2000 Pocono 500 (Mayfield/Earnhardt)

[@jgonascar]

Buddy Baker said it best "When you live by the sword you die by the sword"

[@marksalo2544]

That pertained last night when Steph Curry went one on five and Draymond threw the ball away with 18.9 seconds to force game 7. But instead, blocked by Kawaii Leonard. Buddy Bakker from the dead: My o my when you live by the sword you die by the sword. I've seen Steph Curry throw the three bomb down like Gatorade. But not tonight.

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

8 Months Later (February 2001) Buddy couldn't be more right

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

He's in The 2020 Nascar Hall of Fame

[@HB_Dee615]

@@oscarjimenezsr.716 go beeeeeep yourself bruh.

[@NickyD]

@@oscarjimenezsr.716 lamo wow thats dark

[@spider_hoss]

I’m here after hearing Mayfield talk about this on Dale Jr’s podcast. Beat him at his own game.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

The story about the week after is an absolute gem. And the picture of Ray's wife? Lmaooo

[@edritchie270]

One of my favorite podcasts on Dale Jr. podcats

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

Algo must be bringing it up

[@joeytroutman9506]

Me too even though I saw this live back in the day I couldn't remember it so I had to come watch it again

[@amywilkins543]

Me too!! This is PRICELESS!!! Loved every second of this!!!

[@RustyWells2]

That was one of the best text book bump and run last lap pass's I've ever seen!

[@elihartsoe6718]

so so so good

[@aaronkristofer18]

""Just wanted to rattle his cage." And then the way Mayfield smiles. That's a glorious burn.

[@BANGITSME87]

Not a glorious as his crystal meth burn

I was mad then, but Dale had that coming.

[@HB_Dee615]

@@BANGITSME87 I almost forgot about that

[@randymiller3949]

Speaking of "BURN"...I wonder if 'Meth-Head Mayfield" is still burning METH? Maybe Mayfield's METH dealer would sponsor him. His car slogan could be..."GOT METH...I DO"

[@aaronkristofer18]

@@randymiller3949 Makes him faster bruh

[@dangerzone24]

i loved this race's end! earnhardt's interview afterward was great too! all smiles, not seeming angry at all, simply smiled and said "i just told him he's #1!"

[@jaredkinneyjr]

Bernard Bradley The interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH2zYoCke7djjNk

[@racecitypatriot66]

I became a Mayfield fan this day.

[@vamnews]

Jeremy Mayfield directly quoted Dale Sr. Remeber Earnhardt at Bristol earlier that year, when he didn't try to wreck Terry LaBonte but he "just wanted to rattle his cage". Great job Jeremy.

[@jasonocelot9158]

The “Rattle his cage” moment was from the 1999 Bristol night race

[@Tristin471]

@@jasonocelot9158Technically, different years, but they were within a year of each other.

[@24RulezJG]

RIP Buddy Baker.

[@ernestgibson8950]

Buddy was right when he said the woods is full of Earnhardt drivers,also when you live by the sword you die by the sword Thank you buddy baker

[@auzzy831]

Agree. Great announcing team back in the days with TNN.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

R.I.P To Him Benny Parsons and Steve Byrnes

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@DupontandLowesWarrior and Bob Jenkins

[@Dupontman627]

​@@PaperBanjo64Ken Squier joins them today

[@AndyMarquisLIVE]

"Pocono races are boring" Bullshit. One of many thrilling, classic finishes you'll find at Pocono.

[@BrianHarvicFan2]

Mayfield whoooo I'm gonna stay up and party for the next 5 days

[@techman2016]

hahahah

[@nathanielhiggerson7679]

With meth

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

He and Snoop Dawg were Getting High as Hell

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Y'all got your Knickers, in a twist, cuz your Vagina was not invited

[@mikesmithey1892]

@@nathanielhiggerson7679 wrong he was prescribed edirol by his doctor it was proven but NASCAR completely turn it around and skit on Mayfield and everybody knows it

[@billymartin6824]

“You live by the sword - you die by the sword.” Great line by Buddy Baker.

[@cody95]

"When you live by the sword, you die by the sword."

[@HB_Dee615]

Bummy ass old dude.

[@hotdogs5265]

Man this Era of nascar was great.

[@Silverbullet1222]

Payback's a bitch, aint it?" -Terry Labonte

[@tomitstube]

yup, "rattle his cage" is a direct quote from earnhardt.

