I was also 20 yrs old in 1989...graduated in 1988 from Satsuma High School in Satsuma Alabama...about 20 miles north of Mobile Alabama. I remember watching this IROC Race with my dad. You are absolutely right...the 80s ERA/DECADE was the ABSOLUTE GREATEST. We still had Earnhardt, Elliot, the LaBonte's, Waltrip, Petty, Wallace, the Allison's, Bonnett, the Bodine's, Strickland, & Tim Richmand before he died. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
The 80s were terrible. Chevettes and Station wagons everywhere that could beat the Corvette in a race as it was only putting out 190 hp. God awful hair metal. Reagan doubled the homeless population and kicked off skyrocketing inflation that has slashed a 0 off our dollar. But it was all worth it since it seen I got to see the last time my Hoosiers and Fighting Irish win a championship side.
I still have my '89 IROC-Z 350 5.7 87K orig. miles love my Car. When I bought it those gaterbacks cost like the dickens and you have to have the tires taken off the rims to rotate. White with red lettering and carmine red interior. So nice love it!
@@minecraftMLGpoop7 Check The floors for rot and make sure the fuel pump is good. I love irocs and all third gens but they are hard to find good ones anymore
My mom has a 1989 iroc z with 1800 miles.....my brother bought it new and was killed 4 months later.....my dad took the wheels off put it on stands and that’s where it sits to this day...I was 16
I remember when my friend’s older brother bought a new ‘88 Camaro RS baby blue with the grey side skirts etc Going for a ride in it was like being in a race car. I know it was just a Camaro RS with the V8 but it sat low and really handled the corners. Meanwhile I had a ‘84 Monte Carlo SS which was super nice but banked like the millennium falcon around hard turns.
I miss this series especially the ole 80 s camaro s nascar guys usually kicked ass on the speedway s but even still was fantastic racing an the sound of those cars was wicked
No Just calling Petty out for the Fraud he was, Anyone coulda been Petty back then! He was just the lucky one to be dished all the finds in the world....
Gotta love how Awesome Bill Elliot was doing IROC in the 1980s and in the 2020s he occasionally appears in SRX, it's spiritual successor. What an all-timer!
Why would the opening promo have all the drivers wrecking! Lol! And messing up?!? Not really what you want to advertise in an all star caliber race. I dig the angle though
who the fuck thought that was a good idea? like... here is this guy who is really great!!! look at how he wrecks his fuckin car into tiny pieces!! you bet your ass you are gonna see only the finest drivers here!!!!
@Ethan Weeter Showed well that speed on pit road needed to be controlled/reduced....Melling/Elliott weekend warrior crew member (NOT a full time team employee, Mike Rich was killed at Atlanta later in '89, by another driver on pit road, at allowed speed...that was November. I joined that team in late December, and loss was severe.
The best cars for IROC. I never get tired of watching the "Working Man's Hero" working at DAYTONA. Little Al was no slouch in a stockcar. He was a true racer.
@@chadhenderson9732 And 197 in the pre-modern era. Don't care how good his cars were, to win 200 races has merit to it. Probably not the best of all time, but he was undeniably talented.
OMG! I love the IROC Series, but that A-Hole of a NEGATIVE interviewer for Richard and AJ... should have been blacklisted forever! Holy Hell...I cannot believe he has a job!
Not sure why that strikes my funnybone but yeah they did just that May as well done the intro and shown headstones. Wreck, then the cyrptkeeper nodding away
They need to bring back iroc my favorite driver was Tony Stewart the srx only goes to shortracks which are awesome but I would like to see the road courses and Daytona with a good package like the wickerbill used in the early 2000s
I really love Paul Page. But back in the day there many just lucky drivers........................ he kept saying it was pretty safe !!! Sadly, not true.
Mike C. I grew up a big Rusty Wallace fan. Rusty could win driving anything, as shown here. Couldn’t stand Dale Earnhardt. Karma finally caught up to Dale. Rusty was still racing when Dale was pushing up daisies.
Funny the new SRX series starts and is compared to IROC all the sudden RU-vid recommendation wakes up and decides to show us IROC racing a little late to jump on the ball there don't you think recommendations sir
I use to winder that myself but someone once said to keep people who aren't racefans interested in watching. You'd think they would show clips of them winning & hoisting trophy's hence the reason they were invited to IROC...