At 32:40 espn goes to commercial break with what appeared to be at least 6 strong contenders and at least 12 cars on lead lap. Jody ridley was 10th. At32:50 we are back from break and the leader has lapped the field, 4 of the 6 strong competitors…poof gone. Must have been a looong commercial break 😂
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1981 MASON-DIXON 500 (12 of 31):* #28 Bobby Allison (1731pts with 2 wins, Pontiac) #88 Ricky Rudd (-153, Buick) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-164 with 4 wins, Buick) #12 Harry Gant (-270, Oldsmobile) #2 Dale Earnhardt (-342, Pontiac) #44 Terry Labonte (-343, Buick) #90 Jody Ridley (-352, Ford) #43 Richard Petty (-382 with 2 wins, Buick) #15 Benny Parsons (-396 with 1 win, Ford) Cale Yarborough (#27 Buick) decided to move down to a partial schedule yet still won the Atlanta 500. Morgan Shepherd (Pontiac #5) surprised many when he won the Virginia 500. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Dover's case, the Spring race was the Mason-Dixon 500 while the later one was the Delaware 500.
I use to love Dover when it was pavement. You can see the smoke boiling off those tires when the cars were in the corners. I thought it made for better racing also. The concrete took that away.
Love the Jean Luc Ponty “Big Country” theme music espn originally chose. Jazz/fusion musician having a country moment. Been to his show, he starts every one with this theme, crowd POPS every time
At about 1:52:00, Dick Berggren mentioned that Junie Donlavey's team had won a race at Talladega with Dick Brooks in 1973. That was a factual error. While Brooks did win the 1973 Talladega 500, it was not in Junie Donlavey's Ford, but rather in a Crawford Brothers Racing Plymouth. It wasn't until 1975 that Brooks joined Donlavey's team, though Brooks is the driver Donlavey is most associated with, and Donlavey's team is the one Brooks is most associated with driving for. But they never won a race together. Also, one curious question. Just before Cale Yarborough's engine let go, ESPN (and likely NASCAR scoring) had Bobby Allison ahead of Jody Ridley, but when Yarborough's engine failed, they had Ridley as the leader. They never showed it, but how did Ridley get ahead of Allison in the closing laps (between that time, which would be 1:35:58 in the upload, and when Yarborough's engine failed), or was he ahead of Allison all the time and they had Ridley's scoring one lap behind where it actually was, because just before that (when they did a rundown just inside 100 laps to go), they did have Ridley ahead of Allison.
@@jamesgentry13 Either that or the scoring got messed up, which under the circumstances that happened late in the event, was certainly possible, since you had one car two laps ahead break and then not long after that, another car that was five laps ahead broke, and in the confusion, it's certainly possible that the scoring got messed up while the laps completed was temporarily locked while the field was catching up, one way or the other. In fact, Bobby Allison contended for years that he actually won this race. But it's also possible that what the network had was also wrong for a time. Even at Indianapolis, the broadcasting crews had trouble with scoring for quite a number of years, and their broadcasts were tape-delayed until 1986 (1979 with Mike Mosley and 1984 and '86 with Roberto Guerrero were examples of this).
I feel like a dinosaur when viewing these vintage races . . . in that I can't wrap my brain around David Pearson not driving a Ford. In this race Pearson is driving an Oldsmobile??!
@@shanew.williams all hofers too. Tim Richmond (cole trickle)in his FIRST pairing with Jake Elder, Buddy Baker, Harry Gant, Donnie Allison. That tells me something about how respected Mr. Suitcase was.
DK Ulrich finishes FORTH! Buddy Arrington finishes SEVENTH! As for post race interview NedJarrett was the perfect guy to interview winner, Neds biggest win at Darlington was very similar to THIS.
Hence they move the man who should have been doing color in the first place Ned friggin’ Jarrett, into to role after Ned corrected him. And im eternally grateful😉
They made automotive chemicals. They made items such as carburetor cleaner, multi purpose lubricant, brake cleaner and silicone spray. They sponsored Richard Childress for a number of years, as well as sports car star Al Holbert. They were presenting sponsor of Dover's Delaware 500 as well as Darlington's Rebel 500.
Let's hope He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named doesn't strike this race down again. I have this race myself, but I am scared to death to ReUL it, because as long as You-Know-Who still has his channel, anything is possible......
Is it in better shape than this one? If so POST IT. I cant believe there are people out there that strike these things down with no intention of makin money puttin up THEIR COPY.
