It hurts to hear the intro of this video... but I agree the 21st century killed nascar. Whe someone won nascar you could've drove drove down to a car dealership and see the sponsor car that won and you could buy it. That's how big nascar was, now nothing.


I live about 2 minutes from the Dale Earnhardt memorial in kannapolis and I still see tons of people go there every day


Who tf down voted this? Great job with this video!


All that fateful day damn I remember it like it was yesterday number 3 you live on in our hearts you are dearly missed


This video is so good it actually scared me with the crashes


I don't usually like videos but this one 😢 made me tear up


"Rendering them virtually unable to contact each other on the track as even a slight tap can produce a scrapyard of wrecked racecars".  See last 100 restrictor plate races at Talladega and Daytona for reasons why that logic doesn't hold.


As a fella from the uk who’s never watched nascar unless you count Ricky Bobby, how you made me love dale earnhardt is a testament to your writing


You know he is going to win the race when the footage has euro beat soundtrack


DE was the man, and it was a sad day when we found out he died.


Dale's death had the same effect on NASCAR that Aryton Senna Elio De Angelis's deaths did on F1.

De Angelis's death during a testing session in 1986 spelled the end of the ultra high powered turbo era of 80's F1 which ushered in the naturally aspirated engine formula that would last until 2008 and completely changed the way racing circuits were required to staff their facilities during test sessions while Senna's death resurrected the GPDA and completely changed the way that the FiA thought about safety for the first time in 20 years.


its definitely a crime to watch this for free


Dale Earnhardt hart and taladega nights together made me love this sport


I read the book "Earnhardt Nation" about the history of the Earnhardt family and NASCAR and it gives you a whole new perspective on them. And legend has it that when both Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt were both racing, Darrell was (and still is) a Christian and his wife would write a Bible verse that Darrell would put on his dashboard and Dale found out about it since they were great friends and Dale started to do that as well and put a Bible verse on his dashboard and also became a Christian. Just before the 2001 Daytona 500, just before the race started Dale still didn't have his Bible verse and refused to race if he didn't have it, but they eventually got it to him. That could've saved his life


Yes, good point bit maybe the best drivers were the ones we made along the way.


I became a fan of nascar ever since i watched Cars.


You know what… you convinced me to like nascar


11:00 I bet I know as many names in that top 8 from 1979 as I do from the entire current corp of cup drivers. And I wasn't even born yet in '79


It’s not just like Michel or Tom falling dead, it’s like as if it was an even game and, game is about to end, and you score the last couple of points before the game ends and they where to drop dead, almost poetic


I love that you used Calm Before the Storm. 🖤

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16:50 - can we take a moment to appreciate that Dollar Shave Club ad DESTROYING Gillette. Bravo, sir.


nascar is def dying, but i feel its making a comeback. I went to a race in feb and the stands were packed full


POV: you become a massive NASCAR fan after watching this


Man could this make a great movie. I mean, look at what they did with Ford vs Ferrari, kinda give it that feeling but make it Dale's career, that could be epic


I dont watch nascar, but the argument "They just go in a circle" is really dumb when you consider that Drag racing is literally 2 cars going in a straight line for a few seconds.


I knew what happened to him but the music made me cry


My mother's late friend was an eccentric rich Floridian man who was in a pacer car at the Daytona 500 the day Earnhardt died. Mom's friend had apparently been super excited, especially since he was a massive Earnhardt fan. He left early and was on his way home, listening to the rest of the race on the radio when the announcement came through. Mom was visiting at the time he arrived home, she said he went to his office and sat there in silence til morning. He'd been a huge car and racing enthusiast for his entire life, but stopped after that day.


...Honestly, after watching this, I'm kinda surprised nobody has made a movie about him...  Or some sort of animated series.  Hell, Japan has done plenty of weird Anime about obscure shit from the West.  I bet one of them could get somethin' going with this.

I mean, he's got all the hallmarks of a great show/movie...  Or even an anime.  Starts from nothing, father doesn't want him racing...  Starts racing anyway, and forces himself up to the top of the top.  Coming dangerously close to becoming the literal greatest driver in the sport's history...  Only to finally, tragically, fall short...  But perish watching those he loves and cherishes get the win, despite it all.  Perhaps not a hero, but quite the story, regardless.


NASCAR, the more you know, the more you like!


"You could have just said its marble racing but with cars."


It is my 7th or 8th time watching this video. I regret nothing.


I like nascar. Not because it’s a great series, I like it because it’s a fun series to watch


Omg I've watched this video like 3 times and only just realised you made it the third episode because of his number 3.


"It's nearly impossible to find anyone these days who cares about NASCAR"
Tell that to the still dedicated fans, 679,000 people subscribed to the NASCAR YouTube channel, and celebrity fans of the sport such as Kevin James, Chris Evans, James Franco, Alvin Kamara, Michael Jordan, etc. There are still plenty of people who care about NASCAR today
But I'm glad you're trying to change that


Yeah they definitely forced his grandson into that 3 car and gave him that 500 win not even a nascar fan but that just seems most likely


That thing where earnhearts tire blew up at the last lap happened in cars lol, I didn’t know cars took inspiration from actual racing and that’s cool

@TRENT this is quite literally the only racing video I have ever seen, even if including tv

@AmazingMan14 you ain't got no argument because I was also 4 when I first saw it

@TRENT maybe because I was 4 when I watched cars and the inspiration they took wasn’t what I was focusing on

Bruh how did you not know that? I take it you didn't realise that Richard Petty's car and crash are literally in the movie? As well as other racers like Andretti, Dale Jr., and Waltrip?

Or maybe even that the fact that the first and last race takes place in a cartoon version of Bristol and Auto Club?


Just wanted to say I have a Monte Carlo aero coupe that dale practiced in not to brag or anything lmao


There will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt Sr. in NASCAR because the people ruining ( I mean running ) NASCAR will never allow it.<br>The organization that was NASCAR is so diluted I'm surprised it's still around.

There will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt Sr. in NASCAR because the people ruining ( I mean running ) NASCAR will never allow it.
The organization that was NASCAR is so diluted I'm surprised it's still around.


I was stone cold until mike joy broke down after the Atlanta race


This was good and I've never watched Nascar.


I will never be able towatch NASCAR, but man. What a story. I have ADHD and its so hard to keep me watching something. But i never for a second got uninterested.


Dont let Teresa see that Dollar Shave Club ad. She'll sue you, DSC,  youtube, all the people who watched your vid, the phone companies that made the phones along with the ISPs that provided the wifi signals.<br>She IS that "sue" happy.

Dont let Teresa see that Dollar Shave Club ad. She'll sue you, DSC,  youtube, all the people who watched your vid, the phone companies that made the phones along with the ISPs that provided the wifi signals.
She IS that "sue" happy.


6:57 “ if everyone were talented, no one would be”


Honestly I don’t really care about nascar I just like emp’s videos


i would give 1 billion bucks or all the cash in the wordl to watch a nascar race live at the track


I have a Dale sr. Card from when he won at Atlanta in 1990 and idk if he was holding Dale Jr or not


I love how he uses the TF2 ost for his videos


Yet most people can’t tell the indi 500 from the Daytona 500 and neither from what they guess is a massive deal on chicken nuggets at McDonald’s.


Broke his sternum, collarbone, and shoulder...raced the next week. That might trump Favre for staying in the 'game


Recommendation.

Please do a never ever on Scott cawthon.

At least to me, there will never ever be another game developer as caring, open, and great as him.


This is the most Jon Bois video not made by Jon Bois and I love it


Anybody interested in an Emplemon video on MMA?

All i want is "there will Never Ever be another fighter like Fedor Emelianenko"

Anybody interested in an Emplemon video on MMA?

All i want is _"there will Never Ever be another fighter like Fedor Emelianenko"_


NASCAR has literally been racing on road courses since its beginning, but ok lol


Less people watch because now, the drivers are young and wealthy. Back at the beginning, they were older and had to really work for their cars and all the parts. They make way too much money now and young drivers just aren't relatable to older people. The racing started by driving moonshine and drivers today are too young to drink.


Can't stop rewatching this. As morbid as it is to say.


7:50 I wasnt sure if you were ripping a clip directly from 17776 here


In grand turismo I was in dale jrs car me and my dad were racing in Daytona like I said I was in dale jrs car and my dad was in jeff Gordon's car and again like I said we were racing in Daytona in the game and I crashed like dale sr


I live in Kannapolis and oh boy downtown is Dale.


I'm so sorry I ever talked trash about Nascar.

@ShaddyCrunchum Damn straight. It may not be like the glory days but I can still find some enjoyment watching those stock cars turn left for hours haha.


If dollar shave club didn't pay you an actual boatload of money for that ad they got a steal.


started not knowing a single thing about the man. ended almost crying. emp you make amazing stuff dude.


I’ve never watched a single nascar race but this video has me crying

Same

I was sobbing for minutes after the video ended


<b>wipes eyes with budlight hat</b> do it for dale.

*wipes eyes with budlight hat* do it for dale.


45:17 that brings a tear to even the toughest person, especially the thought he died knowing that his team won.


Dude that dollar shave club ad was the most glorious thing i ever seen ever.

Dude that transition from the ad back to the video was some slick shit

But for real, Dale had a damn fine mustache.

Yeah, most other sponsors are just them explaining how good the thing is. This is like an actual ad

Your name is the most glorious thing I've ever seen ever. I love the name and the npc wojak.


You've convinced me with this video. And I really believe you've got a mastery over editing, pacing, and getting someone hooked on any subject. The level of quality for the changing between slides as well as your soundtracks picked are perfect. A far cry from the old YTP days.


Dale Jr. interviewing Dale Sr. at 37:18, that’s the purest, most cutest shit I’ve ever seen.