[@JJI6881]

I was and always will be an Earnhardt fan and I admit that day for a few minutes I was pissed. But then after seeing it a couple more times and hearing Jeremy's interview, I had to smile. He just caught the old man lookin' and showed him what he'd learned. Good shit.

[@mbaer5]

"What turn 4"

[@jeffsandy5088]

Pocono isn't Bristol. BIG difference bumping someone on a 1/2 mile short track then a 200mph super speedway !

[@whoasked9500]

Jeff Sandy And?

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

@@jeffsandy5088 Big difference, indeed. On a big track, you have a few extra seconds, reaction time/time e to see what is behind you (one car, for multiple laps, on this occasion) whereas, on a short track........

[@JohnSmith-mk5jt]

@@jeffsandy5088 But he didn't dump him. He moved him.

[@DarkwingMcQuack]

Seeing someone bump and run Sr never gets old.

[@malikdigger4544]

Since I'm both a Dale Sr & Jemery Mayfield fan this was special moment in NASCAR that year. R.I.P Kenny Irwin Jr Adam Petty Tony Rooper.

[@codypennell903]

Dirty Mo Media podcast brought me here and I 100% love the story and actually seeing it. Being that I was 3 years old and seeing this now its dope af

[@Colddeed]

I remember thinking how Mayfield had such a promising career ahead of him.

[@bbodinefan11]

Earnhardt gets a little of his own medicine.

[@HB_Dee615]

7x champ. Hate all you want boy.

[@bbodinefan11]

@@HB_Dee615 No hating just cold hard fact.

[@HB_Dee615]

@@bbodinefan11 shit everyone gets turned. Dont make them a bad driver.

[@bbodinefan11]

@@HB_Dee615 Where did I say he was a bad driver? Earnhardt may have been the best driver to ever put his ass in the seat of a racecar. I like Earnhardt but there aint no denying he didnt like it when others gave him the same that he did them.

[@bbodinefan11]

@@HB_Dee615 He would be nothing without wrecking people.

[@fogalicious2644]

All of Mayfield's wins were super clutch moments.

[@kennethkenney3965]

One of the biggest Earnhardt fans ever but Earnhardt had that coming. He deserved what he got 100%

[@tylercrouch31]

+Douglas Kenney Yeah I agree. I'm a Dale fan too, but I still think he legitimately was happy for Jeremy and tried to congratulate him. 4:15 looks like an index finger as opposed to another one finger salute he could have given the 12 car haha.

[@1979cl1]

Oh yeah you wished, actualy Jeremy had whats coming to him going down the drain that same year because he's an ass.

[@bigboy3jv]

1979cl1 man I've met Jeremy. He's a good guy. We all make mistakes.

[@BullseyeForever24]

Douglas Kenney yes he done it to a lot of people but when he gets done like that he gets pissed!!

[@1979cl1]

@@bigboy3jv Yeah and he's in the dump.

[@cliffsta87337]

Man I miss nascar on TNN and the old ESPN coverage.

[@MrFishPirate]

2:31 No matter what happened with his personal life, I will always be a Mayfield fan for that move, as well as 5:10 (a dig at Earnhardt for his comment after spinning out T-Lab at Bristol the year before).

[@kramnull8962]

They leveled his 3 story house to the ground full gym basement and all. You recon they caught him making meth. Oh yeah he is your favorite. Sorry I live 1/4 mile from his old place on Hudson Chapel Rd....

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

@@kramnull8962 Since when, are Police, honest, besides never.

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Richard Head Dale wasn’t dirty dale just rode on your bumper and if you made a mistake he wasn’t lifting so it would spin the other guy out that’s how it was throughout the 80s and 90s. Everyone wreaked each other. Everyone just hated dale after Bristol and are still babies over it. There are only 3 main times dale has wreaked someone on purpose excluding the Geoff Bodine times cause the both just kept wreaking each other.

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Richard Head yeah ok that how it was back in the day with everyone

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Rocket Man did you even watch any old races were you around for that cause all guys did was wreak eachother back then. Now people bash dale even though he has the famous one so everyone associates him with wreaking. They also do that cause he would use the bumper and push guys out of the way up the track and everyone called that wreaking who doesn’t like him. Actually I have a really good job at csl so yeah.

[@LASTCARonBROCK]

I remember seeing this Monday race one day we didn't have school and that was awesome! Thanks for posting!

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

Anyone here after the Dale Junior Download interview? Jeremy tells a great story about how they ran into each other walking into the driver's meeting the next week. Go watch!

