That start gives me chills. The gen 4 engine scream and the fans roaring. I miss these days.

@oldskoolchevelle

7 жыл бұрын

yeah back when the stands were actually full every race.

@diethersantos6404

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldskoolchevelle Yup!!!

@ryj44

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. 💪🏻

Regardless of who won, watching Dale and Michael work together is beautiful.

What an awesome race... The commercials were good too

This early 2000’s era was an exciting time to be a NASCAR Fan. That Budweiser #8 was a Joy to watch Growing up as a Kid.

The front end of that 32 tide Pontiac is a thing of LEGENDS! Amazing looking car

@__deebzz__

3 жыл бұрын

That car got me into nascar

So many good things about this time in NASCAR. The racing itself, the TV coverage, lots of good NASCAR commercials that make watching commercials bearable, etc.

Just bring these cars back

RIP Glory days. I loved you

I miss NBC coverage and this style of racing.

The retro commercials really bring in Nostalgia!

@matthewporrini50

3 жыл бұрын

I was 3 years old when this race happened

NBC is at it's best when they call Talladega races

The car bodies today are good but the best NASCAR car bodies were from 2003-2007

3:04:09 elliot sadler

I've been watching this bit by bit over the last day or two and OMG thanks so much for leaving the commercials in this! :D Lots of classics, lovin the Jr/Waltrip commercials :D

Yeah buddy i LOVED Nascar thunder 2004!! Best game ever!!

The one and only race I've ever attended. I Live in Utah and had a buddy that worked at the Weather Channel in Atlanta. I can still hear the race in my head. We were standing the whole race.

I miss this racing

This is one of my all-time favorite Talladega races. It had everything: calm racing in the first half, drivers with adversity (e.g. Dale Jr. & Michael Waltrip), frequent passes for the lead, frantic racing the last 50 laps, crazy wreck, thrilling last lap & the BIG ONE after the checked flag. What more can u ask for? Gotta love 'Dega!

Man I've been following NASCAR since 2011 because I'm from Europe and NASCAR isn't covered on TV, yesterday I watched the 2003 Aaron's 499 and man.. It would be nice to see that kinda racing again. These last 20 laps were absolutely mind-blowing.

Thanks for leaving the commercials in it!

Great upload, flyer2359, thx! Watching Daytona & Talladega races makes me wanna go fast too!

These commercials, so much nostalgia. But the racing is so close; when 40 to go comes up, you know stuff is going down :D

I love seeing these camera angles instead of what FOX and ESPN show at Talladega today

Back when they were putting more horsepower in the cars. Now they are taking it out. I can't remember a time other than this race when a crash happened after the race was over.

these were the glory days. Nascar just didnt get any better than this right here

Holy Shiz. Buckshot Jones Leading was awesome.

they almost stayed on the air in the 2002 Daytona 500. the second they went to commercial the big one erupted in turn 1

man that was a GREAT race i just hope its this good this year with the GEN6 cars !!!

wow this was actually very exciting to watch ;u; i felt so bad for no 43 though :c

gotta love the sound of those engines

I loved Ned and Benny. Brad Daugherty is not even a commentator, he's really a fan masquerading as one, he even said himself that he is the voice of the fans and

I was at the very top of the stands. Row 56 right at the entrance of pit road. That flip was insane.

Great race &awesome finish simply the greatest Talladega race ever today's plate racing is close to it.

That was so awesome seeing Buckshot Jones out front.

It seems like the weather is always nice in Alabama on race day. Since I started watching racing back in 1991, I've only seen like three talladega races involved rain. An the race was never rained shortened.

I was at this race. This is the first time I've seen the broadcast.

Oh the memories of these sounds...

Wow i remember even the commercials

Im glad that you left the commercials in it there are so many good ones that i remember

another great talladega race thks to DEI. miss you BP.

man i sure do miss when the race cars actually looked like race cars and dnt have a splinter in the front or a wing u kno memories

DALE JR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NBC had much better camera angles than fox back then. They captured the speed much better.

Now that is real racing compared to now.

Yes. Honestly I stopped being enthusiastic about Nascar on TV after he died.

Memory

Jr. should've won this race 6 times in a row if not for Waltrip this race... He had won 4 in a row up till this race. Then he won the first race here at Talladega again in 2004. So that would've been 6 times in a row.

@JJA1987

3 жыл бұрын

And Jeff and NASCAR stealing one away by not finishing it under green

God I feel like I watched this race yesterday.

The MRN call couldn't do justice to how viciously they're racing

Interesting to hear Sterlings comments when you consider the 2004 Spring race had the most lead changes since the 1980s

i love the nascar race

12:52 Jr's face though :D

These are the REAL commentators of NASCAR, after BP passed, DW tried to fill his shoes..

same here. Cant wait for Daytona.;)

Buckshot really stayed up front for a while.

