Dale Jr. Download: 'Creativity' by Chad Knaus
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2020
- Chad Knaus' aggressive style landed him in trouble and Dale Earnhardt Jr. asks him about the "creativity" he brought to an organization constantly pushing the envelope.
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*“I’m not straight up calling you a cheater”*
That part got me! Chad literally took it as a compliment 😂😂😂
7 Time Cup Champion Crew Chief, of course he would!
definitely pushed the envelope😅learned from his mentor Evernham🤗
Love hearing stories regarding "creative rule bending". EVERY team that wins at any level, does it. The creativity of guys like Chad Knaus, Gary Balough, Mark Martin, Jr Hanley, Smokey Yunick, Jeff Hammond, Jr Johnson, Maurice Petty, Jake Elder, Harry Hyde and many many more, need to be celebrated. In my opinion, if there's no rule against it, it's not illegal, and open to exploitation. Racing needs this spirit of creativity. 👏👏👏 🇨🇦
Agreed! So many fans are quick to say "oh! They cheated! Boo!" Thats racing. You are trying to achieve that competitive edge on the competition.
It was like 50 years ago and It'll be that way going into to the next gen too. I'm sure the big dogs and creative minds will find a way with this next gen car. 😄
That shop would of been golden if ray evernham was still with Gordon when knaus was there
@@SlimShadeTree28 Ray Evernham and Chad Knaus both work with HMS, the most cheating team in the NASCAR modern era.
Alvars Dzenis, Smokey Yunick was the NASCAR cheating king. He cheated constantly and NASCAR forced him out in 1970. He's not in the NASCAR HOF nor will he ever be.
@@SlimShadeTree28 Ray Evernham was with Gordon since he joined NASCAR. In fact, no team was interested in Gordon unless Ray Evernham was part of the package. Without Evernham, Gordon would've been a nobody.
"Creativity" is why a lot of people follow the sport.
My dad read "Best Damn Garage In Town" to me when I was 5, and I begged to watch a NASCAR race. This is in Australia, by the way.
We turned on the 1993 Daytona 500 and my dad and I mused about why the front guys might be fast, and why the fast guys might not be at the front. Then we wildly speculated as to how Gibbs was anywhere near winning when it ended.
Please encourage your guests that having the rulebook written around you is the shiniest badge of honor that there is in your sport. Junior Johnson and Smokey Yunick will always be household names because of their innovation. I've given up everything I owned to study engineering because I want to have the big ideas that stock car chiefs have been having for decades. It is what a large portion of us love.
silkysixx, Smokey Yunick was the king of cheating in NASCAR. So much so that NASCAR forced him out in 1970. He's not in the NASCAR HOF nor will he ever be. Dale Earnhardt Sr once stated that any win obtained by cheating is NOT a victory. Dale Sr disliked anybody that cheated. I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams. I remember one Saturday that Dale Sr discovered a set of illegal cylinder heads on the #3 race car. He demanded that they be changed, or he'd not drive it. Dale Sr was very picky, and he always deeply inspected every race car that he ever drove before every race. Anything not right got corrected/fixed, or he'd refused to get into the car. Like his dad, Dale Jr, has a high integrity level. IMHO, Dale Sr had the most integrity of any NASCAR race car driver that I ever met. I've met a lot of them because I raced in the NASCAR North series for many years and worked at DIS for ten years. I totally agree with the NASCAR executives. Dale Earnhardt Sr was the greatest race car driver in NASCAR's history. He could do things with a race car that other race car drivers thought were impossible to do. Whenever he'd say something wouldn't work, he was 99% right.
That book is probably the best about motorsport I've ever read. Smokey was never a cheater. He took the view that if the rule book didn't say you couldn't do something, then it would be ok to do it. As soon as something was banned he dropped it.
Having the tire carrier cave in the quarter panel in every final pit stop for a few years definitely rates up there for interpretation of the rules
Yeah, just like Ray Evernham would have the crew members pull the 24's fenders out at the 1st pit stop. "Cheating" in public...lol
@@bigelile07 Was legal then, plus that was before the templates were strict.
@@ethanweeter2732
It was gray area They made it illegal because of Ray.
It was legal for a while. Once NASCAR saw everybody doing it, they had to stop it.
@@bigelile07You could flare the fenders until the late 2000s or so I think.
I remember one time years ago Chad got caught on audio telling Jimmy if he won the race he needed to smack the rear of the car during the burnout. How funny.
Talladega.
I came on here to make this comment lol
Took my memberberries this morning. Yep, I remember that one.
