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Bingo on all accounts! Yeah he rubbed and traded paint with plenty of people but he was not the only one. Rust, Ernie, the Bodines, Rudd, etc all did the same thing. However probably outside of the Dale & DW incident at Richmond in 86, a majority of things that happened with all drivers back then were in the process of making a pass or a tap to try to move a driver such as the DW & Rusty All Star moment. None of those guys Dale Earnhardt included did not have anything near the likes of what Kyle Busch did to Ron Hornaday in the truck race at Texas, or even the Kyle Busch Kyle Larson ending at Chicago, Keselowski body slamming Gordon at Texas, Lagano and Hamlin in California which broke Hamlin's back, Kenseth Logano, Harvick and Busch at Martinsville last year, Hamlin a couple weeks ago, John Hunter Nemechick's truck incident at the road course, insert any restrictor plate race in the past 5-10yrs one of which almost killed Ryan Newman.  There are several more but those are the ones just off of the top of my head.

Earnhardt definately gave out more than he received but there is no doubt he was and is one of the greatest ever and the greatest of his era. The discussion of greatest ever in any sport is always debatable due to the evolution of the sport and everyone will always have an opinion on what makes the greatest ever. You can try to add all the analytics to something you want but unless they competed at the same level at the sametime and really Petty, Gordon, Earnhardt never competed against each other while the others were in their prime. Its fun to have the discussion though

For a bunch of guys who don't like NASCAR, you sure know a lot about it!

I stopped watching not long after the Fireball Roberts era, when Pontiacs ruled & the cars were based on something people could actually buy at the local car lot....

I was gonna tape it but forgot....post race celebration was all i saw

But WAY TO GO LARSON! :)

I didn't know races were on tv during the Fireball Roberts days. My grandpa use to tell me there was a show for about 30mins that would give updates for races but it depended on where you lived.

Growing up I was a huge Nascar fanatic. Cup, Busch then when the trucks came around would watch them too. We didn't have cable but a guy my dad worked with would always record the races for me to watch. When we got cable I would watch all forms. My joy for Nascar started to lessen when the COT came out. Tried to continue to watch but between that and the championship format, the racing kept getting worst. I don't think I watched a race 2018-mid 2020. Took my son to his first Nascar race this year at Michigan. While it was not the greatest race experience I'll say the racing was better than it was the last time I was there in 2010 & 2011. 

Larson is the main reason I follow it now

Ha! It's no wonder NASCAR makes my Dick Trickle...

I agree:  "Simply the Best", just plain incredible what he's done past two years in all the different types of cars.  No one in the the history of motorsports has ever done anything close.  I don't think.  3500 pound stock cars to thousand pound midgets and everything in between and the surface didn't matter.

Lawlessness + liberalism = HELL -  NYC, Detroit, Chicago, 
Seattle, LA  Who the H runs those cities. 

I understand the discussion about Larson on this site, but I do not understand how we are getting all of these other TRASHCAR posts on a sprint car site.  The only thing good about this series besides Larson is, "Let's Go Brandon"! 

Can't argue with math!

Wow!  You're old.   I remember my great-grandfather telling me about Fireball.  ;)

Nascar was my Sunday pastime for 20 years.  So, I do have a lot of very strong memories.  Then, a buddy of mine took me to my first Knoxville Nationals in 2002.  I had been to a few winged sprint car races here and there, but was blown away that weekend.  I have not missed a Nationals since, have seen quite a few All-Star, Outlaw, and IRA shows, and have not been back to a Nascar track since.  I still followed, and watched for a few years after 2002, but my interest just plummeted with the introduction of the COT and races with virtually no passing or close racing.  I watched very few races from the mid-2000's until Kyle got a full time ride.  After 10-15 years of ridiculout moves, Nascar seemed to finally get a few things, and made some improvements to the racing.  I hate the method of crowning the champion.  However, I am one of the few it seems that think the stages idea was a great one.  I'm used to breaks in the action at night with qualifying, heats, Last-chance races, and a feature.  So, I treat these stages almost like that as it gives everyone time to work on the cars and gets the cars back to racing.  

