It's kinda nutty how many of the big drivers seem to pass on their spirit and dominance at such exact points. Petty wins his final title in 79, only for Earndardt to take the first of his 7 in 80 during his 2nd season, then having Petty officially retire next to Gordon on his first day, then 2001 after Earnhardt passes and Gordon wins his final title Jimmie Johnson debuts full time in 2002, and now Chase Elliot debuts after Gordon retires in 2015 and wins his first title after Johnson retired this year. Whether Elliot will become another one of these guys remains to be seen, but with the number of Road Courses increasing and Elliots absurd dominance at them it's certainly not a far off call to make
*Mark Martin, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty and his father Richard.* *Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison,* and *Million Dollar Bill.* A young Busch series phenom named *Jeff Gordon* makes his debut. Then there are the other guys. Yeah.....the "other guys".... *Dale Earnhardt Sr.* casually nudging polesitter *Rick Mast* outta the way on lap 2. *Sterling Marlin* holding up Elliot early in the game. Among those caught up in the wreck that took out the King? *Darrell Waltrip, Dick Trickle* (quit snickering), and *Ken Schrader.* The restart immediately after the Petty wreck saw *Bobby Labonte* locked onto Kulwicki's rear bumper. Who else to casually roll up on the dueling Kulwicki and Elliot half a stint later but *Ricky Rudd.* Up front, Senior is dueling with his old nemesis, *Geoff Bodine.* Well, he was, until he got put a lap down. Bodine is now staring at the rear of *"Swervin' Ernie Irvan"* instead. This race doesn't just inspire awe in me from the guys who were involved in the title fight, or all the storylines connected to this one, finite point in motorsports history. No. I'm more awestruck by the caliber of the guys who had nothing to do with the main storylines. A group is only as strong as its weakest link. Likewise, a field of cars is only as strong as its weakest entries. Well.....Big E was a lap down at one point. And only had one win on the season. That's what made the 90's special. The depth of talent on the high banks was unmatched by any era of NASCAR history before, and has yet to be matched in the years since. There are no "also-rans" here. Every dude out there was a legend in their own right. I think I spotted *Rusty Wallace* and *Lake Speed* there too. Yeah. It just keeps frickin' going!
I was there, big Earnhardt fan here and he was the first car out of the race that day, bad year for the 3 car, but I was there to see the King last Race, didn’t know it was Gordon’s first race, very citing race, all 5 cars battling for the championship was in the top 5 at one point in the race.... good old days !!
I believe Richard came out of retirement to race the inaugural race at Indianapolis in 1994. Edit: Checked Racing Reference, no he didn't but over 80 cars attempted to qualify for the race.
The one of 3 years from 1991 to 2003 (13 seasons) That the last race even mattered. The other 9 of the other 10 either clinched with 1 or 2 races to go or the leader going in only need to finish in the top 30. So yes, playoffs needed.
NASCAR tries every year to have every year end like 1992… the only way we can have another 1992 is if we have a system similar to what we had back then. You can’t force things to end like this. Greatest race/championship battle in NASCAR history
"Even at the time, everyone at Atlanta Motor Speedway on that sunny November afternoon knew that this would be a special moment. But not even in their wildest dreams did anyone there believe it would end up being as iconic as it was. The race in which one legend ended his journey, and another would begin his own, amidst the backdrop of NASCAR's craziest championship battle. A six-way fight between the NASCAR's most popular driver, the sport's most bevoled underdog, two sons of NASCAR royalty, the oldest winner in NASCAR history, and a journeyman who would turn into a legend himself, who has had to fight and claw for everything he's gotten up to this point The 1992 Hooters 500 was more than just a race, it was a true passing of the torch moment. Never again would so many greats occupy the asphalt for the same race. And for two of the men in this race, it would be their last season finale before their untimely and tragic deaths just a few months later."
This race was absolutely stacked with amazing dudes. Crazy to see Jeff side by side and one point with Davey. Such a shame we could have seen some great battles between the two. This was a great race. R.I.P Alan and Davey.
Thank you for uploading what may be the greatest race in motorsport's, not only NASCAR's history. Alan Kulwicki, a role model for all of us. Rest in Peace, Champion.
I have watched this race like 5 times now, so many storylines in one race. Also I love the racing in this race. No playoffs, everyone driving hard for the win
I remember watching this race on TV I was pulling for Davey Allison but seeing Alan Kulwicki win the Championship was awesome. But sadly that next year both of them were taken to soon.
