A dozen drivers out there, letting it all hang out, all going for it. They are showing respect. Not rubbin' is racin'. No green-white-wrecker. These guys tore off the last dozen laps without crashing each other, and still put on a spectacular race. Something for today's drivers to consider.
It’s not the drivers so much, it’s the cars, plates, and horrible aero packages. There used to be a difference in body styles, horsepower tweaks, set ups...now it’s all cookie cutter IROC racing crap.
@@easyenetwork2023 yeah if they run side by side they will bunch up but the difference is you could break away from the pack. Just like bill elliot won the talladega race after making up his laps under green
Actually these cars performance wise are not quicker and we need to stop complaining about restrictor plates etc. because they work and it’s far more competitive now than it was then
OMG! I was there!! 14 years old and my first of three years in a row. I’m in chills and tears watching this. Thank you for posting. The greatest era of NASCAR. If you didn’t see it you never will; the 40+ car freight train is long gone thanks to restricted plate racing. RIP Dale and thanks for the memories. Saw him win the Southern 500 in Darlington 2 years in a row also.
The 40 car freight train isn’t gone. Talladega the last five years has been even better than this race averaging 50 lead changes ten straight races and the lead changing on the last lap in almost all of them.
I never saw another race after Dale died at Daytona. Took the joy out of the sport for me. Was great to see Mikey win and Jr.get 2nd while Dale held off the pack with no tires left making his car as "wide" as possible. Was glad he went out doing what he loved and on top.
And no Frickin' Toyotas! You drove a Ford or Chevy to the track and cheered for that make. You never seen a 3 sticker on a Ford or a Dodge. People were driver and brand loyal. It made it special.
papa you couldn’t tell a Chevy from a Ford in 1972; they were all coke bottle bodies. Form Follows Function and that’s why the cars ALWAYS evolve alike. You better stop believing otherwise because the cars will always look alike. It’s iron law of performance
toddjohnson you have no right to opppse Toyota's involvement because they’re legit as is Honda and Nissan (if Dodge’s parent company get their act together we need Dodge back also). The sport needs Chevy vs. Ford to get supplanted by other brands because Chevy vs. Ford is BORING!!!!!
John Robison very true. This is when the driver worked on the car along with his crew. And it was pure racing for the glory not the money. Well hope you know what I mean. Human built not this tech bullshit they have today. Real racing back then.
I don't really care but you should look up where these cars are made. Toyo is the only one made in the US. Fords Canada Chevy Mexico toyo South Carolina..
@@dzlf2504 I've heard the same reply for years and it still sucks. The great erican race should be races with great American cars. However to your point. Yes they are assembled here in America, but where is the money going, here or Japan?? In this day and age of global economics I believe one should do all they can to help their own country. Especially if one can fulfill their needs with locally made products.
Ya both things come into affect tho. The money goes over there. But we have Americans working and spending their pay locally. Ford and Chevy have Canuck s and Mex taking work away from us. Just stating
Back wayyyyy before Nascar really went corporate. I, too, miss the good old days, with these cats vying for position, figuring out schemes, track-wise, to win races...stuff like that. Nowadays, if somebody even bumps a car, so it seems, we have to have a caution that sometimes seems to drag on and on...and look at all the little primadonnas that are racing now. Where does it end? Will this type of modern-day junk be the death-toll of Nascar? Ratings and attendance both have been steadily dropping over the last 5-10 years at least, if not more. Something's gotta be done, and fast, if they're gonna save Nascar!
ronaldshank define what’s supposed to be done. I hear these complaints from people and no one offers credible alternatives. No we can’t just assign these cars to whatever local short trackers we want because they’re objectively not capable of racing today's cars. You think drivers today are hated - Earnhardt was the only driver I know of where a nationwide fanbase was formed specifically to hate him. Then came Geoff Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Ernie Irvan, Gordon, etc. When fans lament the declines in popularity they never give the accurate reasons why. Dale wasn’t going to stop it; he wasn’t going to police the kids because he couldn’t handle them (he couldn’t handle rookie Kurt Busch when he raced him at the end). We need realism in how we look at the past vis a vis the present instead of the dumb tangents that pass for opinions.
Earnhardt knew he had this race won with 5 laps to go.........Man,that guy was unbelievable........when it comes to the greats of racing,theres Dale Earnhardt and then theres everybody else!!! Simply the greatest!
I remember a race at Dover there a yellow flag and one reporter asked Childress why Dale didn't come in. Childress took a pause from his chewing gum and flatly said."Well Dale's drivin' the car and there isn't much we can do about it." I was LMAO.
