Dale Jr. On Talladega Fuel-Saving, Michael Jordan's Influence & Scoring Pylons

Dale Jr. On Talladega Fuel-Saving, Michael Jordan's Influence & Scoring Pylons | Dale Jr Download

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Ай бұрын

Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the Bojangles Studio after a thrilling Talladega Cup race for a new edition of Dirty Air.
From scoring pylons to saving fuel, there was a lot to unpack in this episode:
- A new “grumpy old man” moment
- What does Dale think about the scoring pylons?
- How can NASCAR solve the fuel-saving dilemma on drafting tracks?
- Shorter races vs. more stages: “Don’t take chips out of my bag!”
- Michael McDowell makes one block too many
- Race winner Tyler Reddick calls into the show
- The impact of Michael Jordan being in Victory Lane
During the Ask Jr. portion of the episode, listeners sent in questions regarding:
- Frontstretch interviews vs. Victory Lane interviews
- Most heartbreaking race loss
- New parenting lessons
- Meeting and interacting with Michael Jordan
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@ericmicke4130 Ай бұрын

I miss victory lane interviews. You have TV people ruining great photos of drivers celebrating their win on track. And then you get them in a Secluded one man celebration. It meant so much more to watch them celebrate with their team. And get that first moment of them outside of the car in that environment. Not alone on the race track. Victory lane should matter. This is the place only winners get to go to. Anyone can stop on the front stretch.

@rebelsoul5980 Ай бұрын

I agree!

@GeoiMD Ай бұрын

That is why crews are running across the infield to get a little reckognition

@JWoo8804 Ай бұрын

1. Keep the race at 500 miles. 2. Smaller fuel cell to increase pits stops to bring in more strategies 3. Keep the stage points, but take away the stage breaks. This might would break up into groups when pitting together and you could have 2-3 "packs" running around the track. Maybe a Toyota pack, Chevy pack, and Ford pack. 4. Give a playoff point to whoever leads the most laps. This would keep them from "parading" around track and encourage getting to the front of pack. A whole lot more racing on the track.

@M_R_Sumbigguns Ай бұрын

Why do we have to stop the racing at the end of the stages? Wave the green & white checkered flag, give out the bonus points, but keep the race going!

@tannerbrusse3608 Ай бұрын

That's what I'm saying! I feel the strategies of all the different teams would shine, more excitement and a better more entertaining race flow would happen. Get rid of the stage cautions and let em race.

@johnhaas2523 Ай бұрын

Clown

@deelowe3 Ай бұрын

The whole point of stages is to bring the field back together.

@johnkline2610 Ай бұрын

Congrats to JRM on their former driver’s going 123 at Dega with Tyler, Brad and Noah

@kamakazi832 Ай бұрын

U can do the no caution at the end of some stages but so tracks would be so boring with out cautions an at the end of the day they have to make it watchable for tv an fans

@vapinbachelor289 Ай бұрын

DaleJr still doesn’t realize how important he is.. I being an ole Wilmington boy, knows that M.Jordan has just as much respect for jr as Jr does for Jordan.

@jordanmiller8207 Ай бұрын

Hell no to a shortened race. That would be a terrible decision.

@heartbreakkid8708 Ай бұрын

I don’t know who keeps bringing up the idea of shortening these races. 500 miles is perfect. Like how there are 9 innings in Baseball. There are 4 12-minute quarters in Basketball. There are 3 20-minute periods in Hockey. It’s perfect. It’s just the racing product needs improvement. Thats all it needs. You start shortening these races, you the fan lose out. Because you’re still going to pay the same price for tickets, merch, food & drink, entertainment etc. but now you get less racing. You get robbed and you go home early and now you have to add more things to do to fill up an hour or two in your day but the racing product will still be the same and the complainers will still complain. And you know what’s gonna happen. They’re gonna start putting v6 turbo hybrids in the car. Because fuel saving. Complainers man. Never satisfied

@BwInNewJersey Ай бұрын

Nascar’s business model seems to be less practice, less content, less racing less horsepower. Bizarre

@jwrailve3615 Ай бұрын

There needs to be a mix. I’d like a 8 week summer mini championship that has 200-300 mile oval races on Wednesday or thursday nights, that has bonus points that counts towards the playoffs and we can see if shorter races would work as well as weekday night races being a potential slot for race times. Nascar needs more to the regular schedule as it’s literally became pointless

@jwrailve3615 Ай бұрын

Crown Jewels and a couple other 500 mile races should keep the lengths but there’s some that could definitely shave 50-150 miles off and be much more exciting

@rebelsoul5980 Ай бұрын

@jwrailve3615 No!! Please just stop! Nascar is for the weekend's!

