch. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@nashvilleslim
4 жыл бұрын
Tony Stewart is bringing it BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@damnyankeefl
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never been to the 500 but I went to several of these
@sandmangti7040
3 жыл бұрын
Bring back same shaped cars also.
@michael61985
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@CoasterMan13Official
3 жыл бұрын
@@sandmangti7040 those pontiac bodies were awesome looking!
@copelandtenn
3 жыл бұрын
Jarrett started the final lap in 5th place. That move when you thought he was going to go low and instead went to the middle was sick. Then he worked that last bumping to perfection, and won by a nose. Incredible last lap...
@philipdawson7800
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't even in the draft of the leaders with 2 to go. But they got to racing each other, he caught up & passed them.
@msbolan
8 жыл бұрын
Cheever: "He came down and.... I thought I was going to get an ass-kicking..." LMAO!!! That was Dale for you. You piss him off on the track, he'll take it out on you on the track and come and talk to you like a man afterward. I miss him something fierce.
@evanwilliams6406
7 жыл бұрын
I think we all do.
@tommccarron324
3 жыл бұрын
I also heard that when Earnhardt went up to cheevers car, cheever thought Earnhardt was going to hit him. Earnhardt said, I never hit a man when he's in the car. LOL
@mattmay7109
7 ай бұрын
Earnhardt also cried like a bitch when you gave him a taste of his own medicine. Just watch him and Ricky Rudd at North Wilkesboro in 1989.
@frankmayer3672
5 жыл бұрын
Loved IROC racing..and Earnhardt
@BWASRawk
12 жыл бұрын
what a power move by DJ going into turn 1 on the last lap
@claytoncopeland3969
3 жыл бұрын
Coming to the final corner, Jarrett pushes Rudd up high with a final bump, then turns his wheel to angle his car to a more direct trajectory to the finish line (while Rudd adjusts from the last bump & has more distance to drive to the finish line). What a veteran move by Jarrett, won him the race.
@trevingeer2228
8 ай бұрын
That’s not at all what happened there lol. He side drafted Rudd. Has nothing to do with “trajectory” and distance 😂
@pgfault
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cars! RIP, Pontiac Trans Am.
@kenbaker8868
3 жыл бұрын
Dale would live just 24 hours and pass away at the same track! What a weekend this was! I miss Dale! He was the Man!
@gabewood983
11 жыл бұрын
gotta love the sound of the firebird
@jamesminor6360
7 жыл бұрын
Eddie had his Earnhardt moment there a day before he lost his life I still remember Eddie saying he whis he could race Dale one more time
@harrisonfowler4461
5 жыл бұрын
Eddie Cheever handled that like a man. Gotta respect that.
@wr70beh
4 жыл бұрын
Cheever knew he was in NASCAR's back yard. He wasn't going to piss in their pool. I remember this live. I gained a lot of respect for Cheever after this one.
@red03mitsu
11 жыл бұрын
this series desperately needs to come back
@JasonDelarosa2000
3 жыл бұрын
Well, it's kinda back as the SRX.
@TheJray16
8 жыл бұрын
need to bring iroc back
@HeyWhatAShiteUsername
8 жыл бұрын
it's FIROC not IROC
@TheJray16
8 жыл бұрын
It's not FIROC it's IROC read the letters after 2001.
@TheMW2informer
8 жыл бұрын
+gabryelwanderley it's IROC lol
@jamesbrawn5621
7 жыл бұрын
They did its called Monster Energy Cup
@brianhenkel1886
5 жыл бұрын
J Ray there’s no good drivers left to bring it back.
@KevinMcAdams26
10 жыл бұрын
Earnhardt understood tandem drafting way back then....crazy.
@msbolan
8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin McAdams Earnhardt's mind about racing was nothing short of phenomenal.
@scottwilliams1925
4 жыл бұрын
ive been saying this for longer than this comment has been here
@kinghawk9823
Жыл бұрын
He was the Absolute BEST driver out there. He left us Wayyyy to Soon!!!
