1993 Earnhardt Talladega 16th to 1st in 8 laps

Mid-race action as Dale Earnhardt moves from 16th place after a caution to 1st place in just 8 laps, passing Jeff Gordon. Of course, he gets the primary tv coverage and audio during this short clip run. A short hand wave to the car behind him is the signal to follow along and make the pass.

[@quintonmcclellan3279]

Man bring these cars back. I would watch every Sunday

[@DarrylTurner-fl8hi]

The great old days!! Man I wish we could go back!!

[@chris61670]

Im homesick for those days!

[@Twobarpsi]

@@DarrylTurner-fl8hi same!

[@pjh1776]

Where did they go, we are so far away from that time in so many ways. I know every generation looks back fondly on the "good ole days", and this was my time for sure. I miss it the simplicity of my days.

[@nickpellegrino3528]

Absolutely love the sound inside those cars.

[@WillieRides57]

One great moment in NASCAR history. Nothing will ever be this good again.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

doom ass way to gauge life bro

[@quintonmcclellan3279]

Nascar was something special back then for a man.

[@rolltide9547]

No just commonsense

[@davidcarter8119]

Good to see some good old racing again not the crap they have today. Also notice the bleachers were full you won't see that anymore

[@V-gw8jt]

Yep, especially since they went woke and catered to baby bubba wallace, the flag bothers me😢😢😢😢

[@stevejump9630]

Yea bubba Wallace griping about the confederate flag. Then had the damn nerve to wrap that car of his in Black Lives Matter decals. Asshole.

[@stevejump9630]

Baby bubba Wallace. That’s a good one. It stands to reason. He is good at whining and crying.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

They were full last night in daytona.

[@bkeen7013]

Yup, Nasnore sucks now. Wish it was like it was 30 years ago. Now I barely watch it and when I do it normally puts me to sleep.

[@SOU6900]

The audio and camera work was just so much better back then.

[@Twobarpsi]

Back when life was good! Excellent video!

[@johnoksys7713]

Nascar was Nascar Didn't mess with Traditions Daytona in July Bristol in August & No Racing On Mother's Day

[@PjDurkin-m9s]

Yup it is an excellent video especially in car camera showing dales driving

[@dwc4343]

Not really. Who wants to watch the 3 caar cheat all the time and get awy with it.

[@briancockrum5233]

Man I miss these days of racing! They could draft, pass, and it was exciting!

[@retracyrb]

I do too.

[@Flap999]

@@briancockrum5233 there was actually competition and gamesmanship not a lot of waiting for the big one to take place so you could thread your way through it. They were out there bending metal and scrubbing tires on each other and it was exciting.

[@jamiebellamy6235]

Loved the in car camera. Loved Ned Jarrett. Nice video.

[@kevinmccorkle7476]

Love the sound of those cars!

[@craigritchie8470]

Exactly what I was thinking! Musical in fact.

[@youngyeller]

sure miss these racers and cars.2024

[@Oregun]

I wasn't a fan back then but the commentators were so much better than today!

[@30AndHatingIt]

The man who hated restrictor plate races ironically was the master of restrictor plate races lol

[@dwc4343]

not hard to do with a cheated up car.

[@LowCountryMack]

I got to watch him do it live at Talladega in 2000 with Kenny Wallace pushing. I'll never forget that moment as long as I live. Dale was and still is 'The Best!🙏💯🏁🏁🏁 We miss you. We also miss NASCAR Racing. Don't know what this shit is today.🤔

[@sammyweed4771]

@@LowCountryMack I was there. I hit 26 Races at Tally from 91 all through 2016… Got to see some great Races. I don’t even watch now…

[@davidbowman2522]

I was also at that race, upper Deck start finish line. I think it was Dale was 17th with five laps to go at the restart n won. It never crossed my mind that would be the last race he would win.

