1997 Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt wreck and Interview
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- 1997 Daytona 500 bad luck strikes Dale Earnhardt in his 19th attempt to win the Great American Race. This is television broadcast coverage of the wreck, an edit to pit row, and then a quick edit to his post-race interview. What the TV did not pick up was after getting in the ambulance, he saw the wheels still on the car and asked one of the wreckers to fire the engine on the #3 and when it started up he hopped back in the mashed-up car, and drove it to pit row. There will never be another Dale Earnhardt. It is cool to hear directly from Dale about the accident and the respect he shows the other drivers involved in the melee. Dale would win the 500 the following year.
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Look at that lead pack. Elliott, Earnhardt, Gordon, Jarrett, Irvan, Terry Labonte. This was at the height of my NASCAR fandom.
unfortunately I was only 7 years old in 1997 so I grew up watching the height of nascar and didn't even know it
I remember this. “See if it’ll crank”.
These fans now a days will never understand!
I was 8yrs old!! It was the absolute peak for me 😂
The golden age of Nascar
My favorite interview ever. It still had 4 tires on it. He was a true racer.
Facts
He never quit and we’ll never forget!
That was Dale Earnhardt. He never quit or gave up. Racing was Dale's life and he always raced like that young man out of Kannapolis trying to make it. Dale made tons of money driving race cars but he liked hunting' fishing and farming and people who were working class men loved him for that. Dale was NASCAR and when he died he took a lot of the sport with him.
Until it all came to a stop.
Well said
He drove like he had something to prove. Forever, The Intimidator!
Until he made it? He was a middle class child and said so himself, and he never accomplished anything on a racetrack until Ralf died and was given his Father's Championship winning cars. FYI: Davey Allison flipped at Daytona and never got out of the car. He put it in gear and drove it back to pit road. Fact.
Awesome guy sure do miss him !!!
I was on the backstretch and watched it happen right in front of me. Watched Ernie’s hood go over the fence. As expected, I watched him get out the ambulance and climb back in! THE MAN! THE LEGEND! Passed the photos I took that day to my son. We watched him win together the next year, hugging through our tears! As we did on that February day in 2001. Different tears though 🥺
ONLY Dale Earnhardt could do this. 99.99.percent of drivers would of got in that ambulance and their day would be done. But Dale isn't just another racecar driver. He is the Benchmark that we tried to be like. I know as a former stockcar racer, that I always tried a little harder because of him. GOD BLESS DALE. Sure miss that guy.
Fortunately he couldn’t pull it off 4 years later
@@robertdigby4504 fortunately??? Digby you have no grace or class.
The fuck you talking about🤡...2001 is a reality check the boys dead he couldn't survive the tiniest Collison
This was like the story of Pink Floyd. Their last big hit was The Wall.
^^ these 2 trolls shower together
Back when we didn't have the generics interviews of drivers mentioning every single sponsor and manufacturer. Just their team and their hard work. The good old days of racing.
Never again will there be another driver. Like Dale Earnhardt. He IS. The Man.
AMEN
Do you mean dirty or dead. You might be right about dirty but they all are going to die eventually. Thank god 4 years later we were done with this idiot
Jimmie Johnson did better
I think you meant WAS he is dead remember? He’s getting eaten by worms
This was like the story of Pink Floyd. Their last big hit was The Wall.
Golden ERA . The pinnacle of NASCAR . COT can not come close.
It's been crap and going downhill since they ruined it by starting the Chase. Nothing but wreckfests at the end cause win and you're in. No consequences for tearing up racecars. Ridiculous....
@@christophershockey1025 also no point in conserving tires since they just keep getting cautions nowadays, i miss those long green flag runs from the 90s, conserving fuel and tires were important skill to have and now not so much just drive like crazy, a race driver from today would never won a championship in that era
NASCAR would have a breakdown if a driver tried that today. They'd suspend and fine the hell out of him.
Darned shame isnt it. Let them race.
There will NEVER be another one like him.
And quite frankly I'm glad
I miss those days... Miss U DALE!
He knew his fans would eat it up, gettin back in the car like that. And you know what… you guys did eat it up. It was one cool move.