@richiemcewen Ай бұрын

Thank you Dale for fighting for more racing! 500 mile races everywhere! I totally agree. More racing not less!!!

@michaelsoper3610 Ай бұрын

Only if there are adequate incentives for the drivers to actually RACE!! If I want to see a half-throttle parade/rolling traffic jam, I am 5 minutes from the nearest freeway . . . and drivers behave more competitively on that freeway than what I saw for the bulk of this race.

@ericmicke4130 Ай бұрын

I differ on that one. Only a few races need to be that long. Especially with stages, it takes the endurance factor out of it anyway.

@richiemcewen Ай бұрын

@@ericmicke4130 it’s not just the endurance factor, it’s for the love of racing. During football season I can sit on my couch from 1:00-11:00 and watch football two days in a row. I’m not asking for that in racing, but I for one do not mind a 4 hour race.

@ericmicke4130 Ай бұрын

@@richiemcewen I watch actual endurance racing. I watched 6 hours of racing starting at 7am Sunday morning. I don't mind long races, if the racing is good. Few races in NASCAR are good enough to merit sitting there for 3 and a half to 4 hours. Dega and Daytona, at 500 miles are fine. Unless you get a ton of yellows, you're going to be done in 2.5 to 3 hours. I prefer quality over quantity. Like Texas for example? No need to go back to 500 miles. Hell, it doesn't even deserve to be 400 its so bad. Kansas? Leave it alone. 400 miles works for that track. Charlotte should always be 600. But yeah we don't need 500 miles anywhere but dega, Daytona and Darlington.

@m.h.e.7693 Ай бұрын

@@michaelsoper3610so should we just have 45 minute races? Works for MotoGP

@AlexTardiff1 Ай бұрын

Build and name a bar in the infield, “The Pylon”. Let that setup be the base of the pylon structure in the infield

@optictrickshotz13 Ай бұрын

Dale bringing up the online video of the “flatbed with ladies dancing” made my day. Burst out laughing

@Zanepro-up3jd Ай бұрын

Absolutely… keep the pylons. Best memories as a kid in Australia, camping at the Bathurst 1000 in the 1990’s looking at the “timing tower” fastest lap would also pop up! It was incredible. 2:11.7 … everyone would comment on that.. Pail Morris probably didn’t do the fastest lap but he certainly won the race. Today everyone turns and looks at the running order. ❤

@matthewprioli-baader8451 Ай бұрын

Dale, these children in your studio dont know what a universal joint is.

@davids5006 Ай бұрын

Sad huh

@RowingFrontal5 Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a smoking apparatus that is ADA compliant

@7viewerlogic670 Ай бұрын

@@RowingFrontal5 LoL

@christopherharper1586 Ай бұрын

They sure know what a brown nose it though.

@dchawk81 Ай бұрын

Dale called the transfer case a crankcase so he's not exactly mechanically inclined either.

@turnersawman Ай бұрын

Horsepower Horsepower Horsepower just do it already damn.

@johnhaas2523 Ай бұрын

They're never increasing the horsepower on the short tracks

@tripledotter9520 Ай бұрын

One of the Talladega Races in the 90s when Tony Stewart's Team is telling him over the radio "Hey! You keep trying to run with that 3 Car, it's going to put moves on you like Michael Jordan!"

@manleybrittain1296 Ай бұрын

Dale, this was not a race this was follow the leader!

@thicccheese4007 Ай бұрын

I couldn’t tell, too busy watching commercials

@manleybrittain1296 Ай бұрын

They were some great commercials@@thicccheese4007

@cjjones2981 Ай бұрын

@@thicccheese4007 Very true. The FOX TV Commercial 500

@MRGandee Ай бұрын

Talladega has always been follow the leader, but at least they were driving full throttle

@EricStoneburner Ай бұрын

Dale makes me want a BIRD DOG with the way he reads the ads. 😂😂😂

@mcland05 Ай бұрын

I was at that 600! When Jr took the lead was the loudest I've ever heard the fans at a race.

@JSkunk3223 Ай бұрын

Yeah, to many young guys lacking knowledge and experience trying to have conversations about things before they were even alive. Raising my hand as a full in. I was born for this stuff 😁

@malikdigger4544 Ай бұрын

Dale Jr. Rocking Red Dirty Mo Outfit Looks Like Ur Throwback 2002-07 #8 Budweiser Theme

@HDobson24 Ай бұрын

Dale trolling Andrew is quality entertainment 😂 I’d love to work on this podcast.

