1981 Daytona 500 - Geoffrey Bodine Hits a Station Wagon in the Infield

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  • @ONTHEEDGEFRED
    @ONTHEEDGEFRED Рік тому +319

    I sure did enjoy the old fashioned commentary here but I swear I could not believe they were looking dead at Terry Labontes car when it blew its engine and didn't mention the smoke coming out of it.

    • @THROTTLEPOWER
      @THROTTLEPOWER Рік тому +8

      I agree!

    • @romanflute6069
      @romanflute6069 Рік тому +51

      They didn't have monitors like they would later in the 80s. Back then you might have had binoculars for that distance or just what you could see and the pressbox is almost a mile away at least going into turn 4. Probably never saw it and even at that point what monitor(s) you did have would have been delayed just because of distance from the camera to the truck and then back up and wireless wasn't real time for the in-cars either. The monitors they did have for field were 6-9" depending on the make and mostly black and white. Those monitors were still around in the late 80 and early 90s. They were at least color by the mid 80s. NFL nd MLB had many broadcasts up until the mid 80s that were called the same way. When MLB had their first HD broadcast, they made the announcers for that game use the tech from the 50s to that current point and they were shocked at what their 50s-80s counterparts had to deal with. Every inning or so they would advance in tech. I think they shot the "pre-game" on film if I remember correctly.

    • @ONTHEEDGEFRED
      @ONTHEEDGEFRED Рік тому +4

      @@romanflute6069 Yeah that makes sense.

    • @kendog0731
      @kendog0731 Рік тому

      I know. Talking about the tire rubbing

    • @michajanicki6860
      @michajanicki6860 Рік тому +15

      0:59 nice, ghostbusters are there

  • @IfIwereOnlyCrazy
    @IfIwereOnlyCrazy Рік тому +105

    I miss the old G body car races. These years of Nascar will always be my favorite.

    • @glencuda
      @glencuda Рік тому +10

      Yes nowadays the cars are all just copies of each other. Might as well be R/C cars

    • @hobiesmith9370
      @hobiesmith9370 9 місяців тому

      yes. the clip hits home for me.

    • @77PacerStudios
      @77PacerStudios 9 місяців тому

      Yeah, the G-Body is a favorite form of NASCAR car from the '80s! My personal favorite G-Body happens to be the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, specifically the 1986 and 1987 Aerocoupe. You remember the Aerocoupe, right? This was a fastback modification made to the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. The modifications include a further sloped rear window and a shorter trunk lid that sports a spoiler that lays flatter than the spoiler that one would find on an ordinary Monte Carlo SS. 200 Aerocoupes were built for the 1986 model year and an additional 6,000 were built for 1987. Personally, I actually have a Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe in my Hot Wheels collection. The casting depicting the Aerocoupe is known as the "Chevy Stocker". As the name suggests, it's a NASCAR Stock Car from the 1980s. There's no door lining on either side of the Chevy Stocker casting. NASCARs have their doors welded shut to better maintain the car's overall integrity in the event of a crash. The only way to get in and out of the car is to climb through the driver's side window.

    • @MLFranklin
      @MLFranklin 9 місяців тому +3

      I wanted to buy a G-body for just that reason.

    • @Suzanne-t3l
      @Suzanne-t3l 4 місяці тому

      I've been watching Nascar for over 40 years and I never heard the term G-Body. 😮

  • @intermissionbuffalo
    @intermissionbuffalo Рік тому +62

    The production quality is impressive for 1981. In car cameras and all of that.

    • @SAVikingSA
      @SAVikingSA 8 місяців тому +2

      A lot of people would assume that racing coverage we have today came from F1 or Indycar, but virtually all of it was developed by NASCAR and CBS/ESPN

  • @maw4734
    @maw4734 9 місяців тому +23

    Terry’s dashboard, above the sticker with the CBS logo, has “Hi Justin” scrawled on there.
    Man’s giving his kid a shout out on CBS. Terry always was a class act.

