I was also 20 yrs old in 1989...graduated in 1988 from Satsuma High School in Satsuma Alabama...about 20 miles north of Mobile Alabama. I remember watching this IROC Race with my dad. You are absolutely right...the 80s ERA/DECADE was the ABSOLUTE GREATEST. We still had Earnhardt, Elliot, the LaBonte's, Waltrip, Petty, Wallace, the Allison's, Bonnett, the Bodine's, Strickland, & Tim Richmand before he died. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
The 80s were terrible. Chevettes and Station wagons everywhere that could beat the Corvette in a race as it was only putting out 190 hp. God awful hair metal. Reagan doubled the homeless population and kicked off skyrocketing inflation that has slashed a 0 off our dollar. But it was all worth it since it seen I got to see the last time my Hoosiers and Fighting Irish win a championship side.
I still have my '89 IROC-Z 350 5.7 87K orig. miles love my Car. When I bought it those gaterbacks cost like the dickens and you have to have the tires taken off the rims to rotate. White with red lettering and carmine red interior. So nice love it!
@@minecraftMLGpoop7 Check The floors for rot and make sure the fuel pump is good. I love irocs and all third gens but they are hard to find good ones anymore
My mom has a 1989 iroc z with 1800 miles.....my brother bought it new and was killed 4 months later.....my dad took the wheels off put it on stands and that’s where it sits to this day...I was 16
Why would the opening promo have all the drivers wrecking! Lol! And messing up?!? Not really what you want to advertise in an all star caliber race. I dig the angle though
who the fuck thought that was a good idea? like... here is this guy who is really great!!! look at how he wrecks his fuckin car into tiny pieces!! you bet your ass you are gonna see only the finest drivers here!!!!
@Ethan Weeter Showed well that speed on pit road needed to be controlled/reduced....Melling/Elliott weekend warrior crew member (NOT a full time team employee, Mike Rich was killed at Atlanta later in '89, by another driver on pit road, at allowed speed...that was November. I joined that team in late December, and loss was severe.
I remember when my friend’s older brother bought a new ‘88 Camaro RS baby blue with the grey side skirts etc Going for a ride in it was like being in a race car. I know it was just a Camaro RS with the V8 but it sat low and really handled the corners. Meanwhile I had a ‘84 Monte Carlo SS which was super nice but banked like the millennium falcon around hard turns.
No Just calling Petty out for the Fraud he was, Anyone coulda been Petty back then! He was just the lucky one to be dished all the finds in the world....
I miss this series especially the ole 80 s camaro s nascar guys usually kicked ass on the speedway s but even still was fantastic racing an the sound of those cars was wicked
Gotta love how Awesome Bill Elliot was doing IROC in the 1980s and in the 2020s he occasionally appears in SRX, it's spiritual successor. What an all-timer!
The best cars for IROC. I never get tired of watching the "Working Man's Hero" working at DAYTONA. Little Al was no slouch in a stockcar. He was a true racer.
@@chadhenderson9732 And 197 in the pre-modern era. Don't care how good his cars were, to win 200 races has merit to it. Probably not the best of all time, but he was undeniably talented.
Not sure why that strikes my funnybone but yeah they did just that May as well done the intro and shown headstones. Wreck, then the cyrptkeeper nodding away
OMG! I love the IROC Series, but that A-Hole of a NEGATIVE interviewer for Richard and AJ... should have been blacklisted forever! Holy Hell...I cannot believe he has a job!
They need to bring back iroc my favorite driver was Tony Stewart the srx only goes to shortracks which are awesome but I would like to see the road courses and Daytona with a good package like the wickerbill used in the early 2000s
Funny the new SRX series starts and is compared to IROC all the sudden CZcams recommendation wakes up and decides to show us IROC racing a little late to jump on the ball there don't you think recommendations sir
I really love Paul Page. But back in the day there many just lucky drivers........................ he kept saying it was pretty safe !!! Sadly, not true.
I use to winder that myself but someone once said to keep people who aren't racefans interested in watching. You'd think they would show clips of them winning & hoisting trophy's hence the reason they were invited to IROC...
