When the Free Bird Solo Hits: Dale Earnhardt Edition

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Жыл бұрын

#DAL3 #NASCAR #freebird
Here's my 2nd video of 2023. And this one was an idea that spawned rather spontaneously when all those "When the Free Bird Solo kicks in" edits started blowing up recently and apparently, no one has thought of doing this type of edit. But now I have.
Additional Note: R.I.P. Gary Rossington (The last founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd) 12/4/1951 - 3/5/2023

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@MotorsportsFan17 Жыл бұрын

So this video has blown up against all expectations. But unfortunately, the comment section is already being filled up with the "NaScAr DiEd WiTh EaRnHaRdT" Nonsense. So all I have to say in response is this. If you really haven't watched a single NASCAR Race in over *22 Years*, then why are you clicking on these types of videos just to state something that really doesn't prove anything?! If anything, it's because you're trying to guilt trip the few people who do still care about NASCAR and still actively watch it because your enjoyment was robbed from you but you're not content with feeling that way. So you have to pass it off on everyone else

@alexchipka6126 Жыл бұрын

Also funny how they "haven't watched it in over a decade" and then rant about all the minute details of every new rule and action of modern nascar that you would have to be a viewer to know about

@MotorsportsFan17 Жыл бұрын

@@alexchipka6126 well you have to remember that these are the Facebook Boomers we're talking about. They do this stuff in the comment sections of Every. Single. Solitary. Post that is somewhat related to NASCAR and they've been doing it for at least the last decade

@trev3971 Жыл бұрын

@@Astounding33 Hey, I found the guy who liked roof spoilers

@Glitchunlocked Жыл бұрын

@@sprolyborn2554 I've been watching NASCAR for 27 years and I disagree with you. It fell off in the late aughts, but it's been picking up steam again. Does NASCAR make stupid rule changes all the time? Sure, but the on-track action is significantly better these days than it was 10 years ago. We're nowhere near the late 90's peak, but we might be in a few years. NASCAR didn't die with Dale, the France family ran it into the ground. Blame them.

@beverlyhillbilly7914 Жыл бұрын

I’ll jump in this. I was a hard Earnhardt fan, he was my first celebrity/famous hero. I remember watching incredible moments live (Dale resetting the lap record at Watkins Glen, winning the Daytona 500, and this race). His death was a lot for me at a young age. Through those following years, I tried to be a Harvick fan, be a fan in general, and to follow along with the rules as they changed. It was the chase/playoff system that turned me off and I left to enjoy other forms of racing (WRC, BTCC, V8 Supercars). In the years since, KZfaq would randomly recommend a NASCAR race recap, and I would watch it and find it interesting enough to see if I would want to invest time and keep up again. From time to time there would be a good race, but I would never enjoy it enough to follow for more than a few races. While I’ll admit my personal taste have changed away from circle track racing in general, it’s clear NASCAR lost faith that the racing alone was strong enough to carry the sport and prioritizes ‘entertainment’. The length of the races (at least when it comes to elapsed time) is just way too long and may be something that worked better in the past. There are like 100 races in a year they can be a little bit shorter. They can be a boring slog to sit through. But to be more serious…things like atrocious consistency issues with applying rules, the green-white-checkers rules making the end of the vast majority of races a wreckfest (along with the way the playoff system works forcing drivers to race that way), the safety issues of this current gen car and how it appeared NASCAR was just caught with their pants down, general morale between drivers and the sanctioning body as a whole, and the very poor quality of broadcast coverage from networks does make me grumble after a few beers “nAsCaR DiEd WhEn DaLe DiEd”

@JayDee185 Жыл бұрын

His last win was his most impressive. We miss you, Dale!

@michaelb6420 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ yeswe do😔😔😔

@trev3971 Жыл бұрын

18th to 1st in six laps was damn impressive. BUT if Skinner and Junior hadn't killed the bottom lane, or Herman had realized he was with his teammate, things probably would've been different.

@1026timey Жыл бұрын

I just got my Dale Earnhardt lamp working for the first time in 5 years. Then this pops up on my KZfaq

@mastercarpenter1970 5 ай бұрын

Yes we do!

