1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Winston Western 500 At Riverside International Raceway

[@shaynelyke5088]

Lol Benny to brother Phil "you should tape a nascar scene in your car so when you're stuck waiting for a tow truck you have something to read"😂😂

[@tomgarrison2490]

I was 18 and hired as a 'racemate' . They gave me the keys to the pacecar the previous week to go to Tyler Mall and sell tix for this event! The car was Red White and Blue 300 ZX Turbo with lights on top! Man it was so fun! Everybody on the 91 fwy got the hell out of my way. Wish I had a picture. (Jamie Litle)

[@tomgarrison2490]

! I'm in the footage of winner's circle!! Lol never knew that was put on TV. So cool to see.

[@DanArnets1492]

You'd think they would've hired some "serious" sales representative or whatever for such a job, so tempting to be naughty at the wheel of a cool pace car

[@drfever99]

Thank You Michael for downloading this race. This is the cleanest I have seen it.

[@LouiseDenmar]

correction : it's uploading.... not downloading... just asking :)

[@andxx0r_the_second671]

The announcers talking about how Harry Gant doesn't have much time left as a competitive racer... little did they know, lol.

[@DanArnets1492]

He raced for a decade BUT this is his 2nd-to-last season as a title contender, they weren't much wrong!

[@tomgarrison2490]

Yes Thank you Michael!!!

[@UnderPressure04]

Bobby Rahal in the Wood Brothers car. Interesting.

[@DanArnets1492]

**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1984 WESTERN 500K (30 of 30):** #44 Terry Labonte (4338pts with 2 wins, GM) #33 Harry Gant (-42 with 3 wins, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-121 with 3 wins, Ford) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-174 with 7 wins, GM) #3 Dale Earnhardt (-198 with 2 wins, GM) #22 Bobby Allison (-404 with 2 wins, GM) #15 Ricky Rudd (-538 with 1 win, Ford) #12 Neil Bonnet (-686, GM) Geoff Bodine (GM #5 with 2 wins) was having an on-and-off season and was 10th. Richard Petty (GM #43 with 2 wins) was 11th for similar reasons. Tim Richmond (GM #27 with 1 win) was 12th because of mechanical issues and inconsistent pace. Part-timer Cale Yarborough (GM #28) won the Daytona 500, the Alabama 500 and the Pennsylvania 500. Benny Parsons (GM #55), another part-timer, won the Atlanta 500. Despite being the best rookie of 1983, Sterling Marlin couldn’t secure a fulltime ride and didn’t have a good sophomore season. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Riverside’s case, the earlier race is the Riverside 400km while the later one is the Western 500km.

[@ahhculdee]

Last top ten of Hershel McGriff's career

[@thomashallman5436]

how long did it take it to dry the track y all

[@the_elmeister]

2:59:32 - Terry Labonte is the 1984 Winston Cup National Champion

[@thomashallman5436]

this race should had been shortened to darkness earnhardt and allison got burned by nascar s stupid decision to run the entire distance 119 laps thanks nascar congrats to geoff for winning though

[@NoahGragsonFan10]

Times were different back then

[@thomashallman5436]

maybe it still was not right@@NoahGragsonFan10

[@DanArnets1492]

Old cameras made thinks look a lot darker than they are, I'm sure it wasn't that bad IRL