[@LowCountryMack]

@@sammyweed4771 Yeah, same here. Not unlike everything else in the world, it's been ruined by format changes, to many people with to many ideas, and big corporate money, who know nothing about Stock Car Racing and tradition. I tune in for a highlight now and then but, it just makes me long for the old days. Least we can say, 'we were there when it was great!'👍

[@LowCountryMack]

@@davidbowman2522 We were upper deck past the start finnish line going into one. Great seats for one of Dale's epic drives to the checkers. One outstanding day!👍🏁

[@dwc4343]

@@davidbowman2522 Not hard to win with a cheated up car.

[@puttervids472]

Peak of human evolution. Just before the internet , and we started down the back side of the peak.

The old SBC, not only the best engine ever produced, the best sounding also.

[@padrat88]

I like the SBC however history would tell a different story. The 351 Cleveland made more horsepower per cubic inch than the SBC with FACTORY components than ANY small block ever produced.

@@padrat88 Funny that bit of info never showed up in my neighborhood, I don't know of any of these engines in stock form nowadays, but the small block Chevy won that war many years ago, the SMB Chevy went on to become the most reliable, most dominant automotive based racing engine in history, still today winning more races than all other brands combined.

[@b.l.secret2400]

I miss him. He was the best with the most desire , talent and heart. I loved watching him race.

[@dwc4343]

Best cheater, especially in a restrictor plate car. Best you will ever see was Petty in a legal car.

[@Suzanne-t3l]

Earnhardt was a As$hole. The way he leaves Morgan Shepherd out to dry after he helped him get past Jeff Gordon. He was all about himself.

[@donaldwilliams2734]

Never was an Earnhardt fan, but it was fun to watch him race. GOAT

[@johnchamberlain9512]

With today’s NASCAR we will never see racing like this again

[@nobodynothing9950]

Lots of folks called Earnhardt an ahole. But when he had a car that could lead, he put it up front.

[@georgedouglas9342]

What a driver the sport lost that tragic day back in 01. I remember watching this race. Screaming and hollering for Dale! My biggest hero EVER. Unfortunately, I was watching the race that "tragic day" as well 😢

[@FloridaCracker-et5mw]

Dales car failed post race inspection. The car was too low on the height, but NASCAR deemed it didn't give him an unfair advantage. I called b.s. back then and call b.s. all these years later.

[@brianjennings5610]

​​@@FloridaCracker-et5mw oh gha here we go a troll/hater got to show up!!!After all those years think ya need to get checked out by still holding onto that!!!He was and STILL IS THE MAN IN BLACK!!Don't matter wtf haters like you think!!!That's the reason you can hear the fans over all the cars everytime he gained a spot!!He didn't need an advantage as badass a driver he was so quit hating!!!

[@FloridaCracker-et5mw]

@brianjennings5610 have a beer and calm down. I didn't put any hate in my comment, I simply stated a fact! Dale's car failed post race inspection. I don't care what driver wins, but if the car fails inspection, then they should be disqualified, and that goes all the way back in the day when Richard Petty's car failed inspection but was allowed to keep the win with an oversized engine.

[@dwc4343]

@@brianjennings5610 Not a bad ass driver at all. Not even a good one. If he couldn't beat you with his cheated up car he would just stuff you in the wall and that's not racing, that's trying to kill somebody.

[@brianjennings5610]

@@dwc4343 okay troll!!!if you say so I don't feed haters and trolls bye bye

[@angelozararis8096]

That #3 was no joke He is missed. By millions of fans

[@jimbo9446]

Nascar went to s**t after Dale died

[@Jerry_SWMO]

I stuck with them right up to the Bubba Wallace thing. They lost a viewer for life then. I'll never watch another on TV or go to another track to watch in person. They died when they went woke.

[@0ompaLoompa]

Nope, it died when the majority of people figured out that this isn't real racing.

[@Jerry_SWMO]

@@0ompaLoompa Right. Remove the decals and they're all almost identical.

[@vegan_cocks]

I switched to rally

[@jamesgeorge4874]

It stumbled until 2005...

[@scarfacetj2795]

Such a badass. Such an impressive driver

[@johnnymiller8938]

Fast , Fast Race Car in the Hands of One of the Best

[@dwc4343]

it failed post race inspection for being too low to the ground. It was just another cheated up restrictor plate car tht nascar let him get away with.

[@dannysexton4260]

Got to love the racing back in that time.

