also in my opinion the beginning of the end of his career (just my opinion as a junior fan) when he wrecked and finished 43rd there in Texas. i felt something off the rest of the year despite sweeping pocono, and a few other wins there and 2015 wins.
@@MattSkitzYT yeah he got a concussion but didn't tell anyone about it. That happened three more time's before he decided to tell someone. That's Raceing.
Of all inactive NASCAR tracks I miss the most, it's Milwaukee. So flat. I love it. Seems like there was always a friendly rivalry with Junior and Kenseth. Kudos to him as well for giving us some great racing over the years.
sweet vid. Dale Jr. always been one of my all time faves beside his dad. I rember watching J.r race lates down here at the myrtle beach speedway years ago
Great video! Thanks to Dale Jr. for an amazing career. As a member of JR Nation since 2004, I'll miss seeing Junior on the track but look forward to hearing from him on NBC Sports next year. #Appreci88ion
My dad back in 97-98 wanted to start a guys family weekend, with me, my brother, and my brother n law. Since we lived in Houston, Texas, our first weekend trip was to the NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway, one of the Burton brothers won. We had so much fun. We slowly ended up averaging 10 trips, and 20+ races year...... I had the most fun in my teen years because of it. My brother n law was a huge Mark Martin fan, and following my dad, he was a big Dale Sr fan, I became a fan of both Dale Sr, and Dale Jr, specially since I was at his first cup win. I know he’s married, with a baby girl, and has had some concussions problems, but damn I wish he’d come back!! Either drive for his good buddy Tony Stewart, or the team i would have preferred him to go to after leaving DEI, in RCR! Heck I’d probably would double the races I go to, even if he choose a car from his on stable at JR MOTORSPORTS, and just run xfinity series! I know it’s highly unlikely, but I can dream lol i know he misses it! I can say i was lucky enough to be at all 3 Daytona 500’s, that Sr won in 98, and Jr in 2004, and again in 2014. I really thought he was going to win his last Daytona 500, until he got wrecked out, in 2017. Uhh that one still hurts.
Dale Jr. really had a impressive nascar career. Dale Jr. would have won a cup by now if his dad was still alive. That doesn't matter, 2017 just gotta be the season (he has a year's rest for crying out loud). #JRNation
I remember that statement and when I was watching dale in the victory circle I was saying to myself your getting a little too carried away Dale and then then I heard that aint shit.Referring his wins being 5 (shit) and his Dads being like 10 or more later he would go on to say he was responsible for the 5 second delay in NASCAR broadcasting.Thanks for keeping it real Jr.
shawn bishop no he would of a championship if a it wasn’t for the chase b he dint cruse on live tv in 04 c he would of concentrated on his racing instead of partying
No matter what the sponsor title is for the series it's the same series no matter what you name it. So for the people complaining that the earlier wins were Busch not Xfinity. Yes during that time it was sponsored by Busch. Now it's Xfinity so that's what you call it. Same with the cup series. No matter what you name it, it's the same series whether you have Winston, Nextel, Sprint, or monster...it's the same thing
i really miss those short tracks they use to run like IRP, or Gateway if you want to count that as a short track, and then i was shocked to see South Boston i think it was on there that was really great, so bloody boring now at these mile and a half tracks now.
No Xfinity in the 90s; no Nextel, sprint or Monster either. Still have my AC Delco hat from back then in pristine shape. I was at all the Richmond night races.
And Rick Hendrick let go Kyle Busch to put jr in a Hendricks motorsports car, kinda like when the cubs traded lou brock to the cardnals huh? Over rated and he only got to the cup series because his daddy!
