My dad worked as a regional manager for GM Goodwrench and part of his job was promoting the motorsports they were involved in.  Growing up, I was fortunate enough to do a lot with Dale and NASCAR in general.  This really bring back memories.  One of my fondest memories involved picking him up from the airport for an autograph signing in Kansas where we lived at the time.  I had to leave early for a baseball game and before my mom and I could make it out of the building, he came running up to say goodbye.  This was also like a couple weeks after he broke his collar bone and sternum at Talledega.  I found out later he asked my dad where I went and I guess he just took a break from signing autographs just to come tell me goodbye.  I've always viewed him as an amazing driver, but an even better person.  Seriously, "The Intimidator" and "The Man in Black" never really fit his true persona.  He was genuinely just a great person and I cried like a baby the day he died.

Also, I've avoided watching this particular video as I knew it bring back some emotion, but I'm so glad i finally did.  Thanks for making this!  Now to find some tissues..

Every one is posting these long emotional comments and I can bearly connect

Not only you....Not only you ol friend.
How awesome Nascar was back then.
R.I.P. Dale.
This video is a great Earnhardt homage.
Thanks for posting.

Coming from a city big that’s pretty cool

Yo met Dale Sr? wow that's incredible.
I was born in 2000 after watching this video i am sad i'll never get to
fully comprehend and watch dale Sr drive in NASCAR
I will definitely watch the sport when it begins next year, i live in NC so
i have many friends who like NASCAR.


This was pretty cool and interesting! Thanks


My dad is a big fan of Nascar. He has a pretty big collection of Dale Earnhardt Sr and Jr merchandise. As a kid I remember asking him about it and he told me the story about how he passed.That memory is foggy now but I remember how much he enjoyed talking about it and that it meant something to him. He also participated in racing himself BECAUSE of Earnhardt. I never got into Nascar myself, but I wanted to watch this video because of my dad. This document video made me cry. Thank you for this amazing video capturing a man and a sport my dad loved.


I remember well the day Earnhardt died.  I was a senior at Clemson University and had watched the race earlier in the day and then watched Clemson beat  the #1 UNC  Tarheels in basketball.  When my friend called  later asking if I heard what happened, I thought for sure he was talking about the basketball game.  When he told me Earnhardt dief, it was like I lost a piece of my life.  That was toward the end of my NASCAR fandom.  I got into it in the late1980s, was obsessed in the early to late 1990s and then just drifted away.  Earnhardt's death was almost like a benchmark.  Although i was not an Earnhardt fan, his death just happened to coincide with my loss of interest.  I will always remember he and Jeff Gordon's intense rivalry fondly. The world in general was a much simpler and better place back then.


Amazing, informative, and powerful documentary. Also I like the use of TF2 music shuffled in there lol


Dale Earnhardt: a man so badass that they built not one, but two roller coasters themed about him

Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion is often considered the most extreme roller coaster ever built, since it pulls over 4G sustained on its riders, causing frequent blackouts.

@Dante Wit a fat asz So he's Josuke from Part 8?

@Crack there would be atleast 4 roller coasters then

I don't know why this comment made me laugh so hard


As a fan of motor racing, your videos convinced me to give NASCAR a go. And as hurt as I was by the end of the 2022 F1 season, when the Bahrain Grand Prix happened I completely forgot about NASCAR.


Ive gotten so hooked on this video made me so interested in Nascar


While Dale was busy complaining about restrictor plates I was reminiscing about running up the rainbow bridge in Macalania Woods to power up my sword after getting a run time of 0.00 seconds in the final race.


"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining" <br>That's good.

"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining"
That's good.


As an English bloke, I know literally nothing about Nascar. However since I loved your “never ever” video on Monday night raw so much I decided to check this out. This has to be one of my favourite videos on this channel. It’s so fascinating, engaging and well written and it gave me a new respect for the sport I’ve always considered to be a hillbilly version of Formula One. Good job.

Yeah these “Never Ever” stories are probably gonna blow up

@bllau I'd extend that to the "The Day" documentaries on yt. They're all awesome NASCAR stories.

Check out the 1992 Nascar season it ended with a Cinderella story which was quickly followed by tragedy.


"Every week there is great NAZZCAR racing"


Finally someone talks about Nascar,I've been a Nascar fan since I was a kid


So I've always liked the stockcar and I watched a lot when I still had TV, especially in the 90s but the increases in tv commercials and crazy hype started to make sitting thru a race unbearable for me ........ I liked the earlier telecasts where team strategy and car adjustments were noticed and analyzed ... it's somewhat like baseball, there is ton of things going on if you pay close attention ..... and I don't think indy car is doing better anyway ... F1 has problems with rules and favoring of top teams in rule calling and other things ... lately i've been watching the Isle of Man racing when it's on, very good but very dangerous for the riders .....


I never in my entire life ever have given a shred, an iota of a F about nascar racing but I absolutely DEVOURED this video. I get it now. I f'ckin GET it.


Let me tell you something. I have lived around Kannapolis my entire life. I was 13 years old when Dale Earnhardt died. That shit absolutely crushed the entire community. People still shout "Honor Dale" occasionally and hold up three fingers. Absolutely crushing. The Earnhardt's are great people, mostly live in Mooresville now. It was a terrible loss. We're all looking forward to Jr. 100% retiring.

@Princess Sprinkles The Cat <br>Maybe commenting the same thing over and over and over again will get a laugh eventually? I guess that's a technique.

@Princess Sprinkles The Cat
Maybe commenting the same thing over and over and over again will get a laugh eventually? I guess that's a technique.

@Anesthetized does he also say "we make right turns"?

cleetus mcfarland has a tremendously large youtube following (even owns a dale livery nascar truck) and ends every video by saying "do it for dale"

Shame that Teresa is such a pos with his last name.  Much like with John and Yoko, the wrong one ended up dead and way too soon.

I cant imagine school on monday. Silence? Teacher talking to the class? What happened?

I live about an hour from Kannapolis and went there for the first time last year for the sole purpose of seeing Dale’s statue. It’s a beautiful town and you could feel the reverence in the air. I can’t even explain it


Never ever thought I would be pogging out of my gourd at nascar


Cried twice during this, was watching Daytona this year, and haven't really watched NASCAR since...


Nascar died the day number 3 died. Dale Earnhardt- greatest driver ever. Haven't watched since you died and never will watch again. To the greatest racing legend ever- you are sorely missed.


Shit...  I was leaving a girl's bedroom, sneaking my way out of her house passed her dead-asleep mom when the crash happened. Within moments the entire house was awake and watching as the entire mood ground to a halt on that track. Very sad.<br> Great driver - Died like he lived.

Shit...  I was leaving a girl's bedroom, sneaking my way out of her house passed her dead-asleep mom when the crash happened. Within moments the entire house was awake and watching as the entire mood ground to a halt on that track. Very sad.
 Great driver - Died like he lived.


When I clicked on this video, the only knowledge on the subject I had was from the Cars movie.

When I came out, there were tears in my eyes from what you had shared with us. Thank you.

I liked Cars, until I realized what a shitty plot line it had 😂😂😂

Cars was a highlight of my childhood, it echoes on days like today. This amazing video that Emp planned on the 3rd of the 3rd really made me emotional. It was supposed to be so happy, your whole team on the podium. Its so beautifully tragic that that's his last moment.<br>I just dug out a beat up McDonald's toy nascar from my pile of childhood toys. I had Bill Elliot's car all along. 1977, number 94.

Cars was a highlight of my childhood, it echoes on days like today. This amazing video that Emp planned on the 3rd of the 3rd really made me emotional. It was supposed to be so happy, your whole team on the podium. Its so beautifully tragic that that's his last moment.
I just dug out a beat up McDonald's toy nascar from my pile of childhood toys. I had Bill Elliot's car all along. 1977, number 94.

Same for me. My god is that a story. So emotional even though I'm not even an American and couldn't be further from the sport.


This showed up in my recommendations.  Never really cared about Nascar, probably still won't, but this was an awesome story.


Dale, you were the greatest driver Nascar ever had.


this is so sad<br>that seagull didn't deserve to die like that :(

this is so sad
that seagull didn't deserve to die like that :(


Dale Earnhardt died the year i was born, but since my father was a massive fan I, in turn, am a massive fan. Even today I get emotional thinking of Earnhardt's death.


Dr. Seuss describing my thoughts:
"EmpLemon made the suburban middle class Californian think of something he hadn't before,
maybe wrestling and NASCAR mean a little bit more."


25:41 So I don’t know if people know this but Bobby’s son Davey ended up winning that race, which was his first career win.


I grew up in the foothills of North Carolina in the 80s, spending summers at my aunt's house in Kannapolis. She worked for RJ Reynolds and knew Dale and had met him a handful of times.  She was a diehard fan and I, through her influence, became a huge Intimidator fan. I loved watching racing all through my teens and into my early 20s. My love for the sport died along with my hero in February of 2001.  I watched Dale Jr. win a handful of times, but my fandom truly ended when Sr. hit the wall at Daytona.


Vid made me cry, I was a nascar fan when I was really young all from the video game and I guess I blocked the memory of Dale's passing


This reminds me of Senna in formula 1. Regarded as the greatest driver but died doing what he loved, his death saved many other lives and improved f1 safety exponentially.

@Corrado Scire it was in talladega of course Earnhardt won lol

The night Ayrton Senna died, there was a Nascar race in Talladega. Nascar's sanctioning body made an impromptu decision to dedicate the race in Senna's honor. The winner of that race?

Dale Earnhardt.

@Luke Law Anrthoine Hubert though it being F2.

@Luke Law you know he said that after colliding with his teammate, in wich he later admitted to take him out on porpuse right

@Goober Went back and watched and realized I was thinking of a different racing death. However, we're both wrong. The wheel pinned between the car and the wall, popped out with fatal force and struck him in the head. The only laceration he sustained was a small cut above his eyebrow.

@Rob Cartwright Senna was thrown forward with his head hitting the dash, the steering wheel shot up and knocked his head back, and then the rod shot through his fucking helmet. He was killed thrice over.

@OB1 tuber Senna's death was a bit of an outlier also. Had that rod been a fraction of an inch in any other direction, it would've missed his head and he would've walked away from that accident.

