1987 Daytona 500 (CBS Broadcast)
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2018
- From the original CBS Broadcast, not the best quality, but not bad for a 30 year old video tape recording of a VHF antenna signal.
Veteran commentator Chris Economaki hosts the broadcast anchored by Ken Squire, David Hobbs and Ned Jarrett with help from pit reporters Mike Joy and Dave Despain.
1985 Daytona 500 winner Bill Elliott established himself as the pre-race favorite by taking the pole position (for the third straight year) with a record speed of 210 mph. However, in the 125 mile qualifying race, he was beaten by the Junie Donlavey owned Ford of Ken Schrader on a combination of pit strategy, hard driving and a little luck.
1975 Daytona 500 winner Benny Parsons stepped into the Harry Hyde prepared Rick Hendrick Chevrolet that Tim Richmond piloted to 7 victories during the 1986 season. Richmond was sidelined with was at that time being reported as "double pneumonia". Parsons established himself as a contender by winning the 2nd 125 mile qualifying race over another veteran, Bobby Allison.
The starting grid offered up a clash of the generations as the old guard of Petty, Yarborough, Baker and Parsons were set to battle the newer generation of Elliott, Bodine, Schrader, Waltrip, Earnhardt and Davey Allison.
Bias-ply tires, spoiler angle adjustments, changing stagger, five manufacturers in the field, engine changes on race morning... this was the good old days for sure.
Yep about the last year or so of what I call more traditional Nascar.
13 Fords
11 Chevrolets
9 Oldsmobiles
6 Pontiacs
3 Buicks
No it wasnt the 'good ole days', it was the beginning of the end of the 'good ole days'.
@Gerda Ailstock WE DON'T CARE!!
And no restrictor plates.
Whos here 2020 man bringthis type of racing back
I wish
@Edward Stevenette YAWN!!!
@Edward Stevenette Boring 😴
2021
nothing but candy ass racing now.
17:24 that sound of these cars' engines picking up speed is one of the greatest sounds ever.
This is real racing. The peak of Nascar racing in its purest form.
I agree 100 percent.
agreed daniel now nascar is just a stupid shi\ show thanks to bubba wallace his heart was in the right place just in woke land daniel bubba is a human being......in a woke suit i m sorry but he is sorry bubba
Playing the Bill Elliott Thunderbird commercial right after he won was freaking awesome.
If they only knew how high kuwicki’s dream would go.
A girl that worked with my cousin was dating him at this time. What a great guy he was may he rest in peace
Ken Squire could make going to the store to get a gallon of milk sound exciting.
The GOAT!!
Ken Squire was as great for NASCAR as Paul Page was for Indycar
Vintage NASCAR footage is priceless, Just seeing how the cars have changed over the years is amazing.
33:19
Some of the best in-car footage I've ever seen. The sense of speed from that angle and seeing Geoff wrestling the wheel through the turns and tri-oval is just awesome. Although the restrictor plate was a necessary evil, the pre-restrictor plate races in the mid 80s were just a raw display of power and speed. We'll never see anything like it again.
And during David Hobbs’ story when he casually drops the “Goddamn…” I just imagine that since a huge chunk of the audience watching were people in the Bible Belt region, many were either gasping in shock or looking at each other just saying “Did he really say that?”
its the same camera they used at Bathurst for the 1000 in the 1980s/early 1990s too. Its remote controlled by an operator and weighed 25kg
RIP Davey Allison 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Not just a great race, but a fantastic broadcast - it won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special in 1986-87, an award to that time had often been won by World Series and Olympic Games broadcasts.
Many of the folks who work behind the camera on today's NASCAR broadcasts were mentored and learned from people like producer Robert Stenner, newly-retired director Bob Fishman, and the rest of the crew assembled by Ken Squier (the man who made NASCAR broadcasting).
They why does Nascar coverage suck?
Wasn’t even born yet but this was true Nascar. Look at the speeds, the cars, the seat and seatbelt combo, and the helmets. No safer barriers. Just talented guys with nuts of steel straight getting it done. These cars are what ‘CRANK IT UP’ should sound like.
