They kept saying this was Richard Petty's 400th start... it was his 400th CONSECUTIVE start going back to '71. It was 900-something overall. He ran his 1000th Grand National/Winston Cup race in '86.
The cool thing about this for me is that it looks like a local short track race, but with some of the top oval talent in the country at the time. Awesome post!
wow i didn't realize this was bristol. i'm a scottish fan who's only been watching for about 10 years and this is the first time ive really watched old races. i can't believe the difference here.
You outa live in Bristol they ruined the whole area an race track after boss hogg bought it in 96 this is the real Bristol. Bristol international raceway had 36 degrees of banking 10 feet narrower than now an asphalt in the middle of the country side .this the real bristol.the worlds fastesthalf mile oval ..boss hogg bought it the state put a dam highway in an tore the mountains down around it for parking an bosshogg decided to make it 10 feet wider an drop the banking down to 24 degrees an ruin the place.atleast he didn't pur a dam dog Legg in the front straight to make it a mini Charlotte like he wanted to
I know right! The drivers today are so pussified they would've dropped out the moment that went out, Earnhardt didn't. Earnhardt did everything it took to win.
Man oh man this past Fall night race weekend at Bristol was the best I have gotten to see live since 2012. My parents couldnt afford tickets most of the time but i went to my first cup race in 07 been going every year since i was 16 and could buy my own
I was there went to Bristol about 5 times in the 80's .first one was Darrell going for 8 on a row. Think about it he won 7 straight there 3500 laps at that beast. I was with a sweet girl name Nancy she made 2 trips there and I think one to Talladega. Great racing and a great time.
These cars were so much harder to control, it's incredible. Sure cars today go faster, but it's still not as exciting as seeing these cars bump and slide around. Real drivers.
My first race was in April 1977 at Bristol. It was still a very Rural area at the time and Bristol was still a small track, My last race was in April 1998 here and the track had changed so much. Just not what it was in 77,
**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1985 SOUTHEASTERN 500 (5 of 28):** #5 Geoff Bodine (618pts, GM) #12 Neil Bonnett (-30 with 1 win, GM) #44 Terry Labonte (-45, GM) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-49, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-75 with 2 wins, Ford) #3 Dale Earnhardt (-94 with 1 win, GM) #33 Harry Gant (-97, GM) #75 Lake Speed (-106, GM) Ricky Rudd (Ford #15) was in the top16 all season but was only 11th. With similar results, Rusty Wallace (GM #2), the best rookie in 1984, was only 12th. Meanwhile, Bobby Allison (GM #22) finally had his 1st top15 of the season and was 13th almost 200pts behind the leader. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Bristol’s case, the earlier race is the Southeastern 500 while the later one is the Volunteer 500.
Neil Bonnet talking about ringing his bell after the early wreck! Back then a head injury was not took seriously at all! People would say he’s fine, he just rung his bell!
Need black curtains for the sides of my tv to frame uploads like this to conceal the blurry pillarboxing.The solution that yourlifeisagreatstory responded with isn't much of a solution since if you zoom in to hide the pillarboxing, you're also cutting off the top and bottom of the 4:3 image.
This race took place one year before I was born, damn. I was a hardcore Rusty Wallace fan from the early nineties until he retired, probably didn't miss a lap that he ran for a good 12 years. I could have kept watching if it wasn't for the cookie cutter tracks, stupid points systems, stages and boring drivers.
@@stephenmcdaniel478 Wrong. You will never find Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, or others say that. You make things up. The only thing Earnhardt was good at was having fewer DNF's than his competitors. Sucks knowing that Petty has seven Daytona 500's to Sr.s one. Pathetic. The facts prove you wrong and it's hilarious. Lol
jason wiggins Petty had the dominant car for years moron. Earnhardt won his first championship with a small mom and pop team beating Allison, petty, Yarborough, etc later on with RCR he won 6 more championships in what’s been proven to be mid tier equipment. Daytona 500s are a joke, is Michael Waltrip better then Earnhardt since MW won 2 compared to one for Earnhardt? No, so stfu fucktooth
@@nathanielhiggerson7679 Lol!!!! Always excuses. Every NASCAR driver will tell you that the Daytona 500 is the Superbowl of NASCAR racing. The build up is immense and lasts for months. Every team is prepared for that race. RCR mid tier? You're a liar. That was a pathetic response and you know it. That was Chevrolet's top team for decades and got the most factory support. Even a rookie stepped in the car and won two races. You're full of sh*t. Nothing but excuses, and laughable ones at that.
