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The Dale Jr. Download

Tony Gibson: How I Almost Lost Kulwicki A Championship

The Dale Jr. Download

Dirty Mo Media & SiriusXM

Sports

58.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Dale Earnhardt Jr. welcomes longtime NASCAR Cup crew chief Tony Gibson to the Download. The two break down Tony's career working with several drivers including Dale Jr, Alan Kulwicki, Bill Elliott, Danica Patrick, Kurt Busch and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We got busted because we went to Darlington and we had that COT had just come out and Tony Jr. had figured out something.

0:07.0

We made wing mounts. So we're pushing through tech and we had already made it out of the tech line, pushing it up the hill.

0:13.0

They're like, take those wing mounts off, take the wings off.

0:17.0

And I looked at Two Bear and I said, Two Bear. They got us.

0:20.0

And they got them wing mounts laying, though they just took off our cars laying on that table.

0:25.6

Two Bear looks at me and goes, oh, man, I'm going to grab those wing mounts right there, and I'm going to take off running.

0:31.7

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0:37.4

All right, everybody, Tony Gibson's out in the lobby, and we're going to bring him in here

0:40.6

in a second, but just excited to talk to him.

0:43.2

He's got a really great story, kind of the, I wouldn't say rags to riches, but it's basically

0:49.1

the story of how you get involved in this industry.

0:52.0

There's a lot of people like Tony, and we have some that come to this table and tell us their story,

0:56.4

and there's so many clues and little bits of information for all of y'all out there

1:00.5

that are like, man, I want to be a mechanic, I want to be a crew chief.

1:03.6

I want to, how do I get in the industry?

1:06.0

Well, here's a story of, you know, perseverance, dedication, hard work, loyalty, and, man, he has been around

1:16.9

the sport a long time. His role, his abilities, and what he offered to a team were in high

1:24.3

demand, and he never, you know, he never was without a team or a program

1:31.0

that needed his help.

1:32.9

And so let's get him in the room.

1:34.3

Let's talk to him.

1:34.9

Tony Gibson on the Dale Jr. Downland.

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