NASCAR Classic Full Race: 1985 Valleydale 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2024
  • Relive the 1985 Valleydale 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway. This race was won by Dale Earnhardt Sr. while driving the No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
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Комментарии • 245

  • @Racer7331
    @Racer7331 2 года назад +39

    The difference between Bristol in 1985 and Bristol today is astounding.

  • @mikekaylor1226
    @mikekaylor1226 4 года назад +64

    This was the first race I ever attended. My cousin and I sat on the dirt bank coming out of turn 4.

    • @coreynunn3385
      @coreynunn3385 4 года назад +1

      No more dirt embankments anymore...
      😆

    • @spykes2015
      @spykes2015 3 года назад +1

      gotta be wild considering how different the track looks now

    • @jefffillinger8085
      @jefffillinger8085 2 года назад +1

      Awesome memories

  • @_gr1nchh
    @_gr1nchh 2 года назад +8

    Doing interviews while they're in the car fixing damage. What a time to be alive lol

  • @muhammadislam8829
    @muhammadislam8829 4 года назад +87

    I am astounded by how open it looks.

    • @drivin379
      @drivin379 4 года назад +17

      It was best sitting on the hill on a blanket till they turned it into the hillbilly bowl

    • @brianbooher7318
      @brianbooher7318 4 года назад +10

      Yep I'm from bristol I've watched the race track grow into what it is an destroyed the land an area around it

    • @scsstopmotions989
      @scsstopmotions989 4 года назад +3

      Well it sure is a fun race track!

  • @BSNFabricating
    @BSNFabricating 3 года назад +22

    They kept saying this was Richard Petty's 400th start... it was his 400th CONSECUTIVE start going back to '71. It was 900-something overall. He ran his 1000th Grand National/Winston Cup race in '86.

  • @brucefrye8799
    @brucefrye8799 4 года назад +13

    This is the third time watching this race can't get enough

  • @paulburdick856
    @paulburdick856 3 года назад +11

    Boy I wish Nascar was still like this this is racing boys im glad I can go back and watch this it was the way it was meant to be

    • @stephanienoblet8503
      @stephanienoblet8503 2 года назад +3

      Same this era is a lot more exciting then todays stuff it’s so boring now

    • @michael61985
      @michael61985 8 месяцев назад +1

      Back than Bristol didn't have enough seating like today does

  • @jesseemullen
    @jesseemullen 2 года назад +9

    The cool thing about this for me is that it looks like a local short track race, but with some of the top oval talent in the country at the time. Awesome post!

  • @DG-mp6xj
    @DG-mp6xj Год назад +9

    Jack Arute stepping onto pit road to interview DW while the pitstop is going on is priceless.

    • @palmtree82
      @palmtree82 Год назад +1

      That was the biggest "dang they did it differently back then" for me 😂😂😂

  • @whoasked9500
    @whoasked9500 4 года назад +34

    Now this is a throwback race!

  • @rebelracing88
    @rebelracing88 2 года назад +5

    Those old cars are so much more fun to watch. You can really see the differences in the setup of the cars watching them go through the corners.

  • @colinbremner9030
    @colinbremner9030 4 года назад +19

    wow i didn't realize this was bristol.
    i'm a scottish fan who's only been watching for about 10 years and this is the first time ive really watched old races. i can't believe the difference here.

    • @brianbooher7318
      @brianbooher7318 2 года назад

      You outa live in Bristol they ruined the whole area an race track after boss hogg bought it in 96 this is the real Bristol. Bristol international raceway had 36 degrees of banking 10 feet narrower than now an asphalt in the middle of the country side .this the real bristol.the worlds fastesthalf mile oval ..boss hogg bought it the state put a dam highway in an tore the mountains down around it for parking an bosshogg decided to make it 10 feet wider an drop the banking down to 24 degrees an ruin the place.atleast he didn't pur a dam dog Legg in the front straight to make it a mini Charlotte like he wanted to

    • @30AndHatingIt
      @30AndHatingIt Месяц назад

      Yeah I can’t believe how different the place looked back then.

