Just watching these old races. Man, the cars looked so much faster back then compared to today's NASCAR. They were all over the track. Raw speed. The commentators were always shouting because of how loud everything was. Look at today. I guess it's just the certain camera angles that make the cars look like they are all going the same speed. LOTS of drafting. None of that uncut no restrictor plate racing of the day.
They were racing back then rather than dancing round and playing corporate games. Look at the names of the drivers, these were men and not cookie cutter go cart boys that look good pimping their sponsors. Jimmie Johnson has the personality of a goldfish. Dale Junior is mild compared to his father but knew all of these guys when young. DE was plain badass back then, became the face of NASCAR Winston Cup and was the reason the sport grew wildly that decade.
Actually, these (big body) race cars were no faster than the cars of today. Today’s stock cars average the same Daytona 500 pole position speeds as these cars, but do it with restrictor plates and more mass. It was back in the mid 80’s when things went gonzo. The cars got smaller and the average speeds increased to around 205 MPH until the plates were introduced in the late 80’s and slowed everything down to the same speeds of the big cars of the 70’s.
I love how DW could put on Blinders publicly during a stressful time like he went through here....And then he moved to Junior Johnson and won the Cup title the very next year.
Bruce Jenner I just want to wear a dress besides that he's flattered whatever that means it's got to be a girly man thing or maybe it has something to do with his mangina
@@alwaysopen7970 Totally agree. Claw is a term meant to be a compliment. He was skillful and relentless. He was known as the 'The Intimidator', but he certainly dominated too! 👍
thank you for sharing this was my first race I was able to go to with my mom and dad I was 9 years old Dale won that day as he took the checkered flag it began snowing
Buddy Baker was a tough, calm, soft spoken, gentleman. " The main thing is to do the best you can and represent your country the best you can." Our politicians including Trump, O'Rourke, Cortez, Graham, and others, could learn from him.
The barn door hunk of junk Magnum ( 🤮 ) that the great Richard Petty was burdened with in 78, was the end of the line for the Mopar people for a couple decade's, until they returned with Ray Evernham & Bill Elliott.
@@beeemm2578 damn right! the cars now basically drive themselves, watch those dudes sling those cars around at an old race at Riverside if you wanna see real men driving real cars, they were at least 600lb heavier, more HP, suspension was completely different (softer), NON bias ply tires, no stage racing drove 400 miles without stopping (except pit stops) no air conditioned helmets, no HAANS, could go on and on as to why these soy-fed groomed corporate cold fish 20 yr olds now days would puke all over themselves and pass out if they didn't wreck first
On Wikipedia it said that NBC did NASCAR in 1999 at Homestead for the 2 races then 2001 Pepsi 400 with Britney Spears. Bull, NBC did do NASCAR with the proverbial disco music of Donna Summer. Pre Metallica and Blake Shelton. Before Knight Rider was on.
Way to go Dale! That's our fave Dale blowing past Buddy Baker! Love it- love it Dale Earnhardt Sr! You brought a big smile on our faces on this one! The Oppermans from Texas
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1980 NATIONAL 500 (28 of 31):* #2 Dale Earnhardt (4032 points with 4 wins, Chevrolet) #11 Cale Yarborough (-105 with 4 wins, Chevrolet) #27 Benny Parsons (-164 with 2 wins, Chevrolet) #43 Richard Petty (-168 with 2 wins, Chevrolet) #88 Darrell Waltrip (-265 with 5 wins, Chevrolet) #15 Bobby Allison (-393 with 4 wins, Ford) #90 Jody Ridley (-621, Chevrolet) #47 Harry Gant (-714, Chevrolet) Richard Childress (#3 Chevrolet) had a bad Summer and dropped to 11th. Despite his great 1979 season, Joe Millikan (Chevrolet) had to scale down to a partial schedule for 1980 and even became Petty’s relief driver after he got injured in the Pocono 500. Second-year driver Terry Labonte upset everyone by winning the Southern 500. Other major races were won by part-timers like Buddy Baker (Chevrolet) with the Daytona 500 and the Alabama 500, Neil Bonnett with the Pocono 500 and the Talladega 500 while David Pearson won the Rebel 500 after taking over the Chevrolet #1 Donnie Allison used to race. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Charlotte’s case, the Memorial Day race was the World 600 while the Fall one was the National 500.