Michigan was a one groove track. That was the best part of Michigan of how wide thre track was.. Also, Darlington, Vegas, Bristol and Indy have been recently repaved as well.

This was when you didn't NEED another driver pushing you to get to the front. Just good old pack racing.

Buckshot Jones!!! awsome...

True that. I actually thought that JG, along with Sadler and McMurray were the 3 best cars in this race. I actually thought he was going to win or run 2nd, but Michael did a spectacular block on him and the whole field. He EARNED that win with a car that was mostly junk. But this race was a sign that JG and Hendrick were catching up to DEI.

Well, it was just an opinion, sir... xD And, I was just trying to capture in my mind how bad it was. This crash is one of the last BAD modern day flips.

Lol @8:50 "wreck turn 4... We didn't even get there yet!" XD

man i miss that noise at super speedways

Speed isn't always what makes the race.

back when earnhardt jr and waltrip were unbeatable on the restrictor plate tracks

2003 race = OMG LOLOLOL THOSE COMMERCIALS ARE SO FUNNY I LOVE THEM 2012 race = OMG MORE FRAKKING COMMERCIALS I HATE THIS GRRRR Goes to show how much times have changed. Sadly.

How did you manage to upload a video this long/size??

even the COMMERCIALS were better back then!!!

Geez i miss this so much! Like why don't they go back to the older body styles, but make them just as safe as the Gen6 car. To me still all the Gen6 Cars look all the same minus the decals. I can guarantee that if NASCAR did this, the stand would be full once again

Even though I'm a Junior fan, this is one of my favorite finishes because Michael Waltrip was somehow blocking 4 lanes of cars off of Turn 4. BTW, do the cars seem faster in the turns than the COT and Gen-6 cars?

@paullambert7481

10 жыл бұрын

These were the days when you could hear the fans screaming. Now Fox turns on a microphone in the stands whenever Junior makes a charge to the front.

3:04:06 Elliot's flip 3:09:04

@user-ui5cr2yh6q

2 жыл бұрын

Last Caution it

Yeah, I'm watching every race now, thus I can say that the pack racing in 2011 and 2012 wasn't nearly as exiting as this one here. With the exception of the finish of last fall's Talladega race and Johnson's win in 2011 at Dega. In 2011, only the last couple of laps were great to watch.

Sounds just as good if your at the race

what? only 6 out of 22 tracks have been repaved, Talladega, Charlotte, Michigan, Pocono, Phoenix, and Daytona, and all of them have had some great racing, speeds at Michigan ranged from 190 in the corners to 220 on the straights, how is that not exciting?

Crazy how the pole sitter ends up upside down.

by god what happened to racing in Talladega. compared to racing today this is more awsome.

I went to this one

random side note, commercials back then were better

2:34:20 oh man. getting a little rough. hell yeah i miss these days.

He led a little bit of the race, I actually felt like at one point he had a shot to win it, if he did not wreck.

New Gen 6 car looks promising

All except for Allen Bestwick, who you can hear in this video. :)

The reason today's races sucked is because of the repaving. It removes the bumps in track that break up the draft. Nowadays its too easy to draft up on a car and they all tap their brakes to stay off the car in front of them at times. Plus, this year with the overheating..

I WAAAANT YOU TO WANT ME... my daddy used to sing that :) lol

Although, it wasn't even pack racing in 2011.

*agree

Johnson never really sucked back then but in my mind, but he really should not have been successful as he has been had cars stuck to form. Once the COT came in, the rich got richer and educated themselves. Johnson is a product of that more than anything else. I consider his 2006 title pretty deserving and 2007 but the others were a product of what team he was with.

how fast these cars of 2003 are?

Yes no toyota in the race and it was perfect.

editn OUT the commercials

3:02:35 you wont see cars these days get such a huge run enough to take the lead cleanly

@TailsFan369no2

Жыл бұрын

3:04:18 race defining moment

the racing MIGHT be better but idk but at least if ur up and 3:00 am you can see it lol

His wreck was but it was by no means the worst in the history of the the sport. Hell this isn't even Sadler's worst flip, the one he had at Michigan in 2000 was worse than this.

Anything happens, we'll come back live, for now we take a break..." "TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE!!!!!" Made by day. XD

Better Camera Angles/TV coverage? Check

Better Noise? Check Seems Faster? Check Handling Racetrack? Check Classic Drafting? Check Better Racing? Check Do You Miss This? Check Check Check Check......

Best car from 2003 was that 38 car

@JJA1987

2 жыл бұрын

Nah that #8 machine was

@matthewporrini50

2 жыл бұрын

@@JJA1987 I meant best paint job was the 38

2:17:10-2:17:22 Most impressive fucking save. It's a shame Jimmie's engine would blow because of that.

32:48 < Awesome

karma totally kicked 38 in the balls for hitting 43 and that poor jack man

Hey look guys! Stock cars! O_0