  • @03dktart
    @03dktart 4 года назад +24

    First Bristol race to be televised!! Nice.

  • @earnhardt3613
    @earnhardt3613 4 года назад +3

    Young folks..............THIS WAS NASCAR..............REAL CARS

  • @jasonjackson5493
    @jasonjackson5493 4 года назад +34

    I believe about 50 laps in Earnhardt lost power steering!! Just imagine running 450 more laps with no power steering!! What a badass

    • @coreynunn3385
      @coreynunn3385 4 года назад +1

      That is how they use to drive back in the day.
      Granted the steering wheel are larger also...

    • @frittata3891
      @frittata3891 4 года назад +3

      They were also slower, had smaller tires and less aggressive suspension geometry. Makes a big difference and necessitates power steering

    • @GretaVanZeppelin1996
      @GretaVanZeppelin1996 3 года назад +5

      I know right! The drivers today are so pussified they would've dropped out the moment that went out, Earnhardt didn't. Earnhardt did everything it took to win.

    • @calebBalls69
      @calebBalls69 3 года назад +2

      @@GretaVanZeppelin1996 i guess you havent seen clint bowyers roval race last year

    • @GretaVanZeppelin1996
      @GretaVanZeppelin1996 3 года назад +5

      @@calebBalls69 nascar is a joke now

  • @michaelflaherty3202
    @michaelflaherty3202 4 года назад +20

    54:45 Bobby Allison breaks his steering wheel, borrows one from Phil Parsons. One of the crazier things I've seen in nascar.

    • @samuellittle1286
      @samuellittle1286 8 месяцев назад

      That was friggin awesome. 😂😂😂

  • @Victoryisthine
    @Victoryisthine 4 года назад +6

    Finally a full version . The only other copy of this race is the ESPN Classic version with a chunk of the action cut out

  • @mcmurtersportsupdate7171
    @mcmurtersportsupdate7171 3 года назад +7

    Great action from start to finish!

  • @Mike-ps8rz
    @Mike-ps8rz 2 года назад +2

    Man oh man this past Fall night race weekend at Bristol was the best I have gotten to see live since 2012. My parents couldnt afford tickets most of the time but i went to my first cup race in 07 been going every year since i was 16 and could buy my own

  • @GenX...MCMLXV
    @GenX...MCMLXV 4 года назад +7

    I was at that race when Bristol was Bristol and Harry Gant was the Skoal Bandit

  • @harleyflfbsflip8747
    @harleyflfbsflip8747 Год назад +1

    Nice that this is available. One of the first cup races I witnessed.

  • @racingmaniac2549
    @racingmaniac2549 4 года назад +3

    Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

  • @brucemartin2882
    @brucemartin2882 Год назад +2

    Watching in March of 2023..Can't believe that is Bristol..

  • @grobert1279
    @grobert1279 4 года назад +11

    Wow, race cars that look like street cars, what a concept, NASCAR should watch these.

  • @DB1Journeys
    @DB1Journeys 4 года назад +7

    Now this is NASCAR!

  • @coltoncroskey9769
    @coltoncroskey9769 4 года назад +8

    Dale Earnhardt: “One Tough Customer”. Great race!

  • @jimbailey8531
    @jimbailey8531 4 года назад +5

    I was there went to Bristol about 5 times in the 80's .first one was Darrell going for 8 on a row. Think about it he won 7 straight there 3500 laps at that beast.
    I was with a sweet girl name Nancy
    she made 2 trips there and I think one to Talladega. Great racing and a great time.

  • @curtislynch8189
    @curtislynch8189 2 года назад +3

    Go to 2:25:00 and watch the Ronnie Thomas interview. The best part of this race.

  • @MyKittyPercy
    @MyKittyPercy 4 года назад +9

    These cars were so much harder to control, it's incredible. Sure cars today go faster, but it's still not as exciting as seeing these cars bump and slide around. Real drivers.

  • @z28camaro71
    @z28camaro71 4 года назад +7

    God I miss the 80s I was 11 years old in 85

    • @michaelkilgore8358
      @michaelkilgore8358 3 года назад

      So was I. I'd like to go back to the 70's and work my way up.