Banjo music, back before this was a national sport whichever network sliced up a NASCAR race for tape delayed broadcast with bowling or track and field the bump music was always Banjo plucking.
It wasn't often that the Iceman showed his anger. Someone had to really screw him over to get him pissed in public. I'd never seen this until now. I recall Terry having harsh words for Swerving Irvan after he had caused yet another wreck at Talladega. And there was the time at Bristol when Lake Speed took Texas Terry out while he was leading. The crew patched up Labonte's car, he went back in the race many laps down, took Speed out, drove to the garage, and said that Speed was running slow and "must've had a problem " and he couldn't help spinning him out. You're right -- "don't mess with Texas Terry"!! And driving like that is why none of the big teams would hire Bown to drive
As a 58 year old I can confirm this beyond a shadow of a doubt. Men like you need put down youre computers and identify why. I already gave you a clue as to who and what the problem is….
Earnhardt was 26 when he was a rookie, drove 4 years in grand national (exfinity series for you mellinials), today 26 is considered almost over the hill in the cup series and the so called drivers aren't having to drive in the lower tier series for more than a year or two, doesn't really matter the cars nowadays basically drive themselves and have no HP so the skill level is NOTHING like it used to be.
Man, this is so much more exciting and compelling than the horseshit they call NASCAR now with stages, overtime, ect and all the bullshit rules they have now. 🙄
Racing when they were using REAL STOCK cars and not the creations they are using now. The funny thing, the safer they have made them, the more the drivers disrespect each other. They respected each other back then.. now, if one feels they were wronged they put them in the wall without remorse. I don't watch NASCAR anymore. It's not the sport that I grew to love anymore.
Just another "glaring" example of why ol' DW got Booooooed so badly the first half of his career! Poor BP 😟 smh. It's been almost 43yrs now & still nobody has figured out just WTH both DW & Chuck Bown were doing in this race, besides flat out wrecking other driver's! 🤬 I didn't stop booing DW, until he had his own carr & team! 😂 Btw, just how pissed ya think Big Buddy Baker was after that race, everyone running into him, I'm thinking he was plenty mad!! 😨
We have gone from real stock cars to a false race car that they all look the same as each other just like Bruce Jenner has changed so has nascar. Basically Nascar has gone from real men to a trans Nascar Bruce oh I mean Kaitlyn Jenner style of racing,The world sucks right now.
Thanks for sharing.This is the last generation of drivers I love .
Just watching these old races. Man, the cars looked so much faster back then compared to today's NASCAR. They were all over the track. Raw speed. The commentators were always shouting because of how loud everything was.
Look at today. I guess it's just the certain camera angles that make the cars look like they are all going the same speed. LOTS of drafting. None of that uncut no restrictor plate racing of the day.
They were racing back then rather than dancing round and playing corporate games. Look at the names of the drivers, these were men and not cookie cutter go cart boys that look good pimping their sponsors. Jimmie Johnson has the personality of a goldfish. Dale Junior is mild compared to his father but knew all of these guys when young.
DE was plain badass back then, became the face of NASCAR Winston Cup and was the reason the sport grew wildly that decade.
Actually, these (big body) race cars were no faster than the cars of today. Today’s stock cars average the same Daytona 500 pole position speeds as these cars, but do it with restrictor plates and more mass. It was back in the mid 80’s when things went gonzo. The cars got smaller and the average speeds increased to around 205 MPH until the plates were introduced in the late 80’s and slowed everything down to the same speeds of the big cars of the 70’s.
Never thought I'd hear Darrell waltrip say, I got nothing to say on this
I love how DW could put on Blinders publicly during a stressful time like he went through here....And then he moved to Junior Johnson and won the Cup title the very next year.