@purplebondsaiyan2987
6 жыл бұрын
Bring this back man loved IROC
@noUGames
9 жыл бұрын
41:45 Earnhardt Sr. with a hell of a save
@marcust510
5 жыл бұрын
NOU GAMES wouldn’t be his first time being put in the grass & saving it lol. Just like the pass in the grass at Charlotte
@Zoomer30
3 жыл бұрын
41:45 Eddie Cheever shoving his head even further up his ass (pretty sure he can't get It in any more, total prick fest)
@kylelewis2952
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Ozark-nq9uu
Жыл бұрын
@@marcust510 except he never actually passed anyone in the grass. At least at that time.
@redneckgamers897
7 жыл бұрын
We Need this back
@jaked812812
11 жыл бұрын
so this was earnhardts last race that he finished. holy shit
@kenbaker8868
3 жыл бұрын
Real poor of Cheever to put Dale out of the lead with that move! I’m glad he got dealt with at the end!
@nascarfanatic2425
3 жыл бұрын
This kicked off a big start to Jarrett's 2001 season. If he had kept doing what he did early on, in the Winston Cup Series, it would've been a good battle between Jarrett and Jeff Gordon.
@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925
2 жыл бұрын
Just like in 1997
@nascarfanatic2425
2 жыл бұрын
@@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 Exactly
@g92camaro
11 жыл бұрын
Earnhardts last IROC race sadly.
@Xavior48
11 жыл бұрын
These cars would be so fun to race
@dot350
12 жыл бұрын
And with this, I believe Speedweeks 2001 is complete, from the 24 hours to the 500. You are the man!
@mulehead3697
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching Earnhardt. But I forget old DJ was also a pretty good super speedway racer also.
@xxxYYZxxx
4 жыл бұрын
DJ's bump move on Rudd in the final corner was masterful.
@MrJhogan928
7 жыл бұрын
I miss the sounds of restrictor plate racing and carburetor engines!! Back when IROC and NASCAR were good!
@hossahunter22
6 жыл бұрын
IROC 50: Dale Jarrett comes back and they race the truck
@SuperCamaro5
12 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome series and one of the best finishes in its history by far
@oscartobaroatmeal6734
4 жыл бұрын
This was so fun to watch bring these back please!
@de31168
12 жыл бұрын
@malaven11 It aired sunday night on ESPN but before the announcement of Dale's death.
@frankt9288
6 жыл бұрын
Dave W Sure did, I was 8 years old & I started crying after Dale wrecked so they sent me to their room and had me watch this!
@malikdigger4544
5 жыл бұрын
IROC racing should make a comeback immediately
@Tayd0g
8 жыл бұрын
Great to see earnhardt appear, Rip
@keeganscars8462
5 жыл бұрын
My dad has a IROC-Z Camaro
@TheMNrailfan227
2 жыл бұрын
These cars sound so similar to the old school Gen 4 NASCAR stock cars, I love it
@wildfast88
12 жыл бұрын
awesome finish. This series should make a come back!
@kenbaker8868
3 жыл бұрын
Bring back IROC! The racing world is screaming for it!
@Off-The-X
11 жыл бұрын
Was working pit road security for this race and watched Dale come up from behind, scruff Cheever on the neck and Dale said "Don't ever do that again", Cheever replied, "I'm sorry" Dale walked off with Theresa in tow.
@antz350
7 жыл бұрын
I bet that was cool to see
@NYBravest82
4 жыл бұрын
eddie looked he was about shit his pants.
@kinghawk9823
Жыл бұрын
I bet he did. He was messing with the wrong racecar driver!!
@TheLocalLt
10 жыл бұрын
ESPN was pretty genius to come up with the idea of color coding the ticker based on the color of the car. Turner Sports would follow suit later that year with their NASCAR coverage on both TNT and NBC, though FOX wouldn't do it until 2006.
