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. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸


“Is it worth the risk?”
“Yeah, to win.”
     -Dale Earnhardt

@51Dutchman <br>Michael Jackson, too. He was a shrewd businessman.

@51Dutchman
Michael Jackson, too. He was a shrewd businessman.

Read that as it was said, and had to do a double-take

after watching the last dance he is very similar to MJ in that respect


This was the first race I ever saw on T.V  .   I've loved Dale Earnhardt ever since  !


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


my 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.


I may have been born ten years after he died he is still my favorite nascar driver


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.

@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.

@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.

@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

@8-bit Steve damn guess you missed the whole point of the video

“He never came out by himself from his death” ah yes the floor is made out of floor

if only he was wearing a hans, he would have survived.


I 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.


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.” 🤌


This was an excellent video and perfectly narration. I was a huge Earnhardt fan and your correct nobody cares about nascar anymore it's pothetic


Got me crying for someone I learned about just today

Watch “the day” Dale Earnhardt. You’ll really be in tears

Same. 30 year old dude here shedding a tear over a racer I never knew. The power of good story telling.


Still one of the greatest YouTube videos ever made!


This video is so good. Ive watched it probably 15-20 times now.

Emp, 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.


how does this dude manage to make me watch hour long videos every time


He 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...

Not at all like Kitty0706, who we lost to leukemia, Team Fabulous 2 is a classic, go ahead and watch it


This is by far the most well done documentary I've ever seen on YouTube.


This video got me into nascar and it's history thank you emp love your videos


Never watched anything with NASCAR but watching this and learning about this man was worth my time. 10/10 great vid


You 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.


Only Emp-Lemon can make me care about nascar.....can’t wait till he makes a golf player sound like an unsung hero

Imagine EMP drops there will never be another movie monster like Godzilla

@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion now we have the perfect way to end off the Tiger Woods video if ever there was, 2019 Masters

@Joshua Riendeau Alicization really ramped things up

@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.

The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion LMFAO u serious 💀 😂

@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion More like There Will Never Ever Be Another Golfer Like Payne Stewart

The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion I feel like it would be a lot of focus on his life now as an innocent bird carer

@Ryanchungus There will never be another boxer like Mike Tyson

@The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion there will never be another golfer like John Daly

@kanki I don't know man my grandmother makes a mean bingo professional

My friend Max did, he was that one NASCAR fan in high school

He's gonna make some old bingo player an unsung hero. Watch.

Well.... there is the 30 for 30 documentary on John Daily. The sad “could have been” hero turned alcoholic of golf.

There Will Never Ever Be Another Cancer Like Anime

There will never be another golfer like Happy Gilmore

I bet Emperor Lemon could even make Sword Art Online interesting

There Will Never Ever Be Another Golfer Like Tiger Woods


God 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.


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


47:52 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


These are great documentaries u go deep into all aspects and tie it together. Good job


This man died and still finished 12th. That's how good he was.

@d3bo same with NASCAR Modified Series Legend Richie Evans

Hes in the heavens or reincarnated now i guess

@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....

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 😭

Ariel Vlogs YT Nah Dale got 2nd while Michale Waltrip got 1st

If only he could have gotten a bullet bill, he may have gone much higher

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.

@The Pika Player why don't you leave until you actually know something about nascar little boy

Richie Evans clinched the first Winston Modified title a week before his death.

Jochen Rindt died and still won the F1 world championship

Even in death, he still beat a lot (if not most) of the other racers

To be fair, the big one wiped out so many cars that there was less than a dozen cars that completed all 200 laps.


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.


I never realized how long this story was still it was so sad for a legend died for their team


amazing documentary man. I kept replaying certain parts. Great job


"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.


"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


this series got me into things I never cared about


i was a huge nascar fan as a kid, i'll never forget the day my parents told me Dale Sr. died.


R.I.P and Long Live DALE EARNHARDT ! <br>-Legends Never Die

R.I.P and Long Live DALE EARNHARDT !
-Legends Never Die


“When a man is dead-set on accomplishing an impossible task, he will never stop chasing it”

Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet Multirole Fighter


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.

you said it better than i could ever have

I think your dad would really appreciate the video too.