They don’t need the TV to crank it up… they do after a lap and a half!
i believe i'll catch that celtic/laker game after this
Yea, I don't even like Basketball. But I think I'll stick around for an old school Byrd/Johnson showdown.
Beat LA Beat LA Beat LA!
@@b66docos if its an '80s ball game then; in the name of all that is holy, change them budgie-smugglin shorts.
Hope youre all good.
@@MrMiD.Life.Crisis Always hanging in here Mam, but, did you catch the opening theme song? Is there anything more 80's than the band "Europe"! LOL! The game references are from a commercial in this vid of the '87 Daytona 500 so it was, unfortunately, the year of the nuthuggers in the NBA.😶😑 But when it comes to Boston/LA games Brid and Magic where so awesome that's all you notice! The best rivalry in basketball history!
Solid home win for the Lakers 106-103. Magic Johnson starred with 39pts, James Worthy 26, Kareem 10. Celtics faded in the final quarter after leading at the half. Kevin McHale 23, Larry Bird 23, DJ Johnson 22..
*Source: Grays Sports Almanac - 1950-2000 Courtesy M. McFly*
Understatement: Bill Elliott's T-Bird was dialed in!
I like how they don't punish a winning engine with a stupid burnout.
Those cars were not as sophisticated as they are today and Bill Elliott once hit 210 mph during a qualifying lap, wow.
Check out what he ran at Talladega this same year. All time qualifying record for Nascar.
@Art Vandelay the cars today would hit 240+ if not for the restrictor plates.... they only get 550 horsepower because of them...
213
This was the last race without the restrictor plates when they could still hit 210 now they only hit about 193 195 now and each year there getting slowing with more regulations
@@matthewowens455 With the tapered spacer/high downforce package, they're hitting around 205 now. At least they were before Newman's Daytona wreck.
There is something about hearing the intro song "Final Countdown" along with seeing the aerial shot of the word "DAYTONA" in the tri-oval that gives me goosebumps. That is an AWESOME dramatic intro. LOVE it.
CBS producers knew how to make a major event feel like a major event. They did it well.
@@davenoelke6412 They sure d id. They really got my attention.
@@Musicman81Indy they had Journey on another race at the time.... Sadly, late into 1987... CBS gave Epic records away to Sony... and the rest is expensive history. At least The Final Countdown is the Pay Per View theme for AEW's Brian Danielson (due to how expensive the rights fee is... it's like a miniature sneaker contract...)
I grew up a Bill Elliott fan and it is great to see old school races like this one.
Love the commercial toward the end. I was 10 years old, and watched this with my grandfather who has since passed away. Sweet memories for sure ! Thank you so much for posting this.
Thanks for sharing that memory! Glad this UL made you think of that moment.
What the hell happened to NASCAR??? This stuff was good and entertaining. Fun to watch. Today's NASCAR doesn't compare.
It's pretty much the same today.
@@andrewjenkinson8948 Not really. Men raced real cars back then. Today, it's boys steering major league slot cars.
@@andrewjenkinson8948 are you that blind?
@@andrewjenkinson8948 fewer mullets?
Brian France happened
16:24 I can't wait to watch this awesome basketball game after this awesome NASCAR race
Petty leading with 9 laps to go is just so memorable
Going for a 8th 500
Typical petty race at daytona jus hang around an then at the end when they all stumble who rolls into victory lane.it jus wasn't mint to be on this day. but thats how petty won so many races in his career .probably last time petty lead in daytona 500.i no he lead a few laps in the 92 Pepsi 400 but im thinkin this was last 500 he ever lead
I WAS CRUSHED when my Hero came up short, but it was great seeing "The King" "Uncle Benny" & "Ol' Leadfoot" all running up front with a Puncher's chance of Winning! 💪🤠👍
The golden age of NASCAR!
Man the hair, the clothes, the music. And those awesome stock cars racing around the Daytona international Speedway. Back when men were men. The cars were real they were tough. They sounded like race cars. The roars of the engines and a muscle behind them was music to my ears. Watching this race takes me back to a time that I wish I could go back to. Oh the memories.
