2:50 just take a look at the last thing that old legend seen before he left this plane of existence. Make sure u make it nice and big. Pause it and just take in the Florida sun and excitement. Dales dream coming true. His friend who everyone clowned for so long for never winning a single race. Driving HIS equipment. His ride woulda been instantly been a very coveted seat up there with roush and Hendrick at the time after securing Mikey a win. So here’s dale at his most exciting track. Sunny day. Watching the friend he loved and his boy pull this off. It was the best moment imo of his entire life as a father and friend. Followed immediately by leaving this place for the next plane. The road is banked with earth at the bottom and the blue sky up at top, that it’s almost like he was deciding which plane to head to.
@user-ep2we5ig1c17 күн бұрын
I wish they would rub the ROck still great racing.
@user-rf5vp4uc2e19 күн бұрын
Rusty got loose and cocked sterlin into Dale…it’s just close and unfortunate end.
@bobbymartin4446Ай бұрын
DW & the is a commentators need to get their eyes examined !! Sterling did not get into him Earnhardt came down on Sterling causing the wreck & add Earnhardt been up there trying to win the damn race instead of doing all that blocking he might still be alive today !! With all of this damn blocking that goes on I'm surprised they haven't had to bury more than Earnhardt !!!
@skeleguns10oooooo10Ай бұрын
The tragic announcement was made hours later
@itsnotokgolfАй бұрын
Kenny knew and he was holding it in
@MrBones-xq6hbАй бұрын
What are the Songs being used in this video mostly the song after they say crank it up
@kcmorailfan4784Ай бұрын
Cherub rock by Smashing Pumpkins.
@LarsonGame2Ай бұрын
Much better then today’s goodbye
@scottdykes7553Ай бұрын
Nascar has not been the same
@KingZay-tt7cy2 ай бұрын
I said at the beginning of the race Teresa was all over dale like she wouldn't see him again and was right. After the crash I knew we lost him
@davehenneman22983 ай бұрын
Best thing that ever happened to nascar was waltrip retiring from the booth. Complete DB.
@user-kn3rw1tc1e3 ай бұрын
This was the darkest day in NASCAR history.
@GonF934 ай бұрын
2:42 😭😭😭
@chrisauten20394 ай бұрын
Darryl knew even though the wreck wasn't that dramatic as say a roll over, it was the kind of sudden loss of momentum that causes the most trauma.
@oldirtytrezzo29814 ай бұрын
You guys see the doves diving at the car 🥹💜✝️ I’m sure dale did his last lap to heaven 😭
@kaymad1434 ай бұрын
I was there that day, when Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte crashed, I thought that was the big crash, there is always at least 1 big crash on the superspeedways. I left the speedway to beat the traffic and then I heard about Dale Earnhardt, I was shocked, he was the Intimidator. RIP Dale Earnhardt.
@HolyToledo4 ай бұрын
I watched this live, like Most I couldn’t believe what came on a short time later. I’m not a nascar fan but just watched this race every year and didn’t think it was that bad. Many years later watching the impact, it was bad
@Cybeldar4 ай бұрын
All these years later and I see that crash and can't believe he's gone. I've seen wrecks that looked so much worse.
@rydawg76294 ай бұрын
I often wonder what exactly Schrader saw when he looked in Earnhardt's car.
@alexwhite86664 ай бұрын
Sterling still watches the race and said he hasn’t got over it even today.
@nicalos0074 ай бұрын
it just sucks to think that any other outcome could have very well let us keep dale forever. Had sterling not backed out of the gas, schrader given him more room, dale not been so defensive. Man it just sucks to think that we got the worst of the worst outcomes because nascar was to damn scared to make safety mandates.
@KidLatin274 ай бұрын
Yeah and i don't understand why was stearling marlin getting death threats because of what happened with dale Sr he didn't do anything wrong and it just a sad day for all NASCAR and Dale Sr fans and for some people that was there last time watching NASCAR after Dale Sr died and saying that it was awesome when dale sr was around but nascar its not good anymore because of the playoffs some people favorite drivers retiring the new cars that we have now and is there anything else that i missed 😊.
@MarkWilliams-vp7xw4 ай бұрын
You can here in Kenny’s voice how shakey it is after what he just saw
@derekwillis79724 ай бұрын
Schrader has kept that information to himself all these years and he will never speak of it. Kenny Schrader will take that information to his grave.
@TheFlyingHogg4 ай бұрын
Kenny Schrader knew right away
@gerardohernandez58134 ай бұрын
Song name?
@tycotoys4 ай бұрын
Shearer saw his head slumped downward and blood running out of his mouth and nose.
@nabailey514 ай бұрын
The aero package is the reason..
@CAL4Eagles4 ай бұрын
Thank you Ken Schrader for keeping your secret all these years. You're a class act.
