@@81casperflippre 9/11, riding the high of the 90’s. i can very easily see how someone would miss it. being born after 9/11 i wish i could have experienced the 90’s nascar scene
I went to this race with my late Dad. Sat inbetween turns 1 & 2. Race was great. Boos were loud. Had a perfect seat for seeing that cage rattled. My Dad lived in those townhouses at the golf course that was very close to the track. Had season tickets at Bristol for over a decade but when they put in that progressive banking we thought the change made the racing suck and it wasn't worth paying for 4 seats to all the races, practice and qualifying. Wish it was 1999 again. No 9/11 and wars and my Dad was alive. Miss those days.😢
wow i wish we can get more races with this amount of quality. there’s mid 2000s races i can barely watch because it’s so blurry. More uploads with this quality please !!!!
go watch first night race at daytona at the start, its CRAZY the amount of flashes. man....we will never see anything like that again i remember those days
Man I still have this race recorded on VHS along with other races of the 90s. It was a great time being a race fan back then. Just look at that crowd! It was like that every weekend. I always wanted to go to Bristol then but never had the chance. You don't see that now. I use to be a season ticket holder to Michgian and it was always sold out as well. I finally attend a Cup race for the first time in 13 years, couple years ago at Charlotte for the Roval and I have to say it definately ain't the same vibe. The crowd then pales to what it is look like today. The sport had so much going for it then: the drivers with character, the colors of the cars, & recognizable sponsors. I gotta say though I sure do miss Pontiac! As much as I like the looks of the Monte Carlo, those grand prixs sure looked stout and 'wide trackin' too!
This was my favorite era of NASCAR. Great racing, great cars, drivers who America knew outside of the NASCAR bubble. Kyle Larson once said when he won his NASCAR championship nobody outside of racing knew his name. He said that America doesnt have the same love of NASCAR it once had.
wow! watch this race compared to what we just watched with this crap nextgen last night. Not even in the same room. this place was sold out, cars were awesome, no gimmicks or bullshit cautions, no stages. This was Racing.
1999 1. ABC airs the 200th episode of Home Improvement, and Home Improvement ended its run after 8 seasons and 204 half-hour episodes on ABC. 2. Austin City Limits in its 24th season on PBS, and the show adopted the slogan "Where Music Lives". The Nanny ended its run on CBS after 6 seasons and 144 half-hour episodes. Walker, Texas Ranger in its 7th season during the 1999-2000 season on CBS. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart premieres on Comedy Central. 3. Giant Records released Clay Walker's Live, Laugh, Love album, Curb Records released Tim McGraw's A Place in the Sun album, MCA Records released George Strait's Always Never the Same album, Dreamworks Records released Toby Keith's How Do You Like Me Now?! album; it was Toby Keith's first album since signing contracts with Dreamworks Records, after Toby Keith had left Mercury Records in 1998. 👍
I don’t mean to sound like such a kid. But I couldn’t help but keep my 1:24 Corn Flakes Terry Labonte die cast by me while watching this classic of a race. I love Dale so much but my favorites growing up were the Labontes with Bobby in his unforgettable green interstate batteries car and Terry’s blue Frosted Flakes early 00s car. How could you Dale 😭😭
I was there as a 10 year old sitting in the front row between turns 3&4. One of the greatest sports events I've ever attended. Always remember the boos when Dale got out of his car in victory lane and the beer cans flying over my head people threw on the track as he went by on the victory lap. Hated it at the time as a Jeff Gordon/Hendrick bfan but glad I got to witness a great moment in NASCAR history
Watching this race, it's fun to watch Earnhardt, Terry Labonte and Spencer gradually get their car better as the race goes on and run up front for the latter part of it. Ricky Rudd too; he actually got lapped early but was up there in the Top 5 at race’s end.
1:55:38 Wow, the crowd going berserk because of a clean pass for 2nd with 75 laps to go. That would be unheard of these days lol. The current fans aren't nearly as invested in the sport and drivers as we were back then.
2:17:35 Dale Earnhardt being booe'd? But...Kyle Busch(and Gragson,and Hocevar)fans told me that "no one had a problem when dale did it" Though looking at the tape,lots of people had a problem with it...