  • @javybaby77
    @javybaby77 4 года назад +2

    THANK YOU NASCAR!

  • @michaelflaherty3202
    @michaelflaherty3202 4 года назад +4

    3:06:00 restart and then an awesome battle for the lead

  • @toyman81
    @toyman81 2 года назад

    My first race was in April 1977 at Bristol. It was still a very Rural area at the time and Bristol was still a small track, My last race was in April 1998 here and the track had changed so much. Just not what it was in 77,

  • @MaidensWorldOfWax
    @MaidensWorldOfWax 2 года назад +3

    LOL "C'mon Earnhardt get over there"

  • @noUGames
    @noUGames 4 года назад +1

    My dad grew up in Bristol. I visited the town and racetrack for the first time last year. The track looks nothing like this 1985 version. lol

  • @TobiasMathesonRacing
    @TobiasMathesonRacing 2 года назад +1

    I the more I watch nascar the more k miss dale

  • @DanArnets1492
    @DanArnets1492 Месяц назад

    **POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1985 SOUTHEASTERN 500 (5 of 28):**
    #5 Geoff Bodine (618pts, GM)
    #12 Neil Bonnett (-30 with 1 win, GM)
    #44 Terry Labonte (-45, GM)
    #11 Darrell Waltrip (-49, GM)
    #9 Bill Elliott (-75 with 2 wins, Ford)
    #3 Dale Earnhardt (-94 with 1 win, GM)
    #33 Harry Gant (-97, GM)
    #75 Lake Speed (-106, GM)
    Ricky Rudd (Ford #15) was in the top16 all season but was only 11th. With similar results, Rusty Wallace (GM #2), the best rookie in 1984, was only 12th. Meanwhile, Bobby Allison (GM #22) finally had his 1st top15 of the season and was 13th almost 200pts behind the leader.
    Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Bristol’s case, the earlier race is the Southeastern 500 while the later one is the Volunteer 500.

  • @MrBurney12
    @MrBurney12 4 года назад +8

    Lets bring asphalt back at Bristol, no more stupid ass traction compound

  • @kennethward3354
    @kennethward3354 2 года назад +1

    THANK YOU.

  • @MrRibbit789
    @MrRibbit789 4 года назад +3

    damn imagine owning that pace car today

  • @thomasholland3289
    @thomasholland3289 3 года назад +3

    when it was cool to go to Bristol

  • @tidesrollin5343
    @tidesrollin5343 4 года назад +1

    This is how I remember Bristol, My home place!!

    • @T1cksandLeeches
      @T1cksandLeeches 4 года назад

      It's amazing to see what it is now, compared to this. I lived in Kpt and my Aunt lives in Bristol so I pass it every time I went to her house.

  • @benpetty43
    @benpetty43 2 года назад

    Neil Bonnet talking about ringing his bell after the early wreck! Back then a head injury was not took seriously at all! People would say he’s fine, he just rung his bell!

  • @TheAussieHistorian2022
    @TheAussieHistorian2022 2 года назад

    i love nascar and i cant belive he won with out power steering!

  • @brianbooher7318
    @brianbooher7318 4 года назад +1

    Wow look at bristol.i was their in 85 I live about 5 miles from racetrack.

  • @oscarjimenezsr.716
    @oscarjimenezsr.716 4 года назад

    I Was 9 Years Old when I watched this Race (44 Now)

  • @LeoA2600
    @LeoA2600 4 года назад +4

    Need black curtains for the sides of my tv to frame uploads like this to conceal the blurry pillarboxing.The solution that yourlifeisagreatstory responded with isn't much of a solution since if you zoom in to hide the pillarboxing, you're also cutting off the top and bottom of the 4:3 image.

    • @yourlifeisagreatstory
      @yourlifeisagreatstory 4 года назад +2

      Most [newer/modern] TVs have a zoom or “Format” button/setting that will helps with that issue.

