Andy Petree Playing Mind Games with NASCAR Drivers

[@supersevenn]

i had a driver complain to me about the pedal position, so i go in and adjust them. He tries it out and they feel better but still not where he wants. So i go in and adjust them again to where they topped out and there was no more adjustment. Driver tries them out and they are better but still not where he wants. So instead of telling him there is no more adjustment, i go in down to the pedals, make some noise with a wrench, stay there longer than the other 2 times, i dont do anything cuz there is no more adjustment and tell him "there, try it out now" and low & behold the driver says "PERFECT!" lol

[@scottburrow8717]

I absolutely love when these older retired crew chiefs come on your show and tell about all the things that they cheated it’s great!

[@irongoatrocky2343]

it wasn't called cheating.....it was called creative engineering!......think like Smokey Yunick here!

[@aaronanderson7619]

I'm in complete agreement, Scott. Amazing to hear.

[@burnychaplin4601]

Yeah everybody loves a cheater except GOD

[@irongoatrocky2343]

@@burnychaplin4601 Smokey Yunick never cheated!....his beliefs were if the rules said you couldn't do it ok.....he just look for what the rules did not say and went from there!

[@burnychaplin4601]

@@irongoatrocky2343 Ohhh I get it I had the books he wrote twenty five years ago and still have one of them people don't return what they borrow I only cheesed the rules when I was outdollared or knew I was being cheated when I ran gas and everyone else was on Alcohol and I couldn't afford to buy the carburator and fuel pump and bigger fuel cell I raised the jets in the carburator and ran a little nitro in mine so I gained the horsepower I was losing in the fuel department but I did a lot of crying and had snot running down my face in the line up chute that crap made the power but it was hard on the eyes and sinuses I never had equal equipment but still beat the hell out of 8 out of 10 of the guys with better stuff so I always felt good about my ability as a driver and car owner and builder cash was king if you could set it up and drive it

[@FastPaull]

Petree was my favorite interview so far. They have to get him back on. I love the way he tells stories.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

I've always liked Andy so much. Miss him in the booth. Great to see him.

[@nascarfan88ta]

Andy is one guy who always seems like he's in a great mood, rarely negative. Even when Marty Reid forgot his name on air at Indianapolis

[@michaelford7084]

In fairness, Marty Reid is certainly capable of forgetting his *own* name on air.

[@JameyCampbell_54]

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[@larrywt656]

I really LOVED this interview on the TV show. I'm looking forward to part 2 next week when we get to hear about Andy's years with Dale Sr and Childress!

[@DirtyMoMedia]

You should go listen to the whole show! You only get parts of it if you're just watching on TV!

[@brianbice2819]

I loved how he used kitty litter to get the 3 car off pit road when Dale was driving it at a race in taladega

[@tnrodgers]

More Andy Please! Great interview, the back stories are the best.

[@ZekenStreak]

A TON of respect for Andy!! A great crew chief who help Dale earn his last two championships. Really looking fwd to Pt 2. Cheers

[@bretthensley667]

I love listening to these older crew chiefs. Absolutely amazing memories. I will always love the old NASCAR.

[@duaneoldfield]

Much respect for Andy Petree. Always enjoyed his honesty as a commentator too.

[@lindakennethplouffe8920]

I love these stories, my husband would be in heaven listening, he was an official in the Modified field and loved it

[@Hogdog970]

Talking old nascar is much more entertaining than watching live nascar.

[@williamhanna2613]

Andy is the man I miss him on TV doing the races.

[@wfvesely]

Andy Petree has always been one of my favorites. When I heard about wanting to be successful so bad that’s what made him try harder I remember hearing another of my favorites saying the exact same thing, the late great Dan gurney. What helped them be so successful was sheer determination to be successful.

[@DennyDeliversYT]

Crew chiefs that make car great is one thing but making the driver great is another... *Petree was able to do both*

[@Slinger43]

Well, Ol' Harry Gant was pretty damn great when he got there, bit Andy did a great job shinning The Bandit up abit 😉

[@gregsimon9061]

Andy is always one of my favorite interviews.

[@mallardcutter7209]

My favorite crew chief is Andy !!! Fantastic man !

