One last dale and Gordon moment. What a poetic ending

If you don't get emotional watching this win, then you just don't get NASCAR. It's what runs through our veins and stirs our soul.

Wow. Hearing Mike Joy get emotional on the air says it all. What a race. This is what this sport is all about.

The only race I was happy to see Gordon lose. Tears in my eyes 13 years later.

When Mike Joy says "Harvick by inches" still gives me goose bumps damn near 20 years later.

the day we all became a harvick fan

Had to come back and watch this. What a career in Nascar! Thanks Kevin for all the memories!

I’ve seen this finish a dozen times, but didn’t know Harvick did a Polish victory lap until now. I can see Alan walking up to Dale and jokingly saying “The hell man? That’s my gimmick!” Dale would smile and say “Guess we’re even for ‘92 now”.

The start of a Hall of Fame career right here. Still brings tears to my eyes 21 years later

Always enjoyed watching kevin race. He had the grit, the balls, and the talent to boot. We'll see him in the hall, soon.

NOTICE HE GOT HIS WIN ON HIS 3RD START!

Exactly. How could they boo them? You're talking about 2 drivers with amazing talent, giving it their all, and Harvick won the race giving the heal to RCR, and a lot of Earnhardt fans.

This was the moment i became a harvick fan who knew so many years later he would be just behind him in all times wins .. this was so impressive and anyone who was a fan at the time was emotional on this day.

I never get tired of watching this. God I miss Dale, still can't believe to this day that he is gone #legend

I was there that day in Section 7 of the old Weaver grandstand (which was the front stretch until they screwed up the old oval and turned it into a cookie cutter tri-oval). I had been a huge Earnhardt fan since his rookie year and his passing was tough to accept. And still is. Anyway, I was at the race with my buddy One Eye Willie, who wasn't a big Earnhardt guy but was, like most race fans, missing him already. The last three laps I was standing up on my seat hootin' and hollerin' like everybody else at the track, while Willie was sitting down fiddling with the scanner. It was hard to tell who won from our seats, but it didn't take long for the leader board to post and the entire track went even more bonkers than it had been. I started jumping up and down pounding on Willie with tears in my eyes and he pulled the headset away from his ear and said, "What?". "He won! Harvick WON!", I screamed above the din. He looked at me funny and said, "I thought there were 328 laps?". I'll never let him live that down.

Dale Earnhardt was smiling down on this. With popcorn in one and a beer in the other hand.

And Harvick never even gave me a chance to beat his burnout after beating the Lightning Challenge like he said he would. The end.

I know I'm late watching this, but I work at the Hall of Fame and we have just the clip of the win. I was told that I had to go watch the whole thing and I now have chills..... This is an incredible moment!! WOW #3

Such an emotional race! Such a beautiful win! And to this day I have never heard a burnout that sounded so sorrowful and almost ethereal. Like a Wolf howling for a fallen pack mate!

My favorite NASCAR moment of all time. I get choked up every time I see Harvick holding the 3 up

After all these years never have I ever. Still one of the most amazing finishes in stock car racing history

3 is a weird number for this time. Dale wins Daytona 500 exactly 3 years before his death, Kevin wins in his 3rd start 3 races after Dales death and if you think more deeply you'll find more odd coincidental things.

This should be a mandatory watch for all new NASCAR fans.

Growing up an Earnhardt fan I had a tear in my eye watching this race play out.

i went to this race when i was 5 years old with my dad. I couldnt understand why he was in tears at the end of the race. Once i was old enough to understand he told me the histroy behind it. Now im in tears watching this years later.

That was the day I became a Kevin Harvick fan and still am until this very day! #4thewin

2024, still gives me chills and brings a happy tear to my eye.

I love the fact that you even have guys from Gordon's crew giving him a high five as he passed by on pit road.

Austin Dillon should’ve never had the #3.

Whose here after Harvick took Michigan and snapped his 65 race winless streak? THE OLD MANS STILL GOT IT

2022 I still get emotional 😭 this race was crazy.

the day i became a harvick fan here

20 years ago today! Wow. I still remember watching this and crying when Harv won!

23 years later: SUAREZ BY INCHES! SUAREZ BY INCHES! SUAREZ BY INCHES! WHAT A RACE! WHAT A FINISH!

