He says others compare him to fellow youtuber/sportswriter Jon Bois and I would agree with this comparison. Bois is an incredible videomaker, I've watched everything he's made and I am not a big sports guy. So to say I find this video of a similar style and quality is a big compliment.
I heard "The next thing is probably the only thing you know about Dale Earnhardt." and I thought to myself, "No? I literally don't think I know anything about NASCAR." And then the music and montage hit. I knew what was coming. I actually started tearing up a little bit. Shit hit me kinda hard. Crazy how these vids can make me care so much about stuff I never gave a second thought to.
Same. I put off watching this video because I had absolutely no interest in nascar and knew nothing about it or Dale Earnhardt but when that section came up I got really emotional.
Exactly the same here, I've got family into nascar, they live out in no where and I can see why it resonates with them now because of this video. I had to pause and move upstairs because I knew the next part would bring me to tears and it's like 1 in the afternoon.
so i was like "there is no way he is gonna face a tragedy on the track is he? or maybe it is a fairy tale esque happy ending where father son and teammate trio finishes with the lead... nah that would too unreal"
fml. then watching the rest of the video was a rollercoasrer of emotion goddamnit
I just finished it and I can't believe how choked up I was since I knew what was coming. EmpLemon made me respect the sport when I thought it was just left turns. Makes me wonder how the story of his life has fallen on deaf ears for so long. It's the kind of story you would see in a movie, not real life. Completely unreal.
Jochen Rindt won the 1970 f1 championship despite the fact that he died halfway thru the season... Tragic that he never got to know that he became a world champion. Not to take away from Dale though, both are legends of motorsport.
Reminds me of how Greg Moore went in CART. He still finished in the points even posthumously, racing in the last race of the season knowing that his two best friends are battling it for the championship.
I have watched this man since I was a little boy with uncles. I've tried to get so many people to watch it when he was around. But could never get others, such as friends to watch it. Not to throw it in your face. But a lot of Americans missed it when he was racing! It's never to late. Just look up his races on YouTube, DVD's, documentaries. YOU WILL BECOME A DALE EARNHARDT & NASCAR FAN! Go watch his 1998 Daytona race. AND DEFINITELY GO WATCH HIS LAST WIN FROM THE DIEHARD 500 AT TALLADEGA 5 MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED! 😢 He went from 18th to 1st in 4 laps, & WAS THE MOST AWESOME RACE HE HAD WON! The man was magic behind that wheel. He was loved, hated, but was feared.
EmpLemon, you are quite simply, the best video creator on the site when it comes to weaving narratives, and that fact that you got me to tear-up at a Nascar video is testament to that fact. Please keep up the incredible work.
Emplemon is one of my favorite youtubers of all time. i've been watching him since the days of the uncredibles, and his videos are just some of the best on the site. they are usually very well put together and heavily edited. although not all of his best videos in my opinion are long essay style videos like the national geographic series or the never ever series, these are still very good . some of my favorite are things like the top 10 memes of 2016 and the top 10 best anime of all time or even screw senior year of highschool. all in all this an amazing video and i do feel like there wont be another person like dale earnhardt becasue nascar is dead and so is he. but seriously from what i heard in this video, this guy is a legend.
The story of Dale really is just that gripping man. From his triumphant victory in the Daytona 500 to his odd behavior the day he died, his actions at his death, the healing process afterward, I learned the story some 15 years ago and it still really gets to me when I relive it in detail. There's few people in the world I wish were still alive more than Dale Earnhardt, he was larger than life more so than anyone else.
Syy, I absolutely see where you’re coming from. If I had to throw another name for the most quality creator here on YouTube, it would have to be Mister Metokur.
Amen. When Emp creates anything scripted, it's beyond incredible. Some may "hate" on him during the SOTY podcast, but he's off script and probably doesn't have notes in front of him to better explain his thoughts. That doesn't make Emp dumb, some of us just can't think of good responses on the fly, and that's okay. Keep it up EmpLemon!!
LS Juan Stamos I subbed emperor lemon for the YTPs and have stayed for his essay documentaries on the state of youtube, Internet culture, and other topics like this video.
As a guy who found the channel a year ago. Just because of the H-Box video. I only just started actually watching emp till like a month ago. I am thoroughly impressed with what I have witnessed and I believe that some of us can say that "There will never be another youtuber like Emplemon." I truly believe that emp has gone through a great journey and I would like to say this with certainty.
I remember watching the 2001 Daytona 500 at a local pool hall in North Carolina with my brother and best friend. When Dale crashed we didn’t even really pay it any mind, but as the minutes went by with no word on his condition, the whole pool hall went silent. By the time they had announced his death we all kinda had a feeling what happened. All of a sudden what had been a raucous and joyous crowd might as well have been at a wake for a dear friend. We were all stunned that a man that we all figured was unbreakable had actually passed away. He was and always will be a legend to NASCAR and even moreso to North Carolina… he was OUR guy.
He went out doing what he loved with the people he loved, but it still makes me sad that he didn’t get to see Dale Jr win 2 Daytona 500s.
I was watching with my dad and with how close the ending was, I was jumping up and down and my dad was on the edge of his seat. When he hit, We both were silent for an hour. I remember making a comment to my dad saying damn if he is dead, Schrader will need to run and hide. Felt sick to my stomach when they announced his death.
I have watched this video multiple times, and the line "Dale Earnhardt died doing what he loved, and his final memory was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open race track in front of them." still brings me to tears without fail. Such a moving line. This might be one of, if not the best video you've done so far. The fact you've gotten millions hooked on the history of NASCAR, which is seen as a dying sport, thanks to your expertise, is nothing short of brilliant. Fantastic work.
The funny thing about "the car of tomorrow" is that they were the generation of cars most prone to becoming airborn
Edit:also, the thing that killed NASCAR was the constant rule changes, car changes, having less and less to do with engineering and driving and more of who had the fastest setup, and to top it all off, over officiating
I thought what killed nascar was when you started seeing younger drivers who came to a team with the sponsor money. I understand it’s a business but when business ain’t what it used to be maybe you should take a look at these things
Looking back on this video, I start to understand why it was so well made. Emp is a NASCAR fan. Like, he genuinely watches and enjoys the sport. This was his attempt at sharing what he loved, and wow, it worked. I can guarantee there’s people that watched this video, and then tuned into one of the NASCAR races that weekend. Even if they didn’t become full on fans, it served its purpose.
It definitely made me understand the appeal. The same reason I love hockey and basketball. Less so the outcome of each individual game or season, but the storylines that form over years and years.
@B Kethai same and its the best thing about emp not knowing a single thing about nascar i watched his videos and now i am actually interested in nascar
@Richard Baumgart For sure, and that segue at the end is top notch. Emp could be editing films or documentaries for a living and instead does this, quite frankly we're lucky for that.
I have to admit, I've never watched a NASCAR race before, never knew about it but your Talladega, Nascar: Art of Revenge and this (especially this one) made me want to watch it even more! This shows an amazing storytelling and a compelling story and...Rest in Peace Dale Earnhardt.
When I was about to hear how Dale Earnhardt was about to meet his end. I assumed that he must've done something dirty and became a pile up. But when I heard at 41:50 that he was trying to fend off the other racers to get his son and team to score the win. I put two-and-two together and realized what was about to happen. To the point. I was just saying "No....he couldn't went out like this...not in front of his own son in this race...😭"
And like that...I never felt such emotion from that. This is something that you would see out of a movie. Something out of fiction. But no, this was actually broadcasted and some people were probably on the edge of their seat witnessing the father-son moment to come in reality....it did...but not how everyone hoped... 😔
@K2 Mally who cares what happens in their personal life? On the Racetrack Dale did everything he could seconds before his death to help get his team the win. IDC what happened outside of NASCAR, it's irrelevant to the story, and to the video.
Bro why am I crying about a NASCAR driver I never got to watch, but somehow I was on the edge of my seat the whole time wanting him to succeed at Daytona, and even though I know what happened to him, when you talked about the crash, I was absolutely crushed. All of your videos do this to me, they’re phenomenal.
Don’t usually comment, but I actually have a somewhat personal story about Dale. My family and I live near Bristol Motor Speedway, and I believe it was during the 1998, or 99 season, my Papaw drove over to the track during qualifying, and news crews were interviewing Dale, and he was surrounded by security and NASCAR officials and such. Well my Papaw saw Dale on the other side of a fence being escorted away from the public, and being the Earnhardt fan he was, he happened to be wearing a #3 hat, and asked Dale if he could sign it for him. He said that all the NASCAR officials and security around Dale told him that he wasn’t doing autographs and he wasn’t stopping for anymore people, and Dale, being the down to earth dude he was, told my Papaw to toss the hat over the fence, and he signed it for him. He keeps it locked up in a gun safe.
I have a story like that actually if you look at the 2018 Jones instagram or Facebook I forgot but you can see in Las Vegas playoff race where he had the pole somebody was lifting a kid up and jones was signing his shirt and that guy holding the kid up was my dad and that kid was me
@MidgetMan 420 + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
Your Pawpaw has a similar story with my family, as in the 1998 Season, we had tickets to three races, those being the Daytona 500, the Daytona Summer race, and Darlington. I was 5 when we went to Daytona, and we also got the chance to go on pit and meet some of the drivers. Being the crazy child I was, I was super into Steve Park, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon, as I got to meet Jeff Gordon in person the year before with my eldest cousin and father for my 4th birthday. I was wearing a Dale Earnhardt #3 Shirt and Cap, and holding a boxed up collectors 1996 Dale Earnhardt All-Stars Olympics car in both hands. Close to before they were going to begin the anthem, me and my dad got to go over and talk to Dale. He noticed that I was wearing his merch, and the 1996 collectors Diecast, and told me that if he won, he would give me a signed 1 : 24 collectors gift of every car he’s drove in the cup. Ofc, being the fan I was, I completely agreed, and as they me and my dad were about to go to where my mom was, He had asked if I wanted my shirt, cap and diecast all signed, which ofc I said yes. After the race, before me and my family was about to leave, Dale had come as promised, bringing the cased collection of 1 : 24 cars, BUT HE DIDNT ONLY SIGN IT, THE WHOLE CREW DID. TO THIS DAY, I STILL HAVE ALL OF THESE COLLECTIBLE and I have them kept in a special case filled with NASCAR and special collectibles, such as a complete history book of NASCAR leading up to 2007.
I have a pic from Dales last lap at Fontana that is a cherished keepsake. I am so glad I finally got to see him race in person, I will never ever misplace that photo - it is always in a known place like my wedding ring.
I somehow managed to squeeze in between jrs security guards and was begging for him to sign my checkered flag. Dressed head to toe in Earnhardt gear. His guard tried to shoo me away and he takes one look at me says "yeah I'll sign it" as hes running. Tossed it back to me and thankfully I caught it as there was probably 20 people trying to steal it from me. I will never forget that day. Greatest day of my life..... until Jimmie Johnson won 😕😕😕
I was watching his final race on live tv in my early teens. When he crashed, it seemed so minor.. When he wasn't getting out of the car, I knew something was wrong and I just kept hoping he would get out and walk from the car like he always did.. I never knew he was blocking for his entire team and also didn't know he stated safety concerns over the radio just laps prior.. In his final moment, seeing his son and teammate in 2nd and 1st, with clear road ahead... That really got me.. I didn't realize how much of a tear-jerker this documentary would be.. Somehow I still can't believe he's gone. He was my biggest inspiration to get into racing, and now, having lost my own father, this hits on a whole different level. Most heart-wrenching documentary I've ever seen.. Thank you for making this. And also for the Gran Turismo 2 menu music;) So much nostalgia and history. Definitely a great work. Thank you again.
This video is a masterpiece all the way through, but in particular the transition between your ad and the continuation of the video at 17:29 is absolutely fantastic. It always gets me how seamless it is. You're a generational talent dude.
I grew up watching NASCAR with my Grandma. She always rooted for Dale and I always rooted for Jeff Gordon (24 was my favourite number lol). Good memories. I remember the day Dale passed. It was very surreal. RIP.
"Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Iron-Man." "... and his final memory was his own drivers speeding toward the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." "He finally caught up with his fathers ghost."
Goddammit Emp, I came here to laugh like a gullible consoomer, not to cry like a widowed spouse. You did racing proud. You've done NASCAR proud. And most of all, you've done Dale Proud. Thank You Emp, Ya did it for Dale.
I held it together for a long while. But that line... "... and his final memory was his own drivers speeding towards the finish line, with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." That goddamn heart-wrenching line...
Actually I feel like that title goes to ol Davey. In the year Kulwicki won his cup and months before they both would pass. Davey took an unimaginable amount of hits and injuries and kept on racing.
That Pepsi 400 return ro Daytona, still gives me chills watching it. The fact you can hear the fans over the cars. I don't think any other driver was going to try and take the win away from Jr. at that point in the race. If you've never experienced NASCAR, and see these things coming off turn 4, you're missing out immensely. The 2004 Daytona 500 was the first race I watched. It made me a life long fan. The 2007 500, my dad got us start finish line seats. So we got to experience what is considered one of the greatest races ever. Like Dale Sr., everyone was rooting for Mark Martin. The best driver ever to never win the 500 or a championship.
I’ve watched this video multiple times. Every time he talks about the last thing dale ever saw was his son and his teammate racing towards the finish line with nothing but open track in front of them, I tear up. I’m sure in that moment sale was full of joy and at peace. RIP
25:16 as someone who's been watching NASCAR and all kinds of motorsports since I was a kid, this really hit hard. You don't think about it often while watching a race even as an avid NASCAR fan, but the nature of stock car racing is so parlous. Restrictor plates and things like the HANS device have obviously reduced risk of cars flipping and serious injury in the car, but they're still going fast enough to completely crush their racecar with one awkward movement.
I've been a NASCAR fan since 1991. I've written the first biography about J.D. McDuffie, the last driver to lose his life in a Cup race before Earnhardt. And I have to say, you absolutely nailed this video. You managed to present a tremendous amount of information efficiently without being exhausting, and you wove it together in such a way that you don't have to know anything about the sport to become invested, to laugh, or to feel something deeply profound. It's clear from this that you truly cared about Earnhardt, and for NASCAR, which is getting harder to find even among some who still cover the sport today. I can't thank you enough for treating this story with both maturity and humor without causing the two to conflict. Stock car racing is an absurd and humorous sport in many ways, but the people involved are brave and committed to their craft. Few exemplified that better than the man in No. 3. With all due respect to Jon Bois, I'm glad you tackled this subject instead of him - your mix of statistics and emotional storytelling were perfectly suited to the task. Thank you.
I wish NASCAR wouldn't die. Jeff gordon leaving was the final straw that sent nascar into a steep spiral. There are no drivers we can be fans of, no one has been dominating for multiple seasons. Not only that the car packages have ruined this sport. The trucks are the only interesting races to watch, as the cars are difficult to drive and make for good racing. Nascar needs a change, and a big one if stock car racing is going to stay alive in the US
Note about Brock: A lot of people that watch this video may not know the impact Brock has had on the entire racing community on YouTube. He's one of the most well-known people in this community and while he has stepped away from making videos for the most part, he's still arguably one of the best at what he did. A compliment of this caliber from someone like Brock is almost like someone like Peyton Manning telling you that you did a great job in a football game.
I can confirm that, without knowing even the slightest detail about NASCAR, I became invested in this story. And this isn't even the first time EmpLemon did this to me.
@diapason Are you making a joke I'm not getting? I mean, calling it a step spiral makes perfect sense since we all presumably know that the spiral is downward from context, we just now know its steep too.
It's amazing how a video like this can introduce us to a topic we might never have considered learning about, and seeing your comment shows people can be brought together so simply yet profoundly. People seem to poke fun at NASCAR whenever it's mentioned so it's eye opening to see how exciting it really was. The time you've spent invested in this sport speaks for itself, kudos
Sam Moss2020-02-26 05:19:18 (edited 2020-02-26 06:06:17 )
totally agree, this vid is one well put together deal...guys will always love cars..'specially the ones you can afford. racin' is something we all want to do...in some form or fashion....5 laps to go you're 18th....we'll never see the likes of that ever again.
@Brock Beard I'm relatively new to NASCAR, following it I mean. Prior to me returning to education in 2014, College initially where I am in the UK latterly University, studying the engineering side of Motorsport, Motorsport for me was Formula One. However, since then, I have had my eyes opened well and truly to other forms of Motorsport. During the lockdown resulting from the Covid-19, I took the trouble to watch NASCAR videos. My favourite story from its past is the one pertaining to the 1992 Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki
@nyaaze Violent J (the fat guy from ICP) said something about the phenomenon of often mocked fan groups being also the tightest-knit: "The colder it is outside, the warmer it is in here" (referring to the juggalo community)
Just found this channel. I don't know anything about nascar but still love the video and info like you said. I hope you're doing well and still passionate about the sport you love today
@Brock Beard The is crazy I remember the day we lost JD. I was the tables after church eating lunch, and it was early in the race. I was 10 and my dad he always respected JD for doing what he had to get a car on the track without the kind of sponsor money other teams had. I was so sad knowing a guy fighting to do what he loved died on a road course of all tracks.
That's when I became a fan too!! I used to think it was stupid but a boyfriend got me into it, and there is a lot more to it than left turns and I'm still a fan!
This was a great video. I didn't start out an Earnhardt fan but did become one. On the day he died, I had to work, but my bosses wife recorded the race for me but before I could watch it, ESPN showed that he died... I couldn't believe it! His last deed was heroic, to block for JR and for Mikey. It broke my heart that Mikey's win was tainted by Dale's death. The loss of Dale from NASCAR hurt and a whole country mourned even if you weren't a racing fan. That was a great era and I miss it, miss it, miss Dale!
Man you picked such a perfect clip to end on. Him being upfront asked about whether or not it's worth risking his life to do this when he no longer has to, and that simple answer of "Sure, to win." Perfect.
one of your greatest works yet. even though i knew what was going to happen, your narration still kept me on the edge of my seat and i kinda found myself crying.
@ElRifle24 24 Michelle Mouton. The fastest girl alive. Made her name in Group B. Her driving style was quite unique. While many drivers were wrestling their car (Röhrl mastered that style. But his story is an epic on its own) she had such a smooth style that got her many many wins. And a pikes peak record (fastest run on gravel).
Dale was revolutionary. Hell I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a nascar race but as a kid I had s number 3 hat and toy cars like a bunch of kids lol
@ElRifle24 24 I’d say the story of Michael Schumacher is quite interesting, not exactly inspirational, as the guy had his flaws (which imo made him more human and more compelling), the guy brought a struggling team to greatness.
@Max Chong he was also easily dislikeable because of the dirty tricks he played
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Max Chong2021-06-06 06:33:47 (edited 2021-06-06 06:34:39 )
@speedar S like I said, he was flawed in this way. Its the biggest flaw in his personality and he was never really able to escape it. He would turn to instinct when he got desperate and that usually caused him to do things that were scummy. Mika Hakkinen was the only one to understand this imo, saying that “it was a personality thing”. Id say he was also disliked simply because of how he dominated F1 in later years, which I don’t blame people for, Lewis Hamilton is disliked for this reason as well.
Same here I am American and my family likes NASCAR but I didn't know much about it. I do follow F1 though very closely. I was blown away to learn that Dale Earnhardt died ensuring his team the win. Honestly it's one of the most beautiful stories ever.
In our eyes Dale Earnhardt Sr was and always be the best of the best! He identified with so many including us and our family as we grew up and made our lives more meaningful. We loved him for being the person he was and Jerry and Sugar Bear and I followed him all thru the years. We loved his racing. We celebrated his 1998 Daytona great 500 victory and were so happy for him. In February 2001 we watched videos of him sail thru Heaven's gates so all there could enjoy his racing and wins. My Jerry and our precious Sugar Bear plus Fred and Cliff are enjoying him with God in Heaven. I will join them all later and I want to finally see and meet Dale Earnhardt Sr too! Blessings from Gloria and Bear from Tx! 👩🦳🐕😇😇😇😇😇🐻🚖🚖🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕
this man made me feel happy, sad, scared, relieved, perplexed, anxious, and nervous on an almost hour long video about something i had no idea about. keep up the great work, emp
starting to try and get into nascar as a way to bond with my dad on days im off work, excited for race season to start this february, really enjoy the content
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Metal Mythology2022-05-17 07:17:20 (edited 2022-05-17 07:17:45 )
This is legitimately the best YouTube video Ive ever seen it's emotionally impactful thank you Emplemon
Packle Kackle it’s crazy because this is and the Russian leader one were the only two I had never watched but I regret that decision greatly now after just finishing this amazing documentary
You know it’s a good documentary when you start with 0 interest on the topic plus 0 knowledge of the people in question but you leave feeling like you lost a legend.
I'm from France, so it's difficult to follow the races live although I love the full race replays, but I've always liked Nascar since I discovered it in the late 2000's when I first visited the US. While all the changes certainly make it more difficult to keep up, none of them have ever deterred me from the sport and probably never will, it would be a big shame if it disappeared.
@Petty Clips maybe not but Mikey was also like a son to Sr. Need to watch Jr's show here on youtube. they have an amazing episode where they go into detail
When I was about to hear how Dale Earnhardt was about to meet his end. I assumed that he must've done something dirty and became a pile up. But when I heard at 41:50 that he was trying to fend off the other racers to get his son and team to score the win. I put two-and-two together and realized what was about to happen. To the point. I was just saying "No....he couldn't went out like this...not in front of his own son in this race...😭"
And like that...I never felt such emotion from that. This is something that you would see out of a movie. Something out of fiction. But no, this was actually broadcasted and some people were probably on the edge of their seat witnessing the father-son moment to come in reality....it did...but not how everyone hoped... 😔
Dale Earnhardt was the best I’ve ever witnessed it’s amazing how many number two finishes he had to go along with his astonishing record He just was incredible
25:18 “This is Daytona 500. A NASCAR track in Florida and the most important track. It’s held thousands of races and many great legends have raced here. One such Legend was Dale Earnhardt.”
One thing i believe is that dale died with a smile on his face. Seeing his son, and his team with a clear victory ahead probably brought him the greatest joy in his life, and his last.
Dale Earnhardt was my moms favorite driver and she remembers watching that race happen. Its a shame he didnt make it, But i believe it should of happened in no other way.
I was stone cold until he said, "his final memory was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." I teared up.
Watch the podcast with Micheal Waltrip and Dale Jr, Jr explains that day in great detail and with Dale SR. Holding the entire pack off of his boys just So they could get the win....thats an emotional podcast. Michael knew when he was in victory lane something wasn't right and rushed out of there to check on SR.
Oh I almost forgot, Any racing game I ever play where it gives me a # or Decal I always use #3 in memory of the Intimidator.
I'm not a NASCAR fan, I just appreciate greatness. I've always respected the hell out of it and the drivers and crews and the devotion of it's fans though and I would def agree as well that his death is the worst tragedy in American sports history.
I am lucky to say I was at Dale's last WIN (not race). It was in Talladega in 2000, Back when it was still Winston Cup (which it always will be in my mind.) My father and I were there as ushers. I did not know at the time that it would be the last time the Man in Black ever set foot in Victory Lane
I've gotta second that. I very nearly didn't watch this at all, hoping instead that you would have released another YTP or Youtube/political commentary, but this is just a good, if not better
You didn't know Dale Earnhardt.........my god I'm 14 and grew up listening to old radios and NASCAR races....(my family is a line of either Racers or Soldiers so makes sense) and I knew Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt since I was 4......please tell me you know the legend and king Richard Petty.
seeing my son ahead of me going to win, id go peacefully. i can only imagine what he must have been thinking/feeling but im sure it was a life well lived
I have literally never so much as thought of watching any Nascar or viweing any Nascar-related content and this shit was just gripping. What an incredible personal story.
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Arthur Durham2022-02-09 09:40:25 (edited 2022-02-09 09:54:28 )
I have never watched Nascar in my life so I don't know how you got me to rewatch all your videos on them and love it. I now so much about a sport I couldn't care less about irl and to tear up at the end of a tribute to someone I had never heard of before you
I’m a huge Dale fan, but it certainly wasn’t “heroic.” It’s was a slight on competition and against his nature. It’s sad he died, and even worse he did so possibly the first time he tried to lose a race.
@ALPHAPLAYZZ I don't follow NASCAR so no it's not obvious. When you say that you can pass someone you wouldn't assume it's the person with no one in front of them.
@ALPHAPLAYZZ I read that to mean that Junior was a good enough driver to pass the people who Senior was holding back and didn't need another driver's help to win the race.
@MikeMcK teammates have always done things like this in the past, they work together to get a better overall end of a race, if sr passed them there is a chance due to the way to would need ot be done that it would have had them further fall back. dales place in history was already set in stone. sr wasnt really happy racing anymore and he was close to retirement and what made him happy was to see his friends and family succeed and at that point in his career dale was no longer "ricky bobby" who would do anything to take the win
@imwithyou38I understand what you’re saying. However we didn’t really see Dale Sr in that role before, likely because he rarely has teammates. Hell, technically he didn’t have a teammate in the race he died in.
@MikeMcK you dont have to see him in that role, everyone knew it was near the end of his career and most likely the reason he kept racing was so he could race with his son. dei was essentially his teammates. RC pretty much helped him start the team including people who were pit crew members for sr were hired as some of jrs pit crew members, tony eaury was extremely close to the earnhardt family. anyone form dei winning was also winning for him
@imwithyou38 I understand what you’re saying. At the end of the day however, many had to watch their favorite driver not attempt to win a race, at a track he was a strong favorite at, in possibly the best position he could be bearing the end of the race, in the biggest race in the sport, and instead he died. While possibly being the last driver you’d expect to be out there blocking at the end.
People tried to make it noble. “Blocking for his son.” I instead thought it was weak and against competition.
Truthfully though, it was probably just a money decision. He’d likely make the most doing what he did.
@MikeMcK he was just at a certain point in his going for a championship there wasnt a reason to push for it. sr rarely had friends on the track so he had no one to really care about until i think it was the year before when dei was formed
i dont think it had anything to do with money but more to do with happiness. sr was one of the richest drivers of all time and i doubt he was worried about money. becoming older what you worry about is different. even in the video right before the dei era theres video of him showing he wasnt happy and he didnt think he was driving to his skill level.
@imwithyou38 yep Michal won for dei only race you ever seen Sr drive defense Michal Watrip said in one video that he though Sr let him in line he was like he never let me in line before or anyone else
Amazing doc. I'm neither a big race fan nor a southerner. (Hey, I'm not even American.) But I love learning new things, and now I'll know all about Dale E and NASCAR. Thank you to the producer(s), script writer(s), and narrator. And if you're all a single dude responsible for it all, an even bigger achievement!
Not gonna lie never had a youtuber’s documentary make me actually tear up. This is fantastic work, and y’all got yourself one more (future) nascar fan.
Great job mate. Top tier editing, good storytelling. Couldn’t have asked for more.
Every time I watch this his death still absolutely destroys me. I feel as if he just died yesterday. He was on the tail end of his career but he still had a few more races left to win. I will never forget watching NASCAR with my dad and being excited to see what Dale was going to do. Thank you for making this video, I’m sure it has made him many new fans and introduced people to the sport who may have never cared about it otherwise or only thought of it as a joke.
Dale's racing in the Heaven 500 now. I love the old racing, but I just can't get myself into this new stuff. But I'm still a NASCAR fan and will be until the day I die.
@TheChosenMoose Ah. I'm not a fan of the modern folks and all, but I like older NASCAR from a decade ago and before thereabouts. Jeff Gordon is my personal favorite.
@TheChosenMoose No, the college team I support is excellent and the NFL team is decent, the biggest is my interests have moved elsewhere more than they already had shifted.
@TheChosenMoose he died literally 6 minutes before i was born.i was born at 5:10 on February 18,2001 and he died at 5:16 on February 18,2001.My dad cried because Dale died and also cried because I was born.
@Mateo1212 lol I agree I was and still am pretty shocked I got this many likes because in racing circles this is a pretty common thing to say so I figured everyone would have heard it already and the comment wouldn’t get much attention
@Alex D'Aunoy @TheChosenMoose That's a dumbass reason to stop watching sports that means y'all never truly liked them in the first place even if it was just about politics (which I will agree is annoying) is not the only thing that should stop you from enjoying the sport that you've probably been watching for a while (I'm assuming) y'all seem like really nice people to be around and I don't want to assume anything negative about y'all but I'm just saying 🤷
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@Tyroker Taylor172 Never really watched sports. Still don't. I watched maybe one or two nfl games a year. Maybe one baseball game. Never anything else bar a couple races. I'll gladly watch Nascar from the early 2000s and the 90s especially but I like the 70s and 80s too. The drivers just seemed much more alive and real and less scripted like today. Did politics help drive me from watching as much or more than what I did, but going from one to nothing isn't much to complain about. Still love Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Dale Earnhardt, The King, and Dale Jr. In fact, once the semester ends, I plan on watching a few more races from that era.
@Alex D'Aunoy I honestly just like the racing of nascar never really cared about their personalities of the drivers would be nice to have a driver i could relate to tho
As a lifelong NASCAR fan from rural North Carolina, what you have created here is miles better than anything the broadcast networks put together. What an absolute joy to watch! I was a Davey Allison and then Jeff Gordon fan, but I will freely admit the sport is not the same without Dale. I missed him even though I wasn't rooting for him to win. This is a beautiful tribute. Thank you.
I was a kid during the zenith of NASCAR, and I was 10 when he died. My family were huge fans, we had a cookout with what felt like 100 people over. When this happened, the devastation was unreal. First time I saw my dad cry.
@sasparilla We have lived the same life in that respect. I was allowed to stay home from school to watch the televised memorial. My dad and I still watch almost every race together. I grew up on NASCAR and it has remained a big part of life.
I'm not even a fan,but it's just sad the way Earnhardt went out. Imagine racing or just competing with your son in something you both love and worked hard in for years and what is supposed to be the happiest day in the life of a father and his son turns into an somewhat fate driven disaster. Still,it's like growing up with someone who has been their through your highest and lowest moments.Suddenly,you stop hearing them besides you and/or even behind you. Before you turn around,that loved one is gone.
@GN i saw ryans crash live me and my fam are Hispanic and only watch it because i take the tv from them to watch it lol but damn when that happened we were so shocked and scared for him my parents wouldnt stop asking me about him
He was so popular that it's just crazy to me that people didn't know anything about him. I understand if your young but at the same time everyone knows the name Elvis, Earnhardt to me was even bigger than that. I miss the heck out of him and never even met him. NASCAR died when Dale left us, that alone tells what he meant to the sport.
I really respect the craft that goes into these documentaries. Simple, clear visuals, great music choice (Really appreciate you putting in a tracklist of songs used), and fantastic and fun narration. Great stuff EmpLemon.
“If everybody were talented, no one would be” I felt that! Emp you are one of my biggest inspiration out of the last few years, having English as a second language and trying to improve got stagnated, but watching and listening to your big documentary series has been one of the best discoveries I’ve done trying to find media I like and can enjoy and learn just by listening. Keep the amazing job!
This is an outstanding video. I may not be a NASCAR fan but Rest In Peace to "The Intimidator" Dale Earnhardt. And again, I may not be a fan but I'll never forget the risks and dangers of racing.
The scene of Dale Sr. with his wife before the Daytona 500 was gut wrenching and also pleasing because his last moment with his wife was a good one. Rest in peace Dale, you're in heaven racing in Daytona.
Great job. You hit it right on the nail. I was and am a great Dale fan. I watch him from rookie years and up. Could not have done the justice as you did. Thanks for reminding me about the ride through the years.
Wow I watched this video and scrolled the whole way to this relatively obscure comment before it made me check… that really was an hour! No wonder my girlfriend is giving me dirty looks 😅
I know nothing about nascar, and yet this was probably the most interesting video I've come across when it comes to sports retrospectives. Never thought I'd ever say NASCAR has a really interesting history haha
@asdf asdf I don't get why people are always surprised that there are interesting narratives in nascar historically. Like think about it, how could a sport like nascar ever continue to exist if it didn't have a ton of interesting storylines to follow off track?
I’m sad it took me so long to watch this. Having watched the 2001 Daytona 500 as just a little kid, it had never really occurred to me the weight of the loss that was Dale Earnhardt. Hell, I barely understood what dying was. What I did understand was that I was a Tony Stewart fan, and to have seen him tough out his horrendous crash, and then to have Dale’s car lay there unmoving so much later, it just didn’t make sense to me. I never watched much NASCAR after that, but that race always haunted me, and I’m glad to understand just how much that day truly meant to so many of us.
I sadly never got to watch Dale in his life. My grandpa was obsessed with Dale, he had posters and toy models of his iconic car. When my grandpa passed away, I held one of his cars in my hand because it was apart of my life. I still miss him very much. I still have the cars he had and I know that my grandpa is having fun with Dale in heaven. Thank you Lemon for this video. This is a beautiful video. Thank you
same, i'm european so i have never seen a nascar race in my life. i knew the name dale earnhardt and that he died, but oh boy this may be the most amazing story in all of sports. kudos @EmpLemon for this amazing video.
Honestly, I'm so happy EmpLemon went from making Youtube Poops to quality content like this. I was thoroughly entertained for the entirety of the video.
You knew nothing about him and it still effected you. Think how heart wrenching it was for the millions who loved him and there sundays revolved around getting to watch him race. Quick story.... the day he died I had on a Earnhardt black button up racing shirt on. I was a 30 year old grown man watching that race when he died. I cried like a baby wiping away the tears and my nose with the sleeves and bottom of that shirt. Afterwards I took the shirt off and told my wife never to wash that shirt...never. I wore that short only one time after that. Later that year they raced at Daytona again so I pulled it out of the closet and wore it one more time in Hope's it would bring his son some kind of luck and sure as anything Dale Jr won that race. So again I took it off put it plastic and hung it back up. I'm now 51 years old and it still hangs in my closet the same. First thing hanging all the way to the left so I see it every time I walk in to my closet. I think people loved him cause he was one of us. He never did anything to embarrass his fans or nascar. As fans you just felt like you could call him up and say.. hey Dale wanna go grab a beer or go fishing? And would say sure is this Saturday good? I know that's not reality but it's just how you felt as a fan. Anyhow your comment got my attention and has endeared you to millions of Earnhardt fans across the country. Welcome to Earnhardt Nation.. Now you gotta get tickets to a nascar race and see it in person atleast once. Even though it's not what it use to be it's still wild and fun to see live for the first time. Get there early cause there plenty of stuff to do and see at the track before the race. Also now that your part of Earnhardt Nation every time driver Jimmy Johnson does somthing or his name is announced you must booo!! loudly it's the proper thing to do...
@THE AMERICAN WOLF I remember waiting for the news reports to see how he was doing...I never expected what they would say. I bawled like a baby and I'm not one bit ashamed of it.
I'm Australian and came here after seeing a comment on a race saying "Bodine had more horsepower, but Earnhardt had more Earnhardt".
Didn't know anything else about him.
Thank you for putting this together, it's a real testament to a great story about a great racer. I was sad to see that he died and was heartened to see those amazing moments in the following races. I can only imagine how NASCAR fans must have felt experiencing all that together.
Dale was a legend bless him he's racing in a place where he never slowdown, stop for fuel or for a tire change. I hope we can get more like him and soon.
@THE AMERICAN WOLF I was a 23 year old kid in the Navy with my first command on our first port of call New York city (I'm from Texas I hated it lol) the ladies at the club had a Daytona party one of them brought her son he was a special needs kid but we treated him like family he hangout with me because I was th Dale sr fan. I will never forget that day I'll never forget 2001 it was a bad year I lost my grandmother a little over 3 months later her last words were too tell me she was going to see Dale. Ok heavy shit I know brother I hope you and your family our safe have a good one
I've been a NASCAR fan my whole life... When other kids watched Saturday morning cartoons, I was watching Nascar qualifying...
I grew up with the likes of Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, DALE EARNHARDT and the like...
I became a fan of Earnhardt in the later half of his career... After Richard Petty retired...
When I got into racing cars, people hated racing me and often asked me where I learned to drive... I said, "I learned from the best of them"... Referring to Dale Earnhardt...
I remember seeing Earnhardt wreck, and thought, "shit, Earnhardt wrecked"... Didn't think much of it... At first... But was a LITTLE concerned when he didn't exit his car...
When Bill France announced "we lost Dale Earnhardt"... It took a minute for it to set in, but I felt that day like I lost a member of my family... I never met the man in person, but he was an influential part of my life... With his "never give in, never give up" attitude...
To this day I'm still a diehard Earnhardt fan... I can spot Earnhardt memorabilia a mile away...
It's sad now there ain't no Earnhardts in Nascar now...
I was 13. Watched the race at moms. Dad was at the annual Daytona party. I figured he was all right considering the ambulance wasn’t in a rush though odd at the same time. Got a call at 7pm to turn on the news. I think I cried for a week. Later that year the divorce was finalized, then September happened. His name still reverberates in our shop. Much like people still say “Kobe” when they shoot for the garbage can, we still say “hang on, gotta pull an Earnhardt” when in rush hour traffic.
I've been a NASCAR fan my whole life. I was a month old when Dale died. I never got to experience the thrill of Dale racing. I can never fully understand the impact he has on people. And I can never imagine the pain of losing him. But after Ryan Newman's gruesome wreck at the end of this year's Daytona 500, I was in shock. I could careless about Newman, however, when it became clear that he wasn't OK, i was sick to my stomach. I paced around the house. I could barely eat my dinner. I couldn't take my mind off of it. For 2 hours I was a nervous wreck. I feared I had just watched a man I grew up on my TV screen watching die in front of me, turned by my favorite driver. Thankfully, Newman only suffered a concussion, and nothing else. But what stuck out to me was everyone said it felt like Earnhardt. All across social media, I saw people say that they felt the same energy as Earnhardt. I was a basket case for a driver I don't care about. I had a rude awakening to a fraction of the shock and pain of losing an icon like Dale Earnhardt. I'll never be able to understand the obsession with Earnhardt in the NASCAR community, but after that night, I sure as hell can sympathize with it
@Andrew Meyer You grew up with the COT. When I was a kid, the cars were pretty close to what a Saturday night street stock is now. I figured Newman got some kinda hurt, roof hits are pretty serious business. All the safety equipment that they run now, I don’t think they’ll lose another driver. Dillons crash in 2015, that was impressive not in a good way. As soon as he went air born, my first thought was oh he’s f_#ked.
What an absolutely beautiful documentary, explaining what I vastly remember large bits of because when I was growing up that’s all my dad watched. I do have memories of watching how exciting this sport once was, and trust me watching some of these legendary races on tv was the best thing..
Once again revisiting this absolute classic. It funny, I may have spoken too soon calling it Emp's magnum opus last time I commented on this, as literally immediately after finishing this video I decided to finally sit down and watch his Hungrybox Never Ever. That could very well be in contention for the title. Regardless, this video really is something special. Even a few months shy of 3 years after this was first uploaded, "Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" followed by that fist chord from Home's We're Finally Landing still gave me goosebumps. I will reiterate what I've said before: Emp truly is one of the most unique and fascinating documentarians in recent times. I initially compared him to Ken Burns, since this was a comparison between documentary filmmakers, but in a way I'm reminded of a young George Lucas making the original Star Wars insofar as he draws from so many disparate sources (Jon Bois, Summoning Salt, etc) to create a product that both cleverly tributes his inspirations yet still has a brilliantly unique style all it's own. Here's to you, Emp. May your recent upward spiral take you ever higher.
My dad was probably one of the biggest Earnhardt fans out their. He has at least one of every single piece of merchandise they made, from birdhouses to hats, he's got it all. Dale will always be my favorite NASCAR driver. Even though i was born is 2000. And didn't get to catch much of his racing, he will always be my favorite driver. I've been looking for a dale car or truck to buy and restore, even if its just a recreation of one of his cars. My dad was at the race when dale passed, he was sitting right across from where his wrecked car finely stoped. He still gets emotional when NASCAR gives a remberence for dale. Dale Jr is my next favorite driver, but unfortunately he has retired from racing. When I can, i try to make it to a NASCAR race. When Dillon brung back the 3 car, I was so happy to see the car back, but no one can replace Dale Earnhardt. In my opinion, i don't think NASCAR will die, it may get smaller, but eventually, it will come up. Just give it time. Thank you emp for making this. Honestly, this is the first time I've cried in 8 years. Thank you.
@4nt I doubt it since our culture changes, Dale raced with thousands of people watching who were excited about the sport and now things won't feel the same by the way this sport is made safer and is also failing. Personality doesn't shine anymore in this modern age of NASCAR
For years I drove Earnhardt Monte Carlos. Until my last one....when a texting teenager totaled my car and broke my heart. I hope to one day drive another one. My Dad had bought it for me at Dale's dealership in NC.
@Hunner D you have got to be kidding, all you have to do is look into the stands this year to see no one is there. If you believe what NASCAR says you don't know anything about NASCAR racing. Bristol was sold out for over 35 years, over 160,000 seats they had 49,000 this year. Don't believe the B.S. NASCAR says.
@LS Killer Agreed... to an extent. I've been seeing those stands get bigger and bigger each race and NASCAR isnt the only ones reporting people increasing. FOX, NBCS, and ESPN among others. Not only that, NASCAR IS actually as popular now as it was in the 90s, hard to believe, yet it's true.
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LS Killer2019-09-02 19:15:42 (edited 2019-09-02 19:31:05 )
@Danny Westbrooks I live in Mooresville NC (RACE CITY where 90% of all NASCAR shops are) everybody knows somebody that works for a team. And they say NASCAR is hurting and it's hurting bad not just fan attendance. Every oval track has taken at least 1/3rd or more of it's seating out so it doesn't look empty. Bristol was sold out every year from 1982 untill several years ago. That's 162,000 fans, the last race at Bristol had 45,000 to 49,000. Why has all the major sponcers pulled out Lowe's and many more. I live here in the NASCAR community and it's no secret here. Hell I live less than five miles from Dale jr, NASCAR wants all this information hidden and they do a good job covering it up using camera angles to not show the stands have you ever wondered why they basically stopped showing airiel shots of the race. Believe what you want but I know I live here in the heart of it, and we people here know the real deal. By the way all the stands were full in the 90's how can you explain the empty seats if it's just as popular today. NASCAR does not let any of it's attendance records out or anything else that reflects negativitly against them. Let me share something with you I'll bet you don't know just to show you how secretive the France family is, they have been trying to sell NASCAR for several years now you tell me why nobody has purchased a business that is supposed to be flourishing as much now as it did in it's hay day back the 90's. They have turned it into a circus changed everything for the worse and it shows a opioid junky can't successfully run a billion dollar business Brian France has proven that.
John Laws In the 90s people didn’t have 60” HD TVs to watch it on with surround sound. People are saving their money and instead of traveling and spending money to watch it live they are watching in the comforts of their Living Room!!
@Kevin Tucker yeah that's it. NASCAR isn't having any problems at all. It's all a figment of my imagination. Look I live in Mooresville NC (Race City USA) everybody knows somebody that works for a team. NASCAR is hurting believe it or not. A 60" TV didn't empty all the seats poor management and ridiculous rule changes made by Brian (Pill Head) France has killed the sport.
Your Dad sounds like my Mom and Elliott Sadler! (Only her driver didnt die but he crashed at pretty much every race she went to. Sometimes during qualifying.) But back when she first got into NASCAR he was still in his Number 38 M&M car so of course he had some of the coolest merch. (Heck we once bought an Easter basket at Toys are Us because it was Elliot Sadler themed.) But for a few years (her and my Dad would celebrate their anniversary at Talladega with pit passes.) But I even got to meet him a couple of times as a kid at his meet and greets in St. Louis and Piegeon Forge. I used to think how crazy she was as a fan but boy do I miss those days. Elliott retired and now we dont care about Nascar. But part of me does miss the day we would groan that Earnhart Sr, Jr, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon would beat him.
My uncle is an Earnhardt fan he gives me most of his own Earnhardt memorabilia whenever I go visit him my uncle collected diecasts or whatever he has related to Earnhardt overtime because he knows that I’m a fan of the sport he saw Earnhardt as his favorite driver including Dale Jr. but my uncle is disappointed because of the new rules and Dale jr is retired...
This was my racer growing up! His racing at the Super Speedways was out of this world. To watch him draft to come back to win. Like the fall Talladega race in 2000, the DieHard Winston 500. Where he came from 18th to 1st in 4 laps. Was the coolest shit I had ever seen! 🏁 RIP #3 Dale Earnhardt
After all the time I've spent just watching this one video there's a moment that I can't help but come back to time and time again. Emp's choice of music and Ken Squier's beautiful commentary is just such a wow moment. 11:55 "-and there's a fight! Between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, the tempers overflowing. They're angry, they know they have lost, and what a bitter defeat..."
Dale put it perfectly; “Richard if they don’t do something to these cars it’s going to kill somebody.”
Tragic irony.
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Matt X2021-02-28 06:35:26 (edited 2021-05-21 07:23:05 )
That his last words to his team owner but his official last words were to a driver named Andy Pilgrim who competed with Dale Sr. and Dale Jr. in the Rolex 24 Hour Race at Daytona just a few weeks short before the Daytona 500 that February just moments after the Big One accident on the backstretch when Dale Earnhardt talked to Richard Childress unexpectedly during the red flag at the 2001 Daytona 500 was waived and during the ensuing caution after the clean up on the backstretch..
Earnhardt: So, you got any advice for me here coming up? Pilgrim: No, man, I haven't got any advice for you. Just keep doing what you're doing. Earnhardt: Okay, just wondering. Pilgrim: Cheers; talk to you later.
Pilgrim had no communication with Dale after that and instead he heard that Dale cheer Michael Waltrip and Dale Jr. to finish... we don’t know how much Dale cheer on the radio for sure only Andy Pilgrim and Dales crew knows and the questions we want to know will remain forever silent.
Even more silent is when Dale Jr. witnessed his father’s accident in his rear view mirror... and he still doesn’t want to talk about it after all these years and many years to come...
The guy who wrecked with Dale was Ken Schrader a driver who won a couple races as a journeyman driver and he still remains silent on what he saw after Dales accident to this day but things will remain forever unanswered...
What’s even more worse is that the driver who fans claims that he made Earnhardt die his name is Sterling Marlin... now Sterling is another journeyman driver who won the Daytona 500 for his first career win in 1994 and won again in 1995... after Dales passing before the next week race at Rockingham Sterling received a lot of hate mail and death threats mail from fans and blamed Sterling for the accident... it turns out that the next week at Rockingham Dale Jr. made a bold statement to fans and the media that any behavior of hatred will not be tolerated against his father... and it’s true that Dale died doing what he loved... Sterling said in an interview that he raced hard as he could to secure third place but Rusty Wallace finished third... Darrell Waltrip said it wasn’t Sterling’s fault in fact it’s no one’s fault...
It’s hard to imagine before the Daytona 500 began in 2001 Dale Jarrett the 1993 Daytona 500 winner and the 1999 NASCAR Cup Champion was asked by Dale Earnhardt about the HANS device he asked Jarrett “Are you wearing because you’re afraid of dying?” and Jarrett looked back and told Dale Earnhardt that he has a better chance of living and survive a wreck and see this as a new device as an opportunity as drivers to be safe... the question was brought back to Dale Sr. about his open face helmet and the equipment he used... The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt shows that Dale Sr. had raced with a broken neck during the 1999 NASCAR season and cracked a vertebrae and didn’t get the surgery done until the ‘99 season was over and in 2000 he lost the title to win his eighth cup championship to Bobby Labonte... many thought ‘01 was going to be Dale Sr.s year for an eighth cup title but it never came... if he was here things would be very different... there’s a lot of “what if?” scenarios but we may never know for sure...
@Matt X end all be all no one person is responsible, and Dale probably looks down on us talking about who has wrong with a smirk on his face knowing that no one killed him. The HANS device is a great tool but if Dale Sr. Didn't die, someone else would have and then it'd be mandated.
@Matt X tbh feel like he was pretty silent. He always was not on the radio and never really talked. Just got to work. I doubt dale said anything after the red flag. Maybe something or like a update on the car if asked but other then that I feel like dale was quite pretty the entire time no just in focus mode.
Just like how Ayrton Senna wanted the drivers to sit out in protest of the race he died in because of the terrible mismanagement of safety measures at Imola.
People used to ask me back in the late 90s, “why do you like Dale Earnhardt and always wear his shirts and/or hats?”…..I would just ask them in turn what they thought Stone Cold Steve Austin would be like as a Racecar driver if he raced to win regardless of who he had to crash and just didn’t give a fuk?….because that is Dale Earnhardt.
Never thought I’d be this invested in a video about turning left. I also never thought I’d find another series like Jon’s! Super amazing stuff and your Everest video is astonishing
This was really good. I was in high school during his death. Was addicted to Nascar. Me and my friends would talk nothing but nascar. Huge Dale fan since I was able to speak. Feb 18th was the last race I could ever watch. I became a fan due to my father being a huge fan. He sadly past away 4 Months later. Bad year for me. Childhood hero, and father dying and that's not mentioning 9/11 2 months after my father. I was not related to Earnhardt but every time I see pictures of him, was like losing a close relative. And it always brings me back to my father.
Today I went down to the Quaker State 400 Kentucky Speedway to watch the "Buckle Up In Your Truck" race. Who won was the #17 truck with a young 18yr old inside, is first race, his first win.
I came back to this video because of Dale Earnhardt's final race, where he carried his team to victory with the cost of his life. He and his son, his team, won. Sad, but beautiful ending.
CalebMarinelli same here his love for his son and team is visible while hes defending them from the pack i dont know if hed would have wanted to go any other way
Also if you watch the broadcast, knowing what happens, it's even worse. Darrell Waltrip is losing his mind because his brother finally won, then he says "Man, I hope Dale's OK..." and your heart just breaks
I still remember watching that race live on TV. My family noticed just like was mentioned that he was holding back the other drivers for his son and for his employee. ;_;
Same I teared up so bad.Last thing he got to see was the future he created in the sport he loved so much on the track that caused him so much heartbreak speeding away to victory while his time came.Really hate to say poetic but it was unfortunately.
Me to. I went out that night and stared up at the stars. Orion was high in the sky. I renamed the nebula Earnhardt's Star and cried. His personality wasn't enough, and his driving wasn't enough. But he had both the best personality and the best driving. That makes him the best Cup driver ever imo, and I was an Elliot fan.
That would be impossible for someone who suffered a fatal brain injury like Dale. If anything, his last thoughts were desperately begging God to let him into heaven despite the fact he nearly killed several people in the course of his racing. career.
My eyes watered, Dale died the way any racer would want to go out. "His own drivers speeding toward the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." RIP Dale Earnhardt.
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Danny Caracciolo2020-07-03 01:41:25 (edited 2020-07-03 01:42:12 )
It hurts...... it truly hurts...... The man had won everything, lost his passion, then found it again with the drive of racing along his son and team. He filled the void of never being able to race with his father by racing with his son......... and he made his ultimate sacrifice just to see his team win...... The most blunt and literal definition.... of a Pyrrhic victory
I've always been more of an F1 fan, as my dad was very more for the eurocentric and international sports, but I cannot deny that NASCAR and many American sports are like poetry, an epic, like modern day folk tales yet you know they happened, as it happened in front of millions of pairs of eyes just wanting to see their favorite American athlete.
You know it’s a good documentary when you start with 0 interest on the topic plus 0 knowledge of the people in question but you leave feeling like you lost a legend.
@Basement They'll be hundreds of them for sale at the end of next year when nascar is bringing out brand new cars and all the old ones will no longer be allowed to race.
I, a Formula 1, Formula E and - at a most! - Nürburgring 24h fanboy, native to Germany, can wholly subscribe to this. I may not like NASCAR even today, but I get it now.
@DGARedRaven This is all NASCAR fans can ask for, honestly. We don't want people to like the sport we just want people to understand it's simply more than "hurr durr turn left". Some hard fuckin' men climbed into those beasts to pilot them just like the esteemed 24hr and F1 drivers. Thank you, sincerely, for understanding.
Emp, Your ability to make any topic interesting, heartwarming and tragic at a moments notice is admirable and amazing. Please continue to keep up the great work, no matter the topic.
You are exactly right Never was anyone like Dale Earnhardt nor will there ever be He was the only hero I ever had outside of Jesus Christ And I ain't a shamed to admit When the announcement came My knees buckled, and I cried like a baby 21 years later, it's still sureal And yeah, Nascar isn't worth the price of popcorn anymore They've absolutely ruined the sport
Imma be honest this might be the best YouTube video I’ve ever seen. And the standard set by this video will be hard to surpass, in turns of production quality and impact this video is unparalleled.
i wasnt around when dale was, but i still feel like things have changed a lot. watching clips from back then are so much more entertaining, each driver with their own stories and reasons to race. all kinds of emotional events and stuff. now its getting bland and all the drivers are there for fame. its not as fun to watch
2nd time watching this, i was trying to figure out why Austin Dillion who took over the #3 looked so familiar. Pulled up his Wikipedia page, turns out I went to High School with his brother Ty Dillion who also races. Kinda funny what you forget over the years. Never really cared about NASCAR until watching your documentaries, they have been top tier man.
I also teared up. I was already familiar with Nascar and Dale Earnardt because of my parents but I didn't expect to feel overcome with emotion. I'm not how much of it is because of my mental state or just how excellently executed this video is. The music choices were definitely strong, especially liked hearing 8 bit Speed king.
Absolutely beyond contest. The best sponsor plug I have ever seen. And um yeah, as a from the beginning Earnhardt fan you have paid a superlative tribute to The Man In Black. Subscribed.
What a wonderful video, thank you. My mother loved all types of car racing. She was a hell of a good driver ( when she was 17 my grandfather had her drive one of his lumber trucks from Northern Porcupine, Ontario all the way to Welland Ontario with my 14 year old uncle as co pilot taking a load of lumber on dirt roads and freeways to my grandfather's lumber yard back in 1946). I am firmly convinced that she would have made a fine race car driver. She was even boss on skidoos, she could handle any machine with ease, I have never seen the like actually.
Absolutely beyond contest. The best sponsor plug I have ever seen. And um yeah, as a from the beginning Earnhardt fan you have paid a superlative tribute to The Man In Black. Subscribed.
After finishing the video I have this to say; You sir have put together the most engaging documentary of not only Dale, but also the core of what being a NASCAR fan is. And what their current situation is. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’ve watched this about 10 times, I couldn’t learn anything new, the jokes don’t hit like they did the first time. But now I can truly appreciate this video for the writing, editing, and format. I sound like a teacher, but this was so incredibly structured
You know what’s so scary about Dale’s death? Every other crash, he hopped out immediately, or atleast almost instantly. He never came out by himself on his last crash. That gave me chills.
@Jake Stafford The point being that he almost always never needed help getting out of his car (or at least he got out right away), the moment people realized that he wasn't coming out of the car, not by himself at least, gave op chills
@Jake Stafford ...implying everyone did notice he died at that exact moment. He wasn't coming out of the car and that was a terrible signal, people were starting to concern.
@8-bit Steve sir I m an no offense by this, but I've worked in EMS for well over a decade and have seen many people die, lol n many different ways (unfortunately), some major, some minor, some that leave you scratching your head wondering how that could kill anyone. What I and many others have learned is "when God pulls your card, there's nothing that will save you". Even if Dale would have been wrapped in bubble wrap or not raced at all, he would have died somehow, because it was just his time. Thankfully he died doing something he loved, blocking for his guys up front and I guarantee he died with a smile on his face.
The editing and music choices are top notch. Really glad I found your channel. I've never understood why people are in to nascar, but now that I'm halfway through this video, I'm starting to get it.
Can we just take a moment to praise Ken Squire and his commentary. Wow. His calls on the 1979 Daytona 500 were perfect. Brings tears to my eyes. “They’re angry, they know they have lost. And what a bitter defeat.” 🤌
The king, brought fame to the sport. The intimidator, pioneered and mastered a new generation and racing. The wonder kid, ushered in the young generation to bring a new bunch kids to the sport. Thanks for this wonderful video and story telling.
@Roger Dodger Golf is a great sport, I'm 6'1 and 215 pounds and the only way I hit a ball 215 yards is if it goes 40 yards sideways (besides the driving range) I have a twisted spine and I feel like that's really a handicap but golf is so relaxing, it's a great thing to spend a day on the course, a couple times a season I get an excuse to spend a day with my Mom on the course which is something I really look forwards too, it's also a great way to get fresh air. It's a totally fake landscape but the aesthetic of it really centers you. It blows my mind when I watch professionals, it's a whole other level.
Ironhead drew me into NASCAR as a young kid. I am ever grateful to have grown up a fan of his & had the joy of watching so many of his races. #3Nation4ever#ironhead#TheIntimidator
Ryan Newman is so good he saved his own life a decade before his accident at the 2020 Daytona 500. He took a 3400 lbs car to the head at 200mph and slid to a 9th place finish on his roof no broken bones or any visible injuries.
Alan Kuluwicki won the 1992 NASCAR championship, but tragically died not even half a year later in an airplane crash. And then not even 100 days later, Davey Allison, basically the future of NASCAR (other than Jeff Gordon), lost his life in a helicopter crash. How tragic 😭
I recently went to the race in St. Louis and was surprised by how fun it was. I despise watching races on tv but in person it’s a whole different animal.
"Dale Earnhardt remained one of the best drivers in the sport until the day he died, and even then, he still finished ahead of 30 other drivers." truth
As I grew up a young child, 2002-2010 Dale Earnhardt was practically a saint in my home of rural North Carolina, even after his death my family of NASCAR fans continued to support Jr. in chasing the success of his late father. While I never quite watched NASCAR with as much interest as them, I always appreciated the motor sport just as much as them. After those years of greatness for NASCAR, the early-late 2000s saw NASCAR just trying to hold on to its former popularity, and for that time frame listed previously it did, but the 2010s have been near-lethal to NASCAR, it just barely hangs on to its former glory if at all. It is quite sad, and after Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s retirement I don't think there is much left at all to keep watchers coming back, all of those relatable drivers are gone. Even my father who grew me up watching NASCAR, watched it on TV every week barely ever watches it anymore if he even does. I have to thank you very much for making this video, it is a love letter to anyone who watches or watched NASCAR, and those who supported the late Dale Earnhardt. Never will I forget the vivid memories of sitting down with my father as a young child on a Sunday afternoon, and hearing them recite the national anthem before every race, and such a memory is almost I have left to remember of what NASCAR used to be. Seriously, this video made me fucking cry harder than anything else I have seen in the past year, I literally took a moment in my tears to think to myself "jesus fucking christ why is this so sad". Thanks Emp for shining a light on something so deserted and forgotten.
Used to watch in the early 2000s with my father. After Earnhardt died, we rooted for jr. Interest kinda faded though, and we both stopped watching. A new friend of mine came over once this past summer and we watched the race. It doesn't have the same flair it used to.
When I was a kid I used to watch NASCAR with my late grandfather (he died when he was 103) He never knew what NASCAR was until that first Daytona 500 (the family was snowed in) and after that he became a huge fan. Most Sundays when I was little in the early 2000's we would watch the race. He would have a beer and I would have a soda. It was really the best part of the week. NASCAR has IMO lost what it once had (especially with the introduction of stages which I find really annoying) but I still watch it whenever I get the chance. Honestly whenever I'm stressed out I start to think about when I used to watch NASCAR with him and it puts me in my happy place.
I'm glad I was able to find your video, it's such a fun watch! Man, I loved NASCAR growing up, I'd sit there and watch the laps, or leave the race on while I did my stuff throughout the day. I'm sad once cable TV died off, it became impossible for me to watch it. Seeing those empty stadiums makes me sad, but now I understand why people give me weird looks when I say I love it. I was bad at remembering names, especially since I didn't know English too well when I was young, but I remembered the cars and the drivers' faces.
First of all, Dale and Ralph did Race together at the same time on the same track, and NO one ever thought age was a factor in SR. He was talking about the rules package for speedway races when he said that. Check you fact's
This is mabye the 3rd time ive watched this video and every time your writing and speech send chills down my spine before this i hadent given 2 shits about NASCAR but now you got me on the brink of tears
never did i think i would care about nascar to any capacity, but the way this video is crafted is beautiful. showing earnheardt's legacy, his failures, his legendary wins, his everything, just to see it all crumple down in what can only be described as one of the most, if not the most bittersweet act of heroism and sportsmanship in sports ever. thank you for this absolute gem of a video.
@lsbigworld667 “Y’see son, if they don’t get over while you’re merging onto the highway just nose on into their rear quarter and give a little love tap”
This video was eye opening on a lot of levels. I grew up around nascar in dale's era, in fact my best childhood friend told me dozens of times he "became a fan when [he] turned on the tv and saw dale's car soar into the air"
I haven't talked with him in close to a decade... But this video brought back so many good memories.
I actually met Dale Earnhardt as a kid one time. He was with his race car at the opening of a Target store in Alabama. They were giving out free hot dogs and drinks. He just sat on the curb eating his hotdog by himself and he didn't seem to mind being interrupted from his dinner to stand and pose for pictures with the kids. He was such a down to earth guy it's easy to see why so many loved him. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy off the track, and there's no denying he was a legend on it. Rest in peace, Dale...
My old neighbor used to educate a class of special needs children who just had disabilities, like hard of hearing ect. Told me a story of how they got money to have the kids go out to the track, apparently Dale went out of his way to make sure the kids had a good time, even stopped jr to spend some time with the kids. The guy was absolutely a true top notch chad.
My dad used to take me to races and I met him twice myself. The dude was so down to earth it kinda blew my mind. The last time i saw him he was eating a moon pie and to this day i remember thinking "A multi millionaire and he still eats the same country stuff we do"... A true salt of the earth type dude for sure.
My mother loved Dale Earnhardt, and by extension so did I. I was 4, my entire room decked out in 3's. I had a race-car bed in 2001, and I barely understood anything about racing except "vroom vroom #3 yay!" and that was enough for me. One day my mom, tears in her eyes, told me #3 wasn't racing anymore. He was dead. Dale's accident was my first real time putting together the finality of death. I never watched Nascar again. Sometimes if I had to sit out there during a race, I would sit facing the other way while my parents enjoyed the show. Something about finally revisiting this topic some 18 years later was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had on this platform. I spent at least half of this video with tears in my eyes, of every different sort. Even if I write my own personal experience with this story off, it's a great watch. 3/3 would recommend to others.
Noh Buddy This is probably the best comment I've read this year. This video is really a reminder to myself that there's still something valuable on YouTube, in spite of its issue's today. What EmpLemon has done here to bring out the most commonly shared sentiments in all of us is phenomenal. I don't know why I haven't done this already after the Spongebob and Raw video's, but I'm gonna subscribe to him.
I know this is about Dale Earnhardt but as my only memory of watching nascar came from when I was only 5 years old and as it was past Dale’s time, a spark of joy came across me as I saw the number 24 race car come across on the video!! Since it was the only car that was really engraved in my memory because of its cool flame design and I liked it so much that I begged my parents to get me a birthday cake with the number 24 car for my 7th birthday🥳🥳🎉
With my dad being a huge Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr. fan (I'm a Tony Stewart fan.), I was holding back tears for most of this. That line opened the waterworks.
I was so happy when i see this documental the first time.
Everything was interesting... until, at 40:09 he said those words... the smile that i had on my face just fade out, and i realized that, the hard part, was about to come. And, the song... dude... it's just perfect for this...
This song means something for me.
This is the kind of music you would play right before the final battle.
That definitive battle, of which:
Or you come out victorious and alive, making the future bright for you and everyone, and leaving you a story of triumph and glory that you can tell forever ...
OR...
The end of a martyr story. The sad end of a person who faced the ultimate enemy in a final battle, managing to destroy him and ensure that he never managed to threaten his own again ... but paying the ultimate price ... causing a legend to be remembered for eternity, but leaving insurmountable suffering to his own.
Two thoughts. One, seriously, how long do these take to edit and finish? Because the quality is off the wall. And two: Dale Earnhardt broke his kneecap in a crash and drove in another race a week later. Then much later broke his collarbone, sternum and shoulder in a crash and, again, raced a week later. I have nothing to add, it just bears repeating because it's insane.
The way you put the race footage together with the music and broadcaster commentary is great. Really makes it feel like a movie but it ain't. It's real.
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chris Logan2022-03-19 13:03:42 (edited 2022-03-19 13:04:56 )
Helluva video! Really enjoyed it. Any crash can be deadly, but after seeing some of the crashes that man and many many others have endured, hard to understand how and why that 1 was the 1 that was the fatal 1... shout out Earnhardt!!
Without a doubt, I can say that this is the first video i’ve ever watched on Youtube relating to Nascar; 14 years on this site and this is the first. Good vid EMP
Very rarely has a video hit me so hard I get tears in my eyes and your editing does something to me that makes me teary. Excellent video, excellent editing. I just want to know what the song right at the beginning when he introduces the video is?
Yo why tf am I about to cry from a Nascar documentary. Your never ever series is iconic. it's so refreshing to watch an hour of professional editing and knowledge with your personality and passion
I love the music use of we’re landing home for both talladega and daytona. 2 moments that changed nascar forever. As emp put it, one tragedy was avoided by inches, and the other was caused by inches. We miss you dale :( and this video will be 3 years tomorrow!!!
I've never watched a single Nascar race before, and had no interest in the sport. Yet watching/listening to your videos about it has definitely peaked my intrigue
The day that happened will always live with me. I was a huge nascar fan growing up. It was a bonding sport with my dad, brother and neighbors. Dale was my guy. Many others I watched with liked Gordon.
Even though I was in the 3rd grade, I remember distinctly watching all this go down. The story line of how perfectly everything was lining up. Just to have it ripped away in a weird dystopian way.
Waiting for an hour or so for the official announcement on tv, since we didn’t have Internet or cell phones. Me in my innocent and youthful self just thought he would be fine.
After that day, nascar was never the same to me… I still like watching old nascar driver compilations and documentaries of the greatest era of Nascar.
I do think looking back on it now that Tony Stewart was a driver that carried that crazy aggressive character through the 2000’s. But in today’s field, I can’t find a driver that does so.
Never did I imagine myself re-watching a 55 minute video about such an obscure subject here in Poland as NASCAR. Your editing and commentary, sir, are on point
I recommend you look up Alan Kulwicki, who was Polish-American and another of the great NASCAR drivers known for his intellect, being a rare owner-driver, and backwards lap celebrations (the “Polish victory lap” as he called it).
@Michael Adam yeah Kulwicki was another, like so any drivers taken way to soon. I have some of his "champions circle" cars only because my father told my mom to buy every single one they found on the night of his death. I'll say it, he's just as much of a standard to look up to as Earnhardt Sr. because while he may not have had the raw skill as Sr. he had the willingness and intellect to learn and become self sufficient and become a champion. I even though being a Sr. champion in my youth, think he is a much better role model than the intimidator himself.
From someone spitting distance away from the Bristol Speedway.. I've never cared much for NASCAR. But you seriously piqued my interest and emotions Emp. Thank you for all the excellent work you do.
EmpLemon, I seriously cannot tell you how much I appreciate you as a youtuber. I dropped what I was doing to watch this video--and I never even cared about racing or knew who Dale was. You mentioned in your own video that talent is very rare. These "Never Ever" videos prove that you yourself have loads. Keep it up Emp, you're an inspiration to thousands.
Huh, I would've thought Indy would've been the first 500 mile race broadcast live on TV since it has been broadcast since the '50s, but no, it wasn't broadcast live until 1986. This was a fantastic video.
Amazing video EmpLemon, if you're intrested on doing another video like this but for a driver in Formula One. Ayrton Senna had a similar career like Dale Earnhardt. Both agressive, phenomenal and influential. Ayrton also took a long time to win at home in Brazil just like Earnhardt in the Daytona 500,, and he won in a dramatic race back in 1991. In 1994 when Senna died, Dale Earnhardt gave an interview after the race he won to support Senna's fans and family. Ayrton Senna is a legend and I know you would make a fantastic video about him. Cheers from Brazil.
Little update for anyone watching. Dale’s second wife, Brenda Lorraine Gee (Dale Jr’s morher) passed away recently on April 22nd 2019. At least they are both now able to watch over and be proud of the son they made together. Just thought I would share with you all and pay some respects to the Earnhardt family. Praise dale!
I’m 16 and know nothing about nascar other than the badass looking cars, but you’ve just made me stick around for 56 minutes and I’m entertained. Thanks for this video
The saddest part about Earnhardt's death for me is the fact that it was 100% preventable. around this time the HANS (head and neck support) device was becoming more and more prevalent in motor racing and was designed to protect drivers from exact the sort of injury that Killed Dale. at the time in NASCAR the equipment was optional and many divers including Dale chose not to wear it fearing it would make the car harder to exit in the event of a fire (something drivers always bring up in relation to new safety system even in modern motorsport) Had he been wearing one it would have saved his life, in fact in all likelihood he would have walked out of the car with little to no injuries whatsoever. After this accident concerns about HANS globally unsurprisingly became very quiet and soon enough its mandatory in pretty much all forms of motorsport larger than karts.
I don’t care about Nascar. I don’t care about Wrestling. Hell, I don’t even care about Spongebob, but you manage to make video essays that are brimming with passion, dragging the viewer in, and THAT is a very refreshing thing to see in Youtube.
I’m from Tennessee, but I moved to Pennsylvania at the start of the pandemic, and my pawpaw always loved nascar, I didn’t. Im gonna see him in 7 hours for the weekend, and I have to talk to him about this. This video is phenomenal, and while I am still not gonna be much of a nascar fan, im now a Dale fan. That was an experience to watch.
I vividly remember this race being the best and worst day as a young NASCAR fan, I had turned 13 years old a month before this race and my grandpa had just gotten me a #15 Napa hat to replace my old #21 Citgo hat as I was a life long Michael Waltrip fan, and my grandpa being a longtime Dale fan since the early 80s, he was ecstatic that we could have drivers in the same team, or at least mine driving for his.
It was just so damn heartbreaking that the day my favorite driver won his first points paying race, and the 500 no less, that his favorite driver lost his life.
I've never been into Nascar but when I was a kid I watched a movie about Dale Earnhardt and for whatever reason it stuck with me which is probably why I clicked on this video and I'm glad I did because for somebody not into the sport I sure was stuck on this biography and it's so good I kinda want to go watch some old races now 👍
How the fuck can you not only make me fascinated by a sport I don't care about, but also grieve about a man I just learned about? Damn... you're up there Emp, you're up there.
That video of him with Dale jr before his last race is heart wrenching,can't imagine what was in poor jrs mind
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Luke Skyballer2021-11-18 10:40:45 (edited 2021-11-18 10:52:48 )
After Daytona win Earnhardt was injured in an Atlanta crash a few weeks later and had pinch nerve issue in his neck. Apparently he had trouble even getting dressed.
I'm probably the only Puertorican that grew up in NY, The Bronx i might add (1980-2005) that was a huge NASCAR fan and knew everything about it and it's driver's. Dale Sr was and still is, the greatest NASCAR driver of all time. #forevernumber3 ☝️☝️☝️
"Seek means of preventing a recurrence", the government said about the Le Mans disaster. "After the death of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR would implement numerous ... to make sure that what happened to him would never happen again." Yeah. That sounds about right, in both cases. Government and regulatory agencies are top notch at closing the gates after the cows are out.
When Dale died, the best and most wise man I know, my grandpa, or papa as we called him, who has loved racing all his life said "I don't have a reason to watch racing no more." Sad day.
as someone who grew up in the south in the 90s one of the only time i saw my dad and gramps really cry about something on TV was when dale earnhardt died. i didn't like nascar but i remember coming into the living room seeing everyone emotional
I never got to watch Dale race before he died, but his car was always my favorite as a kid. I remember getting to see the No. 3 on display at Daytona back in ‘04. It’s strange. I loved the car, but knew very little about the man behind it aside from the fact that he was the greatest NASCAR driver and that he died in the 2001 Daytona 500. So thank you, EmpLemon, for reawakening my love for NASCAR and showing me what made Dale such a legendary driver.
I’m watching this in my nascar blanket with a spliff in my mouth... I’m so happy 🤣 As always, this is an amazing documentary. It doesn’t feel right calling this just a “video”
It's hard not to have strong emotions in the presence of the last bit of life someone has on footage and seeing how they act without knowing their fate.
@Pr0fitl0lis ! o que eu curti nesse canal é que ele tem a seriedade e a qualidade de Jon Bois, mas tem uma pegada mais leve, mais bem humorada e com referências (especialmente musicais) mais próximas dessa geração
I just knew him as a great driver who died, it is what it is. You never expect it, dale was just a nobody's nobody, this man has changed so many lives even outside of NASCAR. How lucky can one be and his kids and family are doing great.
Same. I live in Asia. The only way I know about NASCAR is because of video games and the fact that they used to show it on ESPN many, many years ago. This was a really inspiring and touching story. If you wanna live a good life, live like Dale lived his.
as an american/canadian who doesnt care for nascar... this is an amzing video and very similar to Jon Bois (the originator of this style -- check out his material on SBNation's channel).
and you saying that made me strangely patriotic, when usually i never feel that way.
As a fan of Nascar, I never knew him until I saw an IMAX movie about the sport when I was a kid, that made me found more about him, over the years I've learned more and more of Dale, he left such an impact and the fact his final win was 4 days before I was born just... I really can't put it into words.
I was 4 on that day, and it was the first race I remember watching, although I must have seen some before then. That wreck with Tony Stewart scared the crap out of me.
@Stripe Gurger Speaking of Mondays continuation of the Daytona 500 of this year, confirms Dale is still the last fatality of Nascar till this day, the final lap of the race resulted a horrifying crash in the front tri oval of the track during the Finnish, driver of the number 6 Ford mustang Ryan Newman was spun out from the lead head in to the wall resulting him to go upside while upside down another car coming up more than 190+ mph impacted Newman in a horrifying way, the impact was so hard the number 6 car was lifted at least 10 feet in the air nearly hitting the catch fence, what's worse he got hit on the roof on the driver side of the car, once landed upside the car went into sparks and flames, later on that Monday night at 10:05 p.m. U.S. EST Nascar and Roush Fenway announced on Twitter "Now in serious condition.. not life threatening." Signifying that has was going to be ok. Today twitter showing Newman now waking with his two daughters out of the local hospital in Daytona. For a second I and many other thought we've seen another fatality in Nascar.
@Oscar Tobar, OATmeal We all saw that and went: we saw a man die. He was confirmed out of the car and alive, and we all went: he'll never race again. In hospital, he was confirmed aware and communicative, and we went: he's gotta have a serious injury. He was comfirmed up, walking, smiling, and then walking out of the hospital, and we all finally exhaled with relief. I'm not even a Newman fan, but the safer the sport can be, the better. Poor Blaney too, man.
I think we cry because seeing a man become simply the best out of sheer dedication to his father's legacy and even more: Do what was thought to be simply impossible makes our hearts swell with pride. He went out making sure his son got to live in the glory of such a title as well, and if that isn't a good dad; I don't wanna know what is.
I had a toy car of the number 3 when i was young, my father told me remember the number 3 it crashed. And after all these years I know the story thank you
As a Formula One fan, who never gave a shit about NASCAR, my eyes have been opened. Incredibly well-written and edited video, coming away with new found respect for the under-rated sport, thank you for making this.
"Daytonnnaaaaaaa.... Lets Go Away!" man that brings back some memories lol...Not gonna lie...... i got teary eyed when the moment came. I remember watching it, cried like a baby when they announced it. I remember feeling so bad for Jr and Mikey...... I was wearing my black 1994 Winston Cup Championship shirt, put it in a frame and still have it to this day. What a great doc. Loved every second. And remember. Continue The Legend.
There definitely is a good point there about racing being more entertaining when it's more dangerous. Nobody is hoping for a driver to die or get seriously hurt but it definitely adds suspension. Fans of rally racing often look back at Group B as being the pinnacle of the sport and that was at a time where drivers and spectators alike were at serious risk of injury or death at every race.
man the part about he couldnt have gone out any better way, seeing his son and team winning with open track ahead of them, man...... almost made me cry there..... heck and im into motocross, really great video man seriously
This one brings back a lot of memories. My family is split between northerners and southerners on my Dad and Mom's sides (respectively), and some of my earliest memories are of watching Earnhardt win the Daytona 500 in 1998 (if I have the year correct from the video). I also remember a lot of people not liking Earnhardt for some reason, and now I realize it is because of his aggressive driving style! Ha! I also remember when he died, more faint memories... thank you for the documentary, I greatly enjoyed it!
Dale Earnhardt literally saying that the cars would kill someone before actually dying is one of those fascinating bits of foreshadowing that I will never get over.
I live pretty damn close to the Daytona International Speedway so seeing EmpLemon including it in a video about it gets me a little giddy. Great video, anyways.
I don't find all the content you choose to be in my interests pallet, but that's exactly why I subscribed. Well written, educating and well presented. Thanks Emp!
I was 9 or 10 when he passed. Sitting in front of the TV about a foot away from the screen. I'll never forget that crash hoping he was okay. Only to find out he had passed
It didn’t used to be boring it was the most popular sport in America cause how good it was and thanks to Brian France he tried to make nascar like every other sport and he killed it. Added too many rules, added a gimmick playoff format just for entertainment not fairness, made the cars easier to drive and made the racing suck so much ass now it’s unimaginable. I remember standing on my feet cheering and clapping cause how good this sport was and now I barely watch cause how much a shit show it is now cause of it practically being pay to win now cause skill doesn’t matter like the 80s and 90s. Nascar left it’s good tracks for pretty much carbon copies of the same 1.5 mile design that puts on horrible racing.
Brody Cooper if you don’t believe me look at the races in the 90s and early 2000s compared to now. Back then they were barely a second from each other for the lead battling. Yes you still had a few boring races but for the most part it was good. Now it is 15 seconds sometimes between the front 2 cars and there is never any battles on the track or anything like that usually.
@tAmEz ZoDiAc, I know it was WAY better and I do believe you because I watch races from the 70s and 80s all the time. I was just making a joke. BUT back then we didn't have DW saying "boogity boogity boogity! LETS GO RACING BOYS!"
Cajun Cooyan nascar was actually the most entertaining sport in America till they ruined the cars and the racing. Baseball is the most boring sport. That and golf.
I'll never forget that day. That race. I'm from North Carolina. Dale was one of my childhood heroes. I held back tears from the very start because I knew all too well what was coming.
This video was very well done and well thought out. Thank you for honoring his legacy.
You are absolutely correct. There will NEVER be another racecar driver (of any division/type) like Dale Earnhardt.
Man superb video, when I first saw 55 minutes i was not sure if I will see it the whole way through or leave it in the middle but nice story, nice story telling and a great video keep it up.
Coming from a NASCAR fan (Yes there still some left) I kinda expected the usual “Dael was a great driver and died” that people seem to always do when a videos made about him, but this was not what I was expecting, props to you for actually doing your research into the history of Dale, NASCAR, etc
The 90's Nascar breakthrough scene here really gives me chills... Almost tears man. Very good and fond memories from a much better time. Sitting there with my father on the love seat on CBS or the reruns on Speed Vision.... Thank you for this amazing video and feelings watching this. I needed it today.
Love the Gran Turismo and FF music sparsed in (28:20... that song hits me everytime.) Great documentary on an all-time legend... still miss seeing that car race. Always will be the peak of NASCAR up to this point for me.
So iconic. With the music playing right after I always get chills. I've watched this video at least 10 times already and it's always an experience anew
Also, while Dale dropped out at the age of 16, he was still in Junior High. He was 16 in the 8th grade, Jr. talks about this on the JRE Podcast. This video is simply amazing, so I'm not trying to critique as much as I am just trying to provide factual information. The one time I did a video like this, it took me somewhere around 6 months, so, I can't really critique someone that does things like this all the time. Great job :)
My grandpa still has stories about dale, he always said "The roughest, toughest, and meanest man you don't want behind your tail." That's one hell of a way to go out. Holding back a load of cars with an open stretch of debris, track, and his two apprentices rolling down with no contest.
One story that’s been told to me that I remember is A rookie is going 3 wide. He looks to his right and see a more experienced driver holding onto the steering wheel so tight his knuckles are white. He looks to his left and sees Dale Earnhardt holding the steering wheel with one hand and looking back at him. Intimidated by this he drops out of the 3 wide.
Dale Earnhardt was the first athlete I ever remember idolizing. As a kid, I was really into and things going fast--Sonic the Hedgehog, hi-tempo music, and racing of all kinds. I liked NASCAR the most, and out of all the drivers, I don't know why, but I stuck on #3. Maybe it was because his car was black. Maybe it was because his number was easy to pick out. Maybe it was his aggressive style...but Earnhardt was my favorite sports star for pretty much all of my single-digit ages. And it was even better when Jeff Gordon came onto the scene--the young, baby-faced upstart that came in just winning everything--MAN, that rivalry was amazing (actually, we'd see the same thing with Payton and Tom in the NFL...and unsurprisingly, I was also a huge Manning fan). But Dale persevered, and his cars stayed winning. Seeing him win the Daytona 500 in 98 was one one of the best things I'd ever experienced in my young life up to that point. And hearing the news that he had perished was one of the worst. NASCAR was never the same for me after that.
But you know what? I'll never forget what he meant to me as a kid. Thank you for this video, and for giving everyone else a glimpse at what made him so special for me and millions of other fans.
I really enjoyed your video as you said you can't go out in the backyard and drive a stock car the secret of the Drivers love was getting there and the old fans had a taste of it. Today's NASCAR is different I mean watching the #18 is like watching fly's Fuck
I didnt know a single thing about Dale or nascar before this video, but i quickly became a fan of him and fucking teared up when i literally just found out he died
Sandwiching the video with the general impression of NASCAR fans was very evocative. Good job getting people to see past the stereotypes, and showing all of us, "How could you NOT care?"
Man, as someone born after Dale Earnhardt had died, I only had heard of his son. The name "Dale Earnhardt" in my name was associated with "Dale Earnhardt Jr." and this video really shed a light on his father. I never was into Nascar, but this video was great.
When I saw that wreck, I immediately thought of Dale. I didn’t care who won the race. When I looked at Twitter all I saw was Newmans Wreck. It really scared me when NASCAR’s YouTube channel toke the live video of the race Down. Then I saw where he was in Critical Condition with Non Life threatening injuries. Little did I know that he would walk out of the hospital holding his Two Daughter’s Hands just a Day later.
@Andrew Sutherland Because . . . most people wouldn't even bother answering the comment. Look up the answer on the internet, and I can assure you that ir will also say that NASCAR currently does not own Indycar or vice versa.
@John Smith It's not the fact of who owns who. They are both the same except for some rules and the cars and staff. To me. Dan Wheldon should be honored and not forgotten. And if you think that is wrong well sir, you should not be wasting your time with me.
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John Smith2020-11-02 11:23:34 (edited 2020-11-02 11:46:01 )
@Andrew Sutherland He absolutely should be honored and shouldn't be forgotten. I am not in any way trying to downplay his death. However, when they say "last fatality" in this comment, they mean last fatality in one of NASCAR's top divisions. I am just trying to establish the parameters that this comment is trying to set. I understand what you are trying to say with them being similar, but the person in the video was trying to talk specifically about NASCAR-related deaths.
Dan Wheldon should never be forgotten, but he is not a NASCAR fatality, and therefore does not objectively count on this list.
However, if you want to count deaths from Indycar too, then you shouldn't forget about Justin Wilson's death in 2014.
EmpLemon, I don't know if you'll ever see this comment but I found your channel a month ago and never have I ever been so hooked for nearly an hour on any YouTube video ever. You have an amazing talent and skill, I think I speak for everyone here when I say we'll be right behind you through everything. Keep churning out bangers
Michael Waltrip said something about how he felt after winning the 2001 Daytona 500, but his best friend and car owner was killed while it happened.
"(...) that pretty much told me that the celebration was over, you know, what I thought was the greatest day ever was heading in a direction that would make it the worst day ever..."
I challenge anyone to watch the footage of him saying that, knowing that it was his first win in his career after 463 tries, his best friend, Dale Earnhardt, provided the opportunity for him, and yet Earnhardt was killed on that last lap while helping it to happen, and not well up with tears
@Lukibear 1112 Ah Yes, Latino Heat, when he died, he sealed Benoit’s Fate, but he helped save so many wrestlers by forcing WWE to Create the wellness policy and more safe wrestling
to be fair many of us would watch Nascar more if they flipped things around. I would love to see inline engines v6's and many other engine types and designs on the tracks, no restrictor plate on the big tracks just size limits so we aren't pushing the limits of safe and unsafe speed wise and overall more road racing during the season. Those three things would have young and old flocking. Cause lets be real no bigger a fight could ever come from a inline 4 stomping a v8 for the finish. Its a shame a legend is gone though, was a sad day for everyone.
@The hash slinging slasher. Inline 5 engines sound mean af. They could work on the plate tracks and just have em use the v8 everywhere else. And bring back some weird tracks. Sometimes nascar has to be lowest common denominator garbage. As seen with the dirt race this year
Same thing with Formula 1 and Ayrton Senna. His shock death in 1994 is what gave the killing blow to that sport also. It's understandable why both NASCAR and F1 became safer since no one wants to see people die, but one cannot deny that super safe cars made the excitement level drop.
@Minerva's Owl In Brazil maybe, but you can actually look up the viewership for F1 races, it peaked in 1996 for Britain, and the MSC, Kimi, Alonso era was very popular.
I have never watched NASCAR nor any sort of racing, yet, this video has me intrigued and emotional. Videos like these are so phenomenal to stumble across on YouTube because the quality and care put into them are genuinely fantastic. Thank you for this video, and rest in peace Dale Earnhardt.
26:29, it was actually 84 dead counting the driver. another quick fact, 14 people were killed by the hood of the car as it spun like a frisbee through the crowd.
I spent most of my teenage years watching Nascar and I was a huge Dale Earnhardt fan. The 2001 Daytona 500 was a week before I shipped off to Navy basic training. I was 18. I've always felt like his death was also the death of my childhood.
@3rdBan SubjectNone No kidding, 2001 was tragedy after tragedy
For NASCAR it was the death of Dale
For Power Rangers it was the deaths of Thuy Trang (MMPR Yellow 1 aka OG Yellow Ranger) and Jason David Frank's brother who actually appeared on Power Rangers as well.
For America it was 9/11
Having a connection with all three, a Nascar fan, a Power Rangers fan, and an American were very impactful.
@maximaldinotrap I'm born in NY, I grew up with Power Rangers as my favorite show, and my father was a NASCAR stock and enduro driver... Traumatic year
I swear, I clicked on this video expecting not much because "haha, 'muricans and their stupid NASCAR", only giving it a 5 minute chance because your videos are incredible... after 55 minutes I almost cried... this is beautiful man.
Never cared much for NASCAR or knew anything about it outside of this video. I didn't know this story before hearing it here but dammit I was tearing up both when Dale won on his 20th attempt and at his death, and even at his son's win. I couldn't believe it. Thank you for sharing this story for those who never knew it before, I definitely respect this sport so much more coming out of this video.
Edit: Also thanks to everyone for sharing such interesting stories in the comments, I enjoyed reading them just as much and it's really cool to see how influential this guy really was.
I remember me and my family watched every nascar race and we all rooted for dale and i remember like it was yesterday the race in which he died. They didnt tell the audience until after, but that was the last race me and my family ever watched. A lot of viewers here probably arent old enough to remember watching dale live. That dude was like a hero to me.
Holy shit. As I sat here listening to the video, doing an art project in my chair at 30 years of age, I was shockingly and brutally quickly shunted into my 5-year-old existence in 1996.
Emp. I don’t know if you’ll read this, but I just wanna say thank you for sharing Dale’s Story. He was one of my dad’s favorite drivers and celebrities of all time. NASCAR has been an important part of my family’s life for decades, and I’m proud that it is. It’s definitely not one of the most popular sports nowadays, but it still is for me. My parents were actually at 2001’s Daytona 500, and actually witnessed Dale’s crash. They were never the same after that, and it wasn’t until I was born a few months later, that they started to get back into it. They told me stories of the greats like ‘The King’ and others, but Dale was always my favorite. I, and the rest of the NASCAR community thank you for sharing this. The saddest thing is, your right. There will never ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt, because he will forever be one of the most unique and greatest drivers in NASCAR History. Much Love to you Emp. - A College Kid From Texas.
I'm with you and your parent in those regards. I was born in the early 90's and grew up on NACAR. My family and I had our favorites (and our collective least favorite of Jeff Gordon) and my favorite was Dale. I watched that crash myself and cried when the news was dropped of his death. Hell I'm crying now as I type this. I loved nascar during that time as it was a chance for my family and I to gather around and share a Sunday with each other like it was our church or something. I had a wish list of people i wanted to meet and Dale was one of them. So I guess I'll have to meet him much later than i wanted. :P Thank you tho for sharing this video. I had watch the one of Hungrybox and Smash recently and I can tell these videos are filled with as much love and dedication as those whom you covered, Keep up the Great work my man.
@49:00 fun fact, Richard Petty has had several hits THIS hard back in the 60's with almost no safety equipment. There's footage of him hitting the wall so hard at Darlington that it broke the concrete. I'm amazed that he's still alive today
"Dale Earnheart died doing what he loved, and his final memorie was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line whit nothing but open racetrack in front of them."
Lmao it was funny when he said at 4:02 when talking about open wheel racing that the cars were perfectly designed to maximize speed and handling and there's a picture of the 2014 Ferrari which was known to be the only Formula One car to understeer and oversteer at the same time.
I was at the Daytona 500 the day he passed. It was one of the saddest moments of my life. The crash didnt look like a bad crash and everyone just brushed it off and shuffled out of the stadium. It wasn't until we were stuck in traffic on the way back home where we heard the news. I'll never forget it, that was my first nascar race, and I went with my bio dad, one of the only things I've ever done with him. Thank you for making this video, it was very well done and is a wonderful tribute to him. RIP Sr.
I didn't brush it off, but I didn't expect what happened. Watching it on TV, Darrell Waltrip's concern worried me. Waiting for an update was excruciating, and then to hear the news...That was a really bad day.
@Rick Falk yes I had same fear from Darrell Waltrip concern. Junior running away from Mikey in pit road and Ken running into victory Lane to inform Mikey that it's bad.
Today is Feb 18th 2022, I still remember being a kid, 10 years old, losing my superhero. I remember going to school every morning and seeing a billboard that had him with his birth year and death date on it, and crying all the way to school. Small town Outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dale was like watching our father going out and racing. While my dad was a number 6 fan, and Mark Martin was a cool dude, I had to most admiration for that jet black, with Red and white. That number 3! Now I live in Winston Salem, travel to all the old abdandoned tracks around here, And just imagine I can see him, struggling like the rest of us did, but never giving up, and in the starlight, never changed. Dale was our superhero, I’m grown up, and I can’t really watch NASCAR anymore, as it’s lost it’s glow. Now I do like the hometown hero up here, Bowman Jr. I’ve met him, his family, while actually visiting these abandoned track, and then while visiting Caraway on a day off, he was practicing at the time. He has that same drive, that same swagger, and I think will be great very soon!
Grew up watching dale my dad collected everything dale has a hood ,a tire all the model cars trains flags even a sighned hand drawn picture of dale and Jr together
To this day Ken Schrader has told no one about what he saw in that car when he ran over to it after the wreck. Dale Jr said on his podcast to Schrader that he thanks him for keeping that horrible truth from not only the media, but from Dale Jr, Kelley, Kerry, and Taylor.
Dale’s death was tragic, but I’m sure he’s at peace knowing that his death helped push innovations in safety forward that would eventually save the lives of many drivers he mentored. Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, and many more have had wrecks that probably would’ve at best been career ending if it hadn’t been for safer cars and safer designs on tracks.
As a nascar fan I feel this video hit the spot. We are underrepresented, but passionate people. Others don’t understand the lace that we have for Dale and Dale Jr. They were greats ( and one of them still is) comparable to Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna. We live for the red white and blue way of racing.
In order to be in position to bump the first place driver, and take over his position, you have to have been in second place, to begin with. If you ever question Dale's skills as a driver, remember that.
Hey Emp, thank you for this video and putting so much effort and time into a was a nascar fan early in my life due to Nascar Thunder 2002 on xbox and Nascar 98 on PS1. Grew up watching Jeff Gordon as my favorite driver, fell out of interest with it when I started watching and playing other sports. But as a result of Gordon and Dale's rivalry my dad had a big hatred towards him for being a pretty dirty driver as he thought and so did I, and even as a toddler basically when me and my dad played Nascar 98, me and him would try to find Dale's car and run him off the track. Then on my 4th birthday I remember seeing my dad sort of shocked with the crash and Dale not walking out of his car, then seeing my dad cry for the 1st time when they announced his death. It was the strangest thing I've ever witnessed as a child considering I thought my dad disliked him so much get so sad with a sudden passing. Then I remember him getting an xbox with Halo and Nascar and seeing the #3 pop up again in the intro before the game loaded in brought him to some tears again. Revisiting this and seeing it even after the Unrivaled thing they did with him on fox brought back so many memories. Never thought I would get what he felt for the guy, until I got older and saw many things and people I thought where untouchable get arrested by the police or in cases like Sean Taylor die after a robbery in his own home. Thank you Emp, this video may never get as many views as others on your page due to Nascar being less popular than probably soccer in the U.S. but keep doing this series with things you like, it's amazing how detailed and emotionally engaging this got me. Thank you . TL;DR- Damn, you got me crying about a sport only my dad continues to watch about a driver I disliked growing up 10/10 will watch multiple times so you get that Dollar shave club money
This video made me realize that Doctor Disrespect is just the gaming version of Dale Earnhardt, although Dale wasn't the back to back 1993 and 1994 Blockbuster video champion.
I legit didn't expect EmpLemon to make a video about Dale Earnhardt. What a time we live in.
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Luke Skyballer2021-11-18 10:59:57 (edited 2021-11-22 21:21:55 )
Dale struggled a number of seasons in the back half of the 90s. He had a resurrection in 2000. Let me add that the Talladega crash played apart along with Atlanta 98.
Makes me think of watching nascar (outdoors) in Florida growing up. nothing better than sneaking a warm flat Budweiser while the uncles explain why they could have been the best if they could have got the money together back in ‘92
My grandmother was a massive NASCAR, and Jeff Gordon fan. We’d go over on sundays and she’d rant about hating Dale, who was my favorite. I was sad after Dale and his son lost the race, but headed home none the wiser. When got home with my parents, the phone was ringing. My parents called me to the phone. My grandmother was in tears, but wanted to be the one who told me he’d died. I was in disbelief, but also confused as I thought she hated him. In the days after, it dawned on me how much impact Dale had on people. People literally loved to hate, and love him…
@larkin#3639 When you set yourself a goal, something you want to reach or a state of being so great in your eyes, that it represents a victory like an oval races of cars against life and hardships. All you want to do is : To win.
I grew up around racing in the 80's and 90's in the south. I was a black kid so I always felt a little unwelcome. I got back into it as an adult. How I would explain stock car oval track to someone is that it's like golf. It's about finding flow and doing the same thing the same way over and over again to perfection. But the kicker is it's at break neck speed. The team are like caddies. Trying to suppress all the outside forces that keep a driver from achieving flow state. Car trouble, fresh tires, spotting, etc. It's quite beautiful to watch.
I didn't even know the us had stock car racing, in Argentina it's still quite a popular sport, although thought of as a sport that only old men from rural towns like, turismo carretera and rally take almost literally all sunday for most local sports channels
His team was in front of him and Dale knew what his job was, protect his son and Mikey with everything he had, and he did just that.
Dale will always be the man, his nickname "the intimidator" was no accident, he commanded fear and respect when he was behind the wheel.
Dale died seeing his son and Mikey with nothing but open track ahead to the finish. He held back 38 other cars for 3 laps by himself, he was that damn good. One of the final things dale said to his son that day over the radio was "Stay with him, stay with Mikey"
@Tom Rawlins he got bumped from the rear, the technique is called a bump and run, sad thing is at 200 mph even a light nudge from another car is enough to spin you out of control
@Sashimi-X That is WRONG, he did NOT get bumped from behind. Search on youtube for the video called "Dale Earnhardt Fatal Crash w/ Dale Jr MRN Interview - Full Speed Replays (Better Audio)" .
The last 30 seconds show from various angles, that he went down low, when he wasn't clear. Unfortunately Sterling Marlin was there, they made small contact, which made Dale go below the apron, and when he tried to regain control and turn left to straighten the car again, Kenny Shrader was on the high side, and that made Dale turn right even more and crash basically head-on into the concrete wall at 200 mp/h. A very sad set of circumstances and chain of events.
Too bad grit and skill doesn’t pass in the blood. His son was just above average at best because Sr was marginally less skilled than Richard and an even worse at passing his toolkit than Lee.
I lost interest in the sport after he died. I went to 4 races...I was never able to meet him (though my brother got to meet Dale Jarrett). I wanted desperately to get his signature but there were always too many people. I don't think I've watched a race since 2003.
His dad would be proud. He died doing what he loved
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Mr. Nick2021-07-04 15:01:19 (edited 2021-07-05 14:54:33 )
Hey Emp, I'm a ditch digger in South Mississippi and you're the ONLY guy that's understood #3 and why we love him. When you said " he's just a poor hick with no other prospects in life, so what if he bangs up some other drivers," it made me tear up cuz we hear the same stuff about us when we turn on the TV.
I life in rural western PA. Nothin but farms and Amish. And I hear the same thing, they call us all the names in the book. But if it wasn't for people like us, the US wouldn't exist.
I never quite appreciated NASCAR until I started watching slapshoe's stuff courtesy of the algorithm, and it showed me NASCAR wasn't just some race around a ring, it's legends. Triumphs and tragedies, family legacies, heroes and villains, legends stacked on legends.
Dale became my favorite driver fast from watching slapshoe's stuff, and it broke my heart when I found out what happened to him. I guess lemon's right though, man went out doing what he loved the most, and became part of that stack of legends the sport's made of.
I miss those days of real NASCAR, not this soyboy overly Corporatized version they have now. Give me the Allisons, Yarborough, Petty, and Waltrip any day over these pretty boy imitators who probably are more likely to sip a chai latte from Starbucks than a cold beer after a race.
I live in northern Europe, about as far away from South Mississippi as they come. The story of Dale Earnhardt made me appreciate the sand of poor Southerners a little more. I'd share a beer with you anytime.
@Chris Ramsey listen while I never liked nascar much myself I've respected it for the legends that have come out of it. I respect that the people who like it come from a different walk of life which you clearly are part of. But if you want that respected dont be a bigot. Everyone uses pronouns (yes even you, probably on a daily basis use he/she/they) so dont give somone hell just because they use pronouns you didnt expect. Also very few people use pronouns you didnt hear about in kindergarten so dont act like it's a hard concept. Youd be upset if somone used she for you, so if someone with long hair says to call them he then just do it.
I left the house after seeing the wreck thinking Earnhardt was okay. I came back home hours later and never forget my father looking at me like something was seriously wrong and then telling me Earnhardt has died. I so wanted to thinking he was pulling my chain until I seen the t.v..
Wow... great video ! I followed F1 and Senna...until... I followed NASCAR and #3 until that fateful day. Then I quit watching and took up skydiving professionally.