He grew up in a time when most stock car drivers had 2nd jobs because it was almost impossible to make an actual living from driving around in a circle. In a time where picking up 2 spots by the finish meant your family got to eat that week. Even with all the money, wins, and fame, he never took any of it for granted. He always remembered exactly where he came from.
Yeah, a middle class family and he said so himself. Ralf was a highly successful auto mechanic and a Championship winning driver. They had money. He said so himself.
So much money his brother worked in a mill and he lived in a single wide trailer into the first years of his career .
NASCAR was never better than it was in the ninety's. Never recovered from the loss of Dale.
I remember watching this race and I remember when Dale got back in his car and go to the pits, he is one of the greatest drivers that Nascar ever had to this day, rip Dale
You can’t compare Dale Earnhardt to any driver these days Dale was and still is at a completely higher level !
John Force.......enough said!!!!
Gordon & Johnson kept him in check & Jeremy Mayfield adjusted his attitude ! BTW Tim Richmond put Dale in check and Richmond was a Dying man = Nuff said !!!!
@@johnwelsh4750 lol ! Your delusional ,,, = Nuff said !!!
A one of a kind, to be considered likely the best driver that ever lived, it takes more than the number of wins or championships, it takes a special kind of person, they broke the mold, I know the 2001 season was going to be number 8 for him, they got the car and the team straightened out, I mean, look what Harvick did that year, being half the driver.
Delusional
Remember this like yesterday
Forever the man forever the fan
Someone got one hell of a souvenir.
wait wait wait. He flipped his car and got back into it? That's insane. I will be a forever fan.
Wait, wait, wait, Davey Allison flipped at Daytona and never got out of the car. He put it in gear and drove back to pit road. Fact.
Dale was awesome. It's ok to say he wasn't in this clip.
I wish fox would give us replays like this today
I don't think NASCAR is allowing it, they are now actively picking and choosing winners and Loosers, it would help expose this activity.
In my opinion, all I know is those cars back then are built more tough with those solid axle systems then today's multi-link rear end suspensions. Once those cars get in a accident, even minor ones, seems like a toe link will break off causing the rear end to dogtrack easily.
Here you see Earnhardt's car damaged beyond compare and still keep on trucking. TOUGH CAR TOUGH DRIVER!
Forever the man, forever a fan!
nah cars today are tougher, they look like bricks lol, that wall ride at martinsville from last year wouldnt be possible in a gen 4 car
Would had loved to see him get out his car and walk to the ems at the 2000 Daytona 😢
Me too, I think it was 01.
That would be 2001.
Your not alone in thinking that friend. NASCAR also died that day. I really miss the old days of the sport.
Dale was hard core.
A true blue collar racer. A hero to many
I was there for that in the infield on turn 2 !!! Great memories 😱🤓
I was rooting for Terry Labonte
We need a driver like him again. Nascar has become a joke
They want NASCAR/IROC..back then if a team made a faster car ( like Bill lapping the field TWICE ) other teams worked twice as hard and didn't wait for a rule change.
Dale Sr. was one of those never gave up attitude people.
it's weird that the Ford Quality Care sponsored car wrecked out the car sponsored by it's GM counterpart Goodwrench and the awful version of the Dale & Dale show, which unlike 1993 & it's 1996 sequel which was Dale Jarrett holding off Dale Earnhardt.
Huge Dale fan, but i was always curious why he ever got out of the car in the first place? Hit the starter button and drive away!
Exactly!! That's what Davey Allison did at Daytona when he flipped, put it in gear and drove back to pit road. Strange how nobody talks about that, but this is on replay.
@@jasonwiggins I mean, it was one hellacious flip, crash. Probably assumed car was toast. He eventually realized it was drivable though. Like Prost and senna at suzuka when they crashed at the last chicane. Prost got out of a perfectly good car. Senna drove off
@@RodClinard Nice Prost and Senna reference!
he thought a wheel or two were missing, didn't see the full video didn't you?
@@cdel4391 I saw the race live... I'm not exactly sure what your questions is..?
