1989 Talladega DieHard 500

[@gavinwavy9132]

Thank you for uploading all these classic races so someone who’s 21 like me can appreciate and learn about the history of this sport

[@Mike-vt6nc]

Favorite Era of Nascar

[@daviddavenport1485]

Golden age of NASCAR

[@kenjaminhanson3853]

I love watching the classic racing. Racing at 200 miles an hour with minor safety equipment. Absolute legends.!!!

[@robertanderson2898]

These are awesome! Full races...... Classic stuff! THANK YOU.

[@kellypfleiger4168]

One of my favorites of all time! Love the urgency when the weather is threatening.

[@jodymann5993]

I really really love these old nascar racing a whole whole lot I remember watching these old races

[@pescitheman]

It's when the 'Good ol' Boys' played on Sundays. Thanks to KZbin to keep this era available for the current gen to appreciate what they're missin'.

[@4fanintexas]

My first NASCAR race. I was 13 and remember it like it was yesterday. The main thing I remember... THE HEAT!!!!. Was unbelievable. I miss this kind of racing.

[@JamesSmith-uc8tk]

This was the first NASCAR race I ever attended in person. I'd love to get back to Talladega again. Thank you for posting this.

[@TiMOThy931GBO]

@1:52:36 my brother got the hood off that car that day.I remember it was hot as hell that day.I also remember going into the pits after the race and they pushed Terry Labonte’s car beside us and Terry Labonte was walking behind it.Good memories thanks for posting this

[@JingerBreadMann]

Need in-car cameras like this back. Feels like a true ride along. 17:19

[@randyherrmann3610]

Thanks for uploading such a classic race! This is one of the first races I attended.

[@toddbob55]

Them old Ford Thunderbirds were the coolest Nascars !!!

[@tmklunk]

😂

[@rogerwhite3644]

Agreed

[@mattmay7109]

They're called stock cars.....

[@EddieDawkins-o3z]

No, what's really cool is the Monte Carlos of the 80s. That's still winning races to this day every race week on the local dirt and asphalt tracks nationwide to this day...Those Chevys wins more races in one weekend than any Ford brand will in years to come, that's the coolest race cars ever, they wear bowties

[@ricktaylor3748]

Yeah, but they didn't have the horsepower of the Chevy's.

[@therealyumyumravioli]

What made nascar great back then was the way it was presented. It wasn’t immaculate carbon fiber cars they have today with chrome wheels (and 1 lugnut 😂), the video feeds weren’t great but it was dirty and rugged looking that fit into the persona of the sport, the drivers had unique personalities that showed on the track, way less commercials, and the announcers were able to specifically highlight and explain what is going on inside the cars. These are little details yes but as the saying goes attention to detail is the key to success. Something today’s nascar severely lacks.

[@Carolina-Defense-Force]

More I watch these old videos the more I see Ricky Bobby in Darrell Waltrip 😂🤣😂🤣

[@nascage]

I remember this race for the motorhome fire at 1:39:25. Rumor has it that someone kicked over the grill after someone else tried to sneak in some veggie burgers on it.

[@CyclonesFan24]

Oh boy

[@g-manracer1997]

😂🤣🤣

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

WWMT 3 is a CBS channel based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

[@jfmagic87]

Crazy that this broadcast is from one of my local stations

[@lehighvalleydave4597]

those sure were the good ol days ..when drivers spoke as if they had a mouthful of BBs..but we loved em anyways lol

[@ricksorber8343]

Joe Ruttman hit right in front of us. We were three rows up. I swear the whole place shook! Two days earlier, Brett Bodine hit right in front of us during practice. That was even harder!

[@Slinger43]

Folk's who have never been to a race, especially the bigger track's such as Dega, they simply can not comprehend the booming percussion generated by a high speed race car when they hit that concrete wall, or even each other! If your seated close to the crash, oh man, you can really feel the percussion it in your chest! 😳💥💨

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

@@Slinger43I don’t know, but I definitely hear the cussin part

[@laca7676]

Today's camera angles are not in the same book with these.

[@drivin379]

Cool that dale Earnhardt came over radio at 200mph ....uh Childress......theres a RV on fire in the infield

[@leegraves8878]

Wow Ken mentioning Tim Richmond two weeks before he passed.

[@emeyer6963]

ESPN did the same the week before.

[@tuowl0564]

@@emeyer6963 Yup! They were at Pocono the week before and due to Richmond's success there ESPN did a special segment. By this point it was known he was near the end. The networks, no affiliation with NASCAR, took it upon themselves to offer some transparency.

[@jonoedwards4195]

HAHA, the great Ol Days, @ 18:39, Finish line Flagman hanging out over the track with a Healthy Durrie hanging out his Gob, probably has a Beer in his left hand! Excellent memories and post SMIFFY, seems like yesterday, Beauty Mate.

