Quote from Jeff Gordon's auto-bio, "I first met Junior at a racetrack when he was practicing in a piece of junk that I couldn't believe they allowed on the racetrack, I went up to Dale Sr. and said, 'hey, whats that all about?' He said, 'I'm not gonna give him the best equipment because hes my son, hes gonna have to earn it if he wants it.'" If you want spoiled, there is a man named Steven Wallace.
@@hacksawjimthuggin7411 correction I DRAG RACE a RWD 1,000 HP 347 Stroker Ford powered Del Sol that a guarantee is faster than anything you've ever came close to driving lol fuckin morons get a life and job and you too can have cool things
This shows how far ahead Jr was on side drafting. He was doing it the whole time once he jumped to the outside of Wallace, yet you never heard DW or Larry mention it once. They thought they knew it all when it came to plate racing and Jr made them look really dumb in retrospect. Of course he probably had a few chats about it over his first years in racing with the master at this drafting game.
Man Jr. had a strong car, but Jeff also had one hell of a car. Those two were the class of the field that night. Idk what it was about that night, but Jeff's car looked more awesome than usual. Those flames at night made that whip look even faster.
I always wished the Daytona 500 was a night race because of racing like this. When its at night, its the right time, to race nonstop and at the limit. That's why I loved this type of racing.
Just look at what Jr does on the last lap. Gordon lays back to try and get a run and he moves up the track in turn 2 to get them to catch up, because there is no way they’d make a pass on the outside in the corner. Then he goes low on the backstretch to prevent Gordon from sucking up to him too much. Just the little things like that made it so hard to pass him when he got the lead.
Funny coincidence, here. Dale Jr. wins the Bud Shootout in 2003, wins the Daytona 500 the next year. Jimmie Johnson wins the Bud Shootout in 2005, wins the Daytona 500 the next year. Ironically, both of them happened first on Fox, and then on NBC.
@Axel7043 Agreed. It's completely possible. I just wish battalionfan888 had the ENTIRE race, not just parts of it. This was one great race; with the 2 best cars fighting for the win, Junior and Gordon.
I Don't Go By the Speed Channel, I Go By ESPN & Books. In the Words Of The Great & Late Benny Parsons: "Dale Jr Came in to the Late Model Series With the Passion Of a Great Racer, Of Course he Wasn't Dominating Right away Like he Does Now, He Started Out Like Any Other Racer."
Oh really dumbass that is funny because I remember over his career watching him win Talladega Richmond Bristol martinsville Chicago dover Charlotte pocono Phoenix Watkins glen Texas Atlanta Michigan
I think I recall, while flipping channels in my parents' room, I happened to turn on either this race or the 2005 race by total accident. It hadn't started yet, and I was excited to know NASCAR was back. Note that I was either 7 or 9 (depending on which year it occurred), before I was a regular internet user.
@KnightofCrook2488 Dude I Know Everything there Is To know About Dale Jr. Yes When He Was Younger He Wasn't Good At racing at all, & All The Drivers In late model racing loved to spin him out on the track. That was When He First started Out. Then When He Started Getting Better At Racing, Darrel Waltrip Wanted to Sign Him To Race For Him But Dale Sr Stepped in & Signed him.
@RyanTheIncredible882 He had DEI engines in his car on tracks where actually driving a car is jack to shit. Why do you think Michael Waltrip was able to win races there? Remember him ever winning outside Daytona or Talladega?
@acenace24 The Fans Still Know that Richard Petty Is The Nascar KING, I Can't Wait for the 2012 Season To Start. Its Gonna Be A Good One, Maybe Kyle Busch Will Get Fired this Year HAHAHA!
@KnightofCrook2488 Dude, Go Back & Watch "Dale Jr's Driven" Episode If they Have It On Here. Dale Sr. Never Gave Dale Jr Anything For Free, He Had To Work his Butt Off for Everything he had. Him & His Brother Kerry.
