Through this whole sequence, watch Gordon masterfully navigate from 14th to 1st.

Back when the cars, the racing, and even the sound was great!

i was listening to the race on MRN and i thought Jr was gonna win this thing, but Gordon comes out of nowhere and pulls it off lol. Gordon can drive man

I love re-watching races! #classic

Agreed whole heartedly. I got an idea. Let's show Brian France a videotape of the 2001 EA Sports 500 talladega race and say "here, this is how NASCAR is, change it back"

Back when the racing was better, and they could still fill the grandstands.

last sprint cup race with that car at talladega..... so sad

I loved the old cars pack racing! It gave me such a good passionate feeling while FOX was commentating!! 2007 was the best season of the decade!!!

Speakin' as a Jeff Gordon-fan, let me just say, Hell, yeah!

awesome. i miss the old cars.

one of the best races ive seen out of jeff. he is the restrictor plate king.

Announcers are so in love with junior that they refuse to acknowledge jeff Gordon taking the lead. Happened on many occasions, 2005 Daytona 500

this was way better, then the 2008 + Talladega

I’ve searched for so long to find footage of the final laps of this race. I remember being a lil kid watching this the suspense watching those cars drive from the back to the front was something special. Listen to the crowd what a time for nascar!!!!

I'm not the biggest Gordon fan, but the way he picked his way through all those cars was phenomenal

I was there, and I still get chills! Dale Earnhardt was great, but Jeff Gordon is equally as good! Go Jeff Gordon, always my favorite!!!

Its amazing how u can here the crowd over the roar of the cars

Jeff and Jimmie make the best pair. :D looks so cool. i love it when they race together

This never gets old to watch!

the whole damn time they were ranting about the 8 car, little did they know jeff gordon knows how to win

You can tell the drivers learned their lesson in 06. In 06, they all stayed in line until the last lap and couldn’t catch JR, Johnson, and Vickers. They all made moves earlier in this race and gave themselves as solid chance

1:40 = 3 very fast and talented drivers.

I know. I wish that they came up with this car in 2001 because you look at McDowells crash in this new car and you know its not exactly indestructible, but the car did hold up extremely well and he came out alive and kicking. I love how the COT is very safe, and honestly I would prefer safety over sub-par races. I am sick of people complaining about it too, because now its just getting annoying. The car may not drive well, but this is where you see who can really drive a car and who can't

that is why jeff gordon is the best there is, the best there was and the best there will ever be!

Back in NASCAR hay day! Listen to them fans and how excited they were during those last laps

Hell yeah man, I enjoyed talking to you too. I' glad I'm not the only one seeing big problems with NASCAR.

whats so awesome about talladega is the big ones that happen and wow they repainted the track than they did in this evnt like 2 years ago but today 5 years ago the place was all like the old roads that we have today but man i miss the old nascar style

I tell you what, I love that idea. That really sounds like an interesting Chase format, I like it!

I was there. Great race!!!

I still love Dale Jr.

I loved these cars

Man, did Jeff have a fast car in that race. He led the most laps, could run in any lane & charged like Dale Sr. in less than 5 laps to the lead.

If it weren't for that caution it would have been a great finish. Restrictor plate races are a lot more exciting when they are green for the last 15-20 laps or so. A caution with 20 to go bunches the pack back up, they pit, then race green to the finish. It's a lot more exciting than green, then caution, then green, then caution, then green white checkered, then caution and wreck to end the race. It ruins the finish. I hate restrictor plate races ending like that.

I can't even budge the fact how these drivers can stay 3 wide like the last 5 laps like that. I can't even do that for 10 seconds online playing NASCAR 08! Awesome drivers that NASCAR has, and those who say NASCAR is boring? Lets see your motorsport have 29 competitors running 3 wide like that all within one single second of eachother. Nuff said.

go jeff you rock, give us at least 1 more championship

0:21 the sound though

Keep talking about that 8.... Gordon meanwhile went from 14th to 1st

Jeff Gordon at Darlington was a prime example of that

2:20 dat bump draft by Gordon though

I wish they still had the mix of the old/new car like they did here in 07

i like the new cot because this one shows how good a driver really is the old car it just showed who had the better car

@k0ehl3r I agree with you on the last part no doubt, and I don't mind the draft because it still develops exciting finishes, but it still needs work, and I don't like the fact that the pusher has to give up the win to let the guy in front of him to the win. I think maybe give them both the win because the offense in football doesn't get the just get the win. The defense does as well. I guess that would be weird if both drivers would win, but it would be more fair.

The NASCAR I remember. Remember watching this race when I was 10

you know what ticks me off. nascar waited until gordan got by mcmurray to throw the caution out. david started blowing up in turn 4, and they didnt put the yellow out until turn 2. after a year and a half and i am still not over it!

I hate it when people tell who won the race in the description, kinda makes watching the video pointless

Yeah, what bignfl09 said, plus, there was a lot of complaining about the Talladega race, too. Well, maybe not, but that was just because Jr. was the leader 'til the last lap.

your right...DW can't help it. He loves it when Jr. is taking the lead...but he can't stand when Gordon passes him. I was at this race....Thank God I didn't have to hear him!!!!

