I was in the hospital for this event. Watched it in critical care at six years old just got done with a heart surgery at UAB Birmingham. Loved every moment of it. My dad snuck me in some macdonalds cheeseburgers and watched it with me.
The Superspeedways was Earnhardt's own personal playground. When the car owner tells him to go on and drive away because he was slower trying to pull cars with him in the draft you know he had a monster of a machine.
The movie "Days of Thunder" came out a few days before this race...and that was what came to mind with that big wreck on the first lap. The "Big One" wasn't completely unheard of, but it wasn't a routine thing that happened at Daytona and Talladega before this race.
Ned Jarrett telling BP he looks like he has used a lot of bullseye barbecue sauce was classic. Also Jerry Punch talking about how he angered the victory lane guy was funny too.
13:15 And they were doing so well too.. Bud car made it happen, but he doesn't see it that away. He come down on the middle car. And that's when it went out of control.
@@jamesgentry13 That's not how I saw it. No one wanted to give in that situation. Petty's the King, Cope won that year's Daytona 500, and Sacks just wrapped up filming "Days of Thunder". I really feel it was three drivers with big egos not wanting to give an inch, and it was a recipe for disaster. I saw this race live on tv, btw. I definitely miss this era.
@@JimWhitakerMusic no. The guy in victory lane was being a fucking asshole. They had to interview Dale right away because he was taking a flight to Cleveland for the IROC race later that day.
was there ever an actual Hendrick Motorsports Ultra Slim Fast Oldsmobile Cutlass as shown in Greg Sacks caption for being on the pole position??? He drove an Ultra Slim Fast Chevrolet Lumina when he was with Hendrick.
13:40, it still baffles me when the wreck started with 7th through 9th place cars and guys running towards the back of the pack in 40th position still come blazing into the wreck. They had plenty of time to slow down and if they are running toward the back or dead last, why not slow down? You don't have to worry about someone rear ending you.
This is the earliest cup series big one at Daytona we just did for Daytona 500 it never was that big ever in 500 until that took 16 of them 24 in this one if you follow along. Can we please get tony Rivera please!!!
I dont care what in the hell cope & sacks say, cope started that & cope is the problem. he came down into sacks & sacks got loose & caused that big one. sacks shouldn't have been 3 wide in that corner but thats just racin sometimes, it was cope who started that whole damn thing.
Around 11:10 they gave the pole time and speed, which can't be right. It says Sacks ran 42.02 seconds, which translates to 214.1837 mph. NASCAR never woulda let them get away with that. I think they meant 46.02 seconds (195.5 and change).
ironic - that the points leader and others in the points lead were all involved in this crash. ever wonder at what a Nascar driver would do (or be paid) to keep someone else from winning or scoring points - the most popular answer is "i'd do anything" ..even cause a wreck on the first lap of Daytona?
I loved these days in NASCAR, but this was the first plate race that I'm aware of that 20-30 cars were wrecked at the same time. NASCAR should have known right then that there was a big problem with the direction they were going in with rule changes....
after what's happened in recent years, restrictor plates are a necessity. without them, imagine how much worse dillon's and larson's wrecks would've been.
@@jamesgentry13 if they didn't have that stupid plate one or two of the three could a passed an not jus sit side by side nascar should have dozed taeldega an Daytona to the ground after 1987 .its a dam shame the two biggest baddest tracks in the word are ran at half pace bullshit they call restrictor plate racing it's a dam joke
@@brianbooher7318if they didn't have plates, the only thing that would have changed is that they would have hit each other even harder. If they hadn't started restricting the cars, they would be running 230-240 by the late 90s and you'd have a lot more dead drivers.
11am was the start time for this race for years because of how hot it got in Daytona during the summer, thats why the race eventually went to night-time
23 cars in both the xfinity race and this race I said 24 a long time ago my error by 1 yes racing reference its 23 okay but yes it was the biggest wreck of the 1990s equaled by the cup race at Talladega in 1997 and xfinity crash in the 1999 wreck at Talladega the wreck you can say cemented me as a fan when that happened Daytona wouldn't see a wreck that large until 2010 when 22 cars crashed.