@frankmayer3672
5 жыл бұрын
FOX coverage has been superior since day one
@mono-no-aware.Lem.
8 жыл бұрын
lol scott sharp in the last 2 laps going OH OH
@jonathanheap2613
3 жыл бұрын
Earnhart was a great guy... could have spun that guy right away, what a great driver
@drewcasper6117
7 жыл бұрын
We will never again see someone who has the car control that Earnhardt had. Not even close!
@spencerpenson7523
6 жыл бұрын
Kurt Busch
@drewcasper6117
6 жыл бұрын
Spencer Penson Kyle Busch would be a little closer than Kurt
@spencerpenson7523
6 жыл бұрын
Drew Casper I don't think so. The way Kurt Won the 2004 Championship is so underrated in NASCAR history. I honestly don't think Jimmie Johnson would have as many championships had Kurt not destroyed his career.
@malikdigger4544
5 жыл бұрын
Drew Casper Yes Kevin Harvick or Chase Elliott they have made some great saves & not alot if DNFs between the 2.
@bigelile07
5 жыл бұрын
@@spencerpenson7523 You misspelled Kyle.
@BuschWhackerReviews
11 жыл бұрын
i wish they would bring IROC back
@SouthernYankee10000
10 жыл бұрын
is Earnhardt tandem drafting in 2001?
@tamezzodiac2862
6 жыл бұрын
jack coffey yep he understood everything about racing and air physics with the cars
@toddgrant4268
3 жыл бұрын
He was drafting and side drafting when they put the restrictor plates on. He was called by many as Mr. Restrictor plate for a reason.
@xxxYYZxxx
4 жыл бұрын
Cheever made the pass but lost the race trying to block Earnhardt's counter maneuver. Jarrett's bump-pass on Rudd at the end was a great move.
@JRRacing64
11 жыл бұрын
I believe Rusty Wallace did a single car test a Talladega with a car (Pre 2007) and ran 228 at the end of the straights. But had to let off to make the corners.
@ratcity10
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this!
@DogmeatFilms
11 жыл бұрын
damn what a finish!
@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT
3 жыл бұрын
Dale’s unexpected last IROC race, and the last memory of his IROC career was conflict with Eddie Cheever, Jr. Oof
@luisdcalo7170
3 жыл бұрын
0:00 i love this espn music
@dalejr183
4 жыл бұрын
Earnhardt VS Earnhardt I used to have that poster 20 years ago. I miss Sr things would be so different today he didn't put up with bullshit.
@georgehenry8422
2 жыл бұрын
I still have that poster.
@JasonDelarosa2000
3 жыл бұрын
ESPN was still with NASCAR in the Truck Series and the IROC aspects while the Cup and Busch races starting this Speedweeks became bound to Fox. Interesting.
@de31168
12 жыл бұрын
@Jardbig This race was run friday after the truck race.
@johnurbanski6327
4 жыл бұрын
I rock these guys are the best gratitude of so for what they do.
@dot350
12 жыл бұрын
@NascarNixon I agree, but that is part of why NASCAR implemented the COT. The idea that if everyone uses the same car, it will be all driver skill and as even as possible. But I agree the competition was great. I remember seeing them in person at Chicagoland and watching Ryan Newman going on to the apron to make it 4-wide in the trioval. One of the greatest races I've ever been too.
@DaveyMurray1
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, those stands are full for the iroc race can't even fill the stands for the cup race, man that's sad...
@spacemanmonster23
6 жыл бұрын
00:00 to 01:10 (I'd say 01:11 but that's where'd gets interupted with some techno jazz...) Whoever made that bit of music. I'd love to shake his hand. Nice mix of the Speedworld theme.
@earnhardt3fan4life
11 жыл бұрын
After the first lap the commentators talked about earnhardt just losing the lead down the backstretch on lap 1. I think that may be the first time we ever saw the tandem drafting with Kenny Brack and Jeff Burton
@mattthomas3207
Жыл бұрын
These races were always phenomenal!!