@BlatantDave Ай бұрын

"I squatted on this rock and I couldn't get off" i laughed so hard!!

@ryann.9636 Ай бұрын

Anyone noticed Dale’s become self conscious of how he says Welcome to the Bojangles studio after Andrew has thrown that impression at him a few times?

@bighand1530 Ай бұрын

Yes

@EClose1293 Ай бұрын

Dale jr needs to get MJ on the show

@Metallica101ftw Ай бұрын

What would they talk about that the whole world does not already know lol

@robertfrank1472 Ай бұрын

I grew up going to all kinds of races at Texas Motor Speedway and I loved the pylon. Glad you mentioned that one

@dillonblackwood Ай бұрын

I just want to say, my local short track has been shut down for two yrs. Before they officially closed, it was just a couple races a year. This year, it's under new ownership and struck a deal with the housing community behind the track that got shut it down in the first place. First race back is April 27th and I am so excited and never thought this day would come. If you're local track has closed in this same sort of situation, dont lose hope.

@rosswoomer6890 Ай бұрын

Eliminating the stage yellow at drafting tracks while still awarding stage points at a specific lap # could help with a few problems. It would still encourage hard racing throughout and since there’s no guaranteed caution over 500 miles, could help rectify the two-by-two stalemate and fuel saving strategy we’ve seen this season.

@snchilders Ай бұрын

Dale, you're right about how NASCAR needs to do something to make the end of races more exciting. I hate to see The Big one take out so many cars. Back in the '70s and '80s when cars could slingshot around each other, THAT WAS EXCITING! And I loved the Texas race - no big wrecks.

@thetruth1446 Ай бұрын

I love that the old Bristol Pylon scoreboard is at Volunteer Speedway...not workimg but at least we still have the old Bristol Winston Cup Pylon

@ctsroaddog Ай бұрын

I love jr. And I'm sure Mike is way busy, but the show was a lot better with them both. Mike knows how to bring the best out of Dale, and to me, this show falls into everyone does this category. Before, it was a must-see now, not so much. Come back, Mike !!

@73gent16 Ай бұрын

These 2 guys are too vanilla and add nothing to the show. Seem scared to have their own opinions about anything. Need a heel on this show.

@kristenwhite2701 Ай бұрын

Gen Z doesn’t add much

@Whiteasian56 Ай бұрын

Yeah they’re just a bunch of yes-men. Been saying since the first episode I don’t like them. Stale conversations. Can’t progress conversations. “yeah, yeah, hahahah.” Plenty more but not worth mentioning. Mike made this podcast feel different, now it’s just another one and I find myself skipping through hella parts now.

@HughWanztino Ай бұрын

If you watch the videos with Mike, there's more comments complaining about Mike than comments on this video wishing he was back.

@ctsroaddog Ай бұрын

Never understood that

@anonymousperson2981 Ай бұрын

Need to get MTJ on the show again sometime

@Wildcard258 Ай бұрын

Could not agree more regarding race length.

@Niptucked Ай бұрын

Eliminating stages will create more strategy and excitement.

@tomstrawmyer4980 Ай бұрын

I've been watching Tyler Reddic since he was racing late models on dirt! I'm happy to see him have success!

@TracksideViews Ай бұрын

Enough with shortening races. Don’t even bring it up.

@grayson1126 Ай бұрын

Even though as a Brad fan I’ve been pissed, I couldn’t be happier for Tyler Redick, he seems like such a solid dude and great character

@Continuum7 Ай бұрын

I'm glad Jr. is not about races being shorter. I want long races and long races at Daytona and Talladega is great.

@polycube868 Ай бұрын

I think in most cases if there's 2 races one should be 400 miles and the other 500, if there's a single date it should be 500 miles.

@zachwalentiny Ай бұрын

Thank God Roger Penske owns IMS. That pylon ain't going anywhere.

@brentbass3892 Ай бұрын

Most heartbreaking race was bad at the 600.... we all wanted it for you cuz we are from NC. That ATL race where you weren't quite clear.... I wanted that championship

@sumoneelse6881 Ай бұрын

The drivers need to just go to victory lane.

@Dreway Ай бұрын

500 miles is nascar DNA. What we have now is just fine. They don’t blow motors so let them atleast go the distance

@GeoiMD Ай бұрын

30 minutes in… Dale gets us! MORE racing! ❤

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Ай бұрын

Sucks to see the Scoring Pylon being taken down :( Such a cool experience to see in person when I was at Homestead back in 2013 (even tho it was more modern, but both modern and old should stay as long as the wirings works and get fixed, of course)

@TRFProductions45 Ай бұрын

Great episode!!!

