Dodge Countdown to Daytona Show (February 18, 2001)

Here is a 30-minute documentary that aired on the day of the 2001 Daytona 500 regarding the much-anticipated return of Dodge in the NASCAR then-Winston Cup Series after a 24-year hiatus from the sport.
The special was hosted by late actor and former Dodge spokesperson Edward Herrmann, who would be dropped 5 months later by then-DaimlerChrysler AG (now separate companies, with Chrysler later becoming part of Stellantis North America) after the company began to undergo a major image overhaul with the Dodge Brand. Dodge itself, was forced out of NASCAR in 2012 and has not returned to the sport since.
© 2001 Freewheelin' Films, Fox Broadcasting Company, and Dodge (Stellantis North America/FCA US, LLC.)
All Copyrights are Acknowledged! I do not own the audio or video footage in this upload and no challenge to ownership is intended.

[@T-Rex-nm1se]

I hope Dodge comes back to nascar one day. Nascar is in their roots. If dodge were still in nascar, they would probably be using the hellcats

[@tomdalfonzo9959]

I am one of the many race fans that misses the hell out of Dodge being in NASCAR.

[@RF2006]

Wow I didn't know there were commercials of the Dodge diecasts that came in the cereal boxes

[@TheRacingGenius88]

I remember watching this on the day NASCAR changed forever.

[@jamestaylor4480]

I loved watching all 10 Dodge Intrepid R/T race cars run around the oval tracks and road courses .

[@StephenLuke]

This was aired on the day of Dale Earnhardt from a basilar skull fracture sustained from a 2001 Daytona 500 crash and the arrest of former FBI agent Robert Hanssen who was charged with espionage.

[@gnnascarfan2410]

3:45 RIP Twin Towers.

[@williamgrantham4481]

RIP Dale Earnhardt

[@iankhan4614]

Keep em coming!

[@SABMashupMuseum]

Thanks!

[@williamgrantham4481]

I Remember This

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

2:02 NASCAR on TNT always spammed that engine rev.

[@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925]

Ward could've won if the big one didn't happen