The Greatest Story In Racing
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2023
- When it comes to his life, death, and legacy, there is no greater story than that of Dale Earnhardt.
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everything here is a nascar fan’s definition of poetry
raise hell, praise dale.
Raise hell, praise Dale.
RAISE HELL, PRAISE DALE!
This is one of the best vids I've seen on the platform in a LONG time! What an amazing experience!,
RAISE HELLE PRAISE DALE. The #3 car will never be the same
RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE
Every single time i hear " You got him mikey" i always get chills down my spine
A call of jubilation and grief. Dale was killed not 10 seconds ago and his little brother jist won the 500 to the shock of the entire crowd
it's a wild moment of personal emotions on live television. I can only imagine the feelings Darrell went through that day, among Jr. and many others.
Chills down the spine and tears in my eyes. I felt so bad for Jr and Mikey.
Poor Darrel man
That post race interview with them kills me. So happy and they had no idea the worst had happened
No matter how many different times I see it in various editorial styles, seeing how 2001 played out will never fail to move me emotionally. The best screenwriters in the history of television couldn't tell a better story of tragedy, healing, and triumph over the course of 17 weeks.
A shame it lasted for only 90 days, cause everything went to and stayed $#!+ once the Towers fell
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.The Patriot Act is quite possibly the worst thing that ever happened to us.
@darksu6947 bingo! Glad to know that people still think of the Patriot Act that way. What a terrible act of overreach by the government 😡
@@S.K.R.E.Inc. That's one thing that was left out of this video, Dale Jr. won the first race after 9/11. I know it's separate from the Earnhardt/Harvick/DEI story, but it's still an interesting footnote to the weird year that was 2001.
@@StillSwiftAF Another tragedy to the DEI story in 2001 is Steve Park. He was on fire after that Rockingham win and then had that weird crash at Darlington in a Busch race and never really recovered
“If they don’t do something to these cars it’s gonna end up killing somebody” still makes me shiver. RIP Dale.
yeah it's like if he knew what was going to happen if they didn't I mean look at what happened to Adam Petty and a few others and they Feb 18 happened and well you know what happened with Dale Sr and still to this Day it still hurts but hey dale Earnhardt Jr win at the same track that took his dad's life and then Steve Park won and Kevin harvick won in Dale Sr car in Atlanta and then Jeff Gordon won the championship in that year.😊
The one that will always haunt me is Darrel Waltrip, “I just hope Dale’s ok.”
@@psychlops924 yeah I mean like after what happened to Adam Petty The year before NASCAR would have said that the devices for safety seats and belts and hass thing would have been there to prevent that from what happened to Dale Sr.
Even before the race Dale was interviewed by fox briefly and said "you're gonna see something like you aint never seen on fox today" or something along those lines. Still chilling to watch
@@wadupbraah yeah but not in good way not after what happened and yet still even today it still hurts.
Damn bro, you can’t make me cry for a sport I got into this year, for a tragedy I wasn’t even born for, and a day before Christmas Eve!
ik i discovered it summer 2021 and wasn't alive for this
I was born in 97 and my dad told me him n I watched that wreck when it happened
bro im feeling the same, i already knew all this but i was never alive to se it and im here crying while watching this video
Me too! I had heard this story before but it was retold so well and the story itself is so emotional. Dale sacrificed everything, himself even, so that Michael Waltrip could win his first race. It’s beautiful and tragic.
Yeah man this got me tearing up when I heard Darryl going "I guess he's okay".
Haven't watched this sport alot wasn't even alive when it happened but my eyes started stinging once I saw Dale in the middle of a 3 wide fight at turn 4. RIP Dale never forgotten
It’s very understandable why Kenny didn’t want to say what he saw in Dales car
I've seen pictures of his car post-extraction.... it does not look pretty, made me want to vomit and try to wipe it from my head. One can only imagine what was in that car the moment it hit the wall
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.no kidding, there was blood everywhere from what I remember, can't imagine what Earnhardt looked like in the car itself
I remember there used to be a video on CZcams showing images of Dale's car after the wreck, and there was blood on the dashboard, the rollcage and I believe the steering wheel too.
Ken knew he was dead, just couldn't bring himself to say it. Those photos from the car tell the story. He might of had some hope Dale would live somehow, trying to deny it. But he knew and knew it wasn't his place to say it at that time.