The only thing they have in common is them dying while racing

The same could also be said of Steffan Belloff, his death at the 1000 KM Of Spa in 1986 shook sportscar racing to its core and forced rule changes that made the cars much safer and ultimately would lead to safety changes at Le Mans after another driver was killed during the 1986 24 hours when his transmission failed on the mullsane straight which sent his car flying over the wall into the treets at full speed.

@Shs S No, I was replying to OB1, who said people still died after senna despite the safety advancements his death brought. I said that only one had died, Jules Bianchi, though Massa was also almost killed. This is referring the 2009 incident where Felipe Massa was hit in the head by a spring from a car infront of him.

@OB1 tuber just one, bianchi, but massa was close. Newman almost was killed despite the safety advancements the hans and next gen cars brought.

But people still died after Senna, nascar, not so much

Hopefully he also makes a video on gilles

@Coolkid 59 /C59 "if you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver"

100% agree. And maybe a lot of people don't really remember Senna's legacy today, but damn he was good, especially in quali and rain nobody in his day compared


Just got made...
As a devoted F1 fan, this little clip, and those that have, gratefully made it, has just opened my eyes to motor racing.
Thank you all! Not only the makers, but also all the subscribers and likers, to keep it here, for me to have seen.
Thank you all!


I never liked nascar but my dad used to watch it. He stopped watching  because the sport changed too much.


Daytonaaaaa ...I wasn't even a fan like that and I still belt that out every once in a while lol


43:11 "Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Ironman"

Well that has new meaning to it.

Fuckkkk I feel sorry for Jimmy Johnson then

Now those 5 min talking about his death just hit me 2x harder

He sacrificed himself for his son and teammate

Trainmaster98 you must admit, fitting meaning. A person who decided to help people he cared about, only to die due to the force being too powerful for him.

He defeated the Daytona 500 and then he died.

@Nickbotmax The other chief difference being I gave a shit when Dale died

Maxbotnick It’s not how they died, it’s their legacy they left behind.

I thought terry labonte was the ironman due to all the starts he had over the years.

Trainmaster98 ...and I...am Dale Earndhardt...


I wish those safety measures were added before Dale died. May he Rest In Peace.


The Daytona track is big enough for Supercross to have a track made in the grass section. Fuckin bet they could make a Motocross track on the whole thing.


There will never ever be another episode of never ever like this one


Way to sponsor yourself with the Daytona theme! Awesome!


From a lifelong NASCAR fan... This is beautiful. I already knew every single thing you talked about but your pacing, editing, style, and delivery are so nuanced and clever, I loved it. I laughed and cried. This is better than professional documentarys I have seen about him. My one nitpick is that you called the car itself "a nascar" which fans hate but honestly that is so small it doesnt take anything away. In short, thank you for such an entertaining video and for teaching non fans a lot about the sport I still love despite the recent decline.


36:11
Not only that but on the 20th anniversary of his Daytona 500 win his grandson would win the Daytona 500 In 2018


dang i think i actually love nascar now. what have you done to me emp. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE


Same thing happened to wrestling for me, safety and to "clean", wrestlers used to be dishevelled men who lived hard, travelled by cars and vans drinking together, today, it's all safety and clean cut men...it lost its magic


"Dirty racing" if you ain't cheating you ain't trying.😂😂


As a 20 year old lifelong NASCAR fan, thank you so much for making this documentary. With the state the sport is in now, it gives me hope reading all these comments & seeing how emotional & attached these people are getting over a person they had little to no knowledge about before watching it. I want nothing more than NASCAR to be the trendy, popular sport it once was again & you pay tribute to to that. This documentary should be played in theatre’s in all honesty. It’s almost the perfect Dale Earnhardt documentary & I often come back & skip through it, and every time I do, I end up with tears in my eyes.

@OkamiLeek006 not gonna lie, this could actually work...

@Bernhard Wittner they need to modernise their approach to marketing and broadcasting, it's what F1 is doing and it's currently one of the trendiest sports in the past few years

I think to truly make it relevant again, it would have to pretty much go through a renaissance.

The renaissance of Nascar if you will.


This video should be in the Dale Earnheardt Museum, you kno what im saying... Hats off to you, great video


When Dale checked out I tipped my hat!...What a great way to leave!!


Has a european dude who never watched and understanded the fascination about nascar this made me look at it with a hole diferent point of view and made me really apreciate and respect it 10/10 great documentary


I got into NASCAR because of SimRacing. I always thought it was a joke but god is it exhilarating. I hope it finds it's stride again.


Very interesting fascinating story from a different world and time-space. Super video, thank you 👍👍


Mah God, it hard to to find something that hits you as hard as Emplemon video hit you


“The reason NASCAR lost popularity is, ironically, because it got safer.”

This past year’s near fatal wreck Ryan Newman suffered at the Daytona 500 proves this point even more. He ended up the most googled athlete of 2020, and the wreck showed the risk of death is still there, and it brought NASCAR more popularity and more ratings than it had experienced in the immediate years prior. It brought arguably more popularity in its immediate aftermath than NASCAR’s social justice moves and Bubba Wallace’s polarizing rise amid the events of last summer.

@Brendan Wood no other sports,<br>MMA was active for 2020 so hmmm

@Brendan Wood no other sports,
MMA was active for 2020 so hmmm

@Probably Not Dad grifter's gonna grift.

@Probably Not Dad grifter's gonna grift.

@Probably Not Dad oh and another thing. NASCAR hasn’t been a “southern sport” for a LONG time.

Also, don’t blame Bubba for anything. All he did was stand up to what he believed in. It’s NASCAR that used that to gain “new fans”

@AWijaya it's also stock car racing WITHOUT THE DAMN STOCK CARS. I want to watch someone racing something my father and I can make in our driveway, not a million dollar super car that looks vaguely like a real car until you go head-on and see the whole right side of it had a stroke.

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ they literally called the FBI over a pullcord on a garage shortly after the laughable Jussie Smollet fake hate crime.

NASCAR forgot its roots and now attacks its fans in favor of jokes like Bubba and people who don't even like the sport.

It's why Rally hasn't really dropped in popularity over the years the fans are the drivers know the risks and are willing that chase that red line high together inches from certain death

It’s because of Brian France’s stupidity.

Also, Bubba isn’t a bad guy, personally it was good to see NASCAR stand up to what’s right (until the stupid handle controversy at Dega last year, it’s NASCAR’s fault for jumping the gun, Bubba had nothing to do with the handle. All he did was say some dumb crap on corporate news, but we all know what corporate news wanted last summer. NASCAR’s “noose-gate” controversy is one of the reasons why I watch some races. I’ll always stand with Bubba. I supported him since his Truck days, and I’ll always support him. What nascar did last summer was just stupid. They jumped the gun and wasted the FBI’s time. Also a crew member of the 43 found it first, Bubba was only told about it. I hate that idiots treat him like a criminal). Sorry, venting and wanted to throw it out there.

As for NASCAR as a sport, I really hope they fix the stuff Brian France destroyed and make it a great Motorsports series again, not a stick and ball sport on wheels

@Deaj well exactly. I'm not, saying that the reaction to that is overblown or whatever, but it's still technically a noose.<br>Well, who knows, maybe they have a differently tied rope in other garages though. I assume that not all of them used a noose tie for the garage pull.

@Deaj well exactly. I'm not, saying that the reaction to that is overblown or whatever, but it's still technically a noose.
Well, who knows, maybe they have a differently tied rope in other garages though. I assume that not all of them used a noose tie for the garage pull.

@Kami Sama It's a rope garage pull. It's a noose in the most friendly way possible. These people have undoubtedly seen them many times before, I've seen them and barely spend time in garages lol

@Deaj i mean, it is literally a noose. Does it meant as a threat? Probably not. But saying it's not a noose is invalid as it's literally tied like one.

You don't know what you're talking about. Viewing figures have been up the last few years.

You don't know what you're talking about. Viewing figures have been up the last few years.

@Kami Sama OkAy BoOmEr
"LOOK GUYS I CALLED HIM A BOOMER, PLEASE LAUGH I HAVE NO ACTUAL HUMOUR OR ANY GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT I SAID BOOMER HAHAHAHAHA GUYS PLEASE JUST LAUGH"

Okay, so into the trash your opinion goes. Good to know.

@Minerva's Owl okay boomer.

I'll humor you once.
I'm neither.

@Minerva's Owl okay boomer.

I'll humor you once.
I'm neither.

@Kami Sama Sorry, what was that? All I hear is inconsistent whining. Try actually saying something of worth next time.

Question: are you white and/or American?

@Kami Sama Sorry, what was that? All I hear is inconsistent whining. Try *actually saying something of worth next time.*

Question: are you white and/or American?

@Kami Sama I don't give one about easily manipulated and inaccurate data, I give one about the opinions of what quite a lot of actual fans have at the moment - and they're not good.

Don't care about Plebbit either, that site is a massive joke full of easily offended crybabies anyway. Also, Lewie Lewie's shilling for that terror group has been so polarizing that even Big Buck Bernie is having none of it - and I can't believe I have to say this but he's right on this. Liberty and Lewie Lewie are being used as tools for a bad movement and it'll make the sport worse for it in the long run. Also, racing in sketchy countries does not mean it's politicial. Stupid and money hungry, sure, but not political.

I really, really, really don't care about the U.S. market because guess what? F1 is, and always has been, a E U R O P E A N sport. EUROPEAN , meaning a lot of Americans DON'T CARE about F1 and most likely never will. Why would they, anyway? They got their own series that we don't watch either. P.S., the Miami GP will fail eventually, just like all the other 9 events held before.

Cheers.

@Kami Sama I don't give one about easily manipulated and inaccurate data, I give one about the opinions of what quite a lot of *actual* fans have at the moment - and they're *not* good.

Don't care about Plebbit either, that site is a massive joke full of easily offended crybabies anyway. Also, Lewie Lewie's shilling for that terror group has been so polarizing that even Big Buck Bernie is having none of it - and I can't believe I have to say this but he's right on this. Liberty and Lewie Lewie are being used as tools for a bad movement and it'll make the sport worse for it in the long run. Also, racing in sketchy countries *does not mean* it's politicial. Stupid and money hungry, sure, but *not* political.