Back 🔙 when Nascar was Nascar and not NasCrap and you could change a Radiator on Pit road and still race when you get it fixed now its that 5min rule hell they have one redone in 10mins give em 3 more it be fair 😂
As a fan of the black #3 I loved this race. For him to pit on the back stretch and finish where he did was amazing. No one had ever won from the back stretch, but I would have preferred a 2nd place finish than him spinning Terry out like he did to win.
"...hey everybody, I saved you a seat in the luxury box at Bristol... a luxury box at Bristol, that's pretty silly to me. This is a shrimpy track with a reputation for turning race cars into meatballs, a smorgasbord of broken parts and twisted pieces. Race car drivers may whine about it, but race fans, we love it! Time for me to hit the road..." (beginning of the famous intro to this race)
I mean Dale shouldn’t have done it, but at the same time Terry almost deserved it for not knowing better… like you’re gonna sideswipe Dale while you blow by him, almost taunting, then leave your a** dangling out there and expect him not to do anything? Comeon.
See as of today the number 3 would have got a penalty...but back in the day..that was racing...that's why the stands were full and they were building more stands...because when you went to a race back then you never know what was going to happen...but back then the drivers and team owners had more to say...its not like that anymore...
Not gone lie I had a soft spot in my heart ♥ for Ole Chad Little to new he wasn't gone win but pulled for him to do good kinda like Dick Trickle cigarettes 🚬 smokeing self only man allowed a cig lighter in his car 😂😂
I'll never understand how people praise Dale for this move. It wasn't just dirty, it was pathetic. Labonte pulled off magic to get by him, then he throws a fit and wrecks the 5.
@@ayrton42 1 Terry hits Dale first 2 rubbing is racing 3 3 Dale barely touched him Not pathetic at all A real racer does anything to win move or get moved
Part of why I never had a problem with this move in this specific situation was because NASCAR's rules about pitting on the back stretch back then were pure garbage. The only reason Terry was even able to get close to him was because of his tire advantage, an advantage he only had because of the stupid back stretch pitting rules. I know I'm right about this because they got rid of those stupid rules a long time ago. They were never fair.
@@cbrunnem6102 In the days before the longer pit roads that wrap around turns where necessary, they used to have 2 pit lanes at Bristol. Some of the cars would pit on the front stretch and others would pit on the back stretch. If you were pitting under green, then it would essentially work the same as it does now in terms of pit delta. However, if it was under yellow, everybody pitting on the front stretch would have a significant advantage because they would get to finish their pit stops, pull back on to the track and then speed up to catch the pace car, passing everybody pitting on the back stretch in the process. This usually ended up with most, if not all, of the cars pitting on the front stretch getting to restart in front of every lead lap car pitting on the back stretch, regardless of previous running position or the speed of their pit stops. Earnhardt got stuck with a back stretch pit box in this race. This meant that if they wanted to pit at the end of the race, they would have probably needed to come out as the last car on the lead lap or close to it with only a few laps remaining on the track with the shortest lap times. They basically had no choice but to stay out. Terry was pitting on the front stretch. There was no downside for him pitting for fresh tires. This is the only reason he got back to the front so quickly. If everybody would have been able to pit for fresh rubber, then even with his fast car that night, he would have never had time to work his way to the front in only a few laps if everyone was on equal tires. The rule was always garbage. Simply put...if we had the 2023 pit lane in 1999, Earnhardt would have won anyway, but without the last lap drama.
STFU, that doesn't mean all rules of racing get thrown aside and you can run your competitors over. This is the most garbage reason to simp for the most garbage driver's most garbage move.
Man I miss how the world was back then.
You mean you miss before you knew how cruel the world is.
@Noonecanknow879 nope I miss how simple it was. It's hard to explain
@@81casperflippre 9/11, riding the high of the 90’s. i can very easily see how someone would miss it. being born after 9/11 i wish i could have experienced the 90’s nascar scene
every generation since the beginning of time has said this. it's nothing new
@@cbrunnem6102 so what's your point?
I went to this race with my late Dad. Sat inbetween turns 1 & 2. Race was great. Boos were loud. Had a perfect seat for seeing that cage rattled. My Dad lived in those townhouses at the golf course that was very close to the track. Had season tickets at Bristol for over a decade but when they put in that progressive banking we thought the change made the racing suck and it wasn't worth paying for 4 seats to all the races, practice and qualifying. Wish it was 1999 again. No 9/11 and wars and my Dad was alive. Miss those days.😢
I wish that I was sitting next to you and your father.