Thats the cutest shit I've ever seen in my life. Car Alarm Squeal

Thats the cutest shit I've ever seen in my life. *_Car Alarm Squeal_*


Wow... I'm into Motorsports, but I've never been following any specific series from start to finish, just a bit of everything. Before this, NASCAR to me seemed like it does to most others - just cars, going in circles. I never imagined that it was so competitive, just like many other sports. As the documentary was progressing, I was getting attached to this sport and Dale Earnhardt himself. By the end of the documentary, the bond was strong and I actually felt emotional how other teams came over to congratulate the racer after winning Daytona 500, how people would put 3 fingers in the air to pay homage to the legendary racer. What an amazing documentary. Thank you for making it


Richard petty and dale Earnhardt are two sides of the same coin think about it.


Until an hour ago I didn’t know anything about NASCAR, and now I’m crying over this man

Same. Undoubtedly the mark of an amazing content creator


Much respect for sharing the legend of Dale Earnhardt to the next generations

@John Smith i didnt know i was missed. what content do you like?

You need to upload more bro, we love you


NASCAR had better ratings than the NBA in 2020 just saying.


I grew up in rural Alabama, not too far from Talledega. In fact, I used to pass it every day on my way to work. But that was after. I had a friend over when it happened. We came out to see my dad crying. We were upset ourselves, and the play date just didn't seem the same.

Thank you for telling the story of the man we all venerated, because he earned it.


Hey at 40:25 it says speeway just so you know emp


This video came on via auto play I considered skipping it

I'm glad I didn't


I grew up with #3. He was my childhood hero. I cried when I found out he died. This is, by far, the best capture of Dale's legacy I've ever watched. 👍🏎🏁


i'm a euro who knows NOTHING of nascar and i've watched this three times. fantastic effort.
I imagine videos like this take a lot of out a person but they're worth every ounce of it.
cheers


As someone who grew up with NASCAR racing my entire childhood in the middle of Florida, going to Daytona and seeing the 500 was the highlight of every year. We would wait for February every year and be ecstatic to see the 500. We weren’t at the race that day, but I will never forget the day Dale Earnhardt died. Wether you agree with his racing techniques or not, he will go down as a legend of racing, and sports in general. RIP Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt (1951-2001).


I've been a Nascar fan since the early 80's and I can tell you many reasons why Nascar has declined drastically. The sponsors gained way too much power, Nascar went into this gimmick phase, they screwed up the cars big time, tried to take the drivers and teams freedom of speech away, fans got suspicious about the possibility of races being fixed, it got way too expensive to attend races, some of the more popular tracks like Bristol, Darlington, and Atlanta were ruined by replacing or having their second dates taken away, the drivers with the exception of a handful are corporate drones, and the overall tv experience is just way better now. There will never be drivers like Dale Sr who can take ill handling fire breathing chariots from hell and win with them. RIP Dale Sr, the racing world hasn't been the same since you've left us!


Remember watching Dales last race with my father when I was 9 years old, 19 years ago. It was never the same after that.

I, this brought up so many memories for my 9th birthday my dad got us all tickets to go see our favorite driver at California that year.

I was cuddles up with my dad watching this race, watching Mikey going for the win, the crash, we thought it was bad, but he has been in worse right?

Then the announcement, we all cried. At the race that year, we got to sign the truck, and put our 3s up on lap 3.


People watch NASCAR for the same reason people watch rocket launches.


and that's why IndyCar and Rallying are so popular
and now
there will Never Ever be another era like Group B.

*and that's why IndyCar and Rallying are so popular*
and now
there will Never Ever be another era like Group B.

Please continue repeating this until everyone is ready to vomit...

IndyCar has a growing young fanbase because I heard that they think its like a video game they are going so fast. Watch any Indy Oval race and you will see why, especially Texas.

but sadly, rally drivers are not made like that anymore since consistency earns you more money than being a personal driver who likes to be spectacular t o watch, not some alien dude whom gets consistant timesand placements, doesn't take very many risks, good on him, but boring to spectate for the sport

@Davidoffthat's just the power of a rally driver for you man, we are just made to anticipate every corner to a degree thanks to a helpful co-driver

Walter Rohrl, who drove the group B audi is still alive. It's crazy to think he memorized 40km stage after a single practice run, then drove it in the fog and at night at full speed and was 5 minutes faster than anyone else that day.

@Techn9cian123 where are the personality drivers at nowadays? I mean shit, there are badass drivers out there with no personality

Auto Racing Playlists group b is the most amazing period in all of motor racing.


Had to come back and watch this on the anniversary of Dale's death, thought we had another one last night with Ryan Newman, thankfully safety advancements definitely saved his life.

LateNightMenace I like to think Dale was saying “It ain’t your time yet kid.”


Nobody like EmpLemon can make a sport like NASCAR this interesting.


Fantastic editing and presentation! This was better than a lot of professionally produced look backs.


omg isn't it the most dramatic thing there is??


I haven't watched a race since he died. Just wasn't and isn't the same.


For real EMP, keep makin more documentaries like this. You're doin great


you make topics that i don't even care about or i find boring really compelling.

I would've never thought I would watch a 54 min documentary about racing and be interested all the way through


Gotta be bad for the brand when the car that crashes into and kills Dale Earnhardt has M&M's plastered all over it


This is unironically one of the best documentaries i ve ever watched and I don´t even like racing all that much.


i was a large fan of dale earmhardt as a.kid i still have his cars in my collection... i was at the firecracker 400 where he won and the daytona 500 where he died. the first time they introduced an "earnhardt" section... i was wondering why he drove irractically and out of character on the back strecth...(had he gone for the win himself and not block for that loser michael waltrip to win he would still be alive) ..
 i was at turn 4 and focused on the crash instead of victory lane....
it was immediately different. the diver that hit earnhardt into the wall immediately jumped out pointing to dale's car... i then saw his wife run towards the car as the crew placed a blue tarp on top of the car...i am in one of photos of the wreckage as a spectactor
 i already knew that something terrible happenned something that was at the very least career ending. i was thinking a lost hand... on my way home i heard on the radio he had died... i could not believe it... i still can not...

as a nascar and race fan over all we did not want to see our heros die.... but we did see them as invincible... i became less of a fan for other reasons... one race the track fell apart during the race... then rain outs... open wing cars can drive in rain. i am now into grand turing or f1 racing more than nascar.. also green white checkard rules and slower cars as well as constant rule changes and corruption regulated the sport down to almost jai lai levels of popularity...

there is however a surprising amount of high technology involved in each race team and a lot goes on behind the seens that will definately take the hic stereotype out of anyones head once they see the garages and the cars themselves.

My mother was a big and NASCAR Dale Earnhardt fan


why tf am i watching a nascar video at 3am


You've done it twice, made me actually interested in something I've never cared about.

Good Video.

RIP Dale


What’s the name of the music in the sponsor


I'm from the UK, so the only one of these videos I can really relate to with previous knowledge was Spongebob, but this video series has educated me on things I had no idea about and are so entertaining I have watched each at least four times. Really looking forward to the next episode.


To bad they fined rusty about the HANS device then after dale it was made mandatory


I live near the Daytona Speedway! Fun fact, the stands are so large, that they had to take into account the curvature of the Earth during it's construction.

The average weight of a 'murican most likely had something to do with it as well..


83 Peeans dying during a race? Where is that footage? That would be something worth watching.


I never expected to watch a +50 min video about a guy who was really good at driving a car on an oval track against other racers and enjoy it so much.


Your the only YouTuber that can captivate me for almost one hour on cars going around in circles.


An Asian man made a black man cry over a white man, bravo good sir


“All war is deception"<br>     -Dale Earnhardt

“All war is deception"
     -Dale Earnhardt

@hazman232 The restrictor plate ate it all up, and it was probably more dangerous than when we were runnning at 210"

- Winston Churchill

"We will fight them on the beaches"<br>-Dale Earnhardt

"We will fight them on the beaches"
-Dale Earnhardt

"It is not enough that I should succeed, all others must fail."<br>-Dale Earnhardt

"It is not enough that I should succeed, all others must fail."
-Dale Earnhardt

@Techno Spyform1 “If fighting is sure to result in victory than you must fight!”<br>- Sun Tzu

@Techno Spyform1 “If fighting is sure to result in victory than you must fight!”
- Sun Tzu

"Be extremely hit and run, even to the point of polarizing"<br>- Sun Tzu

"Be extremely hit and run, even to the point of polarizing"
- Sun Tzu

"Remember, no restrictor plates." -Dale Earnhardt


Didn't know he was was holding back others from overtaking his team. What a legend.


He was a great driver, and his death was extremely tragic, but I personally felt like he was dangerous/reckless.<br>If you were in the lead, and he managed to get up close to you in the last few laps of a race, you either got out of his way, or he was absolutely going to crash you. The amount of final lap crashes he caused in the 2nd place position is astounding.

He was a great driver, and his death was extremely tragic, but I personally felt like he was dangerous/reckless.
If you were in the lead, and he managed to get up close to you in the last few laps of a race, you either got out of his way, or he was absolutely going to crash you. The amount of final lap crashes he caused in the 2nd place position is astounding.


There will never be another driver like him cause Nascar has turned to shit


Man who even is this Dale earnhart...

10 minutes in:wow he's good

In the end :HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO DIE GOD DAMN IT *Cries

thanks for the likes guys :D

@Soup well it's like finishing an exam paper and getting high marks, it's possible and expected but it just doesn't happen all the time

People need to stop acting suprised that their <b>public</b> YouTube comments happen to be seen by other people

People need to stop acting suprised that their *public* YouTube comments happen to be seen by other people

Dale was an ass on the track, but off the track and in the garage, he was the go-to guy for advice. He was THE boss in garage area, and if you got out of line during the race, you can be sure he'll pull you aside afterwards and rip you a new one.