I think the old UNOCAL 76 man Bill Brodrick aka "The HAT MAN" that was always in victory lane in the 80s in 90s got pissed because ESPN jumped in and did the interview right away. He handled the product placement and sponsor hat wearing stuff. He wanted Dale to wear a certain hat for the interview and Jerry went with the interview anyway. The rush was because Dale had to leave the track and fly to Cleveland for the IROC race later that day.
According to Darrell Waltrip, ( Grain of Salt is up to you) the cars had some sort of a floating block in the carberator, that was giving them "Unapproved" horsepower. Nascar officials discovered it, and made the teams weld the block in place. Therefore the cars at the front, then became a high speed road block, triggering the crash. I dont buy it though. The video clearly shows Sacks getting loose.
How do you think the feed would be recorded in order to be released years later 🤡🤡 its almost like they had to store the race on some sort of tape like substance, because thats what technology was in 1990. Try actually thinking for once before saying something stupid 🤡
I don’t drink, but if I did, I would take a swig every time they mention The Daytona 500 in the 1990 season. That crash at the START of the race is unbelievable. Bob Jenkins’ voice was a little too giddy
So you're pisssed theybkept mentioning the Daytona 500 because of Earnhardt's flat tire costing him the win and that dominating the July race was some what redemption?
Sacks said Petty got loose and he and Cope hit as a result......the replay proved Petty didn't get loose, it was Sacks getting loose, he then got into Cope which put his Lumina out of control and he hit Sacks and the rest including Petty were innocent victims. If anyone got loose to start that crash it was Greg Sacks. I think being part of Days of Thunder went to his head and he thought he was a superstar. History proved otherwise though. The only reason he was on the pole here and good in other superspeedway races that year was because he was running for Rick Hendrick and had top equipment. It was a lot more the car and team than it was driver.
@@Holden308 A top notch owner and car are a huge help, but Sacks gave Earnhardt (in his absolute prime) stiff competition in the Winston and almost beat him... and you need talent to be able to do that.
@@Holden308 i would blame Petty for making it 3 wide on lap freaking 2!!!!! Sacks had nowhere to go being in the middle 3 wide made cars unstable in that era that's why usually youbwouldnsee the car in the middle fall back. He couldnt just back off either because they were in a big pack and he would have been rear ended.
@@30AndHatingIt sacks that year was running a Hendrick R&D car owned by THE late great Paul Newman. Lets.just say with Hendricks history of R&D thst care was beyond pushing the grey area in the rule book. Watch the Winston 500 that year. He was the only car that was passing with ease by himself. Something fishy there
no one did it better. Dale could start any where and still win . Back when racing was great. No political bs , no cry babys and when Nascar cared about there fans...
i was always a great fan of snickers teamat the time of dick trickle and bobby hillin Jr rolled for this crew. the paint scheme this car , i always loved
Greg "Lying" Sack. Petty wasn't responsible for him getting into Cope and Earnhardt didn't start anything. Hey Sacks, just say that you're a no talent driver and it was your fault. It's not like you were trying to protect some big secret or keep a cat in the bag.
If Richard Petty didn’t make it 3 wide on lap 1 that huge wreck would not have happened. Such stupid racing waaay too early in the race. Totally unnecessary.
I love Petty but this was all on Petty. He made it 3 FUCKING WIDE on the 2ND FUCKING LAP!!!!! Sacks couldnt back off the gas or he would have been plowed by the cars behind him in the pack. Plate racing you cant back off the gas. Also in this era of plate racing 3 wide made the car in the middle very unstable. Causing sacks to get loose.
And what do you mean unlike Earnhardt? You think if Richard hadn't got caught up in that wreck that he woulda been there at the end to contend with Dale, no way in hell....
😅🤣😂BIG ONE of enter !!! 12:35 Green Flag ..... 13:29 first crash style big one hallucinate really !!! Ho 😯 It's my first of see Jimmy Horton drive the car Number #17 former car to the D.Waltrip , in 1990 Darrel was already under driving under Western Auto sponsor ?
