2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Old Dominion 500
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Monday in Martinsville! Ricky Craven scores his first career victory fighting off a determined Dale Jarrett. He got the lead late when Kevin Harvick and Bobby Hamilton decided to play bumper cars. Hamilton got spun and Harvick got a 1 lap penalty. 
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Man there was just something about the 2001-2003 seasons. Perfect combination of veteran and new drivers, Varying personalities. You could actually tell a difference between each manufacturer instead of all of them looking the same. The paint schemes were awesome, you knew which driver was in each car because they didn't change rides/numbers/sponsors each year. You knew the rules because they didn't change major rules every few weeks... And the cars looked and sounded better than they ever did.
Grandstands were always full, TV ratings skyrocketed. Its crazy, back then I watched every race, every qualifying session, every practice session, every Busch and truck race. Nowadays, I don't even know how the points system works much less all the other rule changes.
It's crazy how quickly NASCAR destroyed their own popularity. What a shame.
Travis Eisenhart small teams actually had a chance at winning races during those years. Elliott Sadler at Bristol ( 2001) , Robby Gordon almost won at Sonoma in 2001.
This sounds exactly like me. I used to watch everything, now I will occasionally, but they've ruined so much that why bother. The drivers seem to be so watered down, too. Back then rain delays and interviews were fun and interesting, now every driver sounds the same, "We had a good car today and I wanna thank my crew and (rattles off 10-15 sponsors)." I can predict what they're gonna say before they get out of the car. Even the finishes are ruined by forcing Credit One Bank in there. It takes all of the air out of a potential exciting finish. I could add a lot more, but you get the point.
They tried to chase the Big Four(Football, Hockey, Soccer, Baseball) and are losing at it, but they should have never had that goal in the first place. I went to racing because I wanted something alternative to those sports, I wanted to step away from those sports, why would I want elements of those sports in racing?
I was at school when this race happened, however my grandma taped it for me and as soon as I got home I put the tape in and watched it. I was so happy to see Ricky Craven get his first win. I still have that video tape somewhere in my closet as well as the 2002 Texas race and the 2001 EA Sports 500 that I also recorded.
ah, the days when they'd read out the starting grid in full! i'm blind, it's important to me
If this is happened in 2019, you’d see a very small fraction of this crowd for a Monday race
if this happened in 2019 the 88 would have ran over the 32. Its just wrecking these days
I haven't seen this race in YEARS. I remember coming home from school and watching the tape. That brake comparison between Bobby Hamilton and Joe Nemechek is one of the things I remember most from the race.
You are AWESOME for uploading the good ol' days of NASCAR! Thank you times 642!
Look at that packed crowd on a MONDAY! 😳
Always liked Ricky Craven. What a fantastic win for him as he drove hard for it. Nothing compared to that deal at Darlington though!
Now, I understand that NASCAR needs to keep order, but I think that was a bogus penalty for Harvick.
Cravens 2 wins were the very exciting finishes... if you're gonna wins just a couple, might as well do it with a bang...
hi past me
I remember this one cause I was at school and my grandfather recorded it for me and as soon as I got home from school I put the VHS tape in and I couldn't believe what I saw. I was so happy to see Ricky Craven get that first win considering he was Jeff's and Terry's teammate in the late 90's early 2000's
2001 was a wacky year for poles. Todd Bodine had THREE poles, Jimmy Spencer 2, Stacy Compton swept the Dega poles.
Yup, this was definitely pre-Ryan Newman
Yeah, Haas-Carter Motorsports was weird like that in that year. Too bad when they actually do race, the cars go to crap.
Newman even won a pole that year lol
The Tide Ride was always my favorite race car and Ricky Craven is my favorite to drive the Tide car! It's great to see Craven on ESPN ever week!
This is the race that pretty much gave Gordon the championship in 2001
kurt completely shreds a tire and theres stuff all over the track... Rudd blows an engine... Waltrip spins in front of the leaders and no caution.... these were manly years... i feel NASCAR is like a tween now...
KingCuervo88 Man I couldn't agree more! That's what blows about these finishes of the plate races now. They will throw that yellow flag out even for a simple spin, which if it's a huge crash I can understand it. I mean let them race!
+KingCuervo88 Hermie Sadler spun off Turn 2 and no yellow. Crazy to think so much has changed since the old days of NASCAR. If these spin-outs, engine failures and tire shreddings were to happen today, it'd be an instant yellow no matter what
Agreed and honestly they can not even use their "safety" most of the time either
fun fact, the fall race from this track last year had fewer yellows than this race
A big win for Craven and his fans up here in Maine.