My dad loved watching nascar especially Senior. He had tons of memorabilia some of it damaged a bit in moving it. Senior was popular because he was a good christian man off the track but a tough take no shit driver on it. He kept on racing not for himself but for junior. The moment that showed the man and driver was him keeping the entire field off his son so he could finally win a sprint cup race. He connected with so many because he never forgot where he came from to the height of his racing and DEI running. When he died Nascar to so many did as he represented the last of a dying breed of driver, again the take no shit fire me for all I care, but showed their humanity. The day he died he had a lucky penny from a young kid Michael Waltrip on the dashboard. Everyone respected him and what he meant even if they hated him as a driver. After he died and junior had a chance to win Daytona the drivers intentional or not backed off to give Junior the win as a sign of respect to his fathers legacy. I miss him and what he meant to my dad rest in peace #3 may the Intimidator drive in heaven forever.
i remember watching the race when dale passed .. its hard to think its been 21 years ago .... that was the last nascar race i ever watched..i remember my pops saying son go find something to do for a while the race is over , dale is hurt. my pops was a die hard gordan fan and he always bashed dale at every chance he got it was just something in his voice i knew something bad happened.. it wasnt until he nightly news i found out what really happened for years he tried to get me to watch nascar with him ... i just couldnt rip dale .
As a NASCAR fan, I’d like to thank you for helping people gain an understanding and respect of our sport through this video.
I feel like I owe it to you to watch your pro wrestling vid, despite me not being into pro wrestling. I already saw the SpongeBob one months ago, and you hit the nail on head on why it’ll always be such a timeless show.
+TheDrunkenBooma I may not be into pro wrestling, but as a Monster Jam fan for many years I can understand the appeal. Feld, the company that runs Monster Jam, would market and treat the trucks (and sometimes the drivers) almost as if they were wrestling personas. They became more than just trucks and drivers, Feld made them seem like these larger-than-life figures.
Feld had previously partnered with WCW for several years, so I doubt this strategy was a coincidence.
not much into MJ anymore (Feld’s continued terrible decisions these past few years have ruined it for me) but Team Digger 4 life
He's way off about the crowds. Yes they are smaller, yes Nascar is a dying sport (for now), but you still have solid crowds. 100k fans in attendance at the Daytona 500, pro wrestling would kill for that.
+NathanRyanAllen I agree he was off with the crowd sizes.
I disagree with the notion that NASCAR is a “dying” sport. It’s definitely been on a dive in terms of popularity, but I don’t see NASCAR folding anytime soon.
I personally don't understand oval based racing events. The United States has a number of interesting tracks such as the mid-ohio sports car course, road America (questionable), Sonoma raceway, Watkins Glen international, and many non NASCAR tracks. Tracks like lime rock park (arguably one of the best in the country), thunder hill raceway, and one of my personal favorites Virginia international raceway (in literally the worst state to have a good track).
Emplemon is able to make me feel a certain way other youtubers have simply been unable to. I only knew NASCAR from things like the movie Cars, and the fact that I had one friend who loves it. I didn't care. I came across this video and I was astonished. All I knew is that he died in a race, but now I know so much more. I have gotten into NASCAR further, and now I have bought and received a Dale Earnhardt diecast. Emplemon keeps my attention with amazing quality and commentary, and I cannot wait for him to make even greater videos!
@JohnTheChooChooAddict Well, now it's (most likely) only Kurt. Sounds like Newman's out of a ride for the foreseeable future.
To think that there is only one full-time guy in the entire sport that ever competed with Earnhardt almost feels like he's the last of an era of the sport. It's difficult to think about now, but soon there will be a time when there's only one driver that competed with Jeff Gordon, only one driver that competed with Jimmie Johnson, etc. It seems so far, yet it is so near.
@John Smith I wouldn't say he's fully out of a ride for the foreseeable future, right now yes he's out of a full time ride, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's part time at least in the next 3 years or so
I was just a 9 year old Nascar fan when that tragic day happened. I rocked a #3 shirt with Dale's photo on it, and would play as him on NASCAR '98 for the PC. I remember that was one of the few times as a kid I cried immensely for days. It was a sad loss indeed.
Ironically enough, the first race I ever watched was the 2001 Daytona 500. My family always tells me when I first heard those roars of engines, I was never going back. I was hooked (city kid btw). But I witnessed the death of no mere man, but a legend. I've been watching the sport for at least 18 years, what I've come to learn is, no matter what happens, I still love it. (Imo the decline in recent years is possibly a generational change and economic downturn).
He was in my opinion the greatest race car driver that ever lived they want ask Richard Petty who he thought was the best driver he didn't miss a Beat he said Dale Earnhardt they asked the same of Dale he said Richard Petty I had the great pleasure of watching Dale 1993 Talladega 500
I usually hate documentaries overuse of tropes. Yours have good pacing and delivery. Much appreciate your work, if i had money to burn i would blow some your way
Man idk where you’re from but where I live here in the South damn near everyone loves NASCAR.. not a fan myself, but am a fan of Dale sr. Thanks for the great video
The HANS system was designed to prevent the injury that caused he death. Earnhardt refused to wear it and it's more than likely the reason he died that day.
My dad worked as a regional manager for GM Goodwrench and part of his job was promoting the motorsports they were involved in. Growing up, I was fortunate enough to do a lot with Dale and NASCAR in general. This really bring back memories. One of my fondest memories involved picking him up from the airport for an autograph signing in Kansas where we lived at the time. I had to leave early for a baseball game and before my mom and I could make it out of the building, he came running up to say goodbye. This was also like a couple weeks after he broke his collar bone and sternum at Talledega. I found out later he asked my dad where I went and I guess he just took a break from signing autographs just to come tell me goodbye. I've always viewed him as an amazing driver, but an even better person. Seriously, "The Intimidator" and "The Man in Black" never really fit his true persona. He was genuinely just a great person and I cried like a baby the day he died.
Also, I've avoided watching this particular video as I knew it bring back some emotion, but I'm so glad i finally did. Thanks for making this! Now to find some tissues..
Yo met Dale Sr? wow that's incredible. I was born in 2000 after watching this video i am sad i'll never get to fully comprehend and watch dale Sr drive in NASCAR I will definitely watch the sport when it begins next year, i live in NC so i have many friends who like NASCAR.
My dad is a big fan of Nascar. He has a pretty big collection of Dale Earnhardt Sr and Jr merchandise. As a kid I remember asking him about it and he told me the story about how he passed.That memory is foggy now but I remember how much he enjoyed talking about it and that it meant something to him. He also participated in racing himself BECAUSE of Earnhardt. I never got into Nascar myself, but I wanted to watch this video because of my dad. This document video made me cry. Thank you for this amazing video capturing a man and a sport my dad loved.
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Chris Ramsey2021-12-02 10:03:06 (edited 2021-12-02 11:11:56 )
I remember well the day Earnhardt died. I was a senior at Clemson University and had watched the race earlier in the day and then watched Clemson beat the #1 UNC Tarheels in basketball. When my friend called later asking if I heard what happened, I thought for sure he was talking about the basketball game. When he told me Earnhardt dief, it was like I lost a piece of my life. That was toward the end of my NASCAR fandom. I got into it in the late1980s, was obsessed in the early to late 1990s and then just drifted away. Earnhardt's death was almost like a benchmark. Although i was not an Earnhardt fan, his death just happened to coincide with my loss of interest. I will always remember he and Jeff Gordon's intense rivalry fondly. The world in general was a much simpler and better place back then.
Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion is often considered the most extreme roller coaster ever built, since it pulls over 4G sustained on its riders, causing frequent blackouts.
As a fan of motor racing, your videos convinced me to give NASCAR a go. And as hurt as I was by the end of the 2022 F1 season, when the Bahrain Grand Prix happened I completely forgot about NASCAR.
While Dale was busy complaining about restrictor plates I was reminiscing about running up the rainbow bridge in Macalania Woods to power up my sword after getting a run time of 0.00 seconds in the final race.
"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining" That's good.
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Lucas Ward2019-03-04 00:06:18 (edited 2019-03-04 00:07:05 )
As an English bloke, I know literally nothing about Nascar. However since I loved your “never ever” video on Monday night raw so much I decided to check this out. This has to be one of my favourite videos on this channel. It’s so fascinating, engaging and well written and it gave me a new respect for the sport I’ve always considered to be a hillbilly version of Formula One. Good job.
So I've always liked the stockcar and I watched a lot when I still had TV, especially in the 90s but the increases in tv commercials and crazy hype started to make sitting thru a race unbearable for me ........ I liked the earlier telecasts where team strategy and car adjustments were noticed and analyzed ... it's somewhat like baseball, there is ton of things going on if you pay close attention ..... and I don't think indy car is doing better anyway ... F1 has problems with rules and favoring of top teams in rule calling and other things ... lately i've been watching the Isle of Man racing when it's on, very good but very dangerous for the riders .....
I never in my entire life ever have given a shred, an iota of a F about nascar racing but I absolutely DEVOURED this video. I get it now. I f'ckin GET it.
Let me tell you something. I have lived around Kannapolis my entire life. I was 13 years old when Dale Earnhardt died. That shit absolutely crushed the entire community. People still shout "Honor Dale" occasionally and hold up three fingers. Absolutely crushing. The Earnhardt's are great people, mostly live in Mooresville now. It was a terrible loss. We're all looking forward to Jr. 100% retiring.
I live about an hour from Kannapolis and went there for the first time last year for the sole purpose of seeing Dale’s statue. It’s a beautiful town and you could feel the reverence in the air. I can’t even explain it
Cried twice during this, was watching Daytona this year, and haven't really watched NASCAR since...
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Paul Engels2022-06-07 02:13:07 (edited 2022-06-07 02:13:44 )
Nascar died the day number 3 died. Dale Earnhardt- greatest driver ever. Haven't watched since you died and never will watch again. To the greatest racing legend ever- you are sorely missed.
Shit... I was leaving a girl's bedroom, sneaking my way out of her house passed her dead-asleep mom when the crash happened. Within moments the entire house was awake and watching as the entire mood ground to a halt on that track. Very sad. Great driver - Died like he lived.
Cars was a highlight of my childhood, it echoes on days like today. This amazing video that Emp planned on the 3rd of the 3rd really made me emotional. It was supposed to be so happy, your whole team on the podium. Its so beautifully tragic that that's his last moment. I just dug out a beat up McDonald's toy nascar from my pile of childhood toys. I had Bill Elliot's car all along. 1977, number 94.
Dale Earnhardt died the year i was born, but since my father was a massive fan I, in turn, am a massive fan. Even today I get emotional thinking of Earnhardt's death.
Dr. Seuss describing my thoughts: "EmpLemon made the suburban middle class Californian think of something he hadn't before, maybe wrestling and NASCAR mean a little bit more."
I grew up in the foothills of North Carolina in the 80s, spending summers at my aunt's house in Kannapolis. She worked for RJ Reynolds and knew Dale and had met him a handful of times. She was a diehard fan and I, through her influence, became a huge Intimidator fan. I loved watching racing all through my teens and into my early 20s. My love for the sport died along with my hero in February of 2001. I watched Dale Jr. win a handful of times, but my fandom truly ended when Sr. hit the wall at Daytona.
This reminds me of Senna in formula 1. Regarded as the greatest driver but died doing what he loved, his death saved many other lives and improved f1 safety exponentially.
100% agree. And maybe a lot of people don't really remember Senna's legacy today, but damn he was good, especially in quali and rain nobody in his day compared
@Shs S No, I was replying to OB1, who said people still died after senna despite the safety advancements his death brought. I said that only one had died, Jules Bianchi, though Massa was also almost killed. This is referring the 2009 incident where Felipe Massa was hit in the head by a spring from a car infront of him.
The same could also be said of Steffan Belloff, his death at the 1000 KM Of Spa in 1986 shook sportscar racing to its core and forced rule changes that made the cars much safer and ultimately would lead to safety changes at Le Mans after another driver was killed during the 1986 24 hours when his transmission failed on the mullsane straight which sent his car flying over the wall into the treets at full speed.
@OB1 tuber Senna's death was a bit of an outlier also. Had that rod been a fraction of an inch in any other direction, it would've missed his head and he would've walked away from that accident.
@Rob Cartwright Senna was thrown forward with his head hitting the dash, the steering wheel shot up and knocked his head back, and then the rod shot through his fucking helmet. He was killed thrice over.
@Goober Went back and watched and realized I was thinking of a different racing death. However, we're both wrong. The wheel pinned between the car and the wall, popped out with fatal force and struck him in the head. The only laceration he sustained was a small cut above his eyebrow.
The night Ayrton Senna died, there was a Nascar race in Talladega. Nascar's sanctioning body made an impromptu decision to dedicate the race in Senna's honor. The winner of that race?
Just got made... As a devoted F1 fan, this little clip, and those that have, gratefully made it, has just opened my eyes to motor racing. Thank you all! Not only the makers, but also all the subscribers and likers, to keep it here, for me to have seen. Thank you all!
Trainmaster98 you must admit, fitting meaning. A person who decided to help people he cared about, only to die due to the force being too powerful for him.
The Daytona track is big enough for Supercross to have a track made in the grass section. Fuckin bet they could make a Motocross track on the whole thing.
From a lifelong NASCAR fan... This is beautiful. I already knew every single thing you talked about but your pacing, editing, style, and delivery are so nuanced and clever, I loved it. I laughed and cried. This is better than professional documentarys I have seen about him. My one nitpick is that you called the car itself "a nascar" which fans hate but honestly that is so small it doesnt take anything away. In short, thank you for such an entertaining video and for teaching non fans a lot about the sport I still love despite the recent decline.
Same thing happened to wrestling for me, safety and to "clean", wrestlers used to be dishevelled men who lived hard, travelled by cars and vans drinking together, today, it's all safety and clean cut men...it lost its magic
As a 20 year old lifelong NASCAR fan, thank you so much for making this documentary. With the state the sport is in now, it gives me hope reading all these comments & seeing how emotional & attached these people are getting over a person they had little to no knowledge about before watching it. I want nothing more than NASCAR to be the trendy, popular sport it once was again & you pay tribute to to that. This documentary should be played in theatre’s in all honesty. It’s almost the perfect Dale Earnhardt documentary & I often come back & skip through it, and every time I do, I end up with tears in my eyes.
@Bernhard Wittner they need to modernise their approach to marketing and broadcasting, it's what F1 is doing and it's currently one of the trendiest sports in the past few years
Has a european dude who never watched and understanded the fascination about nascar this made me look at it with a hole diferent point of view and made me really apreciate and respect it 10/10 great documentary
“The reason NASCAR lost popularity is, ironically, because it got safer.”
This past year’s near fatal wreck Ryan Newman suffered at the Daytona 500 proves this point even more. He ended up the most googled athlete of 2020, and the wreck showed the risk of death is still there, and it brought NASCAR more popularity and more ratings than it had experienced in the immediate years prior. It brought arguably more popularity in its immediate aftermath than NASCAR’s social justice moves and Bubba Wallace’s polarizing rise amid the events of last summer.
Same with F1 when Grosjeans car blew up in a ball of fire last year. It's drama, has nothing to do with the sport. The media just loves to write big headlines. If Nascar, F1 or other sports that lost popularity over the years deliver those headlines they will use it for their own profit and people will talk about it for a week or two until the next big thing comes up. Then it will be back to its prior state of being just the shadow of its own past. It's so sad though..
@AllStarRacer I think you hit the nail on the head. The media drives popularity, and what drives the media? Sensationalist headlines. So as long as the sport generates sensationalist headlines, the media will push people to it. When those headlines stop coming? The media will ignore it and people will slowly fall away.
It's kinda scary how much influence the media has in modern society, really.
At the same time... those other factors mentioned in the video - especially the lack of drivers with personalities that are really relatable - is definitely a factor. And for me... whenever I watch a restrictor-plate race and see all those cars bunched up together like that at that speed, I am reminded that NASCAR never fixed the thing that REALLY killed Dale Earnhardt--restrictor-plate racing, and the fact that cars don't have enough power to overcome their aero downforce in those races, causing the cars to clump together where nobody can get any separation (and can't maintain it if they do somehow get any) - and that makes it hard for me to enjoy watching it anymore.
@AllStarRacer F1's been gaining popularity ever since Liberty Media took it over from Ecclestone. Grosjean's crash caused an uptick in searches, but the increasing popularity trend was already there before that. It's not really comparable to the NASCAR situation. If anything, aside from the reasons stated in the video (fuckery with the points system and decreased relatability of drivers are the big ones IMO), you can probably argue with some success that a lot of NASCAR as an IP is not marketed and managed properly.
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ get woke go broke. This is the paradox of tolerance, if you tolerate the intolerant, at one point they gain power and they take you out, see cancel culture as a good example. We have to start putting our foot down ;) godspeed to you good sir
@adjunct_TimeCapsule Nascar: makes a genuine mistake thinking a pull rope was a noose, all the evidence suggests it as such Armchair experts like yourself: "DAWW MAN NASCAR IS WOKE! THAT NOOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REAL!" If you do any actual research you'll see that while it they were still looking into it NASCAR and it's drivers lent bubba their support, when everything was good, while bubba didn't handle the situation the best he could have if I remember correctly, everyone was relieved except for the mentioned above armchair experts. How is NASCAR showing support to someone who, at the time, was the possible victim of a threat/hate crime/whatever, bad?
@SurrealCereal I would be fine if Bubba admitted his mistake. He never did. He reminds me a lot of Logano; stuck up rich boy that made his way into stock racing.
@Csnider_12 I don't think he was rich but, whatever like I said, he could have handled it better, it is what it is, but I still don't see how NASCAR is the problem in that situation.
That's only because there were no other sports active in 2020. I didn't even hear about it because I'm not American. It's basically an American sport. Just like the Twinkie, processed food, sugar, and fossil fuel; everything American is going out of style as we see the consequences of excess unfold.
It's true though. There will never be another cowboy. There will never be another Wright brothers flight. There will never be another repeat of that first time. Sports are only going out of style because people deny that the consequences ruin the whole endeavor of inspiration.
Stunt jumping went out of style too. Because one man tried to take it too far and went for personal glory instead of the spirit of competition and inspiration. Every time an athlete dies they bring a piece of the sport with them, and we all lose something inspirational.
@SurrealCereal to put icing on that cake bubba didn’t discover the noose one of the people in rpm(Richard petty Motorsport) did he was just going off the info that was afforded to him and in that situation I don’t blame him
@adjunct_TimeCapsule what a load of bullshit. Cancel culture doesn't exist, it's called "being responsible for your action" culture. Or as i like to call it, the "Cosby Culture"
@Kami Sama > *"again"* kid, why do you think i tell you to go back, huh? >>"If you still think being a decent human being is "woke"" no. on the contrary.
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ do i really have to screenshot my last played to prove my point? Lol. I literally don't get why you bring Dota in the first place.... Like, what's the correlation? Also, "dog whistled". Ppft, nah man, i have an alarm in my head that is able to detect a moronic comment when i see one. Yours just happen to be said moronic comment.
@Kami Sama >"Ppft, nah man" yah man. >" Like, what's the correlation?" you should really manage your channel. seriously. you're an open book. also... again "g0 bAcK tO dOTa". pls... pretty pls. you were no different than when you left the game.
@AWijaya F1 really isn't gaining popularity - it's losing it. Liberty Media's pandering to Lewie Lewie and his forced BLM/diversity campaign last year polarised the sport and its fans, just like his bland demeanor and incredible dominance thanks to him having the most overpowered car and almost no real opponents since 2014. Couple that with ever more ridiculous additions of circuits (Saudi Arabia, really now?), a Netflix docu being dishonest and fake and weird gimmicky systems that add nothing of value to the sport (the 2016 and 2021 qualifying formats being two fantastic examples) and you've got a recipe for possible disaster.
There's really not much holding F1 together and it needs to pray for a revival in 2022 because, as a fan who's been watching since the early 2000s when Schumacher won it all: almost no one wants to see total domination in a sport for years on end.
@Minerva's Owl I agree that no one wants to see Lewis having the championship in the bag by round 13. I don't particularly care who wins, I just want the title fight to actually be a fight. My preference is for VER and RB, but as long as it goes down to the last two races I'd be happy.
In reverse order: I didn't like gimmicky qualy systems either, but it's a sign of the powers that be at least realizing they need to spice up raceday.
The Netflix documentary is overly dramatized, because it's aimed at people who haven't watched F1 before. Specifically, it's aimed at Americans who haven't watched F1 before. It makes sense, because Americans are the largest wealthy market that F1 has little presence in. The docu format also makes sense once you factor in that a lot of things aimed at the US market tend to be overly dramatized (just look at every US adaptation of a foreign show, it's a pretty clear trend). DTS is also a success – it's one of Netflix's most watched documentaries, and a viewer gained from DTS counts the same in viewership terms as some ossified fuck who's been watching since 1981.
Viewership did go down in 2020, but that's because of less races. If you count viewers per race, 2020 slightly outperformed 2019's viewing numbers.
The downward trend of F1 audience numbers predates Liberty Media's ownership of F1. It also predates Lewis' activist support of BLM, or F1's "pandering" of diversity and so on. Those are pretty distinctly post-Liberty takeover things. They're also pretty common in other sports (handegg, football, basketball), so I'm not sure why this of all things is your avenue of criticism.
The motives for the push for 'more diversity in the sport' are commercial, not for wokeness or whatever. Most people on Earth aren't European or 'white', other regions (East Asia would be the prime example) are starting to have money to throw around, and those regions are largely untapped markets for F1. You know the fastest way to get an Indian kid interested in F1? Throw in an Indian driver. 'More diversity in the sport' translates to 'more revenue streams to tap'. That's why you're seeing a push. Dismissing it as pandering is hilariously out of touch with economic realities.
The expansion in the number of boring tracks in ethically questionable places – that, I can get behind. Most street circuit tracks are boring, and there's only so many you can watch before just keeping track of the qualy results and skipping the race.
Viewership numbers dropping have been a thing since 2008. Liberty's takeover in 2017 actually led to a jump in total viewership in 2018.
Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two. Maintaining a younger audience means you won't suddenly see viewing numbers fall off a cliff in a decade. This is why you're seeing F1 push hard on social media – and they've largely succeeded here.
The % of viewers watching via F1TV instead of regular tv broadcasts also matter. That's definitely gone up. The short version is that the earnings per viewer is higher via F1TV (if it wasn't, Liberty would've never set it up).
Liberty's not responsible for declining viewership – and in fact, viewership isn't actually declining when you count by race instead of gross numbers.
1. You won't get fair championships anymore. Why? Because F1 has been RUINED since 2009. Sure, you had 2010 and 2012, but that was more thanks to Alonso performing miracles than other drivers being half decent. It doesn't exactly help that the FIA's rules drove up costs with each passing year, tobacco sponsorship has been practically outlawed since 2006 and the ridiculous changes that year which made the cars ugly. Couple this with DRS two years later - a desperate move showcasting F1's worst problem for decades because 2010 Bahrain made people fall asleep - and the rule changes in 2014 which managed to be even worse and you've got a recipe for disaster. Again.
2. Want know how to make Sunday interesting? Don't break things that aren't broken. Period.
3. Exactly, it's aimed at Americans. Guess what F1 has been since its inception, though? European. Every single race that year was held in Europe , excluding the Indianapolis 500 which wasn't even really considered a part of F1 anyway. Liberty Media, though, is not European and it shows with their horribly exaggerated and fake "documentary". Also, I don't give a shit how "succesful" it is - it's painting a wrong image to many future "fans" and specifically to Americans. Or, as I like to call them: 'The people who don't care about F1 since 1959 and most likely never will.' A million exaggerated docu's won't change this reality. Oh and, I'd rather have "ossified fucks" who actually know and care about the sport and want to see it go back to the heights of the 70s-90s again than autistic 15 year old plastic "fans" who are more interesting in sending death threats to drivers on Twitter for making one mistake. cough Norris fans cough .
4. Viewership is going down for years, this is a fact. More and more core F1 fans are feeling alienated and fed up with it all and it's thanks to stuck up know-it-all brats like you defending these horrible changes. It prevents genuine improvement and only causes a downward spiral into NASCAR land.
5. Why? Did you really go there? In case you hadn't noticed: it alienated the fans between retarded 13 year old Lewie Lewie "fans" and everyone else. His and Liberty Media's whinging and pandering to imaginary WaYcIsM only worsened the reputation of the sport, and the same is happening to every other sport injected with this toxic identity politics. It needs to be ridden from F1 if it wants to regain somewhat of a credible reputation again.
6. The motives are anti-white, not just commercial. It's clear as day that F1 never had any problems with the sport being "too white" or "disciminatory" or whatever imaginary terms you people come up with. There was plenty of representation, but F1 just HAD to pander to poor old Lewie Lewie because he's "black" and "poor" and feels the need to showcase his sympathy for actual criminals in a sport that has nothing to do with any of this for clout. Good thing many fans immediatly called the hypocriticial diva out for it, as well as Liberty, and I duly hope they will until the end of time. This type of disgusting foreign politics has no room in this sport, end of story. P.S. fuck commercialism, it's yet another reason F1 is turning into a joke.
7. Somewhat good racing led to an increase in viewership in 2018 thanks to 2017 being somewhat decent as well. Libery has nothing to do with it.
8. 'Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two.' WEW LAD. You need to get off the economics train because it's causing some severe brain rot.
9. Streaming services suck just as much ass as regular TV, if not more. At least with television you have a certain comfort whilst with streaming services you pay for something that can be down more often than not if you lack a proper connection. Not to mention the ridiculous prices and paywalls for a lot of content.
10. Lol, keep dreaming big boy. It's suffering at the hands of Libery Media and no "future fans" (which are nothing more than plastic armchair know-it-alls), exaggerated documentaries on streaming services, weird gimmicks or pandering to groups of hate will change this. Cheers.
@Kami Sama I don't give one about easily manipulated and inaccurate data, I give one about the opinions of what quite a lot of actual fans have at the moment - and they're not good.
Don't care about Plebbit either, that site is a massive joke full of easily offended crybabies anyway. Also, Lewie Lewie's shilling for that terror group has been so polarizing that even Big Buck Bernie is having none of it - and I can't believe I have to say this but he's right on this. Liberty and Lewie Lewie are being used as tools for a bad movement and it'll make the sport worse for it in the long run. Also, racing in sketchy countries does not mean it's politicial. Stupid and money hungry, sure, but not political.
I really, really, really don't care about the U.S. market because guess what? F1 is, and always has been, a E U R O P E A N sport. EUROPEAN , meaning a lot of Americans DON'T CARE about F1 and most likely never will. Why would they, anyway? They got their own series that we don't watch either. P.S., the Miami GP will fail eventually, just like all the other 9 events held before.
@Kami Sama OkAy BoOmEr "LOOK GUYS I CALLED HIM A BOOMER, PLEASE LAUGH I HAVE NO ACTUAL HUMOUR OR ANY GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT I SAID BOOMER HAHAHAHAHA GUYS PLEASE JUST LAUGH"
Okay, so into the trash your opinion goes. Good to know.
@Deaj i mean, it is literally a noose. Does it meant as a threat? Probably not. But saying it's not a noose is invalid as it's literally tied like one.
@Kami Sama It's a rope garage pull. It's a noose in the most friendly way possible. These people have undoubtedly seen them many times before, I've seen them and barely spend time in garages lol
@Deaj well exactly. I'm not, saying that the reaction to that is overblown or whatever, but it's still technically a noose. Well, who knows, maybe they have a differently tied rope in other garages though. I assume that not all of them used a noose tie for the garage pull.
Also, Bubba isn’t a bad guy, personally it was good to see NASCAR stand up to what’s right (until the stupid handle controversy at Dega last year, it’s NASCAR’s fault for jumping the gun, Bubba had nothing to do with the handle. All he did was say some dumb crap on corporate news, but we all know what corporate news wanted last summer. NASCAR’s “noose-gate” controversy is one of the reasons why I watch some races. I’ll always stand with Bubba. I supported him since his Truck days, and I’ll always support him. What nascar did last summer was just stupid. They jumped the gun and wasted the FBI’s time. Also a crew member of the 43 found it first, Bubba was only told about it. I hate that idiots treat him like a criminal). Sorry, venting and wanted to throw it out there.
As for NASCAR as a sport, I really hope they fix the stuff Brian France destroyed and make it a great Motorsports series again, not a stick and ball sport on wheels
It's why Rally hasn't really dropped in popularity over the years the fans are the drivers know the risks and are willing that chase that red line high together inches from certain death
@AWijaya it's also stock car racing WITHOUT THE DAMN STOCK CARS. I want to watch someone racing something my father and I can make in our driveway, not a million dollar super car that looks vaguely like a real car until you go head-on and see the whole right side of it had a stroke.
Damn I almost teared up watching this. And I'm a dude in eastern Europe whose only connection to Nascar was the first Cars movie. EmpLemon, you're surely one of my favourite content creators on this site.
I swear, people like Dale Earnhardt, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, etc. All these extraordinarily talented people who have lost their lives for many different reasons. Some days, it feels like extraordinary talent is literally too much for the world to contain.
@coffee115 I don't understand why NASCAR had to safety up everything while other sports like MMA, boxing, football, and even professional wrestling, which isn't even an actual sport, had people die while doing them and they didn't have to safety up anything.
@kanki i think its just so then the crowd feels safe, but honestly to me that should be part of the thrill. knowing if a car messes up a quarter mile down the track from you, you could be in the history books for being in a great tragedy
@kanki Those other sports don't have many possibilities of harm coming to the (paying) audience. A flying car heading straight into the stands sells safety restrictions more than, say, a boxer going postal against the crowd, unfortunately.
Yeah that’s insanely true, but the crazy thing is that it being boring makes it more fun to watch because you’re always anticipating something interesting
Dale, Sr. is the driver I grew up admiring. Being from SC it's hard not to be a NASCAR fan. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and went to college in the early 00s. Growing up at that time you pulled for the Atlanta Braves and Dale, Sr. My grandfather indoctrinated me to both. I was a #3 fan. I remembered his death marked the end of my fandom of the sport. He had a large impact on so many with his style of driving.
The outro song!!! Can't think of a better song to end this video. Amazing video brotha, not a NASCAR fan but I dig documentary videos and YouTube nailed this one for interest of the moment.
I think nascar doesn't have that many fans because it's easy to underestimate the skill and adrenaline involved. Also, just like drifting this sport isn't approachable anymore. Back in the day they used actual stock cars (hence the name) but today f.e. the Toyota Camry Nascar has nothing to do with a Camry. I started respecting nascar when I played Gran Turismo 5, the nascar part of that game showed me that in fact it's a seriously demanding and hard sport, nothing like I imagined when I watched the South Park episode about nascar, and since I go fast on the autobahn I underestimated the speeds aswell. I was thinking there's nothing special about the speeds involved because people go that fast on the public highways here but in reality door-to-door racing is intense at any speed but seriously crazy at nascar speeds.
I actually used to watch NASCAR with my Dad all the time so this video really hits home for me. I never went to a race myself but in Canada we have CASCAR and I went to a lot of those, it was really cool. I remember sitting on a grass area having a picnic with my Dad, a friend of mine and his Dad as we watched the race. Such a fun, chill day.
I swear there's a pavlovian reaction to the music in this video, because when that Summoning Salt music kicks in I know that the race to the speedrun is about to get serious. Whether that's the fastest completion of Super Mario Bros., or the terrifying speeds of NASCAR races.
I come rewatch this every now and then because my parents were big fans and when this video came out i only had my mom with me cause my dad had passed 2 years before the video came out, now its 5 years without him and 2 without my mom and every time i see this video i have a burning need to watch it because it reminds me of them. Thank you EMPlemon for allowing me to feel at home again
How do you do it??? I never once cared about NASCAR, but you had me tearing up at the end. Its genuinely incredible how you can write his story in such a way that keeps you on edge for an hour and actually care for what would happen next. The crazy thing is, many of you other videos have made me feel this way as well. Memes aside, you really do have a talent for storytelling and its inspiring to me as I've always had a soft spot for this kind of stuff, PLEASE consider doing more of this series and maybe even IRL documentaries/film. It would be such a waste for you to stagnate, please go onto greater things!!!
After races youd see people like Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin get right into their helicopters and take off, meanwhile people like Mr Earnhardt would stay and interact with his fans. That's why he was the best, doesn't even matter if he was a good racer, he was a great man.
To me Dale's run in the 2001 Rolex 24 shows another side that he was a grat racer, not just a stock car racer. He hopped into that Corvette and was laying down respectable times on par with the other GT drivers, never mind it being his first ever Rolex 24 and having different classes out there from the prototypes to GT cars all sharing the track however. Dale knew when to push, knew when to let faster cars by.
The plan was for him to attempt Le Mans in a factory backed C5R and wind down his career after 2001, if i remember it right however. THere was a big fuss in 98 when Dale and Jr got to race each other in the Japan exhibition as well
I’m glad i’m not a stock racing fan I can’t begin to imagine the depression i would have felt instantly following Dale earnhardt’s death Even now i feel like crying
I was seven years old in 2001, I had horrified my mother as a kid when I said I like, "the black number 3 car," she always thought he raced dirty. I was devastated when I learned he was killed. I haven't seen footage of the wreck since and I cried like a kid again seeing it all these years later.
Not only was I a nascar fan I was a Dale Earnhardt fan I was devastated by his passing it was like losing a member of the family I still miss him alot almost 20 years later
My teacher is a massive nascar fan. He showed us his video of the crash. It was an amazing view right on the crash. I asked if I could upload it on YouTube, but he sadly said no. It was one of the best view of the crash I have ever seen.
Now I truly feel how people felt when Dale Earnhardt died. Technoblade, a menace to many Minecraft YouTubers, but my favourite has passed from cancer and I feel empty and unknown if I can ever recover from this monumental loss.
As someone who’s been to a real life nascar race and was thoroughly bored the entire time, God bless Dale. This video just made me a retroactive Dale Earnhardt fan.
@nascar and bowling fan 388 Kyle Busch has 59 wins and 2 championships (15 deserves an asterisk but he was screwed in 18) Dale Earnhardt Jr. has 26 wins and 0 championships. I really don't see how Jr. is better than KFB
@nascar and bowling fan 388 I never said KB was better than Sr. I said he was better than Jr. Also, how long did it take Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500?
@nascar and bowling fan 388 you say Jr has 50 wins right? Which means you're combining Cup and Xfinity. By that logic, Kyle has over triple the amount of wins Jr has.
@nascar and bowling fan 388 so? What's the big deal about winning the Daytona 500? All it does is make you the first person to have the points lead, nothing else other than a trophy too, which you can also get by winning other races. Which KFB has done over 200 times across all 3 series.
@GoodOl'Roll that comment shows how little you know about NASCAR it's the biggest and most important race of the season it's the Superbowl of stockcar racing
@nascar and bowling fan 388 because it's the first race? Like what do they reward double points? When you win the Coke 600 you win the longest race on the schedule. When you won at the Brickyard you were winning on the same track that housed the almost sacred Indy 500. When you won the Southern 500 you won the first ever 500 mile race.
@nascar and bowling fan 388 don't get me wrong. Daytona is a special event that opens up the season with some very good racing. But you're holding it over Kyle Busch fans like it's the only crown jewel event that exists
@nascar and bowling fan 388 yet the no talent crybaby can win the Coke 600, Southern 500, and Brickyard 400 twice aswell as 55 other wins, 2 championships in Cup, and a future place in the NASCAR HOF?
Go to Talledega. Last year, even though they only got to finish half the race due to rain, the Yellawood 500 was definitely interesting when they were actually racing, Also helps to have good seats where you can see Pit Road and the entire track, and to go with someone who enjoys the sport already because they can tell you what’s happening lol.
I still remember the day my parents got off the phone only to look at me and say "Son we need you to sit down and finish your mashed potatoes. we have to tell you something very sad" I cried so hard the day he died. I don't watch or really care about NASCAR anymore, but Dale Earnhardt was such a major part of my childhood. I would sit and imitate the races on my grandparents carpet with the officially endorsed HotWheels, It seems so unimportant now but the cultural impact this man had on a generation is astounding. Thank you EmpLemon for doing this racing legend right and telling a story that those who were not there can appreciate. Someone get this man a pack o' menthols and a stubby
I was one year old when Dale Earnhardt died. When I was 1-3 I was a massive nascar fan! I used to play with race car toys even before I could speak... will never forget what happened. 2001 was an unforgettable year in US history. So much happened.
And this will always be my reason for living the RAISE HELL AND PRAISE DALE lifestyle. But in all seriousness, I’ve watched nascar since I was born always loved it, still tolerate it, loving the next gen car racing I think ratings are raising, and it’s because relatable, informative, and overall great content like this that will keep the sport of nascar racing relevant. As one that inspires to become a local driver to work my way up. I’m always gonna love the “Ol’ Earnhardt Bump and Run” and I hope content creators like yourself keep posting these types of videos. Granted I’ve seen probably all these compiled videos, I always enjoy coming back to watch all of them. Great job my guy!
Ben Peltola2019-03-04 09:26:30 (edited 2019-03-04 09:34:57 )
I love the 'never ever' series and am impressed with your coverage of this topic. I can't really see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as motorsport goes. As a kid I watched F1 and NASCAR, back when they used V10s in F1 and NASCARs were going bumper-to-bumper, and I feel like although other factors are at play, the tense battles for the driver's championship in F1 and the close formation insanity of NASCAR of the time are what inspired fascination among wider audiences, and have since declined as both sports have strayed from the paths of their golden eras due to poorly implemented rules and changes in management.
My grandfather was an airplane captain, until corruption and him not being persuaded from his morals took that away from him. He always has loved car racing, and even tho I don't "understand" it, I've always loved going with him to the races, eating hot dogs and soda that tastes so different from storebought cans, hiding from the sun, being hipnotized by the racetrack... Now he is much older, the racetracks near our city long have gone, his only solace is to watch them through the tv. But now after watchig this video, I feel I finally understand what I never did, and honestly think I never had too. To enjoy those evenings staying at my grandparennts', eating rotisserie chicken and bags and bags of salted chips, watching the cars loop on those pavements. For me its a celebration of family and peace, for my granfather is watching those who can, enjoy sharing his glee with his beloved ones. I sure will be sharing this with him, with my newfound appreciation for the other side of this sport.
You’re content reminds me a lot of a guy named “Summoning Salt.” That’s a huge compliment so if you’re not familiar with him you should definitely check it out.. good stuff man.. and RIP Dale Sr
Emp literally has made a parody/tribute video to Salt's style in the form of his World's Highest Jump video, and yet you think he's not familiar with it?
So there’s 3 tracks with mostly 3 corner that must be really hard to learn the tracks. So it’s how brave and how many people your willing to nearly kill by ramming them.
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King Coochie2022-03-17 17:16:21 (edited 2022-03-17 17:16:47 )
Besides, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly? the song “We’re finally landing” plays Beautiful
Petty is still the King and bland or not, Jimmie Johnson is right there too! NASCAR itself is only to blame for all the setbacks in popularity and the decline in the fan base. Dale Earnhardt was a racing bully IMO but NASCAR let it continue so that style became the norm. Win or lose, I’d much rather be the aggressive driver on the track scratching paint as opposed to being the whinny poooosy that lost and is now being interviewed!
16:50-17:32 is GENIUS! Promoting Dollar Shave, as the Anti-Gillette, whilst using footage from movie 1984, to segway perfectly into the year 1984 in the story!
Once again, you have proved you are the best editor on YouTube.
I absolutely AGREE about Earnhardt's disdain for restrictor plates. It ruined the sport and causes TOO many damn pileups. Sure he was the best driver WITH restrictor plates, but I doubt The Intimidator had fun doing it. I'm in Jeremy Clarkson's camp here. It's all about SPEED.
I watched nascar from 1997 all the way up until they introduced the stages in 2017… even saw that fateful Daytona 500. To me, trying to rally everyone up into a bunch to cause “The Big One” in nearly every event with the stages really wasn’t fun to watch, still isn’t. It’s not the improvement of safety within the cars and the tracks that made it boring, it’s seeing less cars finishing the race
It's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.
I was raised in North Carolina as a NASCAR fan and Dale devotee, but then I grew up, went to college, moved to NYC, made friends with artists and musicians and the "coastal liberal elite," and learned to hide my accent and lie about my family. But seeing this, remembering Dale for the legend he was, and reading what you wrote, it makes me remember who I really am and where I'm really from. And it makes me proud of it. I don't have to lie about my past, or pretend to be someone I'm not.. I can be both. I am both.
Mate, I'm not sure why it's hard to explain why I like Nascar. I have no idea what's happening or who's racing, and I only started liking it last year, but what isn't to like about getting drunk with your mates listening to 60 straight piped v8's at full send?
As a German I didn't even know this sport existed before watching this video. It was honestly one of the most inspiring, amazingly constructed videos I have ever seen. You truly are one of YouTubes greatest.
As a guy who grew up in JJ's reign of dominance, in NC right near his home town, you would struggle to find anyone who knew nascar that didn't love JJ.
Another death as big or bigger than this would be Ayrton Senna's in Formula 1 when he was driving for McLaren. This was when he was still rivaling Alan Prost with Michael Schumacher on a ride as an upcoming young talent.
Same with any sport people say is dead. Every sport will always have some level of cult following. People say boxing is dead but top boxers are the richest athletes on earth.
@CGoody Did you even hear that the ratings increased by 2 percent? Yea that isn't a lot, but that means it's growing! Don't be that guy who agrees with 90 percent of people. NASCAR ain't dead, yet is growing. Slowly but surely.
@Danny Westbrooks 2 Percent? Show me a steady trend of growth, or any stable growth at all; there is none. I hope I'm wrong, but so far it doesn't seem so.
I don't care what anyone says, whether it's you or 90% of whoever. I'm simply going by observation
Very true... Its honestly not dead at all, if you look at the viewwrship
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Danny Westbrooks2019-03-26 11:16:37 (edited 2019-03-26 11:19:00 )
@CGoody If you hope you are wrong then why add the comment? Its a fact that the ratings increased. It was the most watched thing on TV for 5 straight races until March Madness came around. But it still sees increase, and the races went from 2% to 8%. So quit trying to smart us with no facts.
Its quite the scary thought that NASCAR was mostly popular for the allure of seeing people crash cars into each other. Like I can't lie there's something about seeing the chain reaction of car crashes because of one slip-up that's quite enjoyable to watch if your the spectator. Like of course 98% of people watching will snap out of the high of seeing destruction in like a minute or less, and then come back to reality wondering if everyone was okay. But in the moment? I think its no secret that everyone has that part of them that enjoys seeing something destroyed and crumpled. No matter the cause or who it was. It's like we revert back to ape brains the second we see the big boom things happen. I wonder if this is why people keep going to see Micheal Bay movies, regardless of how bad it looks or sounds. We know him as the big boom maker director, so we go to see it to satisfy our big boom sight seeing urges. Idk, he may be smarter than he lets on.
I'm immediately aware of the consequences if I know it's a real video and especially if I'm there. I just can't enjoy such destruction outside of a fictional setting, personally.
@qrpnxz Thats what I was getting at with Michael Bay: Like even though any of his movies aren't gonna be seen as masterpieces anytime soon, everyone knows that he fills that niche along with John Woo of the: "shut your brain off and look at the cool shots and big pretty explosions." And he does it with some skill ngl. Sure the movies aren't great from a techincal standpoint but he never breaks your suspension of disbelief horribly, and keeps you along for the ride enjoying the moments that he's known for most without a real down moment.
My first response is fear. I was raised trackside corner marshaling for motorcycles, and later cars. When you work to ensure the safety of the participants, the emotions change. In my 11 years working cars, I have seen spins, collisions, one car almost crash into a ravine, and I have almost been run over. Cars are scary, man. In that time, there have been only one or two incidents I could legitimately laugh off, and those involved very minimal damage.
Bikes are another creature entirely. The person riding is entirely on display, you see everything that happens to them. You can see when something gets hurt, you can tell when the rider's been knocked out. It's rather gruesome, especially when you don't have the opportunity of hindsight. I once saw a rider get into a tankslapper (where the front wheel starts shaking violently with increasing intensity) and go flying ten feet in the air at over 100 miles an hour. That memory still scares the shit out of me.
In the context of Nascar, the safety of the cars and barriers makes it easier to watch crashes, as the vehicles stay mostly intact, along with their drivers. As Lemon mentioned, both Carl Edwards and Austin Dillon managed to walk away from their cars being blendered against the catch fence, with Carl running his way across the finish line. It's easy to lose sight of the threat posed by big crashes to the drivers.
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The Mad Tinkerer2019-03-07 22:44:31 (edited 2019-03-07 22:47:15 )
This is why Burnout Paradise Remastered is my all time favorite video game that involves driving a car (yes, even more than the entire GTA series and Saints Row put together).
All the excitement of high speed car crashes, without the danger of anyone actually getting hurt, and even the actual crashes only set you back a few seconds.
Actually all the fans usually hate crashes I hate them. The racing is just piss poor now. Compared to the 90s 80s and earlier 200s when they would bump and grind and scrape metal and beat and bang. You don’t get that anymore cause if they did it, it would mess up there cars now and it’s just not interesting. It was awesome to see 2 guys beat and bang about wreak each other but hang on and win the race. Now you got cars 15 seconds from each other at every track.
I haven't watched or been interested in NASCAR since I was very young. But that was such a special time in the history of NASCAR. R.I.P Dale. The G.O.A.T
So the allure of nascar is, in my opinion, that nothing really ever happens but the rare occasion that something DOES happen is what makes it so exciting. Plus the sound of the cars barreling past you is pretty nice too. Theres a reason I own a Harley even though its super overpriced. There’s something about the sound of the engine that has a nice ring to it
Casually watching a video about one of my favorite sports when a song from my favorite video game of all time (Final Fantasy X) starts playing. Worlds colliding!
"Dale earnhardt died doing what he loved. His final memory was seeing his driver's winning with open track in front of them."
That has to be the most sad thing I've ever heard. Dale was a controversial driver, but you can not deny the fact that he was an amazing and passionate man, who would sacrifice everything, if it meant his own family would be happy. That's a true man and I know that God took him to a good place and I believe he's still in those stands, watching over all of the drivers. We will never forget NASCAR's Intimidator.🥉R.I.P Dale earnhardt.
“He would sacrifice everything if it meant his own family would be happy” Idk about that. He had been in 2 failed marriages that had failed due to his racing career. He was uninvolved in Kerry’s life until later on in his life. He was uninvolved in Jr. and Kelly’s lives until their mother’s home burnt down and was still too busy with racing to really be there for them. He put Jr. and Kelly in military school because Jr. got in trouble in school for talking during class and Kelly had begged to be put in the military school so that she could watch out for Jr. He refused to allow Kelly to race because she was a girl until he got tired of her pressing him to allow her to drive late models. He didn’t allow Jr. to race his Busch car until Tony Eury Sr. Told him to put jr into the car. He ended up working to make it up to his family, but the damage had still been done. To say he’d do anything for his family is a lie, he’d do everything to better his racing career until he had become the most successful driver and couldn’t care less about family until he had become the best driver. He put racing above family and that was his main flaw.
You can't walk up the corners of Daytona. I got to walk on the track and you can hardly crawl up them they are so incredibly steep. Pictures don't do it justice.
It's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.
What a beautiful story about Dale Earnhardt Sr! Our cherished Dale! Jerry and Sugar Bear and I loved watching him race. Our icing on the cake was watching him win the Daytona 500 in 1998! We all celebrated that day; in February 2001 Jerry and Sugar Bear and I cried because God wanted him to race in Heaven on that day and Dale obeyed. God chose the best in our eyes and hearts of the driver that Jerry and Sugar Bear and I had watched and love him forever! The Oppermans from Tx
I remember being at a friend's house playing in the backyard while his dad watched the 500 that year. I remember him saying after the crash he was like "dale wrecked for his team. Can't wait for next week!" Then he came back an hour or so later when they announced he died. I've never seen him cry before or after that day but that is the one and only day I ever saw him cry. Knowing the history now I get why. Thank you for this amazing video
One of my first memories of NASCAR was playing NASCAR 2001 as a 5 year old (2005). My favorite car was the #3. Being a kid, I associated the black and white with oreos and didn't bother reading the Goodwrench written on the car. Everytime I would visit my uncle, he'd give a me a die cast NASCAR and I would set up races and play with them all the time. One day I asked if he had the #3 oreo car because I loved it. He told me about Dale, how good he was, and how he died. It was bizarre, I felt the shock of the death as though I was a fan watching it in real time except for me it was delayed by a few years.
I knew when the names stopped being Bobby Labonte and replaced with Joe shmoe Edwards, my pops fav sport was eventually done for. As a wrestling fan I always like Jimmy Johnston lol
Dale Earnhardt's story is uncannily similar to F1 driver Ayrton Senna. -Known for reckless, dangerous driving. -Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers of all time. -Shook the fans of the sport after death. -Many safety improvements were made in the sport following his death.
You could also compare him to Schumacher, 7 championships, constant complaints about their racing style, but now that they're not fully there anymore, it just doesn't feel right.
@Hookshot By the time Ayrton had made it in the sport it had already established itself in the motorsport community. NASCAR was still getting up on its feet (while still close to it, they were still not fully there yet) when Dale made his name known.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. Was ice cold he truly had ice in his veins when he raced I remember watching the race the day he died it was surreal because looking at the crash on live tv it really didn't look that bad from an appearance stand point it looks like he was involved in way worse crashes than that one RIP Dale Earnhardt
You know, I think Tony Stewart had a lot on common with Dale. Neither would take any crap from another driver on or off of the track. Maybe the similarities end there, but they were both tough guys.
Ive been watching NASCAR since Sr. won his 1st championship. Watched his whole career. Watched the race on February 18th. Waited for hours to hear the news delivered by Mike Helton the the man in black was gone. I took from my checkbook that had Dale and the #3 in faded relief, removed check number 0218, dated it Febuary 18th and framed it. I haye this chase and bracket racing. I hated restrictor plate racing when it first came out but got use to it. At one time I hated Sr. But respected him. I was an Alabama gang fan. Donnie Bobbie and Davey. Watched Davey die too. Neil Bonnet. Adam Petty, Alan Kalwiki, damn to many. The kings 200th. What else do I need to say about my life and NASCAR. NASCAR has lost touch with the fans and did so over a decade ago. And the current racing format is all the proof you need of it. The last Winston Cup champion was Matt Kenseth. and there hasn't been a champion ever since. Included Jimmies supposed 7. Play offs don't belong in NASCAR nor do breaks in a race. No other auto racing series has breaks during the race in the entire world but NASCAR. NASCAR wants there fans back. Rewind to the last true driver champion NASCAR had which is Matt Kenseth. Because Matt Kenseth one that without taking a single break and having the most accumulated points our driver could during a single season. Just like every other racing sanctioning body does
Okay im sorry but... This is some fucking quality sir, this looks like something that would aired on television or just heck, even better than television
I used to watch nascar every Sunday with my dad. I absolutely hate it now. They jacked ticket prices up and priced out the avg fans. Then they changed the rules to where it is unrecognizable as the sport that was famous. I'm telling, Nascar's downfall is all the rules and the ridiculous ticket prices. I remember when Bristol had a 3 year wait list. Now they can't hardly fill the stands.
It really is "robbing peter to pay paul" when you trade having a car lift of and take flight for the inevitable "Big One" at Daytona. But it is what it is.
25:15 "Have you ever seen a nascar fly?" hands down some of the best editing I've ever seen with the music, angles, everything. It was as if I could imagine being in the car. Great video too!
I think it helped when he explained that the bumping and wrecking are only possible in stock cars and thus are the signature of the sport. Highlights what's unique and valuable about it as a form of racing.
"Well, I got a forty Ford out back And buddy, that hoss'll pull She can get uphill like a mountain cat Twenty two cases full!" - "Thunder and Lightning" by Lonesome River Band 🪕
when you do the bump and run its cause your car is presently faster than the car youre bumping, just like anything, bump and run can be countered with timely aware braking, the goal is to bump them off their line and scootch on the inside or outside to GET BY and pass, if you know what youre doing there is ways to drive against bump and runs so you can avoid them passing if you do have a slower car, it goes both ways vice versa.
Im a Sports fanatic, but couldn't care less for NASCAR. But hearing you telling the Story about #3 makes it intriguing and interesting for even somebody like me
I've always been sad about his death when thinking about it and how he left his family behind but it really was the most euphoric finish this man could have had for this life. I've watched this a couple of times, it's incredibly well made
30:20 I'm going to call it as I see it but Mr waltrip looks like he's f**** possessed😂😂 but actually though every time I see him come across the Daytona line in the 98 Daytona 500 brings an honest to God smile to my face
I grew up on Lake Norman, basically the hub of nascar. Looking back on the 90s when I actively watched and went to races with my grandpa, I cannot say in hindsight that I liked it because it was dangerous to the drivers. That's silly. That's like looking back on Luke being carted off a NFL field while not knowing what planet he's on and going "I LOVE THIS SPORT".
I dunno, I have tried to get into modern racing and it isn't the lack of danger that makes it boring. There are lots of things contributing to how boring it is. Lack of driver fatalities is not one of them.
I love nascar and I’ve watched this documentary 8 times already. I love it so much I come back to it once every few months. Emp really needs to become a documentary film maker
Whenever I find myself in trying times and consider giving up on whatever it is I'm trying to achieve, I come back to this video and think to myself "What if Dale had given up on the Daytona 500?" Eventually, after enough trying, I accomplish that goal. This video is a lesson for life.
I just watched Chanel 5 and Andrew spots a reporter in his video hired by his former employer to copy him. I watched the new guys videos and it’s such a stale rip off. You, on the other hand, give props to the goat of this style and give him credit for his influence on you. A breath of fresh air and great videos by you bro!
Every time I watch this, I always feel the tears coming up when "We're Finally Landing" comes on in the last third. The music, the footage of Dale embracing his wife for the final time, everything. I've watched this a dozen times and the impact never degrades. Masterpiece.
I don't know how I stumbled onto your channel, but I hope NASCAR is paying you big bucks because your documentaries are the best promotional material for NASCAR I've ever seen. I'm not even a NASCAR fan but your videos are so good I kind of want to be a fan. I do remember occasionally watching races with my dad in the early 2000s, when no other sports were on, I remember the race Earnhardt died being on our TV and what a huge story it was, we had a NASCAR computer game mid 90s on our first home computer, and then my parents got my brothers and I a NASCAR board game for Christmas in the late 90s but that has really been my only connection to the sport. I've learned a lot about it in just the last couple days from your vids and kind of makes me want to watch a race start to finish now. Anyway, I really hope you're leveraging your talent with NASCAR for a big pay day because you're doing more to bring fans into the sport than anyone else, or any TV promotional ad. These are some of the best documentaries I've found on Youtube. Keep up the great work.
The thing is Emplemon isn't a mainly NASCAR channel. To see a NASCAR video this well done NOT by a NASCAR youtuber. Your content is great to BFM. Keep making good vids bro.
I was into NASCAR in the early 2000’s as a 5-10yr old. I highly disagree that the reason NASCAR lost its fan base is because there are no more fatalities. People still watch football, and no one dies? The biggest problem I have with NASCAR is largely they keep fricken changing it! It is hard to follow anything! On top of that, the drivers that are currently barring the torch are some of the most disliked drivers. So that’s my take. 1: constant changing of the rules and how NASCAR works. 2: No new good drivers, in the sense of charisma. 3: Getting political.
Never watched NASCAR. This guy has become my favorite sportsman. What a tragic and heroic story about pushing yourself to your limits and refusing to give up your dreams. Even at the cost of your life.
thank you that documentary was very very good, i think the only way stock car can be popular again is a total reborn, like racing real stock cars, did you ever watch the guy cleetus mcfarland crown vics races? man its intense and sketchy, they drive like they got nothing to lose, its slower but at least they dont die and are not scared to!
I hate that they’re supposedly shortening Fontana. We need MORE 2+ mile tracks, not less. Turn some of the 1.5 mile tracks built in the 90’s into 3 mile super speedways with road course options.
I can tell a lot of people aren’t American, and aren’t from the south specifically NC, I pass Richard Childress racing everyday here, and live a few miles from dale jrs estate, you just gotta have that connection with him, running into him at Burger King (he loved Burger King) he would pay for everyone’s meal, he wasn’t just a stock car racer, he was a great person and will always be a legend to me
Dude. You live right smack dab in the middle of my version of "The Holy Land". I'm from Canada, but it's my life's goal to get down that way to see those tracks in person.
I grew up Hueytown, went to school with Davey Allison. I remember watching him race on local short tracks. But the first time I saw Dale race he had a fan. I remember eating at the Iceberg restaurant in Hueytown on Talladega week and taking bets on who we would see.
@Darla Hays It was tough in Vancouver for that kind of racing. We got the Indy every year, but had to go South to Skagit to see short tracking. I was so young... I wish I could have appreciated it as a kid. It wasn't easy for my Dad to haul my brother and I around all night... But he did it so that we could just see racing in person.
Fun fact: my dad was actually working as an usher at the 1987 Winston 500 when Bobby Allison's car hit the fence. I'd say you could probably see him in that clip, but it's so compressed, it's honestly difficult to discern one person from another.
That's pretty cool. I have a similar story. The Tiger Woods commercial where he's on the island hole at the TPC and makes the long putt for birdie, I'm over his shoulder when he does the fist pump, but you can't see me because of the crowd and they kinda blur out the crowd. Still a cool story though.
The "greatest arena made by man"? C'mon man! Romans LOVED to race. They built raceways specifically for racing. The Coliseum gets all the attention but, seriously, if you love racing, check out Roman 'Circus Maximus' or 'large circle'. R.I.P. #3
I live in Daytona and have been in the track many times because I have a family member who works there, and those turns don't LOOK hard to walk up. They are literally nearly impossible to walk up. Once when I was there I was trying to get up on of the turns, and even with a full running start I still couldn't reach the top. That place is insane, and I'm proud to live there.
Live in daytona too. Had infield passes one year, even the front dog leg is mega steep compared to how it looks on tv. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are freaking walls.
Lived in daytona from 61 to 70. Got to see all the greats. Took a couple of racing fan grandchildren a few years ago. They were surprised and in awe of the track.
Dammit I’m crying. My dad was a life long NASCAR fan, so watching this is like a full explanation of what made him care about the sport so much. Thanks for that
Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." And please follow God's commands too before it's too late 🙏
I'm originally from a small City in North Carolina called Wilson. At the fairgrounds there was a dirt track at one point that they closed down around 1990 or so. And Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt both have raced there. Youd be amazed to see how small Wilson North Carolina is and that anybody would sanction a NASCAR race at a place like that. Lol.
My brother's friend is a budding car guy. He's learned to drive stick and is looking at buying one, hes watched a few F1 races, and hes learned the simple stuff like how to properly paint wheels and brakes. Well yesterday, we introduced him to NASCAR through this video. Having no knowledge of the sport, he got extremely invested in this documentary... having no idea that Dale Earnhardt dies either. Watching someone learn everything about my favorite sport was an experience I won't forget 😌 Thanks for this one Emp
I don't care they are running in circles. I don't care that I barely understand hillbillies accent. I can watch any motorsport for hours- just to listen to this beatiful choir of reving engines. It's, it's just beatiful.
I think, for me, the hardest thing about Dale's death is that it was starting to look like he was about to have his second wind in the sport. I remember seeing Dale race during that last year of his life and it was really beginning to look like all the planets had aligned for Dale to get that coveted 8th Championship. He had gone for years being on the back burner, but in those last couple of years we were starting to see him in the top five again for nearly every race and even winning a few races.
It just...it just seemed like he was about to have that 8th, and I think that's what hurts more than anything. He was right there at the door of the unequivocal, undeniable best and then just like that he wasn't there anymore. It's unfair.
I dont personally think he wouldve gotten his 8th championship, but surely he wouldve broken the 80 win barrier. That's the thing about Dale, it feels like he won far more than 76 races.
Sadly life is wholy unfair, but equally look at the legacy he gave us. Sr passed that onto Jr, and Gragson and Jr had their pow wow before the Xfinity race this year. I think the lessons of old are still breathing new life.
There once was a time when people said there would never be a Formula 1 driver better than Ayrton Senna, along came Michael Schumacher. Then they said there would never be a better Formula 1 driver than him, but Lewis Hamilton showed up. Now they're claiming that there will never be a greater Formula 1 driver than Lewis.
Might I introduce you to Max Verstappen and Lando Norris? My point is, in time, people will find somebody else as the greatest in their sport.
"what could be more fitting... what could be more special?" The way the commentator delivers this is breaking off the seams with emotion and passion for what he is witnessing, truly beautiful.
That’s Mike Joy, he’s an amazing commentator! He’s still commentating the races on Fox! If you get the chance you should check out the race this Sunday at Talladega!
That's my favorite call in sports history. I was 14 years old and still heartbroken over my hero's death, and that win was much needed salve. Mike Joy has made so many of my favorite sports calls, truly a pro and one of the most real, most deservedly respected men in broadcasting.
I was holding back the tears until that moment. I've never in my life paid attention to NASCAR, it just wasn't part of my world. But the scale of this tragedy, and the raw emotion of that reaction... god damn
I don't watch NASCAR anymore, but Dale is still one of the best drivers in NASCAR, let alone one of the best drivers in any motorsport. But I stopped watching in 2004, no driver appealed to me as Dale did. I watched his son up until 2007, hoping for him to become like his father, but he is not . And Dale was a nice guy, my ex step father met him and he has a signed #3 hat from him. I never got to meet him as my own dad doesn't care about sports. I was watching the race that took his life. I was 8 years old. I still have memorabilia from those years, I have a Wilson Leather Coat still from my childhood years, I got it that year he died for my birthday. Do it for Dale. Long Live the Intimidator. I still watch Rally Racing and F1 racing to this day, but NASCAR back then was about skill to me. And there is not a single driver that could drive like Dale. My little brother even knows who the Intimidator is, and he's only 14.
Earnhardt was a dangerous dirty driver. He wrecked anyone ahead of him. Anyone that was surprised that he killed someone doesn't understand how dangerous racing is. The surprise was who he killed. All that being said. May he rest in piece.
At this point I'm just wondering if there is a subject that you can't make a video about. And I mean, with this regular quality. You're, by far, the most underrated creator in this site.
The tv doesnt do the impact justice, take a look at some other angles and you'll see why it was so deadly. He wore and open faced helmet, and when he collided with the solid concrete wall at a combined speed of ~150mph, he rebutted the steering wheel, which then sent his head shooting back and snapping his neck.
I remember your YTPs back in the day. I was there at the rise and fall of YTP, before the demonetization shitshow and all that. To see you here, now, making this... Extremely moving and well put together stuff... I'm genuinely proud of you. I know it doesn't mean much from one guy in 435K, but I've seen you grow from 150 to this Goliath of YouTube, getting noticed by the Million Club guys out of sheer respect for your high quality content. You deserve more and better. You're amazing, Emp, keep it up!
I was there watching the same day too, but at the time I was literally a baby. Born in 2000. I still grew up watching Dale Earnhardt Jr. just like my father watched Dale Earnhardt.
He was a childhood hero of mine, as both my grandpas watched Nascar so I developed an affinity for his racing style, and he won alot. However, my world completely changed when I watched that race, and even if they had it on TV, I never watched Nascar again.
NASCAR 0:55 It ain't easy 1:25Dale Earnhardt , a young man with a dream 2:02 Jon Bois 2:52 Nascar's roots: Daytona Beach Florida 3:32 Stock Car Racing 4:51 "Big Bill" France 6:07Ralph Earnhardt didn't want his son to do what he did, but his son was inspired
7:20 Dale's Rookie Season, Daytona International Speedway, February 18th, 1979 9:59 CBS puts eyes on the race, 15 millions pairs of eyes 11:00 Drama, Crash, Fist Fights all in a matter of minutes 12:31 Victories and "The King" Richard Petty
13:30 The Winston Cup Champion 1980 13:54 Troubles and Struggles 14:37 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond Pennsylvania. July 25th, 1982
17:28 Childress and #3 18:13 " The Intimidator " potent, vicious 20:15 A Rural Icon
21:13 "*Awesome Bill" Elliot* , ("The Speedster") 23:40What's The Appeal of Nascar ? Soldiers, Astronauts, and Prestige (fighting in a foreign land, fighting man, fighting the limits of nature) 25:15Bobby Allison takes flight27:04 Restrictor Plates made everyone the same speed 29:20Earnhardt Rises Higher but he's not their yet 31:11 What's happening? 33:35 Ohhh Why???? 34:24 Come on Dale! 36:00 Hangover Time 37:00 Heel once again 37:30Dale Earnhardt Jr. Appears
40:00February 18th, 2001 Daytona International Speedway. 42:49 A Tragic Day of inches, A Dark Reality brought to consciousness
I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams. Most of those memories are still cherished today. 2001 Daytona 500 race, I wish I could erase the memories from that day. Our team was the first to arrive at the Dale Sr wreck. Kenny Shrader was an emotional mess and all he could say was "It's not good" to us. He instantly knew that his good friend was gone. He deeply wanted to get to Dale Jr and Michael Waltrip before anybody else did. One of the safety team's trucks took Kenny to Dale Jr and Waltrip. That day changed NASCAR forever. Greatly better safety equipment was implemented and there's been no NASCAR on-track deaths since then.
i'm so glad i didn't go to that race. i had infield passes that i got for free but i decided to stay home, get drunk and watch it on tv(it was my bday). i watched that crash happen then went on a beer run. then hung out with neighbors. wasnt till almost midnight that i found out dale died. it was next to impossible to get the daytona news journal monday morning. i think they purposely left the machines empty to avoid people taking the whole stack as souveniers. i am tied to dale's death. feb 18th, 2001. my bday, exactly 1 month after my dad passed. add to that 9/11 and 2001 sure did suck!
One of the best car racing documentaries I've ever seen, I didn't know how important Nascar was to the USA. Well, where I come from we have a similar story, but in F1, a guy named Ayrton Senna, today he is a national hero due to the joy that he was having a people so lacking in examples and idols as my country. I believe that Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna are in a degree where they no longer wonder if it was good or not, they did something similar, they left their mark on the sport forever and more, in the hearts of every fan. Congratulations for your dedication, research and narration.
Yeah, here in Brazil is almost a crime to say that other F1 driver was better. Sometimes I say that Fangio was better, just to see my friends burst in hate flames hahaha. But yeah, hell of a legend.
Senna was the downfall of modern racing. Rich father sponsors his rich boy sons karting until he turns into a racer. Senna was daddy's money. It's a great example of how professional racing isn't. "run whatcha brung" it's how much money you got.
If I remember correctly, he died because he didn't use a helmet restrainer type thing, that in the event of a crash, the head would not smash into the steering wheel or would not cause a whiplash effect, something of that sort.
I first thought this would be a boring Never Ever episode to me because I legit have no knowledge of Nascar other than it just being a racing sport and my only knowledge of Dale Earnhardt was just him being a Nascar driver. Didn't know he passed away or that he was a godlike racer. Just finished this episode and wow... it's purely amazing. Even with very little amount of Nascar knowledge, this was a great episode. Can't wait for the next Never Ever episode.
When I was little, going to preschool/daycare, I was made fun of one day for wearing a shirt that had the number 3 on it. it was stupid little kid drama. you know, "Your shirt has the number 3, haha, that means you're 3 years old." the type of stuff that really can only insult you at the age of a preschooler. so I went home and I told my parents that i didn't want to wear the shirt because of the big number 3 on it, and that kids kept teasing me for it. that's when they told me about Dale Earnhadt, and they told me he was the best racer ever. I wore that shirt with pride after that. And whenever a kid tried to tease me about it again, i told them that the number belonged to the greatest racer ever. This video reminded me of one of the few times i felt triumphant over the bullies in my life. thanks, Emp, very cool.
@Frostbyte since its two different racing categories, you cant really compare their statistics and deduce the better one from that, but Schumi is definetly one of the best F1 drivers and one of the best racers ever
TOPFUEL 173 nah mate, everyone know about Micheal Schumacher, Dale was popular, and incredibly talented, but as NASCAR is a national sport, and F1 competes literally around the globe, I’m pretty sure more people know Schumacher than Earnhardt, whether they think of Schumi as “the Greatest of All Time” or “that one guy who races in a Ferrari”
@Lorenzo Abanes you live in America or Europe because if your in Europe I can see how that's true but In America you hear people all the time saying "Do it for dale"
Before I started watching other sports such as Basketball and American Football, the first sport I ever watched on tv was NASCAR and this was during the Jimmie Johnson/Jeff Gordon or COT era (I was born in 2006) so I never witnessed the golden age of NASCAR. When there was no notable races or sports games on tv, I would watch the older races and I discovered who Dale Earnhardt was and how he was a big part of the league’s history. That’s when I started appreciating and even loving him. I know its 3 years late but thank you for making this video. Long Live The Intimidator! #3
It is crazy. Especially if you look at the numbers....Sooo may oddities. And I will not go into all of them. But look at the numerical running of the race. It was the 43rd....Who was he tied with for championships? Petty . Who drove car number 43............But in the end, if Dale would have been doing what he was supposed to be doing (racing for the win) this would not have happened. Instead of rear view racing and blocking......And as you eluded to in the video....The one type of race he was the best at, the one he "hated" the most, is the one that took his life.
"and his final memory was his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them" im sitting in my room crying like a little girl. god dammit.
Don't use God's name in vain by saying Goddamn or even Holy Cow or OMG. Ur Breaking the second commandant!!!! Repent n believe!!!! In Jesus!!! He will surely forgive you 🙏!!!!!
There is one driver that will carry on Dale's legacy. And his name is Cleetus Mcfarland... And if anyone can make racing popular again, it's him... Dale is such a legend in America... It would be incredible if Vaughn Jr could set up a meet with Cleetus and Dale Jr...
It is because reflects the mentality of anyone who is so determined and most of the times obsesed to be triumph and prove it's worth of something that is willing to give his own life and maybe of others in order to achieve it
It's part of the thrill, the sense of risk that could potentially be fatal and survive it with skill and luck Wich makes it appealing, this was the modernized version of the cart races in the coliseum
"...Earnhardt's Winston Cup Career had slammed straight into a concrette wall. "... histarical laughter, on my part... shame, sadness that I found that so funny.
Not only was it him, but his black number 3 car just has an appeal to it that a lot of other cars don't have. There's just something about how it looked that makes you like it which I've heard some say is the same for JR's all red car.
The biggest take away I got from this, is that people don't watch sports for the actual gameplay, they watch it because of the personalities and story lines that develop among it's athletes.
I completely disagree. I've never even had a favorite in the 24hour nurburgring race yet I watch it every single time it's being streamed. Today most car-channels and most sports focus around people because that's how they can make the most money. Think about it, do you want to buy nascar products? Maybe. Do you want to buy products that your hero signed? Definitely. It's very obvious on youtube, every single "vlogger" is pretending to be your friend because once they form this superficial relationship with you (kids think youtubers are like their friends and I can't blame them because today it seems like the most important skill for a youtuber is to be able to pretend and fake emotions) you're going to watch EVERY SINGLE video they upload. On the other hand if they just create decent content you're going to watch it but you won't follow it like it was a religion. And I guess that's the summary: TL;DR - in Germany we call this "personality cult". Youtubers want to be more than just content creators, they want to be your superficial friend because if they do more than just create content they will make more money. It's immoral as hell and basically just like the WWE garbage entertainment but because it's a lot more intense and approachable it's a lot worse. (You can't tell what's fake/scripted and what isn't, f.e. in the TVShow Top Gear sometimes it's impossible to clearly see wether or not something is scripted and fake or not, they basically changed the market because they showed how to make big money by appealing to a wider audience aswell as creating this personality cult around their entertainment)
@Vicente Collao of course I do. however it's ridiculous that people are still watching 20+ year old content because the new stuff is mostly garbage and/or focused around personalities. think about it, 20 year old videos are still being recommended and we still watch the legends of old which weren't focused around personalities because of their personality or their money but because of their unique talents. people still watch the prince of bel air, I'm still watching drift king videos, and this is not going to change if we keep calling garbage and extended commercials entertainment. I'd just like to see youtubers who make videos about their passion instead of youtubers whose passion is making videos about themselves or just to make money. same goes for entertainment, car shows, sports, etc. we lowered our standards way to much this is a serious topic so how do you expect me to show happiness when talking about a sad situation? hehe
@herbert hans Well if you word it like that, I can actually relate to you. I do appreciate the past more, just because I like to study the why. At the same time, I try to appreciate the best of the new and to know why the worst exists
@Vicente Collao I guess what I was trying to say before was that there are in fact still people who appreciate the art a lot more than the artist. and in the modern world because everyone is constantly connected all the artists get way to much spotlight instead of their actual content. mainstream media and profit oriented people and companies will always focus on individuals instead of an art, a passion or a talent, but that doesn't mean that's what everyone wants to see that's just what they can get away with. you can make a living on youtube while having countless amounts of dislikes, and if that's how you make the most money then you're barely going to change the running system.
@herbert hans I wasn't getting it at first either but I feel you. I like to listen to music with no words because I like the sound, I like to watch racing because I like the race. Substance matters and too much is marketed basically with the tag line "we know you love us." Too much focus on the glamour of it all
After dale died I stopped watching racing all together. But this year dispute nascar screwing racing rules I plan on watching for the first time in 21 years despite the fact I don’t have a driver to watch. There will never be a driver like dale again.
@Nolkerss Schumi is another legend of F1, however most people when asked will point at Senna as the greatest of all time. They are both pretty close in terms of “greatness”, but imo Senna is the better one
Tbh F1 has so many legends that should get their documents like this that limiting it to only one is difficult lol
@Nolkerss we never got to see the full extent of Senna's career due to... what happened, but Schumacher has the most successful career currently. I'm sure it would be senna if he was alive but they're still equally as legendary
@p c Seb is deserving of being there, yea he may not be as quick to adapt to new machinery as the others and is definitely late in his career now but 4 championships is nothing to laugh at
Senna was a driver that many other drivers didn't like because he was extremely aggressive and not afraid to put you into the wall or grass? Or is Senna to F1 what #3 is to NASCAR because name recognition?
@Dr. Spatula Both. He used to into the corner with someone else, and would leave it up to the other driver to not make a contact(something like this: either you let me past and you’ll do it every time now because I broke you mentally, or we both crash) He wasn’t really liked in the paddock, especially by Piquet and Prost
I love NASCAR, but there is one thing I could never understand: how could crashing into the inside wall at Daytona kill someone? My parents used to be HUGE fans of Dale and ever since his passing, they never watched NASCAR again. Many years later, I became a fan of the sport. At the time, I didn't really know what racing was. It was the 2020 Daytona 500 that changed my life for the better. I never knew Dale, but there was one thing I did know: he was an INCREDIBLE racer. When the part of the video came: "The next thing is probably the only thing you know about Dale Earnhardt," is when tears came running down my cheeks. I knew what was going to happen since I've known about his tragic death. He did die doing what he loved to. I want to go the same way. I would love to go racing alongside my favorite drivers, no matter how long it takes. I have always believed that when you do something you love, you might never be able to do it once more. If Dale hadn't passed in the 2001 Daytona 500, I would have LOVED to see how far more he might have come in his racing career. I just love this sport as a whole: including the fans, the drivers, all the guys and gals on each pit crew, the tracks, and just watching people do what they love. I would have never thought that this would be how my life changed. I was 15 at the time when I saw my first ever race on TV. I didn't know what to do. I was bored on February 16th, 2020 and wanted to see what there was to watch. Flipping through the channels, I found a channel called "Fox." I saw something called "Daytona 500" and clicked on it. I sat there just enjoying the race in a way. There was one driver that stuck out to me: Bubba Wallace. I saw that grey U.S Airforce number 43 and just fell in love with NASCAR that day. Bubba ended up finishing 15th, but to me that didn't matter. What mattered to me was how well a driver I didn't know had finished. After that, I watched race weekend after race weekend and kept an eye on that 43 car. After the 2020 season, Bubba switched to the 23 car for 23XI racing. I thought that number was cool because I was born on the 23rd of August in 2004. I know that people may hate me for this but still, I stand with Bubba. After the Geico 500 in June, 2020, I knew that it was Bubba who would be my favorite.
TO BE CLEAR I DID NOT MEAN FOR THIS COMMENT TO BE AS LONG AS IT IS
I don't think I would be far off by saying Dale Earnhardt was the Senna of NASCAR.
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Cj Acton2022-06-13 02:13:54 (edited 2022-06-13 02:25:56 )
40:16 what’s the song? I’ve heard it in a couple other documentaries on yt (obv during montages) edit: nvm. I found it. it’s called We’re Finally Landing, by Home.
People still car about nascar today . But I only watch bristol , daytona and talladega races . Never been to all 3 of them but it is on my bucket list to go to .
This almost brought me to tears, I was a huge NASCAR fan as a kid and one of my early memories is of Dale Earnhardt dying. I never thought much of him when I was a kid but I came to appreciate more when I got a little older. I haven’t watched a race in years now but it all came flooding back to me when I saw this. Thanks, Emp.
Yeah i daubt we will see a professional driver with the same name anytime soon, unless this guy has a son with the same name and wants to go in his father's footsteps or smth idk
I like to imagine that, as he watched his son and partner speed ahead to the finish line, moments before the final crash, Dale closed his eyes and thought to himself, “Dad...I’ve done it. I made you proud.”
astrid vvv2021-09-25 21:24:09 (edited 2021-09-25 21:34:49 )
My parents watched Nascar in the 90s. I can remember the way Sundays sounded back then, it was the sound of the cars making left turns on the livingroom TV. And I was always so bored, knowing we weren't doing anything fun today. So I'd try to entertain myself at home.
They got divorced, and I remember being with my mom at her new house. She was watching the Daytona 500 and I was so bored that I tried to take a nap on the love seat. I don't remember seeing the crash happen (probably because I wasn't paying attention) but I do remember seeing replays right after. I remember the broadcast getting serious and I can remember being confused because it didn't look bad. Right after his death was announced, some cops were at the door. It wasn't for anything criminal, I think they were looking for witnesses. I remember perfectly how my mom told them that Dale Earnhardt just died. And that they came inside for a few minutes and stood in the living room to see it. One of them was so upset. I was 11. It's one of the most clear moments from my childhood.
(we're from GA so Bill Elliott was always my parents' favorite but they liked Dale, too. I remember thinking Bill Elliott was a total doofy weenie)
I was very young at the time, but can distinctly remember Tony Stewarts crash from earlier in that race. I vaguely remember Dales wreck, but I do remember questioning how someone could die from that. I had just watched Tony earlier do barrel rolls over the tops of cars and live, how could a 2 car crash into the wall kill someone.. but damn its crazy how this can make me miss someone I hardly knew.
This video has introduced the world of NASCAR to me. I have just watched my first NASCAR Race, the 62nd running of the Daytona 500 with my dad. I hope that Ryan Newman is okay after the crash.
Newman is alright ☺️ i grew up watching NASCAR and Newman is one tough sum bitch he's been upside down multiple times he's had cars LAND on top of him twice he'd be racing right now even with his injuries (nascar hasnt released what said injuries are to my knowledge) if nascar would let him
Jeff Taylor2021-11-20 19:45:10 (edited 2021-11-20 19:48:44 )
They will never ever be another era of NASCAR like 1985 to 2000. And TV was the main factor for the popularity. NASCAR didn’t know what to do with it and jumped the shark in 2003 and ruined their own sport in the quest for ratings. Some moron convinced them that they need a playoff format. So they got rid of a great point system that rewarded great drivers with consistency and that produced great championship races for this nonsense that we have right now.
You can watch that crash and never realize just how bad it was. Think about going head on into a brick wall at 160mph. The reason it doesn’t look so bad Is because he slides after impact instead of coming to a halt. Helmets [Hans] connecting to the seat now to prevent the head from slinging forward came just a little too late. RIP3 your death saved lives
38:13 Holy shit! I could just feel my heart start pumping and adrenaline kicking in while watching the great racing paired with a symphonic rendition of "Deja Vu". Awesome top quality work, my man.
Here's the hope. Commercial Nascar will go bankrupt and we'll end up back in the good old days of small towns racing on dirt tracks using their own vehicles.
everyone naming tracks doesn't have to, part of the mastery of the score is the fact he takes music that fits what he needs perfectly from any game, movie, whatever.
How is no one talking about how Dale spent his last race making sure his team mates won. Say what you want about him but the man really did care for the people closest to him.
For me the single worst tragedy of American sports was when I was watching a baseball game in San Francisco on tv, the screen turned to static for a minute, and when the screen showed the game again, the stadium was in utter ruin. An earthquake had hit the area and they were showing live video of a highway’s upper deck that had collapsed onto a lower deck, smashing people to death. The stadium itself held up well but had taken some damage and people were flooding out of the exits. One second I’m watching a baseball game, the next I’m watching people die. Watching a lone race car driver die couldn’t compare for me, probably because I had already seen so many other drivers, like Senna, die before Dale.
@Brody Cooper Good luck and God bless. In this age of materialism, cling to your roots; remember who you are and where you came from. Draw close to God, and He will also draw close to you.
I knew literally nothing about Dale before this video. Yet his death still had me feeling the same emotions as if I'd been watching him race from the start.
That photo finish that mirrored Dale's, the guy saying it was special, the way he said it, you know he was gonna cry and losing Dale was still hitting him. I know it hit all of NASCAR, but man, you know everyone cried. Doesn't matter how manly, they cried. I did whilst watching this even for the second time. Thank you EmpLemon, thank you for bringing an legend into internet fame beyond the NASCAR community to people like us.
Grew up watching Dale dominate. Was definitely my favorite driver. Saddest part is that he actively worked against the HANS. The device had a hard road to become accepted. Even after Dale, drivers reiterated his sentiments that he thought it was too uncomfortable and would restrict them from evacuating after an accident. Would it have saved him? Not sure. Some research says his belt broke which permitted his head to hit the wheel. I know every time I see the wreck, I wonder how it killed him when there were much worse accidents to many drivers who walked away.
The physics tell the tale. Those who know racing say that that's the kind of wreck that kills a driver; all the force of the impact gets slammed into them instead of being dispersed in a spectacular, twisting sight. And while we can never be SURE that the HANS device would have saved him, it absolutely would have given him an infinitely better chance, even with a broken belt.
My uncle who passed a decade ago from cancer was by far the biggest Earnhardt fan I've met. This incredibly put together documentary actually has me emotional from the flood of nostalgia remembering all those great times with my uncle and the intimidator. Thank you so much for this, and you've earned me as a subscriber.
I agree proximity to death is what made the sport amazing. Contrary to popular belief and Hollywood movies most gladiators in ancient Rome didn't die. Matches were in fact rarely to the death, but to make it appealing they had to dance close to death. That is what human beings are drawn to. Watching someone dance right at the edge of death and escape. To create that sense of mortal danger every so often somebody has to die. In my personal opinion it's worth it. I think there is something beyond moving. That speaks to the very heart of the human experience. To see someone willing to die to win.
*If you want to watch a great racing movie that plays around with this idea check out 'Rush' from 2013 about James Hunt and Niki Lauda in Formula 1 in the 70s. It's amazing.(and Thor is in it)
I was enjoying NASCAR till about the early mid 2010s, then they kept on changing the damn playoff format and other matters and I was just done with it. Then Jr. retired and I haven't had any reason to return not sure which driver to route for moving forward.
Before this video i had zero knowledge about Dale Earnhardt, or Nascar. I walk away from this video with tears in my eyes and respect for a sport i thought was boring. Thank you Emp
the problem with modern day NASCAR is how perfect it is. back in the 90's the grainy and oversaturated effect on the TV would give the track an otherworldly feeling, like you where watching something bigger than yourself, nowadays, its sharp and polished making you feel like its just another thing, along with some boring drivers.
I think the biggest problem is that all the cars look the same. I watched some older nascar videos and it was pretty neat that you could buy the exact car that was being raced.
@Buck Bucker you might not like it, but the safety record of those cars is unbeatable. Just look at some of the wrecks people have gotten in in those things and come out uninjured.
@Buck Bucker Right? They can make each brand more distinctive and still keep the safety features. That, and today's drivers have no personality. I don't know what they can do about that, but I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that today's drivers aren't exactly clawing their way out of poverty through racing like the drivers of yesterday.
F1 has a similar problem. All the stabilizers and all the image quality ruins the experience, you don't feel the speed. You grab, for example, a 1992 footage of Nigel Mansell or Ayrton Senna running and you really feel in the image shaking how fast it is. Nowadays it just feels like a videogame
@coffee and can you say the same thing about any drivers competing in a major event since Dale Earnhardt? No. Point stands, the safety provided by the car outweighs the danger the workers who provide that entertainment would otherwise be in.
@coffee it’s not safe but okay. Motorsports will almost never be 100% safe. F2 lost a young star two years ago. Indy lost Dan. F1 almost lost Romain Grosjean, we almost lost Ryan Newman. Hell even in nascar sanctioned events there’s been deaths since Dales death. It’s not a safe sport. If you think it is idk what you’ve been watching.
I have to agree here, this is why I've always loved Speed Racer as a cartoon and a movie, because the screen shakes, the cars are special, the drivers matter. And sure, there's no question to an experienced viewer but that Speed/Go will win (unless it's against Racer X), but every episode, and the movie, makes it just as as important how he wins as the indisputable fact that he wins.
Though he changed teams years ago, Kevin Harvick, the driver who initially replaced Dale Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing, has added ten more wins to his record.
This puts him 10th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list and he very well could win the 2020 Championship. We’ll see.
EDIT: Kevin ended up not winning the championship, but still had an incredible season and has put himself up there in the ranks of the best. He also won two more races since I made this comment.
@PunyHunk Yeah it sucks. Not even a Harvick fan but he was by far the best driver this year. One of the best statistical seasons for any driver the past two decades.
@Wesley Johnson It's true that Kyle Busch has 213 wins but those are not all in the Cup series. A large part of them are in the Xfinity and Truck series. He has 57 wins in the Cup series compared to Dale's 76 and Kevin's 58. And to call anybody the "King of NASCAR" but the King himself, Richard Petty is just wrong. With his 200 wins in the Cup series, he by far surpasses anyone else.
@Nathan But when you look at Petty’s 200 wins, a lot of them were against Billy Bob who put his family car in the garage on Friday night, put a higher flow carburetor on it, and then took it out racing. Even the bottom truck series drivers now would wipe the floor with 80% of the field in the 60s and 70s, because they’re professionals. Busch’s 200 wins may have come across three series’, but they were still against stiffer competition.
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A Impatient Man2021-01-06 00:09:16 (edited 2021-01-06 00:10:10 )
He would of won if the dumbest scoring format didn't exist today in nascar. He had one of the most dominant runs this decade with 10 wins and a average finish of 7th this season. The only guy that could somewhat stand up to him was hamlin. But he lost because he was one position off in a race nascar had dubbed important at the end. Fuck the playoffs.
It's not only NASCAR. Formula 1 and pretty much every other motorsport is going through the same downfall. I started watching formula 1 with my father at the age of 4 back in 1991. Never missed a grand prix up to 2006. And it wasn't only me. On a race weekend it was impossible to find people in the streets. Stores were closed for the race and keep in mind there wasn't a fellow countryman to cheer for. It was just the pure excitement of the race. That's why the 90s to mid 2000s is called the Golden Era of F1. Everyone was watching. Now i know it's still on, but there are people who are surprised to find out Formula 1 is still around and i don't exaggerate. Yes, there are still fans of the sport, but as mentioned in the video, they are just the small nuclei which can't be compared to the days when it was a cultural phenomenon. And i guess the reasons to why this happened are the same as the reason for NASCAR's downfall and all the other forms of motorsport - TOO MUCH POLITICS AND RULES neutering the sport and the excitement. IT's supposed to be top of the top performance. Machines with out of this world speeds. Formula 1 especially used to sound like some evil interdimensional thing. The speeds they went to and the horsepower was all but unthinkable on the road. Now firstly their displacement is smaller than most family cars and second - you can buy cars that are both FASTER and more powerful than an F1 car. There soon WILL BE a time when road hypercars with race slicks would match formula 1's prototype, because manufacturers outside the sport, don't have to comply with regulations. When you add the additional rules that screw with the tactics of the race, it just gets boring. So yeah, if you want the former glory of a sport to come back, tear those rules and regulations and let engineers and designers' creativity take the wheel.
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Alexander Plumb2022-05-15 22:28:17 (edited 2022-05-15 22:29:31 )
Every year of NASCAR Biggest Race that I can remember. I would pick Dale Earnhardt Sr then I would pick 5 Other Drivers that I thought could Win the DAYTONA 500. For the 1998 Running of the DAYTONA 500. I chose only One Driver to Win the DAYTONA 500 and that was DALE EARNHARDT SR. I watched the Race from Start to Finish. I was so Elated it was Great. Called Friends told them what Just Happened. I was Watching the DAYTONA 500 on that Fateful Day Sunday February 18 th 2001. Could not Believe what happened to Dale Earnhardt Sr. I have seen worst Recks that Dale Earnhardt was Envoled with and Dale Earnhardt Sr would walk away from. Still have Trouble Watching Replays of that Race. Dale Earnhardt Sr may U Rest in Peace and be in the Ever Lasting Arms of God and be in Heaven for Eternity. AMEN.
Even more. With Cars 3 the whole thing is about new cars coming in and being faster and more advanced. Most of the drivers were/are MENCS rookies as the older drivers like Jr and Gordon retired. So it's SUPER meta if you realize who the cameo voices are.
@Tony Ski Except in real life the transition between old and new has been much slower than in the movie. Most of the old drivers have left but the ones that remain are still faster than the new ones on a regular basis.
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Chad BroChill2019-03-13 07:02:43 (edited 2019-03-13 07:03:34 )
@name, I think you're missing his point. For those that didn't know anything about NASCAR, it's eye-opening how much Cars was based on reality.
I could swear that Buddy Baker was the first to do 200 at any track and that is in the history books and hall of fame. But Dale was the best, the day I stopped watching Nascar forever. Who else was going 2 be Dale, Nascar never listened to him saying. Build a bigger fence if ur scared of them going into the fans, I know the fans want to see the big one but I be damn if the plate really did get him killed and he told Nascar what was going to happen but Nascar wanted a good show and it cost them their best driver ever and that never would have happened if u didn't have plates on the car. Nascar acts like they did not know what happened, they never said he was right and still its not really racen, who really cares about Nascar anymore after u see them kill ur driver and he told the world it was going to happen but he was it took him Dien and still they use a plate to slow the cars down. If u don't have the guts to make the car go as fast as another driver, that's the way it should have stayed but they want the big one. Well they got the big one
Dafuq u mean that you never heard of him, I grew UP listening to old radios and listening to story's of him hell not long after he died I met Dale Earnhardt Jr......please tell me you know Richard Petty
Never did I think I'd be genuinely crying over a NASCAR documentary. If you don't see a career as a professional video writer/editor/creator, I'll eat my socks. Thank you, EmpLemon.
He was blocking like he was in the lead because in a way he was. His cars were in 1 and 2. He would have went to the winner’s circle as an owner. In fact, Mike Waltrip was waiting on him. So sad.
In general worldwide race fans, in particular those that prefer Formula 1 racing, are not aware of NASCAR. And vice-versa, considering that F1 always struggled to get traction in the US. But, as a brazilian F1 fan watching this, it’s impossible for me to not see similarities between Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna. Dale, as Ayrton, came from a not so privileged place. Dale was for the poor people in the countryside what Ayrton was for brazilians (Brazil during Ayrton’s career was way messier than today, with a hard time as a young democracy and absolutely destroyed by economic mismanagement). Ayrton, as Dale, had a complex personality. Humble and caring in one side, fierce and intimidating on the track. Ayrton had his share of controversy because of the risks he took and the crashes he caused. Both were considered the greatest in their craft. Both died in a wall at the outside of a left hander. Both died under the spotlight. Both died demanding more safety. And in the day Ayrton died, Dale, after winning his NASCAR race, said his condolences in the post race interview. These two must be burning rubber in heaven. RIP to both of them, the greatest at their series of racing.
54:28 That ending's timing is so good, everything is perfect.
Man I'm just a random 23yo dude from Belgium who barely knew NASCAR an hour ago, but this video made me have a blast! Youtube needs more content creators like you
One hour documentary about Dale Earnhardt and no mention of Jeff Gordon stealing his thunder in late 90s? I want my one hour of my life back! Joking aside, this is a great documentary! NASCAR is a underrated sport, but it was the demise of American middle class that caused the sport to decline not the safety itself. $100 ticket just to watch a NASCAR race this year (2022)? What a joke.
Acknowledges comparisons between himself and John Bois, proceeds to use Summoning Salts iconic music
PS i love you and your videos lemon just a funny subversion
PSS What a beautiful video. Growing up, nascar was something me and my dad would bond over, and his favorite driver was always dale earnhardt. He moved away 3 years ago and specifically told me to take good care of a painting he had of senior celebrating his daytona win. I knew more than the average fan my age about senior, but seeing the backstory of his bond with his father, and then the bond with junior, this was one of the rare videos that moved me to tears. Thank you for doing justice to a great driver, son, father, teammate, founder, and man. Im gonna go call my dad and talk to him. To anyone reading this, life is short, tell the people you care about you love them, and always remember that when youre at your lowest, just wait for an opportunity…and push forward…
Dale Jr. was my favorite driver as a kid. I chose him because my Dad's favorite was Dale Sr. and unfortunately my Dad was at the Daytona 500 in 2001 with my older brother and got to see the wreck. I used to watch every race until I was probably around 12 or so, then I fell out of it and didn't really care except for maybe the Daytona 500. I still followed Jr. up until he retired though. He was the only thing keeping me semi interested in NASCAR and now I have zero interest in it, which is sad considering how much I watched it when I was smaller.
Same exact timeline as you man. Rusty Wallace was my dads favorite, so after he retired, we started watching it less and less. By 2011 we had stopped completely. There was just not much personality left in the sport, and the new cars just didn’t look like the aerodynamic speed machines I grew up with. Such a shame
i dont think fans left because it got safer; i've never disliked nascar. but recently i've been getting into it and watching the full races on youtube getting my knowledge up. and as a "new" fan i have no thought or reason why i would be against a safer car they race in today.
Dale’s rookie of the year came when Richard Petty (#43) wins the seventh Winston Championship. Dale’s seventh Winston Championship came along in ’94. Dale’s death came when the 43rd Annual Daytona 500.
Dale helps Jeff Gordon by giving Jeff some useful advice Dale doing the Polish Victory Lane along with Rusty Wallace in the honoring to Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison. Dale helps Michael Waltrip to break his winless Nascar all-time season by winning Daytona 500 alongside his brother
Dale gave his son's a wing to win 2004 Daytona 500 But everyone knows, he is always... a lap ahead from everyone.
My grandad knew the guy. He would request my grandad specifically to fix up his yacht (My grandad worked at Hatteras) I’m told he occasionally came over for dinner. After his tragic death (which my grandad saw live) his wife sent us a model car as a gift. I still have it to this day.
@Reinhardt Sanchez Cool update, turns out it was specifically for me. Earnhardt’s wife sent the car because she heard about my birth. That’s a huge honor. It will absolutely be my heirloom.
That's awesome right there, Dale is truly one of a kind man. He took time out of his days to make sure his team built a model specifically for yall. Amazing stuff! Keep that car till your dying day, pass it down for generations to come!
Hey does anyone know where the original cover for the last song in the closing comes from? (I believe its house of the rising sun but I can't find the specific version of it) I've been trying to find it everywhere but to no avail!
I'm pretty sure he's just talking about things from his childhood. I remember all these things in the same way, the staples of a 90's to mid 2000's childhood. I can't wait for "there will Never Ever be another game like Command and Conquer"
@Ghostmotorfinger Although I was born only a month after Dale Earnhardt's death and I got into NASCAR when I was four years old, it does feel that NASCAR has been dead long before then...
I seriously had no interest in NASCAR before finding your channel. Not only that, but I actively disliked it while liking other motorsports. After watching this and your Talladega video, I can’t say that’s the case anymore. At least older NASCAR, since now I actually understand what I’m watching for.
In my opinion this is the best video you've ever made to this day, looking forward to the next episode of "Never Ever" This is my second watching of this video.
I lost my dad 5 years ago almost and his favorite driver ever was Dale Earnhardt. My dad looking back at Dale was so much like Dale and it hurts every time I make the comparison.
Nascar hockey and wrestling for the most part are regional sports that went national and then collapsed
WWE most likely will be sold before the collapse
AEW is hovering around a million views a week it’s not growing and has an audience the same size as a cw show and is bankrolled by a billionaire so it’s more of a money mark fantasy than wrestling
Back to nascar when it was on espn in the 90s it grew and grew when it landed on network tv Earnhardt died on national tv. They changed the rules year after year the chase for the cup playoff system killed most peoples interest
Now it’s boring vanilla drivers no sponsors no audience the races themselves are split up over multiple services
Who would care ?
Add in cookie cutter tracks no real difference from track to track
My personal feeling is that NASCAR it just isn't presented very well on TV. They need to find a way to make it more interesting. I don't think there's really anything wrong with the cars or the races but they just need to like they need to have like better commentators and they need to have like people showing the inside of the sport they need to be showing like things are doing in the garage and stuff like that. They need to make it serious for the fans instead of just this thousand foot view of a circular track
Dale would have died on the race track or anywhere he was because God has control over death and that was no getting out of, just like us all. We never think about it until it happens
Im back here because Myatt Snider was spared tonight. He was about the closest that someone could get the death, unless your name is Ryan Newman. But the moral here is that without Dale's fatality, Myatt Snider would be dead.
The scariest part is that the crash didn’t look lethal.
I’m glad a bunch of fucking marks didn’t come in here explaining how he died because I know why he died from the wreck I’m just saying it didn’t look like it was enough to kill a man like wrecks we’ve seen before and after but I know the science of why and how he died
often in racing the more spectacular a crash looks, the less likely it is to kill the driver; all that flipping and rolling dissipates a lot of the energy from the impact, but with Dale's crash he hit the wall head on and HARD, all the energy of the impact went straight into him.
A similar accident happened at Le Mans in 2013 and took the life of Allan Simonsen.
Plus what happened to Geoff Bodine the year before where his car went deep into the catchfence, hit by another car and leaving his car disintegrated and still survived
@Zschezo The barrel rolls wouldn't have killed him, it was getting hit upside down right in the driver's compartment. The frames and rollcages are built to protect that area when all four wheels on the ground, but upside down there's not much there. Barrel rolls dissipate the energy that would otherwise be brutally absorbed by the driver. Dale's crash looked nasty to those of us familiar with the sport. Not necessarily fatal, but the kind of wreck that can take a driver out of the car for weeks.
I remember watching it on tv live and my grandfather said, "Imagine if you were in a vehicle moving that fast and your head was knocking around". Scary how fragile humans are.
I understand it’s been 3 years, but can someone please bless me with the song @ 40:18?? Algorithm just blessed me with this amazing doc😪 so glad I was able to watch though
A little fun fact: Michael Waltrip won the Daytona Trucks Race that occurred exactly 10 years after the day of Dale’s death. It was his last win in all of NASCAR.
The story of Dale Earnhardt is so poetic it really makes me feel like he didn't really die. I don't normally conspiracy theory stuff but like it's to perfect. He died on the track that was his nemesis, he became a marter for the thing he disliked about the sport, his son and team mate was the 1st and 2nd place winners his team mates first win, he died from one of his more "softer" crashes. That's a lot and there's more. I'd like to think he is alive and just chilling at some go cart racing course somewhere enjoying retirement.
@Tangerine Paint funny enough when they first put lights around Daytona to allow for night racing the first driver allowed to try it out... Dale Earnhardt. It was a solo test session thing and they had him be the first.