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.

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.


41:57 this clip itself shows probably the best father-son companionship in the history of NASCAR.


Man, seeing all these drivers from the 80s and 90s takes me back to my childhood.


Came back to watch this video a second time. It was just as good twice.<br>Didn't disappoint!

Came back to watch this video a second time. It was just as good twice.
Didn'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

i still have zero interest for nascar but yeah, this line made me shed a tear

Well 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 😔


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 <b>the most</b> bittersweet act of heroism and sportsmanship in sports ever. thank you for this absolute gem of a video.

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.


I was raised in Kannapolis. As a kid I was jokingly taught to count "1, 2, Dale, 4, 5, 6, 7, Junior, 9, 10..."

@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”

I also live right next to kannapolis I’m like 5 minutes away

@Hurricane oh wow. Can I get a story about that?

I 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

@Somethedan who said he wanted to meet you lol

@Icee idk but i have a murderous rage after reading that.

Hey I'm from cannabonis, how do you Doddles do?

Groink! uuhm... Ups!

a quantum fun from me 🤓

Hey I’m in kannapolis rn but let’s not meet


I just watched this the second tiome. It still tears me up. Such an amazing documentary.


NASCAR 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.


I 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.


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.


Great homeage to a true giant, EmpLemon.

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...

A gentleman off the track and a monster on it. Every racing driver should strive to be like Dale.

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 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.

I also had the privilege of meeting him as a kid.  It was at the base exchange in Fort Bragg.

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


I keep rewatching all your Nascar videos over and over.  Please make more.  You should get a Netflix series.


Thank you for shedding light on a true American hero


This documentary made me shed a tear, something which doesn’t often occur. Well done!


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. <br>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.

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.

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”


I convince my friends to watch NASCAR just by showing them the crashes


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🥳🥳🎉


I'm only just noticing that the timing on "More Gun" is just absolutely perfect. Your choices of music and your editing are amazing.


"Dale Earnhardt would enter his black #3 for the final time."

chills

Bruh I got reminded of this the day after being reminded of Everywhere At The End Of Time (look it up)

Is the youtube algorithm trying to warn me about smth?

Watch his qualifying run for it, it will be worth your time.

Jellybuns Young I’ve watched too much summoning salt and now my mind just holds it with that

@Hiroka Akita bro "home - we're finally landing" is such a good song. I sometimes tear up listening to it. Idk why.

I’ve watched this video 3 times through just for that one line with the music

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.

Sadly, in Dale's case... it was the second story.

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.

Sadly, in Dale's case... *it was the second story.*

When he said that it sent so many chills through my body

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.


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.


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


This was crazy it went from masterpiece to fever dream about dollar shave club and back to masterpiece


I come back to this video because Dale Earnhardt is an absolute legend in every since of the word. Long live The Intimidator!


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

brian McGoldrick Dale was the greatest. The Intimidator


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.


Dale was from a time when a man didn’t worry about feelgoods n emotions it was about fun and hardwork.


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

@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.

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).

Same, dude. I can't  even remember  for what time I'm  rewatching it. It's  that good. Pozdrowienia.

I'm also Polish and I re-watched this video about 10 times. It has amazing quality and is an huge emotional roller coaster


Now I understand why Daniel Ricciardo admire him so much. Great job!


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.


Phenomenal work sir I was only 8 at the time but I remember where I was when I heard the news


35:15 How much morale did this guy have!! Incredible!!


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.


Still impossible for me to watch this without crying atleast once


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!

"F"? "Reddit Gold"? Be more sensitive people

@Godzilla County no but they didn’t want your opinion

Now she's sitting on a fixed copilot seat on the #3 car, with him driving it up there.<br>F indeed.

Now she's sitting on a fixed copilot seat on the #3 car, with him driving it up there.
F indeed.

He is with our father, and we will see him soon


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


I've always thought Nascar was low class and never gave it chance but your videos on it are really something else. Very well done

@The Ghastly Grinner Im from Amherst Massachusetts


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.


this is my second time watching this and I can’t tell you how underrated the transition OUT of the ad is


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.