Brutal speed!

THE DRIVE FOR 5 IN 2009....starting 3rd in Daytona...go #24!!!!

This is what pack racing was and still should be about.

@X1Metallica I agree. That's when it was so breathtaking.

when this video started,gordon restarded 14th,that shows it dont matter where you start at dega,and also Jeff gordon is the best restrictorplate racer in nascar

that was a world class block by McMurray

if you notice at 4:56 the ticker says jeff gordon is in 16th but he actually is in 3rd

no actually it was 2007. jeff gordon drove the pepsi chevy in 06. also notice the blue flames on the front which were not there until 2007.

Then NASCAR introduced the pansy COT

Most memorable moment (to me) is when everyone stayed single filed.

ive been a nascar fan since 1992 IT IS MY OPINION!!!!!

loved to see jeff win but man would have loved it even more for kurt to have won go kurt busch woot number 2

mannn i miss that pack racing

And Jeff Gordon has swept the 2007 races in Tally.

Oops! Stewart got tripped! :P

Just so you guys know, counting the races that matter, the all time leader in restrictor plate wins is jeff gordon with 12.

NASCAR seems to always give Gordon wins on platters!

What is the d's pizza logo doing up there is there a car of that on the street tract?

Good videos NASCAR #25car wins

@sportsfan0518 I like the 2 car draft because it dosnt take 15 year to get to the front but the side by side racing was much more exciting.

Sadler surviving the pocono wreck had nothing to do with the height of the car. It was the Hans that saved him.

I was at this one. As a Gordon fan I was scared for my life because of what the fans did when he took the flag. This was Gordon's 77th and he passed Dale at his track and on his birthday. Yeah scary day to be a Gordon fan

THE PACK IS BACK!!! and ill be at the race in may for the 9th straight year

Yeah man tell me your idea. I personally think that if we need to have a Chase, it really needs to be fixed. I personally dont like the Chase because it shows who was the best at the last 10 races, not the whole season.

@PGOLDEN88 I doubt that will help as much as it did like last year. The grill-openings on the car this year on the restrictor-plate tracks will be exactly on the front bumper, So the pushing-car will have to back off completely to cool his car...so I've heard. :)

Nowadays, the only races I really look forward to are Daytona, Martinsville, and Talladega.

Exactly. Well I dont agree with the sandbagging because the distance is 500 miles, and you could do whatever you want within 499 of them. But for the most part I like it.

Man who are they kidding? I love the new Talladega surface. They can freak race there one handed an not wreck.

GOD I LOVE TALLADEGA

this is what plate racing was built on, not the new style of racing

Maybe 5 points for winning the pole. If its a track record then I'll give 10.

It doesn't matter if he got wrecked, he didn't keep up with the pacing speed. It's black and white, there's no gray area.

GOING FOR BOTH TOP COMMENTS. I'll be at the race in October! Cant wait! Like i said, THE PACK IS BACK!!!

are there normally flags waved all round the track? i thought it was only at the s/f line, and then there were lights around the back of the track :S

@flubber342 actually gordon was behind sr when there was 5 laps left in the 2000 winston 500. got hung out but came back to finish 4th

@rig48 How long did it take for you to come up with that one?

I would pay 1,000 dollars to be there when it happened!!!

This is classic racing not that 2 car crap thumbs up

Boogity Boogity Boogity!!!!! Let's Go Racing Boys!!!!!

Plate racing really went down hill the last few years. It used to be that drivers like Dale Jr and Sr. could work it so when they pulled out at an educated moment, people would follow. Your fate was more controllable. Now, along with people like Kyle Busch, nobody works with others and people like Dale Jr and tony Stewart aren't able to use their knowledge and win. Everyone just fans out.

the pass gordon made reminds me of the 2005 daytona 500 when they waited to throw the caution for debris after gordon took the lead from dale jr lol

Gordon made Jimmie Johnson, but he didn't make any other of the young talanted drivers.

@sportsfan0518 With the new changes for this year on the car, the 2 car draft SHOULD only last a lap before the pushing-car gets serious overheating problems. More pack racing expected this year! :D

dacribgansta your absolutely right

I don't know what Gilliand was thinking, the caution was out and he wreacked Tony.

This is an interesting race finish until that caution.I like it how 29 or 30 cars have like 1 second behind the race leader.

Junior would’ve placed much Higher or even won if he went down to the Bottom to Block Gordon with 4-5 to go but he stayed on the high side for whatever reason…. Love Jr But he Made some Choices or Neglected some Obvious Moves that cost him a Handful of Races in his Time.

The last time the 4th gen cars raced at Talladega.

Don't be hatin' on Reutimann...might as well stay out and hope for the best...several times engines have held up for drivers

Agreed!

2:32 gotta have dat push! i miss you fox :D

ooooooo ruetimann, damn, he my 3rd favorite

The single file in this race was only for about 10 laps.