Terry never dominated at any point in his career, but he was the definition of consistency and always quietly racked up Top 5’s & 10’s, while picking up a couple wins here and there. He won just twice in both of his championship seasons.
Terry was class act. Love that guy. I was a huge Gordon fan. But when he was coming to the last lap of the 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500 I never jumped so high for a non Jeff Gordon driver lol. ICE MAN Terry Labonte
Thanks for uploading this. I thought I'd find an Atlanta race to watch since today's race was postponed. TBH, I like Atlanta's original configuration. I really enjoyed this race.
The Labontes were a classy set of racers. Never dominate but both very consistent. Lucky I got to see both of their careers and to see them win in person. I remember Terry's first win at Darlington and I was at Darlington for his last career victory. 🏆 🏆
Thank you for this. It is cool that Bobby Labonte won the race and his brother won the championship the way they do side-by-side at the end. Also thank you for the quality. So many of these old races are rough-looking this one is really nice.
You know what makes this race so much better than today's racing... The commentary... God is the commentary awful today and trackside is good awful... It's all dry humor and stale sharp chips.
@@MarkMeadows90 I recall those days very well. 16 MB of RAM could cost hundreds of dollars. To think that the processing power of a 486 PC back then, which was consider high-performance at that time, would be in a meltdown trying to process videos prior to uploading them to RUclips nowadays.
I sat in turn one at this race. Cold as hell, in the shade and catching wind off the cars. DJ was my driver back then, third in points going into the finale in ATL. I remember 24 Gordon absolutely ripping everyone a new asshole, with I believe 11 wins, and Jack Rousch interrupting a post race victory interview with Ray Evernham accusingly him of soaking the 24s tires. It was seemingly the perfect season for a team. But, this season goes to show how well the point system works, and previous seasons as well being decided by four or five points. Seems like such a garbage show now.
1:39:07 Loy Allen once again getting cut out of the car on the Atlanta front stretch. This was his second crash resulting in extraction that year as he wrecked hard at the Rock and was subsequently out for several races. To add insult to injury (literally), he nailed the turn 4 wall in nearly the same exact spot 2 years prior and had to be pulled out his car.
I love all the "real man won the championship" comments here that are actually veiled shots at Jeff Gordon. I'd respect you all just a bit more (but not a hell of a lot still) if you'd just say what's on your minds.
Final race for Rick Mast in the #1 car Final race for Wally Dallenbach in the #15 car Final race for Ken Schrader in the #25 car Final race for Ricky Craven in the #41 car Final race for Morgan Shepherd in the #75 car
Terry never dominated at any point in his career, but he was the definition of consistency and always quietly racked up Top 5’s & 10’s, while picking up a couple wins here and there. He won just twice in both of his championship seasons.
A great driver and well-deserved Hall of Famer 🏆🏆
Yes
Pretty similar to Alan Kulwicki in that respect.
Love seeing the Labontes celebrating together!! 🏆🏆🏆
Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, and ned Jarrett made nascar as great as the drivers back then
RIP Bob Jenkins, just heard he passed away today.
Terry was class act. Love that guy. I was a huge Gordon fan. But when he was coming to the last lap of the 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500 I never jumped so high for a non Jeff Gordon driver lol. ICE MAN Terry Labonte
Texas Terry Labonte was a real man and probably the most humble person in the series at the time. Men were men back then
A real man winning the championship
At the time I loved the Reconfiguration of Atlanta but now I feel like this true oval would suit the newer cars and have better racing
Thanks for uploading this. I thought I'd find an Atlanta race to watch since today's race was postponed. TBH, I like Atlanta's original configuration. I really enjoyed this race.
The Labontes were a classy set of racers. Never dominate but both very consistent. Lucky I got to see both of their careers and to see them win in person. I remember Terry's first win at Darlington and I was at Darlington for his last career victory. 🏆 🏆
Thank you for this. It is cool that Bobby Labonte won the race and his brother won the championship the way they do side-by-side at the end. Also thank you for the quality. So many of these old races are rough-looking this one is really nice.
We can't ignore Wally Dallenbachs sportsmanship after his wreck with Loy Allen. His concern was only for Allen... Class act right there
back when every race counted for the Cup, not just one
You know what makes this race so much better than today's racing... The commentary... God is the commentary awful today and trackside is good awful... It's all dry humor and stale sharp chips.
Like the "eh...its Cody Ware...of the cautions in this race, Ware has been the cause of three of them".
1:17:15 Imagine buying a Intel 386-based computer in November 1996…
My dad bought his first 486 computer in 1995. Custom built. Cost him around $900 though. Computers got expensive back then. Windows 95 though.
@@MarkMeadows90 I recall those days very well. 16 MB of RAM could cost hundreds of dollars.
To think that the processing power of a 486 PC back then, which was consider high-performance at that time, would be in a meltdown trying to process videos prior to uploading them to RUclips nowadays.
@@bloqk16 i remember buying more RAM to play nascar racing
I sat in turn one at this race. Cold as hell, in the shade and catching wind off the cars. DJ was my driver back then, third in points going into the finale in ATL. I remember 24 Gordon absolutely ripping everyone a new asshole, with I believe 11 wins, and Jack Rousch interrupting a post race victory interview with Ray Evernham accusingly him of soaking the 24s tires. It was seemingly the perfect season for a team. But, this season goes to show how well the point system works, and previous seasons as well being decided by four or five points.
Seems like such a garbage show now.
Terry Labonte was pure class.
I’m here because I listened to the Dale Jr Download today and they talked about this race
1:39:07 Loy Allen once again getting cut out of the car on the Atlanta front stretch. This was his second crash resulting in extraction that year as he wrecked hard at the Rock and was subsequently out for several races. To add insult to injury (literally), he nailed the turn 4 wall in nearly the same exact spot 2 years prior and had to be pulled out his car.
Amazing that the Todd Bodine and Jack Sprague crash didn't bring out a yellow.
2:47:12 Is that the same Gary that once chased someone with an axle according to Bootie Barker? The name seems immensely similar if not the same.
Rods n Racing, Belleville Illinois?
This was the day after Tyson Holyfield I
11:57 this is so faster no I mean the old Atlanta is way more pack of action racing than today new repave. See again that. Clip 11:57 so freaking fast
I love all the "real man won the championship" comments here that are actually veiled shots at Jeff Gordon. I'd respect you all just a bit more (but not a hell of a lot still) if you'd just say what's on your minds.
He doesn't remember the wreck but that's normal...
Final race for Rick Mast in the #1 car
Final race for Wally Dallenbach in the #15 car
Final race for Ken Schrader in the #25 car
Final race for Ricky Craven in the #41 car
Final race for Morgan Shepherd in the #75 car
Labonte Family Day
Pole!
2:46:50
Those Monte Carlos and Grand Prixs look sweet. Fords, meh.
Dale Dale what a punk
Dale SR got his daughter pregnant.
WTF?
Sorry I never liked Dale. Dale was a good man