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I was in the hospital for this event. Watched it in critical care at six years old just got done with a heart surgery at UAB Birmingham. Loved every moment of it. My dad snuck me in some macdonalds cheeseburgers and watched it with me.
Pretty cool
Man your memory is amazing
oralé vato ! good memories really !
Awesome dad you have man
USA, USA, USA
The Superspeedways was Earnhardt's own personal playground. When the car owner tells him to go on and drive away because he was slower trying to pull cars with him in the draft you know he had a monster of a machine.
A 10AM start? You'll NEVER see that again!
Man, I love watching these old races on the greatest time machine ever invented! (RUclips)
Dr. Punch leaving his kids with mascots!
Awesome!!
Yeah that was a mistake showing that because he had to move from all the fans dropping by his house
I love the start bit it is really sweet
The movie "Days of Thunder" came out a few days before this race...and that was what came to mind with that big wreck on the first lap. The "Big One" wasn't completely unheard of, but it wasn't a routine thing that happened at Daytona and Talladega before this race.
Ned Jarrett telling BP he looks like he has used a lot of bullseye barbecue sauce was classic. Also Jerry Punch talking about how he angered the victory lane guy was funny too.
There's nothing worse than seeing your favorite driver get caught up in one of these big wrecks.
Dang, Cope and Sacks crashed the field and then blamed Petty, lol I heard BP call em out for it later
the wreck was all Cope.
Because he stepped in it at the 500 earlier that year, Cope has escaped culpability for causing this wreck for decades.
The crowd! Amazing ! so many people! must have been a fantastic atmosphere! Cheers for the post!
Miss these days of good racing and personalities to match
19:50 man gets whiplash trying to walk in front of Jerry punch interviewing drivers.
He deserved it too!!
The 1990 Pepsi Arca Brakes 400
Nah pack racing sucks
Back when the cars could get away from each other and didn't need a drafting partner to win at the big tracks
They still needed drafting partners. Only one who didn't that year was Dale Earnhardt.
Everybody needed a drafting partner back then. No difference.
The complete opposite of what the drivers said after the big one at the beginning! 😆
Dale Earnhardt's 1st career points paying win at Daytona
1st & only career top 10 points paying finish for Rob Moroso
There was a shot at 40:44 that wasn't used during the televised replay. Very Illuminating to see the back-half of the big one develop.
Probably because there was so much smoke after it happened that there wasn't much that they could show the viewer at home at that point.
I love the intro.
Just after corner # 4 I had to give this a thumbs up because seriously WTF. Thank you and Namaste
Great upload!
13:15 And they were doing so well too.. Bud car made it happen, but he doesn't see it that away. He come down on the middle car. And that's when it went out of control.
At :58, probably Dr. Jerry Punch's alarm
Thanks for sharing. Love this older nascar races. Do you have any old races from rockingham or north wilkesboro? From this era. Good stuff!
Wow..some eventful last pit stops. Poor Bobby Hillin. Did a heck of a job saving the pit crew from injury though.
the publicity in intro is great with jerry punch
I love this one.
Alan was on fire.RIP FRIEND.
Some quality ARCA braking
Or petty being a dumb ass making it 3 wide for no reason on lap 2
@@jamesgentry13 That's not how I saw it. No one wanted to give in that situation. Petty's the King, Cope won that year's Daytona 500, and Sacks just wrapped up filming "Days of Thunder".
I really feel it was three drivers with big egos not wanting to give an inch, and it was a recipe for disaster.
I saw this race live on tv, btw. I definitely miss this era.
10 days after 'Days of Thunder' was released...the pros wanted to make a sequal on the first lap. Good job, lads
That Commentary @ 3:13:20 tho 😂😂😂
You have to love the Raw feed cause you get what's going on during commercials and post race
wekid12 Jerry Punch was still cranky from being drug out of bed early 😂
@@JimWhitakerMusic no. The guy in victory lane was being a fucking asshole. They had to interview Dale right away because he was taking a flight to Cleveland for the IROC race later that day.