@klk1900
3 жыл бұрын
What pisses me off is the wreck happens with burton and the announcers don’t want to mention that is in fact a rookie move. Anybody that’s raced Daytona especially before the repave. When you come off turn #4 when the banking rolls out. The car gets kicked in the air a little and air gets under the car. It has a 50yd stretch where the track has a trap door and once air gets under the car you feel like you are on ice and have no traction. Burton made some kind of gross movements on the wheel during that 50yd stretch when you lose traction and the track just falls out like a trap door. It’s a rookie mistake.
@kevinkirkpatrick4556
6 жыл бұрын
thank you posting this
@hurricanematthew8487
4 жыл бұрын
I was at that race, last race Dale Earnhardt finished..
@nashvilleslim
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing how oleboy saved it.
@markcrew3696
3 жыл бұрын
It's funny I just watched this race in 2020 first time I've seen it. A Nascar fan watches a race differently I knew the best either Dale Earnhardt or Dale Jarrett would win that race even though Dale Jarrett was behind the draft and look who ends up winning it all so I knew Earnhardt would pay back that guy but none of the cameras were on it like they were oblivious to it at the end no cameras caught it except the blimp camera LOL.
@Vinylcommunity89
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they need to bring this back
@JesusTapdancingChristOnaCross
7 жыл бұрын
Jarrett made Cheever his bitch with that fake out on the backstretch... then Eddie gets spun out by Earnhardt after the checkers, then was worried he would get his ass kicked by Earnhardt... all in the span of just a few minutes.
@julymiller2308
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Geoffrey Bodine color commenting after his horrifying crash in Trucks the year before at this very track.
@NotSteveCook
2 жыл бұрын
Geoff almost signed with NBC for 2001
@M1lesJames
11 жыл бұрын
I mis IROC. My favorite NASCAR driver Mark "The Kid" Martin dominated IROC.
@damnyankeefl
3 жыл бұрын
I was there.a couple days later I cried
@RingoYote71
11 жыл бұрын
that's what i was talking about too but in pre-season testing this year, one of the fords were out doing a single-car run, and pulled 190mph without anyone around, the added downforce of the cars plus reduced horsepower is going to make the racing interesting the slingshot might come back, who knows
@randyhutchinson9910
5 жыл бұрын
Nope, not interesting, boring, for little girls afraid to go fast
@antonyblalock2696
6 ай бұрын
What a finish!
@morphman21
7 жыл бұрын
They need to bring this series back.
@webry65
3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff
@ur2ndurlast
11 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Trans Am's
@MmmmPiePants
6 жыл бұрын
man I really miss iroc
@stormkelleh
6 жыл бұрын
When did they add the #3 decal behind the driver window just above the espn logo???? Need info. Found an old iroc rear window piece and it has that logo. It’s from the 25 year anniversary season which is 2001. Has the sticker too. Any help is appreciated
@isaacmckissick1068
3 жыл бұрын
Whatever the next race was since Dale only ran one IROC race in 2001. Fun Fact: This race was taped delayed until after the 500 on Sunday
@jaygreentree4394
Жыл бұрын
I wish someone would bring these races back.
3 жыл бұрын
Bring this back !!
@MAel-qh3sn
5 жыл бұрын
Modern era car control = Dale Earnhardt, Ayerton Senna.
@CoasterMan13Official
3 жыл бұрын
Thousands of horsepower, and thousands of RPM!
@de31168
12 жыл бұрын
@dot350 My bad. I really didn't realize it wasn't out there until someone commented on my channel about it.
@bigblocklawyer
6 жыл бұрын
Big E got away with so many close calls. Just a function of statistical reality. Only a matter of time. Most guys got away with it and their careers ended before dying in a crash. Nascar ended that weekend in February.