I still remember back several years ago, when Smoke (Tony Stewart) drove with a broken hand, I think it was, and won something like 4 races, straight in a row! That's real racin' right there! When you see these old-school drivers climb outta of their cars, smudged with smoke and whatever else, weak from driving all afternoon, sometimes sick as a dog, and yet, willing to give their all for the fans...now that's what it's all about!!!
Jimmie Johnson 48 Champion have you been to one lately? At Talladega this spring, you could've walked in and sat in any section on the track. The multi-colored seats are deceiving on tv. At the track, you see open seats everywhere.
I,ve been to talladega fourteen times and this is the best race i have ever seen.About seventyfive lead changes thats not counting how many times during the lap. The sound those cars made back then was AWESOME! I miss very much.
I hope I'm wrong, but before you know it, they'll be racing crossovers because that's the direction our automobile industry has headed.......as it used to be for stock cars: Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday.
Nascar was SO much better back then. Real modified stock cars as opposed to the spec cars they race now. No stupid ground effects or restrictor plates. Groups of cars could actually break away from one another back then. I still watch Nascar but it is a shadow of it's former self. All they care about is selling advertising now. Notice during that whole clip the announcers didn't plug one sponsor? They can't even mention fuel now without mentioning Sunoco. The chase format is a joke too. I'm pretty sure Johnson would have 3-4 less championships if not for that absurd format. There's no playoffs in racing, racing seasons are about consistency. Love this clip but it makes me sad for what Nascar has become.
NASCAR was great in 1984, but I think the "NASCAR was better than than now" IMHO extends from 1972-2003, AKA the Winston Cup Era. It's not NASCAR was worse in 1994 than 1984. Just wanted to give my two cents.
There was certainly a great deal to love about NASCAR in the 1971-80s and '90s eras, but saying it was better without restrictor plates is wrong - the speeds got too high for safety (they still are today, I'm baffled why NASCAR won't restrict the power on all tracks because they're too fast for safety and for the ability for passing). You're right about sponsor overkill today versus back then, and certainly the Chase format can never work no matter what contrivances are applied atop the contrivance that the Chase simply is. Back then and later, and today, they'd benefit enormously if they could push-draft all the way around - imagine everyone gunning down Elliott in 1985 by push-drafting from half a lap down in one lap.
Michael Daly Thank you for your opinion, I'm kinda passionate about missing the old Nascar. Restrictor plates are dangerous because the cars are stuck in packs running WOT all day, they can't get separation, all the drivers hate them. If you hit the wall at 190 or 212 what difference does it make? They need to eliminate those ridiculously big tracks and get back to their short track roots to contain the speed. Of course Nascar will never do that, they can sell a lot more tickets at Talladega then Darlington or Bristol, and casual fans love wrecks. Dover is about as big as I think a Nascar track should be. The fact that Bill Elliott's 30 year old car would blow away todays cars show how they have gone from substance to commercialism. You couldn't say that for any other motor sport. A modern F1 or Dragster would destroy an 80's version. Both equally dangerous racing series maybe more so. The 80's Nascars would whip todays cars despite modern technology, todays drivers would be shocked to watch an 80's car just pull away from them. There are still REAL stock cars, it's called the Australian V8 Supercar series and they are gaining popularity steadily, Nascar better get back to their roots unless they want to go the way of Indy cars.
You were the and will always be the greatest. A few drivers may have accomplished records. But no one, could do what you did in those cars. We miss you and love you. My DVD #3 that i watch, time to time is just well done showing your career. those were the years your daddy would've been so proud of you. And Dale JR, has made you proud, doing things you taught him. And with a lot of pressure, twice bringing a #3 wrangler car, and his bush series #3, to victory lane. Dale, RIP Champ..#3 ❤️ 🙏 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
No way. This 1984 Talladega race is great racing but here’s what it needed - De facto no attrition. More than sixteen leaders. 25 or more cars in the final laps battle. The cars staying on the bottom all the way around as well as middle and top. Effective slam drafting
That was a textbook way of setting the leader up to pass for the win by Earnhardt. He dropped back to get momentum from the cars behind him at just the right point to shoot past the leader. Perfect
2011 showed the absurdity of the Chase format - locking out 4/5ths of the field for the final ten races, then a driver who had struggled for 26 races SUDDENLY wins five races - and he needs them just to TIE for the points lead? It's supposed to be you have to win races, PERIOD, and then let the points fall where they fall.
It's all crap these days. From giving laps back, to the "drive for diversity" to transplanting trees outside Charlotte Motor Speedway. They don't seem to understand the thing that made NASCAR popular was that "regular" guys were doing phenomenal things in a car that looks like the one they just bought at the their local dealership. Race 'em on Sunday, sell 'em on Monday.
No it is unlimited repassing that makes Motorsports. These drivers were not regular guys - people need to stop acting like this because they’re admired for NOT being regular. The argument against modern racing is beyond stupid. The racing 2022-24 is far and away more competitive than this 1984 Talladega 500 - this was terrific racing, today's is far deeper, more competitive, and with much more durable and safer cars.
