Here's Why HE Was NASCAR's Most FEARED Driver

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@4WheelsChronicles Жыл бұрын

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@billyg8360 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for not replaying Dales final lap, it's like a knife to the heart everytime I see it. Great video, Well done!

@Big_Sierra 9 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thanks for this tribute to the absolute legend, Dale Earnhardt!

@REL3712 4 ай бұрын

For me, NASCAR died when Dale did. #3 you were the BEST. R.I.P.

@martynewell1181 10 сағат бұрын

I agree 100%

@fredschriks8554 Жыл бұрын

22 years ago since we lost Dale. Time flies.

@michiganpride389 10 ай бұрын

I was a kid when he died. It crushed me. I wanted to be a Nascar driver. All I ever wanted. He was the reason. After he died. I couldn't even watch it anymore. I watched jr win his 1st 500. And I was done after that

@fredschriks8554 10 ай бұрын

@@michiganpride389 Yeah i was a kid too. I didn't watch for about 2 years or something. And i always went to a local shorttrack and i didn't even do that.

@michiganpride389 10 ай бұрын

@@fredschriks8554 I used to have a pretty cool side hustle singing the national anthem for my local dirt track /midget/modified races from the time I was a teenager.. I still did that up until a few years ago. But after this race. When I got done. Instead of staying and watching with my free tickets as a performer. I just packed my stuff and left

@michiganpride389 9 ай бұрын

@fredschriks8554 I was in middle school... I tried to become a junior fan afterwards.. I couldn't watch a race until they made it back to Daytona and jr won the July race... and even then it was only periodically after that... crazy to think how much someone you have never met or spoken to could impact your life

@timothynewton4453 4 ай бұрын

Regardless of how long this world srands, Dale is like Elvis, there will never be another. Oh, there may be good ones as far as driving and winning and such is concerned, but Dale was a man that when was lost the whole of the drivers and the sport was lost, NASCAR, the drivers, and the fans all knew what was lost.

@GregALang 4 ай бұрын

Dale was the greatest race car driver to ever live and he dominated in an era of stock car racing that is gone forever.

@gregorygolden1296 Жыл бұрын

I don't think there ever was a man who wanted to be a racecar driver more than Dale. And was willing to do anything, and everything, and whatever it took to make sure he became one. Too bad his dad didn't get to see his son become the Legend he is. Ralph is the one who lit the Fire......

@godisgood1359 4 ай бұрын

You don't know me then. I wanted it in the worst way ever to be a racecar driver! It just wasn't in the cards for me. But i will say that i 100 percent know in my heart, that i could have won a championship. People will probably laugh at me, but i know that I could have made it

@Cjohn31 4 ай бұрын

@@godisgood1359probably could definitely have . There's dozens maybe hundreds of guys and gals out there that have what it takes but will never see it because today you gotta have a sponsor with you and your in its about the money and marketability. I can name a few that don't have the stuff needed but are Nascar stars because of marketability

@2001tclmike Ай бұрын

He was an early ricky bobby!

@StraightTruckinSnowman 11 ай бұрын

Dale Earnhardt will always be the GOAT. The man was as fearless behind the wheel as he was talented. Respected by his peers and beloved by the fans.

@softhotty 8 күн бұрын

I'll take Juan Fangio, Sterling Moss, Nigel Mansel, Rick Mears. #3 was a super aggressive driver and great. Understand he was classy off the track but on the track...he'd wreck ya. Bill Elliott I pulled for in the bumper cars.

@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 3 ай бұрын

Other drivers would say that Dale could "see air" . You all have to remember that disrupting the aero off a car is part of the strategy in NASCAR .He was good at making other drivers lose control of their own cars and hence the name the Intimidator.

@PoweroftheP00f Жыл бұрын

LOVE the aesthetic on this video. If you didn't ask to like and subscribe at the beginning, I would've thought this was a classic VHS documentary.

@4WheelsChronicles Жыл бұрын

hey mate, thanks for sharing! may I ask if that part bothered you ?? your feedback are really important to us.... cheers !!

