Why Junior Johnson said "Load the cars up. We're not gonna run the race!" 1985  

Thanks for sharing. 70's & 80's were the best days of Winston Cup.

Jeff was a smart crew chief. He was great on TV too. They should invite him back.

Junior was a genius

GET HAMMOND BACK ON TV CALLING RACES ! MISS HIM ON TV

I was at the Winston race. Years later Flossie gave me a tour of the old Ingles Hollow shops, including the engine dyno room. My mind immediately thought of the engine built and tested in that room, exploding at the start finish line. It’s never been confirmed or owned up to, but LOTS of speculation that engine wasn’t entirely built to ‘spec’ and Darrel dropped the clutch! Would love to final hear if this was true or not! Love the cheating stories of NASCAR! They all did it and the mechanical ingenuity absolutely amazes me!!! Those were golden days of racing!!!

Great story!! Glad he shared about that weekend with us

That was a awesome race and knowing that Danny Sullivan did the spin the win at Indy that year. 👍👍👍

Jr Johnson and jaws

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That dw impression lol

I would’ve liked to hear more about that engine blowin up. That was suspicious as all get out. DW ran down Gant, then the motor blows across the finish line. 😂

Harry Gant had you beat, but Travis Carter made a bad call by pitting too early and his tires were toast.

NASCAR has forgot all the people and things that made them great. They are like Bud Lite; catering to people that don't give a damn about racing.

The car wasn’t the only thing special for the Winston. Motor just happens to blow at the finish line …. ?

That was a great story , even though I don't care for Jeff Hammond

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The points system tries to insure no one stays home, having said that based on my experience I find racers won't usually all stand together to get the attention of sanctioning bodies and the lesser cars will compete just for the carrot (points) if NASCAR refuses to cooperate and acknowledge they have serious issues, more and more teams will go to IMSA, NHRA, or other venues and options, the current atmosphere in NASCAR is getting more toxic to teams every day, and all that will soon be left are the cars that no matter what can't win a race....

Of course Junior's car won that All-Star race in 85, he had more engine than everyone else! Blew up at the 🏁 my ass, Darrell dumped the clutch & blew that engine to smithereens!! After that no one could have done a "is it legal" inspection on that engine 😒 smh, what a sham 👎

Great story! Thanks for sharing it with us on @dhammiam #Jeff Hammond #Hollywood Jeff Hammond #jeff Hammond nascar

Do remember the time his drivers didn't do so good at the Sunday race at North Wilkesbour Jr Johnson home track. So Jr rented the track for Monday and made them run it again.