1990 Winston 500

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Talladega Superspeedway
May 6th, 1990

[@waynethomas2796]

Sure do miss that black #3.

[@youdropwemop8854]

Almost as much if not more than i miss that black 28. With its original driver.

[@timettinger2017]

And how, brother! Amen!

[@pp3k3jamail]

I miss the black 28 and the white number 7 more I'm a Ford guy.

[@CosmicsStuff]

Yep I also miss the old 4 car

[@GwenTennyson58494]

I miss the black #3

[@ragingbull154]

Watching this April 29th 2020. Dale would have turned 69 today. NASCAR hasn't been the same since we lost him.

[@User-nu6km]

69 lol

[@stevt100]

it hasn't been the same since Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki passed away also.

[@fivespeed42]

@@User-nu6km "NICE"

[@knobdikker]

Yes, the number of intentional times of putting people in the wall dropped drastically when Earnhardt turned into maggot food!

[@jemimallah2591]

nice

[@coleyounger5689]

No stage one no stage 2 no bull shit the old days rules

[@paulwilton735]

Either win or loose. These stupid rules come from a guy with a nose ring. Ruin the sport.

[@ss_whole]

If only NASCAR was this good today

[@AshleyLitchford-tb9uk]

❤

[@DARC-87]

I have an absolute sickness for nostalgia. Brings me many great memories with my dad watching these old races.

[@MichaelSmith-ip8jg]

Just an awesome race. The Intimidator and Sacks dominated the field. Could listen to Bob, Benny, and Ned all day.

[@billkaldem5099]

They were the best

[@michaelbatt9680]

1:34:53 best moment in television history! god love ya mr trickle haha

[@badmonkey2222]

Could you imagine someone doing that now days these sissys would freak out, my how times have changed.

[@ironpanther2420]

That was awesome. There will never be another stock car driver like Dick Trickle.

[@tericnoah8836]

smok'em if ya got'em

[@vapinbachelor289]

Testosterone was actually required to be called a man back in these days.

[@brianbossaer2049]

Now we got vegans racing!

[@thunderstruck5484]

Holy smokes I never missed a race on tv back then and would turn it up loud as I could, even now in 2023 watching the start got my heart pumpin! Awesome!

[@prevost8686]

I don’t miss the injuries but I sure do miss the 80s & early 90s in NASCAR. I haven’t watched NASCAR in the last few years. Just can’t stomach the PC garbage.

[@PeaceLoveandMolotovs]

What PC garbage are you talking about.

[@thomasc.5219]

It's not PC. Just people woke up and realized it's a dumb sport. Just driving In circles and turning left. Doesnt take talent to do it. Anybody given a little practice can do it cause the equipment does the work. It's why it's a hick sport and hick drivers are in it cause they cant make it in superior racing divisions. Soon Nascar will be dead for good and I say good riddance. I love how people complain about commercials and advertising but have no problem watching a sport that the cars are covered In it. But if they did that to football jerseys you would all bitch. Hypocrites much.

[@anonymousanonymous-cl8nr]

@@thomasc.5219 Said the guy with a wrestling avatar lol. You like to watch two men drenched in oil grab each other shut the fuck up.

[@RebootedGaming]

Thomas C. You really have never sat in a car that’s going 190-210 mph, has no grip really and has all their wheels at different camber/toe angles, have you. Your ignorance is showing mate.

[@logawinner]

Better watch it now, it is the only sport to watch.

[@HolyToledo]

That Black 3 car, just looks Gangster. No wonder racers sh** themselves when they saw him behind them

[@LordFuzzy32]

You knew when that car was behind you

[@knobdikker]

That's because they knew that the dirty aysewhole driving it would blatantly wreck you!

[@TheaLorraine]

@@knobdikker thank you

[@frankcedeno9890]

It was also because of who was behind the wheel. No one fears other drivers anymore. Everyone feared and respected Dale Sr.

[@mattkowal90]

That particular #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet is by far one of the elite restrictor plate cars ever built. He won three of the four plate races in 1990 with that car. He ran that car in all four races, but unfortunately and it still hurts that he didn't win the Daytona 500 after leading 155 of the 199 laps before that tire went flat, UGH Man that still hurts! Back then, if you won the 500 they didn't take your car away, you could win it and bring the car to both races at Talladega and bring it back to the Pepsi 400 at Daytona.