Although it may not look like it, the Earnhardt crash was nothing resembling a "soft" crash. Sure, it may not be a spectacular-looking crash with parts and bits of metal being flung all over the racetrack. However, keep in mind that in said crashes the car is losing inertia by spinning and flipping, and the car is getting lighter with all the pieces flying off. When Dale's car ran into the wall at Turn 4, the car slammed at full speed into the wall and didn't move. The nose of the car skidded against the wall for several feet before finally losing speed and rolling backwards into the infield grass. That means the speed, weight, and inertia of the car all came to a sudden split-second stop. All that force was applied in whole to any part in or around the car that wasn't secure, or bolted down. Take all that and the fact that Dale always wore an old-style open-faced helmet, and refused to wear a HANS device because it was uncomfortable, and you have a recipe for disaster.
I don't think dale would have abandoned his family like that honestly. He seems like he cared a lot about them so faking his death and going off to live on an island or something without them seems uncharacteristic.
@Rare80 yup. 60 G’s of force. The car went straight into the wall and practically came to a stop for a split second. The angle the car hit, there was nothing to bleed off the energy of the impact. When the cars deflect off the wall on an angle, or barrel-roll, hit the catch fence, etc, those movements are bleeding energy from the crash.
They say in Tony Stewart’s big crash, the steering wheel was Bent. They believe his head/helmet impacting the steering wheel, and the steering wheel bending and absorbing all that force, possibly saved his life, preventing the violent whip-back that could have caused a basal skull fracture.
Also, one of the reasons for Dale Earnhardt Jr’s relative lack of success, was due to multiple severe concussions suffered in major crashes. He raced hurt for a lot of years before getting treatment, and finally hung it up because the next big one could have killed him or caused permanent brain damage...
NASCAR never truly recovered from losing Dale. Period.
This is probably one of your best videos. I felt so emotional and teared up near the end when you brought in Dales last race especially with music chosen and the clips you chose. The whole video I felt all sorts emotions. This entire video is masterclass. Well done, man.
0:00 Introduction 1:34 This is the story of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR’s Ironman 2:02 Jon Bois 2:30 Cannapolis NC, Rural American South 3:50 Stock Car Racing 4:52 Big Bill France, Race Driver, Race Promoter, NASCAR Organized, Structured, Recognized 6:49 A Ticket To Success 7:52 Daytona International Speedway, 2/18/79 2.5 Mile Oval 9:32 Daytona = WrestleMania 10:17 A Magic Blizzard keeps people inside, in front of CBS television
11:10 The Greatest Finish in Daytona History Donnie Allison & Cale Yarborough and The King Richard Petty
13:37 A Hot Start for DE 13:59 A Struggle thereafter 14:37 July 25, 1982 Pocono Accident 15:15 “He was racing to prove he belonged”
17:29 1984 Talladega, Richard Childress 18:11The Intimidator “The Bump and Run” a heel move, a cavalier style 21:02 Bill Elliott, The Face, Speed Elliott, Thunderbird 24:00 Soldiers, Astronauts, Prestige Bravery, Floating Near Death
25:18 Flying 1955 LeMan disaster 26:36 An eerie window of what could have happened 27:05 Restrictor Plates, Slipstream, timing, aerodynamics
28:47 1990s = The Golden Age 29:16 Dale Earnhardt ties Richard Petty 29:48 He has not won the Daytona 500 11 tries, 11 failed attempts Even more missed chances 2nd places and accidents
1979-1996
34:25 A Miracle, February 1998, 20 tries, 1 massive victory
36:20 DE The Old, The Despised 37:40 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 39:48 Michael Waltrip
40:18 February 18, 2001 41:42 Team Play, A Victory for Waltrip, a Tragedy for Earnhardt
I swear to god I watch that ending section almost every week, watching Dale Jr. and DEI going on that tear after The Intimidator's passing, it always gets me. You know, I fell in love with NASCAR after this video, it's one that gets me every time, something about sons trying to prove themselves to their fathers, it hits a particular spot for me, nothing makes me happier than seeing Dale Sr. in these old replays with his youngest son, that's the kind of bond that lasts forever, and I'm glad that Jr. is keeping his memory strong.
Miss ya, number 3, all the way over here from Scotland.
I enjoy EmpLem's videos because he shows so much love to the subjects he's talking about. Not burning neurotic passion, I mean, soft and warm love. Something you feel towards your cats and close relatives.
This video was amazing! I’ve never given nascar much thought but I’m gonna start getting into it because of you! I love the stories of racing, so I can’t wait for future videos! Btw love the dollar shave club poking fun at tyt
this man makes me care about things i never knew or cared about before, even if just for the time it took to watch his mini docs. what amazing story telling
I guess maybe because my family grew up watching racing. My town having dirt racing. But I do not understand why more Americans don't like NASCAR? It's very patriotic! They have the National Anthem! Military jet flyovers! Salute to troops! And what other sport in America does a prayer every week? NASCAR should be more respected, loved, & not taken for granted! We only have 1 life to live & will never see it again when we die...LET THAT SINK IN!
I raced for a while too. Grew up in a similar background in rural Montana. Mans my hero. I raced under number 3 until we got into financial trouble. God speed to him.
38:08 is this an instrumental orchestral version of Deja Vu by Initial D??!!! Truly beautiful documentary. Inspiring work of art. I don’t watch NASCAR or racing at all, but I watched every second of this video. Thank you for your work good sir . . May Dale Rest In Peace
I lived in daytona when dale died. After they made the offical announcement of his death, i decided to drive over to the track. It was just surreal the sheer amount of people that stayed on in town. How the fountain in front of daytona usa was just covered in flowers, candles, toy cars,hats etc it was just insane. I parked and added to the memorial (my dale Earnhardt signature hat and a candle) the silence occasionally broken by someone sniffling or crying was just the saddest thing ive ever seen. It was a testament to how loved and respected dale was...
You know, these videos have taught me more about NASCAR, than anything else in almost 20 years. The way you presented this information had me tearing up when you talked about the moment that Dale finally bit it.
i literally have never cared about nascar before in my life and always thought it was really lame, and yet im finding myself rewatching your nascar videos over and over again. how the hell did you do rhat emp
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Jordan Pence2021-10-14 03:58:56 (edited 2021-10-14 04:14:34 )
I am a millennial and I have two major events where I remember where I was and what I was doing at the time
1) 9/11 2) Dale Earnhardt's death
This is coming from someone who has watched maybe two or three NASCAR races in his life.
Hell, if i was Dale Jr, I'd be happy to have had raced side by side with my father more than anything. I've raced side by side with my father, and even though we were in our semi stock clunkers in comparison to the cars in nascar, it's a memory I'll forever cherish. He taught me how to drive, race, and how to have fun behind the wheel. I remember the death of Dale, and it was definitely a tragedy. He was a racing legend
When I was about 14 I got a Samaritan's purse a kind of gift we used to get in church as the Christmas gift here in Nepal, sent by the American children I got a doll with number 3 and NASCAR on the tags I always thought it was cool but damn this video makes me feel so lucky thanks to the one who sent me the box and this video is next level thanks emp! I remembered a Very happy time in my life
I have no clue if you keep checking these comments, but Dale Earnhardt story is extremely similar to one of Steve Prefontaine. I would love to watch a Never Ever about prefontaine
This vid brought back some somber memories. I was pretty young when Dale died but I remember watching the crash like it was yesterday. Growing up near Kannapolis I can tell you that for many people it hit harder than 9/11 later that year. I'm 100% serious.
Never watched a single nascar race and I probably never will, but I watch several of your nascar videos all the way through and back to back. Thank you for making nascar interesting for me.
Nice video I mean bravo. I wasn't alive when Earnhardt died I remember asking my dad the first time about what happened to him and how he isn't in Nascar anymore? That's when I found out about his death. I didn't even know until he told me. It's a shame that a legendary race car driver dies in a crash that doesn't look that bad enough to die in.😔
I find it sad that some of the most gifted and talented people end up dying sooner then they need too. Its like the universe gives us greatness only to remind us its such a short, unpredictable ride. I was born the month before he died, so unfortunately I never got to watch him race live, looking at this man race so hard and try so hard to accomplish his dream just amazes me.
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Ian Pitts2021-10-18 02:56:43 (edited 2021-10-18 03:06:34 )
Man if I was alive and a Dale fan in 1990 I'd be so heartbroken. All of the 90s would have sucked damn. 98 though 😳🥳🥳 The MJ 8bit is perfect.
My cousin being Richard Petty...I've met him and all kinds of stuff... been to his house. But I never really gave a crap about Nascar. (I'm sure if my family knew I'd be disowned lol) Thanks for this! It kept my interest and that's hard to do.
When I was younger, living in the rural side of North Carolina, my family would watch Nascar races. They had always watched them since the 80's, and if there were two drivers they would constantly talk about, it was the Earnhardts. My mom loved watching Jr. race, and I remember my grandfather having toy cars of the #3 Chevy. While I never found Nascar all that interesting, I thought the Earnhardts were pretty cool.
Man, I'm more interested than ever. All these safety measures it feels like gives drivers far more license to play dirty, I wanna see the drama and revenge unfold live now.
at the moment u said his death cause i remembered when i was 4 years old, not knowing what was nascar clearly, had a ps1 or 2 i dont remember exactly... but i realize that i have always used Dale Earnhardt's car because it seemed cool to me at that moment, and now i just realized the importance this car and driver had and now i feel sad but really happy at the same time
Dale's first Daytona 500 win would be more entertaining if every racers came cheering with him inside their cars, by doing the donut all over the in-field.
my grandpa remembers where he was when Kennedy was shot. my dad remembers what he was doing when the towers were hit. my uncle remembers what brand of beer he was drinking when he was watching dale's last race.
He was dead before he hit the steering wheel and he refused to wear the lifesaving devices recommended at the time by NASCAR. It's sad but it's a testament to Dale Sr's knack for stubbornness. He died doing what he loved, and even if he didn't expect it, he ended up dying so his teammates could take the poll positions. If that isn't a martyr I don't know what is.
Just a reminder to kids out there. Just because you live in a town with " no way out", doesn't mean you are destined for failure. Big cities are overrated and over priced.. trust me
You have the concise whimsy of "the toys/movies that made us" except even more concise and less chessy. As long as what you're saying is fact (I have no idea) you should be on major platforms.
'NASCAR' can return to its former glory, at least the general idea of it, like wrestling is finally tracking back towards. What the market needs is an AEW-type counterweight to compete with the increasingly unlikeable product and ownership. I would LOVE to see Emp make a video comparing the 21st century timelines of stock car racing and wrestling because they are simultaneously funny and almost scary in how direct and numerous the similarities in their downfalls are.
Unless NASCAR itself does a 180 and removes all the forced gimmicks and barriers to entry that are present to potential new competitors and fans, but I think we all know that's even less likely than the idea of somebody starting a whole-new league that's viable competition.
The problem with NASCAR today is the boring racing. It does have to do with it being safer. The horsepower is lower, the cars are easier to drive, and the tracks are too smooth.
NASCAR needs to up the HP, go back to the old tire type, and make the tracks more difficult to drive. The cars are safe now. They just need to be more difficult to drive.
Sold out for the last 4 years at my home town. Maybe your just talking about 1 1/2 mile tracks. The rest are running strong and the races are as drama filled as ever. Smile life is good.
Pretty sure I commented before but screw it I got something else to share lol:
I had an uncle that passed away last year. Uncle Virgil. He was a huge Earnhardt fan. Back in the 90s he put together a game room/man cave. Darts, corn hole, pinball, even a pool table. And the whole room was decked in nascar memorabilia. Particularly #3 of course. He was a Korean war vet and was already stiffed lipped. So when Dale died, he didn't show much emotion for it other than he felt it was sad. But afterwards, he sold off that game room that we all loved at family gatherings piece by piece. And I swear I never heard him laugh or seen him smile ever since.
I grew up in a household that watched NASCAR. I didn't watch a single second of a professional football game until I was in my 20s. I didn't watch a single quarter of a super bowl game until I was 25 or 26 years old. I saw every start and finish to a Daytona 500 until I was 21. My dad's name is Dale, he looks an awful lot like Dale Earnhardt (although, dad hated him for a long, long time because he didn't like the way he raced). I remember the '01 race like it happened yesterday. The 2000 season was the first full season I actually was old enough to understand what nuance the sport had to offer, so it was an exciting race. The race ended. There was a weird feeling. The family went to a hockey game, and I heard about his death on the radio on the way home. A few weeks later my own grandfather died. It felt...the same. In 2001 I was 12. The entire world looked different by the time I turned 13 that November. This stirred up some real deep memories, but was also cathartic to revisit 20 years later. Like, it was a terrible year of my life and his death was the harbinger of my first need to understand life's finality.
Used to follow NASCAR religiously but life got too busy but still follow casually. DE was one of the greatest but also a dirty driver which wouldn’t be tolerated now. A great video thanks
I don't know about others but I stopped after Dale died, I was still a kid watching it and was crushed when he died... I did try to get into it again but drivers now are just annoying for me...
@Prof. Eggnog uR nOt a tRuE nAScAr fAn iF yOu cAnT nAMe eVeRY nAScAR dRiVErS eNtIRe bLOodLinE, tHEiR hIsTOrY, aNd tHe lOCaTiOn oF ⁵ cONcEsSiON sTAnDs aT tHe hOMeSteAd-mIAmI sPEedWaY
Kiwi Chaos what if they lived in Europe? Where nascar hasn’t ever been mentioned? That logic is really dumb. I know Americans that do t even know dale.
I’ll never forget that day. I was 7 years old, and it was the first time I saw my father cry.
I don’t know man. NASCAR is still pretty popular, maybe not amongst youtubers and gamers or whoever you’re hanging out with.. but depending on the track, it still gets packed and brings in a shit ton of money.
I was 7 as well, remember watching and my dad crying out no, even at that age i knew that wreck was really bad watching his car come to an instant, grinding halt.
I was a couple years older, already a years-long #3 fan, sitting cross-legged on the carpet in front of the big wood-encased CRT TV. Mom was the only other one in the house, at the kitchen sink washing dishes. She walked into the livingroom moments after it happened, and before the two wrecked cars even came to a stop I turned to her and flatly said "he's dead." "What?" "Dale Earnhardt. He's dead." She sat on the couch and watched a replay of the crash and assured me that he'd been through far worse, he'd be fine.
Man, that's rough. I was born five months after his death on July 27th so I have no memory of seeing him race or anything but I cannot help but feel sadness at his death. He seems to have been a real sportsman. It is really terrible how he died like that, but it is reassuring that one of the last things he saw was his son and his teammate speeding into the distance together towards the checkered flag in 1st and 2nd place.
@OOZ662 Man, I remember the disbelief from everyone in the room when they took him out the car and he wasn't responding, we were holding our breath as we waited for the word. None of us expected anything from a crash that tame.
You can make a ton of comparisons between Dale Sr. and F1 legend Ayrton Senna. Both very talented, both very scrappy and 'contact prone' (some of the stuff Senna did was nuts, or just plain petulant, like wrecking Prost on the start in Japan), both massively talented in racing in areas where others struggled (Dale was amazing at Restrictor Plate races, and Senna was absolutely mythic in the rain), both have their fans and their haters, but both respected as legends. And both ultimately died in the cockpit of a racecar, and both would've survived based on a matter of inches. (Dale being collected in the earlier wreck, and Senna likely being killed by wheel striking him after it came off in a crash on one of the fastest corners in F1)
I have seriously never teared up watching a YouTube video... until now. This was probably one of the best random Dale Earnhardt videos I've ever stumbled across. This video in its self literally tells the story of Earnhardt himself and Nascar. And your completely right, there will Never Ever be another Dale Earnhardt.
R.I.P "The Intimiadator" Dale Earnhardt 1951-2001 #3 forever
The reason why Dale's crash was fatal because it was the angle of how he hit the wall. When you hit the wall at a certain angle, it will create a sudden stop and inertia will pull you forward causing whiplash. if it was airborn, not saying that it is better but it will not be a sudden stop because there will be momentum flipping you over. It's not the speed that kills you, it's the force of inertia
I think the decline of Nascar is just a perfect storm of everything going against them. The recession hitting its core audience, the rule changes/COT/cookie cutter tracks, make the sport safer thus less compelling (this problem has affected the NFL now too), the France family trying to make the sport appeal to yuppies who don't "get" Nascar. The loss of #3 was tragic, but we've also had many of the sport's greatest talents/personalities outside of Earnhardt (like Tony Stewart, Junior, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin) retire in the past 20 years. The new crop of talent in the sport hasn't even come close to measuring up to the greatness of the old guard, nor do they have really relatable personalities, nor do they have rivalries that are as intense as Earnhardt/Gordon or Dale Jarrett/Everybody. Any sport needs more than just the sport itself to be appealing. You need personalities, you need rivalries, you need some kind of entertainment value to keep people watching. The NFL understands this, as does the NBA, NHL, and MLB. Nascar and the WWE seem to have forgotten this.
What also affected Nascar's popularity is (and I hate to say this because I sound like an old fart) the new generation just not being interested in cars. Growing up as a male in the 20th century, cars were everything to us. We loved everything about our cars, we would work on them with our dads, fix them ourselves if they broke down, drive them around just for the sake of it, show them off to our buddies, etc. Nowadays, cars are usually just seen as things that get you from point a to point b and nothing more. So of course, when your sport is ALL about souped up cars, people who aren't passionate about cars just won't give a shit. And the number of people who don't care about cars has grown exponentially over the past 20 years.
It's not just one thing killing NASCAR, it's a melting pot of everything.
@Tommylee Graves I was born in 1998. I know a decent number of people that treat their car like their child and put huge amounts of work into maintaining them and such, but I definitely know way more who only care about cars when they fantasize about Tesla finally making it so that they don't have to actually drive one.
@Alexis Drohin I would say this generation is very much into cars as more than just a thing to fulfill a task. I have a ton of friends who are saving up for cool cars. The explosions of car centered channels on YouTube like Donut Media is probably mostly due to kids from the 90's or later wanting to learn more about cars. Personally, I'd kill for an old Integra Type-R or a Toyota MR2.
I personally love my car and i wrench on that old nova every chance i get. But i know so many kids my age with a corolla filled to bursting with McDonald’s wrappers, bald tires, and never had an oil Change. It’s baffling. Cars are badass and i can’t understand how the roar of a v8 doesn’t make every person on earths heart beat a little faster.
@Catumin Well I'm a fan of Tesla (I LITERALLY have Tesla in my name), but not for the self-driving Autopilot-whatever shizzle. I want one because when you shut the AP and traction control off, it becomes something to of a Porsche than a bland, uninspiring car to drive. Plus it's electric, so it has some other benefits that regular fossil cars don't have. I'd like to see how it turns out in a series as NASCAR. However, having watched the 1979 Daytona 500 in full last night, I would totally like modern NASCAR to return to what made it compelling. New tech, the same old-school thrills.
Basically all racing series are on a downfall for different reasons as F1 is on a downfall aswell due to dirty air making it so cars cant follow that close hopefully the new rules due for next year but delayed for the year after should fix it as it increases use of ground effect and lowering use of wings
I think you touched on something. Since the 90s there really isn't an easy way to soup up cars. My dad and my grandpa would talk about tuning and other stuff maybe some mods. But with computer based cars and basically bland commuter car taking over in sales there just isn't the $500 "built not bought" type of car. My dad was able to get a camaro cheap as one of his first cars and now you get a camry.
I also think the sport became too team based. Basically other driver let their best team mate win the cup vs having 3X cars all fighting for the W. At least that is why my Grandpa just doesn't give a damn about it anymore.
When you think about it, he probably had one of the most iconic, noblest and desirable deaths a man, and a father... And a son.. could have in all of time and space.. What an absolute legend, its hard not to envy the work ethic and the passion, the fame and the love. But god damnit the man deserved it all more than any of us, and im glad this video exists.. Emp u did great with this!
Emp, you made me cry about something my dad watched for years.. Something I cried over, something I thought I'd never care about. Thanks for explaining it. For explaining him..
Same. I only ever heard stories about him, so up until I watched this video, I knew he was the greatest, but I never understood why. But this video showed me exactly why people call him the GOAT. I showed this to my dad one night just to "double check" the info with a real fan who lived in that era. He was really impressed, and right after he said something to me about Earnhardt, Emp would immediately bring it up.
He literally included one of the royalty-free synth tracks that plays in most of salt's videos. Emp clearly took inspiration here, and it's completely justified.
The restrictors plates on the superspeedways is what bought NASCAR to decline. Those guys could have been hitting 230-240mph these days with all the modern engineering and that would have been a true spectacle.
It was harsh seeing how his career just sorta stopped being so luxurious after winning the Detona. Its one of those things where in a movie, that would be the perfect ending, but in reality, life keeps going
I think the downfall of NASCAR has less to do with threat of death and more to do with the cookie cutter nature the sport has taken on.
Seriously, there's a TON of 1.5 mile tracks. Chicago, Kansas, Kentucky, Texas, and Las Vegas are all essentially carbon copies of Charlotte. Almost 1/3 of the schedule takes place on tracks that might as well be the same
Many tracks look the same, it's not a new fact. What the difference is that they're all in different parts of the US-- I think it's so everybody has the chance to see a NASCAR race in the flesh.
The Only GOOD tracks on the cup circuit (In My Opinion) include: Daytona Talladega Martinsville Bristol Watkins Glen Auto Club Charlotte Roval Kansas ISM Atlanta Dover New Hampshire
They may look the same but each track has different banking some have dog leg tri ovals Some allow people to cut parts of the track like at Vegas or Kansas. Some tracks are extremely wide some are extremely narrow and with the most recent car the racing on these tracks had gotten s bit more chaotic
I'd honestly like to see more tracks like Watkins Glen. I live about 5 miles from Barber Motorsports Park and that would be a great place to hold a NASCAR race. They test Formula 1 there(they tear the track to pieces) and have Indu car races there..
I started there knowing literally nothing about this man or the sport in general really and then when I heard about it in the end I was very upset I was literally crying honestly one of the best sportsman I've heard about in driving
Seriously holding all those cars while his team could make it to the finish line when he went out he went out in bloody Style god damn what a man
The final memory part honestly make me tear up cause he probably didn't want to go out any other way. Going out doing what you loved is probably one of the best ways to go
I think the only NASCAR driver to come close to Earnhardt was Jeff Gordon, Dale's late-career rival, funnily his complete opposite and to an extent, his student in a lot of ways. Jeff carried on Dale Sr.'s style and attitude more than anyone after the 2001 Daytona 500; so in the discussion of who was the best driver after, I don't think there's anyone who measures up to The Intimidator quite like the Rainbow Warrior does.
I’m now crying over a man I never knew about, related to a sport I have no interest in. Emp you are genuinely one of the best YouTubers I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been watching YouTube daily since 2008. You are incredibly skilled, keep up the good work!!
Growing up in rural North Carolina, my dad and grandpa would always tell me of the old races. I always would ask to go and watch, but they would always say "it's not like it used to be". Only in the last few years have I understood what they meant.
I'm from Cabarrus County. Grew up going to the races because the track is 25 minutes away and my dad could get us free tickets. Definitely not the same anymore.
@ccostain I don't know to be honest. The Chase is pretty dumb in my opinion though I haven't watched in years. I don't watch tons of Australian Supercar races but I think that would be a good model to make the sport more interesting instead of going around an oval hundreds of times. I recently watch a bit of the 24 Hours of Daytona and enjoyed it too.
P.S. Sonoma is one of my favorite tracks on Forza.
Just wanted to say how much I adore this series so much. It oozes sympathy and empathy, even for people that don't know or understand the subject matter. By the ending, it's hard not to be incredibly emotional as this does a great job of stripping away all the stuff like "Well it's a silly sport of people going around in circles" and all the technical stuff to just tell the story of a man that gave it his all.
Down the rabbit hole does a similarly good job, but Emp has a very special way of blending his personality into it while DTRH is more neutral and journalistic
45:07 I was deeply moved by the poetry of Dale Earnhardt, you did an amazing job of tying the strings together for this one beautiful realization. From the bond between father and son, between humble beginnings to spectacular ambitions come true, the final words and final moments of Dale Earnhardt play out like genius screenwriter's Magnum Opus. To pass the torch to the next generation, to protect them in the end from something he foresaw, to view them drive off free due to your sacrifice, and to die in the race that you've rightfully conquered. To die granting your final wish, to race no matter the cost, and to do so with your family.
Though I may disrespectful to say it, by dying in this way, he removed all possibility of tarnishing his legacy. In exchange for his life, he cemented himself as the greatest stock-car driver of all time and rightfully earn a tragic hero's send-off.
(His death even went so far as to create the safety that both allowed all future racers to survive and live well, and ensure no greater legend than his own could be made thereafter. As, without the risk of death, the tension and stakes could never rise to the heights of his time. If there is prestige in dying in a war for the safety of those back home, or embodying the will of man to push the limits of human capability as an astronaut, then there certainly is great respect for a man who would give his life to pave the way for his next generation.
@Billy Bust Inside there are also YouTube channels of nascar that can get a following of thousands of people. While there isn't a large channel for something like football its still something. I've also noticed that some of the stuff nascar releases like radioactive are getting more views. People are going back to watch the old ones while this quarentine shit happens
Orange Muncher Just Monika yeah I can see your point of view. Agree the lock downs are definitely gonna help to what degree I guess we will find out when life resumes to normal. Also the iracing NASCAR is doing will also help
Ye but Ryan Newman’s crash scared the shit out of me, I watched it live and man, everyone in the house woke up to me shouting “OH SHIT OH MY GOD!” Before going absolutely silent.
@Billy Bust Inside well not sure about that, it was recommended, and because Cleetus always yells "do it for Dale" I thought to watch the Dale story. Interesting. Living in Europe Nascar is something very obscure, obviously xD
@Billy Bust Inside I mean I've never watched Nascar but watched this entire video and almost teared up, came here after seeing Ryans Newmans crash. Also @EmpLemon wonderful video and beautifully put together, that's an instant sub from me.
Watched this video a million times, and that ending line still gives me chills. "Sure, to win." That just sums the whole thing up perfectly.
And you know this video is a real masterpiece, because I've never watched a nascar race in my life, and it still emotionally moves me every time I watch it.
@sergey kuzmichev Thank you comrade, you've no idea how long I've tried to find this song, tovarisch. (Sorry if I butchered your culture or language btw)
@Moissanite, shinier than Diamonds haha no worries. for reference, emplemon dropped the music list in the description, it was just a matter of googling each song till i found it. Home has another banger called resonance
In my opinion, the number should have been retired forever and kept in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville GA. many others have a different opinion but this is just mine
UNTIL we finally got another driver like him, and better, looking his spiritual succesor... if we ever got him...
Or... at least... let Harvick drive the 3 car when his final full-time season came... as payment to being the one who, even being rushed to fill some GIGANTIC shoes... make the job better than anyone expected...
Richard, when Harvick announces his final full-time season (which is obviuos that is near, maybe in the next 5-7 years), please... let him drive the car he deserved... the... Black and White 3 car...
Yo why tf am I about to cry from a Nascar documentary. Your never ever series is iconic. it's so refreshing to watch an hour of professional editing and knowledge with your personality and passion
As someone who has less than 0 interest in NASCAR, I came away from this video with a newfound respect and understanding of the sport and the man behind the black number 3. I am so glad I found your channel, and these "Never Ever" videos are spectacular. Bravo and keep up the great work. :)
I'm too young to have known about him, but as soon as I heard that music when you said that he entered his car for the final time, I knew something bad happened. I was legit shocked when you finally got to it. I actually teared up a little. I'm sure he thought he made his father proud, especially in his last moments.
I have been a NASCAR fan for almost 25 years Dale Earnhardt was my favorite driver and childhood hero i remember the race he passed away like it was yesterday I was watching that day. he is NASCAR's greatest driver ever and always will be.
I don’t, and have never really cared about cars, neither have I cared about NASCAR or sports in general, but nothing beats a good story, and you sure are amazing at telling good stories. Keep up the amazing work Emp, been watching since 2015 and I love playing these vids when hard at work or drawing.
Yeah I’m in tears , simple . I have an enormous love for DRIVING not just cars or generally cars BUT driving . The relief and therapy sessions I get being behind a wheel could only be impersonated by my girlfriend, honestly. I always feel the love for driving too when I meet other people like me , this sh*t has made me ball in tears . I’m lost for words on this mans life
This one is for Dale, even if I never saw him while I was alive, I am glad that I can appreciate his legacy through this amazing video. Truly one of your best emp.
42:41 When I first heard that announcement, I was genuinely shocked. One of the most famous names in NASCAR gone in a racing accident. It had the same impact as the death of Ayrton Senna.
That was a great great video, you deserve a lot of credit! Dale Earnhardt was the man and will always be! Hopefully one day NASCAR will be back to them days where everyone was in awe about stock car racing, until then I will still continue to watch. #Forevertheman#intimidator#Nascar
You god damn sonofafavricatedmother. I haven’t even gotten close to tears towards anything since my parents divorced. I have never watched nascar before but this video made me feel things. Keep going Emplemon.
Dale Earnhardt and Alan Kulwicki were my favorite drivers when I was a kid. You did an excellent job on this video. If you haven't done a vid like this on Kulwicki, could you please?
Every so often I come back to this video. It is such an amazing watch and my enjoyability of this hasn't diminished after any of my subsequent viewings. Love watching your videos, keep up the inspiring work.
My new favorite all time channel. I never thought twice about Earnhardt or NASCAR before. This doc and it’s ultra high quality were riveting and mesmerizing. Utterly fantastical and amazing. Well done sir.
I grew up with racing. It was always on the TV. My dad's favorite was Stuart and his dad's was Earnhardt. Though I was born after his death, my family frequently would talk about his career as if he was still with us. It isn't just cars going in a circle, man. There's a lot more to it than that.
That man won the Daytona 500 this year...kudos to Michael McDowell, a guy who didn't even have a full time ride until 10 years after starting in the sport, has the most last place finishes in Cup series history, and now that toil has netted him a trophy in Daytona International Speedway forever.
Dale was my favorite racer, I used to watch it a lot and then I saw the wreck live on tv then heard about his death later that night, I haven't watched a race since.
yep, this goes in my "greatest yt videos of all time" playlist. can't believe you made me emotional from a sport that i didn't give a single damn about before this video.
Just wanted to say, this is better than any movie I've seen recently. I've never cared for NASCAR or any of it's intricacies but this video introduced me to this fantastic sport in spectacular fashion. Loved the commentary and loved the editing. Thanks :)
I remember when I finally came around on cars and motorsport and found out what nascar racing is really about. Spent many wee hours of the morning racing dudes named bubba around indianapolis in gran turismo 6.
Just seen the car in 18:19 and Holy shit I remember having a hot wheel of this car! I don’t remember what happened to it but I know I’ve seen it somewhere. It gotta cost a fortune to collect I guess.
I'll tell you what, I love Nascar! I went to a race at Bristol Motor Speedway when I was a kid. But it's something else actually being there. Those cars are like the loudest thing I've ever heard. I remember having to wear ear plugs. I got to collect pieces of tire from the track afterwards! It was a long time ago, but I still remember the energy in that racetrack. Nascar on tv is just too quite, so it makes it blend in with every other sport.
Dale Earnhardt Sr was the greatest NASCAR driver in NASCAR's history. He could do things with the #3 car that other drivers though were impossible to do. Early, in his career, he learned how to use airflow as an advantage. He even had his racing helmets designed so he had better vision. Sadly, one of those open-face helmets contributed to the cause of his death. The other contributing factor was he hated a Hans device and refused to use one but insisted that Dale Jr use one and wear full-face helmets.
I think the fact he dominated "restrictor plate racing" so much was why Dale hated it. He's one of the few truly dominant competitors who genuinely sought competition.
I never liked Nascar because it had devolved so far away from its original roots of regular guys driving their own gearhead fast cars into the corporatized swamp it is today, but this was really good.
This video is obviously a masterpiece, but one of the moments that truly blow me away was 25:09. It’s just so scary yet so remarkable from the question and the music.
It’s insane to think about how they were doing 200 mph at Daytona and Talledega in those old cars that would be considered coffins by today’s standards. They were some ballsy old fellas
This is such a good goddamn video...I am a HUGE motorsport fan, mainly F1. But have always respected Nascar, more so now because of this vid. Thank you.
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Jacob Core2021-09-26 02:42:11 (edited 2021-09-26 03:04:28 )
The only thing I knew about dale before watching this was that he does in a crash. Makes this whole video feel like a tragedy. Edit holy fuck he said that. Emplemon you are on it.
Fans will always remember and respect for race craft of there favorite drivers . There will always be people who praise JJ or Gordon and Earnhardt because they all are great drivers for different reasons. My favorite is how this man was loved and hated as a young boy I loved watching him lose all those races to the kid Gordon kicked Nascars ass in the mid to late 90s
What makes Dale's death even more tragic was how the HANS device, a ubiquitous piece of equipment in ALL motorsport today, was something Dale absolutely did NOT want in NASCAR. We don't know if the HANS device would have saved his life but it's a tragedy that it took his death for it to be implemented.
"A stockcar weighs twice as much as an indiecare" I was eating and literally exclaimed "the FUCK!?" when I heard that. I never realized that the discrepancy was that so f'ing large.
I have never understood why people like NASCAR, and I've never had an interest in it at all, but damned if this video didn't give me goosebumps when it came to Dale's Daytona 500 win, and bring me to tears at his death. You have such a way with words.
15 years for Petty to wrangle 7 championships. 14 for Earnhardt. 11 for Jimmie Johnson. I do think we could see another 7 time champion, but not under current rules. Also, while Petty had less competition than Earnhardt or Johnson he had multiple different points systems that he had to navigate through AND finished runner up as many times as Mark Martin. Petty used the corporate machine that was Petty Enterprises to win as much as he did. Earnhardt was never the cleanest, or most consistent driver. Hell, some of his championships were won in dominant fashion and some were squeakers which he barely won. Maybe if he had a better team in the early 80s he could have more wins and championships. But I still think he would have been inconsistent. Johnson was NEVER the year long dominant driver. He used the first 26 races as a testing ground while usually doing the bare minimum to get into the Chase. Then he would turn it up, pop off, and bend the Chase over his knee and beat it senseless. They are the 7 time champions for a reason.
the irony of dale Earnhardt's death is that he was such and massive opponent of the HANS devices which would have undoubtedly kept him from being killed at Daytona. 6 months following his death nascar made the device a requirement for all drivers.
The most recent fatality took place in June of 2009, when Carlos Pardo was killed in a late accident during a Mexico Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed. The other five drivers to pass away since Earnhardt are Michael Roberts, Mark Hutto, John Baker, Tom Baldwin Sr. and John Blewett III
As someone who’s still a NASCAR fan and was one when Dale died (granted I was 5 at the time and never liked Dale because he drove Chevy’s and I’m from a Ford and Mopar/Dodge family) his death is still felt in the sport today. But thankfully the sport is starting to make a bit of a comeback. Now that Jim France and others have taken over after Brian’s arrest and made positive changes and brought back sponsorship and entertainment to the races. Now the drivers just have to get more entertaining, which we’ve seen some as they’ve started to come into their own. But this was a well researched and beautiful tribute to Dale Sr.
44:42 i remeber this , i hurd there was a 18-20 car pile up , so i came in to the room to watch with the parents ( ther was a 7-10 grown adults watching .... and i remember watch him hit the wall and thinking , that wasnt a big crash how did it kill him ? ( learing it the Sudden stoping from going 200mph to 0Mph will kill u ) God Bless his Soul
I knew nothing about Nascar nor that Dale Earnhardt had even died. I've seen his name but nothing more than that. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't tear up a little. I had thought Nascar was full of reckless hillbillies who love speed but now I know it's way more than that. they support each other unlike any other sport besides maybe MMA which even there some are not good sports, but here it seems like they all respect doing what they love. going 200 mph in a hunk of metal.
Such a beautiful, high quality video. Covered all the key points and more without any legit flaws or missing details. To me, Earnhardt was the Stone Cold Steve Austin of NASCAR.
@JoshuaPacMan He's on about that track that plays just as he finished saying that NASCAR had to push forward regardless of Earnhardt's death. 46:08 to be exact
You're storytelling skills are amazing, words can not accurately describe how good your videos are. They turn something I see as insignificant into something I care deeply about. Thank you for being one of the best, if not the best, youtuber there is.
Emp should make a Never Ever on The Mythbusters, as there really isnt any show like it. The Mythbusters was really the only show where you could see two middle aged men exploding a car because they saw it happen in an 80s movie (and because of *science*) I grew up watching it, and its a huge reason why I am a nerd into everything science related to this day.
Darkstalker Never Ever focuses on subjects that Emp is personally fond of. Unless he’s coincidentally into it as well, giving suggestions probably won’t do much. Just something to note
I agree, there's so far hasn't ever been a show quite like The Mythbusters ever since they were around. Jamie and Adam are pioneers of colliding action, science, and even a sprinkle of economy. They spoke to viewers like friends would, and their interactions on set, while perhaps comical, was a lot more natural than "this is step a, b, c..." The crew they allowed on the show with them to not only accelerate their abilities to conduct said experiments, but also provide more faces to embrace on the show was a nice touch as well. Those five people together showed they loved their job, but sadly it seemed to have gotten old for them.
Mythbusters is probably both the most entertaining and emotional show I've ever seen. The sheer excitement of seeing a cement mixer vaporized and the emotional high of seeing the whole team work for weeks on something they thought was impossible and making a functioning machine is something I cannot describe with mere words.
I know that due to the whole Google banner vs. PETA event that the man behind my favorite childhood show has become little more than a meme, and maybe the topic could be considered "done to death." But this man can be considered the turning point in my life and perhaps many others. The point when we realized how much animals meant to us, as well as how we could pursue the protection of nature ourselves. This man was such an important figure in my life, I literally locked myself in my closet and cried for a straight day after I learned he had been killed. This man, who's passion sparked a whole new generation of biologists. Who's legacy endures, and thoigh many try to imitate his method of presenting nature to everyone, no matter the danger, as a positive part of the world. I know from all your past videos you would do so much background research and truly do a justice to this great hero. I humbly ask you to do a Never Ever on Steve Irwin, the one and only Crocodile Hunter. Thank you for your time if you read through this monster of a post. And thank you EmpLemon for you constant quality content. I appreciate people like you who want to put out the best content, regardless of income or video output rate.
Michael Kosulin2020-03-25 19:38:08 (edited 2020-03-25 19:38:52 )
Why would they put it on Netflix, a paid service, when it's on YouTube for free? Although I agree it's Emp's best video by far and is definitely my favorite video on YouTube.
@Michael Kosulin I think he was just saying that the production quality and content quality is high enough to be on a streaming service like that. I wouldn't take it that literally.
What makes Harvick's March 2001 win even more emotional is that the number 29 car he raced in was Dale's car repainted and numbered. The number 29 was the first available number that didn't include the number 3 (13 and 23 were not taken). The car was repainted in an inverted color scheme to Dale's iconic black Goodwrench scheme. There was a small number 3 on the driver side of the front bumper.
Thank you for making this video. My dad was a huge Earnhardt fan and I was fortunate enough to be able to show him this video before we lost him to cancer
Man, I'm sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace. Who knows, maybe he'll meet the man himself up there! Send my best wishes to your family, Keep on keeping on, brother
@Chromatic_Death Thank you both for your sentiments, it may sound silly but I cried when they revealed the next gen cars knowing he will never get to see them and we couldn't share our passion like we used to. It's a part of life however and I owe it to my dad to get behind the wheel of that ZL1 someday because I know he'll be right alongside me for the ride.
I feel you dude. My dad was so into nascar it used to cause fighting between my parents, screaming while standing on the couch when I was young. I lost him in 2012 to kidney cancer from alcohol. Everytime I hear a loud car or the mention of nascar I smile cause I know thats my dad's way of saying hi.
I don't tend to comment often, especially not on videos like this, but... my dad was a big NASCAR fan, he loved Jeff Gordon and all that, but he told me about Earnhardt, and I had a plushie of Jr's number 8 car in my bed, even though I'd never watched the sport. Until the day he died, he watched the races, and until the day he died, I never understood why drivers going in circles was so compelling
He kept trying to get me to watch the races with him, but I never did. Watching this video after he passed, of cancer as well, makes me feel so many fucking emotions it's unreal
What the hell man. I remember when all you made was ytp’s and now you’re making nascar, which has always seemed like a background event that never had the spotlight, seem like the most interesting thing in the world. You really have a great talent outside of just making a video edit.
as a Formula 1 fan, I can't stop making parallels between Dale Earnhardt's death and Ayrton Senna's death. Surprisingly similar
edit: also I specifically came here to see 25:17. That bit of music is simply amazing and you put it to excellent use! (came here from Summoning Salt, he uses that bit of music often too!)
40:16 - It’s been 20 years to the day. I was five years old on my grandparents couch watching the 2001 Daytona 500.
It was a great race and I was so happy for the DEI cars getting a 1-2 finish. Dale Earnhardt was a hero a mine and we turned off the broadcast thinking everything was good. Not knowing it was as serious as it was.
We learned later that evening what happened and I cried all night. I really hadn’t dealt with death in my young life and my hero was gone just like that.
Watching this video brought a lot of closure to me when I first watched it two years ago. I think Dale’s death was some traumatic memory I was suppressing. Thank you Emp for your hard work.
I Read your comment And IT brought me Tears I can feel the sadness But Life IS Like IT IS. WE Suffer FROM sadness And pain And Somehow WE still get away FROM that WE are together Strong And Believe me IT will prob get worser ITS REAL Like Real Life IS ITS hard cause God IS Testing US To See If WE are Tough And Be Proud And Enjoy this time that WE are still currently Gong for
I don't think NASCAR is interesting at all anymore honestly, but seeing Dale Earnhardt crash at Daytona is probably one of the first sad memories I have as a kid. I enjoyed watching the races with my dad and had a bunch of Nascar toy cars, Earnhardt was always my favorite and I even went as him for Halloween one year. My first dog was also named Daytona, Dale was a pretty big part of my really early childhood. I'd usually on race day play around with my toy cars, spinning them in circles and imitating any wrecks that happened, wound up doing that on the 2001 Daytona race, remember sort of veering the #3 car waiting for Dale to move out and I was just confused as to why it took so long for him to recover from the crash. I was about six at the time. After that racing never really felt the same to me, I knew something tragic had happened and that he was never coming back. It is definitely for the better that these safety measures were put in place, but I never could get back into it after seeing an early childhood icon taken away.
Emperor Lemon, thank you so much for this video. Nascar was one of the few things that my father and I actually bonded over. For the most part, we had a pretty bad relationship, but this was the one thing we could be happy about together. Ever since he passed away in April of last year, I just couldn't watch a race... the pain of losing him and the fact that no one cares about Nascar anymore ate at me. You really did me good Emp. I first watched your videos for youtube poop, but honestly, I think I like your channel more now with these videos. Again, thanks Emp.
“It’s hard to hear anyone who actually cares about NASCAR.”
I guess Alabama really is a different world, huh? Because I’d have a harder time finding someone who doesn’t at least still have a favorite driver and you won’t find a home that doesn’t have some Dale and Dale JR. memorabilia hung on the wall. Earnhardt was everything, and I’ve seen grown men that will still cry about his death. Almost everyone I know was watching it live and can tell you exactly what they were doing and what they were feeling during that moment. Earnhardt and Bear Bryant were 2 deaths that literally made the entire state of Alabama come to a stand still. These people were their celebrities. They were their Princess Diana or Michael Jackson.
There is always a moment of silence in the stands and from the people watching at home or in the bars during the 173rd lap and always around the final turn during Daytona. Anytime Jr. wins Daytona you’ll see grown men cry. There are people that LOATHE Waltrip despite the fact that he was on Earnhardt’s team because he won the day Earnhardt died and not JR.
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Sam Moss2020-02-26 06:01:14 (edited 2020-02-26 06:02:31 )
go to North Carolina....even inmates of all colors make a bet every weekend. not that I have empirical knowledge.but there was that time I was misplaced.
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OG Thor2020-03-02 04:57:19 (edited 2020-03-02 04:57:43 )
The guy making the video obviously is from a city and certainly not from the south.
@Andrew Putnam Trying to find another NASCAR fan in SoCal is like trying to find water here. It's around here somewhere, and when I do see it, It's an amazing moment, but man, it's hard
Haha I was like "what do you mean alot of people have a Dale or Dale JR memorabilia on the wall in Alabama"? Then it was oh wait. I have a Dale Sr Busch beer sign on my wall! Dale yeah!
40:03 this is the moment where i was almost in tears. This video was expertly made Emp. For me to feel genuine emotion for something I never thought I would feel for or be interested in, that's a good ass video.
Being completely honest, before watching this video for the first time I always made fun of nascar. My dad would watch it and I would ask him "This is so boring why do you like it?" but being honest, I am now a huge NASCAR fan. I even have a Dale Earnhardt poster in my room right now because of you.
My uncle has always been one of the biggest NASCAR fans out there. When I was smaller I used to tell him the same thing, "cars running around in circles". You showed me that this sport has a purpose, and I can't wait to let my uncle know I would like to start watching NASCAR with him. Thank you lemon
Alan Trimble that’s all about perception. Yes it was a private institution so of course it was made to make money. But that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the stories and significance the events had on the people watching it.
To be honest, Emp's best work would be choked to death for the sake of money. I just can't trust huge corporations like Netflix and Disney with making genuine content anymore.
I've never heard about any of the people and I've never been interested in NASCAR, but you made me invested in every minute of this, and I got so sad at the end. Very good job!
yepsii i know right. Somehow he made me care about a bunch of athletes in a sport I previously had no interest in in all of 55 minutes. Damn now I’ll be reading Wikipedia articles on nascar for the next few hours.
Came back to this video because the legacy of Dale Earnhardt just saved Ryan Newman's life in the 2020 Daytona 500. Even if only just barely, the advances in safety spurred on by Dale's death just prevented another tragedy.
I wasn’t alive when Dale was, but my grandfather was. He went to every race he could, he owns a hat and jacket signed by Dale. I wish I could’ve met him.
No one truly knows how much love is in nascar, its appealing because the drivers all have there fan bases that we can relate to, not all legends live forever though, and then when they leave, the fanbases crumble, not with dale, he still has a fanbase today, and he will always live on as one of the greatest. Not everyone knows nascar, but if you get into it, youll see what im talking about, you feel what the drivers you like are going through, every win, every loss, every injury, you know, dale dying hit people hard, my dad was a fan of his since he was young and he told me the day dale passed, he cried. My dad is african american, and he loves nascar, i felt the same with ryan newman, one of my favorite drivers, when that crash happened at daytona, i thought he was a gonner bruh, i cried, but he was ok. Nascar is like any other sport, the love, the appeal, the action, and the controversy its all there, people should take it more for granted, not because its the best sport, but because it great.
There’s one slight difference, he has the three tilting in the opposite direction. Ricciardo is probably my favorite on the grid because of his aggressive racing style, just like Earnhardt.
@Colin Quirk while you could make that comparison in post, it should be noted that Joey Logano raced in NASCAR for the first time in 2008, Cars was released in 2006
@Kirby killed A god I actually teared up, but not for Dale; I was watching Darrel's reaction to Michael's win. Live, no one knew Dale had just died. Everyone was so happy for Michael, and watching Darrel crying in joy for his little brother's long awaited win. A really cool, happy moment. Then the hammer came down "We lost Dale Earnhardt..." I felt so bad for Junior, and so bad for Michael. To be on Top of The World one second, and crushed the next. Kind of made that day extra shitty, tbh.
I like most of this video but your point at the end about the sports failure because of its increase in safety nobody wants to see they’re favourite driver die or get injured I think it’s popularity waned because fans didn’t like the car of tomorrow and there favourite drivers retiring
You know you‘re watching something special when the promo has more effort put into it than most other youtubers put into their whole channel Thank you for this video
nascar is not dumb. nascar is not watching cars go around circles. it's ovals not circles. and it takes alot of skills to race in nascar Edit: It's Been 20 Years Since we lost dale Earnhardt, Even Tho I wasn't Even Born Yet in 2001, It Still doesn't feeel like that long ago 😔 #3FOREVER
in a game called real racing 3(mobile)there was once NASCAR racing (it got removed,fck you ea) and it was indeed harder than i expect it to be, because,even with steering assistant and traction controll(brake assist was there too but it makes you slower even on high-speed corners) you would still we easily drift away and bumping in other cars could lead to a loose to, nascar is truly not only going left for 70 laps
Agreed. How many open wheel drivers have took their turn at NASCAR and have been mediocre. Juan Pablo Montoya is really the only recent driver with some success. Plus stock cars have none of the driver aids like F1 and IndyCar.
Indeed, racing is the hardest sport because your door to door with your competitors at almost all time, you are always at risk of being crashed and you always have to be on your toes!
I mean sure it does. But you have to remember any sport can be made to seem dumb. Basketball is just running up a court and throwing a ball into a hoop AFL is just kicking a ball into a goal Football is just kicking a ball into a goal American football is just running up and down a field. It’s not about how complex a sport is. It’s how interesting that basis is
I remember my parents went to see this race, as huge Earnhardt fans... I was only 9 but I remember the immense sadness we all had when they got home. I had a poster of him up in my room for almost 10 years after that day.
I watched this with my son. He was driving me crazy to watch this, I knew the history of NASCAR and Earnhardt Family, but I gotta say that you did a great job of telling their story and the story of NASCAR in great detail. Ty
This video is so sick. I've watched this video, completely ENTHRALLED like 3 times after initial watch, that's just how well Emp put it together. Cheers, Emp.
@nascar and bowling fan 388 I vividly remember the day start to finish, one of the most vivid memories of my entire life. It tore my family apart. He was my family's hero, a terrible day.
@Ryan Koch I started watching NASCAR in 1995 at 7 years old I was 12 when Dale died but in those 5 years he was my idol I admired him I still remember so much of that day myself how I was given the news and everything the only driver I ever cared about as much is his son Dale Jr
It just amazes me that in movies I fail to become emotionally attached to anything, but this Youtube video, on a topic I don't have any reasonable frame of reference beyond the stereotypes, made me care and cry. Good stuff.
Didn't expect to see The Intimidator on this channel, good to know one of the most badass men to come out of NC is getting some love, even after his tragic death in the early 2000's
Of all the things that could possibly make me genuinely emotional I would never have thought that fucking NASCAR would be one of those things. Good video.
It's eire how he blew that tire on turn 4 of the final lap when he was trying to win and walked away unscathed and then the one time he wasn't trying to win, that same turn, on the same lap... it was his last turn he took.
This is my favorite video out there on NASCAR for one reason. It does so good at making you never lose interest. I’ve watched this at least 3 times through and will probably be back to watch it again soon
I knew about Dale and his crash before this, mostly from my dad telling me, but never in this full of detail. Awesome video for such a sad topic. Raise hell, praise Dale.
i get it. what my dad always loved about it. what made him spend hours every saturday or sunday watching cars going around and around. thank you. you opened my eyes so much.
My step dad was actually there at the 2001 Daytona 500 he watched the crash happen. He to this day says the accident looked very routine and like he should've been fine.
Dude this is your best fucking video!!! Oh my god man I love every second of it, and I teared up at the end, he went out helping his team win and I have so much respect for that man
Bro You have officially become one of my college professors I love your work and videos
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william sands2021-07-23 13:54:49 (edited 2021-07-23 13:57:12 )
I used to be a HUGE NASCAR fan. The day Dale was killed changed everything for me. It was NEVER the same again. I can't believe it has been 20 years since that day. Unbelievable.
The writing and video editing is very much on point in this video. However the ending message left a bad taste in my mouth, kinda feels like a slap in the face after watching a really great video. 7.5/10
2007 was my first like. Since then I'd only liked 60 other videos till today. Easily one of the most captivating videos on the platform. Also I guess background, non-American, who figured NASCAR was a stupid sport, that I couldn't understand why anyone was interested in, and was expecting to not enjoy this video at all. And I also had no clue who Dale was.
It was incredibly hard to watch the race when Dale died because at the end Dale Jr. went running across the track after finishing and it kinda scarred me
man i’ve grown up with first track and i wanna be a dirt track racer maybe even a nascar racer but i’m not gonna stop watching nascar and dirt races for a long whole
It hurts to hear the intro of this video... but I agree the 21st century killed nascar. Whe someone won nascar you could've drove drove down to a car dealership and see the sponsor car that won and you could buy it. That's how big nascar was, now nothing.
"Rendering them virtually unable to contact each other on the track as even a slight tap can produce a scrapyard of wrecked racecars". See last 100 restrictor plate races at Talladega and Daytona for reasons why that logic doesn't hold.
Dale's death had the same effect on NASCAR that Aryton Senna Elio De Angelis's deaths did on F1.
De Angelis's death during a testing session in 1986 spelled the end of the ultra high powered turbo era of 80's F1 which ushered in the naturally aspirated engine formula that would last until 2008 and completely changed the way racing circuits were required to staff their facilities during test sessions while Senna's death resurrected the GPDA and completely changed the way that the FiA thought about safety for the first time in 20 years.
I read the book "Earnhardt Nation" about the history of the Earnhardt family and NASCAR and it gives you a whole new perspective on them. And legend has it that when both Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt were both racing, Darrell was (and still is) a Christian and his wife would write a Bible verse that Darrell would put on his dashboard and Dale found out about it since they were great friends and Dale started to do that as well and put a Bible verse on his dashboard and also became a Christian. Just before the 2001 Daytona 500, just before the race started Dale still didn't have his Bible verse and refused to race if he didn't have it, but they eventually got it to him. That could've saved his life
It’s not just like Michel or Tom falling dead, it’s like as if it was an even game and, game is about to end, and you score the last couple of points before the game ends and they where to drop dead, almost poetic
Man could this make a great movie. I mean, look at what they did with Ford vs Ferrari, kinda give it that feeling but make it Dale's career, that could be epic
I dont watch nascar, but the argument "They just go in a circle" is really dumb when you consider that Drag racing is literally 2 cars going in a straight line for a few seconds.
My mother's late friend was an eccentric rich Floridian man who was in a pacer car at the Daytona 500 the day Earnhardt died. Mom's friend had apparently been super excited, especially since he was a massive Earnhardt fan. He left early and was on his way home, listening to the rest of the race on the radio when the announcement came through. Mom was visiting at the time he arrived home, she said he went to his office and sat there in silence til morning. He'd been a huge car and racing enthusiast for his entire life, but stopped after that day.
...Honestly, after watching this, I'm kinda surprised nobody has made a movie about him... Or some sort of animated series. Hell, Japan has done plenty of weird Anime about obscure shit from the West. I bet one of them could get somethin' going with this.
I mean, he's got all the hallmarks of a great show/movie... Or even an anime. Starts from nothing, father doesn't want him racing... Starts racing anyway, and forces himself up to the top of the top. Coming dangerously close to becoming the literal greatest driver in the sport's history... Only to finally, tragically, fall short... But perish watching those he loves and cherishes get the win, despite it all. Perhaps not a hero, but quite the story, regardless.
"It's nearly impossible to find anyone these days who cares about NASCAR" Tell that to the still dedicated fans, 679,000 people subscribed to the NASCAR YouTube channel, and celebrity fans of the sport such as Kevin James, Chris Evans, James Franco, Alvin Kamara, Michael Jordan, etc. There are still plenty of people who care about NASCAR today But I'm glad you're trying to change that
Bruh how did you not know that? I take it you didn't realise that Richard Petty's car and crash are literally in the movie? As well as other racers like Andretti, Dale Jr., and Waltrip?
Or maybe even that the fact that the first and last race takes place in a cartoon version of Bristol and Auto Club?
There will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt Sr. in NASCAR because the people ruining ( I mean running ) NASCAR will never allow it. The organization that was NASCAR is so diluted I'm surprised it's still around.
I will never be able towatch NASCAR, but man. What a story. I have ADHD and its so hard to keep me watching something. But i never for a second got uninterested.
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robert smith2021-07-31 22:29:52 (edited 2021-07-31 22:30:40 )
Dont let Teresa see that Dollar Shave Club ad. She'll sue you, DSC, youtube, all the people who watched your vid, the phone companies that made the phones along with the ISPs that provided the wifi signals. She IS that "sue" happy.
Less people watch because now, the drivers are young and wealthy. Back at the beginning, they were older and had to really work for their cars and all the parts. They make way too much money now and young drivers just aren't relatable to older people. The racing started by driving moonshine and drivers today are too young to drink.
In grand turismo I was in dale jrs car me and my dad were racing in Daytona like I said I was in dale jrs car and my dad was in jeff Gordon's car and again like I said we were racing in Daytona in the game and I crashed like dale sr
@ShaddyCrunchum Damn straight. It may not be like the glory days but I can still find some enjoyment watching those stock cars turn left for hours haha.
You've convinced me with this video. And I really believe you've got a mastery over editing, pacing, and getting someone hooked on any subject. The level of quality for the changing between slides as well as your soundtracks picked are perfect. A far cry from the old YTP days.
Wow... I'm into Motorsports, but I've never been following any specific series from start to finish, just a bit of everything. Before this, NASCAR to me seemed like it does to most others - just cars, going in circles. I never imagined that it was so competitive, just like many other sports. As the documentary was progressing, I was getting attached to this sport and Dale Earnhardt himself. By the end of the documentary, the bond was strong and I actually felt emotional how other teams came over to congratulate the racer after winning Daytona 500, how people would put 3 fingers in the air to pay homage to the legendary racer. What an amazing documentary. Thank you for making it
I grew up in rural Alabama, not too far from Talledega. In fact, I used to pass it every day on my way to work. But that was after. I had a friend over when it happened. We came out to see my dad crying. We were upset ourselves, and the play date just didn't seem the same.
Thank you for telling the story of the man we all venerated, because he earned it.
I grew up with #3. He was my childhood hero. I cried when I found out he died. This is, by far, the best capture of Dale's legacy I've ever watched. 👍🏎️🏁
i'm a euro who knows NOTHING of nascar and i've watched this three times. fantastic effort. I imagine videos like this take a lot of out a person but they're worth every ounce of it. cheers
As someone who grew up with NASCAR racing my entire childhood in the middle of Florida, going to Daytona and seeing the 500 was the highlight of every year. We would wait for February every year and be ecstatic to see the 500. We weren’t at the race that day, but I will never forget the day Dale Earnhardt died. Wether you agree with his racing techniques or not, he will go down as a legend of racing, and sports in general. RIP Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt (1951-2001).
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David Jenkins2019-03-12 04:28:22 (edited 2019-03-15 01:50:51 )
I've been a Nascar fan since the early 80's and I can tell you many reasons why Nascar has declined drastically. The sponsors gained way too much power, Nascar went into this gimmick phase, they screwed up the cars big time, tried to take the drivers and teams freedom of speech away, fans got suspicious about the possibility of races being fixed, it got way too expensive to attend races, some of the more popular tracks like Bristol, Darlington, and Atlanta were ruined by replacing or having their second dates taken away, the drivers with the exception of a handful are corporate drones, and the overall tv experience is just way better now. There will never be drivers like Dale Sr who can take ill handling fire breathing chariots from hell and win with them. RIP Dale Sr, the racing world hasn't been the same since you've left us!
Walter Rohrl, who drove the group B audi is still alive. It's crazy to think he memorized 40km stage after a single practice run, then drove it in the fog and at night at full speed and was 5 minutes faster than anyone else that day.
but sadly, rally drivers are not made like that anymore since consistency earns you more money than being a personal driver who likes to be spectacular t o watch, not some alien dude whom gets consistant timesand placements, doesn't take very many risks, good on him, but boring to spectate for the sport
IndyCar has a growing young fanbase because I heard that they think its like a video game they are going so fast. Watch any Indy Oval race and you will see why, especially Texas.
Had to come back and watch this on the anniversary of Dale's death, thought we had another one last night with Ryan Newman, thankfully safety advancements definitely saved his life.
i was a large fan of dale earmhardt as a.kid i still have his cars in my collection... i was at the firecracker 400 where he won and the daytona 500 where he died. the first time they introduced an "earnhardt" section... i was wondering why he drove irractically and out of character on the back strecth...(had he gone for the win himself and not block for that loser michael waltrip to win he would still be alive) .. i was at turn 4 and focused on the crash instead of victory lane.... it was immediately different. the diver that hit earnhardt into the wall immediately jumped out pointing to dale's car... i then saw his wife run towards the car as the crew placed a blue tarp on top of the car...i am in one of photos of the wreckage as a spectactor i already knew that something terrible happenned something that was at the very least career ending. i was thinking a lost hand... on my way home i heard on the radio he had died... i could not believe it... i still can not...
as a nascar and race fan over all we did not want to see our heros die.... but we did see them as invincible... i became less of a fan for other reasons... one race the track fell apart during the race... then rain outs... open wing cars can drive in rain. i am now into grand turing or f1 racing more than nascar.. also green white checkard rules and slower cars as well as constant rule changes and corruption regulated the sport down to almost jai lai levels of popularity...
there is however a surprising amount of high technology involved in each race team and a lot goes on behind the seens that will definately take the hic stereotype out of anyones head once they see the garages and the cars themselves.
I'm from the UK, so the only one of these videos I can really relate to with previous knowledge was Spongebob, but this video series has educated me on things I had no idea about and are so entertaining I have watched each at least four times. Really looking forward to the next episode.
I live near the Daytona Speedway! Fun fact, the stands are so large, that they had to take into account the curvature of the Earth during it's construction.
He was a great driver, and his death was extremely tragic, but I personally felt like he was dangerous/reckless. If you were in the lead, and he managed to get up close to you in the last few laps of a race, you either got out of his way, or he was absolutely going to crash you. The amount of final lap crashes he caused in the 2nd place position is astounding.
Dallas Gaben, your comment seems a lot like Dale. 1978: " Who is that stroker (desperate driver trying to get signed)? 1979:ROTY 1980: Winston Cup Champion. "Wow! This cat's good!" February 18, 2001. Darrell Waltrip, after the race ends, "Is Dale ok? I hope Dale's ok......" Mike Helton, "This is undoubtedly the hardest thing I've ever had to say, but after the crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500, we've lost Dale Earnhardt....." NASCAR fans, employees, and drivers collectively, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
I'd say that he died a cool death, doing what he loved. As Dale himself said, when asked whether he had the choice of racing or doing something else, what would he choose? "I'd wanna race!"
@Christopher Graham wow never thought my comment would've been similar to anything,i just really like the video and got a little bit emotional after watching it,it's really cool to know that,thanks mate :D
Dale was an ass on the track, but off the track and in the garage, he was the go-to guy for advice. He was THE boss in garage area, and if you got out of line during the race, you can be sure he'll pull you aside afterwards and rip you a new one.
His death still hurts me to this day and I didn't even like the guy as a driver, I thought he raced like a jerk off by wrecking other team's cars. Drivers not being safe isn't why nascar isn't as popular as it was and that's insulting that'd you even suggest that. The problem is 100% the gimmicks and stupid rule changes done over the past decade or so. No one asked for or wanted the chase or stage racing, it's goofy. Only good thing they've done is add more road courses, I've always liked the road courses. I'd watch again if they got rid of those two things, they removed the strategy and endurance from the racing entirely with stages and the chase is just stupid. I haven't watched a race in probably 3-4 years now.
This video is why hearing "We're Finally Landing" by Home moves me to tears now. There's just something about how your timing, your use of that song, turned it into a bittersweet portent of the tragedy that befalls the hero of the story you've told.
Lol thx for giving me the song's title! I've heard it in, like, 3 separate videos from some of my favorite channels, but I couldn't find its name– til now
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Moon Drop Grape2021-07-05 15:40:07 (edited 2021-07-05 15:40:29 )
"have you ever seen a nascar fly?"
Home - We're Finally Landing that got me harder than it should have
Wow, what an amazing story. I always grew up hearing his name, but I never knew how important he was. I think I'll look into the sport even more now because of this legend and his backstory. Thank you.
Calling back to that song before directly calling back to the most tragic accident being both missed and caused by inches was genius. It chilled me to the bone.
Beautiful man, beautiful story, beautiful end. I stopped watching nascar when I was little but I will never stop thinking that dale was an amazing man and role model
As someone raised on Nascar, there’s almost no greater hero to a kid growing up in rural Appalachia than Dale, I say this being a lifetime Gordon fan. I was born months after Dale’s death and throughout my childhood my brother (who’s a dirt track racer here) would always tell me about the man. I read biographies, I watched old recordings, and I cherish it so much. Dale may have been #3 but in the hearts of all fans he remains #1.
It should really say something about the video quality when I didn’t even know anything about NASCAR going into this, and I still cheered when Dale won the Daytona 500
I watched it happen live and cried that day. A year later my brother took me there for my birthday. Landed in Tampa and got a white rental. We duct taped a perfect number three to each door and hauled add to Daytona. God it still hurts thinning about Dale.
This is the best video about Dale Earnhardt, the way you put it together kept my attention and had me glued to it the whole time, you knocked it outta the park Emp!!!-
Brother you encapsulated everything I have ever felt you made my wife cry and she's not even a Nascar fan well part-time Nascar fan I love that era I remember watching it on TV I remember waiting for Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500 you encapsulated everything that was meaningful about that man's existence my hats off to you thank you
My grandfather grew up next door to Ralph and Martha, and got in trouble all the time for racing his cars with Dale. My family has been close with the Earnhardts for decades. I will never forget where I was when I heard the news that he had passed away.
Thinking that the last thing Dale Sr. saw was his son and Waltrip racing to the finish line, was difficult to imagine without having a few tears stroll down your cheeks. Sr. was one of my top favorite drivers, as well as my dad and his dad’s favorite driver. My paternal grandfather would say “He don’t take shit from nobody.” I mean, he’s called “The Intimidator” for a reason. I wasn’t born at the time he died but, with the combination of hearing my dad talk about him, and seeing some past races, he became one of my favorite NASCAR drivers. He’s one that will be deeply missed by the ones who loved him. I’m sure his dad, Ralph would be proud of him. R.I.P DALE EARNHARDT SR. (The Intimidator) and to others who passed from racing.
I really like this video and the way the story is topd. However, I think you should have mentioned that Earnhardt actively rejected the HANS. This stubbornness cost him his life.
He died a legend. He died doing something he loved. How many people could truly say they died doing something they loved if they had the chance to do so?
Growing up I had a Dale Earnhardt lunch box with the black number 3 right on top. I had known from the start that Dale Earnhardt had died racing on the final lap of Daytona, but no one ever told me that he died while protecting his team and his son. As a grown man who has never watched a full NASCAR race, I started to cry when I heard that.
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Josef Anon2021-06-05 05:21:22 (edited 2021-06-05 05:21:30 )
I know everything there is to know about Dale. He is the reason I started watching nascar. And was the reason I stopped watching nascar on February 18, 2001.
I come from a small town in Southeast Indiana, and my grandparents got me into Nascar, especially my grandpa.
I remember spending Sunday afternoons after church with my grandpa in the living room watching cars make constant left turns, surrounded by the smell of Budwieser and Planters honey roasted peanuts, enraptured by the roar of engines and him yelling at the TV. My grandpa was (and to my knowledge still is) a diehard Dale Earnhardt fan, so I was too. In fact, unlike many, I became a fan of his bump and go racing because of my being an Earnhardt fan, not the other way around.
I was six years old when we watched that race together. My dad, his son, had been killed in a brutal car accident when I was still a baby, and I think it hit my grandpa especially hard. My grandma had always been a Jeff Gordon fan, and because of that he had always been my second favorite, suddenly bumped up to first to fill the void.
I'd still watch races with my grandpa, but it was never the same. Girls and Halo slowly replaced Nascar, and by the time I hit high school, I hadn't sat and watched a race in a while. Honestly, Dale Earnhardt himself was the draw for me, and when he died in that crash, so too did my zeal for Nascar.
Only now, in my late twenties, am I getting back into local racing, amateurs at local tracks driving their own vehicles, free of sponsorships and deals. The drivers are normal people with day jobs that you see out in town and they work on their cars themselves.
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Way to Go Paul.2021-06-18 03:04:42 (edited 2021-06-18 03:05:00 )
Dale’s death is like a wise masters death in movies after he sees his student’s success and he dies with peace and a smile.
Also this guy really knows what buttons to push with the Gran turismo music.
I watched NASCAR when people like Richard Petty, AJ Foyt, David Pearson and the Allison's were racing. I never watched when Earnhardt was racing and I don't watch now.
46:09 I love how you blended Mario Galaxy music in this part. It sure makes the scene feel cathartic and magical. I can watch this part all day. Great video.
Pssh. that just has a split happening when Bigfoot broke off from the USHRA in the late 90's. No downfall needed until the one that is happening currently as Feld Motorsports is doing weird stuff with the Monster Jam Events.
NASCAR's scoring system is literally nonsense, like, how the fuck did Red Byron win the overall season with 4 fewer wins, 5 fewer top 5s, and 2 fewer top 10 finishes!? NASCAR seemed to know their scoring was flawed because 2nd place Fonty Flock got paid more? I'm honestly still irate! It makes no fucking sense on ANY level.
This is is crazy emplemon who does ytp but has an interest in cars and serious driving. It frightens me when he put gran turismo music. I alway under estimated oval racing until i tried it. gt6 rc car oval racing was really intense. I never got tired of it along with rally, short course. Anyone who tells me that oval racing is just full gas turning left I will conclude they don' like race driving at all. But i will admit I dont like watching nascar but driving an oval car of any kind is a different story. I just realize emp is becoming a writer. Awesome video emp.
This is an awesome video with a very interesting presentation. Even my wife who has never been interested in NASCAR loved it. I am from Alabama and born in 1958. This video totally sums up my evaluation of the NASCAR sport. I was an Alabama Gang fan and very offended by Earnhardt's aggressive driving style back in the day. But now I agree he was the greatest ever. I was a NASCAR addict back in the 70's, 80's & 90's and have no interest in the sport today. I have shared this video with all of my family & friends and thay all love it also. Thanks for such an incredible summary of my thoughts of what used to be my 2nd favorite sport. Of course growing up in Alabama - football was and is always #1. I am a WAR EAGLE Auburn Tiger supporter and despise everything about the Crimson Tide (similar to my feelings toward Earnhardt back in the day). Thanks again for one of my top video presentations ever!
Whenever I head into a Never Ever video, I always know it'll be good.
I was 1 at the time of Dale's death. I didn't become a fan of NASCAR until I was 6, and I didn't know about Dale until I was 7. Considering I never saw him race, and never had a true emotional attachment to him like the older fans do, I did not go into this video expecting it to make me cry and to send chills down my spine.
Incredible job on this, Emp. You've done Dale proud.
God rests this man's poor soul up there, along with Paul Walker, James Hunt, Aytron Senna, Colin McRae, Marco Simoncelli, Nicky Hayden, and more recently Nikki Lauda, and lest we not forget about the others who died happily by speeding out there
Rewatching this video for the Nth time already, and I reached a conclusion, there is ONE, and I repeat, ONE driver that is on par with Earnhardt, and that man is Ayrton Senna, the greatest F1 driver of all time that was killed in a fatal crash just like Dale, Senna is still one of the biggest icons in brazilian history and represented much more than a sport, it represented the entire country of Brasil, from its inception, to everything there was, he embodied it, and he overcame everything to become a legend, just like Dale, he isnt only a driver, he is everything else there is to be to someone, even 26yrs later (in Senna's case) and 19yrs later (in Dale's case)
Emp Lemon you literally got me interested in Nascar and racing. I have gotten my permit twice but racing stock car racing is really getting me motivated to get my license
TL that part really was perfect man. his son being followed by waltrip, the music, i especially love the commentary. “Using lessons learned from his father to go from 6th to first! Yes! Yes! (we love you man, you did it).”
Gusty Garden Galaxy is such a powerful piece, every time I hear it in a video memories of me playing Super Mario Galaxy come flooding back, along with my tears of course.
I actually remember this moment ( 36:45 ) when I was a kid. All of my family, (who were Earnhardt fans) cheered when he spun Labonte, laughing about it. When I was a kid, I thought it was mean of him to do. Looking back on it, it was a result of his namesake, "The Intimidator." As said in the video, "You got out of his way, or he would make you." Well, he made Terry move. He had something that what I feel most drivers today don't have, and that is "character." When you see that black #3, you immediately start to think, "Uh oh. Here comes trouble!" It made me feel excited to see it, like something awesome was going to happen. Now that I think about it, Dale Earnhardt may be responsible for why my favorite color scheme to this day is black, red, and sliver (or white in some cases.) I will agree that without a shadow of a doubt, there will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt.
Dale truly was the last "character" in NASCAR. Everything today is just homogenized and boring. You knew back when Dale was on the move, shit was going down. You stopped what you were doing and watched.
Notice all the badass Legends are either dead or retired......and since everyone knows they can't be that good they don't try and end up making it boring......oh we also had Danica Patrick but she was shit.
Never Ever is my favorite series on YouTube. I've never cared about NASCAR, pro wrestling, or Sponge Bob, but those are still among some of the best youtube content I've ever seen, I was on the edge of my seat every damn second of the way. Thanks, Emp, you're a gem.
My dad once told me that a lot of his heros died too soon. For years, I’ve known about Dale through my dad, but I never truly understood his legacy until this video. RIP Dale Earnhardt
So I grew up on NASCAR and this was the best video I’ve seen about it on YouTube. Even I learned some things. This was an exceptionally crafted video about the sport.
When he said "Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" and the synthwave came on, I knew it was about to get real. (That song is also kinda nostalgic as well for me personally)
Edit: Those last 10 minutes hit hard, and of course he played the most nostalgic music I could think of over it, what a beautiful god damn story, I solute this soul. 2000's were some of the best years of history.
It seems like you're determined to make me emotional about sports I've never even bothered to look into before. The story of Earnhardt is one of the most gripping ones I've seen, and honestly kinda encapsulates the quintessential narrative of a sports legend rising to the top. It's inspiring to listen to how he remained determined to succeed until the very end, even when he vocally complained about the restrictor plates. Thanks again for making videos like this, your editing and voice are perfect for stuff like this.
49:06 I don't see how someone walks out of that jeeez Do they at least fucking pass out when that happens? maybe get a headache? like how the fuck did that lil bump take my boi dale but you can do a fucking upside down 1080 and 20 rolls and just casually walk out of the car?
Most of the time, drivers nowadays get little to no injuries from wrecks like this. Dale passed because he refused to wear a HANS device (which was basically a seatbelt for your head) and ended up with several head and neck injuries
For me, Dale Earnhardt Sr. will always be my second favourite racer, for everything he did for everything he did for the sport. (My favourite is J.D. McDuffie, who simalrly died of a Baskilar skull fracture ten years before, it was a nice touch to add him last since he holds that record)
In my humble opinion, this is the finest video you've ever released.
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Sad Monke2021-04-19 09:44:15 (edited 2021-04-19 09:49:27 )
He had an amazing career. He won all the events he could ever win. He even raced with his flesh and blood. And he went out in a sport he loved and watched his team win the race. I’m positive that he proved that he belonged. He is one of the reasons why NASCAR is as safe as it is right now.
I've never watch a race of NASCAR in my life, but wow. This was amazing
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Matthew The Man2021-05-10 16:56:33 (edited 2022-03-14 21:34:37 )
40:06 the way this whole vid was done caused this to spark so much emotion in me. The quality of your videos and how you execute them is inspirational. To clarify this made me ugly cry. The respect I hold for these men unbelievable.
I was at some of these races. Some of the best memories of my childhood. I remember my dad and his friends fighting Jeff Gordon fans and all the men in my family bawling over Earnhardt's death.
I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but my fandom started years after Dale Sr.'s passing (I was 5 years old in 2001), but this video has truly elevated my appreciation for him, what he means to the sport, and my own appreciation for NASCAR overall. While I've made peace with the fact NASCAR will never be as popular as it was before my lifetime (I started watching, ironically, right as it began to decline in popularity in the late 00s), I hope it rebounds somewhat with the new teams, new sponsors, new drivers, and the Next Gen car coming next year. Excellent video.
Me: hey Dale, don’t block marlin so hard, something may happen Dale: how do you know this Me: well, let’s just say, someone may die Dale: ok, but if it comes down to it, I will block Sterling Marlin Me: ok
Race ensues and on the last lap, Dale continues to block Marlin, until Ken Schrader gets a little loose and hits Marlin as they go to the grass and Dale finishes the 500
Instead of saying, "No Dale, don't go to Daytona," I would say, "Don't block Merlin when it comes down to it, Just give a little push to your son and Elliott!"
This video was recommended to me by youtube about a year and a half ago. Since then I have rewatched it over and over again. I never got to see Dale race but I had always watched some of his races on youtube here and there. My mother was a huge fan of him. So I heard a lot of the amazing stories of his career. After watching your video on frying comments I got to thinking that I never knew you were a pooper. I found you through this video and as far as I ever knew until that video I figured you created content just like this and you earned at least my respect over the past year and a half. After seeing all of your new content about youtube and the shit that they pull, you earned a lot of my respect there because you are not afraid to go against the establishment and the system and to voice your opinions no matter the consequence.
This is a truly amazing video. You had me emotional and eyes watering over a sport and sports icon who I knew existed, but knew nothing about. Truly amazing work, Emp. Another masterpiece.
I remember going to Daytona with my family as a kid. I loved racing as a kid. My uncle would take me to the small race track by his house and when I visit him he always has a race on. He was the person that got me into racing. Once Jeff Gordon retired I stopped watching because he was my favorite driver. I want to get back into it but it’s not the same without Gordon.
I remember this race vividly. I am/was/and always will be a Jeff Gordon fan. My dad is still to this day an Earnhardt Sr. fan. We were sitting next to eachother on the couch and when he hit the wall and was pronounced dead. Both me and my dad broke. I rarely ever see that man cry and we had a mutual love-hate relationship with the others favorite driver. But when he was pronounced dead...nothing could have brought us closer and deeper into the water works. 6 years later when Jeff won his 76th race and he and the pit crew paid respects to Sr. with the flag. made us both tear up like the accident just happened all over again.
Great video man. I grew up watching NASCAR. DW was my favorite driver as a kid until I became an Dale Sr fan in my teen years. This brought back a lot of memories and emotions. I don’t even watch NASCAR anymore. I stopped watching about ten years ago. Since there is no more Dale Sr or Jr, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson, Gordon, Rusty Wallace.... there ain’t much appeal. It’s about the drivers. Besides the Bush brothers and Harvick; there aren’t any drivers I care about watching anymore.
In the glory days of NASCAR when I was a young teen only two things made me happy on race day. Either a Mark Martin victory or Earnhardt loss. There has never been a driver I hated more. Hatred I tell ya....I cried like a baby when I heard the news. Racing was never the same after that
This video is a YouTube masterpiece 3x his audience has seen it and even more people should honestly, some of the best writing editing and storytelling in any video on this site
Dale left it on the track, he saw the beginnings of the decline. Nothing stock and only a few owners with multiple teams . Then change the whole points system to cater to television and a different fan base than the ones that they had. Dale was special for sure.
earnhardts win at daytona was so satisfying because of the constant edging from him getting so close to victory and failing right before he got there. these people that have replaced him in various different aspects won without any misfortune stopping them doing so. It didnt feel like they had to overcome any unmountable odds
I am way late to see this, but this story always makes me a little sad, I am a former nascar fan, but I am super attached to this story, not even because I am an Earnhardt fan, (Pure rainbow warrior here)
But the first race I ever watched and remember every moment of, was on that one february in 2001, the Daytona five hundred. I was five years old, and hell, I didn't even know how big the crash was at the end, I was still crying because I saw that Jeff Gordon had wrecked in the big one earlier. But the crash even if I didn't know what the severity of or... really even what death was, stuck with me until I was a much older fan with much more respect for the sport. I look at the days of Gordon and Earnhardt that I never even saw as the greatest period in Nascar history, and well, the only race I ever got to see with those two on the track was the last time they would ever share a track.
It's kinda haunting, that, and that my first formula 1 race was Japan 2014, maybe I shouldn't pick up new motorsports, but I have morbid memories of this first race just because of how young I was when it happened
Two times in NASCAR history that everyone watching the sport shed a tear for Dale. First was when he finally won the Daytona 500 and every team lined up on pit road to congratulate him as he headed to the winners circle. The second time was when he died.
NASCAR hasn't been the same since he died. It will probably never get back to that and it is sad. I say this while I was never a huge Dale Earnhardt fan. I have however respected him and that level has only grown.
I like how you act like Dale's town being unincorporated for a long time is a big deal. Lots of towns are still unincorporated, you'd be surprised. Also, some people really like living in a small rural village and aren't just trying to get out to somewhere "better" (worse). People out in the country are nice people, I've lived in/near cities most of my life and most people are just rude and always in a hurry.
Everyone should know how great Dale Earnhardt was. And a lot of people here in Florida have met him, he was a fucking awesome guy, on top of being an extreme talent.
The Imtimidator (Jokes aside, I LOVE This video, I’m just learning about Mr. Earnhardt, and I’m loving learning about him. Mr. Earnhardt Jr., Teach your son the ways of the Earnhardt.)
when you drive fast, turn fast, do anything really that’s moderately speedy, you don’t really think about it.
But I’d imagine that when you get bumped and start heading towards that wall. Everything slows down. And you see every timeline at once. The ones where you die, the ones where you live, the ones where nothing happens. And then a slight sting And a ring.
43:18 exactly how can he walk away from such horrific crashes but die just by hitting the wall( I know it's 190mph but comared to the other crashes this one is nothing man)
The music in this documentary is astounding. The way that the House of the Rising Sun riff keeps coming back, the way that the same song is used once for the crash where the car almost cleared the catch fence early in the documentary and again for Dale's final race is so chilling. I went into this film knowing nothing about Dale Earnhardt, but the minute I heard that music that was played over a nearly-catastrophic crash earlier in the film start up a second time, I KNEW something absolutely heartbreaking was about to happen. Amazing editing, amazing writing, amazing film. Thank you for this work of art
I have a #3 hat and a couple all over portrait print #3 shirts in my wardrobe at the moment and no other articles of clothing get more attention out in public than those pieces. People still love this man and his legacy just as much as ever.
2:00 So EmpLemon WAS inspired by Jon of Secret Base! I got that vibe immediately after watching this, and especially when watching the "sequel" to this, the NASCAR revenge video.
You can say that there were TWO tragedies that happened in the year 2001...one of them is Dale Earnhardt dying and the other...is of course...Stone Cold turning heel by shaking hands with Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 17, marking the end of the Attitude Era.
Lee and his son were something else tho. Comparing between them and Earnhardt would be like comparing Rocky Marciano to Cassius Clay. Everyone proclaims the later as the best but the stats prove VERY differently. Still both gods of stock.
Dale Earnhardt was a legend. I was a kid and didnt have the fortune to see the start of the era. But after Davey Allison and then Earnhardt, I was done. These guys are legends but I just couldnt watch the sport after Dale.
I think Kyle Busch is the current Dale Earnhardt. Aggressive and fearless. I used to hate him, but now I admire his talent. I was a Dale Jr. fan growing up, not because of his father but because he happened to be leading when I saw NASCAR for the first time. I never got to see Sr. race, but this video had me balling my eyes out. Do it for Dale #3!
25:15-27:01 is so stupidly intricate in narrative details for a video about Dale Earnhardt. You completely venture off into a complete, intrinsically written tangent about a groundbreaking event that changed the face of NASCAR in your own words easily overlooked by the almost 3 million viewers that view this video. you're a legend, Emp. holy fuck, man.
Girls: I hate it when you go fast. Its scary. Girls dont like it when you drive fast. Me and the boys: We aint doing it for you, were doing it for dale.
Have anyone noticed that in Wirtual's (a trackmania youtuber) video he used the same like talking and effects in his A12 Speed video as here when : Did you ever see nascars fly? He copied it from here? Idk
That's the sad thing that people don't realize is the deadliest crashes are the most "boring" as what happened to Dale Earnhardt which resulted in his car just slamming into the wall and stopping resulting in a intense amount of G's being put onto Earnhardt's body, as opposes to the early crash which resulted in the cars flying into the air and flipping multiple times which while more gruesome looking cause a slower deceleration which puts less G's on the body which even a simple harness.
I had never heard of Dale Earnhardt before but this video is so well produced, so well narrated, so intense and profound it prompted an emotional connection with dale in just 55 mins Rip Dale hope they have racetracks in heaven. Fantastic video
And guess what? Ryan walked out of the hospital. A scary situation for sure but safety has been a priority and Ryan's wreck shows it. It's sad but I bet Ryan's wreck brings in more viewers just like Dale's did.
Anyone racing in Earnhardt's era wouldve been killed the moment the other car collided with him. The fact that Newman walked out of the hospital 2 days later speaks volumes about nascar's advancements in driver safety.
@Kenny Something Whatever Yeah, for all the shit we give NASCAR as fans, it's amazing he survived that crash at all. I had no doubt in my mind, watching it all happen live, that he was dead...
@slug buddy Chris Economacki once said that spectators are drawn to racing because of the inherent danger it presents and now that NASCAR is safer than ever before, and more than some ever imagined, it's no coincidence that people are turning away from it. He suggested that NASCAR keep the safety, obviously, but just don't talk about it. Kind of lull people into a false sense of danger by overlooking the safety during broadcasts and when accidents happen don't just immediately say "remember, these cars are extremely safe and injuries are rare". Make people wonder until they see the driver escape what appears to be certain death. It's kind of like pro wrestling. People who watch know it's scripted but tune in for the story and the pageantry. They don't want to hear about the Undertakers recent vacation he took with his wife.
Yes, yes I am. Ryan survived. Had that crash happened in the Gen 4 cars, he would have been dead as can be. Now we have the newer safer cars. Sure, he got a head injury, but he walked out of the hospital.
Racing in general is suffering a huge decline. Increased budgets, increased safety, increased distractions (why watch a race when you can do so many other things nowadays?) and one that is seldom acknowledged, increased driver fitness.
When Juan Manuel Fangio won his final Grand Prix championship, he was 46 years old. And though his lifestyle was good, it wasn't anywhere near as insanely regimented as today's current crop of drivers. Now you need your foot in the door by 21 - 22 after having spent your teens in the lower formulae and a championship before you turn 30 in order for you to peak at 35 and retire just before you turn 40. And whenever you're not racing, you need to be working out or doing something intensive outdoors.
AlexGRFan97 Endurance racing is making a comeback in my mind. I've been closely following it for a while whether it be the WEC (kinda boring as of late but things change alot in endurance), IMSA (really exciting stuff in this 50 year anniversary season), all the GT3 races, etc.
I think that's why sim racing is rising in popularity, you don't need to be young, most kids and old people drive sims. You don't need to be a vegan or insanely fit either.
That said, the fitness of drivers today is kind of the draw to them. They are the peak of humanity, pushing limits at many Gs per lap.
Bill Elliot: Speed, I am Speed. 1 winner, 42 losers, I eat losers for breakfast....breakfast maybe I should have had breakfast, no no speed, faster than fast quicker than quick, I am lightning.........c’chow!
This is the best documentary I have ever seen I believe. You captured the appeal of racing and a driver as well as the decline of both. I really hope I can show this to others and they will understand why I “waste” hours of my Sunday afternoon every week with a bunch of other “nobodies”
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Miles Quickster2019-03-06 21:59:10 (edited 2019-03-06 23:03:44 )
That harmonizing in the 3rd "ad" message was beautifully orchestrated
The quality of this video is excellent! The transitions are smooth and flawless (especially the 1984 transition) and the music is perfectly timed! Brilliant work!
This was amazing, it's really well made and tells a great story. Entertaining to watch even the sponsor ad and I like how you mixed it in with the other bits, I felt like I was watching 90s tv again
The greatest driver dying during a monumental race gives me immensely strong vibes of Ayrton Senna dying at Imola. I hope you'd be able to make a video on him too.....
Sycom agreed. I’m from New England and we have very little nascar attention here either, but he still made me care for the sport I. This vid. Emp has a great sense of pacing that makes an excellent documentary.
My parents and extended family were all NASCAR heads. Growing up in Watkins Glen, NY it only makes sense. All through the 90's and early 00's that was a NASCAR town. When Dale died the entire town decorated in his honor. It was like the death of a leader- the 3 was everywhere.
Well tbh, it was never intended to be that way either. But I would certainly say one thing, many people even know about this sport because of that movie. Honestly, the first Cars had the most punch for me. I still can't forget the racing tension of that one, along with the good message of just slowing down once in a while. 2 was just meh, and 3 tried to capture the feels of 1, but simply couldn't live up to it.
I have a bit different opinion than most about Cars, but hey, it's ok for a kid's flick. The first one is the best imo, the rest are just not that special. I can live with that. I hope you understand what I am trying to say here. Cheers 👍!
As someone who grew up in kannapolis and never realized just how legendary he was, I greatly appreciate this video. It’s given me a new lense of how I view my hometown homie.
@chubb I just wish you could have seen the sport when it was at its best in the 1990's and early 2000's I wish you could have seen my favorite driver all-time Dale Earnhardt the intimadator he was the greatest all-time
@RC RACER 88 While I may have not been around, hell, I'm only 13, and I was born a little over 5 years after Dale died. But, I will say this, if I was around at that time, i would probably be a HUGE fan of him, like we talking posters, toys, clothes, hats, and even a book, and maybe all sorts of other stuff, and maybe, just maybe. I may be behind a wheel of a NASCAR now. Man, I wish he was still around.
R.I.P Dale Earnhardt 1951-2001 We will always remember you..
If you have just recently become a fan of NASCAR and find it entertaining, just imagine how much more you would have enjoyed it before all the unfortunate changes to the rules. I liked it immensely until fairly recently and also successfully raced stock cars at my local dirt track in my teens and twenties (until having my first child). My middle child got hooked on NASCAR when he was a toddler but even he has quit watching the last few years since it's lost a lot of what drew him in. While that may not seem odd that he has strayed from it, but he raced karts for over 6 years and is about to start running a dirt track stock car in a few weeks at just 11 years old. Honestly, I think watching local tracks is a lot more fun, especially omce you get to recognize the people that run there regularly. You can easily get to know the drivers personally or even join their crew since most of us could always use more help.
Could do one of these Never Ever episodes on Columbine. Not joking on that either. "there will Never Ever be another school shooting like Columbine" would be an interesting video that is not only true, but would undoubtedly get lots of views.
Holy fuck this comment needs more likes so Emp will see it. A video like this, written from Emp's perspective and in his style, would be unbelievably interesting. Christ now I really want this. I would play like $100 for this.
I would actually really want to see that. It'd be even more heartbreaking than this video, holy shit. I've never saw a truly great documentary on Columbine and I think Emp would do that tragedy justice.
It would be far too controversial. Even if YouTube didn't remove the video or strike his channel, the algorithm might start buttfucking him by recommending his videos less or scaring ads away lol
yeah, no one has made a documentary on one of those kind of tragedies. as fan of everything emplemon is on, I dont see any reason not to put up content like that on youtube.
Mumkey Jones’ entire channel was removed for making comedic videos about Elliot Rodger. I don’t think this sort of thing is safe to make videos about on YT even if it is a serious video rather than comedy...
The guy died doing what he loved, the guy saw his kid who was inspired by him watch him reach the finish line. Id think that would be a happy ending to me atleast
I don't usually comment but, I've just come back to this video for the fourth or fifth time. It is an extremely well put together video, not to forget the music, originality and how engaging the video is, you even forget you just watched 55 minutes. Definitely one of the best videos I've come across, I can't wait to see more of this series. Superb!
Going into this video, I knew what happened to Earnhardt Sr. What I didn’t know, is how much more there was to NASCAR than just driving in circles. This video, and this series in general, has made me wanted to care about dying arts more than if I learned of these things on my own. Thank you, Emp.
This felt like a professional documentary, but with WAY MORE personality and relatabillity. Good work Emp
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It really does feel professionally made.
81 likesThis is amazing.
15 likesHe says others compare him to fellow youtuber/sportswriter Jon Bois and I would agree with this comparison. Bois is an incredible videomaker, I've watched everything he's made and I am not a big sports guy. So to say I find this video of a similar style and quality is a big compliment.
47 likescouldn't have said it better
1 likeBest. Ever. Driver. period This is excellent work and oh so true!
2 likesJeffery earnhardt, the next intimidator ,saves nascar,
0 likes@Arbiter099 him Jon Bois and maybe summoning salt. If anyone can recommend someone like these guys send em my way
1 like@ZackYep Nexpo. (He makes me cry always😭😭)
0 likesThat’s why I love this channel
0 likesI heard "The next thing is probably the only thing you know about Dale Earnhardt." and I thought to myself, "No? I literally don't think I know anything about NASCAR." And then the music and montage hit. I knew what was coming. I actually started tearing up a little bit. Shit hit me kinda hard. Crazy how these vids can make me care so much about stuff I never gave a second thought to.
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Same. I put off watching this video because I had absolutely no interest in nascar and knew nothing about it or Dale Earnhardt but when that section came up I got really emotional.
65 likesSame
6 likesExactly the same here, I've got family into nascar, they live out in no where and I can see why it resonates with them now because of this video. I had to pause and move upstairs because I knew the next part would bring me to tears and it's like 1 in the afternoon.
5 likes@Evan Prince 11 pm for me
2 likesSame
2 likessame , i dunno much about nascar.
4 likesso i was like "there is no way he is gonna face a tragedy on the track is he? or maybe it is a fairy tale esque happy ending where father son and teammate trio finishes with the lead... nah that would too unreal"
fml. then watching the rest of the video was a rollercoasrer of emotion goddamnit
Same
2 likesI just finished it and I can't believe how choked up I was since I knew what was coming. EmpLemon made me respect the sport when I thought it was just left turns. Makes me wonder how the story of his life has fallen on deaf ears for so long. It's the kind of story you would see in a movie, not real life. Completely unreal.
1 likeyeah but then the caption said "speeway" instead of "speedway"
0 likesThis entire video is the reason I'm a NASCAR fan, so you saying that is really relatable.
1 likesame.
0 likesJust imagine being such a good driver, that you finish 12. even after your death.
897 likesRIP Dale, and Respect
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6 likesJochen Rindt won the 1970 f1 championship despite the fact that he died halfway thru the season... Tragic that he never got to know that he became a world champion. Not to take away from Dale though, both are legends of motorsport.
75 likesIf that’s not a good way to die I don’t know what is
8 likesReminds me of how Greg Moore went in CART. He still finished in the points even posthumously, racing in the last race of the season knowing that his two best friends are battling it for the championship.
1 likeWrecking people that pass you because you're slow means you're not as good of a racer. Glad to see his karma catch up to him.
0 likes@goliath idthirteen lmao it’s just racing baby
3 likes@goliath idthirteen cope + seethe + dale has 76 more wins and 7 more Winston cups than you do
8 likes@goliath idthirteen did you just say you are glad he's dead cuz he wasn't the cleanest driver ever?
2 likesThat’s a horrible finish though.
0 likes@Bravo-Too-Much you right, but you gotta think he finished ahead of half the field while being d e a d , that's kinda admirable if you ask me
1 like@Bravo-Too-Much not really, top 15 is respectable
0 likesI NEVER thought somebody could make me want to watch Nascar. I'm just a little disappointed I missed it when it was truly in its prime.
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dont worry u should watch the 22 season bunch of new things might get u on it
21 likesI have watched this man since I was a little boy with uncles.
15 likesI've tried to get so many people to watch it when he was around. But could never get others, such as friends to watch it.
Not to throw it in your face. But a lot of Americans missed it when he was racing!
It's never to late.
Just look up his races on YouTube, DVD's, documentaries.
YOU WILL BECOME A DALE EARNHARDT & NASCAR FAN!
Go watch his 1998 Daytona race.
AND DEFINITELY GO WATCH HIS LAST WIN FROM THE DIEHARD 500 AT TALLADEGA 5 MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED! 😢
He went from 18th to 1st in 4 laps, & WAS THE MOST AWESOME RACE HE HAD WON!
The man was magic behind that wheel.
He was loved, hated, but was feared.
NASCAR was the bee’s knees when I was a kid in the nineties. I still have a bunch of my old die cast toy cars from that era.
1 like@Michael Sprague i don’t know if you’ve stopped watching. but the 2022 season is the best season so far since 2014
0 likes@Hetterman10 R I watch it occasionally but more into F1 nowadays.
0 likes@Michael Sprague Same, and in their packaging. Tried selling them and nobody will buy now but man in the 90's, they were gold.
1 likeThat line at the end:
78 likes"Is it worth the risk"
"Sure, to win"
It gets me every time. Uncompromising in his drive to be the best. Legend.
EmpLemon, you are quite simply, the best video creator on the site when it comes to weaving narratives, and that fact that you got me to tear-up at a Nascar video is testament to that fact. Please keep up the incredible work.
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Weren't you dead?
48 likesamen
8 likesEmplemon is one of my favorite youtubers of all time. i've been watching him since the days of the uncredibles, and his videos are just some of the best on the site. they are usually very well put together and heavily edited. although not all of his best videos in my opinion are long essay style videos like the national geographic series or the never ever series, these are still very good . some of my favorite are things like the top 10 memes of 2016 and the top 10 best anime of all time or even screw senior year of highschool. all in all this an amazing video and i do feel like there wont be another person like dale earnhardt becasue nascar is dead and so is he. but seriously from what i heard in this video, this guy is a legend.
70 likesanyways thanks for coming to my TED talk
Yeah
0 likesThe story of Dale really is just that gripping man. From his triumphant victory in the Daytona 500 to his odd behavior the day he died, his actions at his death, the healing process afterward, I learned the story some 15 years ago and it still really gets to me when I relive it in detail. There's few people in the world I wish were still alive more than Dale Earnhardt, he was larger than life more so than anyone else.
45 likesChad Syy
3 likesThis is basically a Summoning Salt video.
15 likesFredrik Knudsen is pretty good too
5 likes@GYBrush 3PWood EmpLemon has been around a lot longer than Summoning Salt though. And I find Emp's personality more entertaining than Salt's
7 likesNot as good as heavens lost property xD
2 likes@GYBrush 3PWood The one clip of music used twice in the video is also one I wholly associate with Summoning Salt's videos as well.
0 likesJust upload
0 likesCallMeTrash Hi Trish
0 likesflowey the flower
0 likesthey is just a jon bois rip off(a pretty decent one) ,but if you want the real thing watch jon instead.
0 likesSyy, I absolutely see where you’re coming from. If I had to throw another name for the most quality creator here on YouTube, it would have to be Mister Metokur.
0 likesHis choice of words and music combined with timing is absolutely awe-inspiring. It leaves me with goosebumps
2 likesOk lolicon
0 likesAmen. When Emp creates anything scripted, it's beyond incredible. Some may "hate" on him during the SOTY podcast, but he's off script and probably doesn't have notes in front of him to better explain his thoughts. That doesn't make Emp dumb, some of us just can't think of good responses on the fly, and that's okay. Keep it up EmpLemon!!
2 likesEmp and SummoningSalt. Making the most engaging narratives out of the most seemingly benign things.
1 likeexurb1a exceeds him.
0 likesLS Juan Stamos I subbed emperor lemon for the YTPs and have stayed for his essay documentaries on the state of youtube, Internet culture, and other topics like this video.
2 likesAre you the Syy I’m thinking of?
2 likes45:08 this is an awesome, poetic framing of the tragedy... watching his own racers pull away to win the race
1 likeEmpLemon, Internet Historian, Frederick Knutson, and Lemmino are by far the best documentarians YouTube has spawned.