The following year Bill Elliott was 2 laps down and passed every driver 3 times under green and won. NASCAR in the early and mid 1980’s was a wild time.
I know this is before the restrictor plates, but it looks like they're going way, way faster than they do now. They say the difference in speed doesn't come across on TV, but it sure does.
I was at Talladega the week Bill Elliott set the record for fastest lap ever turned. Where can I buy,or find a video of that race including time trials for that race?
It is fascinating to watch Earnhardt drive in second. He is testing different lines the whole time going up and down the track seeing where he can gain speed to make his move.
Really, joellie, tell us all about these punches to the mouth. Come on, joellie, we’re racing. Sure, there were some pansy ass throwing of various items, but who got punched in the mouth, except for you when you ask your wife if you could stay out past seven? Next time you have a wet dream, keep it to yourself. Dumb assho.
Agree with you 100% Reb. I used to attend races, bought tons of T-shirts, never missed a race on TV.......Now? I couldn't even tell you who is in the points lead and I never watch a race on TV anymore. The powers that be have done SO MANY things (where do I start?) to ruin the sport. Too bad, it used to be a genuinely fun and interesting sport to follow. Now it just ranks along side "daytime TV" and professional wrestling.
John Hobson that was when NASCAR cars were really based on the cars they represented not a tubing race chassis with sheet metal designed to look like some car or the other.
I loved stock car racing from the late '60s through the '90s. I used to watch it in black and white on ABC's Wide World of Sports, at least the few NASCAR races they televised each year, and many (most? all?) of those were on tape delay. I don't think NASCAR got big enough to start getting their own live network coverage until the late '70s. I liked those days when the cars were actually based on "stock" cars, back when they'd get in a wreck and the trunk would pop open. The farther away from that they got, the less interest I had in watching it.
Wow, is that Teresa rocking the classic blonde '80s hair at 5:58? Great race. There's got to be a way to spread the field out a bit at Dega/Daytona and have racing like this instead of the crazy two-car stuff and the 30-car packs that just end up causing green/white/checkers all the time.
I'd like to see the finish of the '83 race, where Earnhardt won in Bud Moore's #15 Ford as the lapped car of Bobby Allison appeared to block points rival & second place Darrell Waltrip on the last lap. & i would LOVE to see the '79 & '80 Dega races, if any footage still exists. Thanx 4 posting this clip!
adventurous63, are you planning on living forever? I’m betting you’d have loved to have his talent and drive. Died doing what he loved. We should all be so lucky.
Hey Brian France this is what we need. We need real racing real cars with real drivers. Not the polished drivers who are too busy plugging sponsers and being told what to say I just wish I was alive to see this for myself.
The drivers in 1984 were trained to give rehearsed answers by the sponsors. We need racing where 50 lead changes is a norm at place like Pocono, Michigan, Texas, Charlotte, Indianapolis, etc. as well as Daytona, Atlanta, and Talladega. We need where more teams are winning. We need where small teams are winning again.
I’ll never forget the time Dale Earnhardt removed his restrictor plate at Talledega during practice and posted a speed over 235 MPH. The man in black carried his balls in the trunk. RIP Dale. You are greatly missed. 🇺🇸🙏🏼🏁
Verrückt Hund ~I believe he did. These guys were real creative back in the day. Junior Johnson ran fuel line through the entire roll cage on a car which gave it an extra 2.5 gallons more fuel than all the other cars. Needless to say he got busted for it. Ricky Rudd has a lever in his car during qualifying that allowed him to lay the rear spoiler down a few degrees and gain straightaway speeds. Busted Michael Waltrips crew designed an intake manifold that the center would draw down under vacuum to open the intake ports and gain extra horsepower. Busted Nothing better than the days when it was “run what you brung” racing. 😎✌🏼🇺🇸
Interesting. I wonder if this was his first time broadcasting? Plus, its strange hearing Benny and Ned together, but not with Bob Jenkins or Jerry Punch.
Nothing wrong with S.A.F.E.R. barriers or roof flaps or full harnesses or even full helmets. What I don't like is the pretty boys and girls that they put in these things to sell stuff. Harvick has been racing since he was 5 or 6 years old. Some of these guys didn't even start until their teens. I miss the old days when you had to earn your way up and in, not check off a demographic or marketing box. Nobody cared that Shawna Robinson was a woman. She could drive.
A dozen drivers out there, letting it all hang out, all going for it. They are showing respect. Not rubbin' is racin'. No green-white-wrecker. These guys tore off the last dozen laps without crashing each other, and still put on a spectacular race. Something for today's drivers to consider.