  • @PursellJr88
    @PursellJr88 9 місяців тому +66

    Can anyone appreciate how bad ass that old ambulance looks

    • @junkbox_
      @junkbox_ 9 місяців тому +14

      Ecto-1

    • @kkttss1928
      @kkttss1928 9 місяців тому +14

      Looks like the Ghost Busters car in the movie

    • @theskicker8856
      @theskicker8856 9 місяців тому +1

      The 2 previous comments state exactly what I was thinking

  • @fldon2306
    @fldon2306 Рік тому +97

    Ken Squire, the announcer calling the race, just passed away at 88 years old; RIP Ken! Loved hearing you call so many races over the years!!
    Jeff Bodine was just looking to get a couple of burgers to eat from that fans BBQ Grill!!

    • @1969EType
      @1969EType Рік тому +8

      Ken Squier could announce three kids tear-assing around the neighborhood on their BigWheels and make it sound like the Daytona 500...

    • @Great-Documentaries
      @Great-Documentaries Рік тому +2

      You do realize that Ken can't read your commentary, right?

    • @1969EType
      @1969EType Рік тому +5

      @@Great-Documentaries Clearly, Mr. Squire is not my audience here…you do you, though. Don’t let me stop you.

    • @jamesakers1175
      @jamesakers1175 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Great-DocumentariesMaybe or Maybe not. I've never been on the other side of here. I could swear that Big E was still around 6 months after he passed away. At every track they were racing at it seemed.

    • @tamtam21801
      @tamtam21801 10 місяців тому

      Geoff is prounouced Jeff

  • @bigdaddy7119
    @bigdaddy7119 Рік тому +44

    Well…at least the ambulance and wrecker didn’t have to drive anywhere! 😂

    • @mustangcircut
      @mustangcircut 9 місяців тому

      And no cars were injured in this accident too😂

  • @WarpandXeno88
    @WarpandXeno88 Рік тому +70

    Those cars were beautiful machines.

    • @scottl.1568
      @scottl.1568 Рік тому +17

      Those were REAL cars😊

    • @jmullis78ify
      @jmullis78ify Рік тому +10

      The 80’s race cars are my all time favorite. From ASA late models to nascar to Indy cars

    • @WarpandXeno88
      @WarpandXeno88 Рік тому +7

      @@jmullis78ify I miss the 80s period!

    • @jmullis78ify
      @jmullis78ify Рік тому +4

      @@WarpandXeno88 yeah me too

    • @shanegilreath7701
      @shanegilreath7701 Рік тому

      ​@@scottl.1568and real Men 😂

  • @bobsobie678
    @bobsobie678 9 місяців тому +4

    No commit cone, no stages, no lucky dog, no restrictor plates, no concern for safety. I miss the old days of cup.

  • @bloomazda3
    @bloomazda3 Рік тому +33

    Great looking race cars

  • @j1w2t3
    @j1w2t3 Рік тому +92

    back when you could run 170 on pit road

    • @michajanicki6860
      @michajanicki6860 Рік тому +8

      ``` 0:59 nice, ghostbusters are there

    • @1969EType
      @1969EType Рік тому +5

      Wow...I wasn't sure you were correct. Google confirms it...NASCAR didn't implement pit road speed limits until...1991!

    • @ronaldkonkoma4356
      @ronaldkonkoma4356 Рік тому

      This wasn't too long after the drivers stopped getting out and changing their own tires on the pit stops.
      They really focused on crew efficiency after the speed limit was implemented and today they often recruit former college athletes to work the crews

    • @ronaldkonkoma4356
      @ronaldkonkoma4356 Рік тому +1

      ​@1969EType Days of Thunder "this is gonna hurt" as he's ripping through the pits

    • @1969EType
      @1969EType Рік тому +4

      @@ronaldkonkoma4356 The Wood Brothers were so legendary with their pit stops that Carroll Shelby took them to Le Mans. This would be unheard of today, although NASCAR did run a car at Le Mans last year in the experimental classification.