  • @nathanielhiggerson7679
    @nathanielhiggerson7679 4 года назад +10

    Earnhardt is the goat 🐐anyone who says otherwise knows zero about racing

    • @jasonwiggins6137
      @jasonwiggins6137 4 года назад +1

      The facts and data say otherwise and that trumps anything his fans and their personal opinions say.

    • @stephenmcdaniel478
      @stephenmcdaniel478 4 года назад +1

      Earnhardt had the beat car control of any driver and all the old true driver's say the same thing.so stick your stats up your @#$

    • @jasonwiggins6137
      @jasonwiggins6137 4 года назад +3

      @@stephenmcdaniel478 Wrong. You will never find Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, or others say that. You make things up. The only thing Earnhardt was good at was having fewer DNF's than his competitors. Sucks knowing that Petty has seven Daytona 500's to Sr.s one. Pathetic. The facts prove you wrong and it's hilarious. Lol

    • @nathanielhiggerson7679
      @nathanielhiggerson7679 4 года назад +2

      jason wiggins Petty had the dominant car for years moron. Earnhardt won his first championship with a small mom and pop team beating Allison, petty, Yarborough, etc later on with RCR he won 6 more championships in what’s been proven to be mid tier equipment. Daytona 500s are a joke, is Michael Waltrip better then Earnhardt since MW won 2 compared to one for Earnhardt? No, so stfu fucktooth

    • @jasonwiggins6137
      @jasonwiggins6137 4 года назад +2

      @@nathanielhiggerson7679 Lol!!!! Always excuses. Every NASCAR driver will tell you that the Daytona 500 is the Superbowl of NASCAR racing. The build up is immense and lasts for months. Every team is prepared for that race. RCR mid tier? You're a liar. That was a pathetic response and you know it. That was Chevrolet's top team for decades and got the most factory support. Even a rookie stepped in the car and won two races. You're full of sh*t. Nothing but excuses, and laughable ones at that.

  • @erniedale3602
    @erniedale3602 2 года назад +1

    Well put

  • @Pnr1996rc
    @Pnr1996rc 2 года назад

    1980s nascar is Amazing

    • @reagan513
      @reagan513 2 года назад

      Yes sir, door handle to door handle.

  • @gothard5
    @gothard5 4 года назад +7

    Could have at least showed the starting lineup. This was 35 years ago.

    • @ryanvazz1932
      @ryanvazz1932 4 года назад

      Exactly I was 35 years ago so you already know who wins

    • @33skoalbandit
      @33skoalbandit 4 года назад

      There's an edited ESPN classic version out there that includes the starting lineup.

    • @ryanvazz1932
      @ryanvazz1932 4 года назад

      Ok cool go watch that then

    • @33skoalbandit
      @33skoalbandit 4 года назад +1

      @@ryanvazz1932 I'm replying to someone who asked about the lineup.

    • @ryanvazz1932
      @ryanvazz1932 4 года назад

      Ok good for you

  • @maragomez7449
    @maragomez7449 Год назад +1

    Gran leyenda

  • @EricCox4848
    @EricCox4848 4 года назад

    26:20 I recall this being on NASCAR on ESPN when they went to Bristol. I thought 1987 at first. No clue it was the 1985 race.

  • @johnrohlfs9607
    @johnrohlfs9607 4 года назад +1

    🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America

  • @Stealthcola
    @Stealthcola 4 года назад +6

    * Bristol RACEWAY

  • @Thedearster
    @Thedearster 4 года назад +7

    3:30. TV reporters could just go over the wall and get an interview????!! Wooooow. Cool asf

    • @Afullerton95
      @Afullerton95 4 года назад +3

      Lol dangerous af

    • @Thedearster
      @Thedearster 4 года назад

      @@Afullerton95 ikr? Still cool tho. :)

    • @mark_r49
      @mark_r49 4 года назад

      Thedearster “Cool asf”. Very eloquent. Well thought out.

    • @mrmysterion5533
      @mrmysterion5533 4 года назад +4

      @@mark_r49 This is NASCAR. There is no need for eloquent or thought out comments.