Bruton Smith redid the whole thing. More grandstands, suites. Fast forward to today, now they're reducing seats. A world of difference between then to 2008 and then to 2019.
@@EricCox4848 And they should not have over done the seating capacity of this track.... I know I know they kept filling all the seats the added from the mid 80s through 2000s... But a racetrack loses it appeal when it just looks like a bowl... Seeing the nearby hills gave this track it's character. I think this track was at it best in the mid 90s in terms of seating capacity and yet still had enough openings to keep it's character in place too. Nothing wrong with 100,000 seats.
Ok, so I didn't misremember. So many broken parts and busted cars back in the '80's. Given the current era of accidents or the whole engine going bust, and not much in between, it's hilarious to listen to this race about how many cars went busticated.
You know you're old when you remember the VHS rewind screen 👩🦳. Plus thanks NASCAR for spoiling who won that race in the description..Watching some classic race while waiting for the '24 season to start.
Note to 2022 Nascar? U want "stock car racing" see the ride heights here? See how up on the wheel these guys were. See all the movement up and down side to side of the suspension? This will get u stock car racing. Bring ride height rules back. Give the cars more character
For me thinking about this.. #1 Cale Yarborough... High winning percentage given he raced a lot less than Richard Petty... 3 national championships back to back to back... Ran a full schedule no where near as often as other drivers of his time. #2 David Pearson... Same reasons as with Cale Yarborough... High winning percentage and did not run full schedule all that often either ... #3 Dale Earnhardt... NASCAR became tougher in his era and he still won the championship 6 times after the 85 season... #4 Richard Petty... 200 wins and seven championships... He had it easier in the 60s up into the mid 70s... He ran the full schedule a whole lot more than David or Cale did. Still the King always, always understood how important the race fans were... He set the example of how driver's should be like and act like with the race fans. #5 Bobby Allison...and Darrell Waltrip tied... Darrell of course won 3 championships to Bobby's 1.. . But both of these guys drove hard and often against each other... Had one not been there.... The other would gave been even that much more successful..
This was the first race I ever attended. My cousin and I sat on the dirt bank coming out of turn 4.
No more dirt embankments anymore...
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gotta be wild considering how different the track looks now
Awesome memories
I am astounded by how open it looks.
It was best sitting on the hill on a blanket till they turned it into the hillbilly bowl
Yep I'm from bristol I've watched the race track grow into what it is an destroyed the land an area around it
Well it sure is a fun race track!
The difference between Bristol in 1985 and Bristol today is astounding.
IKR!!!
And the racing was better
They kept saying this was Richard Petty's 400th start... it was his 400th CONSECUTIVE start going back to '71. It was 900-something overall. He ran his 1000th Grand National/Winston Cup race in '86.
2:34:30
The cool thing about this for me is that it looks like a local short track race, but with some of the top oval talent in the country at the time. Awesome post!
Doing interviews while they're in the car fixing damage. What a time to be alive lol
wow i didn't realize this was bristol.
i'm a scottish fan who's only been watching for about 10 years and this is the first time ive really watched old races. i can't believe the difference here.
You outa live in Bristol they ruined the whole area an race track after boss hogg bought it in 96 this is the real Bristol. Bristol international raceway had 36 degrees of banking 10 feet narrower than now an asphalt in the middle of the country side .this the real bristol.the worlds fastesthalf mile oval ..boss hogg bought it the state put a dam highway in an tore the mountains down around it for parking an bosshogg decided to make it 10 feet wider an drop the banking down to 24 degrees an ruin the place.atleast he didn't pur a dam dog Legg in the front straight to make it a mini Charlotte like he wanted to
Yeah I can’t believe how different the place looked back then.
