One interesting thing about this race was that it kind of foreshadowed what would happen in ABC's big IndyCar races later that year. Until the late-race caution brought out by Rusty Wallace's blown engine, it appeared as if this entire race would be run with just one caution period, as Dale Earnhardt shattered the track record for 500 miles. Later that year, the Indianapolis 500 would just miss Bill Elliott's world record for 500 miles, averaging almost 186 MPH for the distance, as Arie Luyendyk added more than 15 MPH to the race record, and then the Michigan 500 would be the fastest 500 mile race ever run to that point, averaging nearly 190 MPH for the distance and 200 MPH at the halfway point. So this race would prove to be a harbinger for the big IndyCar races ABC would have later in 1990.
@@ragingbull154 I disagree. The racing from 1999-2005 at that track is the best ever, and the racers love the current configuration of tires getting ripped to shreds.
Back when racing was fun to watch and Burton Smith should never have gotten his hands on half the tracks he has .........And Dale sr is my hero what a hell of a race car driver...............
~1:14:00 It's nice to see a good cause like that advertised on a car. Unfortunately in this particular case, Jacob was molested and murdered the night he was taken in October of 1989. His killer led the authorities to the body in September of 2016 as part of a plea deal on an indirectly related crime.
I wonder if Kulwicki made it tough on Shepherd during the last restart partly as payback for Shepherd not letting him get his lap back coming to the last caution. It sure looked like Shepherd had enough margin that he could have breathed the throttle and let Kulwicki by.
I was 8 years old, and was at this race. We usually just went to the close ones (living in Ohio meant Michigan, and Pocono,) but my papa wanted to take a vacation down south. So we loaded up the camper, and off we went.
And they had to use it to see who finished fourth, because just behind Ernie Irvan, who was third, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader ended up in a photo finish for fourth place, with Schrader taking fourth place by inches.
Morgan was a good driver, if he would have had a better ride would have won allot more races in cup, he was always running up front just always had bad luck finishing the deal finished second many times, he won a shit ton of races in Grand National (predicessor to the Busch Series)...
He got in his way on both restarts lol. I thought he’d get black flagged for the jump he had on the first one. Alan and Jimmy Spencer seem like they took pride in being hard to pass no matter what the situation was. Bobby Allison was always like that too, he’s one of my favorite drivers but he was terrible at letting guys go to save the car for later.
LOL, kiddo. I see you never watched a race, considering gordon never won a race without wrecking someone or cheating. Still bitter that Earnhardt is the Greatest Of All Time. 11.1 career average finish. Poor Gordo had a 12.2. Nice try, kiddo.@@brianbooher7318
This was a race that changed Ernie's future in a huge, huge way... A legitimate car that was truly fast enough to run top 10, top 5 and contend for wins at times... And a very solid good crew chief and pit crew... This race may have been a one off deal.... A test trial for Ernie... He obviously aced this test here in this Atlanta race.
Mike Joy would call Bobby Unser "Bobby Ulcer" during a satellite race a couple of years later. I saw that footage for the first time and nearly peed my pants in laughter!
@@badbooking3221 Unser was annoying as hell calling nascar. And don't get me started on David Hobbs. I respect them calling their own racing but not in nascar
@@jamesgentry13 David Hobbs wasn't that bad early on, but got insufferable as time went on (like late 80s then got worse in the pits in the mid 90s). Jackie Stewart is also bloody awful for stock car racing and obviously couldn't comprehend any sort of touching or blocking on the track.
@@badbooking3221 And the turning point with Hobbs might have been when CBS put Ned Jarrett in the booth with Hobbs and Ken Squier in 1985, but I think he was better suited to the booth than as a roving reporter and then later a pit road reporter. He was out of his depth in those particular roles. And I actually liked Bobby in the booth with Benny and Paul Page on the very few NASCAR races ABC did then, and in fact, I think Paul Page and Bobby Unser meshed better with Benny Parsons on the few NASCAR races they did together than they did with Sam Posey on their IndyCar and IROC coverage. What I don't understand is why they didn't have Parsons in the booth with Paul and Bobby for the 1989 running of this race, as they did for the All-Star Race in May, as well as have Bobby on the coverage of the first couple of NASCAR races at Indy. And when they decided to replace Bobby on their NASCAR team in 1993, they would have replaced him with Richard Petty, who was absolutely terrible in the booth, as was evidenced in 1995, when CBS put him in the booth with Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett. The plan was to have Petty team up with Page and Parsons for the 1993 spring Atlanta race, but the blizzard of '93 fortunately changed those plans, because he would have been a disaster in the booth with Page and Parsons.
I always liked the Davey Allison Texaco/Havoline car in the thumbnail pic with the gold numbers.
allstarchris1 And the matching wheels. Very snazzy scheme
Too bad it was only for one year.
I liked that one too, but I was more fond of the white black, and gold, from the late 80s.
One interesting thing about this race was that it kind of foreshadowed what would happen in ABC's big IndyCar races later that year. Until the late-race caution brought out by Rusty Wallace's blown engine, it appeared as if this entire race would be run with just one caution period, as Dale Earnhardt shattered the track record for 500 miles.
Later that year, the Indianapolis 500 would just miss Bill Elliott's world record for 500 miles, averaging almost 186 MPH for the distance, as Arie Luyendyk added more than 15 MPH to the race record, and then the Michigan 500 would be the fastest 500 mile race ever run to that point, averaging nearly 190 MPH for the distance and 200 MPH at the halfway point. So this race would prove to be a harbinger for the big IndyCar races ABC would have later in 1990.
Davey Allison's car was soo good looking.
Great track until Bruton Smith got his hands on it.
