2007 Daytona 500 (Full Race)

[@Thomas-ib9iu]

Tony and Kurt wreck together, both had dominant cars, 10 years later they win the Daytona 500 together.

[@SamuelLiu2001]

Did not know Tony won the Daytona 500

[@michaelzahn2014]

This was the best Daytona 500 ever in my opinion. It was full of ups and downs. And I liked the way the cars looked back then too. Lets be honest, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch had the best cars and I felt bad for them when they wrecked. And it was heartbreaking for Martin when he was that close. I wanted Mark Martin to win too, but Kevin Harvick shouldn't just have to step aside. There was $1.5 million on the line and your name is in the list of Daytona 500 champions forever.

[@nillazilla22]

This is my favorite 2000s nascar race.

[@nillazilla22]

My 3 favorite nascar is the 2007 Daytona then 2008 Daytona 500, 2006 Daytona 500.

[@SamuelLiu2001]

The best Daytona 500 is the 2001 edition.

[@tobiojo5806]

10 years ago, My Brother and I watched the 2007 Daytona 500 and we have been hooked ever since.

[@gtp_dylan_gtp6100]

This is the race that got me into NASCAR. I kinda wish though that they would bring back the single file restarts at the plate tracks. They're usually 2 by 2 after 2 or 3 laps anyway. But it's exciting watching them pull out of line and pull up along side each other.

[@alexdamone4650]

This is the race that got me into NASCAR.

[@sanmanuelracing30]

same!

[@bunkers8399]

***** same here, I remember watching it with my dad. 2 months prior, I got NASCAR Sim Racing for Christmas, that also got me into the sport.

[@henryguo9105]

+Alex Damone Same Here!!

[@seandamenacee4767]

Same here man

[@tobiojo5806]

same here

[@bunkers8399]

I remember this race. I was in the 2nd grade watching this with my dad. I was SO sad that David Gilliland didn't win. (I only liked him because of his car)

[@zayteer1657]

Now your married

[@lukehall5070]

(My opinion ) best Daytona 500 race in history

[@FunkyMKW]

God, I miss the sound of those engines.

[@zayteer1657]

Hi are you there?

[@andrewhayes88]

Thanks for posting! Eventhough it was a fantastic race, I never did enjoy the Daytona 500 starting in the mid afternoon and ending in the night. Daytona at night was what made the July race special. Glad they moved it back to a 1:00pm est start time in 2010

[@bUdDh1stPsYcHo]

I had a nascar DVD that had this and the 2003 darlington race on it as bonus features. Got so stoned and watched this race so many times. Good stuff.

[@automan224]

This race is a milestone for my life as a NASCAR Fan The year prior I became a NASCAR fan, my first NASCAR Race I saw was the July New Hampshire Busch Series race, my first Nextel Cup race was the Watkins Glenn race So this race was not only my first Daytona 500 but also the start of my first full NASCAR season. And unlike many other interests in my life that would come and go and after some time has passed I'll go back into it my interest in NASCAR never dwindled. Sure I followed some seasons closer than others but my interest in NASCAR has never left Going on 11 years

[@jodymann5993]

I really really love watching these old Nascar racing a whole whole lot and I still watching Nascar racing right now

[@nascarfanatic2425]

I think if Mark had taken a bold block to the outside, he may have had a chance to hold off Harvick to win the 500. It's a real shame.

[@jgonascar]

If he blocked Harvick then Kyle Busch would have gotten a run and took the lead

[@nascarfanatic2425]

jgonascar If Harvick didn't check up, though, he would've simply pushed Mark by Kyle.

[@DerrickRG]

@@jgonascar lol no.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

@@jgonascar He and Kenseth Would Still Crash

[@wxracer23]

got to love nascars inconsistent caution flags

[@michaeldeitch3642]

And from that day on I was officially hooked.

[@sesselfurzer2000]

Those cars sound so much better than the ones they drive now..