Please keep up the good work!


Big shout out to Cleetus McFarland (Garret Mitchel) for carrying the legacy of Dale Earnhardt! Hell yeah brother, keep doing it for Dale!


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.


Great video!

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.


Who knew that a YTP maker could churn out such amazingly well written and thoroughly researched serious content?

Thats what YTP does.

Teaches editing, and story telling.

YTP-ers are some of the best editors and most creative storytellers o the internet.


I remember all of this !  He is the GOAT of  NASCAR!


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 👍


This is so well-made! This video inspired me to write an essay on NASCAR for school!


I really enjoyed the fact that the gt4 menu soundtrack was included in this video.<br>Nostalgia x 100

I really enjoyed the fact that the gt4 menu soundtrack was included in this video.
Nostalgia 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.


That video of him with Dale jr before his last race is heart wrenching,can't imagine what was in poor jrs mind


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.

1 in 7 billion that’s the saddest shit I’ve read in my life

Ive never been interested in racing, but I bet it was.


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


man it was tough seeing dale walking before his last race knowing that he wouldn’t live to see another day


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 🤣 <br>As always, this is an amazing documentary. It doesn’t feel right calling this just a “video”

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”


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.

@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.

Jackson Almodobar there is a movie about it called the dale earheardt movie

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.

@Stripe Gurger I almost shed up when I saw Blaney.

@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.

@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.

Man, 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.

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.

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.

@daw pler   youd never heard of him?  dude i grew up in canada and everyone knew him... are you a youngster?

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.

He 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.

Yeah much the same man, EmpLemon knows how to tell a story right.

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.

@RealNigga19 Probably because I come from an island which has next to nothing about motorsports.

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

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. <br>How lucky can one be and his kids and family are doing great.

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.

I have the same feeling man... This series got me.

I have the same feeling man... This series got me.

Real superheroes tend to have that affect on ya.

Real superheroes tend to have that affect on ya.

I 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

Not for me , i already seen this from another video

SMFCX tbh, a well made movie about this guys life would be amazing!

@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

@Pr0fitl0lis ! pois é, man... embora eu já tenha jogado Nascar num PS2, eu não tinha ideia da história de Earnhardt. Foda demais!!

How do you think I feel Dale was my favorite and childhood hero his passing was a very sad time

Seeing him throwing a race to protect his son and team, and dying for it, gets me every time.

I’m from the south and can remember THE DAY he died. The next week at church everyone was so sad and down

The pacing, the music, the mood.. all too perfect for emotional manipulation.

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.

That is so weird to me. I'm an American whose not at all into NASCAR but almost everyone here knows of him. Lol

As 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

I am American, and I've never heard of Dale Earnhardt before today. This shit almost made me cry too man.

Well I know who he is. I been knew about him.

Well I know who he is. I been knew about him.

Definitely got choked up myself. What a story

Definitely got choked up myself. What a story

Emp is just THAT good a storyteller. And this story is just THAT incredible.


I never thought I would be this emotional about a Nascar video


👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Very well put together great video. Thank you


I watched The intimidator live my whole life. He was a beast. Kyle Larson is taking over the role.


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.

@Niels Vantilburg You are right Group B nothing better than that, I just said that those decades were great.

@carlosb1 what about the 80s, what's better than group B?

The 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.


"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


Bro I never ever learned anything about NASCAR but you really just made me shed a tear when he won the Daytona 500.


Dale Earnhardt is the most American looking man ever

I have another one for you, have you ever seen Tyler Tony

There are a lot who can take that honor. Don Frye, Dan Severn, Tom Selleck, list goes on.

@ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY PUNK nah that is John kawasaki

idk bout the most American, but is no doubt one of the most red blooded American men that this nation will ever know

@Joanna Martin what's wrong with Trump lmaooooo

Carroll Shelby is the physical incarnation of the United States of America.


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.


as much as i never knew about nascar,
the ending quarter made me cry.
thanks.


I’ve seen this video about 5 times, still a classic.