The luminas, thunder birds, and cutlass supreme had to be the coolest looking stock cars in my lifetime. It was before all the cars were built the same and only stickers differentiate them like today. If you owned one of those, it wouldn't take much to make your car look like your favorite driver's car. They just had a badass look.
And the first race for Jeff Gordon and last race for Richard Petty and the championship to Alan Kulwicki who won at Bristol and Pocono and the last few races that Him and Davey Allison haved ran before their passing in '93
The King retires. The Wonderkid debuts. Davey's up and down season ends down. Awesome Bill wasn't fast enough by a lap... And the (Th)underbird wins the 1992 Championship
Really going there bout the 11 are we. Let’s think if a nutcase in yellow number 4 wasn’t playing bumper tag with a 22 car. The 11 would of had. 5 wins instead of a 30th place finish. Is 7X points 100 points Ernie cost bill and a win. Btw after Davey nasty wreck at the Winston who asked Tim Brewer for a car Yates.did he got one. That’s unheard of. Go to the scene vault type Tim brewer 3 parter
The end of one legendary career and the beginning of another. We also got to see two great stars shine before their lives would tragically end in 1993.
I was in 7th grade in 91/92. We had assignment notebooks, and on the cover of mine, I drew a big number 7, with HOOTERS written inside of it, with an owl head around the O's. I still have it to this day.
It is amazing to see what happened in the race cause it was Richard last race, Jeff Gordon 1st and then the 2 guys who really went for the title we would lose them next year in tragic accidents. So with race you can see so many crossroads on it.
I got pictures, I was on the back stretch and if you remember he was involved in a wreck there towards the end so his car had dummy parts on it and they spray painted 43 on the door, classic, his wife was in the car too
Thanks for posting this, NASCAR, and for anyone wondering, the original broadcast ended with a video montage of the King over a popular song back then by Amy Grant, I will Remember You. And it was a nice tribute to him.
This was peak NASCAR right there, nothing cooler than all of this, and these cars were the cream of the crop with those liveries. I wish someone did an AI 4K upscale on these.
ESPN had the best speed world intro ever for NASCAR. That's what got me into the sport. I wish Bob Jenkins was still doing Nascar one of the best voices ever.
I followed petty my entire childhood, huge fan. This is the first race I went to, had to see him race once lol. I knew it was a speacial day even as a kid, but I can't belive what this day means now. A literal shift from past to future. What a day!
This may already be commented, but after Richard’s wreck, one of the rescue workers asked for Petty’s autograph when he came to the window. Petty’s response was “get the effing fire extinguisher!!!”
All would have known at the time that this was an iconic race with many story lines. And time only added to the story lines. Was there ever a race that had so much going on? Alan’s championship King Richard’s last race Gordon’s first race Six drivers with a chance at the championship-sadly two never had another chance at the championship. Any one of those four events would have made an iconic race, but all happened in one race nearly makes it bigger than life. Definitely one of if not the most memorable races in history. Sadly, I was only one at the time.
OMG NASCAR!!!!!! You scared me to death. I've been waiting ever since you started posting Classic Races in Original HQ (High Quality) broadcasts of classic races for you to post/stream this race. Ever since i saw the premier upload/post of this race in the videos section of the channel I've been waiting so impatiently, and then when it finally started, I clicked on the video and it said the video was private. I almost started crying, but you fixed it, so thank you, thank you, thank you so much. God Bless you for posting this, God bless America, AND GOD BLESS NASCAR!!! NOW... "DADDY!!!! START YOUR ENGINE!!!!" -The Petty Children " GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!!!! "
One of the greatest races with so many legends including the great group alabama in there for the anthem. Boys I miss these days and I miss my boys out there racing 💪🏻
I sometimes wish I could be a little bit older so I could've appreciated this era of NASCAR more. I mostly just remember being a little toddler in th eliving room with my older brother and dad watching the races and I'd get all giddy and excited when Jeff Gordon was on the screen and I'd say "RAINBOW CAR!" I was so young that I didn't understand the concept that there were people in those cars I just saw pretty colors and fast cars and was hooked. I was only half a year old when the Brickyard debuted so sadly I didn't have a chance to go but since I'm from Indy I was glad that we got to see Gordon win the Brickyard in 2004 just 10 years later. It was so amazing that he won the Martinsville race in 2005 just hours after my brother passed away, and my brother being named Jordan made it all the more poetic. Now that I live in Florida getting to see Gordon's last race at Homestead in 2015 made the circle feel complete and now my fiancee and I root for Chase Elliott! I mostly root for Harvick because he's pretty much the last big name driver from when I was a kid still around now that Gordon, Stewart, Jr., and Johnson are gone.