It’s not the drivers so much, it’s the cars, plates, and horrible aero packages. There used to be a difference in body styles, horsepower tweaks, set ups...now it’s all cookie cutter IROC racing crap.
until dale came in and shit on that code by being the dirtiest driver of all time.
This is real racing. No restrictor plates, splitters, or aero restrictions really.
@@failtolawl Karen is butthurt
@@failtolawl 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I really miss the old crew. Not just Earnhardt, but all the guys. Bright a small tear to my kindred eyes today. ThankYou, for whom ever shared this
Same here
Hey look, they finished Talladega with out 10 cautions in the last 10 laps, and they didn't destroy every car!!!
This was also before restrictor plates so everyone wasn’t so bunched together as well
@@Chicken_Wing91 Yeah, but look how close they are without restrictor plates, splitters, or aero devices.
@@easyenetwork2023 yeah if they run side by side they will bunch up but the difference is you could break away from the pack. Just like bill elliot won the talladega race after making up his laps under green
It’s cause these cars were much less safer and much quicker so being over aggressive could literally kill somebody
Actually these cars performance wise are not quicker and we need to stop complaining about restrictor plates etc. because they work and it’s far more competitive now than it was then
OMG! I was there!! 14 years old and my first of three years in a row. I’m in chills and tears watching this. Thank you for posting. The greatest era of NASCAR. If you didn’t see it you never will; the 40+ car freight train is long gone thanks to restricted plate racing. RIP Dale and thanks for the memories. Saw him win the Southern 500 in Darlington 2 years in a row also.
The 40 car freight train isn’t gone. Talladega the last five years has been even better than this race averaging 50 lead changes ten straight races and the lead changing on the last lap in almost all of them.
I'd just as soon watch these old replays than current races.
Talladega the last five years has been even better than this race.
83-88 Monte Carlo SS= Most badass looking race car ever.
Earnhardt Sr= Most badass race driver ever.
yes gm produced that bubble back window car
69 Dodge Daytona, best
He was a prick
Hell yes he was 👍 was also a great person it Ain’t the same .
You must like today's NASCAR.
Back when you could tell a Chevy from a Ford. I loved watching Stock Car racing
I stopped watching NASCAR many years ago.
I never saw another race after Dale died at Daytona.
Took the joy out of the sport for me.
Was great to see Mikey win and Jr.get 2nd while Dale held off the pack with no tires left making his car as "wide" as possible.
Was glad he went out doing what he loved and on top.
And no Frickin' Toyotas! You drove a Ford or Chevy to the track and cheered for that make. You never seen a 3 sticker on a Ford or a Dodge. People were driver and brand loyal. It made it special.
papa you couldn’t tell a Chevy from a Ford in 1972; they were all coke bottle bodies. Form Follows Function and that’s why the cars ALWAYS evolve alike. You better stop believing otherwise because the cars will always look alike. It’s iron law of performance
feel lucky no it didn’t take the joy out of it.
toddjohnson you have no right to opppse Toyota's involvement because they’re legit as is Honda and Nissan (if Dodge’s parent company get their act together we need Dodge back also). The sport needs Chevy vs. Ford to get supplanted by other brands because Chevy vs. Ford is BORING!!!!!
That was awesome. I watched every race back then.
These were the days when nascar was fun to watch!
John Robison very true. This is when the driver worked on the car along with his crew. And it was pure racing for the glory not the money. Well hope you know what I mean. Human built not this tech bullshit they have today. Real racing back then.
Yes before toyo's and restrictor plates
I don't really care but you should look up where these cars are made. Toyo is the only one made in the US. Fords Canada Chevy Mexico toyo South Carolina..
@@dzlf2504 I've heard the same reply for years and it still sucks. The great erican race should be races with great American cars. However to your point. Yes they are assembled here in America, but where is the money going, here or Japan?? In this day and age of global economics I believe one should do all they can to help their own country. Especially if one can fulfill their needs with locally made products.
Ya both things come into affect tho. The money goes over there. But we have Americans working and spending their pay locally. Ford and Chevy have Canuck s and Mex taking work away from us. Just stating
Unrestricted 80's SS Monte Carlo's, and NASCAR was still a primarily a Southern sport. This was the Golden Age of NASCAR for me.
McCall72 ]]]0
That man was one of best behind the wheel. And he is in Monte Carlo ss don't get any better. Than you dale for all those races you won. Not like today
It got alot better when the T-birds starting kicking Monte Carlo arse
Oh, absolutely... the early 80's were the best of the best. Total Gladiators running vicious kicking mules...
1980-2003 was nascar golden years.
Benny Parsons was and still is the best color commentator ever.
Him and Buddy Baker
That was Ken Squire .
That's Ken Squire and Ned Jarrett.