My second Daytona 500 .... In the infield.... Unbelievable it was that long ago
Never got to see one in person back in the day. Now I have no interest to see one. Thanks for watching.
This was when the Daytona 500 was like the Indy 500. 500 mile, all-out, endurance race, with the best car and driver earning that win all race...no manipulated cautions, stages, or 2-lap (5 mile) crapshoot sprint at the end.
I love the Daytona 500. But I miss that kind of Daytona 500.
Stage Cautions made races a crapshoot and GWCs are constantly a thing (except 2017)
I love the vintage screen tracking static from the VHS. I still have my original VHS copy from that day and it does the same thing. This is my #1 favorite race of all time. Thank you for posting this.
I really long for the days of having a NASCAR TV announcing crew like this again! And CBS's production of this broadcast was about the race, unlike FOX that turns a race event into a spectacle event, which I don't particularly care for.
Considering this was a VHS recorded broadcast of the race, the playback quality is very good.
Agree.. Squire, Hobbs, Jarrett, Economaki, Despain and Joy were superb. The broadcast window was Noon to 3:30.... 25 mins of pre-race, drop the green, focus on race, overlay some relevant pre-recorded interviews, add some human interest stories during the cautions, and throw it to the Lakers vs Celtics game.
These guys taught me how to talk
Motor mouth Waltrip . . . Couldn't stand him.
Ned was a direct link to the roots of NASCAR, and in his early years raced against the early pioneers of the sport like Fireball Roberts and Junior Johnson. He was racing when they still used actual factory chassis and bodies. I think he started racing in about 1958 and drove til the early 70s.
@@joe6096 I met Chris Economaki in the pits at Michigan that year, and asked for his autograph. He said "What the hell do you want MY autograph for?!" He signed my Thunderbird hat. Still got it today, along with about 20 drivers.
So that meant Bobby Allison made his 24th and final Daytona 500 start in a row a year later. Dave Marcis was already in his 20th straight here, and it would continue through 1999 (32 straight). Just a bummer that Allison had to retire from that Pocono accident.
1989 could've been his retirement season
@@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925no bobie would have ran thru 93 he wouldn't dare let petty out do him he woulda had his fan aprcian tour in 93 to out do petty
The last Daytona 500 to run without the restrictor plate
That’s cray they just slapped Texaco on an already painted car and it became such an iconic look.
One of the last stands of the "old guard".
'87 and '88 have always been two of my favorite 500's because of that dynamic.
Matthew Templin Before the restrictor plates right?
Patrick Greene '88 was the first 500 with the restrictor plates as we know it today, but I would consider it primitive restrictor plate racing... where the leader could actually build a second lead over to field and you necessarily didn't need help the pull out of line to make a pass. Nothing like today's plate racing.
I was a year and a half old when this race happened lol... and learning about the history of the sport, by this time... Baker, Petty, Parsons, and Bobby Allison were in the twilight of their careers but still were a legit factor to win at the superspeedways. That versus the younger guys (30 something then, not 20 something like today hahaha) like Elliott, Earnhardt and Bodine... always fascinated me. The new stars were here but the old stars still had fight left in them and vast experience/smarts.
@@patrickgreene2593 That, and the legends who did not return (for one reason or another) in 1989:
Bobby Allison (career-ending crash at Pocono)
Buddy Baker (retired, but came back)
Benny Parsons (retired)
Cale Yarborough (retired)
Great video shots during this race for 1987. Neil Bonnett and Richard Petty racing hard at 21:40 and beyond is a thing of beauty.
'My kingdom for a pint of fuel' I miss Ken Squire calling races
I miss these days. And I wasn't even alive to see them! I'm only 16!
But no joke tho, I miss when NASCAR used a real points system.
Professor CASHJ I agree I’m only 14 but I wish I could have gotten to witness NASCAR in its glory days of the 80’s and 90’s.