0 likes@Yudoyudo =ono
0 likes@Stevie G m//mm/m
0 likesok talk to me after "speeway"
0 likes@Juan Stamos speeway
0 likes@The54Car speeway
0 likesI think LEMMiNO is actually one of the best
1 likehes pretty good, settle down now
0 likesCouldn't have said it better myself. A true master of his craft. Amazing.
1 like@Yudoyudo thats so true
0 likesWrong.
0 likesJesus Syy you are one attractive dude. Wish i had someone like you to look at every morning.
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0 likesNum
It's a testament to your emotional instability.
0 likesIkr, found this channel just yesterday and now I'm binge watching videos on topics that I wasn't even remotely interested in.
0 likesBetter than internet Historian?
0 likesThe racing version of summoning salt
0 likesGod Damn I actually cried when The part about Dale dying came up.
0 likes@Toby Fast yuck
1 likeYes, he's consistently humorous too without trying hard..
0 likesI’m currently in shambles
0 likesYep, found myself rooting for Earnheardt and getting emotional when the pit crews lined up to congratulate his victory. And I thought I hated NASCAR!
0 likesRemarkable video. Simply incredible storytelling.
0 likesTHE. best. The BEST.
1 likeI am saying
THE. BEST. COMMERCIAL.
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that is all.
You have clearly not watched any other creators.
0 likesAs a guy who found the channel a year ago. Just because of the H-Box video. I only just started actually watching emp till like a month ago. I am thoroughly impressed with what I have witnessed and I believe that some of us can say that "There will never be another youtuber like Emplemon." I truly believe that emp has gone through a great journey and I would like to say this with certainty.
0 likeshe knows
0 likesSeeing as he mentions Jon Bois I'm gonna disagree. No disrespect to you or EmpLemon meant.
0 likesI remember watching the 2001 Daytona 500 at a local pool hall in North Carolina with my brother and best friend. When Dale crashed we didn’t even really pay it any mind, but as the minutes went by with no word on his condition, the whole pool hall went silent. By the time they had announced his death we all kinda had a feeling what happened. All of a sudden what had been a raucous and joyous crowd might as well have been at a wake for a dear friend. We were all stunned that a man that we all figured was unbreakable had actually passed away. He was and always will be a legend to NASCAR and even moreso to North Carolina… he was OUR guy.
101 likesHe went out doing what he loved with the people he loved, but it still makes me sad that he didn’t get to see Dale Jr win 2 Daytona 500s.
Raise Hell, Praise Dale. Rest in Peace 3.
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I was watching with my dad and with how close the ending was, I was jumping up and down and my dad was on the edge of his seat. When he hit, We both were silent for an hour. I remember making a comment to my dad saying damn if he is dead, Schrader will need to run and hide. Felt sick to my stomach when they announced his death.
0 likesI have watched this video multiple times, and the line "Dale Earnhardt died doing what he loved, and his final memory was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open race track in front of them." still brings me to tears without fail. Such a moving line. This might be one of, if not the best video you've done so far. The fact you've gotten millions hooked on the history of NASCAR, which is seen as a dying sport, thanks to your expertise, is nothing short of brilliant. Fantastic work.
351 likesThe funny thing about "the car of tomorrow" is that they were the generation of cars most prone to becoming airborn
203 likesEdit:also, the thing that killed NASCAR was the constant rule changes, car changes, having less and less to do with engineering and driving and more of who had the fastest setup, and to top it all off, over officiating
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The yellow line rule
3 likesThe CoT was definitely more prone a being airborne, but with 0 driver fatalities even with the airborne issue, is impressive
14 likesI thought what killed nascar was when you started seeing younger drivers who came to a team with the sponsor money. I understand it’s a business but when business ain’t what it used to be maybe you should take a look at these things
0 likesLooking back on this video, I start to understand why it was so well made. Emp is a NASCAR fan. Like, he genuinely watches and enjoys the sport. This was his attempt at sharing what he loved, and wow, it worked. I can guarantee there’s people that watched this video, and then tuned into one of the NASCAR races that weekend. Even if they didn’t become full on fans, it served its purpose.
222 likesFrom a NASCAR fan, thank you, Emp.
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It definitely made me understand the appeal. The same reason I love hockey and basketball. Less so the outcome of each individual game or season, but the storylines that form over years and years.
6 likesYou've got chops to make a career making full on documentaries. I rewatched this after your Talladega video, and shiiiiet dude you're fantastic.
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Dude I did the same thing, lol. I really enjoy his Never Ever series.
8 likesagreed, this man somehow makes any topic very interesting
3 likesAmen
1 likeTf2????
4 likesIntroducing ELDI (Emp Lemon Docs Incorporated)
2 likesfor real dude he can make an interesting video about literally anything
1 likeI have zero interest in NASCAR and this video and Talladega one are two of the most interesting things I've seen in months.
6 likesspot the hacker 2021 when?
2 likesTo me this was the EmpLemon crescendo, it's hard to top the story/editing/soundtrack. This was lightning in a bottle.
3 likespretty sure thats what hes doing
0 likesI think he’s already done it mate. He has nearly a million subscribers. That a career if I’ve ever seen one.
2 likesSame
0 likesI have watched this from start to end atleast 5 times
0 likes@B Kethai same and its the best thing about emp not knowing a single thing about nascar i watched his videos and now i am actually interested in nascar
2 likes@Shaheer Ahmed I still can't stand actually watching NASCAR but I'd gladly watch an entire miniseries about it if he made it!
1 likelol best in video commercial for dollar shave club i've ever seen too
1 like@Richard Baumgart For sure, and that segue at the end is top notch. Emp could be editing films or documentaries for a living and instead does this, quite frankly we're lucky for that.
1 likeThis is just straight up one of the best Youtube videos of all time. No bias towards absolutely anything.
1 likethe max box lmao box himself
0 likesLmaO im here after the Teledega video too! And im not even that into Nascar! These Videos are awesome!
0 likes@Obd1andDown est
0 likesI might just be in a fractured fragile emotional state of late but this made me cry numerous times. Great work. Thanks.
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Maybe, but I saw this thing like three years ago and still cry every time I watch it. It’s just that good, man.
9 likesI’ve watched this 3 times. Cried 3 times.
1 likeI have to admit, I've never watched a NASCAR race before, never knew about it but your Talladega, Nascar: Art of Revenge and this (especially this one) made me want to watch it even more! This shows an amazing storytelling and a compelling story and...Rest in Peace Dale Earnhardt.
34 likesWhen I was about to hear how Dale Earnhardt was about to meet his end. I assumed that he must've done something dirty and became a pile up. But when I heard at 41:50 that he was trying to fend off the other racers to get his son and team to score the win. I put two-and-two together and realized what was about to happen. To the point. I was just saying "No....he couldn't went out like this...not in front of his own son in this race...😭"
42 likesAnd like that...I never felt such emotion from that. This is something that you would see out of a movie. Something out of fiction. But no, this was actually broadcasted and some people were probably on the edge of their seat witnessing the father-son moment to come in reality....it did...but not how everyone hoped... 😔
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Check out Dale Jr's interview on Joe Rogan. His dynamic with his father isn't like how most people think it is.
1 like@K2 Mally who cares what happens in their personal life? On the Racetrack Dale did everything he could seconds before his death to help get his team the win. IDC what happened outside of NASCAR, it's irrelevant to the story, and to the video.
1 likeBro why am I crying about a NASCAR driver I never got to watch, but somehow I was on the edge of my seat the whole time wanting him to succeed at Daytona, and even though I know what happened to him, when you talked about the crash, I was absolutely crushed.
58 likesAll of your videos do this to me, they’re phenomenal.
Don’t usually comment, but I actually have a somewhat personal story about Dale. My family and I live near Bristol Motor Speedway, and I believe it was during the 1998, or 99 season, my Papaw drove over to the track during qualifying, and news crews were interviewing Dale, and he was surrounded by security and NASCAR officials and such. Well my Papaw saw Dale on the other side of a fence being escorted away from the public, and being the Earnhardt fan he was, he happened to be wearing a #3 hat, and asked Dale if he could sign it for him. He said that all the NASCAR officials and security around Dale told him that he wasn’t doing autographs and he wasn’t stopping for anymore people, and Dale, being the down to earth dude he was, told my Papaw to toss the hat over the fence, and he signed it for him. He keeps it locked up in a gun safe.
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truly invaluable
301 likes"He keeps it locked in his gun safe" Lol
305 likesCool story
63 likesIf he ever comes face to face with a home intruder, he'll show him what 'raise hell, praise dale' really means.
376 likes@DomStu great story but that gun safe thing had me cryin 😂😂.
24 likes@Brian G lol
5 likesThis is why you should you love Dale. He's just a down to earth guy. Also I think I actually know why he keeps it in a gun safe...
59 likesAhh yes how American, keeping NASCAR memorabilia in a gun safe.
53 likesfunny I have always heard stories from fans, even my dad that dale was a nice guy with fans and like any other person
18 likes@DomStu he ain’t going down without his 6-Shot and #3 hat 😏
26 likes@Ayan Mao let me ask you...whyyyy?
1 likeCool
1 likeDamn
0 likes@Elijah Ladot I know why cause he's a fucking smart guy
4 likes@Ayan Mao Dafuk
0 likesoh my god
0 likesThat's awesome man, Im hald yall got to experience that. Dale is truly his own type of Legendary
3 likesAaw
1 likeI’ll give you my Mississippi license plate I am clearly undeserving of it!
4 likesdude that's why I think we need more celebrities like Dale Earnhardt
6 likesI have a story like that actually if you look at the 2018 Jones instagram or Facebook I forgot but you can see in Las Vegas playoff race where he had the pole somebody was lifting a kid up and jones was signing his shirt and that guy holding the kid up was my dad and that kid was me
7 likesThat's a really awesome story man
0 likes@OUTIS hell yeah
0 likes@Kyle Wick would you not if you were American?
0 likesGod, and I thought this couldn't get anymore wholesome
0 likesNow that makes me happy
0 likes@WheatleyThe_BigMoron _ Careful how you say that name
0 likesI can hear your southern accent in my head, just by the way you speak, god bless you
0 likes@MidgetMan 420 + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
1 likeAre you saved by Jesus Christ, my friends?n
1 likeYour Pawpaw has a similar story with my family, as in the 1998 Season, we had tickets to three races, those being the Daytona 500, the Daytona Summer race, and Darlington. I was 5 when we went to Daytona, and we also got the chance to go on pit and meet some of the drivers. Being the crazy child I was, I was super into Steve Park, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon, as I got to meet Jeff Gordon in person the year before with my eldest cousin and father for my 4th birthday. I was wearing a Dale Earnhardt #3 Shirt and Cap, and holding a boxed up collectors 1996 Dale Earnhardt All-Stars Olympics car in both hands. Close to before they were going to begin the anthem, me and my dad got to go over and talk to Dale. He noticed that I was wearing his merch, and the 1996 collectors Diecast, and told me that if he won, he would give me a signed 1 : 24 collectors gift of every car he’s drove in the cup. Ofc, being the fan I was, I completely agreed, and as they me and my dad were about to go to where my mom was, He had asked if I wanted my shirt, cap and diecast all signed, which ofc I said yes. After the race, before me and my family was about to leave, Dale had come as promised, bringing the cased collection of 1 : 24 cars, BUT HE DIDNT ONLY SIGN IT, THE WHOLE CREW DID. TO THIS DAY, I STILL HAVE ALL OF THESE COLLECTIBLE and I have them kept in a special case filled with NASCAR and special collectibles, such as a complete history book of NASCAR leading up to 2007.
5 likes@OUTIS lol. I say that shit too often.
1 like“He keeps it locked in a gun safe”
0 likesAbsolutely bad fucking ass. God bless him
Wow thats cool i like youre story
0 likesI have a pic from Dales last lap at Fontana that is a cherished keepsake. I am so glad I finally got to see him race in person, I will never ever misplace that photo - it is always in a known place like my wedding ring.
0 likesI can also say I have a VERY similar story about Jr at michigan.
0 likesI somehow managed to squeeze in between jrs security guards and was begging for him to sign my checkered flag. Dressed head to toe in Earnhardt gear. His guard tried to shoo me away and he takes one look at me says "yeah I'll sign it" as hes running. Tossed it back to me and thankfully I caught it as there was probably 20 people trying to steal it from me. I will never forget that day. Greatest day of my life..... until Jimmie Johnson won 😕😕😕
0 likesHell yeah
0 likesI was watching his final race on live tv in my early teens. When he crashed, it seemed so minor.. When he wasn't getting out of the car, I knew something was wrong and I just kept hoping he would get out and walk from the car like he always did.. I never knew he was blocking for his entire team and also didn't know he stated safety concerns over the radio just laps prior.. In his final moment, seeing his son and teammate in 2nd and 1st, with clear road ahead... That really got me.. I didn't realize how much of a tear-jerker this documentary would be..
22 likesSomehow I still can't believe he's gone. He was my biggest inspiration to get into racing, and now, having lost my own father, this hits on a whole different level. Most heart-wrenching documentary I've ever seen.. Thank you for making this. And also for the Gran Turismo 2 menu music;) So much nostalgia and history. Definitely a great work. Thank you again.
Three years since this masterpiece was released. Still as entertaining as on day 1!
33 likesThis video is a masterpiece all the way through, but in particular the transition between your ad and the continuation of the video at 17:29 is absolutely fantastic. It always gets me how seamless it is. You're a generational talent dude.
15 likesI grew up watching NASCAR with my Grandma. She always rooted for Dale and I always rooted for Jeff Gordon (24 was my favourite number lol). Good memories. I remember the day Dale passed. It was very surreal. RIP.
24 likes"Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Iron-Man."
2367 likes"... and his final memory was his own drivers speeding toward the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them."
"He finally caught up with his fathers ghost."
Goddammit Emp, I came here to laugh like a gullible consoomer, not to cry like a widowed spouse.
You did racing proud. You've done NASCAR proud. And most of all, you've done Dale Proud.
Thank You Emp, Ya did it for Dale.
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I heavily agree. Those quotes cut through my heart like a hot knife, and I felt like i was crying over my ex or something.
54 likesAnd just like Iron Man died in order to see his team succeed.
17 likesI held it together for a long while. But that line...
24 likes"... and his final memory was his own drivers speeding towards the finish line, with nothing but open racetrack in front of them."
That goddamn heart-wrenching line...
43:13
7 likes45:17
"consoomer doomer pee pee poomer!!"
2 likes#3
1 like@Jabroni Smarks based and cringe simultaneously
5 likesActually I feel like that title goes to ol Davey. In the year Kulwicki won his cup and months before they both would pass. Davey took an unimaginable amount of hits and injuries and kept on racing.
1 likeThat's why we called him...Iron Heart! 🤍
0 likesStill hard to believe how good his videos became. I'm glad he started making documentaries.
18 likesAnd the "Summoning Salt reference" part at 25:17 is bone-chilling.
That Pepsi 400 return ro Daytona, still gives me chills watching it. The fact you can hear the fans over the cars. I don't think any other driver was going to try and take the win away from Jr. at that point in the race. If you've never experienced NASCAR, and see these things coming off turn 4, you're missing out immensely. The 2004 Daytona 500 was the first race I watched. It made me a life long fan. The 2007 500, my dad got us start finish line seats. So we got to experience what is considered one of the greatest races ever. Like Dale Sr., everyone was rooting for Mark Martin. The best driver ever to never win the 500 or a championship.
3 likesI’ve watched this video multiple times. Every time he talks about the last thing dale ever saw was his son and his teammate racing towards the finish line with nothing but open track in front of them, I tear up. I’m sure in that moment sale was full of joy and at peace. RIP
8 likes25:16 as someone who's been watching NASCAR and all kinds of motorsports since I was a kid, this really hit hard. You don't think about it often while watching a race even as an avid NASCAR fan, but the nature of stock car racing is so parlous. Restrictor plates and things like the HANS device have obviously reduced risk of cars flipping and serious injury in the car, but they're still going fast enough to completely crush their racecar with one awkward movement.
10 likesI've been a NASCAR fan since 1991. I've written the first biography about J.D. McDuffie, the last driver to lose his life in a Cup race before Earnhardt. And I have to say, you absolutely nailed this video. You managed to present a tremendous amount of information efficiently without being exhausting, and you wove it together in such a way that you don't have to know anything about the sport to become invested, to laugh, or to feel something deeply profound. It's clear from this that you truly cared about Earnhardt, and for NASCAR, which is getting harder to find even among some who still cover the sport today. I can't thank you enough for treating this story with both maturity and humor without causing the two to conflict. Stock car racing is an absurd and humorous sport in many ways, but the people involved are brave and committed to their craft. Few exemplified that better than the man in No. 3. With all due respect to Jon Bois, I'm glad you tackled this subject instead of him - your mix of statistics and emotional storytelling were perfectly suited to the task. Thank you.
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I wish NASCAR wouldn't die. Jeff gordon leaving was the final straw that sent nascar into a steep spiral. There are no drivers we can be fans of, no one has been dominating for multiple seasons. Not only that the car packages have ruined this sport. The trucks are the only interesting races to watch, as the cars are difficult to drive and make for good racing. Nascar needs a change, and a big one if stock car racing is going to stay alive in the US
156 likesAgreed 100%, Brock. 100%. Well said.
186 likesNote about Brock:
A lot of people that watch this video may not know the impact Brock has had on the entire racing community on YouTube. He's one of the most well-known people in this community and while he has stepped away from making videos for the most part, he's still arguably one of the best at what he did. A compliment of this caliber from someone like Brock is almost like someone like Peyton Manning telling you that you did a great job in a football game.
@v2_ I honestly didn't know. Thats pretty cool
12 likesBrock Beard there were several drivers that died after JD and before Dale Earnhardt
2 likes@GageB28 - Yes, sadly. But J.D. and Earnhardt are the two most recent examples where it happened during a Cup race, not practice, qualifying, etc.
44 likes@v2_ Oh wow, thank you - that's extremely kind and humbling of you to say. :)
26 likesI can confirm that, without knowing even the slightest detail about NASCAR, I became invested in this story. And this isn't even the first time EmpLemon did this to me.
22 likesBrock Beard yes that is true
1 like@Kim Jung Un "a steep spiral" you mean... a downward spiral?
7 likesBrock Beard JD was such a tragic loss and so was Dale.
5 likesI couldn't agree more with the op, this fantastic creative work!
1 like@diapason Are you making a joke I'm not getting? I mean, calling it a step spiral makes perfect sense since we all presumably know that the spiral is downward from context, we just now know its steep too.
0 likes@Dooplon yes i am making a joke, the guy who made this video has a recurring joke in which his channel is on a "downward spiral"
6 likesIt's amazing how a video like this can introduce us to a topic we might never have considered learning about, and seeing your comment shows people can be brought together so simply yet profoundly. People seem to poke fun at NASCAR whenever it's mentioned so it's eye opening to see how exciting it really was. The time you've spent invested in this sport speaks for itself, kudos
6 likesThis is one of the best comments I have ever read on YouTube, ever. Hell yeah, man.
3 likesIrs a year away from your 30th year of being a Nascar fan, congrats man!
0 likesi haven't watched a NASCAR race since like 2004
0 likesWell spoken, and I agree, sir.
0 likestotally agree, this vid is one well put together deal...guys will always love cars..'specially the ones you can afford. racin' is something we all want to do...in some form or fashion....5 laps to go you're 18th....we'll never see the likes of that ever again.
3 likesthis comment made me cry, i love emp and i love esoteria
0 likes@Brock Beard I'm relatively new to NASCAR, following it I mean. Prior to me returning to education in 2014, College initially where I am in the UK latterly University, studying the engineering side of Motorsport, Motorsport for me was Formula One. However, since then, I have had my eyes opened well and truly to other forms of Motorsport. During the lockdown resulting from the Covid-19, I took the trouble to watch NASCAR videos. My favourite story from its past is the one pertaining to the 1992 Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki
0 likes@Kim Jung Un nah shits kinda fire still
0 likesDamn, what a nice compliment!
0 likes@nyaaze Violent J (the fat guy from ICP) said something about the phenomenon of often mocked fan groups being also the tightest-knit:
0 likes"The colder it is outside, the warmer it is in here" (referring to the juggalo community)
a brock beard compliment is huge 🤟🏻
0 likesJust found this channel. I don't know anything about nascar but still love the video and info like you said. I hope you're doing well and still passionate about the sport you love today
0 likes@Brock Beard The is crazy I remember the day we lost JD. I was the tables after church eating lunch, and it was early in the race. I was 10 and my dad he always respected JD for doing what he had to get a car on the track without the kind of sponsor money other teams had. I was so sad knowing a guy fighting to do what he loved died on a road course of all tracks.
0 likesThat's when I became a fan too!! I used to think it was stupid but a boyfriend got me into it, and there is a lot more to it than left turns and I'm still a fan!
0 likesThis was a great video. I didn't start out an Earnhardt fan but did become one. On the day he died, I had to work, but my bosses wife recorded the race for me but before I could watch it, ESPN showed that he died... I couldn't believe it! His last deed was heroic, to block for JR and for Mikey. It broke my heart that Mikey's win was tainted by Dale's death. The loss of Dale from NASCAR hurt and a whole country mourned even if you weren't a racing fan. That was a great era and I miss it, miss it, miss Dale!
0 likesMan you picked such a perfect clip to end on. Him being upfront asked about whether or not it's worth risking his life to do this when he no longer has to, and that simple answer of "Sure, to win." Perfect.
17 likesyou know you make good content when over 2 years after you make a video its still getting good traction
9 likesevery few months I come back and watch this. it just makes me feel some type of indescribable feeling
1 likeone of your greatest works yet. even though i knew what was going to happen, your narration still kept me on the edge of my seat and i kinda found myself crying.
5 likesAs a Formula One fan and having little knowledge about American racing, this is one of the best videos I've seen about racing...
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I have yet to find a more compelling story in racing. Heartbreaking and inspirational at the same time
110 likeswhat's more astounding is that this channel was almost never about motorsports until this vid
87 likes@ElRifle24 24 watch the film Senna if you enjoyed this you would like that
46 likes@kloosternator Senna is such a fantastic film
22 likes@ElRifle24 24 Michelle Mouton. The fastest girl alive. Made her name in Group B. Her driving style was quite unique. While many drivers were wrestling their car (Röhrl mastered that style. But his story is an epic on its own) she had such a smooth style that got her many many wins. And a pikes peak record (fastest run on gravel).
32 likesHamltion enters the chat
3 likesAwesome to see you broaden your spectrum
0 likesme too! big motorsports fan that never searched about NASCAR and i loved the video.
0 likesThere're even better ones? Can you link?
0 likesDale was revolutionary. Hell I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a nascar race but as a kid I had s number 3 hat and toy cars like a bunch of kids lol
4 likesAs a NASCAR fan and having little knowledge about American racing, I also think this is one of the best videos I’ve seen about racing...
1 like@kloosternator i did, and loved it ( NASCAR and anything else with 4 wheels fan).
0 likes@ElRifle24 24 I’d say the story of Michael Schumacher is quite interesting, not exactly inspirational, as the guy had his flaws (which imo made him more human and more compelling), the guy brought a struggling team to greatness.
1 like@Max Chong he was also easily dislikeable because of the dirty tricks he played
1 like@speedar S like I said, he was flawed in this way. Its the biggest flaw in his personality and he was never really able to escape it. He would turn to instinct when he got desperate and that usually caused him to do things that were scummy. Mika Hakkinen was the only one to understand this imo, saying that “it was a personality thing”. Id say he was also disliked simply because of how he dominated F1 in later years, which I don’t blame people for, Lewis Hamilton is disliked for this reason as well.
2 likes@Meme park worldwide Hamilton will never compare to Schuhmacher.
3 likesUp there with the Senna and Schumacher documentaries
1 likeSame here I am American and my family likes NASCAR but I didn't know much about it. I do follow F1 though very closely. I was blown away to learn that Dale Earnhardt died ensuring his team the win. Honestly it's one of the most beautiful stories ever.
2 likesThis is such a high quality documentary style independent video it's just really really great
1 likeNow people understand why Dale is Danny Ric's favorite driver.
3 likes@Mitch Conner I'm glad I got to enjoy nascar as a kid in its hay day
0 likesim interested in f1 but cant consider myself a fan yet.
0 likes@AGrandMemeOfThings Watch the movie Rush, Senna and documentary Schumacher.
0 likesIn our eyes Dale Earnhardt Sr was and always be the best of the best! He identified with so many including us and our family as we grew up and made our lives more meaningful. We loved him for being the person he was and Jerry and Sugar Bear and I followed him all thru the years. We loved his racing. We celebrated his 1998 Daytona great 500 victory and were so happy for him. In February 2001 we watched videos of him sail thru Heaven's gates so all there could enjoy his racing and wins. My Jerry and our precious Sugar Bear plus Fred and Cliff are enjoying him with God in Heaven. I will join them all later and I want to finally see and meet Dale Earnhardt Sr too! Blessings from Gloria and Bear from Tx! 👩🦳🐕😇😇😇😇😇🐻🚖🚖🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕
2 likesThat's our Dale Sr! Loved and always will love him! The Oppermans from Tx
0 likesThis is my fourth time watching this. Emp I hope you realize these NASCAR documentaries are phenomenal. In fact, all of your videos are.
8 likesthis man made me feel happy, sad, scared, relieved, perplexed, anxious, and nervous on an almost hour long video about something i had no idea about. keep up the great work, emp
8 likesstarting to try and get into nascar as a way to bond with my dad on days im off work, excited for race season to start this february, really enjoy the content
10 likesThis is legitimately the best YouTube video Ive ever seen it's emotionally impactful thank you Emplemon
4 likesDang, you sure did your research, I watched the whole thing! Great work
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What is a Speeway? 40:21
27 likesayy i remember tntman
11 likesI did too and before this i didnt give a single shit about nascar
31 likesThis series is one i hope never dies, so far i have loved each entry.
16 likesConsidering he's liked some of your work, the same can be said for you.
3 likesRoadhouse
5 likesI watched it 76 times and I can confirm it is still as good as the first time I watched it.
7 likes@Carl Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, there are no accidents
1 like@Carl Speedway
1 likePackle Kackle it’s crazy because this is and the Russian leader one were the only two I had never watched but I regret that decision greatly now after just finishing this amazing documentary
3 likesOf corse he did
2 likes@Carl he just misspelled "Speedway".
0 likesYou know it’s a good documentary when you start with 0 interest on the topic plus 0 knowledge of the people in question but you leave feeling like you lost a legend.
3 likes@aleksander Okonek à
0 likesi remember idiots of nascar from like 8 years ago
1 like@tjnuggets 100 ways to die in Nascar I must have watched that video about 10 times
0 likes@Blueflag Alpha a man of culture
1 likeI was here
0 likesOMG HE LIVES
0 likesU and me are the only remaining nascar fans
1 likeI remember you
0 likesHarmless Shenanigans
0 likesI'm from France, so it's difficult to follow the races live although I love the full race replays, but I've always liked Nascar since I discovered it in the late 2000's when I first visited the US. While all the changes certainly make it more difficult to keep up, none of them have ever deterred me from the sport and probably never will, it would be a big shame if it disappeared.
3 likes37:24 “what’s the question dude?” You can tell that Earnhardt was a peoples man, he genuinely cared about his fans and loved racing
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that was his son, dale earnhardt jr
2 likesAll you need to know about him is when he finally won the Daytona 500, he didn't say "I won it". He said, "We won it".
2 likesIt warms my heart that earnhardt got to race with his son and how proud of him he was
6 likesThe fact that he died pushing his son to glory really hit me. Most people could only dream of having a moment like that.
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I was watching, and had no idea until later... Amazing end to an amazing man.
12 likesI should add, that it sucked that it happened, but I don't think he'd have had it any other way.
41 likesmike aint his dad XD
0 likesits really beautiful
0 likes@Petty Clips maybe not but Mikey was also like a son to Sr. Need to watch Jr's show here on youtube. they have an amazing episode where they go into detail
8 likes@Doc's GearHead Gaming yeah i've seen it I watch the show
1 likeAnd yet, I don't think any son would see that moment as anything but a sad one
2 likes@pulski I'm sure he would have had it many other ways and not dying early lol
0 likes@Nicholas Cuccaro true, but he died doing what he loved
0 likesWhen I was about to hear how Dale Earnhardt was about to meet his end. I assumed that he must've done something dirty and became a pile up. But when I heard at 41:50 that he was trying to fend off the other racers to get his son and team to score the win. I put two-and-two together and realized what was about to happen. To the point. I was just saying "No....he couldn't went out like this...not in front of his own son in this race...😭"
5 likesAnd like that...I never felt such emotion from that. This is something that you would see out of a movie. Something out of fiction. But no, this was actually broadcasted and some people were probably on the edge of their seat witnessing the father-son moment to come in reality....it did...but not how everyone hoped... 😔
Damn man, i never watched a single nascar race but you still made me cry, thank you for these amazing videos
3 likesThis was well done great work
1 likeDale Earnhardt was the best I’ve ever witnessed it’s amazing how many number two finishes he had to go along with his astonishing record He just was incredible
25:18 “This is Daytona 500. A NASCAR track in Florida and the most important track. It’s held thousands of races and many great legends have raced here. One such Legend was Dale Earnhardt.”
4 likesOne thing i believe is that dale died with a smile on his face. Seeing his son, and his team with a clear victory ahead probably brought him the greatest joy in his life, and his last.
3 likesDale Earnhardt was my moms favorite driver and she remembers watching that race happen. Its a shame he didnt make it,
But i believe it should of happened in no other way.
I was stone cold until he said, "his final memory was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." I teared up.
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i remember when i first watched stis video i teared up too.
71 likesI know that hit me
24 likesThe man sacrificed himself so his people could have the win. Holding back all those other cars on his shoulders like an olympic god
126 likesWatch the podcast with Micheal Waltrip and Dale Jr,
73 likesJr explains that day in great detail and with Dale SR. Holding the entire pack off of his boys just So they could get the win....thats an emotional podcast. Michael knew when he was in victory lane something wasn't right and rushed out of there to check on SR.
Oh I almost forgot, Any racing game I ever play where it gives me a # or Decal I always use #3 in memory of the Intimidator.
R.I.P #3 ❤🤘
My heart broke 💔
10 likesbro, i was crying furiously
15 likesThis darn story, specifically the redemption in the end, keeps tearing me up
17 likesSus id zyiohx B udu
1 likeFor sure. Its one of the most noble ways he could've went out. Super emotional.
9 likesFacts bruh
1 likeF
0 likesSecond time watching it but the first i teared up towards the end and im not even a nascar fan
0 likesSame. I don't even give a shit about Nascar
1 like@Michael Frey
0 likesZ
A true leader and he went out like a warrior he is the very definition of true grit.
2 likesThis video deserves so much more, it is so good and on my 10th rewatch and I can’t believe it hasn’t gotten more views, much respect
1 likeI'm not a NASCAR fan, I just appreciate greatness. I've always respected the hell out of it and the drivers and crews and the devotion of it's fans though and I would def agree as well that his death is the worst tragedy in American sports history.
1 likeI cry when I watch this, this shows how amazing Emplemon is when making Docs. Thank you for a special one along with the raw episode
1 likeI am lucky to say I was at Dale's last WIN (not race). It was in Talladega in 2000, Back when it was still Winston Cup (which it always will be in my mind.) My father and I were there as ushers. I did not know at the time that it would be the last time the Man in Black ever set foot in Victory Lane
5 likesI went in knowing nothing and came out wanting to know everything. Thank you for caring Emp... it really shows man.
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Hey, you're here! Love your content!
22 likesIf you want more whatch cars 3 it give you a really good example of it
22 likesSide from the talking cars
You gonna watch Phoenix this sunday too?
0 likesIt's the h3h3 king bully himself
13 likesWow you’re here! Cool
0 likesSup Discount Content cop
0 likessame man, same.
0 likesI was the 1998th like and what happened in 1998?
0 likesIf you want to know more, there’s a really good ESPN original film called “3”.
2 likesTells the exact story of Dale Earnhardt's life
0 likesThis guy said what I wanted to say. Excellent work...
0 likesI've gotta second that. I very nearly didn't watch this at all, hoping instead that you would have released another YTP or Youtube/political commentary, but this is just a good, if not better
2 likesWhat this guy said.
0 likesDale is a true hero.
0 likes@Chef Clint Bowyardee Dale Jr won his first Daytona.
0 likesYou didn't know Dale Earnhardt.........my god I'm 14 and grew up listening to old radios and NASCAR races....(my family is a line of either Racers or Soldiers so makes sense) and I knew Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt since I was 4......please tell me you know the legend and king Richard Petty.
0 likesSame
1 like@KageyPoo2898 bruh your not special so do i and millions of others
0 likesWhen's the "Session #2" going to be uploaded?
0 likesThis is an amazing comment
0 likesDang it EmpLemon. Stop making me care about stuff I didn't know anything about
0 likesWHERES HONG KONG 2
0 likesGood because we cant let nascar die
0 likesseeing my son ahead of me going to win, id go peacefully. i can only imagine what he must have been thinking/feeling but im sure it was a life well lived
2 likesThis is now my fifth EmpLemon video, and I must say you are a wonderful creator. Thank you for your hard work!! Great stuff
4 likesI have literally never so much as thought of watching any Nascar or viweing any Nascar-related content and this shit was just gripping. What an incredible personal story.
3 likesI have never watched Nascar in my life so I don't know how you got me to rewatch all your videos on them and love it. I now so much about a sport I couldn't care less about irl and to tear up at the end of a tribute to someone I had never heard of before you
3 likesThe fact he was holding off the entire rest of the race to see his team, and his son tear ahead of him unchallenged is nothing short of heroic.
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His place in history was undisputed and he had his Daytona 500. He was literally passing the torch.
131 likesI’m a huge Dale fan, but it certainly wasn’t “heroic.” It’s was a slight on competition and against his nature. It’s sad he died, and even worse he did so possibly the first time he tried to lose a race.
30 likesI think it cheapens your son's victory when you do that.
4 likes@Universome Especially when nearly everyone believes Dale could have passed them if he wanted to.
4 likes@MikeMcK Jr or Sr
0 likes@Universome obviously sr, jr was in front.
2 likes@ALPHAPLAYZZ I don't follow NASCAR so no it's not obvious. When you say that you can pass someone you wouldn't assume it's the person with no one in front of them.
2 likes@Universome I don't follow NASCAR either. I have a basic understanding of grammar that allows me to understand sentences.
7 likes@ALPHAPLAYZZ obviously not
0 likes@ALPHAPLAYZZ I read that to mean that Junior was a good enough driver to pass the people who Senior was holding back and didn't need another driver's help to win the race.
4 likes@MikeMcK teammates have always done things like this in the past, they work together to get a better overall end of a race, if sr passed them there is a chance due to the way to would need ot be done that it would have had them further fall back. dales place in history was already set in stone. sr wasnt really happy racing anymore and he was close to retirement and what made him happy was to see his friends and family succeed and at that point in his career dale was no longer "ricky bobby" who would do anything to take the win
7 likes@imwithyou38I understand what you’re saying. However we didn’t really see Dale Sr in that role before, likely because he rarely has teammates. Hell, technically he didn’t have a teammate in the race he died in.
0 likes@MikeMcK you dont have to see him in that role, everyone knew it was near the end of his career and most likely the reason he kept racing was so he could race with his son. dei was essentially his teammates. RC pretty much helped him start the team including people who were pit crew members for sr were hired as some of jrs pit crew members, tony eaury was extremely close to the earnhardt family. anyone form dei winning was also winning for him
0 likes@imwithyou38 I understand what you’re saying. At the end of the day however, many had to watch their favorite driver not attempt to win a race, at a track he was a strong favorite at, in possibly the best position he could be bearing the end of the race, in the biggest race in the sport, and instead he died. While possibly being the last driver you’d expect to be out there blocking at the end.
0 likesPeople tried to make it noble. “Blocking for his son.” I instead thought it was weak and against competition.
Truthfully though, it was probably just a money decision. He’d likely make the most doing what he did.
@MikeMcK he was just at a certain point in his going for a championship there wasnt a reason to push for it. sr rarely had friends on the track so he had no one to really care about until i think it was the year before when dei was formed
1 likei dont think it had anything to do with money but more to do with happiness. sr was one of the richest drivers of all time and i doubt he was worried about money. becoming older what you worry about is different. even in the video right before the dei era theres video of him showing he wasnt happy and he didnt think he was driving to his skill level.
you guys do know that Jr didn't win the 2001 daytona 500 right
1 like@Ray Green he finished 2nd to his teammate, jr won there in the 2nd race
1 like@imwithyou38 yep Michal won for dei only race you ever seen Sr drive defense Michal Watrip said in one video that he though Sr let him in line he was like he never let me in line before or anyone else
0 likesI find it really heartwarming how all the pit crews walked out to congratulate him when he finally did win the 500.
3 likesAmazing doc. I'm neither a big race fan nor a southerner. (Hey, I'm not even American.) But I love learning new things, and now I'll know all about Dale E and NASCAR. Thank you to the producer(s), script writer(s), and narrator. And if you're all a single dude responsible for it all, an even bigger achievement!
1 likeNot gonna lie never had a youtuber’s documentary make me actually tear up. This is fantastic work, and y’all got yourself one more (future) nascar fan.
2 likesGreat job mate. Top tier editing, good storytelling. Couldn’t have asked for more.
Every time I watch this his death still absolutely destroys me. I feel as if he just died yesterday. He was on the tail end of his career but he still had a few more races left to win. I will never forget watching NASCAR with my dad and being excited to see what Dale was going to do. Thank you for making this video, I’m sure it has made him many new fans and introduced people to the sport who may have never cared about it otherwise or only thought of it as a joke.
2 likesDale ain’t dead, he’s just a lap ahead
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55 likesIndeed.
45 likesWow that’s good
52 likesF
23 likesu built like a protractor hell yeah he is
18 likesThis is beautiful. Thank you
21 likesSpoken like a true NASCAR fan.
17 likesF
8 likesHe's just racing in the oval monza. And in another, more beautiful and funier Daytona.
15 likesThe heaven's oval racetracks.
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4 likesDale's racing in the Heaven 500 now. I love the old racing, but I just can't get myself into this new stuff. But I'm still a NASCAR fan and will be until the day I die.
12 likesF
1 likeKind of a sad fact, but he died 4 days before I was born.
1 like@TheChosenMoose He died around a month before me.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy Wow
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Indeed. Means you and I are right around a month apart in age. Nice to find someone about my age here.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy same dude.
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Who's your favorite driver?
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy Not an actual fan, but Chase Elliot
1 like@TheChosenMoose Ah. I'm not a fan of the modern folks and all, but I like older NASCAR from a decade ago and before thereabouts. Jeff Gordon is my personal favorite.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy sounds awesome! im more into basketball and football (not at the moment tho lol)
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Ah. I've also been driven away from sports.
1 like@Alex D'Aunoy politics?
1 like@TheChosenMoose Among other reasons, yes.
1 like@Alex D'Aunoy other reasons? Is your team doing terrible?
1 like@TheChosenMoose No, the college team I support is excellent and the NFL team is decent, the biggest is my interests have moved elsewhere more than they already had shifted.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy Oh okay. I honestly don't care to watch the sports either. Especially with all the politics being thrown in.
1 like@TheChosenMoose I absolutely agree and that did help my interests shift harder and quicker than they might otherwise.
1 like@Alex D'Aunoy Nice
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Indeed.
0 likesIt's also always nice to find a like-minded person.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy agreed
0 likes@TheChosenMoose It would definitely be nice to continue talking to a like minded person friend.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy same
0 likes@TheChosenMoose How do you want to?
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy you got xbox?
0 likes@TheChosenMoose No, but I have steam.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy Im an xbox dude...... :(
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Oh. What about email?
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy I'd be uncomfortable giving that out. Twitter maybe?
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Fair, I don't have social media beyond GroupMe and discord.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy Fair enough. Tbh Twitter is pretty toxic along with Reddit. You have a StoryFire? It's pretty much a Twitter/Youtube type of app.
0 likes@TheChosenMoose I've never even heard of that one. You nailed it on the head why I dodge social media.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy It was made by someone from McJuggerNuggets, and a lot of guys like Keemstar, Leafy, and others upload there.
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Hmm.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy hmmmmmm
0 likes@TheChosenMoose Interesting.
0 likesF
0 likesAnd behind you
0 likesF
0 likes@TheChosenMoose He died a month after I was born
0 likes🤙🏼hes just 1 lap AHEAD OF US
0 likesF
0 likes@TheChosenMoose he died literally 6 minutes before i was born.i was born at 5:10 on February 18,2001 and he died at 5:16 on February 18,2001.My dad cried because Dale died and also cried because I was born.
0 likes@Awesome Aiden I'm pretty certain his funeral was on my birthday
0 likesThat’s one way to put it
0 likes😥
No one reply anymore, the amount of replies is perfect, no seriously
76 replies
Thats deep.
1 likeNice 👍
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy a little late, but I am on the same wavelength as both of you, just 3 years younger, nice to see there's like-minded people
0 likesdamn... I can hear the sadness in that comment
0 likes20 years today, 20 laps ahead. rest in daytona, lap leader earnhardt.
0 likesBARS
0 likesOverused comment
0 likesOmfg bro I'm crying again now
0 likes@Mateo1212 lol I agree I was and still am pretty shocked I got this many likes because in racing circles this is a pretty common thing to say so I figured everyone would have heard it already and the comment wouldn’t get much attention
0 likesMan...
0 likesIndeed.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy @TheChosenMoose That's a dumbass reason to stop watching sports that means y'all never truly liked them in the first place even if it was just about politics (which I will agree is annoying) is not the only thing that should stop you from enjoying the sport that you've probably been watching for a while (I'm assuming) y'all seem like really nice people to be around and I don't want to assume anything negative about y'all but I'm just saying 🤷
0 likes@Tyroker Taylor172 Never really watched sports. Still don't. I watched maybe one or two nfl games a year. Maybe one baseball game. Never anything else bar a couple races. I'll gladly watch Nascar from the early 2000s and the 90s especially but I like the 70s and 80s too. The drivers just seemed much more alive and real and less scripted like today. Did politics help drive me from watching as much or more than what I did, but going from one to nothing isn't much to complain about. Still love Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Dale Earnhardt, The King, and Dale Jr. In fact, once the semester ends, I plan on watching a few more races from that era.
1 like@Alex D'Aunoy ...wow I was way off
0 likes@Tyroker Taylor172 Just a wee bit.
0 likes@Tyroker Taylor172 But it's ok. Not that big an issue to me.
0 likes@Alex D'Aunoy I honestly just like the racing of nascar never really cared about their personalities of the drivers would be nice to have a driver i could relate to tho
0 likesThis kinda made me choke up a bit..
0 likesDon't care how overused this comment is, yessir he is. Rest in peace
0 likesF
0 likes@TheChosenMoose he died 6 days after my brother was born
0 likesNo
0 likesHe’s races ahead
When we finish one he finishes 10
Indeed
0 likesDamn I almost cried with your breakdown of the crasha and the homages other racers did, your content is golden
1 likeThis is my favorite YouTube video ever I come back to it from time to time and I have such a great appreciation for dale Earnhardt
8 likesAs a lifelong NASCAR fan from rural North Carolina, what you have created here is miles better than anything the broadcast networks put together. What an absolute joy to watch! I was a Davey Allison and then Jeff Gordon fan, but I will freely admit the sport is not the same without Dale. I missed him even though I wasn't rooting for him to win. This is a beautiful tribute. Thank you.
3 likesYou know you made it when ppl start to comment on music tracks featured on this masterpiece with lines made in this vid. Thx EmpLemon. Road to glory
5 likes60 minutes ago I knew nothing about NASCAR. Now, I'm grieving over a man I previously knew nothing about.
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Watch “the day Dale Earnhardt”
5 likesSame
1 likeI actually live in the city he was born in
1 likeI was a kid during the zenith of NASCAR, and I was 10 when he died. My family were huge fans, we had a cookout with what felt like 100 people over. When this happened, the devastation was unreal. First time I saw my dad cry.
25 likes@Grayson Rachels Kannapolis now compared to how he knew it feels like a metaphor for NASCAR now compared to when Dale knew it.
3 likesImagine how we felt
1 likesame, my guy,. At 34:15 i fuckin choked up. This man is on the list for best anime protagonists of all time
11 likesRaise hell, Praise Dale.
5 likes@sasparilla We have lived the same life in that respect. I was allowed to stay home from school to watch the televised memorial. My dad and I still watch almost every race together. I grew up on NASCAR and it has remained a big part of life.
4 likesOh my god same 😭
0 likesHow is it possible to know nothing about Dale Earnhardt
1 likei just now realized this was 54 min long
2 likes@Carlangas A tsk tsk tsk. Didn’t even check the watch time before playing the video.
0 likesShih I'm tearing up and I had no clue who Dale Earnhardt was an hour ago
1 likeI’m happy there’s a new nascar fan. I cried like a baby when he died, I kinda was, I was 10.
1 likeI'm not even a fan,but it's just sad the way Earnhardt went out.
0 likesImagine racing or just competing with your son in something you both love and worked hard in for years and what is supposed to be the happiest day in the life of a father and his son turns into an somewhat fate driven disaster.
Still,it's like growing up with someone who has been their through your highest and lowest moments.Suddenly,you stop hearing them besides you and/or even behind you.
Before you turn around,that loved one is gone.
@Low Tier Trash isn't it a bit bittersweet though that one of the last feelings he felt was likely pride?
1 likeMy grandfather was a huge fan of him. I can’t even count how much of seen the number 3 in his home
0 likesSAME
0 likes@GN i saw ryans crash live me and my fam are Hispanic and only watch it because i take the tv from them to watch it lol but damn when that happened we were so shocked and scared for him my parents wouldnt stop asking me about him
0 likesI can’t be the only one tearing up
0 likesI remember watching that race.. and afterwards Hearing what had happened was devastating..
0 likesHe was so popular that it's just crazy to me that people didn't know anything about him. I understand if your young but at the same time everyone knows the name Elvis, Earnhardt to me was even bigger than that. I miss the heck out of him and never even met him. NASCAR died when Dale left us, that alone tells what he meant to the sport.
0 likesI really respect the craft that goes into these documentaries. Simple, clear visuals, great music choice (Really appreciate you putting in a tracklist of songs used), and fantastic and fun narration. Great stuff EmpLemon.
0 likesive always known he was great. It’s wonderful to know why. Truly a legend
1 like“If everybody were talented, no one would be” I felt that! Emp you are one of my biggest inspiration out of the last few years, having English as a second language and trying to improve got stagnated, but watching and listening to your big documentary series has been one of the best discoveries I’ve done trying to find media I like and can enjoy and learn just by listening. Keep the amazing job!
0 likesThis is an outstanding video. I may not be a NASCAR fan but Rest In Peace to "The Intimidator" Dale Earnhardt. And again, I may not be a fan but I'll never forget the risks and dangers of racing.
2 likesThe scene of Dale Sr. with his wife before the Daytona 500 was gut wrenching and also pleasing because his last moment with his wife was a good one. Rest in peace Dale, you're in heaven racing in Daytona.
1 likeAfter watching this so many times it still always makes me emotional
2 likesthis was what got me back into the sport over a year ago
3 likesGreat job. You hit it right on the nail. I was and am a great Dale fan. I watch him from rookie years and up. Could not have done the justice as you did. Thanks for reminding me about the ride through the years.
1 likei just watched a 54 minute on nascar and was hooked 100% of the time. didn't even realise an hour had passed. great video
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Wow I watched this video and scrolled the whole way to this relatively obscure comment before it made me check… that really was an hour! No wonder my girlfriend is giving me dirty looks 😅
26 likes55 minutes if you round
5 likesI know nothing about nascar, and yet this was probably the most interesting video I've come across when it comes to sports retrospectives. Never thought I'd ever say NASCAR has a really interesting history haha
9 likesI wish I could say the same about Nascar.
0 likes@asdf asdf Me and the NASCAR fans that spend 4 hours on the couch every Sunday watching these guys drive and circles: How does this not entertain you?
0 likesSame here but for me its the third time
1 likeEasily pleased by broken English speaking failures gets you off then?
0 likes@asdf asdf I don't get why people are always surprised that there are interesting narratives in nascar historically. Like think about it, how could a sport like nascar ever continue to exist if it didn't have a ton of interesting storylines to follow off track?
0 likesHoly shit I just realized it’s an hour long, felt like 30 minutes.
0 likeshow to waste your time 101😆
0 likeshave watched this 11 times and it has flown by everytime, amazing video
0 likesI’m sad it took me so long to watch this. Having watched the 2001 Daytona 500 as just a little kid, it had never really occurred to me the weight of the loss that was Dale Earnhardt. Hell, I barely understood what dying was. What I did understand was that I was a Tony Stewart fan, and to have seen him tough out his horrendous crash, and then to have Dale’s car lay there unmoving so much later, it just didn’t make sense to me. I never watched much NASCAR after that, but that race always haunted me, and I’m glad to understand just how much that day truly meant to so many of us.
2 likesNo matter how many times i watch this, that ending always makes me tear up. Rest in peace Dale Earnhardt.
0 likesI sadly never got to watch Dale in his life. My grandpa was obsessed with Dale, he had posters and toy models of his iconic car. When my grandpa passed away, I held one of his cars in my hand because it was apart of my life. I still miss him very much. I still have the cars he had and I know that my grandpa is having fun with Dale in heaven. Thank you Lemon for this video. This is a beautiful video. Thank you
2 likesTo this day, this is still your greatest work Emp. And my favorite documentary of all.
0 likesCame in with 0 knowledge of Nascar or racing
7353 likesWent out with tears in my eyes
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Same here, this is just amazing.
176 likessame, i'm european so i have never seen a nascar race in my life. i knew the name dale earnhardt and that he died, but oh boy this may be the most amazing story in all of sports. kudos @EmpLemon for this amazing video.
275 likesHonestly, I'm so happy EmpLemon went from making Youtube Poops to quality content like this. I was thoroughly entertained for the entirety of the video.
151 likesYou knew nothing about him and it still effected you. Think how heart wrenching it was for the millions who loved him and there sundays revolved around getting to watch him race. Quick story.... the day he died I had on a Earnhardt black button up racing shirt on. I was a 30 year old grown man watching that race when he died. I cried like a baby wiping away the tears and my nose with the sleeves and bottom of that shirt. Afterwards I took the shirt off and told my wife never to wash that shirt...never. I wore that short only one time after that. Later that year they raced at Daytona again so I pulled it out of the closet and wore it one more time in Hope's it would bring his son some kind of luck and sure as anything Dale Jr won that race. So again I took it off put it plastic and hung it back up. I'm now 51 years old and it still hangs in my closet the same. First thing hanging all the way to the left so I see it every time I walk in to my closet.
163 likesI think people loved him cause he was one of us. He never did anything to embarrass his fans or nascar. As fans you just felt like you could call him up and say.. hey Dale wanna go grab a beer or go fishing? And would say sure is this Saturday good? I know that's not reality but it's just how you felt as a fan.
Anyhow your comment got my attention and has endeared you to millions of Earnhardt fans across the country. Welcome to Earnhardt Nation..
Now you gotta get tickets to a nascar race and see it in person atleast once. Even though it's not what it use to be it's still wild and fun to see live for the first time. Get there early cause there plenty of stuff to do and see at the track before the race. Also now that your part of Earnhardt Nation every time driver Jimmy Johnson does somthing or his name is announced you must booo!! loudly it's the proper thing to do...
Been a fan of NASCAR for my whole life, and never had a favorite driver, but know I do!
22 likesSame
0 likes@THE AMERICAN WOLF I remember waiting for the news reports to see how he was doing...I never expected what they would say. I bawled like a baby and I'm not one bit ashamed of it.
28 likesme on this channel like:
0 likessame man ... same
1 likeI'm Australian and came here after seeing a comment on a race saying "Bodine had more horsepower, but Earnhardt had more Earnhardt".
18 likesDidn't know anything else about him.
Thank you for putting this together, it's a real testament to a great story about a great racer. I was sad to see that he died and was heartened to see those amazing moments in the following races. I can only imagine how NASCAR fans must have felt experiencing all that together.
SAME OMEGALUL
0 likesDale was a legend bless him he's racing in a place where he never slowdown, stop for fuel or for a tire change. I hope we can get more like him and soon.
2 likesSteven Tsakiris me to man. I watch it every couple of months
0 likesme too.
0 likesSame dude
0 likes@THE AMERICAN WOLF I was a 23 year old kid in the Navy with my first command on our first port of call New York city (I'm from Texas I hated it lol) the ladies at the club had a Daytona party one of them brought her son he was a special needs kid but we treated him like family he hangout with me because I was th Dale sr fan. I will never forget that day I'll never forget 2001 it was a bad year I lost my grandmother a little over 3 months later her last words were too tell me she was going to see Dale. Ok heavy shit I know brother I hope you and your family our safe have a good one
8 likesLmao it's funny how I can relate so much to this comment. I had zero knowledge of NASCAR but now I love the sport. RIP Dale
5 likesIt's been a while since I've seen this and I'm a NASCAR fan now.
1 likeI've been a NASCAR fan my whole life... When other kids watched Saturday morning cartoons, I was watching Nascar qualifying...
5 likesI grew up with the likes of Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, DALE EARNHARDT and the like...
I became a fan of Earnhardt in the later half of his career... After Richard Petty retired...
When I got into racing cars, people hated racing me and often asked me where I learned to drive... I said, "I learned from the best of them"... Referring to Dale Earnhardt...
I remember seeing Earnhardt wreck, and thought, "shit, Earnhardt wrecked"... Didn't think much of it... At first... But was a LITTLE concerned when he didn't exit his car...
When Bill France announced "we lost Dale Earnhardt"... It took a minute for it to set in, but I felt that day like I lost a member of my family... I never met the man in person, but he was an influential part of my life... With his "never give in, never give up" attitude...
To this day I'm still a diehard Earnhardt fan... I can spot Earnhardt memorabilia a mile away...
It's sad now there ain't no Earnhardts in Nascar now...
I was 13. Watched the race at moms. Dad was at the annual Daytona party. I figured he was all right considering the ambulance wasn’t in a rush though odd at the same time. Got a call at 7pm to turn on the news. I think I cried for a week. Later that year the divorce was finalized, then September happened. His name still reverberates in our shop. Much like people still say “Kobe” when they shoot for the garbage can, we still say “hang on, gotta pull an Earnhardt” when in rush hour traffic.
6 likesYo same fam
0 likesI've been a NASCAR fan my whole life. I was a month old when Dale died. I never got to experience the thrill of Dale racing. I can never fully understand the impact he has on people. And I can never imagine the pain of losing him.
4 likesBut after Ryan Newman's gruesome wreck at the end of this year's Daytona 500, I was in shock. I could careless about Newman, however, when it became clear that he wasn't OK, i was sick to my stomach. I paced around the house. I could barely eat my dinner. I couldn't take my mind off of it. For 2 hours I was a nervous wreck. I feared I had just watched a man I grew up on my TV screen watching die in front of me, turned by my favorite driver.
Thankfully, Newman only suffered a concussion, and nothing else. But what stuck out to me was everyone said it felt like Earnhardt. All across social media, I saw people say that they felt the same energy as Earnhardt. I was a basket case for a driver I don't care about. I had a rude awakening to a fraction of the shock and pain of losing an icon like Dale Earnhardt. I'll never be able to understand the obsession with Earnhardt in the NASCAR community, but after that night, I sure as hell can sympathize with it
@Andrew Meyer You grew up with the COT. When I was a kid, the cars were pretty close to what a Saturday night street stock is now. I figured Newman got some kinda hurt, roof hits are pretty serious business. All the safety equipment that they run now, I don’t think they’ll lose another driver. Dillons crash in 2015, that was impressive not in a good way. As soon as he went air born, my first thought was oh he’s f_#ked.
2 likesThe about Dale Jr his son who drove the 8 car, and the 88 car.
0 likessame
0 likesSame here
0 likesSame.
0 likesThis video actually sucked when it comes to having knowledge
0 likescouldn't have said it better
0 likes(part of it is because im not a native english woops)
i came out a fan of nascar
0 likesI’ve been a fan since I was a little foal nascar is the best
0 likesSame here.
0 likesSame here
0 likes@Harvey Wallbanger Apparently you can't perceive the permanence of death.
2 likesSteve Le Poder Dale Earnhardt was a dirty driver NASCAR turned a blind eye and made him a idol. He died exactly what he did to others.
0 likesI’ve been collecting and watching since I was 4 and I’m 13 now
0 likesI want to cry but it would be crocodile tears
0 likesi was holding strong till the bit where i realised he was holding off winning so his team could and i just started bawling from there
0 likesSame a bloody good sportsman
0 likesTruely the same here.
0 likesI read this comment initially and thought you were exaggerating now I've got tears in my eyes.
2 likes@THE AMERICAN WOLF I enjoyed reading your post untill the booing part, thats just sad. Why? Because he also has 7 championships?
0 likesGrew up in the 90s watching Dale, Dale is the GOAT.
1 likeSame
0 likesNew F1 fan here, almost cried from watching this video
0 likesIstgg
0 likesSame but I knew a few things.
0 likesSame
0 likesSame brother. This is quite a story
0 likesSame here
0 likesSame
0 likesSmae
0 likesOh my God SAME
0 likesWhat an absolutely beautiful documentary, explaining what I vastly remember large bits of because when I was growing up that’s all my dad watched. I do have memories of watching how exciting this sport once was, and trust me watching some of these legendary races on tv was the best thing..
0 likesThis has to be one of, if not the best, short documentary essay style video I've seen. Keep coming back to rewatch and it just gets better every time!
1 likeOnce again revisiting this absolute classic. It funny, I may have spoken too soon calling it Emp's magnum opus last time I commented on this, as literally immediately after finishing this video I decided to finally sit down and watch his Hungrybox Never Ever. That could very well be in contention for the title.
1 likeRegardless, this video really is something special. Even a few months shy of 3 years after this was first uploaded, "Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" followed by that fist chord from Home's We're Finally Landing still gave me goosebumps.
I will reiterate what I've said before: Emp truly is one of the most unique and fascinating documentarians in recent times. I initially compared him to Ken Burns, since this was a comparison between documentary filmmakers, but in a way I'm reminded of a young George Lucas making the original Star Wars insofar as he draws from so many disparate sources (Jon Bois, Summoning Salt, etc) to create a product that both cleverly tributes his inspirations yet still has a brilliantly unique style all it's own.
Here's to you, Emp. May your recent upward spiral take you ever higher.
i can proudly say that i have watched this video atleast 8 times just because the storytelling is absolutely immaculate ❤️
0 likesMy dad was probably one of the biggest Earnhardt fans out their. He has at least one of every single piece of merchandise they made, from birdhouses to hats, he's got it all. Dale will always be my favorite NASCAR driver. Even though i was born is 2000. And didn't get to catch much of his racing, he will always be my favorite driver. I've been looking for a dale car or truck to buy and restore, even if its just a recreation of one of his cars. My dad was at the race when dale passed, he was sitting right across from where his wrecked car finely stoped. He still gets emotional when NASCAR gives a remberence for dale. Dale Jr is my next favorite driver, but unfortunately he has retired from racing. When I can, i try to make it to a NASCAR race. When Dillon brung back the 3 car, I was so happy to see the car back, but no one can replace Dale Earnhardt. In my opinion, i don't think NASCAR will die, it may get smaller, but eventually, it will come up. Just give it time. Thank you emp for making this. Honestly, this is the first time I've cried in 8 years. Thank you.
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Considering Nascar is a personality-driven sport, its only a matter of time until they find someone as talanted and interesting as Dale.
95 likes*there
7 likes@4nt I doubt it since our culture changes, Dale raced with thousands of people watching who were excited about the sport and now things won't feel the same by the way this sport is made safer and is also failing. Personality doesn't shine anymore in this modern age of NASCAR
23 likesFor years I drove Earnhardt Monte Carlos. Until my last one....when a texting teenager totaled my car and broke my heart. I hope to one day drive another one. My Dad had bought it for me at Dale's dealership in NC.
20 likesi cried reading, my dad was a big fan , my dad did pass in 2012 but i do hope he managed to shake dales hand
11 likesLMMFAO.!!
0 likessame thing my gramps loved nascar you dont want to know much dale eranhert stuff he had but he he past im 11
1 likeGood news, NASCAR has been reporting good numbers this season :)
4 likes@Hunner D you have got to be kidding, all you have to do is look into the stands this year to see no one is there. If you believe what NASCAR says you don't know anything about NASCAR racing. Bristol was sold out for over 35 years, over 160,000 seats they had 49,000 this year. Don't believe the B.S. NASCAR says.
4 likes@LS Killer Agreed... to an extent. I've been seeing those stands get bigger and bigger each race and NASCAR isnt the only ones reporting people increasing. FOX, NBCS, and ESPN among others. Not only that, NASCAR IS actually as popular now as it was in the 90s, hard to believe, yet it's true.
4 likes@Danny Westbrooks I live in Mooresville NC (RACE CITY where 90% of all NASCAR shops are) everybody knows somebody that works for a team. And they say NASCAR is hurting and it's hurting bad not just fan attendance. Every oval track has taken at least 1/3rd or more of it's seating out so it doesn't look empty. Bristol was sold out every year from 1982 untill several years ago. That's 162,000 fans, the last race at Bristol had 45,000 to 49,000. Why has all the major sponcers pulled out Lowe's and many more. I live here in the NASCAR community and it's no secret here. Hell I live less than five miles from Dale jr, NASCAR wants all this information hidden and they do a good job covering it up using camera angles to not show the stands have you ever wondered why they basically stopped showing airiel shots of the race. Believe what you want but I know I live here in the heart of it, and we people here know the real deal. By the way all the stands were full in the 90's how can you explain the empty seats if it's just as popular today. NASCAR does not let any of it's attendance records out or anything else that reflects negativitly against them. Let me share something with you I'll bet you don't know just to show you how secretive the France family is, they have been trying to sell NASCAR for several years now you tell me why nobody has purchased a business that is supposed to be flourishing as much now as it did in it's hay day back the 90's. They have turned it into a circus changed everything for the worse and it shows a opioid junky can't successfully run a billion dollar business Brian France has proven that.
3 likesILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY IN DAYTONA R.I.P DALE ! DOITFORDALE!
1 likeJohn Laws
6 likesIn the 90s people didn’t have 60” HD TVs to watch it on with surround sound. People are saving their money and instead of traveling and spending money to watch it live they are watching in the comforts of their Living Room!!
@Kevin Tucker yeah that's it. NASCAR isn't having any problems at all. It's all a figment of my imagination. Look I live in Mooresville NC (Race City USA) everybody knows somebody that works for a team. NASCAR is hurting believe it or not. A 60" TV didn't empty all the seats poor management and ridiculous rule changes made by Brian (Pill Head) France has killed the sport.
4 likesYour Dad sounds like my Mom and Elliott Sadler! (Only her driver didnt die but he crashed at pretty much every race she went to. Sometimes during qualifying.) But back when she first got into NASCAR he was still in his Number 38 M&M car so of course he had some of the coolest merch. (Heck we once bought an Easter basket at Toys are Us because it was Elliot Sadler themed.) But for a few years (her and my Dad would celebrate their anniversary at Talladega with pit passes.) But I even got to meet him a couple of times as a kid at his meet and greets in St. Louis and Piegeon Forge. I used to think how crazy she was as a fan but boy do I miss those days. Elliott retired and now we dont care about Nascar. But part of me does miss the day we would groan that Earnhart Sr, Jr, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon would beat him.
3 likes@Hotpies EXACTLY.!!!
0 likesMy uncle is an Earnhardt fan he gives me most of his own Earnhardt memorabilia whenever I go visit him my uncle collected diecasts or whatever he has related to Earnhardt overtime because he knows that I’m a fan of the sport he saw Earnhardt as his favorite driver including Dale Jr. but my uncle is disappointed because of the new rules and Dale jr is retired...
2 likesI was in the 5th grade when he died. I hated nascar but my whole family loved dale. Best stash in racing ever
3 likes@4nt but.. there will never ever be a nascar driver like dale
0 likesThis was my racer growing up!
1 likeHis racing at the Super Speedways was out of this world.
To watch him draft to come back to win. Like the fall Talladega race in 2000, the DieHard Winston 500.
Where he came from 18th to 1st in 4 laps. Was the coolest shit I had ever seen! 🏁
RIP #3 Dale Earnhardt
After all the time I've spent just watching this one video there's a moment that I can't help but come back to time and time again. Emp's choice of music and Ken Squier's beautiful commentary is just such a wow moment. 11:55 "-and there's a fight! Between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, the tempers overflowing. They're angry, they know they have lost, and what a bitter defeat..."
0 likesSecond time watching..... crying even harder. So well done, dude.
1 likeI´m watching this for a second time and i´m enjoying it just as much.
0 likesThanks for making this content :)
Dale put it perfectly; “Richard if they don’t do something to these cars it’s going to kill somebody.”
2306 likesTragic irony.
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That his last words to his team owner but his official last words were to a driver named Andy Pilgrim who competed with Dale Sr. and Dale Jr. in the Rolex 24 Hour Race at Daytona just a few weeks short before the Daytona 500 that February just moments after the Big One accident on the backstretch when Dale Earnhardt talked to Richard Childress unexpectedly during the red flag at the 2001 Daytona 500 was waived and during the ensuing caution after the clean up on the backstretch..
148 likesEarnhardt: So, you got any advice for me here coming up?
Pilgrim: No, man, I haven't got any advice for you. Just keep doing what you're doing.
Earnhardt: Okay, just wondering.
Pilgrim: Cheers; talk to you later.
Pilgrim had no communication with Dale after that and instead he heard that Dale cheer Michael Waltrip and Dale Jr. to finish... we don’t know how much Dale cheer on the radio for sure only Andy Pilgrim and Dales crew knows and the questions we want to know will remain forever silent.
Even more silent is when Dale Jr. witnessed his father’s accident in his rear view mirror... and he still doesn’t want to talk about it after all these years and many years to come...
The guy who wrecked with Dale was Ken Schrader a driver who won a couple races as a journeyman driver and he still remains silent on what he saw after Dales accident to this day but things will remain forever unanswered...
@Matt X Ken Schrader has said sometimes he wishes it was him.
35 likes@shining Amaterasu that's gotta be so rough
41 likesAnd he did die in his last words
1 likeWhat’s even more worse is that the driver who fans claims that he made Earnhardt die his name is Sterling Marlin... now Sterling is another journeyman driver who won the Daytona 500 for his first career win in 1994 and won again in 1995... after Dales passing before the next week race at Rockingham Sterling received a lot of hate mail and death threats mail from fans and blamed Sterling for the accident... it turns out that the next week at Rockingham Dale Jr. made a bold statement to fans and the media that any behavior of hatred will not be tolerated against his father... and it’s true that Dale died doing what he loved... Sterling said in an interview that he raced hard as he could to secure third place but Rusty Wallace finished third... Darrell Waltrip said it wasn’t Sterling’s fault in fact it’s no one’s fault...
24 likesIt’s hard to imagine before the Daytona 500 began in 2001 Dale Jarrett the 1993 Daytona 500 winner and the 1999 NASCAR Cup Champion was asked by Dale Earnhardt about the HANS device he asked Jarrett “Are you wearing because you’re afraid of dying?” and Jarrett looked back and told Dale Earnhardt that he has a better chance of living and survive a wreck and see this as a new device as an opportunity as drivers to be safe... the question was brought back to Dale Sr. about his open face helmet and the equipment he used... The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt shows that Dale Sr. had raced with a broken neck during the 1999 NASCAR season and cracked a vertebrae and didn’t get the surgery done until the ‘99 season was over and in 2000 he lost the title to win his eighth cup championship to Bobby Labonte... many thought ‘01 was going to be Dale Sr.s year for an eighth cup title but it never came... if he was here things would be very different... there’s a lot of “what if?” scenarios but we may never know for sure...
@Matt X end all be all no one person is responsible, and Dale probably looks down on us talking about who has wrong with a smirk on his face knowing that no one killed him. The HANS device is a great tool but if Dale Sr. Didn't die, someone else would have and then it'd be mandated.
8 likes@Matt X tbh feel like he was pretty silent. He always was not on the radio and never really talked. Just got to work. I doubt dale said anything after the red flag. Maybe something or like a update on the car if asked but other then that I feel like dale was quite pretty the entire time no just in focus mode.
3 likesJust like ayrton
0 likesJust like how Ayrton Senna wanted the drivers to sit out in protest of the race he died in because of the terrible mismanagement of safety measures at Imola.
2 likesIronically enough, a very similar quote is attributed to Henri Toivonen from right before his fatal crash that killed Group B.
0 likesPeople used to ask me back in the late 90s, “why do you like Dale Earnhardt and always wear his shirts and/or hats?”…..I would just ask them in turn what they thought Stone Cold Steve Austin would be like as a Racecar driver if he raced to win regardless of who he had to crash and just didn’t give a fuk?….because that is Dale Earnhardt.
5 likesI'm an Aussie but I always followed D.E and was deeply saddened by his passing, and also the passing of our own racing champ, Peter Brock in 06.
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From an American, RIP Peter Brock, the man the myth the legend.
1 like@Nyx Thanks man, that means a lot.
1 likeNever thought I’d be this invested in a video about turning left. I also never thought I’d find another series like Jon’s! Super amazing stuff and your Everest video is astonishing
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I commented this right before I saw the cats start to fly and now I’m screaming
1 likeThis was really good. I was in high school during his death. Was addicted to Nascar. Me and my friends would talk nothing but nascar. Huge Dale fan since I was able to speak. Feb 18th was the last race I could ever watch. I became a fan due to my father being a huge fan. He sadly past away 4 Months later. Bad year for me. Childhood hero, and father dying and that's not mentioning 9/11 2 months after my father. I was not related to Earnhardt but every time I see pictures of him, was like losing a close relative. And it always brings me back to my father.
0 likes"... and his final memory was his own drivers speeding toward the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them."
4896 likesI choked up so bad
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Today I went down to the Quaker State 400 Kentucky Speedway to watch the "Buckle Up In Your Truck" race. Who won was the #17 truck with a young 18yr old inside, is first race, his first win.
272 likesI came back to this video because of Dale Earnhardt's final race, where he carried his team to victory with the cost of his life. He and his son, his team, won. Sad, but beautiful ending.
I got hit hard in my feelings
89 likesIt’s enough to make a grown man cry
140 likes@Yo Boi Ike right? Teared me up.
57 likesAnd thats ok
32 likesi didnt come here to cry as an adult male, but it sure made me do it...
43 likesI love NASCAR but hi final memory was dang shouldn’t have raced with that broken seatbelt
21 likesCalebMarinelli same here his love for his son and team is visible while hes defending them from the pack i dont know if hed would have wanted to go any other way
39 likesSeems like the ideal way to go out. Like Al Capone, he died in a swimming pool surrounded by friends and family.
14 likesFor me it was "Richard, if they don't do something to these cars its gonna end up killing somebody"
54 likesAlso if you watch the broadcast, knowing what happens, it's even worse. Darrell Waltrip is losing his mind because his brother finally won, then he says "Man, I hope Dale's OK..." and your heart just breaks
68 likesI still remember watching that race live on TV. My family noticed just like was mentioned that he was holding back the other drivers for his son and for his employee. ;_;
34 likesI fuckin sobbed.
14 likesTo think that the last car he must've seen was his son's...God, I never thought I could feel this way about racing.
40 likesSame I teared up so bad.Last thing he got to see was the future he created in the sport he loved so much on the track that caused him so much heartbreak speeding away to victory while his time came.Really hate to say poetic but it was unfortunately.
25 likesYes
1 likeI mean this in the most respectful way, it's the real life version of "Carter out."
3 likesGoosebumps intensify
2 likesMe to. I went out that night and stared up at the stars. Orion was high in the sky. I renamed the nebula Earnhardt's Star and cried. His personality wasn't enough, and his driving wasn't enough. But he had both the best personality and the best driving. That makes him the best Cup driver ever imo, and I was an Elliot fan.
8 likesI just love that he died trying to get his son and I think his friends son to the finish line
4 likesThis got me so bad
1 like@Yo Boi Ike and that's ok"
2 likesAnd people say racing has no meaning to it. SMH
2 likesSame here man... that really got me. Both that and "He wouldn't have wanted it any other way, he died as he lived"
2 likesCalebMarinelli hey
0 likesI managed to hold it together until the very last line. "Is it worth it?" "Yea to win." Fuck.
3 likesSame
0 likesJesus Christ, the rest doesn’t even come close to that line.
0 likesThat would be impossible for someone who suffered a fatal brain injury like Dale. If anything, his last thoughts were desperately begging God to let him into heaven despite the fact he nearly killed several people in the course of his racing. career.
1 likeI bet he had one hell of a story to say in heaven. Dying seeing his team finish the race in open racetrack.
2 likesMy eyes watered, Dale died the way any racer would want to go out. "His own drivers speeding toward the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them." RIP Dale Earnhardt.
0 likesIt hurts...... it truly hurts...... The man had won everything, lost his passion, then found it again with the drive of racing along his son and team. He filled the void of never being able to race with his father by racing with his son......... and he made his ultimate sacrifice just to see his team win...... The most blunt and literal definition.... of a Pyrrhic victory
0 likesThese comments make me feel like I'm watching some NASCAR anime lol
1 likewhen your right...your right.....
1 likelike don't even like NASCAR but this is some good storytelling
CalebMarinelli legit same :(
0 likesThat's the part that broke me
0 likesThe reason I love 3 is because he wasn’t supposed to make it. He was the embodiment of the American Dream.
2 likesi’m not even really interested in nascar but this was honestly one of my favorite videos to watch in a while
1 likeThis has me sobbing. So beautiful!
0 likesI've always been more of an F1 fan, as my dad was very more for the eurocentric and international sports, but I cannot deny that NASCAR and many American sports are like poetry, an epic, like modern day folk tales yet you know they happened, as it happened in front of millions of pairs of eyes just wanting to see their favorite American athlete.
0 likesYou know it’s a good documentary when you start with 0 interest on the topic plus 0 knowledge of the people in question but you leave feeling like you lost a legend.
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I now want to buy a nascar
33 likesdamn right
4 likes@Basement They'll be hundreds of them for sale at the end of next year when nascar is bringing out brand new cars and all the old ones will no longer be allowed to race.
17 likesI know man. I cried.
4 likesI, a Formula 1, Formula E and - at a most! - Nürburgring 24h fanboy, native to Germany, can wholly subscribe to this.
6 likesI may not like NASCAR even today, but I get it now.
But we did lose a legend 😔
3 likes@DGARedRaven Formula E lol
2 likesI could not give any less of a shit about Nascar and this video always makes me emotional.
6 likes@DGARedRaven This is all NASCAR fans can ask for, honestly. We don't want people to like the sport we just want people to understand it's simply more than "hurr durr turn left". Some hard fuckin' men climbed into those beasts to pilot them just like the esteemed 24hr and F1 drivers. Thank you, sincerely, for understanding.
10 likesNow you are crying over a sport and man you had no Interest in.
1 likeAmen.
0 likesEmp, Your ability to make any topic interesting, heartwarming and tragic at a moments notice is admirable and amazing. Please continue to keep up the great work, no matter the topic.
0 likes47:39 i still get goosebumps watching this race.
1 likeYou got me right in the feelz buddy. Thank you
0 likes53:40
7 likes"For many, Dale Earnhardt was a real life hero. But most people will never know his story. Most people only know him as some guy who died."
Jesus has entered the chat.
It’s an almost perfect ending, Dale died on the final lap of the event that kept defeating him for 20 years while defending his team. Mad respect.
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"Change da world...my final message. Goodbye."
144 likes@Techno Spyform1 That has no right to be as emotional as it is
55 likes@Andrew Meyer that was supposed to be a semi joke
3 likesHe died protecting his sons future...
24 likesWhat a man
Its almost as if he was saying, "On ward, boys. You've got it from here"
24 likesDale died in the perfect way because he wanted his son to win
8 likesBlueSpeedstar 1 he let his son go on
0 likesDo it for dale
0 likesRest In Peace Dale Earnhardt. Taken too soon.
0 likesWatching his final moments still brings tears to my eyes 20 years later
That was awesome tastefully done best tribute I've ever seen. Yes a fan this brought back sooo many memories RIP Dale.
0 likesYou are exactly right
4 likesNever was anyone like Dale Earnhardt nor will there ever be
He was the only hero I ever had outside of Jesus Christ
And I ain't a shamed to admit
When the announcement came
My knees buckled, and I cried like a baby
21 years later, it's still sureal
And yeah, Nascar isn't worth the price of popcorn anymore
They've absolutely ruined the sport
Imma be honest this might be the best YouTube video I’ve ever seen. And the standard set by this video will be hard to surpass, in turns of production quality and impact this video is unparalleled.
0 likes3 in our hearts, 3 in the sky, if you wanna go fast than Dales your guy!
1 likeDarrell Waltrip was my neighbor growing up and I remember every time Dale came up, he spoke very highly of him.
1 likei wasnt around when dale was, but i still feel like things have changed a lot. watching clips from back then are so much more entertaining, each driver with their own stories and reasons to race. all kinds of emotional events and stuff. now its getting bland and all the drivers are there for fame. its not as fun to watch
2 likes2nd time watching this, i was trying to figure out why Austin Dillion who took over the #3 looked so familiar. Pulled up his Wikipedia page, turns out I went to High School with his brother Ty Dillion who also races. Kinda funny what you forget over the years. Never really cared about NASCAR until watching your documentaries, they have been top tier man.
2 likesEmp, this was beautifully written. I hadn’t cried at a YouTube video like this in a LONG time, thank you
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I'm not crying. just holding back tears.
44 likesI'm glad I'm not the only person who almost cried.
39 likesGood music choices too. Ever seen a Nascar fly? God damn. That hit hard.
42 likesHell, I've never cried at ANY youtube video before
15 likesI teared up too! I'm not even sure why honestly.
12 likesThis and the Spongebob video hit me hard man.
11 likesI actually almost cried at this video
7 likesAlmost cried
3 likesSuch an experience. I wish YouTube was more legendary
3 likesi didnt give a fuck about nascar before this video and this still made me cry
4 likesand in a NASCAR video of all things
1 likeI also teared up. I was already familiar with Nascar and Dale Earnardt because of my parents but I didn't expect to feel overcome with emotion. I'm not how much of it is because of my mental state or just how excellently executed this video is. The music choices were definitely strong, especially liked hearing 8 bit Speed king.
3 likesNessie Daseamonster Crazy to see you here.
1 likeemplemon is a fucking genius when it comes to storytelling. i just watched this for the second time. i don't even care about sports.
1 likei am actually crying. emp did such a good job with this video.
1 likeAbsolutely beyond contest. The best sponsor plug I have ever seen. And um yeah, as a from the beginning Earnhardt fan you have paid a superlative tribute to The Man In Black. Subscribed.
0 likesWhat a wonderful video, thank you. My mother loved all types of car racing. She was a hell of a good driver ( when she was 17 my grandfather had her drive one of his lumber trucks from Northern Porcupine, Ontario all the way to Welland Ontario with my 14 year old uncle as co pilot taking a load of lumber on dirt roads and freeways to my grandfather's lumber yard back in 1946). I am firmly convinced that she would have made a fine race car driver. She was even boss on skidoos, she could handle any machine with ease, I have never seen the like actually.
0 likesRewatched this for like the 7th time, and still love it, only you could get me and so many others to actually be interested in Nascar
0 likesAbsolutely beyond contest. The best sponsor plug I have ever seen. And um yeah, as a from the beginning Earnhardt fan you have paid a superlative tribute to The Man In Black. Subscribed.
0 likesAfter finishing the video I have this to say; You sir have put together the most engaging documentary of not only Dale, but also the core of what being a NASCAR fan is. And what their current situation is. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
“Is it worth the risk?”
1674 likes“Yeah, to win.”
-Dale Earnhardt
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after watching the last dance he is very similar to MJ in that respect
15 likes@DKman24 MJ?
2 likesKolorado Michael Jordan
10 likesRead that as it was said, and had to do a double-take
1 like*Sure
1 like@51Dutchman
8 likesMichael Jackson, too. He was a shrewd businessman.
This was the first race I ever saw on T.V . I've loved Dale Earnhardt ever since !
0 likesI’ve watched this about 10 times, I couldn’t learn anything new, the jokes don’t hit like they did the first time. But now I can truly appreciate this video for the writing, editing, and format. I sound like a teacher, but this was so incredibly structured
0 likesmy father was there for that race, he had seen it all, it was my dads favorate driver, and now its dale earhard jr. hopefuly the legends live on.
0 likesI may have been born ten years after he died he is still my favorite nascar driver
1 likeYou know what’s so scary about Dale’s death? Every other crash, he hopped out immediately, or atleast almost instantly. He never came out by himself on his last crash. That gave me chills.
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if only he was wearing a hans, he would have survived.
73 likes@8-bit Steve And a full helmet
27 likes“He never came out by himself from his death” ah yes the floor is made out of floor
56 likes@Jake Stafford 🤡
17 likesThats what he said in the video
2 likes@8-bit Steve damn guess you missed the whole point of the video
1 like@Jake Stafford The point being that he almost always never needed help getting out of his car (or at least he got out right away), the moment people realized that he wasn't coming out of the car, not by himself at least, gave op chills
19 likes@Jake Stafford ...implying everyone did notice he died at that exact moment. He wasn't coming out of the car and that was a terrible signal, people were starting to concern.
9 likes@Jake Stafford r/whooosh
1 like@8-bit Steve sir I m an no offense by this, but I've worked in EMS for well over a decade and have seen many people die, lol n many different ways (unfortunately), some major, some minor, some that leave you scratching your head wondering how that could kill anyone. What I and many others have learned is "when God pulls your card, there's nothing that will save you". Even if Dale would have been wrapped in bubble wrap or not raced at all, he would have died somehow, because it was just his time. Thankfully he died doing something he loved, blocking for his guys up front and I guarantee he died with a smile on his face.
0 likesI have never watched nascar, never had any interest in racing really, and yet i am tearing up at this video. You knocked it out of the park with this.
0 likesThe editing and music choices are top notch. Really glad I found your channel. I've never understood why people are in to nascar, but now that I'm halfway through this video, I'm starting to get it.
0 likesCan we just take a moment to praise Ken Squire and his commentary. Wow. His calls on the 1979 Daytona 500 were perfect. Brings tears to my eyes. “They’re angry, they know they have lost. And what a bitter defeat.” 🤌
1 likeThis was an excellent video and perfectly narration. I was a huge Earnhardt fan and your correct nobody cares about nascar anymore it's pothetic
1 likeGot me crying for someone I learned about just today
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Same. 30 year old dude here shedding a tear over a racer I never knew. The power of good story telling.
71 likesRaise Heeeeelllll praise dale.
19 likesWatch “the day” Dale Earnhardt. You’ll really be in tears
6 likesSame thooo got me cryin in the club rn
2 likesStill one of the greatest YouTube videos ever made!
1 likeThis video is so good. Ive watched it probably 15-20 times now.
1 likeEmp, you should do a video on F1!!!
The king, brought fame to the sport. The intimidator, pioneered and mastered a new generation and racing. The wonder kid, ushered in the young generation to bring a new bunch kids to the sport. Thanks for this wonderful video and story telling.
0 likeshow does this dude manage to make me watch hour long videos every time
0 likesHe died doing what he loved and he died quick and painless, a death fitting for a legend, but a death too soon for a hero...
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not at all
0 likes@J Z no u x2
1 likeNot at all like Kitty0706, who we lost to leukemia, Team Fabulous 2 is a classic, go ahead and watch it
0 likes@OB1 tuber what?
0 likesThis is by far the most well done documentary I've ever seen on YouTube.
0 likesThis video got me into nascar and it's history thank you emp love your videos
0 likesNever watched anything with NASCAR but watching this and learning about this man was worth my time. 10/10 great vid
2 likesYou said it perfectly. I am convinced Dale saw that wall approaching and was just smiling. He knew death had come to collect him. And he was smiling.
0 likesOnly Emp-Lemon can make me care about nascar.....can’t wait till he makes a golf player sound like an unsung hero
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There Will Never Ever Be Another Golfer Like Tiger Woods
189 likesI bet Emperor Lemon could even make Sword Art Online interesting
116 likesConstructive Critic ikr
1 likeThere will never be another golfer like Happy Gilmore
29 likesThere Will Never Ever Be Another Cancer Like Anime
26 likesSnooker?
3 likesHey, don't be hating on golf.
8 likesWell.... there is the 30 for 30 documentary on John Daily. The sad “could have been” hero turned alcoholic of golf.
6 likesHe's gonna make some old bingo player an unsung hero. Watch.
11 likesMy friend Max did, he was that one NASCAR fan in high school
0 likes@kanki I don't know man my grandmother makes a mean bingo professional
3 likes@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion there will never be another golfer like John Daly
2 likes@Ryanchungus There will never be another boxer like Mike Tyson
3 likesThe Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion I feel like it would be a lot of focus on his life now as an innocent bird carer
1 like@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion More like There Will Never Ever Be Another Golfer Like Payne Stewart
2 likesWhat you got against golf, man?
0 likes“A golf player” lol
0 likesThe Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion LMFAO u serious 💀 😂
0 likesI hope that's a challenged accepted
1 like@Roger Dodger Golf is a great sport, I'm 6'1 and 215 pounds and the only way I hit a ball 215 yards is if it goes 40 yards sideways (besides the driving range) I have a twisted spine and I feel like that's really a handicap but golf is so relaxing, it's a great thing to spend a day on the course, a couple times a season I get an excuse to spend a day with my Mom on the course which is something I really look forwards too, it's also a great way to get fresh air. It's a totally fake landscape but the aesthetic of it really centers you. It blows my mind when I watch professionals, it's a whole other level.
0 likesJean van de Velde says hi.
0 likes@Joshua Riendeau Alicization really ramped things up
0 likes@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion now we have the perfect way to end off the Tiger Woods video if ever there was, 2019 Masters
0 likesImagine EMP drops there will never be another movie monster like Godzilla
0 likesGod damnit man, I've watched this video so many times after ignoring it for so long and it makes me tear up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
1 likeIronhead drew me into NASCAR as a young kid. I am ever grateful to have grown up a fan of his & had the joy of watching so many of his races. #3Nation4ever #ironhead #TheIntimidator
1 like47:52 I can just imagine Dale Earnhardt .Jr saying "I did it for you dad I did it for you" while tearing up and about to cry
1 likeThese are great documentaries u go deep into all aspects and tie it together. Good job
0 likesThis man died and still finished 12th. That's how good he was.
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To be fair, the big one wiped out so many cars that there was less than a dozen cars that completed all 200 laps.
193 likesAtleaat he did it for his Kids to win
108 likesEven in death, he still beat a lot (if not most) of the other racers
118 likesVictory... Royale?
26 likesPretty poetic
5 likesJochen Rindt died and still won the F1 world championship
26 likesThe maddest lad
3 likes@d3bo lol hahahahaha
0 likesRichie Evans clinched the first Winston Modified title a week before his death.
0 likes@The Pika Player why don't you leave until you actually know something about nascar little boy
3 likesRyan Newman is so good he saved his own life a decade before his accident at the 2020 Daytona 500. He took a 3400 lbs car to the head at 200mph and slid to a 9th place finish on his roof no broken bones or any visible injuries.
7 likesIf only he could have gotten a bullet bill, he may have gone much higher
2 likesAriel Vlogs YT Nah Dale got 2nd while Michale Waltrip got 1st
0 likesAlan Kuluwicki won the 1992 NASCAR championship, but tragically died not even half a year later in an airplane crash. And then not even 100 days later, Davey Allison, basically the future of NASCAR (other than Jeff Gordon), lost his life in a helicopter crash. How tragic 😭
3 likes@give me your fukin cookies the more they made the cars safer, the more they cheated death with ease........ And Death doesn't like to be cheated....
3 likesHes in the heavens or reincarnated now i guess
1 like@d3bo same with NASCAR Modified Series Legend Richie Evans
0 likesI recently went to the race in St. Louis and was surprised by how fun it was. I despise watching races on tv but in person it’s a whole different animal.
0 likesI never realized how long this story was still it was so sad for a legend died for their team
1 likeamazing documentary man. I kept replaying certain parts. Great job
0 likes"His final memory was his own drivers speeding ahead with nothing but open track ahead of them" yep, he went out the way we would've wanted.
0 likes"Dale Earnhardt remained one of the best drivers in the sport until the day he died,
748 likesand even then, he still finished ahead of 30 other drivers."
truth
this series got me into things I never cared about
2 likesi was a huge nascar fan as a kid, i'll never forget the day my parents told me Dale Sr. died.
1 likeR.I.P and Long Live DALE EARNHARDT !
0 likes-Legends Never Die
“When a man is dead-set on accomplishing an impossible task, he will never stop chasing it”
1 likeAs I grew up a young child, 2002-2010 Dale Earnhardt was practically a saint in my home of rural North Carolina, even after his death my family of NASCAR fans continued to support Jr. in chasing the success of his late father. While I never quite watched NASCAR with as much interest as them, I always appreciated the motor sport just as much as them. After those years of greatness for NASCAR, the early-late 2000s saw NASCAR just trying to hold on to its former popularity, and for that time frame listed previously it did, but the 2010s have been near-lethal to NASCAR, it just barely hangs on to its former glory if at all. It is quite sad, and after Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s retirement I don't think there is much left at all to keep watchers coming back, all of those relatable drivers are gone. Even my father who grew me up watching NASCAR, watched it on TV every week barely ever watches it anymore if he even does. I have to thank you very much for making this video, it is a love letter to anyone who watches or watched NASCAR, and those who supported the late Dale Earnhardt. Never will I forget the vivid memories of sitting down with my father as a young child on a Sunday afternoon, and hearing them recite the national anthem before every race, and such a memory is almost I have left to remember of what NASCAR used to be. Seriously, this video made me fucking cry harder than anything else I have seen in the past year, I literally took a moment in my tears to think to myself "jesus fucking christ why is this so sad". Thanks Emp for shining a light on something so deserted and forgotten.
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I cried and I don’t even like nascar
8 likesboomer
1 likeUsed to watch in the early 2000s with my father. After Earnhardt died, we rooted for jr. Interest kinda faded though, and we both stopped watching. A new friend of mine came over once this past summer and we watched the race. It doesn't have the same flair it used to.
3 likesWhen I was a kid I used to watch NASCAR with my late grandfather (he died when he was 103) He never knew what NASCAR was until that first Daytona 500 (the family was snowed in) and after that he became a huge fan. Most Sundays when I was little in the early 2000's we would watch the race. He would have a beer and I would have a soda. It was really the best part of the week. NASCAR has IMO lost what it once had (especially with the introduction of stages which I find really annoying) but I still watch it whenever I get the chance. Honestly whenever I'm stressed out I start to think about when I used to watch NASCAR with him and it puts me in my happy place.
3 likesI think your dad would really appreciate the video too.
1 likeyou said it better than i could ever have
0 likes41:57 this clip itself shows probably the best father-son companionship in the history of NASCAR.
0 likesMan, seeing all these drivers from the 80s and 90s takes me back to my childhood.
0 likesNicely done! He was and still is my #1
0 likesCame back to watch this video a second time. It was just as good twice.
1 likeDidn't disappoint!
“And his final memory was seeing his own drivers speeding ahead of him with nothing but open race track”. Got me in tears ngl Emp you are the goat
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God, that line really got me too.
19 likesYeah I cried
8 likes...still am
6 likesWell I mean tbh, not to break the emotion, but there was more than enough time for him to realize he was going straight into the wall sadly 😔
2 likesi still have zero interest for nascar but yeah, this line made me shed a tear
0 likesI'm glad I was able to find your video, it's such a fun watch! Man, I loved NASCAR growing up, I'd sit there and watch the laps, or leave the race on while I did my stuff throughout the day. I'm sad once cable TV died off, it became impossible for me to watch it. Seeing those empty stadiums makes me sad, but now I understand why people give me weird looks when I say I love it. I was bad at remembering names, especially since I didn't know English too well when I was young, but I remembered the cars and the drivers' faces.
0 likesFirst of all, Dale and Ralph did Race together at the same time on the same track, and NO one ever thought age was a factor in SR. He was talking about the rules package for speedway races when he said that. Check you fact's
1 likeThis is mabye the 3rd time ive watched this video and every time your writing and speech send chills down my spine before this i hadent given 2 shits about NASCAR but now you got me on the brink of tears
0 likesnever did i think i would care about nascar to any capacity, but the way this video is crafted is beautiful. showing earnheardt's legacy, his failures, his legendary wins, his everything, just to see it all crumple down in what can only be described as one of the most, if not the most bittersweet act of heroism and sportsmanship in sports ever. thank you for this absolute gem of a video.
1 likeI was raised in Kannapolis. As a kid I was jokingly taught to count "1, 2, Dale, 4, 5, 6, 7, Junior, 9, 10..."
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Hey I’m in kannapolis rn but let’s not meet
144 likes@Somethedan JEEZ THAT WAS MEAN
261 likesPog
2 likesHey I'm from cannabonis, how do you Doddles do?
20 likesGroink! uuhm... Ups!
a quantum fun from me 🤓
@Zuzu Makiu what
67 likes@Icee idk but i have a murderous rage after reading that.
56 likes@Ricky LaFleur same
7 likes@Somethedan who said he wanted to meet you lol
3 likesMy grandpa taught Dale driver's ed
7 likesI love this I'm going to have to remember this and from now on this sixty-two-year-old woman is going to count just like that thank you for sharing
10 likes@Hurricane oh wow. Can I get a story about that?
2 likesThat's kinda clever...
1 likeI also live right next to kannapolis I’m like 5 minutes away
0 likes@lsbigworld667 “Y’see son, if they don’t get over while you’re merging onto the highway just nose on into their rear quarter and give a little love tap”
3 likesThats quite amusing
0 likesI just watched this the second tiome. It still tears me up. Such an amazing documentary.
0 likesNASCAR is actually really dope when you know what's goin on. I watch the big races mostly, but you can knock it until you understand it.
1 likeI remember being 6 years old in my grandpa's truck with my best friend at the time hugging him and crying over Dale Earnhardt's death. Never ever.
0 likesThis video was eye opening on a lot of levels. I grew up around nascar in dale's era, in fact my best childhood friend told me dozens of times he "became a fan when [he] turned on the tv and saw dale's car soar into the air"
0 likesI haven't talked with him in close to a decade... But this video brought back so many good memories.
Great homeage to a true giant, EmpLemon.
904 likesI actually met Dale Earnhardt as a kid one time. He was with his race car at the opening of a Target store in Alabama. They were giving out free hot dogs and drinks. He just sat on the curb eating his hotdog by himself and he didn't seem to mind being interrupted from his dinner to stand and pose for pictures with the kids. He was such a down to earth guy it's easy to see why so many loved him. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy off the track, and there's no denying he was a legend on it. Rest in peace, Dale...
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he is such a nice guy off the track. i wish i could've met him but we can't change the past can we
21 likesI also had the privilege of meeting him as a kid. It was at the base exchange in Fort Bragg.
13 likesi wich he was still around.
6 likesMy old neighbor used to educate a class of special needs children who just had disabilities, like hard of hearing ect. Told me a story of how they got money to have the kids go out to the track, apparently Dale went out of his way to make sure the kids had a good time, even stopped jr to spend some time with the kids. The guy was absolutely a true top notch chad.
10 likesMy dad used to take me to races and I met him twice myself. The dude was so down to earth it kinda blew my mind. The last time i saw him he was eating a moon pie and to this day i remember thinking "A multi millionaire and he still eats the same country stuff we do"... A true salt of the earth type dude for sure.
5 likesA gentleman off the track and a monster on it. Every racing driver should strive to be like Dale.
0 likesAwesome! Well done, sir.
0 likesI keep rewatching all your Nascar videos over and over. Please make more. You should get a Netflix series.
0 likesThank you for shedding light on a true American hero
0 likesThis documentary made me shed a tear, something which doesn’t often occur. Well done!
0 likesMy mother loved Dale Earnhardt, and by extension so did I. I was 4, my entire room decked out in 3's. I had a race-car bed in 2001, and I barely understood anything about racing except "vroom vroom #3 yay!" and that was enough for me. One day my mom, tears in her eyes, told me #3 wasn't racing anymore. He was dead. Dale's accident was my first real time putting together the finality of death.
557 likesI never watched Nascar again. Sometimes if I had to sit out there during a race, I would sit facing the other way while my parents enjoyed the show. Something about finally revisiting this topic some 18 years later was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had on this platform. I spent at least half of this video with tears in my eyes, of every different sort. Even if I write my own personal experience with this story off, it's a great watch. 3/3 would recommend to others.
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Noh Buddy I was in tears when emp said “and his last memory was of his team with nothing but open road ahead of them”
32 likesNoh Buddy This is probably the best comment I've read this year. This video is really a reminder to myself that there's still something valuable on YouTube, in spite of its issue's today. What EmpLemon has done here to bring out the most commonly shared sentiments in all of us is phenomenal. I don't know why I haven't done this already after the Spongebob and Raw video's, but I'm gonna subscribe to him.
20 likesI convince my friends to watch NASCAR just by showing them the crashes
1 likeThat intro is so compelling. Well done
1 likeI know this is about Dale Earnhardt but as my only memory of watching nascar came from when I was only 5 years old and as it was past Dale’s time, a spark of joy came across me as I saw the number 24 race car come across on the video!! Since it was the only car that was really engraved in my memory because of its cool flame design and I liked it so much that I begged my parents to get me a birthday cake with the number 24 car for my 7th birthday🥳🥳🎉
2 likesI'm only just noticing that the timing on "More Gun" is just absolutely perfect. Your choices of music and your editing are amazing.
0 likes"Dale Earnhardt would enter his black #3 for the final time."
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With my dad being a huge Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr. fan (I'm a Tony Stewart fan.), I was holding back tears for most of this. That line opened the waterworks.
79 likesWhen he said that it sent so many chills through my body
12 likes“Daytona International Speeway”
16 likesI was so happy when i see this documental the first time.
6 likesEverything was interesting... until, at 40:09 he said those words... the smile that i had on my face just fade out, and i realized that, the hard part, was about to come.
And, the song... dude... it's just perfect for this...
This song means something for me.
This is the kind of music you would play right before the final battle.
That definitive battle, of which:
Or you come out victorious and alive, making the future bright for you and everyone, and leaving you a story of triumph and glory that you can tell forever ...
OR...
The end of a martyr story. The sad end of a person who faced the ultimate enemy in a final battle, managing to destroy him and ensure that he never managed to threaten his own again ... but paying the ultimate price ... causing a legend to be remembered for eternity, but leaving insurmountable suffering to his own.
Sadly, in Dale's case... it was the second story.
I’ve watched this video 3 times through just for that one line with the music
2 likes@Hiroka Akita bro "home - we're finally landing" is such a good song. I sometimes tear up listening to it. Idk why.
4 likesJellybuns Young I’ve watched too much summoning salt and now my mind just holds it with that
3 likesWatch his qualifying run for it, it will be worth your time.
0 likesBruh I got reminded of this the day after being reminded of Everywhere At The End Of Time (look it up)
0 likesIs the youtube algorithm trying to warn me about smth?
