@@my12thdongCalling someone Boomer is actually a compliment because your generation today really sucks and so does the racing. Love the empty seats at all the tracks these days. Crap drivers and crap cars aren't worth watching.
This is the perfect example of why people love super speedway races! It doesn't take tons of crashes, but this was drama packed, action packed and full of stories! The Neil Bonnett/Tim Richmond deal was fantastic! Tim was as excited as a crew chief! Kyle Petty/Terry Labonte swap and all these guys still being competitive. Earnhardt in the 15 Ford beating the RCR 3 with Rudd driving. So many guys had a chance based on a pitstop, Petty, Allison, Richmond/Bonnett, DW and Bodine. What a race!
"The Electric Horseman" for the starting lineup. Awesome. Say what you might about Squier and how sometimes he made his share of mistakes, but when it came to the last laps of a race and setting it up/the dramatics... no one was better than him. Here and Daytona he always had a knack of the right balance of not over-selling the call.
I agree. He had to fight his "Cookie Cutter Announcer Training" but he did a good job. IMHO, nobody was better than Bob Jenkins. But then again, he was who I grew up with watching NASCAR on ESPN.
For DW to be upset with Allison is just frustration. Earnhardt needed a drafting partner to get around DW and that’s what Allison did. Once Earnhardt was in front, Allison got out of the way. If Allison had stayed there, DW would have a reason to be upset. You’re right , it was a great three year battle between those two.
Thanks for posting this race.....this was my First Nascar/ Talladega 500 race to see in person. I was 12 years old, there with my Dad and brother, and we were sitting right there between turn 4 and the Tri-oval (grandstands) ! The wreck on lap 2 happend directly in front of us.
Waltrip was a sitting duck, Earnhardt made his move and went by darryl so fast he didn't have time to block or do nothing. Man ole ironhead was tough to beat on big tracks.
@@alwaysopen7970 wish it was ten years ago id be much younger 😅.... I missed the race rhat year, I had to help with the olustee reenactment... I heard he died on the radio on the way home.... my uncle pulled over and we sat there, I cried.... but it was 20 years ago... 🤨
Great to see these races in full. I was a kid in the 1980s living in Australia, so I can't say for sure that we didn't get full races live after midnight, but I do remember that on weekends (during the daytime) we only got highlights packages on the Australian (rip-off version) of Wide World of Sports. I always enjoyed those highlights so it's a real treat to see these full telecasts. While you can't beat the actual racing, I really enjoy Ned Jarrett's "insight" stories and the pit crew interviews etc. Thanks for uploading.
No, we really don't. Just because things are faster doesn't make the racing better. And that extra 10 mph makes every hit 10% harder. That's not good, and that's even before we think about the fact that at 200, we already see cars wanting to take off.
Back in those days a relief driver could take over without having to drive the same make of car as the one they were getting into. Neil Bonnett taking over for Tim Richmond and Terry Labonte taking over for Kyle Petty. Nowadays, it has to be a driver affiliated with the team or the manufacturer. I get it but I don’t like it.
I liked it better when the sponsors and manufacturers didn't put those stipulations in contracts, back then it was "handshake" deal and back then contracts were just papers. Now the sport is much more of business than it ever has and loyalty to manufacturers and sponsors is important and the Dan Suarez/Subway Dunkin Donuts debacle is what really made me angry after SUBWAY pretty much dropped Suarez after that fiasco.
Dale Earnhardt would have been awesome with the Wood Brothers with him being a good driver and them having a fast pit crew. Wood brothers were well known for having fast pit crews. They were the ones who took pitting to a higher level.
Don’t get me wrong and I know you’re obviously an Earnhardt fan and I respect that but to me he was the most overrated driver in NASCAR history but that being said in his heyday David Pearson proved what a good driver could do driving for the Wood Bros. and so did Cale Yarborough but none of that is neither hear nor there when Dale Earnhardt left Bud Moore to switch with Ricky Rudd who was driving for Richard Childress Earnhardt said I think it’s a good swap because Ricky’s more of a Ford guy and I’m more of a Chevrolet guy. .
@@edmondcamp2878 God rest his soul but he would probably wreck anybody to win a race, and take up the whole race track too. My dad said his father Ralph would wreck you in a second before you even knew it.
Just graduate from high school. Now what? Oh, I think I'll go drive Talladega this weekend. Ok cool! Just amazing what he did so early in life! (Sorry, that would be Bobby Hillin Jr.)
