1989 Valleydale Meats 500

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Bristol International Raceway
April 9th, 1989

[@yojoeski]

Excellent job at 3:21 by Dr. Punch in showing his belief in Richard Petty. Never even flinched nor did his voice ever waver for over a minute. Just too bad he got so caught up in the moment that he couldn’t get it out.

[@nathanderover6929]

GOLD

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Apparently the person recording race was a Petty fan throwing his beer at VCR

[@nascage]

🤣🤣🤣 Nice!

[@shanechristopherson]

I didn't start watching NASCAR until 1995, so it's cool to be able to see these older races that people post. I miss the suspension travel and the boxier cars of the "good 'ol days"

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Are you referring to “stock” cars lol. As you probably noticed it used to be very popular.

[@TheSpiderTre]

3:20 "JerryPunch.exe has encountered an error"

[@mikewagner9395]

Haha

[@tuowl0564]

This Bristol I grew up with as a kid! When the surroundings of "Thunder Valley" were very much part of the atmosphere! The 160k seat coliseum is obviously impressive but I'll still take 75k seats and some Eastern Tennessee personality....

[@nascarvintage17]

this circuit was cool , they wiil destroy or not ? I read that somewhere ?

[@joshuaweatherman9496]

@@nascarvintage17 No.

[@nascarvintage17]

​@@joshuaweatherman9496 ok thank you ! because i having read somewhere athing like that . personaly i have always finded this race cool !

[@HiImSeanIPlayBass]

Man, old Bristol was a strange looking place. They must have spent a shit ton of money to dig all that open space out so they could build the full bowl around it. Crazy.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

How impressive was Butch Miller. $400?!. The man (and his people knew what they were doing. 🎶what can ya’ say theyre ASA🏁

[@stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346]

3:20-4:22 Jerry Punch.exe has stopped working

[@palex313]

kept waiting for the beat of Mobys Praise You to hit

[@thelegendchrisb]

20 cautions for this race which broke the all-time record at the time

[@12bar145ne]

lol Bristol has changed a lot since this race...

[@tuowl0564]

This is right before Bristol started to blow up. The attendance for this race is listed at 43k. 3 years later , 1992, it was around 75k.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Nowadaze, including the teenagers parents, its 5 k fannies in seats. Alot of excavating for nothing. Its PERFECT in 89’. Just jaw dropping

[@gtrdriver27]

13:05 race start

[@garrettfry123456789]

2:23:39 nice

[@laydownandcloseyoureyesmus2963]

SPOILER ALERT: Brett Bodine wrecks

[@M1_Engineering]

Does he start his post crash interview with "it's a shame......"

[@CarsFoodWeed]

3:20 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@RooneyMac]

1:56:06 *bonk* Maybe that's what broke something in the steering that had the 3 back to the pits the next lap, and then again after that

[@richardthefox3412]

3:21 YTP?

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I thought something broke on my tv. Or you tube was under attack. YIPES. In reality i suspect it was the work of a Petty fan throwing something at tv 😭

[@tommynesbitt4837]

5:15 Good ol' "Handsome Harry" looking younger than 32-year-old Rick Mast

[@sevendst19]

another race where Rusty Wallace was down a lap and still ended up winning the race

[@antonyblalock2696]

Wtf was that opening

[@robertfowler6721]

Pontiac Excitement 400? :)

[@SMIFFTV]

;)

[@tedgey4286]

What a cool track. They should cover it in dirt

[@TheMallen07]

Bristol dirt makes me cringe.