Jerry and Dale was best of friends dude was poking the bear.
3:07:23 Dalejr was in pits for his Dad's 1st Daytona points paying race Win!!!
& their new graphics debut since ESPN: MLB has started in [1990 - 94] (Throughout the entire sporting events).
19:51
Someone grabs that guy like "Get out of the f*cking shot"
13:30 people against the fence scattered quick!
Greg Sacks proved he wasn’t worthy of a top cup ride on this day.
Dang. Jerry Punch's kiddos are my age. 35!🤣🤣🤣
2:21:48 Hat of the Week!
Anybody have the race before this one, the Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Michigan? I couldn't find it.
The Greatest Of All Time!
Sacks tried blaming that on the King. 😂😂😂😂 Get real bud.
Hahaha he tried didn't he?
you can tell by the king's tone of voice when they interview him that he heard that and didn't appreciate it too much as well.
was there ever an actual Hendrick Motorsports Ultra Slim Fast Oldsmobile Cutlass as shown in Greg Sacks caption for being on the pole position??? He drove an Ultra Slim Fast Chevrolet Lumina when he was with Hendrick.
Sacks drove a Slim Fast Chevy in every race he competed in during the 1990 season. Not sure why they had him with an Oldsmobile...
13:40, it still baffles me when the wreck started with 7th through 9th place cars and guys running towards the back of the pack in 40th position still come blazing into the wreck. They had plenty of time to slow down and if they are running toward the back or dead last, why not slow down? You don't have to worry about someone rear ending you.
Some of those late hits were hard
13:30 "The Big One" The NASCAR equivalent of DWHUA (Driving With Head Up Ass)
Wrong tmits because of super Speedway racing is stupid
Back when Daytona was a Handling racetrack.
This is the earliest cup series big one at Daytona we just did for Daytona 500 it never was that big ever in 500 until that took 16 of them 24 in this one if you follow along. Can we please get tony Rivera please!!!
Buddy and Richard were the only ones that stayed with they're car and came in on the hook.
ever notice the jetsons movie clip in the beginning? the movie opened in theaters july 6th... the day before this race aired!
I dont care what in the hell cope & sacks say, cope started that & cope is the problem. he came down into sacks & sacks got loose & caused that big one. sacks shouldn't have been 3 wide in that corner but thats just racin sometimes, it was cope who started that whole damn thing.
Sachs and Cope trying to blame the King was completely classless when they knew good and well they screwed up
Around 11:10 they gave the pole time and speed, which can't be right. It says Sacks ran 42.02 seconds, which translates to 214.1837 mph. NASCAR never woulda let them get away with that. I think they meant 46.02 seconds (195.5 and change).
That would also make it the Fatsest Speed ever Reached by a Nascar Driver Since Bill Elliott's 212+ run at Talledega. Unless this is Pre-Plate??
Numbers weren't Jenkins' strong suit (unless he was reading them). BP always gave him grief over that.
@@NotSteveCook Benny himself often said that Bob was "never his accountant", and that rang true many times during various broadcasts.
ironic - that the points leader and others in the points lead were all involved in this crash. ever wonder at what a Nascar driver would do (or be paid) to keep someone else from winning or scoring points - the most popular answer is "i'd do anything" ..even cause a wreck on the first lap of Daytona?
Cope hit Sacks. Sacks hit Petty, then all hell broke loose!
3:11:27 Dale Jr. Congratulating his father. ❤
I loved these days in NASCAR, but this was the first plate race that I'm aware of that 20-30 cars were wrecked at the same time. NASCAR should have known right then that there was a big problem with the direction they were going in with rule changes....
after what's happened in recent years, restrictor plates are a necessity. without them, imagine how much worse dillon's and larson's wrecks would've been.
Dude it was the second lap. A big pileup would have happened without the plate
@@jamesgentry13 if they didn't have that stupid plate one or two of the three could a passed an not jus sit side by side nascar should have dozed taeldega an Daytona to the ground after 1987 .its a dam shame the two biggest baddest tracks in the word are ran at half pace bullshit they call restrictor plate racing it's a dam joke
@@brianbooher7318 you sound like a butthurt kid lol.
