The Dale Jr. Download: Surprise guest talks cheating

[@HedgerowHeathen]

This is awesome! They should do a semi-regular segment and bring in unknown/ lesser known guys for bite size stories like this!

[@Wayne_Nero]

Love that he left the trunk with JR!

[@jasonbanicki]

Agreed, especially these guys from the older days who have awesome stories like this before NASCAR got so advanced in its cheating detecting methods

[@thomasmacalpine2747]

That’s one hell of an idea

[@rickroth7640]

Jason Banicki, wasn’t Gary Nelson one of the biggest cheaters in the sport??

[@ri1288]

@@rickroth7640 oh yeah. That was one of, if not the main, reasons NASCAR hired him. He knew a lot of the tricks.

[@shannon3n8]

Ingenuity at it's finest. To have had this hotter-than-a-$4-pistol illegal AF but brilliant piece of masterful craftsmanship stored in this engineer's home loft since 1992 only to be given to Dale Jr after he said he wanted it, is like having Smoky Yunick point a crooked finger at you, givin' you a sly wink, and lettin' you run wild through the Best Damn Garage in Daytona to take anything you want. Jr is definitely stepping between the raindrops.

[@ZaxCal]

What a masterful comment.

[@donbradley250]

Shannon, I hope Jr sees this comment. Well done, you need to be a writer.

[@mikeoneil2281]

miss Shannon that is well thought out and written. young lady my hats off to you

[@psinclairjr]

Dale, Mike, Matt PLEASE have more guys like this!!! This is fantastic

[@bcrobbins5759]

I used to work for Dean and I saw this deck lid in the barn everyday. I can assure you he has WAY more stories like this to tell. He worked Leo Jackson in the '90s, Dave Marcis in the '80s and has been in racing forever.

[@mk3249]

More of this! Love old school cheating stories , because one day in like 15 years we can hear about the stuff going on today

[@howabouthetruth2157]

"The stuff going on today" in NASCAR is boring as all hell...........not to mention the entire nascar cup scene is barely even a shell of it's former self. Sorry, but there will never be the excitement, wonder, intensity, and greatness in today's nascar like there used to be, end of story. I mean for crying out loud, they're all running a generic car set up BY nascar officials nowadays. Not to mention how most of today's punk ass cup car drivers couldn't handle a 500 mile race non-stop. No Sir, today, they get to take breaks a few times throughout each race.........so they can all have ice cream & snow cones.

[@mk3249]

@@howabouthetruth2157 ok fair enough but I was kinda talking about pre Next gen stuff. Like what did hendrick have in their motors last year because the rumor was they were up a lot . Also when MTJ was dominating with Cole Oearn , what kind of stuff was in that car .

[@davidrice3337]

Yeah except for the fact that nobody will care about these dudes

[@howabouthetruth2157]

@@davidrice3337 It's damn near impossible for them to cheat nowadays anyway. And you're right, ain't nobody gonna care about these drivers. Cup racing has literally been castrated and perverted in every way a person could imagine.

[@jakeferreirafamily]

@@howabouthetruth2157sadly Ive gotta say you are right

[@byOfficialism]

This was an incredible little segment. “Cheating” stories has been my favorite thing from these podcasts with guys from previous generations, so hearing one from someone who worked on this stuff behind the scenes was amazing. Hopefully we can see more of this in the future

[@OldStreetDoc]

A “Cheater” of the highest order & regard. THAT, is amazing. Man I miss those good ole days!

[@DDD-us6uu]

I remember Andy being nervous to talk about it, love the ingenuity and was a big Harry Gant fan, so cool so much fun!! 😂😂😎

[@adallen3]

My favorite line..."They aint smart nuff to figure it out" ...meaning Nascar Inspection! They were right!

[@WastdTrashPanda]

It would be super cool if Dale took an early 90s gen 4 car, put a decklid like this on it, steel shot in the roll bars, nitrous under the seat, and all the other cheated out stuff that his guest have told him. Then give it a cool ass Dirty Mo paint scheme and kinda have it taken around to different racing venues or a museum as somewhat of a history lesson for fans as to how Ingenuity used to be done.