I feel ya man. I got into Nascar when I was a kid back in like, '98 or so. I kinda just liked it for the crashes. Lol. But Jeff Gordon was always my favorite driver for some reason. I fell out of it as I got older but in recent years, I've gotten back into Nascar after running the series on iRacing. It's much more exciting when you understand it from the driver's perspective and now I enjoy it from a fan's perspective again. 🏎️💨
@@theecarking Yeah it's funny how my interest in NASCAR was always congruent with my involvement in the games. After EA stopped licensing the games I kind of fell out. I still loved it and would try watching some races here and there but I didn't know any of the drivers since I didn't have a roster in a video game to engage with. Then once I could afford a wheel a few years ago I got NR2003 and then my interest in the sport SOARED to new heights. Like you said, it's a whole new level when you can appreciate a sport not only for being a sport, but go above and beyond also understand how they make it work and how it's done. Sim racing is one of the single greatest things to come out of video games, and it's so underappreciated because most people don't give a flying hoot about it or just say it's not real life so it doesn't matter.
I am a huge Elliott fan. But nascar would have been even greater if Davey and Alan wouldn't have passed so soon.2 great racers with incredible futures!
I feel so lucky. I was born in "76 started watching NASCAR in "83 with my Dad. I got to see Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Tim Richmond, Bobby, Davey and Neil and Earnhardt racing in the "80s. The era from 1981 till 1993 or 1994 was the greatest in history.
Watching this race is really weird for me. They ran it 2 months and 1 day after I was born. So many names on track that I grew up hearing, and two names I didn't but really should have. RIP Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison. I wish I could've grown up watching you guys as well.
this race meant so more than anybody had a clue retiring of a king and a the new princes first race and the last season of 2 great racers that we will never know how good davey would be
There was just so much going on. Richard Petty's last race on his Final Crusade. Jeff Gordon's first race and he finished 31st that day. Then you have the championship and Davey Allison, Bill Elliott and Alan Kulwicki all gunning for it and then you have Harry Gant and Mark Martin who are long shots but need a ton of help. What happened after this race with losing Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki to aviation accidents makes this race almost stand on its own even more as one of the greatest.
I love how Earnhardt was like “yeah this ought to be interesting I’m just going to spin the two leaders out”. Effectively taking away Davey Allison’s Champion
I do too. One of my favorite parts is how you can see how hard the car itself is working. Today, they look pretty stuck to the track that it doesn’t appear as intense even though it’s faster
He was my Grandfathers favorite driver, after his death, he never watched Nascar again. he has a Plack of Alan next to his army car and under that is a smaller picture of his hooters car
1st race for Jeff Gordon Final race for Richard Petty Final race for Dick Trickle in the #8 car Final race for Derrike Cope in the #10 car Final race for Sterling Marlin in the #22 car Final race for Jimmy Hensley in the #66 car Final race for Terry Labonte in the #94 car (He stayed w/ his team in 1993, but they changed the car to #14)
My dad used to talk about Davey Allison a lot when i was growing up watching Dale and Jeff go at it...he'd always say something like "Yeah but there's somebody missing, Allison" He was right....i was unfortunately less than a year old when this race happened and never saw Allison in real time. He was something else.
You know, one thing that always puzzled me, even when I was only 8 years old when this race was run. I never understood why Junior Johnson sold the #22 team, and the rights to the owner points and contacts with the sponsors like Maxwell House to Bill Davis Racing for the 1993 season. There were 2 visible changes were, the #22 Maxwell House Ford Thunderbird under the Junior Johnson stable, to Bill Davis Racing and it went from being a Ford Thunderbird being driven by Sterling Marlin to a Pointiac Grand Prix driven by rookie Bobby Labomte by the Bill Davis Racing team, and Bill Davis Racing ran Ford Thunderbird's in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series driven by Jeff Gordon. Here's the part that confused me. After selling the team, he went back and signed Hut Strickland to the drive a 2nd entry for Junior Johnson in the #27 car, basically a new race team. I dunno if the crew members from the #22 cat from 1992, went to Bill Davis Racing I'm 1993, or did the team members stay at Junior Johnson Racing? I just never understood the concept of that. If anyone knows the answer and can shed some light on this, please let me know. Thanks a lot!!
