1984 Daytona 500

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Daytona International Speedway
February 19th, 1984

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

As a young kid with only Basic TV , Cale was the Man !!!

[@tnwhiskey68]

Those were stock cars and I love them! The 70s and 80s had such awesome racecars! You could paint a stock Monte Carlo and look like you have a racecar! Try that with a camry!

[@wr70beh]

The one thing I miss about these days is that you had a lot more teams that are competitive. The cost of running a team pretty much eliminated that.

[@AbCat4]

Amazing battle between Petty and Earnhardt around 36 mins. Drivers of two generations with 14 titles between them.

[@aaronmccall3849]

Those are fantastic shots from Yarborough's rear window.

[@travistaylor4342]

Yea that was great probably Richard's last competitive season

[@CJODell12]

Cale was only running a part-time schedule by this point. He competed in 16 of the 29 races in 1984, scoring 3 wins, 4 poles, and 10 top five/top ten finishes, and an average 7.4 finish.

[@robertanderson2898]

Imagine if he was still full time..... Yeah looking at his stats, he ran 16 races almost every year after 1980, when he finished 2nd in points. 1985 still chalked up 2 wins and had 6 top fives and 7 top 10's. Still had 3 Top 10's and led 6 laps his final year in 1988. The man was a lap leading machine from '73 to '80!

[@jayb9687]

Love how the pit crews are wearing short sleeve shirts and baseball caps. lol how I love the good old days :)

[@gatorflight74]

Cars sounded so different and powerful then they do now. I miss this!

[@josephwinkler4863]

Very true with flat plane Kranks there’s always two cylinders firing at the same time

[@josephwinkler4863]

Cranks

[@jamesgentry13]

@@josephwinkler4863 i was wondering what was the reason they sounded like a high pitched v6 in the early 80s

[@rebelracing88]

That’s the big difference between the H-pipe exhaust and the X-pipe system they run now. The few cars that have the higher pitch sound are running a different crank but that was pretty much gone by mid way through 1984.

[@ragingbull154]

Was glued to the TV that day......I was 12 and had started watching NASCAR in 1979 when the first televised 500 was on CBS. Living near Kannapolis, NC I was a huge Dale Earnhardt Sr. fan. You couldn't beat Ken Squire calling these races either.

[@josecolon2201]

Ken squier was the man calling those races

[@jodymann5993]

I really really love watching these old Nascar racing a whole whole lot and I still watch Nascar racing these days

[@jayandrade2785]

Man this racing is the best! These guys are "screaming " around this track! Back then it was so exciting to watch Nascar.

[@iananthony2578]

The old racecars are so cool looking

[@aaronmccall3849]

The last of the "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" days. The manufacturer rivalries were red hot in these days. So much fun to watch.

[@m42037]

These are the last of em then the jellybeans came.

[@DARC-87]

This is the day when they raced every lap at 100%. Nowadays they coast until about 50 laps. The whole broadcast was so exciting, such strategy from each crew. I love the cast of characters and so many great drivers, so much fierce competition with moderate safety. The fact Richard Petty won 7 and 7 with so many wins is just insane to me. Dude was the most cowboy of them all

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Thank you for posting this video of the 1984 Daytona 500. I sure do miss watching those 1983-88 Monte Carlo SS stock cars racing!

[@aaronmccall3849]

Great looking and great racing cars! The later Aerocoupe back window made them even slicker.

[@dlbarney2]

Pearson's Mercury was awesome 😎

[@dalejr183]

I do believe Dale Earnhardt learned a thing or 2 about Daytona and Talladega following Cale early on his career. Cale was the first superspeedway master back in those days.

[@joecraig6265]

The days of non-radial tires and manual steering , and no cool suits or helmets, left only the toughest up front.

[@whiteymanngogh4489]

@@joecraig6265 got that right right before CNC heads and Robert Yates, and nascar hired the biggest cheater to be the head of performance Gary Nelson I think his name is? Thank God I got to watch it all live, those were some good races!

[@Slinger43]

Oh yeah, Petty & Pearson were just bums compared too Cale 🙄

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

@@Slinger43 Correct!!

[@Slinger43]

@@Anarchy-Is-Liberty 🙄

[@caleykruse9852]

thanks so much for these uploads of classic races i wasn't born yet so i've never seen most of this 80's stuff

[@mikeyeden5791]

When where you born and what was your introduction into NASCAR if you remember? I was bored as heck, I knew nothing of NASCAR or the Earnhardt's or anything, one day I was flipping through the channels, I watched the very end of the Talladega race, JR won and on the last lap Bobby Labonte flipped over. I have not missed a race since then. I was born in 85.

[@jeffniznick9280]

I’m an “old timer” race fan. Watched my first 500 in 1981. Haven’t missed one since.

