That blown engine while leading with 19 to go at Atlanta was one of the worst bad breaks I’ve ever seen. Lady Luck has a habit of picking targets and never letting them out of her sights… I would know, I’m from Buffalo. I plan on doing an episode in my channel’s series about Mike at some point. Dude was criminally underrated.
@@ClumsyCardboard I need to tell this but i have bought one car from his car store when he was keeping it near my home village.. Car was Peugeot 205 1.9 gti(what else it could be😅) And also get to talk little with him because one of my friend was car fixer and worked for them.. He is really his feet in ground type of guy and likes to talk everyone!!🙂
A bunch of nice stuff you say about Ricky Rudd one of my favorite drivers of all time I got to meet him many times at Riverside International Raceway great driver on and off that track have a good one keep up the good work and God bless
@@jchayes7325 Thank you JC! It’s very hard to find anything bad to say about the guy regardless. Solid dude, solid driver. Very cool that you got to visit riverside raceway. It’s very unfortunate that the place is now one of those California mega malls. Very special track with a lot of cool history.
@ClumsyCardboard I've been a NASCAR fan since 1965 my first race was at Riverside International Raceway and I went there at least once a year until she closed in 1988 I've also been to Ontario Motor Speedway until it closed in 1980
Dale Earnhardt had zero intentions of retiring at the end of 2002. Where the hell did you get that? I know for a fact he had plans to drive until 2005 and, only if he was running crappy would he retire then.
Top job. Ricky Rudd without doubt. Nascar most underated Driver. Should have had at least another 20 wins to his name. Could have easily been Richard childress cup winning driver for many years had things stayed as they were. I mean in my opinion. At least 5 or 6 championships Daytona 500 victory for sure. In the end one hell of a Nascar legendary Driver.
@@DarrenHaw Thank you Darren! I certainly believe he would’ve had at least one championship for sure. Several would’ve been also absolutely feasible. It’s also not hard to imagine a very successful RCR career, so another very good point there. Still, He’s been long overdue to be put into the hall of fame, so I’m glad he’s finally in! Makes me wonder who’s next to get in.
I will never understand that Rudd / Allison call. It was either that exact lap, or the lap before, but Tommy Kendall (driving the Mello Yello car because Kyle Petty was hurt) took out Mark Martin. I don't understand why he wasn't black flagged as well.
Haha, i was starting to wonder if people thought i was dead! But yeah, A lot of life things happened again so i had to quash those before I could finish this up. Plus, I had to make sure I had the details right. Hopefully the new more.. "Clinical" format works. I didn't want to rely too much on footage this time. It's great to hear from ya!
@@tylermathis-kx7pu indeed he did! He credits a lot of it to Bobby Allison, and Dale earnhardts education too. He’s talked a bit about it, I recommend listening to his scene vault podcast interview if you want to learn a bit more! It’s pretty cool, as is the stories he shared there
People like Tim never last. His kind of behavior is a sign of insecurity. People like Tim never have known consequences for failure. There always seemed to be a safety net to catch him and propel him into the next opportunity. People like that have a fear of success. They will get right up next to it, flirt with it, prove that they are talented, makes waves briefly...and then fade away. They might do this many, many times over. I used to be in a band with a guitar player/song writer. It was his band. He formed it, wrote most of the songs, produced the recordings, decided artistic direction, the stage look...the whole nine yards. He was brilliant, and massively talented. We built a solid following across the midwest. We played numerous showcases for major record labels. We had a publishing and production deal with a fairly big time manager. Every time we got close to signing the dotted line, he would scrap the project, change the sound of the band a little bit...put off the record companies, spend forever recording new material....and jump through all the same hoops again. He would still get us right up to the point of getting a big record deal...again...and sabotage the whole thing again. We could have been very successful, and he would have been very famous...but he would screw it up, right at the 11th hour, every single time.
Whilst I'm sorry to hear you got messed around by him like that, I don't believe this is a apt summary in my opinion. How do you define success? Because that's not how he approached it. He put his ALL into everything, and didn't back down.. In fact, it was to the point that folks like Tim brewer (Just some guy, you know, only won championships with Cale Yarborough and Darrel Waltrip.. No big deal, nobody special obviously..) was annoyed with him NOT backing down enough. He gave it his all, not out of a need to create a justification to walk away from a purposefully wrecked car, but because he was an immense talented man who sometimes just didn't know the limits of a car. That's all. He was the winningest driver of 1986 for christs sake. That's from not just sheer tenacity, but good preparation too. And great feel. But above all? He wanted to prove one thing. As he says it best, "I wanted to prove to everyone that I was put on this earth to have fun.. I want to succeed at the fun department." And he did. Very much did. And his definition of fun is more than just being great in a stock car, but also just taking part in the periphery of racing in general. Including exhibition races for local short tracks. (Plenty of footage out there for stuff like that, do encourage you peep it out).