@israelmathes6268 4 ай бұрын

@@4WheelsChroniclesit didn't bother me. I understand the need for likes and shares.

@546cowboy6 Жыл бұрын

When I was introduced to watching racing sprint cars and Nascar by a friend who was a Ford fan in the 1980's I immediately being a GM guy saw Dale Earnhardt as my guy. I worked in a GM dealerships for 20 years with access to his collectables and seeing the show car at my dealership a couple times made me a fan for life. I still remember watching as he died at Daytona that fatefull day. I wore an Earnhadrt hat every day to work, on the softball team I was number 3 on my shirt. Three was always one of my lucky numbers even before I knew who Dale was. and still is.

@4WheelsChronicles Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!! 🙏🏻

@4WheelsChronicles Жыл бұрын

what an amazing story! Thanks for sharing....

@columbussmart883 4 ай бұрын

He was the best because he put all he had into it. He was one of the nicest people I had ever met. He loved to hunt and fish but didn't have much time for it

@chrisatkins7959 5 ай бұрын

ANY driver that will purposely wreck you at those speeds is feared. Dale is definitely in that category.

@ronloomis9555 Жыл бұрын

Very cool video I really enjoyed it. The Pennzoil 2K Chaparral is one of my favorites. Thanks again.

@ONTHEEDGEFRED Жыл бұрын

Never was an Earnhardt fan, But, you could not deny his impact on a sport. I watched him throughout most of his career and quite often, The main question after the race was where did Earnhardt finish and how did everybody else stack up.

@shawnbrent1165 11 ай бұрын

He was the best racer I ever.

@Mike-rx4in Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough, to witness his last win! It was amazing!

@billyg8360 12 күн бұрын

I think it was one of his best! Will never forget hearing Benny On ESPN commating the race 'Where did he come from'. NASCAR only went downhill after that day.

@LRSNRCNG309 Жыл бұрын

He drove from the start, to the end of his career like he had a family to feed when he coulda retired after his second or third championship

@ianhale4466 9 ай бұрын

That man didn't know how to slow down!

@roneasleyjr.1831 Жыл бұрын

This guy will always be my Superman!!! Miss ya Big E!!!

@edwardhester2865 3 ай бұрын

He could take a 15th place car and finish 2nd with it better than any race driver that’s ever been . Where most drivers would take 12th place car he would win in it ever time . Iroc belonged to Dale Earnhardt. I was at charlotte one Saturday for the then bush race , there was a green Chevrolet just kicking butt , didn’t know who was driving it but they were the best on the track, found outin victory lane it was , u guessed it big E. Had a chance , by chance , to meet and talk to him one on one for about 20 minutes one Wednesday afternoon, he was there tire testing, there I was little me , talking to DALE EARNHARDT, treated me like I was family, I was on a job interview, told him that , he told me if I got the job to look him up we would go fishing, got job , but I knew he was just to busy to go fishing with me , but followed ever lap from 1984 til 2001 , a real hero , miss

@christolbert4628 3 күн бұрын

My dad wept as we got the news of Dale's passing, and he wasn't a fan of his, but I was, since the first time that I actually sat down and watched a full race in the early 90's.

@sergeantmasson3669 10 ай бұрын

Jeff Gordon's crew chief, Ray Evernham, told Jeff DO NOT ever mess with the #3 car.

@DonaldBriggs-i9y 16 күн бұрын

I watched drivers like Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty and many other drivers from different levels of stock car and Sprint Car racing and learn from them. Passing on the outside from Richard Petty , cross over move to pass paved track turns from Dale Earnhardt as well as on dirt from drivers like Brad Dotty and Steve Kinser, good starts and restarts from my dad. I'm not a die hard fan of Dale Earnhardt but I definitely have a lot of respect for him and his ability to drive a race car. He's definitely one of the GREAT ONES and I wish I could've raced side by side with him because it would've been lots of fun and I love being challenged in a race.