@@brianbooher7318if they didn't have plates, the only thing that would have changed is that they would have hit each other even harder. If they hadn't started restricting the cars, they would be running 230-240 by the late 90s and you'd have a lot more dead drivers.
earliest ever start time for a cup race. 10 am I believe
11am was the start time for this race for years because of how hot it got in Daytona during the summer, thats why the race eventually went to night-time
Dang and I wasn't born in the 90's but the 2001 pepsi 400 started at 8pm instead of 10am. Time difference and year difference on that one ._.
@@thatwolverinefan_85 Pepsi 400 has been racing at night since 98
Dale Jr. high fiving his hero.
23 cars in both the xfinity race and this race I said 24 a long time ago my error by 1 yes racing reference its 23 okay but yes it was the biggest wreck of the 1990s equaled by the cup race at Talladega in 1997 and xfinity crash in the 1999 wreck at Talladega the wreck you can say cemented me as a fan when that happened Daytona wouldn't see a wreck that large until 2010 when 22 cars crashed.
Earnhardt made that look easy. What the hell was going on after the race... Jerry Punch was mad about something.
I think the old UNOCAL 76 man Bill Brodrick aka "The HAT MAN" that was always in victory lane in the 80s in 90s got pissed because ESPN jumped in and did the interview right away. He handled the product placement and sponsor hat wearing stuff. He wanted Dale to wear a certain hat for the interview and Jerry went with the interview anyway. The rush was because Dale had to leave the track and fly to Cleveland for the IROC race later that day.
Greg Sachs forgot he wasn't Cole Trickle anymore.
According to Darrell Waltrip, ( Grain of Salt is up to you) the cars had some sort of a floating block in the carberator, that was giving them "Unapproved" horsepower. Nascar officials discovered it, and made the teams weld the block in place. Therefore the cars at the front, then became a high speed road block, triggering the crash. I dont buy it though. The video clearly shows Sacks getting loose.
Sacks had it gathered back together till Copeloose came down lol.
Cope came down on Sacks triggering the whole mess. I taped it in 1990 and had it in slo-mo Cope triggered that mess.
Looking at all the people during the crowd scan, everyone looks so thin and healthy. I guess that was before Bill Clinton and the rush on fast food.
Agreed
OMGLOOK AT THAT YOUNG WALTRIP
Are those Jerry Punches actual kids in the open intro
Yes, and it was his actual house, too lol
@3:11:26 thatll give you cold chills.
doesn't actually seem like a raw satellite feed if i can see VHS tracking lines all over it
How do you think the feed would be recorded in order to be released years later 🤡🤡 its almost like they had to store the race on some sort of tape like substance, because thats what technology was in 1990. Try actually thinking for once before saying something stupid 🤡
These races were recorded by people on their VCRs off of the satellite dishes, they’re not official releases from the networks or anything.
Any time I heard the commentator yell “trouble!” On the first few laps, it was probably Greg sacks! He was terrible.
Petty caused that wreck going 3 wide
I don’t drink, but if I did, I would take a swig every time they mention The Daytona 500 in the 1990 season. That crash at the START of the race is unbelievable. Bob Jenkins’ voice was a little too giddy
So you're pisssed theybkept mentioning the Daytona 500 because of Earnhardt's flat tire costing him the win and that dominating the July race was some what redemption?
The two no talent Greg Sacks and Derrick Cope trying to blame Richard Petty for the crash!
Sacks said Petty got loose and he and Cope hit as a result......the replay proved Petty didn't get loose, it was Sacks getting loose, he then got into Cope which put his Lumina out of control and he hit Sacks and the rest including Petty were innocent victims.
If anyone got loose to start that crash it was Greg Sacks. I think being part of Days of Thunder went to his head and he thought he was a superstar. History proved otherwise though. The only reason he was on the pole here and good in other superspeedway races that year was because he was running for Rick Hendrick and had top equipment. It was a lot more the car and team than it was driver.
