ESPN Honors A Dying Tim Richmond | Pocono 1989

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  • @Diesel257
    @Diesel257 3 роки тому +117

    As soon as it came out it was HIV, NASCAR didn't say his name again for 20+ years. I'll never forget Tim or that fact.

    • @SilentDanDisney
      @SilentDanDisney 3 роки тому +22

      As Dr Punch said.
      His lifestyle made him a rock star in a race car but it was ultimately his lifestyle that took him away.

    • @codypk5111
      @codypk5111 2 роки тому +13

      @@SilentDanDisney rock star in a stock car

    • @montycrain5783
      @montycrain5783 2 роки тому +1

      Intravenous drug use killed so many.

    • @jasonmoyer
      @jasonmoyer 2 роки тому +10

      He didn't get it from drug use.

    • @jimmieroan9881
      @jimmieroan9881 2 роки тому +10

      @@montycrain5783 get the right information or shut up, that isn't how he got it

  • @codyhoche8888
    @codyhoche8888 Рік тому +9

    Grew up with that Folgers car of Richmond on my shelf he still
    Is my dad’s favorite driver

  • @suestaley844
    @suestaley844 3 роки тому +30

    Best natural talent ever. He was the best and gone way too soon

    • @vinewood8295
      @vinewood8295 3 роки тому +1

      For sure he could drive anything BUT best natural talent ever is a stretch...

  • @nibora7953
    @nibora7953 9 місяців тому +11

    I think it’s messed up how ESPN will never show this 30 for 30

  • @gloriaannopperman2734
    @gloriaannopperman2734 2 роки тому +22

    He was kind in helping our Dale Earnhardt Sr when Dale was hurt. Thank you so much Tim! You and Dale Sr are together in Heaven racing again. My husband Jerry and Sugar Bear are happily watching you both race for God!🚖3️⃣🚖👩‍🦳🐕

  • @benkeel2966
    @benkeel2966 Рік тому +18

    Magic Johnson announced his HIV in 1991.
    Tim was fighting AIDS in 1987.
    The medicine that saved Magic (protease inhibitors) wasnt available until 1991. By then Tim was gone😢

    • @douglassmith5188
      @douglassmith5188 2 місяці тому

      It's different. Magic just got the virus in 91 but he didn't get the disease. As a NBA player, he used to do routine exams. When Tim tested HIV positive, he already got AIDS. So, probably he got the virus years before then.

  • @lisachaney7504
    @lisachaney7504 Рік тому +24

    He needs to be considered for the hallof fame

  • @jeremyfisher8782
    @jeremyfisher8782 9 місяців тому +6

    Kind of feel like Harry's eyes and the look on his face tell the story after he sends his best wishes. Hard to watch a dude like that, as hardcore as he was ... with that look in his eyes.

  • @shanek.barker7610
    @shanek.barker7610 9 місяців тому +4

    Damn it I was just 10 years old when Tim came to life before my eyes my mom and dad really liked him I thought he was everything by the time I got to 13 years old he was gone my family sad but I got to say thanks Tim what a racer

  • @king0cans
    @king0cans 3 роки тому +10

    Brings a tear to my eye.

  • @jefferyrobertson7520
    @jefferyrobertson7520 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks for uploading how fitting Tim Richmond wins at Pocono

  • @retiredmom9049
    @retiredmom9049 Рік тому +2

    Just got back from Charlotte speedway and Hendrick Motorsports has a throwback Tim Richmond shirt out. Yes, I bought one !!!!!

  • @dougfisher1885
    @dougfisher1885 2 роки тому +7

    Tim Richmond lived fast and died hard one hell of a driver

  • @reginaldhall6871
    @reginaldhall6871 Рік тому +3

    Some people tend to treat others like crap that suffer from a sickness that we knew little about. People with AIDS suffered through it & many with mental illness are still treated like crap today.

  • @terenceskill9526
    @terenceskill9526 9 місяців тому +3

    Everybody knew he wouldn´t be coming back. So sad.

  • @johndavis2270
    @johndavis2270 2 роки тому +7

    RIP TIM!! ENJOYED THE SHOW!!

