I have fond memories of that Pepsi car. Ray did an excellent restoration job on it. I haven't the least little shred of doubt that it sold for good money at Barrett Jackson. Whoever bought it is certainly lucky to own a piece like this.
I looked up the final bid and it sold for $500,000. The money raised from this auction was given to “Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation” and his other program “Kick It For Cancer.”
Ray has done well for himself. Union Ave Grade School, Raritan High School and Monmouth County Vocational. He is not the only one from Hazlet that became a multimillionaire, me too! Only seems like yesterday day Ray would be working at the Gulf station and I'd pull in and fill up my ride. I'd go back to 75 in a New York second.
What does Ray mean when he says the car represents the "thrill of victory and the agony of regret." Is he referring to regretting his decision to leave the 24 camp?
aquariex24 yes....ray and Jeff where so far ahead of NASCAR with innovation that they would have won over 100 races and most likely more championships the jimmie Johnson era happen because of Ray leaving HMS
I’m a diehard Jeff Gordon fan. But I’ve always thought that Ray always wanted to be the main focus and once Jeff got all the love then Ray wanted to leave and start his own team. Knaus never wanted to start his own team after his 7 cup title. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I feel about Ray. So I think the regret was him breaking up the team. They would have won 8 or 9 who knows.
@@fatpatlives1998 No thats not what it means. This Pepsi car was from their Busch(now xfinity) partnership. They didnt have the success they wanted with the team. Jeff said it was much for taxing than he thought it would be(it ended up being the final lower series races he would ever race) and it was distracting for Ray who was at the time still putting together his dodge program and getting out of Hendrick. They had the "thrill of victory" in the two races they won in the Pepsi car and the "agony of regret" dealing with all the stuff i just mentioned.
@@jesuschristislord6790 that doesn't make sense . Ray left mid year of 99 he wanted to have ownership and couldn't do that with HMS and dodge gave him the opportunity. Also Jeff wanted to prove he could win without him which he did
Shouldn't be a big thing to tear down and rebuild a race car. Ray Evernham was the overseer of that kind of thing as crew chief. Not necesarily in the mix getting his hands dirty but you get the idea.
I have fond memories of that Pepsi car. Ray did an excellent restoration job on it. I haven't the least little shred of doubt that it sold for good money at Barrett Jackson. Whoever bought it is certainly lucky to own a piece like this.
I looked up the final bid and it sold for $500,000. The money raised from this auction was given to “Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation” and his other program “Kick It For Cancer.”
Love this video! The Pepsi car is beautiful!
Wow race car so awesome color Thank You
Ray has done well for himself. Union Ave Grade School, Raritan High School and Monmouth County Vocational. He is not the only one from Hazlet that became a multimillionaire, me too! Only seems like yesterday day Ray would be working at the Gulf station and I'd pull in and fill up my ride. I'd go back to 75 in a New York second.
Wait a minute. That's a 2000 Monte Carlo. I thought the BGN car they won with was a 95-99.
Exactly.
Would love that car sitting in my driveway!!
Hey there is my buddy danny bohn!
Wrong headlight decals those are the 2003 and up. The car needs the 2000-2002 headlight decals.
What does Ray mean when he says the car represents the "thrill of victory and the agony of regret." Is he referring to regretting his decision to leave the 24 camp?
aquariex24 yes....ray and Jeff where so far ahead of NASCAR with innovation that they would have won over 100 races and most likely more championships the jimmie Johnson era happen because of Ray leaving HMS
+Elijah barber exactly!
I’m a diehard Jeff Gordon fan. But I’ve always thought that Ray always wanted to be the main focus and once Jeff got all the love then Ray wanted to leave and start his own team. Knaus never wanted to start his own team after his 7 cup title. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I feel about Ray. So I think the regret was him breaking up the team.
They would have won 8 or 9 who knows.
@@fatpatlives1998 No thats not what it means. This Pepsi car was from their Busch(now xfinity) partnership. They didnt have the success they wanted with the team. Jeff said it was much for taxing than he thought it would be(it ended up being the final lower series races he would ever race) and it was distracting for Ray who was at the time still putting together his dodge program and getting out of Hendrick. They had the "thrill of victory" in the two races they won in the Pepsi car and the "agony of regret" dealing with all the stuff i just mentioned.
@@jesuschristislord6790 that doesn't make sense . Ray left mid year of 99 he wanted to have ownership and couldn't do that with HMS and dodge gave him the opportunity. Also Jeff wanted to prove he could win without him which he did
Nothing lasts forever!
I’m no fan of the 24 team. However, I’m a truthful man, they did have dry power and spot on target back then.
Shouldn't be a big thing to tear down and rebuild a race car. Ray Evernham was the overseer of that kind of thing as crew chief. Not necesarily in the mix getting his hands dirty but you get the idea.
+Robert Benoit In this case, no big deal at all.
They didnt put the SB2 engine in it :(
Yeah and it would have been a ‘99 not a 2000 Monte Carlo. Good catch btw. Still neat they did this a donated the $
Cool now bring back one os Dale Jrs cars back from the dead
Ray with Jeff and then Jimmie with Knaus in the same garage blows my mind at the thought of. Why did he leave??