Danny Dunn wow you're stupid dale jr had a hall of fame career won two Daytona 500s and won more than 90 percent of the drivers in NASCAR history that is in no way overrated why dont u get a brain
Still he retired with an empty slot in his trophy case, i think if he could have won the battle for control of dei he would have filled that cup championship slot
Junior was a better driver then Busch. Busch was tough to sponsor at that time. Junior was the only driver able to keep up with Johnson before the move. Junior just made the crew chiefs job super hard during that time so the wins dont reflect. The laps led before and right after the move show it was the right call. Just needed a crew chief like Steve sooner to get that cup. Still a good career nothing to be ashamed of. Kahne didnt win many races at Hendrick either. When Junior and Truex raced on the same team Truex wasn't even close now hes dominating Busch.
Couple years late but yes you're correct. I saw that just now and I had to re read the video description thinking I was on a Sr highlight. I also didn't know he was in the three car for so many races as I got into Jrs career around 2000 2001.
Around '98 and '99 I was more of a fan of the NASCAR Busch Series than Cup all because of Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Matt Kenseth putting on a show week in and week out! This is also around the time I started getting into Formula One racing. Jr became my favorite driver during this time period. Id get excited for the Busch race and rarely paid any attention to the Cup races on Sundays.
Being a Kyle Busch fan, i would probably be the first to admit that Jr would have been the one to chase Mark's record at 49 wins instead. The man had 7-6 wins in the first two busch series seasons, i don't remember how many others have done that but still, since he joined Cup full time he either hasn't raced that much in lower series after or he just focused on riding around in those races.
88 car wins Dale Jr and the 3 car the number of his father Dale sr the intimidator finishes 2nd wow what a coincidence and that was for his last xfinity series win.
I’m just going to say this I’m a Gordon fan but he could drive when dale Earnhardt passed a part of jr left. If dale never had passed I think jrs cup career would have been a little different jr probably would have won some championships and would have never left dei. But still jr had a great career
Let’s be honest here, when Junior was in the number three wrangler car on the last lap Logan’s definitely had a run on him but made a career decision not to pass him because he would of with that run he had on him 😂
It's still Xfinity no matter how you look at it. It's just a title sponsor for the series. No matter what you name it, it's still the same series. Winston was the same as monster.. different name for the title but same series
I. Don't. Care that. Dale. Jr. Never. Won. Championship. In. The. Big. Series he. Won. Two. Busch. Series. Championships when. It. Was. Called. The. Busch series.
is that a clause in the contract to say xyz series when a new sponsor buys in and take cfredit for past series when they didnt even exist NASCAR should really seprate sometimes I hear reports of x driver winning so many xyz races whenin fact that driver only won wiston cup or bgn, and i get confused of who they taliking about
@@samuelstahl5828may be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. Jr’s “fall off” happened years after his fathers death and most of the time it was either injury or bad luck that caused him to go on winless streaks
Wins number 8,9,10 were 3 wins in a row from June 5th thru June 27th of 1999 and he attributed practicing on NASCAR Racing 1999 for the help in getting the win at Watkins Glen.
He's not the only one who get some practice from videogames. Denny Hamlin used NASCAR Racing 2003 Season to get ready for one Pocono race in 2006. And he swept both races at Pocono.
I tell you Whhat, I telll you whhhat, I miss being a kid in those years.. I always thought I was going to be stuck in that era. Today’s nascar ain’t foreign to me but it sure is weird. June bug is quite the wheel man if you love or hate him.
Yeah win #14 at 12:32 was a good one first time a 3 car had been back at Daytona since Dale Sr passed away, also win #18 at 15:28 was a very impressive win leading every lap at Daytona something that's unheard of
I wanna know what you people think; Did Dale Jr deserve to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Here's my take His career numbers in the Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity series are Hall of Fame but to me his Cup career was not a Hall of Fame career. He never won a championship and look at his time at Hendrick Motorsports and how many seasons he went winless.
I will forever be a Dale Jr fan.
His First Bush (Xfinity) Series and Winston (Monster) Cup wins were at the same track
I was lucky enough to see jrs first win in the Bush Series and his first in cup.
also in my opinion the beginning of the end of his career (just my opinion as a junior fan) when he wrecked and finished 43rd there in Texas. i felt something off the rest of the year despite sweeping pocono, and a few other wins there and 2015 wins.
