1985 Figure 8 World Championship

[@nfamus540]

Bud light ads sure have changed since 1985, however good to see they still promote MEN

[@wethepeople7961]

Awesome quality and post, thanks

[@frankferrandiz6270]

ANYONE SEEN BILLY STEEN NUMBER 23?

[@damyukiddz2198]

I remember these ads . Some real junk . Shit , this racing brings back memories .

[@hadrianwall9157]

The Trans Lite ad was a surprise. I don't watch any TV anymore,haven't for 15-20 years,now,so that was kinda humorous, for a lack of a better term...

[@jennifertorres2826]

Gino tiripicchio is my step dad and i know ralph rip and i know bob i grew up at the track

[@frankferrandiz6270]

ANYONE SEEN BILLY STEEN?

[@KRAFT4Prez]

@@frankferrandiz6270 I don't see Billy in this race but if you check out figureeightracer account he has a lot of older videos where you can find Billy Steen. Here's one from 2000 that Billy almost won: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2Xm42KotWFqLM

[@frankferrandiz6270]

@@KRAFT4Prez I saw that one, I was hoping to get in touch with Billy.

[@thomashallman5436]

don t mess with the flagman ray he will make dirty harry look like a saint

[@xraciernumbernine2981]

good stuff thanks for posting

[@frankferrandiz6270]

ANYONE SEEN BILLY STEEN NUMBER 23?

[@pjriverdale8461]

In the words of the great Chris Economaki, using the sledge hammer was known as "Breaking out The Mexican Speed Wrench".

[@frankferrandiz6270]

NUMBER 23 BILLY STEEN. WE USE TO WORK AT CYBEX!

[@crazykellywfo4240]

1000 Dollar prize Money? that's insane. Even by today's standards, the top prize Money you get today racing figure 8 is around 18'000.

[@damyukiddz2198]

1985 !

[@hadrianwall9157]

4k a year back in the Great Depression is equivalent to about 90k a year nowadays. 40 years ago, a grand was some decent cash 🤷‍♂️

[@pjriverdale8461]

As ABC transitioned it's sports coverage to ESPN, an old "Wide World Of Sports" staple makes the leap to cable TV. As with racing in general, by this time, the cars were a bit more specifically evolved than the earlier days in the 1960's, when the cars were more like ten or so years old NASCAR sportsman stockers. In the old days, WWOS would have only broadcast the feature race without any qualifying. Land prices, litigious times and anything else you can throw in the mix has eliminated so many of the small tracks especially Islip Motor Speedway which was the most revered birthplace of Demo Derby and Figure Eight on its 1/5 mile oval. Islip had already been plowed under by 1984 as mentioned in this clip.

[@KRAFT4Prez]

PJ Riverdale there’s a Facebook group for Islip Speedway with lots of great content, if you didn’t know already. I believe there’s some old WWOS videos posted. Tom Kraft, who was declared winner and eventually disqualified in this video won the last race ever run at Islip Speedway.

[@danielleforier4254]

Looking for any other old video's my Dad Jimmy Joy drove #86 it was a brown car with Yellow numbers

[@KRAFT4Prez]

Was it definitely Riverhead Raceway?

[@theotherfinnegan9955]

racin mason, my good buddy

[@frankferrandiz6270]

ANYONE SEEN BILLY STEEN NUMBER 23?

[@dhinfomedia]

What ever happened to Danny Marcello? I remember watching that when it first aired from here in Central Indiana - a hotbed of Figure 8 racing.

[@KRAFT4Prez]

Danny passed away a couple years ago unfortunately.

[@dhinfomedia]

John Kraft Thanks and sorry.

[@crazykellywfo4240]

That was fuckin bullshit, what the flag starter did rippen the plugs out of Danny's car. I would've been raising hell too.

[@frankferrandiz6270]

@@crazykellywfo4240 ANYONE SEEN BILLY STEEN NUMBER 23?