@johnbehneman1546 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@gregorygolden1296 5 ай бұрын

NOBODY wanted more. From the time he realized what his daddy did for a living, it was ALL he wanted to do. Whatever it was going to take. And Dale did exactly whatever it took. Nobody wanted it more. GOD BLESS HIM.

@adamgajewski81 9 ай бұрын

RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE

@johnbehneman1546 3 ай бұрын

So beautiful and inspirational

@bradkroboth5490 6 ай бұрын

As a life-long Bill Elliott fan, , I always hated Dale on the track bc he was the 1 that could always find a way to win, but he was the driving force of the era, pay your respects to the Man

@sergeantmasson3669 10 ай бұрын

After 1984, Richard Petty, stopped winning NASCAR races thank to Dale Sr.

@edmondcamp2878 4 ай бұрын

I’m not taking anything away from Dale but without Dale Inman Richard stopped winning. Plus in 1985 Dale didn’t win any super speedway races because Bill Elliott won eleven of them and Darrell Waltrip and Neil Bonnet, Harry Gant,Terry Labont, Cale Yarborough and Greg Sacks won on the rest of the Supper Speedways. Terry Labonte was the only Chevrolet to run much over 202 mph at Talladega that year when he qualified at 204 mph. A lot of other drivers kept on winning as much or more than Dale did Petty didn’t but others did.

@accuratax 5 ай бұрын

My mom called him Earn Baby!

@ScottLachapelle-d2l 3 ай бұрын

He was the best no questions asked

@ANT18621 Ай бұрын

They need to make a movie about Earnhardt!!

@TracksideViews Жыл бұрын

He could “see the air” but it was really he could feel the air pressure change inside the car while in the draft and knew how to work the side draft better than anymore.

@calvinstraveldreams 8 күн бұрын

One thing about Dale Sr. that people don't really talk about is that he had to DRAG EVERY LAST BIT of performance out of the #3 car and fight his way through the field in race after race, given that once teams like Hendrick, Penske, Gibbs, and even to a lesser extent Roush and Yates established themselves, RCR was in many respects an underdog, with a comparatively old-school approach to operations and weaker aero development program compared to rivals. This meant that the #3 of Earnhardt (and later the #29 of Harvick) often qualified poorly (due to inferior aero numbers for the cars, at least compared to other top teams) and had to start in the middle (and even towards the back) of the field, meaning Earnhardt had to gain positions, especially on restarts and over the course of green flag runs...of course in an era when dirty air was less of a factor and it was harder to do things like aero block, drivers who could carve through the field were rewarded to a greater extent as opposed to in modern NASCAR (where cars are very aero sensitive)...

@caseyberry6959 Жыл бұрын

Ill sup it up for ya youngsters... Dale was one bad ass S O B

@skepchica 6 ай бұрын

No one ever wanted to see that #3 closing in on their rear view mirror.

@lochlanmuir2291 9 ай бұрын

Bro sounds like Ted Nivison

@edbrown6985 10 ай бұрын

Dale was someone who if you wouldn't let him win he would just wreck or beat your car up for you.his attitude eventually killed him. his son is my favorite driver.just my opinion.

@skepchica 6 ай бұрын

Spoken like someone who has no clue. Dale died in probably the only race he wasn't trying to win.

@TyBlack-dc1fi 2 күн бұрын

Dale was awesome

@RicAughinbaugh-lj9nn 10 ай бұрын

The best there was the best there is .rip dale .that's all I got 2say bout that

@ryansoit4055 8 ай бұрын

there will naver be no one like him

@talltimbot 4 ай бұрын

Please do show the video when his wheels fell off after pitting

@kkttss1928 11 ай бұрын

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

@toddgilbert2485 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Video!

@TheMirrorMan-k2j Жыл бұрын

Some Of The Footage Are From The ESPN 2004 flim 3 The Dale Earnhardt Story (Yes They Make Movies)

@modernwarshipsgamer2123 Жыл бұрын

3 is the goat

@4WheelsChronicles Жыл бұрын

G.O.A.T. 💪🏻

@tww9920 10 ай бұрын

My unpopular opinion is he could drive a racecar fast but couldn't race by other cars without wrecking them half the time

@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 3 ай бұрын

Other drivers would say that Dale could "see air" . You have to remember that disrupting the aero off a car is part of the strategy. He was good at making other drivers lose control of their own cars.