I love these clips too, this was real racing, and drivers I remember.
Bruce Jenner I just want to wear a dress besides that he's flattered whatever that means it's got to be a girly man thing or maybe it has something to do with his mangina
Holy crap. It never really "clicked" that Ricky Rudd's career goes this far back.
1977
It goes back several years before this lol.
Thanks for uploading all these races. Just getting into racing, and starting with the 1980 Winston Cup Series.
I'm only through the first 15 minutes and watching Earnhardt claw for the lead with savage pressure and precision is pure joy to watch.
Claw? He dominated; he was also known as the Dominator; I have the T shirt.
@@alwaysopen7970 Totally agree. Claw is a term meant to be a compliment. He was skillful and relentless. He was known as the 'The Intimidator', but he certainly dominated too! 👍
thank you for sharing this was my first race I was able to go to with my mom and dad I was 9 years old Dale won that day as he took the checkered flag it began snowing
Buddy Baker was a tough, calm, soft spoken, gentleman. " The main thing is to do the best you can and represent your country the best you can." Our politicians including Trump, O'Rourke, Cortez, Graham, and others, could learn from him.
Sadly politicians in general, no matter the side are just flat out garbage
Buddy rockin the Oakland Raiders mobile.....matching colors
11:30 Allison did an awesome job avoiding that wreck!
I'm in the middle of Dale-hard marathon.........
Thanks for putting these races up.
Man do I want to go back in time. Today's racing just isn't the same.
GM full sized Colonnade A-Bodies sure did make for pretty looking race cars. Sadly, Mopar was no where to be seen in NASCAR by the late 70's.
Yeah...Other than Buddy Arrington, I don't know of anyone who was running Chrysler equipment then...
That dodge magnum was a failure and chrysler disappeared for 20 years until 2001
The barn door hunk of junk Magnum ( 🤮 ) that the great Richard Petty was burdened with in 78, was the end of the line for the Mopar people for a couple decade's, until they returned with Ray Evernham & Bill Elliott.
@@fatpatlives1998 then Dodge stayed in NASCAR until 2012 when Chrysler left again.
@chrisguardiano6143 I'm not a dodge hater but when it comes to nascar they have a history of pulling out it is what it is
Mid 70's "gentleman's coupes" were big and lumbering, but man did they make for great looking stock cars.
And it took men to drive them.
@@badmonkey2222 yeah absolutely. It was a job. Not like piloting a cloud on a pillow like now. These were manmobiles in every sense of the word. 😆
@@beeemm2578 damn right! the cars now basically drive themselves, watch those dudes sling those cars around at an old race at Riverside if you wanna see real men driving real cars, they were at least 600lb heavier, more HP, suspension was completely different (softer), NON bias ply tires, no stage racing drove 400 miles without stopping (except pit stops) no air conditioned helmets, no HAANS, could go on and on as to why these soy-fed groomed corporate cold fish 20 yr olds now days would puke all over themselves and pass out if they didn't wreck first
I miss the days when NASCAR was worth watching. A damn shame what they have done with the sport.
Not all of it is bad.
@@Darthvader-en8ce LOL, your right. The part where they load the cars into trucks is good.
SRX series looks to be pretty fun - maybe a bit of future there
So AWKWARD Darrell Waltrip and the car owner! 2:02
love these old races ... thanks for posting.....bruce jenner? oh my God
Kaitlyn could have drove the heck out of it. Especially in high heels
If you think about it, Kaitlyn kinda resembles Janet Guthrie lollololol whoboy. But, yeah, Bruce Jenner? Really?
Say what you will but Jenner has or had some driving talent. Bruce won several celeb road racing pro am races in the 1980s.
@@atlfan48 True. Cat's been around
@@kepler240 Probably we know why he didn't give it a legit shot, but I have always heard he had a legit shot at the 88 car for 1981.
Love the turbo Trans Am pace car!