@@daaave_ I'm 37 so this is the NASCAR I grew up with as a kid! Sadly it will never ever be like this again. IMO the pinnacle of this sport was from about '85 -'95! During that time NASCAR still had its roots but was mainstream enough to legitimately be big time/nationally relevant. Once the cookie cutter track building began in the late 90's in the large metro areas it started to lose its soul. That's why North Wilkesboro was lost. The 2001 TV contract is what really did it in. The networks dictate everything. ESPN literally runs college football's postseason now and were a big factor in conference alignment.
NASCAR as a Motorsports series>NASCAR Football League
All day, everyday!
I remember in the 60's when my aunts and uncles would come over to grandma's house for Sunday dinner and my uncles would listen to MRN because they didn't carry the races on TV, but that's when there was only 3 stations and no cable television.
I was at that race sitting on turn 4, the cars rocked the grandstands when they came by, it was the last year they were unrestricted!
Thanks man, I've been waiting for someone to upload an original broadcast version of this race for years. Kinda surprised it has taken this long, given that we've got so many others online at this point.
Me too. I mostly UL items that are not already up. Really surprised that this was not out there already.
These are some of the wildest pitstops I have seen. Some real good ol boys for sure. DW's "Tide Ride"..and "The King",Richard Pettys famous 43 With the Vintage STP logo..Classic. Safety sat in the back seat.
I am here 2021. These where the good days
If Bill won the Qualifier Race, he LITERALLY could’ve swept Speedweeks!
He did in 1985
@@knobdikker true. He could’ve done it twice. Insanity!
@@knobdikker He didn't win the Clash in '85. Terry Labonte did.
"In row 6, the 7-time Champion, Richard Petty............ and Harry Gant."
Thanks for the video.....I was 15 years old then. Miss those days.
Ditto.
2:21:30 Side drafting before it was a widely known thing. Earnhardt and Elliott were doing it in the 80's
Earnhardt at the time ran more spoiler angle than any g body is what allowed him to side draft . This was from old Talladega video.
Richard Petty was doing a little bit of it in there, too.
Absolutely love the opening video from Daytona- Drama, Danger, Dedication. And "The Final Countdown" just awesome. Miss those days (i was just a little guy in the 80s, 8 years old here, turned 9 in December).
I was at this race! A little younger lol I miss the days when it was simpler!
Had I been around in the 70'd and 80's, Benny Parsons or Buddy Baker probably would have been my driver's. Not sure I can narrow it down. Those guys were class act men on and off the track
I enjoyed Benny Parsons in the booth back in the day...he was funny with his phrases but he was knowledgeable too, definitely the best color commentator.
thank you ive really enjoyed watching this
My pleasure...Thank you for watching!
I love the music they play when they run the end credits. RIP Dale senior. You are missed
Loved watching that race! Then and now 😊
Can we all agree that Ernie Elliot built some stout engines, and the #28 Havoline was the nicest looking paint scheme ever, with the possible exception of Fireball Roberts and his black and copper #22 Pontiac? Sure, Petty blue and red #43 and all black #3 are icons in their own right, but something about that #28.
Davey's "shooting star" paint scheme is without a doubt iconic! Not sure why they went to the black and gold look in 1990?
Odd to see Davey's car without Havoline sponsorship...but the deal came a few weeks into the season. Neil looks excited in there, but for good reason he wants to get it started.
This is what ya watch during coronavirus
If one were to refer to laundry detergent as a womens' product today, the entire internet would light up with fury! D:
wowwwww that intro was so 1980’s. i felt out of place NOT doing cocaine when the final countdown came on.
Right on!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
great upload thx
Had I been around in the 80s, Bill Elliott would have been my driver.
I was around in the 80s and Bill Elliott was my driver
He was always my driver awsome bill from dawsonville
Fun fact: Bill Elliott was voted NASCAR's Most Popular Driver a record 16 times (1984-1988, 1991-2000, 2002), before removing his name from the ballot after 2002. The only drivers to beat him in that time frame were Darrell Waltrip in 1989 and 1990, and Dale Earnhardt Sr posthumously in 2001.
