The Car That Changed NASCAR: Sterling Marlin's Crazy Sounding 1995 Daytona 500 Winning Monte Carlo!

[@Stapleton42]

Update: This video has been live for 2 hours and Sterling has already contacted me. The wheels are in motion to get him reunited with this car for one more ride 💪🏻 MAKE SURE YOU SUBSCRIBE FOR THAT!!

[@adamalfredsson373]

That’s just soo cool

[@DeanSchumacher]

THTS badass gonna be a sweet video

[@hoyle7780]

Met sterling a couple times I lived in columbia TN for a few years & he was always at Mule Day. Super nice humble guy This is sick Stapleton!!!! You are getting better & better with this stuff.

[@HammerPowered]

That's amazing. Hope it can happen for sure.

[@teamdeep5822]

Can’t wait to see it.

[@alanbranch851]

Never will forget Sterling in the 4 car at the 96 Pepsi 400 started front row and led a ton of laps till ignition failed. Got passed by the whole field Sterling thinking a blown engine till he switched to the backup ignition, engine fired and he flew back through the field to win the rain shortened race 🏆 🏁

[@fatpatlives1998]

95'....Dale Jarrett won the 96 500 first year as the 88 car

[@braidedjeans]

@@fatpatlives1998 Read what he said again, he's talking about the Pepsi 400 not the Daytona 500. In 1996, Marlin won the Winston 500 at Talladega and then the 400 in July down at Daytona...

[@stevecleveland6644]

I always liked the McClure racing team but how cool is Larry to take his time to talk in depth to this guy about the history on the car. This is the type of people that NASCAR is missing today. Not just the drivers but team owners.

[@sludge8506]

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[@Fbarts]

That's what the big money does.

[@panzerwaffen2873]

@@Fbarts yeap..it's like more for the money than real passion for cars

[@josephbrooks9409]

Yep…just riding around one afternoon (High Point, NC, my hometown) I decided to swing by the shop where Terry Labonte was running the Sunoco 94 car. As I walked up, one of the guys invited me to “come on in”. A minute or two later, Terry came out from one of the shops and we spent the next 20 minutes or so just talking about racing and setups. At the time, I was the chassis specialist on a rookie Sportsman car at Bowman Gray. It was just one of many times in “the older days”, when you could show up at a garage and hang out with “the guys”. Oh, and yes… Larry McClure was one of the most personable guys you’ll ever meet.😊❤️

[@sethandrews1282]

Morgan McClure Motorsports was always welcoming. I ran into people who worked for them when I was little and they would always be welcoming, show me the cars, and anyone was welcome to visit the shop. It didn't lose the local family feel.

[@Racer57]

You are hitting a gold mine here. This is the stuff nobody really covers, TV doesn't cover it, reporters and articles don't cover it, podcasts just scratch the surface talking with this prior generation, but you bring us there and really dig into it. The rear window trick for the windtunnel, you might hear about that, but that was really hush hush at the time. But never got to actually see it. Thanks for bringing this stuff from Nascars golden era. Once that generation is gone, the tricks and stories go with them.

[@Stapleton42]

I know what you’re talking about with the window 👀

[@charlierhiger7478]

I agree with you.

[@stevea6936]

This was my first Daytona 500 in 1995 and I remember calling my brother's the nite before and clearly telling him that the order of finish would be Sterling Martin and Dale Earnhardt and sure enough exactly as I saw it and told it

[@ryanlagoda1352]

Absolutely.

[@pekindown]

I have to add to the comments about how great your content has been. I’ve watched some of your other videos but still haven’ t subscribed. This one and some your other ones have made me do that. To get up close and personal with all these past nascar people and places is fantastic! Keep it up. You two are so laid back and knowledgable. Love It!

[@LineMUp321]

A lot of kids today will not understand just how special this car is and just how important this car is to 90s and 00s Nascar history. Just amazing how much went into making this car a winning masterpiece.

[@jebediahgentry7029]

That car was dominant with the Lumina body and when they changed to the Monte Carlo. Had it not wrecked at Talladega, Ihe very well could've won more restrictor plate races.