I've done enough research about the accident that when Kenny looked in, Dale was bleeding like a faucet from his nose, mouth and ears and his eyes would've been bloodshot from the internal bleeding pressure as his head rested upon the left side of the car. The paramedic Debbie on the scene also said that his eyes were open.
I want to give a shoutout to a forgotten victory from 2001. Rusty Wallace won a race at California that would've been on Dale's 50th birthday. While Gordon is remembered as Earnhardt's adversary, Wallace was Earnhardt's true biggest rival throughout his career, and the two men would even become friends. Wallace winning on Big E's first posthumous birthday was another poetic moment, but it has unfortunately faded from memory with the passage of time. I'm shocked no one has made a movie about the 2001 season yet
Brock Beard has series about that in the pipeline. Its called 500 days. Definetly check that out
In the Blink of an Eye is Michael Waltrip's point of view of the beginning of that year
Is one really needed, though?
@acedelta12 It would be great so of course it's needed anything great is always needed in a 🌎 full of chaos
@@jamiejones6994 I mean, one one hand yeah I get your point, but on the other hand it's already written so perfectly as it is in reality.
😢 that "we've lost Dale Earnhardt" still hurts to this day. It wasn't "dale has passed" it was "we lost".. two words any racer hates to say. It was spot on though. We (the people) lost a legend, a driving force, a great man , father, role model, etc. Im not even a nascar fan but have always like the Earnhardts since when i was young and seen they were redskins fans. Rest easy Dale you were loved by all.❤
dale isn´t dead he´s just lap ahead
Wendigoon actually commented this on Emplemon's video about Dale
"i guess hes alright int' he?" really hits hard, the glory of mikey winning the 500 without him knowing the tragedy that occurred behind, dale letting his son and friend race for the win is just heartbreaking to think about
Earnhardt was nascars Elvis Presley, came from nothing and became a icon. Still is a icon, icons don't ever die in our hearts. He's still my favorite driver and I'm 40, great video
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Awoken.
it's 2pm
Overused cringe kiddy exclamation..
@@rolux4853shut up you didnt even spell rolex right
@@rolux4853 There's always one that has to be a spoil sport 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
10:45 Holy cow Connor, that was the most beautiful video I’ve ever watched, I get goosebumps every time I see anything about this. I always wonder what it would be like if Dale had survived. I can hear you holding back tears in this moment
Though not part of the same tale, Jr winning at Dover a week after the 9/11 attacks is yet another moment of poetry in this crazy sport
I've noticed how close Dale was to being in the big one. Crazy to think if he hadn't slipped through he would probably still be with us. If there was ever a time I wanted him in a wreck that would've been it.
"If [Dale] had just been a little less fortunate [in the Stewart wreck], he probably would've been alive today." -EmperorLemon
Its DW's reaction that gets me every time. Hes so happy and so proud of his brother but hes also no fool and he knew his friend was likely anything but "OK".
10:51 - 10:56 I could tell you were trying not to cry while reading those lines, and I don’t blame you… 🥺
Greatest driver in NASCAR history. There will NEVER be anyone that can challenge his domination of NASCAR.
Jimmie. He was not only a champion but a humble one. The man caused so many rule changes.
@@noviranger239Jimmie was humble to the end. Even in the midst of a winless drought he still drove with class. He could’ve dumped truex and been back in victory lane at the roval but he chose to race it out. I hope Jimmie finds his mojo again and gets that 84th win.
@@drewh_simracing Jimmie's retired tho
@@TheREALMaxDanger he’s got multiple races on the schedule this year that he’s going to run.
@@drewh_simracing In Legacy MC equipment? XD nah I don't think so
I've heard this story a thousand times, and I never get tired of it. I remember watching in tears as a kid when Dale Jr's win happened, and to this day that finish still gives me goosebumps
Also, gotta call out the editing on this one, brilliantly done, overlaying Dale's 2000 win with Jr's 2001 win: I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone do that before, but it's genius.
Dale is without a doubt the greatest.
The only knock on him is road courses, but when you actually look at it, he was one of the most consistent and statistically best road course drivers in NASCAR history.
He also dominated during one of the most competitive eras in NASCAR history.
Incredibly edited, the entire Rockingham section is fantastic. Music and all.
Michael's best day along with his worst nightmare.