I think it's so funny when the first gear in Alan's car strips itself out and Benny Parsons says he can't imagine what's wrong with that car. The reason why he said that is because his first cousin was the man that built the transmission for Alan quickie racing lol! So in my opinion I think Benny was trying to make it so his cousin didn't look bad on national TV lol!
"Never again would so many legends occupy the same asphalt together."
-S1apsh0es
It's kinda nutty how many of the big drivers seem to pass on their spirit and dominance at such exact points. Petty wins his final title in 79, only for Earndardt to take the first of his 7 in 80 during his 2nd season, then having Petty officially retire next to Gordon on his first day, then 2001 after Earnhardt passes and Gordon wins his final title Jimmie Johnson debuts full time in 2002, and now Chase Elliot debuts after Gordon retires in 2015 and wins his first title after Johnson retired this year. Whether Elliot will become another one of these guys remains to be seen, but with the number of Road Courses increasing and Elliots absurd dominance at them it's certainly not a far off call to make
What's S1apsh0es ?
@@mikedw6748 one of the best nascar channels on RUclips
*Mark Martin, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty and his father Richard.* *Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison,* and *Million Dollar Bill.* A young Busch series phenom named *Jeff Gordon* makes his debut.
Then there are the other guys. Yeah.....the "other guys"....
*Dale Earnhardt Sr.* casually nudging polesitter *Rick Mast* outta the way on lap 2. *Sterling Marlin* holding up Elliot early in the game. Among those caught up in the wreck that took out the King? *Darrell Waltrip, Dick Trickle* (quit snickering), and *Ken Schrader.*
The restart immediately after the Petty wreck saw *Bobby Labonte* locked onto Kulwicki's rear bumper. Who else to casually roll up on the dueling Kulwicki and Elliot half a stint later but *Ricky Rudd.* Up front, Senior is dueling with his old nemesis, *Geoff Bodine.* Well, he was, until he got put a lap down. Bodine is now staring at the rear of *"Swervin' Ernie Irvan"* instead.
This race doesn't just inspire awe in me from the guys who were involved in the title fight, or all the storylines connected to this one, finite point in motorsports history. No. I'm more awestruck by the caliber of the guys who had nothing to do with the main storylines. A group is only as strong as its weakest link. Likewise, a field of cars is only as strong as its weakest entries. Well.....Big E was a lap down at one point. And only had one win on the season.
That's what made the 90's special. The depth of talent on the high banks was unmatched by any era of NASCAR history before, and has yet to be matched in the years since. There are no "also-rans" here. Every dude out there was a legend in their own right.
I think I spotted *Rusty Wallace* and *Lake Speed* there too. Yeah. It just keeps frickin' going!
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 I think you got them all, and what I like, is some of them are driving Fords that never used to.
Probably the most important race in NASCAR’s history.
The 1979 Daytona 500 would like a word with you
Daytona 79 as well, given it was the first time a broadcast was shown nationwide
I believe the 79 Daytona was most important ... BUT this is the greatest race ever ran
The greatest championship battle in history.
@Ark Joseph Fernandez Doordash's Bubba Wallace.
I haven't liked Brad and Joey as much recently.
This race is so good, it apparently messed up NASCAR's RUclips premiere!
Yeah I have no idea what happened with that deal.
They used the wrong race for the premier I think
The GOAT 🐐
And the only race to have Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon together
"I should write something..."
I was there, big Earnhardt fan here and he was the first car out of the race that day, bad year for the 3 car, but I was there to see the King last Race, didn’t know it was Gordon’s first race, very citing race, all 5 cars battling for the championship was in the top 5 at one point in the race.... good old days !!
And AK.
And Davey.
I believe Richard came out of retirement to race the inaugural race at Indianapolis in 1994.
Edit: Checked Racing Reference, no he didn't but over 80 cars attempted to qualify for the race.
@@zandylovesrisk if I remember right, Richard did try to sub in for Kyle once in 1993 but nascar basically said "lol no, youre retired"
The single greatest race in NASCAR history. Period. No stages needed. No playoffs needed. 100% straight forward, no gimmicks :D
Gasoline, in the tank, Valvoline in the engine, and kerosene in their veins.
That is why NASCAR isn't the same anymore. Ever since Brian took it over, it went downhill
The one of 3 years from 1991 to 2003 (13 seasons) That the last race even mattered. The other 9 of the other 10 either clinched with 1 or 2 races to go or the leader going in only need to finish in the top 30. So yes, playoffs needed.