Ol' Wild Bill ended up being everybody's driver kinda. I was & always will be a Petty fan, but if Richard didn't Win I was always happy if Bill did. Nobody disliked Elliott 🤔...Well, only Earnhardt fans anyways 😆
This is when Nascar was good. The CHASE has ruined Nascar. We need to go back to the point system where the point winner wins the Championship not some stupid Chase event.Thats not racing.
Yeah, agreed. The driver who won the Cup wasn't always the guy with the most wins, he was the most CONSISTENT driver.
@@jjgillmen just look at the current season. Imagine Hamlin and Larson going at it for a season-long championship. The eternal second vs The once-in-a-lifetime comeback, with Harvick looming in the background. Playoffs are not needed in motorsport.
You can win all the races but 1 or 2 bad races you are out. That sucks raw eggs
no wayne the chase didn t ruin nascar mr. bubba did the stupid confederate flag ban is a bunch of stupid bullshit ,cuse my language but it is wayne bubba wallace is not bad he is a human being in a woke world
I’m from Alabama and I really miss those days. Most of the participants talked like me!
Watching dale, Darrell and so many others at day and then larry and magic right after on the nighttime slot…. Insane.
that was the very first daytona 500 I saw back when then that was a 30 year tradition for me to watch
Man, this racing is really awesome. I'd be ok with them dropping the spoilers down and taking the plates off at Daytona and Talladega. If I want high downforce racing I'll watch open wheel; turn those boys loose!
Then the cars fly into the catchfence and everyone loses their shit.
@@Tuppoo94 it is the high downforce that is causing the cars too fly because they are too fast and the crew chiefs set them up to be unstable to get more speed
@@Tuppoo94 just remove some rows of seats in the trioval
Like old Ironhead said..."Put the stands around the inside & take the damn plate off"!
It's a damn shame they didn't listen 😠
NASCAR is the only motorsport that's slower than it was 30 years ago.
0:17 In memory of Alan Kulwicki 1954-1993
That intro was also used in the Daytona: Drama, Danger, Dedication vhs from the early 90s.
Awesome Bill from Dawsonville.
AWESOME BILL, my favorite ! Before restrictor plates when he kicked all their asses. Of course France had to put the clamps on Ernie Elliott . His team was regularly leaving Ironhead behind and NASCAR didn't like that ... 59 now and hardly any of my buddies watch the whole race anymore . Sad demise of what was a great sport .
Yes, Yes, that is it. Bill France wanted to stop his most popular driver from winning races and selling more tickets.
It had absolutely nothing to do with Bobby about parking his Buick in the grand stands at Talladega and ending the sport.
Earnhardt just played along by being the most outspoken critic of restrictor plates and pretending he hated them. Sigh.......
If only Bill Elliott fans were smart enough to realize how stupid all of that sounds.
@@jackblue3560 I agree on the safety issue for sure. They were selling tons of tickets then irregardless of Bill Elliott. Earnhardt was France's man period. Elliott fans stupid ? Really , as compared to whom ?
@@jackblue3560 Well they started legislation on Bill right after the 1985 Daytona 500, so NA$CRAP was after him. Maybe you should read up on all the rules that changed because of Bill!
13 yr old me watching this race with my Dad!!
Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, CBS, great times for Winston Cup Stock Car Racing
That invocation was so great, should copy it down.
Holy crap, Daytona 500 and Lakers vs Celtics in one day!
That starting line up music 😂. Groovy man! 🪩 💃 🕺 🎸 🎺 🎺🥁🎼🎼🎼.
It’s cool than hell that kids have driving opportunities from go-karts to everything with wheels. Only in the South. I grew up in the Rockies we didn’t even have hockey or competitive skiing until kids were grown. Things have changed helped by how much it costs to equip a kid to play hockey, ski, of play football, the suppliers aren’t going to leave any money on the table, they’d put 2 year olds in skies if they could get away with it
Great voice.
Davey was a total badass!
Put a race like this on TV, at the same time as today's NASCAR . . let's see which gets more viewers.
AWESOME BILL!!!
GM just can’t keep up with a Ford
Why is it that Chevy as far as 2015 Chevy has 749 race wins and Ford has 636. and as far as 2019 Chevy drivers have won 24 of the last 36 series titles
Mark don’t use logic here lol
@@Mark-nu5vg because Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt.