Really its crazy to think that we have Dale Earnhardt who started his career on dirt short tracks with his dad then 4 years in the cup series he adjust from short track racing to Superspeedway racing and mastered it just as quick as he won his first cup title
Mastered it, along with all the rule changes over the years that hampered the Thunderbird every step of the way... Yeah he's a true masterpiece. Ernie's Dad bought a dyno in 79 and Ernie ran with it. What did Squirmfart and Pink Floyd have in common? Last big hit was the Wall...
Too bad video (VHS) cassette Cleaner was not available because all someone had to do was put the cleaning cassette in the vcr, press play, eject and then ready record and if that was done this audio and picture would have been so much better. Thanks for this video glad somebody had it.
the video would probably play perfect in the VCR that recorded it. When you put in another VCR the heads do not line up the same and you have tracking issues.
Did anyone notice the semi-colapsed sheet metal around the nose of Cale's car. Just as they pull out of the pits the first time. His car was a little faster...
Yep I love reading these comments from Earnhardt fans that didn't follow Nascar before he drove the #3. Only year I ever rooted for him. 1983 Dale Earnhardt drove for the great Bud Moore. A true American Hero
Bobby didn’t do anything wrong by helping Dale draft passed Darrell the problem was Bobby pulled in front of Darrell to hold him up temporarily so Dale could win. In Junior Johnson’s book Junior said Bobby stuck his nose where it didn’t belong.
@@richardstephens5570 If it’s between two other drivers you get out of the way. Besides Bobby won the championship anyway. I’ve heard other drivers say Bobby and Donnie were not the squeaky clean drivers the announcers said they were because they did things on the backstretch that a lot of people didn’t see.
@@paulmatthews463 If it had been Cale,Benny Parsons,Richard Petty,David Pearson,Buddy Baker etc. they would have shown respect and got out of the way. Bobby Allison did the same thing to Terry Labonte the year before when he was a lap down and intentionally blocked Terry at a short track and cost Terry the race and Terry said who does Bobby Allison think he is God? It did make Junior Johnson and crew extremely upset at Bobby which Junior didn’t like Bobby anyway from when Bobby drove for him. Ironically it was at Talladega in 72 when Bobby had mechanical problems and Junior fixed it in the garage and Junior said where’s Bobby and somebody said oh he went home and had Bobby stayed and got back in the car they would have won the championship.
@@edmondcamp2878 so your saying those other drivers wouldn't try as hard to win a championship as they would to win a race? Nobody knows what they would have done in the same situation. Its the main goal of every driver worth his salt to win a championship and do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. But ill admit im a little biased when it comes to the alabama gang, and i was tickled that ol bucketmouth was the one he stuck it to. And at least he didn't knock him out of the race and dang near kill him. If you follow NASCAR as long as i have maybe you know what im referring too.
Allison a lap down pushing Earnhardt tobthe win to foil Darrell Waltrip. Those who saw Chase Elliott hold up Harvick so Kyle Larson would win Bristol, check this out.
Kyle Petty or Busch?? Petty still the biggest crybaby even in retirement... he just has this persona that doesn't sit well with me... an egoist who rarely lays his ego on the ground for nothing, even if he was wrong about something. Kyle Busch is a bit of a crybaby too but Kyle Petty tops them all...
Bill France Jr was the CEO 1972-2000. So this race is a Bill France Jr race. His son, Brain took over until 2018. Bill France Sr.'s other son Jim took over in 2018. Bill France Jr is the guy who made it what we love!
All I see these days from the NASCAR executives is slowing the cars down to produce good racing... Slow them down?? That's not racing! LET THEM RUN! Was this bad racing? NO! This was great racing! Let them ruuuunnnn.... Slowing the cars down with a ton of downforce and excessive rules is not racing. It does not produce good racing at all.. This was top level stock car racing as it should be. Brian France killed the sport.
This is real racing. This is better than anything today even if the video is snowy.
K boomer
@@my12thdong So you would rather see 750hp cars than 950hp cars?
@@my12thdongCalling someone Boomer is actually a compliment because your generation today really sucks and so does the racing. Love the empty seats at all the tracks these days. Crap drivers and crap cars aren't worth watching.
Those drivers in today's cars would be unbeatable. Today's drivers in those cars would be scared out of their pants.