@@johnclarke4027 so do I 😄
What did they change with the banking? I’m unfamiliar with that… haven’t watched since Dale died.
The best racing we've seen in a while. I miss these cars.
I agree John
wow i wish we can get more races with this amount of quality. there’s mid 2000s races i can barely watch because it’s so blurry. More uploads with this quality please !!!!
ESPN had better quality than a lot of other sports networks at this time for sure
240p when you can't even read the names on the ticker.
The way Bristol should still be. Trying to get a ticket to this race was a nightmare.
So true!!
0:20 this sound is pure bliss
Good ol carburated, pushrod, naturally aspirated V8 engine 🎉🎉
the flashing on the warm up lap is so cool
Oh... lmao... I'm a guy so I'm like, where where??... the camera flashes 😂.... sorry, I'm a pig.
go watch first night race at daytona at the start, its CRAZY the amount of flashes. man....we will never see anything like that again i remember those days
The good ol’ days of Nascar & ESPN.
Man I still have this race recorded on VHS along with other races of the 90s. It was a great time being a race fan back then. Just look at that crowd! It was like that every weekend. I always wanted to go to Bristol then but never had the chance. You don't see that now. I use to be a season ticket holder to Michgian and it was always sold out as well. I finally attend a Cup race for the first time in 13 years, couple years ago at Charlotte for the Roval and I have to say it definately ain't the same vibe. The crowd then pales to what it is look like today.
The sport had so much going for it then: the drivers with character, the colors of the cars, & recognizable sponsors. I gotta say though I sure do miss Pontiac! As much as I like the looks of the Monte Carlo, those grand prixs sure looked stout and 'wide trackin' too!
The fact that Earnhardt even got back to Labonte’s bumper is incredible.
Terry should of drove off. But He decided to mess with the Bull
Like a Boss.
Sparks from his car messed him up because he was driving so hard.
@@joshpitts7256That's dumb. You think he wasn't trying to drive away? Like "nah I'm just gonna sit here and unnecessarily make it a race?"
Nothing more American than rattlin' Terry's cage.
In Nascar, you don't intimidate Dale. Dale intimidates you
God what an era
This was my favorite era of NASCAR. Great racing, great cars, drivers who America knew outside of the NASCAR bubble. Kyle Larson once said when he won his NASCAR championship nobody outside of racing knew his name. He said that America doesnt have the same love of NASCAR it once had.
The good ol' days!
Dale Jarrett is a true class act! I never really rooted for him, but always respected him!
Need the current cars to race like this
Yeah they suck short tracks
2:15:10 Final Lap Earnhadt VS Labonte
wow! watch this race compared to what we just watched with this crap nextgen last night. Not even in the same room. this place was sold out, cars were awesome, no gimmicks or bullshit cautions, no stages. This was Racing.
This. I came back here looking for this comment this morning
@@kl5_racing251 welcome haha
Been to Bristol once for a Spring Race in 99? 2 Martinsville races, and one Pocono race. Good times....
Bristol racing is always the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!! 🏁🏁
1999
1. ABC airs the 200th episode of Home Improvement, and Home Improvement ended its run after 8 seasons and 204 half-hour episodes on ABC. 2. Austin City Limits in its 24th season on PBS, and the show adopted the slogan "Where Music Lives". The Nanny ended its run on CBS after 6 seasons and 144 half-hour episodes. Walker, Texas Ranger in its 7th season during the 1999-2000 season on CBS. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart premieres on Comedy Central. 3. Giant Records released Clay Walker's Live, Laugh, Love album, Curb Records released Tim McGraw's A Place in the Sun album, MCA Records released George Strait's Always Never the Same album, Dreamworks Records released Toby Keith's How Do You Like Me Now?! album; it was Toby Keith's first album since signing contracts with Dreamworks Records, after Toby Keith had left Mercury Records in 1998.