@Christopher Graham wow never thought my comment would've been similar to anything,i just really like the video and got a little bit emotional after watching it,it's really cool to know that,thanks mate :D

Dallas Gaben, your comment seems a lot like Dale.
1978: " Who is that stroker (desperate driver trying to get signed)?
1979:ROTY
1980: Winston Cup Champion. "Wow! This cat's good!"
February 18, 2001. Darrell Waltrip, after the race ends, "Is Dale ok? I hope Dale's ok......"
Mike Helton, "This is undoubtedly the hardest thing I've ever had to say, but after the crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500, we've lost Dale Earnhardt....."
NASCAR fans, employees, and drivers collectively, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

I'd say that he died a cool death, doing what he loved. As Dale himself said, when asked whether he had the choice of racing or doing something else, what would he choose? "I'd wanna race!"

wow people actually noticed this comment,thanks guys

man, funny as hell comment. yea he was amazing driver def. one of the best

He was my favorite driver and NASCAR's greatest driver ever


how dare people compare you to the internets own jon bois


There will never ever be another driver like ayrton senna is another one we need

Why? The masterful 2010 <i>Senna</i> documentary already exists.

Why? The masterful 2010 _Senna_ documentary already exists.


His death still hurts me to this day and I didn't even like the guy as a driver, I thought he raced like a jerk off by wrecking other team's cars. Drivers not being safe isn't why nascar isn't as popular as it was and that's insulting that'd you even suggest that. The problem is 100% the gimmicks and stupid rule changes done over the past decade or so. No one asked for or wanted the chase or stage racing, it's goofy. Only good thing they've done is add more road courses, I've always liked the road courses. I'd watch again if they got rid of those two things, they removed the strategy and endurance from the racing entirely with stages and the chase is just stupid. I haven't watched a race in probably 3-4 years now.


This video is why hearing "We're Finally Landing" by Home moves me to tears now. There's just something about how your timing, your use of that song, turned it into a bittersweet portent of the tragedy that befalls the hero of the story you've told.

Lol thx for giving me the song's title! I've heard it in, like, 3 separate videos from some of my favorite channels, but I couldn't find its name– til now


"have you ever seen a nascar fly?"

Home - We're Finally Landing
that got me harder than it should have

"have you ever seen a nascar fly?"

*Home - We're Finally Landing*
that got me harder than it should have


Wow, what an amazing story. I always grew up hearing his name, but I never knew how important he was. I think I'll look into the sport even more now because of this legend and his backstory. Thank you.


Emp, if dale was alive today, god bless his soul, I think this video would have made him shed tears of joy.


"I mean come on, have you ever seen a nascar fly?" (Shows pictures of a nascar flying) [Starts playing "We're finally landing" by Home]

The irony in that is kinda funny.

Calling back to that song before directly calling back to the most tragic accident being both missed and caused by inches was genius. It chilled me to the bone.


You need to do one for Senna, and even one for Dale Jr because of the absolute weight of the legacy left on his shoulders

When I read the first few words of the title I thought it would be about Senna. But this was also a great video, and a story I had no idea about


Beautiful man, beautiful story, beautiful end. I stopped watching nascar when I was little but I will never stop thinking that dale was an amazing man and role model


I've watched this 5 times, never disappointed. Thank you Emp


I just watch this video over and over again so well made!!!! this is the mentor I need!!!


Watching him hold back the entire pack so his son and teammate could win, made me smile and cry with the symbolism because it killed him.


As someone raised on Nascar, there’s almost no greater hero to a kid growing up in rural Appalachia than Dale, I say this being a lifetime Gordon fan. I was born months after Dale’s death and throughout my childhood my brother (who’s a dirt track racer here) would always tell me about the man. I read biographies, I watched old recordings, and I cherish it so much. Dale may have been #3 but in the hearts of all fans he remains #1.


Your videos have the most rewatchability out of every content creator I can think of.


I honestly have no words.. this content and it's presentation... Amazing job Emp


This isn't a video, this is true art! Well done, EmpLemon!


I am in awe of how good of a video this is. Outstanding work man.


it's a real tragic shame that his stubborness cost him his life.  if he was wearing a HANS he would still be alive.


It should really say something about the video quality when I didn’t even know anything about NASCAR going into this, and I still cheered when Dale won the Daytona 500


What an excellent video. I remember exactly where I was when I learned that he died.


I watched it happen live and cried that day. A year later my brother took me there for my birthday. Landed in Tampa and got a white rental. We duct taped a perfect number three to each door and hauled add to Daytona. God it still hurts thinning about Dale.


That commercial break killed me xD<br>" HE HAS IT , YOU CAN HAVE IT TOO ! "

That commercial break killed me xD
" HE HAS IT , YOU CAN HAVE IT TOO ! "


"I'm all for safety, but racing like that is no fun"<br>well there you go

"I'm all for safety, but racing like that is no fun"
well there you go


I just read the title and went, "you're damn right there won't."


All these years later, I still cried hearing the announcement of his Death. RIP


This is the best video about <br>Dale Earnhardt, the way you put it together kept my attention and had me glued to it the whole time, you knocked it outta the park Emp!!!-

This is the best video about
Dale Earnhardt, the way you put it together kept my attention and had me glued to it the whole time, you knocked it outta the park Emp!!!-


That analogy with the astronaut was genuinly one of the best transitions I've ever seen


Had nothing to do with nascar before, thank you for giving me a 1 hour trip to its roots!


i dont cry when i watch really anything, but this video almost gets me every time


Brother you encapsulated everything I have ever felt you made my wife cry and she's not even a Nascar fan well part-time Nascar fan I love that era I remember watching it on TV I remember waiting for Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500 you encapsulated everything that was meaningful about that man's existence my hats off to you thank you


It took him 20 years to win the Daytona 500, and it's been 20 years since his death. RIP Dale


My grandfather grew up next door to Ralph and Martha, and got in trouble all the time for racing his cars with Dale. My family has been close with the Earnhardts for decades. I will never forget where I was when I heard the news that he had passed away.


Growing up from 86 in NC, an hour west of Charlotte

It always felt like Dale was the most popular driver, everyone loved him, hated Gordon and now the phrase is raise hell, praise dale

My dad was a huge dale fan so it rubbed off on me as a kid but it felt like everyone around me loved dale too


Anyone notice that at 38:14 EmpLemon used the orchestral version of Deja Vu eurobeat as the bmg? Amazing choice!! KANSEI NO DRIFUTO!!!


Even I, as a Jeff Gordon fan cried when Dale died. I feel as if a lot of Gordon fans were fans of Dale as well.


My great grandfather used to race back at Daytona back in the day, my nana says he was really good


Thinking that the last thing Dale Sr. saw was his son and Waltrip racing to the finish line, was difficult to imagine without having a few tears stroll down your cheeks. Sr. was one of my top favorite drivers, as well as my dad and his dad’s favorite driver. My paternal grandfather would say “He don’t take shit from nobody.” I mean, he’s called “The Intimidator” for a reason. I wasn’t born at the time he died but, with the combination of hearing my dad talk about him, and seeing some past races, he became one of my favorite NASCAR drivers. He’s one that will be deeply missed by the ones who loved him. I’m sure his dad, Ralph would be proud of him.<br>R.I.P DALE EARNHARDT SR. (The Intimidator) and to others who passed from racing.

Thinking that the last thing Dale Sr. saw was his son and Waltrip racing to the finish line, was difficult to imagine without having a few tears stroll down your cheeks. Sr. was one of my top favorite drivers, as well as my dad and his dad’s favorite driver. My paternal grandfather would say “He don’t take shit from nobody.” I mean, he’s called “The Intimidator” for a reason. I wasn’t born at the time he died but, with the combination of hearing my dad talk about him, and seeing some past races, he became one of my favorite NASCAR drivers. He’s one that will be deeply missed by the ones who loved him. I’m sure his dad, Ralph would be proud of him.
R.I.P DALE EARNHARDT SR. (The Intimidator) and to others who passed from racing.


I wasn’t even alive when Dale Earnhardt died and I still cried the first time I saw the crash


I really like this video and the way the story is topd. However, I think you should have mentioned that Earnhardt actively rejected the HANS. This stubbornness cost him his life.


This is exactly why you're the best YouTuber man. 7:03


He died a legend. He died doing something he loved. How many people could truly say they died doing something they loved if they had the chance to do so?


Growing up I had a Dale Earnhardt lunch box with the black number 3 right on top. I had known from the start that Dale Earnhardt had died racing on the final lap of Daytona, but no one ever told me that he died while protecting his team and his son. As a grown man who has never watched a full NASCAR race, I started to cry when I heard that.


incredibly well written and narrated video


I know everything there is to know about Dale. He is the reason I started watching nascar. And was the reason I stopped watching nascar on February 18, 2001.


I come from a small town in Southeast Indiana, and my grandparents got me into Nascar, especially my grandpa.

I remember spending Sunday afternoons after church with my grandpa in the living room watching cars make constant left turns, surrounded by the smell of Budwieser and Planters honey roasted peanuts, enraptured by the roar of engines and him yelling at the TV.  My grandpa was (and to my knowledge still is) a diehard Dale Earnhardt fan, so I was too.  In fact, unlike many, I became a fan of his bump and go racing because of my being an Earnhardt fan, not the other way around.

I was six years old when we watched that race together.  My dad, his son, had been killed in a brutal car accident when I was still a baby, and I think it hit my grandpa especially hard.  My grandma had always been a Jeff Gordon fan, and because of that he had always been my second favorite, suddenly bumped up to first to fill the void.

I'd still watch races with my grandpa, but it was never the same.  Girls and Halo slowly replaced Nascar, and by the time I hit high school, I hadn't sat and watched a race in a while.  Honestly, Dale Earnhardt himself was the draw for me, and when he died in that crash, so too did my zeal for Nascar.

Only now, in my late twenties, am I getting back into local racing, amateurs at local tracks driving their own vehicles, free of sponsorships and deals.  The drivers are normal people with day jobs that you see out in town and they work on their cars themselves.

I come from a small town in Southeast Indiana, and my grandparents got me into Nascar, especially my grandpa.