I really, really, *really* don't care about the U.S. market because guess what? F1 is, and always has been, a *E U R O P E A N* sport. *EUROPEAN* , meaning a lot of Americans *DON'T CARE* about F1 and most likely never will. Why would they, anyway? They got their own series that we don't watch either. P.S., the Miami GP will fail eventually, just like all the other 9 events held before.

Cheers.

@Tyroker Taylor172 You need how to learn how to spell properly.

@Tyroker Taylor172 You need how to learn how to spell properly.

@AWijaya Wew, where to start with you.

1. You won't get fair championships anymore. Why? Because F1 has been RUINED since 2009. Sure, you had 2010 and 2012, but that was more thanks to Alonso performing miracles than other drivers being half decent. It doesn't exactly help that the FIA's rules drove up costs with each passing year, tobacco sponsorship has been practically outlawed since 2006 and the ridiculous changes that year which made the cars ugly. Couple this with DRS two years later - a desperate move showcasting F1's worst problem for decades because 2010 Bahrain made people fall asleep - and the rule changes in 2014 which managed to be even worse  and you've got a recipe for disaster. Again.

2. Want know how to make Sunday interesting? Don't break things that aren't broken. Period.

3. Exactly, it's aimed at Americans. Guess what F1 has been since its inception, though? European. Every single race that year was held in Europe , excluding the Indianapolis 500 which wasn't even really considered a part of F1 anyway. Liberty Media, though, is not European and it shows with their horribly exaggerated and fake "documentary". Also, I don't give a shit how "succesful" it is - it's painting a wrong image to many future "fans" and specifically to Americans. Or, as I like to call them: 'The people who don't care about F1 since 1959 and most likely never will.' A million exaggerated docu's won't change this reality. Oh and, I'd rather have "ossified fucks" who actually know and care about the sport and want to see it go back to the heights of the 70s-90s again than autistic 15 year old plastic "fans"  who are more interesting in sending death threats to drivers on Twitter for making one mistake. cough Norris fans cough .

4. Viewership is going down for years, this is a fact. More and more core F1 fans are feeling alienated and fed up with it all and it's thanks to stuck up know-it-all brats like you defending these horrible changes. It prevents genuine improvement and only causes a downward spiral into NASCAR land.

5. Why? Did you really go there? In case you hadn't noticed: it alienated the fans between retarded 13 year old Lewie Lewie "fans" and everyone else. His and Liberty Media's whinging and pandering to imaginary WaYcIsM only worsened the reputation of the sport, and the same is happening to every other sport injected with this toxic identity politics. It needs to be ridden from F1 if it wants to regain somewhat of a credible reputation again.

6. The motives are anti-white, not just commercial. It's clear as day that F1 never had any problems with the sport being "too white" or "disciminatory" or whatever imaginary terms you people come up with. There was plenty of representation, but F1 just HAD to pander to poor old Lewie Lewie because he's "black" and "poor" and feels the need to showcase his sympathy for actual criminals in a sport that has nothing to do with any of this for clout. Good thing many fans immediatly called the hypocriticial diva out for it, as well as Liberty, and I duly hope they will until the end of time. This type of disgusting foreign politics has no room in this sport, end of story. P.S. fuck commercialism, it's yet another reason F1 is turning into a joke.

7. Somewhat good racing led to an increase in viewership in 2018 thanks to 2017 being somewhat decent as well. Libery has nothing to do with it.

8. 'Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two.'
WEW LAD. You need to get off the economics train because it's causing some severe brain rot.

9. Streaming services suck just as much ass as regular TV, if not more. At least with television you have a certain comfort whilst with streaming services you pay for something that can be down more often than not if you lack a proper connection. Not to mention the ridiculous prices and paywalls for a lot of content.

10. Lol, keep dreaming big boy. It's suffering at the hands of Libery Media and no "future fans" (which are nothing more than plastic armchair know-it-alls), exaggerated documentaries on streaming services, weird gimmicks or pandering to groups of hate will change this. Cheers.

@AWijaya Wew, where to *start* with you.

1. You won't get fair championships anymore. Why? Because F1 has been *RUINED* since 2009. Sure, you had 2010 and 2012, but that was more thanks to Alonso performing miracles than other drivers being half decent. It doesn't exactly help that the FIA's rules drove up costs with each passing year, tobacco sponsorship has been practically outlawed since 2006 and the ridiculous changes that year which made the cars ugly. Couple this with DRS two years later - a desperate move showcasting F1's worst problem for decades because 2010 Bahrain made people fall asleep - and the rule changes in 2014 which managed to be *even worse*  and you've got a recipe for disaster. Again.

2. Want know how to make Sunday interesting? *Don't break things that aren't broken.* Period.

3. Exactly, it's aimed at *Americans.* Guess what F1 has been since its inception, though? *European.* Every single race that year was held in *Europe* , excluding the Indianapolis 500 which wasn't even really considered a part of F1 anyway. Liberty Media, though, is *not* European and it shows with their horribly exaggerated and fake "documentary". Also, I don't give a shit how "succesful" it is - it's painting a wrong image to many future "fans" and _specifically_ to Americans. Or, as I like to call them: *'The people who don't care about F1 since 1959 and most likely never will.'* A million exaggerated docu's won't change this reality. Oh and, I'd rather have "ossified fucks" who actually know and care about the sport and want to see it go back to the heights of the 70s-90s again than autistic 15 year old plastic "fans"  who are more interesting in sending death threats to drivers on Twitter for making _one_ mistake. *cough* Norris fans *cough* .

4. Viewership is going down for years, this is a fact. More and more _core_ F1 fans are feeling alienated and fed up with it all and it's thanks to stuck up know-it-all brats like you defending these horrible changes. It prevents _genuine_ improvement and only causes a downward spiral into NASCAR land.

5. Why? Did you _really_ go there? In case you hadn't noticed: *it alienated the fans between retarded 13 year old Lewie Lewie "fans" and everyone else.* His and Liberty Media's whinging and pandering to imaginary WaYcIsM only worsened the reputation of the sport, and the same is happening to every other sport injected with this toxic identity politics. It needs to be ridden from F1 if it wants to regain somewhat of a credible reputation again.

6. The motives are anti-white, not just commercial. It's clear as day that F1 *never* had any problems with the sport being "too white" or "disciminatory" or whatever imaginary terms you people come up with. There was plenty of representation, but F1 just *HAD* to pander to poor old Lewie Lewie because he's "black" and "poor" and feels the need to showcase his sympathy for _actual criminals_ in a sport that has nothing to do with any of this for clout. Good thing many fans immediatly called the hypocriticial diva out for it, as well as Liberty, and I duly hope they will until the end of time. This type of disgusting foreign politics has no room in this sport, end of story. P.S. fuck commercialism, it's yet _another_ reason F1 is turning into a joke.

7. Somewhat good racing led to an increase in viewership in 2018 thanks to 2017 being somewhat decent as well. Libery has nothing to do with it.

8. _'Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two.'_
*WEW LAD.* You need to get off the economics train because it's causing some severe brain rot.

9. Streaming services suck just as much ass as regular TV, if not more. At least with television you have a certain comfort whilst with streaming services you pay for something that can be down more often than not if you lack a proper connection. Not to mention the ridiculous prices and paywalls for a lot of content.

10. Lol, keep dreaming big boy. It's suffering at the hands of Libery Media and no "future fans" (which are nothing more than plastic armchair know-it-alls), exaggerated documentaries on streaming services, weird gimmicks or pandering to groups of hate will change this. Cheers.

@Minerva's Owl I agree that no one wants to see Lewis having the championship in the bag by round 13. I don't particularly care who wins, I just want the title fight to actually be a fight. My preference is for VER and RB, but as long as it goes down to the last two races I'd be happy.

In reverse order:
I didn't like gimmicky qualy systems either, but it's a sign of the powers that be at least realizing they need to spice up raceday.

The Netflix documentary is overly dramatized,  because it's aimed at people who haven't watched F1 before. Specifically, it's aimed at Americans who haven't watched F1 before. It makes sense, because Americans are the largest wealthy market that F1 has little presence in. The docu format also makes sense once you factor in that a lot of things aimed at the US market tend to be overly dramatized (just look at every US adaptation of a foreign show, it's a pretty clear trend). DTS is also a success – it's one of Netflix's most watched documentaries, and a viewer gained from DTS counts the same in viewership terms as some ossified fuck who's been watching since 1981.

Viewership did go down in 2020, but that's because of less races. If you count viewers per race, 2020 slightly outperformed 2019's viewing numbers.

The downward trend of F1 audience numbers predates Liberty Media's ownership of F1. It also predates Lewis' activist support of BLM, or F1's "pandering" of diversity and so on. Those are pretty distinctly post-Liberty takeover things. They're also pretty common in other sports (handegg, football, basketball), so I'm not sure why this of all things is your avenue of criticism.

The motives for the push for 'more diversity in the sport' are commercial, not for wokeness or whatever. Most people on Earth aren't European or 'white', other regions (East Asia would be the prime example) are starting to have money to throw around, and those regions are largely untapped markets for F1. You know the fastest way to get an Indian kid interested in F1? Throw in an Indian driver. 'More diversity in the sport' translates to 'more revenue streams to tap'. That's why you're seeing a push. Dismissing it as pandering is hilariously out of touch with economic realities.

The expansion in the number of boring tracks in ethically questionable places – that, I can get behind. Most street circuit tracks are boring, and there's only so many you can watch before just keeping track of the qualy results and skipping the race.

Viewership numbers dropping have been a thing since 2008. Liberty's takeover in 2017 actually led to a jump in total viewership in 2018.

Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two. Maintaining a younger audience means you won't suddenly see viewing numbers fall off a cliff in a decade.
This is why you're seeing F1 push hard on social media – and they've largely succeeded here.

The % of viewers watching via F1TV instead of regular tv broadcasts also matter. That's definitely gone up. The short version is that the earnings per viewer is higher via F1TV (if it wasn't, Liberty would've never set it up).

Liberty's not responsible for declining viewership – and in fact, viewership isn't actually declining when you count by race instead of gross numbers.

@Minerva's Owl I agree that no one wants to see Lewis having the championship in the bag by round 13. I don't particularly care who wins, I just want the title fight to actually be a fight. My preference is for VER and RB, but as long as it goes down to the last two races I'd be happy.

In reverse order:
I didn't like gimmicky qualy systems either, but it's a sign of the powers that be at least realizing they need to spice up raceday.