Plus he won 7 races in 1998 where his dad has 7 Cup championships and won the Daytona 500 that year
@@MattSkitzYT yeah he got a concussion but didn't tell anyone about it. That happened three more time's before he decided to tell someone.
That's Raceing.
They showed Nemechek as he crossed the line instead of Jr, nice camera work
Of all inactive NASCAR tracks I miss the most, it's Milwaukee. So flat. I love it.
Seems like there was always a friendly rivalry with Junior and Kenseth. Kudos to him as well for giving us some great racing over the years.
sweet vid. Dale Jr. always been one of my all time faves beside his dad. I rember watching J.r race lates down here at the myrtle beach speedway years ago
John Anderson essaswass
Makes me so nostalgic, damn I miss the good ole days in the Busch series.
Great video! Thanks to Dale Jr. for an amazing career. As a member of JR Nation since 2004, I'll miss seeing Junior on the track but look forward to hearing from him on NBC Sports next year. #Appreci88ion
My dad back in 97-98 wanted to start a guys family weekend, with me, my brother, and my brother n law. Since we lived in Houston, Texas, our first weekend trip was to the NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway, one of the Burton brothers won. We had so much fun. We slowly ended up averaging 10 trips, and 20+ races year...... I had the most fun in my teen years because of it. My brother n law was a huge Mark Martin fan, and following my dad, he was a big Dale Sr fan, I became a fan of both Dale Sr, and Dale Jr, specially since I was at his first cup win.
I know he’s married, with a baby girl, and has had some concussions problems, but damn I wish he’d come back!!
Either drive for his good buddy Tony Stewart, or the team i would have preferred him to go to after leaving DEI, in RCR!
Heck I’d probably would double the races I go to, even if he choose a car from his on stable at JR MOTORSPORTS, and just run xfinity series! I know it’s highly unlikely, but I can dream lol i know he misses it! I can say i was lucky enough to be at all 3 Daytona 500’s, that Sr won in 98, and Jr in 2004, and again in 2014. I really thought he was going to win his last Daytona 500, until he got wrecked out, in 2017. Uhh that one still hurts.
Dale Jr. really had a impressive nascar career. Dale Jr. would have won a cup by now if his dad was still alive. That doesn't matter, 2017 just gotta be the season (he has a year's rest for crying out loud).
#JRNation
he woulda had the 04 title if Brian France hadn't been so PC about him saying "shit" on TV and docked him 25 points..
I remember that statement and when I was watching dale in the victory circle I was saying to myself your getting a little too carried away Dale and then then I heard that aint shit.Referring his wins being 5 (shit) and his Dads being like 10 or more later he would go on to say he was responsible for the 5 second delay in NASCAR broadcasting.Thanks for keeping it real Jr.
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Jr. lost the title by 138 points. Penalty or not, he still would've finished 5th in the standings.
shawn bishop no he would of a championship if a it wasn’t for the chase b he dint cruse on live tv in 04 c he would of concentrated on his racing instead of partying
No matter what the sponsor title is for the series it's the same series no matter what you name it. So for the people complaining that the earlier wins were Busch not Xfinity. Yes during that time it was sponsored by Busch. Now it's Xfinity so that's what you call it. Same with the cup series. No matter what you name it, it's the same series whether you have Winston, Nextel, Sprint, or monster...it's the same thing
Jr was dominant in the Busch series back in the day
wow Jr was crazy good at Richmond in the Xfinity Series. amazing
i really miss those short tracks they use to run like IRP, or Gateway if you want to count that as a short track, and then i was shocked to see South Boston i think it was on there that was really great, so bloody boring now at these mile and a half tracks now.
TOPGUNCANADA00 they should reopen the rock
The Earnhardt family will always be my favorite drivers!
mine too
Same!!!