I remember spending Sunday afternoons after church with my grandpa in the living room watching cars make constant left turns, surrounded by the smell of Budwieser and Planters honey roasted peanuts, enraptured by the roar of engines and him yelling at the TV.  My grandpa was (and to my knowledge still is) a diehard Dale Earnhardt fan, so I was too.  In fact, unlike many, I became a fan of his bump and go racing *because* of my being an Earnhardt fan, not the other way around.

I was six years old when we watched that race together.  My dad, his son, had been killed in a brutal car accident when I was still a baby, and I think it hit my grandpa especially hard.  My grandma had always been a Jeff Gordon fan, and because of that he had always been my second favorite, suddenly bumped up to first to fill the void.

I'd still watch races with my grandpa, but it was never the same.  Girls and Halo slowly replaced Nascar, and by the time I hit high school, I hadn't sat and watched a race in a while.  Honestly, Dale Earnhardt himself was the draw for me, and when he died in that crash, so too did my zeal for Nascar.

Only now, in my late twenties, am I getting back into local racing, amateurs at local tracks driving their own vehicles, free of sponsorships and deals.  The drivers are normal people with day jobs that you see out in town and they work on their cars themselves.


Dale’s death is like a wise masters death in movies after he sees his student’s success and he dies with peace and a smile.

Also this guy really knows what buttons to push with the Gran turismo music.


This has got to be the best Dale Earnhardt video to exist. It explains NASCAR and its history so well.


This video is hard to watch but thank you for making it


Damn he made me find enjoyment in nascar


"The Luckiest Driver in NASCAR"

Ryan Newman has entered the chat.

PuliGOAT turned your defense into wet butter


man i really love your use of team fortress 2 music! it fits so well


Wow that segway from the ad back to the video was beautiful 👌


....

I owe you one, Now i,m into cars.
I'll strive to be a real mechanic, unlike my father.


The only YouTube video that can make me cry by the end


It was his son raising up the three that got me


There is absolutely nothing in the world like WINNING! Doesn't matter what kind of sport or competition it is. Winning beats everything.


One shot of nostalgia, extra strong, please.


He could turn left with the best of them


@EmpLemon, Dale's death would sadly be overshadowed later that year by an even bigger tragedy. On that would happen in September.


“He died doing what he wanted. No matter what right? I bet he was happy.” - Guts


Love the final fantasy track you slipped in there!!!!!


I might be late Af but this is good. Now we just need a story about Schumacher


Happy 4th or July! :) <br>This is the best way to get it started

Happy 4th or July! :)
This is the best way to get it started


This may be one of the only videos I barely go back to watch again because of how it sadly grounds you when IT comes, it's just...

45:13


I’ve watched this twice and i’m on the third run now

Same bro, dale is probably my favorite driver, even though I've mostly only seen reruns of his races, I did see the race where he died though


I love love love NASCAR and its the only sport I think about when you say sport because I am a nerd about cars, engineering, and how to re fix a car


You gotta do one on the corvette challenge as dumb as it sounds i feel like a lot of those who pulled out where sore losers


This is my 5th time watching it and i finally realised at 40:21 he spells speedway wrong and says speeway


This video actually made me care about NASCAR lol


My grandparents have an autographed Dale Earnhardt figurine.


25:24 i love the Summoning Salt reference


"accidentally" become the best in the world


Good video emp, quick favor can you tell me the name of the song in the background of 46:10. Loved your video can’t stop watching

gusty garden galaxy from super mario galaxy


I turned 6 the day this happened I was heartbroken


Dude I loved nascar before but you literally made me a nascar simp


Didnt notice this was almost a full hour video


3:43 Oh god yes the early Grand Turismo OST


well, the only logical step after this is a video on Senna.


Anyone else notice that Dale's first car to be shown was number 8?


I will say, it seems nascars popularity has stabilized recently so thats good


The first cars movie makes so much sense now


There will never ever be another YouTube like emplemon.


If Tom Brady actually died during the Super Bowl he would probably still find a way to win it.


i just have one question, what is the outro song. the guitar playing, i dont think its listed in the music list. do anyone know?


NASCAR needs to get rid of the chase and playoffs, use the old system, and there needs too be more rivalries


13 days after I was born. That’s crazy man


Should you make a video about NASCAR?

Do it....
Do it for Dale.


It seems like restrictor plates made the races more dangerous


bruh how did u get me to cry to a nascar video


I watched NASCAR when people like Richard Petty, AJ Foyt, David Pearson and the Allison's were racing. I never watched when Earnhardt was racing and I don't watch now.


Chase that Screwed Gordon did it for me!!


I love the tf2 sound track in the back ground


Will Lewis Hamilton brake the Curse of the 7?


Richard who? Luckiest man on 4 wheels. But I guess it's true what Chuck Yeager said "I'd rather be lucky than good any day of the week"


I don't give a witches tit about nascar and this vid had me glued to the screen.  Fuckin riveting shit Emp...


Your Simpsons video pulled me in. This video made me subscribe.


31:35 a British guy commentating a nascar race dosen’t sound right


there is a typo at 40:22 (Look at speedway)


Ffx music at 28:00 you are my hero, also amazing video mate


Yarborough, Allison, Earnhardt, Petty, Waltrip. What is this? Legend our?


And then 2020 Daytona 500 Ryan Newman nearly died


I 100% agree with the statement that NASCAR is losing popularity BECAUSE it's safer. I also feel that it's the same way with football.


A tidbit about the 2001 NASCAR season, I believe Dale Jr. Won the first Race after 9/11


Earnhardt said screw your lemons. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad!

Also the fact that Earnhardts number was brought back for a damn relative of a big wig. Nepotism disgusts me.


dale is the only reason I clicked on here and NASCAR is way more popular than you think


46:09 I love how you blended Mario Galaxy music in this part. It sure makes the scene feel cathartic and magical. I can watch this part all day. Great video.


Goddamnit Emp, first you make me interested in pro wrestling and then in nascar?

Next you’re gonna be getting me to care about Monster Truck Rallies!

There will never ever be another monster truck like grave digger

There will Never Ever be another monster truck show like Monster Jam

Emp, you can write me the check now.

Pssh. that just has a split happening when Bigfoot broke off from the USHRA in the late 90's. No downfall needed until the one that is happening currently as Feld Motorsports is doing weird stuff with the Monster Jam Events.


This is better than some perfessionally made documentaries


Dude this video was beautiful, so well written and edited, looking forward to seeing what you do next


Never watched a second of NASCAR.

In my opinion this is one of the best presentations I have watched about anything, ever.

Thank you Emp.


Could you imagine a Daytona Beach throwback race with modern cars and sand tires?

They do. Not at Daytona but in the camping trucks they race at Eldora, a dirt track


I was born 17 days before the accident<br>February 1st 2001

I was born 17 days before the accident
February 1st 2001


I Know. My Family Knows. We Will All Know.
Long Live Dale Earnhardt
Long Live Dale Jr
Never Forget 2/18/01

I Know. My Family Knows. We Will All Know.
*Long Live Dale Earnhardt*
*Long Live Dale Jr*
Never Forget *2/18/01*


NASCAR's scoring system is literally nonsense, like, how the fuck did Red Byron win the overall season with 4 fewer wins, 5 fewer top 5s, and 2 fewer top 10 finishes!? NASCAR seemed to know their scoring was flawed because 2nd place Fonty Flock got paid more? I'm honestly still irate! It makes no fucking sense on ANY level.


This reignited my love for NASCAR and this is THE best and most entertaining documentary I have ever seen!!


Very well put together. Much respect to you Emplemon. As a NASCAR fan, Thank you


To think.
A YouTube Pooper has now taught people all about not only the state of YouTube as a whole, but also 'Wrastling' and NASCAR.

The internet is wonderful.

This is is crazy emplemon who does ytp but has an interest in cars and serious driving. It frightens me when he put gran turismo music. I alway under estimated oval racing until i tried it.  gt6 rc car oval racing was really intense. I never got tired of it along with rally, short course. Anyone who tells me that oval racing is just full gas turning left I will conclude they don' like race driving at all. But i will admit I dont like watching nascar but driving an oval car of any kind is a different story. I just realize emp is becoming a writer. Awesome video emp.

A YouTube pooper is doing more for the world of audio-visual entertainment for free than television for a fee.

I remember laughing from his video,and now I'm crying from his video.

You can tell he got a lot of editing skills from doing YouTube poops


Normal people during homework: lofi<br>Me: dale

Normal people during homework: lofi
Me: dale

@OhShitAnElite Taking a physics test watching this lmao.

I’m listening to this while I make a vase for class rn

Lol I have a chem final tomorrow and this is keeping me going


An Absolutely Great Documentary on the Dale. <br>Thanks Emplemon.

An Absolutely Great Documentary on the Dale.
Thanks Emplemon.


bro I liked the video as soon as dsc woman came to rescue the gilette plebs omg


I feel like I just watched a full-on movie...

And one of the greatest one man made films to goddamm exist.


The bump and run is also a screw you to the other guys fanbase


This is an awesome video with a very interesting presentation. Even my wife who has never been interested in NASCAR loved it. I am from Alabama and born in 1958. This video totally sums up my evaluation of the NASCAR sport. I was an Alabama Gang fan and very offended by Earnhardt's aggressive driving style back in the day. But now I agree he was the greatest ever. I was a NASCAR addict back in the 70's, 80's & 90's and have no interest in the sport today. I have shared this video with all of my family & friends and thay all love it also. Thanks for such an incredible summary of my thoughts of what used to be my 2nd favorite sport. Of course growing up in Alabama - football was and is always #1. I am a WAR EAGLE Auburn Tiger supporter and despise everything about the Crimson Tide (similar to my feelings toward Earnhardt back in the day). Thanks again for one of my top video presentations ever!


Whenever I head into a Never Ever video, I always know it'll be good.

