1987 Miller American 400

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Michigan International Speedway
June 28th, 1987

[@blakemorgan9378]

I miss this type of presentation by CBS. Ken Squire made every broadcast feel like the biggest of the year. This is the NASCAR I loved.

[@allstarchris1]

Great looking thumbnail pic of Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace cars. Those were great looking cars in that era.

[@RandyDubin]

Yep. 15 Cup Championships between those three drivers. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@TheCooterpuppet]

@@RandyDubin 191 poles 331 wins 1,489 top tens

[@anthonypowell6234]

1987 was a year of some great looking race cars!

[@cooldini5771]

Sure they were!!!! Watch on Sunday buy on Monday used to be a saying. Good ole days

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

Amazing to watch how fast they come into pits back then

[@rebelracing88]

Love the roar of those old H-pipe exhaust cars. This is real racing. Stock bodied cars, bias ply tires, no pit road speed, etc. Back when you had to be a man to drive in NASCAR.

[@deweyfilmz8169]

Fax and nobody wants to make contact cuz they know the consequences could be pretty bad if they crash. Nowdays it’s almost impossible to die or get injured in crashes

[@tedgey4286]

Back when you had to be a man to drive in Nascar? That's some dumb shit there. Sorry they tried to make drivers die less

[@deweyfilmz8169]

@@tedgey4286 i think it’s great that they improved safety in the cars. But in a time where that didn’t exist it took serious balls to hop in one of those things that weren’t even designed to crash at 80

[@alanott7561]

The broadcast was excellent. Excited but not fake like today. These cars were beautiful. Really fun racing. Thanks for posting!!

[@jamesford3648]

Thanks for posting these. I live in Dover Delaware. Started going the track since it opened in 1969. It has Changed so much now. I miss these days.

[@andyhamilton8940]

The King with no gloves! Classic old days! 🏁

[@PescaraProductions]

Watching Petty wheel that car around with it handling that badly really is something else. Most people would park a NASCAR today if it was behaving like that

[@Syd-un1xr]

This was the best era of NASCAR.

[@beeemm2578]

Ehhh it was my second best.😉..late 70s-early 80s had the most bad ass cars and the old school guys were late in their prime

[@JRsBullet]

The best days of American auto racing. Back then the young drivers actually had talent. Today... they just have mommy and daddy’s checkbook.

[@beeemm2578]

And overtime and stages 🙄

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

RIP Dale Earnhardt and Davey Allison

[@diggit79]

….& Tim Richmond

[@beeemm2578]

​@@diggit79one of NE Ohio finest sons. One of us!!!

[@gregmerryman7939]

Now that's real racing. I would like to see today's generation drive these cars. Would be interesting.

[@Djsweepaman]

I'd love to see that generation against this generation. We'd really get a sense of who was best. It probably wouldn't be the old generation.

[@tritontransport]

@@Djsweepaman these new generation of drivers probably don’t even know how to actually shift gears in a race car by actually having to use the clutch nor be able to man handle the cars Most of the old generation drivers would struggle with trying to figure out the radial tires

[@Djsweepaman]

@@tritontransport well funny thing is, most of the grew up driving cars with clutches so they absolutely know how to use a clutch. Not mention while pitting they have to hold the clutch in. Just because it was harder in some senses back in whatever day you are referencing, doesn't mean it's not harder now. Richard Petty would be humbled with today's cup field. He raced multiple times a week and had factory funding in a car that was obviously far and above superior to most of the rest of the field.

[@jodymann5993]

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

[@chrisrcarraher8800]

I remember seeing these aero coupe gm cars on the road when I was a kid. Back when the manufacturers still had to think about their racing program while designing street cars.

[@tritontransport]

Yep They had to build at least 200 of a car design to use it in nascar at that time. They built only 203 or 204 Monte Carlo ss aero coupes in 1986 and only sold 200 of them to to the general public at a few dealerships mainly in North Carolina . They’re quite valuable now

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

yes you can find some of those aerocoupes here in nc really easily

[@ChuckSchickx]

Chris Economaki was the very best.. covering many sports. That voice is instantly recognizable.

[@murdiesel]

Thank you for all the races you do! A lot of memories I get to revisit. Happy Holidays.

[@mohawk102]

Pit times are so slow. It’s crazy how it’s changed. Give me the old races and day.

[@knobdikker]

LOL! Just watched the 1963 Daytona 500. Gas pit stops were 30+ seconds!

[@brucefrye8799]

Merry Christmas Smiff TV and I'd like to thank you for posting all these great classic races I grew up with these it's good to go back and see them

[@jersgmc]

Thanks for posting these old races like this. Not only Winston Cup but all the others as well (Busch series and Craftsman truck series).

[@weofnjieofing]

18:52 "If you're not willing to trade sheet metal at 170 mph, there's always tennis" AMEN!

[@MichaelSmith-ip8jg]

I miss the CBS broadcasts. They were always so good.

[@beeemm2578]

Absolutely . The gold standard as far as im concerned. Everyone on the broadcast was a legend.

[@JimmyFoxhound]

Crazy to listen to them talking to Tim Richmond @3:11.. this was Tim Richmond's last start in NASCAR and he'd be dead in 2 years.