[@KevinBoosted]

Funny story. Just before the New Hampshire race in 1995, Sterlins show car came to our local Kodak store in Milford, CT. I was 7 years old and this thing was so loud I had my ears covered before he was in the car to start it. The guy looked at me, and said, you wanna help me back it out of the trailer. I said let’s go! He let me climb in the car and sit in between the roll bars of the passenger side, started it up and backed it out of the trailer. I’ll never forget that day!

[@Stapleton42]

That’s awesome!

[@LineMUp321]

This car, the sound alone and the fact of it being a proven winner is just pure perfection. Literally KZbin needs to archive your channel for eons because these stories need to be saved for eternity.

[@1978garfield]

HIs channel should be archived on to a flash drive. That drive should be put in to a media player. That media player should be launched in to space. That way if nuclear war destroys the earth, some day aliens will find the media player and learn the wonder that was NASCAR.

[@mikelliteras397]

Larry McLure is a legend. I was at that race, hell, I was at the clash and qualifying the week before. That sound was crazy compared to anything else. It was my 2nd Daytona, what a great time to go. $85 tickets, $200 for 3 nights hotel across from the track and people like Larry doing these little things to get a half mph or 2-4 hp more. I have pics of Dale Sr taking a pic with my friend at the trailers, without being swamped with people. Also with Mark Martin, Stirling, Rusty at the old Outback. What a great time. Literally 50 of us friends for 15 years straight, 500 and the Firecracker. I sponsored a small spot on Billy Standridge’s car a few years later and I remember the July race when he blew up on the first caution because they, unknowingly, had the engine set up to scavenge the oil out of the pan and it blew because he didn’t keep the rpm’s up enough. He said Cale Yarborough’s people didn’t tell him. Just like Stirlings car, they had things they had to do to run these cars. It’s not like today where they don’t even have to shift and aren’t allowed to touch anything.

[@E180TEKNO]

The good times !!!

[@flobama3247]

They definitely still have to shift. Manual transmissions are still used in Nascar. You'd be hard pressed to find a professional race car driver who doesn't know how to use a manual. Now obviously Formula 1, Indycar and most GT race cars now use high-tec DCT with paddle shifters, but that's just common sense because they're shifting gears way more, so it's a faster and more efficient way to go through gears and you can keep both hands on the wheel.

[@jk-kr8jt]

@@flobama3247 i know how to use a manual. He mows my lawn. 🤣

[@mikelliteras397]

@@flobama3247 sequential is barely shifting.

[@tracypippenger4806]

Good old days of Nascar that car sounded totally different

[@randytingen]

Man that’s a part of nostalgia there. You have exceptional taste Mitch. That’s the golden era of NASCAR as far as I’m concerned. Keep up the good work. Your content is the best on KZbin.

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks Randy we are glad you’re here

[@UFC_Buffalo]

Literally the Golden Era of everything back then, humans clearly peaked in 2000.... it's all downhill now.

[@tcmusic6429]

@@UFC_Buffalo you’re archaic

[@Randomepic1979]

@@tcmusic6429 lol he's not lying

[@tcmusic6429]

@@Randomepic1979 opinions aren’t facts. People of your generation are actually whack.

[@markfortin421]

Well...that's it. You are single-handedly re-kindling my love for Nascar! Not today's Nascar, but the real era of racing, tweeking every little thing to get that 2 mph and 5 horsepower. Thank You SO much for what you are doing...I'm 75 and THAT was my golden days....

[@jackgtx440]

100%

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

This takes me right back to being a kid watching NASCAR with Grandpa so glad to see this man is still around😊

[@WhiteOak09]

Back when nascar was worth watching unlike today.

[@FROSTY_0930]

Yes! You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@jhuntosgarage]

Nice work on the 4 car. I worked at Dr.Gas/Pro-Motorsports Engineering in 1996 making X-pipes and other items. Good times!

[@way803]

Sterling never got the recognition he deserved in my opinion. Thank you for your video's of yesteryears of Nascar.

[@Aljjl]

Great video & info! I watched this car at Daytona and had good memories of Nascar drivers & racing back then. I’m 71 years old now and very rarely watch many races from start to finish! Fond memories of the good old days with good old boys in great cars!!

[@chevyman6671]

I’m all for seeing Sterling starting the car and hearing that famous sound! 🇺🇸🦅🦅

[@byrontownsel7274]

I love this paint scheme. When I think of racing in the 90's I tgibk of the 24 Dupont, 3 Goodwrench and 4 Kodak.