On Wikipedia it said that NBC did NASCAR in 1999 at Homestead for the 2 races then 2001 Pepsi 400 with Britney Spears. Bull, NBC did do NASCAR with the proverbial disco music of Donna Summer. Pre Metallica and Blake Shelton. Before Knight Rider was on.
bruce jenner...OMFG didn't he get rid of his boys...damn dude that's radical
What DW is really saying is, I am glad I ain't gonna be here at Digard next year.
no pit road speed limit, love it!
Way to go Dale! That's our fave Dale blowing past Buddy Baker! Love it- love it Dale Earnhardt Sr! You brought a big smile on our faces on this one! The Oppermans from Texas
I don't think Paul Paige took a single breath for the first 10-20 laps. Lol
He sounds like he's having the best day of his life!
*POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1980 NATIONAL 500 (28 of 31):*
#2 Dale Earnhardt (4032 points with 4 wins, Chevrolet)
#11 Cale Yarborough (-105 with 4 wins, Chevrolet)
#27 Benny Parsons (-164 with 2 wins, Chevrolet)
#43 Richard Petty (-168 with 2 wins, Chevrolet)
#88 Darrell Waltrip (-265 with 5 wins, Chevrolet)
#15 Bobby Allison (-393 with 4 wins, Ford)
#90 Jody Ridley (-621, Chevrolet)
#47 Harry Gant (-714, Chevrolet)
Richard Childress (#3 Chevrolet) had a bad Summer and dropped to 11th. Despite his great 1979 season, Joe Millikan (Chevrolet) had to scale down to a partial schedule for 1980 and even became Petty’s relief driver after he got injured in the Pocono 500. Second-year driver Terry Labonte upset everyone by winning the Southern 500. Other major races were won by part-timers like Buddy Baker (Chevrolet) with the Daytona 500 and the Alabama 500, Neil Bonnett with the Pocono 500 and the Talladega 500 while David Pearson won the Rebel 500 after taking over the Chevrolet #1 Donnie Allison used to race.
Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Charlotte’s case, the Memorial Day race was the World 600 while the Fall one was the National 500.
Yep I love these older races.
Banjo music, back before this was a national sport whichever network sliced up a NASCAR race for tape delayed broadcast with bowling or track and field the bump music was always Banjo plucking.
Bruce Jenner?! Holy Crap!!!
Hes all over these old motorsports videos all the way up to the mid 90s nascar, indycar, offshore racing you name it lol.
ahh I bet ya thought the was the fat one
I was wondering if Paul Page did some NASCAR races. Very very interesting!
REAL METAL 😎
That blue and yellow Chevy keep them mirror driving! Earnhardt was intimidating long before he was tagged with the nickname!
That thing Benny Parsons was trying to hook up @31:13was the first Hans device holding the driver's head from snapping forward
If only Mr. Gardner knew what was going to happen in the offseason at this point......
What ever happened to race on Sunday and win on Monday huh huh????
I never saw that many drivers try to run into Buddy Baker lol
🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America!
Anybody else notice who was driving the 3 car??? Ole’ Richard Childress himself!
Every intro to a Nascar race was Banjo music
I did not expect to see Bruce Jenner in this video.
22:42
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS TERRY.
It wasn't often that the Iceman showed his anger. Someone had to really screw him over to get him pissed in public. I'd never seen this until now. I recall Terry having harsh words for Swerving Irvan after he had caused yet another wreck at Talladega. And there was the time at Bristol when Lake Speed took Texas Terry out while he was leading. The crew patched up Labonte's car, he went back in the race many laps down, took Speed out, drove to the garage, and said that Speed was running slow and "must've had a problem " and he couldn't help spinning him out. You're right -- "don't mess with Texas Terry"!! And driving like that is why none of the big teams would hire Bown to drive
@@jeffwilkinson447but he was never actually great,
My first race in person when I was a kid.......
Back when men were men and racecar drivers where racecar drivers. Looking at you Bruce Jenner!