  • @lasvegaslarrythecableguyim6312
    @lasvegaslarrythecableguyim6312 3 роки тому +28

    Tim got around Pocono with such ease. It was a drivers track and he definitely owned it. It’s a travesty watching that disease consume my friend. He was so full of life. I remember his mom asking the team to move his microphone to the other side of his helmet. NASCAR did him dirty. What if will always be ringing in my head. So full of life, reduced to skin and bones. Watching Al go through his death and then losing his wife. Evelyn was Tim’s heartbeat, he loved his mother and she was right by his side. Gone way too soon... RIP

    • @leshenson7938
      @leshenson7938 2 роки тому +3

      One of the all time greatest drivers there will ever be. He is why I became a NASCAR fan. He was the man

    • @bradsanders407
      @bradsanders407 Рік тому +3

      Why did she ask the team to move his microphone?

    • @jmoneill3
      @jmoneill3 Рік тому

      Bc they put the microphone in his asshole. They thought that was funny. I didn’t find it very funny.

  • @Ricky414Bobby
    @Ricky414Bobby Рік тому +17

    Its weird how Magic Johnson had it around the same time and they only gave him so long to live and he's still around and seems to be in good health.

  • @johnnymiller8938
    @johnnymiller8938 3 роки тому +17

    Tim Richmond and Harry Hyde were among the teams to beat. Would have won championships if Tim hadn't got sick.

    • @patrickanderson9023
      @patrickanderson9023 3 роки тому +5

      Jeff Gordon vs Dale Earnhardt vs Tim Richmond vs Davey Allison, along with drivers such as Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett and the Labonte brothers, during the 90s. That would probably have been the most competitive era in the history of NASCAR, even more so than what the mid to late 2000s was.

    • @tomdalfonzo9959
      @tomdalfonzo9959 Рік тому +1

      @@patrickanderson9023 Along with Alan Kulwicki and Mark Martin in the 1990's. Then imagine Adam Petty vs. Kenny Irwin Jr. vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. vs. Jimmie Johnson vs. Tony Stewart vs. Matt Kenseth vs. Kurt Busch in the 2000's.

    • @Smith-wk6pb
      @Smith-wk6pb 2 місяці тому

      ​@@patrickanderson9023How in the hell did leave Alen Kuwicki

    • @Smith-wk6pb
      @Smith-wk6pb 2 місяці тому

      ​@@tomdalfonzo9959last part happened

  • @jondixon1392
    @jondixon1392 3 роки тому +11

    TRUE WHEELMAN

  • @rayisland23
    @rayisland23 3 роки тому +9

    Gone way to soon.

  • @ethantracy337
    @ethantracy337 Рік тому +12

    How hard was it to know what was wrong and not being able to say it. 😕

  • @sable64
    @sable64 2 роки тому +5

    Love Dr. Jerry Punch!

  • @chaddavis2210
    @chaddavis2210 Рік тому +3

    He was the only one who could keep up with dale for a long time and dale is the one who went to nascar on his behalf and told them let him race and quit the shit

  • @noelwarner1235
    @noelwarner1235 Рік тому +3

    Back then HIV was a scary thing that the medical community didn't know anything about and it was something that nobody wanted to talk about. Unfortunately to this day there is still a lot of speculation over what actually took Tim Richmond's life although it was complications from HIV. That was over thirty years ago and things have changed a lot since then. I always thought Jerry punch was one of the best personalities in NASCAR Broadcasting

  • @brianbooher7318
    @brianbooher7318 Рік тому +1

    Tim held that Pocono record till 02 when Billy Elliott won his fifth an Jeff Gordon tied billl latter on been interesting to see how many he would won their.tim was one of the best ever

  • @lancehurley9743
    @lancehurley9743 2 роки тому +2

    such a damn shame....

  • @E180TEKNO
    @E180TEKNO Рік тому

    i loved this driver

  • @craigkemmerzell5741
    @craigkemmerzell5741 Рік тому +1

    Great driver

  • @andyhamilton8940
    @andyhamilton8940 10 місяців тому +2

    Dang Harry sounds just like Earnhardt here😂

  • @metrichotrods1763
    @metrichotrods1763 Рік тому +4

    Cole Trickle....