[@CR7659]

Even better would be to take it to a superspeedway and have someone run some hot laps in it and see how much faster it could have been

[@klk1900]

So I love this guy brought this by! This is one of the top guest in my opinion that’s ever walked in! You just can’t put a price on the cheated up parts. On my stock cars and even legend cars I used a lot of DTMF controlled devices with different radio controlled (by my spotter) he would send tones and open different vents up to change the low pressure region. Also I had 5 fins on the grill to open all of them. (Key radio: Press: 6) to open Individually. Key radio: press: 1-2-3-4-5 or if you only wanted 2 & 4 open which is what we ran 99% of the time. We would key radio: press: 2-4. Those were the good ole days. After the series put onboard cameras I knew I couldn’t be flipping switches so I had to have someone remotely run that stuff.

[@krispyminty1514]

When he said “it’s yours” Dale was thinking of all the phone calls he needs to make to have a “creative rule interpretation” area in the hall of fame.

[@twoblacklabs904]

Krispy, it definitely belongs in Harry Gant’s HOF display, once NASCAR finally gets around to being serious about inducting their greatest drivers…and quits inducting “ancillary” sanctioning body members like Mike Helton and broadcasters like Ralph Moody…

[@coalbranch]

@@twoblacklabs904 Smokey Yunick belongs in the HOF

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Dean was Dale’s Santa Clause this year…what do you get a multimillionaire famous guy? A priceless 1 of 1 1992 legendary deck-lid from Harry Gant

[@3Polenzmotorsports]

THATS BADASS... also thanks for bringing the guy in to speak about it, great story and also cool to highlight the little guys behind the scenes. Also we need a close up of it

[@tnwhiskey68]

I would like to hear from more team members of the 70s, 80s and 90s and hear their stories.

[@SGolenski]

These are the kinds of things I love watching. All of the interviews with the older guys talkin' about "shenanigans" makes me smile!

[@kerrylewis2581]

I love these stories and the personalities that tell them.

[@vamartha]

Freaking awesome! That is so very cool and what a story. I agree, more of this type of history. And he was a wonderful storyteller!

[@MrJking065]

Ok that was amazing! And I very glad he decided to share with the world.

[@richardreynolds5992]

I really hope these secrets keep working their way to us. Such a great history for the sport.

[@chrismathewsjr]

me too, i stopped watching after spingate so i like to hear the stories of actual efforts of creativity rather than rigging

[@walkerseagraves3281]

You have got the bring this man back for a full episode please!!!

[@sannyo6]

Love these videos of the engineers & the “cheating” not cheating but coming as close to… these are great stories.

[@mrwinston_thepug]

very cool. smart dude and excited to be there with Dale.

[@jimmygrimm2679]

That was actually really cool to hear about how they did all that, the full story was awesome to hear

[@bottcher927]

Such an awesome show! Love it! Races were won in the shop and I love hearing these types of stories to enlighten how! Just like where nascar comes from... Bootlegging😀

[@jasonjackson5493]

It absolutely needs to be on display at the hall of fame

[@bevnracin]

Great addition to the Bojangles Studio ! REALLY cool story,!

[@gsmith207]

Gotta love Jr and I don’t even have to be a NASCAR fan. Dude is cool and keeps me tuning in to have a chuckle. Peace

[@SJSpode114]

Love the ingenuity of the NASCAR teams back in the day…

[@codyadams5182]

Not sure if I missed it or not but Gary Nelson is a must have on the show in the future.

[@billgoodwin8742]

They have been trying to get him on, but he won't come on the show.

[@chrischrismon]

Man this was so fun to listen to, and even better to watch it. I'd love to see this thing work again

[@thomasalford9349]

Im 64 From Conway S.C Jr knows where we at he came thru every Saturday on the way to Myrtle Beach Speedway but i grew up watching Jr Johnson, Firewall Roberts on my mini-bike in the infield at Darlington, and thru the Dale Sr, Harry Gant, D.W. Rusty to name a few but i would love to hear-see more of these guys who were behind the scenes and were not recognized for there creativity, man i enjoyed this segment there are Lots more we would love to hear,bring them on!