Bruce Jenner, man I loved that guy. What an athlete. Although I wouldn't say that now! lol
Do You have the '81 National 500
czcams.com/video/PDKq3vgFqxA/video.html Now he has
Last year of the real cars
Wow Connie Saylor was in this one 🙃
Holy shit
damn , what kind of real racers are those ? i'm really damned to be born in the 90ies.
As a 58 year old I can confirm this beyond a shadow of a doubt. Men like you need put down youre computers and identify why. I already gave you a clue as to who and what the problem is….
Surprising that Mr. Rudd couldnt win one for Mr. Hyde
Dumb question, did these have functional brake lights? I know you dont use the brakes under normal circumstances, but im curious
one of the first races that dale Earnhardt sr won in the Winston cup series I think but I'm not so sure let me know if I'm wrong.
It was his 5th win of 1980, and his 6th overall. (Bristol his rookie year)
@@noezrider6361 that right, he first win was Bristol in 1979.
Waltrip with a broken sway bar and takes out Benny, and BP lost 100k, is that the story here?
No Don Carter, Don Johnson, Nelson Burton Jr. or Dick Weber for us. Its a shame lol.
Back when men were men and race cars were still cars.
Real bumpers.
Chrome horn's
Earnhardt was 26 when he was a rookie, drove 4 years in grand national (exfinity series for you mellinials), today 26 is considered almost over the hill in the cup series and the so called drivers aren't having to drive in the lower tier series for more than a year or two, doesn't really matter the cars nowadays basically drive themselves and have no HP so the skill level is NOTHING like it used to be.
Drivers didn't hit cup back then till late 20s early 30s
You mean the thing drove a race car!!!!????
Bruce been racing for years, mostly charity events.
Girls can race too...
“The thing”
Lmao. At least Jenner is still human and that’s what matters
Never considered Charlotte the "Deep South".
To much Earnhardt for ole Jaws
Bruce Jenner missed the opportunity to be the first woman in stock car racing
Watch th pit crews, no safety equipment.
Seeing Bruce ruins it for me.
Jenner chose to have a sex change, so that’s on her
Man, this is so much more exciting and compelling than the horseshit they call NASCAR now with stages, overtime, ect and all the bullshit rules they have now. 🙄
Racing when they were using REAL STOCK cars and not the creations they are using now. The funny thing, the safer they have made them, the more the drivers disrespect each other. They respected each other back then.. now, if one feels they were wronged they put them in the wall without remorse. I don't watch NASCAR anymore. It's not the sport that I grew to love anymore.
Look their is Katlin Jenner.
Just another "glaring" example of why ol' DW got Booooooed so badly the first half of his career! Poor BP 😟 smh. It's been almost 43yrs now & still nobody has figured out just WTH both DW & Chuck Bown were doing in this race, besides flat out wrecking other driver's! 🤬 I didn't stop booing DW, until he had his own carr & team! 😂 Btw, just how pissed ya think Big Buddy Baker was after that race, everyone running into him, I'm thinking he was plenty mad!! 😨
Bruce jenner ? aint he the guy who got the sex change.??????
Just because you grow your hair long and put on a dress, that don't make you a woman.
NASCAR's future would be drivers getting hit in the rear with Earnfart on the tracks . Earnfart was king of the cheap shots and dirty driving .
Back when Bruce Jenner was still a MAN!
At least Jenner is still human
He never was a man, just look at it
Ugly racers, gorgeous pace car
@Womb Raider HERE HERE! Couldn’t agree with you more
We have gone from real stock cars to a false race car that they all look the same as each other just like Bruce Jenner has changed so has nascar. Basically Nascar has gone from real men to a trans Nascar Bruce oh I mean Kaitlyn Jenner style of racing,The world sucks right now.
Bruce jenner...LMAO...Kaitlyn lol. Pitiful
Still human tho🤷🏻♂️
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT take your still human tho, and shove it where the sun don't shine!
A very sick individual
Nice recovery by baker he almost completely lost it