Many younger folks may not realize that for an extended time, these kinds of performances were the norm for Jeff Gordon. He dominated the sport for an extended time in a way that was seen by only a few others in the history of NASCAR...and the simple fact is that if they never implemented the Chase, Jeff would have ended his career with 7 titles.

if my life depended on it and I had to pick a driver to win a race Gordon would be the guy , he drove the absolute wheels off a car every time he got in it .

Jeff drove the final segment on easy mode.

Quite possibly Ray Evernham's finest hour. He took a page from Smokey Yunick's book and made bending the rules into a fucking art form. The best part is that he passed it on to his protoge, Chad Knaus.

5 years old sitting on the old concrete seats on the backstretch with dad, still got the Trex t shirt great night to be a Gordon fan

Love the confidence Gordon has in his car in that in-car interview @6:30. He didn't care if he had to go all the way to the back to make another charge. He was so proud to put on a show with that machine.

Beautiful car. Love watch all Jeff Gordon Racing. Biggest Fan.

Listen how freaking awesome they sound !!!! Dam I miss those days great drivers great cars great racing just a memory now change sucks lol

Remember that. T rex was one bad ass hot rod. Gordon was fearless driving that beast

THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMORIES JEFF.

So awesome to watch racing where they had stable enough cars to actually battle and pass someone.

God, I always loved Eli Gold. Sure do miss him, Ken Squire, Bob Jenkins, and of course, Ned, Benny, and Buddy Baker. What a great time to be a race fan. WHAT AN ERA. "This was only a test. Had it been a real emergency, we would have lapped the field."- Eli Gold

When Matt Yokum was interviewing Jeff after that one segment, Jeff had a smirk on his face like he knew something we didn’t. Lol.

Man I miss good broadcasting like those legends

That car was fucking built to perfection. I remember being 6 years old watching this race.

1970: NASCAR bans the winged warriors because they're too good 1997: NASCAR bans the T-Rex because it's too good

Awesome to hear Benny Parsons again.

JG.......one of the BEST.........EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wish Nascar allowed this version of the car to come back during Jeff Gordon's final days of his career as a throwback paint to that year. it would of been a wonderful sight to see that cross the finish line with him also i wish Nascar brought back the tech fact because that segment even in 1997 was really informentive for fans to learn more about racing and how the race cars worked.

They should remake this car for dicast car "race win" addition with the confetti

the other cars were slowing him down once he got the lead he was unstoppable like a real trex

I love that car

Ray was saying the main thing was they put soft springs in the front an ran the back of the car high which I guess probably made the front stick like glue and if the front tracs good the rear will follow may be I sure love to know exactly why and what they banned this car for dominance perhaps....who knows it was exciting reminiscent if the old days watching that car come thru the field u Jeff can drive....love to see a video on T Rex and also excactly how much and how many technical rules these teams have to comply with to get on the race track hey I know that old phrase givin an inch and they take a mile is what always happens and that's why they have to be so struck and tight but Jeeze....I remember seeing guys doing bondo work right at the track because they did comply with stuff...oh well....

Jimmie may have 4... But he never dominated it like Jeff did... TWICE!!! And did Jimmie ever get to drive a car with at T-Rex on it?... I didn't think so!

I miss all the old sponsers

Even in Gordon's worst season, he still finished 14th and that was his rookie season. Utterly decimation

This is why NASCAR sucks today. They take out the engineering that makes faster cars rather then cookie cutter shit.

My sentiments exactly

Jimmy Spencer in the smokin Joe 23.lol. Nascar was so much more enjoyable back then.

imagine if he raced that car again in future races....

When a car comes from that far back and is that dominate, you can bet eyebrows are raised.

Nascar really screwed Gordon with this car , the field should have to figure out how to beat that car and not tell Gordon not to bring it back !!

Jeff Gordon is the "best" even though Jimmie did win 7 championships. If it wasn't for Jeff Jimmie wouldn't have stood a chance..lol

I would like to see the lap time's and compare them to Dale Jr car in 2000 when he blew everyone away !

I dont understand why they banned this chassis after one race

Cool! : D

7:30 so that's why Knaus uses the term "Panhard bar" instead of trackbar

I wonder what "Elsie" was an acrynom for??

Can't do anything anymore a piece of tape gets you disqualified!!! They have penalized the best people in the sport!!! 2022

My favorite driver one of my favorite movies awesome, that was such bs they built one of best and fastest car by the book all the money and work to make that car perfect and only to make it a show peice, jeff you and car are to good none of the other cars and drivers can compete with you so were going to have to take some of your perks

Ray Evernham decided to emulate his hero Smokey Yunick and just exploit every gray area

T Rex was banned after this race.

When Nascar was Nascar!

They should’ve kept it quiet lol

Back when aero wasn't so prevalent

And it sure isn’t a dinosaur 😂 😂

They did nothing wrong and Big Bill France said change it. A true boss. He's missed.

It was 406 cid. Everyone else was 358 cid

What race was this?

What was wrong with the car??? Does anyone know??

😂Cheating car thanks Ray

Loose is fast

I don't understand the reason why they ban this car....these guys work there butts of to do the right thing...was it because they didn't want to hear the other teams bitch and moan about getting whooped...by a really good team that's what they get paid for....there's way too much pre race inspection when it takes two or three days to tech the cars and pass them and get them quote on quote legal to race how much money is that costing the teams and what is the rule book 200 pages....I miss the old days when the cars weren't playing follow the leader riding around nose to tail that's boring no body has any extra power to pull out and draft if they do their car gets disqualified...I think and don't have damn complaint about any rule that has anything to do with safety of the drivers or spectators or crew but Jeeze know wonder its boring I love superspeedways it my forte and the thing that drew me to be a NASCAR fan in the mid to late 70s....pits stops used to be the most exciting part for those of us who know racing and love it most of the people don't know how impressive it is for a car to run flat out for 500 mile and go 180plus miles per hour and make it last for that distance.....THANKS

Hope everyone learned something.... Keep your mouth shut...... Especially when Southern dictators have a monopoly over your line of employment

Typical Hendrick. Cheating all the way.

The reason that car was so good was because the body of the car was tilted for more downforce so he could get in the gas sooner and it was illegal because the chassi wasn't modified at all

Didnt like Gordon(or his team) but isnt the t-rex the point of racing? Punish a team for being smarter? Make new rules to ban a car just doesn't seem right, it passed inspection didnt it?!

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