Thanks again to JG edits for a satellite version of the inaugural California 500!
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@rollinponystyle7 ай бұрын
Drove past this track the other day. Parking lot getting ripped up, billboards torn down already, piles of concrete, garages coming down. Truly sad
@gnnascarfan24106 ай бұрын
Aside from the brand new asphalt not much changed at the track from 1997 to its final days right?
@evanwilliams64064 жыл бұрын
Not only was Blacker Jeff Gordon's favorite car, it was also one of his winningest. The car was built way ahead of its time with an ability to compete at different tracks. Blacker was given its name due to the fact that it was a Black car originally. Because of its design it could run on a long wide flat track like California and on a rough challenging track like North Carolina and Darlington.
@rollinponystyle2 жыл бұрын
I was there that day and have been going every year from the start. Hot as all hell that day, but man. What a day and so many legends on the track.
@randomepic62046 жыл бұрын
God how I miss the thunderbirds.
@thelegendchrisbАй бұрын
This was the only race at this track in June. It swapped dates w/ Sonoma in 1998
@raplottrpj3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate you posting this, brings back so many good memories.....as Merle Haggard would say, back when the Country was Strong.
@spongebelt3 жыл бұрын
I see those San Bernardino mountains everyday a work, It’s a beautiful site to see 😁😁
@rustyfuzz4702 жыл бұрын
38:23 That crewman on the left has some giant balls, he came so close to getting clipped by the #17
@Vixen13k3 жыл бұрын
everyone complains about the schedule now but in 97 NASCAR put Michigan and California back to back lmao
@RandysRacingPlace6334 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the song that plays throughout the beginning of the race, especially in the starting grid? Thanks!
@AlonsoRules2 жыл бұрын
First race at California Speedway was a parade for 3 hours. Took over a decade for things to become less mundane.
@BengtsonJ2 жыл бұрын
So was the First Race at Las Vegas, Texas, Chicagoland, Kansas and Kentucky…
@gnnascarfan24106 ай бұрын
Boy you would have absolutely hated North Wilkesboro three years before this Fontana race when Geoff Bodine lapped the field!
@vapinbachelor289 Жыл бұрын
Sadd to see this racetrack do as many b4 it and be demolished for commercial property.
@commonguard34312 жыл бұрын
Great grid
@briantaylor9285 Жыл бұрын
Making all the cars identical was/is NASCAR's unforgiveable sin.
@NASCARFAN931004 жыл бұрын
Another Fun Fact: Natalie Decker was born 3 days after the 1997 California 500 occurred
@develynseether44262 жыл бұрын
And another fun fact the Speedway is the site of the steel mill where the final scenes of Terminator 2 were shot over 6 years earlier.
@RandysRacingPlace6333 жыл бұрын
Anybody knows the name of the song at the beginning? Many thanks in the advance!
@jebediahgentry70293 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe they are still racing on that pavement. I have to admit I'm happy to see the track go though after years of boring racing and turning it into a short track
@The81122 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think they finally got it back in 2019 more so in 2020. It’s a shame they didn’t get to race on it in 2021 because I think it would’ve shown that it’s still a great track and it’s just done dirty by Fox’s poor broadcast. I’d like to see NBC do Auto Club before they change it
@vapinbachelor289 Жыл бұрын
@@The8112 covid was the reason 2023 will be the last race at this facility b4 demo.
@themosquito8404 Жыл бұрын
I mean its been repaved a couple of times
@andredesouza9270 Жыл бұрын
Why are they going to destroy this race track?
@themosquito8404 Жыл бұрын
They are just "reformatting" it, but it will never be the same again. I think its because the track is so wide, wrecks never happen. So instead of doing the logical and cheaper option of narrowing the track, they decided to make it a 1/2 mile.
@andredesouza9270 Жыл бұрын
@@themosquito8404 just awful...😮💨
@andredesouza9270 Жыл бұрын
@@themosquito8404 if they were going to turn it into an oval of a mile, I'd even accept it... But 1/2 mile...? Bristol and Martinsville not enough?
@Pro24zach2 жыл бұрын
Im rewatching this season right now…because I miss real NASCAR so much…stage races?…Playoffs!?! Nascar doesn’t have playoffs! I’m debating weather to watch 98 next or go back in time and watch like the mid 80’s sometime?…what do you think?
@SimRacerSteve822 жыл бұрын
Doing the same. Started with 1996 as that was the first season I remember watching every race flag to flag. Going to go up to the chase. Maybe a bit further as the racing was still good, just dumb points system.
@NASCARFAN931004 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Dinah Jane was born the same day the 1997 California 500 occurred
@jebediahgentry70293 жыл бұрын
Who is Dinah Jane?
@NASCARFAN931003 жыл бұрын
@@jebediahgentry7029 Former Fifth Harmony member and one of my favorite singers