[@deathrooster14]

As a stewart fan, this hurt my soul. :/

[@143Bubb]

+deathrooster14 Same

[@mofoprada]

The 2001 EA Sports 500 and this year's fall Talladega race are the epitome of Nascar. Those are some of the best races you will ever see. Period.

[@CO47.]

I watch this every once in a while hoping it was all a nightmare and Mark actually brought it home, heartbreaking

[@SamuelLiu2001]

I don’t know, you tell me

[@SWiFTMK7]

I was at this race. Time really flies man. Wish I could go back

[@zachhatten261]

So glad NASCAR did away with the single file restarts.

[@TheAllisterMac]

the double file restart and green white checkered are the most exciting rules ever passed in nascar in my opinion

[@zachhatten261]

***** despite your username I support your opinion. War Eagle

[@gordonfan200]

I watch the final ten laps from that race all the time, and the racing amazes me every time.

[@mattbachman1]

Honestly overall maybe my favorite nascar race in my many years of watching...if they had stuck with these cars I'm sure we'd have more races like this

[@lukehall5070]

I still rember watching g this whole race thing should give u chills

[@RustyisGreat5]

I remember this from I was about 6 I remember it from the afternoon into the night and I thought martin won lol

[@izswagbulll3644]

Hey it's my old account haha I was about six watching this to ^

[@RustyisGreat5]

Izswagbull l cool! I really thought Martin Won cuz I liked Mark Martin

[@denverthuggit]

I miss these old cars

[@laughinclown88]

Ive been watching NASCAR since 1995 and this was the best finish in a 500 I have ever seen.

[@ivanlechuga8437]

we need more races like this

[@K9RacingAndStuff]

I've been watching more and more Gen 4 plate races, and really I quite enjoy it. Not as much as I enjoyed Gen-5 racing once teams started figuring out tandem-drafting (I honestly hated it when NASCAR tried to restrict what the drivers could do with that package, especially since it was actually safe to push through the corners with the Gen 5s given a good leader and pusher), but the style of racing wasn't as impure in my mind as it was in say, the 2009 Amp Energy 500.

[@davecarsley8773]

1:34:50 - 1:35:30 Funniest. Forty. Seconds. Ever! Great time for a Tony Stewart Vignette, Fox. Lol

[@kimmidgley5655]

Kurt had a winning car for sure

[@RustyisGreat5]

Yeah like he always does

[@lawfrmtheave]

The Tony and Big Busch wreck was surprising.

[@75ProductionzHD]

Thanks for the post, this was a great race!

[@shakefl]

that 22 probably thought he was driving on nr2003 :P

[@OfflineNetwork]

MIND BLOWN

[@Tomsbananacakes]

I still think to this day, this is one of the top 5 greatest NASCAR races of all time.

[@unknown0508]

God, I was only 5 months back then, this was the good old days

[@TheSTATiiCchannel]

the thing that's funny is people said 2 car tandum racing was much better LOL. THIS is racing. i agree with you bro.

[@TheBaseballLiker]

The cars need to race and sound like this again.

[@tiewoneward8666]

These cars look so awesome and bring a lot of good memories.And I Think Nascar Should Go Back To Sine File Restarts What Do You Guys Think

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

These Gen 4 cars looked cooler and the engines sounded better, but I'm sure the drivers don't miss them. They were tight and fragile. Something as simple as a fender bender could've ended your day.

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

I think they should make a safe car that sounds fast and looks fast and feels fast and can draft and looks like the Gen4... Oh, wait the Gen 6 IS that car

[@gtp_dylan_gtp6100]

I noticed that there was A LOT of trash flyin' around that you can see throughout the video.

[@mofoprada]

Well said. This year's fall Talladega race was the '01 EA Sports 500's equivalent.

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

Also what happens if your the leader and you lap a car below the yellow line on the plate tracks? Is there no harm no foul there since your not advancing a position

[@dgcloser24]

One of the best 500's

[@chrism7634]

for a non nascar fan you couldnt have a better exhibit for why they should watch..as a harvick fan i still remember screaming and running through my house and cussing in front of my grandma..fresh off my 18th birthday days earlier.