LEGEND
I know they both have their faults but this is why the old points system was cool. These guys would do anything to not DNF! One position in one race could mean a title! Now if they scratch a car, and have a win already, they just put it on the trailer
Sweet video of the intimidater gigglin a little about he could've taken Gordon out, priceless!!
🤟😎 #3
He should have, Gordon took him out many times.
This Wreck Alone was Enough to Strap Tha Neck Down.. he would of still been here. Missed
I todays nascar once he was out of the car he wouldn't be allowed to get back in and continue,,,,and don't get me started about the crash clock
King of the Jungle.
And one day it all caught up to him and he did not get out of the race car by himself
A Great American Hero. 😊
So, Gordon used the force between the two to put Dale into the wall. Watch in slow motion. The draft coming off Dale's car the forces provided by Gordon running along side of Dale, that pushed Dale's car into the wall. Also, Gordon slides over closer to Dale. Gordon put him into the wall and driver behind Dale positioned to clip (pit) the backend of Dale. Grudge? A form of Forced retirement?
He got loose stop the blaming
Supposably Dale Sr and Ernie visited the injured fan from Irvan's hood at the hospital
No restrictor plates back then wide-open pedal-to-the-metal
The announcer said it
The air around the rainbow king forced Dale into the wall
Its in the video
The king of the rainbows should have been DQ fined
Not to race next 3 events
Forfit of driver points
lol
The greatest year's of nascar. Not the vanilla crap corporations crap today.
I still believe that restrictor plate racing slowly started the downfall of real Nascar racing... like, how do you even conceive to restrict a race car? ... makes about as much sense as having screen doors on a submarine.
You can't defi physics, I'm not here to argue if it's safer or not but the cars get up in the air easier the faster they go, we don't need another incident like Talladega 1987, 2009 and Daytona 2015. Luckily the catch fencing does its job
No it had nothing to do with it, they only had 4 plate races, not every race had restrictor plates and plates started in 1988 or 1989
Nope. The Chase did it. No consequences for tearing up racecars cause it's win and you're in. Totally ridiculous. Guarantee you that Earnhardt Sr. wouldn't like it. Very seldom did he win the most races in a season but he was the most consistent and never broke. Consistency doesn't even really matter anymore...
@@christophershockey1025 yeah 2 of his championship seasons he won the most races, I believe 1987 and 1990. All they should have done to the points were increase points for the race winner and maybe knock the amount of points scaled down some. That's all they should have changed, but it's not just one thing. Even with that though nascar is still the most popular racing in the US. Even though f1 is gaining fans it's still not to where nascar is. I watch a lot of different motorsports and by far f1 is the most boring motorsport. People complain about passing in nascar, wow, after watching f1 it's still way better. Indy car is pretty good though
He kept going for points that's it
"What a pile of grit"
This race could’ve won Jarrett the ship
Normally I would be all over Gordon, but in this case I don't think he did anything wrong. It seems to me that it was strictly one of those "racing deals". To Dale's amazing talent and credit he never stopped driving that car - even after he flipped. Every other driver would have taken thier hands off the wheel and called it a day after that, but not Dale.
Put that much damage on the Volvos they drive today and they’d be using bag and broom to scoop up the pats.
Sorry, but I just can't see Joey Logano or Bubba Wallace doing this...
Back when nascar was awesome.
Dale,Davey, Martin, petty best drivers ever nothing like those 4
Mark Martin was one of the first drivers to say " we finished 5 but had a 5th car so good day"
Dale is the GOAT.
No Intimidation when it mattered.
Mostly just hard racin Gordon didn’t leave Earnhardt any room off the turn, and slowed earnhardts momentum irvan gave jarret uh shot which turned Earnhardt.
nascar died after the FirstOnRaceDay total domination 1992 season
There was a lot to be gained by 2 drivers dying in aircraft accidents the following year. Kinda like when Tim Richmond dominated and the shirts of NASCAR were choking on his partying. Yet known fact there were many many others doing it for years.
Elliots transmission was messed up. That's why he didn't win.