[@Stapleton42]

Exactly! This car was a staple

[@thekingscene]

Probably the best sounding car I've ever heard.. Those were the best days in Nascar

[@therealether1]

You obviously haven't heard a NOVI

[@partymanau]

The thing sounds like Tom Burklands twin engined streamliner.

[@patrickcannady2066]

NASCAR in the 70s and early 80s was wild AF

[@SundayBacon72210]

Dude Sterling and Earnhardt were basically my childhood. Earnhardt was my favorite, but my best friend loved Sterling so we always had something to talk about Monday morning at school after the good ones.

[@jfreddy9370]

That car is such an icon. I'm so happy you got the chance to see it in person. I would love to see Sterling Marlin fire it up someday! Keep up the great work!🏁

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man!!

[@Roadhouse1997]

​@@Stapleton42 noticed it but where in the world did you get the bowtie on the grill of your mc and how well does it fit to the grill.

[@markturner1672]

One of the first lessons I received while helping friends with their cars was, “if ya ain’t cheatin, ya ain’t eatin.” God, I love the sound of that car, gives me goosebumps. Saw Irvan win twice in a Morgan-McClure car at Talladega. Those, were some of the best years of racing in my opinion. To get a glimpse of all the little things, cheatin or not, that went into a cup car in those days, wow, just wow. Each video is better than the last, I appreciate your hard work, thank you. Hell yes I want to see Sterling, get him as fast as possible.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

As Smokey Yunick is famed for saying , "Maximizing the Rules ain't 'cheating'."

[@josephhays9286]

Stapleton U bring the best history to all of America and U keep exploring the history and finding more to keep nascar history alive

[@KeithKman]

Boyd Bulter aka Dr. Gas of Sandy, Utah changed NASCAR forever with his exhaust system. The sound was iconic!

[@Stiitchjones]

It had a distinctive sound with that exhaust, and it was dominant for a couple years at Daytona. He came back like the 3rd or 4th year and they slowed his behind down.

[@AmericanConstellation]

I saw and heard that car. I was there. Everything changed after that. They sounded like Indy cars....I saw Earnhardt's car with the penny on the dash. I loved those times at Daytona.

[@thooks1234]

I remember hearing the car on TV and then getting to hear it in person at Talladega. It would have the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Thank you and the McClure family for this. I miss Nascar. Today's Nascar isn't it. The late 70's, 80's and 90's were unreal. Real people out there, on the track, in the pits and in the stands.

[@Stapleton42]

I wish I could have witnessed that. Thanks man!!

[@reddragon8768]

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[@JaredR1996]

Gather around class, it’s time for another NASCAR history lesson. Thanks as always Stapleton

[@kennyswanson5101]

I enjoy that you can tell he still has a bit of apprehension describing all of the rule bending that they did back in the day. I'm sure there is a gold mine of interesting stories in that man's head.

[@canamshooter9104]

I remember this car and the sound. A good friend of mine that I raced SCCA Solo with moved to Utah and got hooked up with this guy who was literally a rocket scientist and had designed a new style H pipe. My buddy installed one on his Mustang and tried to talk me into one (but I was poor at the time and declined). I still have a couple Dr Gas windshield stickers floating around my garage somewhere. When the 4 car hit the track and everyone was wondering what the hell they had done to it, I smiled and explained what was going on to whoever I happened to be watching the race with. Great memories.

[@finnickrinzler8907]

I love watching people who were on the world's biggest stage, people who seemed like celebrities to me being interviewed without crowds or tv cameras. Another awesome video S42. Can't wait for Sterling.

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man!!

[@tonyrobertson9452]

yes ! let's hear it Sterling. How nice of the McClure guys to let you in and spend time with you,us. thanks alot. this was cool.

[@paulstansfield8693]

You both have a gift of asking a focused question, which makes the recipient really open up, give you so much more information. Another post, thank you Paul🇬🇧

[@3602go]

Around 20 years ago, I bought just the X-pipe for a street car I owned, it made my car sound like a "Stock Car" at high RPM's, it was made by 'Dr. Gas'.

[@Crispy1320]

That was so cool to be able to see the underside of an actual Daytona 500 winning car.