This is the perfect example of why people love super speedway races! It doesn't take tons of crashes, but this was drama packed, action packed and full of stories! The Neil Bonnett/Tim Richmond deal was fantastic! Tim was as excited as a crew chief! Kyle Petty/Terry Labonte swap and all these guys still being competitive. Earnhardt in the 15 Ford beating the RCR 3 with Rudd driving. So many guys had a chance based on a pitstop, Petty, Allison, Richmond/Bonnett, DW and Bodine. What a race!
"The Electric Horseman" for the starting lineup. Awesome.
Say what you might about Squier and how sometimes he made his share of mistakes, but when it came to the last laps of a race and setting it up/the dramatics... no one was better than him. Here and Daytona he always had a knack of the right balance of not over-selling the call.
I agree. He had to fight his "Cookie Cutter Announcer Training" but he did a good job. IMHO, nobody was better than Bob Jenkins. But then again, he was who I grew up with watching NASCAR on ESPN.
haha Bobby sticking it to DW on the last lap. what a great 3 year fued that was.
For DW to be upset with Allison is just frustration. Earnhardt needed a drafting partner to get around DW and that’s what Allison did. Once Earnhardt was in front, Allison got out of the way. If Allison had stayed there, DW would have a reason to be upset. You’re right , it was a great three year battle between those two.
Thanks for posting this race.....this was my First Nascar/ Talladega 500 race to see in person. I was 12 years old, there with my Dad and brother, and we were sitting right there between turn 4 and the Tri-oval (grandstands) ! The wreck on lap 2 happend directly in front of us.
Boomer lol just kidding, glad you had a good time.
Waltrip was a sitting duck, Earnhardt made his move and went by darryl so fast he didn't have time to block or do nothing. Man ole ironhead was tough to beat on big tracks.
Fuck ironhead
You must be one those guys who like current NASCAR.
Always until 10 years ago.
@@alwaysopen7970 wish it was ten years ago id be much younger 😅.... I missed the race rhat year, I had to help with the olustee reenactment... I heard he died on the radio on the way home.... my uncle pulled over and we sat there, I cried.... but it was 20 years ago... 🤨
Do it for Dale!
Ahh Yes!!! An early 80’s race @ Dega. When NASCAR was NASCAR.. excellent video! Nice find.
Afternoon racing.
Ok boomer
And also before Les Moonves ruined CBS.
Them Pontiac Lemans looked good. I thought they were gonna be outlawed, after Bobby Allison black Lemans at 1981 Daytona 500.
I watched this live, on tv, when I was a little guy, wow, talk about memory lane
Make Racing Great Again
Great to see these races in full. I was a kid in the 1980s living in Australia, so I can't say for sure that we didn't get full races live after midnight, but I do remember that on weekends (during the daytime) we only got highlights packages on the Australian (rip-off version) of Wide World of Sports. I always enjoyed those highlights so it's a real treat to see these full telecasts. While you can't beat the actual racing, I really enjoy Ned Jarrett's "insight" stories and the pit crew interviews etc. Thanks for uploading.
We need. 210 mph nascar again.
No, we really don't. Just because things are faster doesn't make the racing better. And that extra 10 mph makes every hit 10% harder. That's not good, and that's even before we think about the fact that at 200, we already see cars wanting to take off.
IF YOU DO NOT FIND THIS TYPE OF RACING ENTHRALLING ORDER YOURSELF A COFFIN!
32:59
Bobby was leading in points and DW was second. Note what he does on the last lap. Genius. 2:39:38
1:52:34 lol Cale Yarborough making car sounds as he enters the corner.
Woe Smiff what a gem! Thanks for sharing!@
Back in those days a relief driver could take over without having to drive the same make of car as the one they were getting into. Neil Bonnett taking over for Tim Richmond and Terry Labonte taking over for Kyle Petty. Nowadays, it has to be a driver affiliated with the team or the manufacturer. I get it but I don’t like it.
I liked it better when the sponsors and manufacturers didn't put those stipulations in contracts, back then it was "handshake" deal and back then contracts were just papers. Now the sport is much more of business than it ever has and loyalty to manufacturers and sponsors is important and the Dan Suarez/Subway Dunkin Donuts debacle is what really made me angry after SUBWAY pretty much dropped Suarez after that fiasco.
Neil and Dale were a lot a like in interviews. Brusque and no bullshit.
The Intimidator driving the Bird.. alongside Cale Yarborough's Hardee's and Bill Elliott's Melling Coors Bird
He hated fords 🤣
@@joeyjohnson4826 Yeah, Dale hate it...he's a hardcore Chevy guy...
@@garinakbar1907 Shows he had no balls to control his destiny...