I remember that lol...or when you celebrate your win just jump on your car a few times 😆
@@user-cs3zs6jn1d I remember that and the Dover race with the rear suspension on all 4 HMS cars.
Smokey Yunick would have approved of this video +1
Damn skippy, lol. I was just watching an interview with Dave Marcis. Dave is 80 now, and he got to know Smokey really well, back in the day. ( Dave was/is younger than Smokey ) He said that Smokey taught him a lot, and helped him a lot. He also said Smokey was way ahead of the competition in so many ways. I watched Bud Moore say that it wasn't uncommon for Smokey's engines to have a 30 hp advantage over the rest of the field.
Talladega Tom, Smokey Yunick cheated almost constantly. So much so that NASCAR forced him out in 1970.
@@sergeantmasson3669 cheated or worked in the grey areas? That’s racing man jr himself said he never drove a legal car and he doesn’t want to bending the rules is apart of the sport
I 7/8's agree 👍
@@thedistractedcanadian4355 I doubt anyone had a 100% legal car ever. The 1997 All-Star car Ray Evernham built was legal, but it really stretched the limits and really experimented with concepts used now. I think front and rear geometry were utilized to death, they had bump stops, and probably used a very flexible track bar.
The boss ALWAYS controls the mood of the operation. Many so-called 'leaders' just don't get it. Chad gets it.
The Boss is the Rotor
I remember the early years of Chad & Borland. Those guys were insanely creative. Watching Newman & Johnson just immediately go to the top of Nascar was amazing.
Who else remembers when Chad got caught telling Jimmie before a race at Talladega if he won be sure he tore the rear end up during celebrations
Okay but that isn't cheating?
Mike, I totally remember it and still to this day watching replays I do not see it coming.
Great video thanks jr for sharing God bless you and your family
Great laugh. Super real, deep racing talk free the expert and expert panel. I have not watched a race in almost 20 years but i like the podcast alot
is there any other die hard Jr nation member that this video lives rent free in your head. Dale jr downloads are awesome. It's like your in a garage just sittin' in with Dale Jr. & other nascar legends, hearing awesome stories about good (or not so good) times.
Anyone remember those shocks Jimmie had at Watkins Glen? Another one of those "don't bring these back to the track" Chad will go down as one of the best for sure.
NavyF14D, Ray "cheater" Evernham taught Chad Knaus well.
@@sergeantmasson3669 They never were crew chiefs at HMS together though. Ray left in 2000 I believe and Chad was hired in late 2001.
@@ethanweeter2732 WRONG. Chad joined HMS in 1993-1997 to crew member with Jeff Gordon, as Evernham was the crew chief, and left to join DEI in 1998. 1999 he joined Melling racing team. 2002 he returned to HMS as crew chief for Jimmie Johnson. Evernham left HMS to form his own team in 1999. 2007, Gillette bought a majority portion of that team and pushed Evernham out. Evernham sued and lost. That team was later sold to Petty Enterprises. After dabbling around NASCAR for a few years, Evernham returned to HMS in 2014.
@@sergeantmasson3669Yeah, but Chad never got to be a crew chief while Ray was there as a crew chief. Though when Ray came back obviously they would work together.
He is definitely not a cheater, his whole is to find & exploit the gray area in rule books
That's what I was thinking too. Cheating would be, The Fuel tank must be 10 gallons and you put a 13 gallon fuel tank in the car. Innovating/creativity is put a 10 gallon fuel tank in the car but the rule book says nothing about putting a second 1 gallon fuel tank in the car. I think Smokey Yunick did that or something similar. I can't remember who it was.
He dont break rules...he creates them lol.
@@stonewall01 Smokey didn’t put a second fuel up tank in, what he did was the rules said the fuel tank must be a certain size, but there was no rule about the size and length of the fuel line, it was same thing that people in F1 were doing.
@@robertjones9200 Gotcha. I knew it was something along those lines. Didn't he get mad during inspection one time and drive off with the Fuel tank sitting on the ground or something? Or was that someone else?
@@stonewall01 That’s the story I heard. NASCAR confiscated his fuel tank and he started the car and drove it away. 😂
And Chad learned from the best on how to bend the rule book working for ray everham on the 24. Also that is why the 48 24 shop was ran the way it was
chad knew how to set up a car, & jimmie actually had the balls to drive it.
Now you get Chad directing everything and Larson who will have the balls to test it.