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I don’t mean to sound like such a kid. But I couldn’t help but keep my 1:24 Corn Flakes Terry Labonte die cast by me while watching this classic of a race. I love Dale so much but my favorites growing up were the Labontes with Bobby in his unforgettable green interstate batteries car and Terry’s blue Frosted Flakes early 00s car. How could you Dale 😭😭
I was there as a 10 year old sitting in the front row between turns 3&4. One of the greatest sports events I've ever attended. Always remember the boos when Dale got out of his car in victory lane and the beer cans flying over my head people threw on the track as he went by on the victory lap. Hated it at the time as a Jeff Gordon/Hendrick bfan but glad I got to witness a great moment in NASCAR history
Jeff was half the racer Dale was but still very good
Bristol please reconfigure back to this version!
Watching this race, it's fun to watch Earnhardt, Terry Labonte and Spencer gradually get their car better as the race goes on and run up front for the latter part of it. Ricky Rudd too; he actually got lapped early but was up there in the Top 5 at race’s end.
1:55:38 Wow, the crowd going berserk because of a clean pass for 2nd with 75 laps to go. That would be unheard of these days lol. The current fans aren't nearly as invested in the sport and drivers as we were back then.
Watching this before the 2024 spring race. Man that place was slam full. These days the first 10 or so rows are covered by tarps around the track
Yes sir, this is the NASCAR I grew up on. Die hard Jeff Gordon fan
This race took place on August 28, 1999. RIP Dale Sr.
25 years to this day
2:17:35
Dale Earnhardt being booe'd? But...Kyle Busch(and Gragson,and Hocevar)fans told me that "no one had a problem when dale did it"
Though looking at the tape,lots of people had a problem with it...
Oh wait till you see Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs. A lot of boos occur for a few occasions. Wrecking the leader.
i miss Dale and i wasnt old enough to watch nascar back then.
Wow! Packed stands, cars hard to drive, passing with no stage cautions, sticky stuff or the progressive banking...who would of thought?
"He never has any intentions of taking him out"😂
My first fall Bristol race sat front row to the right of the flag stand!!!!! Best race ever!!!!!
Best Motor Race Ever! Amen
4:14 #44 hot wheels 🔥🛞Pontiac by far my all time favorite
Wow the crowd is not happy !
Best Motor Race Ever!
Hold up Benny 2:07:20 😂
Out of pocket Benny 😂
The disclaimer in the video description makes me sick.
It’s rare to hear and see a Earnhardt getting booed
Back 🔙 when Nascar was Nascar and not NasCrap and you could change a Radiator on Pit road and still race when you get it fixed now its that 5min rule hell they have one redone in 10mins give em 3 more it be fair 😂
As a fan of the black #3 I loved this race. For him to pit on the back stretch and finish where he did was amazing. No one had ever won from the back stretch, but I would have preferred a 2nd place finish than him spinning Terry out like he did to win.
2:21:31 "...#66..." Ole what's name.
24 years later and people still talk about the finish of this race
back when racing was racing, points meant something and didnt need stage racing or playoffs to decide a champion
Why the hell did the penalize Nadeu?
5:40 1999
"...hey everybody, I saved you a seat in the luxury box at Bristol... a luxury box at Bristol, that's pretty silly to me. This is a shrimpy track with a reputation for turning race cars into meatballs, a smorgasbord of broken parts and twisted pieces. Race car drivers may whine about it, but race fans, we love it! Time for me to hit the road..." (beginning of the famous intro to this race)
God I miss these cars, real race cars, real teams, real racing
This was when humanity peaked
Man I used to "REP" That #18 INTERSTATE battery's Car Bobby Labonte him and D.J.
Rubbin is racin! Miss you #3
I mean Dale shouldn’t have done it, but at the same time Terry almost deserved it for not knowing better… like you’re gonna sideswipe Dale while you blow by him, almost taunting, then leave your a** dangling out there and expect him not to do anything? Comeon.
Rare/if not the only time Earnhardt was booed. Rightfully so
24 Years Ago
And in 1999, racing and the world was right…
See as of today the number 3 would have got a penalty...but back in the day..that was racing...that's why the stands were full and they were building more stands...because when you went to a race back then you never know what was going to happen...but back then the drivers and team owners had more to say...its not like that anymore...
U are wrong it's obvious u don't know Nascar
5:32 99
i legitimately don't understand how they do 400 laps. I'd get sick. these are tiny laps. you're almost always turning left.
TV production has actually gotten worse since this era.
