There’s something beautiful about seeing those grandstands completely packed

Its was on Fathers day he won this and it was his first win in 76 races. His father Dale Sr had a total of 76 wins in his career. Isnt that odd?

I was there, 7 years old. Also saw him win in 2012. Wish I knew the significance of this moment at that age. And damn look at them grand stands packed full

Remember this clear as day. Eating dinner at my grandparents house(RIP), with my family and we had this on the tiny tv in the dining room. I remember thinking I couldn't remember the last time Junior won, and then when that caution came out dad and I were Soo happy he finally won again.

i almost cried! I miss when Jr won races! :( hope he gets one soon!

I missed this race because i was at STL Cardinals Baseball game with my father and grandfather.... we won that day but the stadium scoreboard show that Dale Jr won the Michigan race and half of stadium cheered!

who knew he wouldn't win for 4 years

You know, it's got to be so damn frustrating for Jr. He has come so freaking close to a win, but just gets that bad luck and it all goes downhill. Examples: Martinsville, Charlotte, and Kansas. All of those times, I swear to god he was gonna win. Just can't get that break. Good luck in 2012 Jr. You're going to need it.

dale jr is the man jr. nation freaking rocks i am so freaking happy he won he deserved it

my heart was pounding during the final five laps won he won i started screaming

Awesome! I spotted myself and my sister in Victory Lane at the 5:18 mark of this video. :) This was a day that I'll never forget!

have a great feeling all damn week about sundays race. itll be 3 years since this win sunday and itll be fathers day again at michigan, JR IS GONNA WIN, i feel it!!!! i say hes gonna win every week but i have that feeling this week!! GO JR!!!!!!

I was at this race. Never have I ever felt the stands shaking like they were when he came by on that last lap. Amazing atmosphere.

Dale Jr did it again today, Way to go Dale jr. Your dad would be proud. I hope Dale Jr wins the championship this year, he deserves it.

Enough said Dale Jr! fathers day! Awesome!

"They can write what they want.....but we won one"........Dale speaks the truth!!

Man, that was a good win for Dale jr. back in 2008, but he hasn't won since then.

I had just come back from my third deployment in the Middle East the day before and this was my only thing I wanted to do was watch him win and he did

“And that’s junior’s poo on the wall” -captions

June 19: Father's Day and my grandfather's 88th birthday. Not sure if he's gonna make it, his health is so poor, but it'd be awesome to see Jr win!

I Am VERY Happy To Say That I Was There When He Won.

LOVE DALE JR WITH ALL MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta love junior!!! He should win some race next year :)

Even after 9 years I still can not get used to Dale Jr not driving the #8 Bud car

Dales last Win with his Cousin Tony

I was at this race and it's the only time I've seen Jr win in person

I was there that was Awesome !!!

Notice how fast the caution came out, If it was anyone else leading they would be flipping out saying NO CAUTION NO CAUTION, and let them race as long as the wreck wasn't on the track. But the sport needed a win from Junior, and it needs it now too, I wish he would win again.

I go to the first Michigan race every year, this one was exciting by far.

i cried when he won today

2008: Dale Jr wins at Michigan. Yey 2009: No win 2010: No win 2011: No win 2012: Dale Jr wins at Michigan. YEAH!!!!!!!!

Jr's been struggling the last 2 years but he started this year off good. If he didn't wreck at Daytona the 11th at Bristol would most likely be his worst finish of the year. He isn't quite good yet to win on another track besides Daytona or 'Dega but if he continues to improve he might end up in victory lane with a few breaks

Dale Junior has two wins since 5/6/2006 36 races a year.... Been with Hendrick Motorsports since 2008. Since 1994, Hendrick has won 4 Daytona 500's, 7 Brickyard 400's, over 6 Coke 600's, and most of all 8 Sprint Cup Championships What I'm saying is that Dale Jr. is the male-equivelent of Danica Patrick...

Dale Jr!!!! He's amazing.

