@@mattjohnston7686 actually 550 and 750 on short tracks, still, very pathetic, but yea fuel injection and drivers that are cold fish with no personalities, these were men driving men's machines!
Watching this now and seeing how Richard was running up front with little help (and knowing how Daytona is), you can't help but wonder if NASCAR or the drivers themselves decided to let Richard lead the first couple of laps, both for the fans and for himself. Whether it was intentional or Richard managed to get out there and hold them off those first few laps on his own, it was still awesome to see that red and blue leading the pack.
There could be validity with what you wrote about the drivers allowing Petty to lead. In the 1989 IROC at Michigan, Petty started on the pole, and ended up finishing 11th in a 12 car field. After the first lap the rest of the field passed Petty and left him woefully way behind at the finish.
They probably did what they could to let him lead. Little known facts though, back then you go to tracks and test. Petty had done extensive testing before this race. Also, the side by side disadvantage at super speedways was way worse back then. It was very common to see the pack break up when there was side by side racing, especially since the cars were not as equal then.
Additional note being that, much like Richard Petty's final victory 8 years earlier you had a sitting President seeking re-election (Ronald Reagan in that instance) deliver the starting command, though history didn't repeat itself for either Petty or George H.W. Bush
Richard's skills, sadly, had fallen off considerably by this time. I recall the IROC series back in 1989 when Petty was a participant at the IROC at Michigan's oval. He started on the pole and led a lap, then the rest of the field passed-him-by; where out of a 12 car field, Petty finished 11th. It was sad to see.
@@pulsarlights2825 After the '87 season. He was very competitive in both 1986 and 1987. Had legit chances to win both seasons. Even almost lucked into a couple wins in 1988. Could have(and some who were there say should have won the Pontiac Excitement 400) due to a scoring mistake issue. He finished 3rd. The second near miss came at Pocono later that year when he and Geoff Bodine wrecked racing for the lead about half way through.
@@atlfan48 Wasn't the "past champions provisional" created because Petty missed a race? Seems like nascar was carrying him at the end...Petty and DW both hung around too long IMO...How did Petty finish in the points those years?
Kinda weird how nobody has noticed that you can hear the commentators during the breaks. Talking off topic, telling jokes, fooling around... I'm surprised I haven't heard them swearing or insulting one of the drivers.
Diego Ruiz IIRC Bob Jenkins let an “oh shit” slip out in 1996 when Ricky Craven nearly went over the catchfence at Talladega thinking he was still at commercial but ESPN broke in mid crash.
Gearhead Geisha They were actually still in commercial when the crash happened, ESPN cut back in a few seconds later, but the live feed of that race is also here on RUclips. The video can be seen here, the crash and Jenkins’ reaction occur at 2:23:44: ruclips.net/video/n1rqjPLCFZE/видео.html
That's because the announcers had class, they had respect for the drivers and the sport. They understood that family was the driving force behind NASCAR and that families, especially young children watched the races and so they maintained a professional and courteous attitude during every broadcast.
The 1992 Pepsi 400 marked the last Daytona appearance for The King Richard Petty, who raced in his last Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. This race was aired on the GMA Rainbow Satellite Television Network on July 5, 1992 at 7:00 A.M. just 3 hours before Motoring Today
Y'all don't know the whole story. The 43 was quite jacked up that day with NASCAR's blessing. RP fell ill later race and Dale Sr. offered to go drive it since he fell out so early. Robbie Loomis and Dale Inman refused because they knew questions would have to be answered should Earnhardt win as he likely would have.
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Cars back then 10X better looking than these deals they race today, brand loyalty was really seen out in the parking lot...
And they sounded better back then also.
@@mattjohnston7686 because they had 850 hp in 92
@@badmonkey2222 , yeah, now they got fuel injection and only 500hp. Sad really.
@@mattjohnston7686 actually 550 and 750 on short tracks, still, very pathetic, but yea fuel injection and drivers that are cold fish with no personalities, these were men driving men's machines!
Man the early 90s the cars were beasts, close to 900 hp that sound!! And they looked so much better just everthing was better.
They had like 600 at this point and like 450 or so with plates. Sound was great either way though
1992 when I started watching NASCAR racing full time 16 years old that year
Watching this now and seeing how Richard was running up front with little help (and knowing how Daytona is), you can't help but wonder if NASCAR or the drivers themselves decided to let Richard lead the first couple of laps, both for the fans and for himself. Whether it was intentional or Richard managed to get out there and hold them off those first few laps on his own, it was still awesome to see that red and blue leading the pack.