  • @pb68slab18
    @pb68slab18 Рік тому +45

    Very few cars could escape being hit by one of the Bodine brothers on any given race!

    • @davenorman6717
      @davenorman6717 Рік тому +3

      😂

    • @tperk
      @tperk Рік тому +3

      Not even safe in the car park

    • @OwenRob1975
      @OwenRob1975 Рік тому +2

      Geoff was an amazing driver in the 80’s. Brett on the other hand was a rolling road block, most of the time.

    • @jamesakers1175
      @jamesakers1175 11 місяців тому +1

      True that, even the sweeper truck was fair game, nothing was safe when he and Dale were having at it. Dale would chase Bodine to the parking lot to crash him. Those were the best days.

  • @Airplanesonastick-cf8lh
    @Airplanesonastick-cf8lh 8 місяців тому +2

    I have always loved listening to David Hobbs call races.
    I miss it.

  • @xdashx4962
    @xdashx4962 Рік тому +53

    The last few seconds at the end, crazy how fast they used to go on pit road without speed limits

    • @jamiehalifax4954
      @jamiehalifax4954 Рік тому +10

      The way it should still be !..

    • @xdashx4962
      @xdashx4962 Рік тому +13

      @@jamiehalifax4954 You do realize there were 2 pit crew members killed at Atlanta because drivers locked up on pit road right?

    • @jamiehalifax4954
      @jamiehalifax4954 Рік тому +1

      @@xdashx4962 with the amount of lug nuts flying around on pit lane it's a wonder more havent been killed..not to mention all the gas they spill...should be more like F1. Recently maclaren changed all four tires in 1.8 seconds...makes nascar look like a bunch of rednecks..

    • @Gage_Brumley
      @Gage_Brumley Рік тому +11

      @@jamiehalifax4954I'd rather not see pit crew members get killed

    • @jamiehalifax4954
      @jamiehalifax4954 Рік тому

      @@Gage_Brumleyme either... but it's ok for Tony Stewart to run someone over and kill them and say oh it was dark...I guess rednecks don't use headlights unless they are jacking deer.

  • @bigelile07
    @bigelile07 Рік тому +14

    Better camera coverage in '81 than '23

    • @jamesglavich1426
      @jamesglavich1426 Рік тому +5

      In 23 there would have cut to a commercial a couple times.

  • @playdiscgolf1546
    @playdiscgolf1546 Рік тому +27

    The coverage here is actually quite great for 1981

  • @danthomps7618
    @danthomps7618 9 місяців тому +2

    Love watching the old races with race cars that actually look like the real cars.

  • @don312000
    @don312000 Рік тому +19

    We've seen it a million times...if it's not walled off, a car will find a way to end up there...and it still might even if there is a wall there!

    • @TheInkPitOx
      @TheInkPitOx Рік тому +1

      That's why there are more walls and fences nowadays

    • @deathrooster14
      @deathrooster14 9 місяців тому +1

      Just ask Mark Martin haha.

    • @don312000
      @don312000 9 місяців тому

      @@deathrooster14 A wall, a guardrail, and two chain link fences, if I remember correctly!!

  • @timf2279
    @timf2279 Рік тому +64

    Back when NASCAR was worth watching.

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 Рік тому +9

      Thanks for letting us know about the good old days, grandpa...
      Can you describe your daily walks to school next?

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому

      @codymoe4986 Well, it starts off if you want to fly a rebel flag to show Southern pride fans were able to. Cody, please keep supporting BLM they really need your money for their next fraud. Maybe even show up and support ANTIFA at a protest.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 Рік тому +8

      @@codymoe4986bet it’s two miles uphill both ways! 🤣😎

    • @Great-Documentaries
      @Great-Documentaries Рік тому +3

      "Back when NASCAR was worth watching."
      Except highlights of fatalities, it has NEVER been worth watching.

