1985 Winston 500

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Alabama International Motor Speedway
May 5th, 1985

[@knobdikker]

The most awesome and spectacular come back in the history of NASCAR. It will NEVER be done again with the restrictions on the cars now. Bill said in his autobiography that he ran many laps in EXCESS of his qualifying speed, so that means lap speeds greater than 209.389 mph!!!! That's hauling ass! North Georgia blue oval ass whuppin! FoMoCo for the win baby!

[@snidelywhiplash7277]

F irst O n R ace D ay

[@jamesgentry13]

It's a shame this race was not televised

[@rusty383]

Man! All my Favorite Driver were still alive and in this race. That Coors car was awesome

[@russellspearman5053]

Man I Love watching these old Nascar racing

[@mikecross4350]

I was there it was great

[@rusty383]

I Got Harry Gants autograph that year.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I remember watching this on tv, could have sworn i watched the full race. I believe its out there, somewhere

[@rusty383]

Those were the days of my Fantastic T Birds . Bill Eliot set the track record at Teladaga at 205 .3

[@nicolewembley3093]

The 80's were good for lots of reasons, you can visibly see the sponsor logos with nice bold graphics, and the sponsor was on the car for the full season. The racing was good to. You can see how packed this place was. MRN was in its heyday to, I like listening to the radio broadcast with the tv video. Thanks for the upload!

[@dillonkerr5189]

The MRN broadcasting and the clear pictures make this the best old race broadcast on youtube. Hands down.

[@jimbosc]

Old Billy brought a full can of Georgia whoop ass to the track that day. Bill ran a few laps full speed after the stop and was making more than 1/2 second on the field and got on the radio to ask Ernie if it would hold together. Ernie said "let's find out". Incredible piece the Melling team brought to the track in 1985 each week.

[@snidelywhiplash7277]

That can of whoop ass got poured all over the competition like maple syrup

[@mikecross4350]

Notice bill would warm his tires before he would turn it loose

[@tonymyers7498]

I was listening to MRN radio that day...it wasn't showed on live TV.....I like how you put the MRN broadcast with the race....thanks

[@jodymann5993]

I really really love watching these old Nascar racing a whole whole lot and I still watch Nascar racing right now

[@mikecross4350]

Started over in the middle of the race ...that sucks

[@BroMark1611]

Don't have advice into Studio for Edit with Creator, but it would be nice to cut the repetition of racing film. Thumbs up for what we got.

[@bloqk16]

I realize it is a safety hazard, but I enjoy seeing the unlimited speeds along pit lane, where you can see the drivers putting *the pedal to the metal* with drag racing out of the pits.

[@jamesgentry13]

I feel it's safer than pack racing

[@mikecross4350]

This is where crybaby waltrip really earned his nickname

[@cfoster81]

even though I was very young around this time, but over time as I saw the highlights and still amazed how Bill Elliott made up over 5 miles UNDER GREEN cause in normal circumstances if you lose a lap at Talladega or Daytona, you are done cause it is very hard to make up even one lap unless it's under yellow

[@jeffallen6191]

When they were not all cookie-cutter cars

[@Scott2510A]

The recording of this race was the worst ever. They missed most of the race and Bill making up the laps.

[@MrSurfdevil]

Whoa at the 24ish minute it goes back to the start🤷‍♂️. Thanks for the 24+minutes tho

[@artisticgizmo8654]

Bill Elliott's 8th of 44 Career NASCAR Winston Cup Series wins

[@jefft.7584]

Back when NASCAR was NASCAR and the guys carried their balls around in a syrup bucket.

[@rusty383]

Dug Yeats Horsepower was awesome!

[@hotrodhomefree]

Ernie Elliott horsepower in the 9 car...

[@snidelywhiplash7277]

Who taught you how to spell ? Robert Yates was building engines....Doug Yates was his son. Neither of them built anything on the 9 car.

[@marine4lyfe85]

The good ole days, when a driver could still get a kiss from a couple Winston Cup girls without everyone freaking out.

[@johnnyx9892]

I updated the comment to reflect today's lunacy; "The good ole days......when girls were still girls."

[@danielmoose1273]

Too bad the video of what seemed like a good race got hacked to pieces ... we see the first 30 or 40 laps twice, then the last half of the race is missing(??) ... I guess a little is better than nothing, and the MRN coverage was a special treat ... but what a disappointing jumble ...

[@michaelotten2724]

3s and 9s are wild!!!

[@nascarmanHistory]

Wow, Oates waved the green flag?!

[@marine4lyfe85]

The lesser know member of Hall &Oates.

[@KayakTN]

A young Mike Joy.

[@jeffniznick9280]

I remember Lebonte. I don’t remember Piedmont Airlines. Lol

[@gtgodbear6320]

NASCAR should allow smaller engines with forced induction. Cars that came stock with turbos are eligible. Like a Supra. Or a 4-cylinder car with a huge Turbo.

[@knobdikker]

🙄🙄🙄🙄 If it's not a V8 son, then it's not American.

[@lesmach6495]

How fast ? Eventually 212.089

[@bgolferman]

Is the NBC Version of this race available anywhere?

[@SMIFFTV]

It's out there in the world *somewhere*, but it has yet to surface. This was the only version I could get a hold of and it's the only version I've ever seen, unfortunately

[@jamesgentry13]

It was never televised

[@bgolferman]

It was on NBC Sportsworld, you could see Gary Gerould in Victory Lane with the NBC Mic.

[@shiningshadow4926]

The greatest comeback in the history of stock car racing, and NASCAR doesn't ever want to talk about it ... because it demonstrates that strangle plates aren't required for incredible racing.

[@bradkroboth5490]

@@SMIFFTV if people in the stands or infield had any old camcorder footage, it would be sweet if they could get it to you and mix that with the MRN broadcast, that would be awesome. A pain in the ass, but awesome. I'd contribute$$ to the cause

[@superblindeye1]

Do you have a complete radio broadcast?

[@scottbrown7497]

The radio broadcast interneting

[@WaRLoKWYATT]

I would love to know how they cheated for Bill Elliot to win this race. There is no way they didn't cheat.

[@frankkitchenhoff7732]

He was 3/4 of a second per lap faster than everyone else

[@kennethfeld6639]

They had one thing going for them. They were all family and the shop was on Dawsonville. Everyone around Charlotte, the big teams would hire guys back and forth and they would bring "secrets" with them. You also need to remember this was before CNC machines - "Head Porting" was done by candlelight with a man and a air grinder with no peeping eyes, no cameras, no lasers etc. That engine was assembled in the Elliott garage on Elliott property and those secrets stayed in the "Family" It wasn't just this race - pretty much 85, 86, 87 their cars were rockets and they would literally make competitors cry each week on super speedways. No cheating needed

[@donbarker433]

Ford engine

[@knobdikker]

He had a vastly superior aerodynamic car and at least 100 HP on everyone else. It wasn't cheating!! You pu🐱🐱y Chevy lovers got yer ayses handed to you that day, crybabies! You want to talk cheating, how about 1986 when you GM crybabies got to put a sloped back glass in that wasn't stock. It's been over 30 years and I have yet to see a GM car with that sloped glass on the road!! I can still find 1986 Thunderbirds that look like Bill's car. You whining cheating pu🐱🐱y GM lovers crack me up!

[@pumpkinking5174]

@@knobdikker I owned a 87 Monte Carlo SS with the rear areo window. So........