[@vinewood8295]

Exactly on everything you said brotha, I don't think i'm ever gonna get over that loss...

[@Jesusislord3334]

Matthew Kowal Exactly. This one . This particular car in my opinion is one of the most dominantng individual cars Ever. The Best restrictor plate car by far. It should have been undefeated .

[@ProfessorNewollah]

Cope threw his keys out the window on the next to last lap to cause that flat...

[@ksharif1]

Your forget Davey Allison’s 28 Havoline! If his life wasn’t tragically ended early, he could’ve won at least 10 more restrictor plate races.

[@mattkowal90]

@@ProfessorNewollah No it was a piece of bell-housing from Rick Wilson's car. I think it landed at the beginning of the backstretch. At least Cope though won a non-plate race later in 1990 that went the distance, the Budweiser 500 at Dover back when the Monster Mile's races were 500 miles/laps. He dominated the race too.

[@wolfpack2210]

Wow that beginning with Greg Sacks was amazing. He must have flew up there. Great driving.

[@michaelbatt9680]

during this race you could put Dale & Greg in the back of the entire pack & they would STILL make it to the top 2...what AMAZING driving with those 2 at this track on this day.

[@TSi99999]

Best production and commentary team ever!!

[@RL-yv7dw]

Look at the stands. It's PACKED!!!! Not like that anymore these days. Not even close. Nascar was f**king amazing those days and beyond. I wish it was still like that. The cars were so damn beautiful too and look like real racing stock cars. Now it all sucks!!

[@michaelponce7326]

I'm with ya...this was when racing was worth spending the money on. Love u Dale Earnhardt 💔 RIP buddy

[@rebelsoul5980]

Right! The paint schemes are literally hard on the eyes these days. Everything NASCAR does has ruined the sport over the past 20 year's!

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

Every. Fucking. Race video posted has this same stupid ass comment.

[@RL-yv7dw]

@@TwoAcresandaMuleYour problem is yourself. Why don't you just leave people alone instead of your smartass comments. Have a nice day.

[@motorgrader5]

i miss the days when they could tint the windows made the cars look so much cooler!

[@TheNASCARJeff]

The Hendrick/Paul Newman "R&D" team was sold to Joe Gibbs, JGR was a Pontiac team with Hendrick Engines. The first HMS R&D team was sold to Felix Sabotas to start SABCO racing and is now Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabotas.

[@calinmasca5830]

I miss this NASCAR series

[@joshuamoore6299]

Every bit of nascar was uniquely American 🇺🇸. The sponsors, manufacturers, engines and most important it was about racing that was entertaining not entertaining masquerading as racing

[@BigPapi76]

Sacks in experimental cars equaled racing magic.

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

Sacks sure did some major experimenting at the next restrictor plate race after this one at Daytona.

[@brianbooher7318]

Sacks did a great job at daytona in 85. No doubt but what is failed to be ever mentioned is he won that race cause bill Elliott has yo pit with about 5 to go an sacks stretched his fuel but either way he won but I saw him on TV acting like he out run bill an he did not

[@braddawson4496]

@@brianbooher7318 ... Sacks passed Elliot on the track.. Elliot passed Sacks in the pits.. The race can be seen right here on youtube and which car was best that day was plain to see.

[@wolfpack2210]

Man I miss the thunderbirds. I use to have one back in high school and they stopped making them.

[@SMIFFTV]

My daily driver is a '97 T-Bird. I love the 'Birds....any year is great. I was a huge Dale Jarrett fan from '93 until he retired. Someday mine will be painted up like his Quality Care ride lol

[@wolfpack2210]

SMIFF TV I had a 98 t bird my sophomore year in high school so we had a common interest lol. I miss that car it felt so smooth and flew fast on trips on the interstate.

[@mattjohnston7686]

I had an 87 T- bird, like the one bill Elliott broke Talladega speed record in.

[@TheaLorraine]

second owner of a 70 t-bird 2dr 429 love it

[@JacobDean88]

Gawd i miss these days

[@TheSaturnV]

Thank you for posting these!!!