[@johnnieowings7996]

Dale was the MAN! Since his passing, NASCAR has never been the same! Don’t even watch it anymore.

[@gregstreuber]

DITTO.

[@dwc4343]

It was much better after he was gone. No more restrictor plate cheating and no more crashing people that he could not pass legally. Even this car did not pass post race inspection.

[@johnbelovsky1844]

Some said he could see the air... The for sure is he was the greatest at Daytona and Telladega... By now his driving days would have been long over... I just wonder if he didn't pass away how well Junior would have done...

[@allencollins9951]

I think Dale would still be racing today he loved it too much to retire

[@thestrick83]

Earnhardt was waving to Gordon….

[@JamesSmith-pm4wz]

To many fingers! 😮

[@srt8rocketship241]

Before the COT cars and all the soap opera when NASCAR was great to watch. Fun to come to work on Monday and talk about it. Really liked Ryan Newman and that fast #12 Alltel Dodge.

[@mattmay7109]

Too bad he could never finish like he qualified

[@srt8rocketship241]

@@mattmay7109 he poled 11 races and won 9 one year but the DNF at Daytona killed it.

[@stevecooper8121]

Nascar took the best thing and pissed it away. Those were the good old days, now it's a circus side show.

[@zbeen-ah-lah]

7 years later he did it in 5.

[@user-Dr.]

Correct, that was the time Kenny hooked up with him I believe, and I think he was a little further back, his last race at Talladega.

[@DmMass-m7n]

I was there that day. What a weekend party that was at the campsite. Greetings from Memphis

[@Flap999]

For me, the day Earnhardt died was the day in NASCAR died. 🤷‍♂️

[@BenVanSickle]

I couldn’t agree more!😢

[@jonnobarrie1744]

Yet 23 years later it's still going 🤷‍♂️

[@comercole1940]

​@@jonnobarrie1744yes

[@Flap999]

@@jonnobarrie1744 well, you enjoy…🤷

[@zzzzxxxxxz6017]

You ain’t the only one, I never watched it again. The only thing I feel like I missed was seeing less and less people attending the races

[@katkilr7685]

I remember this race.

[@nutzabout3]

God I miss Dale Sr.....

[@CaptBoone]

This racing was so much better than the 3 wide pack racing, can't pass or hold the lead crap they try to pass off as racing now. They're just flip a coin races now.

[@anthonypaino4991]

Love that he was using junior for a few laps, pushing him up before making his move!

[@CarShowclub]

So miss Dale, he was the best.

[@Snglcwboy]

Best of all time. There will never be another BIG E.

[@dwc4343]

Not even close. It's a cheated up restrictor plate car that did not pass inspection. You want to see the best driver of all time gowatch Petty drive, then you will learn something.

[@user-Dr.]

@@dwc4343 Petty was one of the best, but Earnhardt was better, and you are an all out liar, no cheating, Childress was known for no cheating, and Dale wanted it that way, he was the best, don't need people like you lying and trying to wreck his reputation.

[@dwc4343]

@@user-Dr. Sorry, but childress was a very well known cheater. No wonder they made a good team. One did not care they were cheating and one was good at it. And nascar didn't care cause it made them money.

[@user-Dr.]

@@dwc4343 You must be a democrat, you lie like one, Childress and Earnhardt took pride in not cheating, only team that never ever got tagged for cheating, Dale was so superior there was no need to cheat, people like you that were never there will never know, so you resort to lying.

[@johnmouris117]

No gloves chillin like hes doing 65 on the interstate never be another

[@JohnLaws-sg8yh]

Talladega was the last points race Dale Sr won before his death. In that race, he came from the 19th to win in just 4 laps.

You are correct, if they would have made the crew chief change earlier in the year, he would have won #8 with ease, just before he died.

[@troyspedilari4624]

#3 forever

[@zachbartlett2829]

Most people love the high pitch sounds of the mid 90s to mid 2000s. But to me the sound of these cars coming out the turn like at 1:02 CANT BE BEAT

[@TyBlack-dc1fi]

I watched this race it was awesome

[@Oldplace-xc7pb]

I watch more old NASCAR than new

[@rob832]

Absolutely, me too.