[@mroptical1982]

Hello Dale and Mike and Andy great story's I remember that Harry Gant well Take was a AWESOME season Wishing everyone there well Take Care Guys

[@efhs1970]

One of the best episodes in a long time, awesome!💫

[@tacoenvy]

Andy’s awesome man, one of my favorite Crew Chiefs ever.

[@drivewaystar6485]

Andys a cool guy. Loved him as an announcer too!

[@bobblack6816]

What a great video!!!!!!!! Damn Jr, I love your shows!!!👍👍👍👍

[@blanenoel4231]

Love to meet DaleJr!

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Benny Parsons was a decent driver but he was one of the BEST commentators ever in the booth.

[@EclecticHillbilly]

Benny was better than a decent driver. Very good at communicating what his car was doing to the crew.

[@zachhatten261]

Benny Parsons was a great driver. 21 victories and a championship is better than most. Better than Harry Gant, Neil Bonnett, and Tim Richmond. He has the same stats as Bobby Labonte

[@Chargen69]

he sucked in the booth, called out wrong numbers of cars and wrong drivers all the time

[@aaronkristofer18]

Would love to see Phil on here to talk about his relationship with his brother, his lone Cup win, his NXS career, and his ILLUSTRIOUS broadcsating career. He is also from my home state of Michigan :)

[@boostedbilly7308]

Another legend

[@alexcika9906]

Love Andy Petree haha hes a good ol ' boy

[@gunner2586]

That’s so good. I love the old school guys💪💪💪

[@DDD-us6uu]

Andy's always been the coolest.😀😂😎😎😎

[@chucksgarage7165]

Those tires are matched perfect and staggered special. Harry Hogg playing mind games with Cole Trickle. LOL.

[@td7723]

Harry Gant 33 Skoal my favorite.

[@lunemagick2903]

I have to tell this cute story,I was in my small town convenience store and this cute little blonde haired boy,around 5 yr's old wanted to show me what snack he got,it was a can of shredded beef jerky,I asked if he knew who Dale Jr. was,he shook his head yes,I said Dale loves that,his face lit up with the biggest smile.

[@IronDogger]

Love hearing from Crew Chiefs 🤩😎 We need to get Dale to interview Iron Dog racers, The World’s Longest and Toughest Snowmachine Race ✌🏽 On the start of Missy & my historic Iron Dog run, we lost Dale Sr. No one wanted to tell me bc Sr. was my inspiration and Iconic racing mentality. Ran black and red sleds as a nod 🤙🏽 when I was told in Nikolai from a checker, it was devastating and as I was crying and wondering what I was doing out racing 2000 miles in Alaskan backcountry...when I came upon a lone Wolf on the trail...we paced one another for such a surreal moment...💕😎 I always felt it was Dale’s spirit showing me to Never Give Up! Missy and I are still the first and only women’s team to finish the Pro-Class of the Iron Dog! 🙏🏽 *Not the Iditarod* different race, they have real dogs, our are made of Iron...well...getting lighter every year!

[@markphilippsjr]

What a fun episode 👍

[@Razz415]

Andy, we love you man. And hey, it's ok to show the gray. You've earned it. I remember DW giving up dye and he looks so much better without it.

[@oldermusiclover]

love this hope you have some spotters on as well

[@oldermusiclover]

APPLYING SOME IMAGINATION LOVE IT

[@EclecticHillbilly]

"You race to the enforcement"............No truer words have ever been spoken but the enforcement has always varied from team to team and time to time.

[@Slinger43]

I absolutely love listening to old Crew Chiefs tell their great stories on past "innovations" 😉 The sad part is, all the Great CC's that are now gone & can't share so many wonderful stories of the past ☹️ Just imagine Harry Hyde, Maurice Petty, Junior Johnson, Smokey Yunick & so many other's that took it all to the grave with them, RIP ✝️ 😞 Now Dale Jr has got to, for all man kind, get all the one's still living to tell they're glorious stories! 🤔...Hell, write a tell all book Jr, I'll be the first in line too buy the first 10 copies!! 🙏

[@Slinger43]

@@terryparrish8477 Spot on bud, dead center! 💪🤠

[@techrfun]

Great show cuz!

