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@bubwal23xifan6 ай бұрын
One thing to remember, the drivers used to sling these cars around this track with NO POWER STEERING. Power steering wouldn't be introduced until 1981. Just proves that these drivers were total badasses.
@towhee896 ай бұрын
That is amazing to think about. A true show of physical prowess.
@Bossin3026 ай бұрын
And don't forget they were still on bias-ply tires too!
@bubwal23xifan6 ай бұрын
@@towhee89 absolutely, those old big, boxy cars were heavy and not easy to handle. Then to think that they drove with no gloves, no cool suit, in the heat of the summer, if that doesn't prove they were athletes, I don't know what does
@Celestial_Being6665 ай бұрын
Definitely a fact the announcers & reporters don’t discuss enough during broadcast
@SeymourBalz4 ай бұрын
I was racing short track in the 70's..we had power steering.
@loutenant94803 ай бұрын
Starting greed music is called Steel Guitar Rag by Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
@THROTTLEPOWER6 ай бұрын
Love watching these vintage races!!!!! 🏁🏁
@christopherlucas46206 ай бұрын
Look how young Mike Joy is. When did he start announcing? I am starting to believe they had a microphone in his crib announcing races because every time I think I found the youngest video of Joy... I find one even younger.
@gary24fan3 ай бұрын
He was just starting his education here. By Daytona 2020 he was an expert at stretching those lips all the way out of the broadcast booth and into the Presidential limo to kiss Donald Trump's ass. He's from New England but I don't consider him a New Englander. This guy is as Southern Fried as Jerry Jones or Richard Petty.
@ethanweeter27323 ай бұрын
Think he started MRN in the 1970s in NASCAR. But he was a track announcer before then I believe.
@wvusmc6 ай бұрын
Those trailers parked in the grass is crazy to see.
@beeemm25786 ай бұрын
Look at this line up...wow. I hate to be that guy that stresses 'it ain't what it used to be" but....lol. man this is gold.
@geraldbentley57816 ай бұрын
I was at that race sitting under cover on front stretch loved re watching 😊😊😊😊
@ehss1925 ай бұрын
That tire rule was ridiculous.
@DanArnets14924 ай бұрын
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1980 VIRGINIA 500 (9 of 31):* #2 Dale Earnhardt (1256 points with 2 wins, Chevrolet) #15 Bobby Allison (-73, Ford) #43 Richard Petty (-109 with 1 win, Chevrolet) #88 Darrell Waltrip (-122 with 2 wins, Chevrolet) #11 Cale Yarborough (-169 with 1 win, Chevrolet) #47 Harry Gant (-217, Chevrolet) #71 Dave Marcis (-143, Chevrolet) #90 Jody Ridley (-262, Chevrolet) #27 Benny Parson (-285, Chevrolet) Meanwhile, Richard Childress (Chevrolet) was 11th. Despite his great 1979 season, Joe Millikan (Chevrolet) had to scale down to a partial schedule for 1980. Buddy Baker (Chevrolet) won the Daytona 500 while David Pearson won the Southern 500 after taking over the Chevrolet #1 Donnie Allison used to race.
@gothard56 ай бұрын
interesting to see that teams had the freedom to use different makes and models of cars back then. teams weren’t tied to a specific manufacturer.
@blpadge223 күн бұрын
GM teams used the Chevy Monte Carlo at most tracks and Olds Cutlass 442 at Talladega. If you look you will see different Chevy models in use. Most are Monte Carlos, but Harry Gantt (47) is a Caprice, while 74 and 99 are Chevelles. Bobby Allison (15) was running a Thunderbird, but there were a couple of Torinos in the field.
@adampatterson54756 ай бұрын
Love how they use to dry the track lol
@blpadge223 күн бұрын
Jet dryer of its day. Used to drag tires at Rockingham
@blackpagan1006 ай бұрын
Awesome driving from Darell “gee whiz” Waltrip!
@joshuapowers46236 ай бұрын
Excluding Kyle Petty, not a driver under 30
@jessiehenry54056 ай бұрын
Uh Terry Labonte Dale Eranhardt And Jimmy Means Were All Under 30
@TheGreat_Kramer1Ай бұрын
Everyone in the race can drink in victory lane. Unlike so many times today.