Elliot had a few years that he was good on the big tracks and the Ford guys haven’t shut up about it yet.
@@jackblue3560 elliot woulda had alot more great years if nascar hadn't changed ever rule in its books to catch gm up.hell look at that ugly ass what they call a aero coup which is nuthing more than an aero dynamic and aid to let gm catch up that pile of shit should never been allowed on a nascar track .
Who's here watching this after FS1 announced that iRacing will have 1987 Nascar Cup Cars?
Jason Gardner trying to get in the mood ;)
That view of Waltrip in the car was shocking when compared to now. Now the car is bascially an F1 cockpit inside of the car, can't even see the driver.
I miss those days!
Good description, HODIUSDUDE.
I really really love these old NASCAR race a whole whole lot
You also had to have much respect for those who held the pit signs during the 80's cause you had to be on your toes if the car came in hot during a time when there was no pit road speed limit coming in and going out of the pits
Geoff Bodine was about to pit but Davey Allison cut him off, lol
Economki, Joy and Squier....
@GNM Kool Waltrip's calling it quits.
CBS was really leaning on the Graceland album for bumper material! Wonder if Paul Simon was like, yeah stock cars, that makes sense.
I thought 1989 was the last year of NASCAR. Up until 1987, NASCAR was really exciting.
20:48 Rick Wilson in Kodak car luv the Gbody Areocoupes from this era . Don't hear that much about Rick Wilson too often just saw his ol race car for sale on ( Bring A Trailer.com)
The final Daytona 500 to not feature the restrictor plate to slow down the cars, something that would become mandatory in 1988 after Bobby Allison's crash at Talladega.
For the record, the only events that Darrell Waltrip won at Daytona in his career was the Busch Series 300-mile season opener, the 1989 Daytona 500 (where he did a sweep of the Busch and Cup events), the Clash, and a few 125-mile qualifiers. He never won the Firecracker 400.
Exactly. Thought that was some bs. He has stated many times he didn’t like that track. Didn’t feel completely comfortable there. Thought it was to narrow to be that fast.
How bout that racing production before the race, nice lil story
This is back when NASCAR racing was worth watching it was defiantly more of a actual race and not the crash fest that you see in todays races.
What is the name of the song during starting lineups?! I've been looking for it for years!
Final countdown?
The Electric Horseman
The V/O on the intro is different from Daytona: Drama, Danger and Dedication.
Eh, it's not that much different, there are just a few more pictures. I adore that home video by the way, I don't even have to dig for it, it's probably on here somewhere.
At 33:30 Hobbs started tell his AJ Foyt steering wheel story & when he starts his Hillbilly accent (which always infuriated me 😠) while quoting Foyt, he forgets he's on live TV and actually says "G@D Damn!!"
🧐?? If Hobbs had been an American, CBS would have fired him, the censor's would have demanded a huge fine & Hobbs would have never called another major league Motorsports event again in his life! 😆 But he got lucky, as CBS figured between his British accent & his God Awful Hillbilly impersonation, not many actually caught what he said, so he escaped with his skin still attached to his backside 😂
As for the race itself, my guy finished 3rd & overachieved so much, I couldn't really be upset (although back in 87, I'm sure I was Big-Time Butthurt 😂) besides, the most likeable guy ever Won & the next three most likeable guy's finished 2-3-4, can't really whine too much bout that! 🤷🏻♂️
@@bradthomas2742 😆👍 Right!
Long live Super Tex! 💪
I caught it also, I listened to it 5 or 6 times just to make sure, I'm positive that with AJ FOYT, that was a direct quote lol.
Was and still is THE MAN.
Benny Parsons is the John Madon of NASCAR miss the Ole times
That's a great comparison, Benny was excellent. Cheers
What an intro!!!
17:09 Race Start
2:33:33 End of The Race
21:49
Great onboard of Darrell Waltrip.
I really really love these old Nascar racing a whole whole lot
It makes me sad the part where Geoff screams "god damnit" when he runs out of fuel is cut out.