2002 Daytona 500 - The Big One *Live and Extended*

[@EmperorLemon]

0:12 That was one terrible test drive.

[@oliversoderberg299]

yyesss you are watching a classic big one! in all your glory!! Love you emp!

[@jagerreal]

Yeah he is, check out his never ever episode on dale sr, truly a good documentary on dale srs life.

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Woah, the legend EmpLemon himself!

[@Trainlover1995]

"How about a test drive?" *Cuts back to Big One* Must have been a bad test drive.

[@jdbrisentine2615]

BNSF1995 hope they had insurance on that taurus

[@cookie1749]

BNSF1995 I laughed so hard when that happened

[@racerboyjeff362]

If you notice, a phone starts ringing in the back ground too. Must have a call for the presenters!

[@elshowdehugo2926]

That ford taurus didn't look good at all after that test drive

[@luisy.gonzalez6469]

"That's a bunch of 'em - oh my goodness!" Part of why I love Allen Bestwick.

[@ajurski24]

wait wait wait wait wait........ Did they cut from commercial to show the wreck live? what a time that used to be in NASCAR broadcasting.

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

I've seen Fox do that at the Daytona 500 and Aaron's 499 this year.

[@GGRTL1]

They even held off the commercial break in 2003 because the wreck was happening.

[@tyracer24]

They used to do that regularly for wrecks at these tracks... anytime there was a wreck they came back live now we are lucky if they do it at all...

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

If the internet was as prevalent in 2002 as it is today, you know that test drive commercial would've been memed to death

[@jrfan07]

most definitely lol

[@kevinalejandrocalderon8692]

"how bout a test drive?" ..... everybody crashes

[@epicrottencheese5425]

At least it has a five star safety rating.

[@ItsABeautifulDay.]

-cuts back to the BIGGIST one ever

[@smithfield7304]

Glad they picked that commercial

[@JonsMovies104]

On second thought I’m good

[@DavidJameson89]

Ward Burton avoiding this wreck was the move of the race for sure.

[@q-tip4723]

Was that the #4 Kodak?

[@zanemarte9877]

22 Caterpillar Dodge

[@stephenholloway6893]

That move by Ward, plus Marlin's blunder, equals Daytona 500 win.

[@AlonsoRules]

Imagine if Ward Burton didn't make it through, we'd probably be talking about Elliott Sadler as a Daytona 500 winner!!

[@TimiVision1]

I'm guessing that test drive didn't go so well

[@IMMADUMMY48]

Well how about a test drive? Moments later the big one takes place.

[@robertbrooks1275]

lol I always thought that was funny

[@goldengategameplays9235]

An Test Drive?! No way, Your car will get wrecked for no compete reason.

[@jackjohnson9603]

How bout a test drive? *sees wreck* ya we actually don't feel like getting a car anymore

[@ChucksPullingVideos]

Back when NASCAR broadcasts still had good theme music. That song heard at the end of this video is Fuel by Metallica. Also, R.I.P. Benny Parsons, one of the best commentators to ever live, great racer too.

[@aidenschmieding796]

0:17 That's A Bunch Of 'em Oh My Goodness

[@Berry12TVoice]

Amazing amount of smoke that used to come off those tires as they skidded.

[@aidenschmieding796]

3:10 How Did Ward Burton Get Through That Wow

[@twistedaxles9126]

0:14 Well How About A Test Crash? *Race Cuts Back To The Big One* *P E R F E C T*

[@pjartistics]

LOL! That couldn’t come off the perfect timing 🤣

[@TheJudoJoker]

@@pjartistics really showed off that 5 star safety rating

[@pepsibottleq]

I remember this live and it scared the piss outta me when they interuppted the commercial, lol

[@instantreactions21]

I rember watching this live and then they cut from commercial and our tv was LOUD and all that metal crunching was one of the crazyist things ive ever heard

[@Zoomer30_]

Blocking is NASCARS version of "fu@k around and find out"

[@Railer61]

I remember watching this race live, I saw the way the car went right as it faded to commercial and thought "This is gonna be a big wreck" Like I could sense it. And low and behold commercial was cut short to see cars scattered everywhere.