@joshuamiller5072 3 ай бұрын

Agree

@jimstewart2457 Жыл бұрын

Dale was a HELLVE OF A DRIVER!!!!!

@jacobburton2808 6 ай бұрын

"RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE" (hail)

@julenaneff8337 Ай бұрын

Still, You Fire Me Up!!!

@DylanMiller-v2u 6 ай бұрын

1,000th sub

@4WheelsChronicles 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@vinewood8295 Жыл бұрын

No one like him prior, no one like him since & probably never will be again...

@rickyrickardo8347 10 ай бұрын

Live by the sword die by the sword.

@Jakeoff17 Жыл бұрын

But why the thumbnail a Buick

@SouledOut357 4 ай бұрын

lets not forget. that geoff Bodine, and ricky Rudd wrecked dale as well...and often. also..that wasn't 'a pass in the grass' - dale said Elliot hit him, dale goes off the track and comes back on the track still in the lead...why- because he's dale Earnhardt, and bill Elliot wasn't. that's why bill was peed off.

@cerealcat8658 Жыл бұрын

wee all miss THE INTIMADTOR may he rest in peas and it ben 22 years sints we all lost him

@martinneps9387 Жыл бұрын

Since he passed away, I have not brought myself to watch NASCAR anymore. He was the best driver on the track. Nobody could ever take his place, not even his son.

@racerx2580 4 ай бұрын

He wasn't feared lmao drivers were sick of worrying if he was going to put a bumper to you without even trying to race past first. Anybody and their dead grandma could move someone lol.

@speedezeoffical Жыл бұрын

God had to take Dale early or he would practically have the whole sport in his hands (RIP 1952-2001)

@toddrobbins392 2 ай бұрын

It should read RIP (1951-2001)!!!!!!!!!

@martinmurphy4852 9 ай бұрын

I can go down to the local track, jump into a street stock race and quickly become the most feared driver on the track. Doesn't make me a good driver. Never understood why Earnhardt always got a pass on that. Cult of personality I suspect.

@ianhale4466 9 ай бұрын

There aint no good drivers, only bad. Even the driver with the most wins ever has completely ate shit upside down and out. Danica was pretty good at indy, completely shit the bed in nascar. So is she a good driver or bad? For that chick it clearly depends on downforce lol. So if your talking about fidly fuck Italian perfect turn style driving, yeah dale was terrible, but if we are talking about getting in a nascar and running people off the road at 200mph while still making the same turns, sometimes passing in the damn grass, then yeah he was pretty good, better than you'll ever be at the local track

@skepchica 6 ай бұрын

But can you maintain control of your car going 200 mph with one hand because you're giving someone the finger? 😂 Earnhardt, love him or hate him, was one of kind. He had car control like no other. The man could probably see the wind. The respect he gets is well deserved.

@AberdeenAnthony Жыл бұрын

I've watched every style of racing, Dale Earnhardt had the most talent. He could make a car do things that nobody else could. Ayrton Senna was a lot like Earnhardt when other drivers were afraid to push it any farther they would. They were both killed by their passion for racing, but behind the wheel, it was artwork.

@skxj 9 ай бұрын

@anthonysr5390 Senna and Earnhardt stood at the top because they're passion and dedication to be the best was at another level.

@1blue71 Жыл бұрын

The intimidator. The best ever no doubt.

@williambowen1771 Жыл бұрын

On them old luminas chevy wanted revenge on the hotrod Thunderbirds. So chevy wanted ford to look in their rearview mirrors and see animul In it. Spelled lumina

@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын

NOT all NASCAR drivers feared him.

@804Jester 9 ай бұрын

Besides Ricky Rudd name 1..

@toddrobbins392 2 ай бұрын

@@804JesterTim Richmond was another driver who was NOT INTIMIDATED BY DALE!!!!!!