[@AgtWashingtub]

Awesome gift to the studio/Jrs collection. Sounded a bit like the guy just wanted his space back and knows it has a good home with Dale.

[@jasonjackson5493]

Once a month we need these guys on just to talk about this

[@Slinger43]

The legendary crew-chief's, like Dale Inman, Leonard Wood, Ray Evernham ect...are absolutely not gonna be lining up to tell their cheat'n stories, but the lesser known crew-member's who never received any public credit for helping their legendary bosses create the ingenious device's, well that's a very different story now ain't it 😏 Whomever thought this segment up, freaking pure genius!!

[@DavidScercy]

I’m right down the road, Church St Mooresville. I am coming to see the deck lid soon.

[@davinwesinger3234]

Ask that dude more questions!!! Lol love it!

[@777HPNEXTGEN]

These stories are one of the coolest things about NASCAR 👍

[@wookie5007]

What a great Surprise episode as always thanks for the great content

[@mikep1085]

OMG. You have got to hook a battery up to that actuator and show us how it works! :P

[@daleirish6682]

great surprise visit. its stories like these that make me miss the old Nascar more and more.

[@MonteD1]

This is one of my favorite episodes.

[@georgehansonjr5704]

wat an awesome story...luv it 👍

[@JerryTanner_jereth]

MORE OF THIS 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 this is INCREDIBLE!!

[@duaneoldfield]

Love these kinds of stories!👍

[@91S10BAJA]

I absolutely enjoy these “ingenuity” shows. The creativity is really amazing.

[@brycesummers7998]

You need to get Tom Peck on here.. he has some good stories of his days of racing with Dale Sr.

[@jasonjackson5493]

They should take him out to one of there cars and really explain it so everybody will get the enginuity of this! It's amazing

[@bhuff4748]

Great show and content! I love old NASCAR!

[@shawniecalifornia]

The ingenuity is amazing!! Can’t wait to listen to this weeks Pod!

[@mrj3217]

Super cool of him. I love Nascar.

[@jw0rm103]

Really enjoyed this segment and love the ingenuity stories from past times!

[@markrobertdevison1227]

Now is this is a great interview. Much more interesting than the usual guest.

[@thegonz7833]

Love that guy and you brougt the content.40 year fan,this is awesome

[@KyleCapps1977]

One of the best episodes to date!

[@tofan2622]

These are the absolute best videos man. Everybody knows that all competitors across the board do whatever they can to win, so nice to hear some of the secrets!

[@Josey_Wales]

The stories just keep on getting better. Really need more guys on who knew how to skirt the rulebook from this era and before!

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

I love the detail, right down to the Bondo

[@Studio23Media]

That's so cool that he brought it to you!! This is one of my favorite Nascar cheating stories!

[@wenisinvietnam]

Cheating stories are the best

[@SDCBMS]

Great video. I love Dale Jrs podcast!!!

[@Loner2012AT]

This guy was awesome. Prob had some more stories to tell.

[@MrDredgedaddy]

How cool is that fella! You guy's podcasts are absolutely over the top. Great work.

[@kriswalker4865]

I so wish y’all had interviewed Brad Francis before he died. Brad taught Andy most everything he knew. He invented the track bar adjuster with Earnhardt Sr.

[@carlmccoy5146]

Great as always!

[@heavyhitter3185]

"They're Just Not That Smart Andy" Lmao 🤣😂...I Like His Attitude lol....

[@rockybass9764]

Best episode to date. BarNone! Just couldn’t be cooler!

[@lbhms2074]

This was amazing! These kinda people and stories are what I love seeing on DJD. Always cool to hear the juiciness of a Harvick or Mayfield pod, but man I have to stop everything I’m doing and turn the brain on to listen and analyze everything going on with the “ingenuity” discussions. Great stuff, MORE PLZ!!

[@robertdinicola9225]

We need a nascar "cheat" hall of fame. Probably be more popular than the regular one!

[@gregorydufrene121]

Would Suitcase Jake be in the top 10?

[@stephenmitchum5864]

According to Kyle Petty, The King and Dale Inman would have the most items in that hall of fame.