[@Scott31815]

I would LOVE to see these final laps entirely from his in car camera.

[@steveconnolly7129]

Look at all the space between cars now its bumper cars,they're so close

[@Thecleananunseenteam]

Yessir the intimidator this was when racing was racing today version os a joke 🏁💯🦅🇺🇲

[@timanniekeyes1302]

I was at that race!

[@christopherpatten9388]

Loved Nascar then not even close now

[@keithpatrick3090]

I remember this race and racing was exciting back then

[@ryanduren2739]

I was at that race!!

[@Rocky-g6m]

Nothing like watching #3 fly by he was great !! 👍 Amen 🙏🙌

[@joegotz1971]

Earnhardt is relaxed in the drivers seat like he is watching TV.

[@frankg6945]

Greatest I have ever seen wow

[@1blue71]

The intimidator. Nothing else need saying

[@jaydenh922]

Several years later, he did this exact feat, but he did it in 4 laps instead of 8.

[@DesertRat500]

NASCAR died with Dale. It's just not the same without him.

[@joegotz1971]

His death sure did change things. NASCAR needs another Earnhardt or Richard Petty.

[@jasonhare9891]

Real racing watch that over and over thank you...Earnhardt laid back driving that car ...

[@noelwarner1235]

The great broadcast team Ned and Ken.

[@stevenglansberg8561]

The master at work baby!

[@9502silverado]

Looked like he was waving to Gordon saying I'm back!

[@Johnny-mq3mo]

I was there in 2000 when Rusty's little bro pushed him home for the "W" me and my two cousins camped out in the infield for the weekend it was one of the best times I've had in my life and the show Earnhardt put on for us was unforgettable great time great memories!!!

[@bobpankey4425]

Jeff gorden dam good

[@ehss192]

And that's why he was so fun to watch

[@christopherlucas4620]

That hand motion at 2:54 I'm assuming is telling Morgan to follow him, but he has his hand angled slightly to the right. I wonder if it means the opposite of what he was about to do.

[@NicholasMaximus-kf9cn]

Legends never die but apparently some people are so obsessive about their GOODWRICH tools that num3 car is not the same😢

[@techs1smh13]

Was there from ca. Great times.

[@briansmith5469]

It wasn't a wave to Morgan Sheppard it was to Jeff Gordon. Dale said so after the finish, and he saw the replay and said yeah I waving to Jeff."

[@bamajd8294]

I was there!

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

The good ol days of racing it sucks now all of it

[@spencerwright600]

Now that was racing.

[@ronbloomberg]

Did you hear the crowd cheer as he moved in behind Gordon? You don't hear that sound these days. It's been quite a while.

[@815scorpius7]

He went from 16th to win in under five laps in the late 90s early 2000s

[@georgehenry8422]

... that "RUMBLE" .... oh how I miss that rumble.

[@tylerepperson4381]

I would love to get a look at the car and engine. It would've wrote a chapter in NASCAR rule book. Unfortunately rule bending is no longer a part of modern racing.

[@JoeBlow-Knoxbaddrivers]

Soaked tires and traction control. They had wheel sensors on each wheel. If the rears spun more then the fronts it cut timing thru the MSD spark box.

[@user-Dr.]

I think cheating is more prevalent now, they don't even check the cars or engines anymore, only on a periotic basis, who knows how long Toyota was cheating with their bodies a couple years ago, until a whistle blower turned them in, this year Toyota was cheating with the Chevy RO7 spec engine for at least 2 months, until a whistle blower, they don't even check the engine after the races anymore, only takes a couple minutes to at least check compression and displacement, but now that Toyota has controlling interest, they don't want that.

[@user-Dr.]

@@JoeBlow-Knoxbaddrivers You're funny but lying.

[@JoeBlow-Knoxbaddrivers]

@@user-Dr. BS #3 biggest cheater in the sport.

[@d.j_cam]

the amazing part is that he didn't wreck anyone🙂

[@user-Dr.]

That was rare back then, these no talent kids today, NASCAR is now the world's most expensive demo derby.