Anyways, the racing has improved and we have someone to root for against the spoiled cry-baby brats that litter the top levels of professions of racing. 

Question?  Sprint car fans shouldn't talk about a series one of our sprint car guys just won, but it's okay on a sprint car forum to mention politics?  Ok.  Gotcha.  Not hypocritical at all.  (by the way, this in no way means I oppose nor support your statement on Brandon)  ;)

I'm 71

NASCAR used to be on TV occasionally back then

Remember not too long ago, when people thought Kyle Larson was overated and got the nickname Yung Money? He was starting to dominate in California racing mostly sprint cars and people said "well he is only good in CA." Boy did he prove everyone wrong! Well, all of us local CA fans knew how good he was and he sure went onto do great things. Super proud of our guy and excited he will be racing soon in CA in his midget.  :) 

Looking forward to the new Golden State King of the 
West series schedule! 

Winged sprintcars = the fastest and most exciting 
racecars on dirt! 

<<  got the nickname Yung Money  >>

That's not very sensitive calling him this name.

Yepper, Kyle will be back to racing a midget again and I'm more than happy to watch him and the rest of the competitors. I just can't follow napcar anymore like I did in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's I don't really follow indycar anymore except for the 500. You guys in Cali have it pretty good with some of your racing, sure is a lot of talent out there, Corey Day seems like he is a rising star. I'm hoping to visit out there for at least a week of racing sometime hopefully before your state slides into the ocean from an earthquake.lol.

I remember people constantly trolling about how "overrated" he was about 10years ago. No matter what he did there was an excuse. Won an outlaw feature it was well he started upfront at a track he raced on a lot, he can only win in CA. Won in Ohio during sprint speedweek and it was Ohio had a waterdown field, he can't win in PA. Went to Knoxville the first time and they said he wouldn't make the field and he won his prelim night and it was because again starting up front as an excuse. Made the feature won the K&N title but only because apparently his team was the only "high" dollar team. Some of the "rich" kid comments were funny too that he was bringing money rides which were debunked very quickly. He got to cup and everyone kept saying he wouldn't win and when he did win he only won a couple races still couldn't win in PA. Then he did win in PA, won more cup races, won Outlaws races but excuses kept coming. Then the past couple of years winning almost 50% of everything he got into, and this year with all of the crown jewels and an undisputed championship. The naysayers kept getting quieter and quieter with each accomplishment. Now people just have to admit they just don't like him instead of saying he is overrated which I don't mind. Like who you like, I was not a fan of Jeff Gordon but I am not jaded enough to say he was overrated and wasnt that good. He was good, i just was not a fan.

They would show parts of races on Wide World of Sports.  10 minutes of racing then the show would go to another sport, come back a little later for an update and if things played out right, come back to NASCAR for the finish.

My thoughts exactly-----except I was a Gordon fan.  :)

1.  Anyone who still thinks Larson is overrated, is just plain stupid.   

2.  Anyone who thought he was overrated 10 years ago, has a terrible eye for racing talent.  I could have taken my 97 year old grandmother to a race 10 years ago and she would have been able to identify his talent----and she's never been to a race.  Open your eyes, or as Nick says, just admit the dislike or hate.    

3.  Anyone who hates him, must generally hate life.  In a world of stuck up, snobby, and just plain rude sports superstars, the racing world gives everyone one of the most down to earth human beings one will ever meet.  It's okay to root against him.  It's okay to want your guy to win.  It makes no sense to me how anyone could hate this person.  I guess there is The Chaz and Sammy----but that should be enough for most of you NOT to want to be on that bandwagon of personality.  

I remember them days on WWoS. Richard Petty sure had the Aerodynamic advantage with that Super Bird that he use to run... This is back in the day when they would have the Evel Kneivel jumps on from time to time... That "Agony of Defeat" dude that wadded himself up going over the 90 meter Ski Jump at the intro of Wide World of Sports will forever be etched in my head!!! :)

Loved those Evel Knievel jumpts!  There are some posted on YouTube.  And yes, they left a mark!

Larson is so fun to watch, he has the knack

Of course he did!  'twas a thing of beauty :)