[@cerberus1981]

I'm trying to remember who the flagman for the Winston Cup races was back then... maybe Harold Kinder?

[@TiMOThy931GBO]

cerberus1981 Doyle Ford

[@brianbooher7318]

@@cerberus1981 Harold kinder Doyle Ford took over at Daytona 1990 so this would be Harold's last year.he retired after the 89 season an died of lung cancer within a couple years

[@scotthall756]

Man I loved 1989

[@Zoomer30]

...... and Chris Economakie is in the in field in a polyester business suit. Ouch.

[@SMIFFTV]

hahaha I always thought the same thing....if you think it was hot being in the stands that day in a t-shirt and shorts, imagine being a 70 year old man in a polyester suit. Holy shit lol

[@kepler240]

the VHS tracking problems sure brought back a lot of memories

[@ELOfanatic]

Especially when you used the same tape multiple times...

[@kepler240]

@@ELOfanatic And use the 6 hr record mode instead of 2.

[@ELOfanatic]

Couldn't do it any other way....

[@rancan44able]

30 years later you think they would find something better than those plates .. but here we are only thing that hasn’t changed

[@southfloridaarcheryguy114]

I liked the Alan Kulwicki Polish pit stop.

[@greatestbrand5191]

Definitely the good old days

[@Mrtinkyloo]

2:10:54 - lol and that must have been an interesting family dinner.

[@nascarfan88ta]

Derrike Cope is the only Cup guy driving now that was in this race

[@retrostu6917]

nascarfan88ta Morgan Shepherd still races.

[@nascarfan88ta]

I meant at Cup level. But yes, Morgan is still running when he can at 75 years young

[@retrostu6917]

nascarfan88ta alas yes, the golden years going strong

[@robertanderson2898]

He's raced in 6 different decades, 5 in the Cup series (started in 1970 in Cup) amazing.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@retrostu6917 Morgan had a couple of good seasons in the early 90s the man could drive no doubt about that

[@superhoss95]

I miss open face Helmets and ski goggles.

[@lehighvalleydave4597]

nascar was at its best between 1985 til 2001..they had the names,,the big sponsors and in my opinion the nicer cars....nowadays its boring with the spoiled little brats on the track who can careless about tearing up a car

[@shawdowsanddust5301]

I see that Jimmy Spencer couldn't drive worth a lick dating back all the way to 1989...

[@aeromedical6750]

Jimmy “I’ll race the leader 3 laps down and crash him out” Spencer.

[@badmonkey2222]

Back then there was no lucky dog bullshit you had to race to get your lap or laps in this case back, you'll see allot of that back in the day and I've seen drivers in fact Bill Elliott came back from 3 laps down at this very track and won, and he did it by passing cars on the track not by cartoons and lucky dogs did it the hard way, and not only him.

[@knobdikker]

Mr. Excitement!!

[@12bar145ne]

Lol Michael Waltrip at 49:16 talking about the restrictor plate slowing the cars down & causing accidents..We need MORE POWER!! lol

[@STP43FAN1]

This was the myopia of then and later - everyone overlooked the crashes had been escalating in the years BEFORE the restrictor plate was brought back, and the non-plate tracks have tended to have more vicious wrecks (this 2017 Speedweeks there was a disastrous sprint car crash that badly injured three spectators at one of the Florida dirt tracks).

[@TOPGUNCANADA00]

were they in the pits or in the grand stands?

[@STP43FAN1]

More power? Indy car has those push-to-pass buttons that increase horsepower - and what good has it done?

[@Zoomer30]

Jim James He was profetic. The crap they have on the tracks now is probably why a lot of drivers are quitting.

[@seanschwab9715]

MetalMastodon sad part is, a team comes up with an advantage and an innovation and gets penalized for it. How can we have progress if you fine it out of them?

[@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.

[@tommysimmons5266]

Ironically Davey spins where his helicopter accident took place 4 years later

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

Rusty was his own worst enemy

[@vinewood8295]

Mike Helton was once the POTSS President of Talladega SuperSpeedway, he doesn't look any different on here than he doe's today hardly... damn near same suit & all...

[@retrostu6917]

Vine Wood it's cause he's a ROBOT

[@CyclonesFan24]

@@retrostu6917 exactly

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

NASCAR is like wrestling. So enjoyable in the 70s through the end of the century. After that just became unwatchable. Maybe I just got old.

[@bicklesby1]

So true so true

[@juliangarcia1221]

Nah it's just unwatchable I don't watch the races nowadays I just watch races from before I was born and when I use to watch nascar growing up I'm 18 and if nascar today was still the same as it was back then I would still be watching the races every weekend

[@robertanderson2898]

Could anyone help me identify a late 80s Nascar race...... Either '88 or '89, maybe even '90 (no later). I think it was a 1.5 mile track. Both Mark Martin and Alan Kulwicki had similar crashes (hit the wall, right side smashed in), Terry Labonte spun (driving the blue #44), and I think Ken Schrader crashed 3 times. I think everyone was chasing Bill Elliott that day. Bob Jenkins was the main announcer. This is all I remember.

