2001-2004 those DEI cars were straight DOGS. They were freakin close to winning every single Daytona/Talladega races through those years. Not only that, finished 1-2 for like 8 of them. Lmao just ridiculous!

If dei never died off and changed everything after 04 jr would of been something special.

Just think he could was in contention to win 7 in a row

The good old days

My god, the sound of those engines compared to today’s, unreal.

All the success with DEI and it took him 11 years to win again with Hendrick. Damn dude.

Look at those stands back then!!!!  The Earnhardts are gone from Nascar and it has turned into a ghost town at races these days.

Seen this live back in the day but just noticed that number 8 looked like a number 3 after rubbing.
Spooky

Just imagine Sr, still being around to keep that DEI ship sailing properly.  This was a fun time to be a fan.

Budweiser Dale Jr. was such a Privilege to watch Growing up as a Kid. He was The Heart & Soul of NASCAR to me. Seeing that Red #8 was always a thrill. After he Became whatever it was after that.....the spirit & Joy of it all just seemed to die out.

I had to come here and watch this after the announcement of him running the Bud car next year. The last time he raced the Bud car, I was in 9th grade. Now I’m 31.

Growing up, I had a lot of Dale Jr merch. My parents painted my room red, black, and white to match Juniors scheme. I used to ask my dad to remove the plate at the bottom of his 1:64 Bud cars so I could use them in “my races.” I always took care of them. Nowadays, they sit displayed. Can’t wait to see him in the 8 car next year!

A true Earnhardt Jr fan, is 100% content with him not racing anymore!
We still get to see him succeed, with his podcast, his times in the announcer's booth, and hearing about his life with his own family!
We'd hate to lose him, like we lost Dale!

Dale jr.i remember when he won at Talladega,and daytona,and that 2001 win went to his dad,jr. Is the best nascar driver ever

Jeff Gordon & Michael Waltrip are the 2 drivers not named Dale Earnhardt Jr to win at Talladega from the fall of 2001 to the fall of 2004

Super speedway dominance I don’t think we’ll ever see again

All u seen back then on those plate tracks were red and blue bud car and napa car screaming to the finish jr and waltrip DEI in general dominated plate tracks I get chills thinking

Man he had talledega figured out. Him and Sr both, probably the best to ever run that track

I don't drink but loved seeing that Bud logo and number 8 win races

Back when plate racing was actually exciting

Takeaways from this video: Junior wins dega a lot, and Gordon crashes the final 2 laps at dega even more.