@@brianschaffer9220agreed. nascars guilty of gimmicks but the playoff style is an example one of their successful gimmicks
NASCAR tries every year to have every year end like 1992… the only way we can have another 1992 is if we have a system similar to what we had back then. You can’t force things to end like this. Greatest race/championship battle in NASCAR history
This not not just a classic race, this is arguably THE classic race, The Greatest Of All Time, and The end of an era and the birth of another.
"Even at the time, everyone at Atlanta Motor Speedway on that sunny November afternoon knew that this would be a special moment. But not even in their wildest dreams did anyone there believe it would end up being as iconic as it was. The race in which one legend ended his journey, and another would begin his own, amidst the backdrop of NASCAR's craziest championship battle.
A six-way fight between the NASCAR's most popular driver, the sport's most bevoled underdog, two sons of NASCAR royalty, the oldest winner in NASCAR history, and a journeyman who would turn into a legend himself, who has had to fight and claw for everything he's gotten up to this point
The 1992 Hooters 500 was more than just a race, it was a true passing of the torch moment. Never again would so many greats occupy the asphalt for the same race. And for two of the men in this race, it would be their last season finale before their untimely and tragic deaths just a few months later."
-S1ap
@@meermogaming the Nascar RUclips GOAT
Right after Allison’s crash the commentator goes “There will be other years.” Damn.
:(
Arguably the most iconic race in all of NASCAR!
Everyone: “This is the greatest race of all time. So many legends and the championship battle blah blah blah”
Me: “BRING DA FACKIN FAIRE EXTINGUISHR”
lol
Such a shame they censored it
That's because they want to be clean now.
@@WildDiamond07 I’m pretty sure it’s always been censored since the original broadcast
Actually, it's uncensored in the original broadcast.
This race was absolutely stacked with amazing dudes. Crazy to see Jeff side by side and one point with Davey. Such a shame we could have seen some great battles between the two. This was a great race. R.I.P Alan and Davey.
They both died in aviation accidents.
Davey would race part of 93 with Jeff, until July of 93 happened 😞
Let’s be thankful for a few things: This kind of race actually happened, how many iconic names in the race, and this is in the best HD ever.
The best time to be born was in the 70s to watch all these old races and remember them but the next best time is now to be able to watch em in HD
Thank you for uploading what may be the greatest race in motorsport's, not only NASCAR's history.
Alan Kulwicki, a role model for all of us. Rest in Peace, Champion.
I have watched this race like 5 times now, so many storylines in one race. Also I love the racing in this race. No playoffs, everyone driving hard for the win
That pre-race show was NUTS. Can't believe they got all those helicopters flying that low taking a half-lap around the track.
I remember watching this race on TV I was pulling for Davey Allison but seeing Alan Kulwicki win the Championship was awesome. But sadly that next year both of them were taken to soon.
I was a huge Bill Elliott fan but you couldn't be disappointed when Alan won it.
I was also rooting for Davey after all that he had endured that season even though I knew Alan and graduated from his UWM (not at the same time).
@@TomLehockySVK
He meant that Davey was killed in a helicopter crash, and Alan was killed in a plane crash.
@@nathanielcruz6675 I know what he meant, and i also know that both Davey and Alan lost their lives in tragic accidents the very next year.
R.I.P Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison
It was real sad watching Davey lose the championship when he had the easiest way to win it if the 3 contenders knowing what would happen next year.
R.I.P. 90’s ///NASCAR
RIP to Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons as well.
Amen
And Bob Jenkins.
The luminas, thunder birds, and cutlass supreme had to be the coolest looking stock cars in my lifetime. It was before all the cars were built the same and only stickers differentiate them like today. If you owned one of those, it wouldn't take much to make your car look like your favorite driver's car. They just had a badass look.
Still the biggest, most monumental moment in NASCAR.
28 Forever !
That helicopter display had to have been awesome in person
Dude when those helicopters came around they where close , blew ppls hats off
The best race in nascar history
No it wasn’t.
@@benanderson1176 GOT 'EM
Why? Because it had no gimmicks? Boring. Great race but not in NASCAR history. Go watch F1.
@@user-rl7cw9eg8e my point is who wants to watch a race that is less eventful than races with stages that has strategy and some interesting outcomes.
@@user-rl7cw9eg8e facts
The only thing I was more excited about than seeing this race uploaded was knowing somewhere out there @S1apsh0es was grinning like a mad lad.
