People like Tim never last. His kind of behavior is a sign of insecurity. People like Tim never have known consequences for failure. There always seemed to be a safety net to catch him and propel him into the next opportunity. People like that have a fear of success. They will get right up next to it, flirt with it, prove that they are talented, makes waves briefly...and then fade away. They might do this many, many times over. I used to be in a band with a guitar player/song writer. It was his band. He formed it, wrote most of the songs, produced the recordings, decided artistic direction, the stage look...the whole nine yards. He was brilliant, and massively talented. We built a solid following across the midwest. We played numerous showcases for major record labels. We had a publishing and production deal with a fairly big time manager. Every time we got close to signing the dotted line, he would scrap the project, change the sound of the band a little bit...put off the record companies, spend forever recording new material....and jump through all the same hoops again. He would still get us right up to the point of getting a big record deal...again...and sabotage the whole thing again. We could have been very successful, and he would have been very famous...but he would screw it up, right at the 11th hour, every single time.

I really appreciate the fact that Earnhardt stood up for Tim back in those closed minded days.

The john daly of rallying 😂

When you need to go to the bathroom

2001 was a tough year for Childress

In all fairness 1990 was the only season he had in equipment capable of winning. Whitcomb fell off and Bobby Allison Racing was never great although he did nearly win Phoenix for them. Bahari never won anything and MB2 wasn’t quite there yet.

One of my favorite drivers.

The career of Linus Lundqvist so far really reminds me of the early career of Paul Tracy. Let's see if his career turns out as memorable as Tracy's!

He was also screwed by some guys. Apparently.

Ya, how did that work out

The Coors Light 40 before that car was good. What race was this anyway

Teimo was cool before My Summer Car

dw hated richmond because he knew how good tim was

I honestly think robby would of kicked tonys rear end

I visit the cemetery where Tim is buried quite a bit in the summer months, i see his headstone more than just about anyone i'd say, i only say that bc it often reminds me to live life to the fullest, like Tim did. He was the real life Cole Trickle.

Why do you keep showing other peoples race cars while talking about Richmond? It just dont make sense. It would be very confusing to many people that isnt familiar with what they are looking at.

The announcer is using passages from Tim's autobiograpy word for word

It had light front and heavy rear springs, got that wrong

Robby is a real racer, and wouldn’t conform like NASCAR requires its drivers to. NASCAR pushing people like Robby out is part of their own downfall.

Steve Park and Jerry Nadeau were my favorites as a kid. Not sure why. I fell out of NASCAR for about 7 years due to both those guys basically having career ending injuries. Both those guys got such a raw deal in life.

Son of a bitch I loved your old man

i always thought he was kind of a scumbag having sex with women after knowing he had aids.

HERE COMES DOPE COPE

So, just for future reference... The Ron Hornaday truck was owned by Earnhardt, NOT RCR

Some Say …..Man when are they going to make another Nascar Movie? In my opinion NO ONE could EVER reproduce what we all witnessed with Days Of Thunder. A lot of people don’t know it but Tom Cruise is a huge NASCAR fan and was pushing for days of thunder to be made. He is really good friends with Rick Hendrick and can actually drive a Race Car pretty good. My dad use to tell me that the movie was about a real Driver and a real Pit Chief but i never knew if he was telling the truth or not. I was only 8 when that Movie was made but man was one of my favorites. I remember going to kings Dominion in Virginia and they had a Days of Thunder Attraction and i use to beg my dad to ride it over and over again. That Movie could Never be duplicate or re made. It would be ruined by todays Hollywood but thats just my opinion.

That Car was so damn Fast Nascar had to Ban it lol….. I will NEVER forget watching that Race with my Father. Utter Domination on that Night out of the 24 Team. That 24 Team and 48 Team became pretty Close with Nascar’s Car inspectors and Officials lol….. Thank you for all the Great Nascar History and Great Moments that will be memorialized for a Lifetime. 1 of the best channels on KZbin that covers Nascar 💪🏻

definition of a driver with Raw talent that never could take off and have success in NASCAR. Robby could dish it out but NEVER could take it back on the Race Track when Drivers Raced him hard and tough the exact way Robby Raced the entire field. I use to always tell my Dad Robby Gordon was always sticking his nose where it didn’t belong. Dale Jr said it best. He didn’t know what he was doing out on the race track. Racing and holding up the Field while racing with the lead pack while being a lap down. Thats the type of Racing i remember out of Robby Gordon. Always just in the way he was. He was not racing to win races for his race team. He was just out there to raise hell and create chaos. Jimmy Johnson said it best it was ALWAYS someone else’s fault and he was always crying up a river like he always does. Gordon was ALWAYS a Field Filler in my opinion

Left out his comeback race in 2002 at Darlington but ultimately extremely good video, keep up your good work!

11:50 that road course at Rio huh?

Tim wasa huge talent. I loved NASCAR in the 80s and 90s, and there were a lot of guys who could win at an oval event, but when the engines started in the few road races on the schedule, eighty percent of the starting grid had no shot to win because they werent very good on road courses. Tim was fast at EITHER. To me, that shows how good he truly was. Im not going to say he would have had more championships than Earnhardt, because thats silly, but one thing is for sure. Had Tim Richmond lived, he would have been VERY competitive in the 90s, and man he would have fit in great among Dale, Jeff, Mark, and all the greats that decade had in it. Kind of the anti redneck. Would have been fun to watch.

I loved watching Tim Richmond driving on the road courses at Riverside and Watkins Glen.

Way way better then Dale. RIP you're both legends

Who says race car drivers aren’t athletes! 😂

The music from Daytona USA helps make this video even better!

I wish he won at Darlington as his repeat 2001 win.

Imagine your dad buying you a Indy car 😂

So when you mentioned his previous NASCAR experience before DEI: It was with Hendrick-Newman racing, which wasn't an underfunded team, but a backup team to Hendrick Motorsports and he drove the #14 Kellogg's Corn Flakes car from 1995-1997

Tim passed away in the hospital I was born in. GOD BLESS TIM & DALE. TWO of best there ever was.

Suite Case Jake my friend.

Nice video. Definitely worth the wait.

Boost pressure??? Brother...... NASCAR doesn't use turbos.... Ain't no boost anything....

Build it by the rules it still gets banned so fck it might has well break the rules

Park had all the talent necessary to be a successful Cup driver. In 1997, he actually was one of the drivers that participated in DEI's part time Cup Series effort in a rather sick looking #14 Burger King car. Hornaday and a couple other drivers ran that car too

Beautiful video man, Salonen indeed is one of the true icons of this sport. Also, what's the song at the end of the vid?

Ryan preece is the best CUP driver Look at his career CUP stats after 4 full seasons Whoop whoop Go get em Ryan 🏆 🏁 💪 👏 🤪 🤸‍♀️🥤

Boy that footage from riverside is crazy fast such a shame what drugs can do to a person that guy was an unbelievable driver

It's kind of amazing the legacy left behind both by Park and DEI would still exist to this day (#1 Car)