    • @77racing71
      @77racing71 Рік тому

      @@codymoe4986 u little pissant...

  • @buddyhaines
    @buddyhaines Рік тому +19

    I love seeing how absolutely fast they come on pit road!!!!

  • @8CountAudio
    @8CountAudio Рік тому +10

    Great reminder that in-car cameras have been around forever and haven’t changed much

    • @kyle381000
      @kyle381000 Рік тому +1

      Not changed much?
      Back then, there was a single camera in the car, and only a few cars had them. The camera was forward-facing.

    • @frevazz3364
      @frevazz3364 Рік тому

      Also the camera weighed like 100 pounds lol

    • @MrBirdnose
      @MrBirdnose Рік тому +1

      @@RD-0525 I think the cars had minimum weights they were ballasted up to, so it probably just replaced some ballast.

    • @MrBirdnose
      @MrBirdnose Рік тому +1

      @@kyle381000 I remember races in the 80s where they had only one camera car, and if it wrecked, that was it, no more in-car footage for the rest of the race.

    • @richardstephens5570
      @richardstephens5570 9 місяців тому

      The first one was in Benny Parson's car at the 1979 Daytona 500. Cale Yarborough was the first driver to win with an in-car camera(1983 Daytona 500). During the race you could hear Cale making noises going through the turns.

  • @8CountAudio
    @8CountAudio Рік тому +6

    More cams are interesting, sure. But usually they cut to the rear-bumper cam during wrecks exactly at the moment you want to keep looking forward to see what the driver sees

  • @TeeroyHammermill
    @TeeroyHammermill 9 місяців тому +4

    Station wagon must be hidden from view. All I saw was a Cadillac Ambulance, a couple of square body GMC trucks,and an old Ford Econoline ambulance pulled up.

  • @davenorman6717
    @davenorman6717 Рік тому +6

    He was smellin' them burgers down there in Turn 4

  • @brandonlee6158
    @brandonlee6158 Рік тому +8

    You can plainly see Geoff Bodine turn thinking it was a road being down low in the car he couldn’t see that huge drop off into the people so he went for it and bam dead end there Geoff I like how the commentators tried covering blaming the whole thing on oil for him lol

  • @typhoon320i
    @typhoon320i Рік тому +6

    OMG.... that's David Hobbs talking. I had no idea he had been a race broadcaster for that long. I was in 8th grade back then.

    • @1969EType
      @1969EType Рік тому +2

      Hobbs was great and had a much longer broadcast career but, I always thought Jackie Stewart lent a great deal of insightful analysis and enthusiasm. I always learned something when Jackie was on the mic.

    • @andyhamilton8940
      @andyhamilton8940 Рік тому +1

      Hobbs drive in the 500 one time too! He ran the 24 hour race also.

    • @cantyouhearmeknocking1961
      @cantyouhearmeknocking1961 9 місяців тому

      And Ken Squire.

  • @pjh1776
    @pjh1776 Рік тому +6

    As a kid i remember watching these thinking and saying the same exact thing.

  • @jondoe8889
    @jondoe8889 Рік тому +14

    Awww - I miss David Hobbs in the booth!

  • @DVSNTHERE
    @DVSNTHERE Рік тому +13

    That's not the right way to go sign autographs

  • @MatthewRogerson-wk3bd
    @MatthewRogerson-wk3bd 9 місяців тому +3

    RIP NASCAR. Whatever it is they're doing out there now is an abomination

  • @speedfreak8200
    @speedfreak8200 Рік тому +10

    In the 70's a guy was running across the infield to a crashed car but was hit and rag dolled over the the wrecker (he was killed instantly) that was hauling ass to same crash. It was really smokey or foggy, I've never been able to find any info, but it kinda haunts me .....

    • @judefernandez9234
      @judefernandez9234 Рік тому +1

      Did this happen at Daytona?