Rest In Peace Bob Jenkins
The Adventures of Jeff Gordon Began Here
Hut Stricklin's most brutal last-place finish
And the first race for Jeff Gordon and last race for Richard Petty and the championship to Alan Kulwicki who won at Bristol and Pocono and the last few races that Him and Davey Allison haved ran before their passing in '93
“I went out in a blaze but I forgot the glory part.”
I was at this race as a 5 yr old with my parents and grandparents who were at the first Daytona 500.
The greatest sports event humanity has ever witnessed.
Less than a year later, he was gone. I met Kulwicki in Charlotte back in 91. He was a genuinely upstanding guy.
The King retires.
The Wonderkid debuts.
Davey's up and down season ends down.
Awesome Bill wasn't fast enough by a lap...
And the (Th)underbird wins the 1992 Championship
Don’t forget the polish lap that Alan K did after his victory, was on the back stretch, great memories
Two laps
Dam terry labante
@@dnasty312 hahaha that’s just Earnhardt being Earnhardt lol
Really going there bout the 11 are we. Let’s think if a nutcase in yellow number 4 wasn’t playing bumper tag with a 22 car. The 11 would of had. 5 wins instead of a 30th place finish. Is 7X points 100 points Ernie cost bill and a win. Btw after Davey nasty wreck at the Winston who asked Tim Brewer for a car Yates.did he got one. That’s unheard of. Go to the scene vault type Tim brewer 3 parter
The end of one legendary career and the beginning of another. We also got to see two great stars shine before their lives would tragically end in 1993.
I was in 7th grade in 91/92. We had assignment notebooks, and on the cover of mine, I drew a big number 7, with HOOTERS written inside of it, with an owl head around the O's. I still have it to this day.
The best finale in nascar no playoffs just 6 guys racing to see who the best for that season was.
I believe Alan would be proud to see Bills son driving the Hooters sponsorship on the track .
That track facts intro slammed me right back into the early 90's
Seven year old me didn't realize what he was watching back in 1992. I miss watching these guys race. I miss Bob, Ned, and Benny calling the action.
It is amazing to see what happened in the race cause it was Richard last race, Jeff Gordon 1st and then the 2 guys who really went for the title we would lose them next year in tragic accidents. So with race you can see so many crossroads on it.
well we could say three since Elliott was in da battle but yup an absolute shock it was when Alan and Davey were suddenly gone a year later.
The king making a victory lap was the best part.
I got pictures, I was on the back stretch and if you remember he was involved in a wreck there towards the end so his car had dummy parts on it and they spray painted 43 on the door, classic, his wife was in the car too
Thanks for posting this, NASCAR, and for anyone wondering, the original broadcast ended with a video montage of the King over a popular song back then by Amy Grant, I will Remember You. And it was a nice tribute to him.
Uploading these great races seems to be the only thing NASCAR can do right anymore.
*Happy S1AP Noices*
Who?
@@mikedw6748 not you
@@collinghood6828 don't worry bro I don't envy RUclipsrs
And this is folks the best nascar race of all time
This was peak NASCAR right there, nothing cooler than all of this, and these cars were the cream of the crop with those liveries. I wish someone did an AI 4K upscale on these.
NASCAR, keeping posting these great races from any decade and multiple ones!!
ESPN had the best speed world intro ever for NASCAR. That's what got me into the sport. I wish Bob Jenkins was still doing Nascar one of the best voices ever.
I followed petty my entire childhood, huge fan. This is the first race I went to, had to see him race once lol. I knew it was a speacial day even as a kid, but I can't belive what this day means now. A literal shift from past to future. What a day!
This may already be commented, but after Richard’s wreck, one of the rescue workers asked for Petty’s autograph when he came to the window. Petty’s response was “get the effing fire extinguisher!!!”
All would have known at the time that this was an iconic race with many story lines. And time only added to the story lines. Was there ever a race that had so much going on?
Alan’s championship
King Richard’s last race
Gordon’s first race
Six drivers with a chance at the championship-sadly two never had another chance at the championship.
Any one of those four events would have made an iconic race, but all happened in one race nearly makes it bigger than life. Definitely one of if not the most memorable races in history. Sadly, I was only one at the time.