The Netflix documentary is overly dramatized,  because it's aimed at people who haven't watched F1 before. Specifically, it's aimed at _Americans_ who haven't watched F1 before. It makes sense, because Americans are the largest wealthy market that F1 has little presence in. The docu format also makes sense once you factor in that a lot of things aimed at the US market tend to be overly dramatized (just look at every US adaptation of a foreign show, it's a pretty clear trend). DTS is also a success – it's one of Netflix's most watched documentaries, and a viewer gained from DTS counts the same in viewership terms as some ossified fuck who's been watching since 1981.

Viewership did go down in 2020, but that's because of less races. If you count viewers per race, 2020 slightly outperformed 2019's viewing numbers.

The downward trend of F1 audience numbers predates Liberty Media's ownership of F1. It also predates Lewis' activist support of BLM, or F1's "pandering" of diversity and so on. Those are pretty distinctly post-Liberty takeover things. They're also pretty common in other sports (handegg, football, basketball), so I'm not sure why _this_ of all things is your avenue of criticism.

The motives for the push for 'more diversity in the sport' are commercial, not for wokeness or whatever. Most people on Earth aren't European or 'white', other regions (East Asia would be the prime example) are starting to have money to throw around, and those regions are largely untapped markets for F1. You know the fastest way to get an Indian kid interested in F1? Throw in an Indian driver. 'More diversity in the sport' translates to 'more revenue streams to tap'. That's why you're seeing a push. Dismissing it as pandering is hilariously out of touch with economic realities.

The expansion in the number of boring tracks in ethically questionable places – that, I can get behind. Most street circuit tracks are boring, and there's only so many you can watch before just keeping track of the qualy results and skipping the race.

Viewership numbers dropping have been a thing since 2008. Liberty's takeover in 2017 actually led to a jump in total viewership in 2018.

Another important aspect is viewer demographics. Younger viewers are worth more than older ones, because boomers are going to die off in a decade or two. Maintaining a younger audience means you won't suddenly see viewing numbers fall off a cliff in a decade.
This is why you're seeing F1 push hard on social media – and they've largely succeeded here.

The % of viewers watching via F1TV instead of regular tv broadcasts also matter. That's definitely gone up. The short version is that the earnings per viewer is higher via F1TV (if it wasn't, Liberty would've never set it up).

Liberty's not responsible for declining viewership – and in fact, viewership isn't actually declining when you count by race instead of gross numbers.

@AWijaya F1 really isn't gaining popularity - it's losing it. Liberty Media's pandering to Lewie Lewie and his forced BLM/diversity campaign last year polarised the sport and its fans, just like his bland demeanor and incredible dominance thanks to him having the most overpowered car and almost no real opponents since 2014. Couple that with ever more ridiculous additions of circuits (Saudi Arabia, really now?), a Netflix docu being dishonest and fake and weird gimmicky systems that add nothing of value to the sport (the 2016 and 2021 qualifying formats being two fantastic examples) and you've got a recipe for possible disaster.

There's really not much holding F1 together and it needs to pray for a revival in 2022 because, as a fan who's been watching since the early 2000s when Schumacher won it all: almost no one wants to see total domination in a sport for years on end.

@Kami Sama >"Ppft, nah man"
yah man.
>" Like, what's the correlation?"
you should really manage your channel. seriously. you're an open book.
also... again "g0 bAcK tO dOTa". pls... pretty pls. you were no different than when you left the game.

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ do i really have to screenshot my last played to prove my point? Lol.
I literally don't get why you bring Dota in the first place.... Like, what's the correlation?
Also, "dog whistled". Ppft, nah man, i have an alarm in my head that is able to detect a moronic comment when i see one. Yours just happen to be said moronic comment.

@Kami Sama >"i was?"<br>you're still are. admit it. why do you think you got "dog-whistled" by the word "woke"....even when you're not?

@Kami Sama >"i was?"
you're still are. admit it. why do you think you got "dog-whistled" by the word "woke"....even when you're not?

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ why, so i can be a toxic piece of shit i was? Yeah no thanks.<br>I think i have enough showing of your intelligence

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ why, so i can be a toxic piece of shit i was? Yeah no thanks.
I think i have enough showing of your intelligence

@Kami Sama > *"again"*
kid, why do you think i tell you to go back, huh?
>>"If you still think being a decent human being is "woke""
no. on the contrary.

@Kami Sama > **"again"**
kid, why do you think i tell you to go back, huh?
>>"If you still think being a decent human being is "woke""
no. on the contrary.

@Kami Sama >>"fans like me"<br>go back to dota, kid. grift harder.

@Kami Sama >>"fans like me"
go back to dota, kid. grift harder.

@adjunct_TimeCapsule what a load of bullshit. Cancel culture doesn't exist, it's called "being responsible for your action" culture.<br>Or as i like to call it, the "Cosby Culture"

@adjunct_TimeCapsule what a load of bullshit. Cancel culture doesn't exist, it's called "being responsible for your action" culture.
Or as i like to call it, the "Cosby Culture"

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ yeah it got woke and get new fans like me into the sport.<br>Get woke go broke my ass.

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ yeah it got woke and get new fans like me into the sport.
Get woke go broke my ass.

@SurrealCereal to put icing on that cake bubba didn’t discover the noose one of the people in rpm(Richard petty Motorsport) did he was just going off the info that was afforded to him and in that situation I don’t blame him

That's only because there were no other sports active in 2020. I didn't even hear about it because I'm not American. It's basically an American sport. Just like the Twinkie, processed food, sugar, and fossil fuel; everything American is going out of style as we see the consequences of excess unfold.

It's true though. There will never be another cowboy. There will never be another Wright brothers flight. There will never be another repeat of that first time. Sports are only going out of style because people deny that the consequences ruin the whole endeavor of inspiration.

Stunt jumping went out of style too. Because one man tried to take it too far and went for personal glory instead of the spirit of competition and inspiration. Every time an athlete dies they bring a piece of the sport with them, and we all lose something inspirational.

@Csnider_12 I don't think he was rich but, whatever<br>like I said, he could have handled it better, it is what it is, but I still don't see how NASCAR is the problem in that situation.

@Csnider_12 I don't think he was rich but, whatever
like I said, he could have handled it better, it is what it is, but I still don't see how NASCAR is the problem in that situation.

@SurrealCereal I would be fine if Bubba admitted his mistake. He never did. He reminds me a lot of Logano; stuck up rich boy that made his way into stock racing.

My loved one was there for the crash, it was a great race and thank heavens he was ok though.

My loved one was there for the crash, it was a great race and thank heavens he was ok though.

@adjunct_TimeCapsule
Nascar: makes a genuine mistake thinking a pull rope was a noose, all the evidence suggests it as such
Armchair experts like yourself: "DAWW MAN NASCAR IS WOKE! THAT NOOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REAL!"
If you do any actual research you'll see that while it they were still looking into it NASCAR and it's drivers lent bubba their support, when everything was good, while bubba didn't handle the situation the best he could have if I remember correctly, everyone was relieved except for the mentioned above armchair experts. How is NASCAR showing support to someone who, at the time, was the possible victim of a threat/hate crime/whatever, bad?

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ get woke go broke. This is the paradox of tolerance, if you tolerate the intolerant, at one point they gain power and they take you out, see cancel culture as a good example. We have to start putting our foot down ;) godspeed to you good sir

@adjunct_TimeCapsule if they do that "business strategy" again, i swear to god...  >:(

@adjunct_TimeCapsule if they do that "business strategy" again, i swear to god...  >:(

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ ahh I take it you missed the bubba wallace nontroversey involving a "noose" that wasn't. Look it up and have yourself a mild chuckle

>>"...NASCAR’s social justice moves"<br>aww shyet it got woke?

>>"...NASCAR’s social justice moves"
aww shyet it got woke?

@AllStarRacer F1's been gaining popularity ever since Liberty Media took it over from Ecclestone. Grosjean's crash caused an uptick in searches, but the increasing popularity trend was already there before that. It's not really comparable to the NASCAR situation. If anything, aside from the reasons stated in the video (fuckery with the points system and decreased relatability of drivers are the big ones IMO), you can probably argue with some success that a lot of NASCAR as an IP is not marketed and managed properly.

@AllStarRacer I think you hit the nail on the head.  The media drives popularity, and what drives the media?  Sensationalist headlines.  So as long as the sport generates sensationalist headlines, the media will push people to it.  When those headlines stop coming?  The media will ignore it and people will slowly fall away.

It's kinda scary how much influence the media has in modern society, really.

At the same time... those other factors mentioned in the video - especially the lack of drivers with personalities that are really relatable - is definitely a factor.  And for me... whenever I watch a restrictor-plate race and see all those cars bunched up together like that at that speed, I am reminded that NASCAR never fixed the thing that REALLY killed Dale Earnhardt--restrictor-plate racing, and the fact that cars don't have enough power to overcome their aero downforce in those races, causing the cars to clump together where nobody can get any separation (and can't maintain it if they do somehow get any) -  and that makes it hard for me to enjoy watching it anymore.

Same with F1 when Grosjeans car blew up in a ball of fire last year. It's drama, has nothing to do with the sport. The media just loves to write big headlines. If Nascar, F1 or other sports that lost popularity over the years deliver those headlines they will use it for their own profit and people will talk about it for a week or two until the next big thing comes up. Then it will be back to its prior state of being just the shadow of its own past. It's so sad though..

Hail the holy crucibles of Blood sport!!

Hail the holy crucibles of Blood sport!!


why u gotta make vids so good and emotional


My favorite course is Watkin's Glen. More than just ovals :D


He died doing what he loved. Same for Owen Hart and Dimebag. RIP


I always watch this video expecting "that" part will never come


i went from not knowing what NASCAR is to repping Dale Earnhardt to the grave in an hour.


You don’t understand how much I love dale earnhardt me and him share a birthday


Holy fucking shit is this one good. "You've never seen a nascar fly right?" <b>fucking music that makes me feel something</b>

Holy fucking shit is this one good. "You've never seen a nascar fly right?" *fucking music that makes me feel something*


Damn I almost teared up watching this. And I'm a dude in eastern Europe whose only connection to Nascar was the first Cars movie. EmpLemon, you're surely one of my favourite content creators on this site.