[@warrioroftheroads]

man I remember this one, my dad is a Jr fan and wuit watchin this race after he crashed out, my mom has always been a Mark Martin fan and she freaked out when he lost, and little ol me (about 12 years old) was cheerin at the top of my lungs when Harvick won, I've been a Harvick fan since hewon his first race, mainly because I was a Earnhardt Sr. fan (even at the age of 5 I was a huge Earnhardt fan), it's goin to be sad when he moves away from RCR, I wish he would try to stay with Richard.

[@grassman9622]

I miss those old cars

[@MonsterJamFilms]

was this the first race with the COT?

[@remaster1981]

I wish i could like this a trillion times. Soooooo sick of this tandem BS, its not racing. Dale Sr must be really pissed off at what has happened to nascar.

[@MegaChevyman14]

The engines sound better.

[@flyer2359]

2009 was a planned night race, that's why it was night when it started raining. The rain never postponed the race, it just ended it when it started it.

[@DionEngels]

You don't miss the cars, at least you shouldn't, you miss the style of racing. These new cars are way safer and without them a lot of drivers would be in danger, and nobody wants that. This racing is awesome though...

[@steedyg20]

Probably the strongest car Tony ever had at Daytona, and this was back when the car mattered

[@SuperCometa1]

no it was later that year. The COT had different spoilers and splitters.

[@thebuzzy537]

I honestly loved this race. I hate how closely packed they are these days

[@TheCreepyPastaMaster]

The shock from even the production crew when they came back to commercial like they knew Tony or Kurt were gonna win if that wreck never happened

[@izswagbulll3644]

I actually met Bowyer the week after this wreck and got his autograph

[@mofoprada]

Well said. It's a shame. That would have been one very popular win.

[@MultiWWEfan2012]

4 full time teams w/ 1 part time team. they are allowed to have an associate team. take stewart haas racing (formerlly haas cnc racing) have technical support from hendrick motorsports, richard petty motorsports from roush fenway, etc.

[@flyer2359]

THey planned them to go from day to night. The 2010-2012 Daytona 500s have all been planned to be 100% day. 2010 the pothole didn't allow a daytime finish, 2011 was a daytime finish, 2012 was rained out so it was Monday night.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

2012 ended up being a Monday night-early Tuesday morning finish

[@DrewGo24]

The first race for the COT was a few weeks later a Bristol

[@Kboman]

No, he is a race car driver. Real racing drivers race to win no matter what.

[@pennywise7160]

Yea my mind wasn't blown. I'm so glad they don't sound like that anymore. I like the deep mean sound so much better today.

[@chiefsonic24]

Best and most heartbreaking Daytona 500

[@wildfast88]

we probably would have had more chances of death as well, i would love to see this kind of racing again but i don't think it's completely the new cars fault that we don't have these fantastic finishes. The pavement at Daytona is another reason that we had the two car tango racing but now we have minimized that and the racing isn't as bad

[@freezeframe924]

2nd best daytona 500 behind earnhardts win in '98

[@whoasked9500]

Eh, the 1979 and 1999 races were good. And 2002.

[@mofoprada]

I'm usually not very sympathetic towards Kurt Busch, especially the last few years, but I felt for him in this race. He was very remorseful & extremely critical of himself at 1:39:50. That was not Kurt's fault. Tony clipped the apron & Kurt had no where to go. Racing deal.

[@dumbshitblog]

I remember watching this... i was bummed when stewart crashed... i could have sworn he was gunna win.

[@thisguy652]

He got the lead by taking two but he also might have lost the race for taking two. Fantastic race

[@badcatmcconell1324]

Man,you tuned in for the beginning of the end of restrictor plate racing. You want exciting,watch the restrictor plate races from about 2005 back. Back before these cars were all built exactly the same.

