1988 Goodyear NASCAR 500

[@OrlandoLionFanClub]

When we needed him the most, he returns to bring us racing on thr Nascar off-season

[@Troy_nov1965]

RIP Bobby Allison

[@ihus9950]

And Neil Bonnet 👍🏻

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Yay the longer version of the race is here. Thank you!

[@louislepage5111]

Never knew that NASCAR raced in Australia. Learned something new today, thank you 😊

[@Streetw1s3r]

They done a few USA vs Australia races, officially sanctioned by NASCAR. Though they were non-championship races, I am pretty sure.

[@hoppes9658]

First time I ever heard of Australia NASCAR.

[@Streetw1s3r]

@@hoppes9658 It was short lived, only went on for about 15 years before it went bust due to a lack of interest in 2001 or 2002.

[@nascarvintage17]

whouaaaa genial thank you for this new race 10:20 the cars of epcoh was so beautiful with them paint scheme my god. 1988 is one of my favorite periods in NASCAR for the drivers of that era and the cars.

[@rodneyrhonemus3197]

THE LEGEND!!! Smiff

[@SignalyardsGarage]

Thanks for posting this! I didn’t get to see it back in the day, and eventually forgot about it.

[@BSNFabricating]

I remember when this race happened, read about it in Autoweek a few days later, saw the pictures, but never thought I'd actually be able to SEE the race.

[@Backwoods_870]

These guys were hard-core stockcar drivers.

[@bubwal23xifan]

Ah. Neil Bonnett won on Hoosiers at the start of the 1988 tire war between Hoosier and Goodyear. Three races, three straight wins and 24k miles traveled

[@BSNFabricating]

And he also finished fourth in the Daytona 500 -- all this just a few months after shattering his right leg at Charlotte.

[@Streetw1s3r]

1:18:10 The distinct sound of opening a can of coke.

[@drafting5652]

Thank you 🏁👍

[@jimhodge8594]

Old track abandoned now... sad

[@LilianaMillan-o9q]

YO SERE EL PRIMER VENEZOLANO EN GANAR EL CAMPEONATO DE NASCAR

[@mattkowal90]

Calder Park Thunderdome: Length/Layout: 1.119-mile quad-oval modeled after Charlotte Motor Speedway. Banking (corners): 24° Front stretch: 4° Backstretch: 6° Race: 280 laps/313.350 miles/504.280 kilometers. Pole: #75-Neil Bonnett (28.829 seconds/139.734 mph). Unofficial Track Record: #43-Richard Petty (28.200 seconds/142.850 mph).

[@Redwood-vi8ho]

Wonder why Dale didn't race this race 🤔

[@bubwal23xifan]

It was an exhibition race. There was no points being paid. Dale wanted to focus on winning the championship. Also logistically, going 10k miles to Australia for a race didn't make much sense to Dale and Richard Childress.

[@Redwood-vi8ho]

@bubwal23xifan yea, I was thinking 🤔 that, but still once in a lifetime

[@MikeKalasnik]

You uploaded a much shorter version of this 7 years ago. What's the difference?

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

This is longer. The other one was like over an hour and almost 20 minutes long

[@SMIFFTV]

Other one was condensed highlighted coverage, this one was the full race, start to finish