[@beetertruk88]

First NASCAR race I went to. I was bummed my fav two drivers harvick and junior got caught up in that wreck.

[@ryanmorrison3699]

3:10... "How did Ward Burton get through that?" Because the winner is supposed to get through.

[@Stealthcola]

I remember this, right before the break I saw gordon go low and I said, OH SHIT!!! Then they came back to the crash.

[@josephpichirallo]

I'm assuming the NBC feeds were timed slightly different. Cuz I remember seeing that bumper cam of Harvick before commercial and it showed Gordon going low, but it stayed live long enough to show Harvick wiggle from the contact. I said to my dad at his Daytona 500 party that they were wrecking when it went to commercial. And they immediately cut back from commercial and there it was...

[@gth804f]

RIP Bobby Hamilton and Benny Parsons

[@pionelpessi707]

And John Andretti

[@ItsABeautifulDay.]

I just noticed. When they go back to commercials. The first commercial is the one the interuppted. The test drive of death.

[@Monkeyball480]

Ok thanks Buggy. I just typed in 2002 Daytona 500 part 1 and couldn't find it. But I guess since you are going to post it i can watch it. When do you think you will have it up?

[@stephenholloway6893]

1 other car, the 55 car driven by the late Bobby Hamilton (who died years later after his career ended) was also had smoke. However, I can't tell if it too caught on fire.

[@BadBooking]

Very good call on that one. And I think since everyone survived, "Thumbs up Doc!"

[@jrfan07]

yea i can remember watching it live back then and i can remember there being a harvick onboard, couldnt find it though.

[@naswii4360]

How about a test drive? They failed the test drive.

[@HomeDepot20TS]

Same here. Ya knew it was coming. Kudos to jrfan for postin it with the break to commercial and the bust-out as it happened. Since its a crash I won't say great clip but definately an interesting one.

[@ItsABeautifulDay.]

0:12 the 'test drive' goes to hell

[@LukeL007]

I remember this when it happened, it was caused by NASCAR allowing sideview mirrors and Harvick went for the block but forget that "objects in mirror are closer then they appear"

[@jrfan07]

@PhilipTheBigOne yes i seen, i counted 20 cars actually. and the last lap of this years aarons 312 also had a wreck consisting of about 20 cars.

[@AndyMarquisLIVE]

do you have the first 10 minutes of this broadcast

[@purwantiallan5089]

Man i remember this 1 alot 18 years later i mean this: how about a test drive 3 seconds later CRASH

[@Gforcebond]

i remember watching this live and just before they went to commercial i remember saying to myself there is gona be a wreck lol

[@kevinalejandrocalderon8692]

you called it

[@BarryJowers]

I remember Harvick's first 3 or 4 years the drivers complained about how poor of a superspeedway driver he was, now they talk about him as one of the best.

[@SilentDanDisney]

He won this race in 2007 and got better at it.

[@gageb28-95]

I think he tried to say turns 1&2 but it came out wrong. Also the same commercial came up at the end of the wreck as the start lol

[@RDarth]

This was the 2nd year in a row that the big one happened during commercial. Geez that sucks.

[@nickbrincks]

I wish they still cut out of commercials for this stuff...

[@IamTheShermanator]

@jrfan07 I know this was two years ago, but with the recent repave, I think the possibilities for another wreck like this in the 500 have skyrocketed.

[@jrfan07]

what about the 2005 Aarons weekend at Talladega, 19 cars in the Busch race and 25 in the Cup race

[@jamestaylor4480]

There were actually 28 in the Cup Series race

[@PYLrulz1984]

what jrfan said. The COT certainly helps keeps a car from breaking completely loose, however, you still have to realize, when you bunch a lot of cars up, and someone starts spinning, that wing aint gonna help you out much.