[@zone47]

I don't know when they ditched the big blocks but they had a great sound. This was real racing and not so much about being a super star hero.

[@EricCox4848]

1974 they transitioned from big blocks to small blocks. Big engines were going by the wayside. The only vehicles with big blocks were trucks or work vehicles.

[@knobdikker]

Wow when a Ford looked like a Ford; a Chevy looked like a Chevy; a Buick a Buick; a pontiac a pontiac, and and oldsmobile an oldsmobile. None of this cookie cutter bullshit with stickers pasted on it.

[@patcb1478]

Was at this race camped the infield first time I got to meet my new favorite driver mr Dale Earnhardt.

[@joshowenby6408]

RIP Cale Yarborough 1939-2023🏆🏁

[@Slinger43]

While I was growing up & then well into my 20's, I absolutely hated whenever TV or MRN radio would go to commercial break when Richard was leading 😬 Inevitably they would come back from the break, low & behold Petty had blown an engine, tire, someone crashed right in front of him or something crazy had taken my Hero Driver out of the race! 😭 But then there was The King, smiling & tell'n Ned "We'll be back next week" 😎

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

1984. One of my favourite Daytona 500 of all time apart from many others.

[@chrisf8855]

I was there and also in '86.

[@olsalt3004]

Though he didnt win this race i loved seeing the days of STP and Petty Power...

[@jonathan_tong93]

The 4th Year of NASCAR Racing on Philippine Television kicked-off on February 20, 1984 with the 1984 Daytona 500 broadcasted by GMA Radio-Television Arts and aired at 3:15 P.M. under the auspices of Vintage Enterprises, Inc. and Hyper-Visions Productions, Inc.

[@davidcoggins8891]

Yarborough would have had 90 wins if Ranier had stayed with Chevy

[@WildDiamond07]

If Ranier stayed with Chevy, Yates would be a Chevy team.

[@antborb7215]

@@WildDiamond07 thinking about the 38 m&m’s chevy and 88 ups chevy now...

[@official_9101]

@@WildDiamond07 hi ramf, i am 82% sure thats not true.

[@WildDiamond07]

Maybe it could be true.

[@shawdowsanddust5301]

Pretty cool to see racing at Daytona where the fastest car wins, cars can slingshot pass with no help, oh and 25 or 30 of them haven't been wadded up. If you were around to see racing like this at the super speedways you probably like me, think what were seeing today is an abomination.

[@NYZE48]

RIP Cale ❤

[@jsetser001]

never forget these men they are like war heroes!!!

[@angelozararis7404]

So so right. This the real NASCAR

[@angelozararis7404]

Look at those g body cars outstanding.

[@dlbarney2]

Yarborough and Pearson 👍😎

[@austindenotter19]

If you told any of the drivers they would smack you across the face.

[@DickieDelouise]

Ahhh, the old days... Better racing then.

[@plazpow]

I agree! 👍👏👏👏✔🔝💯

[@unknown0508]

Correction, best NASCAR years was 1998-2003, and 2005-2007

[@antborb7215]

@@unknown0508 what happened to 2004

[@gary24fan]

Interesting to see the Petty crewmember trying to remove the "headlight" cover to open up more airway space for cooling. Now, they would just remove 200mph tape.

[@dlbarney2]

Darrell was so fcked up after that race😂

[@edmondcamp2878]

The legendary Smoky Yunick once said everybody talks about how much Waddell Wilson knows about horsepower and he does but that Waddell was a genius when it came to aerodynamics. This is just my opinion but Ford came to Harry Rainer and Waddell and wanted them to develop the Windsor engine which Ford had never ever raced but I think that was just a ploy to get the Chevrolet out of the way because Waddell knew what it took to keep it on the ground. Like I said or like Smoky said Waddell was a genius when it came to aerodynamics.

[@jamesfenton7338]

Earnhart didn't dare do the bump and run to these guys, he developed that bad habit later. That's why I became an "Anybody but Earnhardt Fan". I used to help run non-wing sprinters in So Cal, and Earnhardt would have been run out of town for the deadly antics he pulled later in his career.

[@bobbyfox4416]

During this era of racing no one was waiting on anyone, those guys would have ran over Earnhardt if he had loligaged around or held someone back because he was slower , years later the blocking and dragging around the track was conflictive to the old racers , they would move the racers outta the way if respect for faster cars wasn't complied! Racing year after year got more boring as the whiner generation took over! No offense but I watched racing since @ 1970 and all out horsepower and speed was the agenda of racing in those days! I've been a fan of Earnhardt since @ 1978 and because of the fact that he kept wide open racing going on! Cry baby Waldrop, Gordon, and many more made racing boring! Have a good day and hope you can appreciate my thoughts on the racing indifference

[@aaronmccall3849]

Earnhardt didn't wreck nearly the amount of people the revisionists like to insinuate that he did. Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch have ran over/destroyed more opponents race cars than Earnhardt ever did on his worst day.