This is the third time watching this race can't get enough
Boy I wish Nascar was still like this this is racing boys im glad I can go back and watch this it was the way it was meant to be
Same this era is a lot more exciting then todays stuff it’s so boring now
Back than Bristol didn't have enough seating like today does
Now this is a throwback race!
Those old cars are so much more fun to watch. You can really see the differences in the setup of the cars watching them go through the corners.
First Bristol race to be televised!! Nice.
Jack Arute stepping onto pit road to interview DW while the pitstop is going on is priceless.
That was the biggest "dang they did it differently back then" for me 😂😂😂
I believe about 50 laps in Earnhardt lost power steering!! Just imagine running 450 more laps with no power steering!! What a badass
That is how they use to drive back in the day.
Granted the steering wheel are larger also...
They were also slower, had smaller tires and less aggressive suspension geometry. Makes a big difference and necessitates power steering
I know right! The drivers today are so pussified they would've dropped out the moment that went out, Earnhardt didn't. Earnhardt did everything it took to win.
@@GretaVanZeppelin1996 i guess you havent seen clint bowyers roval race last year
@@calebBalls69 nascar is a joke now
Finally a full version . The only other copy of this race is the ESPN Classic version with a chunk of the action cut out
54:45 Bobby Allison breaks his steering wheel, borrows one from Phil Parsons. One of the crazier things I've seen in nascar.
That was friggin awesome. 😂😂😂
I was at that race when Bristol was Bristol and Harry Gant was the Skoal Bandit
Man oh man this past Fall night race weekend at Bristol was the best I have gotten to see live since 2012. My parents couldnt afford tickets most of the time but i went to my first cup race in 07 been going every year since i was 16 and could buy my own
Wow, race cars that look like street cars, what a concept, NASCAR should watch these.
I was there went to Bristol about 5 times in the 80's .first one was Darrell going for 8 on a row. Think about it he won 7 straight there 3500 laps at that beast.
I was with a sweet girl name Nancy
she made 2 trips there and I think one to Talladega. Great racing and a great time.
Great action from start to finish!
Nice that this is available. One of the first cup races I witnessed.
Dale Earnhardt: “One Tough Customer”. Great race!
These cars were so much harder to control, it's incredible. Sure cars today go faster, but it's still not as exciting as seeing these cars bump and slide around. Real drivers.
Now this is NASCAR!
Young folks..............THIS WAS NASCAR..............REAL CARS
Go to 2:25:00 and watch the Ronnie Thomas interview. The best part of this race.
Thanks NASCAR for the upload.
Watching in March of 2023..Can't believe that is Bristol..
God I miss the 80s I was 11 years old in 85
So was I. I'd like to go back to the 70's and work my way up.
3:06:00 restart and then an awesome battle for the lead
My first race was in April 1977 at Bristol. It was still a very Rural area at the time and Bristol was still a small track, My last race was in April 1998 here and the track had changed so much. Just not what it was in 77,
My dad grew up in Bristol. I visited the town and racetrack for the first time last year. The track looks nothing like this 1985 version. lol
LOL "C'mon Earnhardt get over there"
THANK YOU NASCAR!
**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1985 SOUTHEASTERN 500 (5 of 28):**
#5 Geoff Bodine (618pts, GM)
#12 Neil Bonnett (-30 with 1 win, GM)
#44 Terry Labonte (-45, GM)
#11 Darrell Waltrip (-49, GM)
#9 Bill Elliott (-75 with 2 wins, Ford)
#3 Dale Earnhardt (-94 with 1 win, GM)
#33 Harry Gant (-97, GM)
#75 Lake Speed (-106, GM)
Ricky Rudd (Ford #15) was in the top16 all season but was only 11th. With similar results, Rusty Wallace (GM #2), the best rookie in 1984, was only 12th. Meanwhile, Bobby Allison (GM #22) finally had his 1st top15 of the season and was 13th almost 200pts behind the leader.
Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Bristol’s case, the earlier race is the Southeastern 500 while the later one is the Volunteer 500.
I the more I watch nascar the more k miss dale
when it was cool to go to Bristol
Neil Bonnet talking about ringing his bell after the early wreck! Back then a head injury was not took seriously at all! People would say he’s fine, he just rung his bell!
damn imagine owning that pace car today
Wow look at bristol.i was their in 85 I live about 5 miles from racetrack.