@mastercarpenter1970 5 ай бұрын

@@trev3971if my aunt had balls she would have been my uncle

@mols89 Жыл бұрын

Life needs more Free Bird solos.

@metalpunk1234 11 ай бұрын

And free birds we shall have once we overthrow our corrupt government and any political figures running this country to the ground.

@DaveTheRaceFan Жыл бұрын

This is what I've always loved about superspeedway racing in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was literally anybody's race to lose.

@negativeindustrial Жыл бұрын

Thousands of left hand turns?

@anthonypage4598 Жыл бұрын

It still is

@fmagalhaes1521 Жыл бұрын

Yes, before the days of the restrictor plate.

@diigdugg Жыл бұрын

@@fmagalhaes1521 these are the days of the restrictor plate.. these cars have been running with them ever since bobby allison’s wreck at dega…

@Jacy-dx6dx 4 ай бұрын

No risk and no reward.

@richarddudley9920 Жыл бұрын

No other driver could maneuver in the draft like Earnhardt. 18th to 1st in 4 laps. There wasn't anything that he couldn't do in a racecar. I'll never forget the " man in black " he was the greatest!!

@MRNASCARFAN25 Ай бұрын

Jeff gordon ? I can even say KB OR BRAD K

@yanava 4 ай бұрын

NASCAR drivers are built differently. They have zero fear to push a car in front going 200mph. One hair off the right place is life over and these guys are giving it all. Huge respect.

@MRNASCARFAN25 2 ай бұрын

Back in 70s to 2009 were the best drivers coming up n now we have rich n money drivers who rather save fuel then give us fans a show

@mikewest712 Жыл бұрын

I got a little emotional watching dale pass his son. What a moment in this man's life.

@MRNASCARFAN25 2 ай бұрын

Hey Richard I see my son oh its over now see ya son !

@fanman4230 Жыл бұрын

I could never get my head around this roundy roundy racing having only watched it on TV. However in the late 90s I found myself working in sight of the Texas Motor Speedway and thought I'd watch some practice one (somewhat extended) lunchtime. Couldn't believe the speed and noise. It's much more of a spectacle up close. It's like chess with cars. You don't even need the best car, just the best tacticians. Freebird is just the icing on the cake.😊

@lemonsqweezy9532 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It's like baseball. Awful on TV if you don't know what you're seeing, but surprisingly a good time in person.

@VenerableBede2510 Жыл бұрын

I learned a little over 20 years ago that I wasn’t a NASCAR FAN, I was just a Dale Earnhardt fan.

@Tyfu39944 Жыл бұрын

As somebody who went to MANY dirt oval races growing up, this is something you have to see in person to truly appreciate

@ConnorMiller417 3 ай бұрын

Dale’s final win was his greatest achievement. From 18th all the way to first with six laps to go is unheard of. He was a legend that made nascar must see TV. Rest in peace Dale, you’re a Free Bird now. ❤

@WyattWilde Жыл бұрын

God, I miss Dale, but you know what, he lives on in our heart's and he will always live on as THE #3! #RAISEHELLPRAISEDALE

@grantmeredith1264 Жыл бұрын

That man could drive the wheels off anything with wheels any given day! Miss him out there. He’d teach this young guys a thing or two in todays nascar

@JJTHE88FAN Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about Dale, despite winning at dega 10 times, he hated superspeedway racing, it was said he could see the air flow around other cats and that's why he was so successful on these tracks

@JJTHE88FAN Жыл бұрын

Cars*

@MotorsportsFan17 Жыл бұрын

That is an interesting thing about Earnhardt. But that's just proof that you find yourself succeeding in things that you really don't like to do

@JJTHE88FAN Жыл бұрын

@@MotorsportsFan17 yes it is

@slimbrady6691 8 ай бұрын

He didn't hate Superspeedway racing, he hated when pack racing started.

@toilet_cleaner_man 5 ай бұрын

@@slimbrady6691 I think he said it like that because Plates were first standardized on the superspeedways like Dega and Daytona. But yeah, Earnhardt hated plate racing because it caused the congestion of pack racing due to the power being capped, and forced him and all the other drivers to dink and dunk at 190mph with no room.

