To the UFL, for the 2025 season, if you expand the league, could you please bring back the Tampa Bay Bandits. The city of Tampa would give far more support than cities such as Arlington, Memphis, and especially Birmingham.

21:39 dog on track

Pain! Is what those tires is feeling.. the clutch must also have felt the strain

Awesome.. you're the best

Drives just like the one in Raceroom!

16:38, "we found something with the engine" , wait I thought they were sealed? Cheaty cheaterton?

After hearing the story of how Richard Spenard was going to try to make it to a 2nd race the same day (I'm assuming to Shannonville), I'm now curious to know if he ended up making it.

What great nostalgia! I remember I loved watching these races on TV back in the day.

Terry Trammel saved Rick Mears feet after his 1984 crash

Richard Spenard and Claude Bourbonnais are two of the greatest Canadian drivers that never really got a chance. Rick Bye is severely under-rated, and Proulx is a very sad story - what a talent. Tennyson was a rookie this year right? One of the best gentlemen drivers (love that Denon money eh Dad?) Watching this, IMSA GTO/GTU, and Trans-Am at Mosport is what cemented me as a Sportscar Racing fan for life - thanks for the nostalgia! Have to admit, when I started smoking cigarettes at 10 years old in 1990 I always wanted Rothman's - guess advertising works.

I have been going since sept 1986, also watching the Porsche 944 since then

0:43 that transition tho

21.49 announcer gets props called that dog on track like it was part of the race!

What a bullshit series ....just another reason some cars come with such high costs....it's a damn vw for christys sake....😂

3:46 are they about to … kiss 😅

Man, this Scott Goodyear kid is gonna be good. Hope he had a good career!

I was a ball boy for the Bandits during the '84 season. It was an amazing experience for a 15 year old kid. We loved Mr. Bassett. We all hated he who's name I spit with a passion. I still have my copy of the letter he sent to he who's name I spit where Mr. Bassett told him if he heard him berating anyone again he'd punch his ass in the face. The Bandits were the best organization in the league. Only team that stayed where they were founded and led the league in attendance (40,000 average) every season. The Bandits were the only team not to be apart of the stupidest move ever made, sueing the NFL. That was all he who's name I spit's doing. Mr. Bassett lost his battle with cancer and the league died. When he who's name I spit dies I'm going to take an enormous dump on his grave. Long live the Tampa Bay Bandits and God rest Mr. Bassett's soul.

I like Burt but to call himself partners with Bassett is not fair to J.Bassett who financed majority of team and only brought in Reynolds as publicity and his florida st connections.

I was in middle school when USFL first started and i was a Panthers fan and my brother a Bandits fan and watched all Bandits game and recorded everything USFL on VHS and show called this is the USFL and Bandits sure were exciting and Bassett knew football and how to run a franchise and league , i have an episode about an hour on Bandits 1985 season and has a lot of John Bassett in this video and he was such a cool but hard nosed man but seemed so humble and genuinely great man ... read his letter to Donald Trump and shows his instincts to know what a pos man acts like and he saw Trump as trash and a coward and John Bassett was a great Man . i remember him fondly from my childhood and wanted to write my memories of him here and honor him .

The Bandits attendance drew more than the Bucs...

Burt was an icon

Great to see these old races. Thanks! I’ve got to ask about all the passing in three, with Boyer and the Mosport van parked on the outside.

“Before Donald Trump ruined it” That’s a hood title for a book.

I'm going fishing for you at Centrepoint mall entrance

TLO SHELL

Pop 84

944 + 100 bonus hp

The Bandits were way before my time. But knowing we had and now HAVE these guys here, is fantastic! Go Bandits!

this video was posted before I had even heard of youtube... its rare to find them this old unless someone links you up.

1983, best team in one pro football league was Tampa Bay, the worst team in another pro football league was Tampa Bay. Shocked the Bandits didn't make a play for Doug Williams, he would put fans in the seats.

Man I never knew about this team. I was five at this time and never knew they existed until seeing this video... smh

Crazy thing is I was in the bandit band. Now I hear they are bringing back USFL and the Tampa Bay bandits.

Tampa bay bandits would beat Tampa bay buccaneers

A piece of My Childhood. Loved watching Bandit Ball when I was a kid!!

Love this era! Goodyear was awesome

Man, names like Bye, Goodyear, Spenard and Villeneuve! They don't even mention Rothmans on Jacques' wiki!!! I used to go to Heimrarh Porsche in the 90's (Lawrence near Victoria Park in Scarborough) to look at cars, I think this race car was there too!

Love to see him on Carson reruns. True showman from being on Gunsmoke to top of his career....

Burt was different in his interviews at this time compared to his seventies and eighties talkshows, especially the Carson one,s he just didn't seem very happy or fun anymore,I know he wasn't at his peak any more,he was number in the seventies and early eighties,and in these interviews he wasn't in the top 50 anymore,,shame that,it shows that he's not the same guy,the happy go lucky guy is gone,still looks well,

Scott drove the friggin wheels off that Turbo 👍💪🤘

What a captivating race. Riveting

The more I watch spinard the more I love goodyear, richard is playing dirty as fuck

Terrible wig there Burt.

This really shows how physical racing is.

so much better than woke nascar.

You shouldn't have shaved Burt .lol

Pure determination. A hungry soul. If he would of started in the top 10, he would of had victory!! Great driving. Shocked the tires lasted.

A 944 with mechanical problems??? Say it isn't so !! 😁😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🍺🍺🏁

Great times. Everyone had thick skin then. No one gave a shit what color anyone was or what their sexual preferences were. We just expected people to be decent to each other. I blame the media and politics for the resurgence of hatred.

Real racing.

This is better than watching current f1.