OMG NASCAR!!!!!! You scared me to death. I've been waiting ever since you started posting Classic Races in Original HQ (High Quality) broadcasts of classic races for you to post/stream this race. Ever since i saw the premier upload/post of this race in the videos section of the channel I've been waiting so impatiently, and then when it finally started, I clicked on the video and it said the video was private. I almost started crying, but you fixed it, so thank you, thank you, thank you so much. God Bless you for posting this, God bless America, AND GOD BLESS NASCAR!!!
NOW...
"DADDY!!!! START YOUR ENGINE!!!!"
-The Petty Children
" GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!!!! "
The amount of legendary drivers in this race was insane.
11/15/2022, the 30th anniversary of this great race, please go and watch the race and enjoy it.
At 2:40:37 when Bob Jenkins says "but there will be other years" man that hit me in the gut.
Hey King. Good luck on your last race. You sure have been an inspiration
-dale earnhardt jr in the movie "cars"
@@NASCARRebirth yep
One of the greatest races with so many legends including the great group alabama in there for the anthem. Boys I miss these days and I miss my boys out there racing 💪🏻
Happy thirtieth anniversary to the greatest day in stock car history. We miss you Alan and Davey, what could have been :(
Everything you think about when you hear NASCAR is in this race.
The greatest races of all time, what a great day for drivers
The Start of a era
I sometimes wish I could be a little bit older so I could've appreciated this era of NASCAR more. I mostly just remember being a little toddler in th eliving room with my older brother and dad watching the races and I'd get all giddy and excited when Jeff Gordon was on the screen and I'd say "RAINBOW CAR!" I was so young that I didn't understand the concept that there were people in those cars I just saw pretty colors and fast cars and was hooked. I was only half a year old when the Brickyard debuted so sadly I didn't have a chance to go but since I'm from Indy I was glad that we got to see Gordon win the Brickyard in 2004 just 10 years later. It was so amazing that he won the Martinsville race in 2005 just hours after my brother passed away, and my brother being named Jordan made it all the more poetic.
Now that I live in Florida getting to see Gordon's last race at Homestead in 2015 made the circle feel complete and now my fiancee and I root for Chase Elliott! I mostly root for Harvick because he's pretty much the last big name driver from when I was a kid still around now that Gordon, Stewart, Jr., and Johnson are gone.
I feel ya man. I got into Nascar when I was a kid back in like, '98 or so. I kinda just liked it for the crashes. Lol. But Jeff Gordon was always my favorite driver for some reason. I fell out of it as I got older but in recent years, I've gotten back into Nascar after running the series on iRacing. It's much more exciting when you understand it from the driver's perspective and now I enjoy it from a fan's perspective again. 🏎️💨
@@theecarking Yeah it's funny how my interest in NASCAR was always congruent with my involvement in the games. After EA stopped licensing the games I kind of fell out. I still loved it and would try watching some races here and there but I didn't know any of the drivers since I didn't have a roster in a video game to engage with. Then once I could afford a wheel a few years ago I got NR2003 and then my interest in the sport SOARED to new heights. Like you said, it's a whole new level when you can appreciate a sport not only for being a sport, but go above and beyond also understand how they make it work and how it's done. Sim racing is one of the single greatest things to come out of video games, and it's so underappreciated because most people don't give a flying hoot about it or just say it's not real life so it doesn't matter.
The best race. Not only the dominating stories, but all the COMPETITIVENESS.
I am a huge Elliott fan. But nascar would have been even greater if Davey and Alan wouldn't have passed so soon.2 great racers with incredible futures!
I feel so lucky. I was born in "76 started watching NASCAR in "83 with my Dad. I got to see Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Tim Richmond, Bobby, Davey and Neil and Earnhardt racing in the "80s. The era from 1981 till 1993 or 1994 was the greatest in history.
Watching this race is really weird for me. They ran it 2 months and 1 day after I was born. So many names on track that I grew up hearing, and two names I didn't but really should have. RIP Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison. I wish I could've grown up watching you guys as well.
this race meant so more than anybody had a clue retiring of a king and a the new princes first race and the last season of 2 great racers that we will never know how good davey would be
They were really pulling for Davey Allison.
The greatest nascar race of all time.
Back when it was 2 straight aways. Something no one ever talks about
So many all time greats in this race...
There was just so much going on. Richard Petty's last race on his Final Crusade. Jeff Gordon's first race and he finished 31st that day. Then you have the championship and Davey Allison, Bill Elliott and Alan Kulwicki all gunning for it and then you have Harry Gant and Mark Martin who are long shots but need a ton of help. What happened after this race with losing Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki to aviation accidents makes this race almost stand on its own even more as one of the greatest.