I was 1 at the time of Dale's death. I didn't become a fan of NASCAR until I was 6, and I didn't know about Dale until I was 7. Considering I never saw him race, and never had a true emotional attachment to him like the older fans do, I did not go into this video expecting it to make me cry and to send chills down my spine.

Incredible job on this, Emp. You've done Dale proud.


This script is incredible, the editing is impeccable, and the song choices were perfect on every level.

Even the sponsor spot was so clever and well edited, and just smoothly transitioned right back into the video.

When I clicked a 55 minute video about NASCAR I didn’t expect to walk away feeling enlightened, and yet here I am.


God rests this man's poor soul up there, along with Paul Walker, James Hunt, Aytron Senna, Colin McRae, Marco Simoncelli, Nicky Hayden, and more recently Nikki Lauda, and lest we not forget about the others who died happily by speeding out there


Rewatching this video for the Nth time already, and I reached a conclusion, there is ONE, and I repeat, ONE driver that is on par with Earnhardt, and that man is Ayrton Senna, the greatest F1 driver of all time that was killed in a fatal crash just like Dale, Senna is still one of the biggest icons in brazilian history and represented much more than a sport, it represented the entire country of Brasil, from its inception, to everything there was, he embodied it, and he overcame everything to become a legend, just like Dale, he isnt only a driver, he is everything else there is to be to someone, even 26yrs later (in Senna's case) and 19yrs later (in Dale's case)


Emp Lemon you literally got me interested in Nascar and racing. I have gotten my permit twice but racing stock car racing is really getting me motivated to get my license


I'm glad you didn't end this video at Earnhardt's death, and instead talked about the legacy afterwards.


This might be your best video yet. Keep up the good work.


So the last people who really really care about nascar is me and that guy :.(      $&#%


Watched this with my dad and I’ve never seen him cry until today. Keep creating great content like this!!!!


47:33 Ngl I shed a tear here, the music was perfect and you KNOW that as Junior won that Pepsi 400, he was thinking, "I did it, dad!"

Gusty Garden Galaxy is such a powerful piece, every time I hear it in a video memories of me playing Super Mario Galaxy come flooding back, along with my tears of course.

TL that part really was perfect man. his son being followed by waltrip, the music, i especially love the commentary. “Using lessons learned from his father to go from 6th to first! Yes! Yes! (we love you man, you did it).”


Really, they couldn’t even keep the man’s number retired? that’s sad.


Ayrton Senna would be perfect for this series

Michael schumacher would be good but unlike senna which fits perfectly he didn't die in his career unlike the great

1- yes he would<br>2- didn’t expect to see you here, wag1 mate

1- yes he would
2- didn’t expect to see you here, wag1 mate


It’s not a competition dude, each was huge in their respective sports, and both are huge tragedies who are equally missed today by the world.


I actually remember this moment ( 36:45 ) when I was a kid.  All of my family, (who were Earnhardt fans) cheered when he spun Labonte, laughing about it.  When I was a kid, I thought it was mean of him to do.  Looking back on it, it was a result of his namesake, "The Intimidator."  As said in the video, "You got out of his way, or he would make you."  Well, he made Terry move.  He had something that what I feel most drivers today don't have, and that is "character."  When you see that black #3, you immediately start to think, "Uh oh.  Here comes trouble!"  It made me feel excited to see it, like something awesome was going to happen.  Now that I think about it, Dale Earnhardt may be responsible for why my favorite color scheme to this day is black, red, and sliver (or white in some cases.)  I will agree that without a shadow of a doubt, there will never be another driver like Dale Earnhardt.

Notice all the badass Legends are either dead or retired......and since everyone knows they can't be that good they don't try and end up making it boring......oh we also had Danica Patrick but she was shit.

Dale truly was the last "character" in NASCAR. Everything today is just homogenized and boring. You knew back when Dale was on the move, shit was going down. You stopped what you were doing and watched.

ken block its at least trying and he does it in the part of the charisma


This video is actually better than a lot of the ones Nascar YouTubers put out


Never Ever is my favorite series on YouTube. I've never cared about NASCAR, pro wrestling, or Sponge Bob, but those are still among some of the best youtube content I've ever seen, I was on the edge of my seat every damn second of the way. Thanks, Emp, you're a gem.


The guy at 49:03 just won the Daytona 500.

Yeah, that guy.

Thankfully McDowell's Texas wreck is no longer his career defining moment. Now he's a Daytona 500 champion!


Hail America and hail the gods of the wheels!! Yheaah bring me a beer baby.. And let's watch round after round!


This is YT crown jewel, now we must PROTECT it at all cost.


Dale got TWO rollercoasters named after him! Mans a legend.

and a MiLB Baseball team, Kannapolis Intimidators


Dale Earnhardt: The true definition of a Chad.

@I only reply to sex propositions Good point, I was just trying to make a joke. Besides, I'm saving myself for marriage.

The only people who talk about Chads, aren't Chads.


You legitimately made me cry for the first time in years over a man I never knew existed in a sport I never gave a second glance.  Thank you.


My dad once told me that a lot of his heros died too soon. For years, I’ve known about Dale through my dad, but I never truly understood his legacy until this video. RIP Dale Earnhardt


Excuse me my YouTuber friend but what about Jeff Gordon


rest in peace you icon, 20 years later there's still a gap where he was.


So I grew up on NASCAR and this was the best video I’ve seen about it on YouTube. Even I learned some things. This was an exceptionally crafted video about the sport.


When he said "Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?" and the synthwave came on, I knew it was about to get real. (That song is also kinda nostalgic as well for me personally)

Edit: Those last 10 minutes hit hard, and of course he played the most nostalgic music I could think of over it, what a beautiful god damn story, I solute this soul. 2000's were some of the best years of history.


24:19 There's an a$$hole next to the guy with the flag.


It seems like you're determined to make me emotional about sports I've never even bothered to look into before. The story of Earnhardt is one of the most gripping ones I've seen, and honestly kinda encapsulates the quintessential narrative of a sports legend rising to the top. It's inspiring to listen to how he remained determined to succeed until the very end, even when he vocally complained about the restrictor plates. Thanks again for making videos like this, your editing and voice are perfect for stuff like this.


You could do without the closed-minded knocking-before-trying outlook of shit talking mediums of entertainment, other than that, fine job


24:00 reference (don't mind the comment)
Also, 15:00 also reference


49:06 I don't see how someone walks out of that jeeez
Do they at least fucking pass out when that happens? maybe get a headache? like how the fuck did that lil bump take my boi dale but you can do a fucking upside down 1080 and 20 rolls and just casually walk out of the car?

Most of the time, drivers nowadays get little to no injuries from wrecks like this.<br>Dale passed because he refused to wear a HANS device (which was basically a seatbelt for your head) and ended up with several head and neck injuries

Most of the time, drivers nowadays get little to no injuries from wrecks like this.
Dale passed because he refused to wear a HANS device (which was basically a seatbelt for your head) and ended up with several head and neck injuries


the orchestral rendition of GAS GAS GAS really hit.

thats actually Deja vu. Gas gas gas is played earlier in the video at 15:23, though.

@Another Stupid Hipster no that's Deja Vu

@Stormi Scoot  that's "We're Finally Landing" by Home.

The Orchestral rendition of GAS GAS GAS is at 38:15


For me, Dale Earnhardt Sr. will always be my second favourite racer, for everything he did for everything he did for the sport.<br>(My favourite is J.D. McDuffie, who simalrly died of a Baskilar skull fracture ten years before, it was a nice touch to add him last since he holds that record)

For me, Dale Earnhardt Sr. will always be my second favourite racer, for everything he did for everything he did for the sport.
(My favourite is J.D. McDuffie, who simalrly died of a Baskilar skull fracture ten years before, it was a nice touch to add him last since he holds that record)


President Brandon is, paradoxically, making NASCAR popular again.<br>Let's Go Brandon!

President Brandon is, paradoxically, making NASCAR popular again.
Let's Go Brandon!


Come back every once in a while to rewatch the ending, still gives me goosebumps


"To do something well is so worth while that to die doing it better cannot be foolhardy."

The immortal words of Bruce Mclaren couldn't be more tire.


You did a wonderful job on this video. Dale Earnhardt was fearless, loved to race and was good at it.


Damn I don’t even like NASCAR and I’m still sobbing with grief and joy.


In my humble opinion, this is the finest video you've ever released.


He had an amazing career. He won all the events he could ever win. He even raced with his flesh and blood. And he went out in a sport he loved and watched his team win the race. I’m positive that he proved that he belonged. He is one of the reasons why NASCAR is as safe as it is right now.


This video is a modern video editing, biography/documentary, and writing masterpiece. Nice fucking work man.


I've never watch a race of NASCAR in my life, but wow. This was amazing


40:06 the way this whole vid was done caused this to spark so much emotion in me. The quality of your videos and how you execute them is inspirational. To clarify this made me ugly cry. The respect I hold for these men unbelievable.


I was at some of these races. Some of the best memories of my childhood. I remember my dad and his friends fighting Jeff Gordon fans and all the men in my family bawling over Earnhardt's death.


I'm a huge NASCAR fan, but my fandom started years after Dale Sr.'s passing (I was 5 years old in 2001), but this video has truly elevated my appreciation for him, what he means to the sport, and my own appreciation for NASCAR overall. While I've made peace with the fact NASCAR will never be as popular as it was before my lifetime (I started watching, ironically, right as it began to decline in popularity in the late 00s), I hope it rebounds somewhat with the new teams, new sponsors, new drivers, and the Next Gen car coming next year. Excellent video.


this is the first time i heard of dale i cheered for him and then almost shed a tear for him all in the same day this man is a legend.


Girls with time machine: "I'm your grand-daughter."
Boys: "No Dale, don't go to Daytona!"

Edit: He pretty much gave his life so that his son and teammate could finish 1 and 2. He will be missed by fans of all motorsports.

