1988 Budweiser 500

[@Tammy.-ik5px]

No stage 1 no stage 2 race to the end damn I miss this kind of NASCAR

[@jacasoasheland6815]

Sometimes

[@Backwoods_870]

THEY WERE STOCKCAR DRIVERS BACK THEN AND EARLIER YEARS...MORE LIKE DIVAS DRIVING NOW.

[@emeyer6963]

Bill on his way to the 1988 Championship

[@bradkroboth5490]

Damn right!! Awesome Bill from Dawsonville!!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Bobby Allison's 446th and final career Top 10 finish

[@chrissnyder3430]

Listen to these awesome machines!!

[@jasonkolo]

Great audio with the headphones on.

[@bradkroboth5490]

Hell yes. The good old days when you could try different stuff and find the grey areas, get an edge here and there

[@jasonkolo]

Not even a NASCAR guy but holy crap the sound is AWESOME with the headphones on.

[@thelegendchrisb]

Final top 10 finish for Bobby Allison

[@allstarchris1]

Love the screenshot of the #55 Skoal/Crown Oldsmobile driven by Phil Parsons. One of the nicest looking stock cars I've ever seen.

[@chrissnyder3430]

It is! And i'm trying to collect a diecast of it! His and BP'S BOTH!

[@tuowl0564]

A few observations from this classic - I started going to Dover in 1990 (Peak 500, Elliott won) which is right around the time the seat building boom began in full force at the Monster Mile. 1988 is right on the cusp. It's weird not to see any seats in turn 1. - Harry Gant's relative was EXTREMELY lucky to survive a basilar skull fracture the day before. That injury was fairly common but not talked about in the 80's and early 90's. Drivers seemed to have a higher survival rate before the seats/restraints got better in the late 90's/early 00's. - Still miss these old 500 milers at Dover and Pocono. They were such an awesome grind and test of man and machine.

[@toddbob55]

The Fords would walk away from the pack back before restrictor plate racing.

[@NotSteveCook]

Terrific racing on that first restart!

[@BSNFabricating]

That 1988 season was pretty brutal.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

brutal, yes. But it was SO EXCITING. Best season for NASCAR

[@JSchaffer214]

@@MrChristopherHaas Agreed. If I were a driver, team owner or member I would hate this season but it was fun to watch for the fans because it was unpredictable. Although I think 1992 was the best NASCAR season overall even though I'm a big Awesome Bill fan.

[@JesusTapdancingChristOnaCross]

1988 is a very underrated season IMO.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I love alot of 88 season. I hate that the old guard went down HARD but i love seeing new winners

[@johncalla2151]

Mark Martin casually passing cars on the outside in the early laps. Seems asphalt was better than concrete for racing.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Ignore the thumbs down Smiff, you are the man!

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

Yes and #96 Dana Patten is in the US Chrome 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Delta 88 body style that he would use in all of his attempts in 1988. Hillin ran the 1987 LeSabre in several races in 1988. Most of the short tracks and I think at Riverside.

[@RebelTXWrestling]

Dave Marcis qualifying in top 10

[@drivin379]

Dave at one time ..kicked ass

[@bradkroboth5490]

@@drivin379 he was a warrior, the guys these days don't go past 45 yrs old

[@gtrdriver27]

9:25 race start

[@JJA1987]

If Mark didn't run in the back of Darrell on pit road he could've won this

[@gprich82]

Wow. Gant's son in law survived a basilar skull fracture. Lucky.

[@SMIFFTV]

Far as I know, Ernie Irvan and Stanley Smith were the only other two to do that (aside from Pollard). Miraculous.

[@loutenant9480]

Is Bobby Hillin Jr usin the old buick lesabre in this race?

[@johnboy4025]

Tire wars never end well for anyone.

[@illuminati8181]

Big Engines and concrete walls. Goodtimes

[@neonflashtv9085]

7:15

[@crouchb15]

thank God this was shortened to 400 miles. Should've done that a lot sooner.

[@brianbooher2286]

No they are put it back 500 miles and left the damn men be men and a little boy said the house that can run 500 miles that's what separates the men from the boys and what is the matter with stock car racing right now if you got a bunch of punk-ass kids after running who couldn't pull 500 Mi Dover or run a Talladega race in the end of July 250° they took what separates the men from the boys out of stock car racing and that's what's wrong with it today

[@willie0704]

@@brianbooher2286 Damn man I was about to post about the 100 miles separating the men from the boys then saw your reply...

[@emeyer6963]

Would of been interesting to see what kind of attrition would of happened had they gone 500 miles.Morgan was down a cylinder at end along with Davey too.

[@MatthewLewisAtlanta]

For those who prefer shorter races, may I suggest that "drag racing" might be more suited for you!

[@harrylouis531]

I thought George Santos won this race 😅

[@jimbeanbragger9209]

The Tire Wars killed good drivers.

[@johnboy4025]

Neil Bonnett in 1994