Bobby hamilton; savage
One of my favorite races. Thanks!
i love this season. Terrible what happened in daytona, but outside of that, 2001 was a great season
Look at the grandstands at how full they are on a Monday. Sad that they can't even get half of that on a Sunday anymore.
im a fellow mainer, such as craven, when i was younger i thought craven sucked. but after watching a few races here on youtube, he was pretty damn good. if he had better equipment he would still be in the sport
The first win for Ricky Rudd.
Things didn't go according to plan for him along the way, but it was awesome to see Ricky Craven get a couple wins in the Cup Series.
That comment by Hamilton was priceless. Jerky move by Harvick.
Harvick owns Hamilton
lol @ liimp bizkit in the intro.
Mike Beam's 3rd win as a crew chief and first that wasn't with Bill Elliott as he won with him in the Melling Days and in the Junior Johnson days. And also first Cup win for a car numbered 32.
This race was supposed to be run on my birthday until rain pushed it back to the day after & I had school to go to. I saw the results on ESPN & was shocked to see Craven won. My trust with him was waivering at this point & this kind of boosted my spirits. The next week I got interest in a new driver & my "era" with Craven (Which was 8 months) was over.
A great race . It was the last time we set in turn four before we got season tickets in turn 1. Plus when martinsville had someone actually sing the national anthem. Iwish they brought this back today.
victory lane was awesome back then. it lasted so long! now its always cut so short
Bill Weber talking about the Black Friday parking lot.... Ironically, Winston Cup ran its only points race in the modern era on a Friday that day that year!
And it was on Black Friday 😄
Good race to watch ty
Man, I had this race and was planning to upload but I lost the tape. This is sweet!
Damn, Hermie Sadler was a wrecking ball out there 😂
Wish we could get a crowd like this today
Damn, Rudd looked like he had the car to beat.
I remember being so mad when Harvick spun out Hamilton. My favorite driver deserved this win.
Maybe Hamilton shouldn’t have destroyed Harvicks bumper then
not a harvick fan... but hate the call ... harvick by far better driver and was able to save it... Bobby rip... he just couldnt hack it.
Overall happy for Craven getting his 1st cup win and later on getting a 2nd win... miss these days.
yeah, they did that for a couple years after some people would jump on the roofs after the race and post race inspection showed to roof being too low. It's still not allowed, but they did away with the silly bar.
This is how you settle a race, not with a bump and run or some other shit.
Aw man I used to love Thunder Motion!
No bullshit cautions and no bullshit green-white-checkereds. How the fuck did NASCAR go from this to what we have today?
Oh man, finishing the race under green is so bullshit
Yes because I love BS phantom cautions to get the "exciting finish"
Well, Marty Snider did end up calling a 4th first time winner- and go figure, it's the guy next to Benson.
Thanks very much for posting these races! I was wondering if you could please not mention the winner's name in the description. It takes all the fun out of watching the race unfold. :)
That Kevin Harvick penalty was a bad call by NASCAR
What was that bar thing in victory lane? Wasn't that to stop them from messing with the roof?
22:06
i betcha no other drivers today does what Bobby Hamilton did
I was conflicted on this race- on one hand, it was awesome to see a fresh new face in victory lane, but it stung a little since I supported Robert Yates Racing back in the day.
do u have the 2002 pepsi 400 daytona
What limp bizkit song was in the intro?
Dillon Murway 9 teen 90 nine
Fuel by Metallica
Speedy Ricky Rudd Craven won
BRING BACK ALLEN BESTWICK TO NBC
How many trust fund kids entering NASCAR lately think the way Johnny Benson Jr does about contact?
2:46:20 they called ricky craven ricky rudd.....#insult to rudd.
TWICE, they called RIcky Craven Ricky Rudd. Matt Yokum did it just after the checkered flag and Bill Weber did it just after the victory lane interview.
where the replay hate
Hear that, Kyle Busch? Dale Jarrett didn't throw a bitch fit over what Craven did.
It's too bad that today few driver's show Dale Jarrett's class for finishing second. A lot of drivers today just whine about finishing second rather than being thankful and congratulating the winner. There's no honor now.
77 car
if that was Earnhardt the 32 would've been eating the wall.