[@tommyrobertson5920]

That's because later in his career Earnhardt had such a fan base nascar had a different set of rules for Earnhardt

[@tommyrobertson5920]

He was Awsome

[@lancehurley9743]

I attended this race

[@marceloacosta1742]

Vaya ya había esa época cámaras giratorias a bordo creí eran relativamente nuevos😆

[@dlbarney2]

At 40:53. Buddy should have said "We're opening the nitrous bottle wide open"😁🤣😎

[@wsmith1213]

Yes!!!!

[@vinewood8295]

damn ole Cale & ole Bobbay... Dem boys got it done son...

[@zekealtman8446]

Sure is great watching Buddy Baker work his magic in those days whether he was driving for theWood Brothers, MCAndersonor Hoss Ellington he was a DraftMaster in everything he drove

[@RobertHooksJr]

What is the name of the song during starting lineups?! I have been searching for that instrumental since 2008

[@KenFresno73]

Dave Grusin - The Electric Horseman and it's 3:41 long.

[@RobertHooksJr]

@@KenFresno73 Thanks Ken, I actually finally figured that out a month ago or so!

[@SlaytonRider]

Ken Fresno dude thank you so much

[@michaellangley6620]

John Boy and Billy play it before the news every morning.

[@Chad-sp4hq]

These cars just tore it up! Wow. I'd take these over current anyday. Besides the safety parts

[@eddiedawkins19]

Small Block Chevy the little engine that did...it did it all, and still doing it, after all these years, since 1955...Still the most dominant force in auto racing world wide, with the same basic design since its beginning in 1955 to 2019, almost 65 years now

[@eltonspurlock]

All LS chevy motors are Ford copies.

[@therobert9521]

Weird that Wrangler sponsored two different teams. One Ford and one Chevy.

[@cnking27]

It is weird. They sponsored Earnhardt when he was with Osterlund and Bud Moore, then stayed with him when he quit Bud Moore for Childress...but decided to sponsor Moore's car again this year. Earnhardt and Rudd flipped rides in '83 and then had the same sponsor in '84 lol.

[@therobert9521]

@@cnking27 the only thing I can think of is they wanted to sponsor Earnhardt, but had a contract with the old team?

[@cnking27]

@@therobert9521 probably. If I had to guess, Bud Moore made sure the contract went to the team and not to the driver, and then when Earnhardt signed with Childress, Wrangler scrambled to keep him. Rudd has talked about how he felt betrayed by Childress and Earnhardt and that being cut took him completely by surprise, but I've never seen anything about the sponsor thing.

[@EricCox4848]

@@cnking27 Supposedly Rudd said he spilled his guts to Earnhardt and Earnhardt wanted to go back to Childress. Childress got his team competitive by 1983 and won some races. Wrangler wanted to stay with Earnhardt so they went with him and decided to sponsor Bud Moore's car to honor the contract. I think Rudd talked about this on a Dale Jr. podcast not too long ago.

[@sillygoose2508]

Hell back in the day JD stacy was on the back of numerous cars

[@jsmith282]

I was born on this day my mother went into labor watching this race ....if I'm lying I'm dying

[@dks13827]

I like Cale.

[@TanDawg58]

Anyone else pickup that Squier always called Dick Brooks Richard, even though he was billed as Dick

[@trackside77]

I'm British and I always enjoyed watching NASCAR. However the enjoyment has somewhat waned when they split races up in to stages, and basically ruined it. I have no problem with restrictor plates, but races should be allowed to run from start to finish. The points system was good to, when consistency was rewarded in terms of the overall championship. This is a real joy to watch. Racing as it should be. Oh happy days.

[@tamezzodiac2862]

2:25:43 Dale Sr knowing ab the side draft clear back then.

[@Zzrdemon6633]

Ah 1984 when nascar was real racing, not the joke it is today

[@codym8897]

1984 1. Austin City Limits in its 9th season, Lickona, Watson & Casey Productions provides personnel and production services. 2. Muppet Babies and Pryor's Place both debuted on CBS, as part of their Saturday morning programming block. 3. Jeopardy! debuted in syndication, originally hosted by Alex Trebek.

[@xXJAKMACKXx]

Thanks to whoever clipped the two broadcasts together

[@bigbline405]

Another great one smiff think you could find the original CBS broadcast

[@plazpow]

👍👏👏👏👏

[@michaelhazen3153]

Look at Sterling Marlins picture from the 1983 Daytona 500 and the one from 1984. What I want to know is how he got his helmet off without pulling it off. Super Glue? Nails? I need to know. Not near as bad as he does but still do.