@MadLadJay98
4 жыл бұрын
Buddy. Nascar didn't die with dale.
@bigblocklawyer
4 жыл бұрын
@@MadLadJay98 oh yeah. Sorry. Competition cautions, iroc level parity, nascar regulated shock packages, ridiculous playoff scenarios that changed mid-season, cautions on demand depending on who needed one to help with ratings....You're right. We're living in the Golden Age of nascar.
@kinghawk9823
Жыл бұрын
NASCAR died when Dale passed away in February of 2001!!! No if and butts about it!!!
@Jhihmoac
Жыл бұрын
I wish they'd bring this series back, but even if they did, I have absolutely no idea what type of cars they'd use...
@sirtom14
2 ай бұрын
Who would've thought this would be Dale's last finish of his career.
@jeremyc9229
Жыл бұрын
“I thought I was going to get my ass kicked”. Intimidated by the Intimidator, too bad we never got to see how it would have played out.
@NemechekFan87
6 ай бұрын
IROC is coming back this year 2024! Thank Rob Kauffman and Ray Evernham
@RacingWorldTV202
12 жыл бұрын
That'd be fun as ever if NASCAR had a fixed setup series similar to this one but with different style cars and same format. But I don't think idiot Brian France would do that -_-
@skippingrhyme4386
4 жыл бұрын
Does Iroc Still Run races as of 2019? I used to love to Watch with my grandpa as a kid in the late 90's early 00's
@skippingrhyme4386
4 жыл бұрын
Did it Die w/Earnhardt?
@skippingrhyme4386
4 жыл бұрын
@Bbabybear02 Thanks I found the last few years on here.
@Jardbig
12 жыл бұрын
@de31168 thanks
@Jardbig
12 жыл бұрын
when did this take place during speedweeks because im trying to make a playlist of the whole thing
@freedom4all219
3 жыл бұрын
It took place before the Busch Race on Saturday
@isaacmckissick1068
3 жыл бұрын
@@freedom4all219 But it did not air until after the 500 on Sunday, so that is why it has the results that Waltrip had won during the broadcast.
@RingoYote71
11 жыл бұрын
the trucks don't have plates period because they only have 600hp but yet they still hit 185-190 at daytona. without plates, the cup cars would hit 220+ on their own, especially the current gen6 car, in testing, one of the cars hit 190 on his own.
@AdrianCasillas1109
11 жыл бұрын
Burton and Brack. Tandem drafting before it was cool.
@combatking20
12 жыл бұрын
@NascarNixon People complain that NASCAR is "too much" like IROC. With the new COT body style comingout next year, each isn't going to be the same.
@WhiteOak09
2 жыл бұрын
They should of red flagged Eddie for that move
@1996Prefrontalcortex
12 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, Jerry Punch is old.
@willsco76
6 жыл бұрын
Before espn became political
@danielsummey4144
5 жыл бұрын
William Scott I’m sure the Illuminati took your IROC away. 👌
@Josxyz74vvTV
4 жыл бұрын
Is ESPN political? lol....seems to me people just started worshipping politicians and now interpret everything as political.
@flatlineheartbeat1851
8 жыл бұрын
Sound like V6's.My feeling is they're not getting all the HP and torque the V8's do.I'm glad they went back to V8's.But then this was back in 01 also.
@joshuahymer15
5 жыл бұрын
Flatline Heartbeat these are small block v8s
@leroyhelander1980
5 жыл бұрын
The IROC race car had an all aluminum forged internal Katech Chevy 350 small block, overbored .040 to 358 cubes producing 470 horsepower. The motor was tied to a Richmond Super T-10 four speed manual transmission. The chassis used were tube chassis left over from when NASCAR was the Grand National Series. The roof skin, front windshield, bumper skin and the door skins are actually authentic pieces that have been equipped on the IROC race cars.
@gorjlg
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, didn't even interview the winner of the race. Cheever sure was scared though lol.
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