[@bigwater52]

Man i found your channel in rehab, one night and you posted the texas snow storm content. Didn’t know anything about y’all. I’ve been here since, enjoyed the yellow belly content, race week in the red suburban. And now into the nascar glory days. Keep on keeping on

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks dude we are glad you’re into the variety!

[@glenedwards3038]

You two would have to be the luckiest people alive for getting to see such an awesome amount of racing nostalgia that no one else may never get the chance to see first hand and show to all of us! Thank you so much for being and doing what you do.

[@Stapleton42]

Lots of work to see this stuff man. Thank you

[@gldndomefan]

Hey Mitchel, i commented on an earlier video about visiting the shop one time when they unload the wrecked car. That is it! Same wreck, etc. SO cool they rebuilt it! amazing video man!

[@Stapleton42]

That’s awesome I wish I could have seen it back then too

[@gldndomefan]

@@Stapleton42 I have finished the video now and that would be cool if Sterling could fire it up! I was just in Bristol and then thru Abington on the way home. See their last shop has military trailers all over now. I been to the shop before that too w/ my uncle. Memories are foggy there so cant wait to see that video!

[@dukenukem1682]

I pass by this shop occasionally and could see the 95 car and the early 2000s car from the road. I thought about getting some pictures and sending them to you. Glad you made it up to this neck of the woods. The Daytona winning Lumina was in the MM Chevrolet dealership here in town last time I was by there.

[@Davidpetty87]

I think it would be awesome to have sterling marlin start that car again after so many years I love these kind of videos it brings me back to my childhood so thank you Mitchell and Logan and I will watch ever video on the history of Nascar that you make I watch every video you make anyways so great job you guys keeping up the old Winston cup series alive

[@tallat8888]

I started watching Nascar races back in 1977 I was 10 and couldn't get enough of it. The day Dale Sr. Passed was absolutely the worst day I had in my life up to that time. I have a lot of appreciation for this content you are bringing to us Thanks 👍

[@Stapleton42]

We are glad you're here man!

[@david03lewis]

So glad for this video! I remember watching that car going around the track with my Dad that has passed away and vividly remember the sound of that #4. It sounded sweet.

[@allenfritz3437]

so amazing how much innovation these guys come up with. definitely miss the good old days of nascar better than whats going on now.

[@infinitebarstiable]

I was lucky and had an engine builder from this team as a teacher at NTI. He told us this story among many others. There was another member of this team at the school also.

[@jebediahgentry7029]

Yes yes yes! Let's start a campaign and get Sterling in that car again! This was the era I grew up with. The 1995 Daytona 500 was the very first race I ever watched and seeing that car just brings a smile to my face. We have to get him back in that car. I LOVE what you are doing with this channel man, keep it up!!!

[@mikegraczyk3706]

Another great video Mitch and Logan! I remember being a teenager glued to the TV and hearing that exact car scream around the track. WOW! The stories and details you guys uncover. . . Most people don't take the time to find the hidden gems that hide in the details that teams used to get an edge back then (dual oil pumps, longer primaries, etc.). And to think most of these innovations came from the minds of folks with good old practical know-how, not some design lab & 3D programming. By far the best content on KZbin; engaging, interesting, original, and REAL! Would love to see Sterling climb in that car and fire it up again! Keep up the great work, you guys are awesome!

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man!!

[@horsepower711]

Those long tube equal length headers were another thing that helped with a little "edge". The long tubes would give a little more bottom and mid range torque from the engine, most don't think of needing bottom end or mid range torque in a restricter plate engine since they were running them flat out. But nobody was thinking about restarts and leaving the pits but a few feet gained from little boost in torque could be the difference between a win or not.

[@bobmurica4174]

This was a great video. I remember Sterling being so fast in this 4 car. So nice of Mr. McClure to take the time to talk too. I miss those days of NASCAR.

[@gettygetman]

Incredible video! This is THE car that made me a Sterling Marlin fan. My grandfather took me to watch the 95’ twin 125s at Daytona. 8 year old me fell in love with that yellow number 4 leading the pack. It is so cool to get a closeup look at this car. I always thought they junked it after that Talladega wreck. Great work on this video. You earned a sub. 🤘

[@BrutusTJustice]

I haven't watched the video or read the comments yet but I always wondered if this is where the x pipe started.I remember that car and how awesome it sounded.