RALPH EARNHARDT AND DALE EARNHARDT SR BOTH LOOKED DOWN FROM THE SKY WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@racefan0051 i totaly agree. i have loved the dale earnhardt racing family ever since i was 5. I'm 16 now. i'm a big earnhardt fan. when his dad died i loved him even more

michael waltrip brought that last caution on purpose so that jr could win. thats a good thing. this 2011 season has been great for jr. i think he can win a race this year or two if he has the car to do it.

dale jr is awsome because his dad was famous and so is he today.and he finished 11 in points so thats bad but he had a good car all year and in the pratice.

Was a great finish. Would love to see Jr back in victory lane. If this was a double file restart tho i doubt he woulda won this

What nobody talks about is that Dale Jr passed the Pace car under caution to keep his momentum for fuel milage which is illegal and should have resulted in forfeiture (see the Vickers interview about this). Obviously NASCAR would never punish the good ole boy Dale Jr.

Bout had a heart attack when i was watching this race!

I hope he wins soon... pretty cool my track was his last win though

Lol no not really! I was pulling for Stewart (as I do every year lol) but I knew he didn't have a long run car. I was praying for a caution, but it was nice to see Jr. win in the Batman car this time!

Omg this was 7 years ago

and then they said mark martin right after and i was relieved

LETS GO DALE JR !!!

I was at Cardinals baseball game and during the game, the scoreboard pop up and it said that Dale Jr. had won the race. I was like "are u serious?"

Jr had skill on that restart to win this race but he threw that skill out the door at lowes this year GASING IT TOO MUCH to win it and had a straight away not enough. Had he NOT gunned it for a whole lap on that restart he'd of had enough and of been another first time lowes winner. He had that win sealed before the caution after but oh well. Hes still a awesome driver!

Can't help but wonder if Jr and Jr would've stayed together what would happen

Dale Jr Wins today!!! I'm a Biffle fan but it Is about time Jr Wins!!!!!!!!

Rip to the legend

he gets REAL points none the less...

well you gotta give it to him for having that Earnhardt name

@TheGoaltender94 He signed a 5 year contract with HMS and his 1st season with them was 2008. 2012 is the last year of the contract. He moved to HMS for sole purpose to win a Sprint Cup title, but I felt like he could've done that with DEI. If he moves to MWR that would be a big boost for that organization because they have an experienced driver who can win races.

I love how webers like the 8 car is out of fuel...mark martin 😂😂

i broke my wrist on that day. i felt sad that i missed that race. :(

If he didn't win this, he would have over a 200- race winless streak

No he's not, at Martinsville, he had the same setup as Gordon. Hendricks doesnt have left-overs, not an excuse for not being able to execute

so now you have to wait 4 more years for him to win agian lol

Not only that, but Jr. is also getting "left-overs" from Hendrick...

i remember how nervous i was watching this i had to buy fake nails to chew on cus i had already chewed mine off haha

@saintsrulz Oh, add Jamie McMurray to that list...puzzling, two wins last year, including the Daytona 500..but people still wanna write him off, oddly..

AND ANOTHER LEFT OH WAIT ANOTHER LEFT, ANOTHER LEFT ANOTHER LEFT, ANOTHER LEFTANOTHER LEFT, ANOTHER LEFTANOTHER LEFT, ANOTHER LEFTANOTHER LEFT, ANOTHER LEFT THIS IS SO FUN TO WATCH GO SHIT A CRASH AD CENTRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to MIS on Sunday and I have 2 pit passes.

Iove. Dale

HELL YEAH

As a Jr. fan today was Great,... means nothing, 1 out of a 144. At least he had somebody besides his sister to give him a kiss, but you see who he answered to first.. the very person he needs to separate from to ever be in victory lane on regular basis.

Best fathers day

Awesome

@Carfire45 what about the Daytona 500 two years ago? He took out half the field singlehandedly due to his own negligence Although that did secure a victory for Matt Kenseth whom im also a fan of so happy days

As long as he stays with hendrick he will only be pawn in ricks game. Guess Jr is comfortable with that.