@polycube868 4 ай бұрын

23 years ago today we lost Dale, RIP may we never forget Dale.

@BigKnGa Жыл бұрын

Dale Jr: "Damn I lost the lead!" Dale Sr: "Hold on.....daddy's coming"

@dustinallen9035 Жыл бұрын

I was at this race and I still get chills watching this. Freebird was icing on the cake

@uberwolf77 6 ай бұрын

I hope I'm not the only one who got misty eyed watching this. RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE!!

@timlenevez4425 Жыл бұрын

the greatest human being to ever live, love you dale

@nutzabout3 Жыл бұрын

10,000% SKILL. Dale was THE MAN and will ALWAYS be THE MAN. We miss you Dale but we will NEVER forget you. We know you're doing just fine where you are at and we will see you soon.

@BIILLETT Жыл бұрын

There are no words to properly express myself other than I WAS THERE!!!!!!

@user-TJ365 Жыл бұрын

Daytona 2001 was the last race I watched start to finish, it was just never the same after. Legends never die…

@SMG_Wizard 7 ай бұрын

Raise hell praise Dale!

@SUMM3RY 8 ай бұрын

This race was just INSANE the good old days when Pontiac was still there

@polycube868 8 ай бұрын

Love them Pontiacs!

@misterdude6694 Жыл бұрын

4:02 - My favourite part of the solo and in the perfect line with the shot of a madman owning every goddamn one on the track. It's the part of the solo when everygodamn thing has kicked in the right way and you're on your way to glory. When i Cruise with my Monte Carlo 86 SS, the throttle get's pushed hard when this part comes in.

@robertcoleman7556 5 күн бұрын

God dont need a dam he can walk on water

@moadebeatreides1319 Ай бұрын

I will say this... He was living LIFE! Can you imagine him driving in the middle of that pack. That cockpit view he had. Just the battle going on. And a shit eatin grin on his face. Being in the ZONE and just taking it all. That is a hell of a life there. Love it

@MRNASCARFAN25 Ай бұрын

Bro hell yeahhh

@regularjoe621 Жыл бұрын

Yeah thanks for making me cry at work I MISS DALE I MISS PAUL NOW GONNA MISS KEN ❤️3 FOREVER A FAN 🇺🇸JR NATION 😎👍❤️🇺🇸

@TheCanadianBubba Жыл бұрын

The half rubbed off 3 on the side ! Classic senior 🏁👍🏁

@ericmikesell4624 Жыл бұрын

Damm, was bouncing in my chair playin my best air guitar. That was awesome, THANK YOU!!

@danesorensen1775 10 ай бұрын

No matter how many times I've watched these laps, I still don't know how he did it.

@MRNASCARFAN25 2 ай бұрын

Pure talent n not giving a damn about team orders he was always on offense but 1 time he played defesne it costed him his life

@secretagentchris 5 ай бұрын

I don't typically watch NASCAR but that gets a hell yeah from me brother, goosebumps on my arms and a smile on my face the whole time, that's some good driving

@yourultimamax Жыл бұрын

Absolute masterpiece! I keep coming back to this, and now I just wanna say THANK YOU for this incredible video.

@barryfieldbattleclips Жыл бұрын

Yea ive watched it a few times too and showed it to a friend lol

@a.r139 6 ай бұрын

As a kid born in 04, I’ve never had the opportunity to see the angel in black in action, he’s always kinda been like a mystical racing hero and same goes for the F1 driver Ayrton Senna. These videos have genuinely helped me understand how much of a phenomenon Dale was. Raise hell praise Dale !

@polycube868 4 ай бұрын

There's another time his windshield was dirty and he's hanging out of the car halfway cleaning the dirt off under the yellow flag.

@MRNASCARFAN25 2 ай бұрын

@@polycube868old Richmond track

@polycube868 2 ай бұрын

@@MRNASCARFAN25 yep in 1986

@mrjack8849 Жыл бұрын

I miss Dale Earnhardt more than any other sports icon. As a kid, he was my sports hero. This video brought back a flood of memories! I wish every time I watch a NASCAR video now, that he was still here.

@Ghostmotorfinger Жыл бұрын

I'm a Dale Earnhardt fan until the grave.