[@andrewr7982]

Damn that test drive

[@gmjssc]

Well, there are exceptions every few years, but in that wreck, there wasn't alot of slamming and bumping between cars, it was mostly a bunch of cars wadding into a coherent mass and sliding together. Like a group hug:)

[@maxipads1441]

I love rudd's view! lol , ok ford wtf? whats with showing the commercial before the wreck again???? lol

[@TheDayZCowboy90]

I remember watching this with my dad. I've never seen him laugh so hard at a race when marlin got out under red flag to fix his fender

[@jamestaylor4480]

You can't work on your car under the red flag, that's the NASCAR rule. You're not allowed to work on your car under the red flag.

[@osubuckeyes14]

3:09 - "How did Ward Burton get through that. Wow." FORESHADOWING!

[@TDDDDDDDO]

How about a test drive? FORESHADOWING

[@Anthony_Stuart]

@CoolNala that's how the big one has started more often than not for many years now

[@unde4dmemesauce]

It is weird that Dale Jr was in it, but they did not see or count him as a car in the wreck

[@stephenholloway6893]

Actually Allen said Jr towards the the end of the clip. As for Jimmie they probably didn't know at the time that he was involved.

[@DillonMurway]

Back when big ones were actual big ones

[@thatwolverinefan_85]

0:16 An bad testing drive.

[@MovieLover1995]

Bill Elliott was the only one out of Ray Evernham's 3 cars that wasn't involved.

[@jamestaylor4480]

Ray Evernham was gonna put 4 of his Dodges in the 2002 Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

[@MrBurney12]

@jrfan07 Yeah your right, u can tell by the cars and it rained out the end of the race in 2003

[@JerrellWoolford]

I was rootin for Ricky Rudd in that race, he almost got through it. i miss seeing him in a racecar. He had a great career though.

[@racingenergy1217]

I guess that test drive didn’t go to well.

[@day500champ15]

Well, I guess Harvick learned the old saying, "you get one shot but not two."

[@tylerfugate9984]

Ok so I could see most of the cars involved. Who was involved total?

[@kornnut43]

I remember this wreck quite well. Having seen what is in this video, just as they go to commercial, I knew exactly what happened before I even saw the replay. Harvick threw the block on Gordon's big run once, then a second time. I dunno about you, but that late in the Daytona 500, I don't think any other driver would do any different than what Gordon did. Harvick is equally at fault for putting himself into that position.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@jrfan07 I think a wreck that big already happened, at Talladega in the Nationwide Series a couple times now. I know for a fact there was one in 2008, and there was a massive wreck just this spring.

[@ToroRosso20]

See what happens when you test drive a Ford. A big wreck takes place.

[@jasondavis9798]

Was Danica Patrick driving

[@continentalrcinglg]

@Lights0ut1109 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. This happened on lap 147. The '03 500 didn't complete that many laps. It got shortened due to rain.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

@PhilipTheBigOne There were 22 cars in the Coke Zero 400 big one.

[@godzilla3h]

this was my 1st nascar race i wached wow it was great

[@erichlippert9097]

My Dad and I were there. Crazy finish.

[@HomeDepot20TS]

Ditto on pulling for Ricky. That Havoline Taurus was rollin.

[@austinsteed1581]

Man I miss this broadcasting crew doing the 500

[@BreakfastConnoisseur]

"How bout I test drive?" Big one happens immediately

[@drosera88]

"How about a test drive?" ....as the camera cuts to a bunch of crashing cars. At least it had a five-star safety rating.

[@jabber1990]

ever since I saw this live I was wondering, who was that who caught on fire?

[@ZKillsTheRevived]

WHERE did martin wreck?!?!?!?

[@danwaltz315]

18 cars wow.

[@jrfan07]

when i say boxy i dont mean like a square, i mean they werent all stretched out and streamline with a huge left front fender and the right rear pushed over. i dont know what to think anymore, aint nothing we can do but watch i spose, cot is here for good now so lets just wait and see.

