I miss Rockingham, I wish NASCAR would race there again, just only once a year. I'll never forget that last race there in 2004, Carl Long flipping down the backstraightaway, and Kasey Kahne almost won that, but Matt Kenseth holds on to win it. That was outstanding.
@mac99832 жыл бұрын
Man I was at this race and sat on the backstretch right where Carl Long flipped. I miss Rockingham dearly.
@Pen2ke2 жыл бұрын
It makes my day when you upload :)
@tevinsherrill56532 жыл бұрын
Too bad Rockingham is in really bad shape today. I would like to see NASCAR come back to it.
@EnrLeaf2 жыл бұрын
We're seeing the opposite to North Wilkesboro thankfully, as it is being rebuilt.
@captainnebulous29182 жыл бұрын
It can't be in that bad of shape it just got repaved like 12 years ago and been less than 10 years since its last race.
@mac99832 жыл бұрын
@@captainnebulous2918 yea so happy to see wilkesboro being brought back and rockingham could too it's actually in decent shape still.
@RedWingsninetyone2 жыл бұрын
It's actually not in terrible shape and NC has given it money to help with renovations, along with Charlotte and North Wilkesboro.
@captainnebulous29182 жыл бұрын
@@RedWingsninetyone Actually the Biden administration gave NC the money to give the tracks. All of this money for all of these old tracks being renovated is coming from the infrastructure money. Although this detail is not being mentioned much due to the number of conservative voters in those regions and that they don't want inbred morons refusing to go to the races just because it came from Biden's bill.
@BTCC90s2 жыл бұрын
WHAT!!! Robby Gordon also got on his side? i have never seen that one before! good candidate for "forgotten Nascar crashes"
@benwalter48422 жыл бұрын
Please bring NASCAR back to this track!
@RedWingsninetyone2 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping to see NASCAR return to the Rock once the renovations are completed
@cracklecracklebaybay56122 жыл бұрын
KZbin is doing you dirty. How I have never been recommended or shown a video of yours, until NOW is crazy with the amount of these type of NASCAR videos I watch.
@48nation962 жыл бұрын
I wish nascar would bring back Rockingham
@must98192 жыл бұрын
Seems like i remember carl saying he remembers seeing someone in the stands eating chicken 🐔 while flipping
@a4569872 жыл бұрын
😂
@foxwolf3162 жыл бұрын
I don't think that will make new fans coming to the track if the track comes back, you see you have to know where this track is from, like in 2022 we have Richmond and Martinsville, there in Virginia, Bristol is in Tennessee, next door to Virginia, also the national fairgrounds is in Tennessee, even north Wilksbourgh is also in north Carolina, same state where Rockingham is, and do you wanna know how far north Carolina is to Tennessee and Virginia? there next door to each other, my point is this, if your from the west rocky mountains on the other side of California, or near the central, your not going to bring fans all the time in the eastern states, so your gonna ask local people to come watch these races several time a year, in 2022 we have Richmond Martinsville and Bristol battling each other with the cup racing with fans watching 3 cup races a week, that's tiring to watch, and the unanimous of you people in the comments are asking to bring Rockingham back, it makes nascar 10 times worse, why can't anyone understand that? your asking fans, to drive 3 weeks on the road, near Tennessee and Virginia, this is horrible, if you just going to have short tracks in 3 states battling each other, this it good for the fan base.
@LITTLE19942 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I miss when that track was around.
@saragrant97492 жыл бұрын
I remember that Carl Long flip, what a wild ride.
@UGAfan7302 жыл бұрын
Nice vid
@gilliganallmighty32 жыл бұрын
it's amazing that when NASCAR started all of the changes to entice new viewers, they started having viewers drip the sport. its almost like the fans came for the sport as it was.
@prescotthuidekoper658 Жыл бұрын
The beauty of Rockingham is it's natural abrasive nature - taken from the local sandy soil. Tire management is the key. As Fast as the first lap is fast - the second lap is slower !
@SuperNASCARrocks2 жыл бұрын
I miss rockingham so much. It was such a fun racetrack.
@Austin_Windric2 жыл бұрын
Carl Long has the worst luck of anyone I've ever seen.