[@twenty4dupont]

Man your access to NASCAR history is unmatched. As a a longtime NASCAR fan I thank you for the content. 👍🍻

[@Stapleton42]

Glad you enjoy it man!

[@rickhayes5441]

I think you guys are doing a fantastic job . I appreciate your hard work and dedication and providing the historic information of the NASCAR days of gone bye. Great job with the interviews and getting the stories from retired drivers and visiting historical NASCAR tracks and former shops. Have you thought about interviewing Bill Elliot would be interesting to have him talk about their success and why they were so dominant with that Thunderbird back in those days. That would be another interesting story.

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man. We’d love to do some history with Bill

[@rickhayes5441]

I am planning to watch more of your videos. My father took me to a stock car race back in 1967 to see Richard Petty at Beltsville speedway which was in Maryland at that time. I have always been fascinated with cars and any stories involving race cars etc. I appreciate you and Logan working together to not let these stories die . I’ve been working on cars over 50 years and understand how it feels to take a car that’s been discarded or truck and make it your own like you have done with uncle Bob. I’m happy to say you earned yourself contentment. Two things money cannot buy is love and contentment. It’s obvious to me you have both. Continue your journey God bless you and your family

[@MustangSally232]

I think the red mustang in the background at 2:00 might be the same car that's in the first picture I ever posted on instagram nearly 10 years ago when I drove for Eric. Such an awesome group of people, glad ya'll got to go up there and check it all out. I just wish they still had the old shop off 81, that place was still a complete race shop just like it was when they were still racing Cup the last time I was up there, would have been really cool to see what you could have found in there.

[@4fanintexas]

I miss Eric. A great guy and a good friend.

[@artieaudio77]

So cool seeing this. I built my 89 lx drag car in 98 with long tubes and dr gas xpipe setup. Car sounded amazing no other car had my sound back then. Haha

[@kennyfofo]

Mitchell thanks for preserving these stories because you can tell these men love to tell their stories to someone that is truly interested in what they have to say. Great content!!

[@donaldhalls2189]

Awesome video thanks for showing us around and talking with them, excellent, all the best to yous and your loved ones

[@jimhaines8370]

Yes having Sterling there would be great, I do think Morgan McClure racing really was under rated in history

[@Stapleton42]

They absolutely were. The outliers doing their thing way out in Virginia…

[@jebediahgentry7029]

They were very underrated until the late 90s when it became more and more expensive and necessary to have a teammate. The late 90s until now pretty much killed the teams running only one car without the same budget as the bigger teams.

[@joeyjojojr.shabadoo915]

Stuff like this is incredible. As much as I loathe KZbin culture and what it has become, I wish it was around in the 80's so that we could get more guys such as WW2 Vets talking about their experiences like we are able to get Golden Era NASCAR (late 80's to 90's for me anyway) talking about their tricks and Engineering secrets. It's one thing to hear them talk on something like Dale Jr's Podcast, but it's a complete other story seeing the equipment and listening to them talk with their sly smiles while doing so, remembering the old days. GREAT JOB documenting some of these amazing men that came from a different time all together. It's a shame to lose these men to history, but that doesn't mean we have to lose them entirely.

[@Stapleton42]

We agree completely man. These videos are done with the intent to be viewed by future generations as an archive of sorts!

[@melissakay6143]

I'm a Sterling fan from waayyyy back -- would love to see him do this!! Thanks for the exciting video and the look into the guys in the garage!!

[@crxman33]

This is the best type of Nascar content. History, science, cheated up stories etc. LOVE it

[@dekesone1]

Great video. Brings me back to the greatest era of NASCAR and the superheros of the day. I miss Sterling, Dale, Rusty, Mark. The Labontes, and so on. Plus the cars had so much more attitude than todays

[@chrisrogers5614]

This video is one off the coolest I've seen in years, thanks. I always wanted to know how they generated that sound.awsome man.thanks

[@Timber-Ace]

You have my vote for a follow up with Sterling starting the engine. Great content.

[@cudaman340]

I saw this car many times when it was displayed at the City Garage Museum in Greeneville, TN. Mr. Bewley, who owns the museum, once had an Oldsmobile dealership, and sponsored Morgan-McClure at Bristol in 1986, the first race I attended. It's a very neat car!

[@danieldoroff6723]

man I appreciate pretty much all the old nascar stuff, but as more of a technical guy I'm so excited to see all the little things they did to the heads and manifold!