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

@@gregorydufrene121 without a doubt

[@conrailman]

Smoky Yunick would have his entire garge in it lol

[@robertdinicola9225]

@@conrailman for sure! Lol!😎

[@albinorhino8732]

Love cheating stories! Please do more of these. Also, love the N. Wilkesboro news (I'm late on that) Well done Jr!

[@deana8202]

Really enjoyed this guest.

[@gasolinedreams2691]

That’s freaking awesome! What an awesome story!!

[@Diecastbuffet]

I wonder all the “techniques” Larry Mac tried throughout his career on his team’s cars, I know he’s been on the show but I just love his commentary!

[@randyl1224]

Y’all have to make a display stand a n d power it up for all fans to see it operate wow what a historic piece to have and see it operate WOW

[@leehayes5509]

That is what made nascar so great back then

[@DrRockso0]

So freakin’ awesome.

[@Bigpopasmurf34]

seeing that Old 3 in the back was great, when I was a nitride operator here in reidsville n.c. I was given 300 lugnuts to harden through our nitride process. Verified count, 300 in,300 out.. each one engraved with that number 3( figured they thought some would be stolen) ,I even had a friend I took care of, Parkinson, he had a big square box ship fan from Dale's garage, had the crew in it, and in the background was that can, he would never sell it, don't know what happened to it after he died.

[@pompoms5758]

Hearing this guy is crew chiefing the #94 CARS Tour this weekend at Dominion. Everything tricked out in the #94 which is really serving as a test car for McCumbee.

[@XCaliKev]

👍😎 I never comment. That was awesome. I miss those days. Thanks Matt & Dale. First race I watched was at Riverside.

[@billlowe6883]

Great story. How did Bill Elliott make up 2 laps under green to win at Talladega in 1985?

[@chriswynn6325]

lol I been wondering this for years

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

how? That mo fo was bad fast Ernie Elliot was a cylinger head genius

[@murdiesel]

Love this!

[@bigbird5142]

Awesome show...

[@gregstaton128]

You got to love the stories that were behind the scenes. ....trying to cheat the sanctioning body is always cool

[@brittraney1]

Please show a closeup of how that works

[@MrJking065]

That would be very cool to see!

[@brettt1571]

Agreed!!!

[@timothykirkman7097]

Like hearing these odd stories great job matthew

[@G31mR]

More of this!!

[@AR-ed3xw]

4:52 while I understand needing silicone for flexibility on this application, bondo does stick to aluminum

[@munafo13]

If you told me when I was watching NASCAR as a kid in the 80s that we’d have access to this knowledge 30+ years later I’d have flipped out…

[@briantincher9284]

Damn. I wish I had that deck lid so cool and smart cheating and working in the grey are a part of NASCAR!!! Awesome!!!

[@sbblakey]

Damn I just rewatched the Petree segment a few days ago! What a surprise!

[@Kushey4025]

Pretty cool. So many people involved in Nascar that no one really knows that have really cool stories definitely something I'd watch more of

[@Jeffbambam]

This is the part of Nascar that I love ,ingenious solutions created by true craftsman which all started by running shine back in the day . ❤ it !

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

very uplifting story.

[@allmyfavs28]

If you ain't cheatin, you ain't winning 👀😜

[@davidbowles4457]

awesome show

[@JohnRoberts71]

Great content thanks for sharing

[@SRH58]

loved this!!!🤣

[@riff2072]

Good Job Mathew.

[@eddiebroderick9848]

That was so AWESOME

[@haroldfloyd5518]

There’s not much Junior enjoys more than talking about cheating.

[@patna941]

Talk to much during racing, drives some of us. Nuts! Getting so bad & so loud we have a large group ready to leave NASCAR! To many commentators talking continually through races. We want to to hear engines, spotters, drivers, etc. Please guys keep the loud mouths down!

[@Kenadams240]

That was AWESOME!!!

[@lutherrodgers8793]

Fantastic stuff

[@toyotaecw]

Dean Jones: Andy Petree used my name in vain. Also Dean Jones: All the credit for this is mine. Oh, and this beauty almost made Andy wet his pants.