[@jamesandrews6581]

I was AT this race. For 350 laps, it was a three-way shootout among Earnhardt, Kenny Schrader in the #25 Kodiak Chevy, and Greg Sacks in the #18 Slim-Fast in its first head-on competition, having been used previously as the 'camera car' for "Days Of Thunder", which was still in production. Schrader's car eventually crapped out, leaving Earnhardt and Sacks to duke it out. No one else was even close. Sacks definitely stole the show, charging to the front time after time, only to be sidelined by lousy pit work by a grass-green crew. If it hadn't been for that, Sacks would have won this race going away. All that aside, it was one of the most electrifying races I have ever attended.

[@vinewood8295]

Won going away? Sacks was right there at the end behind Dale & could not get past, the fuck did he do let him win? His car was good, yes BUT not better than Dale's car...

[@SmokeyYunick13]

The greatest broadcast team in history

[@kurtdeilke7323]

Parsons is the best all time. Dude was funny.

[@zulayseguinot5406]

Greg Sacks, stole the show in this race. What a great driver, full of potential and skill. He made mistakes driving for some bad owners.

[@TSi99999]

Read he was going to be the third HMS Chevy but something in his past made them go with Gordon. He even drove the third car in "91 l believe

[@gothard5]

@@TSi99999 HMS released him after the 1990 season due to Slim Fast pulling out.

[@DarkDays2023]

has a cigarette in the car oh how times have changed hahha

[@Victoryisthine]

1:34:55

[@jacktorse2145]

Yeah agreed, and not for the better!!!

[@DarkDays2023]

@@jacktorse2145 yeah kinda went to shit their should be a classic leagues like the old days

[@coolbeanz1918]

Back when we grew up with a smack👋

[@scottbrown7497]

During the 1985 Bears VS Packers game at Lambeau Field a Green Bay assistant coach was smoking 🚬 on the sideline during the game .

[@theshunt545]

Thank you for this replay !

[@tommysimmons5266]

Watching this 34 years later and realizing Dale sr just turned 39 and dale jr is 16. Now jr is 49 years old.

[@zcam1969]

restrictor plate racing at Talladega is a shame .i went in 87 the pole speed was 212 mph i went the next year 1988 the pole speed was 189. ,i stopped going down there in 1984 i seen Buddy Baker do 220 down the badkstrist

[@369Bandido]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😇😇😇Nothing but Angels in that front pack. Earnhardt, Trickle, Kulwiki, Moroso. Keep watch fellas!!😇😇😇😇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rgii8060]

Am I the only one that wishes NASCAR would stop using the headlight and taillight decals?? They are race cars, not street cars.

[@mrnascar9129]

30yrs later and still call him that God damn earnhardt

[@lauralaplace9945]

I’m going to be 60 This July 5th, I was 26 back then . That line up was great .

[@simr7856]

2nd lap - ol Dirty Mo goes to first place - love it.

[@Fetterkuss1983]

Nothing more iconic than seeing that black 3 flying through turns 3&4 at Talladega.

[@531ff]

My man ripping a cig during caution .

[@vinewood8295]

All the problems Dale Sr had trying to win pts paying Cup races at Daytona, never had any issue's at Dega... The last great run for Greg Sacks in Winston Cup...

[@ForSaKeN0TeARS]

Awesome stuff right there.

[@cosmiccowboy9358]

The nostalgia is heavy as I watch this

[@yankee1112]

that 27 car Rusty had this year was sharp.

[@robertrobinson9920]

I know greg sacks didn't win but what run he had .And considering it was a part time ride.

[@user-ew1ox7yk9c]

what a huge change from real grass roots racing to the hollywood social media ..racing

[@SubmissionGrappler83]

Hard to believe Dale only had 2 Talladega wins at this point in his career.

[@SDRacing88]

that's not what he's saying....

[@zcam1969]

Earnhart didnt win shit until Bobby Allison retired

[@SubmissionGrappler83]

@@zcam1969 They both won a bunch of races between Earnhardt's rookie year, and Allison's final year, but Earnhardt won a few more.