This is such a true statement. I mean who the hell even heard of Knaus when he was Stacy Compton’s crew chief? For that matter how many people ever heard of Stacy Compton? It was the chemistry. Without both ingredients of the potion there would be no magic.
@@davidschmude He managed to build a pole winning car at Talladega with Stacy.
@@LoganGibsonYou mean the talent? Larson has the talent too. Imagine if Larson had HMS equipment from 2014, he likely wins the title by year 3-4.
I think that’s the biggest thing that gets overlooked. People will discredit Jimmie and say he just had cheated up cars. I would imagine faster cars didn’t always mean easier to drive. It takes a wheelman to handle that creativity.
Now this is what and why we tune in " racing " inside stuff. Lol
These are all so absolute gold.
Man I wish there were more Chad K. in the sport!I'm sure there testing and trying things,but he was the 👑 king of cutting the rule book and it shows what kinda dedication you need at your job!People call it cheating and that's not cheating!Cheating requires no dedication to anything!I appreciate ya Chad and appreciate your hard work!
Imagine Chad and Ray Evernham at HMS together even for 5-10 years. The technology innovations and insane wisdom going through that shop would be unbeatable for a decade probably with Jeff and Jimmie there.
They were together with JG but when Ray left Chad left also if he becomes Gordon CC who knows JG may have 100 wins
4:47 so everyone was in fact messing with the rear housing? i knew it 😂
I believe it was Indy 2012, Kesolowski was freaking out over the radio about as he was behind Jimmy most of the race.
You don’t remember the yawed out time? Cars on the straight away were completely crooked going in a straight line. If they slammed on the brakes there would be 4 tire marks not 2. NASCAR had to take this away.
@@sn95_mustang_garage yes I remember that in 2008, but they were discussing when they shared a shop and when Letarte was Jr's crew chief and that wasn't until 2011 in 2008 Tony Eury jr was his crew chief and theyshared a shop with the 5 team.
Bob Osborne and Edwards in 2008, Sam Hornish Jr at the 2008 Sprint Open, Penske and Hendrick in 2012, Penske at Texas in 2017. Major moments to look back on.
Well said JR, I want my crew chief pushing the limits, finding loop holes! As a long time HMS fan all my buddies who are NOT HMS fans used the Chester word all the time when Jimmie won and still use it (currently 2023) when anything happens with HMS.
You guys remind me of my old army buddies talking about old times. I guess it is the same though, tight knit teams always miss old times after they split up.
I’ll miss chad as a crew chief.
Leonardo Bruno I meant after the season is over
@@RacedayGamingunboxingsisteryin Ray Evernham and Chad Knaus both work for the most cheating team in the NASCAR modern era, HMS.
I went to nascar UTI in mooresville NC and heard quite a few stories of the DEI "advantages" they had run in races.A few of my instructors were ex-DEI shop/pit crew employees....
ROB HOLMES, Dale Earnhardt Sr had a very high integrity level and he greatly disliked cheaters. If he caught any DEI team member cheating, they were out the exit door soon afterwards.
@Sergeant Masson they wasn't cheating but they did find some advantages in the transmissions and with the bodies in order to dominate daytona and talladega
He got my grey area respect when he drilled the holes in the spoiler bolts.
Which was deemed illegal because you were not supposed to mess with how those parts mounted. On the old car, just maybe a fine. Anything Gen 5 and later, that is a big fine and suspension and points deduction.
Lmfao i want jrs sound clip to back this up
This man is like no other🐐.
This is the BEST SHOW out there if you really want to know about "What's Really Up" in Nascar...
Chad still has that Northern Illinois sarcasm, demeanor. Living 90 minutes from Rockford, yeah, I see it! 🤣
"Creativity" 😂😂😂👍👍👍
But Jr is right....if your crew chief ain't getting busted by NASCAR, he ain't trying hard enough.
Knaus is a legend, and one of my favorite crew chiefs.
Russell C, Ray "cheater" Evernham taught Chad Knaus very well.
Loved this
The NBCSN TV version has captions of some of the different aspects Chad's life.
I saw the thumbnail at first, and was like "why's Shia LeBoeuf in Jr's pit??" Even at 50 the resemblance is uncanny
If you aint cheating then you aint trying.
FYI - The "Shredded Beef Jerky" (where its in a snoose can) is the best! Great lil trail snack.
Video of that coming soon!
9:13 lol “i dont know where to go!”
Luv all of u guys 💯🏁
Absolutely the best NASCAR TV.
One advantage that Chad had was he had an incredible driver to work with. Jimmy was clean and all business.