@austincraig658911 күн бұрын
this was the race petty had words with earnhardt for that lap 1 incident
@johnbrianwilliams1186 ай бұрын
I miss grass at race tracks
@stuisaac2496 ай бұрын
Back when rubbin' was racin'!
@user-sp5kz2fp5w5 ай бұрын
Nice to see nascar is consistent with stupid rules
@ethanweeter27323 ай бұрын
I get costs were an issue with tires, but so is blowing out a tire or finishing worse because you pit under green and lose laps and get a bad break with the yellow.
@tnwhiskey682 ай бұрын
Started to watch it, but got a 15 sec ad at the beginning and 3:37 so I am just going to stop before I get any further in and have to watch 15 through the 45 min video.
@angryhubby29986 ай бұрын
Would love to see a race with the NASCAR drivers now in these cars! That would be awesome!
@ethanweeter27323 ай бұрын
They are sort of ugly and look like boats. Look like 1975 Monte Carlo’s.
@vinewood82953 ай бұрын
King Petty said first time he met Earnhardt they was runnin here at Martinsville & on the first lap sumama gun dive bombed everybody ended up on that nice shiny STP hood of his like damn son ya tryin it on the first lap????
@adcoxrobert37865 ай бұрын
The days when a third place finish was a bad day for the Pettys
@michaelhayes13405 ай бұрын
Great racing 🏁
@SeymourBalz5 ай бұрын
Darrel took 4 tires on purpose. He knew sooner or later they all will.
@beeemm25786 ай бұрын
9:23 duct tape....lol. this is real, down home, good ol boys racing here.
@pdas19966 ай бұрын
I had no idea MRN did TV!
@jessiehenry54056 ай бұрын
They Did Tv From 1979-1981 It Was Basically The Old Car And Track Program
@joshuapowers46236 ай бұрын
Less than halfway through & only 6 cars on the lead lap. If that were the case today. Every single person who complains about how much better Nascar used to be, would throw a fit about how unfair it was.
@mattfulmer42436 ай бұрын
Nope. that was some great racing. Legends battling in a survival of the fittest. Nowadays it's just boring parity and mediocrity.
@pumpkinking51746 ай бұрын
I'll take this over a feild of entitled spoiled brats.
@Slinger436 ай бұрын
Maybe the newer fan's would, but us older fan's understood back then that the driver's faced much more than just racing the other car's/driver's/team's. They faced REAL DANGER of physical harm/death, plus it was extremely difficult just to finish these race's back then!
@cohengamertv65484 ай бұрын
Remember, they had to finish 500 laps of racing with no power steering
@dionte75623 ай бұрын
Wow....Mike Joy is NASCAR'S Morgan Freeman.
@ethanweeter27323 ай бұрын
Hard to have door handles when the doors do not open.
@keithleeuwen8773 ай бұрын
The Dangerous Lifestyle !
@stevedriver14765 ай бұрын
the drivers names alone sounds like an episode of green acres meets the clampets at petticoat junction.. check them incredible cars out they look bigger than1970,s station wagons,,,,,from australia
@bradnerling71565 ай бұрын
Big organizations after time start with crazy rules. Racing is no different than videos.
@ethanweeter27323 ай бұрын
I am not a fan of tires only being changed under green. Sad they did not have any type of drying technology in 1980. Not like NASCAR or the tracks were broke.
@elkinsinboxinc5 ай бұрын
Mike Joy sounded like a pompadour back in the day.
@ivanbliaher86226 ай бұрын
0:17 What is this crash?
@SimRacin144 ай бұрын
Likely Rusty Wallace from the 1980 Modified/Grand American combo race held at Daytona.
@jefferyrobertson75206 ай бұрын
MRN Radio Theme Firepower From 1981 To 1993 Pop Culture NASCAR Winston Cup Series
@bradnerling71565 ай бұрын
I would say more about this video and rules but i would get into you tube trouble. I have already been warned. Even though people in the posted video can say whatever, I guess I can’t. Without penalty. Total b s. And you tube b s is bob sled
@thomashallman54366 ай бұрын
ol d.w.
@clarenceghammjr13262 ай бұрын
Pre woke racing
@patrickfisher41516 ай бұрын
Ok I can say this Mike joy has been in the sport too long that he almost should have been retired
@Celestial_Being6665 ай бұрын
No such thing as too long when ur a reporter & announcer
@bradnerling71565 ай бұрын
Some people like it some don’t. In the end freedom through out will win.