@24midnightfire24 if jr cant drive then why is he still in nascar, every driver has their slumps, how about carl edwards, jeff had his slump, jimmie is starting one, even the best dale sr had his slump, dale sr said to be good you need two thing skill and luck and jr is just lacking luck right now
I know all drivers and crew chiefs always look for little ways to play around the rules and have the best cars but it always bugged me that Michael Waltrip was such a mediocre driver but just because he raced in DEI he had a shot at winning the restrictor plate tracks, but on all other tracks he was average at best. Did he even get a single win anywhere other than a plate track??
Then you Are Totally Misinformed & definitely Have your facts Wrong. Maybe Watch a few Biographies with actual Facts about him, Then you'll Know More..
It's true. Dale Jr fans will talk shit about other drivers being born with a silver spoon in their mouths, yet Dale Jr is the ultimate silver spoon driver. Earned his ride LMAO. Yeah, with his dad's company.
A spoiled brat who who has 26 MECS wns, 2X Daytona 500 Champion, 149 Top-5's, 260 Top-10's, 15 Poles, 2X NXS Champion (Back to Back 1998/1999) , 24 NXS Wins, Most consecutive wins at Talladega, 2nd for most wins at Talladega (6), 2X Bus Shootout Winner, 5X Gatorade Duel Winner, 4X NXS Champion as Owner, 15X Most Popular Driver
Those DEI cars were legendary on the plate tracks.
Between mikey and jr they won 4 races at Daytona and 5 races at Talladega
Elijah barber between that an Sr owning just about every plate race in the 90s
Quote from Jeff Gordon's auto-bio, "I first met Junior at a racetrack when he was practicing in a piece of junk that I couldn't believe they allowed on the racetrack, I went up to Dale Sr. and said, 'hey, whats that all about?' He said, 'I'm not gonna give him the best equipment because hes my son, hes gonna have to earn it if he wants it.'"
If you want spoiled, there is a man named Steven Wallace.
True indeed
@@SharkAndRexyNR fucking bogus. Jr only had a ride cause of his name
@@hell-sol5240 stfu kid. You drive a fucking Del Sol.
@@hacksawjimthuggin7411 correction I DRAG RACE a RWD 1,000 HP 347 Stroker Ford powered Del Sol that a guarantee is faster than anything you've ever came close to driving lol fuckin morons get a life and job and you too can have cool things
@@hell-sol5240 Jr got a ride in cup because of his two back to back xfinity championships twat.
I miss those old plate sounds.
I miss that areo package
I keep wondering why the COT couldn't keep the aero package over top of the new car internally
Miss these cars
It’s crazy that this exhibition race had more people in the stands than the 500 did this year
This shows how far ahead Jr was on side drafting. He was doing it the whole time once he jumped to the outside of Wallace, yet you never heard DW or Larry mention it once. They thought they knew it all when it came to plate racing and Jr made them look really dumb in retrospect. Of course he probably had a few chats about it over his first years in racing with the master at this drafting game.
Junior turned out too be equally as good at it as his Dad was
@@JJA1987 When it comes to plate racing, anyway.
Chevy, the winningest car in nascar cup history
The Pied Piper of Daytona
That boy could drive the hell outta them restrictor plate cars.
Learned from his dad
Man Jr. had a strong car, but Jeff also had one hell of a car. Those two were the class of the field that night. Idk what it was about that night, but Jeff's car looked more awesome than usual. Those flames at night made that whip look even faster.
perfect example of how he's the 2nd best restrictor plate driver ever in NASCAR (to his father)
I miss that #8.
Such great memories.
Its amazing the difference between DEI cars and all others.
I love when Rusty refuses to Work with Junior, and Junior shows him his skills.
Christopher Williams Rusty is a champion. Is Dale Jr.?
lol Rusty has 55 cup wins and a championship
something ole Junebug will never have
Does Rusty have 2 Daytona 500 wins? One? Nope, zero.
Jr does have those but you seriously can't tell me he's the better driver
Jr's best days are behind him he's an absolute joke now
Rusty always did that.... used to annoy the shit out of me...
4:46 - Jr. repeats the same slingshot that got him to the front in the 2001 Pepsi 400.
Tells you where NASCAR is today when the Bud Shootout has a larger crowd than the Daytona 500 this year...