[@BSNFabricating]

If Terry Labonte was in the 44 car, it would've been 1986 at the latest. If everybody was chasing Bill Elliott, it would've probably been '85. I know Alan Kulwicki made ran his first Cup race that year, but don't remember if Mark Martin was in it that year... after his first excursion into NASCAR (1981-83), he went back and ran ASA and other things, and ran a few Cup races until going full-time with Roush in '88. Ken Schrader was driving for Junie Donlavey in the #90 Red Baron T-bird at that time. Oh, and the races in Australia were in '88 and 89 if I remember right.

[@thunderanderson]

192... Sure looks faster than that.

[@craigpennington1251]

Cars are already FUNKY looking but still better racing than today's stuff.

[@raymondchapman5990]

I noticed they were talking about the Rusty Wallace/Raymond Beadle conflict. What people didn't know then was Rusty was pissed because he was having to buy tires and other things out of his own pocket which was just wrong on Raymond's part. Also Raymond was nowhere around during that time and it had Rusty pissed. Rick Hendrick helped Rusty and the team buy tires etc. It was a really f'd up situation Raymond put Rusty and the team in because he was caught up in his drag racing and using funds for it. The only reason Rusty run 1990 with BlueMax is because of that contract but he got the Miller sponsor and was starting his own team with Penske and Don Miller but due to the contract he had to race 1990 with BlueMax. That 1988/89 team should've won two championships in a row and easily could've in 1990 but the 1989 issues spilled over into 1990 and some key members left.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Wish I had more time to watch these old Talladega races, Ned J. commentating. Dave M. get's in my face wanting a speedy interview, spit start flying out of my mouth. Back up some and maybe Dave get's a good interview, lol.

[@thunderanderson]

O.K. So just WHY was this type of racing so much better than now? No pack racing, and 10 MPH less? I believe NASCAR needs to figure out how to go back to this type of racing (IMHO) Cars were hard to drive, and the price of failure was high... So much better

[@dwaynecain5608]

Great finish but it had been on my old tv I would have about beaten a hole in the top trying to clear up that picture. That about gives up my age and if that don’t I seen it live. LOL

[@jasonkolo]

Tracking on the dang VCR

[@josephscott6388]

obviously someone went back and rewatched those last 2 laps many times.

[@ItiscalledaMANDATE]

He won it for his mother! Uh I mean he won it. Terry LaBonte... Pre programmed much? Great content. How NASCAR was meant to be.

[@DixietheGoat9]

Oh I forgot they didn't have pit road speed

[@fatpatlives1998]

EM#1 not until that Atlanta incident

[@retrostu6917]

Elijah barber I remember that race, horrible tragedy.

[@gtrdriver27]

10:57 race start

[@hulaGUNZ]

Haven't started watching yet but my money's on Ricky-Bobby.

[@all4bspinnin311]

Why did the sky look so hazy? Was there a forest fire nearby?

[@williamshultz4620]

I think that was deep south summertime humidity

[@derricklayman227]

lets see how patti does

[@stevelatarte3693]

The Budweiser boys won

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Dale, not a big fan, respect him as a driver.

[@jessiehenry5405]

37:52

[@xxhsvclubsportxx8607]

@36:47 The REAL Ricky Bobby

[@RooneyMac]

2:29:48 looks like somebody is Abstracting

[@jebediahgentry7029]

I love how these races would be snooze fests compared to today and how they get so excited when they get there wide like it's something amazing

[@brianbooher7318]

It was something to get excited about.unlike today if you fucked up you were dead this is no Lil panty ass screw fest this is real men putting their life's on the line.

[@jsmr451]

Much better raing back then than we do today!

[@bennyroach7029]

When ya could ? A competitor abilities and not have to take a sensitive class.

[@bennyroach7029]

Weckers or checkers

[@breezyb606]

1:37:50

[@jacasoasheland6815]

23:55 lmao Spencer sucks so bad

[@TheTheratfarmer]

No cell phones.

[@johndudgeon7954]

Them old. Chevy. M. C. S. Are cool.

[@bigrooster6893]

Rusty Wallace ruined his career after acting spoiled brat to get out of his contract.

[@prevost8686]

Judge Executioner Nobody could crew chief him either. He couldn’t win a restrictor plate race if he was the only one entered.

[@pp3k3jamail]

@@prevost8686 who cares restrictor plate racing is trash and pretty much every driver hates them.

[@waydebaker33]

This all happened before I understood really, and I had no idea that it even happened to begin with. But I knew I never liked Rusty.

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

He never won anything special after he left. Mostly short track races

[@knobdikker]

He way aysewhole #2 with his buddy Earnhardt getting #1. I had no use for either of them!

[@ATLANTABOY527]

Xxx Xhb,😅