Just found your channel, not sure whether to thank you or not as gonna spent way too much time watching! 👍🏻
The real NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt would have been awesome with the Wood Brothers with him being a good driver and them having a fast pit crew. Wood brothers were well known for having fast pit crews. They were the ones who took pitting to a higher level.
Don’t get me wrong and I know you’re obviously an Earnhardt fan and I respect that but to me he was the most overrated driver in NASCAR history but that being said in his heyday David Pearson proved what a good driver could do driving for the Wood Bros. and so did Cale Yarborough but none of that is neither hear nor there when Dale Earnhardt left Bud Moore to switch with Ricky Rudd who was driving for Richard Childress Earnhardt said I think it’s a good swap because Ricky’s more of a Ford guy and I’m more of a Chevrolet guy. .
@@edmondcamp2878 wood Brothers never wanted to sign Earnhardt to drive for them like alot of other car owners at the time.
@@mrnascar9129 I never said the Wood Brothers wanted to sign him that was somebody else. I think he was the most overrated driver in NASCAR history.
@@edmondcamp2878 God rest his soul but he would probably wreck anybody to win a race, and take up the whole race track too. My dad said his father Ralph would wreck you in a second before you even knew it.
Nice race.
wow dale earnhardt driving the 15 wrangler ford!
Just graduate from high school. Now what? Oh, I think I'll go drive Talladega this weekend. Ok cool! Just amazing what he did so early in life! (Sorry, that would be Bobby Hillin Jr.)
How can you not like these drivers??? They would run over their Mothers for a shot at the win. LOL
1965-1985 was prime time for nascar. they were just completely bonkers!
Really its crazy to think that we have Dale Earnhardt who started his career on dirt short tracks with his dad then 4 years in the cup series he adjust from short track racing to Superspeedway racing and mastered it just as quick as he won his first cup title
Simply the greatest ever.
Mastered it, along with all the rule changes over the years that hampered the Thunderbird every step of the way... Yeah he's a true masterpiece. Ernie's Dad bought a dyno in 79 and Ernie ran with it. What did Squirmfart and Pink Floyd have in common? Last big hit was the Wall...
Too bad video (VHS) cassette Cleaner was not available because all someone had to do was put the cleaning cassette in the vcr, press play, eject and then ready record and if that was done this audio and picture would have been so much better. Thanks for this video glad somebody had it.
The tracking was off, nothing more
the video would probably play perfect in the VCR that recorded it. When you put in another VCR the heads do not line up the same and you have tracking issues.
This was a LOADED top 24!
What in the hell were they doing in the infield around 3 and 4? Every time they show them going through, a fresh cloud of dust is flying!
Damn this was 40 years ago as of this year... Ole Dale getting that 1st dega victory. Talladega always done right by Dale...
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this is Dale Sr.’s very first win at Talladega
You are correct all others were with #3 car in cup!
Those were near the last of the cars if forever.
Darrel Waltrip considered Talladega the "CAPITAL" of Boggity
There goes that Man .
My grandfather dropped the green flag for this race
Did anyone notice the semi-colapsed sheet metal around the nose of Cale's car. Just as they pull out of the pits the first time. His car was a little faster...
Added downforce to the front. They didn't have splitters back then to defeat the rear spoiler pulling the front end up.
1:52:34 made me crack up 😆
Do you have the 1984 busch 500?
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Dale needs to thank Ole Bobby.
Well Mike, the biggest difference is that is 50 mph faster.
Iron Head in a Ford is pretty cool!
good job dale
Notice Cale making engine noises during in-car camera. David Hobbs told the story about that via Dale Jr. download
GM cry baby's had NASCAR change aerodynamics on T Birds because they where so fast.
Did you notice the pit road speeds?
Earnhardt in a Ford...
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Earnhardt was pretty good in a Ford. I never knew he drove for Bud Moore and Ford.
It was after the Osterlin team shut down
Plus It was not Dales first time in a ford cause his first car the Pink K-2 Car was a 1952 Ford Victoria
@@DixytheGoat9 you mean 55-56 which had a small block chevy
Yep I love reading these comments from Earnhardt fans that didn't follow Nascar before he drove the #3. Only year I ever rooted for him. 1983 Dale Earnhardt drove for the great Bud Moore. A true American Hero
@@plantfeeder6677 he drove for him in 82 and 83
2:12:55 yeah, you can say Cale has a eye for things
Listen to the very start of the video, 30 seconds in, you can faintly hear Alan Parson's Project in the background, sounds like Lucifer?