    • @ryansheehan9462
      @ryansheehan9462 Рік тому +14

      That was at the 1973 Indy 500. It was a mechanic running to Swede Savage’s crash. The mechanic was killed instantly, while Savage would eventually pass away in the hospital from a contaminated blood transfusion of all things.

    • @speedfreak8200
      @speedfreak8200 Рік тому

      @@judefernandez9234 Ryan says yes

    • @speedfreak8200
      @speedfreak8200 Рік тому

      @@ryansheehan9462 ha, so it wasn't nascar it was Indy and the smoke was from the horrific crash .... I always knew I wasn't crazy & now I can put it to rest !! I found some footage "AlvinKarpis007" I i feel bad for Swede,the poor guy that was hit, but also for the rescue truck driver that had to live with the memory (right or wrong) for the rest of his life

    • @ryansheehan9462
      @ryansheehan9462 Рік тому +5

      @@speedfreak8200 no I didn’t. I said Indianapolis.

  • @innertube205
    @innertube205 Рік тому +4

    I love the Cadillac ambulance!

  • @sarahandbrettSCAM
    @sarahandbrettSCAM 9 місяців тому +1

    Love old school Nascar ✌️

  • @donutman48
    @donutman48 Рік тому +3

    That was my second 500, I believe Petty won. I was 19 years old in Florida tearing it up!

  • @garageassembled4701
    @garageassembled4701 9 місяців тому +1

    Dear god what a hero G.Bodine was missing that two tone Chevy square body k20.

  • @graham2631
    @graham2631 9 місяців тому

    I watched these as a kid. It's where l got my love for stock cars. Like a good old bar fight.

  • @williammeszaros3382
    @williammeszaros3382 9 місяців тому +1

    David Hobbs, what a great driver !
    Turned into a brilliant announcer.

  • @greatunz67
    @greatunz67 Рік тому +14

    It's not just a station wagon, it's an Ambulance, and he didn't hit it at all, he just coasted to a stop behind it.

    • @JDL_2020
      @JDL_2020 9 місяців тому +3

      This comment is hilarious. You can see BEHIND the ambulance? That is where the station wagon is most likely. It clearly did not impact the ambulance, it never moved. LOL

    • @rickpat-x9u
      @rickpat-x9u 9 місяців тому +1

      one of the funniest movies ever is _Mother, Jugs, & Speed_ & ambulances (usually multiple private-contactors with deals from County Govts) were like this until BIG NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT FOR GOVT CONTROL OF AMBULANCES OPERATED BY FD's FOR TAXATION TO CITIZENS + FEES PER RUN.. in other words, the City-County FD Paramedic-Fireman run abulances DOUBLE DIP & most still operate in red.

  • @jeffreybowling5852
    @jeffreybowling5852 Рік тому +7

    That car did not "slide" he clearly gasses it and is going that direction ( you can see the rears spinning). Also clearly we knew zip about Safety in the 80s (or 90s really) as there is a mob basically standing in the grass of Daytona with no barriers between them and many would be using cameras and having clear tunnel vision to their surroundings. RIDICULOUS

    • @lilolme69
      @lilolme69 Рік тому +7

      Yep, real world stuff right there. You should have ridden on the back of a tailgate going 60mph hanging your foot down to touch the road. Then if you fall off your momma saying... well, if it hurts, I guess you will learn not to do that again

    • @hobbs12cats
      @hobbs12cats Рік тому +1

      The good old days!

    • @plantfeeder6677
      @plantfeeder6677 Рік тому

      Proof in your words you would've been a shutin paranoid asswipe back then. I'm so glad you never got to experience REAL life. This century is perfect for passive people like you.

  • @TonyWud
    @TonyWud Рік тому +4

    Geoff thought he saw Earnhardt in his mirror.