Okay, I heard Benny right after I typed the previous comment.
Mike joy & Waltrip arnt to bad
Ned & Dale jarret I reckon are prudy good lol
That's the racing I miss. Loved nascar then never missed a race. Never go now. So sad to see it fade.
Back wayyyyy before Nascar really went corporate. I, too, miss the good old days, with these cats vying for position, figuring out schemes, track-wise, to win races...stuff like that. Nowadays, if somebody even bumps a car, so it seems, we have to have a caution that sometimes seems to drag on and on...and look at all the little primadonnas that are racing now. Where does it end? Will this type of modern-day junk be the death-toll of Nascar? Ratings and attendance both have been steadily dropping over the last 5-10 years at least, if not more. Something's gotta be done, and fast, if they're gonna save Nascar!
The crowds are starting to come back with the racing being substantially better in 2019.
ronaldshank define what’s supposed to be done. I hear these complaints from people and no one offers credible alternatives. No we can’t just assign these cars to whatever local short trackers we want because they’re objectively not capable of racing today's cars. You think drivers today are hated - Earnhardt was the only driver I know of where a nationwide fanbase was formed specifically to hate him. Then came Geoff Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Ernie Irvan, Gordon, etc. When fans lament the declines in popularity they never give the accurate reasons why. Dale wasn’t going to stop it; he wasn’t going to police the kids because he couldn’t handle them (he couldn’t handle rookie Kurt Busch when he raced him at the end). We need realism in how we look at the past vis a vis the present instead of the dumb tangents that pass for opinions.
Earnhardt knew he had this race won with 5 laps to go.........Man,that guy was unbelievable........when it comes to the greats of racing,theres Dale Earnhardt and then theres everybody else!!! Simply the greatest!
"We ain't talked lately, we're just letting him drive."
I remember a race at Dover there a yellow flag and one reporter asked Childress why Dale didn't come in. Childress took a pause from his chewing gum and flatly said."Well Dale's drivin' the car and there isn't much we can do about it."
I was LMAO.
God, I miss that man! This for me was the hey day of NASCAR racing. Cool looking cars and great racers.
I really really miss watching this old nascar racing a whole whole lot
NOW THATS HOW IT,S DONE !!! 10 wins at Talladega !! This is why i watch Old Races !!!
Ryan Blaney’s Talladega wins are more memorable
When racing was fun to watch. Best of the best back then.
I still remember back several years ago, when Smoke (Tony Stewart) drove with a broken hand, I think it was, and won something like 4 races, straight in a row! That's real racin' right there! When you see these old-school drivers climb outta of their cars, smudged with smoke and whatever else, weak from driving all afternoon, sometimes sick as a dog, and yet, willing to give their all for the fans...now that's what it's all about!!!
Nope
My intro to NASCAR, the first race I ever watched on TV, loved every second of it!
ken squire can flat call the hell out of a stock car race,thats southern for ken squire is a very good announcer.
Greg Gregory the fuck does that have to do with nascar commentators?
Frozen
He talks to damn much
I don't see any empty stands there
Jimmie Johnson 48 Champion have you been to one lately? At Talladega this spring, you could've walked in and sat in any section on the track. The multi-colored seats are deceiving on tv. At the track, you see open seats everywhere.
There was also half the seats there compared to NASCAR'S peak.
My seat was empty. Actually I was standing in it! Stood for the first 100 laps as I recall. Was my first time a Talladega and I was 14.
Jeffrey Henshaw I was there for the second time and was 13, what a great time. I still have my ticket stub. Birmingham grandstand sec E row 31 seat 16
When NASCAR was real racing!
I miss Buddy Baker
Me too...Miss Benny Parsons doing commentary as well.
Amen
He was one of the best.................like Pearson. No more like that now.
Yes, the legends of NASCAR battling it out at Talladega.
No empty seats back then
Why is this race so much more exciting than the ones we see today? Seems like everyone is too spread out and not enough competition today
The draft was a lot stronger then. NASCAR is now getting the draft back with the ducts.
yeah they sound much better than the vacuum cleaners they run now
I,ve been to talladega fourteen times and this is the best race i have ever seen.About seventyfive lead changes thats not counting how many times during the lap. The sound those cars made back then was AWESOME! I miss very much.
I MISS CALE YARBROUGH
Most Awesome Sound coming from the pit crew is "Praise the Lord", something we hardly ever hear in today's world.
Who ever buys NASCAR from the Francis' needed to return racing to this Era!
I agree. But can they really go back too "stock" car racing with the cars today?
No.
I hope I'm wrong, but before you know it, they'll be racing crossovers because that's the direction our automobile industry has headed.......as it used to be for stock cars: Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday.
I miss everything these old days of beautiful racing. Better cars, better drivers, more fans, packed stands and more more more more. It was PERFECT!!