Damn, those DEI cars are were rockets on restrictor plate tracks. It seemed like either Jr or Waltrip were for sure gonna win
Golden Era. I remember this night.
Hardly the golden era
Tony Stewart caught that pack with NO HELP. Just like Truex at Daytona in July 2018
I always wished the Daytona 500 was a night race because of racing like this. When its at night, its the right time, to race nonstop and at the limit. That's why I loved this type of racing.
Those old v8 engines that ever boasts 1250hp in 2000s i still watch this during quarantines 😇
Wat
This is how jr drove last night!!
Dang, Junior let the 12 get him out front and the 8 would throw a block then bounce back and help the top until the 12 fell way back.
Just look at what Jr does on the last lap. Gordon lays back to try and get a run and he moves up the track in turn 2 to get them to catch up, because there is no way they’d make a pass on the outside in the corner. Then he goes low on the backstretch to prevent Gordon from sucking up to him too much. Just the little things like that made it so hard to pass him when he got the lead.
my god what a crowd
Where can you download the Todd Bodine #54 car?
It was clear that Jr. had extra RPMs at plate tracks. He was good, but you aren't simply faster WITHOUT the draft because you are good.
side draft g
False
For NR2003 I can't get the #54 of Todd Bodine off of Team SBR. Where can you get it?
Funny coincidence, here.
Dale Jr. wins the Bud Shootout in 2003, wins the Daytona 500 the next year.
Jimmie Johnson wins the Bud Shootout in 2005, wins the Daytona 500 the next year. Ironically, both of them happened first on Fox, and then on NBC.
this is real racing...
Where do you get these old races from?
@Axel7043 Agreed. It's completely possible. I just wish battalionfan888 had the ENTIRE race, not just parts of it. This was one great race; with the 2 best cars fighting for the win, Junior and Gordon.
I miss the banchee howl of these gen 4 cars
Dale Jr Needs To Start Racing as Agressive As He Did in this race. But No Matter What, Win Or Lose, I Am ALWAYS Going to Be An Earnhardt Jr Fan.
just imagine if jr had pops eury back on his pit stall as his crew chief
Where you at now Juñior?
@Nicko7200 yea... Johnny Benson, Larry Pearson and David Green won Busch titles too.
Miss the sound. They just don’t seem to scream like this anymore
I was legit just thinking that
Its carb vs FI
@@hell-sol5240 what
@@ASSwipe. Carburetor VS Fuel Injection. Makes A whole lot of difference sound wise
damn jr can draft and side draft so good plate king i tell ya
Whatever happened to THIS Dale Jr? I miss this guy, let's have him back in the top 5 in 2011!
@jake99776 i highly doubt that, but i know that now they bend the rules for the goddamn 48 car!
thats the damn truth
I Don't Go By the Speed Channel, I Go By ESPN & Books. In the Words Of The Great & Late Benny Parsons: "Dale Jr Came in to the Late Model Series With the Passion Of a Great Racer, Of Course he Wasn't Dominating Right away Like he Does Now, He Started Out Like Any Other Racer."
It is A habit I've had since I was a Kid.
I miss this type of racing. Please show different winners. It’s the only track Jr can win at. LOL!
Oh really dumbass that is funny because I remember over his career watching him win Talladega Richmond Bristol martinsville Chicago dover Charlotte pocono Phoenix Watkins glen Texas Atlanta Michigan
@@rcracer8872 you again lol. You'd defend him if he committed a murder.
SMFH
I think I recall, while flipping channels in my parents' room, I happened to turn on either this race or the 2005 race by total accident. It hadn't started yet, and I was excited to know NASCAR was back. Note that I was either 7 or 9 (depending on which year it occurred), before I was a regular internet user.
@Wilcox3 ur kinda sorta wrong. he gave him his popularity for free :P
8:05 When Johnson gets his nose under newmans car at Turn 3-4 it looked exactly like the way steerling hooked earnhardt
Sterling hooked Earnhardt? Um... no.
What?
The #54 car for NR2003. Give me a website for his car.