[@JGanes]

That's an awesome race, but it doesn't compare to the 2000 Winston 500!!!

[@ERRONEOUS602]

This doesn't even come close to bill Elliot lapping the entire field 3 times on green. Pure real domination

[@CC-vr8wn]

This was real NASCAR racing

[@bbrcummins1984]

And now we have skinny jeans and boy buns 🙄

[@marvinkline5667]

And participation parades for little soy boys who thought they saw a noose lol

[@WayneDisney-t6i]

Dale knew when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. It's not always about pushing the pedal to the floor, it's about being a racer. Being a Jeff Gordon fan, he owes his entire career to the man

[@Goinracing]

now just imagine if Larson could ever grasp that logic

[@clintjohnson4947]

The best that ever drove a car 3.

[@NicholasMaximus-kf9cn]

These clowns can cuss and fuss about NASCAR but I can't state my opinion on their comments.😢

[@DG38594]

Real racers then, and you got there not by whos family member you knew but by actual talent. Now all these 18 yr olds whos daddys and grandpas are owners get the rides. None of them could drive a lawn mower.

[@hockeyguy9974]

Racing was a big family thing back then too. Sure, there’s Ty Gibbs, the Dillons, etc but by and large it ain’t that much different. Back then we had the Pettys, the Earnhardts, the Allison’s, the Wallace’s. Not exactly the same I get it. But by and large most of the drivers are from regular backgrounds. And Chase is the only recent champion who is from a famous background. Maybe kinda-sorta Ryan Blaney too, but not anything like Chase Elliott.

[@55tmilam]

The sound of the pack coming off turn 2 wow!!!!!!!

[@x-man5056]

I remember watching this race on TV. Why is the footage quality so bad? It was fine watching real time.

[@CStoph1979]

How many times do you think that original footage was converted to end up on youtube? Do you think? Or are you just a watcher.

[@user-Dr.]

He was waving at Gordon; I remember that, Dales like here I am, and here I go.

[@chucks6879]

Did anyone of you old veteran race watchers notice the 3 car did all this mostly without a drafting partner? Just wondering how much more power he had than the rest?

[@reeepingk]

I was thinking the same thing. There was definitely SOMETHING with that car, he just made the passes too easily. But still, dale is the legend, and always will be.

[@dwc4343]

Just proof that the three car wasa cheated up. No one passes cars by themselves or makes moves like that in a restrictor plate car and that's a fact.

[@HiTechOilCo]

When Dale Earnhardt passed away, I never watched another NASCAR race.

[@robertstultz2260]

Dale was Nascar!!! He was why people watched you loved him or hated him!!! But you loved to watch him drive!!!!

[@dwc4343]

Nobody loved to watch a cheated up restrictor plate car win or watch him crash out someone he could not pass.

[@bristolpistol7860]

I miss you Winston cup racing 🍺🚬

[@free65riv]

Would have loved to see earnhardt gordon allison and kuhlwicki battles

[@roadglide1142]

None of today’s talent Even Comes Close to the #3 of this time period! Period !

[@evanwilliams6406]

Earnhardt always knew how to work his way to the front at Talladega. This is vintage Earnhardt here. The man can't help it! He's gotta race!

[@bizzy24100]

yup just another day at da office for Earnhardt.

[@dwc4343]

Not hard to do with a cheated up restrictor plate car. This one did not pass post race either. Too low to teh ground.

[@DurtyDog]

Yeah, thats not just driving, thats outabounds car, and driving, but we cant say that

[@kepler240]

3:00 Poor Morgan Shepherd got bamboozled by Earnhardt. Shepard pushed Earnhardt to the front then 3 ducks in front of 24 and leaves Morgan Shepherd out to dry.

[@davidcenci2240]

Watch again..Gordon moved down and broke their draft.

[@kepler240]

I see Gordon staying on the high side as the 3 moved up. I guess you could see it both ways. Morgan Shepard didn't have the HP to stick with Earnhardt anyway.

[@shanebennett3308]

Yes sir!

[@jamesgeorge4874]

WFO, the whole time. I'm not the biggest Sr. fan, but he knew how to wheel a Cup car.....