    • @debrawardlaw4558
      @debrawardlaw4558 Рік тому +3

      Days of Thunder....it's said Tom Cruise went to race shop to learn about Tim and admitted that was who Cole Trickle modeled after

  • @middleagedjabroni
    @middleagedjabroni 7 місяців тому

    Did you know Tom Cruise character in Days of Thunder was loosely based off Tim…

  • @sammylacks4937
    @sammylacks4937 Рік тому

    He could sure drive a raceway. Try imagining him.with years more.

  • @donnavonedwardsbr549
    @donnavonedwardsbr549 2 роки тому +4

    Only time the #25 was dominant

  • @johnhamblin4440
    @johnhamblin4440 2 роки тому +7

    HE.COULD.BEAT EARNHART

    • @bradsanders407
      @bradsanders407 Рік тому

      Then why didn't he? In his best season in 86 he finished 3rd and Sr 1st. It was also the only time he finished in the single digits.

    • @SurrealCereal
      @SurrealCereal Рік тому +2

      @@bradsanders407 well considering he only had 7 seasons to dale's 24 it's not really a fair comparison to begin with lol

    • @jasonwiggins
      @jasonwiggins Рік тому +2

      ​@@bradsanders407 He did it many times. He had more wins than Sr. in 86, and got too sick to compete soon thereafter. Sr. fans are beyond delusional.

  • @rolltide9547
    @rolltide9547 2 роки тому +2

    Still shows how dirty Nascar is by paying an NFL doctor to bogus up drug reports in Tim.

  • @ryanmathas5649
    @ryanmathas5649 3 роки тому +9

    Bare back king and it cost him! He could drive that car tho!

    • @TheMouseAvenger
      @TheMouseAvenger 2 роки тому +5

      That's not very nice. :-( Besides, what if he got it from a tainted blood transfusion, like Ryan White?

    • @jimmieroan9881
      @jimmieroan9881 2 роки тому +3

      some of you trolls are really sick

    • @Tony-bp1nr
      @Tony-bp1nr 2 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately the AIDS awareness was not in full swing until the end of the 1980s. So a lot of people were not as serious about condom use until then.

    • @Tony-bp1nr
      @Tony-bp1nr 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheMouseAvenger I remember people back then ostracized Ryan White, which was sickening. He was so innocent and a child too. The fear of AIDS was so rampant back then, people were using really poor judgment.

    • @ryanmathas5649
      @ryanmathas5649 2 роки тому

      @@Tony-bp1nr watch Dallas Buyers club movie..it's very good.

  • @mistahjaybevins7619
    @mistahjaybevins7619 Рік тому +1

    A handsome homosexual. Sins will get cha Tim lol😂

    • @debrawardlaw4558
      @debrawardlaw4558 Рік тому +7

      I know someone knew Tim. Not a homosexual. If he were, which he wasn't, what a terrible thing to say. Knowing people, his fans would be hurt. Shame on you.

    • @mnamhie
      @mnamhie Рік тому

      Tim Richmond wasn't gay. He was promiscuous for sure. Saw the wrong type of women. Watch out men, that's a very dangerous thing to do.

    • @ericbruscoe5956
      @ericbruscoe5956 10 місяців тому

      ​@@debrawardlaw4558 not that matters one but but I think he meant to say bi-sexual.

    • @debrawardlaw4558
      @debrawardlaw4558 10 місяців тому +3

      @@ericbruscoe5956 I don't think he was bi- sexual either. He knew and that was his choice. Nobody's business but his own. I think he got a disease before it was known that safety precautions should be used. I was a well- known fact in the garage that he was with a LOT of women.

  • @bigmoney1723
    @bigmoney1723 Рік тому

    Tim Richmond was a great race car driver, but apparently Tims greater skill was plumbing 😉

  • @mitchalderman1776
    @mitchalderman1776 10 місяців тому +1

    You will soon learn he was poisoned by Nascar