[@secundrabeasley855]

Thank You for posting this video.

[@gary24fan]

Gotta love the days when a guy like H.B. Bailey could tow from Texas to Michigan and make the race. I don't know what the hell happened to this sport, but in my opinion it's better off dead than in the shape it's in now.

[@knobdikker]

Brian France happened

[@beeemm2578]

Yeah I always liked those smaller teams out there, giving it hell. Made it interesting.

[@jimknowlton342]

This race was 10 days before I was born!

[@BroMark1611]

Good finish. Thanks for the upload.

[@nazcarcup]

All I race on iRacing is these 1987 cars.

[@tritontransport]

Back when nascar just let them race! Air cleaner problem on Allison’s car ? No big deal just take it off and head back out on the track. These days nascar would throw a fit and penalize the team $50,000 and suspend the crew chief for 3 weeks and take away 100 points

[@the_road__warrior6185]

Lemme tell ya a couple a three things..Too bad there wasn’t a way to show some appreciation other than ‘liking’ & ‘subscribing’ .. Like being able to purchase a SmiffTv hat or a SmiffTV shirt, something, all I’m saying is Iv followed this channel since Moses wore short pants & have always appreciated the 🔥content from its creator. I’m sure it’s no easy task finding & posting these races & just a friendly reminder that we genuinely appreciate these uploads. So keep ‘Em coming & keep that shirts & hats in mind.

[@WhoopityDoo]

Never knew Phil Leotardo was a NASCAR fan. I thought you were eating grilled cheese off the radiator around that time.

[@the_road__warrior6185]

@@WhoopityDoo You have no idea how much I appreciate you catching that phrase,

[@boblongdickder6178]

Remember how it used to be because it's not worth watching today in 2021 everyone's lost their damn mind's !!!!!!

[@stevenrohauer1830]

When guys like hb Bailey could show up to the track with a car he built in his garage after working all day and give it a go at qualifying…. Nascar sold out long ago

[@johnhopkins2545]

So miss Tim Richmond.

[@stubaker2574]

won't ever be another Earnhardt

[@donniebeadles7842]

Or Tim Richmond

[@knobdikker]

Good

[@nohbody85]

The Greatest Of All Time, Dale Earnhardt!

[@Ghostmotorfinger]

Damn straight.

[@patrickanderson9023]

Jeff Gordon !! 24Ever.

[@youdropwemop8854]

#DoitForDavey 👑

[@nohbody85]

@@patrickanderson9023 LOL!

[@joego7924]

Richard wasn't to bad, won 200 races!

[@DewkChronic]

timmeh, love him like Dale did too.

[@oscarjimenezsr.560]

Man in Blue and Yellow

[@ihus9950]

👍🏻

[@christopherdawson9570]

Man I really needed a dose of good old school stuff and good lookin stock cars. This crap nascar has done with this new car is an abomination they've turned NASCAR into some screwed up sort of hybrid GT racing shit show !! And them new cars look like some kinda deformed road racing deuschenwanker chittttttt!!!

[@bassrob88]

YES X 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[@scottcarterr7796]

SHO. DID RITE. I. KNOW. ♥

[@knobdikker]

Chevrolet CheatoCarlo that you could NOT find in the showroom with the long back glass!! Been 36 years since they did this crap in 1986 and I STILL have never seen a Monte Carlo aero coupe!!! But I can find a Thunderbird like Bill and Davey drove still to this day!

[@gprich82]

Absolutely found the aeroback on the lot. 1987 Monte Carlo Aerocoupe. Had to...it was still rules of homologation. Had to sell at least 500 production cars. There is always at least one for sale online every day. Edit: sorry,in 1986 200 was the homologation number, which is exactly how many they made. But they made 6600 something in 87 because of demand. Small numbers but they're out there on the market. Massively inflated prices of course. For that matter, try to find a Tbird with that much ground effect, if you want to talk about crap. Ford scammed nascar into giving them a huge aero advantage. You can find a monte that looks exactly like that, with the same height nose. Can't find a tbird with that huge front skirt. That said. The 87 Tbird is probably my favorite cup car ever as far as looks go. That or the Buick.

[@knobdikker]

@@gprich82 funny thing 30+ years later, I can still find 85, 86, and 87 Thunderbirds on the highway....it will always be the Chevrolet CheatoCarlo

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

there easy to find in nc. I know where 2 are right now

[@scottcarterr7796]

68. 🤔

[@shawthackston9723]

This is what racing used to be. I have no use for this so called racing BS today.

[@scottcarterr7796]

59. 🤔

[@daviclar867]

Richard never won another race after the '84 400! Might not had won that if Cale hadn't forgot there was one lap to go!

[@breezyb606]

1:43:20

[@rusellfoel2336]

Hey it’s time to start your engines 😅😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤

[@scottcarterr7796]

GREAT COVERAGE. BROADCASTERS ALL AROUND TRACK. 🧢 SSS. OFF 2. YALL ♥

[@tmklunk]

Stupid question Mike joy

[@tmklunk]

Dick Petty the king 😂😂😂