Awesome Finish to Race 1 of IROC XXV at Daytona

[@cgreenwrmn8]

I remember seeing an interview with Cheever. He said that after the race, Earnhardt came over to him and he was a little scared to come out. However, Earnhardt was smiling and told him he looked forward to him bringing his best to the next race. Cheever was so sad to see him die... he cried in the interview.

[@dangerzone24]

anyone have the post race interviews? loved when cheever looked at Dale with fear in his eyes, and Dale just smiled and said, "it's ok, i never hit a man sittin in a car" or something to that effect!

[@beetertruk88]

Cheever told Earnhardt “I owe you an apology”. I think Cheever knew he screwed up and Earnhardt never needed to swing on anybody and he was still feared!

[@benjiaustin7787]

I remember Jarrett saying “nobody else could have saved that car except Dale Earnhardt “

[@sbmrunning]

just something about those iroc engines! they just sound different than anyother race car out there! i love em!

[@CoryFinchProductions]

Wow... GREAT driving by Jarrett and also Earnhardt

[@JacobHernandez]

Eddie went to Dale to apologize and Dale put his arm around Eddie saying "were alright man, were allright".

[@Jasper1815]

Man Jarrett looked BADASS on that last lap!!!!!

[@damnyankeefl]

I was there .probably the most fun I ever had at a race track. RIP DALE

[@49GMC]

this race was iroc's peak. was never the same without the best stock car driver ever.

[@de31168]

That was a pretty awesome finish. Thanks for posting it! I captured this and had it on TBK years ago.

[@e521soediv]

Bring BACK IROC!

[@bplagg09]

I’m here because Jerry Punch in the DJD

[@coledoesthings4618]

Haha me too!

[@ChowderedRust]

damn those are some pretty cars

[@SlyHobbit]

This is why I miss seeing Dale race. God I miss him so bad.

[@gth804f]

Earnhardt pissy about dirty racing. Like he never did that to the entire rest of the field. Tony Stewart of his day.

[@DewkChronic]

The next IROC race they give the pole to Dale. RIP Champ

[@mssunshine66]

NOBODY but Earnhart could do that... NOBODY.... R I P MY MAN...per jhf

RIP #3 Dale Earnhardt Sr.

[@ThreeRiversRC]

Dale saved it, thats a true racer!

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

@knoxstar15 Did you actually READ my post? If you had, you would've noticed that I never mentioned the need for unregulated, unlimited blocking. I was refering to what Cheever did to Jarrett on the backstretch on the last lap. Cheever blocked the inside line and forced Jarrett to the middle of the track. Cheever stayed on the inside and Jarrett went past him. It was aggressive and clean, and the sort of racing I want to see in NASCAR.

[@arenasnow]

They ran only eleven cars for the other three races and retired the #3 when they decided to let drivers use the car numbers they're most associated with, so Helio Castroneves ran #03 in his future appearances, for instance.

[@slewy123]

is was a busch race just forgot the year...amazing save

[@DsturbedFan728]

THAT is why dale earnhardt was the best ever

[@bigelile07]

@@whoasked9500 RP won 60 races and 4 championships in the modern era. Which is great by any driver's standards, but the 200 wins and 7 champions is a joke. Before the modern era, he ran more races (2-3 times a week) against fewer competitors (14 cars in the field at dirt tracks?) and won a LOT of those races due to attrition. In 1971 he won 21 out of 46 races. Although there were some good (and a few HOFers in those races), he had the best sponsor (STP = Money) and faster cars....not to mention the "bending" of the rules he got away with. Kyle's 200+ wins are much more impressive...IMO.

[@whoasked9500]

@@bigelile07 I wasn't too smart when I made that comment. I believe now that Dale was the best.