@Aaron25thinfantry Ай бұрын

Get MJ ON THE SHOW

@7viewerlogic670 Ай бұрын

Great info about speaking to McDowell.

@coyote8198 Ай бұрын

If Nascar needs something like scoring on their Digital Dash for each car.

@georgejones5960 Ай бұрын

Preach it Dale! You're a great spokesman for the sport!

@BigD15Steelers Ай бұрын

Rick, You are one of my favorite people on the web. I already have 2 brothers named Rick in my family. However, I have room for one more ... Or I would be proud from what I have seen to take in another son . Keep doing what You're doing. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR MESSAGE ❤😊

@RG-vl1ln Ай бұрын

They should reduce pre-race interviews and add it to post race interviews and agree with Dale in interviewing the top 5 post race.

@Creek....123 Ай бұрын

Wish dale got jordan on. Micheal does so few interviews

@Lazarky9 Ай бұрын

Talking about the Dega racing. What about adding a bonus point for every 10 laps led. Encourage people to be up front or get the lead

@SniperTrader7733 Ай бұрын

I love old man Dale Jr. “get off my grass”

@kaleta036 Ай бұрын

If Jr. thinks it’s cool then it’s cool. That still stands imo.

@GeoiMD Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@carlmccoy5146 Ай бұрын

Agreed! more post race. More interviews.

@GeoiMD Ай бұрын

Hubby and I were both SCREAMING at Noah to cut up in front of Reddick during that last stretch. Was Noah scared to take a shot, or was his spotter just garbage. He may have won!

@mlwilliam213 Ай бұрын

“What do you mean your truck got stuck?” I found that unreasonably funny.

@TroySteele17 Ай бұрын

Don’t let Dale lie we had low riders with stick out wheels, cruising concord with bleached hair.. The ladies loved it.

@davids5006 Ай бұрын

Low riders is a different style lol

@lloydbarnes7847 Ай бұрын

Sounds sweeet!!

@PitbullN.C. Ай бұрын

Low rider 2 wheel drives were a different trend. Owned 2 of em. Ground effects drop spindles etc

@TroySteele17 Ай бұрын

Always popping those neons under the car over railroad tracks

@DerrickRG Ай бұрын

GARBAGE.

@sumoneelse6881 Ай бұрын

I prefer victory lane interviews. Less prerace, more postrace

@douglaspell3764 Ай бұрын

I enjoyed the show on Casey! I think he should reach out to Castrol about an one off and put him in the 88 somewhere! I bet they would like that!

@jordanhannah5839 Ай бұрын

Love the show but man we need Mike back!

@matthewferguson2515 Ай бұрын

I agree with Dale don’t shorten the race. If you want a short competitive race go to the drag strips.

@user-ff9fm7fv3u Ай бұрын

Get MJ on the download

@joemabry9643 Ай бұрын

Love jr. Miss Mike.

@KustryRuntz Ай бұрын

Sportin the High Rock vodka spittin out Casey Atwood words! Word😂

@ericmicke4130 Ай бұрын

There should be multiple places at a race track where you can look and see the running order. You shouldn't even have a direction to look in where you can't see one. Unless it's like completely away from the track

@robcatterton8244 Ай бұрын

I think it would be cool to get Bill Davis on the show and talk about their history and the way they exited the sport. We didn't have access to the information we have today, and it just seemed like a lot of unknown behind the scenes choices lead to their leaving NASCAR. The way the sold to Triad and then Triad stopping all racing.

@KustryRuntz Ай бұрын

Straight from the infield out, gotta make it down there someday!

@mintoxace5571 Ай бұрын

SVG was driving that third lane up to the front at the end of the race, until Gibbs blocked him and completely screwed up the momentum of that lane and everyone in its race.

@timhill9347 Ай бұрын

Bit dissapointed SVG has had no mention in any of the podcast this week. Bit sad after a great performance.

@DerrickRG Ай бұрын

It was only viable while Chase was slam drafting him. That was never going to be the winning move. As soon as the Ford's organized on the bottom, the outside lane was done (assuming no wreck of course).

@davevangemert9853 22 күн бұрын

That started in California 20 years ago. It was a small punishment thing. If the rear is low, it means you got a prerunner front suspension on paper and you're a competitor

@normanwebbjr292 Ай бұрын

They can afford the motor to raise the front end. So they gotta try somehow. 😅😂 From A.K.A. ProSpeedDemon 😮

@suzymcclung9545 Ай бұрын

In the early 60s guys did this to their cars...dropped the back end and raised the front. It was dumb, but it didn't last thankfully. Everything comes back around. And speaking of pylons, I was very disturbed about it missing at the Texas race....if you are watching the race live, you depend on that to tell you the running order. I hope they come up with a way to put them back.. I also hope the engineers can figure out how to work on the car and the tires and leave the races alone for now.