[@trscott5]

"when these guys on the outside get side by side with these cars, they're done" 29rollin

[@KRT049]

Thats bullshit on the first comment, there was not a single fatality in the 2003-2007 car, they still use them in ARCA safely. The new car is safer, but its aero properties cause boring races. Another reason why we have tandem drafting is because the CoT bumpers line up. Not to mention the old car sounds way better, it was one of the main reasons why I watched plate races.

[@TheLennyLegoShow]

They show the on-board of Bowyer's flip at the end. Did the camera break or something?

[@redtheangrybird4207]

The Lenny Leggo Show It broke when the car went upside down and got hit by Joe Nemechek and Juan Pablo Montoya at the end.

[@Kboman]

This makes my top 3 of all time best superspeedway driving. it takes hell of a lot of skill to keep that momentum going that long. and the driving by Harvick from 20 laps to go is just amazing to me. Mark REALLY deserved that win, but i think he knows that he got beat by one hell of a driver, and he can be proud that it took such a great performance to beat him.

[@justinlesher2622]

I miss the sounds of these cars.

[@fishinginiowa8166]

The only reason Mark Martin lost that daytona 500 was because Harvick hit mark Martin in turn three and four on the last lap when DW said mark got loose. I hate Harvick mark Martin was my favorite driver

[@bakinginheat9201]

that's the 2002 race you're thinking of

[@Racing2733]

craziest 500s ever are 1976, 1979, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

[@ston3s]

I got so excited I broke the damn mirror in half ...lol!

[@Cmpowell83]

Yep he would race on and off that year. Then they installed a rule where you can only have it's either 5 or 4 cars to a team.

[@DerrickRG]

The 8 car was absolute trash that day. As a Jr fan, I was glad to see him wreck that piece of shit that day.

[@RDarth]

Damn shame for Stewart. This was his best shot(so far) at a 500 win. I know he got loose but it's still Kurt Busch's fault, just for being in the cup series along with his baby sister.

[@denverthuggit]

In a sense yea. I also miss cars that drive well in traffic, have good downforce, and LOOK like racecars

[@S7VolTagE]

bogide bogide bogide lets go racing daytona style

[@cjbuford4536]

That 38 car was the fastest car in the field, and it wasn't close. Too bad Yates hired an idiot like Gilliland to completely waste its speed.

[@whoasked9500]

To be fair to David, RYR was in its downward spiral.

[@RCMizK3w1]

Probably one of the best finishes in recent memory, however, the first 195 laps of this race were pretty boring.

[@ReaperRacing]

RCMizK3w1 lol 69% brothat? what the fuck did i just type...

[@whoasked9500]

56:33 CRANK IT UP!

[@larry8030]

Harvick went from 7th to 1st in 2 laps

[@jrfan07]

Honestly I don't think that situation has ever occurred lol!. Chances are nascar would frown upon it, whether or not they would penalize the leader is questionable because they wouldn't actually be "improving their position", so I doubt they would black flag them. Probably get a warning though.

[@brentanic]

Was this Toyota's first ever Cup race?

[@donsperrazza2151]

Brentanic yes it was

[@aquagon]

If you count them for being in the truck series back in 2004-2005.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

They Did Goody's Dash in 2001

[@bakinginheat9201]

look up 2001 EA sports 500. It'll blow your mind.

[@mreed91]

Well, the 2001 Talladega 500 was caution-free, as well as the 2002 EA Sports 500.

[@5002mrellek]

whats that thing at 28:16?

[@ReaperRacing]

Keller Dean a bag

[@XxSaucyHMS48xX]

the days when you could actually have pack racing instead of single file for 180 laps

[@rockypc24]

the finish was like a well oiled train derail

[@Pwrsongs]

1:35.02 "Look for me on the final laps..." " There goes Tony... Oh my Godness..."

[@ellenreed5694]

1:35:02

[@SamuelLiu2001]

I miss Dale Earnhardt.

[@bakinginheat9201]

if only michael waltrip could have won it... he gets a lot of shit but he deserved that one...

[@lemkelegion]

Anyone found it funny when DW said "Bowyers on fire"