Relive Atlanta 2001 - Kevin Harvick's emotional first NSCS victory
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Kevin Harvick holds off a hard-charging Jeff Gordon, on the final lap, to capture his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in only his third start. Harvick's win was the first win for Richard Childress Racing after the passing of Dale Earnhardt. The finish to the 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 was only .006 seconds. Jeff Gordon would take the points lead after this race.
I think, as far as "Best Finish" goes, Darlington 2003 still takes it.
But as far as "Best Multi-Car Racing For the Lead", the last 10 laps of this race takes it in a landslide. At one point, the top 5 cars were racing inn the same formation as the dots on the "5" side of a die. Unbelievable. I love it.
Before Brian France fucked it all up.
this year's atlanta race sucked
A comment could not be more fitting
Got that right.
Nascar wasn't the same after Earnhardt sr. And it's not gonna be the same after HARVICK. My man 💪
And 17 years later Harvick does it again....what a special win... Great way to start 2018!!! #3 Dillon in Daytona victory lane and the next week #4 Harvick does that.... Wow gonna be a great season..... #3neverforgotten
Six to go is some of the best racing you will ever see.
One of the greatest wins in racing history!! Still brings tears to my eyes today !
47:09 you don't see that anymore! 3 wide and immediately 2 wide behind them, man I miss the sound of those motors too.
One and only driver you could ever want and ask for to drive that car to victory lane like he did other than Jr. What a moment an incredible moment in Nascar!! #3 Forever!
And people wonder why everyone says they miss the old NASCAR and the racing. Watch the last 10 laps on this race and it will make perfect sense...
They are getting back to this....this year is great so far
+dalton43live that's right. just take a little bit more downforce off. they are going in the right direction. Dover, Las Vegas, and the Showdown proved that
Man does time fly and boy how much has changed in 13 years. I only count six drivers from this race who are still active in the Cup Series: Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch.
Don't forgot Joe Nemechek!
Gordon's the only one of those who is still driving the same number.
Yeah true he been driving the same number since his winston cup debut.
don't forget jeff burton!
Jereme leBourgeois Burton isn't active in the series however. He's only raced one race this season, and I believe is only scheduled to run one or two more. Good observation, though.
What in the hell happened to cup racing? These were the days.
The same with almost all racing categories. I am a fan of F1, I don't get to see much NASCAR or IndyCar, but I do agree, these were the years for all. F1 got crappy this last couple of months
What happened? What happened is it got better.
Noonecanknow Miner What are you watching? Back then they could race side-by-side beyond the first 2 laps after a restart, likely for a debris caution. The racing was so good back then they didn't need to have debris cautions for every little piece on the track.
David Daniel In the early 2000's? Yes. Early 90's? No.
Noonecanknow Miner oh, well yes that's what I was referring to. But even in the 90s the drivers had more personality, things were less corporate and vanilla. Even without late-race restarts it was enjoyable to watch the races play out. Look at Atlanta '92, even today's chase couldn't manufacture a championship finish that exciting. You'll never see an owner/driver do something like that again (Tony doesn't really count, he's only half owner and it isn't a small team).
he did it for dale
Some sick racing going on during the final 12 laps or so.
Gordon from 5 to go = masterful
@@Weezy10580 okay?
What a hell of a race !
Wow!! Intense racing the last 10 laps. Can't remember seeing anything this good any time recently.
strayster2 this is one race. I remember many boring races back in the day.
I was there and sitting between the exit of turn 4 and the line. It is certainly one of those chance experiences that you will never forget... at least I won't. It felt like the grandstand was about to collapse.
I love how they are clapping in the booth at the finish
Can ya please reintroduce those 3-d car graphics and the old NASCAR on Fox theme? It looks so much better!
And 15 years later, where we are today, these graphics look futuristic or at least advanced compared to what we've got now. To be perfectly honest, that's pretty sad.
Well you kinda got your wish now that they have the old theme back
+Aaron Denson Problem is now we got the music back, but I've been boycotting NASCAR since after Daytona this year. Brian France has completely driven this sport into the ground.
they could do a throwback of Fox NASCAR at Darlington race,only if they like to
No
I was only 7 years old when this happened. My family went nuts when Harvick won.
RIP 3.
19:04 "A young Steve Letarte" on the 24 pit crew
i remember this...i was was about 6 when this race happened....i still have the newspaper from the next morning
I remember the newspaper headlines from when Earnhardt Sr. died. I was 6 too.
Took a while, but Kevin will be the man to beat for a long time. Hard to win at RCR.
Cool to see races from back in the day. I was about 8 when this race happened.
I love these condensed, high-quality versions of old races!
I loved that sound
I don't know why, but I always dreamed of having the Tide car in those Nascar hot wheels looking toy cars they used to make. It just looked so cool...
This was NOT his first "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series" victory, which occured at Martinsville in 2010. This win at Atlanta in 2001 was his first "NASCAR Winston Cup" victory.
The day a 5 year old Dale fan also became a 5 year old Kevin fan
I was there that day when Harvick made us Earnhardt fans smile for the first time in a while. To see Chocolate Myers with tears of joy on pit road.