Also tears😭
1 likeTwo thoughts. One, seriously, how long do these take to edit and finish? Because the quality is off the wall. And two: Dale Earnhardt broke his kneecap in a crash and drove in another race a week later. Then much later broke his collarbone, sternum and shoulder in a crash and, again, raced a week later. I have nothing to add, it just bears repeating because it's insane.
2 likesThe way you put the race footage together with the music and broadcaster commentary is great. Really makes it feel like a movie but it ain't. It's real.
0 likesHelluva video! Really enjoyed it. Any crash can be deadly, but after seeing some of the crashes that man and many many others have endured, hard to understand how and why that 1 was the 1 that was the fatal 1... shout out Earnhardt!!
0 likesWithout a doubt, I can say that this is the first video i’ve ever watched on Youtube relating to Nascar; 14 years on this site and this is the first. Good vid EMP
0 likesThis was crazy it went from masterpiece to fever dream about dollar shave club and back to masterpiece
1 likeI come back to this video because Dale Earnhardt is an absolute legend in every since of the word. Long live The Intimidator!
0 likesSo well done. Great job.
0 likesVery rarely has a video hit me so hard I get tears in my eyes and your editing does something to me that makes me teary. Excellent video, excellent editing. I just want to know what the song right at the beginning when he introduces the video is?
0 likesYo why tf am I about to cry from a Nascar documentary. Your never ever series is iconic. it's so refreshing to watch an hour of professional editing and knowledge with your personality and passion
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brian McGoldrick Dale was the greatest. The Intimidator
5 likesI love the music use of we’re landing home for both talladega and daytona. 2 moments that changed nascar forever. As emp put it, one tragedy was avoided by inches, and the other was caused by inches. We miss you dale :( and this video will be 3 years tomorrow!!!
0 likesI've never watched a single Nascar race before, and had no interest in the sport. Yet watching/listening to your videos about it has definitely peaked my intrigue
0 likesThe day that happened will always live with me. I was a huge nascar fan growing up. It was a bonding sport with my dad, brother and neighbors. Dale was my guy. Many others I watched with liked Gordon.
0 likesEven though I was in the 3rd grade, I remember distinctly watching all this go down. The story line of how perfectly everything was lining up. Just to have it ripped away in a weird dystopian way.
Waiting for an hour or so for the official announcement on tv, since we didn’t have Internet or cell phones. Me in my innocent and youthful self just thought he would be fine.
After that day, nascar was never the same to me… I still like watching old nascar driver compilations and documentaries of the greatest era of Nascar.
I do think looking back on it now that Tony Stewart was a driver that carried that crazy aggressive character through the 2000’s. But in today’s field, I can’t find a driver that does so.
Dale was from a time when a man didn’t worry about feelgoods n emotions it was about fun and hardwork.
0 likesNever did I imagine myself re-watching a 55 minute video about such an obscure subject here in Poland as NASCAR. Your editing and commentary, sir, are on point
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I'm also Polish and I re-watched this video about 10 times. It has amazing quality and is an huge emotional roller coaster
16 likesI'm on my 3rd rewatch
2 likesNo fajnje stary mowi
1 likeSame, dude. I can't even remember for what time I'm rewatching it. It's that good. Pozdrowienia.
3 likesI recommend you look up Alan Kulwicki, who was Polish-American and another of the great NASCAR drivers known for his intellect, being a rare owner-driver, and backwards lap celebrations (the “Polish victory lap” as he called it).
2 likes@Michael Adam yeah Kulwicki was another, like so any drivers taken way to soon. I have some of his "champions circle" cars only because my father told my mom to buy every single one they found on the night of his death. I'll say it, he's just as much of a standard to look up to as Earnhardt Sr. because while he may not have had the raw skill as Sr. he had the willingness and intellect to learn and become self sufficient and become a champion. I even though being a Sr. champion in my youth, think he is a much better role model than the intimidator himself.
1 likeNow I understand why Daniel Ricciardo admire him so much. Great job!
0 likesFrom someone spitting distance away from the Bristol Speedway.. I've never cared much for NASCAR. But you seriously piqued my interest and emotions Emp. Thank you for all the excellent work you do.
0 likesPhenomenal work sir I was only 8 at the time but I remember where I was when I heard the news
1 like35:15 How much morale did this guy have!! Incredible!!
0 likesEmpLemon, I seriously cannot tell you how much I appreciate you as a youtuber. I dropped what I was doing to watch this video--and I never even cared about racing or knew who Dale was. You mentioned in your own video that talent is very rare. These "Never Ever" videos prove that you yourself have loads. Keep it up Emp, you're an inspiration to thousands.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
4 likesThese are so well done!
0 likesHuh, I would've thought Indy would've been the first 500 mile race broadcast live on TV since it has been broadcast since the '50s, but no, it wasn't broadcast live until 1986. This was a fantastic video.
0 likesStill impossible for me to watch this without crying atleast once
0 likesAmazing video EmpLemon, if you're intrested on doing another video like this but for a driver in Formula One. Ayrton Senna had a similar career like Dale Earnhardt. Both agressive, phenomenal and influential. Ayrton also took a long time to win at home in Brazil just like Earnhardt in the Daytona 500,, and he won in a dramatic race back in 1991. In 1994 when Senna died, Dale Earnhardt gave an interview after the race he won to support Senna's fans and family. Ayrton Senna is a legend and I know you would make a fantastic video about him. Cheers from Brazil.
0 likesLittle update for anyone watching. Dale’s second wife, Brenda Lorraine Gee (Dale Jr’s morher) passed away recently on April 22nd 2019. At least they are both now able to watch over and be proud of the son they made together. Just thought I would share with you all and pay some respects to the Earnhardt family. Praise dale!
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0 likesI’m 16 and know nothing about nascar other than the badass looking cars, but you’ve just made me stick around for 56 minutes and I’m entertained. Thanks for this video
2 likesI've always thought Nascar was low class and never gave it chance but your videos on it are really something else. Very well done
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Where you from
0 likes@The Ghastly Grinner Im from Amherst Massachusetts
0 likesThe saddest part about Earnhardt's death for me is the fact that it was 100% preventable. around this time the HANS (head and neck support) device was becoming more and more prevalent in motor racing and was designed to protect drivers from exact the sort of injury that Killed Dale. at the time in NASCAR the equipment was optional and many divers including Dale chose not to wear it fearing it would make the car harder to exit in the event of a fire (something drivers always bring up in relation to new safety system even in modern motorsport) Had he been wearing one it would have saved his life, in fact in all likelihood he would have walked out of the car with little to no injuries whatsoever. After this accident concerns about HANS globally unsurprisingly became very quiet and soon enough its mandatory in pretty much all forms of motorsport larger than karts.
2 likesthis is my second time watching this and I can’t tell you how underrated the transition OUT of the ad is
0 likesI don’t care about Nascar. I don’t care about Wrestling. Hell, I don’t even care about Spongebob, but you manage to make video essays that are brimming with passion, dragging the viewer in, and THAT is a very refreshing thing to see in Youtube.
399 likesPlease keep up the good work!
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id recommend wrestling though
4 likes@alfa01spotivo and spongebob and nascar
2 likesspongebob is good though.
4 likesWelcome to this channel lad
0 likesBig shout out to Cleetus McFarland (Garret Mitchel) for carrying the legacy of Dale Earnhardt! Hell yeah brother, keep doing it for Dale!
0 likesI’m from Tennessee, but I moved to Pennsylvania at the start of the pandemic, and my pawpaw always loved nascar, I didn’t. Im gonna see him in 7 hours for the weekend, and I have to talk to him about this. This video is phenomenal, and while I am still not gonna be much of a nascar fan, im now a Dale fan. That was an experience to watch.
0 likesRip to a legend
0 likesGreat video!
0 likesI vividly remember this race being the best and worst day as a young NASCAR fan, I had turned 13 years old a month before this race and my grandpa had just gotten me a #15 Napa hat to replace my old #21 Citgo hat as I was a life long Michael Waltrip fan, and my grandpa being a longtime Dale fan since the early 80s, he was ecstatic that we could have drivers in the same team, or at least mine driving for his.
It was just so damn heartbreaking that the day my favorite driver won his first points paying race, and the 500 no less, that his favorite driver lost his life.
Who knew that a YTP maker could churn out such amazingly well written and thoroughly researched serious content?
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Arc mama luigi did
2 likesYTP-ers are some of the best editors and most creative storytellers o the internet.
24 likesPassion for something
1 likeThats what YTP does.
2 likesTeaches editing, and story telling.
I remember all of this ! He is the GOAT of NASCAR!
0 likesI've never been into Nascar but when I was a kid I watched a movie about Dale Earnhardt and for whatever reason it stuck with me which is probably why I clicked on this video and I'm glad I did because for somebody not into the sport I sure was stuck on this biography and it's so good I kinda want to go watch some old races now 👍
0 likesThis is so well-made! This video inspired me to write an essay on NASCAR for school!
0 likesI really enjoyed the fact that the gt4 menu soundtrack was included in this video.
0 likesNostalgia x 100
How the fuck can you not only make me fascinated by a sport I don't care about, but also grieve about a man I just learned about? Damn... you're up there Emp, you're up there.
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You got Dale Pilled
0 likesThat video of him with Dale jr before his last race is heart wrenching,can't imagine what was in poor jrs mind
0 likesAfter Daytona win Earnhardt was injured in an Atlanta crash a few weeks later and had pinch nerve issue in his neck. Apparently he had trouble even getting dressed.
2 likesI'm probably the only Puertorican that grew up in NY, The Bronx i might add (1980-2005) that was a huge NASCAR fan and knew everything about it and it's driver's. Dale Sr was and still is, the greatest NASCAR driver of all time. #forevernumber3 ☝️☝️☝️
1 like"Seek means of preventing a recurrence", the government said about the Le Mans disaster. "After the death of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR would implement numerous ... to make sure that what happened to him would never happen again." Yeah. That sounds about right, in both cases. Government and regulatory agencies are top notch at closing the gates after the cows are out.
1 likeWhen Dale died, the best and most wise man I know, my grandpa, or papa as we called him, who has loved racing all his life said "I don't have a reason to watch racing no more." Sad day.
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Ive never been interested in racing, but I bet it was.
11 likes1 in 7 billion that’s the saddest shit I’ve read in my life
21 likesas someone who grew up in the south in the 90s one of the only time i saw my dad and gramps really cry about something on TV was when dale earnhardt died. i didn't like nascar but i remember coming into the living room seeing everyone emotional
0 likesman it was tough seeing dale walking before his last race knowing that he wouldn’t live to see another day
0 likesI never got to watch Dale race before he died, but his car was always my favorite as a kid. I remember getting to see the No. 3 on display at Daytona back in ‘04. It’s strange. I loved the car, but knew very little about the man behind it aside from the fact that he was the greatest NASCAR driver and that he died in the 2001 Daytona 500. So thank you, EmpLemon, for reawakening my love for NASCAR and showing me what made Dale such a legendary driver.
0 likesI’m watching this in my nascar blanket with a spliff in my mouth... I’m so happy 🤣
0 likesAs always, this is an amazing documentary. It doesn’t feel right calling this just a “video”
I don't know why, but i cried watching this video. I'm not even american and i've never heard of Dale Earnhardt before.
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Same my guy, same.
146 likesEmp is just THAT good a storyteller. And this story is just THAT incredible.
335 likesDon't forget the chills
81 likesSo did I.
18 likesDefinitely got choked up myself. What a story
47 likesSame here
6 likesWell I know who he is. I been knew about him.
5 likesI am American, and I've never heard of Dale Earnhardt before today. This shit almost made me cry too man.
44 likesNearly did the same.
1 likeAs someone from the Carolinas, hes a god around here, I was four when he died and its the only time ive ever seen my dad cry
46 likesso i'm not the only one
2 likesThat is so weird to me. I'm an American whose not at all into NASCAR but almost everyone here knows of him. Lol
15 likesIt's hard not to have strong emotions in the presence of the last bit of life someone has on footage and seeing how they act without knowing their fate.
19 likesThe pacing, the music, the mood.. all too perfect for emotional manipulation.
13 likesDeadass
1 likeI’m from the south and can remember THE DAY he died. The next week at church everyone was so sad and down
28 likesSame man
2 likesI did too :,)
2 likesTragedy knows no language.
14 likesSeeing him throwing a race to protect his son and team, and dying for it, gets me every time.
31 likesHow do you think I feel Dale was my favorite and childhood hero his passing was a very sad time
4 likesSame here.
3 likes@Pr0fitl0lis ! pois é, man... embora eu já tenha jogado Nascar num PS2, eu não tinha ideia da história de Earnhardt. Foda demais!!
3 likes@Pr0fitl0lis ! o que eu curti nesse canal é que ele tem a seriedade e a qualidade de Jon Bois, mas tem uma pegada mais leve, mais bem humorada e com referências (especialmente musicais) mais próximas dessa geração
3 likesSMFCX tbh, a well made movie about this guys life would be amazing!
5 likesNot for me , i already seen this from another video
1 likeI have been a NASCAR fan for 24 years Dale Earnhardt was my favorite driver and childhood hero his passing was very sad I miss him greatly
7 likesReal superheroes tend to have that affect on ya.
5 likesLol for real?
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2 likesI have the same feeling man... This series got me.
1 likeI just knew him as a great driver who died, it is what it is. You never expect it, dale was just a nobody's nobody, this man has changed so many lives even outside of NASCAR.
1 likeHow lucky can one be and his kids and family are doing great.
How have people never heard of dale earnheart? I remember his death more than I remember 9/11 back when I was a kid. Shit was a big deal back then
3 likes@RealNigga19 Probably because I come from an island which has next to nothing about motorsports.
2 likes@Martian G&T fair enough
2 likesSame
1 likeSame. I live in Asia. The only way I know about NASCAR is because of video games and the fact that they used to show it on ESPN many, many years ago. This was a really inspiring and touching story. If you wanna live a good life, live like Dale lived his.
3 likesYeah much the same man, EmpLemon knows how to tell a story right.
2 likesHe was a hero to a lot of us. An inspiration. The man in black leaves a legacy and nobody will be able to top it.
3 likesas an american/canadian who doesnt care for nascar... this is an amzing video and very similar to Jon Bois (the originator of this style -- check out his material on SBNation's channel).
1 likeand you saying that made me strangely patriotic, when usually i never feel that way.
@daw pler youd never heard of him? dude i grew up in canada and everyone knew him... are you a youngster?
1 like@Monk Killedababy I am 20 years old.
0 likesAs a fan of Nascar, I never knew him until I saw an IMAX movie about the sport when I was a kid, that made me found more about him, over the years I've learned more and more of Dale, he left such an impact and the fact his final win was 4 days before I was born just... I really can't put it into words.
3 likesI was 4 on that day, and it was the first race I remember watching, although I must have seen some before then. That wreck with Tony Stewart scared the crap out of me.
0 likesMan, it's just a sad death. Almost everything about that 500 was sad. Gets me every time. We all hope that that's the last death in the sport.
0 likes@Stripe Gurger Speaking of Mondays continuation of the Daytona 500 of this year, confirms Dale is still the last fatality of Nascar till this day, the final lap of the race resulted a horrifying crash in the front tri oval of the track during the Finnish, driver of the number 6 Ford mustang Ryan Newman was spun out from the lead head in to the wall resulting him to go upside while upside down another car coming up more than 190+ mph impacted Newman in a horrifying way, the impact was so hard the number 6 car was lifted at least 10 feet in the air nearly hitting the catch fence, what's worse he got hit on the roof on the driver side of the car, once landed upside the car went into sparks and flames, later on that Monday night at 10:05 p.m. U.S. EST Nascar and Roush Fenway announced on Twitter "Now in serious condition.. not life threatening." Signifying that has was going to be ok. Today twitter showing Newman now waking with his two daughters out of the local hospital in Daytona. For a second I and many other thought we've seen another fatality in Nascar.
0 likes@Oscar Tobar, OATmeal We all saw that and went: we saw a man die. He was confirmed out of the car and alive, and we all went: he'll never race again. In hospital, he was confirmed aware and communicative, and we went: he's gotta have a serious injury. He was comfirmed up, walking, smiling, and then walking out of the hospital, and we all finally exhaled with relief. I'm not even a Newman fan, but the safer the sport can be, the better. Poor Blaney too, man.
2 likes@Stripe Gurger I almost shed up when I saw Blaney.
0 likesI think we cry because seeing a man become simply the best out of sheer dedication to his father's legacy and even more: Do what was thought to be simply impossible makes our hearts swell with pride. He went out making sure his son got to live in the glory of such a title as well, and if that isn't a good dad; I don't wanna know what is.
1 likeJackson Almodobar there is a movie about it called the dale earheardt movie
0 likes@The Micah What's really cool is that during that same season at the next race at Daytona Dale Jr. won and Michael Waltrip came in second.
0 likesI never thought I would be this emotional about a Nascar video
0 likes👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Very well put together great video. Thank you
0 likesI watched The intimidator live my whole life. He was a beast. Kyle Larson is taking over the role.
0 likesI had a toy car of the number 3 when i was young, my father told me remember the number 3 it crashed. And after all these years I know the story thank you
0 likesAs a Formula One fan, who never gave a shit about NASCAR, my eyes have been opened. Incredibly well-written and edited video, coming away with new found respect for the under-rated sport, thank you for making this.
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This video is a master piece.
13 likesThe 90's and Early 2000's were great in Motorsports, I used to watch both NASCAR and F1. I also watched CART. Now they are all crap.
2 likes@carlosb1 what about the 80s, what's better than group B?
1 like@Niels Vantilburg You are right Group B nothing better than that, I just said that those decades were great.
0 likesMore to it than just going in circles.
0 likes@daniel passmore Its ovals
1 like"Daytonnnaaaaaaa.... Lets Go Away!" man that brings back some memories lol...Not gonna lie...... i got teary eyed when the moment came. I remember watching it, cried like a baby when they announced it. I remember feeling so bad for Jr and Mikey...... I was wearing my black 1994 Winston Cup Championship shirt, put it in a frame and still have it to this day. What a great doc. Loved every second. And remember. Continue The Legend.
0 likesThere definitely is a good point there about racing being more entertaining when it's more dangerous. Nobody is hoping for a driver to die or get seriously hurt but it definitely adds suspension. Fans of rally racing often look back at Group B as being the pinnacle of the sport and that was at a time where drivers and spectators alike were at serious risk of injury or death at every race.
1 likeman the part about he couldnt have gone out any better way, seeing his son and team winning with open track ahead of them, man...... almost made me cry there..... heck and im into motocross, really great video man seriously
0 likesBro I never ever learned anything about NASCAR but you really just made me shed a tear when he won the Daytona 500.
0 likesDale Earnhardt is the most American looking man ever
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Not really look at Kyle Busch XD
14 likesGrim_ReaperZ gaming have you seen brad?
8 likesYa XD
7 likesCarroll Shelby is the physical incarnation of the United States of America.
64 likesJoRgE Chavez oh definitely
6 likes@Majik besides Uncle Sam
2 likes@Joanna Martin what's wrong with Trump lmaooooo
10 likesidk bout the most American, but is no doubt one of the most red blooded American men that this nation will ever know
8 likes@ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY PUNK nah that is John kawasaki
0 likesExactly
0 likesThere are a lot who can take that honor. Don Frye, Dan Severn, Tom Selleck, list goes on.
1 likehe reminds me of Scatman John
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1 likeChin, Mackenzie you mean 🅱️r🅰️d
0 likes@Backyard Railfan© yes
0 likesI have another one for you, have you ever seen Tyler Tony
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0 likesThis one brings back a lot of memories. My family is split between northerners and southerners on my Dad and Mom's sides (respectively), and some of my earliest memories are of watching Earnhardt win the Daytona 500 in 1998 (if I have the year correct from the video). I also remember a lot of people not liking Earnhardt for some reason, and now I realize it is because of his aggressive driving style! Ha! I also remember when he died, more faint memories... thank you for the documentary, I greatly enjoyed it!
0 likesDale Earnhardt literally saying that the cars would kill someone before actually dying is one of those fascinating bits of foreshadowing that I will never get over.
1 likeI live pretty damn close to the Daytona International Speedway so seeing EmpLemon including it in a video about it gets me a little giddy. Great video, anyways.
0 likesas much as i never knew about nascar,
0 likesthe ending quarter made me cry.
thanks.
I’ve seen this video about 5 times, still a classic.
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Same
13 likesIt’s so rewatchable, love to just leave it in the background
30 likesI'm here for round two.
5 likesRound 9..
8 likes250 minutes of nascar history
3 likesI can't even stop
1 likeThis whole man's channel is a classic
4 likesAmetuer
0 likesJust watched this for the first time. Wow this was incredible. I knew how he died and all that but this really captured his story perfectly
2 likesRound 8
0 likesLmao I've cried each time
2 likesI've lost count how many times I've watched this, but I know I'm in the double digits
0 likesIt’s a great video, I love coming back to it now and then
0 likesweak not even on 3 digits
0 likesSame
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0 likesI love all of emp’s content analysis videos
0 likesRound 4 or 5
0 likesRookie numbers
0 likesjust 5? ive gotten like 15!
0 likesI cry every time. For a nascar champion that I never even knew about before watching it.
0 likesYeah I always watch it always say to watch like 1 part of it but then I can never stop watching till the end
0 likesJust watched it a third time today. I get teary eyed every time
0 likesI don't find all the content you choose to be in my interests pallet, but that's exactly why I subscribed.
0 likesWell written, educating and well presented.
Thanks Emp!
Awesome! Great job! Thank you very much!
1 like“Its impossible to convince someone to care about….nascar but I’m gonna try”
0 likesWell you got me
I was 9 or 10 when he passed. Sitting in front of the TV about a foot away from the screen. I'll never forget that crash hoping he was okay. Only to find out he had passed
0 likesMan, you frame Dale Earnhardt choosing to follow in his father’s footsteps like Achilles choosing to sail to Troy and die in glory. I approve.
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Basically what happened. He went into something dangerous and died in glory
27 likesGLORY is forever and that is why we Remember them both
10 likes@RagnokRaven na its bc dale was legendary
4 likesYea this guys got some of the most compelling documentary content I’ve ever seen I love it.
0 likes27:04 - I put one of those into my own car to make it more like a race car. i want my 2006 camry to be just as fast and cool as NASCARs
1 likeyou just know it's gonna to be good when eurobeat kicks in xD
0 likesTo the The Legend the intimidator Dale Earnhardt we will miss you and never forget you.
0 likesIncredible work!
0 likesYou manage to turn even the most boring-looking sports into an emotional roller coaster. Respect
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Shyguymask and it has a squidbillies song in it. I love emp lemon
2 likesHe should try it with golf
27 likesIKR Heck they litterally made a legit roller coaster based on NASCAR called SPEED the ride. at nascar cafe in Las Vegas
7 likesIt didn’t used to be boring it was the most popular sport in America cause how good it was and thanks to Brian France he tried to make nascar like every other sport and he killed it. Added too many rules, added a gimmick playoff format just for entertainment not fairness, made the cars easier to drive and made the racing suck so much ass now it’s unimaginable. I remember standing on my feet cheering and clapping cause how good this sport was and now I barely watch cause how much a shit show it is now cause of it practically being pay to win now cause skill doesn’t matter like the 80s and 90s. Nascar left it’s good tracks for pretty much carbon copies of the same 1.5 mile design that puts on horrible racing.
17 likesIt used to NOT be boring.
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Wait... *THATS ILLEGAL*!
Brody Cooper if you don’t believe me look at the races in the 90s and early 2000s compared to now. Back then they were barely a second from each other for the lead battling. Yes you still had a few boring races but for the most part it was good. Now it is 15 seconds sometimes between the front 2 cars and there is never any battles on the track or anything like that usually.
5 likes@tAmEz ZoDiAc, I know it was WAY better and I do believe you because I watch races from the 70s and 80s all the time. I was just making a joke. BUT back then we didn't have DW saying "boogity boogity boogity! LETS GO RACING BOYS!"
0 likesCajun Cooyan nascar was actually the most entertaining sport in America till they ruined the cars and the racing. Baseball is the most boring sport. That and golf.
2 likesRacing is anything but Boring your thinking about football and basketball
2 likesAnything is boring when you don't understand it.
2 likes@tAmEz ZoDiAc NASCAR and baseball are great
0 likesI'll never forget that day. That race. I'm from North Carolina. Dale was one of my childhood heroes. I held back tears from the very start because I knew all too well what was coming.
0 likesThis video was very well done and well thought out. Thank you for honoring his legacy.
You are absolutely correct. There will NEVER be another racecar driver (of any division/type) like Dale Earnhardt.
❤️Number 3 on the track, Number 1 in our hearts. ❤️
0 likesMan superb video, when I first saw 55 minutes i was not sure if I will see it the whole way through or leave it in the middle but nice story, nice story telling and a great video keep it up.
0 likeshis wreck and death were fucking haunting. i still remember it to this day. my fam wasn't a huge earnhardt fan but we all were fuckin shook.
0 likesComing from a NASCAR fan (Yes there still some left) I kinda expected the usual “Dael was a great driver and died” that people seem to always do when a videos made about him, but this was not what I was expecting, props to you for actually doing your research into the history of Dale, NASCAR, etc
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It's what emp does best nowadays
20 likes@aceman0000099 true, I like his videos, the old ones and the new. Times change for better or for worse
0 likesThe downward spiral (secretly an upward spiral)
10 likes@aceman0000099 so true
0 likesThe 90's Nascar breakthrough scene here really gives me chills... Almost tears man. Very good and fond memories from a much better time. Sitting there with my father on the love seat on CBS or the reruns on Speed Vision.... Thank you for this amazing video and feelings watching this. I needed it today.
0 likesLove the Gran Turismo and FF music sparsed in (28:20... that song hits me everytime.) Great documentary on an all-time legend... still miss seeing that car race. Always will be the peak of NASCAR up to this point for me.
0 likesThank you so much for this amazing content
0 likesyou are seriously so good at this, my nascar love died a few years ago, but you might have made it come back
0 likes"Have you ever seen a nascar fly?"
791 likesNow, one of the most iconic lines of YouTube. Change my mind.
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So iconic. With the music playing right after I always get chills. I've watched this video at least 10 times already and it's always an experience anew
55 likesYep. The song is called Home - We're finally landing (IIRC), which makes it even better.
14 likeschills every time
9 likesI unironicly cried in the video, it's so fucking good.
9 likesThe question that went through my head in response was:
6 likes"No, do they fly like Mercedes?"
@Дэвид I see what you did there 😂😂😂
3 likes25:15
0 likesUnfortunately, yes
0 likesAlso, while Dale dropped out at the age of 16, he was still in Junior High. He was 16 in the 8th grade, Jr. talks about this on the JRE Podcast. This video is simply amazing, so I'm not trying to critique as much as I am just trying to provide factual information. The one time I did a video like this, it took me somewhere around 6 months, so, I can't really critique someone that does things like this all the time. Great job :)
1 likeAs a wise man once said “he’s not dead he’s just one lap ahead”
0 likesEmpLemon carrying an entire sport on his back.
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0 likes"It's probably the only thing you know about Dale Earnhardt." Uhhh, nope. I knew literally nothing about him at all actually. What an amazing story.
0 likesMy grandpa still has stories about dale, he always said "The roughest, toughest, and meanest man you don't want behind your tail." That's one hell of a way to go out. Holding back a load of cars with an open stretch of debris, track, and his two apprentices rolling down with no contest.
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Not to mention one of those apprentices being his own son.
31 likesOne story that’s been told to me that I remember is
40 likesA rookie is going 3 wide. He looks to his right and see a more experienced driver holding onto the steering wheel so tight his knuckles are white. He looks to his left and sees Dale Earnhardt holding the steering wheel with one hand and looking back at him. Intimidated by this he drops out of the 3 wide.
Dale Earnhardt was a legend
0 likesDale Earnhardt was the first athlete I ever remember idolizing. As a kid, I was really into and things going fast--Sonic the Hedgehog, hi-tempo music, and racing of all kinds. I liked NASCAR the most, and out of all the drivers, I don't know why, but I stuck on #3. Maybe it was because his car was black. Maybe it was because his number was easy to pick out. Maybe it was his aggressive style...but Earnhardt was my favorite sports star for pretty much all of my single-digit ages. And it was even better when Jeff Gordon came onto the scene--the young, baby-faced upstart that came in just winning everything--MAN, that rivalry was amazing (actually, we'd see the same thing with Payton and Tom in the NFL...and unsurprisingly, I was also a huge Manning fan). But Dale persevered, and his cars stayed winning. Seeing him win the Daytona 500 in 98 was one one of the best things I'd ever experienced in my young life up to that point. And hearing the news that he had perished was one of the worst. NASCAR was never the same for me after that.
0 likesBut you know what? I'll never forget what he meant to me as a kid. Thank you for this video, and for giving everyone else a glimpse at what made him so special for me and millions of other fans.
I really enjoyed your video as you said you can't go out in the backyard and drive a stock car the secret of the Drivers love was getting there and the old fans had a taste of it. Today's NASCAR is different I mean watching the #18 is like watching fly's Fuck
1 likehe died doing what he loved
1 likea noble man
Man...
461 likesYou made me cry:
- When Dale won Daytona.
- And when he died
Your direction and edition of the video made it some of the finest moments I had in this platform for the whole time.
Thank you, mister!
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See Dale hold back the pack ONLY TO WATCH his team win while dying in the process...I HAD TO REWIND THAT PART TWICE🙏
13 likesyou are speded and i kinda feel bad hehe xd
0 likesI didnt know a single thing about Dale or nascar before this video, but i quickly became a fan of him and fucking teared up when i literally just found out he died
1 likeDale JR winning at Daytona following his dad's death was beautiful
0 likesSandwiching the video with the general impression of NASCAR fans was very evocative. Good job getting people to see past the stereotypes, and showing all of us, "How could you NOT care?"
1 likeMan, as someone born after Dale Earnhardt had died, I only had heard of his son. The name "Dale Earnhardt" in my name was associated with "Dale Earnhardt Jr." and this video really shed a light on his father. I never was into Nascar, but this video was great.
0 likesAs a young kid watching the Winston cup in the mid to late 90s Dale Earnhardt was my motor sports hero.
0 likesRAISE HELL PRAISE DALE.
“Dale earnhardt was the last fatality” boy did Ryan Newman almost break that streak
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yes the way they were acting we all though it wasnt going to be a good outcome
60 likesto be fair he almost breaks that streak every season
106 likesEnglish viking kaden jesus christ
4 likesNot Dillion almost broke it but ight
5 likesJimmy Dean no I mean Newman has horrible crashes at restrictor plate racing all the time
31 likesCaleb Gilliland Ryan Newman almost does at the Daytona 500 this year bro what do you mean?
1 likeDude.
15 likesI was scared from the bottom of my heart.
That afternoon, i was preparing my mind for the worst.
I've never saw a NASCAR driver die live (i was only 2 yo when Dale died), and, i was thinking that i just saw Ryan die live...
When I watched that live I didn’t know what the hell to think
0 likesWhen I saw that wreck, I immediately thought of Dale. I didn’t care who won the race. When I looked at Twitter all I saw was Newmans Wreck. It really scared me when NASCAR’s YouTube channel toke the live video of the race Down. Then I saw where he was in Critical Condition with Non Life threatening injuries. Little did I know that he would walk out of the hospital holding his Two Daughter’s Hands just a Day later.
10 likesYeah he nearly did
0 likes@The Intimadator3 it got completely quiet at the track, like everyone was focused on what was happening.
1 likeNASCAR's IndyCar had a fatality after Dale Earnhardt. Dan Wheldon. Still counts.
2 likesdamn close
0 likes@Onyx Amish Yeah dude he's Dega crash in 2009, Daytona in 2003, there's so many.
1 likeYou are severely underestimating the safety of NASCAR sir
1 like@Andrew Sutherland Indycar is not affiliated with NASCAR. Indycar is its own individual sanctioning body. So no, in this conversation, it does not.
1 like@John Smith Surprising how you are the only one saying this....
0 likes@Andrew Sutherland Because . . . most people wouldn't even bother answering the comment. Look up the answer on the internet, and I can assure you that ir will also say that NASCAR currently does not own Indycar or vice versa.
0 likes@John Smith It's not the fact of who owns who. They are both the same except for some rules and the cars and staff. To me. Dan Wheldon should be honored and not forgotten. And if you think that is wrong well sir, you should not be wasting your time with me.
0 likes@Andrew Sutherland He absolutely should be honored and shouldn't be forgotten. I am not in any way trying to downplay his death. However, when they say "last fatality" in this comment, they mean last fatality in one of NASCAR's top divisions. I am just trying to establish the parameters that this comment is trying to set. I understand what you are trying to say with them being similar, but the person in the video was trying to talk specifically about NASCAR-related deaths.
0 likesDan Wheldon should never be forgotten, but he is not a NASCAR fatality, and therefore does not objectively count on this list.
However, if you want to count deaths from Indycar too, then you shouldn't forget about Justin Wilson's death in 2014.
@John Smith Geez he died too??
0 likes@Andrew Sutherland Yeah, he died during a race at Pocono.
0 likesyou're so good at storytelling dude
0 likesEmpLemon, I don't know if you'll ever see this comment but I found your channel a month ago and never have I ever been so hooked for nearly an hour on any YouTube video ever. You have an amazing talent and skill, I think I speak for everyone here when I say we'll be right behind you through everything. Keep churning out bangers
0 likesSuch an under rated channel! Viva NASCAR!
1 likeMichael Waltrip said something about how he felt after winning the 2001 Daytona 500, but his best friend and car owner was killed while it happened.
0 likes"(...) that pretty much told me that the celebration was over, you know, what I thought was the greatest day ever was heading in a direction that would make it the worst day ever..."
I challenge anyone to watch the footage of him saying that, knowing that it was his first win in his career after 463 tries, his best friend, Dale Earnhardt, provided the opportunity for him, and yet Earnhardt was killed on that last lap while helping it to happen, and not well up with tears
You made regular people respect NASCAR, Emp. I wish I could do that.
158 likesDale may have been a legend on the track, but Emplemon you are a legend with producing high quality YouTube content. I salute you.
0 likesI live in kannapolis, and it’s awesome to see this! I was surprised to see that you went downtown to see the monument!
0 likesI've watched this video countless times, yet 40:05 hits me so fucking hard every single time
0 likesThat transition between sponsorship and the video was almost as smooth as the shave you’ll get from Dollar Shave Club lol
0 likesDales death saved so many drivers lives, but at the same time Dales death killed the sport.
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fr tho
5 likesThe sport died with dale 😔
47 likesReminds me of Eddie Guerrero
7 likes@Lukibear 1112 Ah Yes, Latino Heat, when he died, he sealed Benoit’s Fate, but he helped save so many wrestlers by forcing WWE to Create the wellness policy and more safe wrestling
13 likes@Lukibear 1112 ha man, ydk how much i miss eddie ...
4 likes@Mike C. yeah. Me too
2 likesto be fair many of us would watch Nascar more if they flipped things around. I would love to see inline engines v6's and many other engine types and designs on the tracks, no restrictor plate on the big tracks just size limits so we aren't pushing the limits of safe and unsafe speed wise and overall more road racing during the season. Those three things would have young and old flocking. Cause lets be real no bigger a fight could ever come from a inline 4 stomping a v8 for the finish. Its a shame a legend is gone though, was a sad day for everyone.
1 likeThe perfect definition of give and take.. and like Emp said in the video "he was a racing god."
0 likes@Mike C. phone rings
0 likes"Can you feel the heat?"
Honestly at this point all motorsports are cheating death they get damn lucky atleast one time a season for everyone
1 like@The hash slinging slasher. Inline 5 engines sound mean af. They could work on the plate tracks and just have em use the v8 everywhere else. And bring back some weird tracks. Sometimes nascar has to be lowest common denominator garbage. As seen with the dirt race this year
0 likesSame thing with Formula 1 and Ayrton Senna. His shock death in 1994 is what gave the killing blow to that sport also. It's understandable why both NASCAR and F1 became safer since no one wants to see people die, but one cannot deny that super safe cars made the excitement level drop.
1 like@Minerva's Owl In Brazil maybe, but you can actually look up the viewership for F1 races, it peaked in 1996 for Britain, and the MSC, Kimi, Alonso era was very popular.
1 likeThere are two sides of a coin
0 likesYou can’t have one side, without the other
I have never watched NASCAR nor any sort of racing, yet, this video has me intrigued and emotional. Videos like these are so phenomenal to stumble across on YouTube because the quality and care put into them are genuinely fantastic. Thank you for this video, and rest in peace Dale Earnhardt.
0 likesThere will never be another driver like Dale allowed to make it in professional racing.
0 likesDale is a legend yes he’s flawed but he’s a man of greatness and he left a legacy behind.
0 likes26:29, it was actually 84 dead counting the driver. another quick fact, 14 people were killed by the hood of the car as it spun like a frisbee through the crowd.
1 likeI spent most of my teenage years watching Nascar and I was a huge Dale Earnhardt fan. The 2001 Daytona 500 was a week before I shipped off to Navy basic training. I was 18. I've always felt like his death was also the death of my childhood.
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And later that year in NYC...
9 likes@3rdBan SubjectNone No kidding, 2001 was tragedy after tragedy
40 likesFor NASCAR it was the death of Dale
For Power Rangers it was the deaths of Thuy Trang (MMPR Yellow 1 aka OG Yellow Ranger) and Jason David Frank's brother who actually appeared on Power Rangers as well.
For America it was 9/11
Having a connection with all three, a Nascar fan, a Power Rangers fan, and an American were very impactful.
@maximaldinotrap I'm born in NY, I grew up with Power Rangers as my favorite show, and my father was a NASCAR stock and enduro driver... Traumatic year
23 likesMy favorite racer ever!
0 likesThis Was Beautiful Man. Thank You
0 likesI tend to hate reaction videos, but it'd be nice to see Jr's reaction to this.
0 likesIt never heals. I love Dale Jr . But I told my friends and my husband my Idea about safer barriers before it happened.
0 likesI swear, I clicked on this video expecting not much because "haha, 'muricans and their stupid NASCAR", only giving it a 5 minute chance because your videos are incredible... after 55 minutes I almost cried... this is beautiful man.
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NASCAR's the greatest sport in the world give it a chance
2 likesJohn nemechek is one of my family members I'll never forget about him
0 likesAmazing content. Amazing Video. Probably the best content i have seen on youtube. Great job. Subbed.
0 likesNever cared much for NASCAR or knew anything about it outside of this video. I didn't know this story before hearing it here but dammit I was tearing up both when Dale won on his 20th attempt and at his death, and even at his son's win. I couldn't believe it. Thank you for sharing this story for those who never knew it before, I definitely respect this sport so much more coming out of this video.
0 likesEdit: Also thanks to everyone for sharing such interesting stories in the comments, I enjoyed reading them just as much and it's really cool to see how influential this guy really was.
I was at Bristol when he won ,and it was awesome !
0 likesHe died looking at his son and legacy win, protecting the life of some and making up for his father. He died like a champion.
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@Zack Lance implying Hitler didn't reach people
6 likesI remember me and my family watched every nascar race and we all rooted for dale and i remember like it was yesterday the race in which he died. They didnt tell the audience until after, but that was the last race me and my family ever watched. A lot of viewers here probably arent old enough to remember watching dale live. That dude was like a hero to me.
18 likesHe passed in 01 right? I just remember my English teacher trying her hardest not to cry and then just lost it at the end of class
10 likesWaldrop won, not Jr.
1 like@Comedic Ellivation god, 2001 was a terrible year.
7 likes@wally man That's why the "legacy " is for
0 likeshe is a hero
4 likesGod damn right he did
2 likesHe didn't die like a champion, he died a champion.
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0 likesIts enough to make a grown man cry...
2 likesDamn this guy makes some really interesting videos :)
0 likesYou don't have to convince me to like Nascar first time I watched Nascar I loved it
0 likes16:16
0 likesHoly shit. As I sat here listening to the video, doing an art project in my chair at 30 years of age, I was shockingly and brutally quickly shunted into my 5-year-old existence in 1996.
Simply wow
Emp. I don’t know if you’ll read this, but I just wanna say thank you for sharing Dale’s Story. He was one of my dad’s favorite drivers and celebrities of all time. NASCAR has been an important part of my family’s life for decades, and I’m proud that it is. It’s definitely not one of the most popular sports nowadays, but it still is for me. My parents were actually at 2001’s Daytona 500, and actually witnessed Dale’s crash. They were never the same after that, and it wasn’t until I was born a few months later, that they started to get back into it. They told me stories of the greats like ‘The King’ and others, but Dale was always my favorite. I, and the rest of the NASCAR community thank you for sharing this. The saddest thing is, your right. There will never ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt, because he will forever be one of the most unique and greatest drivers in NASCAR History. Much Love to you Emp.
531 likes- A College Kid From Texas.
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How is your family doing today?
5 likesI'm with you and your parent in those regards. I was born in the early 90's and grew up on NACAR. My family and I had our favorites (and our collective least favorite of Jeff Gordon) and my favorite was Dale. I watched that crash myself and cried when the news was dropped of his death. Hell I'm crying now as I type this. I loved nascar during that time as it was a chance for my family and I to gather around and share a Sunday with each other like it was our church or something. I had a wish list of people i wanted to meet and Dale was one of them. So I guess I'll have to meet him much later than i wanted. :P
3 likesThank you tho for sharing this video. I had watch the one of Hungrybox and Smash recently and I can tell these videos are filled with as much love and dedication as those whom you covered, Keep up the Great work my man.
never thought id actually be interested Nasar but you've made it so enjoyable to watch
0 likes@49:00 fun fact, Richard Petty has had several hits THIS hard back in the 60's with almost no safety equipment. There's footage of him hitting the wall so hard at Darlington that it broke the concrete. I'm amazed that he's still alive today
0 likesMan earned all our hearts
0 likesI was always a Jeff Gordon fan, but Dale was something else. Never gonna be another Intimidator.
0 likes"Dale Earnheart died doing what he loved, and his final memorie was watching his own drivers speeding towards the finish line whit nothing but open racetrack in front of them."
979 likesthat shit hits hard every time I hear it
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Really hard, damn
4 likesMemorie
0 likes@Stampy J purple guy/william afton
1 like@John Stonik mind pointing out the spelling mistakes?
0 likes@living the MC dream “memorie”
1 likeThat's how I want to die,
0 likes@Travis Storm no, if imma die, imma do it into a tree at 150 mph
1 like@Travis Storm Look at your own channel bro 😭😂
2 likessame dude, same
0 likesWe've been dalepilled
0 likes@Yikeo do you even have a channel?
0 likesLmao it was funny when he said at 4:02 when talking about open wheel racing that the cars were perfectly designed to maximize speed and handling and there's a picture of the 2014 Ferrari which was known to be the only Formula One car to understeer and oversteer at the same time.
1 likeEmp,
0 likesPLEASE tell me you’ve got a NASCAR video cooking up for us :)
For sum reason this is the only race I watched completely!!💯💯🇺🇲🦅🙏🙏🙏 RIP Dale!! "Do it for Sale"
0 likesHe sacrificed his life for his team…
1 likeI was at the Daytona 500 the day he passed. It was one of the saddest moments of my life. The crash didnt look like a bad crash and everyone just brushed it off and shuffled out of the stadium. It wasn't until we were stuck in traffic on the way back home where we heard the news. I'll never forget it, that was my first nascar race, and I went with my bio dad, one of the only things I've ever done with him. Thank you for making this video, it was very well done and is a wonderful tribute to him. RIP Sr.
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I didn't brush it off, but I didn't expect what happened. Watching it on TV, Darrell Waltrip's concern worried me. Waiting for an update was excruciating, and then to hear the news...That was a really bad day.
13 likes@Rick Falk yes I had same fear from Darrell Waltrip concern. Junior running away from Mikey in pit road and Ken running into victory Lane to inform Mikey that it's bad.
2 likesMy first emplemon VOD, it’s sensational
1 likeToday is Feb 18th 2022, I still remember being a kid, 10 years old, losing my superhero. I remember going to school every morning and seeing a billboard that had him with his birth year and death date on it, and crying all the way to school. Small town Outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dale was like watching our father going out and racing. While my dad was a number 6 fan, and Mark Martin was a cool dude, I had to most admiration for that jet black, with Red and white. That number 3! Now I live in Winston Salem, travel to all the old abdandoned tracks around here, And just imagine I can see him, struggling like the rest of us did, but never giving up, and in the starlight, never changed. Dale was our superhero, I’m grown up, and I can’t really watch NASCAR anymore, as it’s lost it’s glow. Now I do like the hometown hero up here, Bowman Jr. I’ve met him, his family, while actually visiting these abandoned track, and then while visiting Caraway on a day off, he was practicing at the time. He has that same drive, that same swagger, and I think will be great very soon!
4 likesGrew up watching dale my dad collected everything dale has a hood ,a tire all the model cars trains flags even a sighned hand drawn picture of dale and Jr together
0 likesTo this day Ken Schrader has told no one about what he saw in that car when he ran over to it after the wreck. Dale Jr said on his podcast to Schrader that he thanks him for keeping that horrible truth from not only the media, but from Dale Jr, Kelley, Kerry, and Taylor.
1 likeDale’s death was tragic, but I’m sure he’s at peace knowing that his death helped push innovations in safety forward that would eventually save the lives of many drivers he mentored. Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, and many more have had wrecks that probably would’ve at best been career ending if it hadn’t been for safer cars and safer designs on tracks.
As a nascar fan I feel this video hit the spot. We are underrepresented, but passionate people. Others don’t understand the lace that we have for Dale and Dale Jr. They were greats ( and one of them still is) comparable to Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna. We live for the red white and blue way of racing.
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I'm with you in that.
3 likesWord. From Canada.
0 likesHonestly never thought about it like that. Dale Earnhardt is literally America's Ayrton Senna
1 likeHalf Life 3 confirmed
0 likesWE DO IT FOR DALE
0 likesOMG, Elliott and Earnhardt are legends
0 likesThe best driver in NASCAR ever. Period. Rip Dale
0 likesI love NASCAR saw my first race Rockingham 1974. Will miss Dale forever
1 likeMy father was the biggest Earnhardt fan back in the day and I don’t think even he knew this much about him
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You gotta show this video to him
4 likesI'm not a huge NASCAR guy, but this is amazing. So very well done.
0 likesPutting we're finally landing on at 25:16 is such a nice touch. I literally pointed at my screen while saying ''i know that one''.
0 likesThis was beautiful thank you
0 likesIn order to be in position to bump the first place driver, and take over his position, you have to have been in second place, to begin with. If you ever question Dale's skills as a driver, remember that.
0 likesHey Emp, thank you for this video and putting so much effort and time into a was a nascar fan early in my life due to Nascar Thunder 2002 on xbox and Nascar 98 on PS1. Grew up watching Jeff Gordon as my favorite driver, fell out of interest with it when I started watching and playing other sports. But as a result of Gordon and Dale's rivalry my dad had a big hatred towards him for being a pretty dirty driver as he thought and so did I, and even as a toddler basically when me and my dad played Nascar 98, me and him would try to find Dale's car and run him off the track. Then on my 4th birthday I remember seeing my dad sort of shocked with the crash and Dale not walking out of his car, then seeing my dad cry for the 1st time when they announced his death. It was the strangest thing I've ever witnessed as a child considering I thought my dad disliked him so much get so sad with a sudden passing. Then I remember him getting an xbox with Halo and Nascar and seeing the #3 pop up again in the intro before the game loaded in brought him to some tears again. Revisiting this and seeing it even after the Unrivaled thing they did with him on fox brought back so many memories. Never thought I would get what he felt for the guy, until I got older and saw many things and people I thought where untouchable get arrested by the police or in cases like Sean Taylor die after a robbery in his own home. Thank you Emp, this video may never get as many views as others on your page due to Nascar being less popular than probably soccer in the U.S. but keep doing this series with things you like, it's amazing how detailed and emotionally engaging this got me. Thank you .
246 likesTL;DR- Damn, you got me crying about a sport only my dad continues to watch about a driver I disliked growing up 10/10 will watch multiple times so you get that Dollar shave club money
Dude, nascar still has the fans from its golden age. It's just in the back of their head's.
0 likesNice video. Can you do one about Australia's Peter Brock, please?
0 likesImpact on the sport was immeasurable, it has never recovered nor has my view of it.
0 likesThis video made me realize that Doctor Disrespect is just the gaming version of Dale Earnhardt, although Dale wasn't the back to back 1993 and 1994 Blockbuster video champion.
1 likeI legit didn't expect EmpLemon to make a video about Dale Earnhardt.
174 likesWhat a time we live in.
Dale struggled a number of seasons in the back half of the 90s. He had a resurrection in 2000. Let me add that the Talladega crash played apart along with Atlanta 98.
0 likesAll I can say is THANK GOODNESS!!!
0 likesMakes me think of watching nascar (outdoors) in Florida growing up. nothing better than sneaking a warm flat Budweiser while the uncles explain why they could have been the best if they could have got the money together back in ‘92
0 likesMy grandmother was a massive NASCAR, and Jeff Gordon fan. We’d go over on sundays and she’d rant about hating Dale, who was my favorite.
1 likeI was sad after Dale and his son lost the race, but headed home none the wiser.
When got home with my parents, the phone was ringing. My parents called me to the phone. My grandmother was in tears, but wanted to be the one who told me he’d died.
I was in disbelief, but also confused as I thought she hated him.
In the days after, it dawned on me how much impact Dale had on people. People literally loved to hate, and love him…
You definitely engaged the interest of NASCAR fans and non-NASCAR fans. Excellent video EmpLemon.
141 likesThat ad segment was really good very well executed
0 likesThis may be the greatest channel on YouTube…
0 likesThe Running in the 90s part gave me goosebumps...
0 likes12 mins in… chills already!
0 likes"You've got plenty of money, don't need that to keep racing. is it still worth the risk to keep on going?"
999 likes"Sure, to win."
I have no idea why but that hit hard.
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What a great quote and what a way to end the video too. It truly showed his personality. Chills
53 likes@Josh Howard lol, thats one of the best endings.
22 likesThat was so bad ass when he said that😎
5 likes@larkin#3639 When you set yourself a goal, something you want to reach or a state of being so great in your eyes, that it represents a victory like an oval races of cars against life and hardships. All you want to do is : To win.
0 likesdudes a real racer man
1 likeI remember that interview. He replied "to win" very quickly.
0 likesWinners instinct
0 likesMan rambles for an hour straight about an old guy who died in a car accident
0 likesJokes aside, very well made
“Imagine Tom Brady dying during the Super Bowl”
1 likeGod, if only
I grew up around racing in the 80's and 90's in the south. I was a black kid so I always felt a little unwelcome. I got back into it as an adult. How I would explain stock car oval track to someone is that it's like golf. It's about finding flow and doing the same thing the same way over and over again to perfection. But the kicker is it's at break neck speed. The team are like caddies. Trying to suppress all the outside forces that keep a driver from achieving flow state. Car trouble, fresh tires, spotting, etc. It's quite beautiful to watch.
1 likeI didn't even know the us had stock car racing, in Argentina it's still quite a popular sport, although thought of as a sport that only old men from rural towns like, turismo carretera and rally take almost literally all sunday for most local sports channels
0 likesHis team was in front of him and Dale knew what his job was, protect his son and Mikey with everything he had, and he did just that.
653 likesDale will always be the man, his nickname "the intimidator" was no accident, he commanded fear and respect when he was behind the wheel.
Dale died seeing his son and Mikey with nothing but open track ahead to the finish. He held back 38 other cars for 3 laps by himself, he was that damn good. One of the final things dale said to his son that day over the radio was "Stay with him, stay with Mikey"
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what actually caused his crash? from the clips in the video it seemed pretty plain sailing
7 likes@Tom Rawlins he got bumped from the rear, the technique is called a bump and run, sad thing is at 200 mph even a light nudge from another car is enough to spin you out of control
47 likesKind of a badass, bittersweet way to go out, doubt he'd want to die any other way, honestly.
18 likes@Sashimi-X Oh, that hurts. The technique he was known for using was the thing that took him out.
35 likesHe also had Steve Park on his team
1 like@Sashimi-X no, rusty wallace came up behind him but didn’t hit him, just took the downforce out from under his car
3 likes@Sashimi-X That is WRONG, he did NOT get bumped from behind. Search on youtube for the video called "Dale Earnhardt Fatal Crash w/ Dale Jr MRN Interview - Full Speed Replays (Better Audio)" .
12 likesThe last 30 seconds show from various angles, that he went down low, when he wasn't clear. Unfortunately Sterling Marlin was there, they made small contact, which made Dale go below the apron, and when he tried to regain control and turn left to straighten the car again, Kenny Shrader was on the high side, and that made Dale turn right even more and crash basically head-on into the concrete wall at 200 mp/h. A very sad set of circumstances and chain of events.
Too bad grit and skill doesn’t pass in the blood. His son was just above average at best because Sr was marginally less skilled than Richard and an even worse at passing his toolkit than Lee.
0 likesPhenomenal vid, great job.
0 likesI grew up watching nascar, was made fun of for it. Quit watching it for decades now….
0 likesI’m 30 and this video not only makes me proud to have been a nascar fan in the 90s and 2000s, but it makes me want to watch nascar again…..
Literally the only time I've never skipped a dam dollar shave club in video add. I'll hope to see more in your videos.
0 likesI think the appeal of nascar is the same as the appeal as baseball at least to me. It’s about the history and the experience of seeing it live.
1 likeI don't care about nascar at all, but here i am crying with joy because dale won the daytona 500. Damn your videos are amazing
88 likes46:04 pure chills
0 likesI lost interest in the sport after he died. I went to 4 races...I was never able to meet him (though my brother got to meet Dale Jarrett). I wanted desperately to get his signature but there were always too many people. I don't think I've watched a race since 2003.
1 likeEvery time i feel discouraged, i come back to this video and the HBox one, i need to prove to myself that I belong.
0 likesStay the course, everybody.
His dad would be proud. He died doing what he loved
0 likesHey Emp, I'm a ditch digger in South Mississippi and you're the ONLY guy that's understood #3 and why we love him. When you said " he's just a poor hick with no other prospects in life, so what if he bangs up some other drivers," it made me tear up cuz we hear the same stuff about us when we turn on the TV.
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I life in rural western PA. Nothin but farms and Amish. And I hear the same thing, they call us all the names in the book. But if it wasn't for people like us, the US wouldn't exist.
62 likesanother missippian on the internet? ny G O D
14 likesI never quite appreciated NASCAR until I started watching slapshoe's stuff courtesy of the algorithm, and it showed me NASCAR wasn't just some race around a ring, it's legends. Triumphs and tragedies, family legacies, heroes and villains, legends stacked on legends.
16 likesDale became my favorite driver fast from watching slapshoe's stuff, and it broke my heart when I found out what happened to him. I guess lemon's right though, man went out doing what he loved the most, and became part of that stack of legends the sport's made of.
Hey man, I feel you. I grew up surrounded by farmland. Lots of Amish. Don't worry, lots of us have an appreciation for folks with some grit.
6 likesI miss those days of real NASCAR, not this soyboy overly Corporatized version they have now. Give me the Allisons, Yarborough, Petty, and Waltrip any day over these pretty boy imitators who probably are more likely to sip a chai latte from Starbucks than a cold beer after a race.
4 likesI live in northern Europe, about as far away from South Mississippi as they come. The story of Dale Earnhardt made me appreciate the sand of poor Southerners a little more. I'd share a beer with you anytime.
3 likes@Chris Ramsey bro you do realize what that name says..
2 likes@Chris Ramsey listen while I never liked nascar much myself I've respected it for the legends that have come out of it. I respect that the people who like it come from a different walk of life which you clearly are part of. But if you want that respected dont be a bigot. Everyone uses pronouns (yes even you, probably on a daily basis use he/she/they) so dont give somone hell just because they use pronouns you didnt expect. Also very few people use pronouns you didnt hear about in kindergarten so dont act like it's a hard concept. Youd be upset if somone used she for you, so if someone with long hair says to call them he then just do it.
0 likes@Chris Ramsey i mean there is a fair to large possibility they're trolling
0 likesYou need a country song about you
2 likesI left the house after seeing the wreck thinking Earnhardt was okay. I came back home hours later and never forget my father looking at me like something was seriously wrong and then telling me Earnhardt has died. I so wanted to thinking he was pulling my chain until I seen the t.v..
0 likesGot me tearing up at 1 in the afternoon
0 likesWow... great video !
0 likesI followed F1 and Senna...until...
I followed NASCAR and #3 until that fateful day.
Then I quit watching and took up skydiving professionally.
Eurobeat playing over Nascar. That's a combination I didn't know that I needed. The Summoning Salt theme really adds, too.
0 likesIt's funny because Earnhardt sort of rhymes with "earned hard", which is what his Daytona 500 victory was.
169 likesAlso, mad props for making this series so intriguing and worth waiting for
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Huh I've been a nascar fan for 8 years and I never noticed that
0 likesMy dad loved watching nascar especially Senior. He had tons of memorabilia some of it damaged a bit in moving it. Senior was popular because he was a good christian man off the track but a tough take no shit driver on it. He kept on racing not for himself but for junior. The moment that showed the man and driver was him keeping the entire field off his son so he could finally win a sprint cup race. He connected with so many because he never forgot where he came from to the height of his racing and DEI running. When he died Nascar to so many did as he represented the last of a dying breed of driver, again the take no shit fire me for all I care, but showed their humanity. The day he died he had a lucky penny from a young kid Michael Waltrip on the dashboard. Everyone respected him and what he meant even if they hated him as a driver. After he died and junior had a chance to win Daytona the drivers intentional or not backed off to give Junior the win as a sign of respect to his fathers legacy. I miss him and what he meant to my dad rest in peace #3 may the Intimidator drive in heaven forever.
0 likesDale would have been 72 this year. We cant have it both ways but it would be weird to see him as an old man. no matter what he was the greatest ever .
0 likesi remember watching the race when dale passed .. its hard to think its been 21 years ago .... that was the last nascar race i ever watched..i remember my pops saying son go find something to do for a while the race is over , dale is hurt. my pops was a die hard gordan fan and he always bashed dale at every chance he got it was just something in his voice i knew something bad happened.. it wasnt until he nightly news i found out what really happened for years he tried to get me to watch nascar with him ... i just couldnt rip dale .
0 likesDo it for Dale 👌
1 like“There are 3 rules. No wishing for death, No bring back dead people, no wish for love”
1167 likes“I was going to bring dale back”
“There are 2 rules”
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If only it were possible...
24 likesIt wouldn't be the same, he went out with a bang, and he would probably be very upset at the state of nascar nowadays
59 likesGenie: you know I will make a couple of exceptions
3 likes@Kingwaffleton what do you mean by enviable? I wouldn’t think someone could draw envy from someone else’s death
0 likes@A P he died doing what he loved with his family and friends, he died quick, and he didn’t die in some nursing home, rotting away
50 likes@Kingwaffleton I suppose there is truth in that.
18 likeswhy would you bring back a guy who died like a legend?
7 likesThat's one barely literate genie.
5 likes@Deadliest Vice shet da hillup ping! pong!
1 like@A P there are many enviable deaths. i dont know about this one, but there are enviable deaths.
0 likesHi super lol.
1 likeVery Impressed my man.I'm shocked I just discovered you.
0 likesIt blows my mind that anyone sees 212 mph, and says, "Hmm. That's dangerous. Let's knock that back to 193 mph, where it'll be safe."
0 likesWe lost Dale on the 43rd running. How fitting for, at the time, the only other 7 time Winston Cup champion.
0 likesAt 40:30, we hold a 3 up for a legend.
0 likesAs a NASCAR fan, I’d like to thank you for helping people gain an understanding and respect of our sport through this video.
368 likesI feel like I owe it to you to watch your pro wrestling vid, despite me not being into pro wrestling. I already saw the SpongeBob one months ago, and you hit the nail on head on why it’ll always be such a timeless show.
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I was never into pro wrestling, but his video on it was absolutely phenomenal. I definitely recommend it lol
8 likes+TheDrunkenBooma I may not be into pro wrestling, but as a Monster Jam fan for many years I can understand the appeal. Feld, the company that runs Monster Jam, would market and treat the trucks (and sometimes the drivers) almost as if they were wrestling personas. They became more than just trucks and drivers, Feld made them seem like these larger-than-life figures.
0 likesFeld had previously partnered with WCW for several years, so I doubt this strategy was a coincidence.
not much into MJ anymore (Feld’s continued terrible decisions these past few years have ruined it for me) but
Team Digger 4 life
He's way off about the crowds. Yes they are smaller, yes Nascar is a dying sport (for now), but you still have solid crowds. 100k fans in attendance at the Daytona 500, pro wrestling would kill for that.
1 like+NathanRyanAllen I agree he was off with the crowd sizes.
2 likesI disagree with the notion that NASCAR is a “dying” sport. It’s definitely been on a dive in terms of popularity, but I don’t see NASCAR folding anytime soon.
Update: watched the wrestling video and it was good.
2 likesI personally don't understand oval based racing events. The United States has a number of interesting tracks such as the mid-ohio sports car course, road America (questionable), Sonoma raceway, Watkins Glen international, and many non NASCAR tracks. Tracks like lime rock park (arguably one of the best in the country), thunder hill raceway, and one of my personal favorites Virginia international raceway (in literally the worst state to have a good track).
0 likes+Silas Mayes Ovals aren’t everyone’s cup of tea I guess. But that’s fine.
0 likesAnd NASCAR does race at several of the tracks you listed.
Emplemon is able to make me feel a certain way other youtubers have simply been unable to. I only knew NASCAR from things like the movie Cars, and the fact that I had one friend who loves it. I didn't care. I came across this video and I was astonished. All I knew is that he died in a race, but now I know so much more. I have gotten into NASCAR further, and now I have bought and received a Dale Earnhardt diecast. Emplemon keeps my attention with amazing quality and commentary, and I cannot wait for him to make even greater videos!
0 likesgrowing up in NC nascar is just something you naturally know and love
0 likesDale Earnhardt is the greatest driver ever not one of the best he is the intimidator
0 likesIt honestly kinda makes me tear up knowing that Dale Earnhardt died while in 3rd place and making sure his son and teammate would win
0 likesFun Fact: Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch are the only two active drivers that got the chance to compete against Dale Earnhardt.
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I know about Busch, the last guy #3 ever flipped off
60 likesBut when did Newman compete with The Man in Black
@OB1 tuber Newman competed with Earnhardt in the 2000 fall Phoenix race but Newman finished 41st due to an expired engine.
63 likes@JohnTheChooChooAddict LMAOOOOOO
15 likes@JohnTheChooChooAddict Well, now it's (most likely) only Kurt. Sounds like Newman's out of a ride for the foreseeable future.
32 likesTo think that there is only one full-time guy in the entire sport that ever competed with Earnhardt almost feels like he's the last of an era of the sport. It's difficult to think about now, but soon there will be a time when there's only one driver that competed with Jeff Gordon, only one driver that competed with Jimmie Johnson, etc. It seems so far, yet it is so near.
Kyle Busch is the closest thing to Dale’s style of being the villain of the sport
10 likes@John Smith I wouldn't say he's fully out of a ride for the foreseeable future, right now yes he's out of a full time ride, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's part time at least in the next 3 years or so
2 likesMatt kenseth (who was active until 2020) also played with Earnhardt in a race I believe he won
2 likesAlso won the rookie of the year I believe in 2000
It's just Kurt now
0 likes@John Smith well Kevin Harevick was the drive to replace dale so you could hes up there with Kurt
0 likesIt took me until he said he could race against his son ( around 37 minutes in) to realize he is right by saying dale Earnhardt lol
0 likesTaking away the bump and run, from a racecar driver, is like taking away the check raise from a poker player.
0 likesI was just a 9 year old Nascar fan when that tragic day happened. I rocked a #3 shirt with Dale's photo on it, and would play as him on NASCAR '98 for the PC. I remember that was one of the few times as a kid I cried immensely for days. It was a sad loss indeed.
0 likesI've never seen a NASCAR race, not I heard of Dale Earnhardt before. but, damn you had me in tears since min 42
0 likesIronically enough, the first race I ever watched was the 2001 Daytona 500. My family always tells me when I first heard those roars of engines, I was never going back. I was hooked (city kid btw). But I witnessed the death of no mere man, but a legend. I've been watching the sport for at least 18 years, what I've come to learn is, no matter what happens, I still love it. (Imo the decline in recent years is possibly a generational change and economic downturn).
115 likesHe was in my opinion the greatest race car driver that ever lived they want ask Richard Petty who he thought was the best driver he didn't miss a Beat he said Dale Earnhardt they asked the same of Dale he said Richard Petty I had the great pleasure of watching Dale 1993 Talladega 500
0 likesI usually hate documentaries overuse of tropes. Yours have good pacing and delivery. Much appreciate your work, if i had money to burn i would blow some your way
1 likeMan idk where you’re from but where I live here in the South damn near everyone loves NASCAR.. not a fan myself, but am a fan of Dale sr. Thanks for the great video
0 likesOne small thing about Earnhardt's death:
0 likesThe HANS system was designed to prevent the injury that caused he death. Earnhardt refused to wear it and it's more than likely the reason he died that day.
My dad worked as a regional manager for GM Goodwrench and part of his job was promoting the motorsports they were involved in. Growing up, I was fortunate enough to do a lot with Dale and NASCAR in general. This really bring back memories. One of my fondest memories involved picking him up from the airport for an autograph signing in Kansas where we lived at the time. I had to leave early for a baseball game and before my mom and I could make it out of the building, he came running up to say goodbye. This was also like a couple weeks after he broke his collar bone and sternum at Talledega. I found out later he asked my dad where I went and I guess he just took a break from signing autographs just to come tell me goodbye. I've always viewed him as an amazing driver, but an even better person. Seriously, "The Intimidator" and "The Man in Black" never really fit his true persona. He was genuinely just a great person and I cried like a baby the day he died.
780 likesAlso, I've avoided watching this particular video as I knew it bring back some emotion, but I'm so glad i finally did. Thanks for making this! Now to find some tissues..
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Yo met Dale Sr? wow that's incredible.
29 likesI was born in 2000 after watching this video i am sad i'll never get to
fully comprehend and watch dale Sr drive in NASCAR
I will definitely watch the sport when it begins next year, i live in NC so
i have many friends who like NASCAR.
Coming from a city big that’s pretty cool
8 likesNot only you....Not only you ol friend.
3 likesHow awesome Nascar was back then.
R.I.P. Dale.
This video is a great Earnhardt homage.
Thanks for posting.
Every one is posting these long emotional comments and I can bearly connect
0 likesLiam Crowe Ikr
0 likesThis was pretty cool and interesting! Thanks
0 likesMy dad is a big fan of Nascar. He has a pretty big collection of Dale Earnhardt Sr and Jr merchandise. As a kid I remember asking him about it and he told me the story about how he passed.That memory is foggy now but I remember how much he enjoyed talking about it and that it meant something to him. He also participated in racing himself BECAUSE of Earnhardt. I never got into Nascar myself, but I wanted to watch this video because of my dad. This document video made me cry. Thank you for this amazing video capturing a man and a sport my dad loved.
1 likeI remember well the day Earnhardt died. I was a senior at Clemson University and had watched the race earlier in the day and then watched Clemson beat the #1 UNC Tarheels in basketball. When my friend called later asking if I heard what happened, I thought for sure he was talking about the basketball game. When he told me Earnhardt dief, it was like I lost a piece of my life. That was toward the end of my NASCAR fandom. I got into it in the late1980s, was obsessed in the early to late 1990s and then just drifted away. Earnhardt's death was almost like a benchmark. Although i was not an Earnhardt fan, his death just happened to coincide with my loss of interest. I will always remember he and Jeff Gordon's intense rivalry fondly. The world in general was a much simpler and better place back then.
0 likesAmazing, informative, and powerful documentary. Also I like the use of TF2 music shuffled in there lol
0 likesDale Earnhardt: a man so badass that they built not one, but two roller coasters themed about him
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I don't know why this comment made me laugh so hard
14 likes@Crack there would be atleast 4 roller coasters then
25 likes@Dante Wit a fat asz So he's Josuke from Part 8?
10 likes@Pant Yosashu hell yeah he is
8 likesIntimidator 305 at Kings Dominion is often considered the most extreme roller coaster ever built, since it pulls over 4G sustained on its riders, causing frequent blackouts.
0 likesAs a fan of motor racing, your videos convinced me to give NASCAR a go. And as hurt as I was by the end of the 2022 F1 season, when the Bahrain Grand Prix happened I completely forgot about NASCAR.
0 likesIve gotten so hooked on this video made me so interested in Nascar
0 likesWhile Dale was busy complaining about restrictor plates I was reminiscing about running up the rainbow bridge in Macalania Woods to power up my sword after getting a run time of 0.00 seconds in the final race.
1 like"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining"
0 likesThat's good.
As an English bloke, I know literally nothing about Nascar. However since I loved your “never ever” video on Monday night raw so much I decided to check this out. This has to be one of my favourite videos on this channel. It’s so fascinating, engaging and well written and it gave me a new respect for the sport I’ve always considered to be a hillbilly version of Formula One. Good job.
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Check out the 1992 Nascar season it ended with a Cinderella story which was quickly followed by tragedy.
9 likes@bllau I'd extend that to the "The Day" documentaries on yt. They're all awesome NASCAR stories.
4 likesYeah these “Never Ever” stories are probably gonna blow up
5 likes"Every week there is great NAZZCAR racing"
0 likesFinally someone talks about Nascar,I've been a Nascar fan since I was a kid
0 likesSo I've always liked the stockcar and I watched a lot when I still had TV, especially in the 90s but the increases in tv commercials and crazy hype started to make sitting thru a race unbearable for me ........ I liked the earlier telecasts where team strategy and car adjustments were noticed and analyzed ... it's somewhat like baseball, there is ton of things going on if you pay close attention ..... and I don't think indy car is doing better anyway ... F1 has problems with rules and favoring of top teams in rule calling and other things ... lately i've been watching the Isle of Man racing when it's on, very good but very dangerous for the riders .....
0 likesI never in my entire life ever have given a shred, an iota of a F about nascar racing but I absolutely DEVOURED this video. I get it now. I f'ckin GET it.
1 likeLet me tell you something. I have lived around Kannapolis my entire life. I was 13 years old when Dale Earnhardt died. That shit absolutely crushed the entire community. People still shout "Honor Dale" occasionally and hold up three fingers. Absolutely crushing. The Earnhardt's are great people, mostly live in Mooresville now. It was a terrible loss. We're all looking forward to Jr. 100% retiring.
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I live about an hour from Kannapolis and went there for the first time last year for the sole purpose of seeing Dale’s statue. It’s a beautiful town and you could feel the reverence in the air. I can’t even explain it
49 likesI cant imagine school on monday. Silence? Teacher talking to the class? What happened?
13 likesShame that Teresa is such a pos with his last name. Much like with John and Yoko, the wrong one ended up dead and way too soon.
12 likesEarnhardt makes right turns LOL
2 likescleetus mcfarland has a tremendously large youtube following (even owns a dale livery nascar truck) and ends every video by saying "do it for dale"
1 like@Anesthetized does he also say "we make right turns"?
1 like@Princess Sprinkles The Cat
0 likesMaybe commenting the same thing over and over and over again will get a laugh eventually? I guess that's a technique.
Never ever thought I would be pogging out of my gourd at nascar
0 likesCried twice during this, was watching Daytona this year, and haven't really watched NASCAR since...
0 likesNascar died the day number 3 died. Dale Earnhardt- greatest driver ever. Haven't watched since you died and never will watch again. To the greatest racing legend ever- you are sorely missed.
1 likeShit... I was leaving a girl's bedroom, sneaking my way out of her house passed her dead-asleep mom when the crash happened. Within moments the entire house was awake and watching as the entire mood ground to a halt on that track. Very sad.
0 likesGreat driver - Died like he lived.
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dont lie, it was a trailer
0 likesWhen I clicked on this video, the only knowledge on the subject I had was from the Cars movie.
598 likesWhen I came out, there were tears in my eyes from what you had shared with us. Thank you.
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Same for me. My god is that a story. So emotional even though I'm not even an American and couldn't be further from the sport.
3 likesCars was a highlight of my childhood, it echoes on days like today. This amazing video that Emp planned on the 3rd of the 3rd really made me emotional. It was supposed to be so happy, your whole team on the podium. Its so beautifully tragic that that's his last moment.
1 likeI just dug out a beat up McDonald's toy nascar from my pile of childhood toys. I had Bill Elliot's car all along. 1977, number 94.
I liked Cars, until I realized what a shitty plot line it had 😂😂😂
0 likesThis showed up in my recommendations. Never really cared about Nascar, probably still won't, but this was an awesome story.
0 likesDale, you were the greatest driver Nascar ever had.
0 likesthis is so sad
1 likethat seagull didn't deserve to die like that :(
Dale Earnhardt died the year i was born, but since my father was a massive fan I, in turn, am a massive fan. Even today I get emotional thinking of Earnhardt's death.
0 likesDr. Seuss describing my thoughts:
168 likes"EmpLemon made the suburban middle class Californian think of something he hadn't before,
maybe wrestling and NASCAR mean a little bit more."
25:41 So I don’t know if people know this but Bobby’s son Davey ended up winning that race, which was his first career win.
0 likesI grew up in the foothills of North Carolina in the 80s, spending summers at my aunt's house in Kannapolis. She worked for RJ Reynolds and knew Dale and had met him a handful of times. She was a diehard fan and I, through her influence, became a huge Intimidator fan. I loved watching racing all through my teens and into my early 20s. My love for the sport died along with my hero in February of 2001. I watched Dale Jr. win a handful of times, but my fandom truly ended when Sr. hit the wall at Daytona.
0 likesVid made me cry, I was a nascar fan when I was really young all from the video game and I guess I blocked the memory of Dale's passing
0 likesVery well done.
0 likesThis reminds me of Senna in formula 1. Regarded as the greatest driver but died doing what he loved, his death saved many other lives and improved f1 safety exponentially.
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100% agree. And maybe a lot of people don't really remember Senna's legacy today, but damn he was good, especially in quali and rain nobody in his day compared
43 likesSenna is basically the dale of f1
39 likes@Coolkid 59 /C59 "if you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver"
28 likesAnd Alan prost was the bill elliot
9 likesHopefully he also makes a video on gilles
1 likeBut people still died after Senna, nascar, not so much
1 like@OB1 tuber just one, bianchi, but massa was close. Newman almost was killed despite the safety advancements the hans and next gen cars brought.
6 likes@Luke Law massa?, you mean NASCAR?
0 likes@Shs S No, I was replying to OB1, who said people still died after senna despite the safety advancements his death brought. I said that only one had died, Jules Bianchi, though Massa was also almost killed. This is referring the 2009 incident where Felipe Massa was hit in the head by a spring from a car infront of him.
2 likesThe same could also be said of Steffan Belloff, his death at the 1000 KM Of Spa in 1986 shook sportscar racing to its core and forced rule changes that made the cars much safer and ultimately would lead to safety changes at Le Mans after another driver was killed during the 1986 24 hours when his transmission failed on the mullsane straight which sent his car flying over the wall into the treets at full speed.
2 likesDon’t forget about Colin McRae as well
1 likeThe only thing they have in common is them dying while racing
0 likes@OB1 tuber Senna's death was a bit of an outlier also. Had that rod been a fraction of an inch in any other direction, it would've missed his head and he would've walked away from that accident.
0 likes@Rob Cartwright Senna was thrown forward with his head hitting the dash, the steering wheel shot up and knocked his head back, and then the rod shot through his fucking helmet. He was killed thrice over.
2 likes@Goober Went back and watched and realized I was thinking of a different racing death. However, we're both wrong. The wheel pinned between the car and the wall, popped out with fatal force and struck him in the head. The only laceration he sustained was a small cut above his eyebrow.
1 like@Luke Law And Hubert in 2019 Belgium
1 like@Luke Law you know he said that after colliding with his teammate, in wich he later admitted to take him out on porpuse right
0 likes@Luke Law Anrthoine Hubert though it being F2.
0 likesThe night Ayrton Senna died, there was a Nascar race in Talladega. Nascar's sanctioning body made an impromptu decision to dedicate the race in Senna's honor. The winner of that race?
2 likesDale Earnhardt.
@Rare80 holy fuck that’s cool
0 likes@Corrado Scire it was in talladega of course Earnhardt won lol
0 likesJust got made...
0 likesAs a devoted F1 fan, this little clip, and those that have, gratefully made it, has just opened my eyes to motor racing.
Thank you all! Not only the makers, but also all the subscribers and likers, to keep it here, for me to have seen.
Thank you all!
Bruh i legit almost cried wtf
1 likeI never liked nascar but my dad used to watch it. He stopped watching because the sport changed too much.
1 likeDaytonaaaaa ...I wasn't even a fan like that and I still belt that out every once in a while lol
0 likes43:11 "Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Ironman"
1164 likesWell that has new meaning to it.
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Trainmaster98 ...and I...am Dale Earndhardt...
103 likesI thought terry labonte was the ironman due to all the starts he had over the years.
12 likesMaxbotnick It’s not how they died, it’s their legacy they left behind.
60 likes@Nickbotmax The other chief difference being I gave a shit when Dale died
7 likes💀💀💀 man
1 likeHe defeated the Daytona 500 and then he died.
20 likesTrainmaster98 you must admit, fitting meaning. A person who decided to help people he cared about, only to die due to the force being too powerful for him.
7 likesHe sacrificed himself for his son and teammate
13 likes@Revkun Spider-Man and Cap?
5 likesAdam Manzke yeah basically
4 likes@Lee Torry and I..am the intimidator
3 likesNow those 5 min talking about his death just hit me 2x harder
2 likesPart of the journey is the end.
2 likesIt gives a whole new power to it
3 likesFuckkkk I feel sorry for Jimmy Johnson then
0 likesI wish those safety measures were added before Dale died. May he Rest In Peace.
0 likesThe Daytona track is big enough for Supercross to have a track made in the grass section. Fuckin bet they could make a Motocross track on the whole thing.
0 likesThere will never ever be another episode of never ever like this one
1 likeWay to sponsor yourself with the Daytona theme! Awesome!
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What an awesome game
0 likesFrom a lifelong NASCAR fan... This is beautiful. I already knew every single thing you talked about but your pacing, editing, style, and delivery are so nuanced and clever, I loved it. I laughed and cried. This is better than professional documentarys I have seen about him. My one nitpick is that you called the car itself "a nascar" which fans hate but honestly that is so small it doesnt take anything away. In short, thank you for such an entertaining video and for teaching non fans a lot about the sport I still love despite the recent decline.
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0 likesNot only that but on the 20th anniversary of his Daytona 500 win his grandson would win the Daytona 500 In 2018
dang i think i actually love nascar now. what have you done to me emp. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
0 likesSame thing happened to wrestling for me, safety and to "clean", wrestlers used to be dishevelled men who lived hard, travelled by cars and vans drinking together, today, it's all safety and clean cut men...it lost its magic
0 likes"Dirty racing" if you ain't cheating you ain't trying.😂😂
0 likesAs a 20 year old lifelong NASCAR fan, thank you so much for making this documentary. With the state the sport is in now, it gives me hope reading all these comments & seeing how emotional & attached these people are getting over a person they had little to no knowledge about before watching it. I want nothing more than NASCAR to be the trendy, popular sport it once was again & you pay tribute to to that. This documentary should be played in theatre’s in all honesty. It’s almost the perfect Dale Earnhardt documentary & I often come back & skip through it, and every time I do, I end up with tears in my eyes.
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I think to truly make it relevant again, it would have to pretty much go through a renaissance.
9 likesThe renaissance of Nascar if you will.
@Bernhard Wittner they need to modernise their approach to marketing and broadcasting, it's what F1 is doing and it's currently one of the trendiest sports in the past few years
0 likes@OkamiLeek006 not gonna lie, this could actually work...
0 likesThis video should be in the Dale Earnheardt Museum, you kno what im saying... Hats off to you, great video
0 likesWhen Dale checked out I tipped my hat!...What a great way to leave!!
0 likesHas a european dude who never watched and understanded the fascination about nascar this made me look at it with a hole diferent point of view and made me really apreciate and respect it 10/10 great documentary
0 likesBro this made me tear up a little
0 likes"Sure, to win."
545 likesWhat a quote.
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Azrael dong lap.
3 likesDamn straight
3 likesI got into NASCAR because of SimRacing. I always thought it was a joke but god is it exhilarating. I hope it finds it's stride again.
0 likesVery interesting fascinating story from a different world and time-space. Super video, thank you 👍👍
0 likesMah God, it hard to to find something that hits you as hard as Emplemon video hit you
0 likesMy nostalgia, my modern tie-in
0 likes“The reason NASCAR lost popularity is, ironically, because it got safer.”
821 likesThis past year’s near fatal wreck Ryan Newman suffered at the Daytona 500 proves this point even more. He ended up the most googled athlete of 2020, and the wreck showed the risk of death is still there, and it brought NASCAR more popularity and more ratings than it had experienced in the immediate years prior. It brought arguably more popularity in its immediate aftermath than NASCAR’s social justice moves and Bubba Wallace’s polarizing rise amid the events of last summer.
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Hail the holy crucibles of Blood sport!!
44 likesSame with F1 when Grosjeans car blew up in a ball of fire last year. It's drama, has nothing to do with the sport. The media just loves to write big headlines. If Nascar, F1 or other sports that lost popularity over the years deliver those headlines they will use it for their own profit and people will talk about it for a week or two until the next big thing comes up. Then it will be back to its prior state of being just the shadow of its own past. It's so sad though..
67 likes@AllStarRacer I think you hit the nail on the head. The media drives popularity, and what drives the media? Sensationalist headlines. So as long as the sport generates sensationalist headlines, the media will push people to it. When those headlines stop coming? The media will ignore it and people will slowly fall away.
43 likesIt's kinda scary how much influence the media has in modern society, really.
At the same time... those other factors mentioned in the video - especially the lack of drivers with personalities that are really relatable - is definitely a factor. And for me... whenever I watch a restrictor-plate race and see all those cars bunched up together like that at that speed, I am reminded that NASCAR never fixed the thing that REALLY killed Dale Earnhardt--restrictor-plate racing, and the fact that cars don't have enough power to overcome their aero downforce in those races, causing the cars to clump together where nobody can get any separation (and can't maintain it if they do somehow get any) - and that makes it hard for me to enjoy watching it anymore.
@AllStarRacer F1's been gaining popularity ever since Liberty Media took it over from Ecclestone. Grosjean's crash caused an uptick in searches, but the increasing popularity trend was already there before that. It's not really comparable to the NASCAR situation. If anything, aside from the reasons stated in the video (fuckery with the points system and decreased relatability of drivers are the big ones IMO), you can probably argue with some success that a lot of NASCAR as an IP is not marketed and managed properly.
20 likes>>"...NASCAR’s social justice moves"
6 likesaww shyet it got woke?
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ ahh I take it you missed the bubba wallace nontroversey involving a "noose" that wasn't. Look it up and have yourself a mild chuckle
9 likes@adjunct_TimeCapsule if they do that "business strategy" again, i swear to god... >:(
4 likes@_*ZAPATOZ*_ get woke go broke. This is the paradox of tolerance, if you tolerate the intolerant, at one point they gain power and they take you out, see cancel culture as a good example. We have to start putting our foot down ;) godspeed to you good sir
13 likes@adjunct_TimeCapsule
10 likesNascar: makes a genuine mistake thinking a pull rope was a noose, all the evidence suggests it as such
Armchair experts like yourself: "DAWW MAN NASCAR IS WOKE! THAT NOOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REAL!"
If you do any actual research you'll see that while it they were still looking into it NASCAR and it's drivers lent bubba their support, when everything was good, while bubba didn't handle the situation the best he could have if I remember correctly, everyone was relieved except for the mentioned above armchair experts. How is NASCAR showing support to someone who, at the time, was the possible victim of a threat/hate crime/whatever, bad?
My loved one was there for the crash, it was a great race and thank heavens he was ok though.
1 like@SurrealCereal I would be fine if Bubba admitted his mistake. He never did. He reminds me a lot of Logano; stuck up rich boy that made his way into stock racing.
19 likes@Csnider_12 I don't think he was rich but, whatever
1 likelike I said, he could have handled it better, it is what it is, but I still don't see how NASCAR is the problem in that situation.
That's only because there were no other sports active in 2020. I didn't even hear about it because I'm not American. It's basically an American sport. Just like the Twinkie, processed food, sugar, and fossil fuel; everything American is going out of style as we see the consequences of excess unfold.
1 likeIt's true though. There will never be another cowboy. There will never be another Wright brothers flight. There will never be another repeat of that first time. Sports are only going out of style because people deny that the consequences ruin the whole endeavor of inspiration.
Stunt jumping went out of style too. Because one man tried to take it too far and went for personal glory instead of the spirit of competition and inspiration. Every time an athlete dies they bring a piece of the sport with them, and we all lose something inspirational.
@SurrealCereal to put icing on that cake bubba didn’t discover the noose one of the people in rpm(Richard petty Motorsport) did he was just going off the info that was afforded to him and in that situation I don’t blame him
3 likes@_*ZAPATOZ*_ yeah it got woke and get new fans like me into the sport.
3 likesGet woke go broke my ass.
@adjunct_TimeCapsule what a load of bullshit. Cancel culture doesn't exist, it's called "being responsible for your action" culture.
3 likesOr as i like to call it, the "Cosby Culture"
@Kami Sama >>"fans like me"
6 likesgo back to dota, kid. grift harder.
@Kami Sama > *"again"*
3 likeskid, why do you think i tell you to go back, huh?
>>"If you still think being a decent human being is "woke""
no. on the contrary.
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ why, so i can be a toxic piece of shit i was? Yeah no thanks.
2 likesI think i have enough showing of your intelligence
@Kami Sama >"i was?"
3 likesyou're still are. admit it. why do you think you got "dog-whistled" by the word "woke"....even when you're not?
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ do i really have to screenshot my last played to prove my point? Lol.
0 likesI literally don't get why you bring Dota in the first place.... Like, what's the correlation?
Also, "dog whistled". Ppft, nah man, i have an alarm in my head that is able to detect a moronic comment when i see one. Yours just happen to be said moronic comment.
@Kami Sama >"Ppft, nah man"
2 likesyah man.
>" Like, what's the correlation?"
you should really manage your channel. seriously. you're an open book.
also... again "g0 bAcK tO dOTa". pls... pretty pls. you were no different than when you left the game.
@AWijaya F1 really isn't gaining popularity - it's losing it. Liberty Media's pandering to Lewie Lewie and his forced BLM/diversity campaign last year polarised the sport and its fans, just like his bland demeanor and incredible dominance thanks to him having the most overpowered car and almost no real opponents since 2014. Couple that with ever more ridiculous additions of circuits (Saudi Arabia, really now?), a Netflix docu being dishonest and fake and weird gimmicky systems that add nothing of value to the sport (the 2016 and 2021 qualifying formats being two fantastic examples) and you've got a recipe for possible disaster.
4 likesThere's really not much holding F1 together and it needs to pray for a revival in 2022 because, as a fan who's been watching since the early 2000s when Schumacher won it all: almost no one wants to see total domination in a sport for years on end.
@Minerva's Owl I agree that no one wants to see Lewis having the championship in the bag by round 13. I don't particularly care who wins, I just want the title fight to actually be a fight. My preference is for VER and RB, but as long as it goes down to the last two races I'd be happy.
2 likesIn reverse order:
I didn't like gimmicky qualy systems either, but it's a sign of the powers that be at least realizing they need to spice up raceday.
The Netflix documentary is overly dramatized, because it's aimed at people who haven't watched F1 before. Specifically, it's aimed at Americans who haven't watched F1 before. It makes sense, because Americans are the largest wealthy market that F1 has little presence in. The docu format also makes sense once you factor in that a lot of things aimed at the US market tend to be overly dramatized (just look at every US adaptation of a foreign show, it's a pretty clear trend). DTS is also a success – it's one of Netflix's most watched documentaries, and a viewer gained from DTS counts the same in viewership terms as some ossified fuck who's been watching since 1981.
Viewership did go down in 2020, but that's because of less races. If you count viewers per race, 2020 slightly outperformed 2019's viewing numbers.
The downward trend of F1 audience numbers predates Liberty Media's ownership of F1. It also predates Lewis' activist support of BLM, or F1's "pandering" of diversity and so on. Those are pretty distinctly post-Liberty takeover things. They're also pretty common in other sports (handegg, football, basketball), so I'm not sure why this of all things is your avenue of criticism.
The motives for the push for 'more diversity in the sport' are commercial, not for wokeness or whatever. Most people on Earth aren't European or 'white', other regions (East Asia would be the prime example) are starting to have money to throw around, and those regions are largely untapped markets for F1. You know the fastest way to get an Indian kid interested in F1? Throw in an Indian driver. 'More diversity in the sport' translates to 'more revenue streams to tap'. That's why you're seeing a push. Dismissing it as pandering is hilariously out of touch with economic realities.
The expansion in the number of boring tracks in ethically questionable places – that, I can get behind. Most street circuit tracks are boring, and there's only so many you can watch before just keeping track of the qualy results and skipping the race.
Viewership numbers dropping have been a thing since 2008. Liberty's takeover in 2017 actually led to a jump in total viewership in 2018.
Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two. Maintaining a younger audience means you won't suddenly see viewing numbers fall off a cliff in a decade.
This is why you're seeing F1 push hard on social media – and they've largely succeeded here.
The % of viewers watching via F1TV instead of regular tv broadcasts also matter. That's definitely gone up. The short version is that the earnings per viewer is higher via F1TV (if it wasn't, Liberty would've never set it up).
Liberty's not responsible for declining viewership – and in fact, viewership isn't actually declining when you count by race instead of gross numbers.
@AWijaya Wew, where to start with you.
1 like1. You won't get fair championships anymore. Why? Because F1 has been RUINED since 2009. Sure, you had 2010 and 2012, but that was more thanks to Alonso performing miracles than other drivers being half decent. It doesn't exactly help that the FIA's rules drove up costs with each passing year, tobacco sponsorship has been practically outlawed since 2006 and the ridiculous changes that year which made the cars ugly. Couple this with DRS two years later - a desperate move showcasting F1's worst problem for decades because 2010 Bahrain made people fall asleep - and the rule changes in 2014 which managed to be even worse and you've got a recipe for disaster. Again.
2. Want know how to make Sunday interesting? Don't break things that aren't broken. Period.
3. Exactly, it's aimed at Americans. Guess what F1 has been since its inception, though? European. Every single race that year was held in Europe , excluding the Indianapolis 500 which wasn't even really considered a part of F1 anyway. Liberty Media, though, is not European and it shows with their horribly exaggerated and fake "documentary". Also, I don't give a shit how "succesful" it is - it's painting a wrong image to many future "fans" and specifically to Americans. Or, as I like to call them: 'The people who don't care about F1 since 1959 and most likely never will.' A million exaggerated docu's won't change this reality. Oh and, I'd rather have "ossified fucks" who actually know and care about the sport and want to see it go back to the heights of the 70s-90s again than autistic 15 year old plastic "fans" who are more interesting in sending death threats to drivers on Twitter for making one mistake. cough Norris fans cough .
4. Viewership is going down for years, this is a fact. More and more core F1 fans are feeling alienated and fed up with it all and it's thanks to stuck up know-it-all brats like you defending these horrible changes. It prevents genuine improvement and only causes a downward spiral into NASCAR land.
5. Why? Did you really go there? In case you hadn't noticed: it alienated the fans between retarded 13 year old Lewie Lewie "fans" and everyone else. His and Liberty Media's whinging and pandering to imaginary WaYcIsM only worsened the reputation of the sport, and the same is happening to every other sport injected with this toxic identity politics. It needs to be ridden from F1 if it wants to regain somewhat of a credible reputation again.
6. The motives are anti-white, not just commercial. It's clear as day that F1 never had any problems with the sport being "too white" or "disciminatory" or whatever imaginary terms you people come up with. There was plenty of representation, but F1 just HAD to pander to poor old Lewie Lewie because he's "black" and "poor" and feels the need to showcase his sympathy for actual criminals in a sport that has nothing to do with any of this for clout. Good thing many fans immediatly called the hypocriticial diva out for it, as well as Liberty, and I duly hope they will until the end of time. This type of disgusting foreign politics has no room in this sport, end of story. P.S. fuck commercialism, it's yet another reason F1 is turning into a joke.
7. Somewhat good racing led to an increase in viewership in 2018 thanks to 2017 being somewhat decent as well. Libery has nothing to do with it.
8. 'Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two.'
WEW LAD. You need to get off the economics train because it's causing some severe brain rot.
9. Streaming services suck just as much ass as regular TV, if not more. At least with television you have a certain comfort whilst with streaming services you pay for something that can be down more often than not if you lack a proper connection. Not to mention the ridiculous prices and paywalls for a lot of content.
10. Lol, keep dreaming big boy. It's suffering at the hands of Libery Media and no "future fans" (which are nothing more than plastic armchair know-it-alls), exaggerated documentaries on streaming services, weird gimmicks or pandering to groups of hate will change this. Cheers.
@Minerva's Owl you need a life bro
0 likes@Tyroker Taylor172 You need how to learn how to spell properly.
1 like@Kami Sama I don't give one about easily manipulated and inaccurate data, I give one about the opinions of what quite a lot of actual fans have at the moment - and they're not good.
1 likeDon't care about Plebbit either, that site is a massive joke full of easily offended crybabies anyway. Also, Lewie Lewie's shilling for that terror group has been so polarizing that even Big Buck Bernie is having none of it - and I can't believe I have to say this but he's right on this. Liberty and Lewie Lewie are being used as tools for a bad movement and it'll make the sport worse for it in the long run. Also, racing in sketchy countries does not mean it's politicial. Stupid and money hungry, sure, but not political.
I really, really, really don't care about the U.S. market because guess what? F1 is, and always has been, a E U R O P E A N sport. EUROPEAN , meaning a lot of Americans DON'T CARE about F1 and most likely never will. Why would they, anyway? They got their own series that we don't watch either. P.S., the Miami GP will fail eventually, just like all the other 9 events held before.
Cheers.
@Minerva's Owl tf did I misspell
0 likes@Kami Sama Sorry, what was that? All I hear is inconsistent whining. Try actually saying something of worth next time.
1 likeQuestion: are you white and/or American?
@Minerva's Owl okay boomer.
1 likeI'll humor you once.
I'm neither.
@Kami Sama OkAy BoOmEr
1 like"LOOK GUYS I CALLED HIM A BOOMER, PLEASE LAUGH I HAVE NO ACTUAL HUMOUR OR ANY GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT I SAID BOOMER HAHAHAHAHA GUYS PLEASE JUST LAUGH"
Okay, so into the trash your opinion goes. Good to know.
You don't know what you're talking about. Viewing figures have been up the last few years.
0 likes@Deaj i mean, it is literally a noose. Does it meant as a threat? Probably not. But saying it's not a noose is invalid as it's literally tied like one.
0 likes@Kami Sama It's a rope garage pull. It's a noose in the most friendly way possible. These people have undoubtedly seen them many times before, I've seen them and barely spend time in garages lol
3 likes@Deaj well exactly. I'm not, saying that the reaction to that is overblown or whatever, but it's still technically a noose.
0 likesWell, who knows, maybe they have a differently tied rope in other garages though. I assume that not all of them used a noose tie for the garage pull.
It’s because of Brian France’s stupidity.
3 likesAlso, Bubba isn’t a bad guy, personally it was good to see NASCAR stand up to what’s right (until the stupid handle controversy at Dega last year, it’s NASCAR’s fault for jumping the gun, Bubba had nothing to do with the handle. All he did was say some dumb crap on corporate news, but we all know what corporate news wanted last summer. NASCAR’s “noose-gate” controversy is one of the reasons why I watch some races. I’ll always stand with Bubba. I supported him since his Truck days, and I’ll always support him. What nascar did last summer was just stupid. They jumped the gun and wasted the FBI’s time. Also a crew member of the 43 found it first, Bubba was only told about it. I hate that idiots treat him like a criminal). Sorry, venting and wanted to throw it out there.
As for NASCAR as a sport, I really hope they fix the stuff Brian France destroyed and make it a great Motorsports series again, not a stick and ball sport on wheels
It's why Rally hasn't really dropped in popularity over the years the fans are the drivers know the risks and are willing that chase that red line high together inches from certain death
0 likesNASCAR forgot its roots and now attacks its fans in favor of jokes like Bubba and people who don't even like the sport.
0 likes@_*ZAPATOZ*_ they literally called the FBI over a pullcord on a garage shortly after the laughable Jussie Smollet fake hate crime.
0 likes@AWijaya it's also stock car racing WITHOUT THE DAMN STOCK CARS. I want to watch someone racing something my father and I can make in our driveway, not a million dollar super car that looks vaguely like a real car until you go head-on and see the whole right side of it had a stroke.
0 likes@Probably Not Dad oh and another thing. NASCAR hasn’t been a “southern sport” for a LONG time.
0 likesAlso, don’t blame Bubba for anything. All he did was stand up to what he believed in. It’s NASCAR that used that to gain “new fans”
@Probably Not Dad grifter's gonna grift.
0 likes@Brendan Wood no other sports,
0 likesMMA was active for 2020 so hmmm
why u gotta make vids so good and emotional
1 likeMy favorite course is Watkin's Glen. More than just ovals :D
0 likesHe died doing what he loved. Same for Owen Hart and Dimebag. RIP
0 likesI always watch this video expecting "that" part will never come
0 likesI come back and watch this all the time
0 likesi went from not knowing what NASCAR is to repping Dale Earnhardt to the grave in an hour.
0 likesYou don’t understand how much I love dale earnhardt me and him share a birthday
0 likesHoly fucking shit is this one good. "You've never seen a nascar fly right?" fucking music that makes me feel something
1 likeDamn I almost teared up watching this. And I'm a dude in eastern Europe whose only connection to Nascar was the first Cars movie. EmpLemon, you're surely one of my favourite content creators on this site.
203 likesI love that you threw that ffX track in there :)
0 likesI swear, people like Dale Earnhardt, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, etc. All these extraordinarily talented people who have lost their lives for many different reasons.
0 likesSome days, it feels like extraordinary talent is literally too much for the world to contain.
Amazing video 10/10 <3
0 likesAmazing, just amazing
0 likes"Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Iron-Man."
687 likesAnd he still is.
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holy shit. that aged way too well.
24 likesWell it was commented after infinity war. But nonetheless it did age well
4 likesIron man died for humanity, and Dale died for his kids. I see no difference between them. Dale. Is. Iron man
12 likesFALSE terry labonty was nascars iron man ,then came rudd , the finally jeff gordon, dale sr was NEVER the ironman never was , never will be
5 likes@Wild Thing hey the Intimidator was greatest driver after Rudd, Ricky was the best he was the true Iron Man LOL
0 likes@Dinkleberg you're wrong. Terry Labonte was the iron man.
0 likes@James Cook Terry Labonte was the "Ice Man"... Not "iron Man"...
0 likesthat orchestral mix of deja vu absolutely bangs
0 likesDang 2019 wasn’t like 1984… thank goodness I only needed to wait like a year
0 likesNascar will never be the same especially with politics in sports now. Rest in peace Dale Earnhardt
0 likesThere will never be a dale Sr.. Love him, hate him.... Respect... Miss that guy...