Mike C. I grew up a big Rusty Wallace fan. Rusty could win driving anything, as shown here. Couldn’t stand Dale Earnhardt. Karma finally caught up to Dale. Rusty was still racing when Dale was pushing up daisies.
"Big deal, if I win, I win, if I lose, I lose but I'm going to have a good time doing whatever I do. " Words to live by folks.
In 1989 I was 20yrs old, so I'm pretty sure I would have watched this live. Good times, and the 80's was one kick ass decade.
Yup , miss the 80s I was 15, I remember watching it 😁
I was also 20 yrs old in 1989...graduated in 1988 from Satsuma High School in Satsuma Alabama...about 20 miles north of Mobile Alabama.
I remember watching this IROC Race with my dad.
You are absolutely right...the 80s ERA/DECADE was the ABSOLUTE GREATEST.
We still had Earnhardt, Elliot, the LaBonte's, Waltrip, Petty, Wallace, the Allison's, Bonnett, the Bodine's, Strickland, & Tim Richmand before he died.
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
The 80s were terrible. Chevettes and Station wagons everywhere that could beat the Corvette in a race as it was only putting out 190 hp. God awful hair metal. Reagan doubled the homeless population and kicked off skyrocketing inflation that has slashed a 0 off our dollar. But it was all worth it since it seen I got to see the last time my Hoosiers and Fighting Irish win a championship side.
I was born in the 80’s but I watched NASCAR from time to time
I hope you’re still having the time of your life any you’re absolute right, the 80s where the best!
I miss this racing series.
When it was good it was really good.
@@TheCaddypilot1 it was always good lol
Well there's one starting up just like it with Tony stewart and Ray evernham or however u spell it
It's still around. It's essentially what the Cup series has evolved into as far as equal cars.
Me too me too...
Let's introduce the drivers by showing them wrecking their cars!
like... what the fuck was that?
lol i was like wtf is this lol
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captured your attention lol
Intro is awesome isn't it
I always loved the IROC races. Getting to see drivers from different racing disciplines on one track. Thank you for putting this for us all to watch
We did infield and pit passes all weekend, and met Mears and Kenny Bernstein.
I was there with my friend Steve, we had seats in the then-new, Winston Tower! what a day, what a weekend!
Me too, with future wife, her first Daytona weekend experience.
I still have my '89 IROC-Z 350 5.7 87K orig. miles love my Car. When I bought it those gaterbacks cost like the dickens and you have to have the tires taken off the rims to rotate. White with red lettering and carmine red interior. So nice love it!
just bought an 87 iroc for my first car lmao
@@minecraftMLGpoop7 Check The floors for rot and make sure the fuel pump is good. I love irocs and all third gens but they are hard to find good ones anymore
My mom has a 1989 iroc z with 1800 miles.....my brother bought it new and was killed 4 months later.....my dad took the wheels off put it on stands and that’s where it sits to this day...I was 16
Awesome!! I’m restoring a 1988 IROC as my first car on my channel
@@jakubmk1526 check out mine on my channel I just dropped in a 400hp 350
Level of talent in this race is incredible. Sr. in his prime. Petty near the end, AJ Foyt still competitive, all; the great road racers.
It's like a....Race of Champions lol
What a stacked line up!
We really need this series revived
How many crashes do they need to qualify?
My absolute Favorite IROC car.
Why would the opening promo have all the drivers wrecking! Lol! And messing up?!? Not really what you want to advertise in an all star caliber race. I dig the angle though
Wow, You fans cry when there’s no wrecking & now your crying when they’re wrecking..
The ToeCutter yeah, wrecking during the race, not while introducing the worlds greatest racing drivers
who the fuck thought that was a good idea? like... here is this guy who is really great!!! look at how he wrecks his fuckin car into tiny pieces!! you bet your ass you are gonna see only the finest drivers here!!!!
@Ethan Weeter Showed well that speed on pit road needed to be controlled/reduced....Melling/Elliott weekend warrior crew member (NOT a full time team employee, Mike Rich was killed at Atlanta later in '89, by another driver on pit road, at allowed speed...that was November. I joined that team in late December, and loss was severe.
well, it's what the people want, frankie. back to the studio.