Johana, Ahyanna and Tristian Morales Mendoza

Just watched it a third time today. I get teary eyed every time

Yeah I always watch it always say to watch like 1 part of it but then I can never stop watching till the end

I cry every time. For a nascar champion that I never even knew about before watching it.

I love all of emp’s content analysis videos

It’s a great video, I love coming back to it now and then

I've lost count how many times I've watched this, but I know I'm in the double digits

Just 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

It’s so rewatchable, love to just leave it in the background


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!


Awesome! Great job! Thank you very much!


“Its impossible to convince someone to care about….nascar but I’m gonna try” <br>Well you got me

“Its impossible to convince someone to care about….nascar but I’m gonna try”
Well 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


Man, 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.

Yea this guys got some of the most compelling documentary content I’ve ever seen I love it.

@RagnokRaven na its bc dale was legendary

GLORY is forever and that is why we Remember them both

Basically what happened. He went into something dangerous and died in glory


27:04 - 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


you just know it's gonna to be good when eurobeat kicks in xD


To the The Legend the intimidator Dale Earnhardt we will miss you and never forget you.


You manage to turn even the most boring-looking sports into an emotional roller coaster. Respect

@tAmEz ZoDiAc NASCAR and baseball are great

Anything is boring when you don't understand it.

Racing is anything but Boring your thinking about football and basketball

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.

@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!"

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.

It used to NOT be boring.
I kno...
Wait... *THATS ILLEGAL*!

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.

IKR Heck they litterally made a legit roller coaster based on NASCAR called SPEED the ride. at nascar cafe in Las Vegas

Shyguymask and it has a squidbillies song in it. I love emp lemon


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.


❤Number 3 on the track, Number 1 in our hearts. ❤


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.


his 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.


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 downward spiral (secretly an upward spiral)

@aceman0000099 true, I like his videos, the old ones and the new. Times change for better or for worse


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.


Thank you so much for this amazing content


you are seriously so good at this, my nascar love died a few years ago, but you might have made it come back


"Have you ever seen a nascar fly?"<br>Now, one of the most iconic lines of YouTube. Change my mind.

"Have you ever seen a nascar fly?"
Now, one of the most iconic lines of YouTube. Change my mind.

The question that went through my head in response was:<br>"No, do they fly like Mercedes?"

The question that went through my head in response was:
"No, do they fly like Mercedes?"

I unironicly cried in the video, it's so fucking good.

Yep. The song is called Home - We're finally landing (IIRC), which makes it even better.

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 :)


As a wise man once said “he’s not dead he’s just one lap ahead”


EmpLemon carrying an entire sport on his back.


"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.


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<br>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.

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.

Not to mention one of those apprentices being his own son.


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


he died doing what he loved

a noble man

he died doing what he loved

a noble man


Man...

You 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!

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

you are speded and i kinda feel bad hehe xd

See Dale hold back the pack ONLY TO WATCH his team win while dying in the process...I HAD TO REWIND THAT PART TWICE🙏


Dale JR winning at Daytona following his dad's death was beautiful


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.


As a young kid watching the Winston cup in the mid to late 90s Dale Earnhardt was my motor sports hero.

RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE.


“Dale earnhardt was the last fatality” boy did Ryan Newman almost break that streak

@Andrew Sutherland Yeah, he died during a race at Pocono.

@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.

@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.

@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 Surprising how you are the only one saying this....

@Andrew Sutherland Indycar is not affiliated with NASCAR. Indycar is its own individual sanctioning body. So no, in this conversation, it does not.

You are severely underestimating the safety of NASCAR sir

@Onyx Amish Yeah dude he's Dega crash in 2009, Daytona in 2003, there's so many.

NASCAR's IndyCar had a fatality after Dale Earnhardt. Dan Wheldon. Still counts.

@The Intimadator3 it got completely quiet at the track, like everyone was focused on what was happening.

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.

When I watched that live I didn’t know what the hell to think

Dude.

I 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...

Caleb Gilliland Ryan Newman almost does at the Daytona 500 this year bro what do you mean?