@MrGoombasticveryFantastic 6 ай бұрын

I was a fan at 5 Ill never forget finding out the news that day after working that afternoon. Him and Senna were the 2 best drivers ever

@harmstrongg 8 ай бұрын

I've never been big into nascar but wow what a sprint to the finish. 5 wide at 200mph barely clinging to grip, passing ****AND PUSHING**** the cars around and in front of you. Nuts. Nuts.

@joelowens2711 6 ай бұрын

This next April he was 6 months from being 50 years old. Driving 200 mile an hour and out driving. The best drivers in the world 10 to 20 years older than half the field and he still could do it. The best ever was black number three , and the best way ever will be the black number 3 Dale Earnhardt. Aka for his final win i will say was the greatest race i have ever watched an there will never be a race this great again!! I was 12 years old when I watched this race. Live with my dad praise god amen

@kcenneckennek 3 ай бұрын

I miss the old gen 4 cars. The way they bounced around on the track, the sound of them. I still watch and enjoy today but man, I did not know how lucky I was to grow up watching those cars go at it!

@peterl2017 Жыл бұрын

The way the crowd would erupt when Earnhardt or later Jr, would take the lead was always amazing at the super speedways! Miss those days.

@devinaschenbrenner2683 Жыл бұрын

When they did anything, moving up, great pass. Doesn't matter. If they did something that moved them forward the stands would come alive.

@jmanzew4146 23 күн бұрын

You needed nerves of steel to race in the era of this video, and Earnhardt was the most gutsy of them all. I remember watching this race with dad at home on the TV; #3 was his favorite and he was literally jumping up and down with excitement and screaming at the screen. Great memories.

@Forcednduckshn Жыл бұрын

I watch this video when I'm having a bad day. ☝️☝️☝️

@Forcednduckshn Жыл бұрын

Thank you @MotorsportsFan🙏

@Deathsquadstudios4 7 ай бұрын

Sr and Jr being side by side is something to behold

@PwnyDwn 6 ай бұрын

Raise hell Praise Dale

@davidedwards4088 8 ай бұрын

That was 🤬 AWESOME!!!!

@themonaclan 4 ай бұрын

NASCAR+free bird= Ultimate freedom!!!

@protestingify Жыл бұрын

Freaking awesome video! Helped me get my morning started. Thank you.

@kenporter5582 15 күн бұрын

Never will be another like him.He was a class act..

@hurricanehills9485 Жыл бұрын

Damn that was impressive. Gone way too soon, Dale. We miss you.

@christenn32 Жыл бұрын

I had goosebumps for 2 minutes. 😂 This is incredible.

@michaelking1869 6 ай бұрын

That’s just about the most American thing I’ve seen in a while. 😊🇺🇸

@MrBoomStick Жыл бұрын

John Wayne and Dale Earnhardt aren’t gone. They’re just not here anymore.

@lawyers9 Жыл бұрын

GOAT. No one could drive the way he did! Haven’t watched a race since he left. 😥

@FunkyGOB Жыл бұрын

That was a great job by Dale and he was an impressive drive. But in my opinion, Tony Stewart in the season finale Homestead race in 2011 for the championship was godlike driving. He got caught in a wreck early on. Caught a penalty. Was laps down but needed to win to beat Carl Edwards for the championship. I never saw driving like that before or since. He was a damn madman.

@post455 Жыл бұрын

Should watch the wall ride from recent atleast, 😅

@wendull811 Жыл бұрын

Then how do you know that no one could drive the way he did?

@joshpitts7256 Жыл бұрын

@@FunkyGOB Never heard of Her

@maxmccullough8548 Жыл бұрын

@@post455then they banned it for this year....

@Hendrick_FAN Жыл бұрын

The sounds of the Gen 4 cars were perfect for the music

@JJTHE88FAN Жыл бұрын

@Hendrick_FAN24/7 couldn't agree with you more, I hope nascar will host a gen 4 historic race at either daytona or talladega in the near future

@fighting7798 Жыл бұрын

I needed this today. Thank you

@daycon6479 3 ай бұрын

Why does the freebird solo fit over the entire thing so well

@chancegheno8096 Жыл бұрын

To be honest I thought the sound of the crowd cheering fit well into this video

@MotorsportsFan17 Жыл бұрын

Their cheers were louder than the Cars Which proved that Talladega really is the Earnhardt's Second Home

@droberts1664 Жыл бұрын

I loved that race, i was on my feet cheering at the top of my lungs in my livingroom. My wife at the time was going for Jeff G, she was pissed. I was hollering at Herm to keep on pushin.