R.I.P. Dale your Legend will be here for eternity. #3 ✝️
Holy cow. I can’t even describe how amazing this video is. In literal tears. One of, if not the best NASCAR CZcams video I’ve ever watched. 😭
Look around and you'll find way better. More details and more depth. Only 20 minutes to tell this story is ludacris.
I suggest you watch Brock Beard's "500 Days" series if you haven't already.
@@hakkalocken exactly
Check out "in the blink of an eye" it's from Michael Waltrip's point of view of the accident and Jr's victory when they returned to Daytona
EmpLemon's Dale video is pretty good
I was pretty young when Dale passed, but I’ll never forget watching it on tv with my family. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Still makes me cry. Raise hell and praise Dale
I've always though his driving at Talladega should have more recognition!! He literally just plowed his way through that field that day. Kenny Wallace pushing and history was made
Whenever people ask me why I love this sport so much and why I keep watching, I will show them this video now. You've explained it perfectly.
Check out Brock Beard's series "500 Days"! Chronicling the 2001 season, including the smaller lost stories of that season.
I'm actually tearing up, over here. That was beautiful!
I think as sad as Dale’s story is, I’m glad people have found the beauty in it as I have found. He made the ultimate sacrifice in hopes of seeing his own succeed. We never will forget Dale, he was an innovator, a rebel that only listened to himself, and definitely an example of how to be a good man. Thank you for making a video that isn’t completely somber, he didn’t seem to believe in holding your head down about things, especially when you know the price of the game you play.
Dale Earnhardt is one of the last real og’s in NASCAR
Man i miss dale.... the best car is 3
Ah yes my monthly cry over February 18th 2001 right on time
Christmas came just in time
I know it wasn't as flashy, but Rusty winning at California on Dale's birthday that year has just as much meaning
I’ve never seen your videos before. You happened to pop up on my feed as a recommendation. I thought this would be something similar to what I’ve seen in the past. But the time you took in editing, in storytelling, and in making sure everyone could understand you, I stayed through it all. Followed immediately after the video ended.
Man I got a family reunion in 20 minutes and you got me crying now,Rip Dale ❤️
Enough to make a grown man cry 🥲🫡
And that’s okay…
man im almost in tears watching this..
RIP
Dale "The Intiminator" Earnhardt
1951-2001
You will never be missed Dale, even though i wasnt born for the tragedy.
Dale had a keen sense of the tracks groove and a good memory of where each tracks corner ended because of how many times he went full throttle around them. He was the perfect Nascar driver that still can't be met in this day and age
Put this in that do men even cry section of the titanic meme
Can't wait for the next storybook seasons video! Personally I'd go with 2004
1992-1993 Alan Kulwicki Bill Elliott and Davey Allison
Those three had on of the most entertaining and tragic seasons and a half ever. In any sport.
You're just a different tier of storyteller and NASCAR historian, man. I can't praise this enough
Starcraft 1 Terran's theme just, fits Dale so well.
Been saying that if I had a time machine the first place I’m going is 2001 Pepsi 400
What if you started a series of covering the best NASCAR races in the modern era?
This might be one of the best story telling videos on CZcams. I was just watching The Last Dance on ESPN and then started this. The connectedness of the story and the players involved.
Bravo.
My parents had gathered all of my friends together to watch the race and celebrate my 11th Birthday. We had no idea. We lived in Kannapolis, North Carolina and even the non-race fans flew the number 3. Definitely the second most tragic thing to happen in 2001.
This was uploaded on my birthday and Dale Sr was my favorite driver.
Happy birthday although late bro
It’s impossible to watch this without tearing up.
A bit of an epilogue to this great story:
September 11 happened, ending a decade of post-Cold War peace and starting an era of paranoia, mass surveillance, and patriotism. In NASCAR, the heads were struggling on what to do afterwards, seeing what was happening around the country, and cancel the race at New Hampshire. In the end, they decided to race with heightened security from the nearby Air Force Base at Dover. The date is September 23, 2001. Crowds wore red, white, blue, had American flags, and chanted USA!!!! in a show of support for the country. For the first time in racing history, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited in the pre-race ceremony, lap 3 was now a silent lap for the 2977 dead in the attacks, the cars were decorated with patriotic displays, and the final lap showed a big American flag getting waved instead of a white flag. And who took that flag? The man who got closure at Daytona last 4th of July, the man who pledged donations for every lap led, and who led 193 of them that day, and with a volleyball as a passenger, Dale Earnhardt Jr. When he won the race, he asked, "Where's that giant flag at?", one of the pit crew members took it from the flag guy and handed it to him, and he drove it around the racetrack in a Polish-style victory lap to the massive cheering of the crowd, and chants of USA!!!! prevailing in the air
"It's great to be back in a racecar, I'm glad I could be the guy to win the race so I can carry the American flag around there and.... maybe feel good"
-Dale Jr, post race interview at Dover 2001
Dale chose one hell of a way to go out: doing his favorite thing in the world, the thing he was best at, watching his friend and his son scream towards that checkered flag with nothing but empty racetrack ahead of them.