There could be validity with what you wrote about the drivers allowing Petty to lead. In the 1989 IROC at Michigan, Petty started on the pole, and ended up finishing 11th in a 12 car field. After the first lap the rest of the field passed Petty and left him woefully way behind at the finish.
12:35 Ned clarified it real well.
They probably did what they could to let him lead. Little known facts though, back then you go to tracks and test. Petty had done extensive testing before this race. Also, the side by side disadvantage at super speedways was way worse back then. It was very common to see the pack break up when there was side by side racing, especially since the cars were not as equal then.
He at least qualified pretty damn good. Class if they did, and I think they did. Pretty damn cool.
Great race! Marlin had a Rocket ride.. If only one more lap,
Additional note being that, much like Richard Petty's final victory 8 years earlier you had a sitting President seeking re-election (Ronald Reagan in that instance) deliver the starting command, though history didn't repeat itself for either Petty or George H.W. Bush
I miss this Saturday morning race. Not a fan of night races. I like that you can see things, not just what’s lit up at night.
I think I agree
How cool would it have been if The King could've won #201 that day?
Richard's skills, sadly, had fallen off considerably by this time. I recall the IROC series back in 1989 when Petty was a participant at the IROC at Michigan's oval. He started on the pole and led a lap, then the rest of the field passed-him-by; where out of a 12 car field, Petty finished 11th. It was sad to see.
One last win for "The King" would've been something spectacular.
Petty won maybe 2 races in a decade, he should have retired 10 years earlier
@@pulsarlights2825 After the '87 season. He was very competitive in both 1986 and 1987. Had legit chances to win both seasons. Even almost lucked into a couple wins in 1988. Could have(and some who were there say should have won the Pontiac Excitement 400) due to a scoring mistake issue. He finished 3rd. The second near miss came at Pocono later that year when he and Geoff Bodine wrecked racing for the lead about half way through.
@@atlfan48 Wasn't the "past champions provisional" created because Petty missed a race? Seems like nascar was carrying him at the end...Petty and DW both hung around too long IMO...How did Petty finish in the points those years?
Kinda weird how nobody has noticed that you can hear the commentators during the breaks. Talking off topic, telling jokes, fooling around... I'm surprised I haven't heard them swearing or insulting one of the drivers.
Diego Ruiz IIRC Bob Jenkins let an “oh shit” slip out in 1996 when Ricky Craven nearly went over the catchfence at Talladega thinking he was still at commercial but ESPN broke in mid crash.
Gearhead Geisha They were actually still in commercial when the crash happened, ESPN cut back in a few seconds later, but the live feed of that race is also here on RUclips. The video can be seen here, the crash and Jenkins’ reaction occur at 2:23:44: ruclips.net/video/n1rqjPLCFZE/видео.html
Diego Ruiz thats because back then satlites the big one on ur yard. In between channels u could watch with no commercial
Old satellites in the good days
That's because the announcers had class, they had respect for the drivers and the sport. They understood that family was the driving force behind NASCAR and that families, especially young children watched the races and so they maintained a professional and courteous attitude during every broadcast.
Last Daytona start for Richard Petty. He led 5 laps which would be the last of his career
always a 4 car fan with Ernie. what a great time in NASCAR history I wish they hadn't fucked it up with their rules
Richard Petty's final race he led.
Yup
11:02 race start
1:40:45 first caution
1:46:30 second green flag
1:55:50 second caution
2:04:07 third green flag
2:29:18 end of the race
I was not expecting to see Charlie Glotzbach in this race
I was almost 2 when this race took place
What makes these cats so diffrent is windshield almost straight up and down .these new cars the windshields are laying back
Still remember someone giving Sterling a bulletproof vest after qualifying
The 1992 Pepsi 400 marked the last Daytona appearance for The King Richard Petty, who raced in his last Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. This race was aired on the GMA Rainbow Satellite Television Network on July 5, 1992 at 7:00 A.M. just 3 hours before Motoring Today
He raced in Winston Cup 🤣
Around 1:57:25 you can see why they mandated hood tethers.
Y'all don't know the whole story. The 43 was quite jacked up that day with NASCAR's blessing. RP fell ill later race and Dale Sr. offered to go drive it since he fell out so early. Robbie Loomis and Dale Inman refused because they knew questions would have to be answered should Earnhardt win as he likely would have.
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