0 likes“Tries to disguise itself as entertainment”
2322 likesYeah that’s pretty true
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Why are you everywhere thats just amazon
12 likesCouldn't that apply PBS programs in general
7 likes@Dakota Harnish
0 likesEveryone knows that it can be none other than...
Offer Up.
NASCAR used to be dangerous and ballsy as hell. People got hurt? Tough shit. Now it's restrictor plate racing and points racing and super boring shit.
49 likescoffee115 you are absolutely correct
0 likes"Well, well, well Frog"
0 likesIt's a soap oper for men. That said, it's still deserves to be on the Olympics more than the girl and the ribbon and a ball.
0 likes@coffee115 I don't understand why NASCAR had to safety up everything while other sports like MMA, boxing, football, and even professional wrestling, which isn't even an actual sport, had people die while doing them and they didn't have to safety up anything.
5 likescoffee115 not even points racing. I say when they changed the cars to this shit they have had since 07 has killed it. Cot ruined racing.
0 likesPik Min fan there is a ton more. Days of thunder, talledega nights, and a ton more.
1 like@Pik Min fan that is ridiculously false
0 likes@tAmEz ZoDiAc It was obviously a joke.
0 likes@coffee115 plate racings ok to me. The chase? No.
0 likes@kanki i think its just so then the crowd feels safe, but honestly to me that should be part of the thrill. knowing if a car messes up a quarter mile down the track from you, you could be in the history books for being in a great tragedy
3 likes@kanki Those other sports don't have many possibilities of harm coming to the (paying) audience. A flying car heading straight into the stands sells safety restrictions more than, say, a boxer going postal against the crowd, unfortunately.
3 likesWrecking is entertaiment
0 likesYeah that’s insanely true, but the crazy thing is that it being boring makes it more fun to watch because you’re always anticipating something interesting
0 likesI cry everytime i watch this
0 likesDale, Sr. is the driver I grew up admiring. Being from SC it's hard not to be a NASCAR fan. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and went to college in the early 00s. Growing up at that time you pulled for the Atlanta Braves and Dale, Sr. My grandfather indoctrinated me to both. I was a #3 fan. I remembered his death marked the end of my fandom of the sport. He had a large impact on so many with his style of driving.
0 likesThe outro song!!!
0 likesCan't think of a better song to end this video. Amazing video brotha, not a NASCAR fan but I dig documentary videos and YouTube nailed this one for interest of the moment.
Man now I know where the king comes from
0 likesI've never watched a nascar race ever and yet just watched an hour documentary of a nascar driver? This was well put together 👏👏
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I have been a NASCAR fan for 24 years Dale Earnhardt was my childhood hero
2 likesI think nascar doesn't have that many fans because it's easy to underestimate the skill and adrenaline involved. Also, just like drifting this sport isn't approachable anymore. Back in the day they used actual stock cars (hence the name) but today f.e. the Toyota Camry Nascar has nothing to do with a Camry. I started respecting nascar when I played Gran Turismo 5, the nascar part of that game showed me that in fact it's a seriously demanding and hard sport, nothing like I imagined when I watched the South Park episode about nascar, and since I go fast on the autobahn I underestimated the speeds aswell. I was thinking there's nothing special about the speeds involved because people go that fast on the public highways here but in reality door-to-door racing is intense at any speed but seriously crazy at nascar speeds.
3 likesRC RACER 88 same here!
0 likes@Adventures of Will and Shelby he may be gone but will never be forgotten
0 likesI actually used to watch NASCAR with my Dad all the time so this video really hits home for me. I never went to a race myself but in Canada we have CASCAR and I went to a lot of those, it was really cool. I remember sitting on a grass area having a picnic with my Dad, a friend of mine and his Dad as we watched the race. Such a fun, chill day.
0 likesI swear there's a pavlovian reaction to the music in this video, because when that Summoning Salt music kicks in I know that the race to the speedrun is about to get serious. Whether that's the fastest completion of Super Mario Bros., or the terrifying speeds of NASCAR races.
0 likesMy only connection to nascar is from my father and that’s the only reason I enjoyed it. Though now I have a new found respect for the sport.
0 likesI LIKE NASCAR AND I WILL NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON IT IM EVEN THINKING IN ENROLLING WHEN I CAN
0 likesSpeeway. Loved the review, great job
0 likesThis made me appreciate NASCAR more now thx for this amazing video
192 likesSeizure warning from 28:50 to 28:55 skip to the second time to avoid going to the hospital
1 like“Expertly-crafted machines”
0 likesthe undriveable Ferrari appears
"Daytona International Speedway is big enough to be Sunny on one side and stormy on the other."
0 likesThat's everywhere in Florida. I've seen my house get soaked and the house across the street stay completely dry.
I come rewatch this every now and then because my parents were big fans and when this video came out i only had my mom with me cause my dad had passed 2 years before the video came out, now its 5 years without him and 2 without my mom and every time i see this video i have a burning need to watch it because it reminds me of them. Thank you EMPlemon for allowing me to feel at home again
0 likesHow do you do it??? I never once cared about NASCAR, but you had me tearing up at the end. Its genuinely incredible how you can write his story in such a way that keeps you on edge for an hour and actually care for what would happen next. The crazy thing is, many of you other videos have made me feel this way as well. Memes aside, you really do have a talent for storytelling and its inspiring to me as I've always had a soft spot for this kind of stuff, PLEASE consider doing more of this series and maybe even IRL documentaries/film. It would be such a waste for you to stagnate, please go onto greater things!!!
66 likesAfter races youd see people like Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin get right into their helicopters and take off, meanwhile people like Mr Earnhardt would stay and interact with his fans. That's why he was the best, doesn't even matter if he was a good racer, he was a great man.
0 likesTo me Dale's run in the 2001 Rolex 24 shows another side that he was a grat racer, not just a stock car racer. He hopped into that Corvette and was laying down respectable times on par with the other GT drivers, never mind it being his first ever Rolex 24 and having different classes out there from the prototypes to GT cars all sharing the track however. Dale knew when to push, knew when to let faster cars by.
0 likesThe plan was for him to attempt Le Mans in a factory backed C5R and wind down his career after 2001, if i remember it right however. THere was a big fuss in 98 when Dale and Jr got to race each other in the Japan exhibition as well
That was probably the smoothest ad transition I've ever seen.
0 likesbro, i cry every time i watch this
0 likesI’m glad i’m not a stock racing fan
438 likesI can’t begin to imagine the depression i would have felt instantly following Dale earnhardt’s death
Even now i feel like crying
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I was seven years old in 2001, I had horrified my mother as a kid when I said I like, "the black number 3 car," she always thought he raced dirty. I was devastated when I learned he was killed. I haven't seen footage of the wreck since and I cried like a kid again seeing it all these years later.
31 likesNot only was I a nascar fan I was a Dale Earnhardt fan I was devastated by his passing it was like losing a member of the family I still miss him alot almost 20 years later
17 likesMy teacher is a massive nascar fan. He showed us his video of the crash. It was an amazing view right on the crash. I asked if I could upload it on YouTube, but he sadly said no. It was one of the best view of the crash I have ever seen.
22 likeseven to this day, my dad tears up whenever he thinks about dale. he was one of his biggest fans
2 likes@RC RACER 88 we all do!
1 likeNow I truly feel how people felt when Dale Earnhardt died. Technoblade, a menace to many Minecraft YouTubers, but my favourite has passed from cancer and I feel empty and unknown if I can ever recover from this monumental loss.
0 likesOne of the best videos on youtube
0 likesThis made me cry
1 likeBtw if dale drove bills car it’d been hilariously dominated by the intimidator
0 likesAs someone who’s been to a real life nascar race and was thoroughly bored the entire time, God bless Dale. This video just made me a retroactive Dale Earnhardt fan.
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@Chase Calhoun probably because they just go on circles
7 likes@Jesus Barrera no, they go in ovals
30 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 you're the guy who thinks Dale Jr. is better than Kyle Busch so I really do not see your room to talk
1 like@GoodOl'Roll Jr is better than no talent crybaby Busch both as a driver but more importantly as a person
2 likesChampionship Jr 2 cryle 1
500 wins Jr 2 cryle 0 😂😂😂
@nascar and bowling fan 388 Kyle Busch has 59 wins and 2 championships (15 deserves an asterisk but he was screwed in 18)
1 likeDale Earnhardt Jr. has 26 wins and 0 championships. I really don't see how Jr. is better than KFB
@nascar and bowling fan 388 I never said KB was better than Sr. I said he was better than Jr. Also, how long did it take Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500?
1 like@GoodOl'Roll I never said you did I just spoke facts that sr and Jr are better than Busch crybaby
0 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 Sr is, but Jr isn't. The statistics prove it
1 like@GoodOl'Roll nope Jr is too try again child
0 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 you say Jr has 50 wins right? Which means you're combining Cup and Xfinity. By that logic, Kyle has over triple the amount of wins Jr has.
1 like@GoodOl'Roll doesn't need too still better where is Cryles 500 wins oops but don't worry maybe the Earnhardts will show him their 3 500 trophies 😂😂😂
0 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 so? What's the big deal about winning the Daytona 500? All it does is make you the first person to have the points lead, nothing else other than a trophy too, which you can also get by winning other races. Which KFB has done over 200 times across all 3 series.
0 likes@GoodOl'Roll that comment shows how little you know about NASCAR it's the biggest and most important race of the season it's the Superbowl of stockcar racing
2 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 because it's the first race? Like what do they reward double points? When you win the Coke 600 you win the longest race on the schedule. When you won at the Brickyard you were winning on the same track that housed the almost sacred Indy 500. When you won the Southern 500 you won the first ever 500 mile race.
0 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 don't get me wrong. Daytona is a special event that opens up the season with some very good racing. But you're holding it over Kyle Busch fans like it's the only crown jewel event that exists
0 likes@GoodOl'Roll its the Superbowl of NASCAR the biggest and most important race and no talent crybaby can't win it hahahah lol😂😂😂
0 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 yet the no talent crybaby can win the Coke 600, Southern 500, and Brickyard 400 twice aswell as 55 other wins, 2 championships in Cup, and a future place in the NASCAR HOF?
1 likeDitto
1 likeGo to Talledega. Last year, even though they only got to finish half the race due to rain, the Yellawood 500 was definitely interesting when they were actually racing, Also helps to have good seats where you can see Pit Road and the entire track, and to go with someone who enjoys the sport already because they can tell you what’s happening lol.
2 likes@GoodOl'Roll this year it was the memorial collisseum race track that was the first race, but it sucked because it was only 0.25 miles long
0 likesChills when he won the 500
0 likesman, that music shift at 20:50 is amazing
0 likesI wonder if Jr. saw this. This is dope af
1 likethis shows how little i know about nascar, i grew up thinking that jeff gordon was the goat, lol
0 likesI still remember the day my parents got off the phone only to look at me and say "Son we need you to sit down and finish your mashed potatoes. we have to tell you something very sad" I cried so hard the day he died. I don't watch or really care about NASCAR anymore, but Dale Earnhardt was such a major part of my childhood. I would sit and imitate the races on my grandparents carpet with the officially endorsed HotWheels, It seems so unimportant now but the cultural impact this man had on a generation is astounding. Thank you EmpLemon for doing this racing legend right and telling a story that those who were not there can appreciate. Someone get this man a pack o' menthols and a stubby
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How could some one not cry,the man was a chad :)
4 likesI was one year old when Dale Earnhardt died. When I was 1-3 I was a massive nascar fan! I used to play with race car toys even before I could speak... will never forget what happened. 2001 was an unforgettable year in US history. So much happened.
3 likesYou know you're watching a good video when the summoning salt theme comes on
0 likesAnd this will always be my reason for living the RAISE HELL AND PRAISE DALE lifestyle. But in all seriousness, I’ve watched nascar since I was born always loved it, still tolerate it, loving the next gen car racing I think ratings are raising, and it’s because relatable, informative, and overall great content like this that will keep the sport of nascar racing relevant. As one that inspires to become a local driver to work my way up. I’m always gonna love the “Ol’ Earnhardt Bump and Run” and I hope content creators like yourself keep posting these types of videos. Granted I’ve seen probably all these compiled videos, I always enjoy coming back to watch all of them. Great job my guy!
0 likesNASCAR biggest mistake was when they pulled it off mainstream television and went with cable.
2 likesShortsided greed has since caught up with them.
bro that ending!!
0 likesI love the 'never ever' series and am impressed with your coverage of this topic. I can't really see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as motorsport goes. As a kid I watched F1 and NASCAR, back when they used V10s in F1 and NASCARs were going bumper-to-bumper, and I feel like although other factors are at play, the tense battles for the driver's championship in F1 and the close formation insanity of NASCAR of the time are what inspired fascination among wider audiences, and have since declined as both sports have strayed from the paths of their golden eras due to poorly implemented rules and changes in management.
47 likesTbh rather to have a legend go, in a way he loved, doing his passion , than have another le mans
0 likesThis is one funniest thing I've watch😂😂
0 likesIsle of Man is the last true gladiator sport
2 likesMy grandfather was an airplane captain, until corruption and him not being persuaded from his morals took that away from him. He always has loved car racing, and even tho I don't "understand" it, I've always loved going with him to the races, eating hot dogs and soda that tastes so different from storebought cans, hiding from the sun, being hipnotized by the racetrack...
1 likeNow he is much older, the racetracks near our city long have gone, his only solace is to watch them through the tv.
But now after watchig this video, I feel I finally understand what I never did, and honestly think I never had too. To enjoy those evenings staying at my grandparennts', eating rotisserie chicken and bags and bags of salted chips, watching the cars loop on those pavements. For me its a celebration of family and peace, for my granfather is watching those who can, enjoy sharing his glee with his beloved ones.
I sure will be sharing this with him, with my newfound appreciation for the other side of this sport.
Leave it to YouTube recommendations to give me a long-form analysis of a thing I was never interested in and expect me to watch it to the end.
355 likesWhich I did, because I never knew I needed this. Thank you.
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I loved his ytps
0 likesRAISE HELL PRAISE DALE WOOOOOOOOOO
0 likeswhen they made it "safer" they took control away from drivers and teams over their car so it sucks now.
You’re content reminds me a lot of a guy named “Summoning Salt.” That’s a huge compliment so if you’re not familiar with him you should definitely check it out.. good stuff man.. and RIP Dale Sr
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Emp literally has made a parody/tribute video to Salt's style in the form of his World's Highest Jump video, and yet you think he's not familiar with it?
0 likesI was at the 2015 Daytona and that crash happened maybe 200 ft to my right.
0 likesI was watching live with my dad when it happened.
0 likes"even with all this money, is it still worth it to race?"
567 likes"Yeah, to win"
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Music got me there
0 likesThat's just really haunting in the end
0 likesGreat tribute
0 likesSo there’s 3 tracks with mostly 3 corner that must be really hard to learn the tracks. So it’s how brave and how many people your willing to nearly kill by ramming them.
0 likesBesides, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?
1 likethe song “We’re finally landing” plays
Beautiful
Petty is still the King and bland or not, Jimmie Johnson is right there too!
1 likeNASCAR itself is only to blame for all the setbacks in popularity and the decline in the fan base.
Dale Earnhardt was a racing bully IMO but NASCAR let it continue so that style became the norm. Win or lose, I’d much rather be the aggressive driver on the track scratching paint as opposed to being the whinny poooosy that lost and is now being interviewed!
16:50-17:32 is GENIUS! Promoting Dollar Shave, as the Anti-Gillette, whilst using footage from movie 1984, to segway perfectly into the year 1984 in the story!
302 likesOnce again, you have proved you are the best editor on YouTube.
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pretty sure thta isn't footage from the movie, it's from an old Apple ad from the 90s or something.
19 likesDidn‘t the Dollar shave club said something similar to the likes of this guilette comercial?
3 likes@SpookyBees Hmm really? Is Gillette doing better after they went woke?
0 likes@Ig0r 777 What do you mean it said something akin to Gillette?
1 likeYeah that transition was pretty neat. Kudos.
0 likes@Louis XIV (aka 1685Violin) Hey Louis, found you.
0 likesAnd just moments before, a reference to an amazing arcade game based on Nascar that I have deep nostalgia for. And I only 15!
0 likes@The Professional Novice apple ad from 1984
1 likeWhats the music doe
0 likesthat was a very creative way to present an advertisement, cool music too, i remember that game
0 likesI absolutely AGREE about Earnhardt's disdain for restrictor plates. It ruined the sport and causes TOO many damn pileups. Sure he was the best driver WITH restrictor plates, but I doubt The Intimidator had fun doing it. I'm in Jeremy Clarkson's camp here. It's all about SPEED.
0 likesI watched nascar from 1997 all the way up until they introduced the stages in 2017… even saw that fateful Daytona 500. To me, trying to rally everyone up into a bunch to cause “The Big One” in nearly every event with the stages really wasn’t fun to watch, still isn’t.
0 likesIt’s not the improvement of safety within the cars and the tracks that made it boring, it’s seeing less cars finishing the race
Big Enough to be Sunny on one end and Storming at the other,That's Good Stuff right there
0 likesIt's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.
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I'm actually from Kannapolis and we literally have a whole baseball team with him as the mascot.
3 likesI was raised in North Carolina as a NASCAR fan and Dale devotee, but then I grew up, went to college, moved to NYC, made friends with artists and musicians and the "coastal liberal elite," and learned to hide my accent and lie about my family. But seeing this, remembering Dale for the legend he was, and reading what you wrote, it makes me remember who I really am and where I'm really from. And it makes me proud of it. I don't have to lie about my past, or pretend to be someone I'm not.. I can be both. I am both.
5 likes@Grayson Rachels lol nice
0 likes37:50 god damn this Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2 music is too god damn nostalgic
0 likesHey, no fair. You can't just emotionally manipulate me with "We're Finally Landing" like that.
0 likeslove the initial d music, great touch
1 likeMate, I'm not sure why it's hard to explain why I like Nascar. I have no idea what's happening or who's racing, and I only started liking it last year, but what isn't to like about getting drunk with your mates listening to 60 straight piped v8's at full send?
1 likeAs a German I didn't even know this sport existed before watching this video. It was honestly one of the most inspiring, amazingly constructed videos I have ever seen. You truly are one of YouTubes greatest.
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Ok kraut
0 likes@Majestic Satire ok I cant afford healthcare or a house so I will sling hot pockets into my mouth even though I'm not in uni .
1 likeВалерия Сацкая ok vodka
1 likeThis video became so profound and then you call it dumb, but you were right. Excellent post.
0 likesif you want to see something close to this nowadays where cars are flying lifting like them check out radial vs the world wrecks 🤟🏻
0 likes42:12 “the cameras cut away from the accident” not true. I remember watching this race and seeing the crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7Huvi8JAA
0 likeshis legacy will live on and it has
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the number 3 car is always going to be remembered
0 likesI never thought I'd ever be watching Dale Earnhardt race while listening to an orchestral version of Deja Vu.
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I thought I was crazy hearing it. "That's not deja vi, is it?"
6 likesLol it’s gusty garden from Mario Galaxy
0 likes@prodigy 1691 there is more than one song playing in this video and Deja Vu is definitely one of them.
4 likes38:24
1 likeIt's so fitting too tho.... Dale was an absolute superhero in a car
2 likes@HicksZ34 - If I may ask, how is that song called?
0 likesIf it were foggy at daytona you would only be able to see about 1/5 - 1/10 of the race track
0 likesI wonder if Dale Jr. or anyone in the Earnhardt family has seen this.
1 likeI gotta ask, and anyone else hear the "meet the sniper" track in the background?
2 likesAs a guy who grew up in JJ's reign of dominance, in NC right near his home town, you would struggle to find anyone who knew nascar that didn't love JJ.
0 likes"Dale Earnhardt would enter his black number 3 for the final time..."
251 likesIconic music plays...
My heart sinks with such intense emotion, I almost cry... These are never good moments to relive. The editing is so powerful!
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40:08 home -we're finally landing
5 likesDaytona international speeway
0 likes"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining" 💀💀
0 likesThis music reminds me of gran turismo. It's so nice!
0 likesThe 2 jobs I would quit climbing broadcast towers for...
0 likes#1 Racing Cars
#2 Conducting Trains
Another death as big or bigger than this would be Ayrton Senna's in Formula 1 when he was driving for McLaren. This was when he was still rivaling Alan Prost with Michael Schumacher on a ride as an upcoming young talent.
1 likeGreat video! Glad that NASCAR is still getting some attention. It ain't as "dead" as people want you to believe.
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Sadly, it really is. You're deluding yourself. Nascar will survive and continue, but it will never be the cultural icon or representative it once was
48 likesSup eric thanks for sending me here
4 likesI bet a 100 bucks saying your wrong Cory
7 likesEric Estepp this is why I am one of your patreons Eric
5 likesPREACH
Same with any sport people say is dead. Every sport will always have some level of cult following. People say boxing is dead but top boxers are the richest athletes on earth.
14 likesjust like overwatch ?
0 likes@CGoody Did you even hear that the ratings increased by 2 percent? Yea that isn't a lot, but that means it's growing! Don't be that guy who agrees with 90 percent of people. NASCAR ain't dead, yet is growing. Slowly but surely.
6 likes@Danny Westbrooks 8% for the last race
3 likesAnd it’s kinda disappointing that people think that way even trough this is one of the most interesting sports in my opinion
2 likes@CGoody until they do something drastically different it will stay stagnant for sure
0 likes@Jack Thorton you're on.
0 likes@Danny Westbrooks 2 Percent? Show me a steady trend of growth, or any stable growth at all; there is none. I hope I'm wrong, but so far it doesn't seem so.
0 likesI don't care what anyone says, whether it's you or 90% of whoever. I'm simply going by observation
@Collin I hope I'm wrong. Really, I do.
0 likesVery true... Its honestly not dead at all, if you look at the viewwrship
1 like@CGoody If you hope you are wrong then why add the comment? Its a fact that the ratings increased. It was the most watched thing on TV for 5 straight races until March Madness came around. But it still sees increase, and the races went from 2% to 8%. So quit trying to smart us with no facts.
1 likei like how the middle section of this video turns into a metal gear solid speech about astronauts
1 likeEvery time I hear the music I think he’s going to talk about about a speedrun
0 likes24:26 "fact of the matter is..." tell me more Mr. Space Marine!
0 likesI personally think that at the end of his career, he did think he caught up with his father because stayed back for the bigger win, his son's
0 likesIts quite the scary thought that NASCAR was mostly popular for the allure of seeing people crash cars into each other. Like I can't lie there's something about seeing the chain reaction of car crashes because of one slip-up that's quite enjoyable to watch if your the spectator. Like of course 98% of people watching will snap out of the high of seeing destruction in like a minute or less, and then come back to reality wondering if everyone was okay. But in the moment? I think its no secret that everyone has that part of them that enjoys seeing something destroyed and crumpled. No matter the cause or who it was. It's like we revert back to ape brains the second we see the big boom things happen. I wonder if this is why people keep going to see Micheal Bay movies, regardless of how bad it looks or sounds. We know him as the big boom maker director, so we go to see it to satisfy our big boom sight seeing urges. Idk, he may be smarter than he lets on.
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One of the first moving pictures was of two trains colliding, so that desire of destruction has been there forever.
29 likesI'm immediately aware of the consequences if I know it's a real video and especially if I'm there. I just can't enjoy such destruction outside of a fictional setting, personally.
0 likes@qrpnxz Thats what I was getting at with Michael Bay: Like even though any of his movies aren't gonna be seen as masterpieces anytime soon, everyone knows that he fills that niche along with John Woo of the: "shut your brain off and look at the cool shots and big pretty explosions." And he does it with some skill ngl. Sure the movies aren't great from a techincal standpoint but he never breaks your suspension of disbelief horribly, and keeps you along for the ride enjoying the moments that he's known for most without a real down moment.
0 likesMy first response is fear. I was raised trackside corner marshaling for motorcycles, and later cars. When you work to ensure the safety of the participants, the emotions change. In my 11 years working cars, I have seen spins, collisions, one car almost crash into a ravine, and I have almost been run over. Cars are scary, man. In that time, there have been only one or two incidents I could legitimately laugh off, and those involved very minimal damage.
4 likesBikes are another creature entirely. The person riding is entirely on display, you see everything that happens to them. You can see when something gets hurt, you can tell when the rider's been knocked out. It's rather gruesome, especially when you don't have the opportunity of hindsight. I once saw a rider get into a tankslapper (where the front wheel starts shaking violently with increasing intensity) and go flying ten feet in the air at over 100 miles an hour. That memory still scares the shit out of me.
In the context of Nascar, the safety of the cars and barriers makes it easier to watch crashes, as the vehicles stay mostly intact, along with their drivers. As Lemon mentioned, both Carl Edwards and Austin Dillon managed to walk away from their cars being blendered against the catch fence, with Carl running his way across the finish line. It's easy to lose sight of the threat posed by big crashes to the drivers.
This is why Burnout Paradise Remastered is my all time favorite video game that involves driving a car (yes, even more than the entire GTA series and Saints Row put together).
0 likesAll the excitement of high speed car crashes, without the danger of anyone actually getting hurt, and even the actual crashes only set you back a few seconds.
“The big boom”
0 likesActually all the fans usually hate crashes I hate them. The racing is just piss poor now. Compared to the 90s 80s and earlier 200s when they would bump and grind and scrape metal and beat and bang. You don’t get that anymore cause if they did it, it would mess up there cars now and it’s just not interesting. It was awesome to see 2 guys beat and bang about wreak each other but hang on and win the race. Now you got cars 15 seconds from each other at every track.
1 likeEh no your missing a key issue. Crajses still happen in NASCAR now. But no one dies from them so no one cares anymore.
0 likes@Fake Name ye
0 likesI remember being about 6 years old watching this race.
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I haven't watched or been interested in NASCAR since I was very young. But that was such a special time in the history of NASCAR. R.I.P Dale. The G.O.A.T
0 likesthe fact that nobody is mentioning the cars having a fun time in the beggining is strange
0 likesSo the allure of nascar is, in my opinion, that nothing really ever happens but the rare occasion that something DOES happen is what makes it so exciting. Plus the sound of the cars barreling past you is pretty nice too. Theres a reason I own a Harley even though its super overpriced. There’s something about the sound of the engine that has a nice ring to it
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yup thats how i explain it
0 likesdont watch nascar because its exiting all the time like football or tennis, u watch it to see the exiting moments
Casually watching a video about one of my favorite sports when a song from my favorite video game of all time (Final Fantasy X) starts playing. Worlds colliding!
0 likes"Dale earnhardt died doing what he loved. His final memory was seeing his driver's winning with open track in front of them."
93 likesThat has to be the most sad thing I've ever heard. Dale was a controversial driver, but you can not deny the fact that he was an amazing and passionate man, who would sacrifice everything, if it meant his own family would be happy. That's a true man and I know that God took him to a good place and I believe he's still in those stands, watching over all of the drivers. We will never forget NASCAR's Intimidator.🥉R.I.P Dale earnhardt.
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Literally started sobbing at that point.
1 likeHe must have been so proud
I don't think there as a better way in the world to go out. I think it's just how he would have wanted it.
“He would sacrifice everything if it meant his own family would be happy”
0 likesIdk about that. He had been in 2 failed marriages that had failed due to his racing career. He was uninvolved in Kerry’s life until later on in his life. He was uninvolved in Jr. and Kelly’s lives until their mother’s home burnt down and was still too busy with racing to really be there for them. He put Jr. and Kelly in military school because Jr. got in trouble in school for talking during class and Kelly had begged to be put in the military school so that she could watch out for Jr.
He refused to allow Kelly to race because she was a girl until he got tired of her pressing him to allow her to drive late models. He didn’t allow Jr. to race his Busch car until Tony Eury Sr. Told him to put jr into the car.
He ended up working to make it up to his family, but the damage had still been done.
To say he’d do anything for his family is a lie, he’d do everything to better his racing career until he had become the most successful driver and couldn’t care less about family until he had become the best driver.
He put racing above family and that was his main flaw.
It was actually Jeff Gordon who was mainly responsible for Nascar going main stream. Gordon also consistently beat earnhardt when they raced.
0 likesDale Earnhardt isn’t gone, he’s just one lap ahead
0 likes25.09 thats the best transition i have ever heard
0 likesDude the freaking ad for dollar shave club was phenomenal.
0 likesI love how this is the 3rd episode.
185 likesAlso, I genuinely cried.
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I know this was posted 3 months ago but I had to point out that this also was posted on March 3rd
5 likes@Drake1416 I swear if the 3 months ago was intentional
4 likes@GG Gelo this response was 3 days ago
3 likestbh I cried at the end
1 likeYou can't walk up the corners of Daytona. I got to walk on the track and you can hardly crawl up them they are so incredibly steep. Pictures don't do it justice.
1 likeDamn this is a good video.
1 likeCould there ever be an episode on group b rally?
0 likesIt's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.
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But can could
0 likes"come on, you've never seen a NASCAR fly" cue HOME's We're Finally Landing well done sir
0 likesIt’s not the crash that kills you it’s the sudden stop
1 likeWhat a beautiful story about Dale Earnhardt Sr! Our cherished Dale! Jerry and Sugar Bear and I loved watching him race. Our icing on the cake was watching him win the Daytona 500 in 1998! We all celebrated that day; in February 2001 Jerry and Sugar Bear and I cried because God wanted him to race in Heaven on that day and Dale obeyed. God chose the best in our eyes and hearts of the driver that Jerry and Sugar Bear and I had watched and love him forever! The Oppermans from Tx
0 likes16:16 absolutely best ad ever!
0 likesI remember being at a friend's house playing in the backyard while his dad watched the 500 that year. I remember him saying after the crash he was like "dale wrecked for his team. Can't wait for next week!" Then he came back an hour or so later when they announced he died. I've never seen him cry before or after that day but that is the one and only day I ever saw him cry. Knowing the history now I get why. Thank you for this amazing video
380 likesidk anything about nascar but Dale's persistent spirit is piercingly inspiring
0 likesOne of my first memories of NASCAR was playing NASCAR 2001 as a 5 year old (2005). My favorite car was the #3. Being a kid, I associated the black and white with oreos and didn't bother reading the Goodwrench written on the car. Everytime I would visit my uncle, he'd give a me a die cast NASCAR and I would set up races and play with them all the time. One day I asked if he had the #3 oreo car because I loved it. He told me about Dale, how good he was, and how he died. It was bizarre, I felt the shock of the death as though I was a fan watching it in real time except for me it was delayed by a few years.
0 likesI’ve bin a nas car fan sens 2016 My favorite NASCAR driver is Kyle Larson
0 likesI knew when the names stopped being Bobby Labonte and replaced with Joe shmoe Edwards, my pops fav sport was eventually done for. As a wrestling fan I always like Jimmy Johnston lol
0 likesDale Earnhardt's story is uncannily similar to F1 driver Ayrton Senna.
143 likes-Known for reckless, dangerous driving.
-Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers of all time.
-Shook the fans of the sport after death.
-Many safety improvements were made in the sport following his death.
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thinking the exact same thing
5 likesYou could also compare him to Schumacher, 7 championships, constant complaints about their racing style, but now that they're not fully there anymore, it just doesn't feel right.
12 likes@THE BRAIN SPECIALIST true to that as well, also I'm still praying for Shumi's recovery
2 likes@Hookshot what about them?
0 likes@Hookshot By the time Ayrton had made it in the sport it had already established itself in the motorsport community. NASCAR was still getting up on its feet (while still close to it, they were still not fully there yet) when Dale made his name known.
2 likesThey also predicted their deaths
4 likesAyrton senna requested the wall in the tamburello corner be covered with tires or pushed back for safety
Dale said that if the stock cars were not improved by safety standards somebody will die
This made me cry
0 likes33:24 that was the moment I really began to hate Gordon. I've forgave him over the years but I still hold a little piece of hate for ole Gordon.
0 likesDale yeah!!!!!
1 likeThe opening video of ole boy wiping down his windshield while driving is the definition of Earnhardt
0 likesThere will never ever be another channel like EmpLemon
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Facts
14 likesAnd logic
10 likesAnd that's a fact.
1 likeSuper Eyepatch Wolf, your point is invalid.
1 like*there will never ever be another YTPer like EmpLemon
1 likeLol
0 likes@4nt He's cool but his videos can't match Emp's gigantic research, effort and passion.
3 likesHe's still great tho.
jon bois
1 likethis is why i want to race in nascar
0 likesTough to compete when something like 'Drive to Survive' exist.
0 likesDale Earnhardt Sr. Was ice cold he truly had ice in his veins when he raced I remember watching the race the day he died it was surreal because looking at the crash on live tv it really didn't look that bad from an appearance stand point it looks like he was involved in way worse crashes than that one RIP Dale Earnhardt
0 likesYou know, I think Tony Stewart had a lot on common with Dale. Neither would take any crap from another driver on or off of the track. Maybe the similarities end there, but they were both tough guys.
0 likesYou're a cool mix between Jon Bois and Summoning Salt (speedrun documentaries)
0 likesim not even a nascar fan and you have me crying over dale / dale jr
0 likesIve been watching NASCAR since Sr. won his 1st championship. Watched his whole career. Watched the race on February 18th. Waited for hours to hear the news delivered by Mike Helton the the man in black was gone. I took from my checkbook that had Dale and the #3 in faded relief, removed check number 0218, dated it Febuary 18th and framed it. I haye this chase and bracket racing. I hated restrictor plate racing when it first came out but got use to it. At one time I hated Sr. But respected him. I was an Alabama gang fan. Donnie Bobbie and Davey. Watched Davey die too. Neil Bonnet. Adam Petty, Alan Kalwiki, damn to many. The kings 200th. What else do I need to say about my life and NASCAR. NASCAR has lost touch with the fans and did so over a decade ago. And the current racing format is all the proof you need of it. The last Winston Cup champion was Matt Kenseth. and there hasn't been a champion ever since. Included Jimmies supposed 7. Play offs don't belong in NASCAR nor do breaks in a race. No other auto racing series has breaks during the race in the entire world but NASCAR. NASCAR wants there fans back. Rewind to the last true driver champion NASCAR had which is Matt Kenseth. Because Matt Kenseth one that without taking a single break and having the most accumulated points our driver could during a single season. Just like every other racing sanctioning body does
0 likesPlease, for the love of God, stop calling stock cars “nascars”…..
0 likesOkay im sorry but...
93 likesThis is some fucking quality sir, this looks like something that would aired on television or just heck, even better than television
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Its far better.
0 likesI used to watch nascar every Sunday with my dad. I absolutely hate it now. They jacked ticket prices up and priced out the avg fans. Then they changed the rules to where it is unrecognizable as the sport that was famous. I'm telling, Nascar's downfall is all the rules and the ridiculous ticket prices. I remember when Bristol had a 3 year wait list. Now they can't hardly fill the stands.
0 likesDude AWESOME VIDEO!!!
0 likesIt really is "robbing peter to pay paul" when you trade having a car lift of and take flight for the inevitable "Big One" at Daytona. But it is what it is.
0 likesEnd of the video really aged poorly and I'm glad. Bring on the next gen era
0 likes25:15 "Have you ever seen a nascar fly?" hands down some of the best editing I've ever seen with the music, angles, everything. It was as if I could imagine being in the car. Great video too!
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Watch summoning salt. You’ll be just as surprised.
28 likesits HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CAR FLY the way he did it sounded werd
0 likesWhat music is that playing
1 like@Percy6 its probably 'finally landing' from the artist HOME, album: Odyssey as in Homer's Odyssey.
4 likes*flashbacks from The king flying from cars 1 and McQueen flying in cars 3
0 likes”have you seen a combine dance? I didn’t think so.”
0 likes@ItsEvan When the music started, I expected some unknown driver to suddenly break the speed record and take the win or something haha!
1 likeWatch a summoning salt video and you will be hooked forever
0 likes@Yosef Marks and that racer was matt turk
1 likeDamn that was an Impessive and based ad
2 likesHe made the pit move lol for cops
1 likeCan you do a video on lane frost?
0 likesWhen that old school GranTurismo music kicks in ♥️♥️ 23:10
0 likesAs a European, I had some prejudice about nascar. You've changed my mind Emp, thank you.
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I like the Todd Wojack pfp
4 likesSame.
0 likesI think it helped when he explained that the bumping and wrecking are only possible in stock cars and thus are the signature of the sport. Highlights what's unique and valuable about it as a form of racing.
3 likes"Well, I got a forty Ford out back
0 likesAnd buddy, that hoss'll pull
She can get uphill like a mountain cat
Twenty two cases full!"
- "Thunder and Lightning" by Lonesome River Band 🪕
Ahhh
0 likesI've seen you have taken inspiration form Summoning salt book
But I'm not even half way done with the video and can esaly say this Is one of the best documentaries I've watched
when you do the bump and run its cause your car is presently faster than the car youre bumping, just like anything, bump and run can be countered with timely aware braking, the goal is to bump them off their line and scootch on the inside or outside to GET BY and pass, if you know what youre doing there is ways to drive against bump and runs so you can avoid them passing if you do have a slower car, it goes both ways vice versa.
0 likesIm a Sports fanatic, but couldn't care less for NASCAR. But hearing you telling the Story about #3 makes it intriguing and interesting for even somebody like me
0 likes"Were ya winnin' son?"
653 likes"Yeah dad, I was the best!"
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"But I still was never as good as you."
51 likesDale considered Ralph to be the best. He even said it in multiple interviews
Ralph: son you did better than I ever could have done, way to go, intimidator
10 likesWhy does this imaginary Convo between those two want me to be a such a kind of dad in the future...?
11 likes"Wtf you little shit?"
0 likesDamn
0 likesi feel like that 1984 joke in the ads aged weirdly
2 likesStill waiting for long years to see Austin Dillon to run Black Goodwrench Throwback.
0 likesFunny enough, Kannapolis is now the home of the Haas F1 team
1 likeur videos are not engaging and entertaining than anything a whole production team could roll out, good fucking shit brother
0 likesI've always been sad about his death when thinking about it and how he left his family behind but it really was the most euphoric finish this man could have had for this life. I've watched this a couple of times, it's incredibly well made
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Watched it my first two times this week.
2 likes30:20 I'm going to call it as I see it but Mr waltrip looks like he's f**** possessed😂😂
0 likesbut actually though every time I see him come across the Daytona line in the 98 Daytona 500 brings an honest to God smile to my face
i dont ever comment on videos but 11:15 and the rest of that segment is so badass
0 likesThis video made me buy a dale sr funko pop this and your stan video are so good love this channel keep it up emp
0 likesThat 1984 segway was a hell of a thing...
0 likesFrom YTP’s to great documentary’s
389 likesWell done my boy, well done.
This is DEFINITELY what Cars is based off. Dale Earnhardt is Doc Hudson
0 likes✋🏻3 the house of the rising sun is the perfect song for Dale it a Classic epic sounding song that fits a epic man
0 likesI grew up on Lake Norman, basically the hub of nascar. Looking back on the 90s when I actively watched and went to races with my grandpa, I cannot say in hindsight that I liked it because it was dangerous to the drivers. That's silly. That's like looking back on Luke being carted off a NFL field while not knowing what planet he's on and going "I LOVE THIS SPORT".
0 likesI dunno, I have tried to get into modern racing and it isn't the lack of danger that makes it boring. There are lots of things contributing to how boring it is. Lack of driver fatalities is not one of them.
Do it for Dale
0 likesI love nascar and I’ve watched this documentary 8 times already. I love it so much I come back to it once every few months. Emp really needs to become a documentary film maker
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Absolutely
6 likesWhenever I find myself in trying times and consider giving up on whatever it is I'm trying to achieve, I come back to this video and think to myself "What if Dale had given up on the Daytona 500?" Eventually, after enough trying, I accomplish that goal. This video is a lesson for life.
9 likesYeah I come back every once and a while and watch this. I've watched it so many times.
1 likeHis new one made me like it. This is the chery for me.
1 likeSame here. This is my tenth watch
2 likesRunning dales number on Austin dillons car feels disrespectful in a way. I’m my personal opinion the #3 car should be retired from nascar forever
1 likeGreat video!
0 likesI'd take Jimmie Johnson over Earnhardt by far...
0 likesI just watched Chanel 5 and Andrew spots a reporter in his video hired by his former employer to copy him. I watched the new guys videos and it’s such a stale rip off. You, on the other hand, give props to the goat of this style and give him credit for his influence on you. A breath of fresh air and great videos by you bro!
0 likesEvery time I watch this, I always feel the tears coming up when "We're Finally Landing" comes on in the last third. The music, the footage of Dale embracing his wife for the final time, everything. I've watched this a dozen times and the impact never degrades. Masterpiece.
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I get glossy eyed with the Mario odyssey music, he uses it so well
13 likes@ingibingi2000 its Mario Galaxy Music, specifically Gusty Garden Galaxy.
5 likesLong emotional comments what do I say
0 likesNah man Theresa was a sket
0 likesHoly s***... The Chrono trigger soundtrack out of nowhere was just magical. 👍
0 likesFuck YouTube for hiding your channel from me for so long, great videos love you
1 likeI don't know how I stumbled onto your channel, but I hope NASCAR is paying you big bucks because your documentaries are the best promotional material for NASCAR I've ever seen. I'm not even a NASCAR fan but your videos are so good I kind of want to be a fan. I do remember occasionally watching races with my dad in the early 2000s, when no other sports were on, I remember the race Earnhardt died being on our TV and what a huge story it was, we had a NASCAR computer game mid 90s on our first home computer, and then my parents got my brothers and I a NASCAR board game for Christmas in the late 90s but that has really been my only connection to the sport. I've learned a lot about it in just the last couple days from your vids and kind of makes me want to watch a race start to finish now. Anyway, I really hope you're leveraging your talent with NASCAR for a big pay day because you're doing more to bring fans into the sport than anyone else, or any TV promotional ad. These are some of the best documentaries I've found on Youtube. Keep up the great work.
0 likesDidn't expect to hear final fantasy 10 music in this but it made me very nostalgic
0 likesComing from a NASCAR YouTuber this video is epic.
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Oh hi Darian Gilliam, kinda surprising to see you here but yea it is epic.
10 likesThe thing is Emplemon isn't a mainly NASCAR channel.
5 likesTo see a NASCAR video this well done NOT by a NASCAR youtuber. Your content is great to BFM. Keep making good vids bro.
Brody Cooper He might like NASCAR though. In his face reveal he’s wearing a Jimmie Johnson NASCAR shirt.
3 likes@Shilpi326
0 likesI guarantee you that if he didn’t like NASCAR before he made this video, he certainly does now.
You owe Kerry Earnhardt an Apology.
0 likesI was into NASCAR in the early 2000’s as a 5-10yr old. I highly disagree that the reason NASCAR lost its fan base is because there are no more fatalities. People still watch football, and no one dies? The biggest problem I have with NASCAR is largely they keep fricken changing it! It is hard to follow anything! On top of that, the drivers that are currently barring the torch are some of the most disliked drivers. So that’s my take. 1: constant changing of the rules and how NASCAR works. 2: No new good drivers, in the sense of charisma. 3: Getting political.
1 likeFun fact: NASCAR averages higher ratings than most things that aren’t the NFL.
1 likeThe candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.
1 likeNever watched NASCAR. This guy has become my favorite sportsman. What a tragic and heroic story about pushing yourself to your limits and refusing to give up your dreams. Even at the cost of your life.
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Rags to riches and never giving up. It's inspiring for sure.
4 likesWhat an amazing video
0 likesthank you that documentary was very very good, i think the only way stock car can be popular again is a total reborn, like racing real stock cars, did you ever watch the guy cleetus mcfarland crown vics races? man its intense and sketchy, they drive like they got nothing to lose, its slower but at least they dont die and are not scared to!
0 likesThere will never be another Dale like Earnhardt
0 likesIf you have to go, that's the way to do it
1 likeI say this with complete sincerity:
103 likesThis website does not deserve a creator as amazing as you.
Rip Nascar :,(
0 likesI know nascar makes it hard for drivers career's to hit the wall as hard as his.
0 likesYou should update your videos a little bit... Nascar has definitely made a comeback in 2022... The 500 was sold out for the first time in years 💯🔥
1 likeDude idk what it is but everytime I here dale died I like break down its like the only thing that actually makes me get this emotional
0 likesI’m not even into racing and I now have mad respect for the guy.
135 likesthats why he is being a legend man even though he is not there he is winning races
0 likesYou have the best sponsored ad breaks on this platform
0 likesDo it for dale
1 likeI hate that they’re supposedly shortening Fontana. We need MORE 2+ mile tracks, not less. Turn some of the 1.5 mile tracks built in the 90’s into 3 mile super speedways with road course options.
0 likesCan someone tell me if there's a channel that uploads content just as good as this one, but F1 related?
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It’s possible, but I kind of doubt it. Emplemon seems to be operating in a different dimension from other creators on this platform.
2 likes“Drops out of high school”
0 likesHe dropped out in 6th grade
The fking boss....
0 likesVery intelligent doc (and I know sh!t about NASCAR, although a little now).
0 likesAs a Floridian with a grandfather who loved Earnheart, This video made his day. He even pointed out some clips that he watched on T.V. Love ya man!
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I like your profile picture
2 likesI'm buying a #3 hat ASAP
1 likeEver since this video nascars ratings have actually been up. Probably due to them advertising a lot during the off season to hype up the season.
0 likesgreat video!!!!
0 likesI just cried watching a Nascar video 😓
0 likesI can tell a lot of people aren’t American, and aren’t from the south specifically NC, I pass Richard Childress racing everyday here, and live a few miles from dale jrs estate, you just gotta have that connection with him, running into him at Burger King (he loved Burger King) he would pay for everyone’s meal, he wasn’t just a stock car racer, he was a great person and will always be a legend to me
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u talking bout dale jr or sr?
1 likeChrisSantino dale sr, but I do live very close to jr
25 likesDude. You live right smack dab in the middle of my version of "The Holy Land". I'm from Canada, but it's my life's goal to get down that way to see those tracks in person.
16 likesI grew up Hueytown, went to school with Davey Allison. I remember watching him race on local short tracks. But the first time I saw Dale race he had a fan. I remember eating at the Iceberg restaurant in Hueytown on Talladega week and taking bets on who we would see.
10 likes@Darla Hays It was tough in Vancouver for that kind of racing. We got the Indy every year, but had to go South to Skagit to see short tracking. I was so young... I wish I could have appreciated it as a kid. It wasn't easy for my Dad to haul my brother and I around all night... But he did it so that we could just see racing in person.
3 likesi mean, if this is true cool, but im getting major bs vibes from this :/
1 likeSr and Jr will always be my favorites too i got to meet jr once i never got to meet sr i miss the intimadator alot
1 likeI also love Burger King.
0 likesYep I live 5 min from RCR
0 likesDarla Hayes I too live in hueytown.
0 likesI’m from Daytona beach florida and I’m glad for nascar.
0 likesThis guy is a Legend for the History of NASCAR like Richard Petty.
0 likesGreat great great documentary 💯
0 likesI love Dale Earhart so sad
0 likesFun fact: my dad was actually working as an usher at the 1987 Winston 500 when Bobby Allison's car hit the fence. I'd say you could probably see him in that clip, but it's so compressed, it's honestly difficult to discern one person from another.
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That's pretty cool. I have a similar story. The Tiger Woods commercial where he's on the island hole at the TPC and makes the long putt for birdie, I'm over his shoulder when he does the fist pump, but you can't see me because of the crowd and they kinda blur out the crowd. Still a cool story though.
1 likeAmazing choice of music score.
0 likesDale ain’t dead, he’s just a lap ahead
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That is one hell of a statement!
0 likesCheers to our racing hero of all time... 🍻
The "greatest arena made by man"? C'mon man! Romans LOVED to race. They built raceways specifically for racing. The Coliseum gets all the attention but, seriously, if you love racing, check out Roman 'Circus Maximus' or 'large circle'. R.I.P. #3
0 likesi love the 8 bit version of mj's "bad" as music
0 likesI live in Daytona and have been in the track many times because I have a family member who works there, and those turns don't LOOK hard to walk up. They are literally nearly impossible to walk up. Once when I was there I was trying to get up on of the turns, and even with a full running start I still couldn't reach the top. That place is insane, and I'm proud to live there.
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Live in daytona too. Had infield passes one year, even the front dog leg is mega steep compared to how it looks on tv. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are freaking walls.
3 likesLived in daytona from 61 to 70. Got to see all the greats. Took a couple of racing fan grandchildren a few years ago. They were surprised and in awe of the track.
0 likes0:40
0 likeshe made a better V10/V8 era F1 engine noise
Good Thing NASCAR is back on the RISE!!! ALSO RAISE HELL AND PRAISE DALE!
0 likesFound out that there is a roller coaster ride in a theme park named Carowinds which was named after him, and the ride is called the Intimidator.
0 likesAt 48:20 I think you could've mentioned Elliot Sadlers 2003 Talladega Crash because Michael Waltrip was in 1st and Dale Jr was in 2nd
0 likesDammit I’m crying. My dad was a life long NASCAR fan, so watching this is like a full explanation of what made him care about the sport so much. Thanks for that
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Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
0 likesAnd please follow God's commands too before it's too late 🙏
I’m telling y’all now, wait for someone named Wyatt Miller boys
0 likesI'm originally from a small City in North Carolina called Wilson. At the fairgrounds there was a dirt track at one point that they closed down around 1990 or so. And Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt both have raced there. Youd be amazed to see how small Wilson North Carolina is and that anybody would sanction a NASCAR race at a place like that. Lol.
0 likesMy brother's friend is a budding car guy. He's learned to drive stick and is looking at buying one, hes watched a few F1 races, and hes learned the simple stuff like how to properly paint wheels and brakes. Well yesterday, we introduced him to NASCAR through this video. Having no knowledge of the sport, he got extremely invested in this documentary... having no idea that Dale Earnhardt dies either. Watching someone learn everything about my favorite sport was an experience I won't forget 😌 Thanks for this one Emp
0 likesI don't care they are running in circles. I don't care that I barely understand hillbillies accent. I can watch any motorsport for hours- just to listen to this beatiful choir of reving engines. It's, it's just beatiful.
1 likeI think, for me, the hardest thing about Dale's death is that it was starting to look like he was about to have his second wind in the sport. I remember seeing Dale race during that last year of his life and it was really beginning to look like all the planets had aligned for Dale to get that coveted 8th Championship. He had gone for years being on the back burner, but in those last couple of years we were starting to see him in the top five again for nearly every race and even winning a few races.
132 likesIt just...it just seemed like he was about to have that 8th, and I think that's what hurts more than anything. He was right there at the door of the unequivocal, undeniable best and then just like that he wasn't there anymore. It's unfair.
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I dont personally think he wouldve gotten his 8th championship, but surely he wouldve broken the 80 win barrier. That's the thing about Dale, it feels like he won far more than 76 races.
6 likesSadly life is wholy unfair, but equally look at the legacy he gave us. Sr passed that onto Jr, and Gragson and Jr had their pow wow before the Xfinity race this year. I think the lessons of old are still breathing new life.
0 likessecond time watching this. god those early 90s car are the hottest of all time.
0 likesI miss the way nascar was
0 likesRaise hell, praise Dale!
0 likesThere once was a time when people said there would never be a Formula 1 driver better than Ayrton Senna, along came Michael Schumacher. Then they said there would never be a better Formula 1 driver than him, but Lewis Hamilton showed up. Now they're claiming that there will never be a greater Formula 1 driver than Lewis.
1 likeMight I introduce you to Max Verstappen and Lando Norris?
My point is, in time, people will find somebody else as the greatest in their sport.
"what could be more fitting... what could be more special?" The way the commentator delivers this is breaking off the seams with emotion and passion for what he is witnessing, truly beautiful.
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That’s Mike Joy, he’s an amazing commentator! He’s still commentating the races on Fox! If you get the chance you should check out the race this Sunday at Talladega!
13 likesThat's my favorite call in sports history. I was 14 years old and still heartbroken over my hero's death, and that win was much needed salve. Mike Joy has made so many of my favorite sports calls, truly a pro and one of the most real, most deservedly respected men in broadcasting.
3 likesthe mario galaxy music makes it even better
2 likesI was holding back the tears until that moment. I've never in my life paid attention to NASCAR, it just wasn't part of my world. But the scale of this tragedy, and the raw emotion of that reaction... god damn
2 likesMike Joy is among the best announcers in all of sports.
0 likesIt's a shame DEI died that day with Dale as well
0 likesI was not expecing to like nascar ever but you showed me this
0 likesWow! Excellent doc!!!!!!!!
0 likesthe pictures that you was showing in the beginning they was practice races. They do this before the big races like Daytona 500 and so forth
0 likesIncredible video
0 likesI don't watch NASCAR anymore, but Dale is still one of the best drivers in NASCAR, let alone one of the best drivers in any motorsport. But I stopped watching in 2004, no driver appealed to me as Dale did. I watched his son up until 2007, hoping for him to become like his father, but he is not . And Dale was a nice guy, my ex step father met him and he has a signed #3 hat from him. I never got to meet him as my own dad doesn't care about sports. I was watching the race that took his life. I was 8 years old. I still have memorabilia from those years, I have a Wilson Leather Coat still from my childhood years, I got it that year he died for my birthday. Do it for Dale. Long Live the Intimidator. I still watch Rally Racing and F1 racing to this day, but NASCAR back then was about skill to me. And there is not a single driver that could drive like Dale. My little brother even knows who the Intimidator is, and he's only 14.
0 likesDale isn’t dead he’s just a lap ahead
1 likeEarnhardt was a dangerous dirty driver. He wrecked anyone ahead of him. Anyone that was surprised that he killed someone doesn't understand how dangerous racing is. The surprise was who he killed. All that being said. May he rest in piece.
0 likesAt this point I'm just wondering if there is a subject that you can't make a video about. And I mean, with this regular quality. You're, by far, the most underrated creator in this site.
76 likesI'm shocked that a guy could die from such an innocent love tap of the wall, apparently Dale Earnhardt wasn't such a tough guy after all.
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It's all about the angle, and his age and prior history of neck injuries definitely didn't help.
0 likesThe tv doesnt do the impact justice, take a look at some other angles and you'll see why it was so deadly. He wore and open faced helmet, and when he collided with the solid concrete wall at a combined speed of ~150mph, he rebutted the steering wheel, which then sent his head shooting back and snapping his neck.
0 likesLook at raw satellite footage of it then you'll change your mind.
0 likesNASCAR is my oldest son's favorite motorsport
0 likesI got family around where he grew up, but i also live like 30 - 40 minutes away from it
0 likes40:24 *speedway otherwise great video dude
0 likesI remember your YTPs back in the day. I was there at the rise and fall of YTP, before the demonetization shitshow and all that. To see you here, now, making this... Extremely moving and well put together stuff... I'm genuinely proud of you. I know it doesn't mean much from one guy in 435K, but I've seen you grow from 150 to this Goliath of YouTube, getting noticed by the Million Club guys out of sheer respect for your high quality content. You deserve more and better. You're amazing, Emp, keep it up!
52 likes40:15 the music just gave me goosebumps what song is this anybody know
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Home - We're finally landing
0 likesdarude - sandstorm
0 likesyooooo, the orchestral Deja Vu was perfect.
0 likesMichael Waltrip also won the DAYTONA 500 in 2003
0 likesI. Love. NASCAR.
1 likeI was one of Dale's haters growing up, but the day he died I cried like a baby.
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I was there watching the same day too, but at the time I was literally a baby. Born in 2000. I still grew up watching Dale Earnhardt Jr. just like my father watched Dale Earnhardt.
12 likesHe was a childhood hero of mine, as both my grandpas watched Nascar so I developed an affinity for his racing style, and he won alot. However, my world completely changed when I watched that race, and even if they had it on TV, I never watched Nascar again.
7 likes@AlinaGray88 same here, I was only two weeks old tho
1 likeMotorsports in general alienated the masses. But hardcore fans are forever.
1 likeIf Petty is a Shumacher Earnhardt is the Senna of Nascar
2 likesI think this is the fifth time I'm watching this.
2 likes3.3m views for number 3. Fantastic video, Emp!
0 likesemp this video is insane man, great work
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Hey, I love your new content
26 likesIf I have one issue he really ripped the sound fx design from Jon bois and Sb nations
5 likesLove you wavy, you too Emp
5 likesHey wavy
1 likebae
1 likeI love how the US-People often say: "the best in the world" when the sport they talking about, only is popular or only exists in the US xD
3 likes@Honkulus from the Roman-Goth army yea but anyone can race, so hes the best in the world. Plenty of non usa people have attempted to race for nascar.
9 likesF1 is good too
3 likesYou know wavy was crying watching in 2001 in Tennessee, then he created pursued youtube to honour dale's name
2 likesSmall world. You the man.
0 likesITS YA BOY
0 likesSpeeway
0 likesI pass his house in the huntersville mooresville area everytime I go to the skatepark
0 likesWavy was the last person I expected to see here lmao
1 likeHey wavy
0 likesHey Emp
This and summing salt videos are all I need
0 likesI read this in his voice
0 likesCompletely agree. This was my second viewing.
1 likeim ur 5.4k like :)
0 likesI too enjoy wavy
0 likesbruh
0 likesWavy likes nascar
0 likes@Bri M huh?
1 like@Brady Dobson wavy?
0 likes@Bri M how?
1 like@D.E.M.O wavy?
0 likes@Brady Dobson yeah
0 likesWhy am i seeing soo many way web surf comments on old videos all of a sudden?
0 likes@Alex tC at least he's not everywhere like Connor pugs
0 likesHey wavy
0 likesU like boys
0 likes@Ryder ?
0 likesDude. I love the final fantasy 7 background music!
1 likeYou should look into rally group B
1 likePlease never stop posting
0 likesBump and run can be used in any motorsport that isn’t open wheel that’s f1 and indy unlike nascar and touring cars
0 likesNASCAR
28 likes0:55 It ain't easy
1:25 Dale Earnhardt , a young man with a dream
2:02 Jon Bois
2:52 Nascar's roots: Daytona Beach Florida
3:32 Stock Car Racing 4:51 "Big Bill" France
6:07 Ralph Earnhardt didn't want his son to do what he did, but his son was inspired
7:20 Dale's Rookie Season, Daytona International Speedway, February 18th, 1979
9:59 CBS puts eyes on the race, 15 millions pairs of eyes
11:00 Drama, Crash, Fist Fights all in a matter of minutes
12:31 Victories and "The King" Richard Petty
13:30 The Winston Cup Champion 1980 13:54 Troubles and Struggles
14:37 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond Pennsylvania. July 25th, 1982
15:50 Commercial Message 16:50 Gillette
17:28 Childress and #3
18:13 " The Intimidator " potent, vicious 20:15 A Rural Icon
21:13 "*Awesome Bill" Elliot* , ("The Speedster")
23:40 What's The Appeal of Nascar ?
Soldiers, Astronauts, and Prestige (fighting in a foreign land, fighting man, fighting the limits of nature)
25:15 Bobby Allison takes flight 27:04 Restrictor Plates made everyone the same speed
29:20 Earnhardt Rises Higher but he's not their yet 31:11 What's happening?
33:35 Ohhh Why???? 34:24 Come on Dale! 36:00 Hangover Time
37:00 Heel once again 37:30 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Appears
40:00 February 18th, 2001 Daytona International Speedway. 42:49 A Tragic Day of inches, A Dark Reality brought to consciousness
45:56 Pushing Forward 47:15 DEJ! DEJ!
49:30 Driver Safety Improves, Ratings/Fans lost interest
50:54
53:17 The Earnhardt Feel/Factor, Coming Full Circle
54:25 End
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Thank you sir for this chapter
1 like@Jack Thorton You're welcome Jack
0 likesLove the Gran Turismo 4 music. 👍
0 likesyea,the king has 200 victories
0 likesI stopped watching nascar after Dale sr died the sport was never the same after he died 😔 3 fan for life
0 likesI knew that time in this video was coming and I'm just saying right now, I am not prepared.
0 likesedit. nah man this sucks why you gotta do that?
I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams. Most of those memories are still cherished today. 2001 Daytona 500 race, I wish I could erase the memories from that day. Our team was the first to arrive at the Dale Sr wreck. Kenny Shrader was an emotional mess and all he could say was "It's not good" to us. He instantly knew that his good friend was gone. He deeply wanted to get to Dale Jr and Michael Waltrip before anybody else did. One of the safety team's trucks took Kenny to Dale Jr and Waltrip. That day changed NASCAR forever. Greatly better safety equipment was implemented and there's been no NASCAR on-track deaths since then.
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i'm so glad i didn't go to that race. i had infield passes that i got for free but i decided to stay home, get drunk and watch it on tv(it was my bday). i watched that crash happen then went on a beer run. then hung out with neighbors. wasnt till almost midnight that i found out dale died. it was next to impossible to get the daytona news journal monday morning. i think they purposely left the machines empty to avoid people taking the whole stack as souveniers. i am tied to dale's death. feb 18th, 2001. my bday, exactly 1 month after my dad passed. add to that 9/11 and 2001 sure did suck!
26 likesI’m still a nascar fan
0 likesI would say it’s a modern day hippodrome rather than coliseum…
1 likeLove the FF9 music 😁
0 likesThank you!
0 likesOne of the best car racing documentaries I've ever seen, I didn't know how important Nascar was to the USA. Well, where I come from we have a similar story, but in F1, a guy named Ayrton Senna, today he is a national hero due to the joy that he was having a people so lacking in examples and idols as my country. I believe that Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna are in a degree where they no longer wonder if it was good or not, they did something similar, they left their mark on the sport forever and more, in the hearts of every fan. Congratulations for your dedication, research and narration.
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Yeah, here in Brazil is almost a crime to say that other F1 driver was better. Sometimes I say that Fangio was better, just to see my friends burst in hate flames hahaha. But yeah, hell of a legend.
15 likesEarnhardt actually gave his condolences
14 likesBoth died in the only place they could, the car
7 likesSenna was the downfall of modern racing. Rich father sponsors his rich boy sons karting until he turns into a racer. Senna was daddy's money. It's a great example of how professional racing isn't. "run whatcha brung" it's how much money you got.
0 likes@J Findling racing has always been a matter of money
0 likes@PBlendvig wow ... I didn't know that, thanks for the information, it just increases my respect for both
0 likesImagine NASCAR is in your country and you dont care about it, i would give my soul to NASCAR be hosted in Turkey
0 likesCan only imagine how many lives have been saved because of the devices put in the cars after Dales death. Not just nascar
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same with senna's f1 death
0 likesWhen you said probaly the only thing I knew about Dale i was like no i don't then the song came in and i knew
0 likesIf I remember correctly, he died because he didn't use a helmet restrainer type thing, that in the event of a crash, the head would not smash into the steering wheel or would not cause a whiplash effect, something of that sort.
0 likesI first thought this would be a boring Never Ever episode to me because I legit have no knowledge of Nascar other than it just being a racing sport and my only knowledge of Dale Earnhardt was just him being a Nascar driver. Didn't know he passed away or that he was a godlike racer. Just finished this episode and wow... it's purely amazing. Even with very little amount of Nascar knowledge, this was a great episode. Can't wait for the next Never Ever episode.
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same here
1 likeI can't believe NASCAR is gonna make me cry
0 likesDale was not cursed ? Neither is the track, The 500 was just an obstacle that he had to overcome with perseverance.
0 likesi wonder if jr has seen this
2 likesHow bout a national holiday. 10/15 Dale Day
0 likesWhen I was little, going to preschool/daycare, I was made fun of one day for wearing a shirt that had the number 3 on it. it was stupid little kid drama. you know, "Your shirt has the number 3, haha, that means you're 3 years old." the type of stuff that really can only insult you at the age of a preschooler. so I went home and I told my parents that i didn't want to wear the shirt because of the big number 3 on it, and that kids kept teasing me for it. that's when they told me about Dale Earnhadt, and they told me he was the best racer ever. I wore that shirt with pride after that. And whenever a kid tried to tease me about it again, i told them that the number belonged to the greatest racer ever. This video reminded me of one of the few times i felt triumphant over the bullies in my life. thanks, Emp, very cool.
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Damn that must feel really bad
29 likes🧔🏾⃠ 🧔🏾⃠ 🧔🏾⃠ 🧔🏾⃠
@penguin HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM something seems fishy, can't quite figure it out.
9 likes@Jacob Rzeszewski ...what? who the heck're you talking about? lol.
3 likes@Chara Ok Anita hegerland
5 likesAww
0 likesLong live #3!
3 likesand then everyone clapped
2 likesAria Britton “Best Racer Ever”, Michael Schumacher would like a word.
2 likesWhy did this reply section become to toxic
17 likes@ultimate chimera Because internet
11 likesBeautiful
1 likethat's cute, thanks for sharing
1 like@Frostbyte since its two different racing categories, you cant really compare their statistics and deduce the better one from that, but Schumi is definetly one of the best F1 drivers and one of the best racers ever
3 likes@Frostbyte I mean more people I know never heard of Michael Schumacher everyone I know knows who The Dale is
1 likethat actually warmed my heart ; )
0 likesTOPFUEL 173 nah mate, everyone know about Micheal Schumacher, Dale was popular, and incredibly talented, but as NASCAR is a national sport, and F1 competes literally around the globe, I’m pretty sure more people know Schumacher than Earnhardt, whether they think of Schumi as “the Greatest of All Time” or “that one guy who races in a Ferrari”
1 like@Lorenzo Abanes you live in America or Europe because if your in Europe I can see how that's true but In America you hear people all the time saying "Do it for dale"
1 likeJoe Rogan How the fuck did you make those emojis
0 likesultimate chimera yeah, what happened here lol
0 likes@Crocket Lawnchair ikr
0 likesBefore I started watching other sports such as Basketball and American Football, the first sport I ever watched on tv was NASCAR and this was during the Jimmie Johnson/Jeff Gordon or COT era (I was born in 2006) so I never witnessed the golden age of NASCAR. When there was no notable races or sports games on tv, I would watch the older races and I discovered who Dale Earnhardt was and how he was a big part of the league’s history. That’s when I started appreciating and even loving him. I know its 3 years late but thank you for making this video. Long Live The Intimidator! #3
0 likesIt is crazy. Especially if you look at the numbers....Sooo may oddities. And I will not go into all of them. But look at the numerical running of the race. It was the 43rd....Who was he tied with for championships? Petty . Who drove car number 43............But in the end, if Dale would have been doing what he was supposed to be doing (racing for the win) this would not have happened. Instead of rear view racing and blocking......And as you eluded to in the video....The one type of race he was the best at, the one he "hated" the most, is the one that took his life.
0 likesYou make me care about NASCAR lmao
0 likesRUBBINS RACIN BABY! Do it for dale!
0 likes"and his final memory was his own drivers speeding towards the finish line with nothing but open racetrack in front of them" im sitting in my room crying like a little girl. god dammit.
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Don't use God's name in vain by saying Goddamn or even Holy Cow or OMG. Ur Breaking the second commandant!!!! Repent n believe!!!! In Jesus!!! He will surely forgive you 🙏!!!!!
1 likeMe to
1 likeThat was the same exact moment i had crocodile tears .
2 likes@Joshua pere god damnit
0 likes@Joshua pere mental illness is a real problem
0 likes@Joshua pere Not everybody believes in god.
0 likesOk if you're going to cover Dale, you've got to cover Valentino Rossi.
0 likesDamn I watch this thinking it will change my mind about the Game but Nope.
0 likesWe <3 Jon Bois.
0 likesThere is one driver that will carry on Dale's legacy. And his name is Cleetus Mcfarland... And if anyone can make racing popular again, it's him... Dale is such a legend in America... It would be incredible if Vaughn Jr could set up a meet with Cleetus and Dale Jr...
0 likes"Is it worth the risk to keep on going?"
476 likes"Sure, to win"
That is haunting, I don't know why, it just is
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It is because reflects the mentality of anyone who is so determined and most of the times obsesed to be triumph and prove it's worth of something that is willing to give his own life and maybe of others in order to achieve it
28 likesIt's part of the thrill, the sense of risk that could potentially be fatal and survive it with skill and luck Wich makes it appealing, this was the modernized version of the cart races in the coliseum
14 likesChad energy
19 likesI think because he died while for the first time NOT trying to win which makes it so haunting.
1 likeAnd if he, Roland Ratzenberger, or Ayerton Senna had the hans device...
0 likesSo sad
"...Earnhardt's Winston Cup Career had slammed straight into a concrette wall. "...
0 likeshistarical laughter, on my part...
shame, sadness that I found that so funny.
Do one on Ayrton Senna
0 likesThis is a full featured movie, Jesus I want to watch this in a theater.
0 likes“TO THE OUTSIDE FOR THE LEAD IN TURN FOUR! DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR ROCKETS TO THE FRONT AT DAYTONA!”
125 likesTears. Tears every time.
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Facts man. Facts
4 likesAdam Allen same
1 likeNot only was it him, but his black number 3 car just has an appeal to it that a lot of other cars don't have. There's just something about how it looked that makes you like it which I've heard some say is the same for JR's all red car.
0 likesAwesome video
0 likesThank you algorithm for showing me Emp
0 likesyeah he will be the best ever driver to not wear a seat belt
0 likesCame back here since it’s the 20th anniversary of Dale’s death, RIP
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im a bit late but same
5 likesSame
3 likesRIP
3 likesRest in Peace Dale Earnhardt, he was a great man and incredible racer.
3 likesRip
0 likesSame
0 likesSame
0 likesI come back here just for the editing @27:56
0 likesI have been i nascar fan since 2017
0 likesIm slowly becoming a nascar fan, you can blame "NASCAR 99".
0 likesThe content of this is fantastic... but the background music is the best part.
0 likesThe biggest take away I got from this, is that people don't watch sports for the actual gameplay, they watch it because of the personalities and story lines that develop among it's athletes.
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Have you watched his WWE video?
14 likesEveryone watched for the wrecks
5 likesYeah and you watch empty traffic.
1 likeI'd still say I watch racing because of the racing, but characters are important too.
9 likesI completely disagree. I've never even had a favorite in the 24hour nurburgring race yet I watch it every single time it's being streamed. Today most car-channels and most sports focus around people because that's how they can make the most money. Think about it, do you want to buy nascar products? Maybe. Do you want to buy products that your hero signed? Definitely. It's very obvious on youtube, every single "vlogger" is pretending to be your friend because once they form this superficial relationship with you (kids think youtubers are like their friends and I can't blame them because today it seems like the most important skill for a youtuber is to be able to pretend and fake emotions) you're going to watch EVERY SINGLE video they upload. On the other hand if they just create decent content you're going to watch it but you won't follow it like it was a religion. And I guess that's the summary:
2 likesTL;DR - in Germany we call this "personality cult". Youtubers want to be more than just content creators, they want to be your superficial friend because if they do more than just create content they will make more money. It's immoral as hell and basically just like the WWE garbage entertainment but because it's a lot more intense and approachable it's a lot worse. (You can't tell what's fake/scripted and what isn't, f.e. in the TVShow Top Gear sometimes it's impossible to clearly see wether or not something is scripted and fake or not, they basically changed the market because they showed how to make big money by appealing to a wider audience aswell as creating this personality cult around their entertainment)
@herbert hans Jesus
2 likes... man do you even smile?
@Vicente Collao of course I do. however it's ridiculous that people are still watching 20+ year old content because the new stuff is mostly garbage and/or focused around personalities. think about it, 20 year old videos are still being recommended and we still watch the legends of old which weren't focused around personalities because of their personality or their money but because of their unique talents. people still watch the prince of bel air, I'm still watching drift king videos, and this is not going to change if we keep calling garbage and extended commercials entertainment. I'd just like to see youtubers who make videos about their passion instead of youtubers whose passion is making videos about themselves or just to make money. same goes for entertainment, car shows, sports, etc. we lowered our standards way to much this is a serious topic so how do you expect me to show happiness when talking about a sad situation? hehe
2 likes@herbert hans Well if you word it like that, I can actually relate to you. I do appreciate the past more, just because I like to study the why. At the same time, I try to appreciate the best of the new and to know why the worst exists
1 like@Vicente Collao I guess what I was trying to say before was that there are in fact still people who appreciate the art a lot more than the artist. and in the modern world because everyone is constantly connected all the artists get way to much spotlight instead of their actual content. mainstream media and profit oriented people and companies will always focus on individuals instead of an art, a passion or a talent, but that doesn't mean that's what everyone wants to see that's just what they can get away with. you can make a living on youtube while having countless amounts of dislikes, and if that's how you make the most money then you're barely going to change the running system.
1 like@herbert hans I wasn't getting it at first either but I feel you. I like to listen to music with no words because I like the sound, I like to watch racing because I like the race. Substance matters and too much is marketed basically with the tag line "we know you love us." Too much focus on the glamour of it all
0 likesAs a massive pro wrestling fan, this response makes me happy.
0 likesand the sound, the sound is amazing deaf people dont watch it i hope we will never get electric powered nascars
0 likesLooking at the 2021 Daytona 500, even with MASKS, the stand are full. Do not put false details about the stands being empty.
0 likesAfter dale died I stopped watching racing all together. But this year dispute nascar screwing racing rules I plan on watching for the first time in 21 years despite the fact I don’t have a driver to watch. There will never be a driver like dale again.
0 likesreally really great video
0 likesThis was one of the worst days of my life .
0 likesAfter that masterpiece i really REALLY hope that you would make a video on Ayrton Senna. He was to F1 what Dale was to NASCAR
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Yes
2 likesYes
3 likesYes
2 likesYes
1 likeMichael Schumacher???
3 likes@Nolkerss Schumi is another legend of F1, however most people when asked will point at Senna as the greatest of all time. They are both pretty close in terms of “greatness”, but imo Senna is the better one
8 likesTbh F1 has so many legends that should get their documents like this that limiting it to only one is difficult lol
@Wiktor Mach NASCAR fans disliked that
1 like@Kilometers Why? I think NASCAR fans can appreciate greatness in other motorsports ;)
18 likes@Wiktor Mach it's a joke.
0 likesSchumacher, Senna, Prost, Vettel, Hamilton, Fangio, Clark, Moss
3 likes@p c don't forget seb and lewis
0 likes@Rishen Reni i put Hamilton xd
0 likes@p c now put Seb too
1 like@Nolkerss we never got to see the full extent of Senna's career due to... what happened, but Schumacher has the most successful career currently. I'm sure it would be senna if he was alive but they're still equally as legendary
1 like;
0 likesI just woke up to this idk what was ryped
@p c Seb is deserving of being there, yea he may not be as quick to adapt to new machinery as the others and is definitely late in his career now but 4 championships is nothing to laugh at
0 likesWhy do a Senna YouTube doc when the masterpiece that is the 2010 Senna documentary by Asif Kapadia already exists?
1 likeBelieve it or not, Dale Earnhardt was a fan of Senna and paid tribute to him after he died.
3 likesI would also say that the death of Dan Wheldon was an equally huge moment for Indycar as was the death of Henri Toivonen for the WRC.
1 likeHe should also do one on Colin McRae who was the dale of rally racing.
0 likesSenna was a driver that many other drivers didn't like because he was extremely aggressive and not afraid to put you into the wall or grass? Or is Senna to F1 what #3 is to NASCAR because name recognition?
1 like@Stephen Davis More accurate since McRae wouldn't take his foot off the gas and wasn't afraid to destroy his car
0 likes@Dr. Spatula Both. He used to into the corner with someone else, and would leave it up to the other driver to not make a contact(something like this: either you let me past and you’ll do it every time now because I broke you mentally, or we both crash)
0 likesHe wasn’t really liked in the paddock, especially by Piquet and Prost
I think this video only turned out so good because Emp is into NASCAR. I'm not sure and F1 doc would do so well.
0 likes@Wiktor Mach, YES! THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!
0 likesLove the squidbillies intro
0 likesWhy am I crying about NASCAR?
0 likesIn response to this title, you call that driving? I’ll show you driving. shut up & hold my beers 🍻
0 likesThe squidbillies theme song had me Rollin.
0 likesThe Gran Turismo music made this incredibly well written piece even more epic
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HERE HERE
2 likesI cried
1 likeIndeed. I think EmpLemon is the master of documenting events.
2 likesOk but what if he used the PAL soundtrack lmao.
4 likesGt4 nostalgia
0 likes@Stylish P0rsche there will never ever be another documenter like Emplemon
0 likesIt's very appropriate since Gran Turismo is a racing game series
0 likesMany people still love NASCAR, but many can’t afford the $4 a gallon gas to drive up to 300 miles each way.
0 likesI love NASCAR, but there is one thing I could never understand: how could crashing into the inside wall at Daytona kill someone? My parents used to be HUGE fans of Dale and ever since his passing, they never watched NASCAR again. Many years later, I became a fan of the sport. At the time, I didn't really know what racing was. It was the 2020 Daytona 500 that changed my life for the better. I never knew Dale, but there was one thing I did know: he was an INCREDIBLE racer. When the part of the video came: "The next thing is probably the only thing you know about Dale Earnhardt," is when tears came running down my cheeks. I knew what was going to happen since I've known about his tragic death. He did die doing what he loved to. I want to go the same way. I would love to go racing alongside my favorite drivers, no matter how long it takes. I have always believed that when you do something you love, you might never be able to do it once more. If Dale hadn't passed in the 2001 Daytona 500, I would have LOVED to see how far more he might have come in his racing career. I just love this sport as a whole: including the fans, the drivers, all the guys and gals on each pit crew, the tracks, and just watching people do what they love. I would have never thought that this would be how my life changed. I was 15 at the time when I saw my first ever race on TV. I didn't know what to do. I was bored on February 16th, 2020 and wanted to see what there was to watch. Flipping through the channels, I found a channel called "Fox." I saw something called "Daytona 500" and clicked on it. I sat there just enjoying the race in a way. There was one driver that stuck out to me: Bubba Wallace. I saw that grey U.S Airforce number 43 and just fell in love with NASCAR that day. Bubba ended up finishing 15th, but to me that didn't matter. What mattered to me was how well a driver I didn't know had finished. After that, I watched race weekend after race weekend and kept an eye on that 43 car. After the 2020 season, Bubba switched to the 23 car for 23XI racing. I thought that number was cool because I was born on the 23rd of August in 2004. I know that people may hate me for this but still, I stand with Bubba. After the Geico 500 in June, 2020, I knew that it was Bubba who would be my favorite.
0 likesTO BE CLEAR I DID NOT MEAN FOR THIS COMMENT TO BE AS LONG AS IT IS
I don't think I would be far off by saying Dale Earnhardt was the Senna of NASCAR.
0 likes40:16 what’s the song? I’ve heard it in a couple other documentaries on yt (obv during montages)
0 likesedit: nvm. I found it. it’s called We’re Finally Landing, by Home.
How dare you make me care about NASCAR and cry
109 likesThis was an excellent video, please keep this up.
25:14 and that's how trackmania players made cars fly -wirtual
0 likesfrom 25:14 till 26:15 it sound like im watching a wirtual video
People still car about nascar today . But I only watch bristol , daytona and talladega races . Never been to all 3 of them but it is on my bucket list to go to .
0 likesyou should make one on colin mcrae
0 likeswhat is the music played during the part where it is dales last win (2000 winston 500)
0 likesThis almost brought me to tears, I was a huge NASCAR fan as a kid and one of my early memories is of Dale Earnhardt dying. I never thought much of him when I was a kid but I came to appreciate more when I got a little older. I haven’t watched a race in years now but it all came flooding back to me when I saw this. Thanks, Emp.
108 likesDale Sr. Loved to Rattle other drivers cages
0 likes3.3 Million views. Ain't that just perfect.
1 like40:23 daytona international speeway
0 likesI'm a simple guy, I hear Gran Turismo music, I hit like.
0 likes"Earnhardt's career had slammed straight into a concrete wall." That's called foreshadowing, folks!
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That’s cool. I missed that
5 likesYeah, I shuttered. A hard bit of foreshadowing for sure.
1 likethats fucked up!
1 likeBring back the old point system!!’
0 likesThe Speedrun National Anthem took me by surprise
0 likesYeah i daubt we will see a professional driver with the same name anytime soon, unless this guy has a son with the same name and wants to go in his father's footsteps or smth idk
0 likesdale earnhardt is nascar's ayrton senna
1 likeI like to imagine that, as he watched his son and partner speed ahead to the finish line, moments before the final crash, Dale closed his eyes and thought to himself, “Dad...I’ve done it. I made you proud.”
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Holy shit that just put tears in my eyes
16 likesstoooooopppp a mede it throu the video but this comment mede mom cut the onion
5 likes@David Galea hes just that good i guess
0 likesThat's admittedly a little corny but I feel you
2 likesMajik
2 likesCorniness is nice sometimes
Nascarson
0 likesIamcoolgamerwil_l 。
0 likesVroom vroom
Or he thought oh shit I’m getting wrecked.
2 likesThe partner was Dale best friend
0 likes29:00 I have soo many of that generation NASCAR models in 1:64
0 likesIs that final fantasy 10 music in the background? It sounds alot like it.
0 likes39:00 ... after watching this vid so many times i just got dejavu ;)
0 likesNo, most drivers can turn right
0 likesMy parents watched Nascar in the 90s. I can remember the way Sundays sounded back then, it was the sound of the cars making left turns on the livingroom TV. And I was always so bored, knowing we weren't doing anything fun today. So I'd try to entertain myself at home.
566 likesThey got divorced, and I remember being with my mom at her new house. She was watching the Daytona 500 and I was so bored that I tried to take a nap on the love seat. I don't remember seeing the crash happen (probably because I wasn't paying attention) but I do remember seeing replays right after. I remember the broadcast getting serious and I can remember being confused because it didn't look bad. Right after his death was announced, some cops were at the door. It wasn't for anything criminal, I think they were looking for witnesses. I remember perfectly how my mom told them that Dale Earnhardt just died. And that they came inside for a few minutes and stood in the living room to see it. One of them was so upset. I was 11. It's one of the most clear moments from my childhood.
(we're from GA so Bill Elliott was always my parents' favorite but they liked Dale, too. I remember thinking Bill Elliott was a total doofy weenie)
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Sad for the divorce man take care
11 likesExtreme goosebumps at the cops seeing it on TV part.
16 likesHave you been to the Pool Room?
0 likesBill Elliot had the highest speed ever in qualifying at Talladega 212.xxx mph and was one the best drivers ever
2 likesBut you were doing something fun you were watching NASCAR
6 likes"Doofy weenie" lmao
1 likeI was very young at the time, but can distinctly remember Tony Stewarts crash from earlier in that race. I vaguely remember Dales wreck, but I do remember questioning how someone could die from that. I had just watched Tony earlier do barrel rolls over the tops of cars and live, how could a 2 car crash into the wall kill someone.. but damn its crazy how this can make me miss someone I hardly knew.
0 likesHis passing is why I couldn’t watch NASCAR anymore…but today..you’ve inspired me.
0 likesEvery single person I know I got into NASCAR.
0 likes42:50 The Day NASCAR died 🥺
0 likesI think he unbuckled during the long red flag then never fully strapped back in. Kenny Schrader knows the truth but keeping it a secret.
0 likesThis video has introduced the world of NASCAR to me. I have just watched my first NASCAR Race, the 62nd running of the Daytona 500 with my dad. I hope that Ryan Newman is okay after the crash.
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Damn imagine seeing your first nascar race and almost witnessing a man die
28 likesNewman is alright ☺️ i grew up watching NASCAR and Newman is one tough sum bitch he's been upside down multiple times he's had cars LAND on top of him twice he'd be racing right now even with his injuries (nascar hasnt released what said injuries are to my knowledge) if nascar would let him
7 likesinnominate user The Rocketman is ok! Apart from the crash, I hope you enjoyed!
1 likeRyan is now cleared to race again (once we get back to tracks and not eracing)
2 likesNewman has main character buff even if he's not a main character
1 likeThere's lots of pre 2000 races here on YouTube, and they are far better than anything going on today. You should check those out.
0 likesleaving this for me 46:05
0 likesKyle Busch now has more wins than Richard Petty
0 likes00:40 Shows the dumbness of the mass, rather then the opposite :D
0 likesThe day that nascar died…. It’s still a great thing I guess but never has been the same since the real king. 3
0 likesThis actually has given me a new respect for drivers and the sport.
79 likesI don't know if HOME was the best song choice to announce his literal death, lmao. An overuse of HOME in this video
1 likeAnyone who has either been in or driven(really driven) a fast car likes Nascar
0 likesthe style and quality of work, reminds me of ahoy, but from costco. Ahoy but buying in bulk
0 likesI know I didn't just hear him say astronauts are braver than soliders.
0 likesthere wil Never Ever be another commentator like Emplemon.
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Very true
2 likesLemme stop you right there with Jon bois
2 likesDefinitely
0 likesThey will never ever be another era of NASCAR like 1985 to 2000. And TV was the main factor for the popularity. NASCAR didn’t know what to do with it and jumped the shark in 2003 and ruined their own sport in the quest for ratings. Some moron convinced them that they need a playoff format. So they got rid of a great point system that rewarded great drivers with consistency and that produced great championship races for this nonsense that we have right now.
1 likeHow do you even race with broken bones?
0 likesNascar is as exciting as curling
0 likesits crazy how thats literally cars intro
0 likesYou're the only channel that I can watch an hour video all the way thru.
158 likesWhen you over-regulate something... people lose interest. Vintage nascar is great, though.
0 likesYou can watch that crash and never realize just how bad it was. Think about going head on into a brick wall at 160mph. The reason it doesn’t look so bad Is because he slides after impact instead of coming to a halt. Helmets [Hans] connecting to the seat now to prevent the head from slinging forward came just a little too late. RIP3 your death saved lives
0 likesSo Dale is like the hungry box of Nascar
0 likesNascar went woke and broke like most companies that choose that path
0 likes"20 years of trying. 20 years of frustration."
141 likesNo matter how many times I rewatch this video, I cry like a baby every damn time at that clip.
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I just cry... the entire video. My parents got divorced, and my fondest memories I had with my dad were watching Dale Earnhardt race on the weekends.
12 likes38:14 PLEASE someone tell what this song is called I beg you
0 likesEdit I FOUND IT I can die happy now (it’s called deja vu orchestral cover)
Do one on the Dunlop dynasty please. ISLE OF MAN
0 likesMichael Dunlop
William Dunlop RIP
Robert Dunlop RIP
Joey Dunlop RIP
NASCAR Went SJW/woke is what killed it for me
1 likei definitely care about nascar 🤣🤷🏼♂️
0 likes38:13 Holy shit! I could just feel my heart start pumping and adrenaline kicking in while watching the great racing paired with a symphonic rendition of "Deja Vu". Awesome top quality work, my man.
84 likesHere's the hope. Commercial Nascar will go bankrupt and we'll end up back in the good old days of small towns racing on dirt tracks using their own vehicles.
0 likesThere is just no more personality in nascar
0 likesBest. Narration. Ever
0 likesSeptember 2001 made me cry😭😭
0 likesOne thing is for sure, Dale was a determined man and driver
170 likesHe held the entire competition by his own so his team could win.
He did it until his last breath, Dale is the embodiment of determination.
Awesome Documentary minus the Gran Turismo 4 menu music throughout the whole thing 😅
0 likes14:34 Foreshadowing
0 likesIt wasn’t Donnie who clocked Cale! It was Bobby
0 likes25:15 there it is
0 likesshit, can i just say, the music choice is ACTUALLY masterful. how is it so damn good
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directed by hideo kojima
12 likeshes like summoning salt but for random shit
32 likes@LN Yeah the inspiration from Summoning Salt bleeds through in this video. I’m glad to see more of the style
11 likesIt's the music anyone who was raised by video games and Initial D would pick.
4 likesYeah bro I heard red dead 2 music and everything, amazing,
0 likesThe tf2 music
4 likesgt4 music
5 likeseveryone naming tracks doesn't have to, part of the mastery of the score is the fact he takes music that fits what he needs perfectly from any game, movie, whatever.
1 likeIt’s jon bois’
1 like@Bilal Najeeb im glad I wasn't the only one who reconised meet the engineer
2 likes@john muselmann Yeah lots of Jon Bois influence, not that that's a bad thing.
0 likessnipings a good job mate
1 likeThere was a lot of thought on the sound design of this video
1 likeWhat is the music at 25:20
0 likes40:21 Daytona International Speeway
0 likesHow is no one talking about how Dale spent his last race making sure his team mates won. Say what you want about him but the man really did care for the people closest to him.
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Strong silent type.
0 likesHis dad would be proud he pasted the torch
0 likesFor me the single worst tragedy of American sports was when I was watching a baseball game in San Francisco on tv, the screen turned to static for a minute, and when the screen showed the game again, the stadium was in utter ruin. An earthquake had hit the area and they were showing live video of a highway’s upper deck that had collapsed onto a lower deck, smashing people to death. The stadium itself held up well but had taken some damage and people were flooding out of the exits. One second I’m watching a baseball game, the next I’m watching people die. Watching a lone race car driver die couldn’t compare for me, probably because I had already seen so many other drivers, like Senna, die before Dale.
0 likesEmp. I’ve never cared about NASCAR but holy shit do I respect it so much now
111 likesThat's good there'll never be another. But Kyle acts alot like him
0 likes23:39 "stuck in rural America"? I think mean something like "stuck in poverty". You seem to be implying that the two are synonymous
0 likesI'd like to show this video to my family, but their English is not the best. Would you mind if I submitted translated subtitles for this video?
1 likeNow I want to play ff8 for some reason
1 likeYou know you probably just saved NASCAR
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I'm on dirt tracks and hell, I drive ALOT like Dale used to. So I work my way up like Dale and end up saving it even MORE !
13 likesI truly am rooting for the Earnhardt family now, and I plan on watching this weekend's race.
7 likesryanknowstecmobowl I mean go for it this weekend won’t be bad since it’s not a 1.5 mile track it should be decent. The 1.5 mile track you will hate.
0 likesThere is no saving NASCAR
0 likesBig Pile of Garbage there is if they do it right you can save it but if they don’t it’s dead.
0 likes@Brody Cooper
0 likesGood luck and God bless.
In this age of materialism, cling to your roots; remember who you are and where you came from. Draw close to God, and He will also draw close to you.
Bruh :( I really enjoy nascar
0 likesDale Earnhardt dying was the first worst thing to happen in 2001
0 likesare we just gonna forget the fact the background music is from gran turismo
0 likesRaise Hell Praise Dale
0 likesI knew literally nothing about Dale before this video.
56 likesYet his death still had me feeling the same emotions as if I'd been watching him race from the start.
I hate racing but this is one if the most interesting videos ever
0 likesEveryone knows Stroker Ace was the GOAT because Stroker Ace was born to race
0 likesI still find myself watching this video despite not liking your content/watching it
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Saying that you don't like and don't watch something in the same sentence is pretty rich.
0 likes@Eye Of The V-Holder car
0 likesthat poor seagull dude 💀
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you know what the last thing to go through its mind was? its tail feathers
0 likesThat photo finish that mirrored Dale's, the guy saying it was special, the way he said it, you know he was gonna cry and losing Dale was still hitting him. I know it hit all of NASCAR, but man, you know everyone cried. Doesn't matter how manly, they cried. I did whilst watching this even for the second time. Thank you EmpLemon, thank you for bringing an legend into internet fame beyond the NASCAR community to people like us.
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And that in just his(Harvick's) third Cup start.
4 likesHis 3rd. Let that sink in✨
And then that kid went on to be the biggest Karen in NASCAR
1 like♥️
0 likesGrew up watching Dale dominate. Was definitely my favorite driver.
2 likesSaddest part is that he actively worked against the HANS. The device had a hard road to become accepted. Even after Dale, drivers reiterated his sentiments that he thought it was too uncomfortable and would restrict them from evacuating after an accident. Would it have saved him? Not sure. Some research says his belt broke which permitted his head to hit the wheel. I know every time I see the wreck, I wonder how it killed him when there were much worse accidents to many drivers who walked away.
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The physics tell the tale. Those who know racing say that that's the kind of wreck that kills a driver; all the force of the impact gets slammed into them instead of being dispersed in a spectacular, twisting sight. And while we can never be SURE that the HANS device would have saved him, it absolutely would have given him an infinitely better chance, even with a broken belt.
1 likeNASCAR died with him, for me.
Not even Richard Petty!?!
1 like25:50 track name pleaseeeeee
0 likesEdit: Home - Were Finally Landing
My uncle who passed a decade ago from cancer was by far the biggest Earnhardt fan I've met. This incredibly put together documentary actually has me emotional from the flood of nostalgia remembering all those great times with my uncle and the intimidator. Thank you so much for this, and you've earned me as a subscriber.
30 likesThe squidbillies theme😭
0 likesJust bc you acknowledge Jon Bois doesnt mean you get to use google maps and synth lol
0 likesMan this video was fucking terrific.
1 likeYou missed that story about Earnhardt and the lucky penny
0 likesNever did i think i’d watch a 55min long video about Dale Earnhardt created by one of my favorite YTP creators form my childhood
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THIS WAS 55 MINUTES LONG?
5 likesI agree proximity to death is what made the sport amazing. Contrary to popular belief and Hollywood movies most gladiators in ancient Rome didn't die. Matches were in fact rarely to the death, but to make it appealing they had to dance close to death. That is what human beings are drawn to. Watching someone dance right at the edge of death and escape. To create that sense of mortal danger every so often somebody has to die. In my personal opinion it's worth it. I think there is something beyond moving. That speaks to the very heart of the human experience. To see someone willing to die to win.
0 likes*If you want to watch a great racing movie that plays around with this idea check out 'Rush' from 2013 about James Hunt and Niki Lauda in Formula 1 in the 70s. It's amazing.(and Thor is in it)
Wanna make NASCAR Great Again? Go back to the mid 70's rule book.
0 likesLiterally 3 million people forget to tap the like button
1 likeI was enjoying NASCAR till about the early mid 2010s, then they kept on changing the damn playoff format and other matters and I was just done with it. Then Jr. retired and I haven't had any reason to return not sure which driver to route for moving forward.
0 likesBefore this video i had zero knowledge about Dale Earnhardt, or Nascar. I walk away from this video with tears in my eyes and respect for a sport i thought was boring. Thank you Emp
23 likesI have one thing I have to say how many people die doing what they Love ?
0 likesAny red dead players hear a quiet times theme in the history of nascar
0 likesanyone else just cry?
0 likesBravo, for a n amazing post
0 likesThis is incredible dude.
213 likesI wish I was alive to see Earnhardt race.
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@Gary Oak yep
1 like@Gary Oak ya hes pretty annoying
0 likesYou are hipster, just google some VODs
0 likes@Gary Oak The video uploaders seem to like him, but the other commenters, he's exactly like a niche Justin Y.
1 like"I WaS bOrN iN tHe WrOnG gEnErAtIoN"
3 likesMe too Carnation, me too.
0 likesEmp fans, this is the Justin Y of the nascar community.
1 likeI wish I was older than 2 years to appreciate this moment in history.
0 likesEmp is one of my favorite youtubers. to see him make a video on my favorite sport is amazing
1 like@Preston Heit hes just looking for attention and is apparently another justin y but in the nascar community according to @Pharmer Phil
2 likes🗿 for carnation
0 likesYou should make a video like this about JB Mauney a Professional Bull Rider
0 likesOf course he had to make this topic the 3rd episode
0 likesmakes NASCAR video
1 likeslips in Final Fantasy X music thinking we wouldn’t notice
We noticed.
El Diablo approves. SHAKE!...
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... AND BAKE!
the problem with modern day NASCAR is how perfect it is. back in the 90's the grainy and oversaturated effect on the TV would give the track an otherworldly feeling, like you where watching something bigger than yourself, nowadays, its sharp and polished making you feel like its just another thing, along with some boring drivers.
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I think the biggest problem is that all the cars look the same. I watched some older nascar videos and it was pretty neat that you could buy the exact car that was being raced.
66 likesI thought I was the only one who prefers how the visuals of 90s tv compared to today.
15 likes@Buck Bucker you might not like it, but the safety record of those cars is unbeatable. Just look at some of the wrecks people have gotten in in those things and come out uninjured.
13 likes@Goober that's great and all, but im not gonna watch a bunch of similarly shaped blobs race that i can't buy myself. there's f1 for that.
19 likes@Buck Bucker Right? They can make each brand more distinctive and still keep the safety features. That, and today's drivers have no personality. I don't know what they can do about that, but I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that today's drivers aren't exactly clawing their way out of poverty through racing like the drivers of yesterday.
9 likesF1 has a similar problem. All the stabilizers and all the image quality ruins the experience, you don't feel the speed. You grab, for example, a 1992 footage of Nigel Mansell or Ayrton Senna running and you really feel in the image shaking how fast it is. Nowadays it just feels like a videogame
9 likes@Goober and look at the ratings, nascar is dead because of that
0 likes@coffee and can you say the same thing about any drivers competing in a major event since Dale Earnhardt? No. Point stands, the safety provided by the car outweighs the danger the workers who provide that entertainment would otherwise be in.
0 likes@Goober You have proven no point. I'm still right lol. Its a safe sport now, hence its boring, it works the same for football and all that shit.
1 likeMost sports are too clean now
1 likeThe problem is the gen 6, i wish they had kept the gen 4, and just improved the safety
1 likeI mean we also went from historic tracks like the rock and so on and replaced them with the same layout of track with slightly different banking.
1 like@coffee it’s not safe but okay. Motorsports will almost never be 100% safe. F2 lost a young star two years ago. Indy lost Dan. F1 almost lost Romain Grosjean, we almost lost Ryan Newman. Hell even in nascar sanctioned events there’s been deaths since Dales death. It’s not a safe sport. If you think it is idk what you’ve been watching.
2 likesI have to agree here, this is why I've always loved Speed Racer as a cartoon and a movie, because the screen shakes, the cars are special, the drivers matter. And sure, there's no question to an experienced viewer but that Speed/Go will win (unless it's against Racer X), but every episode, and the movie, makes it just as as important how he wins as the indisputable fact that he wins.
2 likes@Endy Mallorn Ive never seen the OG cartoon, but the movie i thought was pretty good.
1 likeOnly reason why I liked nascar……. Cars movie
2 likes28:20 im literally playing ffx in macalania woods as this came on WTFFF
0 likes10/10 video
2 likesUltimate gigachad
0 likes2020 Update:
288 likesThough he changed teams years ago, Kevin Harvick, the driver who initially replaced Dale Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing, has added ten more wins to his record.
This puts him 10th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list and he very well could win the 2020 Championship. We’ll see.
EDIT: Kevin ended up not winning the championship, but still had an incredible season and has put himself up there in the ranks of the best. He also won two more races since I made this comment.
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*tied for 10th (with Rusty Wallace)
4 likesRIP Kevin Harvick's championship hopes :c
12 likes@PunyHunk Yeah it sucks. Not even a Harvick fan but he was by far the best driver this year. One of the best statistical seasons for any driver the past two decades.
17 likeslol
0 likesChase Elliot won the 2020 championship and Kevin Harvick win the 2014 title
0 likesKevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt are nothing compared to the KING of NASCAR Kyle Busch with 213 Nascar Wins
1 likeF the playoffs
1 like@Wesley Johnson It's true that Kyle Busch has 213 wins but those are not all in the Cup series. A large part of them are in the Xfinity and Truck series. He has 57 wins in the Cup series compared to Dale's 76 and Kevin's 58. And to call anybody the "King of NASCAR" but the King himself, Richard Petty is just wrong. With his 200 wins in the Cup series, he by far surpasses anyone else.
