The Day 1984 Firecracker 400

[@chrisf8855]

Two all-time greats: Richard Petty and Ronald Reagan. I was lucky enough to meet Richard when I was a kid.

[@Salty_reviews]

Reagan, Petty, Allison having KFC, doesn't get any better than that.

[@SergioMenaGTS]

As American as it gets!

[@Gage_Brumley]

Sounds like a damn fine time

[@olsalt3004]

Go Bluuueee !

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@Gage_Brumley back when we had a real man as president and not the dementia ridden corrupt not elected but installed "president" we have in 2022. #trump2024 to save america

[@captprice1b-06]

'Merica

[@bigdad9498]

Petty is a time travel 13:58 he's on his phone watching KZbin in 1984

[@terrycrotts2522]

NINTENDO LOL

[@tnwhiskey68]

Haha it looks like a phone for dang sure!

[@randyhutchinson9910]

WOW !!!! such wonderful memories, King Richard, always the Diplomat, Always the humble Gentleman, what a day, of DAY'S !!

[@Whatruacop97]

That STP Pontiac Grand Prix is so beautiful

[@jebediahgentry7029]

RIP Cale Yarborough. A true legend that will be greatly missed!

[@bb-gc2tx]

i miss THIS america

[@chad1able]

I remember this like it was yesterday. What an exciting day it was in the infield at Daytona that day. We need another reagan.

[@NotSteveCook]

chad1able We do now. We also need NASCAR like we had in 1984.

[@unknown0508]

@@NotSteveCook no, just don't

[@fordenginebuildersv8power184]

I remember this day! My Dad did business with Junior Johnson who I was able to secure Juniors pardon that he applied for under Jimmy Carter! I worked as a Fed in Detroit and got his pardon going again! I was at this race with Dad and had already knew President Reagan! It was quite a day! As a young man I was smitten with Sharon Petty! Every time I got near her my heart would race! Lol

[@scarbourgeoisie]

I was never a big Regan fan back in that era, but one of the comments about him in the video was dead on - "it was his job to make those around him comfortable". The man had decorum and a calm presence.

[@tnwhiskey68]

If Cale had won, it would not have been the same for Nascar or Reagan! Between Ned Jarrett doing the interview and Reagan and Petty hanging out like old friends, it vaulted all involved!

[@amazingtomaso]

R.I.P. Barney Hall (The voice of NASCAR)

[@AutoRacer5]

Shoutout to Sears Canada for calling you.

[@violentshemp7776]

42:00 chris wallace, always making himself the biggest ass in the room or speedway

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

14:05 My mind thinks that is Richard Petty messing with an iPhone in 1984.

[@fordrewls]

Oh, so this is how it looked without engine restrictions.

[@tnwhiskey68]

And pit road speed limits too!

[@ethantaube2512]

All that was crazy. Pit road speed is needed for safety same with restrictions on the engines

[@TheGammingPie]

Can I say that Cale Yarborough one tough sob??? If I was alive in the 70s and 80s he easily would of been top 3 favorite drivers

[@alexlambert2003]

i wish NASCAR was like this.

[@MegaMr46]

Minus politics involvement.

[@tnwhiskey68]

In my mind, as a child, Reagan was there as a fan of Petty. It solidified his status as "The King" since even the president was wanting to be around him!

[@jasonvogue4487]

Them seagulls bolted quickly after all those cars started

[@stevennewman8276]

Folks can talk shit all they want about the 80's...i had alot of fun!

[@pc88k]

No gloves is insane. Petty is a legend

[@randyhutchinson9910]

this, is one, of the many reasons, MY COUNTRY IS THE GREATEST, on EARTH, OUR COUNTRY, AMERICA, our home,

[@Nfulks96]

Wish we had a President like Reagan today

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

We do, his name is Donald J Trump, but history will remember him as the 45th President of the United States. Not tired of winning yet!

[@skippingrhyme4386]

Slyguy threeonetwonine shut the fuck up lmao get off Trumps 🥜

[@Chicken_Wing91]

SkippingRhyme looks like someone is triggered

[@mustang3559]

@@skippingrhyme4386 you OK bro? You seem upset that your Obamaphone got taken away.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

Reagan was highly overrated- Nixon was a better Republican than Reagan

[@jacobforbes39]

Great I am a big petty fan

[@brenthill3241]

Good days.

[@adamoates3718]

Would be nice again if nascar race at Daytona July 4 weekend again

[@Chicken_Wing91]

I knew TNN could be brought back in some way!