@edruggiero1648 Жыл бұрын

I think Chastain is feared more. Dale was just intimidating, you knew what was going to happen. You fear the unknown hahaha

@chadhenderson9732 Жыл бұрын

No. Nobody fears that dude. Nobody fears anyone anymore. When busch and harvick leave nascar will have the last real stock car drivers gone. Larson had talent and came up the right way. Earning it. But he has the personality of a paper towel

@edruggiero1648 Жыл бұрын

@@chadhenderson9732 It was meant to be tongue in cheek. These cars are more like a formula one or Indy car with a modified stock car body. There’s no identity to any of them and I noticed that even more when I was watching a a race from 2003. The Pontiacs had a distinct look from the Chevys, dodges and the Fords looked different from them. I agree that after Harvick is done and now that Kurt is retired there won’t be any real stock car drivers left

@fredericodefranco Жыл бұрын

Dale Earnhardt is The best of all time! Save The Intimidator! #3

@johnnysechrist6313 4 ай бұрын

Makes me sad is son didn't measure up to being a Cup Championship.

@wjustice9188 6 ай бұрын

He bumped quite a few up into the wall and got away with it due to what looked like favoritism by NASCAR. Otherwise, he was a very capable driver and obviously could win a lot. Was he the GOAT? I'd say not - not when compared to David Pearson (best win percentage), Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, or Richard Petty.

@skepchica 6 ай бұрын

Jeff Gordon a better driver than Dale? Say less. 🙄

@ewingtaylor5487 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Earnhardt took himself out with his aggressive tactics - when he broke the back end of his own car loose by coming down the track into Sterling Marlin, the left rear of Earnhardt's car colliding with the right front of Marlin's car. Marlin was holding rock steady on the bottom line at the time of contact. D.E. did it to himself, all by himself.

@amyparker9816 Жыл бұрын

What's the point of this comment? You seem bitter. But over 20 years later, you're still talking about him.

@dsz2448 Жыл бұрын

And if he were still alive he’d probably admit that it was his fault. But you know what? He’d probably do it again and try to save the car again because he was a RACER

@samthompson7821 11 ай бұрын

you're bitter as fuck but it's on hold the 7 championships

@30AndHatingIt 3 ай бұрын

Watch it again… his car is in the middle, the pack is around him, the draft forces are causing his car to wiggle, which caused the bumpers to touch. That’s what happens when cars are racing at nearly 200mph. You think a man with 20+ years of experience didn’t know there was a car to his left and simply turned down there? Get real.

@101495J Жыл бұрын

Not saying he wasn't a very good race car driver but let's face the facts he was feared because he could get away with practically anything on the track without recourse from NASCAR and Bill France. Drivers who retaliated against him feared recourse from NASCAR and his fans. Then if my car wasn't completive enough he cried to his Bill to have the rules changed. Everyone knows it most ignore it.

@rcguy902 Жыл бұрын

Rubbing is racing snowflake Dale was the best

@johnblood3731 Жыл бұрын

He was the most feared driver because if you wrecked him nascar find YOU.

@frisk151 4 ай бұрын

You either have this.. Or, you do not..

@thegreattreon0177 Жыл бұрын

DA MAN!!!!!!!!

@rjj5075 3 ай бұрын

So why was he so intimidating again.

@denniswebb1452 9 ай бұрын

Nascar Died with him. It became a participation trophy sport

@MarcTurk 4 ай бұрын

Pass in the grass

@Michael-oj9vn 4 ай бұрын

He was a 7 time Winston cup champion never a sprint cup champion

@Michael-oj9vn 3 ай бұрын

Jimmie Johnson was a 2 time Nextel cup champion and a 5 time sprint cup champion over all a 7 time champion although questionable

@darrelkinney9856 Жыл бұрын

There is only one The Intmidator , Ironhead 7 time champion. Legend of Nascar. - end of nascar now.