[@okai2001]

yep

[@Mstl1099]

The podcast brought me here great interview and race!!

[@catmanlookinboi5711]

Same

[@pfeifest]

First Nascar race I ever went to. I waited in the rain for an entire day and they raced on Monday.... but it WAS worth it!

[@jonathanpatterson2502]

Pocono is one of the best and most unique tracks on the circuit.

[@yankeesfan23]

classic-Dale got a taste of his own medicine!!!

[@BeyondTheLineRacing]

He partied like its 1999.

[@TheChildress293133]

He messes with his nose a lot here lol Just saying.

[@missalissa06]

I love how Mayfield has his hand out of the window waaaay before the start-finish line. And when Earnhardt drives up next to him and points. Hahaha!

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

Mayfields appearance on Jrs podcast brought me here. Mayfield was innocent

[@BillyBong05]

I went to the 2000 Pennsylvania 500...we picked the wrong Pocono race to go to that year! That was awesome!

[@WMRRFAN6573]

I'm glad to see that someone had the balls to give the "intimadator" what he deserved. This is classic. Too bad Terry Labonte never paid him back for the cheap shot he gave him at Bristol.

[@BANGITSME87]

Cry more.

[@mattsisoler6125]

He actually was going to. He was gonna plant the No. 5 in Dale’s door as he came back around, but as he went to do it, he broke the transmission. Wouldn’t that have been something if he had done it though

[@Bushcamper777]

Might be ten years late but shut up and cry

[@HB_Dee615]

I love your weak ass tears boy. Keeps me living.

[@jasonbaucom3405]

Earnhardt was and still is the best,like it or not ,cut and dry 🌚

[@Wisconsin222]

He used the classic “I just wanted to rattle his cage a little bit” line lol

[@smcnew97]

haha earnhardt got a taste of his own medicine!

[@bobbafett1849]

bet TL grinned like hell at the "rattle his cage" line. lol

[@sneezabonk]

No matter what you think in about 20 years this will probably be one of the most famous moves to win.

[@bbodinefan11]

Bout time he got some of his own medicine.

[@hockeyboy1231]

ya, i think drivers had enough of dale's antics after he outright wrecked terry labonte to win at bristol in 99. Its one thing to move a guy outta the way, but to take him out completely, with a possibility of injuring him is another. Earnhardt was very lucky he never killed anyone with his driving. Jeremy had every right to rattle his cage a little.

[@BullseyeForever24]

Dale got a dose of his own medicine for a change!!

[@wayneburton440]

Epic. Best finish of all time. #3 can give it but sure can't take it! 👏

[@huntermoss4421]

He didn't start out racing the way he ended his career. He got pushed and shoved all around by the old heads when he raced the yellow and blue #2 wrangler car

[@shaunclifton5281]

👍

[@gdvibes1]

I’ll never forget that race it was Awesome!

[@rcguy902]

As an Earnhardt fan I didn't like methfield for this cheap shot

[@SpenserMadden]

One of the few drivers who had the balls to give it to Earnhardt.

[@edmondcamp2878]

Well that just to prove what Ricky Rudd said all along “nobody’s intimidated by Earnhardt that’s just news media hype”.

[@auzzy831]

I always loved watching this as a fan of Dale's because he got away with this a lot. lol

[@CptPriceIsMyDad]

Anyone else here from the Dale Jr. Download?

[@wattsun7946]

Yep

[@robertwestover2125]

Was at this race … the crowd went nuts 😂🤣

[@RacingWorldTV202]

Big E got a taste of his own medicine right there. Great call by Eli Gold. Ironically, Buddy Baker, Eli Gold, and Glenn Jarrett can all still be heard on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio. Gold does occasional lap-by-lap announcing, Jarrett on pit row, and Baker co-hosting Tradin' Paint.

[@sneezabonk]

My memory of that race was I was between a Earnhardt fan and a Jeremy Mayfield fan. After that I came up to the track with my boss in his rv

[@kblackav8or]

Bring back F.A.D.E. Saw #3 do that to pretty much everyone else for years. That time he got some of his own medicine. Real classy that "you're number 1" salute on the cool down lap. Things would have been different had Kulwicki and Allison not been killed.

[@pfeifest]

My first Nascar race.... awesome! Man did it rain a lot that weekend though (this race was on Monday)

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

I caught the tail end of it after school. Ran home to catch it.

