2001 EA Sports 500 - Final 7 Laps - Call by MRN

All credit in this video goes to MRN Radio
"The Voice of Nascar"
Motor Racing Network

[@lukestrayer8688]

In April I won the Talladega 500 by a car length for my fourth career Winston cup win and Andy Petree's first win as a team owner. We come back to Talladega in October for the EA Sports 500 on a mission for a repeat. We come down to three laps to go, it's myself, Dale Jr, and Bobby Labonte, we're racing real hard at start finish line. Needless to say we got thirty other people chasing us. Dale Jr had enough. White flag falls, he hits Bobby Labonte knocks him out of the way he goes on. That gives me a chance to make a run on both of them. We go into turn one, I get on the outside of Bobby Labonte, he has no part of that. he carries me to the wall, we both touch the wall, I turn left to cut up under him, he turns left to block me. I hit Bobby labonte he flips over, debris everywhere cars are turning and wr hiting the wall everywhere, other cars up in the air, I'm racing hard to get back to Dale Jr. Next thing I know I'm racing for fifth place. i passed Jeff Gordon for fifth place right start finish line. When I left there that day, I wonder what could happen if I had to win that race if me and Bobby Labonte hadn't touched. Well today you and I finally get to prove this out. I think i coulda won that race and the folks at EA Sports are going to give you and me three laps to prove it. You're in third place in a pack with Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jeff Burton, three to go in the EA Sports 500 anything can happen, lets make it a win and get the repeat at Talladega.

[@tomlacks3310]

Great race i was at this one!

[@Hmoney42069]

Bobby Hamilton's lightening challenge in nascar thunder 2003

[@fatpatlives1998]

Nascar thunder ⛈️

[@teodorusdikypermadi]

​@@Hmoney42069 correct is lightning challenge

[@Ghostmotorfinger]

I had the privilege of being at this race. It was an absolute show. I wish NASCAR was still this good.

[@kjprodouctions9050]

It still is

[@Jam1022]

I was there too, in the back stretch seats. We were in section J or K at the very top - put us in the middle of the back stretch. That entire wreck was right in front of us.

[@Ghostmotorfinger]

​@@Jam1022 I was 10 rows up right past the start-finish line going into turn 1.

[@austincooper4508]

So lucky man

[@ghallonefive]

The voice at 40 second mark… that’s the one I remember most on long drives with my dad

[@Suburban-United]

That's the legend, Barney Hall. God rest his soul.

[@08GDQualPic]

8:25 woah - I knew Tony denied a TV interview following the race, but didn’t know MRN caught him before that

[@DixytheGoat9]

Was there a reason or did he say why?

[@evanwilliams6406]

I think he was rankled by the plate package and the HANS because they made it mandatory and there still were some skeptics like Stewart who were worried about getting out of the car and feeling trapped.

[@08GDQualPic]

@@DixytheGoat9 NBC mentioned it in their post-race I believe

[@austincooper4508]

Everyone that day was angry about the aero package, there's an interview Sterling had after the race the summed up how everyone thought. Funny enough though come 2003, he advocated for this package to come back.

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Mike Bagley graduated up to the secondary turn announcer in 2001, after Joe Moore graduated up to the booth and subsequently Dave Moody up to primary turn announcer, AND after Allen Bestwick graduated from MRN radio booth up to NBC/TNT television booth. Hence why you only heard Bagley *occasionally* on MRN pre-2000.

[@warped3x]

Holy NASCAR Thunder 2003.

[@josecruzjr.0308]

Okay guys, you knew this one was coming. In October of 2001, I won the first EA Sports 500 at Talladega. Talk about perfect huh? The biggest game in racing was the race sponsored by the biggest video game and computer game company in the world. Nice trophy, big check, and lots of free games. When the white flag flew, I was in the lead pack, but I wasn't in the lead. As we all came around on the final lap, I got my car out in front, just before a dozen or so cars got into each other behind me. Talk about a wild finish. Well, now it's your turn to try to become the EA Sports 500 champion. My buddies at EA Sports, are gonna reset the field just like it was when the white flag flew. You've got just one lap.......and just like the real deal, you never know what's gonna happen. Good luck! 🚘🏁🏆🎮

[@fireman3736]

Classic race, classic finish. Thank you for sharing and bringing back this memory!