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U know it’s a good day when Elly uploads 10 minutes after u check if he did
Great video. As an F1 fan in addition to NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Sr is the NASCAR version of Aryton Senna in my view. There are many similarities between the two in terms of how they raced & their personalities. They also dominated their respective series around the same time (the late 80s-early 90's) with the only difference being that Earnhardt won more titles than Senna. There was mutual respect between the two with Dale Sr going as far offering his condolences to Senna in victory lane at the Winston 500 in 1994 which was held a few hours after Senna was killed at Imola during the San Marino GP. Both were taken way too soon & both Senna & Earnhardt are absolute racing legends.
The 2001 Pepsi 400 will always be my favorite race ever in NASCAR. That finish was on another level.
When Junior and Mikey were on top of the cars in the infield in front of 100,000+ fans and hundreds of camera flashes.....it was like everyone - from family, friends, competitors, fans, and even the sport itself - experienced simultaneous cathartic healing together.
Rest in Peace Dale
Didn’t expect to break down in tears
I wasn't alive when this happened, but between Mikey's book "In the Blink of an Eye" and this video, I see how this is the greatest recovery from the biggest tragedy.
In the Blink of an Eye is also an amazing movie as well
@@spike3082 Yeah
Bro why is it every time I listen to Dale's life. I cry
During the 500 footage, I can't help but hear Egil say, "your blade... It did not cut deep enough."
Terran 3 is such a good theme for Earnhardt. "YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME BOY"
I was 11 at the time of dale's death and was really into nascar due to him and jeff. My joy for the sport died that day too and I'm 34 now and still can't recover from it. Seeing that live as a kid fucked me up.
Man great job, refrained from using explicit language so I can show it to my family.
man you had me in tears. great video.
Wow, dude, this might be your best video yet. You are a fantastic writer. Keep it up!!
The type of story that may as well be a movie
Which was. 2 movies, in fact, but none have captured the story completely
@@S.K.R.E.Inc.They weren't necessarily good movies either
23 Years ago, to this day, a tragedy would strike. And this sport would change forever.
"Raise Hell, Praise Dale!"
RIP to Dale Earnhardt.
Dale at dega is one of the reasons why I fell in love with NASCAR
12:08 you can hear how sad and how stunned Darrel was, just in his voice 😢
I always felt terrible for Ken Schrader. He's from my area here in Saint Louis and I've talked to him a number of times at various events and tracks around here. He's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He didn't deserve to see his friend that way.
This video was great. It reminds us about when things end in a bad way there may be time to pick up the pieces and rebuild. Turns what was a terrible moment in the sport into something to build off of. Merry Christmas by the way 😐🫴🎄🎁🎄🎁🎄🎁🍬☕🍬☕🍬☕🍬☕
No matter how many times I watch the 2001 Daytona 500 I always shed a tear. Even tho this took place 4 years before I was born it always hit me like I was actually alive in that moment. It is one of the worst tragedies in motorsport history.
This is why always let Earnhardt choose his drivers
He saw potential in the most unlikely bunch unlike anyone else he worked with. Had he still been around, they would have had multiple championships and numerous honors and not... end up like what happened up to today
I remember watching the 2001 Pepsi 400. I can remember exactly where I was, with my parents cheering for Dale Jr. As inconsolable as I was after Dale Sr died, this was one incredible moment of healing.
No one would pass the black number 3 hauler on its way back home... the 'traffic jam' was many, many, many miles long...! I bought a poster, taken from an overpass... So sad...! This is why I'm a lifelong Harvick fan...!!! Thanks, keep up your awesomeness...