Such a cool guy found ways to win by the rule books 📚 working around it LOL
I saw Mr. Knaus at the Concord Mills Panera at lunch time 2 or 3 years back, give or take. I didn't say anything to him then (out of respect, who wants to be bothered during lunch), but come to think of it, I think he got a little extra mustard on his turkey sandwich, and had NASCAR known, it probably would have been a significant fine. Not saying anything, I'm sure the statute of limitations has long expired. But the mustard was a little heavy, that's all I'm saying. He knows it, and Jimmie Johnson knows it.
When I was in a V8 Supercar Team part of my job was to find the grey area of the rule book
Brilliant is what Chad is....like mounting shocks upside down at Dover, so they bounce UP to catch more air in the corners........its as brilliant as raising the floor on the 24 T-REX car...
John Hammond, the T-Rex car had so many controversial aspects, in it, that NASCAR banned it and it never turned a tire on any NASCAR track again. Ray Evernham also used chemicals on the #24 car's tires so that once they heated up, they became far stickier than all the other NASCAR race car's tires.
@@sergeantmasson3669 what's this about the tires? I remember Jack Roush accusing them of soaking tires, but I don't remember anything coming out of it
@@djmohab2 That's why Goodyear now mounts/balance all the tires for the teams ahead of time for the races. No tire sets are pre-assigned for any teams anymore.
@@djmohab2nothing did that guy is just a moron
this show has revamped my interest in Nascar, thanks Dale man.
Does anyone know what year they switched the shops from 5/88 and 24/48 to 48/88 and 5/24?
2010 or 2011, because i remember kasey and jeff being in 1 shop and jr in the other shop
The more I watch these, Mike kills the convo so much trying to re use Jr's funny lines, or just repeating things that have already been clearly stated. I love the podcast, but it would be so much better with just Jr at the table
I've been saying that same thing. Mike doesn't fit in well to these type of conversations
@@erikl827 Exactly. I'm sure he's a great pr guy. But, him trying to be relevant in discussions that he has absolutely no knowledge of and having to stop the flow just to ask a question about something that was clearly answered already... It just kills the flow. Like I said.. It's going to take a lot for me to not want to watch or listen, but Mike is definitely a reason why I might consider it
Hey Chad, do you remember the guys at 280 paint and Body? Stanley Smith would send you guys over with a car on Thursday morning and want it back on Friday afternoon!
Philepe Lopez, Todd Foster and You. You guys are awesome.
Just a shout out from a guy that didn't make it like y'all did.
RIP Stanley Smith.
holy hell, i live right behind 280 paint and body haha
Love it.....
My asks: If episode number can't be included in RUclips title (this is ep. 322 on Spotify), at least do this in description. Next, link full episodes in RUclips description so I don't have to go googling and possibly never get there. Lastly, where can we watch full episode videos, spotify doesn't have dirty mo video? Or just publish full episodes on RUclips too, well as all major podcast platforms?
Every rule, regulation, or law has a loophole, you just have to find it.
Hey. Y’all should start posting where this is at in the actual podcast. Sometimes I just wanna listen to part of it without listening to all of it
Smokey Yunick led the way forward how to beat the rule book. The rest is history.
Junior Johnson was another innovator ahead of his time.
@@howabouthetruth2157 Smokey Yunick cheated almost constantly. So much so that NASCAR forced him out in 1970. Junior Johnson also cheated but nowhere near as much as Smokey Yunick. NASCAR modern era, the most cheaters are Ray Evernham, Chad Knaus and the HMS team.
The basketballs in the fuel cell come to mind….😜
If 'ya ain't cheatin' 'ya ain't tryin"
This is no news to any die hard nascar fan. Remember when Chad said after a 48 dominant win to wreck the car celebrating? Dude, got busted all the time. After Chad left the 48 Jimmie really fell apart.
Always liked honest Chad
So Brad (I believe it was him) was right when he called Hendrick out all those years ago.
It’s not cheating; one guy just knows how to read the rule book better than everyone else. 🧐 ☺️
The "thats why your dad hired me " comment at the beginning was super salty and low key disrespectful. Or is it just me?
When I used to hear " if ya ain't cheat n you aren't trying hard enough " I just didn't agree. I have however changed my prospective because I was niave and didn't realize how prevalent it was.
Teams that were racing by the rules didn't have a chance to finish in the money sometimes barely making the field are forced to imitate or vacate.
I’ve never read the NASCAR rule book, but how many rules have a “Chad Kraus rule amendment “?🙂
Not as many as Smokie Yunic.