[@zcam1969]

Reagan at the Firecracker .i remember it like yesterday .Petty cheated and hugged the Preserdent

[@ethantaube2512]

Having Ronald Reagan there was a huge honor

[@misters2837]

Reagan was a different kind of President... Petty is a different kind of Driver.

[@robtans5042]

The only KING richard petty

[@MegaMr46]

Chris Wallace from 84 reminds me of Chevy Chase.

[@jasonvogue4487]

Cale red as a beet

[@Whogrl16]

And shirtless

[@codyC423]

Did you ever answer Sears Canada?

[@hammerheadracingmedia3823]

Is that a little dirt track behind the oval after the dogleg? If it is which it probably is, what was the name of it?

[@prochrgedLT1]

The small dirt track after the tri-oval was actually the old Greyhound Dog track. When racing dogs was allowed in Florida. Now it is gone and replaced as Lot 1 parking at Daytona.

[@gregthompson7793]

I race on iracing weekly in a league with Doug Heveron who wrecked and gave Petty the win.

[@E180TEKNO]

it was the class anyway at the time of president Reagan we like it or we do not like, it had the class must recognize it 35:40

[@WildDiamond07]

300th liker here.

[@stephenhuntsucker3766]

Canada’s calling. Who will step up?

[@Whogrl16]

10 years later mark Martin would do the same thing cale did in an xfinity race

[@rrh1980]

hope Sears Canada got thru to you.

[@MichaelSmith-ip8jg]

Too bad ABC broadcast the race. They played it during Wide World of Sports so they didn’t show the whole race, only segments of it. Besides the fact that the announcers covering the race were horrible mostly. Haven’t been able to find any footage of the complete race.

[@jimmie3times]

NASCAR productions has it and will release it one day

[@eddiedawkins19]

If youre caught cheating you honestly win anything

[@chriswebb6153]

The day that Richard Petty should have retired.

[@MichaelEarnedIt-19]

You don’t get to decide when a driver retires. A driver should say when he retires. So what if they’re not competitive if they still want to drive let em’ drive till they can’t no more. You live your own life let athletes and artists live their own. No one but the person themselves should be in charge of when they retire.

[@bb-gc2tx]

trump/petty 2024

[@marcklarrieta8048]

Petty cheated here, engine was too big

[@sivvybee]

Curb could have had a Dale Earnhardt , Richard Petty two car team. Dummy.

[@scottpaul7427]

Name a worse NASCAR commentary team than Lampley and Posey

[@skippingrhyme4386]

Scott Paul lmao

[@dylanwatson1287]

Dale Jr, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Rick Allen.

[@NotSteveCook]

Marty Reid, Adam Alexander, Vince Welch

[@MAel-qh3sn]

Of course Nascar loved Reagan, racism sadly was part of Nascar and Reagan was racist and his policies reflected the two entities, Republicans and Nascar.

[@supremeleadergnkdroid3202]

M. Ael the irony of your comment. You sound Very tolerant. If nascar fans are racist, and you’re so tolerant, why are you watching this then ?

[@110_Octane]

Racism was never a part of NASCAR, its not like they banned black drivers from racing. HELL, ONE GOT A WIN (look up wendel scott)

[@lukethompson2714]

@@110_Octane they manufactured a scoring error so he didn’t die

[@MichaelEarnedIt-19]

NASCAR isn’t racist. If racist is your excuse why you don’t like something then that just shows to you how weak and pathetic you are. You claim to be tolerant yet when something you don’t like isn’t exactly the way you want it that is tolerant? The irony their. I think we found us another one of those people responsible for our country’s down.

[@NotSteveCook]

@@supremeleadergnkdroid3202 Because some people are so bigoted and ignorant, they feel a need to transfer that onto someone else instead of addressing their own shortcomings.

[@scooterdude1945]

Shit was staged lol

[@violentshemp7776]

like vince foster?

[@tamezzodiac2862]

He’s not the king he’s not even good he only won when the cars weren’t the same he had way better cars than the rest of the field Dale Earnhardt was the real driver

[@randyhutchinson9910]

tAmEz ZoDiAc ease up,Hoss, those are my friends your mouth in off about

[@BossPrepping]

He won so many races because they use to race 2-3 races a week

[@110_Octane]

Amazing, every word you said was wrong

[@olsalt3004]

@@BossPrepping they didnt race 3-3 races a week...you are a idiot....he won that many races because he was a damn nightmare in that Petty Blue and STP....27 OUT OF 35 RACES IN 1967......Hell he even drag raced with Don Garlits snd Don Prudhome... MONSTER..The greatest RACER that ever graced a track....

[@johnriggle5336]

@@olsalt3004 10 in a row too they had there shit together