Shoutout to Kurt Busch finishing 10th in an unsponsored Roush R&D car in only his 11th start ever
LMFAO at the driver lineup thing.. Fucking hilarious what were they thinking?!
Harvick and Busch are the only cup regulars racing to today
50:16 You'll Be Saying That Soon, Jeff.
15 to 16 second pit stops. Wow, how times have changed.
Greatest Atlanta Race.
wow theres like 5 drivers in this field still in the series.
Harvick started 5th finished 1st Earnhardt was born in 51, it was the 4th race of the season Earnhardt was born in the 4th month it was the 29 car Earnhardt was born on the 29th day, it was Harvick's 3rd career race it was the former 3 car. Destiny
I cried at 1:57: RIP Jason Leffler
basher214 lie
I believe this was the time when Nascar was great and legendary. The cars looked sleek,sporty and racier.
This year's Phoenix race brought me here
I like how the announcers just skip Harvick during the starting lineup
The title, back when nascar was the nscs
Oh yeah,the classic nascar
It's so weird hearing Kevin Harvick being called "Kid" XD
This was a great race but this is a great moment since we lost Dale Earnhardt Sr for 17 years
5 cars racing hard for the lead for 30 laps on a 1.5 mile track. You dont see that anymore.
You should upload more extended highlights of old races, NASCAR
this is when racing was racing.
Still to this day trying to figure out where the fuck Mike Joy saw Gordon get loose.
I heard next year nascar is making changes to cars by taking away the splitters, sideskirts, and sharkfins. So maybe we can get this kind of racing back.
Only to slow the speeds to about 160 at Atlanta, Charlotte and Texas.
Look at the racing that was going on for the lead with about 6 laps to go. 5 cars all side by side, all very much capable of winning. Compare that to today's GEN 6 car and the racing it produces, and it's no wonder the sport is losing popularity. You simply don't see this kind of racing anymore because the new cars are so reliant on aerodynamic grip. These cars were too but not nearly to the same degree. They relied more on mechanical grip from the tires and their suspension package. The cars weren't as sealed to the track like they are now, and you can see it in this video when they run down the straights, they're jacked up on the springs and they look like pickup trucks lol. They get lower in the corners thanks to the suspension travel but again, not like they do now. Now they use extremely heavy duty springs and pretty much bind them up so there's very little travel and the splitter stays right on the ground. I'm talking like 10,000LB front springs. They're tiny in length but the coils are massive.
It's one of my pet peeves with the current cars and the rules package. They are trying to fix it but until they take away that front splitter and take away the no ride-height rule, the "dirty air" phenomena is going to keep ruining races by making it extremely difficult to drive in another car's wake without losing a ton of aero grip and therefore performance. That's also why you see just a few cars dominant from week to week because they've figured out the current package better than anyone else and if you can get out in clean air, the only way you're gonna get passed is via pit strategy or tire fall off. It's not uncommon to see someone like Harvick or Truex Jr get out to a 3 or 4 second lead over everyone else and just run away with it, even with the stage racing arbitrarily pausing the action. I truly wish NASCAR would go back to a similar rule package like they had in this era. You can keep the cars looking like the modern production vehicles, but you can go back to similar rules regarding the chassis and front suspension. They need to take a big swing at it otherwise the racing isn't going to attract new fans, and bring back the old ones. Oh, and bring back the unrestricted engines with 750-900HP at most tracks. You can still run the more restricted 550HP(give or take) engines at places like Michigan or Atlanta where you want to keep the speeds reasonable. Ideally you want to increase the straight away speed but DECREASE the corner speed...and taking away that front splitter would do that.
I was turning 3 the same year this happened
+Chick Hicks wow so did about 2% of the world's population
That's cool bro
thanks! i try
I still Harvick no mattr what :0
I'll always be a Harvick fan
What year did NASCAR mandate that all pit crew member that go over the wall to wear helmets
The end of the year after the Ricky Rudd - Ward Burton - Casey Atwood crash in the pits at Homestead. It was implemented between then and the begininng of 2002. Cal Wells team (Ricky Craven and Andy Houston) already used helmets for safety measures. I believe Mark Melling (Stacy Compton) did it as well.
***** Thanks
the same announcers even now...
except for Gordon
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Best race at Atlanta
Plus it's look like its sold
Man racing was best than now it's boring racing
NASCAR bring back single file on restart
WTF? The title says Sprint Cup but the series (as everybody know) was called Winston Cup at those days. I don't undestand why sponsors, broadcasters and the whole NASCAR organization are doing this.
Ridiculous and pathetic.
They can't advertise tobacco in sports anymore because the liberals were more concerned about kids using tobacco instead of worrying about illegal narcotics. Tobacco sponsors in sports is banned world wide. RJR doesn't own Winston anymore, it is now owned by an Imperial Tobacco subsidiary. The British own it in other words. Reynolds American bought out Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion, in order to alleviate antitrust concerns, Winston, along with the Kool, Maverick, and Salem cigarette brands were sold to Imperial Tobacco for $7.1 billion.