  • @vidvoy65
    @vidvoy65 Рік тому +7

    Where was Geoff going to the concession stand😂

    • @pdennis93
      @pdennis93 Рік тому +1

      Maybe to get ice cream 😂😂😂

  • @andyhamilton8940
    @andyhamilton8940 Рік тому +1

    I always wondered what happened to that old Ford van ambulance. I think I last saw it at the track around 92-93

    • @thomaslawson3702
      @thomaslawson3702 9 місяців тому

      actually a Cadillac - see the emblem in the front grille

    • @andyhamilton8940
      @andyhamilton8940 9 місяців тому +1

      @@thomaslawson3702yea the caddy was nice. But there was the old Ford unit too not in that video.

  • @DRUmBEaTTS
    @DRUmBEaTTS 9 місяців тому

    Back in the day when there were no speed limits on pit road….. and I remember watching this race (and crash) on T.V. Man I’m gettin’ old!

  • @Zoomer30_
    @Zoomer30_ Рік тому +7

    If your track has a real janky part, don't worry, a car will find it.

  • @dropway9108
    @dropway9108 9 місяців тому

    These cars back in this era were equipped with the excellent Panasonic Rs-853 8 Track player with great speakers. It sure was something at Talladega Speedway when all the drivers would slip in their Skynard cartridges and simultaneously play "Sweet Home Alabama." Boy howdy, them were the days.

  • @SVPSkins
    @SVPSkins 9 місяців тому

    Crazy how open it was back then and that was a crazy off for Bodine.

  • @christopherstory2136
    @christopherstory2136 Рік тому +5

    Man, dig the 1976 Caddy Ambulance! So much for "Adanced Life Support"😂😂 BTW hope Geoff had "collision"....

    • @DrOlds7298
      @DrOlds7298 9 місяців тому

      I think it's really a '75 by the grille,but she's still a bout!

  • @truckercowboyed2638
    @truckercowboyed2638 9 місяців тому +1

    Can you imagine explaining to your insurance provider that a race car crashed into your car at a race track??

  • @FoxtrotYouniform
    @FoxtrotYouniform Рік тому +2

    Good safety practice back then, having the Ghost Busters on scene in case of any possessions, ghouls, or poltergeists.

  • @Tboyhoot777
    @Tboyhoot777 9 місяців тому

    I'm just wondering why Bodine "steered" in that direction?? Just look at the front tires!

  • @jasongibson8114
    @jasongibson8114 Рік тому +8

    Back when racing was racing.

  • @clacal2005
    @clacal2005 9 місяців тому

    Love the square bodies and old ambulances

  • @frevazz3364
    @frevazz3364 Рік тому

    When they switched to the camera shot of Bodine that was terrifying.

  • @PERFECTLS3
    @PERFECTLS3 Рік тому

    That Cadillac ambulance is freakin' money.😍

  • @karlepaul6632
    @karlepaul6632 9 місяців тому +1

    So where's the station wagon it hit?

  • @MemphiStig
    @MemphiStig 7 місяців тому

    And how long before they finally put up an infield wall?

  • @LITTLE1994
    @LITTLE1994 9 місяців тому +1

    I didn't see his car hit another...

  • @joshdingus871
    @joshdingus871 9 місяців тому

    Geoff Bodine from Pleasant Gardens, NC

  • @gman092803
    @gman092803 Рік тому +2

    That's not a station wagon, it's a Cadillac ambulance

  • @1969EType
    @1969EType Рік тому

    Terry Labonte: [blows an engine...]
    Labonte's engine: ...and I took that personally!

  • @gerrycomfort7027
    @gerrycomfort7027 9 місяців тому

    now that was true racing at its best.

  • @SthrnDrt
    @SthrnDrt 9 місяців тому +1

    Bodine doing Bodine things

    • @aladinsarsipeus
      @aladinsarsipeus 9 місяців тому

      😂 good one
      It took me a few minutes to find a decent rip on Geoff.

  • @badad0166
    @badad0166 Рік тому +2

    Sir. Sir, you can't park here, sir...