@Vigilant_Guardian Ай бұрын

the Coke 600 has four stages... already. have the stage points but not the cautions. let them race and separate themselves and let the teams decide the strategy and speed fuel calculations, what is a war room for? if you 'don't have a war...

@bstan54 Ай бұрын

Need to the old cars back.

@HughWanztino Ай бұрын

Half the crown jewels already have more points available than the rest. The 600 has 4 stages and Daytona 500 has the duels that both pay out stage points.

@jwill239 Ай бұрын

Jr started the frontstrech interview when he broke the transmission doing his burnout at Daytona

@markdudar6632 Ай бұрын

Good show

@M_R_Sumbigguns Ай бұрын

I agree with the Dega infield entertainment complex! They've got room in the middle to make a "Full Throttle Saloon" type venue! With 3 or 4 different bands playing at a time, Nitro Circus stunts, clowns and midgets....It'd be so cool!

@sonjaweekley6124 Ай бұрын

The race at Talladega is what it is all about for me not the partying. Of course I wish they would go back to racing without all the stage bull.

@aMoonMan3 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@CQBlindHams Ай бұрын

I can see it now. A bar in the infield called Junior's at Dega!

@alexdietz6777 Ай бұрын

Use the short track package on superspeedways 😅

@kblend Ай бұрын

Went to my first nascar race at dega this weekend, The infield garage experience was so cool!! But seemed very Invasive, that and a bunch of old people who have been coming for years just stand in front of the Popular drivers and dont move for anyone who wants to take pictures. Would be nice if it was slightly more organized, with that said still such an amazing and unforgettable experience.

@dereklucas38 Ай бұрын

Thank you for addressing the whole truck squat. It drives me crazy down here in Texas. I don't understand it. I love when they buy a brand new truck and slam it. Why not just buy a dang car cuz we know you're not doing construction

@jaffleyfifteen5912 Ай бұрын

I miss the Texas pylon

@Shtrudell Ай бұрын

What if they did stages of 40, 80 and 60 laps respectively?

@rodney8763 Ай бұрын

Has anyone reached out to Michael to be a guest on the podcast yet?

@chevywv9735 Ай бұрын

Look we can talk about this it’s so simple to fix add one more stage that would put the driver back in control of the race more passing wide open throttle and more excitement

@backbeatwoodworks Ай бұрын

Making races shorter is not a good answer. These are supposed to be some of the top drivers. These races are supposed to test man and machine and is why I think making races shorter is not the answer.

@alnobles1756 Ай бұрын

Dale your are right the universe joints transmission caseing.. replacing every 2000 miles my buddy works on cars an trucks he's got 6 setting to be work on

@Cajunmichael Ай бұрын

The worst thing about Dega now in my opinion is the team and pack racing. If we could somehow get back to the time two cars could make moves that would work.

@MarkNelson-ys7zd Ай бұрын

I get that partly trying to entice younger folks to the Download. But the young bucks don’t have much experience to talk of anything. Jr is great , he can carry on an interesting convo on just about anything. The young guns that could carry on a convo with Dale are busy building their mechanic & driving careers.

@kristenwhite2701 Ай бұрын

I like the guest part of the week & Ask Jr, but for bouncing around opinions I like Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour. Check it out Tuesday & Thursday

@stevesea3701 Ай бұрын

Michael Jordan on the Dale Jr. Download ? , Becoming Earnhardt 1980 ?

@sumoneelse6881 Ай бұрын

If the cars raced better, then we wouldn't be hearing about wanting less racing.

@DobyDuke Ай бұрын

Open the engine back up. More power!

@GnarfletheGarthok309 Ай бұрын

YES YES YES YES! I agree 1000% about the front stretch interview! Its definitely unnecessary and ridiculous. Go back to victory lane interviews only for the winner!

@squidee9732 Ай бұрын

I wonder if the spotters gets down to the winners circle in time to celebrate also or if its pretty much over by the time they get down there?

@readie10145 Ай бұрын

Only way to stop people stop saving fuel is make the tanks smaller and tires softer

@watcherofthewest8597 27 күн бұрын

I h avent watched stock cars in about a decade. But ran across Jr pods on youtube and been listening every day. Not surprising, but they have continued to make the sport less popular from what ive heard...the stages are rhe dimbest thing ive ever heard of.