Smiff ... Good morning !!! All right ? My name is Claudio and I live in Brazil ... I need to ask a question !!! I have been running Nascar races since 1980, but some of these videos that were in my folders were placed as "private" and I can no longer see (Virginia 500 1981) !!! Do you happen to remember the name of the person responsible for the channel of these videos that are "private"? It will complicate all my research if I no longer have access ... Thank you very much !!!
Unfortunately, that uploader has elected to privatize all his races due to a dispute with another uploader. I don't know if he'll reverse this decision or if it is final :(
Ironically, this was the year that the cars were severely downsized compared to the previous year, and it caused a huge brush back within NASCAR, especially people like car owner (and President of Atlanta Motor Speedway) L.G. DeWitt, who left the sport competely in protest.
New drinking game,,, take a shot every time Jenkins says Tremendous and you'll be hammered in the first thirty minutes
Or every time he misses pronounces something
@@jamesgentry13
Or....gets names and numbers mixed up. Drove me nuts when I watched these races live. Had to listen to MRN and watch the TV sometimes.
Is there a video of Bob some where like the sports follies you'd find at the video stores 😂. Still loved Bob more than Mike 😂
No spoiler here, but to just say this was a VERY historic race in regards to the driver and car owner in victory lane.
1:00 - And to think Shepherd still runs from time to time now.
He was referred to as "a young man" there despite being nearly 40 at that point.
At 32:40 espn goes to commercial break with what appeared to be at least 6 strong contenders and at least 12 cars on lead lap. Jody ridley was 10th. At32:50 we are back from break and the leader has lapped the field, 4 of the 6 strong competitors…poof gone. Must have been a looong commercial break 😂
These were "abridged" broadcasts - The actual race was TWICE AS LONG as this video ☠️
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1981 MASON-DIXON 500 (12 of 31):*
#28 Bobby Allison (1731pts with 2 wins, Pontiac)
#88 Ricky Rudd (-153, Buick)
#11 Darrell Waltrip (-164 with 4 wins, Buick)
#12 Harry Gant (-270, Oldsmobile)
#2 Dale Earnhardt (-342, Pontiac)
#44 Terry Labonte (-343, Buick)
#90 Jody Ridley (-352, Ford)
#43 Richard Petty (-382 with 2 wins, Buick)
#15 Benny Parsons (-396 with 1 win, Ford)
Cale Yarborough (#27 Buick) decided to move down to a partial schedule yet still won the Atlanta 500. Morgan Shepherd (Pontiac #5) surprised many when he won the Virginia 500.
Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Dover's case, the Spring race was the Mason-Dixon 500 while the later one was the Delaware 500.
Nobody:
Bob Jenkins: Tremendous!
S M A S H I N G
I use to love Dover when it was pavement. You can see the smoke boiling off those tires when the cars were in the corners. I thought it made for better racing also. The concrete took that away.
Better racing for us to watch. Much more difficult to drive 500 miles on for car and driver.
Love the Jean Luc Ponty “Big Country” theme music espn originally chose. Jazz/fusion musician having a country moment. Been to his show, he starts every one with this theme, crowd POPS every time
Thank you for downloading it again
RIP Junie Donlevey. 😭😭😞😞
Interview with Suitcase Jake, awesome
At about 1:52:00, Dick Berggren mentioned that Junie Donlavey's team had won a race at Talladega with Dick Brooks in 1973. That was a factual error. While Brooks did win the 1973 Talladega 500, it was not in Junie Donlavey's Ford, but rather in a Crawford Brothers Racing Plymouth. It wasn't until 1975 that Brooks joined Donlavey's team, though Brooks is the driver Donlavey is most associated with, and Donlavey's team is the one Brooks is most associated with driving for. But they never won a race together.
Also, one curious question. Just before Cale Yarborough's engine let go, ESPN (and likely NASCAR scoring) had Bobby Allison ahead of Jody Ridley, but when Yarborough's engine failed, they had Ridley as the leader. They never showed it, but how did Ridley get ahead of Allison in the closing laps (between that time, which would be 1:35:58 in the upload, and when Yarborough's engine failed), or was he ahead of Allison all the time and they had Ridley's scoring one lap behind where it actually was, because just before that (when they did a rundown just inside 100 laps to go), they did have Ridley ahead of Allison.
If I remember Allison had an unscheduled stop for some reason
@@jamesgentry13 Either that or the scoring got messed up, which under the circumstances that happened late in the event, was certainly possible, since you had one car two laps ahead break and then not long after that, another car that was five laps ahead broke, and in the confusion, it's certainly possible that the scoring got messed up while the laps completed was temporarily locked while the field was catching up, one way or the other. In fact, Bobby Allison contended for years that he actually won this race. But it's also possible that what the network had was also wrong for a time. Even at Indianapolis, the broadcasting crews had trouble with scoring for quite a number of years, and their broadcasts were tape-delayed until 1986 (1979 with Mike Mosley and 1984 and '86 with Roberto Guerrero were examples of this).