We miss you Benny! The broadcast booth just doesn't seem complete with you there. :(
RIP
Nascar was SO much better back then. Real modified stock cars as opposed to the spec cars they race now. No stupid ground effects or restrictor plates. Groups of cars could actually break away from one another back then. I still watch Nascar but it is a shadow of it's former self. All they care about is selling advertising now. Notice during that whole clip the announcers didn't plug one sponsor? They can't even mention fuel now without mentioning Sunoco. The chase format is a joke too. I'm pretty sure Johnson would have 3-4 less championships if not for that absurd format. There's no playoffs in racing, racing seasons are about consistency. Love this clip but it makes me sad for what Nascar has become.
NASCAR was great in 1984, but I think the "NASCAR was better than than now" IMHO extends from 1972-2003, AKA the Winston Cup Era.
It's not NASCAR was worse in 1994 than 1984.
Just wanted to give my two cents.
Chris Kreager I agree
100% agree
There was certainly a great deal to love about NASCAR in the 1971-80s and '90s eras, but saying it was better without restrictor plates is wrong - the speeds got too high for safety (they still are today, I'm baffled why NASCAR won't restrict the power on all tracks because they're too fast for safety and for the ability for passing). You're right about sponsor overkill today versus back then, and certainly the Chase format can never work no matter what contrivances are applied atop the contrivance that the Chase simply is.
Back then and later, and today, they'd benefit enormously if they could push-draft all the way around - imagine everyone gunning down Elliott in 1985 by push-drafting from half a lap down in one lap.
Michael Daly Thank you for your opinion, I'm kinda passionate about missing the old Nascar. Restrictor plates are dangerous because the cars are stuck in packs running WOT all day, they can't get separation, all the drivers hate them. If you hit the wall at 190 or 212 what difference does it make? They need to eliminate those ridiculously big tracks and get back to their short track roots to contain the speed. Of course Nascar will never do that, they can sell a lot more tickets at Talladega then Darlington or Bristol, and casual fans love wrecks. Dover is about as big as I think a Nascar track should be. The fact that Bill Elliott's 30 year old car would blow away todays cars show how they have gone from substance to commercialism. You couldn't say that for any other motor sport. A modern F1 or Dragster would destroy an 80's version. Both equally dangerous racing series maybe more so. The 80's Nascars would whip todays cars despite modern technology, todays drivers would be shocked to watch an 80's car just pull away from them. There are still REAL stock cars, it's called the Australian V8 Supercar series and they are gaining popularity steadily, Nascar better get back to their roots unless they want to go the way of Indy cars.
NASCAR was way more exciting then...and faster, too. I HATE restricter plates, they ruined the sport.
3:33 "A record number of cars clustered together!!" 10. How cute.
Piobairesicago Well NASCAR isn’t running restrictor plates next year aside from the Daytona 500.
@@OfficialKiwiFrankencop What you mean? Thought they ran them at all superspeedway tracks
Nah NASCAR was still great in the 90s and early mid-2000s even with the restrictor plates.
Totally disagree
You were the and will always be the greatest. A few drivers may have accomplished records. But no one, could do what you did in those cars. We miss you and love you. My DVD #3 that i watch, time to time is just well done showing your career. those were the years your daddy would've been so proud of you. And Dale JR, has made you proud, doing things you taught him. And with a lot of pressure, twice bringing a #3 wrangler car, and his bush series #3, to victory lane. Dale, RIP Champ..#3 ❤️ 🙏 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Great Memories of Dale/Chevy!
Great pass #3. We miss you!!
NASCAR has really faded away . I live by the Pocono Track and it’s nothing like it was years ago.
And thats how it was done back in the day....RIP Dale
Way better racing than it is today.. love the grainy cameras
No way. This 1984 Talladega race is great racing but here’s what it needed -
De facto no attrition.
More than sixteen leaders.
25 or more cars in the final laps battle.
The cars staying on the bottom all the way around as well as middle and top.
Effective slam drafting
Chocolate has got to be the biggest Earnhardt fan of all
That was a textbook way of setting the leader up to pass for the win by Earnhardt. He dropped back to get momentum from the cars behind him at just the right point to shoot past the leader. Perfect
I was 31 days old. He truly was the master of the air.
That was racing. I like all those drivers. Big E was my favorite though.
Very impressive finish.....and this was BEFORE the restrictor plate era.
2011 showed the absurdity of the Chase format - locking out 4/5ths of the field for the final ten races, then a driver who had struggled for 26 races SUDDENLY wins five races - and he needs them just to TIE for the points lead? It's supposed to be you have to win races, PERIOD, and then let the points fall where they fall.
