I love how Darrel gets so excited when Junior wins and coaches him along as he's leading to the finish. Darrel Waltrip is a Junior fan and this is one of the many reasons why I love Darrel!

This is how far ahead Jr was in understanding what air does. You notice how much side drafting he was doing on Stewart. Today Darrell and the other guys would have using that term a million times after that restart. He had been doing for years even before this race. If you go back and watch clips from the final laps of all those Talladega races he won back to back to back to back he was doing it then , yet side drafting wasn't mentioned once. Of course he had a pretty good teacher back in his early years from another driver that had a few plate races. R.I.P Sr.

Well real jr fans sticks with him no matter what i know i sure did

I remember watching this race on TV in 2008. I went crazy when June Bug won.

This finish never gets old.

yeah!!!! go Jr, I feel so good for him, not a point race but a good way to start the year

Nothing better than Dale winning

i would never get tired of seeing jr win

i was at that race it was !!BEAST!! HENDRICK POWER!!!!!!!

First win for Jr in the 88

I remember after this and the gatorade duel win, it was like "look out everyone!" but that wasn't how it happend

I agree....No matter what happens JR is my #1 driver... I can't wait til he wins, THEN IT WILL BE ON!!!!

NASCAR 2012 IS DALE EARNHARDT JR YEAR....Yes, he has been struggling, but he has his communication, he feels comfortable, and he is going to do it this year....JR FAN TIL I DIE, 88!!!

It is still weird seeing Junior driving for HMS even after all these years!!

JUNIOR!!!!!!!!!.....I hope this is a sign of things to come

when he does win this year its going to give him a lot more confidence than he has got now and i think when he wins one it will be hard to slow him down

LOVE YOU JR.!!!

what i liked about it most, it was a nice clean win. i like all that race. but the best, is they all got to the end. unless there was an earlier crash i never saw. I only saw what ya posted here, damn sweet blocking, & he got boost from it & running a high line. very nice.

I love DW's laugh.

Dale ROCKS!!!

Man oh man did I think Dale Jr. would win a Cup when he went to Hendrick Racing. How disappointing it all turned out.

Me & My Best Buddy Will be At the M.I.S. Race this Weekend, I'm Hoping to See A REPEAT of June 2008! GO JR & GO HMS!!!

Dale jr rocks!!

im right with you on that dale will do good this year and will win some races and a lot of people that used to be dale jr fans have went to someone else but i dont care what happens i will always be a die hard dale jr fan and nothing will ever change that.

Unfortunately haters will NEVER be silenced. Even if Jr wins a cup, they'll say "Well that's the only one he'll ever win."

"Yeah its time to recommend it"

EARNHARDT NATION BABY!!!!!

Bank it baby, BANK IT!!!

Amen to That. Boy did I get some Great Pictures & Video also.

Bacon baby bacon

Junior I love YA!!!!! bring on 2009

AMEN BROTHER!!!

dale jr is awsome

Beautiful driving.

Mike Joy sure knows how to call a race. nice.

wekk were close to 10 races in and he is 3rd so he is doing better then he has in the last 2 years, i have a feeling talledega will be his first win but it doesnt matter til the chase starts you could win every race of the season and lose the championship in the chase

I will be as well. I like him for his personality and laid back attitude. C'mon I cheer for Gilliland and all those little guys that statistically have no change of winning :)

Do this again in a few weeks! GO JR!

Seriously, think about the last time Jr was in a restrictor plate race with good equipment. How many races did he win in a row at Talladega? He is just a great plate racer thats all.

Amen to that. I Recorded His Burnout After He Won At M.I.S.

theres still smoke coming out of the car this year but its smoke of a different kind!!!

i think everyone forgets how good the first half of last year was....and he did make the chase....THIS year isn't good....and they are getting it turned around...i think he will win a race this year!!

Wow , this was a long time ago, I need to fav it so I can watch him win, cause it's never gonna happen with hendrick. Jr needs his own team.

go dale jr

earnhardt nation up front

Amen.

I find it interesting that there are Shrub worshipers viewing a Jr video. To those that ask "why is junior so popular: maybe popularity isn't judged solely on performance. Perhaps it's Jr's humility and quirky sense of humor even when he's under a microscope 24/7. If you're going to get angry that Jr's fame doesn't match his results, you should get angry at the Chicago Cub fans too. They adamantly defend their team, even though the franchise hasn't won a World Series since 1908.

I wish Daytona was still raced like this and not in the 2 car packs. Well I dont know... I felt like the big packs were more exciting. But as a racer myself and racing at Daytona, with the old and new pavement, I can see why the two packs are fun. Way more fun for hte drivers instead of staying in the same spot in a giant line till the last lap.