This moment between Richard Childress Racing and Jeff Gordon was so precious for when it happened, I have no doubt in my mind that no one on that track would have wanted that ending if their team didn't win. I really felt for Richard Childress Racing when they finally got their victory after Sr. passed. They really needed this win to recover along with the 2001 Pepsi 400.

Always makes me cry

Nor a dry eye left.

I've always been a Jeff Gordon fan, but this was one day I didn't mind him finishing 2nd

1:19 "how did jeff gordon hang on to that car that loose out of turn 4?" Because he's a fucking hall of famer, that's how.. And like him or not, one of the best to ever get behind the wheel..

Best nascar moment ever.the sounds the crowd the broadcast.dale was jumping up and down just like me.i broke my mom's house pounding on walls and stuff while I was celebrating crying and going nuts i scared people in my apartment complex.amazing moment I was so happy I couldn't even think straight

Gordon is my favorite driver but I have deep respect for The 3 and DEI.

I was fine until Mike Joy's voice cracked -- then I lost it.

LOVE KEVIN HARVICK WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL

I remember being 7 years old watching this exact race on TV and being absolutely mesmerized by that finish of the race and since then have always been a die hard fan of the Closer Kevin Harvick.

First Winston Cup race I ever watched, not understanding much or most of the names, but knowing the gravity of it all. 3

Wow! So emotional, you can hear them clapping in the box

2:20 i'm still trying to figure out how to do this burnout in NASCAR Heat 3.

Thank you for posting this.

Anyone here after harvick announced his retirement from the sport this year 😢

remember watching this race, think Gordon was 5th with 8 laps to go. Moments like this feel like fate.

This race is for the legend number 3

This race is what made me love Harvick.

Notice how this season consisted of the #3 3 drivers Dale Jr, Harvick, Michael 3rd race and Harvicks 1st win in a Dale Sr car 3 major wins that year. Harvicks win, Dale jr winning at Dover after 9/11, and his win at Daytona at the end of the season Coincidence? I think not. Something about this year was truly poetic. Let the legacy of the #3 live on!

story book ending :)

you can hear other people clapping through the microphones in the broadcast booth. can't believe i never caught that

first race 6 year old me saw I cheered my heart or for the flaming car god such nostalgia

That was a kick butt race for Kevin Harvick!☆☆☆

3rd Race, 1st win, incredible, magical, and just down right bad F**king A*s!!!! Never forget the GOAT DALE EARNHARDT SR #3 .

20 years man

Dale pushed Kevin to victory

And now we can call him champ

Even as a rookie nobody does a better burnout! Harvick can roast 'em!

I was supposed to go to this race and I ended up not being able to go. I swear I would have cried the whole plane ride home.

Coolest burnout ever!

this year, repeat celebration

GORDON GOT LOOSE, IT’S HARVICK!

he was coming the24 was no easy victory for the rookie

6 one-thousandths of a second. Amazing.

1:06 just like a year ago Gordon got lose its Harvick! Harvick by inches!

Epic NASCAR moment

DALE EARNHARDT DRIVER WINSS WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

damn what a finish !

Imagine getting your first career win like this against Gordon

The 29 car started 5TH finished 1st on the 4th race of the season 4/29/51 Dale's birthday

1:07 I had that same finish in F1 roblox.

3:35

Harvick was lucky that there wasn't one more lap.

Here they come, GORDON GOT LOOSE ITS HARVICK!

you csn hear dw holding back from cryin

#4ever

And look at NASCAR since.

Nobody would have hated Gordon if he won.

Have you ever??

3:24 DW: I'm speechless yet he continues to talk for 15-20 seconds. To me, this is a great moment on TV if DW didn't talk so much in this 7 minute stretch.

GORDON GOT LOOSE, ITS HARVICK!

Imagine Gordon really did make his car loose so that Kevin Will win

lol

6/1000ths is 3/500ths

The last time Happy Harvick was Happy Harvick.

2001 Was Hailie Deegan's Born

all planned to please the fans

nascar told jeff to slow down

Todays his last one😢

The last race of NASCAR. Nascar died that day.

I get choked up every time I see this finish

Man listen to that crowd. That's unreal.