It's all crap these days. From giving laps back, to the "drive for diversity" to transplanting trees outside Charlotte Motor Speedway. They don't seem to understand the thing that made NASCAR popular was that "regular" guys were doing phenomenal things in a car that looks like the one they just bought at the their local dealership. Race 'em on Sunday, sell 'em on Monday.
No it is unlimited repassing that makes Motorsports. These drivers were not regular guys - people need to stop acting like this because they’re admired for NOT being regular.
The argument against modern racing is beyond stupid. The racing 2022-24 is far and away more competitive than this 1984 Talladega 500 - this was terrific racing, today's is far deeper, more competitive, and with much more durable and safer cars.
Thats back when racing was racing. Not this Bullshit they have now
Preach on!
Agree. And you knew the drivers back then. That was the WINSTON CUP. I don't even know what it's called now, nor do I care. Don't watch it now.
@@cumminsrealpower680 Exactly. Me either. Racing is dead and its some new age Bull Crap now
I like watching videos on RUclips from the "Good Ole' Days" in NASCAR.@@redpoole9323
@@jusnuts1443 yes sir.
Man who is watching 2020 real racing rip to the goat
Back when you could tell a Ford from a Plymouth or a Chevy from a olds
Davey Allison was my Favorite, when he had the helicopter accident, I actually cried, Red Farmer,those where the good ole days.
Badass NASCAR days! Those cars were badass! I love the ROAR! Real stock cars! Very fast! Very fun and exciting! REAL racing! Today NASCAR is boring.
NASCAR has broken 40 lead changes fifteen times 2022-24. It’s not boring today.
He saw the air..now they see empty seats..😤
Back in the day when racing was racing I stopped watching nascar about 10 years ago to me it's not racing anymore
I realize my prior comment was a request, and not a comment. Back then racing was exactly that RACING!!
I miss those old days and I miss Dale Earnhardt Sr and no one will replace him.
I was born in 1990, so I never saw this race expect on tv or where ever I found it. Dale Sr 4 ever
The following year Bill Elliott was 2 laps down and passed every driver 3 times under green and won. NASCAR in the early and mid 1980’s was a wild time.
love the sound of those cars back then
I know this is before the restrictor plates, but it looks like they're going way, way faster than they do now. They say the difference in speed doesn't come across on TV, but it sure does.
Yes it does and it's even more evident in the stands.
I was at Talladega the week Bill Elliott set the record for fastest lap ever turned. Where can I buy,or find a video of that race including time trials for that race?
His brother, I believe, told him there was a little more speed in that car. Bill said, "I don't know who you're going to get to drive it."
It is fascinating to watch Earnhardt drive in second. He is testing different lines the whole time going up and down the track seeing where he can gain speed to make his move.
This is when racing was racing, men were men, and on track bullcrap would get someone a punch in the mouth.
Or killed
@@jeffreyhenshaw1520 as a Alan Kluwickie fan I know this pain.
Not same why not run what ya brung
Really, joellie, tell us all about these punches to the mouth.
Come on, joellie, we’re racing.
Sure, there were some pansy ass throwing of various items, but who got punched in the mouth, except for you when you ask your wife if you could stay out past seven?
Next time you have a wet dream, keep it to yourself. Dumb assho.
One hell of a race. Dale was my Hero.
Earnhardt was the man to beat at Talladega! This is back when racing was fun to watch!
This is when it was racing now it not regulations and other things I can't watch it
Excellent racing.
Ned Jarrett,and Benny Parsons I will always miss, stopped watching Nascar 3 years ago , Dale knows that Sterling didn't mean it . Rest in peace guys.
Agree with you 100% Reb. I used to attend races, bought tons of T-shirts, never missed a race on TV.......Now? I couldn't even tell you who is in the points lead and I never watch a race on TV anymore. The powers that be have done SO MANY things (where do I start?) to ruin the sport. Too bad, it used to be a genuinely fun and interesting sport to follow. Now it just ranks along side "daytime TV" and professional wrestling.
Top 5 greatest finishes at dega
This is when NASCAR cars were damn good cars, and Men were Men.
John Hobson that was when NASCAR cars were really based on the cars they represented not a tubing race chassis with sheet metal designed to look like some car or the other.
I wholeheartedly there Dennis! I would like to get my hands on a late 60's or early 70's NASCAR!
The "blue goose' winning, what a beautiful site.
That was a great race. By gollies, just excitin' !
I loved stock car racing from the late '60s through the '90s. I used to watch it in black and white on ABC's Wide World of Sports, at least the few NASCAR races they televised each year, and many (most? all?) of those were on tape delay. I don't think NASCAR got big enough to start getting their own live network coverage until the late '70s. I liked those days when the cars were actually based on "stock" cars, back when they'd get in a wreck and the trunk would pop open. The farther away from that they got, the less interest I had in watching it.