Need black curtains for the sides of my tv to frame uploads like this to conceal the blurry pillarboxing.The solution that yourlifeisagreatstory responded with isn't much of a solution since if you zoom in to hide the pillarboxing, you're also cutting off the top and bottom of the 4:3 image.
Most [newer/modern] TVs have a zoom or “Format” button/setting that will helps with that issue.
3:30. TV reporters could just go over the wall and get an interview????!! Wooooow. Cool asf
Lol dangerous af
@@Afullerton95 ikr? Still cool tho. :)
Thedearster “Cool asf”. Very eloquent. Well thought out.
@@mark_r49 This is NASCAR. There is no need for eloquent or thought out comments.
@@mark_r49 ok boomer
This is how I remember Bristol, My home place!!
It's amazing to see what it is now, compared to this. I lived in Kpt and my Aunt lives in Bristol so I pass it every time I went to her house.
26:20 I recall this being on NASCAR on ESPN when they went to Bristol. I thought 1987 at first. No clue it was the 1985 race.
i love nascar and i cant belive he won with out power steering!
Could have at least showed the starting lineup. This was 35 years ago.
Exactly I was 35 years ago so you already know who wins
There's an edited ESPN classic version out there that includes the starting lineup.
Ok cool go watch that then
@@ryanvazz1932 I'm replying to someone who asked about the lineup.
Ok good for you
Lets bring asphalt back at Bristol, no more stupid ass traction compound
bias ply tires would do the job
THANK YOU.
I Was 9 Years Old when I watched this Race (44 Now)
This race took place one year before I was born, damn. I was a hardcore Rusty Wallace fan from the early nineties until he retired, probably didn't miss a lap that he ran for a good 12 years. I could have kept watching if it wasn't for the cookie cutter tracks, stupid points systems, stages and boring drivers.
Awesome race but i thought that damaged film flashing was going to cause me to develop epilepsy
Can you upload the 1983 & 1984 Daytona 500s? Thanx for your time & great work.
🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America
Earnhardt is the goat 🐐anyone who says otherwise knows zero about racing
The facts and data say otherwise and that trumps anything his fans and their personal opinions say.
Earnhardt had the beat car control of any driver and all the old true driver's say the same thing.so stick your stats up your @#$
@@stephenmcdaniel478 Wrong. You will never find Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, or others say that. You make things up. The only thing Earnhardt was good at was having fewer DNF's than his competitors. Sucks knowing that Petty has seven Daytona 500's to Sr.s one. Pathetic. The facts prove you wrong and it's hilarious. Lol
jason wiggins Petty had the dominant car for years moron. Earnhardt won his first championship with a small mom and pop team beating Allison, petty, Yarborough, etc later on with RCR he won 6 more championships in what’s been proven to be mid tier equipment. Daytona 500s are a joke, is Michael Waltrip better then Earnhardt since MW won 2 compared to one for Earnhardt? No, so stfu fucktooth
@@nathanielhiggerson7679 Lol!!!! Always excuses. Every NASCAR driver will tell you that the Daytona 500 is the Superbowl of NASCAR racing. The build up is immense and lasts for months. Every team is prepared for that race. RCR mid tier? You're a liar. That was a pathetic response and you know it. That was Chevrolet's top team for decades and got the most factory support. Even a rookie stepped in the car and won two races. You're full of sh*t. Nothing but excuses, and laughable ones at that.
* Bristol RACEWAY
Gran leyenda
Well put
1980s nascar is Amazing
Yes sir, door handle to door handle.
Crazy to think Bristol really looked like this once upon a time.
Bruton Smith redid the whole thing. More grandstands, suites. Fast forward to today, now they're reducing seats. A world of difference between then to 2008 and then to 2019.
@@EricCox4848
And they should not have over done the seating capacity of this track.... I know I know they kept filling all the seats the added from the mid 80s through 2000s... But a racetrack loses it appeal when it just looks like a bowl... Seeing the nearby hills gave this track it's character. I think this track was at it best in the mid 90s in terms of seating capacity and yet still had enough openings to keep it's character in place too. Nothing wrong with 100,000 seats.