@@Holden308 A top notch owner and car are a huge help, but Sacks gave Earnhardt (in his absolute prime) stiff competition in the Winston and almost beat him... and you need talent to be able to do that.
@@Holden308 Last I checked the car doesn't run on autopilot.
@@Holden308 i would blame Petty for making it 3 wide on lap freaking 2!!!!! Sacks had nowhere to go being in the middle 3 wide made cars unstable in that era that's why usually youbwouldnsee the car in the middle fall back. He couldnt just back off either because they were in a big pack and he would have been rear ended.
@@30AndHatingIt sacks that year was running a Hendrick R&D car owned by THE late great Paul Newman. Lets.just say with Hendricks history of R&D thst care was beyond pushing the grey area in the rule book. Watch the Winston 500 that year. He was the only car that was passing with ease by himself. Something fishy there
no one did it better. Dale could start any where and still win . Back when racing was great. No political bs , no cry babys and when Nascar cared about there fans...
I find it a bit ironic people say "no cry babies" while crying like a baby lol.
back when racing was real .
i was always a great fan of snickers teamat the time of dick trickle and bobby hillin Jr rolled for this crew. the paint scheme this car , i always loved
Just stop. It's just as real today. A little different, but just as real.
SURE@@BrassMaster84
39:57.
jdtractor man Pretty cute lady.....that’s probably almost 60 now. 😂
@@JimWhitakerMusic still a hot mo guskie.
The big wreck would not of happened I bet, had Days Of Thunder not been released in cinema just 10 das prior to this race.
2:23:04 LOL!
Those helmets wouldn't protect you from a wet fart...
12:33 race start
Greg "Lying" Sack. Petty wasn't responsible for him getting into Cope
and Earnhardt didn't start anything. Hey Sacks, just say that you're a
no talent driver and it was your fault. It's not like you were trying
to protect some big secret or keep a cat in the bag.
yeah but Cope should've moved up...like he said he did. 26:49, Cope had a lot of room between himself and the wall.
Or petty shouldnt make it 3 wide
I be dang at 4.55
If i woukd sit that high in seat id be like Earnhardt .just in case i roll over or and get hit his helmet is above bars
+NASCAR CAN LEARN FROM THIS BROADCAST HOW ITS WRONG TO BE ONE OF THE GOOD OLD BOYS AND MAKE A A FAKE BULLY INTO A ICON
If Richard Petty didn’t make it 3 wide on lap 1 that huge wreck would not have happened. Such stupid racing waaay too early in the race. Totally unnecessary.
Sacks caused that wreck
I think 200 wins petty cope an Sachs 3 says it all
Sacks car was lose he took out the field
I think Petty could have ran a good race that day but sacks took him out the King was a beast unlike Earnhardt
I love Petty but this was all on Petty. He made it 3 FUCKING WIDE on the 2ND FUCKING LAP!!!!! Sacks couldnt back off the gas or he would have been plowed by the cars behind him in the pack. Plate racing you cant back off the gas. Also in this era of plate racing 3 wide made the car in the middle very unstable. Causing sacks to get loose.
And what do you mean unlike Earnhardt? You think if Richard hadn't got caught up in that wreck that he woulda been there at the end to contend with Dale, no way in hell....
No Toyota. Look at the stands. Compared to today
These cars sounded soooo much better than the cars of today.
Toyotas are not the problem.
Yeah Toyota is why people don't watch anymore, lol. What a dipshit.
@@NotSteveCook stands in 2021 was so empty compared to 1990s.
i am eating eggs for breakfast. and there are no pumas around. eating eggs for breakfast must drive pumas away!
😅🤣😂BIG ONE of enter !!!
12:35 Green Flag ..... 13:29 first crash style big one hallucinate really !!!
Ho 😯 It's my first of see Jimmy Horton drive the car Number #17 former car to the D.Waltrip , in 1990 Darrel was already under driving under Western Auto sponsor ?