I love that you threw that ffX track in there :)


I swear, people like Dale Earnhardt, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, etc. All these extraordinarily talented people who have lost their lives for many different reasons.<br>Some days, it feels like extraordinary talent is literally too much for the world to contain.

I swear, people like Dale Earnhardt, Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, etc. All these extraordinarily talented people who have lost their lives for many different reasons.
Some days, it feels like extraordinary talent is literally too much for the world to contain.


"Dale Earnhardt was Nascar's Iron-Man."

And he still is.

@James Cook Terry Labonte was the "Ice Man"... Not "iron Man"...

@Dinkleberg you're wrong.  Terry Labonte was the iron man.

@Wild Thing hey the Intimidator was greatest driver after Rudd, Ricky was the best he was the true Iron Man LOL

FALSE terry labonty was nascars iron man ,then came rudd , the finally jeff gordon, dale sr was NEVER the ironman never was , never will be

Iron man died for humanity, and Dale died for his kids. I see no difference between them. Dale. Is. Iron man

Well it was commented after infinity war. But nonetheless it did age well


that orchestral mix of deja vu absolutely bangs


Dang 2019 wasn’t like 1984… thank goodness I only needed to wait like a year


Nascar will never be the same especially with politics in sports now. Rest in peace Dale Earnhardt


There will never be a dale Sr.. Love him, hate him.... Respect... Miss that guy...


“Tries to disguise itself as entertainment”

Yeah that’s pretty true

Yeah that’s insanely true, but the crazy thing is that it being boring makes it more fun to watch because you’re always anticipating something interesting

@kanki Those other sports don't have many possibilities of harm coming to the (paying) audience. A flying car heading straight into the stands sells safety restrictions more than, say, a boxer going postal against the crowd, unfortunately.

@kanki i think its just so then the crowd feels safe, but honestly to me that should be part of the thrill. knowing if a car messes up a quarter mile down the track from you, you could be in the history books for being in a great tragedy

@coffee115 plate racings ok to me. The chase? No.

Pik Min fan there is a ton more. Days of thunder, talledega nights, and a ton more.

coffee115 not even points racing. I say when they changed the cars to this shit they have had since 07 has killed it. Cot ruined racing.

@coffee115 I don't understand why NASCAR had to safety up everything while other sports like MMA, boxing, football, and even professional wrestling, which isn't even an actual sport, had people die while doing them and they didn't have to safety up anything.

It's a soap oper for men. That said, it's still deserves to be on the Olympics more than the girl and the ribbon and a ball.

NASCAR used to be dangerous and ballsy as hell. People got hurt? Tough shit. Now it's restrictor plate racing and points racing and super boring shit.

@Dakota Harnish
Everyone knows that it can be none other than...

Offer Up.

Couldn't that apply PBS programs in general

Why are you everywhere thats just amazon


Dale, Sr. is the driver I grew up admiring. Being from SC it's hard not to be a NASCAR fan. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and went to college in the early 00s. Growing up at that time you pulled for the Atlanta Braves and Dale, Sr. My grandfather indoctrinated me to both. I was a #3 fan. I remembered his death marked the end of my fandom of the sport. He had a large impact on so many with his style of driving.


The outro song!!!<br>Can't think of a better song to end this video. Amazing video brotha, not a NASCAR fan but I dig documentary videos and YouTube nailed this one for interest of the moment.

The outro song!!!
Can't think of a better song to end this video. Amazing video brotha, not a NASCAR fan but I dig documentary videos and YouTube nailed this one for interest of the moment.


Man  now I know where the king comes from


I've never watched a nascar race ever and yet just watched an hour documentary of a nascar driver? This was well put together 👏👏

I actually used to watch NASCAR with my Dad all the time so this video really hits home for me. I never went to a race myself but in Canada we have CASCAR and I went to a lot of those, it was really cool. I remember sitting on a grass area having a picnic with my Dad, a friend of mine and his Dad as we watched the race. Such a fun, chill day.

@Adventures of Will and Shelby he may be gone but will never be forgotten

I think nascar doesn't have that many fans because it's easy to underestimate the skill and adrenaline involved. Also, just like drifting this sport isn't approachable anymore. Back in the day they used actual stock cars (hence the name) but today f.e. the Toyota Camry Nascar has nothing to do with a Camry. I started respecting nascar when I played Gran Turismo 5, the nascar part of that game showed me that in fact it's a seriously demanding and hard sport, nothing like I imagined when I watched the South Park episode about nascar, and since I go fast on the autobahn I underestimated the speeds aswell. I was thinking there's nothing special about the speeds involved because people go that fast on the public highways here but in reality door-to-door racing is intense at any speed but seriously crazy at nascar speeds.

I have been a NASCAR fan for 24 years Dale Earnhardt was my childhood hero


I swear there's a pavlovian reaction to the music in this video, because when that Summoning Salt music kicks in I know that the race to the speedrun is about to get serious. Whether that's the fastest completion of Super Mario Bros., or the terrifying speeds of NASCAR races.


My only connection to nascar is from my father and that’s the only reason I enjoyed it. Though now I have a new found respect for the sport.


I LIKE NASCAR AND I WILL NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON IT IM EVEN THINKING IN ENROLLING WHEN I CAN


This made me appreciate NASCAR more now thx for this amazing video


Seizure warning from 28:50 to 28:55 skip to the second time to avoid going to the hospital


“Expertly-crafted machines”
the undriveable Ferrari appears

“Expertly-crafted machines”
*the undriveable Ferrari appears*


"Daytona International Speedway is big enough to be Sunny on one side and stormy on the other."

That's everywhere in Florida. I've seen my house get soaked and the house across the street stay completely dry.


I come rewatch this every now and then because my parents were big fans and when this video came out i only had my mom with me cause my dad had passed 2 years before the video came out, now its 5 years without him and 2 without my mom and every time i see this video i have a burning need to watch it because it reminds me of them. Thank you EMPlemon for allowing me to feel at home again


How do you do it??? I never once cared about NASCAR, but you had me tearing up at the end. Its genuinely incredible how you can write his story in such a way that keeps you on edge for an hour and actually care for what would happen next. The crazy thing is, many of you other videos have made me feel this way as well. Memes aside, you really do have a talent for storytelling and its inspiring to me as I've always had a soft spot for this kind of stuff, PLEASE consider doing more of this series and maybe even IRL documentaries/film. It would be such a waste for you to stagnate, please go onto greater things!!!


After races youd see people like Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin get right into their helicopters and take off, meanwhile people like Mr Earnhardt would stay and interact with his fans. That's why he was the best, doesn't even matter if he was a good racer, he was a great man.


To me Dale's run in the 2001 Rolex 24 shows another side that he was a grat racer, not just a stock car racer. He hopped into that Corvette and was laying down respectable times on par with the other GT drivers, never mind it being his first ever Rolex 24 and having different classes out there from the prototypes to GT cars all sharing the track however. Dale knew when to push, knew when to let faster cars by.

The plan was for him to attempt Le Mans in a factory backed C5R and wind down his career after 2001, if i remember it right however. THere was  a big fuss in 98 when Dale and Jr got to race each other in the Japan exhibition as well


That was probably the smoothest ad transition I've ever seen.


I’m glad i’m not a stock racing fan
I can’t begin to imagine the depression i would have felt instantly following Dale earnhardt’s death
Even now i feel like crying

even to this day, my dad tears up whenever he thinks about dale. he was one of his biggest fans

My teacher is a massive nascar fan. He showed us his video of the crash. It was an amazing view right on the crash. I asked if I could upload it on YouTube, but he sadly said no. It was one of the best view of the crash I have ever seen.

Not only was I a nascar fan I was a Dale Earnhardt fan I was devastated by his passing it was like losing a member of the family I still miss him alot almost 20 years later

I was seven years old in 2001, I had horrified my mother as a kid when I said I like, "the black number 3 car," she always thought he raced dirty. I was devastated when I learned he was killed. I haven't seen footage of the wreck since and I cried like a kid again seeing it all these years later.


Now I truly feel how people felt when Dale Earnhardt died. Technoblade, a menace to many Minecraft YouTubers, but my favourite has passed from cancer and I feel empty and unknown if I can ever recover from this monumental loss.


Btw if dale drove bills car it’d been hilariously dominated by the intimidator


As someone who’s been to a real life nascar race and was thoroughly bored the entire time, God bless Dale. This video just made me a retroactive Dale Earnhardt fan.

@GoodOl'Roll this year it was the memorial collisseum race track that was the first race, but it sucked because it was only 0.25 miles long

Go to Talledega. Last year, even though they only got to finish half the race due to rain, the Yellawood 500 was definitely interesting when they were actually racing, Also helps to have good seats where you can see Pit Road and the entire track, and to go with someone who enjoys the sport already because they can tell you what’s happening lol.

@nascar and bowling fan 388 yet the no talent crybaby can win the Coke 600, Southern 500, and Brickyard 400 twice aswell as 55 other wins, 2 championships in Cup, and a future place in the NASCAR HOF?

@GoodOl'Roll its the Superbowl of NASCAR the biggest and most important race and no talent crybaby can't win it hahahah lol😂😂😂

@nascar and bowling fan 388 don't get me wrong. Daytona is a special event that opens up the season with some very good racing. But you're holding it over Kyle Busch fans like it's the only crown jewel event that exists

@nascar and bowling fan 388 because it's the first race? Like what do they reward double points? When you win the Coke 600 you win the longest race on the schedule. When you won at the Brickyard you were winning on the same track that housed the almost sacred Indy 500. When you won the Southern 500 you won the first ever 500 mile race.

@GoodOl'Roll that comment shows how little you know about NASCAR it's the biggest and most important race of the season it's the Superbowl of stockcar racing

@nascar and bowling fan 388 so? What's the big deal about winning the Daytona 500? All it does is make you the first person to have the points lead, nothing else other than a trophy too, which you can also get by winning other races. Which KFB has done over 200 times across all 3 series.

@GoodOl'Roll doesn't need too still better where is Cryles 500 wins oops but don't worry maybe the Earnhardts will show him their 3 500 trophies 😂😂😂

@nascar and bowling fan 388 you say Jr has 50 wins right? Which means you're combining Cup and Xfinity. By that logic, Kyle has over triple the amount of wins Jr has.