I was 1 year old that day!! I bet if I go dig up my bday tape this race is plaaying in the back ground lol
Wow, I'd so much rather see this than today's nascar. THIS is real racing. The way it should be.
This is great racing but the 70 lead changes we’re seeing at Talladega nowadays is better.
That small block held for its life !!! Holy cow z!
This was when racing was real like wrestling use to be !
Back when the Hulkster kicked Nikolai Volkovs ass
Its so good to see people in the stands and not colored chairs.
Wow, is that Teresa rocking the classic blonde '80s hair at 5:58?
Great race. There's got to be a way to spread the field out a bit at Dega/Daytona and have racing like this instead of the crazy two-car stuff and the 30-car packs that just end up causing green/white/checkers all the time.
Awesome race.
I miss those days.
It's actually more entertaining to watch reruns rather then muster the new way of doing things. NASCAR isn't exciting anymore.
When NASCAR was great!!
I'd like to see the finish of the '83 race, where Earnhardt won in Bud Moore's #15 Ford as the lapped car of Bobby Allison appeared to block points rival & second place Darrell Waltrip on the last lap. & i would LOVE to see the '79 & '80 Dega races, if any footage still exists. Thanx 4 posting this clip!
They didn't call him The Intimidator for nothing.
Amen to that, Brother!!!
Yeah. Now they just call him dead.
@Rocket Man I'm calling you a pussy who's to chicken shit to follow your dreams at all costs.
adventurous63, are you planning on living forever? I’m betting you’d have loved to have his talent and drive. Died doing what he loved. We should all be so lucky.
Great wife, though.
Hey Brian France this is what we need. We need real racing real cars with real drivers. Not the polished drivers who are too busy plugging sponsers and being told what to say I just wish I was alive to see this for myself.
The drivers in 1984 were trained to give rehearsed answers by the sponsors. We need racing where 50 lead changes is a norm at place like Pocono, Michigan, Texas, Charlotte, Indianapolis, etc. as well as Daytona, Atlanta, and Talladega. We need where more teams are winning. We need where small teams are winning again.
real racing!
I can't imagine driving one of those huge cars at 100 on a straight wide road!
Rose White actually they are pretty small in comparison to a new Honda Civic.
Wow no tea breaks in them days, and REAL cars, i miss racing.
dale in wrangler car the best , the goodwrench car too cool RIP a hero a legend
They didn't call it "Daledaga" for nothin' ! The man owned that place! SURE do miss those days!
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this was the days. No bump drafting or any of that crap!
Dale was a cold racer🤙🏼do it for Dale.
Zak Brown just offered his new driver Daniel Ricciardo a drive in this car if Ricciardo podium in 2021.
I’ll never forget the time Dale Earnhardt removed his restrictor plate at Talledega during practice and posted a speed over 235 MPH. The man in black carried his balls in the trunk.
RIP Dale. You are greatly missed. 🇺🇸🙏🏼🏁
Didn't Rusty Wallace do that too some 10-15 years ago?
Verrückt Hund ~I believe he did. These guys were real creative back in the day. Junior Johnson ran fuel line through the entire roll cage on a car which gave it an extra 2.5 gallons more fuel than all the other cars. Needless to say he got busted for it.
Ricky Rudd has a lever in his car during qualifying that allowed him to lay the rear spoiler down a few degrees and gain straightaway speeds. Busted
Michael Waltrips crew designed an intake manifold that the center would draw down under vacuum to open the intake ports and gain extra horsepower. Busted
Nothing better than the days when it was “run what you brung” racing. 😎✌🏼🇺🇸
Rusty did it and stated afterward it was completely unsafe to run that way.
When did he do this? We know Tim Richmond topped a GT car at 235 on one of the big test tracks
I agree,this racing nowadays waiting in back towards the end is gutless.
Interesting. I wonder if this was his first time broadcasting? Plus, its strange hearing Benny and Ned together, but not with Bob Jenkins or Jerry Punch.
Because this was on CBS Ken squire worked for CBS hes the lead broadcaster.
Beautiful move on the outside going into turn 3.
I never knew Benny Parsons did a race for CBS.
i agree w/ you on eva thing except the S.A.F.E.R, that thing realy do save lifes
Nothing wrong with S.A.F.E.R. barriers or roof flaps or full harnesses or even full helmets. What I don't like is the pretty boys and girls that they put in these things to sell stuff. Harvick has been racing since he was 5 or 6 years old. Some of these guys didn't even start until their teens. I miss the old days when you had to earn your way up and in, not check off a demographic or marketing box. Nobody cared that Shawna Robinson was a woman. She could drive.
Hell to the yeah....!!!💪💪💪
3 was the best driver that ever set in a car