  • @Porsche996driver
    @Porsche996driver Рік тому +1

    Way to turn into the infield!
    Who’s got a cold one for meeee?!

  • @rtkl13
    @rtkl13 Рік тому

    I imagined hitting a station wagon too when i was driving home from the bar

  • @arau8310
    @arau8310 Рік тому +10

    Back then these teams were racing production line cars that were once the same as folks could buy from a dealership. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Now NASCAR only mandates that the engine block be used so the cars on the track have almost nothing in common with their namesake.

    • @fulloppositelock6778
      @fulloppositelock6778 Рік тому +4

      In 1981 ??? 😂 yeah ...no.

    • @redtra236
      @redtra236 Рік тому +1

      Didn't true stock car races stop in the mid-late 60s

    • @kyle381000
      @kyle381000 Рік тому +3

      There was nothing whatsoever that was 'stock' about these cars.

    • @arau8310
      @arau8310 Рік тому

      I was really young in 1981, so I wasn't old enough to know. Looking at the video I thought these might have started out as production chassis cars. I'm a big fan of homologation racing...

    • @kyle381000
      @kyle381000 Рік тому +1

      @@arau8310
      The history of NASCAR is available all of the Internet, and it goes back to the fifties. You may enjoy knowing more about it.

  • @ekujj13
    @ekujj13 9 місяців тому +1

    Ghostbusters in the infield.

  • @fistteam
    @fistteam Рік тому +5

    Back when Racing was Racing…I’ve still got that Cale Yarborough #27 Valvoline plastic toy car somewhere in my basement!!

  • @perman66
    @perman66 9 місяців тому

    Was the station wagon the ambulances??

  • @klavss76
    @klavss76 9 місяців тому +1

    0:57 Thank God the Ghostbusters are nearby!

  • @guyincogneto8979
    @guyincogneto8979 Рік тому

    Had an elderly moment, mistaking the gas for the brake and not thinking, "Huh! Shouldn't I be slowing down going up this hill.....".CRASH 😮

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx Рік тому +2

    Back when people could just stand there right by the track when cars were going 100+ mph

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 Рік тому

      I mean, I stood at the top end at Bandimere for a decade with the top fuel cars flying by at over 300...
      Pretty sure you could sneak a peek at the fence at numerous NASCAR tracks still...
      Or is security that tight?

    • @TheInkPitOx
      @TheInkPitOx Рік тому

      I don't know. I'd rather have it so I don't have risk of being killed in a racing accident.@@codymoe4986

    • @cantyouhearmeknocking1961
      @cantyouhearmeknocking1961 9 місяців тому

      Try closer to 190-200mph at Daytona back then.

  • @jayrussell3796
    @jayrussell3796 9 місяців тому

    Look at the way they have to manually pump those jacks and how long it takes to pit !😅😅

  • @ronchase474
    @ronchase474 Рік тому

    I just ran into Geoff last week! I wish I had seen this video so I could have picked on him about?..😅

    • @billybobbocephus2177
      @billybobbocephus2177 Рік тому +1

      Are you sure he didn't run into you like he ran into everybody and everything else?

  • @PBW891
    @PBW891 9 місяців тому

    It had to be unnerving to Bill Elliott that they had an ambulance parked there with his name on it.

  • @deadgoatsRacing
    @deadgoatsRacing Рік тому

    How sweet it is. Its not only a pure Pontiac bonanza here in this race... But im comment # 172 . My race number. 😂

  • @joracer1
    @joracer1 Рік тому +17

    Bodine either drove into to crowd purposely or was passed out. He never turned right never applied brakes. I know he was pretty ignorant when he raced but he couldn't have been that dumb..

    • @judefernandez9234
      @judefernandez9234 Рік тому +9

      Well, he's a Bodine after all.