He has ran it since 92
@@jamesgentry13 Bruton ruined it
@@ragingbull154 I disagree. The racing from 1999-2005 at that track is the best ever, and the racers love the current configuration of tires getting ripped to shreds.
Both configurations of Atlanta are good
i realize it is kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new movies online ?
Back when racing was fun to watch and Burton Smith should never have gotten his hands on half the tracks he has .........And Dale sr is my hero what a hell of a race car driver...............
Thanks smiff. Really good interviews throughout the race
Honestly your channel is one of best channel of old nascar races personally i love your channel thank you !
Thanks for the uploads during this time of extreme boredom.
~1:14:00 It's nice to see a good cause like that advertised on a car. Unfortunately in this particular case, Jacob was molested and murdered the night he was taken in October of 1989. His killer led the authorities to the body in September of 2016 as part of a plea deal on an indirectly related crime.
I would have not wanted to see that black #3 in my rearview with 20 to go. That's for sure
What kind of tape was this recorded on? Is this from Betamax or just a well preserved HQ VHS?
RIP Benny Parsons, Bobby Unser, Dale Earnhardt, Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison.
I wonder if Kulwicki made it tough on Shepherd during the last restart partly as payback for Shepherd not letting him get his lap back coming to the last caution. It sure looked like Shepherd had enough margin that he could have breathed the throttle and let Kulwicki by.
Thanks Smiff
I was just a day old when this race was run
I wasn't born until 3 and a half years later
I was 8 years old, and was at this race. We usually just went to the close ones (living in Ohio meant Michigan, and Pocono,) but my papa wanted to take a vacation down south. So we loaded up the camper, and off we went.
Ernie Irvan’s first race in the Kodak Films ride. Would have good success with that team.
Thank you from Paris. Stay safe stay at home 😉
Sr. was the GOAT.
55:30. 57:27 Commentary on Mark Martin fine
53:40 How NASCAR determined photo finishes in 1990
And they had to use it to see who finished fourth, because just behind Ernie Irvan, who was third, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader ended up in a photo finish for fourth place, with Schrader taking fourth place by inches.
FLYING through the pits!!! 😮😮🤯
Thanks
Alan Kulwicki robbed Morgan Shepherd of a potential win late in the race.
Morgan was a good driver, if he would have had a better ride would have won allot more races in cup, he was always running up front just always had bad luck finishing the deal finished second many times, he won a shit ton of races in Grand National (predicessor to the Busch Series)...
Morgan Shepherd was a sitting duck with Dale on fresh tires, he wasn't going to win it no matter what.
He got in his way on both restarts lol. I thought he’d get black flagged for the jump he had on the first one. Alan and Jimmy Spencer seem like they took pride in being hard to pass no matter what the situation was. Bobby Allison was always like that too, he’s one of my favorite drivers but he was terrible at letting guys go to save the car for later.
The Greatest Of All Time, Dale Earnhardt.
@Blue2 Sierra Yep.
Nope Pearson petty Gordon Yarborough alllison hell of a lot better didn't have to dump people to win
LOL, kiddo. I see you never watched a race, considering gordon never won a race without wrecking someone or cheating. Still bitter that Earnhardt is the Greatest Of All Time. 11.1 career average finish. Poor Gordo had a 12.2. Nice try, kiddo.@@brianbooher7318
Old Atlanta was great.
New Atlanta is not.
Atlanta is Atlanta both configurations are good
Wow this was Ernie Irvan's first race with Morgan McClure.
This was a race that changed Ernie's future in a huge, huge way... A legitimate car that was truly fast enough to run top 10, top 5 and contend for wins at times... And a very solid good crew chief and pit crew...
This race may have been a one off deal.... A test trial for Ernie... He obviously aced this test here in this Atlanta race.
Yes and the Kodak car was an Oldsmobile at the start before the team switched to Chevrolets later in 1990.
And almost a year later, he would win the Daytona 500.
can you upload 1981 Gabriel 500 pls
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I love Michael Waltrip 💗💋
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Never was a fan of the ABC coverage. Didn't like indy car announcers talking nascar.
Mike Joy would call Bobby Unser "Bobby Ulcer" during a satellite race a couple of years later. I saw that footage for the first time and nearly peed my pants in laughter!
@@badbooking3221 Unser was annoying as hell calling nascar. And don't get me started on David Hobbs. I respect them calling their own racing but not in nascar
@@jamesgentry13 David Hobbs wasn't that bad early on, but got insufferable as time went on (like late 80s then got worse in the pits in the mid 90s). Jackie Stewart is also bloody awful for stock car racing and obviously couldn't comprehend any sort of touching or blocking on the track.
@@badbooking3221 And the turning point with Hobbs might have been when CBS put Ned Jarrett in the booth with Hobbs and Ken Squier in 1985, but I think he was better suited to the booth than as a roving reporter and then later a pit road reporter. He was out of his depth in those particular roles.
And I actually liked Bobby in the booth with Benny and Paul Page on the very few NASCAR races ABC did then, and in fact, I think Paul Page and Bobby Unser meshed better with Benny Parsons on the few NASCAR races they did together than they did with Sam Posey on their IndyCar and IROC coverage. What I don't understand is why they didn't have Parsons in the booth with Paul and Bobby for the 1989 running of this race, as they did for the All-Star Race in May, as well as have Bobby on the coverage of the first couple of NASCAR races at Indy.
And when they decided to replace Bobby on their NASCAR team in 1993, they would have replaced him with Richard Petty, who was absolutely terrible in the booth, as was evidenced in 1995, when CBS put him in the booth with Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett. The plan was to have Petty team up with Page and Parsons for the 1993 spring Atlanta race, but the blizzard of '93 fortunately changed those plans, because he would have been a disaster in the booth with Page and Parsons.
Bobby Unser was a great driver but was out of his element with nascar. And that voice...