Jimmy Dean no I mean Newman has horrible crashes at restrictor plate racing all the time

to be fair he almost breaks that streak every season

yes the way they were acting we all though it wasnt going to be a good outcome


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


Such an under rated channel! Viva NASCAR!


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


You made regular people respect NASCAR, Emp. I wish I could do that.


Dale may have been a legend on the track, but Emplemon you are a legend with producing high quality YouTube content. I salute you.


I live in kannapolis, and it’s awesome to see this! I was surprised to see that you went downtown to see the monument!


I've watched this video countless times, yet 40:05 hits me so fucking hard every single time


That transition between sponsorship and the video was almost as smooth as the shave you’ll get from Dollar Shave Club lol


Dales death saved so many drivers lives, but at the same time Dales death killed the sport.

There are two sides of a coin <br>You can’t have one side, without the other

There are two sides of a coin
You can’t have one side, without the other

@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.

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.

@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

Honestly at this point all motorsports are cheating death they get damn lucky atleast one time a season for everyone

@Mike C. phone rings
"Can you feel the heat?"

@Mike C. *phone rings*
"Can you feel the heat?"

The perfect definition of give and take.. and like Emp said in the video "he was a racing god."

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.

@Lukibear 1112 ha man, ydk how much i miss eddie ...

@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


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.


There will never be another driver like Dale allowed to make it in professional racing.


Dale is a legend yes he’s flawed but he’s a man of greatness and he left a legacy behind.


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.

@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

@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.


I tend to hate reaction videos, but it'd be nice to see Jr's reaction to this.


It never heals.   I love Dale Jr .  But I told my friends and my husband my Idea about safer barriers before it happened.


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.

NASCAR's the greatest sport in the world give it a chance


John nemechek is one of my family members I'll never forget about him


Amazing content. Amazing Video. Probably the best content i have seen on youtube. Great job. Subbed.


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 was at Bristol when he won ,and it was awesome  !


He died looking at his son and legacy win, protecting the life of some and making up for his father. He died like a champion.

He didn't die like a champion, he died a champion.

@wally man  That's why the "legacy " is for

@Comedic Ellivation god, 2001 was a terrible year.

He 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

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.

@Zack Lance implying Hitler didn't reach people


Damn this guy makes some really interesting videos :)


You don't have to convince me to like Nascar first time I watched Nascar I loved it


16:16

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.

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. <br>- A College Kid From Texas.

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<br>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.

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.


never thought id actually be interested Nasar but you've made it so enjoyable to watch


@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


I was always a Jeff Gordon fan, but Dale was something else. Never gonna be another Intimidator.


"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."

that shit hits hard every time I hear it

@Travis Storm Look at your own channel bro 😭😂

@Travis Storm no, if imma die, imma do it into a tree at 150 mph

@John Stonik mind pointing out the spelling mistakes?


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.


Emp,<br>PLEASE tell me you’ve got a NASCAR video cooking up for us :)

Emp,
PLEASE 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"


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.

@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.

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.


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.

Honestly never thought about it like that. Dale Earnhardt is literally America's Ayrton Senna


The best driver in NASCAR ever.  Period.  Rip Dale


I love NASCAR saw my first race Rockingham 1974.  Will miss Dale forever


My father was the biggest Earnhardt fan back in the day and I don’t think even he knew this much about him


I'm not a huge NASCAR guy, but this is amazing. So very well done.


Putting 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''.


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 .<br>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

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


Dude, nascar still has the fans from its golden age. It's just in the back of their head's.


Nice video. Can you do one about Australia's Peter Brock, please?


Impact on the sport was immeasurable, it has never recovered nor has my view of it.


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.

I legit didn't expect EmpLemon to make a video about Dale Earnhardt.
_What 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.


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…


You definitely engaged the interest of NASCAR fans and non-NASCAR fans. Excellent video EmpLemon.


That ad segment was really good very well executed


This may be the greatest channel on YouTube…


The Running in the 90s part gave me goosebumps...


"You've got plenty of money, don't need that to keep racing. is it still worth the risk to keep on going?"