@THEGOAT-zu2xu 9 ай бұрын

Just look how much grip he had and how deep he could go into the corners, basically had a huge run coming of each corner. With the risk and the experience of Dale Earnheard that must have felt like driving the best race car on the planet 🔥

@alanstaub6964 4 ай бұрын

Awesome win for Senior, but how about Junior's save!!! That was a serious pucker moment!!!

@James-wy6py Жыл бұрын

Alan collins on the guitar and dale at the wheel. Great combo. I was at this race. It was the best

@andyleblanc1564 2 ай бұрын

All the emotions come out watching this one!! Real men driving real race cars! 3 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@jordanwhite8567 5 ай бұрын

How man.. just how… I truly don’t understand how this is possible

@robertcampbell1656 11 ай бұрын

This brings a tear to my eyes. Perfect video. RIP intimidator

@kevinmccorkle7476 Жыл бұрын

That was, and still is amazing!

@cristianurrea4574 4 ай бұрын

3:30 Dale jr: ¡¡TU PUEDES PAPÁ!!

@xSquishMurderx 8 ай бұрын

Raise hell, praise Dale!

@sebastiansuberville919 Жыл бұрын

I got a cramp on ma fooot, from holdin it wide open!

@drawsawyer5881 Жыл бұрын

This was pretty awesome!

@william2365 Жыл бұрын

GOAT Brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye

@HWYHOG1 Жыл бұрын

Even when I knew the outcome of the video I still got goosebumps and was cheering! 🏁

@RichardNixion357 Жыл бұрын

Some say that the weight of Dale's enormous steel balls allows the throttle to be pressed to the floor.

@alexxandros2.047 5 ай бұрын

*Raise Hell, Praise Dale*

@Alwhite1929 Жыл бұрын

My favorite win of Earnhardt's. I loved the rub marks on the door, man was not afraid of anything. And yes I do believe Nascar died with Earnhardt.

@ashleighelizabeth5916 Жыл бұрын

He was one hell of a driver.

@juanatethejetdryer7580 Жыл бұрын

This is a masterpiece.

@codyroger9581 Жыл бұрын

This never gets old

@chrismitchell446 Жыл бұрын

Dude, that was so good.

@dannydobbs669 4 ай бұрын

You dang right that’s my hero!!!!!!!!

@oldsoul9932 9 ай бұрын

I’m not into NASCAR. I’ve tried, and it just didnt stick for me, but that was unbelievable. Now I know why everyone loved Earnhardt.

@croycamaro Жыл бұрын

Absolute LEGEND

@TheGamingBun Ай бұрын

This edit is cold and hot at the same time

@bpcXD Жыл бұрын

I see someone else has also been binging free bird memes

@Oblivion9873 10 күн бұрын

dale at taladega was something else

@nicolasfoli1980 2 ай бұрын

I’m not crying, you are

@86sVideoDump Жыл бұрын

Nobody encompassed "He's him" more than Dale

@jerrykinnin7941 Жыл бұрын

When Dale passed. Nascar hasn't been the same.

@LMarshall73 Жыл бұрын

I vividly remember watching this race live. I was in my girlfriend's living room and was on my feet the last 4 laps of the race. I had to keep the shouting to a minimum because we had only been dating a few months and her 110lb Rhodesian Ridgeback had just started getting used to me being in her apartment. I had to keep glancing from the TV to the dog to make sure I didn't do anything he might see as a threat.

@buythematicket Жыл бұрын

LEGEND.

@ConfuzedMind Жыл бұрын

The song The man The race... 100% excitement. #3

@devastationofmankind3495 Ай бұрын

Rumor has it the band is actually not allowed to play this song anymore at a concert out of fear a literal all out brawl breaks out in the audience...