Bobby didn’t do anything wrong by helping Dale draft passed Darrell the problem was Bobby pulled in front of Darrell to hold him up temporarily so Dale could win. In Junior Johnson’s book Junior said Bobby stuck his nose where it didn’t belong.
Allison was in a points battle with Waltrip. Bobby's nose was exactly where it belonged.
@@richardstephens5570 If it’s between two other drivers you get out of the way. Besides Bobby won the championship anyway. I’ve heard other drivers say Bobby and Donnie were not the squeaky clean drivers the announcers said they were because they did things on the backstretch that a lot of people didn’t see.
@@edmondcamp2878 bobby was in a fight for the championship and did exactly what he needed to do.
@@paulmatthews463 If it had been Cale,Benny Parsons,Richard Petty,David Pearson,Buddy Baker etc. they would have shown respect and got out of the way. Bobby Allison did the same thing to Terry Labonte the year before when he was a lap down and intentionally blocked Terry at a short track and cost Terry the race and Terry said who does Bobby Allison think he is God? It did make Junior Johnson and crew extremely upset at Bobby which Junior didn’t like Bobby anyway from when Bobby drove for him. Ironically it was at Talladega in 72 when Bobby had mechanical problems and Junior fixed it in the garage and Junior said where’s Bobby and somebody said oh he went home and had Bobby stayed and got back in the car they would have won the championship.
@@edmondcamp2878 so your saying those other drivers wouldn't try as hard to win a championship as they would to win a race? Nobody knows what they would have done in the same situation.
Its the main goal of every driver worth his salt to win a championship and do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.
But ill admit im a little biased when it comes to the alabama gang, and i was tickled that ol bucketmouth was the one he stuck it to. And at least he didn't knock him out of the race and dang near kill him. If you follow NASCAR as long as i have maybe you know what im referring too.
Allison a lap down pushing Earnhardt tobthe win to foil Darrell Waltrip. Those who saw Chase Elliott hold up Harvick so Kyle Larson would win Bristol, check this out.
There's a huge difference. Cars back then had a true emblem behind them, today Manufacturers are so proud of their sticker...
Before Les Moonves ruined CBS. SMH.
32:10 The 29 looks like it has been run over by Grave Digger!
The okc. Thunder blunder again.
It's STOCK CARS*.
2:23:23
You
2:38:10
Earnhardt driving a Ford.
Ned Jarrett: "For the most part, rookies are stupid drivers . . ." Ha ha!!
$373,000 in purse money? Whaaaaaaaa?
Thats alot of cocaine😵 money in that era which had replaced moonshine by then.😜
D. Waltrip. Biggest crybaby in car racing. Wait. Maybe Kyle, now.
Kyle Petty or Busch?? Petty still the biggest crybaby even in retirement... he just has this persona that doesn't sit well with me... an egoist who rarely lays his ego on the ground for nothing, even if he was wrong about something. Kyle Busch is a bit of a crybaby too but Kyle Petty tops them all...
Teresa Earnhardt rawwwwwwr........
This is what NASCAR racing was meant to be like, not the garbage Bill France Jr. has turned it into in 2023.
Bill France Jr was the CEO 1972-2000. So this race is a Bill France Jr race. His son, Brain took over until 2018. Bill France Sr.'s other son Jim took over in 2018. Bill France Jr is the guy who made it what we love!
All I see these days from the NASCAR executives is slowing the cars down to produce good racing... Slow them down?? That's not racing! LET THEM RUN! Was this bad racing? NO! This was great racing! Let them ruuuunnnn.... Slowing the cars down with a ton of downforce and excessive rules is not racing. It does not produce good racing at all.. This was top level stock car racing as it should be. Brian France killed the sport.
SJW liberal ASSHOLES, don't understand what racing is, they want NO RACING, NO PERSONAL SUCCESS, only failure, because that's ALL THEY UNDERSTAND
It's like a whole pen of 3 yr old phillys and putting devices on them to hinder them from running all out! Ya just don't do that!
@NASTY CANASTA nah, BF Jr is simply an alcoholic. Lol
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2:40:35 😂😂BRUTAL
Interfere?
The only Interfere was from DW's:
Courage.
Lack of hp.
Lack of racing skill.
Earnhardt in a Ford ugh
Not his first ride in a ford cause his first car the Pink K2 car was a 1952 Ford Victoria
To hell with him in anythang
Ya eat it. Petty also.
To hell with Tans