"Sure, to win."
I have no idea why but that hit hard.

I remember that interview. He replied "to win" very quickly.

@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.

@Josh Howard lol, thats one of the best endings.

What a great quote and what a way to end the video too. It truly showed his personality. Chills


Man rambles for an hour straight about an old guy who died in a car accident

Jokes aside, very well made


“Imagine Tom Brady dying during the Super Bowl”

God, 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.


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"

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.

@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.

@Sashimi-X no, rusty wallace came up behind him but didn’t hit him, just took the downforce out from under his car

@Sashimi-X Oh, that hurts. The technique he was known for using was the thing that took him out.

Kind of a badass, bittersweet way to go out, doubt he'd want to die any other way, honestly.

@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

what actually caused his crash? from the clips in the video it seemed pretty plain sailing


I grew up watching nascar, was made fun of for it. Quit watching it for decades now….

I’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.


I 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.


I 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


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.


Every time i feel discouraged, i come back to this video and the HBox one, i need to prove to myself that I belong.

Stay the course, everybody.


His dad would be proud. He died doing what he loved


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.

@Chris Ramsey i mean there is a fair to large possibility they're trolling

@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.

@Chris Ramsey bro you do realize what that name says..

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.

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.

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.

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.

another missippian on the internet? ny G O D

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 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.


Eurobeat playing over Nascar.  That's a combination I didn't know that I needed.  The Summoning Salt theme really adds, too.


It's funny because Earnhardt sort of rhymes with "earned hard", which is what his Daytona 500 victory was.

Also, mad props for making this series so intriguing and worth waiting for

Huh I've been a nascar fan for 8 years and I never noticed that


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.


Dale 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 .


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 .


“There are 3 rules. No wishing for death, No bring back dead people, no wish for love”
“I was going to bring dale back”
“There are 2 rules”

@A P there are many enviable deaths. i dont know about this one, but there are enviable deaths.

@Deadliest Vice  shet da hillup ping! pong!

why would you bring back a guy who died like a legend?

@Kingwaffleton I suppose there is truth in that.

@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

@Kingwaffleton what do you mean by enviable? I wouldn’t think someone could draw envy from someone else’s death

Genie: you know I will make a couple of exceptions

It wouldn't be the same, he went out with a bang, and he would probably be very upset at the state of nascar nowadays


Very Impressed my man.I'm shocked I just discovered you.


It 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."


We lost Dale on the 43rd running. How fitting for, at the time, the only other 7 time Winston Cup champion.


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.

+Silas Mayes  Ovals aren’t everyone’s cup of tea I guess. But that’s fine.

And NASCAR does race at several of the tracks you listed.

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).

Update: watched the wrestling video and it was good.

+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.

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.

+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

I was never into pro wrestling, but his video on it was absolutely phenomenal. I definitely recommend it lol


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!


growing up in NC nascar is just something you naturally know and love


Dale Earnhardt is the greatest driver ever not one of the best he is the intimidator


It honestly kinda makes me tear up knowing that Dale Earnhardt died while in 3rd place and making sure his son and teammate would win


Fun Fact: Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch are the only two active drivers that got the chance to compete against Dale Earnhardt.

@John Smith well Kevin Harevick was the drive to replace dale so you could hes up there with Kurt

Matt kenseth (who was active until 2020) also played with Earnhardt in a race I believe he won

Also won the rookie of the year I believe in 2000

@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

Kyle Busch is the closest thing to Dale’s style of being the villain of the sport

@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.

@OB1 tuber Newman competed with Earnhardt in the 2000 fall Phoenix race but Newman finished 41st due to an expired engine.

I know about Busch, the last guy #3 ever flipped off<br>But when did Newman compete with The  Man in Black

I know about Busch, the last guy #3 ever flipped off
But when did Newman compete with The  Man in Black


It 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


Taking away the bump and run, from a racecar driver, is like taking away the check raise from a poker player.


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.


I've never seen a NASCAR race, not I heard of Dale Earnhardt before. but, damn you had me in tears since min 42


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


One small thing about Earnhardt's death:

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.