@@davefroman4700 I'm sure we'll add in Ray Evernhamn in there too and the rule book got to be like the grinch's heart, "it grew three sizes that day." 😆
Chad, Ray, Smokey, Junior Johnson, Tony Glover/Runt Pittman, Maurice Petty….
But the one that never gets mentioned that would be in the “innovators” hall of fame….Gary Nelson. Why the hell else would NASCAR hire him? He knew as many dirty tricks as anyone.
creativity is part of what made nascar great.
8:38 he did hand it back in 2015 though
Dale Jr...Whistleblower!
LarryWT, like his dad, Dale Jr has a very high integrity level. I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams. Dale Sr was very picky about every race car that he ever drove. I remember a Saturday when he discovered that the #3's engine had a set of illegal cylinder heads on it. He demanded that they be changed, or he would NOT race the car on Sunday. Dale Sr always inspected every race car before he'd drive it. Anything not right got corrected/fixed, somebody got an ass chewing.
Chad is a very smart man.
We call it pushing the envelope
The rule book is just source material for crew chiefs to get creative. If they’re not creative, they’re not in nascar long.
Is there anywhere i can find the whole podcast on video?? Ive looked everywhere
No, the only way to get the full podcast is on a podcasting platform. NBCSN does an hour version and we post clips here and on our social pages.
@@DirtyMoMedia thanks so much for the info. Love the podcast!!!! MuchLoveFromMemphis
You miss so much good content by not listening to the full podcast.
@@oldtown6240 i listen to them just like the video when i can get it.
@@joeyp4240 Me too. That was a good question. It seems a shame that a full video is not available. Seeing the facial reactions makes the experience better.
always...victory spin in the grass...oops front end torn off...
What is Shia Lebouf doing working in NASCAR
Chad is a modern day Smokie Yunic.
that stray hair is drivin me insane
I have said it for years. Jimmy Johnson would of been nothing without Chad knaus. He was the reason why jimmy won so many championships.
Kind of like Ray Evernham and Jeff Gordon.
@@Racer57 Gordon won a championship and some 40 races post evernham lol. That’s a hall of fame career on its own
@@sirdaddylops5398 Of course it is, but its not to the level that Ray and Jeff were together 3 championships and 47 races in 7 years. After the split, Jeff only had 1 championship in 15 years and had 46 wins. It took him twice as long to get similar amount of wins and 1/3 the Championships.
Motorsports are the only sport where champions will openly admit to cheating lol
Wuddup Dale
Call him a cheater, without calling him a cheater..
It isn't what the rulebook says...
It is what it doesn't say...
Sometimes I wish MIke would just be quiet and not say anything.
Amen
Agreed. I feel like some guests get annoyed with him also.
Rockford two step expert
This is the “ factory “ that brought us the TRex car. Jeff should have down played it more.
My favorite was T-Rex. The way that car mopped the floor then passed post race inspection. Must have been good cause the rule book changed.
The only “cheating” one he got caught was the spoiler that was rigged with a lever Jimmie had to pull or push while driving. Other than that,everything else was grey area.
Let's go drag Racing
Remember when Gordon had a victory and climbed on the roof and stomped it down after the burnout?The whole race the commentators were talking about the roof maybe being out of spec.
Junior Shame on you Chad's an innovator don't forget that
Mike talks way too much when they're in the middle of a good ass story that doesn't involve him
Chad never told us about any of his innovations. LOL
I N N O V A T I O N !
Causing them to make rules is not cheating, like they said its innovating
That's how they won all the Championships
doesn't have the Fish story on here it is soo funny
They have to do this because Nascar won't you got get your car out front keep front crashes you got to ever thing. You can
That's awesome. Chadd had another option waiting whenever he got busted.
The hair out of place of buggin the hell out of me
IMHO, Ray Evernham and Chad Knaus both have integrity levels that are very low. Like his dad, Dale Jr has a very high integrity level. My opinions are from personal experiences when I raced in the NASCAR North series and when I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams.
Godhardt Sr., the same guy that ruthlessly wrecked competitors, was an absentee dad, and called his peers "candy asses" for wanting improvements to safety as their fellow drivers were dying....very high integrity level? Yeah, gonna go with no here, dawg.
Jr literally says if his crew chief isn't getting busted he isn't trying hard enough... High integrity in your opinion 😂😂😂
I love this show but Mike has got to stop he pretty much just repeats jr. Then blurts out useless things almost ruining the interview I think they could do without Mike.
If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying
If you aren’t cheating you are trying! End of story!