My favorite driver of all time
I was on my 19th day of basic training for the Air Force, and my first letter from home was from my mom which included a news paper about Dale . Not the letter I wanted to get ..rip Dale Earnhardt
When Elly productions uploads were watching
22 years later still stings I was 21 back then. Both Earnhardt’s were my drivers. What could have been and why still haunts the sport.
Watching this on my lunch break at work with my Dale #3 lunchbox cooler
Harvick coming in and not only taking advantage of the situation, but excelling, was a thing of beauty to watch.
5:38 i already know where this is going...everyone knows
Fantastic video. This video really helped remind me of what Nascar and sports in general are all about. People will only want to talk about numbers and championships but the true allure of sports are special moments and stories.
Dale Sr had some of the most incredible and fun to watch moments in Nascar history and the story told here after his death truly says it all
R.I.P #3
2001 was the first full season of Nascar I ever watched. It couldn't have started in a worse way. Even now watching this video, I get a tear in my eye watching the clip of Jr's wreck at Rockingham one week after and just imagining the emotions going through his mind in that moment.
Now just weeks after the final race of Harvicks career I applaud him for the path that he blazed. 60+ wins, a championship, wins in all the biggest races Nascar has to offer, and many memorable moments to boot, he proved he was the right person at an unexpected time to carry on the legacy of the #3 car.
Also great video, giving a window into part of Nascars past, as with Harvick retiring after Phoenix, there are no drivers left whose careers began pre 9/11.
nascar and ellyproductions got me crying 2 days before christmas
22:00 okay these tears are absolutely uncalled for
i've always had a rough knowledge of NASCAR, not as full as my knowledge of F1.The Cars movie brought me into cars as a whole and i've always had a soft spot for NASCAR. I knew about Dale's crash, but I never knew about Jr's win. I'm genuinely so emotional
side note: this channel has been amazing to watch for so much NASCAR content, you deliver information in such a concise and entertaining way, ur channel is so underrated.
When I first got to NASCAR, in 2016 I really liked Richard Petty and Dale they were so dedicated to the board. It made me want to be dedicated to the sport. It showed me how much people really cared about NASCAR and I became dedicated to the sport as well. I knew somebody in my school who was watching the race live, and he said to me“I already knew he was dead. By the way he hit the wall” it made me want to appreciate how Dale Junior has come in the sport and the big burden that he had to carry for the rest of his career. It showed me to care about the people that are around you care about the people that are with you, and it also showed me no matter what even though people are gone, it doesn’t mean that they’re gone forever they’ll be with us in our hearts rest in peace, Dale, sr
F1 fan here
Something similar happened when Ayrton Senna died. Everyone was in shock. He also was an exceptionally talented driver, won 3 drivers championships, 41 wins, but the numbers aren't enough to describe this legend. Prior to him, lots of drivers, from normal ones to talents like him, had died. But this one stuck really hard. And, after he died, new regulations were passed, the cars, the tracks and the helmets became safer, and it would take 21 years to another driver to die. But, even today, everyone remember his tragic death, and specially in Brazil, were he was born and i live, there where several tributes to him, like statues, streets, etc. Both Dale and Senna shall forever be remembered.
I was 10 and i still remember that day it was a rainy day in los angeles
Beautiful 🥲
I can't hear the calls on that last lap without getting goosebumps
Man 23 years later and I still get shaky and misty eyed when the lose of Dale gets brought up. 😢
Dale was before my time but I feel like I grew up with him.
All these years later i still cant believe dale left that day, the most vicious crash of the day was the stewart one however. It was a critical turning point for nascar and safety and now cars are safer than ever and Dale was the last cup driver to pass away because of a crash, i think that is also a legacy he would be proud of
this is an actual masterpiece
The first race I clearly remember was the 1993 Daytona 500. I was just a kid, but became a fan of the sport, and Dale Earnhardt that very day. I've closely followed the sport since. Watching this brought back so many feelings and memories. I remember it all. You did an amazing job with this. Thank you 💯
Tragic Decision at 5:37? I didn't realize you were a Xenoblade fan as well, GOAT material
Man I never realized how similar Kevin Harvick's and Dale Jr's wins were compared to Dale Sr 's last two wins. That was nothing but God!
Seeing Waltrip block for Jr is incredibly heartwarming, I’ll never forget the dynamic duo of mikey and jr ❤💙
To this day it's the most impressive three lap performance I've ever witnessed and ever will.