3:15:41 Finish
Old Monte Carlos, Buicks, Chryslers, Fords and Pontiacs with no power steering.
Ok, so I didn't misremember. So many broken parts and busted cars back in the '80's. Given the current era of accidents or the whole engine going bust, and not much in between, it's hilarious to listen to this race about how many cars went busticated.
Back when drivers shared parts and cars when needed. Don’t see that today much ....
@@randomkdm shut up ur like 12
@@randomkdm ok zoomer
2:17:46 the jack thing
How about that !!!! Dude wins a race then drives it into the pits and enjoys the win. He acted like...Yep, I been here before !!!
Shut up and have a little fun in your life
1985 Valleydale 500 (RAW SATELLITE FEED)
Waltrip's ruled there own that racetrack
@@davidstinson5095 Dale Earnhardt won that race not Darrell Waltrip
Weird seeing Bristol without the bleachers all the way around.
At 3:13:00 not sure rudd was congratulating dale lol
You know you're old when you remember the VHS rewind screen 👩🦳. Plus thanks NASCAR for spoiling who won that race in the description..Watching some classic race while waiting for the '24 season to start.
ITS BRISTOL BABY!!
That is one very bumpy and uneven track.
Around 2:10:00 they forgot Dale doesn't have power steering and is most likely jus taking it easy to try to rest his arms. Edit: I spoke too soon
Note to 2022 Nascar? U want "stock car racing" see the ride heights here? See how up on the wheel these guys were. See all the movement up and down side to side of the suspension? This will get u stock car racing. Bring ride height rules back. Give the cars more character
This the same guy whos been announcing NASCAR?
I love the fact that most of the time the commentators didnt even know they were live yet lol
They weren't, when you hear them talking to each other normal, that was during commercial breaks
Anyone know where I can find that music at the end of the race? 3:13:20 or something like that
20:24 is this the first generation of a hans device?
I don’t think 🤔 so but I wouldn’t know I’m too young I wasn’t born yet
He rubs the wall for the first time this race. 42:23
3 bumped 9 into the first wreck.
Buick lo mejor
Wonder how today's cup driver's would do wheelin' on of these hot rods? I'm pretty sure a handful of them could....Kyle RowdY and Chase for sure.
wish we could turn back time..
Being so rude to the beetle .. sniff ...
Power steering means you’re losing about 7 horsepower in the car.
If the belt comes off the power steering pump, you gain horsepower.
Oh yes! Back when Bristol was good
17:22 "Sterlin" Marlin
Rip bob jenkins
There's Dale Earnhardt on the bottom see you latter ❤
Classic
Love it, keep uploading!!!
"One day this track will be redone so that it takes 20 laps to complete a pass and you don't even want to know what they do to the cars"
That's when it was racing
What’s with the 2 tires only during the yellow flag rule I’ve never heard of that rule
1:54:17
Go fomoco 🏁
At 3:07:00 now thats how u do it lol
My top 5:
5. Jimmie Johnson
4. Dale Earnhardt
3. Jeff Gordon
2. Richard Petty
1. David Pearson
1.Junior Johnson
2. Richard Petty
3. Dale Earnhardt
4.Cale Yarborough
5. Jimmie Johnson
For me thinking about this..
#1 Cale Yarborough... High winning percentage given he raced a lot less than Richard Petty... 3 national championships back to back to back... Ran a full schedule no where near as often as other drivers of his time.
#2 David Pearson... Same reasons as with Cale Yarborough... High winning percentage and did not run full schedule all that often either ...
#3 Dale Earnhardt... NASCAR became tougher in his era and he still won the championship 6 times after the 85 season...
#4 Richard Petty... 200 wins and seven championships... He had it easier in the 60s up into the mid 70s... He ran the full schedule a whole lot more than David or Cale did. Still the King always, always understood how important the race fans were... He set the example of how driver's should be like and act like with the race fans.
#5 Bobby Allison...and Darrell Waltrip tied...
Darrell of course won 3 championships to Bobby's 1.. . But both of these guys drove hard and often against each other... Had one not been there.... The other would gave been even that much more successful..
@@bradleyhudgins1005 Respectable List!!
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Great way to spend time being in lockdown..
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