3 likes@Nathan But when you look at Petty’s 200 wins, a lot of them were against Billy Bob who put his family car in the garage on Friday night, put a higher flow carburetor on it, and then took it out racing. Even the bottom truck series drivers now would wipe the floor with 80% of the field in the 60s and 70s, because they’re professionals. Busch’s 200 wins may have come across three series’, but they were still against stiffer competition.
0 likesHe would of won if the dumbest scoring format didn't exist today in nascar. He had one of the most dominant runs this decade with 10 wins and a average finish of 7th this season. The only guy that could somewhat stand up to him was hamlin. But he lost because he was one position off in a race nascar had dubbed important at the end. Fuck the playoffs.
4 likesCan't wait to see the 2021 update.
0 likesNc
0 likeswow the TV debut was some obvious bread and circuses type psyop
0 likesDude…
1 likeI fucking cried…
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Raise hell
0 likesPraise dale
It's not only NASCAR. Formula 1 and pretty much every other motorsport is going through the same downfall. I started watching formula 1 with my father at the age of 4 back in 1991. Never missed a grand prix up to 2006. And it wasn't only me. On a race weekend it was impossible to find people in the streets. Stores were closed for the race and keep in mind there wasn't a fellow countryman to cheer for. It was just the pure excitement of the race. That's why the 90s to mid 2000s is called the Golden Era of F1. Everyone was watching. Now i know it's still on, but there are people who are surprised to find out Formula 1 is still around and i don't exaggerate. Yes, there are still fans of the sport, but as mentioned in the video, they are just the small nuclei which can't be compared to the days when it was a cultural phenomenon. And i guess the reasons to why this happened are the same as the reason for NASCAR's downfall and all the other forms of motorsport - TOO MUCH POLITICS AND RULES neutering the sport and the excitement. IT's supposed to be top of the top performance. Machines with out of this world speeds. Formula 1 especially used to sound like some evil interdimensional thing. The speeds they went to and the horsepower was all but unthinkable on the road. Now firstly their displacement is smaller than most family cars and second - you can buy cars that are both FASTER and more powerful than an F1 car. There soon WILL BE a time when road hypercars with race slicks would match formula 1's prototype, because manufacturers outside the sport, don't have to comply with regulations. When you add the additional rules that screw with the tactics of the race, it just gets boring. So yeah, if you want the former glory of a sport to come back, tear those rules and regulations and let engineers and designers' creativity take the wheel.
0 likesEvery year of NASCAR Biggest Race that I can remember. I would pick Dale Earnhardt Sr then I would pick 5 Other Drivers that I thought could Win the DAYTONA 500. For the 1998 Running of the DAYTONA 500. I chose only One Driver to Win the DAYTONA 500 and that was DALE EARNHARDT SR. I watched the Race from Start to Finish. I was so Elated it was Great. Called Friends told them what Just Happened. I was Watching the DAYTONA 500 on that Fateful Day Sunday February 18 th 2001. Could not Believe what happened to Dale Earnhardt Sr. I have seen worst Recks that Dale Earnhardt was Envoled with and Dale Earnhardt Sr would walk away from. Still have Trouble Watching Replays of that Race. Dale Earnhardt Sr may U Rest in Peace and be in the Ever Lasting Arms of God and be in Heaven for Eternity. AMEN.
0 likesand just now by watching this I realize the AMAZING references to NASCAR Pixar's "Cars" had, it's mindblowing
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RaFaReAcH Those references were pretty blatant though.....
17 likesEven more. With Cars 3 the whole thing is about new cars coming in and being faster and more advanced. Most of the drivers were/are MENCS rookies as the older drivers like Jr and Gordon retired. So it's SUPER meta if you realize who the cameo voices are.
14 likes@Tony Ski Except in real life the transition between old and new has been much slower than in the movie. Most of the old drivers have left but the ones that remain are still faster than the new ones on a regular basis.
3 likes@name, I think you're missing his point. For those that didn't know anything about NASCAR, it's eye-opening how much Cars was based on reality.
0 likesGoddamn man!
0 likesdid you fail to mention that they did show him the Hans device and he called it a noose..
0 likesWheldon was the most recent fatality?
0 likesIs blocking legal in nascar?
0 likesSeeing all the comments by non-fans gives me the fuzzies. Good shit as always, emp
235 likesRaise hell and praise dale, forever.
0 likesTHE FUCKING EDITING IS GOD TIER
1 likeI could swear that Buddy Baker was the first to do 200 at any track and that is in the history books and hall of fame. But Dale was the best, the day I stopped watching Nascar forever. Who else was going 2 be Dale, Nascar never listened to him saying. Build a bigger fence if ur scared of them going into the fans, I know the fans want to see the big one but I be damn if the plate really did get him killed and he told Nascar what was going to happen but Nascar wanted a good show and it cost them their best driver ever and that never would have happened if u didn't have plates on the car. Nascar acts like they did not know what happened, they never said he was right and still its not really racen, who really cares about Nascar anymore after u see them kill ur driver and he told the world it was going to happen but he was it took him Dien and still they use a plate to slow the cars down. If u don't have the guts to make the car go as fast as another driver, that's the way it should have stayed but they want the big one. Well they got the big one
0 likesAlso Darth Vader car is the best name for number 3
0 likesEmplemon: want a video on Dale Earnhardt?
862 likesMe: who is that? I will just skip it.
Cries at the end of the video
Me: he was a god among men
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^^^ literally me rn ^^^
19 likesYOU DIDNT KNOW DALE??
8 likesDafuq u mean that you never heard of him, I grew UP listening to old radios and listening to story's of him hell not long after he died I met Dale Earnhardt Jr......please tell me you know Richard Petty
6 likes@roland same
0 likes@Bobby Lewis im not american so i never heard of nascar
9 likes@Blueflag Alpha wow that sucks
2 likes@Bobby Lewis i dont think i missed much anyway
2 likes@Blueflag Alpha I'm glad this story touched you. He really seemed to put the best of nascar together in this video
2 likessame
0 likes@Blueflag Alpha You dont need to be American to know Nascar. I assume you aren't much of a car guy or a racing fan.
0 likes@Olli Jokinen im a F1 fan so that means im a racing guy
2 likes@Blueflag Alpha In that case, how have you never heard of Nascar, as you stated?
0 likes@Olli Jokinen from where i live , theres no tv coverage on nascar so thats why i dont know
1 like@Blueflag Alpha
0 likesWell...you’ve certainly got a lot to catch up on.
He died because he refused a HANS device. But, his death did mean it became mandatory, so he ended up saving a lot of lives.
0 likesThere will never ever be another fighter like don frye.
0 likesMe and my papa and grandma like it
0 likes40:25 “Speeway” good spelling EmpLemon
0 likesLEARNED A LOT, THX
0 likesNever did I think I'd be genuinely crying over a NASCAR documentary. If you don't see a career as a professional video writer/editor/creator, I'll eat my socks. Thank you, EmpLemon.
0 likesHe was blocking like he was in the lead because in a way he was. His cars were in 1 and 2. He would have went to the winner’s circle as an owner. In fact, Mike Waltrip was waiting on him. So sad.
0 likesThis video made me cry
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That music that plays during his final race got be crying too.
0 likesThat 1984 transition was genius and unexpected.
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The single best part of this video. That was a slam dunk.
1 likeYou're right, because the crybabies won't allow you to "bump and run" or more like "wreck and pass"
0 likesNascar is the same as "soccer". Just the US trying it's hardest to be special
0 likesIn general worldwide race fans, in particular those that prefer Formula 1 racing, are not aware of NASCAR. And vice-versa, considering that F1 always struggled to get traction in the US.
0 likesBut, as a brazilian F1 fan watching this, it’s impossible for me to not see similarities between Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna.
Dale, as Ayrton, came from a not so privileged place. Dale was for the poor people in the countryside what Ayrton was for brazilians (Brazil during Ayrton’s career was way messier than today, with a hard time as a young democracy and absolutely destroyed by economic mismanagement).
Ayrton, as Dale, had a complex personality. Humble and caring in one side, fierce and intimidating on the track. Ayrton had his share of controversy because of the risks he took and the crashes he caused.
Both were considered the greatest in their craft. Both died in a wall at the outside of a left hander. Both died under the spotlight. Both died demanding more safety. And in the day Ayrton died, Dale, after winning his NASCAR race, said his condolences in the post race interview.
These two must be burning rubber in heaven.
RIP to both of them, the greatest at their series of racing.
Could someone PLEASE tell me what the music is at 28:00? I've looked through every song in the Music List and I can't find it
0 likes54:28
95 likesThat ending's timing is so good, everything is perfect.
Man I'm just a random 23yo dude from Belgium who barely knew NASCAR an hour ago, but this video made me have a blast!
Youtube needs more content creators like you
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Sorry to ask but do you know what song that is in the end? Does anyone?
0 likes@Eanna McNamara It's a cover of "The house of rising sun" From the Animals
1 like#DSC500
1 likeNow that NASCAR is unpopular in the US, imagine being a nascar fan in Europe Like me
0 likesOne hour documentary about Dale Earnhardt and no mention of Jeff Gordon stealing his thunder in late 90s? I want my one hour of my life back! Joking aside, this is a great documentary! NASCAR is a underrated sport, but it was the demise of American middle class that caused the sport to decline not the safety itself. $100 ticket just to watch a NASCAR race this year (2022)? What a joke.
0 likesAcknowledges comparisons between himself and John Bois, proceeds to use Summoning Salts iconic music
0 likesPS i love you and your videos lemon just a funny subversion
PSS What a beautiful video. Growing up, nascar was something me and my dad would bond over, and his favorite driver was always dale earnhardt. He moved away 3 years ago and specifically told me to take good care of a painting he had of senior celebrating his daytona win. I knew more than the average fan my age about senior, but seeing the backstory of his bond with his father, and then the bond with junior, this was one of the rare videos that moved me to tears. Thank you for doing justice to a great driver, son, father, teammate, founder, and man. Im gonna go call my dad and talk to him. To anyone reading this, life is short, tell the people you care about you love them, and always remember that when youre at your lowest, just wait for an opportunity…and push forward…
Dale Jr. was my favorite driver as a kid. I chose him because my Dad's favorite was Dale Sr. and unfortunately my Dad was at the Daytona 500 in 2001 with my older brother and got to see the wreck. I used to watch every race until I was probably around 12 or so, then I fell out of it and didn't really care except for maybe the Daytona 500. I still followed Jr. up until he retired though. He was the only thing keeping me semi interested in NASCAR and now I have zero interest in it, which is sad considering how much I watched it when I was smaller.
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Same exact timeline as you man. Rusty Wallace was my dads favorite, so after he retired, we started watching it less and less. By 2011 we had stopped completely. There was just not much personality left in the sport, and the new cars just didn’t look like the aerodynamic speed machines I grew up with. Such a shame
5 likesDon't worry, I'm a fan of Jeff Gordon. Don't @ me.
1 likeJeffrey Earnhardt still races! He’s Dale Earnhardt’s grandson
1 likeNoviRanger83 what league does he race in
0 likesJeffrey Earnhardt does the NASCAR Xfinity Series
0 likesI appreciate the Gran Turismo music
0 likesBill Elliot - The Rock
0 likesDale Earnhardt Sr. - Stone Cold
Jeff Gordon - Roman Reigns
I don't know... Danica was pretty good.
0 likesi dont think fans left because it got safer; i've never disliked nascar. but recently i've been getting into it and watching the full races on youtube getting my knowledge up. and as a "new" fan i have no thought or reason why i would be against a safer car they race in today.
0 likesDale’s rookie of the year came when Richard Petty (#43) wins the seventh Winston Championship.
112 likesDale’s seventh Winston Championship came along in ’94.
Dale’s death came when the 43rd Annual Daytona 500.
Dale helps Jeff Gordon by giving Jeff some useful advice
Dale doing the Polish Victory Lane along with Rusty Wallace in the honoring to Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison.
Dale helps Michael Waltrip to break his winless Nascar all-time season by winning Daytona 500 alongside his brother
Dale gave his son's a wing to win 2004 Daytona 500
But everyone knows, he is always...
a lap ahead from everyone.
#3
raise hell, praise dale
0 likesBRB gonna go sell this to one of this biopic companies as the complete script
0 likesBill Elliot had nothing on dale earnhardt when it came to racing
0 likesThat was sad
2 likesMy grandad knew the guy. He would request my grandad specifically to fix up his yacht (My grandad worked at Hatteras) I’m told he occasionally came over for dinner. After his tragic death (which my grandad saw live) his wife sent us a model car as a gift. I still have it to this day.
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Wow. That’s a family story for the ages.
29 likesMan I wish I got to meet Dale himself.
11 likesPackle Kackle me too man
10 likesMan, I'd keep that as a family heirloom.
10 likes@Reinhardt Sanchez
23 likesCool update, turns out it was specifically for me. Earnhardt’s wife sent the car because she heard about my birth.
That’s a huge honor.
It will absolutely be my heirloom.
@NoMo Holy shit, that's absolutely awesome.
8 likes@NoMo never touch the car and keep it as an heir loom
1 likeAny photos ? Would definitely like to see that car
3 likes@NoMo That cool on how she sent it just for you cool story hope it live for ever in your family
0 likesmy god
0 likes@John Stonik believe what you want I guess
0 likesThat's awesome right there, Dale is truly one of a kind man. He took time out of his days to make sure his team built a model specifically for yall. Amazing stuff! Keep that car till your dying day, pass it down for generations to come!
4 likes@NoMo dont listen to that guy, hes an internet troll, believe me
1 likefun fact, the bottom picture at 3:48 is actually of British stock cars
0 likesUse my comment as a a like button -
0 likesDale gave his life for M. Walt rip who was a waste. Heindseight is 20/20. No disrespect
really good music
0 likesHey does anyone know where the original cover for the last song in the closing comes from? (I believe its house of the rising sun but I can't find the specific version of it) I've been trying to find it everywhere but to no avail!
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This version of the song is by a Finnish guitarist named Santtu Niemelä.
0 likesEmp is slowly turning me into a Florida swamp person with these documentary subjects
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Be wary. I’m already a Swampman and I’ve got algae growing under arms and vines wrapping around my legs. Bugs never leave you alone.
15 likesI'm a Georgia swamp person, thank you very much.
9 likesOne of us.
3 likes@ShaddyCrunchum Same
0 likesI'm pretty sure he's just talking about things from his childhood. I remember all these things in the same way, the staples of a 90's to mid 2000's childhood. I can't wait for "there will Never Ever be another game like Command and Conquer"
3 likesAlready there friend.
0 likesthe summoning salts music confused me so hard, LOL
0 likesNascar helped birth Let's Go Brandon, enough said. The audience isn't all dunces, just mostly...
0 likesMy eyes are sweating...
0 likeshe reminds me if ayrton senna
0 likesDale loved Racing so much he took nascar with him on that last turn...
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So true! NASCAR died With Dale Earnhardt.
36 likes@TheSadler333 What are you talking about? NASCAR was booming until 2012ish, 2005-07 was the golden age.
16 likesDUH-AAAAMMMMMM
1 likeNascar died that day in February for me too.
4 likes@Ghostmotorfinger Although I was born only a month after Dale Earnhardt's death and I got into NASCAR when I was four years old, it does feel that NASCAR has been dead long before then...
2 likesBendtFender28 The final death spiral honestly began when Bill France Jr died in 2007. He was still highly influential in the company until his death.
3 likesBendtFender28 nascar didn’t stop booming you just stopped watching it
1 likeBendtFender28 well he didn’t take it right away lol
1 likeI seriously had no interest in NASCAR before finding your channel. Not only that, but I actively disliked it while liking other motorsports. After watching this and your Talladega video, I can’t say that’s the case anymore. At least older NASCAR, since now I actually understand what I’m watching for.
0 likesbruh what the FUCK was that ad, how much time did you spend on that lmaoooo. truly fantastic
0 likesyea 2019 wasnt at all like 1984 cuz 2020 was smh
0 likesWho’s Bill Eliot? I know who dale is and I’ve never watched a nascar race.. just saying that the more important of the two is obvious.
0 likesIt took me watching this video 3 times to realize that Emp made the Dale Earnhardt’s Never Ever episode number 3 because Earnhardt’s number was 3...
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Oh dang!
6 likesAnd this comment was made 3 months ago as of August 31...
5 likesKyle Broflovski glad you kept track of it :)
1 like@MedicalTrashBin And I'm responding to this comment 9 minutes later, and 9 ÷ 3 = 3...
4 likesCoincidence? I THINK NOT
MedicalTrashBin The 3rd episode was released on March 3rd, 3/3/3
4 likes@Red Viper Dayum son. How did emp plan this out so perfectly.
0 likes@Red Viper And I'm replying to this on 9/9/2020 and 99 ÷ 3 is 33. And 33 ÷1 (Because Dale is Number 1) = 3
0 likesnot being rude but. Nascar has an estimated amount of 75 million fans as of 2022 and compared to wrestling which has an estimated 182,000
1 like0:25 that is actually completely wrong.
1 likeNascar went woke.
0 likesIf you ask me, they should have kept the 3 retired or given it to Dale Jr.
0 likes"i mean come on, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?"
162 likesBeautiful segway my man.
Love the use of GT4 menu music
0 likesAmen. holds up three fingers
0 likesI don’t even like nascar and this shit just made me cry
0 likesDale's death was also the death of NASCAR
0 likesIn my opinion this is the best video you've ever made to this day, looking forward to the next episode of "Never Ever" This is my second watching of this video.
171 likesAustin Dillon is the Dale earnhardt Jr.
0 likes40:22 the heck is a speeway
0 likesoval track is the reason why nascar will keep losing people interest . make them race on road track way more entertaining with cars like that
0 likes25:10
0 likesMe: Wait I don't remember selecting a Summoning Salt video -- oh lol
Pause at 0:11
0 likes40:20 Speeway lmfao
0 likeson 40:21 it said daytona international spee way
0 likesTrue because after Dale no race car driver will argue against the HANS device
0 likesI lost my dad 5 years ago almost and his favorite driver ever was Dale Earnhardt. My dad looking back at Dale was so much like Dale and it hurts every time I make the comparison.
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I'm sorry to hear
0 likesNascar hockey and wrestling for the most part are regional sports that went national and then collapsed
1 likeWWE most likely will be sold before the collapse
AEW is hovering around a million views a week it’s not growing and has an audience the same size as a cw show and is bankrolled by a billionaire so it’s more of a money mark fantasy than wrestling
Back to nascar when it was on espn in the 90s it grew and grew when it landed on network tv Earnhardt died on national tv. They changed the rules year after year the chase for the cup playoff system killed most peoples interest
Now it’s boring vanilla drivers no sponsors no audience the races themselves are split up over multiple services
Who would care ?
Add in cookie cutter tracks no real difference from track to track
Raise hell praise Dale
0 likesI love that your borrow from Jon bois style
0 likesMy personal feeling is that NASCAR it just isn't presented very well on TV. They need to find a way to make it more interesting. I don't think there's really anything wrong with the cars or the races but they just need to like they need to have like better commentators and they need to have like people showing the inside of the sport they need to be showing like things are doing in the garage and stuff like that. They need to make it serious for the fans instead of just this thousand foot view of a circular track
0 likesSeeing NASCAR mixed with memes is surreal.
58 likesKyle Busch thinks he's the next Dale Earnhardt.
0 likesIts the gran turismo menu music for me tho
0 likesDale would have died on the race track or anywhere he was because God has control over death and that was no getting out of, just like us all. We never think about it until it happens
0 likesIs this summoning salt?
1 likeAfter this video it’s not just cars, its about carrying on dale’s memory. Rest In Peace man you will Never Ever be forgotten.
57 likes+1 nascar fan
1 likeok but...
0 likes40:24 speeway
Im back here because Myatt Snider was spared tonight. He was about the closest that someone could get the death, unless your name is Ryan Newman. But the moral here is that without Dale's fatality, Myatt Snider would be dead.
0 likesStatistically Johnson was not the best driver since Earnhardt, Gordon was. Championships aren't a real stat lol
0 likesCan't wait for someone to make a vid titled "there will Never Ever be another Youtuber like EmpLemon"
45 likesNever gave two shits about nascar in my life, but I almost cried during this video
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my exact thoughts after watching this video, only without the “almost”..
4 likesJimmie Johnson lmao
0 likesI don't like NASCAR but it is stupid to underestimate the skill and talent that requires to be a pro NASCAR driver
1 likeThis man is an American hero.
0 likesAh yes a fellow enjoyer of TF2 music
0 likesThe scariest part is that the crash didn’t look lethal.
892 likesI’m glad a bunch of fucking marks didn’t come in here explaining how he died because I know why he died from the wreck I’m just saying it didn’t look like it was enough to kill a man like wrecks we’ve seen before and after but I know the science of why and how he died
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@CatMint9 a grain of sand
17 likes@CatMint9 even when getting tripped by a grain of slat
5 likesAll the real angles are hard to find
3 likesoften in racing the more spectacular a crash looks, the less likely it is to kill the driver; all that flipping and rolling dissipates a lot of the energy from the impact, but with Dale's crash he hit the wall head on and HARD, all the energy of the impact went straight into him.
63 likesA similar accident happened at Le Mans in 2013 and took the life of Allan Simonsen.
RIP JB17 AND AH19, gone too soon
2 likesPlus what happened to Geoff Bodine the year before where his car went deep into the catchfence, hit by another car and leaving his car disintegrated and still survived
4 likesI’m the 199th like
0 likes@Slained_745 dang that's crazy, mind telling us who asked?
9 likesYeah like how did Ryan Newman survive his crash, 7 barrel rolls and catch fence tap
0 likes@Zschezo The barrel rolls wouldn't have killed him, it was getting hit upside down right in the driver's compartment. The frames and rollcages are built to protect that area when all four wheels on the ground, but upside down there's not much there. Barrel rolls dissipate the energy that would otherwise be brutally absorbed by the driver. Dale's crash looked nasty to those of us familiar with the sport. Not necessarily fatal, but the kind of wreck that can take a driver out of the car for weeks.
1 like@Sir Pichu grain of SCHLATT
1 likeI think it's nice.
0 likesIt wasn’t only the crash that killed him but many many blunt trauma crashes n led up to his death
1 likeI remember watching it on tv live and my grandfather said, "Imagine if you were in a vehicle moving that fast and your head was knocking around". Scary how fragile humans are.
0 likes@is Bryan flying or dying ur driving near a beach with your windows down without sunglasses when suddenly a single granular piece of....
0 likesI think you get it now; I'll be on my way.
I understand it’s been 3 years, but can someone please bless me with the song @ 40:18?? Algorithm just blessed me with this amazing doc😪 so glad I was able to watch though
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Home- We're finally landing
1 like@Paul Nyberg thank you so much😭 I absolutely needed this one.
0 likesThat random Final Fantasy 10 music...
0 likes💖💘💞 𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙! 💞💘💖
1 likeyou want chill ? 40:04
0 likesA little fun fact: Michael Waltrip won the Daytona Trucks Race that occurred exactly 10 years after the day of Dale’s death. It was his last win in all of NASCAR.
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As a driver, as an owner he won more
3 likesNASCAR is the WWF with more advertising opportunities
0 likes40:25 speeway
1 likeStop making me cry
0 likes45:51 jesus christ
1 likeThe story of Dale Earnhardt is so poetic it really makes me feel like he didn't really die. I don't normally conspiracy theory stuff but like it's to perfect. He died on the track that was his nemesis, he became a marter for the thing he disliked about the sport, his son and team mate was the 1st and 2nd place winners his team mates first win, he died from one of his more "softer" crashes. That's a lot and there's more. I'd like to think he is alive and just chilling at some go cart racing course somewhere enjoying retirement.
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Legend has it that you can see his ghost do laps around Daytona at night, that isn't actually true I just wanted to add something.
29 likes@Tangerine Paint funny enough when they first put lights around Daytona to allow for night racing the first driver allowed to try it out... Dale Earnhardt. It was a solo test session thing and they had him be the first.
20 likes@Xenophiks Alpha well would ya look at that
4 likesMen like Dale don't retire , they physically may not be able to anymore but it wouldn't be their choice to quit
11 likesAlthough it may not look like it, the Earnhardt crash was nothing resembling a "soft" crash. Sure, it may not be a spectacular-looking crash with parts and bits of metal being flung all over the racetrack. However, keep in mind that in said crashes the car is losing inertia by spinning and flipping, and the car is getting lighter with all the pieces flying off. When Dale's car ran into the wall at Turn 4, the car slammed at full speed into the wall and didn't move. The nose of the car skidded against the wall for several feet before finally losing speed and rolling backwards into the infield grass. That means the speed, weight, and inertia of the car all came to a sudden split-second stop. All that force was applied in whole to any part in or around the car that wasn't secure, or bolted down. Take all that and the fact that Dale always wore an old-style open-faced helmet, and refused to wear a HANS device because it was uncomfortable, and you have a recipe for disaster.
9 likesI don't think dale would have abandoned his family like that honestly. He seems like he cared a lot about them so faking his death and going off to live on an island or something without them seems uncharacteristic.
5 likes@Rare80 yup. 60 G’s of force. The car went straight into the wall and practically came to a stop for a split second. The angle the car hit, there was nothing to bleed off the energy of the impact. When the cars deflect off the wall on an angle, or barrel-roll, hit the catch fence, etc, those movements are bleeding energy from the crash.
2 likesThey say in Tony Stewart’s big crash, the steering wheel was Bent. They believe his head/helmet impacting the steering wheel, and the steering wheel bending and absorbing all that force, possibly saved his life, preventing the violent whip-back that could have caused a basal skull fracture.
Also, one of the reasons for Dale Earnhardt Jr’s relative lack of success, was due to multiple severe concussions suffered in major crashes. He raced hurt for a lot of years before getting treatment, and finally hung it up because the next big one could have killed him or caused permanent brain damage...
NASCAR never truly recovered from losing Dale. Period.
Nascar has road tracks
0 likesthank you
0 likesImagine driving ng around in circles... Nascar is pure lameness
0 likesDE Sr Will go on the racers shelf of wol
0 likesThis is probably one of your best videos. I felt so emotional and teared up near the end when you brought in Dales last race especially with music chosen and the clips you chose. The whole video I felt all sorts emotions. This entire video is masterclass. Well done, man.
13 likes31:24 hahaha what?? 😂
0 likesYou say NASCAR is unpopular yet your video has 3.1 million veiws, nice miscalculation man XD
0 likesI wonder…. If Dale SR was still alive do you think NASCAR would be the disaster it is today? I dont think so.
1 likeElse notice all of the team fortress 2 music?
0 likesOr am I just crazy because I thought I heard sniper's theme and engineers more gun them
0:00 Introduction 1:34 This is the story of Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR’s Ironman
66 likes2:02 Jon Bois
2:30 Cannapolis NC, Rural American South
3:50 Stock Car Racing
4:52 Big Bill France, Race Driver, Race Promoter, NASCAR
Organized, Structured, Recognized
6:49 A Ticket To Success
7:52 Daytona International Speedway, 2/18/79
2.5 Mile Oval 9:32 Daytona = WrestleMania
10:17 A Magic Blizzard keeps people inside, in front of CBS television
11:10 The Greatest Finish in Daytona History
Donnie Allison & Cale Yarborough and
The King Richard Petty
13:37 A Hot Start for DE
13:59 A Struggle thereafter
14:37 July 25, 1982 Pocono Accident
15:15 “He was racing to prove he belonged”
15:50 NASCAR ads
17:29 1984 Talladega, Richard Childress
18:11 The Intimidator “The Bump and Run” a heel move, a cavalier style
21:02 Bill Elliott, The Face, Speed Elliott, Thunderbird
24:00 Soldiers, Astronauts, Prestige
Bravery, Floating Near Death
25:18 Flying
1955 LeMan disaster
26:36 An eerie window of what could have happened
27:05 Restrictor Plates, Slipstream, timing, aerodynamics
28:47 1990s = The Golden Age
29:16 Dale Earnhardt ties Richard Petty
29:48 He has not won the Daytona 500
11 tries, 11 failed attempts
Even more missed chances
2nd places and accidents
1979-1996
34:25 A Miracle, February 1998, 20 tries, 1 massive victory
36:20 DE The Old, The Despised
37:40 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
39:48 Michael Waltrip
40:18 February 18, 2001
41:42 Team Play, A Victory for Waltrip, a Tragedy for Earnhardt
44:10 Dark Risky Reality 45:10
45:57 Pushing Forward
47:18 The Son Shines, Dominates
49:28 Safety improves, but the industry dries up
50:53 Putting down newer drivers
52:00 Austin Dillon survived
53:17 Conclusion
i love casnar
1 likeWhat if someone drives like dale
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Joey Lagano does
0 likesI know this is off the video topic but if you listen to the background noise is the same from the one mission in red dead
0 likesI swear to god I watch that ending section almost every week, watching Dale Jr. and DEI going on that tear after The Intimidator's passing, it always gets me. You know, I fell in love with NASCAR after this video, it's one that gets me every time, something about sons trying to prove themselves to their fathers, it hits a particular spot for me, nothing makes me happier than seeing Dale Sr. in these old replays with his youngest son, that's the kind of bond that lasts forever, and I'm glad that Jr. is keeping his memory strong.
39 likesMiss ya, number 3, all the way over here from Scotland.
"If everyone were talented, no one would be"
54 likesNow this is not a phrase, but it's THE phrase.
A true Dixie legend. God bless Dale Earnhardt.
16 likesBeautiful video. Never knew the details of dale’s death. Crazy how he was just wanting to see his son and team take a win
3 likes33:08 never fails to give me chills
3 likesI enjoy EmpLem's videos because he shows so much love to the subjects he's talking about. Not burning neurotic passion, I mean, soft and warm love. Something you feel towards your cats and close relatives.
1 likeThis video was amazing! I’ve never given nascar much thought but I’m gonna start getting into it because of you! I love the stories of racing, so I can’t wait for future videos! Btw love the dollar shave club poking fun at tyt
8 likesthis man makes me care about things i never knew or cared about before, even if just for the time it took to watch his mini docs. what amazing story telling
0 likesYour narration and editing is so good it got me emotional you’ve earned my sub
3 likesI rewatched this multiple times. This is your best work man. Good stuff.
4 likesRacing Gods:
14 likesF1 - Senna
WRC - Loeb
NASCAR - Earnhardt
MotoGP - Rossi
Though I never enjoyed Nascar. This single, extremely well-done video explains exactly why people love/loved the sport.
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I guess maybe because my family grew up watching racing. My town having dirt racing.
0 likesBut I do not understand why more Americans don't like NASCAR?
It's very patriotic!
They have the National Anthem!
Military jet flyovers!
Salute to troops!
And what other sport in America does a prayer every week?
NASCAR should be more respected, loved, & not taken for granted!
We only have 1 life to live & will never see it again when we die...LET THAT SINK IN!
I raced for a while too. Grew up in a similar background in rural Montana. Mans my hero. I raced under number 3 until we got into financial trouble. God speed to him.
1 likeI do every oil change, every iRacing bump and run to the checkers, and every dangerous manouver on the highway... for Dale.
2 likesQuickest hour of my life, so good even rewatching it for the 3rd time. Makes me tear up every time
2 likes38:08 is this an instrumental orchestral version of Deja Vu by Initial D??!!! Truly beautiful documentary. Inspiring work of art. I don’t watch NASCAR or racing at all, but I watched every second of this video. Thank you for your work good sir
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May Dale Rest In Peace
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Gran turismo soundtrack
1 like15:00 Wow, that Daytona song is such a throwback, thank you for that EmpLemon 😍
4 likesI lived in daytona when dale died. After they made the offical announcement of his death, i decided to drive over to the track. It was just surreal the sheer amount of people that stayed on in town. How the fountain in front of daytona usa was just covered in flowers, candles, toy cars,hats etc it was just insane. I parked and added to the memorial (my dale Earnhardt signature hat and a candle) the silence occasionally broken by someone sniffling or crying was just the saddest thing ive ever seen. It was a testament to how loved and respected dale was...
1 likeYou know, these videos have taught me more about NASCAR, than anything else in almost 20 years. The way you presented this information had me tearing up when you talked about the moment that Dale finally bit it.
0 likesi literally have never cared about nascar before in my life and always thought it was really lame, and yet im finding myself rewatching your nascar videos over and over again. how the hell did you do rhat emp
0 likesI am a millennial and I have two major events where I remember where I was and what I was doing at the time
3 likes1) 9/11
2) Dale Earnhardt's death
This is coming from someone who has watched maybe two or three NASCAR races in his life.
Hell, if i was Dale Jr, I'd be happy to have had raced side by side with my father more than anything. I've raced side by side with my father, and even though we were in our semi stock clunkers in comparison to the cars in nascar, it's a memory I'll forever cherish. He taught me how to drive, race, and how to have fun behind the wheel. I remember the death of Dale, and it was definitely a tragedy. He was a racing legend
0 likesglad to see how your content has changed over the years. It used to be meme videos but this is more mature, shows a lotta skill behind it. respect.
0 likeswell, you did it man. You made me love Nascar. Im already considering seeing a race live, lol
0 likesback for like my 10th rewatch, can't get enough of your content dude it's great.
1 likeWhen I was about 14 I got a Samaritan's purse a kind of gift we used to get in church as the Christmas gift here in Nepal, sent by the American children I got a doll with number 3 and NASCAR on the tags I always thought it was cool but damn this video makes me feel so lucky thanks to the one who sent me the box and this video is next level thanks emp! I remembered a Very happy time in my life
3 likesI have no clue if you keep checking these comments, but Dale Earnhardt story is extremely similar to one of Steve Prefontaine. I would love to watch a Never Ever about prefontaine
3 likesThat transition from the Dollar Shave ad to the actual video was one of the most brilliant things I 've ever seen.
0 likes23:29 , the best five minutes EmpLemon has to offer
1 like7 seems to be that magic number in racing. Same as Schumacher.
2 likesI love that win at Talladega, off the bumper of his son you can see Dale arm waiving Kenny Wallace to push him like hell
0 likesGreat again, please do more of those nascar history videos. Or any other sport !
0 likesThis vid brought back some somber memories. I was pretty young when Dale died but I remember watching the crash like it was yesterday. Growing up near Kannapolis I can tell you that for many people it hit harder than 9/11 later that year. I'm 100% serious.
0 likes10/10 Delivery, 11/10 soundtrack, consummately one of the best YT documentaries
0 likesJimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Sr., Rich Petty. Greatest racers of all time
0 likes25:17 This is the moment when it went from a really good video to a fucking masterpiece
1 likeThese stories always make me wonder "just how much did I miss while I was not alive"...
0 likesI think you've achieved the goal of making people care about nascar, I'm gonna check out where to watch nascar later today.
1 likeNever watched a single nascar race and I probably never will, but I watch several of your nascar videos all the way through and back to back. Thank you for making nascar interesting for me.
0 likes44:52 idk if i have gone insane or if it's legitimately funny. It always makes me laugh like a maniac.
0 likes"have you even seen a Nascar fly?" That transition is so good
0 likesI'm not even a NASCAR fan but I still cried at the fact that Dale Earnhardt sacrificed himself for his team to win the honor of the Daytona 500.
1 likeNot everyone gets to go doing what they love..what they were great at and what some would say they were born to do.
1 likeNice video I mean bravo. I wasn't alive when Earnhardt died I remember asking my dad the first time about what happened to him and how he isn't in Nascar anymore? That's when I found out about his death. I didn't even know until he told me. It's a shame that a legendary race car driver dies in a crash that doesn't look that bad enough to die in.😔
0 likesI find it sad that some of the most gifted and talented people end up dying sooner then they need too. Its like the universe gives us greatness only to remind us its such a short, unpredictable ride. I was born the month before he died, so unfortunately I never got to watch him race live, looking at this man race so hard and try so hard to accomplish his dream just amazes me.
0 likesMan if I was alive and a Dale fan in 1990 I'd be so heartbroken. All of the 90s would have sucked damn. 98 though 😳🥳🥳 The MJ 8bit is perfect.
0 likesMy cousin being Richard Petty...I've met him and all kinds of stuff... been to his house. But I never really gave a crap about Nascar. (I'm sure if my family knew I'd be disowned lol) Thanks for this! It kept my interest and that's hard to do.
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There's another guy that just commented that he's related to petty also lol
0 likesI'm not surprised we have a big extended family.
0 likes"Sure, to win."
0 likesThat is how a champion talks.
5:01 props to that edit, the great depression thing was cleaan asf
1 likeHoly shit dude. Thinking about Dale watching Jr. and lil Waltrip cruise through the final turn makes me feel like a house just fell on me
0 likesEdit: And I’ve seen the footage a thousand times. Just never thought about it like that
When I was younger, living in the rural side of North Carolina, my family would watch Nascar races. They had always watched them since the 80's, and if there were two drivers they would constantly talk about, it was the Earnhardts. My mom loved watching Jr. race, and I remember my grandfather having toy cars of the #3 Chevy. While I never found Nascar all that interesting, I thought the Earnhardts were pretty cool.
0 likesyour amazing man keep it up
0 likesI was watching the day he died but I was a kid/casual and I had no idea the angle about him holding off the field for his team to win it. Holy shit. 🥺
0 likesMy uncle was close friends with him, I wish I could have met him. According to my uncle he would babysit my older cousin kaydence.
2 likesI don't even really like NASCAR, I sort of enjoyed it when I was a kid, but now I don't care about it.
1 likeBut this, this documentary is awesome, you knocked it out of the park!
Man, I'm more interested than ever. All these safety measures it feels like gives drivers far more license to play dirty, I wanna see the drama and revenge unfold live now.
0 likesI have literally 0 interest in NASCAR but this is one of my all time favourite YouTube videos
1 likeat the moment u said his death cause i remembered when i was 4 years old, not knowing what was nascar clearly, had a ps1 or 2 i dont remember exactly... but i realize that i have always used Dale Earnhardt's car because it seemed cool to me at that moment, and now i just realized the importance this car and driver had and now i feel sad but really happy at the same time
0 likesDude that sponsor transition about 1984 was GENIUS
0 likesTime for the weekly EmpLemon NASCAR binge
0 likesOne of the best videos I’ve ever watched on this website.
0 likesDale's first Daytona 500 win would be more entertaining if every racers came cheering with him inside their cars, by doing the donut all over the in-field.
1 likeNascar and eurobeat is something I never though I needed🤣🤯
0 likesmy grandpa remembers where he was when Kennedy was shot.
1 likemy dad remembers what he was doing when the towers were hit.
my uncle remembers what brand of beer he was drinking when he was watching dale's last race.
25:14
0 likesI comeback to this moment time to time, to remember why I watch this channel.
40:15 those feels and those SummoningSalt vibez
1 likeBeing able to relate NASCAR to a YouTube audience is a mark of true talent.
0 likeshe may have had #3 but damn was he a #1
1 like"The cars ACTUALLY go round in ovals!"
1 likeThe ultimate defiance of popular opinion :P
I'm not even from the US and I started wanting to get into nascar from multiple youtube videos like this one
0 likesI just realized Dale Earnhardt died before the events of nine eleven so he never saw the horror of that day
1 like25:12 I mean come on, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly? Epic line.
0 likesI am convinced this is the best put together video in this website.
0 likesMy question is why did a seagull think it was a good idea to land on the track 😂
1 likeI bet you my grandpa would love this
0 likes22:20 if anyone doesn’t know
0 likescale actually got a showroom car from a local Hardee’s put a new engine in it, and won the damn race the next day.
I can't stop watching your videos
0 likes2001 was basically America's last year as a country
1 likeWe coasted on fumes until about '07 and it's just been downhill from there
This is amazing
1 like22:57 every millimeter that that car moved cost NASCAR $175200
1 likeSeeing as the style of driving Dale Earnhardt was famous for is basically outlawed.
0 likesHe was dead before he hit the steering wheel and he refused to wear the lifesaving devices recommended at the time by NASCAR. It's sad but it's a testament to Dale Sr's knack for stubbornness. He died doing what he loved, and even if he didn't expect it, he ended up dying so his teammates could take the poll positions. If that isn't a martyr I don't know what is.
0 likesi think for a racer, dying while racing is the greatest honor. dying doing what you loved is a good way to go out. rip og earnhardt.
0 likesi cried a lot while watching this
0 likesI've watched this whole thing about four times.
0 likesThe Tom Brady of Racing, or perhaps, Tom Brady is the Dale Earnhardt of Football.
1 likeJust a reminder to kids out there. Just because you live in a town with " no way out", doesn't mean you are destined for failure. Big cities are overrated and over priced.. trust me
1 likeYou got me crying like a baby mannnnnnn. #3
0 likesYou have the concise whimsy of "the toys/movies that made us" except even more concise and less chessy. As long as what you're saying is fact (I have no idea) you should be on major platforms.
0 likesRalph and dale did race once. It’s actually in the peacock documentary on forgotten race tracks hosted by junior
0 likes'NASCAR' can return to its former glory, at least the general idea of it, like wrestling is finally tracking back towards. What the market needs is an AEW-type counterweight to compete with the increasingly unlikeable product and ownership. I would LOVE to see Emp make a video comparing the 21st century timelines of stock car racing and wrestling because they are simultaneously funny and almost scary in how direct and numerous the similarities in their downfalls are.
0 likesUnless NASCAR itself does a 180 and removes all the forced gimmicks and barriers to entry that are present to potential new competitors and fans, but I think we all know that's even less likely than the idea of somebody starting a whole-new league that's viable competition.
Dale Earnhardt taught me that walls do work.
0 likesI love that you have electric versions of Michael Jackson in the background
0 likesThe problem with NASCAR today is the boring racing. It does have to do with it being safer. The horsepower is lower, the cars are easier to drive, and the tracks are too smooth.
1 likeNASCAR needs to up the HP, go back to the old tire type, and make the tracks more difficult to drive. The cars are safe now. They just need to be more difficult to drive.
You're a Positive short of the Neutral man ☺
0 likesSold out for the last 4 years at my home town. Maybe your just talking about 1 1/2 mile tracks. The rest are running strong and the races are as drama filled as ever. Smile life is good.
1 likeToday I learned that one of my sub teachers friends worked for an Earnhardt company
0 likesPretty sure I commented before but screw it I got something else to share lol:
0 likesI had an uncle that passed away last year. Uncle Virgil. He was a huge Earnhardt fan. Back in the 90s he put together a game room/man cave. Darts, corn hole, pinball, even a pool table. And the whole room was decked in nascar memorabilia. Particularly #3 of course. He was a Korean war vet and was already stiffed lipped. So when Dale died, he didn't show much emotion for it other than he felt it was sad. But afterwards, he sold off that game room that we all loved at family gatherings piece by piece. And I swear I never heard him laugh or seen him smile ever since.
Hearing that background music is so weird when I'm so used to it being on vids about old school speed runs
1 like"i mean cmon have you ever seen a nascar fly?" summoning salt intensifies
0 likesGreat topic! But I was only half listening because that soundtrack felt like a blast from the past.
0 likesI've watched this twice now. I have never been interested in Nascar
1 likethis documentary was so heartwrenching. He made North Carolina proud. These tears come from the heart
0 likesThe Gran Turismo song in the background fits so well with this video
0 likesI grew up in a household that watched NASCAR. I didn't watch a single second of a professional football game until I was in my 20s. I didn't watch a single quarter of a super bowl game until I was 25 or 26 years old. I saw every start and finish to a Daytona 500 until I was 21. My dad's name is Dale, he looks an awful lot like Dale Earnhardt (although, dad hated him for a long, long time because he didn't like the way he raced). I remember the '01 race like it happened yesterday. The 2000 season was the first full season I actually was old enough to understand what nuance the sport had to offer, so it was an exciting race. The race ended. There was a weird feeling. The family went to a hockey game, and I heard about his death on the radio on the way home. A few weeks later my own grandfather died. It felt...the same. In 2001 I was 12. The entire world looked different by the time I turned 13 that November. This stirred up some real deep memories, but was also cathartic to revisit 20 years later. Like, it was a terrible year of my life and his death was the harbinger of my first need to understand life's finality.
0 likesThere will Never Ever be another YouTuber like Emperor Lemon.
0 likesThat Summoning Salt moment tho.
0 likesDale Earnhardt makes right turns
0 likes25:14 come on have you ever seen NASCAR fly? well I have at Talladega in 2021
0 likesDale's 1988 Monte Carlo Aero Coupe {in black) is the best looking car NASCAR has ever had
0 likesI grew up in Southern Ohio and my parents were such massive fans of NASCAR and Earnhardt that my middle name is Dale
0 likesNot a racing fan but this was a great watch.
1 likeOk, you actually got me interested into NASCAR...
0 likesAND I'M FROM EUROPE! WE DON'T EVEN THAT THAT STUFF HERE!
That was my 6th birthday. I'll never forget that day.
0 likesThe 70s clips have as much defensive racing as 80s f1
0 likesDale Earnhardt makes right turns LOL
0 likes1:00 Licorice is extremely popular in the Netherlands lol. Great video
0 likesBest youtuber ever.
0 likesi could have cried 45:00
0 likes"Its like liking licourice"
0 likesthe country of finland spits out whatever they drinkin
Dale was so famous, his death was the second biggest story in America in 2001.
1 likei wish i could have been here during the winston cup days
0 likesYou may not be born with talent, but you can hone skill.
0 likesend of that add I really forgot we were talking about championship years
0 likesSunny on one side and raining on the other is just Florida, shit happens at my house lmao
0 likesUsed to follow NASCAR religiously but life got too busy but still follow casually. DE was one of the greatest but also a dirty driver which wouldn’t be tolerated now. A great video thanks
0 likesVery fitting to be the third episode
0 likesI don’t even care that much for nascar and these videos are interesting
0 likesPretty sure there are other drivers who also wreck people when they aren't good enough to pass them. Boom, yeah I said it
0 likesOne of the best poopers to have ever pooped has made like 3 serious NASCAR videos. How times have changed
0 likesThe Gran Turismo 2 music was what my ears needed today
0 likesI don't know about others but I stopped after Dale died, I was still a kid watching it and was crushed when he died... I did try to get into it again but drivers now are just annoying for me...
0 likesAt 50:11 is the same clip as the ending as the last video on talladega
0 likesHE HIT A SEAGULL WITH HIS NASCAR CAR? WHAT
0 likesGoing in: Who tf is Dale Earnhardt
744 likesComing out: in literal tears
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@Adrian0719 well i guess that knocks me out : /
9 likesIf you don't know who Dale is watch this incredible work
53 likes@Adrian0719 The reason people watch this is to know the story of the most famous nascar driver and his career and unfortunate death.
32 likesYou really couldnt be more wrong with your comment.
@Adrian0719 bro you say you love nascar? Tell me how much gasoline they produced for 15 years. If you don't know you're not a true fan 😤😤
11 likes@Adrian0719 i was curious what can i say
1 likejeffy p nobody can learn about anything ever with that logic
9 likes@Adrian0719 if you already knows Dale history so why you watched? I think this video is great for people who don't even like Motorsport
6 likesjeffy p that defeats the purpose of the video, so many more people know his story who previously didnt
6 likes@Prof. Eggnog uR nOt a tRuE nAScAr fAn iF yOu cAnT nAMe eVeRY nAScAR dRiVErS eNtIRe bLOodLinE, tHEiR hIsTOrY, aNd tHe lOCaTiOn oF ⁵ cONcEsSiON sTAnDs aT tHe hOMeSteAd-mIAmI sPEedWaY
0 likesAre you like 9? How do you not know who Dale Earnhardt is?
0 likesKiwi Chaos what if they lived in Europe? Where nascar hasn’t ever been mentioned? That logic is really dumb. I know Americans that do t even know dale.
0 likesI’ll never forget that day. I was 7 years old, and it was the first time I saw my father cry.
68 likesI don’t know man. NASCAR is still pretty popular, maybe not amongst youtubers and gamers or whoever you’re hanging out with.. but depending on the track, it still gets packed and brings in a shit ton of money.
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I was 7 as well, remember watching and my dad crying out no, even at that age i knew that wreck was really bad watching his car come to an instant, grinding halt.
5 likesI was a couple years older, already a years-long #3 fan, sitting cross-legged on the carpet in front of the big wood-encased CRT TV. Mom was the only other one in the house, at the kitchen sink washing dishes. She walked into the livingroom moments after it happened, and before the two wrecked cars even came to a stop I turned to her and flatly said "he's dead." "What?" "Dale Earnhardt. He's dead." She sat on the couch and watched a replay of the crash and assured me that he'd been through far worse, he'd be fine.
10 likesMan, that's rough. I was born five months after his death on July 27th so I have no memory of seeing him race or anything but I cannot help but feel sadness at his death. He seems to have been a real sportsman. It is really terrible how he died like that, but it is reassuring that one of the last things he saw was his son and his teammate speeding into the distance together towards the checkered flag in 1st and 2nd place.
5 likes@OOZ662 Man, I remember the disbelief from everyone in the room when they took him out the car and he wasn't responding, we were holding our breath as we waited for the word. None of us expected anything from a crash that tame.
0 likesYou can make a ton of comparisons between Dale Sr. and F1 legend Ayrton Senna.
79 likesBoth very talented, both very scrappy and 'contact prone' (some of the stuff Senna did was nuts, or just plain petulant, like wrecking Prost on the start in Japan), both massively talented in racing in areas where others struggled (Dale was amazing at Restrictor Plate races, and Senna was absolutely mythic in the rain), both have their fans and their haters, but both respected as legends. And both ultimately died in the cockpit of a racecar, and both would've survived based on a matter of inches. (Dale being collected in the earlier wreck, and Senna likely being killed by wheel striking him after it came off in a crash on one of the fastest corners in F1)
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Which is why im planning on doing my own response to this video with senna's story.
10 likesBoth are legends outright and always will be.
I wanna add also that the reason their crashes were fatal Das because of the angle they hit the wall. Both senna and Dale hit the wall at about 45°.
8 likesPeter Brock as well
0 likesThere will never be another driver like Brandon
0 likesRaise hell and praise Dale !
0 likesI have seriously never teared up watching a YouTube video... until now. This was probably one of the best random Dale Earnhardt videos I've ever stumbled across. This video in its self literally tells the story of Earnhardt himself and Nascar. And your completely right, there will Never Ever be another Dale Earnhardt.
56 likesR.I.P
"The Intimiadator"
Dale Earnhardt
1951-2001
#3 forever
I am a race fan but I have no idea about NASCAR great video
0 likesThe reason why Dale's crash was fatal because it was the angle of how he hit the wall. When you hit the wall at a certain angle, it will create a sudden stop and inertia will pull you forward causing whiplash. if it was airborn, not saying that it is better but it will not be a sudden stop because there will be momentum flipping you over. It's not the speed that kills you, it's the force of inertia
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AKA it's not the fall that kills you it's the deceleration
2 likesBIG BOX/Dr.fresh memes well I mean mostly the ground squishing your organs but close enough
2 likesWell not only that he got hit in the side at the same time as well
0 likeshe could have been saved if he put the HANS device on.
0 likes@Unknown Identity yah they should of implemented it earlier
1 likeI'm not crying I swear
0 likes15:23 I HEAR EUROBEAT AND I LEGITIMATELY STOPPED WHAT I WAS DOING TO WATCH BECAUSE SHITS ABOUT TO GET GOOD GOOD
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I WAS RIGHT THAT SCENE FUCKED SO HARD
0 likesI think the decline of Nascar is just a perfect storm of everything going against them. The recession hitting its core audience, the rule changes/COT/cookie cutter tracks, make the sport safer thus less compelling (this problem has affected the NFL now too), the France family trying to make the sport appeal to yuppies who don't "get" Nascar. The loss of #3 was tragic, but we've also had many of the sport's greatest talents/personalities outside of Earnhardt (like Tony Stewart, Junior, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin) retire in the past 20 years. The new crop of talent in the sport hasn't even come close to measuring up to the greatness of the old guard, nor do they have really relatable personalities, nor do they have rivalries that are as intense as Earnhardt/Gordon or Dale Jarrett/Everybody. Any sport needs more than just the sport itself to be appealing. You need personalities, you need rivalries, you need some kind of entertainment value to keep people watching. The NFL understands this, as does the NBA, NHL, and MLB. Nascar and the WWE seem to have forgotten this.
243 likesWhat also affected Nascar's popularity is (and I hate to say this because I sound like an old fart) the new generation just not being interested in cars. Growing up as a male in the 20th century, cars were everything to us. We loved everything about our cars, we would work on them with our dads, fix them ourselves if they broke down, drive them around just for the sake of it, show them off to our buddies, etc. Nowadays, cars are usually just seen as things that get you from point a to point b and nothing more. So of course, when your sport is ALL about souped up cars, people who aren't passionate about cars just won't give a shit. And the number of people who don't care about cars has grown exponentially over the past 20 years.
It's not just one thing killing NASCAR, it's a melting pot of everything.
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to be fair this generation is pretty into cars man just saying
11 likes@Tommylee Graves agreed
3 likes@Tommylee Graves I was born in 1998. I know a decent number of people that treat their car like their child and put huge amounts of work into maintaining them and such, but I definitely know way more who only care about cars when they fantasize about Tesla finally making it so that they don't have to actually drive one.
17 likes@Alexis Drohin I would say this generation is very much into cars as more than just a thing to fulfill a task. I have a ton of friends who are saving up for cool cars. The explosions of car centered channels on YouTube like Donut Media is probably mostly due to kids from the 90's or later wanting to learn more about cars. Personally, I'd kill for an old Integra Type-R or a Toyota MR2.
5 likesWe need more road courses and short tracks
5 likesPhil Michaels cars are also built so you can’t fix anything and you have to go to someone to fix it. It’s stupid af.
5 likesI personally love my car and i wrench on that old nova every chance i get. But i know so many kids my age with a corolla filled to bursting with McDonald’s wrappers, bald tires, and never had an oil Change. It’s baffling. Cars are badass and i can’t understand how the roar of a v8 doesn’t make every person on earths heart beat a little faster.
3 likesPhil Michaels it was the drug addict that ran it from 2004-2019
1 like@Catumin Well I'm a fan of Tesla (I LITERALLY have Tesla in my name), but not for the self-driving Autopilot-whatever shizzle. I want one because when you shut the AP and traction control off, it becomes something to of a Porsche than a bland, uninspiring car to drive. Plus it's electric, so it has some other benefits that regular fossil cars don't have. I'd like to see how it turns out in a series as NASCAR. However, having watched the 1979 Daytona 500 in full last night, I would totally like modern NASCAR to return to what made it compelling. New tech, the same old-school thrills.
1 likeBasically all racing series are on a downfall for different reasons as F1 is on a downfall aswell due to dirty air making it so cars cant follow that close hopefully the new rules due for next year but delayed for the year after should fix it as it increases use of ground effect and lowering use of wings
1 likeI think you touched on something. Since the 90s there really isn't an easy way to soup up cars. My dad and my grandpa would talk about tuning and other stuff maybe some mods. But with computer based cars and basically bland commuter car taking over in sales there just isn't the $500 "built not bought" type of car. My dad was able to get a camaro cheap as one of his first cars and now you get a camry.
1 likeI also think the sport became too team based. Basically other driver let their best team mate win the cup vs having 3X cars all fighting for the W. At least that is why my Grandpa just doesn't give a damn about it anymore.
And the fact that most kids these days can’t sit through a 3 hour race without hoping on their phone or getting distracted
2 likes"I mean, come on. Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?"
431 likesSummoning Salt enters the room
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He was trying to hit 3 wethertenkos in a row
29 likesHe was on wr pace but he got 3 hands
3 likesi like to ruin 420 likes sometimes
0 likesedit: without taking a screenshot
The look of happiness on Dale’s face at 37:22 with Jr makes me happy.. RIP legend.
60 likesI hardly knew anything about NASCAR, so I knew EmpLemon's documentary would be a great way to learn. Loved it.
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Season just started if you want to become more interested in it. Races are around noon on Sundays or Saturday nights.
0 likesCant believe i cried at a video about NASCAR.
0 likesWhen you think about it, he probably had one of the most iconic, noblest and desirable deaths a man, and a father... And a son.. could have in all of time and space..
112 likesWhat an absolute legend, its hard not to envy the work ethic and the passion, the fame and the love. But god damnit the man deserved it all more than any of us, and im glad this video exists.. Emp u did great with this!
Nice
0 likesI wish i could find my old commit
Emp, you made me cry about something my dad watched for years.. Something I cried over, something I thought I'd never care about. Thanks for explaining it. For explaining him..
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Same. I only ever heard stories about him, so up until I watched this video, I knew he was the greatest, but I never understood why. But this video showed me exactly why people call him the GOAT.
8 likesI showed this to my dad one night just to "double check" the info with a real fan who lived in that era. He was really impressed, and right after he said something to me about Earnhardt, Emp would immediately bring it up.
You're literally the summoning salt of random topics
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He literally included one of the royalty-free synth tracks that plays in most of salt's videos. Emp clearly took inspiration here, and it's completely justified.
30 likesYou're literally misusing literally stop
10 likes@Sato literally?
5 likesThey both take inspiration from Jon Bois.
3 likesreal shittt
1 like@Sato literally...
0 likes@Discount Chocolate So thats where I know it from!
0 likesamericans only know three things
0 likes1. nascar playing in background at family gatherings
2. bud light
3. dale memorabilia
The last clip of Earnhardt is pure motivation.
51 likesThe restrictors plates on the superspeedways is what bought NASCAR to decline. Those guys could have been hitting 230-240mph these days with all the modern engineering and that would have been a true spectacle.
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There would also be a lot of deaths.
0 likes@Sasquatch No greater risk than now. Without the restrictors the cars wern't so bunched up in packs, which would make it safer in some respects.
0 likesI can't even be upset at product placement from you emp, so well done. jesus.
24 likesIt was harsh seeing how his career just sorta stopped being so luxurious after winning the Detona. Its one of those things where in a movie, that would be the perfect ending, but in reality, life keeps going
133 likesI think the downfall of NASCAR has less to do with threat of death and more to do with the cookie cutter nature the sport has taken on.
297 likesSeriously, there's a TON of 1.5 mile tracks. Chicago, Kansas, Kentucky, Texas, and Las Vegas are all essentially carbon copies of Charlotte. Almost 1/3 of the schedule takes place on tracks that might as well be the same
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I just wanna see a Milwaukee Mile race, man.
15 likesMany tracks look the same, it's not a new fact. What the difference is that they're all in different parts of the US-- I think it's so everybody has the chance to see a NASCAR race in the flesh.
10 likesDefinitely true. I used to watch every sunday, and at some point, the 1.5 mile tracks became "skippable."
5 likesLet’s not forget Atlanta.
0 likesThe Only GOOD tracks on the cup circuit (In My Opinion) include:
1 likeDaytona
Talladega
Martinsville
Bristol
Watkins Glen
Auto Club
Charlotte
Roval
Kansas
ISM
Atlanta
Dover
New Hampshire
NeededFour well they do race there still but not the Cup Series
0 likesThey may look the same but each track has different banking some have dog leg tri ovals
1 likeSome allow people to cut parts of the track like at Vegas or Kansas. Some tracks are extremely wide some are extremely narrow and with the most recent car the racing on these tracks had gotten s bit more chaotic
I'd honestly like to see more tracks like Watkins Glen. I live about 5 miles from Barber Motorsports Park and that would be a great place to hold a NASCAR race. They test Formula
1 like1 there(they tear the track to pieces) and have Indu car races there..
JediGhostBear that’s only true for racing fans casual fans watched for the same reason they watched evel keneival
0 likes#bringmoreroadcourses
1 likewow!!
0 likesBro you can’t use the summoning salt music right before talking about someone’s death like wtf
1 likeI started there knowing literally nothing about this man or the sport in general really and then when I heard about it in the end I was very upset I was literally crying honestly one of the best sportsman I've heard about in driving
104 likesSeriously holding all those cars while his team could make it to the finish line when he went out he went out in bloody Style god damn what a man
The final memory part honestly make me tear up cause he probably didn't want to go out any other way.
Going out doing what you loved is probably one of the best ways to go
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@War Tome What the fuck?
0 likesSame dude. Same
0 likesI think the only NASCAR driver to come close to Earnhardt was Jeff Gordon, Dale's late-career rival, funnily his complete opposite and to an extent, his student in a lot of ways. Jeff carried on Dale Sr.'s style and attitude more than anyone after the 2001 Daytona 500; so in the discussion of who was the best driver after, I don't think there's anyone who measures up to The Intimidator quite like the Rainbow Warrior does.
22 likesI’m now crying over a man I never knew about, related to a sport I have no interest in. Emp you are genuinely one of the best YouTubers I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been watching YouTube daily since 2008. You are incredibly skilled, keep up the good work!!
36 likesGrowing up in rural North Carolina, my dad and grandpa would always tell me of the old races. I always would ask to go and watch, but they would always say "it's not like it used to be". Only in the last few years have I understood what they meant.
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I know what you mean being from haywood county nc i was only 7 and watching the race when it happen
2 likesI'm from Cabarrus County. Grew up going to the races because the track is 25 minutes away and my dad could get us free tickets. Definitely not the same anymore.
3 likesAbsolutely, I grew up about 30 minutes east of Raleigh and it was earnheardt or nothing in my house
4 likesNothing's the same. I'm only 27 but I see it clear as day. People have sold their souls in exchange for safety and wealth.
0 likes@Cameron Oliver What do you think would make it better? Another personality like him ?
0 likes@ccostain I don't know to be honest. The Chase is pretty dumb in my opinion though I haven't watched in years. I don't watch tons of Australian Supercar races but I think that would be a good model to make the sport more interesting instead of going around an oval hundreds of times. I recently watch a bit of the 24 Hours of Daytona and enjoyed it too.
1 likeP.S. Sonoma is one of my favorite tracks on Forza.
@Cameron Oliver gotcha mane the roval @charlotte was awesome last year come out and enjoy that !
0 likes@Oblivion_Army thats where im from too!
0 likesJust wanted to say how much I adore this series so much. It oozes sympathy and empathy, even for people that don't know or understand the subject matter.
77 likesBy the ending, it's hard not to be incredibly emotional as this does a great job of stripping away all the stuff like "Well it's a silly sport of people going around in circles" and all the technical stuff to just tell the story of a man that gave it his all.
Stunning work, EmpLemon!
Astronauts are just about all military officers.
0 likesThere will never ever be a series like Never Ever
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Pizza-Man What about ‘Pretty Good’
6 likes@Tommunism Pretty Good isn't as emotional. It's more humorous than anything, and usually about more humorous subjects.
1 likePizza-Man its always good to have a little laugh after almost getting heart broken, thank you
1 like@EmmJea humor is an emotion, also there are plenty of times I felt different emotions watching Jon Bois vids.
2 likesEmmJea I double dare you to watch the Bob Emergency and not cry.
0 likesDown the rabbit hole does a similarly good job, but Emp has a very special way of blending his personality into it while DTRH is more neutral and journalistic
0 likes@Jonathan Cline He does it like Jon Bois
0 likes39:00 What song is this, Its sounds so familiar.
0 likes45:07 I was deeply moved by the poetry of Dale Earnhardt, you did an amazing job of tying the strings together for this one beautiful realization.
138 likesFrom the bond between father and son, between humble beginnings to spectacular ambitions come true, the final words and final moments of Dale Earnhardt play out like genius screenwriter's Magnum Opus. To pass the torch to the next generation, to protect them in the end from something he foresaw, to view them drive off free due to your sacrifice, and to die in the race that you've rightfully conquered. To die granting your final wish, to race no matter the cost, and to do so with your family.
Though I may disrespectful to say it, by dying in this way, he removed all possibility of tarnishing his legacy. In exchange for his life, he cemented himself as the greatest stock-car driver of all time and rightfully earn a tragic hero's send-off.
(His death even went so far as to create the safety that both allowed all future racers to survive and live well, and ensure no greater legend than his own could be made thereafter. As, without the risk of death, the tension and stakes could never rise to the heights of his time. If there is prestige in dying in a war for the safety of those back home, or embodying the will of man to push the limits of human capability as an astronaut, then there certainly is great respect for a man who would give his life to pave the way for his next generation.
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Well said.
1 like38:06 18 car pass time marker
0 likesI actually cried man.
343 likesIf I wasn't broke I'd join the patreon
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Same and same
0 likesI remember crying after the race where he died. It completely killed nascar for me, i didnt want anything to do with it after that. I was 9 years old.
6 likesSaaame
0 likesSame×2
0 likesI didn't care about NASCAR until today.
1 like😂😂😂😂😂
0 likesIronically, NASCAR attendance, viewers, and rating have skyrocketed due to new CEO's, better racing, and Ryan Newman's crash
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They haven’t skyrocketed but they are better than they have been since 2009
90 likesRaoul GEORGE [11N02S] nah dude the million views here are fans looking for NASCAR content. Your casual wreck fanatic isn’t searching these videos.
36 likesDaaaaaaytoooonaaa. Loved that arcade game and my eyes lit up when I heard the them tune 16 minutes into this
8 likes@Billy Bust Inside there are also YouTube channels of nascar that can get a following of thousands of people. While there isn't a large channel for something like football its still something. I've also noticed that some of the stuff nascar releases like radioactive are getting more views. People are going back to watch the old ones while this quarentine shit happens
12 likesOrange Muncher Just Monika yeah I can see your point of view. Agree the lock downs are definitely gonna help to what degree I guess we will find out when life resumes to normal. Also the iracing NASCAR is doing will also help
4 likes@Raoul GEORGE [11N02S] No
0 likesMy dads favorite was dale. My favorite was ryan. Why do we like the risky bois
4 likes@cheezburgrproduction
3 likesRisk it for the biscuit, that's why. It's a badass trait to have.
Well, In theory I guess.
0 likesYe but Ryan Newman’s crash scared the shit out of me, I watched it live and man, everyone in the house woke up to me shouting “OH SHIT OH MY GOD!” Before going absolutely silent.
3 likes@Billy Bust Inside well not sure about that, it was recommended, and because Cleetus always yells "do it for Dale" I thought to watch the Dale story. Interesting. Living in Europe Nascar is something very obscure, obviously xD
1 likei was there when newman crashed, the silence that fell over the track was scary, we all thought he had died.
2 likesBut it's still the idiotic sport it devolved into. Until we go backward a little bit, it will never reach that kind of appeal again.
1 likeisnt newman niemann so ryan niemann
0 likesThere isnt gonna be any more Nascar drivers of any kind here soon. Lmao
0 likesMy sister was mad I was waiting for the restart for two days and turned the TV off 20 laps before the end
0 likesThey Call Me A Savage I know nothing about nascar but I greatly enjoyed this video. Not all these views are nascar fanatics...
1 like@Billy Bust Inside I mean I've never watched Nascar but watched this entire video and almost teared up, came here after seeing Ryans Newmans crash. Also @EmpLemon wonderful video and beautifully put together, that's an instant sub from me.
0 likesIts like if Ken Griffey sr had to live up to ken Griffey jr
0 likesPeople locked up watch the hell out of it
0 likesI suppose one could say you're GETTING US UP TO SPEED with Dale Earnhardt
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QUE THE LIGHTING⚡
8 likesToo soon
2 likesSeinfeld theme plays in background
0 likesThe greatest way to die... letting ur son and friend win by holding the rest of cars back.... truly a good person
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captain pepsi would have been better if he didnt die tho
1 like@akako1999 ok...?
1 likeDo eminem!!!!
0 likesAmerican culture is coming full circle. Thanks to modern renaissance artists like Emplemon. Great job man.
37 likeswhat’s the song that starts at 40:20
0 likesYou presented me a character, you made like him, and made me sad about him. Good job
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Same
1 likeyou have just defined pixar
0 likesI’ve never said this before, but this is probably the best documentary made by a youtuber. Holy fuck
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I’ve watched it 5 times. truly beautiful
6 likes@BananaCat 310 I’m back for my 6th viewing, it’s time for yours
0 likesWatched this video a million times, and that ending line still gives me chills. "Sure, to win." That just sums the whole thing up perfectly.
69 likesAnd you know this video is a real masterpiece, because I've never watched a nascar race in my life, and it still emotionally moves me every time I watch it.
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Best video on youtube.
0 likesLast Race Car Video: WENDELL SCOTT? 🤔🥺
0 likesWow, I just watched a 50 minute video about something I don't care about and was entertained the hole way. Great job.
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It is amazing.
0 likesI didn't even notice it was 50 minutes til you said this
2 likeswhole
0 likesI’ve never been even the least bit interested in competitive racing, but this video kept me watching the whole way through. Well done.
13 likesCue soyjack pointing meme everytime he says Talladega
0 likes"I mean, come on. Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?"
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bruh where ur at tho 😭
9 likesIf you're literal, 25:15
34 likesbruh thank you
7 likesWhat's the music at 25:15
6 likes@Moissanite, shinier than Diamonds home - we're finally landing
27 likes@sergey kuzmichev Thank you comrade, you've no idea how long I've tried to find this song, tovarisch.
6 likes(Sorry if I butchered your culture or language btw)
@Moissanite, shinier than Diamonds haha no worries. for reference, emplemon dropped the music list in the description, it was just a matter of googling each song till i found it. Home has another banger called resonance
4 likes@sergey kuzmichev actually I knew Resonance before hearing this music
2 likesWhat an epic transition
3 likesTop ten best lines in YouTube history!
5 likesNumber one: 25:15
I got goosebumps when he dropped this line,,,
4 likes@Phern Phx2 facts
0 likesproceeds to show nascars flying
2 likes*B W O O O O O O O M M
0 likesWell shit I’m about to see one fly
0 likesfor a little bit I have
0 likesTop 10 famous last words
0 likesThis series is god-tier. Fantastic, this channel wasn't what I subbed to; It became a million times better instead.
126 likesDid he just bust out the summoning salt music halfway thru? Lol nice
0 likesLol the TF2 music i love it
0 likesIn my opinion, the number should have been retired forever and kept in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville GA. many others have a different opinion but this is just mine
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Why not Kannapolis?
34 likes@Luke Skyballer exactly
6 likesYeah. The number 3 should been retired forever.
38 likesUNTIL we finally got another driver like him, and better, looking his spiritual succesor... if we ever got him...
Or... at least... let Harvick drive the 3 car when his final full-time season came... as payment to being the one who, even being rushed to fill some GIGANTIC shoes... make the job better than anyone expected...
Richard, when Harvick announces his final full-time season (which is obviuos that is near, maybe in the next 5-7 years), please... let him drive the car he deserved... the... Black and White 3 car...
Feels disgraceful to give it to someone who didn't even earn it.
36 likesYeah no offense but Dillon has not made the number look good at all
27 likesPIXXELPLAYZZ for real😔
7 likesmaybe the nascar hall of fame when he was inducted
2 likesYeah after all that I can't believe they ever let someone else race with that number. It would be like if the lakers let someone else wear number 8
5 likes@Nic Halabicky or the bulls with 23
4 likesTBH, if I were his son, I would race in nothing but the black #3 Goodwrench. No other drivers for it, really.
3 likesI agree with you, but it should be kept in Kinnapolis
0 likesYo why tf am I about to cry from a Nascar documentary. Your never ever series is iconic. it's so refreshing to watch an hour of professional editing and knowledge with your personality and passion
0 likesDamn right #3 should be retired
0 likesThe racing hall of fame is in Charlotte.
0 likesI don't even like NASCAR, but this was amazingly well done
48 likes25:15
46 likesThis was the part of the video that really gave me chills, never have I had a video keep me actively watching for every second, good job Emp.
25:18 Another plug for Summoning Salt.
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You know that song was made by a group called ‘Home’ right?
0 likesAs someone who has less than 0 interest in NASCAR, I came away from this video with a newfound respect and understanding of the sport and the man behind the black number 3. I am so glad I found your channel, and these "Never Ever" videos are spectacular. Bravo and keep up the great work. :)
38 likesI'm too young to have known about him, but as soon as I heard that music when you said that he entered his car for the final time, I knew something bad happened. I was legit shocked when you finally got to it. I actually teared up a little. I'm sure he thought he made his father proud, especially in his last moments.
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I have been a NASCAR fan for almost 25 years Dale Earnhardt was my favorite driver and childhood hero i remember the race he passed away like it was yesterday I was watching that day. he is NASCAR's greatest driver
3 likesever and always will be.
nice initial d remix XD
0 likesI’m likin all this tf2 music in these videos
1 like"And his final memory was watching his own drivers speeding to the finish line, with nothing but open race track in front of them."
43 likesThat hits hard.
How did you make me actually cry about a man I never cared about before in a sport I still don't care to watch?
43 likesHow, Emp?
I don’t, and have never really cared about cars, neither have I cared about NASCAR or sports in general, but nothing beats a good story, and you sure are amazing at telling good stories. Keep up the amazing work Emp, been watching since 2015 and I love playing these vids when hard at work or drawing.
43 likesYeah I’m in tears , simple . I have an enormous love for DRIVING not just cars or generally cars BUT driving . The relief and therapy sessions I get being behind a wheel could only be impersonated by my girlfriend, honestly. I always feel the love for driving too when I meet other people like me , this sh*t has made me ball in tears . I’m lost for words on this mans life
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Driving is very therapeutic
4 likesThat was an emotional roller coaster. I’m a European nascar fan.
52 likesI was young and never watched Dale senior drive, but his story is touching.
This one is for Dale, even if I never saw him while I was alive, I am glad that I can appreciate his legacy through this amazing video. Truly one of your best emp.
48 likesInspirational. Never give up kiddos. I swear, the more I hear that summoning salt track, the better it gets.
32 likesOh dang, that Daytona USA menu song ambushed my nostalgia feels super hard!
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Ikr
1 likeDude this is so amazing. This doc and your hungrybox doc are both incredible. I've watched them both several times each. Well done bro
14 likes42:41 When I first heard that announcement, I was genuinely shocked. One of the most famous names in NASCAR gone in a racing accident. It had the same impact as the death of Ayrton Senna.
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I remember seeing a video of Dale paying respect to Senna the Sunday it happened after he won at Talladega. Respect
1 likeTo this day this chokes me up. What an absolute legend. Thank you for making this video.
9 likesafter you converted all those stats to metric, the joke at 23:57 was perfect.
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I've watched this a dozen times and never caught that, lol
4 likesThat was a great great video, you deserve a lot of credit! Dale Earnhardt was the man and will always be! Hopefully one day NASCAR will be back to them days where everyone was in awe about stock car racing, until then I will still continue to watch. #Forevertheman #intimidator #Nascar
5 likesYou god damn sonofafavricatedmother. I haven’t even gotten close to tears towards anything since my parents divorced. I have never watched nascar before but this video made me feel things.
17 likesKeep going Emplemon.
NASCAR has never recovered from his death. Dale was simply one of a kind awesome video man
2 likesDale Earnhardt and Alan Kulwicki were my favorite drivers when I was a kid. You did an excellent job on this video. If you haven't done a vid like this on Kulwicki, could you please?
6 likesEvery so often I come back to this video. It is such an amazing watch and my enjoyability of this hasn't diminished after any of my subsequent viewings. Love watching your videos, keep up the inspiring work.
3 likesI can’t believe he survived that, truly amazing! Bless! 49:03
4 likesMy new favorite all time channel. I never thought twice about Earnhardt or NASCAR before. This doc and it’s ultra high quality were riveting and mesmerizing. Utterly fantastical and amazing. Well done sir.
3 likesYour videos are insanely versatile and diverse 🔥 love your work !
3 likesI grew up with racing. It was always on the TV. My dad's favorite was Stuart and his dad's was Earnhardt. Though I was born after his death, my family frequently would talk about his career as if he was still with us. It isn't just cars going in a circle, man. There's a lot more to it than that.
0 likeswhenever I find channels like these it feels like finding gold, keep up the great work.
0 likesthe man who came up with the idea of having the turns banked at Daytona, Charles Moneypenny, was my great grandfather, also the man I'm named after.
4 likesCan't tell you how many times I've watched this. Still make my eye balls sweat
1 likeone of the greatest stories ever told, on my life
0 likesI completely forgot about 49:00 on this rewatch
1 likeThat man won the Daytona 500 this year...kudos to Michael McDowell, a guy who didn't even have a full time ride until 10 years after starting in the sport, has the most last place finishes in Cup series history, and now that toil has netted him a trophy in Daytona International Speedway forever.
"We won it, we won it, we won it". That might be the greatest testament to the man possible. Not a single "I" did this, or "I" did that.
2 likesDale Earnhardt is one of the best drivers along with ken miles.
1 like45:18 is simply heartbreaking.
1 likeik its been 2 years and nearly 6 months but I just wanted to thank you for the sheer nostalgia kick of hearing the gran turismo 4 theme, you legend
3 likesIt's weird, my favorite driver of all time is the F1 driver Jim Clark, and him and Dale have a lot in common
0 likesDale was my favorite racer, I used to watch it a lot and then I saw the wreck live on tv then heard about his death later that night, I haven't watched a race since.
0 likes“A sport as popular as licorice” has me dying inside.
2 likeswonderfully done EmpLemon. thankyou so much. :)
0 likesyep, this goes in my "greatest yt videos of all time" playlist. can't believe you made me emotional from a sport that i didn't give a single damn about before this video.
0 likesJust wanted to say, this is better than any movie I've seen recently. I've never cared for NASCAR or any of it's intricacies but this video introduced me to this fantastic sport in spectacular fashion. Loved the commentary and loved the editing. Thanks :)
1 likeThis is great! I haven't enjoyed such editing for a NASCAR video since NASCAR IMAX.
0 likesDales first D500 win ALWAYS gives me chills no matter how many times I watch it
0 likesWhy did I cry when he finally won Daytona
1 likeMight just be the greatest chronicling of the sport and one of it’s greatest heroes. Absolutely fantastic piece of work.
0 likesWhen Steve Park won. I shed a tear. When Kevin Harvick won I cried. When Dale Jr one I cried like a baby
1 likeThanks for making music lists in your videos, it’s pretty sick
0 likesI remember when I finally came around on cars and motorsport and found out what nascar racing is really about. Spent many wee hours of the morning racing dudes named bubba around indianapolis in gran turismo 6.
3 likesJust seen the car in 18:19 and Holy shit I remember having a hot wheel of this car! I don’t remember what happened to it but I know I’ve seen it somewhere. It gotta cost a fortune to collect I guess.
1 likeI'll tell you what, I love Nascar! I went to a race at Bristol Motor Speedway when I was a kid. But it's something else actually being there. Those cars are like the loudest thing I've ever heard. I remember having to wear ear plugs. I got to collect pieces of tire from the track afterwards! It was a long time ago, but I still remember the energy in that racetrack. Nascar on tv is just too quite, so it makes it blend in with every other sport.
0 likesUnbelievable I now appreciate nascar and love dale lol this doc has great everything
0 likesDale Earnhardt Sr was the greatest NASCAR driver in NASCAR's history. He could do things with the #3 car that other drivers though were impossible to do. Early, in his career, he learned how to use airflow as an advantage. He even had his racing helmets designed so he had better vision. Sadly, one of those open-face helmets contributed to the cause of his death. The other contributing factor was he hated a Hans device and refused to use one but insisted that Dale Jr use one and wear full-face helmets.
2 likesDale appealed not only to Southerners but to this young African-American girl growing up watching him and admiring his racing style
3 likesI think the fact he dominated "restrictor plate racing" so much was why Dale hated it. He's one of the few truly dominant competitors who genuinely sought competition.
0 likesthis video was so beautiful it made me cry
2 likesI’ve never watched NASCAR but this is the greatest video uploaded to this website.
1 likeI never liked Nascar because it had devolved so far away from its original roots of regular guys driving their own gearhead fast cars into the corporatized swamp it is today, but this was really good.
2 likesThis video is obviously a masterpiece, but one of the moments that truly blow me away was 25:09. It’s just so scary yet so remarkable from the question and the music.
0 likesBest video ever, on my 4th watch since it dropped! Keep it up!!
0 likesIt’s insane to think about how they were doing 200 mph at Daytona and Talledega in those old cars that would be considered coffins by today’s standards. They were some ballsy old fellas
0 likesGreat video. He was my hero. NASCAR was never the same.
0 likesHe really did alot for the sport.
0 likesThis is the second time I have cried for Dale Earnhardt.. the first time at the donutmedia vid ab him and now... Fuck...
2 likesGoosebumps.
1 likeMy first NASCAR race was at the Daytona International Speedway in 2015. (I am 17)
1 likeThis is such a good goddamn video...I am a HUGE motorsport fan, mainly F1. But have always respected Nascar, more so now because of this vid. Thank you.
1 likeThe only thing I knew about dale before watching this was that he does in a crash. Makes this whole video feel like a tragedy.
0 likesEdit holy fuck he said that. Emplemon you are on it.
I always go back to this video from time to time.
1 likeThis is my all time favorite video on YouTube there is no other video that comes close
0 likesI always use the bump and run while playing any racing game because I know no better way to win.
0 likesFans will always remember and respect for race craft of there favorite drivers . There will always be people who praise JJ or Gordon and Earnhardt because they all are great drivers for different reasons. My favorite is how this man was loved and hated as a young boy I loved watching him lose all those races to the kid Gordon kicked Nascars ass in the mid to late 90s
0 likesWhat makes Dale's death even more tragic was how the HANS device, a ubiquitous piece of equipment in ALL motorsport today, was something Dale absolutely did NOT want in NASCAR. We don't know if the HANS device would have saved his life but it's a tragedy that it took his death for it to be implemented.
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I think it's a reasonable assumption to at least say that it would've improved his odds.
0 likesThis video made me love my Dale Earnhardt Jr jacket make me love it even more
0 likesBro you just make videos on whatever the hell you want and I love it lol
0 likesim not from the USA but i still find this video amazing!!!!
1 likeI grew up around Nascar i still enjoy it
0 likes“Do it for dale!”
1 likeThe amount of eurobeat used in this made me very happy
0 likesI never knew I needed a Dale Sr/Initial D crossover at 15:39 but I happy I got it!
0 likes"A stockcar weighs twice as much as an indiecare" I was eating and literally exclaimed "the FUCK!?" when I heard that. I never realized that the discrepancy was that so f'ing large.
0 likesExcellent video, I wish it wouldn't have only been 54 minutes.
0 likesI have never understood why people like NASCAR, and I've never had an interest in it at all, but damned if this video didn't give me goosebumps when it came to Dale's Daytona 500 win, and bring me to tears at his death. You have such a way with words.
0 likesI will love see something like this about the moto GP
0 likesI couldn’t care less about NASCAR but I watch this like once a month
1 likeI just came from the Stock Racing vid about Taladega... and I immediately wanted to watch the other videos the comments talked about. You’re awesome.
2 likesIf he was still alive he might have saved NASCAR. #RIPDALEARNHARDT
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He wouldve been driving the C8.R
0 likesdang it lemon...you made me tear up...I did not expect that...and I don't even like Nascar.
0 likes15 years for Petty to wrangle 7 championships.
1 like14 for Earnhardt.
11 for Jimmie Johnson.
I do think we could see another 7 time champion, but not under current rules.
Also, while Petty had less competition than Earnhardt or Johnson he had multiple different points systems that he had to navigate through AND finished runner up as many times as Mark Martin. Petty used the corporate machine that was Petty Enterprises to win as much as he did.
Earnhardt was never the cleanest, or most consistent driver. Hell, some of his championships were won in dominant fashion and some were squeakers which he barely won. Maybe if he had a better team in the early 80s he could have more wins and championships. But I still think he would have been inconsistent.
Johnson was NEVER the year long dominant driver. He used the first 26 races as a testing ground while usually doing the bare minimum to get into the Chase. Then he would turn it up, pop off, and bend the Chase over his knee and beat it senseless.
They are the 7 time champions for a reason.
the irony of dale Earnhardt's death is that he was such and massive opponent of the HANS devices which would have undoubtedly kept him from being killed at Daytona. 6 months following his death nascar made the device a requirement for all drivers.
0 likesThe most recent fatality took place in June of 2009, when Carlos Pardo was killed in a late accident during a Mexico Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed. The other five drivers to pass away since Earnhardt are Michael Roberts, Mark Hutto, John Baker, Tom Baldwin Sr. and John Blewett III
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i swear you can make a video about anything and make it interesting
0 likesthe 1984 transition was flawless
0 likes2001 was a hell of a year
0 likesthe moment we all heard the National Speedrunning Anthem, we cried
0 likesthis might be my favorite video on this website
1 likeYes. It's Dale Earnhardt! The best at being the least boring!
0 likesI knew literally nothing about Nascar before this video. and now im crying ?? what ??
0 likeslove the sponsor part lol
0 likesman at 6:56 was a lot to take In of TALENT, like (If everyone were Talented, no one would be).
1 likeThere needs to be a Never Ever video on the Brawn GP success story
0 likesThat dollar shave club ad was beautiful
2 likesemplemon singlehandedly blowing life into nascar popularity
0 likeshow the hell do you hit a seagull? in nascar
1 likeAs someone who’s still a NASCAR fan and was one when Dale died (granted I was 5 at the time and never liked Dale because he drove Chevy’s and I’m from a Ford and Mopar/Dodge family) his death is still felt in the sport today. But thankfully the sport is starting to make a bit of a comeback. Now that Jim France and others have taken over after Brian’s arrest and made positive changes and brought back sponsorship and entertainment to the races. Now the drivers just have to get more entertaining, which we’ve seen some as they’ve started to come into their own. But this was a well researched and beautiful tribute to Dale Sr.
0 likesGod. I was born on the same day of the year as Dale's Death.
0 likes44:42 i remeber this , i hurd there was a 18-20 car pile up , so i came in to the room to watch with the parents ( ther was a 7-10 grown adults watching .... and i remember watch him hit the wall and thinking , that wasnt a big crash how did it kill him ? ( learing it the Sudden stoping from going 200mph to 0Mph will kill u ) God Bless his Soul
0 likesIf you don't appreciate the video then appreciate this is Episode 3 of this series.
1 likeNot even you can make me care enough to sit through this Emp, and I am in love with your videos. Sorry, I really tried.
1 likeI knew nothing about Nascar nor that Dale Earnhardt had even died. I've seen his name but nothing more than that. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't tear up a little. I had thought Nascar was full of reckless hillbillies who love speed but now I know it's way more than that. they support each other unlike any other sport besides maybe MMA which even there some are not good sports, but here it seems like they all respect doing what they love. going 200 mph in a hunk of metal.
0 likesHe is basically the NASCAR's own Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in terms of his dominance IMHO. Nice video you got there....
0 likesThis whole hour felt like twenty minutes...
0 likesDale is a god here in the south
1 likecan't believe the dude died and still got 12/42
0 likesMy buddy Paul after a few beers can make Dale Earnhart look like a school bus driver working for Swift.
0 likes20:18 that’s my favorite nascar game
0 likesThat TF2 soundtrack gives it whole new level.
0 likesthe last 10 minutes had me crying like a bitch
0 likesnever cared about nascar in my life this shit damn near made me cry
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Me too man
0 likesThe Daytona 500 is the Modern Circus Maximus
0 likesYou should make a video on Mike Tyson
0 likesif dale earnhardt wouldn't die, NASCAR, the world, would be alot different that's for sure
1 likeIf I could leave 2 likes on this video I would
1 likeNASCAR became political and lost fans. Everyone I know boycotts it because of it.
3 likesemplemon, you forgot to mention the Dale Earnhardt rollercoaster intimidator 305
0 likesThis is a wild episode of Speedrunning History
0 likesjr would have won a championship the first year they changed how the points system worked if they didnt
0 likesfantastic video
0 likesthat ad break was a fucking feverdream
1 likekeiichi tsuchiya proved to me lapping in a oval track is not easy
0 likesBeen a fan of NASCAR for a long time and sadly the day Earnhardt died was the day NASCAR died for many reasons. Anyone that’s is a fan know why.
0 likeswhat kevin harvick did was: change it to white paint and told NASCAR: give me the lowest number ya got that isnt 3 and then he became 29
0 likesYou see emplemon is just based and hickpilled and he does the most anti hick thing and makes essays about it, never forget this fact of life
0 likesWow what a story
0 likesmy teacher told me that when he saw dale. crash he leaned over to his cosin and said "hes dead"
0 likesWasn’t expecting to hear rdr2 music but hey.. I’ll take it
1 likeLove the Gran Turismo music.
0 likes16:40 - 17:21 you might wanna work on that sponsor advertisement
0 likesGreenville pickens in 1971 was the first televised
0 likesI love that rdr2 music at the beginning
0 likes6:44 Literally 1984
0 likesSuch a beautiful, high quality video. Covered all the key points and more without any legit flaws or missing details. To me, Earnhardt was the Stone Cold Steve Austin of NASCAR.
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Well, there's SPEEWAY
1 like@awkwardcultism yeah...
0 likesYou forgot the d at 40:30 in the word speedway
0 likesReal Life: The events after Dale's death can't get any more emotional.
606 likesEmplemon: Hold My Beer.
*Plays Gusty Garden Galaxy*
Real Life: Oh my god.
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Bruh
15 likesThe song is actually we’re finally landing by home
2 likesJoshua Pacman
1 likeNo it isn’t
@JoshuaPacMan He's on about that track that plays just as he finished saying that NASCAR had to push forward regardless of Earnhardt's death. 46:08 to be exact
0 likestesla guy ok
0 likesThe fucking greatest story ever
0 likesYou're storytelling skills are amazing, words can not accurately describe how good your videos are. They turn something I see as insignificant into something I care deeply about. Thank you for being one of the best, if not the best, youtuber there is.
71 likesOnly Emplemon is capable of making something I have no interest of, interested.
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Nope, SummoningSalt can too with his History of Speedrunning videos.
0 likesOr jon bois
0 likesI have never watched a single minute of Nascar racing, but I watched this hour long video for some reason.
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I never thought this would make me feel so much,
3 likeswtf????
Until I saw your comment I didn t know that I watched an hour, captivating stuff
0 likesEmp should make a Never Ever on The Mythbusters, as there really isnt any show like it. The Mythbusters was really the only show where you could see two middle aged men exploding a car because they saw it happen in an 80s movie (and because of *science*) I grew up watching it, and its a huge reason why I am a nerd into everything science related to this day.
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Darkstalker Never Ever focuses on subjects that Emp is personally fond of. Unless he’s coincidentally into it as well, giving suggestions probably won’t do much. Just something to note
28 likesI agree, there's so far hasn't ever been a show quite like The Mythbusters ever since they were around. Jamie and Adam are pioneers of colliding action, science, and even a sprinkle of economy. They spoke to viewers like friends would, and their interactions on set, while perhaps comical, was a lot more natural than "this is step a, b, c..." The crew they allowed on the show with them to not only accelerate their abilities to conduct said experiments, but also provide more faces to embrace on the show was a nice touch as well. Those five people together showed they loved their job, but sadly it seemed to have gotten old for them.
10 likesNow that was a magical show in its prime.
1 likeMythbusters is probably both the most entertaining and emotional show I've ever seen. The sheer excitement of seeing a cement mixer vaporized and the emotional high of seeing the whole team work for weeks on something they thought was impossible and making a functioning machine is something I cannot describe with mere words.
0 likesDear EmpLemon,
222 likesI know that due to the whole Google banner vs. PETA event that the man behind my favorite childhood show has become little more than a meme, and maybe the topic could be considered "done to death." But this man can be considered the turning point in my life and perhaps many others. The point when we realized how much animals meant to us, as well as how we could pursue the protection of nature ourselves. This man was such an important figure in my life, I literally locked myself in my closet and cried for a straight day after I learned he had been killed. This man, who's passion sparked a whole new generation of biologists. Who's legacy endures, and thoigh many try to imitate his method of presenting nature to everyone, no matter the danger, as a positive part of the world. I know from all your past videos you would do so much background research and truly do a justice to this great hero. I humbly ask you to do a Never Ever on Steve Irwin, the one and only Crocodile Hunter. Thank you for your time if you read through this monster of a post. And thank you EmpLemon for you constant quality content. I appreciate people like you who want to put out the best content, regardless of income or video output rate.
Sincerely,
Grantpa
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I would love to see a, "There will Never Ever be another man like Steve Irwin"
25 likesYeah, I would love to see a "There will never be another X like Steve Irwin"
12 likesI agree.
4 likesGreat squidbillies reference
0 likesThis is your best video ever, it should be on Netflix
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Stexel agreed
3 likesStexel Agree
0 likesStexel also agree
0 likesWhy would they put it on Netflix, a paid service, when it's on YouTube for free? Although I agree it's Emp's best video by far and is definitely my favorite video on YouTube.
6 likesQuintuple agreed
0 likes@Michael Kosulin I think he was just saying that the production quality and content quality is high enough to be on a streaming service like that. I wouldn't take it that literally.
1 likeWhat makes Harvick's March 2001 win even more emotional is that the number 29 car he raced in was Dale's car repainted and numbered. The number 29 was the first available number that didn't include the number 3 (13 and 23 were not taken). The car was repainted in an inverted color scheme to Dale's iconic black Goodwrench scheme. There was a small number 3 on the driver side of the front bumper.
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3x3=9
0 likesThank you for making this video. My dad was a huge Earnhardt fan and I was fortunate enough to be able to show him this video before we lost him to cancer
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May your father rest in piece brother
18 likesMan, I'm sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace. Who knows, maybe he'll meet the man himself up there! Send my best wishes to your family, Keep on keeping on, brother
15 likes@Chromatic_Death Thank you both for your sentiments, it may sound silly but I cried when they revealed the next gen cars knowing he will never get to see them and we couldn't share our passion like we used to. It's a part of life however and I owe it to my dad to get behind the wheel of that ZL1 someday because I know he'll be right alongside me for the ride.
12 likes@Jaycee Bayer it's not silly, I get that feeling. Have a nice day friend.
8 likesTo all that see this, press F
5 likesI feel you dude. My dad was so into nascar it used to cause fighting between my parents, screaming while standing on the couch when I was young. I lost him in 2012 to kidney cancer from alcohol. Everytime I hear a loud car or the mention of nascar I smile cause I know thats my dad's way of saying hi.
2 likesSorry for your loss man.
😂😂😂😂😂 god is good
0 likesI don't tend to comment often, especially not on videos like this, but... my dad was a big NASCAR fan, he loved Jeff Gordon and all that, but he told me about Earnhardt, and I had a plushie of Jr's number 8 car in my bed, even though I'd never watched the sport. Until the day he died, he watched the races, and until the day he died, I never understood why drivers going in circles was so compelling
2 likesHe kept trying to get me to watch the races with him, but I never did. Watching this video after he passed, of cancer as well, makes me feel so many fucking emotions it's unreal
May he rest in peace
1 likeI really want you to know Emp, that this video, and Dale Earnhardt, single-handedly got me hooked on the sport of NASCAR.
23 likesI’m just getting into racing, is he the goat?
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nascar goat, arguably between him, petty and jimmie johnson
0 likesWhat the hell man. I remember when all you made was ytp’s and now you’re making nascar, which has always seemed like a background event that never had the spotlight, seem like the most interesting thing in the world. You really have a great talent outside of just making a video edit.
104 likesas a Formula 1 fan, I can't stop making parallels between Dale Earnhardt's death and Ayrton Senna's death. Surprisingly similar
65 likesedit: also I specifically came here to see 25:17. That bit of music is simply amazing and you put it to excellent use! (came here from Summoning Salt, he uses that bit of music often too!)
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I don't know why but both of their deaths make me cry. I don't cry so easily but what the hell?
5 likesIf you dont know what the Musics called, Its called Home We're Finally Landing
8 likesWell, as Ayrton Senna Fan, you might be interested by this short Earnhardt quote https://youtu.be/rJtH2Gc_Jn0?t=8767
2 likesPlease do Ayrton Senna, i would pay to watch a video like this for the greatest F1 driver ever who we lost too soon.
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Yes
1 likeYes please!!!
0 likes40:16 - It’s been 20 years to the day. I was five years old on my grandparents couch watching the 2001 Daytona 500.
63 likesIt was a great race and I was so happy for the DEI cars getting a 1-2 finish. Dale Earnhardt was a hero a mine and we turned off the broadcast thinking everything was good. Not knowing it was as serious as it was.
We learned later that evening what happened and I cried all night. I really hadn’t dealt with death in my young life and my hero was gone just like that.
Watching this video brought a lot of closure to me when I first watched it two years ago. I think Dale’s death was some traumatic memory I was suppressing. Thank you Emp for your hard work.
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I Read your comment And IT brought me Tears I can feel the sadness But Life IS Like IT IS. WE Suffer FROM sadness And pain And Somehow WE still get away FROM that WE are together Strong And Believe me IT will prob get worser ITS REAL Like Real Life IS ITS hard cause God IS Testing US To See If WE are Tough And Be Proud And Enjoy this time that WE are still currently Gong for
1 likeI don't think NASCAR is interesting at all anymore honestly, but seeing Dale Earnhardt crash at Daytona is probably one of the first sad memories I have as a kid. I enjoyed watching the races with my dad and had a bunch of Nascar toy cars, Earnhardt was always my favorite and I even went as him for Halloween one year. My first dog was also named Daytona, Dale was a pretty big part of my really early childhood. I'd usually on race day play around with my toy cars, spinning them in circles and imitating any wrecks that happened, wound up doing that on the 2001 Daytona race, remember sort of veering the #3 car waiting for Dale to move out and I was just confused as to why it took so long for him to recover from the crash. I was about six at the time. After that racing never really felt the same to me, I knew something tragic had happened and that he was never coming back. It is definitely for the better that these safety measures were put in place, but I never could get back into it after seeing an early childhood icon taken away.
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360Jopo yep oh brian ruined nascar. If they don’t fix what they destroyed in the next few years I’ll quit watching.
0 likesEmperor Lemon, thank you so much for this video. Nascar was one of the few things that my father and I actually bonded over. For the most part, we had a pretty bad relationship, but this was the one thing we could be happy about together. Ever since he passed away in April of last year, I just couldn't watch a race... the pain of losing him and the fact that no one cares about Nascar anymore ate at me. You really did me good Emp. I first watched your videos for youtube poop, but honestly, I think I like your channel more now with these videos. Again, thanks Emp.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
0 likes“It’s hard to hear anyone who actually cares about NASCAR.”
149 likesI guess Alabama really is a different world, huh? Because I’d have a harder time finding someone who doesn’t at least still have a favorite driver and you won’t find a home that doesn’t have some Dale and Dale JR. memorabilia hung on the wall. Earnhardt was everything, and I’ve seen grown men that will still cry about his death. Almost everyone I know was watching it live and can tell you exactly what they were doing and what they were feeling during that moment. Earnhardt and Bear Bryant were 2 deaths that literally made the entire state of Alabama come to a stand still. These people were their celebrities. They were their Princess Diana or Michael Jackson.
There is always a moment of silence in the stands and from the people watching at home or in the bars during the 173rd lap and always around the final turn during Daytona. Anytime Jr. wins Daytona you’ll see grown men cry. There are people that LOATHE Waltrip despite the fact that he was on Earnhardt’s team because he won the day Earnhardt died and not JR.
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go to North Carolina....even inmates of all colors make a bet every weekend. not that I have empirical knowledge.but there was that time I was misplaced.
9 likesThe guy making the video obviously is from a city and certainly not from the south.
0 likes@OG Thor I'm from Washington and look at me like I have two heads when I say my favorite sport is Nascar
8 likes@Andrew Putnam Trying to find another NASCAR fan in SoCal is like trying to find water here. It's around here somewhere, and when I do see it, It's an amazing moment, but man, it's hard
8 likes@Andrew Meyer yeah it's rough but finding a fellow fan is quite a celebration
2 likesHaha I was like "what do you mean alot of people have a Dale or Dale JR memorabilia on the wall in Alabama"? Then it was oh wait. I have a Dale Sr Busch beer sign on my wall! Dale yeah!
