1985 Nationwise 500

[@shadygrady2347]

Tommy Ellis ! Is how I got my start following NASCAR, I lived about two miles from Southside Speedway. My mom, dad, and myself started in 1975 attending weekly Friday night races at the track. Tommy Ellis became are favorite driver and we would follow him to South Boston, Langley, and Manassas during the late 70's and early 80's up until I started playing high school football. He wasn't a very popular driver but, he was a winner !

[@jeffwilkinson447]

My Dad started taking me and my brothers to Southside in the early 70s. Sonny Hutchins was the "big dog" in those days but Tommy Ellis was always in the middle of the battle for the win. Tommy certainly won his share of features. On more than one occasion Ellis would end up in a scrap with another driver in the infield after the race. He was "Mr. Excitement" way before Jimmy Spencer. Al Grinnan, Runt Harris, Ted Hairfield, the great Ray Hendrick, man those were the days. Lennie Pond cut his teeth at Southside, Langley, South Boston, etc before going Winston Cup. Thanks for your comment and bringing back great memories.

[@willie0704]

HEY NASCAR LOOK HOW FULL THE STANDS ARE!! Bring back THE ROCK

[@MrChristopherHaas]

That doesn’t mean the stands will be full anymore. Different world, bumper cars at bumper tracks with entitled offspring cookie cutters replacing real men in front of mostly scarce crowds

[@willie0704]

@@MrChristopherHaas yep, I am finished with noosecar.

[@Caterpillarjon]

@@willie0704 Noosecar, Ilove it

[@MyKittyPercy]

This is probably the clearest video from this season I’ve seen...great upload

[@DanArnets1492]

It's maybe the best until NASCAR decided to upload a few races, those look BETTER than anyone could see on TV in 1985

[@dh2360]

When Winston Cup or NASCAR was worth watching, not now, at least I got to enjoy a good few years before left became more that just the direction on the race track.

[@DanArnets1492]

**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1985 AMERICAN 500 (26 of 28):** #11 Darrell Waltrip (3791pts with 2 wins, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-20 with 10 wins, Ford) #33 Harry Gant (-240 with 3 wins, GM) #12 Neil Bonnett (-309 with 2 wins, GM) #15 Ricky Rudd (-330, Ford) #5 Geoff Bodine (-374, GM) #7 Kyle Petty (-496, Ford) #44 Terry Labonte (-570 with 1 win, GM) Dale Earnhardt (GM #3) was 10th behind despite his 4 wins because of NINE mechanical DNFs. Bobby Allison (GM #22) was 12th and winless with 3 mechanical DNFs and 3 race-ending crashes. Meanwhile, the best rookie of 1984, Rusty Wallace (GM #2), was 18th after a really bad Summer. The very surprising winner of the Firecracker 400 was Greg Sacks while Cale Yarborough won the Talladega 500 and the National 500. 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 North Carolina’s case, the earlier race is the Carolina 500 while the later one is the American 500.

[@CountryCarReviews]

The 2 people that dislike are burton smith and Brian France 😂

[@stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346]

Or Les Richter and Dick Beaty

[@spacemanmonster23]

You're not funny....

[@briansenecal3071]

Ken said, they gotta pussy foot it through the turns at the start. HILARIOUS. 😂

[@Slinger43]

Poor Ol' DW! For all he accomplished, was & is unrated as a Wheelman. Even tho he won 3 Cup's & over 80 races in a HOF driving career, it was the Legendary & Beloved driver's that he battled & beat much, if not all of the time that shaped his legacy. Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Dale Sr, Awesome Bill, Terry Labonte & The Bandit Harry Gant are the driver's he dueled with to do what he did & in each case, Ol' Darrell is the one that booed merciously! Just bad timing I guess, but I was one of the endless fans in the stands booing him! 🤬 You can see & definitely hear in his interviews since retiring, it still bothers him to this day 🤷🏻‍♂️ As a life-long Petty fan, I want to personally thank DW for tripping over his own ego in 79, as I was in the front-stretch stands at Ontario the day The King captured his legendary 7th Cup & what a glorious day it was! 😏

[@s1ap396]

2:29 We just gonna let the fire truck dump water all over pit exit and act like nothing happened?

[@jamesgentry13]

S1apSh0es they didn't care about shit like that back then " it's just water"

[@DanArnets1492]

Bro, if you watch old races, you'll see there are plenty of races where pitlane deserved inters, maybe even full wets 😂

[@jayb9687]

Waltrip is a humble guy.

[@zcam1969]

waltrip liked to run his mouth that's for sure

[@NascarNixon]

A caution for a jumped start? Is this Indycar?

[@thewarwagon5649]

Dang. Reverse Elliott & Waltrip, and Awesome Bill wins the '85 Winston Cup.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I agree with Waltrip whining about race winners deserving extra points. The title should have been Elliotts, but, hey, he already won ALOT of $$$

[@jeffwilkinson447]

Waltrip started whining about more points for winning in 1984 when he realized he couldn't catch Labonte and Gant for the WC Championship. Jaws had never brought up the idea before 1984, and wasn't it strange that he never mentioned "more points for winning" in 1985 when Elliott had 11 wins and Old Jaws only won 3. Typical big mouth Waltrip. Ken Squire described the hostile response when Jaws was introduced, and his big mouth and his love affair with himself were the reasons why

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Johnny Coy Jr., Jerry Holden, Gary Fedewa,Tommie Crozier, Gary Sowell,Maurice Randall dnq

[@nascage]

5:03 This is the first time I've ever heard the term "pussyfoot" being used in a NASCAR race. Wait for it at 5:06. Had to google the word to find out what the hell it meant.

[@castin4bass484]

Ha Ha! So when he said "tip toe into the corner" you must've been completely baffled. Give this one a try. " he's shaking like a dog pooping peach seeds" Cheers from A fellow AZ Native!

[@fsca72]

I find it hard to believe that someone could go through part of their life and never here that. But it is odd to here from an announcer on a tv broadcast

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Is that what Jenny Jo, Natalie Decker, Hallie Deegan do? You’re DAMN RIGHT it is 😬

[@boysrback5690]

Sheltered much

[@nascage]

@@boysrback5690 Nope, just never heard the term used before until the broadcast. Must be an east coast or centenarian thing, I don't know. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fiddleterry]

Can't hear it?

[@f1champ551]

Is this Darlington or Charlotte?

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Thomas Silvey It’s Rockingham.

[@f1champ551]

@@veggieoilerfan2940 thanks for jogging my memory on the tracks...

[@DanArnets1492]

​@@f1champ551 - The Rock was a Cup venue until ¿20? years ago, the real weird ones from the mid 80s are the classic layouts of Atlanta and Richmond plus North Wilkesboro and Riverside

[@randydubin7118]

LOL at the announcers saying that DW would have issues moving up the field from P20.....yeah, sure, look who was in victory lane at the end of the day. LOLZ!