2:16:05 had dale did that now he be parked thats beyond reckless
That's laughably false
That's just racing cry harder
@@rcguy902 wrong dillion did the same thing and was DQ its not acceptable now peroid
@@rcguy902 its not racing
@@NickyDyes u are wrong Austin isn’t dale Earnhardt u don’t NASCAR
Can we get the 2001 Coca-Cola 600 please?
Not gone lie I had a soft spot in my heart ♥ for Ole Chad Little to new he wasn't gone win but pulled for him to do good kinda like Dick Trickle cigarettes 🚬 smokeing self only man allowed a cig lighter in his car 😂😂
The players change but the game stays the same
Dirtiest move Dale ever did. He knew he was beat.
Not at all Terry hit Dale first and rubbing is racing snowflake
I'll never understand how people praise Dale for this move. It wasn't just dirty, it was pathetic. Labonte pulled off magic to get by him, then he throws a fit and wrecks the 5.
@@ayrton42
1 Terry hits Dale first
2 rubbing is racing
3 3 Dale barely touched him
Not pathetic at all
A real racer does anything to win move or get moved
delusional, I guess thats the answer@@rcguy902
@@rcguy902 C'mon man. Terry had him beat so bad with new tires. Dale knew it and damn well knew he was. Just dirty driving and everyone knew it.
Mike Skinner was a problem
85 - 99 NASCAR'S best years, before Jimmie Johnson
Part of why I never had a problem with this move in this specific situation was because NASCAR's rules about pitting on the back stretch back then were pure garbage. The only reason Terry was even able to get close to him was because of his tire advantage, an advantage he only had because of the stupid back stretch pitting rules. I know I'm right about this because they got rid of those stupid rules a long time ago. They were never fair.
talks about the old dump rule but never explains it.... come on. give us the details
@@cbrunnem6102 In the days before the longer pit roads that wrap around turns where necessary, they used to have 2 pit lanes at Bristol. Some of the cars would pit on the front stretch and others would pit on the back stretch. If you were pitting under green, then it would essentially work the same as it does now in terms of pit delta. However, if it was under yellow, everybody pitting on the front stretch would have a significant advantage because they would get to finish their pit stops, pull back on to the track and then speed up to catch the pace car, passing everybody pitting on the back stretch in the process. This usually ended up with most, if not all, of the cars pitting on the front stretch getting to restart in front of every lead lap car pitting on the back stretch, regardless of previous running position or the speed of their pit stops.
Earnhardt got stuck with a back stretch pit box in this race. This meant that if they wanted to pit at the end of the race, they would have probably needed to come out as the last car on the lead lap or close to it with only a few laps remaining on the track with the shortest lap times. They basically had no choice but to stay out. Terry was pitting on the front stretch. There was no downside for him pitting for fresh tires. This is the only reason he got back to the front so quickly. If everybody would have been able to pit for fresh rubber, then even with his fast car that night, he would have never had time to work his way to the front in only a few laps if everyone was on equal tires.
The rule was always garbage. Simply put...if we had the 2023 pit lane in 1999, Earnhardt would have won anyway, but without the last lap drama.
STFU, that doesn't mean all rules of racing get thrown aside and you can run your competitors over. This is the most garbage reason to simp for the most garbage driver's most garbage move.
Dale wanted to Pit.. Richard said on the Radio your a 7 time Champion," You know what to do .👍
Austin Dillon
Dirty Dale at it again.
Earnhardt with an asshole of the century move
Rubbing is racing snowflake a real racer does anything to win
Rubbing is racing princess
MISS ME BOY DALE THE INTIMIDATOR
What a jerk
Godhardt's BS move needs to be part of any driver's appeal when he or she is facing suspension for dirty driving.
Rubbing is racing snowflake move or get moved
@@rcguy902 found the no-talent assclown
Cope and seethe
People actually like this guy?
Of course people liked Dale he was a good guy and the greatest racer in Nascar history rubbing is racing nothing wrong with using the bumper
How does anyone like Jimmie he's a boring guy
I mean like bro won 76 races so
people actually like jimmie johnson?
@@jvydenlovescruises he didn't have to crash people to win🤡
Chicken crap move..... That win would mean nothing to me.
Rubbing is racing princess a real racer does anything to win
When you're beat just wreck em.
Dale was a huge hack in todays racing🥸
Dale is the best ever no matter the Era
Austin Dillon