@Astral the Protogen (Shadeyboii) that’s Waltrip<br>Prob got confused bcuz N A P A

@Astral the Protogen (Shadeyboii) that’s Waltrip
Prob got confused bcuz N A P A

Instead of saying, "No Dale, don't go to Daytona," I would say, "Don't block Merlin when it comes down to it, Just give a little push to your son and Elliott!"

Me: hey Dale, don’t block marlin so hard, something may happen
Dale: how do you know this
Me: well, let’s just say, someone may die
Dale: ok, but if it comes down to it, I will block Sterling Marlin
Me: ok

Race ensues and on the last lap, Dale continues to block Marlin, until Ken Schrader gets a little loose and hits Marlin as they go to the grass and Dale finishes the 500


This video was recommended to me by youtube about a year and a half ago. Since then I have rewatched it over and over again. I never got to see Dale race but I had always watched some of his races on youtube here and there. My mother was a huge fan of him. So I heard a lot of the amazing stories of his career. After watching your video on frying comments I got to thinking that I never knew you were a pooper. I found you through this video and as far as I ever knew until that video I figured you created content just like this and you earned at least my respect over the past year and a half. After seeing all of your new content about youtube and the shit that they pull, you earned a lot of my respect there because you are not afraid to go against the establishment and the system and to voice your opinions no matter the consequence.


I watched this entire thing twice and can watch it again without fail. amazing product. keep it up. <br>Grew up watching Nascar on cable in the mid 90s

I watched this entire thing twice and can watch it again without fail. amazing product. keep it up.
Grew up watching Nascar on cable in the mid 90s


Man, straight up congratulations. This was awesome, totally worth an hour of my life to watch. Awesome work. 🙏🙏


This is my third lemon video in a row tonight. Love the new REFRESHING content. Keep it up.


That point of the video right before Dale Earnhardt's death always makes me tear up. Great vid man


bro your music choice is fire, I never expected a version of the house of the rising sun to be on here.


Best video in the history of this site. No arguement there. Ive watched this video over 7 times now and every time it gets better and better


This is a truly amazing video. You had me emotional and eyes watering over a sport and sports icon who I knew existed, but knew nothing about. Truly amazing work, Emp. Another masterpiece.


Such a good video and character, made me cheer for something that happened even before I was born. That's amazing.


I remember going to Daytona with my family as a kid. I loved racing as a kid. My uncle would take me to the small race track by his house and when I visit him he always has a race on. He was the person that got me into racing. Once Jeff Gordon retired I stopped watching because he was my favorite driver. I want to get back into it but it’s not the same without Gordon.


I've always loved nascar, ever since I was a little kid


I remember this race vividly. I am/was/and always will be a Jeff Gordon fan. My dad is still to this day an Earnhardt Sr. fan. We were sitting next to eachother on the couch and when he hit the wall and was pronounced dead. Both me and my dad broke. I rarely ever see that man cry and we had a mutual love-hate relationship with the others favorite driver. But when he was pronounced dead...nothing could have brought us closer and deeper into the water works. 6 years later when Jeff won his 76th race and he and the pit crew paid respects to Sr. with the flag. made us both tear up like the accident just happened all over again.


11:10
My god what an awesome song that made that amazing moment even better.


Dude, first vid ive watched from you and i gotta say, this is amazing man, made me cry a lil bit


This video has legit given me interest in watching and seeing NASCAR now


Dale Earnhardt, has been & always will be my favourite NASCAR driver. <br>RIP Intimidator.

Dale Earnhardt, has been & always will be my favourite NASCAR driver.
RIP Intimidator.


This video makes me realize how much I miss Benny Parsons (and DW) in the booth


I'm not even old enough to have watched the Dale earnhart race on live television so I and I still get tears every time I see one of his clips


don't cry because he's gone

smile because he was here


The best YouTube video in its category that I've seen. Keep em coming!


This is a great video, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I'll ever enjoy Nascar.


this video makes me want to support Nascar so much, god, I'm bawling my eyes out rn


Great video man.  I grew up watching NASCAR.  DW was my favorite driver as a kid until I became an Dale Sr fan in my teen years.  This brought back a lot of memories and emotions.  <br>I don’t even watch NASCAR anymore.  I stopped watching about ten years ago.  Since there is no more Dale Sr or Jr, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson, Gordon, Rusty Wallace.... there ain’t much appeal.  It’s about the drivers.  Besides the Bush brothers and Harvick; there aren’t any drivers I care about watching anymore.

Great video man.  I grew up watching NASCAR.  DW was my favorite driver as a kid until I became an Dale Sr fan in my teen years.  This brought back a lot of memories and emotions.
I don’t even watch NASCAR anymore.  I stopped watching about ten years ago.  Since there is no more Dale Sr or Jr, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson, Gordon, Rusty Wallace.... there ain’t much appeal.  It’s about the drivers.  Besides the Bush brothers and Harvick; there aren’t any drivers I care about watching anymore.


i almost cried when he won Daytona500, and i'm not a racing fan by any means. im a sucker for a good narrative and a great story :)


This video kinda sent me on a path to becoming a nascar fan so thank you Emp


In the glory days of NASCAR when I was a young teen only two things made me happy on race day. Either a Mark Martin victory or Earnhardt loss. There has never been a driver I hated more.  Hatred I tell ya....I cried like a baby when I heard the news.  Racing was never the same after that


The man went out like a fucking legend. Last turn, last lap, his nemesis track. <b>Legend</b>

The man went out like a fucking legend. Last turn, last lap, his nemesis track. *Legend*


I almost want to cry, this is a really emotive story


This video is a YouTube masterpiece <br>3x his audience has seen it and even more people should honestly, some of the best writing editing and storytelling in any video on this site

This video is a YouTube masterpiece
3x his audience has seen it and even more people should honestly, some of the best writing editing and storytelling in any video on this site


can we take a moment to take in the really good editing?


As a young NASCAR fan, you have my respect, Emplemon.


For not being a race channel in the slightest, you make me so compelled to watch Nascar over my usual motorsport rotation


and that's a good thing. The best thing that could ever happen to racecar safety.


Dale left it on the track, he saw the beginnings of the decline. Nothing stock and only a few owners with multiple teams . Then change the whole points system to cater to television and a different fan base than the ones that they had. Dale was special for sure.


earnhardts win at daytona was so satisfying because of the constant edging from him getting so close to victory and failing right before he got there. these people that have replaced him in various different aspects won without any misfortune stopping them doing so. It didnt feel like they had to overcome any unmountable odds


I am way late to see this, but this story always makes me a little sad, I am a former nascar fan, but I am super attached to this story, not even because I am an Earnhardt fan, (Pure rainbow warrior here)

But the first race I ever watched and remember every moment of, was on that one february in 2001, the Daytona five hundred. I was five years old, and hell, I didn't even know how big the crash was at the end, I was still crying because I saw that Jeff Gordon had wrecked in the big one earlier. But the crash even if I didn't know what the severity of or... really even what death was, stuck with me until I was a much older fan with much more respect for the sport. I look at the days of Gordon and Earnhardt that I never even saw as the greatest period in Nascar history, and well, the only race I ever got to see with those two on the track was the last time they would ever share a track.

It's kinda haunting, that, and that my first formula 1 race was Japan 2014, maybe I shouldn't pick up new motorsports, but I have morbid memories of this first race just because of how young I was when it happened


I would love for you to make more vids on nascar


Two times in NASCAR history that everyone watching the sport shed a tear for Dale. First was when he finally won the Daytona 500 and every team lined up on pit road to congratulate him as he headed to the winners circle. The second time was when he died.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since he died. It will probably never get back to that and it is sad. I say this while I was never a huge Dale Earnhardt fan. I have however respected him and that level has only grown.


I like how you act like Dale's town being unincorporated for a long time is a big deal. Lots of towns are still unincorporated, you'd be surprised. Also, some people really like living in a small rural village and aren't just trying to get out to somewhere "better" (worse). People out in the country are nice people, I've lived in/near cities most of my life and most people are just rude and always in a hurry.

Also, fantastic video.


Everyone should know how great Dale Earnhardt was.<br>And a lot of people here in Florida have met him, he was a fucking awesome guy, on top of being an extreme talent.

Everyone should know how great Dale Earnhardt was.
And a lot of people here in Florida have met him, he was a fucking awesome guy, on top of being an extreme talent.


I wish dale was still a live bc it would have been an honor to meet him in real life


Ah, Yes..

The Imtimidator (Jokes aside, I LOVE This video, I’m just learning about Mr. Earnhardt, and I’m loving learning about him. Mr. Earnhardt Jr., Teach your son the ways of the Earnhardt.)

Ah, Yes..

*The Imtimidator* (Jokes aside, I LOVE This video, I’m just learning about Mr. Earnhardt, and I’m loving learning about him. Mr. Earnhardt Jr., Teach your son the ways of the Earnhardt.)


when you drive fast, turn fast, do anything really that’s moderately speedy, you don’t really think about it.

But I’d imagine that when you get bumped and start heading towards that wall.
Everything slows down.
And you see every timeline at once.
The ones where you die, the ones where you live, the ones where nothing happens.
And then a slight sting
And a ring.


43:18 exactly how can he walk away from such horrific crashes but die just by hitting the wall( I know it's 190mph but comared to the other crashes this one is nothing man)


I love house of the rising sun in the background, it was very fitting


I've watched this video at least 6 times in the past month and a half wonderful video


The music in this documentary is astounding. The way that the House of the Rising Sun riff keeps coming back, the way that the same song is used once for the crash where the car almost cleared the catch fence early in the documentary and again for Dale's final race is so chilling. I went into this film knowing nothing about Dale Earnhardt, but the minute I heard that music that was played over a nearly-catastrophic crash earlier in the film start up a second time, I KNEW something absolutely heartbreaking was about to happen. Amazing editing, amazing writing, amazing film. Thank you for this work of art


I have a #3 hat and a couple all over portrait print #3 shirts in my wardrobe at the moment and no other articles of clothing get more attention out in public than those pieces. People still love this man and his legacy just as much as ever.