I love how Earnhardt was like “yeah this ought to be interesting I’m just going to spin the two leaders out”. Effectively taking away Davey Allison’s Champion
It's really funny, one king (Richard Petty) stepped aside to let another (Jeff Gordon) begin his journey. Such a cool coincidence.
Seems like a whole different country back then. Man things have changed
Can we go back to this broadcast style
Not gonna lie, I liked how the cars looked back then.
I do too. One of my favorite parts is how you can see how hard the car itself is working. Today, they look pretty stuck to the track that it doesn’t appear as intense even though it’s faster
He was my Grandfathers favorite driver, after his death, he never watched Nascar again. he has a Plack of Alan next to his army car and under that is a smaller picture of his hooters car
If Alan never died he would've continued seeing NASCAR for years
1st race for Jeff Gordon
Final race for Richard Petty
Final race for Dick Trickle in the #8 car
Final race for Derrike Cope in the #10 car
Final race for Sterling Marlin in the #22 car
Final race for Jimmy Hensley in the #66 car
Final race for Terry Labonte in the #94 car (He stayed w/ his team in 1993, but they changed the car to #14)
Now this is NASCAR coverage as you can watch the race without so many ads filling the screen.
My dad used to talk about Davey Allison a lot when i was growing up watching Dale and Jeff go at it...he'd always say something like "Yeah but there's somebody missing, Allison" He was right....i was unfortunately less than a year old when this race happened and never saw Allison in real time. He was something else.
I wish we still lived in the same America.
The greatest NASCAR race ever.
You know, one thing that always puzzled me, even when I was only 8 years old when this race was run. I never understood why Junior Johnson sold the #22 team, and the rights to the owner points and contacts with the sponsors like Maxwell House to Bill Davis Racing for the 1993 season. There were 2 visible changes were, the #22 Maxwell House Ford Thunderbird under the Junior Johnson stable, to Bill Davis Racing and it went from being a Ford Thunderbird being driven by Sterling Marlin to a Pointiac Grand Prix driven by rookie Bobby Labomte by the Bill Davis Racing team, and Bill Davis Racing ran Ford Thunderbird's in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series driven by Jeff Gordon. Here's the part that confused me. After selling the team, he went back and signed Hut Strickland to the drive a 2nd entry for Junior Johnson in the #27 car, basically a new race team. I dunno if the crew members from the #22 cat from 1992, went to Bill Davis Racing I'm 1993, or did the team members stay at Junior Johnson Racing? I just never understood the concept of that. If anyone knows the answer and can shed some light on this, please let me know. Thanks a lot!!
I think it's so funny when the first gear in Alan's car strips itself out and Benny Parsons says he can't imagine what's wrong with that car. The reason why he said that is because his first cousin was the man that built the transmission for Alan quickie racing lol! So in my opinion I think Benny was trying to make it so his cousin didn't look bad on national TV lol!
The last race of the King
I love these, please please PLEASE keep uploading them
This has to be peak Nascar...
Mr. NASCAR loves this race
Memories like this can never be repeated again.
Greatest Race of all-time.
The greatest race in racing history
This race, and season, is when NASCAR had its "moneyball" moment with Kulwicki's championship.
If you are a true NASCAR fan from this golden era long passed, there is no way you did not shed a tear at the end of this race. RIP Alan and Davey
I was there! It was amazing ✌️🏁❗️
Thanks for the upload!
Who else was there for the "premiere" ;)
At the end the announcer said hopefully 1993 was Alan Kulwicki's year and that didnt age well
Well you don’t know the future
This and the '79 Daytona 500 is the important race.
98' daytona
I was 12 when this was live I vaguely remember it mostly cuz it was pettys last race. Who needs playoffs when the original system produced this
heard this was iconic....gonna have to check it out....
update: epic, classic NASCAR! way better than the stuff on tv today in my opinion
MY DAD WAS AT THIS RACE I REMEBER WACTHING IT ON TV
All three 7 time champions shared the track that day. Petty Gordon and Earnhardt, greatest race ever
Richard PETTY: COME ON!!! BRING THE F***ING FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!! Alright. Yeah I pulled up to the fire truck...
This is probably the only time Richard sweared.
Too bad they censored it
That's because no one wants to hear it uncensored.
@@WildDiamond07 Thanks a lot for your precious help, g.
He does. And there's also one video where it only shows Richard swearing uncensored.