1 likeThat
0 likesis one state
out of 50
49 other states don't care as much.
that's still a lot of people who don't give a rip.
54:27 what cover of House of the Rising Son is this? I can’t find it anywhere…
0 likesI did not expect the Eurobeat inquisition.
0 likes40:03 this is the moment where i was almost in tears. This video was expertly made Emp. For me to feel genuine emotion for something I never thought I would feel for or be interested in, that's a good ass video.
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The last bit where he hugs his son, then kisses his wife for the last time really got me.
10 likesFor me it was 45:20, its like seeing what he saw in his final moment
0 likesBeing completely honest, before watching this video for the first time I always made fun of nascar. My dad would watch it and I would ask him "This is so boring why do you like it?" but being honest, I am now a huge NASCAR fan. I even have a Dale Earnhardt poster in my room right now because of you.
75 likesOr the European version ayrton senna.
0 likes29:00 is that Zelda music 😂
0 likesMy uncle has always been one of the biggest NASCAR fans out there. When I was smaller I used to tell him the same thing, "cars running around in circles". You showed me that this sport has a purpose, and I can't wait to let my uncle know I would like to start watching NASCAR with him. Thank you lemon
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Watch him whip out the VHS tapes!
4 likes"You showed me that this sport has a purpose"...
0 likesYes. The PURPOSE is to earn money for the France family.
Alan Trimble that’s all about perception. Yes it was a private institution so of course it was made to make money. But that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the stories and significance the events had on the people watching it.
6 likesI hope you're serious about that.
0 likesNothing is more important than family, I'm willing to bet watching a few races with him will be some of the greatest memories you'll ever have
0 likesNetflix should hire you. The editing and production is the best ever.
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To be honest, Emp's best work would be choked to death for the sake of money. I just can't trust huge corporations like Netflix and Disney with making genuine content anymore.
1 like31:11 Billie Jean 8-bits edition
0 likesI've never heard about any of the people and I've never been interested in NASCAR, but you made me invested in every minute of this, and I got so sad at the end. Very good job!
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yepsii i know right. Somehow he made me care about a bunch of athletes in a sport I previously had no interest in in all of 55 minutes. Damn now I’ll be reading Wikipedia articles on nascar for the next few hours.
0 likeslisten I'm not crying i promise
1 likeCame back to this video because the legacy of Dale Earnhardt just saved Ryan Newman's life in the 2020 Daytona 500. Even if only just barely, the advances in safety spurred on by Dale's death just prevented another tragedy.
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Actually if you wanna get technical Newman saved his own life. Go google the "Newman Bar"
0 likesI wasn’t alive when Dale was, but my grandfather was. He went to every race he could, he owns a hat and jacket signed by Dale. I wish I could’ve met him.
80 likes"Do it for Dale."
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WarpMan909 hell yeah brother
11 likes"I tell you what"
1 like-Hank Hill
@XX_EPICGAMER69 _XX hwhat*
0 likesNo one truly knows how much love is in nascar, its appealing because the drivers all have there fan bases that we can relate to, not all legends live forever though, and then when they leave, the fanbases crumble, not with dale, he still has a fanbase today, and he will always live on as one of the greatest. Not everyone knows nascar, but if you get into it, youll see what im talking about, you feel what the drivers you like are going through, every win, every loss, every injury, you know, dale dying hit people hard, my dad was a fan of his since he was young and he told me the day dale passed, he cried. My dad is african american, and he loves nascar, i felt the same with ryan newman, one of my favorite drivers, when that crash happened at daytona, i thought he was a gonner bruh, i cried, but he was ok. Nascar is like any other sport, the love, the appeal, the action, and the controversy its all there, people should take it more for granted, not because its the best sport, but because it great.
49 likesThe previous title was "Nascar and the Art of Revenge", now it's "there will Never Ever be another drive like Dale Earnhardt", for anyone wondering
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That’s a different video
1 likeTwo different videos my guy.
0 likes"Dale Earnhardt was the IronMan of NASCAR"
100 likesGoddamn, post Endgame that statement is even truer.
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RacknPinion oh shit you’re right-
5 likeslmao the tf2 music makes this all the better
0 likesedit: nvm crying now
Daniel Ricciardo (Australian Formula 1 driver) uses number 3 as Earnhardt was one of his favourite drivers. Also his number 3 is a similar/same font
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Rusty Grapes really? Didn’t know that, thanks for the information 👍🏽
9 likesIt's the same font ;)
10 likesThat's really awesome thanks for that info👍
5 likesNO WAY!
1 likeIS IT SERIOUS?!
@Hiroka Akita yup
1 likeThere’s one slight difference, he has the three tilting in the opposite direction. Ricciardo is probably my favorite on the grid because of his aggressive racing style, just like Earnhardt.
8 likesSo:
302 likesElliott is McQueen
Earnhardt is Hicks
And Petty plays himself?
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The resemblace is uncanny
30 likesJeff Gordon is McQueen
38 likes@wyans that would be true until Jeff Gordon appears as a Corvette in Cars 2 (American Version)
22 likes@Colin Quirk while you could make that comparison in post, it should be noted that Joey Logano raced in NASCAR for the first time in 2008, Cars was released in 2006
12 likes0:49 top right corner, this has just turned wierd
10 likeswhy hasn´t anyone made a movie about him?
0 likesI had no idea who earnhardt was, so a 40:10 it was like seeing the finale of your favorite book series where the main character sacrifices himself
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i had a similar experience, i had heard of him, but i had no real knowledge of what had happened. this video made me really sad.
1 likeWell, Emp did say he was like IronMan
0 likesDale is the Chuck Norris of auto racing
1 likegrieving for a man who died 6 years before i was even born and i just learned about him today
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I live in the hometown and as soon as you come out the womb you will know about him.
20 likesdale was my childhood hero i was watching the race that day
5 likesYou are way too young damn
10 likes@Lmao Lmoo
13 likesWe're just getting old
@calamorta Jesus Christ man. Reading OP’s comment made me feel like a corpse and I’m 21
10 likesY r u so smol'?
0 likeskeep your ears and eyes open alot of old timers out there have stories like Dale some happy endings some not so much
1 like@Bandit Erm... I can understand that. I'm 53 and watched it live.
1 like@Max R. MaMint what were your thoughts when it happened i didn’t watch it as I wasn’t born yet
0 likes@Kirby killed A god I actually teared up, but not for Dale; I was watching Darrel's reaction to Michael's win. Live, no one knew Dale had just died. Everyone was so happy for Michael, and watching Darrel crying in joy for his little brother's long awaited win. A really cool, happy moment. Then the hammer came down "We lost Dale Earnhardt..." I felt so bad for Junior, and so bad for Michael. To be on Top of The World one second, and crushed the next. Kind of made that day extra shitty, tbh.
0 likes@Max R. MaMint o my that must have been so sad for Darrel
0 likesthat "I mean come on, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" transition will always give me the chills man
37 likes20:23 Anyone know what track that is ???
0 likes20 minutes in and I finally realize I'm just watching a synopsis of Cars from an alternate reality where Chick Hicks is the protagonist.
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But why
6 likesI like that analogy
17 likesAlso I presume the race track at the start of cars 1 is based off of the Daytona track
5 likesI realized that too...... Makes me hate how dirty they made Chick.....
7 likesElliot is definitely McQueen. Or meybe Jeff Gordon.
12 likes@cooldude 101011 the start of cars 1 is actually bristol motor speedway
1 likeBrandon Delpino thank you
0 likes@Franchesco and the king is richard penny
0 likes@atavoidturk the king was legit based off of and voiced by petty
9 likesIt's also a history lesson. Combining these two facts lead us to the terrible conclusion that reality is an alternate-universe version of Pixar's Cars
0 likes@cooldude 101011 The Florida track in Cars 3 is based off of Daytona
0 likesThe rdr2 music😂😂
0 likesI like most of this video but your point at the end about the sports failure because of its increase in safety nobody wants to see they’re favourite driver die or get injured I think it’s popularity waned because fans didn’t like the car of tomorrow and there favourite drivers retiring
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Cars of today are so bland. Sucks they got rid of wedge designs for the more rounder design
0 likesYou know you‘re watching something special when the promo has more effort put into it than most other youtubers put into their whole channel
12 likesThank you for this video
19 years later, we still love and miss him.
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Thats and understatement. That man
0 likesAlways will.
0 likesnascar is not dumb. nascar is not watching cars go around circles. it's ovals not circles. and it takes alot of skills to race in nascar
332 likesEdit: It's Been 20 Years Since we lost dale Earnhardt, Even Tho I wasn't Even Born Yet in 2001, It Still doesn't feeel like that long ago 😔 #3FOREVER
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in a game called real racing 3(mobile)there was once NASCAR racing (it got removed,fck you ea) and it was indeed harder than i expect it to be, because,even with steering assistant and traction controll(brake assist was there too but it makes you slower even on high-speed corners) you would still we easily drift away and bumping in other cars could lead to a loose to, nascar is truly not only going left for 70 laps
26 likesIndeed, is basically one of the hardest moves that you can do in racing.
23 likesEXTREME SPEED LONG TURNS.
+1 rep for u
2 likesAgreed. How many open wheel drivers have took their turn at NASCAR and have been mediocre. Juan Pablo Montoya is really the only recent driver with some success. Plus stock cars have none of the driver aids like F1 and IndyCar.
19 likes@Goomba007 You do realize that real racing is just a crappy mobile game with physics less realistic than Need For Speed
5 likes@Packle Kackle yes but i never talked about them
1 like@Goomba007 What do you even mean by that
0 likesAs someone who chased lap times in my local tracks and in videogames Oval Tracks are easily the hardest to do consistently.
3 likesThen add 20 other cars around you who have been doing it far longer than you and know how everyone else drives and all you can hope for is not DNF
Indeed, racing is the hardest sport because your door to door with your competitors at almost all time, you are always at risk of being crashed and you always have to be on your toes!
3 likes@Packle Kackle he never talked about the graphics
0 likes@schnik Neither did I
0 likes@James S Nascar really is its own beast but F1 doesn't have driver aids as well not sure about indy car
0 likesYeah but it’s not as cool as f1
0 likes@Adrian Magallanes Thats an opinion
0 likes@Adrian Magallanes the coolest category of racing is obviously lawnmower Racing
1 likeI mean sure it does. But you have to remember any sport can be made to seem dumb.
1 likeBasketball is just running up a court and throwing a ball into a hoop
AFL is just kicking a ball into a goal
Football is just kicking a ball into a goal
American football is just running up and down a field.
It’s not about how complex a sport is. It’s how interesting that basis is
He was joking
1 likeLaughs in rally
0 likes@That epic person Yeah lol, Nascar Sometimes Can Be Very Very Boring lol 😪😪😪
0 likesI remember my parents went to see this race, as huge Earnhardt fans... I was only 9 but I remember the immense sadness we all had when they got home. I had a poster of him up in my room for almost 10 years after that day.
32 likes40:24 "speeway"
0 likesDoes anyone know where I can find the sound effect/song at 28:00
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Final Fantasy X Soundtrack - The Silence Before the Storm
0 likesNever say never
0 likesis nascar really dying? I prefer the world of outlaws series but i grew up on nascar and also the Dirtcar Modified series in the northeast
0 likesAyo why the fuck am I crying right now
0 likesIt's February 18, 2021- who else is rewatching this masterpiece to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dale's passing?
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Yes
1 likeI'm still watching
1 likeWhy he have to die on my birthday
2 likesYes sir
0 likesI may or may not plagiarize this video for my language arts icon assignment
0 likesWhere can i find that pic on the thumbnail?
1 likeSoldiers are better than Astronauts, I have no doubt in that.
0 likes25:17
0 likesSummoningSalt flashbacks
rest in peace Dale. Us racing fans will always love you.
24 likes16:18 DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LETS GO AWAY!
0 likesI watched this with my son. He was driving me crazy to watch this, I knew the history of NASCAR and Earnhardt Family, but I gotta say that you did a great job of telling their story and the story of NASCAR in great detail. Ty
51 likesThis video is so sick. I've watched this video, completely ENTHRALLED like 3 times after initial watch, that's just how well Emp put it together. Cheers, Emp.
43 likesI´ve never heard of Dale Earnhardt before, yet here I am, crying to his death. Amazingly done video EmpLemon, absoultely amazing!
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He was my childhood hero I was watching the day he passed
4 likes@nascar and bowling fan 388 I vividly remember the day start to finish, one of the most vivid memories of my entire life. It tore my family apart. He was my family's hero, a terrible day.
1 like@Ryan Koch I started watching NASCAR in 1995 at 7 years old I was 12 when Dale died but in those 5 years he was my idol I admired him I still remember so much of that day myself how I was given the news and everything the only driver I ever cared about as much is his son Dale Jr
2 likesIt just amazes me that in movies I fail to become emotionally attached to anything, but this Youtube video, on a topic I don't have any reasonable frame of reference beyond the stereotypes, made me care and cry. Good stuff.
24 likesI just realized it’s been 2 years since this came out and I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched this
69 likesDidn't expect to see The Intimidator on this channel, good to know one of the most badass men to come out of NC is getting some love, even after his tragic death in the early 2000's
10 likesI cracked up when he mentioned how dale still got a top 20 even though he died
53 likesOf all the things that could possibly make me genuinely emotional I would never have thought that fucking NASCAR would be one of those things. Good video.
11 likesIt's eire how he blew that tire on turn 4 of the final lap when he was trying to win and walked away unscathed and then the one time he wasn't trying to win, that same turn, on the same lap... it was his last turn he took.
29 likesI honestly never thought I would care about nascar, but here we are. Thanks Emp
10 likesThis is my favorite video out there on NASCAR for one reason. It does so good at making you never lose interest. I’ve watched this at least 3 times through and will probably be back to watch it again soon
7 likesEdit: I’m back again
I knew about Dale and his crash before this, mostly from my dad telling me, but never in this full of detail. Awesome video for such a sad topic. Raise hell, praise Dale.
3 likesWhat a great tribute to an amazing racer. Thank you, sir!
1 likeYour Nascar videos are great. Takes me back to the Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart days when I was a kid.
3 likesI watched that whole thing and I'm glad I did. Beautiful video mate.
3 likes25:15 easily one of the best moments in all documentary/essay type videos ever.
4 likesi get it. what my dad always loved about it. what made him spend hours every saturday or sunday watching cars going around and around. thank you. you opened my eyes so much.
2 likesMy step dad was actually there at the 2001 Daytona 500 he watched the crash happen. He to this day says the accident looked very routine and like he should've been fine.
10 likesI remember my stepdad weeping like a child when this happened.
4 likesDude this is your best fucking video!!! Oh my god man I love every second of it, and I teared up at the end, he went out helping his team win and I have so much respect for that man
1 like3:55 "Expertly crafted machines" -> Shows the 2014 Ferrari
5 likesMy Sides
From a childhood NASCAR fan- THANK YOU for making this video. I'm happy you were able to share Dale's legacy with the world.
0 likesthis video is too good, never heard of the guy, have never actively watched racing, still made me tear up, bravo
0 likesI was watching the Daytona with my dad and pawpaw when Earnhardt died - I just remember my dad saying "somethings not right" a moment after the crash.
0 likesgreat video 👍
I feel like NASCAR was never about car go zoom it was about the drivers and there personalities and styles. Once that decline the sport did too.
4 likesBro You have officially become one of my college professors I love your work and videos
0 likesI used to be a HUGE NASCAR fan.
1 likeThe day Dale was killed changed everything for me.
It was NEVER the same again.
I can't believe it has been 20 years since that day. Unbelievable.
My family on my mom's side were HUGE Dale Earnhardt fans. This video actually made me emotional, but that would be a long story to explain why
1 likeI’ve never watched the same video repeatedly like I have this one. I’m a huge nascar fan and I love watching this!
0 likes45:19 what a majestic way to exit. The best death a man could have. Your last moment, a huge smile and the ultimate win.
0 likesGrew up a big NASCAR fan, but life got in the way. This video brought me back to being a fan of the sport. Glad I finally found this video.
0 likes40:23 Daytona International Speeway
12 likesEdit: Emplemon mentions this in his Fruit of the Loom video.
Please do one on Ayrton Senna, he is the Earnhardt of F1
2 likesI used to watch NASCAR religiously 20+ years ago when I was seven and I remember how hard Dale’s death hit everyone, even those that weren’t fans.
1 likei've watched this viedo 3 times since it was released and it is still as good.
1 likeI had several moments where I wellup with emotion and almsot cried over nascar thanks to this video never thought I would almost cry from nascar
0 likesi never understood the sport before and now i love it
1 likeGreat documentary, strong Jon Bois vibes, all around top storytelling!
0 likesAh yes the early days of racing when safety equipment was a suggestion
0 likesTwo years on and still my favourite YouTube video
0 likesThanks for making this amazing video it made my day
1 likeMy grandpa would take me to nascar races with 2 of his friends and they were all unforgettable experiences
0 likesI swear this guy is good at writting essays 😂or studies journalism or something
3 likesMan I’ve watched this so many times, and commented idek how many times; but everytime this vid makes me cry. I honestly don’t know why
1 likeThat Gran Turismo music really got me there at 23:06
0 likesHow could i forget such an important aspect of my childhood?
The writing and video editing is very much on point in this video. However the ending message left a bad taste in my mouth, kinda feels like a slap in the face after watching a really great video. 7.5/10
1 like2007 was my first like. Since then I'd only liked 60 other videos till today. Easily one of the most captivating videos on the platform. Also I guess background, non-American, who figured NASCAR was a stupid sport, that I couldn't understand why anyone was interested in, and was expecting to not enjoy this video at all. And I also had no clue who Dale was.
0 likes45:20
0 likesYou got me crying, not even gonna lie
i love learning about nascar thru your videos
1 likeIt was incredibly hard to watch the race when Dale died because at the end Dale Jr. went running across the track after finishing and it kinda scarred me
0 likesLiterally top 3 video on YouTube of all time for historic commentary
1 likeAlmost never watched NASCAR, yet shed a single tear on his death.Way to go.
0 likesman i’ve grown up with first track and i wanna be a dirt track racer maybe even a nascar racer but i’m not gonna stop watching nascar and dirt races for a long whole
0 likesWhenever resonance comes, you know something big is gonna happen
0 likesOne of my earliest memories is watching 3 the dale earnhardt story with dad and this video just takes me back
0 likesIt hurts to hear the intro of this video... but I agree the 21st century killed nascar. Whe someone won nascar you could've drove drove down to a car dealership and see the sponsor car that won and you could buy it. That's how big nascar was, now nothing.
1 likeI live about 2 minutes from the Dale Earnhardt memorial in kannapolis and I still see tons of people go there every day
0 likesWho tf down voted this? Great job with this video!
0 likesAll that fateful day damn I remember it like it was yesterday number 3 you live on in our hearts you are dearly missed
0 likesThis video is so good it actually scared me with the crashes
1 likeI don't usually like videos but this one 😢 made me tear up
0 likes"Rendering them virtually unable to contact each other on the track as even a slight tap can produce a scrapyard of wrecked racecars". See last 100 restrictor plate races at Talladega and Daytona for reasons why that logic doesn't hold.
0 likesAs a fella from the uk who’s never watched nascar unless you count Ricky Bobby, how you made me love dale earnhardt is a testament to your writing
0 likesYou know he is going to win the race when the footage has euro beat soundtrack
0 likesrip legend
0 likesDE was the man, and it was a sad day when we found out he died.
0 likesDale's death had the same effect on NASCAR that Aryton Senna Elio De Angelis's deaths did on F1.
0 likesDe Angelis's death during a testing session in 1986 spelled the end of the ultra high powered turbo era of 80's F1 which ushered in the naturally aspirated engine formula that would last until 2008 and completely changed the way racing circuits were required to staff their facilities during test sessions while Senna's death resurrected the GPDA and completely changed the way that the FiA thought about safety for the first time in 20 years.
its definitely a crime to watch this for free
2 likesDale Earnhardt hart and taladega nights together made me love this sport
0 likesI read the book "Earnhardt Nation" about the history of the Earnhardt family and NASCAR and it gives you a whole new perspective on them. And legend has it that when both Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt were both racing, Darrell was (and still is) a Christian and his wife would write a Bible verse that Darrell would put on his dashboard and Dale found out about it since they were great friends and Dale started to do that as well and put a Bible verse on his dashboard and also became a Christian. Just before the 2001 Daytona 500, just before the race started Dale still didn't have his Bible verse and refused to race if he didn't have it, but they eventually got it to him. That could've saved his life
0 likesThe eurobeat was absolutely perfect
0 likesYes, good point bit maybe the best drivers were the ones we made along the way.
0 likesI became a fan of nascar ever since i watched Cars.
1 likeYou know what… you convinced me to like nascar
0 likesWell Emp, You convinced me.
1 likeLove him
0 likes11:00 I bet I know as many names in that top 8 from 1979 as I do from the entire current corp of cup drivers. And I wasn't even born yet in '79
0 likesIt’s not just like Michel or Tom falling dead, it’s like as if it was an even game and, game is about to end, and you score the last couple of points before the game ends and they where to drop dead, almost poetic
0 likesI love that you used Calm Before the Storm. 🖤
1 like16:50 - can we take a moment to appreciate that Dollar Shave Club ad DESTROYING Gillette. Bravo, sir.
0 likesnascar is def dying, but i feel its making a comeback. I went to a race in feb and the stands were packed full
0 likesPOV: you become a massive NASCAR fan after watching this
0 likesMade me tear up 🥲
0 likesHes the goat of nascar
1 likeMan could this make a great movie. I mean, look at what they did with Ford vs Ferrari, kinda give it that feeling but make it Dale's career, that could be epic
0 likesI dont watch nascar, but the argument "They just go in a circle" is really dumb when you consider that Drag racing is literally 2 cars going in a straight line for a few seconds.
1 likeI knew what happened to him but the music made me cry
1 likeMy mother's late friend was an eccentric rich Floridian man who was in a pacer car at the Daytona 500 the day Earnhardt died. Mom's friend had apparently been super excited, especially since he was a massive Earnhardt fan. He left early and was on his way home, listening to the rest of the race on the radio when the announcement came through. Mom was visiting at the time he arrived home, she said he went to his office and sat there in silence til morning. He'd been a huge car and racing enthusiast for his entire life, but stopped after that day.
0 likes...Honestly, after watching this, I'm kinda surprised nobody has made a movie about him... Or some sort of animated series. Hell, Japan has done plenty of weird Anime about obscure shit from the West. I bet one of them could get somethin' going with this.
1 likeI mean, he's got all the hallmarks of a great show/movie... Or even an anime. Starts from nothing, father doesn't want him racing... Starts racing anyway, and forces himself up to the top of the top. Coming dangerously close to becoming the literal greatest driver in the sport's history... Only to finally, tragically, fall short... But perish watching those he loves and cherishes get the win, despite it all. Perhaps not a hero, but quite the story, regardless.
snarling jaws of death timestamp: 24:49
1 likeKevini Harvick: Hold my beer
1 likeNASCAR, the more you know, the more you like!
0 likes"You could have just said its marble racing but with cars."
0 likesIt is my 7th or 8th time watching this video. I regret nothing.
1 likeI like nascar. Not because it’s a great series, I like it because it’s a fun series to watch
0 likesRip dale earnhardt
0 likesOmg I've watched this video like 3 times and only just realised you made it the third episode because of his number 3.
0 likes35:05 chills
0 likes"It's nearly impossible to find anyone these days who cares about NASCAR"
0 likesTell that to the still dedicated fans, 679,000 people subscribed to the NASCAR YouTube channel, and celebrity fans of the sport such as Kevin James, Chris Evans, James Franco, Alvin Kamara, Michael Jordan, etc. There are still plenty of people who care about NASCAR today
But I'm glad you're trying to change that
Raise hell, praise Dale!
1 likeYeah they definitely forced his grandson into that 3 car and gave him that 500 win not even a nascar fan but that just seems most likely
1 likeDidn't expect to cry watching this
0 likesThat thing where earnhearts tire blew up at the last lap happened in cars lol, I didn’t know cars took inspiration from actual racing and that’s cool
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Bruh how did you not know that? I take it you didn't realise that Richard Petty's car and crash are literally in the movie? As well as other racers like Andretti, Dale Jr., and Waltrip?
0 likesOr maybe even that the fact that the first and last race takes place in a cartoon version of Bristol and Auto Club?
@TRENT maybe because I was 4 when I watched cars and the inspiration they took wasn’t what I was focusing on
0 likes@AmazingMan14 you ain't got no argument because I was also 4 when I first saw it
0 likes@TRENT this is quite literally the only racing video I have ever seen, even if including tv
0 likesJust wanted to say I have a Monte Carlo aero coupe that dale practiced in not to brag or anything lmao
0 likesThere will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt Sr. in NASCAR because the people ruining ( I mean running ) NASCAR will never allow it.
0 likesThe organization that was NASCAR is so diluted I'm surprised it's still around.
I was stone cold until mike joy broke down after the Atlanta race
0 likesthis is my favorite video on youtube
0 likesDale ain't Dead. He's just a lap ahead
0 likes"Daytona International Speeway" - 40:21
1 likeThis was good and I've never watched Nascar.
0 likesI will never be able towatch NASCAR, but man. What a story. I have ADHD and its so hard to keep me watching something. But i never for a second got uninterested.
1 likeDont let Teresa see that Dollar Shave Club ad. She'll sue you, DSC, youtube, all the people who watched your vid, the phone companies that made the phones along with the ISPs that provided the wifi signals.
1 likeShe IS that "sue" happy.
6:57 “ if everyone were talented, no one would be”
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He’s correct
0 likesHonestly I don’t really care about nascar I just like emp’s videos
0 likesi would give 1 billion bucks or all the cash in the wordl to watch a nascar race live at the track
0 likesWhy am i crying over cars
1 likeI have a Dale sr. Card from when he won at Atlanta in 1990 and idk if he was holding Dale Jr or not
0 likesyou have unlocked: segway master
0 likesI love how he uses the TF2 ost for his videos
0 likesYet most people can’t tell the indi 500 from the Daytona 500 and neither from what they guess is a massive deal on chicken nuggets at McDonald’s.
0 likesBroke his sternum, collarbone, and shoulder...raced the next week. That might trump Favre for staying in the 'game
0 likesRecommendation.
8 likesPlease do a never ever on Scott cawthon.
At least to me, there will never ever be another game developer as caring, open, and great as him.
This is the most Jon Bois video not made by Jon Bois and I love it
0 likesAnybody interested in an Emplemon video on MMA?
0 likesAll i want is "there will Never Ever be another fighter like Fedor Emelianenko"
NASCAR has literally been racing on road courses since its beginning, but ok lol
0 likesSooo I guess I’m a nascar fan now
0 likesLess people watch because now, the drivers are young and wealthy. Back at the beginning, they were older and had to really work for their cars and all the parts. They make way too much money now and young drivers just aren't relatable to older people. The racing started by driving moonshine and drivers today are too young to drink.
1 likeI’m a nascar fan
0 likesHouse of the rising sun. Nice!
0 likesyou make me like NASCAR
0 likesCan't stop rewatching this. As morbid as it is to say.
0 likes25:14 here’s why you are here
0 likes7:50 I wasnt sure if you were ripping a clip directly from 17776 here
0 likes25:14 what a @Wirtual moment
0 likesIn grand turismo I was in dale jrs car me and my dad were racing in Daytona like I said I was in dale jrs car and my dad was in jeff Gordon's car and again like I said we were racing in Daytona in the game and I crashed like dale sr
0 likesI live in Kannapolis and oh boy downtown is Dale.
1 likeHey I love nascar and I’m British 😟
0 likesI'm so sorry I ever talked trash about Nascar.
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Same
29 likesNascar is the good shit
8 likes@ShaddyCrunchum Damn straight. It may not be like the glory days but I can still find some enjoyment watching those stock cars turn left for hours haha.
12 likesThanks
0 likesIf dollar shave club didn't pay you an actual boatload of money for that ad they got a steal.
0 likesstarted not knowing a single thing about the man. ended almost crying. emp you make amazing stuff dude.
83 likesThat's it, now I'm Dalepilled
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#DoItForDale
11 likesEmbrace Dale Nationalism
14 likes“Raise hayull and praise dayull”
12 likesI’ve never watched a single nascar race but this video has me crying
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Almost 20 years later, it still hurts.
4 likesSame
1 likeI was sobbing for minutes after the video ended
wipes eyes with budlight hat do it for dale.
0 likes45:17 that brings a tear to even the toughest person, especially the thought he died knowing that his team won.
17 likesDude that dollar shave club ad was the most glorious thing i ever seen ever.
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Your name is the most glorious thing I've ever seen ever. I love the name and the npc wojak.
11 likesYeah, most other sponsors are just them explaining how good the thing is. This is like an actual ad
17 likesBut for real, Dale had a damn fine mustache.
12 likesDude that transition from the ad back to the video was some slick shit
1 likeYou've convinced me with this video. And I really believe you've got a mastery over editing, pacing, and getting someone hooked on any subject. The level of quality for the changing between slides as well as your soundtracks picked are perfect. A far cry from the old YTP days.
17 likesI still like it
0 likesDale Jr. interviewing Dale Sr. at 37:18, that’s the purest, most cutest shit I’ve ever seen.
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Wholesome 100
5 likesThats the cutest shit I've ever seen in my life. Car Alarm Squeal
0 likesreal wholesome hours rn
0 likesWow... I'm into Motorsports, but I've never been following any specific series from start to finish, just a bit of everything. Before this, NASCAR to me seemed like it does to most others - just cars, going in circles. I never imagined that it was so competitive, just like many other sports. As the documentary was progressing, I was getting attached to this sport and Dale Earnhardt himself. By the end of the documentary, the bond was strong and I actually felt emotional how other teams came over to congratulate the racer after winning Daytona 500, how people would put 3 fingers in the air to pay homage to the legendary racer. What an amazing documentary. Thank you for making it
14 likesBest Dollar Shave Club ad ever.
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DAYTONNNNNNNNA
3 likesRichard petty and dale Earnhardt are two sides of the same coin think about it.
0 likesUntil an hour ago I didn’t know anything about NASCAR, and now I’m crying over this man
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Same. Undoubtedly the mark of an amazing content creator
0 likesMuch respect for sharing the legend of Dale Earnhardt to the next generations
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You need to upload more bro, we love you
1 like@John Smith i didnt know i was missed. what content do you like?
0 likesNASCAR had better ratings than the NBA in 2020 just saying.
1 likeI grew up in rural Alabama, not too far from Talledega. In fact, I used to pass it every day on my way to work. But that was after. I had a friend over when it happened. We came out to see my dad crying. We were upset ourselves, and the play date just didn't seem the same.
71 likesThank you for telling the story of the man we all venerated, because he earned it.
Hey at 40:25 it says speeway just so you know emp
0 likesThis video came on via auto play I considered skipping it
0 likesI'm glad I didn't
I grew up with #3. He was my childhood hero. I cried when I found out he died. This is, by far, the best capture of Dale's legacy I've ever watched. 👍🏎️🏁
16 likesi'm a euro who knows NOTHING of nascar and i've watched this three times. fantastic effort.
38 likesI imagine videos like this take a lot of out a person but they're worth every ounce of it.
cheers
trying not to cry
0 likesfailing
As someone who grew up with NASCAR racing my entire childhood in the middle of Florida, going to Daytona and seeing the 500 was the highlight of every year. We would wait for February every year and be ecstatic to see the 500. We weren’t at the race that day, but I will never forget the day Dale Earnhardt died. Wether you agree with his racing techniques or not, he will go down as a legend of racing, and sports in general. RIP Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt (1951-2001).
8 likesI've been a Nascar fan since the early 80's and I can tell you many reasons why Nascar has declined drastically. The sponsors gained way too much power, Nascar went into this gimmick phase, they screwed up the cars big time, tried to take the drivers and teams freedom of speech away, fans got suspicious about the possibility of races being fixed, it got way too expensive to attend races, some of the more popular tracks like Bristol, Darlington, and Atlanta were ruined by replacing or having their second dates taken away, the drivers with the exception of a handful are corporate drones, and the overall tv experience is just way better now. There will never be drivers like Dale Sr who can take ill handling fire breathing chariots from hell and win with them. RIP Dale Sr, the racing world hasn't been the same since you've left us!
31 likesRemember watching Dales last race with my father when I was 9 years old, 19 years ago. It was never the same after that.
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I, this brought up so many memories for my 9th birthday my dad got us all tickets to go see our favorite driver at California that year.
6 likesI was cuddles up with my dad watching this race, watching Mikey going for the win, the crash, we thought it was bad, but he has been in worse right?
Then the announcement, we all cried. At the race that year, we got to sign the truck, and put our 3s up on lap 3.
People watch NASCAR for the same reason people watch rocket launches.
0 likesand that's why IndyCar and Rallying are so popular
132 likesand now
there will Never Ever be another era like Group B.
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Auto Racing Playlists group b is the most amazing period in all of motor racing.
15 likes@Techn9cian123 where are the personality drivers at nowadays? I mean shit, there are badass drivers out there with no personality
7 likesWalter Rohrl, who drove the group B audi is still alive. It's crazy to think he memorized 40km stage after a single practice run, then drove it in the fog and at night at full speed and was 5 minutes faster than anyone else that day.
3 likes@Davidoffthat's just the power of a rally driver for you man, we are just made to anticipate every corner to a degree thanks to a helpful co-driver
0 likesbut sadly, rally drivers are not made like that anymore since consistency earns you more money than being a personal driver who likes to be spectacular t o watch, not some alien dude whom gets consistant timesand placements, doesn't take very many risks, good on him, but boring to spectate for the sport
0 likesHey? LeMans?
0 likesIndyCar has a growing young fanbase because I heard that they think its like a video game they are going so fast. Watch any Indy Oval race and you will see why, especially Texas.
1 likePlease continue repeating this until everyone is ready to vomit...
0 likesHad to come back and watch this on the anniversary of Dale's death, thought we had another one last night with Ryan Newman, thankfully safety advancements definitely saved his life.
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LateNightMenace I like to think Dale was saying “It ain’t your time yet kid.”
1 likeNobody like EmpLemon can make a sport like NASCAR this interesting.
14 likesFantastic editing and presentation! This was better than a lot of professionally produced look backs.
12 likesomg isn't it the most dramatic thing there is??
0 likesI haven't watched a race since he died. Just wasn't and isn't the same.
0 likesFor real EMP, keep makin more documentaries like this. You're doin great
27 likesyou make topics that i don't even care about or i find boring really compelling.
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I would've never thought I would watch a 54 min documentary about racing and be interested all the way through
1 likeGotta be bad for the brand when the car that crashes into and kills Dale Earnhardt has M&M's plastered all over it
0 likesThis is unironically one of the best documentaries i ve ever watched and I don´t even like racing all that much.
20 likesi was a large fan of dale earmhardt as a.kid i still have his cars in my collection... i was at the firecracker 400 where he won and the daytona 500 where he died. the first time they introduced an "earnhardt" section... i was wondering why he drove irractically and out of character on the back strecth...(had he gone for the win himself and not block for that loser michael waltrip to win he would still be alive) ..
89 likesi was at turn 4 and focused on the crash instead of victory lane....
it was immediately different. the diver that hit earnhardt into the wall immediately jumped out pointing to dale's car... i then saw his wife run towards the car as the crew placed a blue tarp on top of the car...i am in one of photos of the wreckage as a spectactor
i already knew that something terrible happenned something that was at the very least career ending. i was thinking a lost hand... on my way home i heard on the radio he had died... i could not believe it... i still can not...
as a nascar and race fan over all we did not want to see our heros die.... but we did see them as invincible... i became less of a fan for other reasons... one race the track fell apart during the race... then rain outs... open wing cars can drive in rain. i am now into grand turing or f1 racing more than nascar.. also green white checkard rules and slower cars as well as constant rule changes and corruption regulated the sport down to almost jai lai levels of popularity...
there is however a surprising amount of high technology involved in each race team and a lot goes on behind the seens that will definately take the hic stereotype out of anyones head once they see the garages and the cars themselves.
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My mother was a big and NASCAR Dale Earnhardt fan
1 like40:21
0 likesSPEEWAY 😂
why tf am i watching a nascar video at 3am
1 likeYou've done it twice, made me actually interested in something I've never cared about.
35 likesGood Video.
RIP Dale
What’s the name of the music in the sponsor
0 likes0:49
1 likesneed
😢
0 likesI'm from the UK, so the only one of these videos I can really relate to with previous knowledge was Spongebob, but this video series has educated me on things I had no idea about and are so entertaining I have watched each at least four times. Really looking forward to the next episode.
45 likesTo bad they fined rusty about the HANS device then after dale it was made mandatory
0 likesI live near the Daytona Speedway! Fun fact, the stands are so large, that they had to take into account the curvature of the Earth during it's construction.
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Tell that to a flat earther....
19 likeswdym its flwat durhh
8 likesthe earth is actually a dohecadedron
3 likestHE eaRTH Is A CUBE, OPEN yOUR eYES
1 likeThe average weight of a 'murican most likely had something to do with it as well..
2 likes83 Peeans dying during a race? Where is that footage? That would be something worth watching.
0 likesI never expected to watch a +50 min video about a guy who was really good at driving a car on an oval track against other racers and enjoy it so much.
9 likesYour the only YouTuber that can captivate me for almost one hour on cars going around in circles.
8 likesAlex Palou has entered the chat
1 likeAn Asian man made a black man cry over a white man, bravo good sir
0 likes“All war is deception"
112 likes-Dale Earnhardt
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"Remember, no restrictor plates." -Dale Earnhardt
26 likes"Be extremely hit and run, even to the point of polarizing"
17 likes- Sun Tzu
@Techno Spyform1 “If fighting is sure to result in victory than you must fight!”
9 likes- Sun Tzu
@dj_rippaz
3 likesSun Tzu said that
"It is not enough that I should succeed, all others must fail."
4 likes-Dale Earnhardt
"We will fight them on the beaches"
4 likes-Dale Earnhardt
@hazman232 The restrictor plate ate it all up, and it was probably more dangerous than when we were runnning at 210"
6 likes- Winston Churchill
If fighting is sure to result in victory than you must fight
0 likesDidn't know he was was holding back others from overtaking his team. What a legend.
30 likesHe was a great driver, and his death was extremely tragic, but I personally felt like he was dangerous/reckless.
1 likeIf you were in the lead, and he managed to get up close to you in the last few laps of a race, you either got out of his way, or he was absolutely going to crash you. The amount of final lap crashes he caused in the 2nd place position is astounding.
There will never be another driver like him cause Nascar has turned to shit
0 likesMan who even is this Dale earnhart...
555 likes10 minutes in:wow he's good
In the end :HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO DIE GOD DAMN IT *Cries
thanks for the likes guys :D
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He was my favorite driver and NASCAR's greatest driver ever
13 likesman, funny as hell comment. yea he was amazing driver def. one of the best
1 likewow people actually noticed this comment,thanks guys
1 like@dallasgaben 👍👍👍👍
1 likeDallas Gaben, your comment seems a lot like Dale.
3 likes1978: " Who is that stroker (desperate driver trying to get signed)?
1979:ROTY
1980: Winston Cup Champion. "Wow! This cat's good!"
February 18, 2001. Darrell Waltrip, after the race ends, "Is Dale ok? I hope Dale's ok......"
Mike Helton, "This is undoubtedly the hardest thing I've ever had to say, but after the crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500, we've lost Dale Earnhardt....."
NASCAR fans, employees, and drivers collectively, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
I'd say that he died a cool death, doing what he loved. As Dale himself said, when asked whether he had the choice of racing or doing something else, what would he choose? "I'd wanna race!"
@Christopher Graham wow never thought my comment would've been similar to anything,i just really like the video and got a little bit emotional after watching it,it's really cool to know that,thanks mate :D
0 likesDale was an ass on the track, but off the track and in the garage, he was the go-to guy for advice. He was THE boss in garage area, and if you got out of line during the race, you can be sure he'll pull you aside afterwards and rip you a new one.
0 likesPeople need to stop acting suprised that their public YouTube comments happen to be seen by other people
0 likes@Soup well it's like finishing an exam paper and getting high marks, it's possible and expected but it just doesn't happen all the time
0 likeshow dare people compare you to the internets own jon bois
0 likesTalk about Ayrton Senna
0 likesThere will never ever be another driver like ayrton senna is another one we need
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Why? The masterful 2010 Senna documentary already exists.
1 likeHis death still hurts me to this day and I didn't even like the guy as a driver, I thought he raced like a jerk off by wrecking other team's cars. Drivers not being safe isn't why nascar isn't as popular as it was and that's insulting that'd you even suggest that. The problem is 100% the gimmicks and stupid rule changes done over the past decade or so. No one asked for or wanted the chase or stage racing, it's goofy. Only good thing they've done is add more road courses, I've always liked the road courses. I'd watch again if they got rid of those two things, they removed the strategy and endurance from the racing entirely with stages and the chase is just stupid. I haven't watched a race in probably 3-4 years now.
0 likes40:22 it says speeway
0 likesWas the thing at 0:12 intentional
0 likesThis video is why hearing "We're Finally Landing" by Home moves me to tears now. There's just something about how your timing, your use of that song, turned it into a bittersweet portent of the tragedy that befalls the hero of the story you've told.
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Lol thx for giving me the song's title! I've heard it in, like, 3 separate videos from some of my favorite channels, but I couldn't find its name– til now
4 likes"have you ever seen a nascar fly?"
75 likesHome - We're Finally Landing
that got me harder than it should have
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25:10
2 likesWow, what an amazing story. I always grew up hearing his name, but I never knew how important he was. I think I'll look into the sport even more now because of this legend and his backstory. Thank you.
16 likesEmp, if dale was alive today, god bless his soul, I think this video would have made him shed tears of joy.
27 likes"I mean come on, have you ever seen a nascar fly?" (Shows pictures of a nascar flying) [Starts playing "We're finally landing" by Home]
135 likesThe irony in that is kinda funny.
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Calling back to that song before directly calling back to the most tragic accident being both missed and caused by inches was genius. It chilled me to the bone.
9 likesYou need to do one for Senna, and even one for Dale Jr because of the absolute weight of the legacy left on his shoulders
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When I read the first few words of the title I thought it would be about Senna. But this was also a great video, and a story I had no idea about
0 likesBeautiful man, beautiful story, beautiful end. I stopped watching nascar when I was little but I will never stop thinking that dale was an amazing man and role model
5 likesI've watched this 5 times, never disappointed. Thank you Emp
8 likesI just watch this video over and over again so well made!!!! this is the mentor I need!!!
3 likesWatching him hold back the entire pack so his son and teammate could win, made me smile and cry with the symbolism because it killed him.
2 likesAs someone raised on Nascar, there’s almost no greater hero to a kid growing up in rural Appalachia than Dale, I say this being a lifetime Gordon fan. I was born months after Dale’s death and throughout my childhood my brother (who’s a dirt track racer here) would always tell me about the man. I read biographies, I watched old recordings, and I cherish it so much. Dale may have been #3 but in the hearts of all fans he remains #1.
2 likesYour videos have the most rewatchability out of every content creator I can think of.
2 likesI honestly have no words.. this content and it's presentation... Amazing job Emp
0 likesThis isn't a video, this is true art! Well done, EmpLemon!
0 likesI am in awe of how good of a video this is. Outstanding work man.
0 likesit's a real tragic shame that his stubborness cost him his life. if he was wearing a HANS he would still be alive.
9 likesIt should really say something about the video quality when I didn’t even know anything about NASCAR going into this, and I still cheered when Dale won the Daytona 500
2 likesWhat an excellent video. I remember exactly where I was when I learned that he died.
0 likesI watched it happen live and cried that day. A year later my brother took me there for my birthday. Landed in Tampa and got a white rental. We duct taped a perfect number three to each door and hauled add to Daytona. God it still hurts thinning about Dale.
0 likesThat commercial break killed me xD
1 like" HE HAS IT , YOU CAN HAVE IT TOO ! "
"I'm all for safety, but racing like that is no fun"
1 likewell there you go
I just read the title and went, "you're damn right there won't."
15 likesAll these years later, I still cried hearing the announcement of his Death. RIP
0 likesThis is the best video about
0 likesDale Earnhardt, the way you put it together kept my attention and had me glued to it the whole time, you knocked it outta the park Emp!!!-
That analogy with the astronaut was genuinly one of the best transitions I've ever seen
0 likesHad nothing to do with nascar before, thank you for giving me a 1 hour trip to its roots!
0 likesi dont cry when i watch really anything, but this video almost gets me every time
0 likesBrother you encapsulated everything I have ever felt you made my wife cry and she's not even a Nascar fan well part-time Nascar fan I love that era I remember watching it on TV I remember waiting for Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500 you encapsulated everything that was meaningful about that man's existence my hats off to you thank you
0 likesIt took him 20 years to win the Daytona 500, and it's been 20 years since his death. RIP Dale
0 likesMy grandfather grew up next door to Ralph and Martha, and got in trouble all the time for racing his cars with Dale. My family has been close with the Earnhardts for decades. I will never forget where I was when I heard the news that he had passed away.
1 likeGrowing up from 86 in NC, an hour west of Charlotte
0 likesIt always felt like Dale was the most popular driver, everyone loved him, hated Gordon and now the phrase is raise hell, praise dale
My dad was a huge dale fan so it rubbed off on me as a kid but it felt like everyone around me loved dale too
Anyone notice that at 38:14 EmpLemon used the orchestral version of Deja Vu eurobeat as the bmg? Amazing choice!! KANSEI NO DRIFUTO!!!
3 likesEven I, as a Jeff Gordon fan cried when Dale died. I feel as if a lot of Gordon fans were fans of Dale as well.
0 likesMy great grandfather used to race back at Daytona back in the day, my nana says he was really good
0 likes25:17 gets me every time
0 likesThinking that the last thing Dale Sr. saw was his son and Waltrip racing to the finish line, was difficult to imagine without having a few tears stroll down your cheeks. Sr. was one of my top favorite drivers, as well as my dad and his dad’s favorite driver. My paternal grandfather would say “He don’t take shit from nobody.” I mean, he’s called “The Intimidator” for a reason. I wasn’t born at the time he died but, with the combination of hearing my dad talk about him, and seeing some past races, he became one of my favorite NASCAR drivers. He’s one that will be deeply missed by the ones who loved him. I’m sure his dad, Ralph would be proud of him.
1 likeR.I.P DALE EARNHARDT SR. (The Intimidator) and to others who passed from racing.
Never thought NASCAR would make me cry
1 likeI wasn’t even alive when Dale Earnhardt died and I still cried the first time I saw the crash
0 likesI really like this video and the way the story is topd. However, I think you should have mentioned that Earnhardt actively rejected the HANS. This stubbornness cost him his life.
0 likesBro this nearly got me in tears. Huge F
0 likesThis video is amazing keep it up!
0 likesThis is exactly why you're the best YouTuber man. 7:03
1 likeHe died a legend. He died doing something he loved. How many people could truly say they died doing something they loved if they had the chance to do so?
0 likesGrowing up I had a Dale Earnhardt lunch box with the black number 3 right on top. I had known from the start that Dale Earnhardt had died racing on the final lap of Daytona, but no one ever told me that he died while protecting his team and his son. As a grown man who has never watched a full NASCAR race, I started to cry when I heard that.
0 likesincredibly well written and narrated video
0 likesI know everything there is to know about Dale. He is the reason I started watching nascar. And was the reason I stopped watching nascar on February 18, 2001.
0 likesI come from a small town in Southeast Indiana, and my grandparents got me into Nascar, especially my grandpa.
0 likesI remember spending Sunday afternoons after church with my grandpa in the living room watching cars make constant left turns, surrounded by the smell of Budwieser and Planters honey roasted peanuts, enraptured by the roar of engines and him yelling at the TV. My grandpa was (and to my knowledge still is) a diehard Dale Earnhardt fan, so I was too. In fact, unlike many, I became a fan of his bump and go racing because of my being an Earnhardt fan, not the other way around.
I was six years old when we watched that race together. My dad, his son, had been killed in a brutal car accident when I was still a baby, and I think it hit my grandpa especially hard. My grandma had always been a Jeff Gordon fan, and because of that he had always been my second favorite, suddenly bumped up to first to fill the void.
I'd still watch races with my grandpa, but it was never the same. Girls and Halo slowly replaced Nascar, and by the time I hit high school, I hadn't sat and watched a race in a while. Honestly, Dale Earnhardt himself was the draw for me, and when he died in that crash, so too did my zeal for Nascar.
Only now, in my late twenties, am I getting back into local racing, amateurs at local tracks driving their own vehicles, free of sponsorships and deals. The drivers are normal people with day jobs that you see out in town and they work on their cars themselves.
Dale’s death is like a wise masters death in movies after he sees his student’s success and he dies with peace and a smile.
0 likesAlso this guy really knows what buttons to push with the Gran turismo music.
Love the ending, exceptional video
1 likeThis has got to be the best Dale Earnhardt video to exist. It explains NASCAR and its history so well.
0 likesThis video is hard to watch but thank you for making it
0 likesDamn he made me find enjoyment in nascar
0 likes"The Luckiest Driver in NASCAR"
1 likeRyan Newman has entered the chat.
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he is the new man
0 likesman i really love your use of team fortress 2 music! it fits so well
0 likesWow that segway from the ad back to the video was beautiful 👌
0 likes....
1 likeI owe you one, Now i,m into cars.
I'll strive to be a real mechanic, unlike my father.
The only YouTube video that can make me cry by the end
1 likeIt was his son raising up the three that got me
2 likesThere is absolutely nothing in the world like WINNING! Doesn't matter what kind of sport or competition it is. Winning beats everything.
0 likesOne shot of nostalgia, extra strong, please.
1 likeHe could turn left with the best of them
1 like@EmpLemon, Dale's death would sadly be overshadowed later that year by an even bigger tragedy. On that would happen in September.
0 likes“He died doing what he wanted. No matter what right? I bet he was happy.” - Guts
0 likesI love your docs emp.
0 likesLove the final fantasy track you slipped in there!!!!!
0 likesI might be late Af but this is good. Now we just need a story about Schumacher
0 likesI will miss you dale
0 likesHappy 4th or July! :)
1 likeThis is the best way to get it started
This may be one of the only videos I barely go back to watch again because of how it sadly grounds you when IT comes, it's just...
0 likes45:13
I’ve watched this twice and i’m on the third run now
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Same bro, dale is probably my favorite driver, even though I've mostly only seen reruns of his races, I did see the race where he died though
1 likeits such a great video
1 likeI love love love NASCAR and its the only sport I think about when you say sport because I am a nerd about cars, engineering, and how to re fix a car
0 likesMan, 2001 was an unlucky year…
0 likesYou gotta do one on the corvette challenge as dumb as it sounds i feel like a lot of those who pulled out where sore losers
0 likesThis is my 5th time watching it and i finally realised at 40:21 he spells speedway wrong and says speeway
0 likesthis content is so good
0 likesThis video actually made me care about NASCAR lol
0 likesMy grandparents have an autographed Dale Earnhardt figurine.
1 like25:24 i love the Summoning Salt reference
1 likePlease never delete !😍🤩
1 like"accidentally" become the best in the world
1 likeGood video emp, quick favor can you tell me the name of the song in the background of 46:10. Loved your video can’t stop watching
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gusty garden galaxy from super mario galaxy
0 likesIncredible video.
0 likesI turned 6 the day this happened I was heartbroken
0 likesDude I loved nascar before but you literally made me a nascar simp
0 likesDidnt notice this was almost a full hour video
0 likes3:43 Oh god yes the early Grand Turismo OST
0 likesAmazing video.
0 likeswell, the only logical step after this is a video on Senna.
0 likesAnyone else notice that Dale's first car to be shown was number 8?
0 likesRAISE HELL, PRAISE DALE
1 likeI will say, it seems nascars popularity has stabilized recently so thats good
0 likesThe first cars movie makes so much sense now
0 likesPlease do a video on aryton senna.
0 likesThere will never ever be another YouTube like emplemon.
0 likesI love nascar
0 likesI love nascar
0 likesI love nascar
0 likes0:49 when you get your childhood ruined
1 likeIf Tom Brady actually died during the Super Bowl he would probably still find a way to win it.
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LMAO your not wrong
0 likes19:08 looks like live-action Cars
0 likesi just have one question, what is the outro song. the guitar playing, i dont think its listed in the music list. do anyone know?
0 likesNASCAR needs to get rid of the chase and playoffs, use the old system, and there needs too be more rivalries
0 likes13 days after I was born. That’s crazy man
0 likesShould you make a video about NASCAR?
0 likesDo it....
Do it for Dale.
what a perfect outro
0 likes11:07 Storytelling 101
0 likesNASCAR is amazing
0 likesIt seems like restrictor plates made the races more dangerous
0 likesbruh how did u get me to cry to a nascar video
0 likesI watched NASCAR when people like Richard Petty, AJ Foyt, David Pearson and the Allison's were racing. I never watched when Earnhardt was racing and I don't watch now.
0 likesChase that Screwed Gordon did it for me!!
0 likes25:17 - nuf’ said
0 likesI love the tf2 sound track in the back ground
2 likesI still like nascar
1 likeWill Lewis Hamilton brake the Curse of the 7?
0 likesRichard who? Luckiest man on 4 wheels. But I guess it's true what Chuck Yeager said "I'd rather be lucky than good any day of the week"
0 likesNice ending
0 likesI don't give a witches tit about nascar and this vid had me glued to the screen. Fuckin riveting shit Emp...
0 likesYour Simpsons video pulled me in. This video made me subscribe.
0 likes31:35 a British guy commentating a nascar race dosen’t sound right
1 likethere is a typo at 40:22 (Look at speedway)
0 likesI love how you used tf2 music😂
0 likesFfx music at 28:00 you are my hero, also amazing video mate
1 likeYarborough, Allison, Earnhardt, Petty, Waltrip. What is this? Legend our?
0 likesDang good story
1 likeAnd then 2020 Daytona 500 Ryan Newman nearly died
0 likesI 100% agree with the statement that NASCAR is losing popularity BECAUSE it's safer. I also feel that it's the same way with football.
0 likesA tidbit about the 2001 NASCAR season, I believe Dale Jr. Won the first Race after 9/11
0 likesWhy am i crying?
0 likesBrady might not be the best example.
0 likesyou convinced me
0 likesEarnhardt said screw your lemons. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad!
0 likesAlso the fact that Earnhardts number was brought back for a damn relative of a big wig. Nepotism disgusts me.
dale is the only reason I clicked on here and NASCAR is way more popular than you think
0 likesI love the gran turismo music
0 likes46:09 I love how you blended Mario Galaxy music in this part. It sure makes the scene feel cathartic and magical. I can watch this part all day. Great video.
24 likesi can see chase becoming the next dale
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lolz Larson
0 likesGoddamnit Emp, first you make me interested in pro wrestling and then in nascar?
52 likesNext you’re gonna be getting me to care about Monster Truck Rallies!
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You srsly don't like monster trucks?
5 likesPssh. that just has a split happening when Bigfoot broke off from the USHRA in the late 90's. No downfall needed until the one that is happening currently as Feld Motorsports is doing weird stuff with the Monster Jam Events.
0 likesThere will Never Ever be another monster truck show like Monster Jam
8 likesEmp, you can write me the check now.
Lol don't give him ideas
1 likeThere will never ever be another monster truck like grave digger
2 likes"SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!"
0 likesThis is better than some perfessionally made documentaries
0 likesDude this video was beautiful, so well written and edited, looking forward to seeing what you do next
26 likesNever watched a second of NASCAR.
8 likesIn my opinion this is one of the best presentations I have watched about anything, ever.
Thank you Emp.
Could you imagine a Daytona Beach throwback race with modern cars and sand tires?
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TheOzarkWizard that'd be amazing
0 likesThey do. Not at Daytona but in the camping trucks they race at Eldora, a dirt track
1 likeI was born 17 days before the accident
0 likesFebruary 1st 2001
I Know. My Family Knows. We Will All Know.
110 likesLong Live Dale Earnhardt
Long Live Dale Jr
Never Forget 2/18/01
NASCAR's scoring system is literally nonsense, like, how the fuck did Red Byron win the overall season with 4 fewer wins, 5 fewer top 5s, and 2 fewer top 10 finishes!? NASCAR seemed to know their scoring was flawed because 2nd place Fonty Flock got paid more? I'm honestly still irate! It makes no fucking sense on ANY level.
0 likesThis reignited my love for NASCAR and this is THE best and most entertaining documentary I have ever seen!!
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Same!
0 likesVery well put together. Much respect to you Emplemon. As a NASCAR fan, Thank you
16 likesTo think.
552 likesA YouTube Pooper has now taught people all about not only the state of YouTube as a whole, but also 'Wrastling' and NASCAR.
The internet is wonderful.
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You can tell he got a lot of editing skills from doing YouTube poops
17 likesI remember laughing from his video,and now I'm crying from his video.
8 likesA YouTube pooper is doing more for the world of audio-visual entertainment for free than television for a fee.
5 likesThis is is crazy emplemon who does ytp but has an interest in cars and serious driving. It frightens me when he put gran turismo music. I alway under estimated oval racing until i tried it. gt6 rc car oval racing was really intense. I never got tired of it along with rally, short course. Anyone who tells me that oval racing is just full gas turning left I will conclude they don' like race driving at all. But i will admit I dont like watching nascar but driving an oval car of any kind is a different story. I just realize emp is becoming a writer. Awesome video emp.
2 likesNormal people during homework: lofi
440 likesMe: dale
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Lol I have a chem final tomorrow and this is keeping me going
15 likesI’m listening to this while I make a vase for class rn
0 likes@OhShitAnElite Taking a physics test watching this lmao.
0 likesAn Absolutely Great Documentary on the Dale.
22 likesThanks Emplemon.
Emplemon happy 4th of July
1 likebro I liked the video as soon as dsc woman came to rescue the gilette plebs omg
0 likesI feel like I just watched a full-on movie...
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And one of the greatest one man made films to goddamm exist.
3 likesThe bump and run is also a screw you to the other guys fanbase
0 likesThis is an awesome video with a very interesting presentation. Even my wife who has never been interested in NASCAR loved it. I am from Alabama and born in 1958. This video totally sums up my evaluation of the NASCAR sport. I was an Alabama Gang fan and very offended by Earnhardt's aggressive driving style back in the day. But now I agree he was the greatest ever. I was a NASCAR addict back in the 70's, 80's & 90's and have no interest in the sport today. I have shared this video with all of my family & friends and thay all love it also. Thanks for such an incredible summary of my thoughts of what used to be my 2nd favorite sport. Of course growing up in Alabama - football was and is always #1. I am a WAR EAGLE Auburn Tiger supporter and despise everything about the Crimson Tide (similar to my feelings toward Earnhardt back in the day). Thanks again for one of my top video presentations ever!
16 likesWhenever I head into a Never Ever video, I always know it'll be good.
15 likesI was 1 at the time of Dale's death. I didn't become a fan of NASCAR until I was 6, and I didn't know about Dale until I was 7. Considering I never saw him race, and never had a true emotional attachment to him like the older fans do, I did not go into this video expecting it to make me cry and to send chills down my spine.
Incredible job on this, Emp. You've done Dale proud.
This script is incredible, the editing is impeccable, and the song choices were perfect on every level.
4 likesEven the sponsor spot was so clever and well edited, and just smoothly transitioned right back into the video.
When I clicked a 55 minute video about NASCAR I didn’t expect to walk away feeling enlightened, and yet here I am.
Bad luck to kill a sea bird, Dale
1 likeGod rests this man's poor soul up there, along with Paul Walker, James Hunt, Aytron Senna, Colin McRae, Marco Simoncelli, Nicky Hayden, and more recently Nikki Lauda, and lest we not forget about the others who died happily by speeding out there
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Don't forget Henry Toivonen and group B
1 likeRewatching this video for the Nth time already, and I reached a conclusion, there is ONE, and I repeat, ONE driver that is on par with Earnhardt, and that man is Ayrton Senna, the greatest F1 driver of all time that was killed in a fatal crash just like Dale, Senna is still one of the biggest icons in brazilian history and represented much more than a sport, it represented the entire country of Brasil, from its inception, to everything there was, he embodied it, and he overcame everything to become a legend, just like Dale, he isnt only a driver, he is everything else there is to be to someone, even 26yrs later (in Senna's case) and 19yrs later (in Dale's case)
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Even Sega got behind Senna!
1 like25:20 Summoning Salt lol
0 likesEmp Lemon you literally got me interested in Nascar and racing. I have gotten my permit twice but racing stock car racing is really getting me motivated to get my license
39 likesI'm glad you didn't end this video at Earnhardt's death, and instead talked about the legacy afterwards.
59 likesThis might be your best video yet. Keep up the good work.
25 likesSo the last people who really really care about nascar is me and that guy :.( $&#%
0 likesWatched this with my dad and I’ve never seen him cry until today. Keep creating great content like this!!!!
13 likes47:33 Ngl I shed a tear here, the music was perfect and you KNOW that as Junior won that Pepsi 400, he was thinking, "I did it, dad!"
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TL that part really was perfect man. his son being followed by waltrip, the music, i especially love the commentary. “Using lessons learned from his father to go from 6th to first! Yes! Yes! (we love you man, you did it).”
16 likesGusty Garden Galaxy is such a powerful piece, every time I hear it in a video memories of me playing Super Mario Galaxy come flooding back, along with my tears of course.
7 likesReally, they couldn’t even keep the man’s number retired? that’s sad.
0 likesAyrton Senna would be perfect for this series
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1- yes he would
8 likes2- didn’t expect to see you here, wag1 mate
@FS05 henlo
1 likeMichael schumacher would be good but unlike senna which fits perfectly he didn't die in his career unlike the great
6 likesI second this!
1 likeAgreed
0 likesyes yes yes
0 likes44:49 no disrespect but Senna is Senna
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It’s not a competition dude, each was huge in their respective sports, and both are huge tragedies who are equally missed today by the world.
0 likesI actually remember this moment ( 36:45 ) when I was a kid. All of my family, (who were Earnhardt fans) cheered when he spun Labonte, laughing about it. When I was a kid, I thought it was mean of him to do. Looking back on it, it was a result of his namesake, "The Intimidator." As said in the video, "You got out of his way, or he would make you." Well, he made Terry move. He had something that what I feel most drivers today don't have, and that is "character." When you see that black #3, you immediately start to think, "Uh oh. Here comes trouble!" It made me feel excited to see it, like something awesome was going to happen. Now that I think about it, Dale Earnhardt may be responsible for why my favorite color scheme to this day is black, red, and sliver (or white in some cases.) I will agree that without a shadow of a doubt, there will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt.
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ken block its at least trying and he does it in the part of the charisma
1 likeDale truly was the last "character" in NASCAR. Everything today is just homogenized and boring. You knew back when Dale was on the move, shit was going down. You stopped what you were doing and watched.
7 likesNotice all the badass Legends are either dead or retired......and since everyone knows they can't be that good they don't try and end up making it boring......oh we also had Danica Patrick but she was shit.
0 likesThis video is actually better than a lot of the ones Nascar YouTubers put out
19 likes2:55
0 likesThat’s red dead 2 music.
Never Ever is my favorite series on YouTube. I've never cared about NASCAR, pro wrestling, or Sponge Bob, but those are still among some of the best youtube content I've ever seen, I was on the edge of my seat every damn second of the way. Thanks, Emp, you're a gem.
5 likesdalepilled
2 likesThe guy at 49:03 just won the Daytona 500.
103 likesYeah, that guy.
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Thankfully McDowell's Texas wreck is no longer his career defining moment. Now he's a Daytona 500 champion!
20 likesMichael McDonnell
2 likesHail America and hail the gods of the wheels!! Yheaah bring me a beer baby.. And let's watch round after round!
0 likesYou make the best content on YouTube
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Hell yes
2 likesI know right?
2 likesYeah !
0 likeslubba64
0 likesHe also has amazing videos
This is YT crown jewel, now we must PROTECT it at all cost.
0 likesDale got TWO rollercoasters named after him! Mans a legend.
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damn i only got one
0 likesand a MiLB Baseball team, Kannapolis Intimidators
0 likesintimidator 305 rode her this weekend
0 likes14:30
0 likesf o r e s h a d o w i n g
Dale Earnhardt: The true definition of a Chad.
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The only people who talk about Chads, aren't Chads.
0 likes@I only reply to sex propositions Good point, I was just trying to make a joke. Besides, I'm saving myself for marriage.
0 likesYou legitimately made me cry for the first time in years over a man I never knew existed in a sport I never gave a second glance. Thank you.
9 likesMy dad once told me that a lot of his heros died too soon. For years, I’ve known about Dale through my dad, but I never truly understood his legacy until this video. RIP Dale Earnhardt
16 likesExcuse me my YouTuber friend but what about Jeff Gordon
0 likesrest in peace you icon, 20 years later there's still a gap where he was.
28 likes40:21 Speeway
0 likesSo I grew up on NASCAR and this was the best video I’ve seen about it on YouTube. Even I learned some things. This was an exceptionally crafted video about the sport.
17 likesOk who’s cutting onions?
0 likesWhen he said "Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" and the synthwave came on, I knew it was about to get real. (That song is also kinda nostalgic as well for me personally)
1 likeEdit: Those last 10 minutes hit hard, and of course he played the most nostalgic music I could think of over it, what a beautiful god damn story, I solute this soul. 2000's were some of the best years of history.
24:19 There's an a$$hole next to the guy with the flag.
0 likesIt seems like you're determined to make me emotional about sports I've never even bothered to look into before. The story of Earnhardt is one of the most gripping ones I've seen, and honestly kinda encapsulates the quintessential narrative of a sports legend rising to the top. It's inspiring to listen to how he remained determined to succeed until the very end, even when he vocally complained about the restrictor plates. Thanks again for making videos like this, your editing and voice are perfect for stuff like this.
5 likesYou could do without the closed-minded knocking-before-trying outlook of shit talking mediums of entertainment, other than that, fine job
0 likesColin Mcrae wants a word
0 likes24:00 reference (don't mind the comment)
0 likesAlso, 15:00 also reference
49:06 I don't see how someone walks out of that jeeez
0 likesDo they at least fucking pass out when that happens? maybe get a headache? like how the fuck did that lil bump take my boi dale but you can do a fucking upside down 1080 and 20 rolls and just casually walk out of the car?
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Most of the time, drivers nowadays get little to no injuries from wrecks like this.
0 likesDale passed because he refused to wear a HANS device (which was basically a seatbelt for your head) and ended up with several head and neck injuries
@Broken Gamer X ah, a wildman
0 likesthe orchestral rendition of GAS GAS GAS really hit.
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is that on the 25 min
2 likes@Stormi Scoot that's "We're Finally Landing" by Home.
7 likesThe Orchestral rendition of GAS GAS GAS is at 38:15
@Another Stupid Hipster no that's Deja Vu
9 likesthats actually Deja vu. Gas gas gas is played earlier in the video at 15:23, though.
6 likesFor me, Dale Earnhardt Sr. will always be my second favourite racer, for everything he did for everything he did for the sport.
4 likes(My favourite is J.D. McDuffie, who simalrly died of a Baskilar skull fracture ten years before, it was a nice touch to add him last since he holds that record)
President Brandon is, paradoxically, making NASCAR popular again.
0 likesLet's Go Brandon!
Jr never won a title?
0 likesEspecially not Kyle Busch
0 likesCome back every once in a while to rewatch the ending, still gives me goosebumps
38 likes"To do something well is so worth while that to die doing it better cannot be foolhardy."
32 likesThe immortal words of Bruce Mclaren couldn't be more tire.
You did a wonderful job on this video. Dale Earnhardt was fearless, loved to race and was good at it.
13 likesDamn I don’t even like NASCAR and I’m still sobbing with grief and joy.
45 likesIn my humble opinion, this is the finest video you've ever released.
17 likesHe had an amazing career. He won all the events he could ever win. He even raced with his flesh and blood. And he went out in a sport he loved and watched his team win the race. I’m positive that he proved that he belonged. He is one of the reasons why NASCAR is as safe as it is right now.
7 likesThis video is a modern video editing, biography/documentary, and writing masterpiece. Nice fucking work man.
30 likesI've never watch a race of NASCAR in my life, but wow. This was amazing
5 likes40:06 the way this whole vid was done caused this to spark so much emotion in me. The quality of your videos and how you execute them is inspirational. To clarify this made me ugly cry. The respect I hold for these men unbelievable.
3 likesI was at some of these races. Some of the best memories of my childhood. I remember my dad and his friends fighting Jeff Gordon fans and all the men in my family bawling over Earnhardt's death.
5 likesI'm a huge NASCAR fan, but my fandom started years after Dale Sr.'s passing (I was 5 years old in 2001), but this video has truly elevated my appreciation for him, what he means to the sport, and my own appreciation for NASCAR overall. While I've made peace with the fact NASCAR will never be as popular as it was before my lifetime (I started watching, ironically, right as it began to decline in popularity in the late 00s), I hope it rebounds somewhat with the new teams, new sponsors, new drivers, and the Next Gen car coming next year. Excellent video.
3 likesthis is the first time i heard of dale i cheered for him and then almost shed a tear for him all in the same day this man is a legend.
2 likesGirls with time machine: "I'm your grand-daughter."
290 likesBoys: "No Dale, don't go to Daytona!"
Edit: He pretty much gave his life so that his son and teammate could finish 1 and 2. He will be missed by fans of all motorsports.
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Me: hey Dale, don’t block marlin so hard, something may happen
22 likesDale: how do you know this
Me: well, let’s just say, someone may die
Dale: ok, but if it comes down to it, I will block Sterling Marlin
Me: ok
Race ensues and on the last lap, Dale continues to block Marlin, until Ken Schrader gets a little loose and hits Marlin as they go to the grass and Dale finishes the 500
Instead of saying, "No Dale, don't go to Daytona," I would say, "Don't block Merlin when it comes down to it, Just give a little push to your son and Elliott!"
10 likes@Astral the Protogen (Shadeyboii) that’s Waltrip
1 likeProb got confused bcuz N A P A
This video was recommended to me by youtube about a year and a half ago. Since then I have rewatched it over and over again. I never got to see Dale race but I had always watched some of his races on youtube here and there. My mother was a huge fan of him. So I heard a lot of the amazing stories of his career. After watching your video on frying comments I got to thinking that I never knew you were a pooper. I found you through this video and as far as I ever knew until that video I figured you created content just like this and you earned at least my respect over the past year and a half. After seeing all of your new content about youtube and the shit that they pull, you earned a lot of my respect there because you are not afraid to go against the establishment and the system and to voice your opinions no matter the consequence.
3 likesI watched this entire thing twice and can watch it again without fail. amazing product. keep it up.
2 likesGrew up watching Nascar on cable in the mid 90s
Man, straight up congratulations. This was awesome, totally worth an hour of my life to watch. Awesome work. 🙏🙏
1 likeThis is my third lemon video in a row tonight. Love the new REFRESHING content. Keep it up.
9 likesThat point of the video right before Dale Earnhardt's death always makes me tear up. Great vid man
2 likesbro your music choice is fire, I never expected a version of the house of the rising sun to be on here.
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I love synthwave
2 likesBest video in the history of this site. No arguement there. Ive watched this video over 7 times now and every time it gets better and better
3 likesThis is a truly amazing video. You had me emotional and eyes watering over a sport and sports icon who I knew existed, but knew nothing about. Truly amazing work, Emp. Another masterpiece.
0 likesSuch a good video and character, made me cheer for something that happened even before I was born. That's amazing.
1 likeHappy 70th birthday Dale Earnhardt!
8 likesmade me shed a tear, amazing work.
0 likesI remember going to Daytona with my family as a kid. I loved racing as a kid. My uncle would take me to the small race track by his house and when I visit him he always has a race on. He was the person that got me into racing. Once Jeff Gordon retired I stopped watching because he was my favorite driver. I want to get back into it but it’s not the same without Gordon.
0 likesI've always loved nascar, ever since I was a little kid
2 likesI remember this race vividly. I am/was/and always will be a Jeff Gordon fan. My dad is still to this day an Earnhardt Sr. fan. We were sitting next to eachother on the couch and when he hit the wall and was pronounced dead. Both me and my dad broke. I rarely ever see that man cry and we had a mutual love-hate relationship with the others favorite driver. But when he was pronounced dead...nothing could have brought us closer and deeper into the water works. 6 years later when Jeff won his 76th race and he and the pit crew paid respects to Sr. with the flag. made us both tear up like the accident just happened all over again.
0 likes11:10
18 likesMy god what an awesome song that made that amazing moment even better.
Dude, first vid ive watched from you and i gotta say, this is amazing man, made me cry a lil bit
0 likesThis video has legit given me interest in watching and seeing NASCAR now
3 likesDale Earnhardt, has been & always will be my favourite NASCAR driver.
0 likesRIP Intimidator.
This video makes me realize how much I miss Benny Parsons (and DW) in the booth
4 likesI'm not even old enough to have watched the Dale earnhart race on live television so I and I still get tears every time I see one of his clips
0 likesdon't cry because he's gone
5 likessmile because he was here
The best YouTube video in its category that I've seen. Keep em coming!
0 likesThis is a great video, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I'll ever enjoy Nascar.
0 likesthis video makes me want to support Nascar so much, god, I'm bawling my eyes out rn
0 likesGreat video man. I grew up watching NASCAR. DW was my favorite driver as a kid until I became an Dale Sr fan in my teen years. This brought back a lot of memories and emotions.
0 likesI don’t even watch NASCAR anymore. I stopped watching about ten years ago. Since there is no more Dale Sr or Jr, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson, Gordon, Rusty Wallace.... there ain’t much appeal. It’s about the drivers. Besides the Bush brothers and Harvick; there aren’t any drivers I care about watching anymore.
i almost cried when he won Daytona500, and i'm not a racing fan by any means. im a sucker for a good narrative and a great story :)
0 likesThis video kinda sent me on a path to becoming a nascar fan so thank you Emp
0 likesIn the glory days of NASCAR when I was a young teen only two things made me happy on race day. Either a Mark Martin victory or Earnhardt loss. There has never been a driver I hated more. Hatred I tell ya....I cried like a baby when I heard the news. Racing was never the same after that
0 likesThe man went out like a fucking legend. Last turn, last lap, his nemesis track. Legend
0 likesI almost want to cry, this is a really emotive story
0 likesThis video is a YouTube masterpiece
0 likes3x his audience has seen it and even more people should honestly, some of the best writing editing and storytelling in any video on this site
can we take a moment to take in the really good editing?
0 likesAs a young NASCAR fan, you have my respect, Emplemon.
0 likesFor not being a race channel in the slightest, you make me so compelled to watch Nascar over my usual motorsport rotation
0 likesDo it for Dale!!! 👌
0 likesand that's a good thing. The best thing that could ever happen to racecar safety.
0 likesDale left it on the track, he saw the beginnings of the decline. Nothing stock and only a few owners with multiple teams . Then change the whole points system to cater to television and a different fan base than the ones that they had. Dale was special for sure.
0 likesearnhardts win at daytona was so satisfying because of the constant edging from him getting so close to victory and failing right before he got there. these people that have replaced him in various different aspects won without any misfortune stopping them doing so. It didnt feel like they had to overcome any unmountable odds
0 likesI am way late to see this, but this story always makes me a little sad, I am a former nascar fan, but I am super attached to this story, not even because I am an Earnhardt fan, (Pure rainbow warrior here)
0 likesBut the first race I ever watched and remember every moment of, was on that one february in 2001, the Daytona five hundred. I was five years old, and hell, I didn't even know how big the crash was at the end, I was still crying because I saw that Jeff Gordon had wrecked in the big one earlier. But the crash even if I didn't know what the severity of or... really even what death was, stuck with me until I was a much older fan with much more respect for the sport. I look at the days of Gordon and Earnhardt that I never even saw as the greatest period in Nascar history, and well, the only race I ever got to see with those two on the track was the last time they would ever share a track.
It's kinda haunting, that, and that my first formula 1 race was Japan 2014, maybe I shouldn't pick up new motorsports, but I have morbid memories of this first race just because of how young I was when it happened
I would love for you to make more vids on nascar
1 likeTwo times in NASCAR history that everyone watching the sport shed a tear for Dale. First was when he finally won the Daytona 500 and every team lined up on pit road to congratulate him as he headed to the winners circle. The second time was when he died.
0 likesNASCAR hasn't been the same since he died. It will probably never get back to that and it is sad. I say this while I was never a huge Dale Earnhardt fan. I have however respected him and that level has only grown.
I like how you act like Dale's town being unincorporated for a long time is a big deal. Lots of towns are still unincorporated, you'd be surprised. Also, some people really like living in a small rural village and aren't just trying to get out to somewhere "better" (worse). People out in the country are nice people, I've lived in/near cities most of my life and most people are just rude and always in a hurry.
1 likeAlso, fantastic video.
Everyone should know how great Dale Earnhardt was.
0 likesAnd a lot of people here in Florida have met him, he was a fucking awesome guy, on top of being an extreme talent.
I wish dale was still a live bc it would have been an honor to meet him in real life
0 likesAh, Yes..
0 likesThe Imtimidator (Jokes aside, I LOVE This video, I’m just learning about Mr. Earnhardt, and I’m loving learning about him. Mr. Earnhardt Jr., Teach your son the ways of the Earnhardt.)
He shaped my childhood.
0 likesNascar is still my favorite sport
1 likewhen you drive fast, turn fast, do anything really that’s moderately speedy, you don’t really think about it.
0 likesBut I’d imagine that when you get bumped and start heading towards that wall.
Everything slows down.
And you see every timeline at once.
The ones where you die, the ones where you live, the ones where nothing happens.
And then a slight sting
And a ring.
43:18 exactly how can he walk away from such horrific crashes but die just by hitting the wall( I know it's 190mph but comared to the other crashes this one is nothing man)
0 likesI love house of the rising sun in the background, it was very fitting
1 likeI've watched this video at least 6 times in the past month and a half wonderful video
0 likesThe music in this documentary is astounding. The way that the House of the Rising Sun riff keeps coming back, the way that the same song is used once for the crash where the car almost cleared the catch fence early in the documentary and again for Dale's final race is so chilling. I went into this film knowing nothing about Dale Earnhardt, but the minute I heard that music that was played over a nearly-catastrophic crash earlier in the film start up a second time, I KNEW something absolutely heartbreaking was about to happen. Amazing editing, amazing writing, amazing film. Thank you for this work of art
0 likesI have a #3 hat and a couple all over portrait print #3 shirts in my wardrobe at the moment and no other articles of clothing get more attention out in public than those pieces. People still love this man and his legacy just as much as ever.
0 likes3 has always been my favorite and lucky number, and now I know why
2 likesYou say that but now I'm gonna become a driver like him just out of spite of this video
0 likes3 weeks of practice and ill smash all his records i was born and raised on the circle track
0 likesAlso, I wanna make a video like this, but for bowling and Pete Weber, who always reminded me of Dale Earnhardt.
0 likesWhy like Nascar? Well, I'd say Emperor Lemon answered this question for us.
4 likesThis was so good. Wow.
0 likes2:00 So EmpLemon WAS inspired by Jon of Secret Base! I got that vibe immediately after watching this, and especially when watching the "sequel" to this, the NASCAR revenge video.
0 likes"It takes a calamity to change anything"
0 likes4:51 Oh hell yeah you got the dukes in here
1 likeYou can say that there were TWO tragedies that happened in the year 2001...one of them is Dale Earnhardt dying and the other...is of course...Stone Cold turning heel by shaking hands with Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 17, marking the end of the Attitude Era.
0 likesThat's all really
As someone from North Carolina, dale earnhart is a house hold name, it’s crazy seeing in the comments that people have never heard of him...
1 likeI knew very little about the man before this and now I am considering a tattoo.
0 likesDude was a badass
0 likesI remember the day when it happen ...damn im getting old
0 likesLee and his son were something else tho. Comparing between them and Earnhardt would be like comparing Rocky Marciano to Cassius Clay. Everyone proclaims the later as the best but the stats prove VERY differently. Still both gods of stock.
0 likesThose turn 3 deaths in 2000 at NH ended a legacy
0 likesI miss Jeff Gordon!
0 likes2:16 ahhhh yes, the house of the rising sun is noticeable from just the first couple notes.
0 likesYou convinced me to care about nascar with the revenge vid ngl
1 likeI love the beginning a sport that try’s to disguise itself as entertaining facts 🤣🤣
0 likesDale Earnhardt was a legend. I was a kid and didnt have the fortune to see the start of the era. But after Davey Allison and then Earnhardt, I was done. These guys are legends but I just couldnt watch the sport after Dale.
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OMFG, you didnt just use the Daytona USA theme........ "Rolling STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART"
0 likesGran Turismo Music surprised me more than the fact it took someone 20 years to win one race
0 likesNascar is only fun to watch if you know how it works for me
0 likesDo it for Dale.
0 likesAppreciate the use of the Daytona video game theme for the ad
0 likesdo more nascar videos :(
0 likesIf dale aint in heaven I aint going
0 likesWow he died a legend
0 likesI knew he died but his son was in the same race? I had no idea... damn. Poor Dale Jr.
0 likesI think Kyle Busch is the current Dale Earnhardt. Aggressive and fearless. I used to hate him, but now I admire his talent. I was a Dale Jr. fan growing up, not because of his father but because he happened to be leading when I saw NASCAR for the first time. I never got to see Sr. race, but this video had me balling my eyes out. Do it for Dale #3!
0 likes40:15 jeez that music gave me chills
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I NEED TO FIND THE TITLE OF THAT SONG
0 likes$60,000 car. Wow have times changed
0 likes25:15-27:01 is so stupidly intricate in narrative details for a video about Dale Earnhardt. You completely venture off into a complete, intrinsically written tangent about a groundbreaking event that changed the face of NASCAR in your own words easily overlooked by the almost 3 million viewers that view this video. you're a legend, Emp. holy fuck, man.
0 likesThis video series is awesome..... I also love how theres a fuck ton of tf2 music
0 likeswhen you hear the music go bwooom woooooooooooom you know shit is about to go down
0 likesBest video on youtube
2 likes40:25 "Daytona International Speeway"
1 likethis is probably my fav vid and i have never watched nascar and prob never will
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Watch older nascar, theres more exciting stuff in it, the new shit is kinda boring after dale Jr retired
0 likesLMAO Thats Magnussen did well in his first races than failed miserably
0 likesGirls: I hate it when you go fast. Its scary. Girls dont like it when you drive fast.
0 likesMe and the boys: We aint doing it for you, were doing it for dale.
0:46
0 likesHE PREDICTED THE S N E E D
🅱️ale 🅱️ernhart
1 likeNascar be like
Vroooooom vroom 🏎🏎
oof. almost had me cryin' bro
0 likesI wish you would do the same documentary on TT the Isle of Man
0 likesSign of a great creator, take a subject that I have no interest in and make it compelling
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This is the video that got me back into nascar
0 likesEmplemon please do never ever ufc
1 likeputting a restrictor plate on a nascar is like making a saw slower at a woodmill cause someone lost a finger
0 likesCan i have the titles of all the music that you used in here?
0 likespraise dale raise hell!!
1 likeExcellent video
0 likesSomeone out there , put me behind a nascar ....
0 likesI will rattle their Helment and take 1st place ..
4:25 you forgot the d in speedway lol
0 likesDalepilled.
2 likesHave anyone noticed that in Wirtual's (a trackmania youtuber) video he used the same like talking and effects in his A12 Speed video as here when : Did you ever see nascars fly? He copied it from here? Idk
0 likesI heard eurobeat......i subscribed
0 likesIs that the menu music from Gran Turismo 4 there at the end
1 likeRaise hell, praise Dale
0 likesAt 40:20 you misspelled Speedway in the title card.
0 likes26:20 That was SCARY Ngl (everything IS Possible ITS Just Time And Calmness needed.
0 likesSamuel RiberioPeople loved watching the drama of nascar rather than the racing of nascar
0 likesmy pawpaw is the biggest earnhardt fan has all model cars and photos. everything. i wonder how it impacted him.
0 likesThat's the sad thing that people don't realize is the deadliest crashes are the most "boring" as what happened to Dale Earnhardt which resulted in his car just slamming into the wall and stopping resulting in a intense amount of G's being put onto Earnhardt's body, as opposes to the early crash which resulted in the cars flying into the air and flipping multiple times which while more gruesome looking cause a slower deceleration which puts less G's on the body which even a simple harness.
0 likesHonestly, i want to care about nascar, but the traditional track layout bores me to tears. That's why I prefer rally car racing.
0 likes-14:32 Daytona international speeway lol
0 likesRaise hell and praise dale
2 likesGod even in 2 years this videos comments about the dwindling fan base is great
0 likesToday he would have turned 70
0 likesLove the red dead tunes
0 likesThat's One Hell Of A Way To Go Out
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I wouldnt want to die any other way
1 likeWhat if he knew.
0 likesI cried.
0 likesNascar is actually lit tho
0 likesCan we please stop abusing eurobeat for just cars going fast?
0 likes40:20 daytona Spee way
0 likes40:22 SPEE-WAY LMAOOOO
0 likesI hope Jon Bois watched this
1 likeSpoilers:
41 likesI like how his last sight is holding off massively the others while the two went away he would have smiled at that point
I’ve rewatched this many times, it’s just so well edited.
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It should be used as an example of a perfect video.
6 likesOwen Zappa I agree, I can’t wait til he uploads again
1 likeraise hell praise dale
0 likesI had never heard of Dale Earnhardt before but this video is so well produced, so well narrated, so intense and profound it prompted an emotional connection with dale in just 55 mins Rip Dale hope they have racetracks in heaven. Fantastic video
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Oh dont worry, hes winning em all on the tracks of gold. But of course, he'll let Davey Allison and Alan Kulwiki win some to lol
2 likesDale was the greatest all-time he was my favorite
1 likeUnretiring the 3 was a lame move
0 likesDale love racing so much, he took nascar with him on the last turn
58 likesI can't believe you not only made me excited over NASCAR, but made me cry over it. You are a master of making videos, my man.
8 likes25:15
1 likeI CANT WITH THIS TRANSITION
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@Chace Moreau Home-were finally landing
0 likesEmpLemon: "NASCAR drivers have never been farther from the jaws of certain death."
350 likesMe, after watching Ryan Newman's wreck at the 2020 Daytona 500: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT
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And guess what? Ryan walked out of the hospital. A scary situation for sure but safety has been a priority and Ryan's wreck shows it. It's sad but I bet Ryan's wreck brings in more viewers just like Dale's did.
106 likesAnyone racing in Earnhardt's era wouldve been killed the moment the other car collided with him. The fact that Newman walked out of the hospital 2 days later speaks volumes about nascar's advancements in driver safety.
89 likes@Kenny Something Whatever Yeah, for all the shit we give NASCAR as fans, it's amazing he survived that crash at all. I had no doubt in my mind, watching it all happen live, that he was dead...
39 likes@Dylan Hale I was almost sure he was too, until 2 hours after the race when they finally gave the update on his condition.
11 likesWhat about donica patrics purpose wreck?
2 likes@Sean Walter true after Ryan's wreck nascar was trending on many platforms and news media but then dialed down when they found out that he was ok
4 likes@slug buddy Chris Economacki once said that spectators are drawn to racing because of the inherent danger it presents and now that NASCAR is safer than ever before, and more than some ever imagined, it's no coincidence that people are turning away from it. He suggested that NASCAR keep the safety, obviously, but just don't talk about it. Kind of lull people into a false sense of danger by overlooking the safety during broadcasts and when accidents happen don't just immediately say "remember, these cars are extremely safe and injuries are rare". Make people wonder until they see the driver escape what appears to be certain death. It's kind of like pro wrestling. People who watch know it's scripted but tune in for the story and the pageantry. They don't want to hear about the Undertakers recent vacation he took with his wife.
20 likesYes, yes I am. Ryan survived. Had that crash happened in the Gen 4 cars, he would have been dead as can be. Now we have the newer safer cars. Sure, he got a head injury, but he walked out of the hospital.
2 likesDale Dad
0 likesDad Dale
Daledad
20 years later, we still miss you so much Dale.
28 likesYou’ve made me almost cry about a 19 year deceassed NASCAR driver wuth a 1 hour video.
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*NASCAR Legend
1 likeThere will be driver cut from the same cloth....
0 likesSubbed for great memes, stayed for the in-depth analysis videos that i didn't know i wanted
17 likesAround the 40 minute mark I thought I was watching a Summoning Salt video lol.
0 likesRacing in general is suffering a huge decline. Increased budgets, increased safety, increased distractions (why watch a race when you can do so many other things nowadays?) and one that is seldom acknowledged, increased driver fitness.
27 likesWhen Juan Manuel Fangio won his final Grand Prix championship, he was 46 years old. And though his lifestyle was good, it wasn't anywhere near as insanely regimented as today's current crop of drivers. Now you need your foot in the door by 21 - 22 after having spent your teens in the lower formulae and a championship before you turn 30 in order for you to peak at 35 and retire just before you turn 40. And whenever you're not racing, you need to be working out or doing something intensive outdoors.
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AlexGRFan97 Endurance racing is making a comeback in my mind. I've been closely following it for a while whether it be the WEC (kinda boring as of late but things change alot in endurance), IMSA (really exciting stuff in this 50 year anniversary season), all the GT3 races, etc.
0 likesI think that's why sim racing is rising in popularity, you don't need to be young, most kids and old people drive sims. You don't need to be a vegan or insanely fit either.
1 likeThat said, the fitness of drivers today is kind of the draw to them. They are the peak of humanity, pushing limits at many Gs per lap.
@Staircase Mishap Aleks IMSAs brilliant, WEC has kinda fallen since Audi and Porsche left, but the GTE class is still as good as ever.
0 likesi like nascar
0 likesThey also brought politics into nascar further dividing the fans
0 likesRest in peace, Dale. We’ll miss ya.
24 likesgoddd why is this doc so good i don’t even like nascar
0 likesBill Elliot: Speed, I am Speed. 1 winner, 42 losers, I eat losers for breakfast....breakfast maybe I should have had breakfast, no no speed, faster than fast quicker than quick, I am lightning.........c’chow!
0 likesThis is the best documentary I have ever seen I believe. You captured the appeal of racing and a driver as well as the decline of both. I really hope I can show this to others and they will understand why I “waste” hours of my Sunday afternoon every week with a bunch of other “nobodies”
8 likesThat harmonizing in the 3rd "ad" message was beautifully orchestrated
21 likesThe quality of this video is excellent! The transitions are smooth and flawless (especially the 1984 transition) and the music is perfectly timed! Brilliant work!
5 likes"And when a man is dead-set on accomplishing an impossible task, he will never stop chasing it." Wow
26 likesOut of nowhere, EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES.
28 likesEurobeat and NASCAR shouldn't work, but it really do
0 likesEmplemon, the sponsorship transition was so ungodly smooth. I was actually speechless.
29 likesHot damn, brother.
This was amazing, it's really well made and tells a great story. Entertaining to watch even the sponsor ad and I like how you mixed it in with the other bits, I felt like I was watching 90s tv again
4 likesThe greatest driver dying during a monumental race gives me immensely strong vibes of Ayrton Senna dying at Imola. I hope you'd be able to make a video on him too.....
33 likesi didnt realise this was 55 minutes until i was already 40 minutes in. great job dude you earned a sub
87 likesI am from Europe and know nothing about racing or Nascar and yet I loved your video! I felt a real connection to the story for some reason.
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same.whether it's professional wrestling or racing, Emp has the special ability of making them all interesting and exciting.
11 likesSycom agreed. I’m from New England and we have very little nascar attention here either, but he still made me care for the sport I. This vid. Emp has a great sense of pacing that makes an excellent documentary.
0 likesI would suggest to you watching about Ayrton Senna. probably one of the most charismatic racing driver in history.
2 likes@kerstas10 he died too soon
0 likesDid you guys hear Summoning Salt? I think I heard Summoning Salt
0 likesThis video gave me every feeling I did not expect to feel.thank you
27 likesYou are completely rocking this series. Keep it up, you’re doing a phenomenal job
10 likesDisney's cars was so epic, they made it the real thing and called it Nascar.
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@Jose Castillo no u
9 likes@Jose Castillo no u
8 likes@Jose Castillo no
1 likeZero123 Alpha no u
0 likes@Jose Castillo no u
2 likesNo. You.
0 likes@Jose Castillo
1 likeThe joke
Your head
@Alfe r/wooooosh.
2 likes@Jose Castillo no u
1 like@Jose Castillo no u
1 likeJose Castillo uno reverse
0 likes@Jose Castillo no u
1 like@Jose Castillo no u
0 likes@Tyler Cole r/wooooooooosh. You edited that comment there buddy.
0 likes@Jose Castillo r/ihavereddit
1 like@Pansmith oh oh
0 likesEmp dude as a huge motorsports fan you've made me just so goddamn happy with this video.
6 likes“Sure, to win”
26 likesWhat a freaking legend!
Watching this two years after it was made and he ate his words about MJ dying
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I might be dumb but who?
0 likeswho is that
0 likesMy parents and extended family were all NASCAR heads. Growing up in Watkins Glen, NY it only makes sense. All through the 90's and early 00's that was a NASCAR town. When Dale died the entire town decorated in his honor. It was like the death of a leader- the 3 was everywhere.
16 likesi wouldn't never thought that nascar racing would ever make me cry, this story is better than the cars movie
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Well tbh, it was never intended to be that way either. But I would certainly say one thing, many people even know about this sport because of that movie. Honestly, the first Cars had the most punch for me. I still can't forget the racing tension of that one, along with the good message of just slowing down once in a while. 2 was just meh, and 3 tried to capture the feels of 1, but simply couldn't live up to it.
4 likesI have a bit different opinion than most about Cars, but hey, it's ok for a kid's flick. The first one is the best imo, the rest are just not that special. I can live with that. I hope you understand what I am trying to say here. Cheers 👍!
The 3rd movie's crash was inspired by his crash
1 likeThe Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt.
1 like"3" The Dale Earnhardt Story. And ESPN movie.
Gonna need a full box of tissue if ya watch those.
If ain't rubbin, it ain't racin
0 likesAs someone who grew up in kannapolis and never realized just how legendary he was, I greatly appreciate this video. It’s given me a new lense of how I view my hometown homie.
25 likesFun fact: This video is what caused me to become a NASCAR fan.
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Sti tch welcome man!
3 likes@Shilpi326 Why, thank you!
4 likes@chubb the sport is awesome i have been a NASCAR fan for 24 years
4 likes@RC RACER 88 It is awesome! Im going to watch tonight's race!
0 likes@chubb I just wish you could have seen the sport when it was at its best in the 1990's and early 2000's I wish you could have seen my favorite driver all-time Dale Earnhardt the intimadator he was the greatest all-time
6 likes@RC RACER 88 While I may have not been around, hell, I'm only 13, and I was born a little over 5 years after Dale died. But, I will say this, if I was around at that time, i would probably be a HUGE fan of him, like we talking posters, toys, clothes, hats, and even a book, and maybe all sorts of other stuff, and maybe, just maybe. I may be behind a wheel of a NASCAR now. Man, I wish he was still around.
5 likesR.I.P
Dale Earnhardt
1951-2001
We will always remember you..
Me too
1 likeBlue The Raptor welcome man.
2 likesIf you have just recently become a fan of NASCAR and find it entertaining, just imagine how much more you would have enjoyed it before all the unfortunate changes to the rules. I liked it immensely until fairly recently and also successfully raced stock cars at my local dirt track in my teens and twenties (until having my first child). My middle child got hooked on NASCAR when he was a toddler but even he has quit watching the last few years since it's lost a lot of what drew him in. While that may not seem odd that he has strayed from it, but he raced karts for over 6 years and is about to start running a dirt track stock car in a few weeks at just 11 years old.
0 likesHonestly, I think watching local tracks is a lot more fun, especially omce you get to recognize the people that run there regularly. You can easily get to know the drivers personally or even join their crew since most of us could always use more help.
Yeah, it used to be a lot better. Now, it's basically major league slot car racing.
0 likesbill eliout is speed
0 likesdale has a mustashe doesn't that remind you of sth?
Could do one of these Never Ever episodes on Columbine. Not joking on that either. "there will Never Ever be another school shooting like Columbine" would be an interesting video that is not only true, but would undoubtedly get lots of views.
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YouTube might take it down and strike his channel so he has to be careful.
24 likesHoly fuck this comment needs more likes so Emp will see it. A video like this, written from Emp's perspective and in his style, would be unbelievably interesting. Christ now I really want this. I would play like $100 for this.
5 likesI would actually really want to see that. It'd be even more heartbreaking than this video, holy shit. I've never saw a truly great documentary on Columbine and I think Emp would do that tragedy justice.
9 likesOnly if you add “and we CAN’T allow it!” in parenthesis at the end of the title
7 likesIt would be far too controversial. Even if YouTube didn't remove the video or strike his channel, the algorithm might start buttfucking him by recommending his videos less or scaring ads away lol
16 likesyeah, no one has made a documentary on one of those kind of tragedies.
2 likesas fan of everything emplemon is on, I dont see any reason not to put up content like that on youtube.
If so, he should upload it on April 20th, the twentieth anniversary of Columbine.
3 likes+Adolf Hitler staight out of the reichstag making helpful youtube comments
0 likesMumkey Jones’ entire channel was removed for making comedic videos about Elliot Rodger. I don’t think this sort of thing is safe to make videos about on YT even if it is a serious video rather than comedy...
0 likes40:21
1 like"speeway"
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42:06 *
1 likeThe guy died doing what he loved, the guy saw his kid who was inspired by him watch him reach the finish line. Id think that would be a happy ending to me atleast
42 likes(despite the death after)
I don't usually comment but, I've just come back to this video for the fourth or fifth time. It is an extremely well put together video, not to forget the music, originality and how engaging the video is, you even forget you just watched 55 minutes. Definitely one of the best videos I've come across, I can't wait to see more of this series. Superb!
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0M4R 4th time for me lol
0 likesThat 1984 transition out of one of the best integrated promotion was just top notch.
27 likesHi donut posted dale so had to come back bout 20 th time back
0 likesMy wife thinks I’m weird for watching this again ;)
Lemon can make a video about literally anything and I'll still watch it, the editing, the music choice, the narration, they're all perfect
6 likesIf the 2021 Daytona 500 gets rain delayed I hope they play this. It will be 20 years since Dale passed and this is one of the best videos on him.
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They won’t due to the intro and acknowledging that nascar is as popular as lickerish
0 likes@Follow the pacelmao, they will probably cut that out if they do show it 😂
0 likesIt got delayed due to rain and we waited 6 hours for it to stop, to have an awful accident in the same spot dale died 20 years before
3 likesI've legitimately watched this about 20 times now, and not once have I not teared up at some point
16 likesat 40:22 it says speeway not speedway sorry Emp but thats just sad all that effort for this great video and this stupid typo ruined the "best" part
0 likesGoing into this video, I knew what happened to Earnhardt Sr. What I didn’t know, is how much more there was to NASCAR than just driving in circles. This video, and this series in general, has made me wanted to care about dying arts more than if I learned of these things on my own. Thank you, Emp.
9 likes40:21 Speeway
0 likesCan anyone tell me the song that’s playing during the Bobby Alison flying bit?
0 likesDaytona International Speeway
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