[@Ronaldl2350]

I can`t help but comment a lot on your videos. Your content just keeps getting better! Especially the racing history stuff. I remember this car when my dad and i were watching the race that year and hearing the distinct sound coming from that car. We were like woah that`s different! Keep up the great work you two!

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks Ronald!

[@mikemaccracken3112]

I remember Bobby Labonte flipped his car at Daytona and reviewed the x-pipe exhaust. A local late model racer showed up the track the following week and I heard the car and knew immediately what he did. It was definitely worth some horsepower.

[@ptectn]

Thanks for this video and be great to see him with that car! Sterling has been my favorite driver since 1990. Lucky got to meet and hang out with him a bunch of times in NH, NC and Florida along with seeing him race. Super nice down home guy who is a hoot. He was a hell of a driver too!

[@HammerPowered]

It's something how iconic this car became because of how it sounded. And it sounded great. Cool that it was the one that set the tone, literally, for 20 years.

[@Stapleton42]

Great way to put it

[@johngarneau4073]

And I am fortunate to have that exhaust setup from their engine shop.

[@horsepower711]

The only thing is they didn't come up with the idea. Larry even says in the interview that they were contacted by "Mr.Gas©" a company that had been using the idea for years on street vehicles, and our race car (limited Super Modified) had used it in a compressed due to space and over the top headers since 1984. But they were the first in NASCAR to use it.

[@thumplife792]

I saw this car as a teen back in the 90s. It was in a Marsh parking lot outside of Concord Mall in Elkhart Indiana. The truck driver was just backing it out, and we pulled in before anyone else arrived. We talked to the semi driver for quite a while and he was gracious enough to let us really stick our heads in the car and get a good look at everything. I still remember how the steering wheel felt when I grabbed it. It wasn't what I expected.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

This video was priceless!!! Learned a lot about some of the crafty little tricks they used to make this team & their cars such a force to be reckoned with on the super speedways back then. Wow........thanks guys! And YES, it would be awesome to have Sterling fire this bad boy up for the first time in decades!!! Looking forward to the intake & heads video that helped Ernie win the '91 Daytona 500!!!

[@adamUDavies]

Very cool video , it's awesome that Larry McClure told you what they did 👍 I was a huge Nascar damn fan back then. So much has changed and the fun is gone at least for me. You do an awesome job with your videos and you are lucky to have a great girl to enjoy it with. Keep doing what you are doing 💪👍

[@Stapleton42]

thank you Adam!

[@howardjohnson6189]

I used to be a NASCAR junkie back in the day. I know nothing about today’s nascar because I lost all interest.

[@essbe7158]

Awesome video. Thanks so much for this video. Was great to hear the stories. I really miss these days of NASCAR. So much better than what passes for racing today.

[@Gibbons_76]

This thing I unreal. As a kid I was always fascinated with Nascar, always wondered how they got that sound, but never knew the science behind it. I haven't really followed Nascar in about 15-20 years, I found it became stale. You really have some great content here. Revisiting the Golden era has definitely brought back some memories from when I used to follow it on tv. Fabricating my own exhaust system to try and mimic this sound is something I've been wanting to tackle.

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man! We’re working on some exhaust like that now so you’re in the right place to learn!

[@marcusjohnson7441]

Best sound ever in NASCAR.. Every now and then you can hear them in any series lower then cup. 3 or 4 years ago at Kansas, during the Xfinity race. The #39 of Sieg was running it. Stood out from all the rest, even during restarts. I miss the Craftman trucks running them all the time, with certain trucks. I remember Bob's Dodge ran them almost every race and ugh. Pure music

[@iraqveteran19kilo]

Legendary. Also what kinda question is "if you want to see it run" ? C'mon. Yaw already know the answer lol. All us gasket n gearheads wanna see an hear it. Can't wait. Thank you for makin this content also bud. No other world like the stock car world!

[@kenreilly5308]

I saw that car live running at the July 4th 400 that he dominated. It sounded awesome live.

[@Jeffgordonfan24hesthegoat]

I bet the air smelled amazing 💪

[@mikelliteras397]

It did for sure, it might as well have been a spaceship. It put Stirling on the map. Couldn’t get near his trailer after that race

[@paulvonauth7254]

I managed machining at Roush Racing back in the time frame of Mark Martin, he drove the Valvoline 6 car, all the performance, and cheating was in the intake manifold as he touches on, followed by the cylinder heads, I machined many of both items.