I miss IROC so much. I wish it would come back.
Man, I missed so much being born in '97 I didnt think I could be so excited watching just a few Camaros running around Daytona!
I remember when my friend’s older brother bought a new ‘88 Camaro RS baby blue with the grey side skirts etc Going for a ride in it was like being in a race car. I know it was just a Camaro RS with the V8 but it sat low and really handled the corners. Meanwhile I had a ‘84 Monte Carlo SS which was super nice but banked like the millennium falcon around hard turns.
They were definitely bad ass looking but didn't go as fast they looked
pretty cool looking race cars
Man... those interviews pre-race with Petty and Foyt were rude... damn, show some respect ABC
No Just calling Petty out for the Fraud he was, Anyone coulda been Petty back then! He was just the lucky one to be dished all the finds in the world....
SkippingRhyme If anyone could’ve been then why wasn’t anyone?
@@skippingrhyme4386 are you off your meds?
@@skippingrhyme4386 Total smoothbrain.
@@skippingrhyme4386 Clearly you chewed up crayons and ate the paste.
Not knowing how many laps remaining was driving me crazy.
I miss this series especially the ole 80 s camaro s nascar guys usually kicked ass on the speedway s but even still was fantastic racing an the sound of those cars was wicked
Gotta love how Awesome Bill Elliot was doing IROC in the 1980s and in the 2020s he occasionally appears in SRX, it's spiritual successor. What an all-timer!
The best cars for IROC. I never get tired of watching the "Working Man's Hero" working at DAYTONA. Little Al was no slouch in a stockcar. He was a true racer.
Man those engines sounded good back then
They should bring back the IROC cars.
Those 305s sound fierce! 😆
@Bradley S. those aren't 305s lol they're stroked 350s
I believe they're 350s
5.7 L
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“When White flag comes out , Friendships End.”
Thanks for uploading this
Those were the days . I had to buy a IROC - Z 28 ..
Sam Posey and Jack Arute are lucky AJ didn't punch them in face
Right?.. That just seemed kind of bizzare. I mean where did that even come from?
Best intro music ever!!
Ow ow. Chick...chick-a-chickaaaa!
Anyone watching this straight after the 1989 Indy 500 video?
Both races are good adverts for oval racing. 👍
I absolutely loved this series
I loved watching the IROC race. Of course im not objective BUT Dale sr and Richard are me picks to win
Quite the ringing endorsement with the video montage for Scott Pruett at 2:21.
the whole intro was so weird lol
@@neilpirelli9240 Haha yea, just a montage of them all wrecking.
I know scheduling conflicts made this tough BUT if they coulda got at least 1 active Formula 1 driver, that woulda been great...
Vine Wood Mario andretti won the 6th iroc championship
Moreno, Cheever or Mansell would've been my picks.
Richard Petty charged to lead.
Petty: *Am I a joke to you reporter??*
Petty is a joke. He has like 3 wins in his career i count. With the modern era
@@chadhenderson9732 And 197 in the pre-modern era. Don't care how good his cars were, to win 200 races has merit to it. Probably not the best of all time, but he was undeniably talented.
Those cars sound so good!
These Camaros were the coolest IROC cars!
The 80s IROC cars were the best looking, transams second then dodge!
I like how they show them wrecking when introducing them
Not sure why that strikes my funnybone but yeah they did just that
May as well done the intro and shown headstones. Wreck, then the cyrptkeeper nodding away
What a series. I love spec racing.
185mph out of a V8 450 horsepower engine. I had a 1983 Z28 and a 1984 Z28. Both 5.0 305.
Damn, those questions really hit hard.
OMG! I love the IROC Series, but that A-Hole of a NEGATIVE interviewer for Richard and AJ... should have been blacklisted forever! Holy Hell...I cannot believe he has a job!
It was a good laugh for the old boys especially Richard Petty.
Never was a fan Richard petty.I love Nascar and all racing.But I truly respect Richard he helped make Nascar what it is today. 🏁🇺🇸✝️🕊️
I love how at the beginning, when they introduce all "champions" they almost exclusivly show them crashing....
great intro.... talk about the best, show almost everyone crashing .... :)
wish they would bring this back
Earnhardt would not be denied .