Why are you capitalizing every word?
daleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@KnightofCrook2488 Dude I Know Everything there Is To know About Dale Jr. Yes When He Was Younger He Wasn't Good At racing at all, & All The Drivers In late model racing loved to spin him out on the track. That was When He First started Out. Then When He Started Getting Better At Racing, Darrel Waltrip Wanted to Sign Him To Race For Him But Dale Sr Stepped in & Signed him.
O yes because Racers with
3 late model wins at Hickory motor speedway in 2 years belong in cup
@Wilcox3
His dad didnt give him anything....but his fans appointed him king of Nascar which sucks
2009 shootout on tomorrow
seems like 2003 was yesterday
how you holdin up bud
@RyanTheIncredible882 He had DEI engines in his car on tracks where actually driving a car is jack to shit.
Why do you think Michael Waltrip was able to win races there? Remember him ever winning outside Daytona or Talladega?
and the 500 the weekend after this sucked...
@acenace24 The Fans Still Know that Richard Petty Is The Nascar KING, I Can't Wait for the 2012 Season To Start. Its Gonna Be A Good One, Maybe Kyle Busch Will Get Fired this Year HAHAHA!
yep. and now we use an ugly australian car with no decklid.
all these years later!
@KnightofCrook2488 Dude, Go Back & Watch "Dale Jr's Driven" Episode If they Have It On Here. Dale Sr. Never Gave Dale Jr Anything For Free, He Had To Work his Butt Off for Everything he had. Him & His Brother Kerry.
@ChevyCamaro33 hell yeah he should have won in 05 but jimmie and jeff taged up on him
Who is the one idiot that didn't like the finish to this race???
Kurt Busch was a dirty driver in 03
This is when NASCAR gave him a bigger restrictor plate so he could win.
Roid Rage dumbest comment ever wow you are dumb and ignorant
Roid Rage If they did that, criticism would had happened.
Roid Rage Also bigger restrictor plate= Slower speed
😂😂😂 Restrictor plates make you slower so how would a bigger one make you faster???
@24midnightfire24 if jr cant drive then why is he still in nascar, every driver has their slumps, how about carl edwards, jeff had his slump, jimmie is starting one, even the best dale sr had his slump, dale sr said to be good you need two thing skill and luck and jr is just lacking luck right now
haha, yeah right.
You Obviously Don't Know Anything About Dale Jr. His Dad Didn't Give him anything for free, He Had to Work At Everything he did...From Scratch.
no sir pick up a book anf read about his 3 late model wins at hickory
in his 122 starts instead of eating all the crap that speed channel feeds you.
I know all drivers and crew chiefs always look for little ways to play around the rules and have the best cars but it always bugged me that Michael Waltrip was such a mediocre driver but just because he raced in DEI he had a shot at winning the restrictor plate tracks, but on all other tracks he was average at best. Did he even get a single win anywhere other than a plate track??
You can't beat Dale Jr he is the best for a reason
You'll never see racing like this again youngsters . Nascar is a joke now .
Jr won 2 days after I was born!
Then you Are Totally Misinformed & definitely Have your facts Wrong. Maybe Watch a few Biographies with actual Facts about him, Then you'll Know More..
Cheating at it finest
Crying At Its Finest from a salty douche
Jr is just anothe young spoiled
Brat whos dad had money
Jeff Rogers just like Chase Elliot
Jeff Rogers you're a moron
Jeff Rogers you're a moron Dale Jr earned his ride in the cup series don't be stupid
It's true. Dale Jr fans will talk shit about other drivers being born with a silver spoon in their mouths, yet Dale Jr is the ultimate silver spoon driver. Earned his ride LMAO. Yeah, with his dad's company.
A spoiled brat who who has 26 MECS wns, 2X Daytona 500 Champion, 149 Top-5's, 260 Top-10's, 15 Poles, 2X NXS Champion (Back to Back 1998/1999) , 24 NXS Wins, Most consecutive wins at Talladega, 2nd for most wins at Talladega (6), 2X Bus Shootout Winner, 5X Gatorade Duel Winner, 4X NXS Champion as Owner, 15X Most Popular Driver