[@rodneycheek4753]

First race I ever went to Talladega 91. Rained out Sunday, finished on Monday. Questionable, did Harry run out of gas 🤔. I met Handsome Harry at Atlanta about 8 years later and asked him. He laughed at me and said "BOY, there was 5 gallons left in that car!" And smiled. You da man Harry, you da man! Lol

[@scottburrow8717]

I love how these crew chiefs who are now retired from crew Chieffing, come on your show and tell all about what they did to cheat to win absolutely amazing.

[@christopherenger1602]

Should bring andy back so he could tell us some of the things that they did to dale's cars back then.

[@elliteMonkeygaming]

Him Dale Jarrett and Allen Bestwick were like Migos now😂

[@chrisiglehart]

5:38 "Cole, you have special tires..."

[@davidpeters2625]

Knew he was a damn genius as Dale Sr’s crew chief, and his commentary on ESPN was pretty cool too...

[@eaglerider4099]

My papaw took me to a race at Darlington. Carl Edwards won. He said, "You see that #7 car?" I said, Yeah." Papaw said; "When you look at turn 3 over there, you can see 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, all the way down the side of that wall " He was teaching me, that you really gotta work to do any good.

[@johnhipp7817]

I think a lot of the stuff about car weight was because the car had to weigh a certain amount at the start of the race but they did not check it after the race. That was because race damage and parts being knocked off the car would change the weight anyway. Would imagine it was especially so in the early days when cars parts were quite heavy (thicker steel)

[@thegonz7833]

Seen forever Andy 4 moves ahead.

[@DougHanchard]

I wish I had applied these same tips and tricks when I used to race Saturday nights. 👍

[@irongoatrocky2343]

I'd leave something simple or stupid for them to find so they wouldn't look at what was really wrong! or just keep a straight face when the tech inspector did find something and see if anyone else would notice it!

[@jesuschristislord6790]

5:45 special tires days of thunder

[@lfqsthq2833]

did they base Robert Duvall's character in Days of Thunder off of Petree? He says the same thing in the movie about wanting driver to think he has advantage.

[@OUSWKR]

The mind games is more entertaining than the hacks they did on the cars to skirt the rules 🤣

[@benjaminrizzo6573]

This is so very true!!!! Don't wanna know!!!😂🏁🏁🏆🏆

[@namejeff6090]

If you can figure out ways to make car faster. I don't think it's cheating just innovation.

[@ATEC101]

I enjoy these revelations of how bad NASCAR was at inspecting cars before and after races. Makes one wonder: was it talent, skill, dedication or just 'cheatin' that made champions. Still fun to watch!

[@derrickkmoore208]

Dumb question but why do the cars get heavier after races?

[@nohbody85]

Never heard about Earnhardt and RCR getting popped for cheating, Hendrick (to this day) was always getting caught.

[@lisachaney7504]

Need to get dale inman

[@BillMeyerComm]

I worked at York International when the Luxaire brand sponsored Busch Grand National car and Phil Parsons was the driver for a bit. I got to drive him around town for a day in the York, PA area and let me tell you, "cocky" doesn't begin to describe his demeanor. Get him in a foul mood, look the "f" out... He was a great guy, just don't get on his bad side.

[@RacerC45]

I have a question for Dale Jr. Have you heard the story of the one NASCAR driver name L.W. Wright who appeared for one race in 1982, but then quietly disappeared as soon as the race was over?

[@happyjohn8256]

Ok, what’s the Paul Harvey on this one?

[@johnhipp7817]

@@happyjohn8256 Google it. Pretty interesting articles and one I bet NASCAR wants to forget about. I never heard of him.

[@jays_son8497]

Oh about that one guy. I know what your talking about

[@happyjohn8256]

@@johnhipp7817 very interesting - he was a good salesman!

[@SwayzeeBeats]

Wait why do the cars get heavier as you run races with them

[@jeffreyroth7517]

Rubber, asphalt grit, sand, etc. Gets stuck in all the little spots on the chassis

[@SwayzeeBeats]

@@jeffreyroth7517 interesting never thought of that

[@pewterpirate4560]

Has Harry Gant been on yet???

[@matte1402]

In relation to that last story about the lead ballast, can someone explain to me why a car run in a lot of races would get heavier over time? We're not just talking paint and decal weight, right? What else?

