1986 Winston Western 500

NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Riverside International Raceway
November 16th, 1986

[@MyKittyPercy]

What a second half of the season Tim Richmond had 🌟 RIP

[@badmonkey2222]

If Tim would have lived you can bet he would have won 2 or 3 championships.

[@ragingbull154]

Wish Riverside was still around...... great track. Had a little bit of everything. Esses, Banked right turn, long straight, slow and fast turns.

[@thomashallman5436]

me too hoss me too i miss goin to the greatest road course ever

[@saragrant9749]

Great… but immensely dangerous. It would have to be completely overhauled to make standards today.

[@Rbyrd77]

Its almost chilling when Richmond says " I'll be here" talking about 1987. But when he says it, he has sort of a far away look. He likely already knew.

[@suestaley844]

He found out from a doctor while in California. He knew something was wrong here as he'd been feeling bad for a couple months, but he wasn't diagnosed until it tripped into double pneumonia in January according to family.

[@d.a.m.1470]

I literally grew up at this track. My dad started taking me here when I was so little...Maybe my favorite track ever!

[@SwineBrothers]

that intro music is 80s as hell!!

[@SwineBrothers]

also, weird seeing phil parsons do commentary on a race decades before he'd do it full time.

[@bloqk16]

In the early part of this video, a very unique segment: Few words spoken by Darrel Waltrip prior to the start of the race.

[@suestaley844]

This is such better racing than what we see today. Richmond was awesome!!!!

[@dalejr183]

Slideways thru the esses love it

[@badmonkey2222]

Good ol bias ply tires

[@thomashallman5436]

i saw this race in person in 1986 one month before my 13th birthday y all great race

[@cfoster81]

NASCAR should have more road races in the Cup series than 2 every year and also, I wish they let the West Series cars run with Cup series cars like they used to, and still let the West series run for their points

[@jimknowlton342]

It makes me so sad what they did to this race track. A mall and neighborhoods? really sad.

[@thomashallman5436]

agreed jim very damn sad all people are into is their own wokness

[@TALLPaul67X]

I SOOOOO miss Riverside!

[@AlKey-kz4fh]

1986 was great. The USA had not yet started the decline beginning in the 90s. Everything felt happy and optimistic. Hopefully the USA will be made great again.

[@marcusbarnes6032]

1986 was a very interesting year. First we had the Challenger explosion in January and then Len Bias drug overdose basically opened up the US to drug use.

[@tradcliff3027]

Agreed!

[@RC.41]

Not happening yet 😢 Maybe in the new decade the “roaring 2020s”. < I’m the first person to say that

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Hillary was just learning about the medical stocks she would invest in to start the end...

[@SwineBrothers]

just the cold war and fear of being nuked.

[@joshowenby6408]

DW's final race with Junior Johnson.

[@badmonkey2222]

Loved the bias tires wish they never changed them could just sling the car around..what a driver Richmond was....rip

[@jimbosc]

Due to the Hoosier/Goodyear battle - Goodyear went all in on radials thinking Hoosier would not be able to keep up. Hoosier actually built a competitive radial but it had some failures that caused Hoosier bad PR. Eventually - given the costs to keep developing the radial tire Hoosier pulled out. I think it is possible bias ply would still be used today if not for the entry of Hoosier into NASCAR.

[@dalejr183]

Nascar needs a track layout like Riverside one of the best road course layouts ever sideways off roading thru the esess. If I was rich I would rebuild that track to exact dimensions out in the dessert. I remember Dale cutting thru the esses in the dirt still holding on to it like a video game passing and he got so close to winning there. If you build it they will come

[@thomashallman5436]

i know that s right bud eat that move watermelon man chastain

[@brianbooher7318]

Dam shame this track didn't survive best road course ever

[@patriotjon8535]

They should have watered down those dusty areas.

[@antborb7215]

1:07:20 Oh god... uh oh

[@jessiehenry5405]

58:49

[@crisgayle2581]

What a second half of the season Tim Richmond had 🌟 RIP