@W4RY3NTRY5 ай бұрын
ken is the man for that interview. he knew it was bad
@user-ut9ui5us3v5 ай бұрын
3:13 I think Darrell Waltrip knew at this point. The impact, the ambulance.
@Cybeldar4 ай бұрын
Yeah, looking at it later you realize that ambulance isn't really rushing to the hospital.
5 ай бұрын
Never been able to really watch a race again
5 ай бұрын
The day NASCAR died .
@maxpuppy965 ай бұрын
It just does not look that bad every time I look at it, to me it was kinda of at an angle and Schrader's car looks like it slowed him down, I think if he had a full face helmet he would have survived.
@AlexandJessica20124 ай бұрын
That angle is a big part of it. He hit the wall at what experts call the dreaded "1 o'clock angle." This causes the head to whip violently forward and to the side. Without a HANS device, his head kept moving and caused a basilar skull fracture. His head smashed into the steering wheel as well. I think we would have seen the same result with a full face helmet, but a HANS device probably would've produced a different outcome. I see a couple of things in this crash that I haven't seen before or since. The impact was enough to sever the hood pin connections, causing the hood to flap in the wind as he rolled down the hill. Also, the right rear hub breaks off of the car. This tells me that an incredible amount of force traveled through the car and thus through Earnhard's body. In the video in the link below, at the 3:31 mark, we see a different angle of the crash, and from this angle, it looks like his car absolutely rockets into the wall. It's almost like his forward momentum completely stops and the back end of the car wants to lift up just a hair. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adVne9inzp6ucXU.htmlsi=74DIyKx8e47UTNfA
@itzfedora_yt45775 ай бұрын
Man that was a rough day
@travisbayles8706 ай бұрын
Whats sad bout this tragedy is that his death could've been prevented Had a Hans device been in place Earnhardt would've probably survived
@arlichar116 ай бұрын
its crazy cause doesnt even look that bad of wreck, but when u going that fast changes things... its one of those things that is just aweful.. but at same time its perfect... his son and friend are 1 and 2, and for dale to go out doing what he loved is what im sure most hope for but most dont get that ending!
@brandonenglund75166 ай бұрын
Poor Kenny, you’ll never see some look more “get me the hell outta here.” Man was breaking down and just trying to keep it together long enough to get away. He answered those questions so well and with so much respect. He knew as soon as he looked in that car. Darrell recognized it as well. I had been watching for a few years before this and remember watching it live. I’ll always remember having this thought of seeing a headline of Dale’s death as they signed off and thinking that was weird. Couple hours later at a friends and after some video games I turned to ESPN and seen Dale Earnhardt’s death all over. It was so eery and still unbelievable, I called my parents and to tell them. We were a racing family, nothing is more haunting to me than seeing another driver stick his head into the cockpit and immediately start waiving for help. It puts a lump in your throat like you couldn’t believe.
@gregkoerner68305 ай бұрын
Yep, what Ken saw most likely haunts him to this day. Dale didnt wear a fullface helmet.
@tevinhoward44196 ай бұрын
His inside line failed but couldn't head faster after a depressing crash they can hope the race in 2001 of the great American race wasn't his last😢
@paullowell33426 ай бұрын
What’s crazy is that seems like a pretty mild crash. We’ve seen plenty harder crashes and they walk away
@Corwin11416 ай бұрын
The car was going around 150 when it smacked the wall with Ken's car hitting it at the same time. If you look closely, you can see the rear passenger tire pop off. The entire wheel assembly pushed forward and snapped like a twig from the impact. If Dale had been wearing a HANS device, it might've save his life, but he would've never raced again, and he probably would've had life changing injuries.
@paullowell33426 ай бұрын
@@Corwin1141 like I said I’ve seen way harder crashes. That isn’t to take away from what happened.
@elvis-jj1sc6 ай бұрын
kennny knew but kept his mouth shut
@ronnieyarbrough38036 ай бұрын
I quit watching Nascar that day.
@thomashallman54366 ай бұрын
a day to truly forget
@darrylturner26117 ай бұрын
Theresa Earnhardt went to court to keep the autopsy photos from public record, and the law was changed!! I live 20 minutes from Daytona Speedway!! I know the real deal of what went down that day!!
@garygliddon37117 ай бұрын
Just wish Dale had raced the last lap....hell he was always a racer.....and driving for one team and looking out for his own team....was no good...got him killed.....gutted how it turned out 😢
@0017Bulldog7 ай бұрын
The end of an era...
@kepler2407 ай бұрын
5:01 That was some good watchin'
@JasonNation725 ай бұрын
And the kid that starred in one of the shows (Malcolm in the Middle) is now a NASCAR driver himself, driving in the Xfinity Series.
@holzmann-7 ай бұрын
No one wantd to end the celebration
@BeboTVreal7 ай бұрын
Honesty though you couldnt write a better ending tho for Dale
@SamuelLiu20017 ай бұрын
Earnhardt doesn’t look happy on that picture scanner.