[@anitagarrison6916]

Good question. Sounds like our smart phone's. Even though we don't add any new apps or photos and even remove things we no longer need we get warnings that we're running low on space, e.g. gains more weight. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SaluteTheGuard]

For one the tire rubber coming off and getting into areas of the car that wasn't easily removable adds up in weight plus God only knows at the hot dog wrappers that got sucked in places unseen and the tear offs that got ran over and stuck to the under carriage. This may not play a huge part, but when a car was in a wreck that cracked or bent the rollbars and needed to be welded to be fixed I'm sure that added up after a while.

[@tonyyost331]

Ah the old Jedi Mind Trick....

[@C.Adams82]

Andy Petree looks like Dr Phil with hair.

[@adambojovic3395]

Robbie loomis next please

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Somebody help me out here: How the hell does a car "get heavier" after several races? Are they insinuating repairs to the car after each race, and those repairs involve welding/adding a little more steel here & there, resulting in the additional weight? If not.......then what?

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Man, it's been over 7 months now, and no one has answered my question or even responded in any way to my original comment above about "cars getting heavier" for each new race it enters. ( Did I guess right in my original comment? ) I know viewers read the comments, because I get responses to many comments I've posted on this channel.

[@gchampi2]

@@howabouthetruth2157 A little bondo here, a little welding there, all covered in several layers of paint to hide where the driver scuffed the wall. General repairs & repaints (gotta keep the sponsors happy) all add weight during a season. Nowadays, with composite panels and body wraps it isn't so much of an issue - the panels are bolt on replaceable and the wrap can be removed and replaced, but in the old days, when panels were metal and paintjobs were actual paint, a racecar could easily pick up 200lb over the course of a season just in paint & filler.

[@timjohnson8725]

Andy Petrie is sponsored by Just for Men....

[@acm63]

It genuinely bothers me so much that NASCAR has run all of the poets out of the sport. The Next Gen car has COMPLETELY taken any car building, art, or talent out of the Cup Series

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

👍

[@bks7842]

How does a car get heavier the more you run it?

[@richardoldguy7673]

SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK THE AUDIO ON YOUR 'DOWN-LOADS' !! MOST ARE GREAT !! SOME CAN BARELY HEAR !! BE WELL !!

[@irongoatrocky2343]

Weight distribution......know it or move it the hell over!........lolololol

[@freddylong156]

They should get Bootie Barker on the show

[@willseegers5098]

🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁💯💯💯😂😂😂

[@darthhull85]

I know who you are

[@wanderingweederspapa7878]

That was way too short

[@barbarajohnson1348]

I always thought crew cheifs walked on water.

[@boamedia9496]

IKNOWWHOYOUARE! - a forgetful Marty Reid

[@7viewerlogic670]

LoL

[@cjr1881]

How in the hell do they get heavier the more they run? Because that is not a thing.

[@pittsky]

I love hearing cheating stories.

[@davemcknight2981]

I’m the 666 like 🤔 dammit

[@mackenziek8383]

why does this co-host dude even talk?

[@veronicav278]

😳😳🙀🙀🤯🤯🤯My mind Soooooo me fussing at Denny because they cheating with the #23 car was WRONG. Sooooo cheating is just a THING in Nascar????? I kinda feel like someone just told me the Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fair are not real....ALL AT ONCE. I SERIOUSLY think I'm going to cry now. Then listen to the FULL PODCAST. And PROBABLY cry some more.

[@braidenundercuffler3291]

You didn't know cheating was basically a core part of Nascar history? 😂

[@SaluteTheGuard]

@@braidenundercuffler3291 Yea. The feller that won the first ever NASCAR race was disqualified for being illegal. If your not cheating your not trying!!!

[@MaximumDecibels]

Petree - ledgendary cheater aka -the Trickster

[@redneckhippiefreak]

"....You are in Third place, That's a pretty respectable position Cole, What you to do is this... When they slow down comm'n into turn four, just keep yer foot on the gas and drive right by 'em on the outside, " '.. Harry, You told me no body goes to the outside on turn four.!!" "Well Now Im telli'n ya Different, If You go to the outside, You Can hold it." .... ...."Tell me How" .....".Its cause we got a real good set of matched tires on it" "What?" "Those tires are matched perfect and staggered special ,,,,If you go to the outside You Can hold it" "Alright Harry, When it comes to the car I take your word for it....''