1988 NASCAR Goodyear 500 Calder Thunderdome
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The Goodyear NASCAR 500 race was run at the then new A$54 million Calder Park Thunderdome (built by Bob Jane) in Melbourne, Australia on February 28, 1988. The race was the first ever NASCAR event held outside of North America. Aussies competing include Allan Grice, Dick Johnson and Jim Richards.
All credit to Mike Raymond and Channel 7 Sport Sydney, Australia.
For more info on this race see:
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Sad why this place isn’t holding races…fun times back in the day!
They actually still do, but it’s drags and burnouts.
crying shame this wasnt able to continue through the present. a great track with good character and plenty of V8 loving aussies.
Confederate flag in Australia lol. Gotta love old NASCAR.
themetal the proper confederate flag is a white flag
@@danielsummey4144 The proper gay pride flag is toilet paper.
As a NZ'er living in Melbourne at that time I went to the second race day at the thunderdome ' it was an awesome experience 'and it was the only time I saw Peter Brock racing 'he was driving an xf falcon that burst a radiator hose and that caused him lose traction and have a big slide out 'he got it under control of course. I was amazed to find out that this track ended up defunct after all the effort and money put into creating it.
Should race Supercars here for a weekend. Have one oval track in the calendar
For sure, not only that, the Supercars should have there own 500K race here.
Definitely.... could call it.. " The Aussie 500"
Might make them over rated shit boxes half exciting
Like when it was a round of the WTCC?
I think this track is closed
Was there… what a weekend. First Adelaide GP in 85 and first proper NASCAR in Australia in 88 ..
B4 the days of big security,i just drove in and did a lap in my '72 ford falcon.anther day,a sun day after a satday night meeting i had a HQ holden,did the same thing but when i went to come out of the tunnel under the track a race HQ was sitting there....i thought a swap might be in order,but no way.used to get to the drags from the nascar track too,steep banking that.i stopped me ford mid corner and thought it might roll over...gr8 fun
Great memorys,bring back nascar
RIP Thunderdome... my spiritual home during my teens.
bring back the thunderdome
the best raceing ever
Its surprising to me that Toyota hasnt found a way to race 1 1/2 mile ovals in Japan, Australia,, Europe yet. They would love Kyle Busch there. Just love him...
Fond memories going here as a kid in the early to mid 90's, my dad use to take me to see Nascar and my dads friend use to race top fuel drag bikes for Penzoil being the first to break 6 seconds, we use to watch him race frequently and ride mini bikes around in the pit crew areas, great times. Shame what happened to it, Calder Park is a mess now, in complete disarray.
that was cool. was good effort by bob jane. it was mildly popular for a few years in australia but that faded in popularity by the end of the 90s. I went to a few of the races in adelaide. was great.
Just found out about THIS race watching awesome last 1/2 mile Richmond race. Aye matie!
McGriff a few years ago took the green flag as the oldest driver in a Nascar sanctioned event AT 90!!!
What Track and Year?
@@DirectCurrent4u In the K&N West at Tucson. 2018
@@charleshenry7584 Thanks for the reply!👍
Gricey!...with that hat, he's the Australian Richard Petty...lol!
Hats off for Neil Bonnett... that lad had to travel around the globe and back within two weeks...
Not just that, but win at Richmond before this, win here, then return and win at Rockingham!
@@MadMatt1990 Bring Back The Rock!
My dad was a big NASCAR enthusiast back in the day, but he doesn't remember NASCAR being held at this track. He does remember when NASCAR went to Japan in the mid 90s.
Fast little track, I like it, coming out of turn 4 the suspension loads hard. Allison would have a career ending crash shortly after this, and Bonnet was killed a few years later, both great drivers. Nice to see the battle flag fyin' in Oz too. Nice upload mate, good onya!
That safety car and the pit crews in jeans, t shirts and sneakers!!!! Pity they didn't show the view from Grice's car going into the crash. It would have been frightening. I went to the Thunderdome in August and December of 88 and am appalled to find out it is abandoned and falling apart. Watching this upload just made me smile. I can remember the noise and the smell. It was really something. Thanks for the upload. Any more?
13:35 Race Start
It would be great for NASCAR to return to the land down under. Since the Calder Park Thunderdome is gone now, NASCAR could run an event at the Mount Panorama Circuit, home of the Bathurst 1000.
Still exists, just has been abandoned and the elements have gotten to it. But if anyone wants to invest $10,000,000 to restore it, it would be fun lol...