Yes sir
No Xfinity in the 90s; no Nextel, sprint or Monster either.
Still have my AC Delco hat from back then in pristine shape.
I was at all the Richmond night races.
JR had 7 Wins in 1998
His dad won the Daytona 500 that year
And won 7 Cup Championships
And Rick Hendrick let go Kyle Busch to put jr in a Hendricks motorsports car, kinda like when the cubs traded lou brock to the cardnals huh? Over rated and he only got to the cup series because his daddy!
Danny Dunn wow you're stupid dale jr had a hall of fame career won two Daytona 500s and won more than 90 percent of the drivers in NASCAR history that is in no way overrated why dont u get a brain
26 cup wins your right gotta respect that
Still he retired with an empty slot in his trophy case, i think if he could have won the battle for control of dei he would have filled that cup championship slot
Junior was a better driver then Busch. Busch was tough to sponsor at that time. Junior was the only driver able to keep up with Johnson before the move. Junior just made the crew chiefs job super hard during that time so the wins dont reflect. The laps led before and right after the move show it was the right call. Just needed a crew chief like Steve sooner to get that cup. Still a good career nothing to be ashamed of. Kahne didnt win many races at Hendrick either. When Junior and Truex raced on the same team Truex wasn't even close now hes dominating Busch.
That 2010 win at Daytona made me cry. His dad had ran that scheme in the 1980s and in the 1999 Winston.
Dale Jr. last win in the Xfinity was my favorite Xfinity win of his because it happened on my birthday
That first pass he made in the beggining looked like his father
Couple years late but yes you're correct. I saw that just now and I had to re read the video description thinking I was on a Sr highlight. I also didn't know he was in the three car for so many races as I got into Jrs career around 2000 2001.
The classic bump and run
That orange 8 Johns Manville car he won at Daytona and Michigan with is one of my favorite cars ever
15:51Man i miss the sound of those Badboys, Like a Pack of Hornets Going by!
It'll always be the Busch series to me.
Around '98 and '99 I was more of a fan of the NASCAR Busch Series than Cup all because of Dale Earnhardt, Jr and Matt Kenseth putting on a show week in and week out! This is also around the time I started getting into Formula One racing. Jr became my favorite driver during this time period. Id get excited for the Busch race and rarely paid any attention to the Cup races on Sundays.
Those Busch race crowds back then are bigger than today's cup race crowds
Sr and Jr all time favorites
They should go back to IRP That was awesome racing there. Really miss that there.
The way Jr got his first wins in both series at Texas.
Awesome video man, as always.
Being a Kyle Busch fan, i would probably be the first to admit that Jr would have been the one to chase Mark's record at 49 wins instead. The man had 7-6 wins in the first two busch series seasons, i don't remember how many others have done that but still, since he joined Cup full time he either hasn't raced that much in lower series after or he just focused on riding around in those races.
Hadn't raced in xfinity as much only 2 full time seasons 13 wins
It's still the Busch series to me
88 car wins Dale Jr and the 3 car the number of his father Dale sr the intimidator finishes 2nd wow what a coincidence and that was for his last xfinity series win.
I remember 2006 - 2016 races
I’m just going to say this I’m a Gordon fan but he could drive when dale Earnhardt passed a part of jr left. If dale never had passed I think jrs cup career would have been a little different jr probably would have won some championships and would have never left dei. But still jr had a great career
Odd that he never won a plate race in the Busch Series until after he got to Cup though.
Would be 25 Xfinty wins if won @ Richmond September this year finish 3rd that night & didnt he a Busch race in 08
Guess Carl forgot about Atlanta 2004 cost a shot at a championship
Let’s be honest here, when Junior was in the number three wrangler car on the last lap Logan’s definitely had a run on him but made a career decision not to pass him because he would of with that run he had on him 😂
I do miss that acdelco #3
For all purposes change Xfinity to Busch because back then it was called the Busch series
Key word is was. It is the Xfinity Seriesm
@@IrishmanGFS It was the Busch series when he was in it. Calling it the Xfinity series is just untrue. He doesnt have any wins in the Xfinity series.
