@@my12thdongCalling someone Boomer is actually a compliment because your generation today really sucks and so does the racing. Love the empty seats at all the tracks these days. Crap drivers and crap cars aren't worth watching.
This is the perfect example of why people love super speedway races! It doesn't take tons of crashes, but this was drama packed, action packed and full of stories! The Neil Bonnett/Tim Richmond deal was fantastic! Tim was as excited as a crew chief! Kyle Petty/Terry Labonte swap and all these guys still being competitive. Earnhardt in the 15 Ford beating the RCR 3 with Rudd driving. So many guys had a chance based on a pitstop, Petty, Allison, Richmond/Bonnett, DW and Bodine. What a race!
Man, i still get pumped up watching these old races over and over. The lead ins get you jazzed up, then the legendary announcers go through the grid...hall of famers and legends everywhere. You'll never see anything like, id say from '75 through '96 ever again. Anyone can see how special this time period was for racing. Damn i miss this....
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1983 TALLADEGA 500 (19 of 30):* #22 Bobby Allison (2804pts with 3 wins, GM) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-202 with 4 wins, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-269, Ford) #33 Harry Gant (-281 with 1 win, GM) #43 Richard Petty (-365 with 2 wins, GM) #75 Neil Bonnet (-379 with 1 win, GM) #44 Terry Labonte (-583, GM) #98 Joe Ruttman (-596, GM) #3 Ricky Rudd (-616 with 1 win, GM) #15 Dale Earnhardt (-680 with 1 win, Ford) Dave Marcis (GM #71) was 12th, Tim Richmond (1 win, GM #27) was 13th, Buddy Arrington (Dodge #67) was 16th, Ron Bouchard (GM #47) was 18th and 1982 best rookie Geoff Bodine (GM #88) was 19th. The Daytona 500, Atlanta 500 and Motor State 400 were won by part-timer Cale Yarborough (GM #28). The Firecracker 400 was won by Buddy Baker (Ford #21), also a part-timer Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Talladega’s case, the earlier one is the Alabama 500 while the Summer race is the Talladega 500.
For DW to be upset with Allison is just frustration. Earnhardt needed a drafting partner to get around DW and that’s what Allison did. Once Earnhardt was in front, Allison got out of the way. If Allison had stayed there, DW would have a reason to be upset. You’re right , it was a great three year battle between those two.
I’m amazed at the remote camera tech they had back then. Especially love how creative they were using the camera inside Cale’s car to film the interview of the other guy kneeling to the car on the right.
Thanks for posting this race.....this was my First Nascar/ Talladega 500 race to see in person. I was 12 years old, there with my Dad and brother, and we were sitting right there between turn 4 and the Tri-oval (grandstands) ! The wreck on lap 2 happend directly in front of us.
Waltrip was a sitting duck, Earnhardt made his move and went by darryl so fast he didn't have time to block or do nothing. Man ole ironhead was tough to beat on big tracks.
@@alwaysopen7970 wish it was ten years ago id be much younger 😅.... I missed the race rhat year, I had to help with the olustee reenactment... I heard he died on the radio on the way home.... my uncle pulled over and we sat there, I cried.... but it was 20 years ago... 🤨
Great to see these races in full. I was a kid in the 1980s living in Australia, so I can't say for sure that we didn't get full races live after midnight, but I do remember that on weekends (during the daytime) we only got highlights packages on the Australian (rip-off version) of Wide World of Sports. I always enjoyed those highlights so it's a real treat to see these full telecasts. While you can't beat the actual racing, I really enjoy Ned Jarrett's "insight" stories and the pit crew interviews etc. Thanks for uploading.
No, we really don't. Just because things are faster doesn't make the racing better. And that extra 10 mph makes every hit 10% harder. That's not good, and that's even before we think about the fact that at 200, we already see cars wanting to take off.
Back in those days a relief driver could take over without having to drive the same make of car as the one they were getting into. Neil Bonnett taking over for Tim Richmond and Terry Labonte taking over for Kyle Petty. Nowadays, it has to be a driver affiliated with the team or the manufacturer. I get it but I don’t like it.
I liked it better when the sponsors and manufacturers didn't put those stipulations in contracts, back then it was "handshake" deal and back then contracts were just papers. Now the sport is much more of business than it ever has and loyalty to manufacturers and sponsors is important and the Dan Suarez/Subway Dunkin Donuts debacle is what really made me angry after SUBWAY pretty much dropped Suarez after that fiasco.
Really its crazy to think that we have Dale Earnhardt who started his career on dirt short tracks with his dad then 4 years in the cup series he adjust from short track racing to Superspeedway racing and mastered it just as quick as he won his first cup title
Mastered it, along with all the rule changes over the years that hampered the Thunderbird every step of the way... Yeah he's a true masterpiece. Ernie's Dad bought a dyno in 79 and Ernie ran with it. What did Squirmfart and Pink Floyd have in common? Last big hit was the Wall...