    • @joracer1
      @joracer1 Рік тому +4

      @@NASCARWrecks1 yeah I could see how his wheels were cut that way with out any correction, and I could see how he failed to use his brakes. But all you can see is how he hit oil on the race track 1/2 mile back. You must have no idea about anything logical. Btw I see he hit no station wagon, I do see where he parked behind an ambulance.

    • @Toxic2T
      @Toxic2T Рік тому

      truth I wonder wtf did he try to do@@joracer1

    • @kmac1766
      @kmac1766 Рік тому +3

      He didn’t even have a Gate 1C PARKING 🅿️ pass!?!?!😂

    • @scottvincent3062
      @scottvincent3062 Рік тому

      Maybe his race car was momentarily possessed by a mustang@@NASCARWrecks1

  • @Paul_Harper
    @Paul_Harper 9 місяців тому

    Shame it was felt necessary to 16x9 the video instead of leaving it as the 4x3 of the original. Too much picture is lost.

  • @williammilliken7287
    @williammilliken7287 11 місяців тому

    I graduated high school that year

  • @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN
    @ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN 9 місяців тому

    That's when it was real racing. I miss that.

  • @robdobson5419
    @robdobson5419 9 місяців тому

    The ghost of John Lennon with the color commentary.

  • @TypicalDuffer
    @TypicalDuffer 8 місяців тому

    The polite thing would be is to offer Geoff a beer

  • @dand3975
    @dand3975 11 місяців тому +1

    Jethro Clampit could sure drive the wheels off a race car on the NASCAR Circuit way better than Bo Duke or Cole Trickle. However Jethro was not as good as That kid from Kannapolis in that blue and yellow car.

  • @chriscrider4024
    @chriscrider4024 Рік тому

    Why did Bodine go there of all places?

  • @carljmacdonald
    @carljmacdonald 7 місяців тому

    The speedway was only 22 years old in 81.

  • @animaltvi9515
    @animaltvi9515 Рік тому +1

    What were ghostbusters doing there ?

  • @shanew.williams
    @shanew.williams Рік тому +4

    Maybe he was knocked unconscious.

  • @lakeratatouille
    @lakeratatouille 9 місяців тому

    He hit the Ghostbusters wagon.

  • @josephreilly6328
    @josephreilly6328 9 місяців тому

    Geoff really went onto the pits

  • @kevinhuneycutt9691
    @kevinhuneycutt9691 Рік тому +10

    I've never seen someone slip up hill.

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Рік тому +1

    🏁👍👍🏁

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews 6 місяців тому

    He hit the ghostbusters car

  • @scottl.1568
    @scottl.1568 Рік тому +1

    David Hobbs?😮

  • @jamiehalifax4954
    @jamiehalifax4954 Рік тому +1

    He had a big mac attack and was heading to mickey dees..

  • @PabeGeet
    @PabeGeet 9 місяців тому

    Good thing the ghost busters were there!

  • @MrPither999
    @MrPither999 8 місяців тому

    It was Brett's station wagon.

  • @moxon80
    @moxon80 9 місяців тому

    Ghostbusters in attendance 😂

  • @beltonite2243
    @beltonite2243 9 місяців тому

    The wagon finished 45th.

  • @militantnormal428
    @militantnormal428 Рік тому +12

    Back when stock car racing was really stock car racing!

    • @SamGarrett
      @SamGarrett Рік тому +1

      Nothing stock about those cars. You're looking for the 50s and 60s.

    • @TheInkPitOx
      @TheInkPitOx Рік тому

      The cars were still production based from 1973-94. Then came the spec era of 1995-2006.@@SamGarrett

    • @dchawk81
      @dchawk81 Рік тому

      @@TheInkPitOx Sheet metal only.

    • @bradsanders407
      @bradsanders407 Рік тому

      ​@dchawk81 uh no. In the 80s they were factory chassis.

    • @bradsanders407
      @bradsanders407 Рік тому

      ​@@SamGarrettjust the cars themselves

  • @brianwilson6403
    @brianwilson6403 Рік тому +1

    That's "Geoffrey".