@@ClumsyCardboard .... Never said he didn't have success. My point was that guys like him can rise to great peaks, but they never sustain. Some of his earlier successes and opportunities, came from family wealth. Had it been strictly up to him, he wouldn't have had the same opportunities. He was propelled a certain distance, through the family bank account. That doesn't diminish his obvious talent, its just a fact.
@@scottrobinson9752 Ok? So his parents had money. Yes, But that was used to fund his early developing talents. Daddy's credit card didn't buy him a ride at Hendrick. Hell, I'm certain it didn't get him a spot at D.K Ulrich's operation, and he could've used the cash no doubt. And J.D Stacy already had his ill gotten gains funding his operation, so Tim's dad's money would've been no good to him. And even then, He had the chops to make it on merit and merit alone. If he had to work for the dough, he would've done so to pay up for that Sprint car ride. And about sustaining.. Did you forget the fact Tim died? 1987 would've been a real contention, if not championship victory outright. If not then, '88. Buddy holly didn't set the world on fire in the 1960s because he died in a plane crash in '59. Otherwise he would've no doubt succeeded and sustained. Sterling marlin didn't sustain after his 2002 cup title bout because of personal ailments. Otherwise that would've been his trophy. Again, it's about perspective.
@@user-fu1ss4eo6c They were great friends since at least ‘82. Dale knew what was actually wrong with Tim, but there was only so much he could do for him.
In all fairness 1990 was the only season he had in equipment capable of winning. Whitcomb fell off and Bobby Allison Racing was never great although he did nearly win Phoenix for them. Bahari never won anything and MB2 wasn’t quite there yet.
@@mitchcolburn1216 That’s a very valid summary. Honestly I agree, and that’s why it was unfortunately the only real chance he had at getting more than 2 wins during a season. I wish Bob Whitcomb had more cash on hand, or at least bigger sponsorship deals even on short term.
I visit the cemetery where Tim is buried quite a bit in the summer months, i see his headstone more than just about anyone i'd say, i only say that bc it often reminds me to live life to the fullest, like Tim did. He was the real life Cole Trickle.
He really was. Truly an inspiration for similar reasons for me personally as well. Making the most of life is a very good sentiment to take away from all this
Why do you keep showing other peoples race cars while talking about Richmond? It just dont make sense. It would be very confusing to many people that isnt familiar with what they are looking at.
If I did only use Tim’s race cars and footage for every single segment, it would only be a handful of clips that would be repeated. To prevent that, and to add context of both his competition and the era he competed in, occasionally you would see other people’s races, cars, and individuals. It wasn’t perfect, especially given this was my second ever video project, but nonetheless something that thankfully hasn’t been as much of an issue going forward. Hopefully that makes sense.
Steve Park and Jerry Nadeau were my favorites as a kid. Not sure why. I fell out of NASCAR for about 7 years due to both those guys basically having career ending injuries. Both those guys got such a raw deal in life.
Interesting how Ken squire called him "the young man from spannaway washington" back in 1990, when he was 32. That's unheard of today, but was far more common back then.
Some Say …..Man when are they going to make another Nascar Movie? In my opinion NO ONE could EVER reproduce what we all witnessed with Days Of Thunder. A lot of people don’t know it but Tom Cruise is a huge NASCAR fan and was pushing for days of thunder to be made. He is really good friends with Rick Hendrick and can actually drive a Race Car pretty good. My dad use to tell me that the movie was about a real Driver and a real Pit Chief but i never knew if he was telling the truth or not. I was only 8 when that Movie was made but man was one of my favorites. I remember going to kings Dominion in Virginia and they had a Days of Thunder Attraction and i use to beg my dad to ride it over and over again. That Movie could Never be duplicate or re made. It would be ruined by todays Hollywood but thats just my opinion.
I could watch it a million times, never get tired of it. I also found out recently that the ice cream on pit road scene actually happened. I think it was between Harry Hyde and Geoff bodine back then, but I could be slightly misremembering