Just graduate from high school. Now what? Oh, I think I'll go drive Talladega this weekend. Ok cool! Just amazing what he did so early in life! (Sorry, that would be Bobby Hillin Jr.)
Dale Earnhardt would have been awesome with the Wood Brothers with him being a good driver and them having a fast pit crew. Wood brothers were well known for having fast pit crews. They were the ones who took pitting to a higher level.
Don’t get me wrong and I know you’re obviously an Earnhardt fan and I respect that but to me he was the most overrated driver in NASCAR history but that being said in his heyday David Pearson proved what a good driver could do driving for the Wood Bros. and so did Cale Yarborough but none of that is neither hear nor there when Dale Earnhardt left Bud Moore to switch with Ricky Rudd who was driving for Richard Childress Earnhardt said I think it’s a good swap because Ricky’s more of a Ford guy and I’m more of a Chevrolet guy. .
@@edmondcamp2878 God rest his soul but he would probably wreck anybody to win a race, and take up the whole race track too. My dad said his father Ralph would wreck you in a second before you even knew it.
Too bad video (VHS) cassette Cleaner was not available because all someone had to do was put the cleaning cassette in the vcr, press play, eject and then ready record and if that was done this audio and picture would have been so much better. Thanks for this video glad somebody had it.
the video would probably play perfect in the VCR that recorded it. When you put in another VCR the heads do not line up the same and you have tracking issues.
when? all i remember is the ford drivers crying over the aerodynamics on the debut of the monte carlo in 1995. and NASCAR chopped little by little from the spoilers on it to appease them the following years.
Did anyone notice the semi-colapsed sheet metal around the nose of Cale's car. Just as they pull out of the pits the first time. His car was a little faster...
Bill France Jr was the CEO 1972-2000. So this race is a Bill France Jr race. His son, Brain took over until 2018. Bill France Sr.'s other son Jim took over in 2018. Bill France Jr is the guy who made it what we love!
Yep I love reading these comments from Earnhardt fans that didn't follow Nascar before he drove the #3. Only year I ever rooted for him. 1983 Dale Earnhardt drove for the great Bud Moore. A true American Hero
Bobby didn’t do anything wrong by helping Dale draft passed Darrell the problem was Bobby pulled in front of Darrell to hold him up temporarily so Dale could win. In Junior Johnson’s book Junior said Bobby stuck his nose where it didn’t belong.
@@richardstephens5570 If it’s between two other drivers you get out of the way. Besides Bobby won the championship anyway. I’ve heard other drivers say Bobby and Donnie were not the squeaky clean drivers the announcers said they were because they did things on the backstretch that a lot of people didn’t see.
@@paulmatthews463 If it had been Cale,Benny Parsons,Richard Petty,David Pearson,Buddy Baker etc. they would have shown respect and got out of the way. Bobby Allison did the same thing to Terry Labonte the year before when he was a lap down and intentionally blocked Terry at a short track and cost Terry the race and Terry said who does Bobby Allison think he is God? It did make Junior Johnson and crew extremely upset at Bobby which Junior didn’t like Bobby anyway from when Bobby drove for him. Ironically it was at Talladega in 72 when Bobby had mechanical problems and Junior fixed it in the garage and Junior said where’s Bobby and somebody said oh he went home and had Bobby stayed and got back in the car they would have won the championship.
@@edmondcamp2878 so your saying those other drivers wouldn't try as hard to win a championship as they would to win a race? Nobody knows what they would have done in the same situation. Its the main goal of every driver worth his salt to win a championship and do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. But ill admit im a little biased when it comes to the alabama gang, and i was tickled that ol bucketmouth was the one he stuck it to. And at least he didn't knock him out of the race and dang near kill him. If you follow NASCAR as long as i have maybe you know what im referring too.
Allison a lap down pushing Earnhardt tobthe win to foil Darrell Waltrip. Those who saw Chase Elliott hold up Harvick so Kyle Larson would win Bristol, check this out.
All I see these days from the NASCAR executives is slowing the cars down to produce good racing... Slow them down?? That's not racing! LET THEM RUN! Was this bad racing? NO! This was great racing! Let them ruuuunnnn.... Slowing the cars down with a ton of downforce and excessive rules is not racing. It does not produce good racing at all.. This was top level stock car racing as it should be. Brian France killed the sport.
Kyle Petty or Busch?? Petty still the biggest crybaby even in retirement... he just has this persona that doesn't sit well with me... an egoist who rarely lays his ego on the ground for nothing, even if he was wrong about something. Kyle Busch is a bit of a crybaby too but Kyle Petty tops them all...