[@TheLocalLt]

Any truth to the idea that when Roush started running five cars, the 16 (Musgrave), 26 (Benson) and 97 (Little) were basically R&D cars for the 6 (Martin) and 99 (Burton), or did the performance gap have more to do with the multiple campuses Roush was operating out of at the time? Or maybe neither?

[@joshuapaulsen7414]

Well, I will be sleeping lightly throughout the time it takes to get that KZbin ping that Mitchell and Logan have wrangled Mr. Sterling Marlin back into the seat to flick the old toggle one more time for all of us to enjoy and get all teary-eyed and stuff. You guys just keep getting more and more bad ass. Love you guys. Thank you as always for doing what you do every day.

[@Stapleton42]

It will definitely be an emotional day

[@edwardgiesbrecht7796]

Very interesting! Would like to see the old car collection in the Mclure shop

[@davidcallender3784]

Once again all I can say is thank you. Keep up the nostalgic road for us older people. (And the younger to get the bug).

[@ModelKing1000]

Dude I’m so happy I found somebody who is into nascar history as much as I am!

[@Stapleton42]

You’re in the right place!!

[@andrewpieniazek2097]

I remember watching qualifying and paid so much attention to it sounding different and what they were saying about it, I think I was 11 years old, so neat looking back now

[@mikelliteras397]

Thanks so much for this, brought back some great memories to an old guy that’s stuck in a wheelchair these days. 👍👍

[@oldschool9622]

Seems like the NASCAR of today has lost their way. This nostalgia you bring for all of us to watch should remind us the best days of NASCAR are in the past.. Thanks for all you do, keep'r com'n!

[@superchuck500]

A sport can have a history and a future at the same time. :)

[@luckyPiston]

I have a very similar X pipe on my 78 Monte street car with a 383 Vortec small block, i run a wide ratio 4 spd so nice low first gear which allows me to wined out the engine and indeed it does sound like a indy car going through the gears. It also has a gear drive cam that makes the motor run a little different and adds more sound. Cruising on the hy-way at 3700-4000 rpm (90-100 mph) she's a pretty sweet ride.

[@rockykingrea1252]

I was at Talladega when he ran that car. I listened to him ask the shop to put two radio antennas on the car when they got back to the shop. He was behind Mark Martin in a caution and saw that Mark had 2 antennas on each top corner of his back window. Sterling was talking on the radio about how cool he thought it looked. Man those were the days.

[@Stapleton42]

That’s awesome 😂

[@derekgraham603]

Dude I gotta say that I love the nascar history but I wish I was watching you run Rocky Mountain race week. As that’s where I found the channel. But I’m happy you got to check this car out it’s awesome the people you have gotten connected with I was a rusty wallace fan since I was like 4… I have a picture of a older custom rusty Wallace miller lite Harley around somewhere. I think it was a promo bike not something he built himself

[@Stapleton42]

Thanks man. I enjoy this stuff more than any drag race event I’ve ever been to

[@horsepower711]

When they brought this car out I knew that the sound was the exhaust configuration, and even showed a couple of guys how it was because we ran the same basic system on our limited super modified, we used CSC over the top headers that were separate banks and put the merge collector and about 18 inches behind them connected the two exhaust pipes together with the same 4" diameter tubing the rest of the exhaust pipes were made from. People were going nuts trying to figure out what the secret was with even a few thinking we had a trick 180° flat crankshaft from Chevrolet racing and we tried to tell them they didn't exist, it was even said that the engine and it's components were super trick NASCAR stuff since the same person built our engine that had built engines for a several time championship Winston West team. It was sure a lot of fun using the team's motto of "if you don't hear a new rumour by 11:00 a.m. start a new one". We would then bet how long it would take to get back to us, and how many changes had been done to it.😏😎😇

[@c2jones]

Yes, and the "sounding like an IndyCar" thing had to be totally coincidental. An IndyCar is designed entirely different (mid-engine, etc.) and thus this trick was solely to do with this particular configuration.

[@Edward-xj4mp]

I remember watching that race as a young kid with my father, I can't wait to see this fired up again. What great memories this brings back, thanks.