@GoodOl'Roll nope Jr is too try again child

@nascar and bowling fan 388 Sr is, but Jr isn't. The statistics prove it

@GoodOl'Roll I never said you did I just spoke facts that sr and Jr are better than Busch crybaby

@nascar and bowling fan 388 I never said KB was better than Sr. I said he was better than Jr. Also, how long did it take Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500?

@nascar and bowling fan 388 Kyle Busch has 59 wins and 2 championships (15 deserves an asterisk but he was screwed in 18)<br>Dale Earnhardt Jr. has 26 wins and 0 championships. I really don't see how Jr. is better than KFB

@nascar and bowling fan 388 Kyle Busch has 59 wins and 2 championships (15 deserves an asterisk but he was screwed in 18)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has 26 wins and 0 championships. I really don't see how Jr. is better than KFB

@GoodOl'Roll Jr is better than no talent crybaby Busch both as a driver but more importantly as a person

Championship Jr 2 cryle 1
500 wins Jr 2 cryle 0 😂😂😂

@nascar and bowling fan 388 you're the guy who thinks Dale Jr. is better than Kyle Busch so I really do not see your room to talk

@Chase Calhoun probably because they just go on circles


man, that music shift at 20:50 is amazing


I wonder if Jr. saw this. This is dope af


this shows how little i know about nascar, i grew up thinking that jeff gordon was the goat, lol


I still remember the day my parents got off the phone only to look at me and say "Son we need you to sit down and finish your mashed potatoes. we have to tell you something very sad" I cried so hard the day he died. I don't watch or really care about NASCAR anymore, but Dale Earnhardt was such a major part of my childhood. I would sit and imitate the races on my grandparents carpet with the officially endorsed HotWheels, It seems so unimportant now but the cultural impact this man had on a generation is astounding. Thank you EmpLemon for doing this racing legend right and telling a story that those who were not there can appreciate. Someone get this man a pack o' menthols and a stubby

I was one year old when Dale Earnhardt died. When I was 1-3 I was a massive nascar fan! I used to play with race car toys even before I could speak... will never forget what happened. 2001 was an unforgettable year in US history. So much happened.

How could some one not cry,the man was a chad :)


You know you're watching a good video when the summoning salt theme comes on


And this will always be my reason for living the RAISE HELL AND PRAISE DALE lifestyle. But in all seriousness, I’ve watched nascar since I was born always loved it, still tolerate it, loving the next gen car racing I think ratings are raising, and it’s because relatable, informative, and overall great content like this that will keep the sport of nascar racing relevant. As one that inspires to become a local driver to work my way up. I’m always gonna love the “Ol’ Earnhardt Bump and Run” and I hope content creators like yourself keep posting these types of videos. Granted I’ve seen probably all these compiled videos, I always enjoy coming back to watch all of them. Great job my guy!


NASCAR biggest mistake was when they pulled it off mainstream television and went with cable.<br>Shortsided greed has since caught up with them.

NASCAR biggest mistake was when they pulled it off mainstream television and went with cable.
Shortsided greed has since caught up with them.


I love the 'never ever' series and am impressed with your coverage of this topic. I can't really see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as motorsport goes. As a kid I watched F1 and NASCAR, back when they used V10s in F1 and NASCARs were going bumper-to-bumper, and I feel like although other factors are at play, the tense battles for the driver's championship in F1 and the close formation insanity of NASCAR of the time are what inspired fascination among wider audiences, and have since declined as both sports have strayed from the paths of their golden eras due to poorly implemented rules and changes in management.


Tbh rather to have a legend go, in a way he loved, doing his passion , than have another le mans


Isle of Man is the last true gladiator sport


My grandfather was an airplane captain, until corruption and him not being persuaded from his morals took that away from him. He always has loved car racing, and even tho I don't "understand" it, I've always loved going with him to the races, eating hot dogs and soda that tastes so different from storebought cans, hiding from the sun, being hipnotized by the racetrack...
Now he is much older, the racetracks near our city long have gone, his only solace is to watch them through the tv.
But now after watchig this video, I feel I finally understand what I never did, and honestly think I never had too. To enjoy those evenings staying at my grandparennts', eating rotisserie chicken and bags and bags of salted chips, watching the cars loop on those pavements. For me its a celebration of family and peace, for my granfather is watching those who can, enjoy sharing his glee with his beloved ones.
I sure will be sharing this with him, with my newfound appreciation for the other side of this sport.


Leave it to YouTube recommendations to give me a long-form analysis of a thing I was never interested in and expect me to watch it to the end.

Which I did, because I never knew I needed this. Thank you.


RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE WOOOOOOOOOO

when they made it "safer" they took control away from drivers and teams over their car so it sucks now.


You’re content reminds me a lot of a guy named “Summoning Salt.” That’s a huge compliment so if you’re not familiar with him you should definitely check it out.. good stuff man.. and RIP Dale Sr

Emp literally has made a parody/tribute video to Salt's style in the form of his World's Highest Jump video, and yet you think he's not familiar with it?


I was at the 2015 Daytona and that crash happened maybe 200 ft to my right.


I was watching live with my dad when it happened.


"even with all this money, is it still worth it to race?"

"Yeah, to win"


So there’s 3 tracks with mostly 3 corner that must be really hard to learn the tracks. So it’s how brave and how many people your willing to nearly kill by ramming them.


Besides, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?
the song “We’re finally landing” plays
Beautiful

Besides, have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?
*the song “We’re finally landing” plays*
Beautiful


Petty is still the King and bland or not, Jimmie Johnson is right there too!
NASCAR itself is only to blame for all the setbacks in popularity and the decline in the fan base.
Dale Earnhardt was a racing bully IMO but NASCAR let it continue so that style became the norm. Win or lose, I’d much rather be the aggressive driver on the track scratching paint as opposed to being the whinny poooosy that lost and is now being interviewed!


16:50-17:32 is GENIUS! Promoting Dollar Shave, as the Anti-Gillette, whilst using footage from movie 1984, to segway perfectly into the year 1984 in the story!

Once again, you have proved you are the best editor on YouTube.

@The Professional Novice apple ad from 1984

And just moments before, a reference to an amazing arcade game based on Nascar that I have deep nostalgia for. And I only 15!

@Louis XIV (aka 1685Violin) Hey Louis, found you.

Yeah that transition was pretty neat. Kudos.

@Ig0r 777 What do you mean it said something akin to Gillette?

@SpookyBees Hmm really? Is Gillette doing better after they went woke?

Didn‘t the Dollar shave club said something similar to the likes of this guilette comercial?

pretty sure thta isn't footage from the movie, it's from an old Apple ad from the 90s or something.


that was a very creative way to present an advertisement, cool music too, i remember that game


I absolutely AGREE about Earnhardt's disdain for restrictor plates. It ruined the sport and causes TOO many damn pileups. Sure he was the best driver WITH restrictor plates, but I doubt The Intimidator had fun doing it. I'm in Jeremy Clarkson's camp here. It's all about SPEED.


I watched nascar from 1997 all the way up until they introduced the stages in 2017… even saw that fateful Daytona 500. To me, trying to rally everyone up into a bunch to cause “The Big One” in nearly every event with the stages really wasn’t fun to watch, still isn’t.<br>It’s not the improvement of safety within the cars and the tracks that made it boring, it’s seeing less cars finishing the race

I watched nascar from 1997 all the way up until they introduced the stages in 2017… even saw that fateful Daytona 500. To me, trying to rally everyone up into a bunch to cause “The Big One” in nearly every event with the stages really wasn’t fun to watch, still isn’t.
It’s not the improvement of safety within the cars and the tracks that made it boring, it’s seeing less cars finishing the race


Big Enough to be Sunny on one end and Storming at the other,That's Good Stuff right there


It's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.

I was raised in North Carolina as a NASCAR fan and Dale devotee, but then I grew up, went to college, moved to NYC, made friends with artists and musicians and the "coastal liberal elite," and learned to hide my accent and lie about my family. But seeing this, remembering Dale for the legend he was, and reading what you wrote, it makes me remember who I really am and where I'm really from. And it makes me proud of it. I don't have to lie about my past, or pretend to be someone I'm not.. I can be both. I am both.

I'm actually from Kannapolis and we literally have a whole baseball team with him as the mascot.


37:50 god damn this Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2 music is too god damn nostalgic


Hey, no fair. You can't just emotionally manipulate me with "We're Finally Landing" like that.


Mate, I'm not sure why it's hard to explain why I like Nascar. I have no idea what's happening or who's racing, and I only started liking it last year, but what isn't to like about getting drunk with your mates listening to 60 straight piped v8's at full send?


As a German I didn't even know this sport existed before watching this video. It was honestly one of the most inspiring, amazingly constructed videos I have ever seen. You truly are one of YouTubes greatest.

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This video became so profound and then you call it dumb, but you were right. Excellent post.


if you want to see something close to this nowadays where cars are flying lifting like them check out radial vs the world wrecks 🤟🏻


42:12 “the cameras cut away from the accident” not true. I remember watching this race and seeing the crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7Huvi8JAA


the number 3 car is always going to be remembered


I never thought I'd ever be watching Dale Earnhardt race while listening to an orchestral version of Deja Vu.

@HicksZ34 - If I may ask, how is that song called?

It's so fitting too tho.... Dale was an absolute superhero in a car

@prodigy 1691 there is more than one song playing in this video and Deja Vu is definitely one of them.

I thought I was crazy hearing it. "That's not deja vi, is it?"


If it were foggy at daytona you would only be able to see about 1/5 - 1/10 of the race track


I wonder if Dale Jr. or anyone in the Earnhardt family has seen this.


I gotta ask, and anyone else hear the "meet the sniper" track in the background?


As a guy who grew up in JJ's reign of dominance, in NC right near his home town, you would struggle to find anyone who knew nascar that didn't love JJ.


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

Iconic music plays...

My heart sinks with such intense emotion, I almost cry... These are never good moments to relive. The editing is so powerful!


"A sport that disguises itself as entertaining" 💀💀


This music reminds me of gran turismo. It's so nice!


The 2 jobs I would quit climbing broadcast towers for...
#1 Racing Cars
#2 Conducting Trains


Another death as big or bigger than this would be Ayrton Senna's in Formula 1 when he was driving for McLaren. This was when he was still rivaling Alan Prost with Michael Schumacher on a ride as an upcoming young talent.