@mattmay7109 Жыл бұрын

Nobody can deny Earnhardt's legacy and natural skill as a driver. But we have to face facts here. He was a dirty low down driver and a bully. No two ways about it. NASCAR let him get away with murder for 2 decades. Now I don't wish illl on anyone but it was almost like it was poetic justice that he went out in a race car. Atonement for all the dirty crap he pulled over the years if you will. But at the same time I honestly don't think there was any other way Earnhardt wanted to leave this earth than behind the wheel of a race car. Regardless of his tactics which I never liked I knew how important he was to the sport of NASCAR. And he in many ways will always be the embodiment of NASCAR racing.

@garytemple9258 7 ай бұрын

Jimmy Johnson would have won any if dale sr. Was still there,sorry johnson fans.

@Carl-s7d 4 ай бұрын

The very best driver ever by far Earnhardt's rules lead follow or get the hell out of my Way

@chrisgibson1713 Жыл бұрын

The goat

@truckdrivenman3464 Жыл бұрын

NASCAR died when Earnhardt died

@Vivid-197 Жыл бұрын

Nope in 2006 nascar was at it's peak

@truckdrivenman3464 Жыл бұрын

@@Vivid-197 Your not wrong about That

@softhotty 8 күн бұрын

Never liked him, thought he was a dirty tactic driver and a sore loser...at times. I was a Bill Elliot & Rick Mears & Nigel Mansel fan. Was he a talented driver?..Of course he was. He certainly made his sport interesting, no doubt.

@craigkemmerzell5741 Жыл бұрын

Top gun

@garyk76 Жыл бұрын

Jeff Gordon owned dale from 93 till dales death

@rcguy902 Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha false 94 Dale won the title and 2000 Dale was 2nd in points far ahead of jeff try again loser 7 to 4 cry harder

@nascarfan8891 Жыл бұрын

THATS FALSE 7 TO ONLY 4 CRY HARDER

@dobermanpac1064 Жыл бұрын

Roflmbo You 24 fans still won’t give it up. 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤠

@Sundance54 3 ай бұрын

Jeff Gordon was kicking his ass... 😂😂

@62873milehi420 Жыл бұрын

Kids have Superman for a hero .... I have Dale Earnhardt!

@jameshill2172 4 ай бұрын

he would bump drivers amd put theme in the wall and say i was just raddleing there chage put in put him in the wall he was pissed and saying i think nascar needs tofine the sob for the same shit u did

@rolandcollett Жыл бұрын

Earnhardts worst nightmare was Davey Allison

@804Jester 9 ай бұрын

Who?

@iNtRoVeRsIoNaLiSm Жыл бұрын

I think you ruined this video with the crappy engine sounds. you could have at least used real nascar sounds.... just saying.

@SuperGlacierGirl Жыл бұрын

Nascar died when he did. There will never be another like him, not even close.

@Jake-ty4bs 3 ай бұрын

because he wrecked everybody around him ?

@LeftyGretzky Жыл бұрын

He was an on-track bully. END OF STORY

@bradrobertson4609 Жыл бұрын

Need a tissue? Why you here if you wernt a fan.. guys been gone for twenty years and youre still whining abouthim. Damn dude. Issues much. Let it go… Greatest driver of his era. Get over it.

@rcguy902 Жыл бұрын

A real man does anything to win cry harder

@genemaverick5705 Жыл бұрын

Lmao , the only person he intimidated was himself !!

@paulstough2995 Жыл бұрын

He was feared because NASCAR allowed him to wreck others with impunity!

@62873milehi420 Жыл бұрын

He was not Dale Earnhardt!! He is Dale Earnhardt fix that !

@George-v6c8p 3 ай бұрын

Most feared driver because they knew he was going to wreck them overrated capital letters

@JoeyWells-jr3pl 3 ай бұрын

Its a shame professional nascar drivers are not being paid. Teams should do the sponsorship deals and hire talented drivers. Point blank. Its professional sport. By people buying rides will kill the sport, it takes away the best talented drivers. Nascar better fix it, or its a sinking ship if it continues, it will be all about rich kids racing not talented kids racing.