[@zcam1969]

you are right , but im saying Earnhardt didn't have no competition after Allison and Yarbough left

[@brianbooher7318]

@@zcam1969 yea especially after they put the elliott plate on to let the competition catch up

[@1776_Garage]

I miss the black 28

[@teranceparker4728]

Hopefully this race had an photo finish at the end.

[@chuckd1586]

Sure miss REAL Nascar!

[@willp8003]

Sacks had a car that could have won. He was one of those guys that never really got a shot in good equipment for more than a few races. 1990 running part time for hendrick was probably his best shot and he did well but nothing really came of it long term with another team.

[@blanenoel4231]

I was at this Race! Look down Pit Road when they came by the Rubber off the tires you feel it hit you it was Cool! Only on Long Runs tires worn !

[@clyd1206]

I remember this race all to well. I was pulling for sacks so hard and I still believe he would have won if his pit crew wasnt so terrible. TBF it seemed like they were all volunteers so Im certainly not craping on them but it certainly showed how important a good team can be. I grew up watching sacks and the rest of the modified drivers and thought for sure that Sacks was gonna be a contender after that race. Boy was I wrong : (. I felt the same way when ron Bouchard won but The modified guys could never really get it going. Geoff had a good run for awhile but the rest were real hit and miss.

[@gothard5]

it wouldn’t surprise me if they were volunteers as this was just a part time team

[@vinewood8295]

I'll be damned that Goodwrench firesuit shoulda said Hendrick Motorsports on it. Dale woulda won 12 races that year including the Winston Million....

[@toddwebb7521]

Something I always found ironic is that Earnhardt hated restrictor plates and talked shit about them at like every interview at the restrictor plate tracks but he actually did better on Daytona and Talladega in the 90s after restrictor plates than he did in the 80s without them.

[@teranceparker4728]

I wish back in the day that would be the half-time break like Arca has been doing lately and Nascar Cup Series should try that to avoid green flag pit stops so that time there would be more pack racing in a sprint race often.

[@terryjohnson8994]

Yes Dick Trickle used to smoke during caution flag laps and I don't think he was the only one.

[@brianbooher7318]

David Pearson did also the wood Brothers put a cigarette lighter out of a car in the dash so he couldd light his cigarette

[@superbird4351]

Greg Sacks had a lot of talent and it sucks that he never got a really good ride.

[@sdrawkcab735]

A story came out a couple years ago, saying he pissed away a FT gig with Hendrick after the sponsor found out about a DUI/OWI.

[@superbird4351]

@@sdrawkcab735 Yeah there’s a video about that by either Brock Beard or S1apShoes.

[@zeusatwood]

I’m watching this in 2021!

[@vapinbachelor289]

I just watched the DJD &Learned Sterling Marlin has Parkinson disease and it disturbed me so bad i had to come watch some old races...

[@brockphilpott8740]

just real racing how awsome

[@user-ku5xo1ph9l]

When men drove the cars

[@TheaLorraine]

not kids

[@TheTheratfarmer]

I'll watch it.

[@terrencenoftall3326]

Dales domination years

[@68air]

1:31:49 What are the chances that Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons would do a bit the museum and wrecks and when they come back to live action Ned's son Dale and Benny's brother Phil would be involved in a wreck?

[@TonyWud]

ol Dale had that side-drafting figured out before anybody.

[@pickitup7008]

NASCAR needs to bring back the hat of the week!!

[@Beastmode-px3es]

What is that starting grid music I’ve been tryna figure it out forever I’ve heard it in a couple races

[@gothard5]

It’s a shame that #18 team didn’t work out. I just read where Sacks had signed a contract extension with HMS to continue running that 18 car for the 91 and 92 seasons, but Slim Fast pulled out which caused the team to fold and Sacks was released. I feel like Sacks would have gotten several more wins with this team had Slim Fast not pulled out.

[@Eatmyyshorts]

I remember this I was four days old

[@bobbymoore7874]

My dad took my sister and I to this race for my 7th birthday.

[@brianbossaer2049]

The cigarette was awesome! Back when shit was real.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Not on free TV, I'll watch this. Hey, wave hands.

[@jordanoxley1728]

I'm getting ready for Talladega on sunday

[@Josxyz74vvTV]

Cant believe Trickle didn't get multi-year sponsorship deal with Winston after that haha.