3 has always been my favorite and lucky number, and now I know why


You say that but now I'm gonna become a driver like him just out of spite of this video


3 weeks of practice and ill smash all his records  i was born and raised on the circle track


Also, I wanna make a video like this, but for bowling and Pete Weber, who always reminded me of Dale Earnhardt.


Why like Nascar? Well, I'd say Emperor Lemon answered this question for us.


2:00 So EmpLemon WAS inspired by Jon of Secret Base! I got that vibe immediately after watching this, and especially when watching the "sequel" to this, the NASCAR revenge video.


"It takes a calamity to change anything"


4:51 Oh hell yeah you got the dukes in here


You can say that there were TWO tragedies that happened in the year 2001...one of them is Dale Earnhardt dying and the other...is of course...Stone Cold turning heel by shaking hands with Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 17, marking the end of the Attitude Era.

That's all really


As someone from North Carolina, dale earnhart  is a house hold name, it’s crazy seeing in the comments that people have never heard of him...


I knew very little about the man before this and now I am considering a tattoo.


I remember the day when it happen ...damn im getting old


Lee and his son were something else tho. Comparing between them and Earnhardt would be like comparing Rocky Marciano to Cassius Clay. Everyone proclaims the later as the best but the stats prove VERY differently. Still both gods of stock.


Those turn 3 deaths in 2000 at NH ended a legacy


2:16 ahhhh yes, the house of the rising sun is noticeable from just the first couple notes.


You convinced me to care about nascar with the revenge vid ngl


I love the beginning a sport that try’s to disguise itself as entertaining facts 🤣🤣


Dale Earnhardt was a legend. I was a kid and didnt have the fortune to see the start of the era. But after Davey Allison and then Earnhardt, I was done. These guys are legends but I just couldnt watch the sport after Dale.

OMFG, you didnt just use the Daytona USA theme........ "Rolling STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART"


Gran Turismo Music surprised me more than the fact it took someone 20 years to win one race


Nascar is only fun to watch if you know how it works for me


Appreciate the use of the Daytona video game theme for the ad


I knew he died but his son was in the same race? I had no idea... damn. Poor Dale Jr.


I think Kyle Busch is the current Dale Earnhardt.  Aggressive and fearless.  I used to hate him, but now I admire his talent.  I was a Dale Jr. fan growing up, not because of his father but because he happened to be leading when I saw NASCAR for the first time.  I never got to see Sr. race, but this video had me balling my eyes out.  Do it for Dale #3!


25:15-27:01 is so stupidly intricate in narrative details for a video about Dale Earnhardt. You completely venture off into a complete, intrinsically written tangent about a groundbreaking event that changed the face of NASCAR in your own words easily overlooked by the almost 3 million viewers that view this video. you're a legend, Emp. holy fuck, man.


This video series is awesome..... I also love how theres a fuck ton of tf2 music


when you hear the music go bwooom woooooooooooom you know shit is about to go down


this is probably my fav vid and i have never watched nascar and prob never will

Watch older nascar, theres more exciting stuff in it, the new shit is kinda boring after dale Jr retired


LMAO Thats Magnussen did well in his first races than failed miserably


Girls: I hate it when you go fast. Its scary. Girls dont like it when you drive fast.<br>Me and the boys: We aint doing it for you, were doing it for dale.

Girls: I hate it when you go fast. Its scary. Girls dont like it when you drive fast.
Me and the boys: We aint doing it for you, were doing it for dale.


🅱ale 🅱ernhart
Nascar be like
Vroooooom vroom 🏎🏎


I wish you would do the same documentary on TT the Isle of Man


Sign of a great creator, take a subject that I have no interest in and make it compelling

This is the video that got me back into nascar


putting a restrictor plate on a nascar is like making a saw slower at a woodmill cause someone lost a finger


Can i have the titles of all the music that you used in here?


Someone out there , put me behind a nascar .... <br>I will rattle their Helment and take 1st place ..

Someone out there , put me behind a nascar ....
I will rattle their Helment and take 1st place ..


Have anyone noticed that in Wirtual's (a trackmania youtuber) video he used the same like talking and effects in his A12 Speed video as here when : Did you ever see nascars fly? He copied it from here? Idk


Is that the menu music from Gran Turismo 4 there at the end


At 40:20 you misspelled Speedway in the title card.


26:20 That was SCARY Ngl (everything IS Possible ITS Just Time And Calmness needed.
Samuel Riberio

26:20 That was SCARY Ngl (everything IS Possible ITS Just Time And Calmness needed.
-Samuel Riberio-


People loved watching the drama of nascar rather than the racing of nascar


my pawpaw is the biggest earnhardt fan has all model cars and photos. everything. i wonder how it impacted him.


That's the sad thing that people don't realize is the deadliest crashes are the most "boring" as what happened to Dale Earnhardt which resulted in his car just slamming into the wall and stopping resulting in a intense amount of G's being put onto Earnhardt's body, as opposes to the early crash which resulted in the cars flying into the air and flipping multiple times which while more gruesome looking cause a slower deceleration which puts less G's on the body which even a simple harness.


Honestly, i want to care about nascar, but the traditional track layout bores me to tears. That's why I prefer rally car racing.


-14:32 Daytona international speeway lol


God even in 2 years this videos comments about the dwindling fan base is great


Can we please stop abusing eurobeat for just cars going fast?


Spoilers:

I like how his last sight is holding off massively the others while the two went away he would have smiled at that point


I’ve rewatched this many times, it’s just so well edited.

Owen Zappa I agree, I can’t wait til he uploads again

It should be used as an example of a perfect video.


I had never heard of Dale Earnhardt before but this video is so well produced, so well narrated, so intense and profound it prompted an emotional connection with dale in just 55 mins Rip Dale hope they have racetracks in heaven. Fantastic video

Dale was the greatest all-time he was my favorite

Oh dont worry, hes winning em all on the tracks of gold. But of course, he'll let Davey Allison and Alan Kulwiki win some to lol


Dale love racing so much, he took nascar with him on the last turn


I can't believe you not only made me excited over NASCAR, but made me cry over it. You are a master of making videos, my man.


EmpLemon: "NASCAR drivers have never been farther from the jaws of certain death."

Me, after watching Ryan Newman's wreck at the 2020 Daytona 500: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

EmpLemon: "NASCAR drivers have never been farther from the jaws of certain death."

Me, after watching Ryan Newman's wreck at the 2020 Daytona 500: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT*

Yes, yes I am. Ryan survived. Had that crash happened in the Gen 4 cars, he would have been dead as can be. Now we have the newer safer cars. Sure, he got a head injury, but he walked out of the hospital.

@slug buddy Chris Economacki once said that spectators are drawn to racing because of the inherent danger it presents and now that NASCAR is safer than ever before, and more than some ever imagined,  it's no coincidence that people are turning away from it. He suggested that NASCAR keep the safety, obviously, but just don't talk about it. Kind of lull people into a false sense of danger by overlooking the safety during broadcasts and when accidents happen don't just immediately say "remember, these cars are extremely safe and injuries are rare". Make people wonder until they see the driver escape what appears to be certain death. It's kind of like pro wrestling. People who watch know it's scripted but tune in for the story and the pageantry. They don't want to hear about the Undertakers recent vacation he took with his wife.

@Sean Walter true after Ryan's wreck nascar was trending on many platforms and news media but then dialed down when they found out that he was ok

What about donica patrics purpose wreck?

@Dylan Hale I was almost sure he was too, until 2 hours after the race when they finally gave the update on his condition.

@Kenny Something Whatever Yeah, for all the shit we give NASCAR as fans, it's amazing he survived that crash at all. I had no doubt in my mind, watching it all happen live, that he was dead...

Anyone racing in Earnhardt's era wouldve been killed the moment the other car collided with him. The fact that Newman walked out of the hospital 2 days later speaks volumes about nascar's advancements in driver safety.

And guess what? Ryan walked out of the hospital. A scary situation for sure but safety has been a priority and Ryan's wreck shows it. It's sad but I bet Ryan's wreck brings in more viewers just like Dale's did.


20 years later, we still miss you so much Dale.


You’ve made me almost cry about a 19 year deceassed NASCAR driver wuth a 1 hour video.


There will be driver cut from the same cloth....


Subbed for great memes, stayed for the in-depth analysis videos that i didn't know i wanted


Around the 40 minute mark I thought I was watching a Summoning Salt video lol.


Racing in general is suffering a huge decline. Increased budgets, increased safety, increased distractions (why watch a race when you can do so many other things nowadays?) and one that is seldom acknowledged, increased driver fitness.

When Juan Manuel Fangio won his final Grand Prix championship, he was 46 years old. And though his lifestyle was good, it wasn't anywhere near as insanely regimented as today's current crop of drivers. Now you need your foot in the door by 21 - 22 after having spent your teens in the lower formulae and a championship before you turn 30 in order for you to peak at 35 and retire just before you turn 40. And whenever you're not racing, you need to be working out or doing something intensive outdoors.

Racing in general is suffering a huge decline. Increased budgets, increased safety, increased distractions (why watch a race when you can do so many other things nowadays?) and one that is seldom acknowledged, increased driver fitness.

When Juan Manuel Fangio won his final Grand Prix championship, he was *46* years old. And though his lifestyle was good, it wasn't anywhere near as insanely regimented as today's current crop of drivers. Now you need your foot in the door by 21 - 22 after having spent your teens in the lower formulae and a championship before you turn 30 in order for you to peak at 35 and retire just before you turn 40. And whenever you're not racing, you need to be working out or doing something intensive outdoors.

@Staircase Mishap Aleks IMSAs brilliant, WEC has kinda fallen since Audi and Porsche left, but the GTE class is still as good as ever.

I think that's why sim racing is rising in popularity, you don't need to be young, most kids and old people drive sims. You don't need to be a vegan or insanely fit either.