@jazratchetclank27662 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@mrepictime212 жыл бұрын
Just 20 minutes down the road from me I grew up at that strip.
@pittsburghkid99592 жыл бұрын
My dad was at that race and I was excited to find out that that was the last cup race at the track.
@jamesbraun98422 жыл бұрын
Can you also do final races at Riverside, Chicagoland and Kentucky please?
@christopherpettit23042 жыл бұрын
I love how people pound the table that they miss Rockingham and want it back but the attendance was horrible. 10k empty seats during NASCAR'S boom. Hell even when the trucks went, the attendance dropped a crazy amount from year 1 to year 2.
@robbieeades19562 жыл бұрын
That flip was nothing compared to Bobby Allison’s flip down the back straightaway in his Cam2 Mercury in 1976. I was sitting back there when he flipped down the whole straightaway and then got hit by a car when he had stopped. I sure hope nascar comes back, I think they know they messed up by leaving. I still have the Texaco hood from Jamies car hanging up in my garage to this day.
@extragoogleaccount60612 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the story! Do you know if a clip exists?
@robbieeades19562 жыл бұрын
@@extragoogleaccount6061 yes it does exist. On KZbin. If I find it again I will let you know. I'll look right now.
@robbieeades19562 жыл бұрын
@@extragoogleaccount6061 the clip is called Bobby Allison flip at Rockingham 1976. Lol. Of all things.
@KellieLeigh482 жыл бұрын
Yay! ❤ Always love your uploads
@austinstitzel2 жыл бұрын
I wish Rockingham returned to NASCAR.
@Cargeorge9962 жыл бұрын
The dodge intrepids back then had better aerodynamics n was much faster than the dodge chargers back in the late 00's . i miss the dodges ....
@travisguin832 жыл бұрын
Dang, I didn’t even realize how long it’s been.
@TheEmilyFravel2 жыл бұрын
you should do one for trucks
@SuperShannon822 жыл бұрын
I was at that race right by the restart line
@fearend32992 жыл бұрын
Rockingham is my favorite track that isnt on the schedule
@ultimateicon20102 жыл бұрын
MARKingham. This track needs to get put back on the schedule in a bad way.
@KrazyKeith42 жыл бұрын
2004 was probably NASCAR's wildest season overall for the Cup Series. You had a new title sponsor, Rockingham's last Cup date, Kasey Kahne finishing 2nd a bunch throughout the season, DEI dominating the superspeedways, Kurt Busch almost not winning the championship, did I miss anything?
@josephbevacqua92172 жыл бұрын
Ul the the recap of the 2002 Advance Auto Parts 250 please
@jeffreytenthije2 жыл бұрын
Why is it always a crash during ad breaks
@a4569872 жыл бұрын
😂 DW - "boing, boing, boing"
@greedoshotfirst12 жыл бұрын
One of several races Kahne deserved to win, but didn't. If only.
@TheBossLegacy2 жыл бұрын
i was at this race
@twiggyb87132 жыл бұрын
The place didn't have safer barriers. That was an old fashioned race track, I was 3 when this race was ran and I still miss it
@captainnebulous29182 жыл бұрын
NASCAR's Last Cup Race.... until some point in the next 2 years. This is one of the 3 historic tracks likely to return to Cup by 2025 IMO. (others are Wilkesboro and Nashville Fairgrounds... I'd say Wilkes has the least chance might only get Trucks and Xfinity)
@captainnebulous29182 жыл бұрын
Few people remember it this way these days because they have a selective memory, but Rockingham was a very technical track and the useless casuals would always call it boring because it wasn't a bump-to-pass track like the other short tracks. So that's one thing fans need to keep in mind if it gets brought back to Cup. We need to make sure to silence the casuals if they start saying dumb shit again. Casuals literally only like bumping and banging, demo derbies, and 3 wide and that just has never been what good racing is about. Bumping is a symptom of good racing, not a cause of good racing. The good race is what made the bumping cool, the bumping is never what made the race cool.
@roymcdre91802 жыл бұрын
The racing was prolli ONLY good b.c of the gen 4 car & rules + tricks made it good. Today it would suck