Great video! Glad that NASCAR is still getting some attention. It ain't as "dead" as people want you to believe.

@CGoody If you hope you are wrong then why add the comment? Its a fact that the ratings increased. It was the most watched thing on TV for 5 straight races until March Madness came around. But it still sees increase, and the races went from 2% to 8%.  So quit trying to smart us with no facts.

Very true... Its honestly not dead at all, if you look at the viewwrship

@Collin I hope I'm wrong.  Really, I do.

@Collin I hope I'm wrong.  Really, I do.

@Danny Westbrooks 2 Percent?  Show me a steady trend of growth, or any stable growth at all; there is none.  I hope I'm wrong, but so far it doesn't seem so.

I don't care what anyone says, whether it's you or 90% of whoever.  I'm simply going by observation

@CGoody until they do something drastically different it will stay stagnant for sure

And it’s kinda disappointing that people think that way even trough this is one of the most interesting sports in my opinion

@CGoody Did you even hear that the ratings increased by 2 percent? Yea that isn't a lot, but that means it's growing! Don't be that guy who agrees with 90 percent of people. NASCAR ain't dead, yet is growing. Slowly but surely.

Same with any sport people say is dead. Every sport will always have some level of cult following. People say boxing is dead but top boxers are the richest athletes on earth.

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PREACH

I bet a 100 bucks saying your wrong Cory

Sadly, it really is.  You're deluding yourself.  Nascar will survive and continue, but it will never be the cultural icon or representative it once was


i like how the middle section of this video turns into a metal gear solid speech about astronauts


Every time I hear the music I think he’s going to talk about about a speedrun


24:26 "fact of the matter is..." tell me more Mr. Space Marine!


I personally think that at the end of his career, he did think he caught up with his father because stayed back for the bigger win, his son's


Its quite the scary thought that NASCAR was mostly popular for the allure of seeing people crash cars into each other. Like I can't lie there's something about seeing the chain reaction of car crashes because of one slip-up that's quite enjoyable to watch if your the spectator. Like of course 98% of people watching will snap out of the high of seeing destruction in like a minute or less, and then come back to reality wondering if everyone was okay. But in the moment? I think its no secret that everyone has that part of them that enjoys seeing something destroyed and crumpled. No matter the cause or who it was. It's like we revert back to ape brains the second we see the big boom things happen. I wonder if this is why people keep going to see Micheal Bay movies, regardless of how bad it looks or sounds. We know him as the big boom maker director, so we go to see it to satisfy our big boom sight seeing urges. Idk, he may be smarter than he lets on.

Eh no your missing a key issue. Crajses still happen in NASCAR now. But no one dies from them so no one cares anymore.

Actually all the fans usually hate crashes I hate them. The racing is just piss poor now. Compared to the 90s 80s and earlier 200s when they would bump and grind and scrape metal and beat and bang. You don’t get that anymore cause if they did it, it would mess up there cars now and it’s just not interesting. It was awesome to see 2 guys beat and bang about wreak each other but hang on and win the race. Now you got cars 15 seconds from each other at every track.

This is why Burnout Paradise Remastered is my all time favorite video game that involves driving a car (yes, even more than the entire GTA series and Saints Row put together).

All the excitement of high speed car crashes, without the danger of anyone actually getting hurt, and even the actual crashes only set you back a few seconds.

My first response is fear. I was raised trackside corner marshaling for motorcycles, and later cars. When you work to ensure the safety of the participants, the emotions change. In my 11 years working cars, I have seen spins, collisions, one car almost crash into a ravine, and I have almost been run over. Cars are scary, man. In that time, there have been only one or two incidents I could legitimately laugh off, and those involved very minimal damage.

Bikes are another creature entirely. The person riding is entirely on display, you see everything that happens to them. You can see when something gets hurt, you can tell when the rider's been knocked out. It's rather gruesome, especially when you don't have the opportunity of hindsight. I once saw a rider get into a tankslapper (where the front wheel starts shaking violently with increasing intensity) and go flying ten feet in the air at over 100 miles an hour. That memory still scares the shit out of me.

In the context of Nascar, the safety of the cars and barriers makes it easier to watch crashes, as the vehicles stay mostly intact, along with their drivers. As Lemon mentioned, both Carl Edwards and Austin Dillon managed to walk away from their cars being blendered against the catch fence, with Carl running his way across the finish line. It's easy to lose sight of the threat posed by big crashes to the drivers.

@qrpnxz Thats what I was getting at with Michael Bay: Like even though any of his movies aren't gonna be seen as masterpieces anytime soon, everyone knows that he fills that niche along with John Woo of the: "shut your brain off and look at the cool shots and big pretty explosions." And he does it with some skill ngl. Sure the movies aren't great from a techincal standpoint but he never breaks your suspension of disbelief horribly, and keeps you along for the ride enjoying the moments that he's known for most without a real down moment.

I'm immediately aware of the consequences if I know it's a real video and especially if I'm there. I just can't enjoy such destruction outside of a fictional setting, personally.

One of the first moving pictures was of two trains colliding, so that desire of destruction has been there forever.


I remember being about 6 years old watching this race.

I haven't watched or been interested in NASCAR since I was very young. But that was such a special time in the history of NASCAR. R.I.P Dale. The G.O.A.T


the fact that nobody is mentioning the cars having a fun time in the beggining is strange


So the allure of nascar is, in my opinion, that nothing really ever happens but the rare occasion that something DOES happen is what makes it so exciting. Plus the sound of the cars barreling past you is pretty nice too. Theres a reason I own a Harley even though its super overpriced. There’s something about the sound of the engine that has a nice ring to it

yup thats how i explain it<br> dont watch nascar because its exiting all the time like football or tennis, u watch it to see the exiting moments

yup thats how i explain it
 dont watch nascar because its exiting all the time like football or tennis, u watch it to see the exiting moments


Casually watching a video about one of my favorite sports when a song from my favorite video game of all time (Final Fantasy X) starts playing. Worlds colliding!


"Dale earnhardt died doing what he loved. His final memory was seeing his driver's winning with open track in front of them."

That has to be the most sad thing I've ever heard. Dale was a controversial driver, but you can not deny the fact that he was an amazing and passionate man, who would sacrifice everything, if it meant his own family would be happy. That's a true man and I know that God took him to a good place and I believe he's still in those stands, watching over all of the drivers. We will never forget NASCAR's Intimidator.🥉R.I.P Dale earnhardt.

“He would sacrifice everything if it meant his own family would be happy”
Idk about that. He had been in 2 failed marriages that had failed due to his racing career. He was uninvolved in Kerry’s life until later on in his life. He was uninvolved in Jr. and Kelly’s lives until their mother’s home burnt down and was still too busy with racing to really be there for them. He put Jr. and Kelly in military school because Jr. got in trouble in school for talking during class and Kelly had begged to be put in the military school so that she could watch out for Jr.
He refused to allow Kelly to race because she was a girl until he got tired of her pressing him to allow her to drive late models. He didn’t allow Jr. to race his Busch car until Tony Eury Sr. Told him to put jr into the car.
He ended up working to make it up to his family, but the damage had still been done.
To say he’d do anything for his family is a lie, he’d do everything to better his racing career until he had become the most successful driver and couldn’t care less about family until he had become the best driver.
He put racing above family and that was his main flaw.

Literally started sobbing at that point.

He must have been so proud
I don't think there as a better way in the world to go out. I think it's just how he would have wanted it.


It was actually Jeff Gordon who was mainly responsible for Nascar going main stream. Gordon also consistently beat earnhardt when they raced.


Dale Earnhardt isn’t gone, he’s just one lap ahead


25.09 thats the best transition i have ever heard


Dude the freaking ad for dollar shave club was phenomenal.


I love how this is the 3rd episode.

Also, I genuinely cried.

I love how this is the 3rd episode.

Also, I genuinely *cried.*

@Drake1416 I swear if the 3 months ago was intentional

I know this was posted 3 months ago but I had to point out that this also was posted on March 3rd


You can't walk up the corners of Daytona. I got to walk on the track and you can hardly crawl up them they are so incredibly steep. Pictures don't do it justice.


Could there ever be an episode on group b rally?


It's hard to explain just what Earnhardt meant to so many of us. He was a living legend. He was a god. He was the absolute greatest and most tenacious Nascar driver, willing to do nearly anything to win and nearly impossible to wreck, even when others tried. And yet, he was us. He was every poor boy from the rural Carolinas who wanted to be a winner. He was every kid who loved sound of a hot small-block Chevy running through open headers and loved to drive a car, truck, gokart, or pretty much anything as fast as possible. I imagine millions felt the same about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretsky, or Joe Montana. But for those of us who loved racing on the red clay of the Carolinas and who dreamed of the high banks of Daytona and Talladega, Earnhardt was our ultimate hero. The video talked about how many still haven't gotten over his death and I count myself among them. Nascar was changing and losing its roots already, but Earnhardt's death made it final somehow. He was somehow the first, last, and greatest of his kind and we loved him.


"come on, you've never seen a NASCAR fly" <b>cue HOME's We're Finally Landing</b> well done sir

"come on, you've never seen a NASCAR fly" *cue HOME's We're Finally Landing* well done sir


It’s not the crash that kills you it’s the sudden stop


What a beautiful story about Dale Earnhardt Sr! Our cherished Dale!  Jerry and Sugar Bear and I loved watching him race. Our icing on the cake was watching him win the Daytona 500 in 1998! We all celebrated that day; in February 2001 Jerry and Sugar Bear and I cried because God wanted him to race in Heaven on that day and Dale obeyed.  God chose the best in our eyes and hearts of the driver that Jerry and Sugar Bear and I had watched and love him forever! The Oppermans from Tx


I remember being at a friend's house playing in the backyard while his dad watched the 500 that year. I remember him saying after the crash he was like "dale wrecked for his team. Can't wait for next week!" Then he came back an hour or so later when they announced he died. I've never seen him cry before or after that day but that is the one and only day I ever saw him cry. Knowing the history now I get why. Thank you for this amazing video


idk anything about nascar but Dale's persistent spirit is piercingly inspiring


One of my first memories of NASCAR was playing NASCAR 2001 as a 5 year old (2005). My favorite car was the #3. Being a kid, I associated the black and white with oreos and didn't bother reading the Goodwrench written on the car. Everytime I would visit my uncle, he'd give a me a die cast NASCAR and I would set up races and play with them all the time. One day I asked if he had the #3 oreo car because I loved it. He told me about Dale, how good he was, and how he died. It was bizarre, I felt the shock of the death as though I was a fan watching it in real time except for me it was delayed by a few years.