[@Shumanator94]

NASCAR Thunder 2003 prepared me for the last lap call lol

[@billw4005]

WHEW! This race was 23 years ago and every bit as exciting now as it was then!

[@the_elmeister]

5:16 - THEY ARE CRASHING!!!!

[@marcisawesome0469]

It's crazy to think that Bobby Labonte flips at Talladega and Tony Stewart flips in the Daytona 500.

[@Mattgotsdagreenlight]

I never thought about that they both flipped in the same year

[@marcisawesome0469]

@@Mattgotsdagreenlight it is crazy 🤪

[@evanwilliams6406]

And that was Bobby's 1998 car that he won with at the spring race where Earnhardt and Elliott crashed.

[@kpmanschannel]

I work at an indoor sports complex and one of our front desk staff is partially blind. She can’t really get into sports because on tv they’re not descriptive enough. I told her that nascar radio is honestly the best way for her to enjoy the race because the radio guys have to paint a picture of what’s happening. I found the 2012 Watkins Glen finish and she said that she had a good understanding of what was happening but I think this will be good too

[@JJA1987]

GEM FOOTAGE

[@RWtheCarGuy2024]

I miss Barney Hall

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

4:45 3:40 4:23 5:00 3:20 **presses X button** **Read Luke's comment**

[@nascargavin8]

I'm so mad that they put that call so completely out of order on that game lol.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

@@nascargavin8 same regards

[@TracksideViews]

Greg Biffle and Greg Biffle get in line and try to run down Greg Biffle.

[@nascargavin8]

Only one guy can wreck you when you're the leader - and right now, that's Greg Biffle.

[@JustinNYCode3.]

Damm Eli Gold was good!

[@craigward6647]

👍👍👍

[@timcornell7506]

ROLL TIDE!

[@KidLatin27]

NASCAR thunder 03 anyone 😊.

[@darrylmaxwell-os7pu]

GLORY DAYS ❤😊🎉

[@michaelmcdonald3268]

I was at my aunt's hpuse watching this race, i was losing my mind watching Dale Jr winning this race

[@glengarey9789]

That ones on Labonte. Hamilton had a run on him twice and he got away with it the first time but not the second. Hamilton had a car that could have won this race.

[@michaels3398]

When racing was real

[@GH32143]

It's still the same

[@pashedmotatos]

saw it live

[@spencergwin9454]

Near certainty: a crash at the end of a Talladega race

[@manakings8274]

Its so ironic to me that this is my favorite radio call of all time, yet it involves my favorite driver (Bobby Labonte) absolutely destroying his car. NASCAR used to be so much better.

[@philduritza7717]

I’m sure Labonte appreciated his “teammate” Stewart going with Jr at the end there…

[@ClaireBear8686]

9:54 Damn that could have been really ugly. Just missed catching Marlin or Mayfield in the door.

[@andrea7158]

That was bill elliott, and for the 19 car that year was driven by casey atwood, he crashed earlier in the race with sadler and todd bodine.

[@ClaireBear8686]

@@andrea7158Correct? Marlin is the onboard, Mayfield is the 12, and Elliott missed catching them both in the door, that's what I meant.

[@markmathews5117]

Why can they call a race like this anymore.

[@anandguruji83]

LAST LAP CRASH AND DALE EARNHARDT JR WINS $1,000,000 BONUS AT TALLADEGA 5:11 5:18 5:44

[@anandguruji83]

LAST LAP CRASH AND DALE EARNHARDT JR WINS $1,000,000 BONUS AT TALLADEGA 5:11 5:18 5:44

[@marcisawesome0469]

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