Someone got paid
Dale Earnhardt never ever in his life give up on a race teby didn't all him the Intimidator for nothing and ONE TOUGH SOB IN NASCAR
They were single file, this was so dumb
All racing has moments of being single file 🙄
King DALE!
Not even Close, a " Piss Ant in a Snowdrift " NO legacy Whatsoever, Only One True King and that is Richard Petty, the One and only Legend of Stock Car racing, everyone else is a " Also Ran " = Fabulous Nobody's " FACT as be True !
Jeff had plenty of room to get by him without causing a wreck. But he knew he couldn’t beat Dale fairly
Wrong
Dale told himself,
self,
yeah;
plenty of room up near the:
All in all Dale put the #3 in the wall....
Gordon never touched him!
True, Gordon admitted he took him to the wall on purpose, I think Kyle Bush has recently surpassed Gordon on the driver that has destroyed the highest number of cars in NASCAR history, look how many he took out here, he just drives off again.
@Dr. Smith Gordon never said he took him to the wall. Watch the video Earnhardt took himself out.
That’s when it was real now it stinks RIP #3
Dale told himself,
self,
yeah;
plenty of room up near the:
All in all Dale put the #3 in the wall....
Great pass and great win by Gordon, greatest of all time
That shows the presence this man had. They go to Dale BEFORE the winner of the Daytona 500.
Happiest day of my life !!! 🤣😂
Earnhardt was the Bubba Wallis of his generation.
Seriously ? Bubba is not deserving of that statement. He will never know the like of a 7 time champion.
He's lucky he knows even his two "wins".....
@tim bettilyon You people realize that Bubba has only been driving Nascar for 2 years and Earnhardt had almost 30 years under his belt before he crashed and died. With that mind Bubba will surpass Earnhardt easily.
@@bullhauler5065 so, what I'm understanding you to say is, Bubba will crash and die sooner?
Because, he will NEVER win 7 championships nor have 79 wins.
the best ever
It was always fun to see Dale get what he deserves!
No one deserves to be almost killed
😅🤣
Gordon ran him up into the wall... I miss real stock car racing.
Nope .......look closely Earnhardt pushed up
This was like the story of Pink Floyd. Their last big hit was The Wall.
Wasn't funny the first few times you said this!
@@kevinrussell5099 Cheer up man, Elvis will drive the #3 again someday.
Its a amazing how he can spin someone out and get away with it ..but if someone else does it its a tragedy...he pretty much can do anything he wants out there. Never was a fan of his.
You know, you can call him a son of a whatever you want to call him on the track. Off the track however, there's too many stories of what he did to help people, and insist his name not be mentioned, that you can't help but like the man, even if you don't like the racer.
These were real men and they drove real race cars. None of this cry baby cookie cutter car crap of today.
Hey today Nascar has Bubba Wallace and overtime.
He can survive that but not the crash that killed him 🤔 maybe if he had keep his seat belt tight he would still be alive...Dumb move on his part!
His seat belt failed!
That's what they want u to think,but DW said he unbuckled on the last lap so he could jump out fast to go congratulate Mike's win!
@@paulmaness2674 And DW is still alive, with Dale the race was not quite over, but I'm talkin about the video after the race that we saw the harness ripped in half, if Dale had unbuckled, the harness would never have failed.
I think it was Childress that said, Dale never totaled a car until Gordon hit him
Not sure what you're referring to but he didn't hit him in this race...
Gordon never touched Dale, he hit the wall by his self.
@@HOOSIERDADDY24 No contact, but its certainly possible the airflow around the cars created a push between them when they got close that moved Dale sideways.. I never liked Gordon as a driver, but he drove clean here.
Childress wasn't exactly objective when it came to Dale.
I'm sorry but if someone doesn't rest their life to save others, or lay down their life to save others, they aren't a hero. Quit throwing that word around and spitting on the faces of true American heroes who fought and died.
After he passed NASCAR went to crap don't watch anymore wait till they bring the electric cars with fake engine noise 😂😂😂
Dude was the truth.
ONLE DALE COULD SAVE NASCAR TODAY
JUST ANOTHER DEAD GUY WHO DROVE THE 3 CAR.