[@Cre47]

Is it me but Gordon seem to have been the instigator of many big ones in restrictor plates races or part of what started the Big one

[@DJK83]

+Cre47 In this case, Harvick was 100% at fault, as he clearly came down on Gordon.

[@kben24]

It's just you

[@spicylegado8893]

Nope. its just you.

[@Ibelikemj]

I honestly can't remember a time besides a race in the late 90's at Talladega.

[@JJA1987]

I don't think that's true - Harvick 4 damn sure started big wrecks multiple times

[@TheFwr45]

yes he did, was let go halfway through the season

[@jrfan07]

@Lights0ut1109 haha nope it's 2002. There wasn't a big one in the 2003 event lol.

[@zanemarte9877]

jrfan07 Another thing is that this race was broadcasted by NBC according to the original contract that had NBC and FOX sharing coverage for the season.

[@Anthony_Stuart]

one could argue that the 1999 race was one of the best races in history, classic duel between gordon and earnhardt, but most of the race was a bit dull, i'll agree with that

[@trainboy32]

17 got involved in the big one in the 500 on lap 29

[@EricEbac22]

When did they throw the red flag, or was it thrown at all?

[@ZeBishop488]

The one when sterling marlin pulled the fender came later in the race.

[@stephenholloway6893]

Kenny Wallace, in the 1 car who was filling in for Steve Park at the time.

[@jrfan07]

haha well, its a matter of opinion i guess, and yours is as such. you a harvick fan?

[@sumkedd6421]

there were 18 cars in the 2001 Daytona 500 wreck, the year before, strange 0_0

[@Maverick33]

sum kedd actually 19 cars in 2001

[@zanemarte9877]

Tyler Fugate That's true one car Ron Hornaday got scrapped by Ward Burton, but was able to finish though he was one lap down from an earlier pit road penalty during green flaf stops.

[@gmjssc]

What's going on, I didn't post this!

[@nascarfan660]

Did he really say turn 22 while onboard with Jr?

[@orangekiwi2]

did anyone get badly hurt or killed

[@zanemarte9877]

No

[@allabouthewaves4354]

not a jr fan but at :54 they tell us every other driver but THAT BRIGHT RED CAR. It even has a #8 on it. could it be Dale Jr or is it Jeff Gordon da fuck

[@EricEbac22]

Dale, Jr.; Jeff Gordon got through the wreck and finished in the top five.

[@zakkmiller924]

@Lights0ut1109 definately 2002, look at the paintschemes

[@osubuckeyes14]

in turn 22???

[@DKrueger1994]

Why is it every time a awesome wreck happens during a commercial break?

[@reshiram202]

at least this one was perfectly timed

[@DKrueger1994]

Hell yeah it did

[@NathanielPuente]

how the hell do they not mention jr :48-1:42

[@Jrl24rules39]

I think he said turns 1 and 2

[@Thors_Garage]

I was at this race and I remember this

[@NemechekFan87]

lol and were back 0:17

[@RedGamer1991]

It was 2002 look at the difference of the rear of the car.

[@zanemarte9877]

They got rid of the wicker bills, changed the angle of the rear spoiler, and also got rid of those additional roof spoilers causing the "too close for comfort" draft effects. That's what's different with these cars.

[@timidobserver]

yeah right. he didn't break the unwritten rule that "if your ass is beat right there, don't fuck around". He should've had the sense to say "can't do that, lemme draft in the turn and try passing again later".

[@jrfan07]

yup, and im gonna miss the old car in ganeral, i like the idea of making the cars safer and whatnot, and making the cars boxier should produce better racing...but is that splitter really necessary???...and a wing???. Should've just made the cars like they were in the late 90's...with improved safety.

[@jrfan07]

@thosepeeps1234554321 Go for it bud :) A lot of these aren't even my captures to begin with, so I will likely be removing them, since the entire race is on youtube anyway. Get em' while you can :P

[@CoolNala]

This proves you can't block other drivers like Harvick did here!