2nd in points and 19 wins;)

@gottalovethemets I'd say maybe at least maybe 2 or more wins.

Michigan 2008- Junior wins by fuel....76 winless streak Coke 600-2011- Junior loses by fuel....105+ winless streak lets hope 'Dega he wins it

He Did It

And that's only because he got turned on the last lap. He would've had a 13th place finish and would've maintained 2nd in points.

Anyone else find it ironic that the 8 car ran out of fuel just before he won?

@PchanStitch If you win on luck thats still a win. NASCAR rules clearly state that if a caution comes out while the white flag is out than its over. Meaning the leader wins. Jr was the leader. SO Jr won. It was winning on fuel. No matter what you think that is a win.

@TheGowbeast Not to mention he was only IN the chase due to the new wild card system. He finished the regular season in 12th. He'd be a no-go any other season. So he only, ONLY got 7th in points thanks to the reset and wild card system.

when i was watching this, i wasnt paying attention for a second so when i hear the 8 car out of gas, i freaked out, old habits die hard i guess

heres to a win in 2010! Yeah!

They should have put a couple of gallons in it and went out and roasted the tires off.

6:21 fistbump fail lol

Ill be at MIS next sunday and jr gonna win it!!!

@SlayerPayback Put another way, there is a new field of 12 drivers. And in that field of 12 drivers with the 2000 to 2012 from-the-start points set up, Dale Jr is pretty close to LAST place in said field.

Hmm, Dale Sr. had 76 wins, Jr broke his 76 race losing streak on FATHER'S DAY, WEIRD!

Eury Jr needs to come back i know hes not the best but thats just me though

@saintsrulz He didn't HAVE enough fuel to finish under green. He didn't 'win' on fuel, he was bloody close to LOSING on fuel and got very, very, very, very lucky when that yellow flag flew. He would not have won at all if that didn't happen.

Junior somehow had 15 hp more than the field.

That is a dead crowd...when Dale wins at the 2012 daytona 500 im going to be screaming my ass and cheering

I just have to laugh at the irony that, pretty much right before he won his first race in his new car, his old car ran out of fuel.

@saintsrulz As a fan of the sport and one who is tired of hearing people cumming at the very mention of Dale Jr's name, I can judge him as much as I darn well please. And then fine, if years are so complex, then let's just say in more than 180 starts (74 before this race, and at least 110 after it), he's gotten ONE win and it was ONLY because of a last lap caution, and he WOULD have lost if the caution did not come out. Any other driver would be considered -done- at this rate.

@saintsrulz Know who also still gets top tens and top fives? Bobby Labonte. Mark Martin. Kasey Khane. Brian Vickers. Yet, many consider them no longer factors and say they should retire, heck, Martin even got five wins a couple years ago. Why's Dale Jr still a factor and not them? By the way, if we've gotten to the point when a top 15 is something to boast..that's just sad.

@PchanStitch 6 years? Really? Its been 3. 3 years. And this one win is still more than youll ever get.

I had tickets to go to a Joliet race a while back didnt go and he won... had tickets to this race didnt go.. and he won. AHHH

@SlayerPayback You keep on saying '8th in points', but are oblivious to the fact that NASCAR evened the playing field after the last regular season race (where Dale Jr was barely hanging on). Suddenly, there was only 12 points dividing the driver in the first place slot from the driver in the 12th place slot. So, they pretty much started from scratch, which means an 8th place is actually pretty bad. Compare standings after the races...the points went to 2012 (1st) to 2000 (12th.)

I'm a Matt kenseth fan however, Jr. honestly just has the worst luck out there on the track. He really doesn't do anything to cause wrecks he just gets caught into them

he needs to win at daytona

Soon to be fourth, likely skip a few spots to sixth, by July, he should be 11th or lower.

His last sprint cup win ever