7:43 Yes THAT Junior Miller from the Bowman Gray Madhouse modifieds. He raced off and in in cup before he went senile lol
Elmo Langley doesn't even get up to speed in his last start.
Practicing for his next job
I feel like a dinosaur when viewing these vintage races . . . in that I can't wrap my brain around David Pearson not driving a Ford. In this race Pearson is driving an Oldsmobile??!
Yes,Pearson is in the black #12 Kenny Childers owned Olds. A car that would have about a half dozen different drivers in it before the year was over.
@@shanew.williams and one heckuva crew chief/mechanic
@@shanew.williams all hofers too. Tim Richmond (cole trickle)in his FIRST pairing with Jake Elder, Buddy Baker, Harry Gant, Donnie Allison. That tells me something about how respected Mr. Suitcase was.
@@shanew.williams - Harry Gant did amazing in the Virginia 500 in it!
Thank GOD ESPN happened along in time for this race (and Martinsville)!
I was there.
DK Ulrich finishes FORTH! Buddy Arrington finishes SEVENTH! As for post race interview NedJarrett was the perfect guy to interview winner, Neds biggest win at Darlington was very similar to THIS.
0:28 = What is that on Bob Jenkins head? A spider....
I have the same head of hair, the type that doesnt hold up on windy days 😂
1:50:00 = Does anybody know what the sponsor was on Ridley's Car this day?
Truxmore / Sunny King
Sunny King Ford is a dealership about 10 miles from the Talladega Superspeedway in Anniston, Al
@@reginaldhall6871 ive seen Sunny King sponsorship on cars dating waaay back to late sixties, grateful for them
39:50...Dick Berggren gets it wrong...AGAIN!!!!
Hence they move the man who should have been doing color in the first place Ned friggin’ Jarrett, into to role after Ned corrected him. And im eternally grateful😉
24:30 - 1. That OP ESPN Logo...
2. What was CRC?
Anthony Rausch A chemical company
THANKS!!
They made automotive chemicals. They made items such as carburetor cleaner, multi purpose lubricant, brake cleaner and silicone spray. They sponsored Richard Childress for a number of years, as well as sports car star Al Holbert. They were presenting sponsor of Dover's Delaware 500 as well as Darlington's Rebel 500.
thanks!!
CRC is still around.
6:37 LULCOW
🤣🤣🤣🤣
How close was the race winner to crashing out before he completed a lap? Reeeal close, thank you god
Is this Dick Berggrens first color performance, almost as good as Larry Nuber lol
1993 Rose's Stores 300
Orange County Speedway
Rougemout, NC
Let's hope He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named doesn't strike this race down again. I have this race myself, but I am scared to death to ReUL it, because as long as You-Know-Who still has his channel, anything is possible......
Just keep posting it over and over lol. He'll get the hint
I would of upload it anyways, then hopefully other people downloaded it and upload it on there channels.
Is it in better shape than this one? If so POST IT. I cant believe there are people out there that strike these things down with no intention of makin money puttin up THEIR COPY.
Smiff ... Good morning !!! All right ? My name is Claudio and I live in Brazil ... I need to ask a question !!! I have been running Nascar races since 1980, but some of these videos that were in my folders were placed as "private" and I can no longer see (Virginia 500 1981) !!! Do you happen to remember the name of the person responsible for the channel of these videos that are "private"? It will complicate all my research if I no longer have access ... Thank you very much !!!
Unfortunately, that uploader has elected to privatize all his races due to a dispute with another uploader. I don't know if he'll reverse this decision or if it is final :(
@@SMIFFTV But I can't subscribe to his channel to get access to the videos I missed? I will lose a lot if I don't access these videos ... :(
@@SMIFFTV The channel is racefan84 ?
@@caulerbolis Yes, that's the channel. Unfortunately, if his videos are privatized, you cannot see them at all, even if you're subscribed to him.
Claudio Bolis sorry, I have chosen to retire
Who is ricky rudtt?
1993 NE chevy 250 busch series New hampshire
Back when all makes of cars was pretty real race cars!
Ironically, this was the year that the cars were severely downsized compared to the previous year, and it caused a huge brush back within NASCAR, especially people like car owner (and President of Atlanta Motor Speedway) L.G. DeWitt, who left the sport competely in protest.
Me my dad and my brother was at this race I was 15 back than