[@joeytroutman9506]

Miss these days of racing

[@jasonracer3]

I may not be th e first to mention this...but there is no turn 4 at Pocono as the description suggests.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

turn 6, i guess.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Turn 11

[@Pollard_jono]

I remember as a teen thinking Dale was gonna kill him. 😂 that’s the best bump in run maybe ever.

[@cerny4444]

Just watched JM talk about that race and he said DE was not in fact mad. It’s on Dirty Mo.

[@Pollard_jono]

@@cerny4444 i watched it! I love how dale responded. Mad in the moments but then laugh about it. Sounded like Dale sr was proud of him almost.

[@cerny4444]

@@Pollard_jono Yes it certainly was not what one would expect from the “Intimidator”. 😉👍

[@mustang6172]

I was at this race. I didn't want to watch Earnhardt win so I walked out of the stands after they came out of turn 1 on the last lap. I won't make that mistake again.

[@alexeilindes7507]

Thats called REAL racing boys! No girls just sausage unless desperate and ugly or after with Cole trickle dressed as cop.

[@mattconaway7925]

Drivers that Dale Earnhardt has been runner-up to the MOST: Darrell Waltrip: 11 Rusty Wallace: 9 Mark Martin: 6 Bill Elliott: 6 Jeff Gordon: 5 Dale Jarrett: 4 Terry Labonte: 3 Tim Richmond: 3 Bobby Allison: 3 Sterling Marlin: 2 Benny Parsons: 2 Cale Yarborough: 2 Jeff Burton: 2 Tony Stewart: 2 Ricky Rudd: 1 Buddy Baker: 1 Davey Allison: 1 Neil Bonnett: 1 Geoff Bodine: 1 Harry Gant: 1 Ken Schrader: 1 Morgan Shephard: 1 Bobby Labonte: 1 Jerry Nadeau: 1

[@brianbooher2286]

I loved mayfeild ever since the day he mand up an rattled his cage.3 new he couldnt say a word about that one. He had it coming for a long time

[@kramnull8962]

He was just mephin around... Sniff Sniff...

[@fordwindsor351]

I remember all the times that the drivers and nascar got onto Earnhardt sr for this, even served a hold on pit lane a few times and we get this, lol

[@hemiheven]

I love that ending!

[@gloriaannopperman2734]

Mr. Mayfield..thank you Sir for not wrecking Dale. Dale Sr was and will always be our fave Nascar driver. The Oppermans from Texas

[@NyyDave]

I was there! i've been looking for this! i had my over sized #3 hat and didnt like jeremy mayfield for a while after this lol

[@browser293]

What goes around, comes around...

[@RDarth]

00:53, almost sounds like Buddy Baker says "listen to this shit" XD

[@Iommian]

I had to watch it back a few times lol! RIP Buddy Baker

[@CarsSimplified]

That's a bold move!

[@aaroncoberg68]

I started watching nascar Mayfields rookie year. I think he drove the 88 that year. Black and red. He was always my guy while I followed it. He had some really good runs and he made my nascar watching years worth it. I hope he is doing well.

[@HighMo]

I'll never forget this race. I thought Mayfield was going to be something special, but you talk about a flame out. Executed perfectly without wrecking him, and I'm a THREE fan.

[@gewiz1000]

Jeremy had everything that many of us can dream off, and he threw it all away. What a damn shame...

[@edstababy]

That’s what the higher ups at NASCAR want you to think

[@T1C45]

Earnhardt didn't like the taste of his own tactics. Good on you J.M.👍🏁

[@nascarfan8891]

76 wins 7 titles jeremy got 5 wins and a meth addiction dales better

[@djmohab2]

@@nascarfan8891 Dale's dead

[@Anidawehi]

Dale loved him for that.

[@ronslawncarequalityservice8896]

Only one with the balls to move Earnhardt good job

[@cfisher11]

I loved this race

[@CocaColaDude]

Thats an awesome finish.

[@BryanBullock-l7r]

One of the best damn races I’ve ever seen.

[@dennis1562]

Today this has become the wreck and run. Its impressive to see the composure of both Mayfield and Earnhardt.

[@mikesmithey1892]

Earnhardt was questioned about the move Mayfield put on him and Earnhardt said he had me up most respect for me field because he didn't Rec him he just raced him

[@robrohrer2014]

I remember when I saw it that day after I got off work cuz it was raining out from my mistaken. My xfiance recorded on VCR for me. Wow the good old days when I had a fultimel job as an engineer... I have no idea how lucky I was you know I got now our landlord that smokes crack and needing a place to live.

[@steveo_80]

>turn 4 >pocono uh, what?