@@kalebdegroot7825
1. Wrong. As the series he competed in...is the xfinity series.
2. Also wrong. He won in 2016 at Richmond
Didn't have a couple of Xfinity wins in 05 or was that Smoke or Kevin Harvick
What the hell was with the number 81 😂
Truex drove the #8.
It was also combined numbers of DEI. 8 and 1. Why not 81?
Must be a noob
What happened to the video of his cup series wins?
It was called Busch series back then
Dont think it was actually Xfinity during those times. Please rename title.
It's still Xfinity no matter how you look at it. It's just a title sponsor for the series. No matter what you name it, it's still the same series. Winston was the same as monster.. different name for the title but same series
Mine to
I. Don't. Care that. Dale. Jr. Never. Won. Championship. In. The. Big. Series he. Won. Two. Busch. Series. Championships when. It. Was. Called. The. Busch series.
is that a clause in the contract to say xyz series when a new sponsor buys in and take cfredit for past series when they didnt even exist NASCAR should really seprate sometimes I hear reports of x driver winning so many xyz races whenin fact that driver only won wiston cup or bgn, and i get confused of who they taliking about
24 xfinity wins
26 cup wins
2-time xfinity series champion
50 awesome career wins all together.
Really an all time great.
2 time Daytona 500 winner, and 4 straight Talladega wins in there
Junior definitely fell off though after his dad died. Understandably, that must’ve really affected him.
@@samuelstahl5828may be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. Jr’s “fall off” happened years after his fathers death and most of the time it was either injury or bad luck that caused him to go on winless streaks
Plus, the most classy advocate we’ve had❤
27:55 Jr's final win in Nascar. Look at the number he had to battle for it.
Not to mention he never won in his own equipment, if I'm correct. Finally got it done in his last win
It suck Jr never won a NASCAR winston cup title I was really hoping he would at least win 1.............
Wins number 8,9,10 were 3 wins in a row from June 5th thru June 27th of 1999 and he attributed practicing on NASCAR Racing 1999 for the help in getting the win at Watkins Glen.
He's not the only one who get some practice from videogames. Denny Hamlin used NASCAR Racing 2003 Season to get ready for one Pocono race in 2006. And he swept both races at Pocono.
And he beat Ron Fellows at the Glen. That’s not easy
I tell you Whhat, I telll you whhhat, I miss being a kid in those years.. I always thought I was going to be stuck in that era. Today’s nascar ain’t foreign to me but it sure is weird. June bug is quite the wheel man if you love or hate him.
25:08 is my favorite one
Yeah win #14 at 12:32 was a good one first time a 3 car had been back at Daytona since Dale Sr passed away, also win #18 at 15:28 was a very impressive win leading every lap at Daytona something that's unheard of
At 0:40 there's Richard and Dale watching
The first one and second one we see,
The intimidator’s son is wearing his number . Wow
I am proud to be a dale jr fan
I wanna know what you people think; Did Dale Jr deserve to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame? Here's my take His career numbers in the Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity series are Hall of Fame but to me his Cup career was not a Hall of Fame career. He never won a championship and look at his time at Hendrick Motorsports and how many seasons he went winless.
Look at those Busch Series attendance turnouts back then. Amazing.
Also, wow to this, first win, he pulled a dale sr by pushing the guy to the side and passing in the grass, well, by the grass but it flew
Who mixed the audio on this video, Helen Keller?
Think I see the red headed step child.
Mister restrictior plate 2
Gateway 98 and 99 was my favorite
I bet that camera man was fired after that day in Texas in 1998
Busch series*
Xfinity Series
@@IrishmanGFS Busch Series.
I like how the thumbnail is Randy Lajoie