[@Elandycamino]

Wonder when the stopped putting a flagman in the grass or apron of the tri oval

[@beeemm2578]

Shows you how bad ass these drivers were, even guys like Dave Marcis, JD McDuffie, you know, guys that didnt win much if at all, are certainly looked upon fondly now and revered. I remember ALL of em. Not just Petty, Allisons, ect. Certainly not like that now 🙄

[@FrontRowCentral]

So when does Air Force 1 land in the background

[@dks13827]

Great to watch. NASCAR in 2022 stinks to hog heaven. Why ?????

[@CJODell12]

2:25:56. He's done it again!

[@jonathan_tong93]

©1984 Republic Broadcasting System, Inc., Vintage Enterprises, Inc., Hyper-Visions Productions, Inc., and National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.

[@derricklayman227]

1984 dale was number 3 and wrangler

[@WildDiamond07]

3:09 Hmm...

[@jameslaumand3686]

What was Jeff Gordon doing

[@Zoomer30]

NASCAR died when the slingshot died

[@guilhermesilvacelestino5570]

Brasil 2024!!!!

[@farmerbob4554]

I don’t know if announcers have got any smarter over the years but with a half lap gone the announcer says all 41 cars have a chance to win........OK.

[@jameslaumand3686]

Are theses cars electric oppps

[@mikegillaspy1721]

Always gas drama...will he make it?

[@jessiehenry5405]

54:33

[@dks13827]

ALERT ALERT................QUESTION PLEASE....................... These cars sound great. The cars now in 2022 don't sound good at all. Why???

[@NascarProfan18]

1:28:05 the video sort of loses its color

[@bigb4894]

I know there wasn't HD TV back then but why is the quality of these old races so bad? They were clear back then.

[@SMIFFTV]

Because VHS tapes don't age well. Even though this particular was was a re-air on SPEED Channel back in 2003, it was still on a VHS tape for a decade. Even when properly cared for, VHS tapes will not hold their quality forever, unfortunately. Trust me, I wish some of these were better quality than what they are, but hey, it's better than not having it at all, am I right?

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Actually, VHS tapes will hold up remarkably well when stored properly. The real problem is actually that the more you use a VCR the poorer they are at playing back VHS tapes. It's actually the wear and tear on the machine that causes the tapes to appear as though they have lost quality.

[@cjs83172]

And another reason for that would be the fact that both versions of this race, the 2003 SPEED Channel version and the 1999 ESPN Classic version were combined in a VHS-to-VHS dub to create the most complete version of this great race that's resurfaced. I should know since I'm actually the one who created the combined version and originally uploaded it years ago in 20 parts, which is how all the commercials happen to be edited out. A VHS-to-VHS recording also lowers the quality to some degree.

[@Dafastso]

i love how all these dudes have the same generic midwest hodgepodge of names

[@mitsu7909]

Parece days of thunder basado en este final . 2:12:58 cale yarboroug . hace uns señal que sale en la perlicula.

[@gary24fan]

Back when the President didn't make a self-centered spectacle of himself and still managed to keep in touch with his base in the NASCAR crowd.

[@sudd2685]

Very hot must be global warming 😂

[@m42037]

Last of the good one's before the ugly jellybean cars came in NASCAR and NHRA

[@scottyfisher2321]

No junk TOYOTA!!!!!!!!!

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

and what’s wrong with non-American manufactures in NASCAR? They have every right to support American Motorsports

[@L154N4LG4IB]

Toyota has built a pretty strong base in America culture wise I don’t get why all the purists are upset.. maybe I’d like them more if they used the Supra body for their NASCARs.

[@TheNASCARJeff]

I never realized how bad Ken Squire was....

[@aaronmccall3849]

Man, I loved Ken Squire. This was the high water mark of NASCAR IMO. Great cars, unbridled speed, superb drivers and great commentating.

[@jamesscully529]

Squier got worse and worse as he got older mixing cars and drivers up. He spent most of this race saying Dale Earnhardt was driving for Bud Moore in a Ford even after they talked to Richard Childress. Earnhardt drove for the Moore the year before but now had Rudd. He just kept getting them confused

[@davenoelke6412]

So what if he made a few mistakes. You're perfect? Ken Squire is very important to the history of NASCAR, and huge part of bringing the sport mainstream in the U.S. I also think Ken Squire was great.

[@jamesscully529]

It's spelled Squier. And I agree with his importance and while he made more than a few, they were from his excitement for the sport. Despite that, I believe he did not get his due when NASCAR took over the TV contracts in 2000ish. It is good that he can be celebrated now while he is still with us.

[@josephscott6388]

he may not have been a great commentator but he genuinely loved the sport and was a great ambassador for it at a time it didn't have many in the "respected (re: not southern)" media.

[@kevindickson2178]

dave marcis sucks....out of the race after 5 laps.

[@tamezzodiac2862]

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