I’ve bin a nas car fan sens 2016 My favorite NASCAR driver is Kyle Larson


I knew when the names stopped being Bobby Labonte and replaced with Joe shmoe Edwards, my pops fav sport was eventually done for. As a wrestling fan I always like Jimmy Johnston lol


Dale Earnhardt's story is uncannily similar to F1 driver Ayrton Senna.
-Known for reckless, dangerous driving.
-Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers of all time.
-Shook the fans of the sport after death.
-Many safety improvements were made in the sport following his death.

They also predicted their deaths

Ayrton senna requested the wall in the tamburello corner be covered with tires or pushed back for safety

Dale said that if the stock cars were not improved by safety standards somebody will die

@Hookshot By the time Ayrton had made it in the sport it had already established itself in the motorsport community. NASCAR was still getting up on its feet (while still close to it, they were still not fully there yet) when Dale made his name known.

@THE BRAIN SPECIALIST  true to that as well, also I'm still praying for Shumi's recovery

You could also compare him to Schumacher, 7 championships, constant complaints about their racing style, but now that they're not fully there anymore, it just doesn't feel right.


33:24  that was the moment I really began to hate Gordon. I've forgave him over the years but I still hold a little piece of hate for ole Gordon.


The opening video of ole boy wiping down his windshield while driving is the definition of Earnhardt


There will never ever be another channel like EmpLemon

@4nt He's cool but his videos can't match Emp's gigantic research, effort and passion.<br>He's still great tho.

@4nt He's cool but his videos can't match Emp's gigantic research, effort and passion.
He's still great tho.

*there will never ever be another YTPer like EmpLemon

Super Eyepatch Wolf, your point is invalid.


Tough to compete when something like 'Drive to Survive' exist.


Dale Earnhardt Sr. Was ice cold he  truly had ice in his veins when he raced I remember watching the race the day he died it was surreal because looking at the crash on live  tv it really didn't look that bad from an appearance stand point it looks like he was involved in way worse crashes than that one RIP Dale Earnhardt


You know, I think Tony Stewart had a lot on common with Dale. Neither would take any crap from another driver on or off of the track. Maybe the similarities end there, but they were both tough guys.


You're a cool mix between Jon Bois and Summoning Salt (speedrun documentaries)


im not even a nascar fan and you have me crying over dale / dale jr


Ive been watching NASCAR since Sr. won his 1st championship. Watched his whole career. Watched the race on February 18th. Waited for hours to hear the news delivered by Mike Helton the the man in black was gone. I took from my checkbook that had Dale and the #3 in faded relief, removed check number 0218, dated it Febuary 18th and framed it. I haye this chase and bracket racing. I hated restrictor plate racing when it first came out but got use to it. At one time I hated Sr. But respected him. I was an Alabama gang fan. Donnie Bobbie and Davey. Watched Davey die too. Neil Bonnet. Adam Petty, Alan Kalwiki, damn to many. The kings 200th. What else do I need to say about my life and NASCAR. NASCAR has lost touch with the fans and did so over a decade ago. And the current racing format is all the proof you need of it. The last Winston Cup champion was Matt Kenseth. and there hasn't been a champion ever since. Included Jimmies supposed 7. Play offs don't belong in NASCAR nor do breaks in a race. No other auto racing series has breaks during the race in the entire world but NASCAR. NASCAR wants there fans back. Rewind to the last true driver champion NASCAR had which is Matt Kenseth. Because Matt Kenseth one that without taking a single break and having the most accumulated points our driver could during a single season. Just like every other racing sanctioning body does


Please, for the love of God, stop calling stock cars “nascars”…..


Okay im sorry but...<br>This is some fucking quality sir, this looks like something that would aired on television or just heck, even better than television

Okay im sorry but...
This is some fucking quality sir, this looks like something that would aired on television or just heck, even better than television


I used to watch nascar every Sunday with my dad. I absolutely hate it now. They jacked ticket prices up and priced out the avg fans. Then they changed the rules to where it is unrecognizable as the sport that was famous. I'm telling, Nascar's downfall is all the rules and the ridiculous ticket prices. I remember when Bristol had a 3 year wait list. Now they can't hardly fill the stands.


It really is "robbing peter to pay paul" when you trade having a car lift of and take flight for the inevitable "Big One" at Daytona. But it is what it is.


End of the video really aged poorly and I'm glad. Bring on the next gen era


25:15 "Have you ever seen a nascar fly?" hands down some of the best editing I've ever seen with the music, angles, everything. It was as if I could imagine being in the car. Great video too!

@Yosef Marks  and that racer was matt turk

Watch a summoning salt video and you will be hooked forever

@ItsEvan When the music started, I expected some unknown driver to suddenly break the speed record and take the win or something haha!

<b>”have you seen a combine dance? I didn’t think so.”</b>

*”have you seen a combine dance? I didn’t think so.”*

*flashbacks from The king flying from cars 1 and McQueen flying in cars 3

@Percy6 its probably 'finally landing' from the artist HOME, album: Odyssey as in Homer's Odyssey.

its HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CAR FLY the way he did it sounded werd

Watch summoning salt. You’ll be just as surprised.


When that old school GranTurismo music kicks in ♥♥ 23:10


As a European, I had some prejudice about nascar. You've changed my mind Emp, thank you.

I think it helped when he explained that the bumping and wrecking are only possible in stock cars and thus are the signature of the sport. Highlights what's unique and valuable about it as a form of racing.


"Well, I got a forty Ford out back
And buddy, that hoss'll pull
She can get uphill like a mountain cat
Twenty two cases full!"
- "Thunder and Lightning" by Lonesome River Band 🪕


Ahhh
I've seen you have taken inspiration form  Summoning salt book

But I'm not even half way done with the video and can esaly say this Is one of the best documentaries I've watched


when you do the bump and run its cause your car is presently faster than the car youre bumping, just like anything, bump and run can be countered with timely aware braking, the goal is to bump them off their line and scootch on the inside or outside to GET BY and pass, if you know what youre doing there is ways to drive against bump and runs so you can avoid them passing if you do have a slower car, it goes both ways vice versa.


Im a Sports fanatic, but couldn't care less for NASCAR. But hearing you telling the Story about #3 makes it intriguing and interesting for even somebody like me


"Were ya winnin' son?"

"Yeah dad, I was the best!"

Why does this imaginary Convo between those two want me to be a such a kind of dad in the future...?

Ralph: son you did better than I ever could have done, way to go, intimidator

"But I still was never as good as you."<br>Dale considered Ralph to be the best. He even said it in multiple interviews

"But I still was never as good as you."
Dale considered Ralph to be the best. He even said it in multiple interviews


i feel like that 1984 joke in the ads aged weirdly


Still waiting for long years to see Austin Dillon to run Black Goodwrench Throwback.


Funny enough, Kannapolis is now the home of the Haas F1 team


ur videos are not engaging and entertaining than anything a whole production team could roll out, good fucking shit brother


I've always been sad about his death when thinking about it and how he left his family behind but it really was the most euphoric finish this man could have had for this life. I've watched this a couple of times, it's incredibly well made

Watched it my first two times this week.


30:20 I'm going to call it as I see it but Mr waltrip looks like he's f**** possessed😂😂
but actually though every time I see him come across the Daytona line in the 98 Daytona 500 brings an honest to God smile to my face

30:20 I'm going to call it as I see it but Mr waltrip looks like he's f****** possessed😂😂
but actually though every time I see him come across the Daytona line in the 98 Daytona 500 brings an honest to God smile to my face


i dont ever comment on videos but 11:15 and the rest of that segment is so badass


This video made me buy a dale sr funko pop this and your stan video are so good love this channel keep it up emp


That 1984 segway was a hell of a thing...


From YTP’s to great documentary’s<br>Well done my boy, well done.

From YTP’s to great documentary’s
Well done my boy, well done.


This is DEFINITELY what Cars is based off. Dale Earnhardt is Doc Hudson


✋🏻3 the house of the rising sun is the perfect song for Dale it a Classic epic sounding song that fits a epic man


I grew up on Lake Norman, basically the hub of nascar.  Looking back on the 90s when I actively watched and went to races with my grandpa, I cannot say in hindsight that I liked it because it was dangerous to the drivers.  That's silly.  That's like looking back on Luke being carted off a NFL field while not knowing what planet he's on and going "I LOVE THIS SPORT".

I dunno, I have tried to get into modern racing and it isn't the lack of danger that makes it boring.  There are lots of things contributing to how boring it is.  Lack of driver fatalities is not one of them.


I love nascar and I’ve watched this documentary 8 times already. I love it so much I come back to it once every few months. Emp really needs to become a documentary film maker

His new one made me like it. This is the chery for me.

Yeah I come back every once and a while and watch this. I've watched it so many times.

Whenever I find myself in trying times and consider giving up on whatever it is I'm trying to achieve, I come back to this video and think to myself "What if Dale had given up on the Daytona 500?" Eventually, after enough trying, I accomplish that goal. This video is a lesson for life.


Running dales number on Austin dillons car feels disrespectful in a way. I’m my personal opinion the #3 car should be retired from nascar forever


I'd take Jimmie Johnson over Earnhardt by far...


I just watched Chanel 5 and Andrew spots a reporter in his video hired by his former employer to copy him. I watched the new guys videos and it’s such a stale rip off. You, on the other hand, give props to the goat of this style and give him credit for his influence on you. A breath of fresh air and great videos by you bro!


Every time I watch this, I always feel the tears coming up when "We're Finally Landing" comes on in the last third. The music, the footage of Dale embracing his wife for the final time, everything. I've watched this a dozen times and the impact never degrades. Masterpiece.

@ingibingi2000 its Mario Galaxy Music, specifically Gusty Garden Galaxy.

I get glossy eyed with the Mario odyssey music, he uses it so well


Holy s***... The Chrono trigger soundtrack out of nowhere was just magical. 👍


Fuck YouTube for hiding your channel from me for so long, great videos love you