JR good in 2000- 2008 bad luck in 2009 bad in 2010 stared great this year but hes got to get another top 10 or 2

give some credit to all these drivers they say all they do at daytona is hold the gas and turn left but also they have 3 if not 4 wide battles man most people can't even go 2 wide also way to go for jr. hope this season is good for ya better

the difference i would think for Jr. is i have a feeling gordon will push him alot during the season. See last years shootout, Gordon really doesn't have anyone to help him. Johnson really doesn't help teammates duing the Shootout. I'm not saying its a for sure thing of course but i think Gordon would rather see Jr. win it then anyone else.

hell yea!

Eury Jr. said that if Dale Jr. didn't win more than 6 races then the season would be a disappointment. Well, guess that season sucked harder than THIS season.

I thought Jr was going to do stuff in that 88.. well 3 years later that win and just one more.. what was i thinking.

DW: "He wrecked, he just didn't hit anything." LOL

still does...its a cute nickname

I miss this kinda racing. They shortened the bumpers for next year so i hope that get rid of the two car tandem.

@redsoxguy617 ....thanks for the update

what was dw talking about jeff gordon choosing tony stewart... he couldnt help him if he wanted to.he restarted on the bottom line. the top lane was blocked.

amen

I was at this race

Any clue? Yes actually, been a Jr fan since 98 so yeah, I kinda have a "clue"! Last year was painful! LOL To answer your other question... 6. 6 point paying plate races with the last race being at Talladega Oct 7th where Jr..... you guessed it, blew an engine. The race at Talladega before that? He was leading was was wrecked on the last lap. The "Bad equipment" he was "crying" about was the blown engines, somthing ALL DEI cars had an issue with, just Jr was stuck with a record 7 of them!

You going to upload them? Be cool to see that!

YIPPEE‼️

I just said that same thing today to my kids LMAO. 8/03/09

who is a better NASCAR commentator team? 1)DW, Larry Mac, Mike Joy (FOX) 2)Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach, Kyle Petty (TNT) 3)Dr. Jerry Punch, Andy Petree, DJ (ESPN)

I agree with that

Woo HOO11 thats the s*&t right there, thats what I'm talkn bout man. I knew that this change would be great for ol Jun bug. way ta go that was F*&^ing amazing!!!!!!! WOOOOOO HOOOO

I would rather watch this in HD

your video has some great sound-age...i swear u cant watch nascar on TV without it being loud and thats what ur video is compared to others

lol you got my support.

Wish we still had the old daytona much better racing then we have now. Big Packs are better then 2 cars

JuneBug!!! Go go go in 2012!

@bigbenhohhh Jeff Gordon has won 7 races from 2007-2010.....Junior has won only 1 and it was a fuel gamble that many feel he should have been disqualified for passing the pacecar under caution to save fuel. Gordon is still a great driver, hes currently 2nd in points

yeah i saw hendrick is going to give jr's team some attention now that jj has a another title

How did Reed Sorenson get into a race requiring talent?

lots n' lots:D

wow it did happed

febuary needs to hurry up and get here...

If Junior won every week we would be as sick of him as we are of Jimmie Johnson! Just you wait, that 88, will soon be there. He is just going to have to work a bit harder

gooooooooo hendrick powaaaaaaaaar!!!

any driver would do good in that 48 with chad running the show, even robby gordon would do good in that car

You can enjoy anything you want to enjoy. I meant the malice shrub worshipers.that come onto a Jr video (even though they hate him) and tell Jr fans how stupid we are for liking who we like. I find it interesting that they do such a thing.

im srry for wht ever i said, i cant remember, but the truth of the matter is i like all auto racing, even nascar, because they all require different skills and strategies

GO. JUNE BUGGG

@supermaniac5fan actually it was 2008 when he won michigan

he said johnsonn

Buttery

"the start of something big"- well looks like they all were wrong

yeah thats what bothers me. and if kyle ever wins 1 they'll say that jesus himself just appeared on a racetrack. i agree with u there

Sort of like the '04 Daytona 500, where Jr. was blocking Stewart.

@kingmaddog2 i think we got it back for 2012

how many times do the commentators have to mention the words "pied piper"

Cars jittering up and down, 4-wide action, Soutside slingshots. Why couldn't they had gave Daytona bumpier asphalt when they repaved it?

@speedy4569 ya cause it doesnt happen very often

@Bhastings91 lies last week in nurburgring the mclarens were clocking 198 mph getting into turn one. MPH not KPH. They break 210 at monza.

Well thats somthing you dont see every day

You know, I bet everyone-- including me-- thought Jr. was gonna have a good year after this race.

@JoeCamel23RedDog8 The bad times won't last forever man, Jr. will get out of his slump.

Think you got your repeat lol.