[@j24gordon]

this was a great race and like Mayfield said, Dale couldnt say anything because thats how he got half of his wins by hitn them.

[@Nocstaa]

Like Earnhardt never did the bump & run before

[@grungyflannel]

Mayfield bump n runs Big E....hes a hero! Logano pulls the same move on Mark Martin in 2012(granted it wasnt quite the last lap) and was villified for it

[@gth804f]

If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.

[@jweezy8645]

Ahhh... when racing was worth watching.

[@rossbmarvin3rd]

Earnhardt was a bully. This is my favorite memory of him. Drove by flipping off Jeremy afterward. Dick. Win by the bump lose by the bump.

[@tamezzodiac2862]

I mean anyone gets mad except mark Martin. He got bumped and almost shoved into the wall. Anyone who sees anything wrong with either side is a dumbass. Drivers have the right to get made and this was a fair move. Watch the interview of him kid and you will see he wasn’t mad at all anymore.

[@EverDownward]

"Bully?" Get off your soap box, dude. Earnhardt raced how he raced, it doesn't make him some 'bully.' If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Mayfield showed him he could hang, and he did.

[@bowtiezr2534]

What a fucking pussy. Its racing

[@jaymule7342]

Dale is the GOAT respect that man!!

[@guitarsANDcars39]

You're a pathetic bitch

[@RidingWithJahv]

anyone here cause of the dale jr interview?

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

Today (June 19th 2000) Marks The 20th Anniversary of This Finish

[@samuelgoodman2825]

I just wanted to rattle his cage.Classic

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Mayfield going for his second career win at Pocono! He’s going to bump gain, He bumps him! HE NUGES HIM OUT OF THE WAY, EARNHARDT GOES HIGH, MAYFIELD IS HOING TO WIN HERE AT POCONO!

[@rocknrollresignation93]

Earnhardt really got a taste of his own medicine here!

[@Mr.Sidenote]

"If you ain't living on the edge, you're taking up too much space." Maybe too close to the edge there for a while but he survived, and I hope he keeps it together.

[@nascarsignore]

this just reminds you of how good mayfeild is

[@oscarjimenezsr.716]

Until He got caught using Meth I miss that Dude

[@texnation]

I laugh at this every time I watch it.

[@TyCathey]

Not many drivers beat dale sr at his own game. This bump and run will live in my head for forever lol

[@timcons]

Best race finish I ever saw

[@d11ful1]

way to go jeremy

[@KKFan9]

100% agreed my man.

[@jimmydean5182]

@ 0:51 -- Listen to this shit

[@rolierebel0399]

LOL

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

Middle Finger Intensifies

[@dnwlogisticsllc8609]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥲

[@tylercrouch31]

4:15 Dale Congratulating Jeremy

[@nascarfanatic2425]

+Tyler Crouch If you consider flipping the bird congratulating. lol

[@tylercrouch31]

Do you flip people off using the index finger?

[@nascarfanatic2425]

+Tyler Crouch I thought he flipped him off. Still, even if it was the index finger, something tells me that Dale wasn't congratulating him. He was probably not happy w/ getting bumped.

[@tylercrouch31]

Yea I can see that. Just being facetious lol. However, Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham were test driving a dodge at Pocono in 2004 as a part of a segment NBC did. Jeremy was talking about this race as a part of the segment. He said he kind of avoided Earnhardt for awhile, then one day Dale confronted him. He asked Jeremy why he kept avoiding him. Jeremy thought Dale would be mad. Then Dale asked, "Why would I be mad?" Dale Earnhardt wasn't as condescending and hypocritical as people make him out to be. I kind of show bias because Dale Earnhardt is my all-time favorite driver.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

+Tyler Crouch I'm not saying he was like Joey Logano-level mad, more so like he was miffed the first time, then when he had time to collect his thoughts, he realized, "You know, I'd do the same thing." I know Dale wasn't that much of a hypocrite. If it ever seemed like he was going by a double-standard, it was more-so reaction than moral code.

[@sneezabonk]

One of the few guys who had the balls to do that too bad he had to ruin his life with drugs

[@Chicken_Wing91]

Fun Fact dale was not pissed about the move but Richard Childress was the one who got mad

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

You Serious?

[@Chicken_Wing91]

Watch the dale jr podcast on KZbin Richard Childress tells the whole story

[@Chicken_Wing91]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moeVlJ-JrriAfZI

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

@@Chicken_Wing91 Dale had to calm him down