The "Gen 3" Camaro as a super speedway IROC Stock Car was Gorgeos. So were the Daytonas.🏁
I miss Dale.
Talking about how great drivers are
Only shows clips of the drivers crashing
ABCs version (then), of giving TV fans (then), what they wanted to see...Wrecks in any series.
Would love iRacing to have these.
i thought AJ Foyt last win was in 1981, in pocono? witch means it was 8 years
No spotters though. Hard to believe they are racing inches apart with no spotters.
Dale Earnhardt R.I.P
When did they use the Dodge cars for the IROC series?
Lmao doom and gloom with sam, all crashes in the introduction crazy 90s
This is the kinda racing worth paying 1000 a ticket
Did you know big E drove a 7 car?
S/o to dale for being the o my one to not be introduced with a montage of crashes
2:22 is two of the dirtiest trans am moves I've seen in a while. Dirty racing for sure.
Thats funny!! Youre right!
8:12
Not the song i would've picked but ok.
BigWheel apparently this was just on every soundtrack in 89
@Ethan Weeter good movie but I still hate that song.
they should do this with current f1 drivers or current drivers of todays generation
These 3rd gen IROC’s are so hot looking.
They need to bring back iroc my favorite driver was Tony Stewart the srx only goes to shortracks which are awesome but I would like to see the road courses and Daytona with a good package like the wickerbill used in the early 2000s
Thirdgens FTW.
I remember first seeing them run the firebird trans am cars.
What's the wreck at 00:19 seconds?
Ricky Rudd in the 1984 Busch Clash.
I wish iracing can produce these camaro's and have iroc races 🏁
I wish AJ would have asked Sam why he wasn’t driving anymore? Love how he threw out that he was a two time IROC champion.
I think during the intros the only one they didn’t really do dirty was dale lol
Does anyone know where I can watch the 1984 IROC races in full?
Museum of Television and 📻 Radio in NYC.
Love the music into
10:48 race start
Death Race 2000?
Funny the new SRX series starts and is compared to IROC all the sudden CZcams recommendation wakes up and decides to show us IROC racing a little late to jump on the ball there don't you think recommendations sir
I really love Paul Page. But back in the day there many just lucky drivers........................ he kept saying it was pretty safe !!! Sadly, not true.
The best IROC car and my favorite. 🇺🇸💪🏻
could labonte won that was there a way not to get passed that one last time?
Solid lineup
Promo showing Al them wrecking?
I think Unser Jr would have taken a championship or two from Earnhardt if he raced NASCAR full time.
Yep Unser Jr was a Great Driver
Earnhardt and haywood the only drivers on the ragged edge and not wrecking on the intro that's funny.
40:43 Al Unser JR finished 2nd? His car was destroyed on lap 198?
Raul Boesel was 5 laps back I think.
Terry Labonté
"let's select videos to present the drivers:
ok
Put those were they're crashing"
Terry Labon-tay. Lol My nephew used to call him Bonny Labonny
I hate how they glamorize the crashing.
"He started as a motorcycle racer but moved to cars when his mother insisted..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
These men are all top race car drivers. Why do they show them all in crashes during driver introductions at the beginning of the Broadcast?
I use to winder that myself but someone once said to keep people who aren't racefans interested in watching. You'd think they would show clips of them winning & hoisting trophy's hence the reason they were invited to IROC...
I grew up a big Earnhardt fan..... couldn't stand Rusty Wallace. I was 17 in 1989 and remember watching this.
Mike C. I grew up a big Rusty Wallace fan. Rusty could win driving anything, as shown here. Couldn’t stand Dale Earnhardt. Karma finally caught up to Dale. Rusty was still racing when Dale was pushing up daisies.
Best crash wins.
Sure miss that. Joke now!
I wished nascar was still good like it was then.😢
It kinda lost touch with the original idea.. when it became a domestic competition on oval tracks, with nascar drivers in what is basically nascars
33:00 LABONTAYYYY
Me too
Don't rag on the King
screw those commentators. atleast petty lead laps lol
International Race Of Crashes
IROC
Cars were bad to the bone!