Exactly my friend! 20 green flag laps of high-speed Daytona racing one week before the 500! I refuse to watch that septic tank race in the coliseum toilet bowel!
@@wesleybusbin You're funny. I am watching the Dale Jr. download right now. Dale seems to agree totally with me. Why don't you watch figure skating or something?
Such a great period to grow up in. I used to love the distinct scream of Bill's car down the back stretch. I thought for sure that with the new t-bird body, bill would dominate 1987. Earnhardt wound up spanking everyone really bad. But bill would come back in 1988. Interesting fact, only 6 of Bill's 44 wins came at Daytona and Talladega. He won 7 times at Michigan, 5 times at pocono, 5 times at Darlington, 5 times at Atlanta, 4 times at Dover, 4 times at rockingham, 2 times at Charlotte, 1 time at Richmond, 1 time at bristol, 1 time at indy, 1 time at Phoenix, 1 time at homestead, and 1 time at riverside
I grew up in So-Calif & attended the majority of the Cup & Indy races at both Riverside & Ontario. I was there in 83 when Bill won his 1st Cup race at Riverside International. All us fan's were happy for him & his family's #9 Team, especially because the Victory put the team on the "Winner's Circle Program" & that was worth $250,000 to them. I remember the next day My Dad, after reading the race's story in the paper that told of Bill's good $$ fortune by win'n the last race of the season, Pop looked at me & said.... "Bill done good yesterday, guess we'll have to call him Quarter Mill Bill from now on" After Darlington in 85, I looked at Dad & said...."Well, Ol' QMB Bill just got a new nic-name" 🤑
@@brianbooher7318 well nascar didn’t really give them the aero coupe. They built 206 cars, 6 were show cars or or used in crash tests and the other 200 were sold which met the bare minimum to be able to be used in nascar at that time . The funny thing is though that most of them were sold and sent to Hendrick dealerships 🤫 😂😂
Hell Elliot was toying with those Chevys. If he tipped his hand NASCAR would've made a rule change. Idk something like letting the monte run headlight doors for a a smooth nose. Lol. You gotta give Ford credit for staying in the game all these years knowing NASCAR was in GMs back pocket.
Absolutely, but that's also a racing professional not some clown that's busy trying to find the latest trend to follow so they can act like their in touch with the 6oung crowd!
Couldn't agree more he was for a short time the best drivers in the world nobody could hang with Bill before he had the crash in tire testing at Daytona in 89 he never was the same after that he was still good but prior to that bill was the best
This brings back so many of my childhood memories and I remember maybe not in these races but I remember guys would show up with these cars that looked so much different than each other the days where you relied on driving skills, and your team and the driver working on that car to get as much hp put of it you couod,before all the restrictions and stuff lol man oh man I love this..
This is the sweet spot of more money being in the sport, and more exposure, but before corporate bean counters had too much power and ruined everything. It happens in every sport.
At the start Earnhardt didn't clip either of them they both came in on him but with his reputation that's why they automatically thought it was his fault lol
I think if Ol' Bill had to do it all over again, he would be alot smarter bout "how" he won. Should have spent alot more time run'n 2nd or 3rd, then motored on by the leader at the end. He did to much mud hole stompin on the big track's, should have sandbagged a little more, pretty much forced Nascar's hand ya might say 🤷🏻♂️ Guess it don't matter much, Ol' "Million Dollar Bill" is a Legend that will live on throughout Racing History! 💪🤠
Funny thing is, especially on the bigger tracks, the easier he drove, it the faster he went more often than not. That Thunderbird was a gatling gun with 100,000 rounds going into a knife fight.
The debut of the "Tide Ride"! Born in '82, 1987 this the first year I still remember bits and pieces of! Great watch! Given my age, it's always weird to see Daytona pre-Winston Tower grandstand. The addition of that structure really gave the facility a very distinctive, prominent, far more modern look like Charlotte. To, me the 1988 through 1997 version will always be the "real Daytona".....
I went to the 500 that year which was my first , Elliot was unstoppable...Bodine fought hard but that Thunderbird was a monster. The sounds of those cars coming off turn 2 and flying down the back stretch, I was looking for lightening with all that thunderous noise. Then they mandated restrictor plates the next year after Bobby Allisons bad crash. I think that was the last straw.
What a great who's who lineup of some of the most famous and recognizable driver's. Back in the Nascar heyday before shit hit the fan, everything turned political, then turned woke and now is the trashiest shit show on wheels. Time machines could save nascar but these guys, the ones whom are still alive, need to have the influence on the sport again.
The crazy thing I am seeming to pick up watching this it seems as though with older camera aspect you can actually see the dirty air coming off of the cars...os this due to our higher quality viewability or something some us just may have missed back in the day???
Get rid of stage racing and bring back bonus money for leading laps. Good option for sponsors to advertise for the quarter mark and half way points of the race. Would definitely be interesting. I think it would work seeing drivers aren't making as much these days.
"Gentleman Ned" was a consummate pro on TV, and one of my favorite racing commentators of all time both on CBS and ESPN as well as hosting the original "Inside Winston Cup Racing" on TNN with the late Steve Byrnes
Never saw a Clash but went to some Daytona 500's for a few years starting in 88. Never saw a non plate 500 but those unrestricted engines sound brutal. These were the good ole days. The shit show they've got now has pretty much reduced my interest to Daytona and Talladega only. I don't even have the tv on for that joke of a race at the Coliseum. R.I.P. Nascar.
I had a feeling Earnhard was involved with lap 1 crash. It s with mixed emotions seeing him on the track. I would.never miss a chance to.see him race. He really broke out and moved forward in 87.
Wait... Upon further review, it looks like Earnhardt was a bit in front of Waltrip. I say Earnhardt just rattled Labonte's cage a bit. Didn't mean to wreck 'em.
DW didn't wreck T-Lab, as usual it was Senior 🙄 Although Terry really wrecked himself this time, just happened to be the 3 car's front bumper the 11 tripped over 🤷🏻♂️
Bill Elliott's car was 6" smaller in regards to width. They had no body templates back then. Notice how much he sucked when they started using body templates.
There's a difference in pre small block era vs small block era. Even in the small block era when Ford began to run really well they were penalized by Nascar, IE GM whined to Nascar about getting beat, complained to Nascar and got their way. The CI rule benefitted GM due to the sheer number of SBC engines built and cheap modifications. It was cheaper to build a Chevy engine to go fast than it was a Ford engine. Ernie Elliott showed them it COULD be done though.
This is Winston cup racing!!! Look at the grandstands.. Full! Because ticket prices. Greed and the woke have all but destroyed nascar and made Nascar a fools game. With Nutcars next gen crash and immature drivers....Its not worth watching.