[@bigelile07]

@@whoasked9500 Didn't expect that response. lol. There is a case to be made that David Pearson was better than Petty (head-to-head) considering that he was a part time driver. When you have time read this www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=2629

[@pickitup7008]

Such a good race! Thanks for posting

[@BigWheelHawaii]

Only Earnhardt, Gordon, Tony or Kyle could of saved that car, what a talent Dale was, Great Talent...... Sure miss da Man,,,, Great Human Being,,,

[@easyenetwork2023]

Helped he knew he was going in though.

[@ToroRosso20]

Did Tony Stewart do the same move in the Busch Race in 2005 that Earnhardt did in this IROC Race?

[@dangerzone24]

wish we had the end clip where cheever was afraid to get out of the car because dale was waiting for him! dale's great comment to him "don't worry, I never hit a man in a racecar!"

[@miltabib]

That`s crazy as you can get !!

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

Who were the other broadcasters with Bob Jenkins?

[@WillG75]

Definitely wasn't the last time Cheever made a stupid move.

[@Daytonohrailfan]

i dont think it was out of line i meant dale sr did it a lot too so wats the diffnces

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

@Asylum31 They should call THAT the "Pass in the Grass". :D

[@Asylum31]

@UltimateWheelman In the 1987 Winston Western 500 at Riverside, Earnhardt passed Bodine on the grass when Bodine got held up by a slower car.

[@motorsportsfanforlife5599]

Imagine if this was how the 2020 Busch Clash had finished

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

What's with this whole "pass in the grass" thing? In 1987, Earnhardt didn't pass Elliot. Elliot was trying to pass Earnhardt, but Dale kept Elliot behind him. Here, Earnhardt didn't pass anybody. He lost places. Anyway, Earnhardt is LEGEND. The most aggressive racer ever. I personally prefer Petty because Petty was the very definition of DOMINANCE, but Earnhardt was the very definition of GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!!! :D Love em both.

[@Sunoco]

@UltimateWheelman No idea. Dale did things much more epic and crazy than that. Don't know why people focus on it so much.

[@mafiabrett]

Now just imagine if they made the entire Sprint Cup rooster use these cars... all equal omg it would be awsome

[@xJohnx228x]

IROC cars had hand-me-down cup engines. I believe that now that NASCAR needs their engines bc of economy, they dont have the money for IROC

[@mengers06]

sharp's from CT and i've ridden in one of bodine's bobsleds... ironic. lol

[@DewkChronic]

didn't notice that Dale was driving a green racecar

[@easyenetwork2023]

Bodine defending Dale is funny though.

[@JRracing0116]

who where the annoucers for this race??

[@WSBT960]

Kind of like what Cheever did to Marco Andretti at the Glen in '06

[@Tanglepelt1]

lol the guy commentating sounds like Joey Logano

[@KColleyTV]

He actually shook his hand after the race. Weird.

[@JeffRogers99]

@RazorRC3 You mean a Real Wrecker

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

Also, this is the sort of racing I want to see!!! I want drivers to be allowed to block! I absolutely HATE "after you" racing, which is what NASCAR is. They need to allow the drivers to FIGHT each other like they did here.

[@MortifiedPenguin275]

@freshgeek89 Cheever's greatest regret is not racing against Dale at the next IROC race at Talladega.

[@word360]

This was just before the Daytona 500 race were Dale was killed in.

[@JacobHernandez]

Yes

[@Daytonohrailfan]

well it takes one to know one

[@burtonfan2]

earnhardt was the greatest

[@penske369]

o my, Sharp and Geoff Bodine....bad analysts

[@jwim3969]

Oh poor earnhardt got a taste of his own medicine 🤣

[@vidEvWill]

Yeah, 'cept Stewart had enough time to gather it back it up and win.

[@sidellr]

get over yourself and the payback bull.....the save he made there is impossible at those speeds.

[@mvgsports]

Who are the color commentators, they're awful!

[@JeffRogers99]

open your eyes stop eating the crap nascar feeds you about being a hero or a good ole boy its right in the video he turns right