That said, the fitness of drivers today is kind of the draw to them. They are the peak of humanity, pushing limits at many Gs per lap.

AlexGRFan97 Endurance racing is making a comeback in my mind. I've been closely following it for a while whether it be the WEC (kinda boring as of late but things change alot in endurance), IMSA (really exciting stuff in this 50 year anniversary season), all the GT3 races, etc.


They also brought politics into nascar further dividing the fans


goddd why is this doc so good i don’t even like nascar


Bill Elliot: Speed, I am Speed. 1 winner, 42 losers, I eat losers for breakfast....breakfast maybe I should have had breakfast, no no speed, faster than fast quicker than quick, I am lightning.........c’chow!

Demetrius Demarcus Bartholomew James III Jr.


This is the best documentary I have ever seen I believe. You captured the appeal of racing and a driver as well as the decline of both. I really hope I can show this to others and they will understand why I “waste” hours of my Sunday afternoon every week with a bunch of other “nobodies”


That harmonizing in the 3rd "ad" message was beautifully orchestrated


The quality of this video is excellent! The transitions are smooth and flawless (especially the 1984 transition) and the music is perfectly timed! Brilliant work!


"And when a man is dead-set on accomplishing an impossible task, he will never stop chasing it." Wow


Eurobeat and NASCAR shouldn't work, but it really do


Emplemon, the sponsorship transition was so ungodly smooth. I was actually speechless.

Hot damn, brother.


This was amazing, it's really well made and tells a great story. Entertaining to watch even the sponsor ad and I like how you mixed it in with the other bits, I felt like I was watching 90s tv again


The greatest driver dying during a monumental race gives me immensely strong vibes of Ayrton Senna dying at Imola. I hope you'd be able to make a video on him too.....


i didnt realise this was 55 minutes until i was already 40 minutes in. great job dude you earned a sub


I am from Europe and know nothing about racing or Nascar and yet I loved your video! I felt a real connection to the story for some reason.

I would suggest to you watching about Ayrton Senna. probably one of the most charismatic racing driver in history.

Sycom agreed. I’m from New England and we have very little nascar attention here either, but he still made me care for the sport I. This vid. Emp has a great sense of pacing that makes an excellent documentary.

same.whether it's professional wrestling or racing, Emp has the special ability of making them all interesting and exciting.


Did you guys hear Summoning Salt? I think I heard Summoning Salt


This video gave me every feeling I did not expect to feel.thank you


You are completely rocking this series. Keep it up, you’re doing a phenomenal job


Disney's cars was so epic, they made it the real thing and called it Nascar.

@Tyler Cole r/wooooooooosh. You edited that comment there buddy.


Emp dude as a huge motorsports fan you've made me just so goddamn happy with this video.


Watching this two years after it was made and he ate his words about MJ dying


My parents and extended family were all NASCAR heads. Growing up in Watkins Glen, NY it only makes sense. All through the 90's and early 00's that was a NASCAR town. When Dale died the entire town decorated in his honor. It was like the death of a leader- the 3 was everywhere.


i wouldn't never thought that nascar racing would ever make me cry, this story is better than the cars movie

The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt.
"3" The Dale Earnhardt Story. And ESPN movie.
Gonna need a full box of tissue if ya watch those.

The 3rd movie's crash was inspired by his crash

Well tbh, it was never intended to be that way either. But I would certainly say one thing, many people even know about this sport because of that movie. Honestly, the first Cars had the most punch for me. I still can't forget the racing tension of that one, along with the good message of just slowing down once in a while. 2 was just meh, and 3 tried to capture the feels of 1, but simply couldn't live up to it.

I have a bit different opinion than most about Cars, but hey, it's ok for a kid's flick. The first one is the best imo, the rest are just not that special. I can live with that. I hope you understand what I am trying to say here. Cheers 👍!


As someone who grew up in kannapolis and never realized just how legendary he was, I greatly appreciate this video. It’s given me a new lense of how I view my hometown homie.


Fun fact: This video is what caused me to become a NASCAR fan.

Yeah, it used to be a lot better.  Now, it's basically major league slot car racing.

If you have just recently become a fan of NASCAR and find it entertaining, just imagine how much more you would have enjoyed it before all the unfortunate changes to the rules. I liked it immensely until fairly recently and also successfully raced stock cars at my local dirt track in my teens and twenties (until having my first child). My middle child got hooked on NASCAR when he was a toddler but even he has quit watching the last few years since it's lost a lot of what drew him in. While that may not seem odd that he has strayed from it, but he raced karts for over 6 years and is about to start running a dirt track stock car in a few weeks at just 11 years old.<br>Honestly, I think watching local tracks is a lot more fun, especially omce you get to recognize the people that run there regularly. You can easily get to know the drivers personally or even join their crew since most of us could always use more help.

If you have just recently become a fan of NASCAR and find it entertaining, just imagine how much more you would have enjoyed it before all the unfortunate changes to the rules. I liked it immensely until fairly recently and also successfully raced stock cars at my local dirt track in my teens and twenties (until having my first child). My middle child got hooked on NASCAR when he was a toddler but even he has quit watching the last few years since it's lost a lot of what drew him in. While that may not seem odd that he has strayed from it, but he raced karts for over 6 years and is about to start running a dirt track stock car in a few weeks at just 11 years old.
Honestly, I think watching local tracks is a lot more fun, especially omce you get to recognize the people that run there regularly. You can easily get to know the drivers personally or even join their crew since most of us could always use more help.

@RC RACER 88 While I may have not been around, hell, I'm only 13, and I was born a little over 5 years after Dale died. But, I will say this, if I was around at that time, i would probably be a HUGE fan of him, like we talking posters, toys, clothes, hats, and even a book, and maybe all sorts of other stuff, and maybe, just maybe. I may be behind a wheel of a NASCAR now. Man, I wish he was still around.

R.I.P
Dale Earnhardt
1951-2001
We will always remember you..

@RC RACER 88 While I may have not been around, hell, I'm only 13, and I was born a little over 5 years after Dale died. But, I will say this, if I was around at that time, i would probably be a HUGE fan of him, like we talking posters, toys, clothes, hats, and even a book, and maybe all sorts of other stuff, and maybe, just maybe. I may be behind a wheel of a NASCAR now. Man, I wish he was still around.

R.I.P
Dale Earnhardt
1951-2001
We will *always* remember you..

@chubb I just wish you could have seen the sport when it was at its best in the 1990's and early 2000's I wish you could have seen my favorite driver all-time Dale Earnhardt the intimadator he was the greatest all-time

@RC RACER 88  It is awesome! Im going to watch tonight's race!

@chubb the sport is awesome i have been a NASCAR fan for 24 years


bill eliout is speed<br>dale has a mustashe   doesn't that remind you of sth?

bill eliout is speed
dale has a mustashe   doesn't that remind you of sth?


Could do one of these Never Ever episodes on Columbine. Not joking on that either. "there will Never Ever be another school shooting like Columbine" would be an interesting video that is not only true, but would undoubtedly get lots of views.

Mumkey Jones’ entire channel was removed for making comedic videos about Elliot Rodger. I don’t think this sort of thing is safe to make videos about on YT even if it is a serious video rather than comedy...

+Adolf Hitler staight out of the reichstag making helpful youtube comments

If so, he should upload it on April 20th, the twentieth anniversary of Columbine.

yeah, no one has made a documentary on one of those kind of tragedies.<br>as fan of everything emplemon is on, I dont see any reason not to put up content like that on youtube.

yeah, no one has made a documentary on one of those kind of tragedies.
as fan of everything emplemon is on, I dont see any reason not to put up content like that on youtube.

It would be far too controversial.  Even if YouTube didn't remove the video or strike his channel, the algorithm might start buttfucking him by recommending his videos less or scaring ads away lol

Only if you add “and we CAN’T allow it!” in parenthesis at the end of the title

I would actually really want to see that. It'd be even more heartbreaking than this video, holy shit. I've never saw a truly great documentary on Columbine and I think Emp would do that tragedy justice.

Holy fuck this comment needs more likes so Emp will see it. A video like this, written from Emp's perspective and in his style, would be unbelievably interesting. Christ now I really want this. I would play like $100 for this.

YouTube might take it down and strike his channel so he has to be careful.


The guy died doing what he loved, the guy saw his kid who was inspired by him watch him reach the finish line. Id think that would be a happy ending to me atleast

(despite the death after)


I don't usually comment but, I've just come back to this video for the fourth or fifth time. It is an extremely well put together video, not to forget the music, originality and how engaging the video is, you even forget you just watched 55 minutes. Definitely one of the best videos I've come across, I can't wait to see more of this series. Superb!


That 1984 transition out of one of the best integrated promotion was just top notch.


Hi donut posted dale so had to come back bout 20 th time back <br>My wife thinks I’m weird for watching this again ;)

Hi donut posted dale so had to come back bout 20 th time back
My wife thinks I’m weird for watching this again ;)


Lemon can make a video about literally anything and I'll still watch it, the editing, the music choice, the narration, they're all perfect


If the 2021 Daytona 500 gets rain delayed I hope they play this.  It will be 20 years since Dale passed and this is one of the best videos on him.

It got delayed due to rain and we waited 6 hours for it to stop, to have an awful accident in the same spot dale died 20 years before

@Follow the pacelmao, they will probably cut that out if they do show it 😂

They won’t due to the intro and acknowledging that nascar is as popular as lickerish


I've legitimately watched this about 20 times now, and not once have I not teared up at some point


at 40:22 it says speeway not speedway sorry Emp but thats just sad all that effort for this great video and this stupid typo ruined the "best" part


Going into this video, I knew what happened to Earnhardt Sr. What I didn’t know, is how much more there was to NASCAR than just driving in circles. This video, and this series in general, has made me wanted to care about dying arts more than if I learned of these things on my own. Thank you, Emp.


Can anyone tell me the song that’s playing during the Bobby Alison flying bit?