1986 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway | NASCAR Classic Full Race Replay 

These old race uploads are awesome, I hope it continues. I love watching the 80’s on back races.

Tim Richmond's 7th win of the year, Earnhardt's 2nd Cup title the race before, and once again we all see how treacherous Riverside was. This would be the last time we see Tim Richmond until the Winston and Pocono in 1987.

I was fortunate enough as a kid to watch a race at Ontario and Riverside before they closed. They were both awesome tracks it only sucks they were shut down.

Seeing the old Folgers colors makes me want to see them on a throwback theme.

Tim Richmond was one hell of a race car driver... NASCAR could absolutely continue to use to body style cars that they run now, but everything beneath the sheet metal, including going back and running on the Good Year Bias Ply tire instead of the radials, so the drivers would be able to throw the cars left and right and run the cars sideways thru the turns with the right rear or left rear tire rolling smoke thru the turns. With the radial tires, once the car gets yawed out a certain amount of degree, and the tire begins to lose grip, it looses all grip all in an instant. The bias ply tire was a lot more forgiving, and a lot more fun to watch the cars going thru the turns sideways on asphalt and seeing the smoke just rolling off those good years was just say fun to watch.

We were camped along the back straight. Man it is good to see these old names from Winston West series.

I attended this race... sat in the main grandstands. We could only see turn 9 and the pits, so all that battling on the rest of the track was a mystery. Cars would limp back with battle damage and we never knew what happened... But now I do! Sure would have been nice to have had Raceview back in the 80s.

So happy that I can re-watch the races with my favorite, Richard Petty.

I was there. I walked all over that track, from the short chute to the grandstands. I must have walked 5 miles that day. After the race I snuck into the pits through an open gate at the chain link fence around back.

I'm too young to remember Riverside. Looks like it was a really great track. Also: volume is too low

I had forgotten how fast they used to go on pit road!

Thanks NASCAR for making races available from decades ago. This should be an example for Formula 1 which blocks literally every video you can imagine

How do we go about making a Classic Race Request to NASCAR on this RU-vid Channel? I would love to see them put up the 2004 Subway 400 from the North Carolina Speedway (Rockingham). The last race held at this track for the premier NASCAR series.

I was there that day and all the of Nascar, IMSA, Indycar, and SCORE Off Road races from 1977 to the VERY Sad day that it closed. I lived 15 minutes from the track and my Dad was a huge Nascar fan and took me from an early age. I miss that place! All other Road Courses will never live up to it for me. RIP Tim Richmond & RIP Riverside International Raceway.

Turn 6 and turn 8 is now the Moreno Valley Mall. Go figure!

Richmond was a great racer.

I met Terry Labonte and he said what made Riverside great was that there were a lot of places to pass… Sonoma and The Glen lack that he said

Today just so happens to mark the 8 year anniversary I became a NASCAR fan.

Bobby Allison could drive a race car around the track blindfolded

Love this track ! It’s a little Dangerous but It’s a Great Track….So exciting….I Can’t Stand Watching cars go around in a Circle🤦‍♂️…..the Film is Very Well Preserved too👍

So many trails in hills those years

Dear NASCAR, if find any older truck series races, could you post them as well? Thanks!

Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

How can it be louder?

Great race!

Who was the co hosting broadcaster? The one talking to Squier

My birthday race

I lived near RIR .I used to watch the greats there as a kid.

Lol Crisco racing! 🤣😂

The chances of Riverside coming back match the chances of Wilkesboro coming back. Someone had to say it

They tore this place down and replaced it with a shopping mall that has been a failure since the day it was opened. Such a waste.

This was way before nascar was ruined by chase format and other stupid nonsensical rules.

Tim Richmond was a better driver than Earnhardt, NASCAR kicked him out because they didn't approve of his life style

I am finished with you NASCAR and i have been a loyal fan since the wide world of sports era and I am done with the pandering and the constant rule changes and that you lend legitimacy to the rioting thats been taking place in the country that has been so good to you good luck but i am finished here i couldn't even watch the race yesterday thanks i cant believe that racing can't stay out of politics you make me sick.

Nascar is trash now.

Better remove this video because a black driver wasn’t in the race.