@@Streetw1s3r if Wilkesboro can get saved so can Calder Park
@@downnice95 Dw when I win Tattslotto buying the Thunderdome will be the first thing I do.
@@downnice95not exactly viable .. USA has tracks in every state nearly and many ties of oval racing .. even if thunderdome hosted 1 NASCAR race a year it wouldnt come close to viable. No NASCAR track in the US could survive if it was the only track .. it only works there because they are part of a circuit for many diff tiers of racing. As much as I love the idea of going to see a NASCAR race here even if U had a good track in every state you still couldn't support oval racing on Aussie . Far too low population to bring in enough money
It's a shame what happened to this facility.
the good old days of racing
Thanks a lot for uploading this in max quality.
Ron Esau from Santee, San Diego, only passed away a year and half ago
Miss the Thunderdome very much. many a good day spent out there. good video, hows about the stow-a-way!!
52:01 In a sport built around running illegal moonshine, I'd say this has to be the craziest smuggling story in the history of NASCAR!! XD
Went to the track a week ago to watch a drag race next to it and we had to park our car in the infield. It closed down back in 2001 and it isn’t looking too good. Section of seating are missing, half of the Goodyear billboard has collapsed and all the grass on the infield is very overgrown. Hope the track can be bought and fixed up.
Bob Jane fukt everything there and here in Adelaide. We have Zero drag racing because of him
And i drove over to that event. Was pathetic. Left early like half the crowd.
And why everyone had to drive around that bloody bull dust paddock insted of strate through =/
Seems like a cool track
RIP Bob Jane
best saftey car ever!
A bit of a hump coming out of 4, especially lower, but they seemed to adapt to it. I'm surprised at how clear and bright this tape was.
It's an amazing track it's still in good shape I wish somebody would use it but the grandstands are wrecked
The track is trashed. It's massively bumpy and need millions spent resurfacing it.
Thebull3478 seriously. This race for being back then doesnt look terrible but from watching Dave Marcis spin in practice where he’s kicking up dirt, can tell this track is nowhere near ready to race on again
25:24 That can opening wasn't a soda, I'm guessing
Probably he has opened a vb
They should make the thunderdome into a v8 super car oval track
Now this is racing!
the good old boys
That hump/hill coming out of 4 is pretty neat
Now that's awesome and very entertaining
They called it a NASCAR race, but NASCAR just let them use the name. It was an attempt to start NASCAR style racing down there, but obviously it didn't work out.
Bloody awesome!👍
what a waste just a bloody waste.need to return calder park to its former glory.
Ripper video tho mate cheers
9:35 to 12:55 That song playing is "I Love My Radio" by Taffy.
I remember going for 5 dollars as a kid with the coupon from the auto shop
They've cleared off the track, are possibly reviving it North Wilkesboro style and classic NASCAR Cup Cars DROVE ON IT yesterday. :)
Link to any info
26:55 Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson
Just never took off over here ??
15:51 Yeah, that's all on the inboard driver. Can't turn in like that.
Época. Boa
Id like to see the payouts for this race
Couldn't tell ya. NASCAR never reported that information for exhibitions.
Is this a exhibition race?
Yes it wasn't part of the Winston cup.
Big crash at 27:29
8:00 Did They Stole A SETN NASCAR Intro??
welll good to see the flys are still there if no cars also they lied you cant buy 1 them cars and drive it on the street
and we all know how that turned out in straya
Ty the tasmanian tiger:RIPPER!!!!!!
Is nascar winston cup?
It was Winston cup ,now it's called the Sprint Cup Series!
Caramujo there was some winston west drivers here too,an added atraction was to sell the cars for Aussie drivers to drive.Ive cleaned some of the old cars,they are now ride day cars..get paid for working in heaven
and now the thunderdome has gone to shit
bobby allison let off and let the aussie pass him in the turn it plain as dy the promoter prb. told him to and he still got payed it all a set up
young crompo lol
Insane so funny
'Punching the brake pedal'...lol! What BS!
BIG SHABAZLE! CARS CRASHING EVERYWHERE! Venturini pretending to be a NASCAR driver!
sorry to say they should just pull it down and spend the money on getting the v8 supercars back
Why would you pull it down? It would cost a fortune.
Would cost more to pull it down then fix it .. couple million tonnes of dirt to level the ground out again would be better off resurfacing the oval and the road course and join them together and make the Calder roval