[@dalejr183]

What happened to that car did they put in the museum? I know they kept the tire that cost him the Daytona 500 on the last lap. This Black Goodwrench car 3 is the best car ever run on the restrictors plates won em all in 1990 exception being the Dayton 500 blown tire on last lap and that's Goodyears fault while dominating

[@Victoryisthine]

That wasn’t Goodyear’s fault. There was a piece of debris on the backstretch that Dale ran over and the tire blew going into #3

[@terryjohnson8994]

If im not mistaken that race car was Kurt Shelmerdines black bullet Dales first crew chief I remember reading they started on that car months before they normally would have..tweeked on it anytime they had extra time with the only intent to win the Daytona 500.

[@terryjohnson8994]

And yes that was a piece of clutch from another car that cut the tire not only did cope say he couldn't believe Dale saved that car from wrecking but the RCR guys gathered up that clutch piece mounted it on a piece of wood and gave it to Copes team to mess with them...hehe

[@terryjohnson8994]

And remember Derick Cope needed to be 2nd to win that race that was no fluke with Buddy Parrot as the crew chief and not Copes only win...not Bad for a GQ baseball player

[@rgii8060]

Yes, the car is in the RCR Museum. I visited it a few years ago. If you ever get a chance to go to the museum, do it! Kind of emotional too so be prepared.

[@daviddavenport1485]

The pride of Kannapolis

[@gothard5]

It is also a shame that Mark Martin did not win the championship in 1990 because of that stupid penalty early in the season.

[@TSi99999]

That sound turn 3 first lap

[@nikkikarlssonthetalkingtom870]

YOU WON, THE INTIMIDATOR!!!

[@malld2787]

Starting Grid at 4:10

[@roneldelgado5490]

Miss the old tires 😢

[@MAel-qh3sn]

Watching that number 3, Childress should not have brought the number back even if it was grandson. But guess the 3 sells so money trumps everything.

[@jb4966]

Its a number dude. Get over it.

[@nickzitzloff1622]

I was not born yet I would be born a couple months later

[@r.humphreys4765]

DALE EARNHARDT- ACCIDENT-NASCAR-NEVER WAS SAME-NASCAR IS GONE-AWAY-RICHARD PETTY-WHAT WAS YOU-THINKING-?????

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Dale? Sacks is running great. I know this is dale's track.

[@tnwhiskey68]

Sponsors got more bang for their buck back then! "The Citgo Ford, car #21 Dale Jarrett" instead of "the Wood bros 21". They mentioned sponsors a lot, crew and track workers often. I don't know any crew besides Crew Chiefs now. I damn sure dont know the pace car driver or flag man! I've heard Elmo Langley and Harold Kinder a lot!

[@DeathracerXD]

No its speed

[@ihus9950]

👍

[@1NonlyJOHN]

14:20 good ol' Niel 😂😂

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Is there a cup race, it is sunday.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Testing. 'it is not right", come down to pit road. "the engine is off". You have the best.... not right....the engine is off. Larry Mac, found a push rod bent and rocker arm broken.

[@DewkChronic]

Geoff, Brett and Todd its a Bodrinasty . heheheh

[@mrgoodwrench3674]

I was at this race. My 1st trip to Talladega. We went every year until Dale's death. 2001 was my last trip. Never went to another race after that.

[@tommysimmons5266]

6 years later # 9 would flip off of turn 2.

[@MartinMusshorn-wz8bx]

The car will draft but won't run but it self

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Dale, who gets close?

[@paulrivers7248]

At 2:43:00 he didn't say hey to jr because most of the time jr was at the track with him😁🤷‍♂️

[@gtrdriver27]

7:30 race start

[@alexlascu2136]

Anyone see a #46 or #51 car anywhere

[@billbarrie6229]

The "Capital" of Boogity

[@TheJeffro451]

Wow NASCAR has definitely made changes for safety sake over the years. Pit crews not wearing helmets or fire retardant suits, no speed limits on pit lane, cars that cannot maintain speed allowed on the track...it’s crazy!

[@DarthVader-no1cm]

Way to go Dale Earnhardt!