[@justinholder9678]

The way you are bringing all of this NASCAR history together is AWESOME!!!

[@danieltremel4066]

I can’t stop watching this video… it’s amazing

[@briantincher9284]

You guys are awesome!!! And the video content, audio quality and editing are top notch. Keep up the great work. I always wanted to know why this car sounded so different? I was a only 16 in 1995 and watched the qualifying and race and remembered Ned Jarrett commenting on the unique sound during qualifying. So glad I found this channel

[@davidimrie6916]

Hey Mitch and Logan, once again you have outdone yourself with your videos capturing another important event in the history of NASCAR. Your passion comes through in your subject matter as well as the attention to detail in the golden age of motorsports. I love your videos about the Blue Max Racing and Rusty Wallace and hearing at what an awesome guy Raymond Beadle was and not only in NHRA funny car racing but to put forth his efforts into a totally different form of racing. What is most important is to capture this era of motorsports and relay it to a new audience. I am a huge fan of funny car as well as pro stock racing from back in the day. For example I love Cartech books and the fact they have different authors doing different drivers. I absolutely love their books on Grumpy Jenkins, Dick Landy, Sox and Martin, Hubert Platt, Dyno Don Nicholson, Shirley Shahan, Warren Johnson and Butch Leal. I'm pretty sure Bob Glidden and Lee Shepherd are around the corner. Their exploits as well as their personalities and contributions to motorsports HAVE to be recorded for the sake of history. Maybe you and Logan could approach Cartech on doing a book on.....let's say..........Rusty Wallace!!! Maybe Cartech could add a new chapter to their line of books highlighting the drivers in NASCAR in the golden age. I would as well as thousands of others would love to read about Rusty's life and see the pictures that capture his career through the years. I would love to know about Kenny Wallace as well as his contributions to the sport. Again, how about Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Sr., Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Davey Allison, Neil Bonnet, Tim Richmond (long overdue on this gentleman), Richard Petty, Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliott, etc. I could hazard a guess that once you did one book it would probably open up all new roads to cover former teams, crew chiefs, fabricators, and engine builders. You never know what the future holds and you could be legendary for shining a light on some of these incredibly talented individuals.

[@Harvicknation4]

Sterling is not driving anymore. But he still has a car that runs at Nashville Fairgrounds speedway. He was teaching his grandson to drive.

[@fatman1288]

yeah its sad his health has gone south, i hope Dale Jr brings him on his podcast

[@jackiedavis7560]

Does he have dementia or something along those lines

[@fatman1288]

@@jackiedavis7560 parkinsons unfortunately

[@davidedwards2773]

I was there working turn 2 at the 95 Daytona (Capital trailers). That car sounded awesome. Never forgot that sound!👍🏻

[@jayh4185]

That's going to be awesome to see him start that car. Can't wait to see it.

[@randystone24]

Great job. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for doing these.

[@Slinger43]

Very cool! I bleed Petty Blue & have since 1966, but I bout cried like a 5yr old when Coo Coo's boy won Daytona 😂👍 So this was a treat for me! Thank you. Btw, heard awhile back that Sterlin's health wasn't good, hopefully he is doing better these day's 🙏

[@keithsaunders2532]

One of my ex-girlfriend's uncle was front tire changer on the 4 car when Ernie Irvan drove. Johnny Townsend or JT went to work for Bud Moore when he was 15 years old and was still going over the wall when he was in his 50s. Johnny's brother Rick owned Townsend Race Cars outside of Richmond in those days. JT left Morgan-McClure in the late 90s and went to work for Travis Carter and The Smokin' Joe's car with Jimmy Spencer driving. Spent a lot of time on pit road with both teams. Best "seat" in the house. Great video Mitch.

[@sensoryoverload8915]

My home town, we loved and were so proud of that team. I miss that era of NASCAR.

[@brucefrye8799]

I remember when they came to Daytona for the first time with this car and it was everything that you have got here it sounds awesome

[@evelkoloski]

WTF That yellow Subie Brat dude!!!! epic lil ride!!! Have not seen one in that nice of shape since they were new!

[@jerryobenrader5068]

What an ASSHOLE !!!!!!

[@ed-ou812]

I grew up in Thomasville, NC and remember Sterling Marlin testing engines. We heard it miles away.