    • @GretaVanZeppelin1996
      @GretaVanZeppelin1996 3 года назад

      @@mark_r49 ok boomer

  • @sleepdeep305
    @sleepdeep305 4 года назад

    Crazy to think Bristol really looked like this once upon a time.

    • @EricCox4848
      @EricCox4848 4 года назад

      Bruton Smith redid the whole thing. More grandstands, suites. Fast forward to today, now they're reducing seats. A world of difference between then to 2008 and then to 2019.

    • @bradleyhudgins1005
      @bradleyhudgins1005 4 года назад +3

      @@EricCox4848
      And they should not have over done the seating capacity of this track.... I know I know they kept filling all the seats the added from the mid 80s through 2000s... But a racetrack loses it appeal when it just looks like a bowl... Seeing the nearby hills gave this track it's character. I think this track was at it best in the mid 90s in terms of seating capacity and yet still had enough openings to keep it's character in place too. Nothing wrong with 100,000 seats.

  • @paulrivers7248
    @paulrivers7248 2 года назад

    ITS BRISTOL BABY!!

  • @CrushOfSiel
    @CrushOfSiel 2 года назад +1

    This race took place one year before I was born, damn. I was a hardcore Rusty Wallace fan from the early nineties until he retired, probably didn't miss a lap that he ran for a good 12 years. I could have kept watching if it wasn't for the cookie cutter tracks, stupid points systems, stages and boring drivers.

  • @brian3344
    @brian3344 3 года назад +1

    Old Monte Carlos, Buicks, Chryslers, Fords and Pontiacs with no power steering.

  • @newyears93
    @newyears93 Год назад

    You know you're old when you remember the VHS rewind screen 👩‍🦳. Plus thanks NASCAR for spoiling who won that race in the description..Watching some classic race while waiting for the '24 season to start.

  • @Rob-nh5sj
    @Rob-nh5sj 4 года назад +1

    How about that !!!! Dude wins a race then drives it into the pits and enjoys the win. He acted like...Yep, I been here before !!!

    • @PYLrulz1984
      @PYLrulz1984 4 года назад +1

      Shut up and have a little fun in your life

  • @curtism7283
    @curtism7283 2 года назад

    Awesome race but i thought that damaged film flashing was going to cause me to develop epilepsy

  • @stephenlongsmovieandvideog9283
    @stephenlongsmovieandvideog9283 4 года назад +1

    1985 Valleydale 500 (RAW SATELLITE FEED)

  • @mrshadowolftxx4895
    @mrshadowolftxx4895 4 года назад +1

    Can you upload the 1983 & 1984 Daytona 500s? Thanx for your time & great work.

  • @stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346
    @stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346 4 года назад

    3:15:41 Finish

  • @brettski570
    @brettski570 4 года назад +5

    Back when drivers shared parts and cars when needed. Don’t see that today much ....

  • @steelcityspeedshopj.r6942
    @steelcityspeedshopj.r6942 2 года назад

    Note to 2022 Nascar? U want "stock car racing" see the ride heights here? See how up on the wheel these guys were. See all the movement up and down side to side of the suspension? This will get u stock car racing. Bring ride height rules back. Give the cars more character

  • @paulrivers7248
    @paulrivers7248 2 года назад +1

    At 3:13:00 not sure rudd was congratulating dale lol

  • @30AndHatingIt
    @30AndHatingIt Месяц назад

    Weird seeing Bristol without the bleachers all the way around.

  • @lucasaccount573
    @lucasaccount573 4 года назад

    2:17:46 the jack thing

  • @Ringoluck
    @Ringoluck 2 года назад

    He rubs the wall for the first time this race. 42:23

  • @TheNylter
    @TheNylter 4 года назад +1

    Ok, so I didn't misremember. So many broken parts and busted cars back in the '80's. Given the current era of accidents or the whole engine going bust, and not much in between, it's hilarious to listen to this race about how many cars went busticated.

  • @turbo1438
    @turbo1438 2 года назад +1

    20:24 is this the first generation of a hans device?

    • @stephanienoblet8503
      @stephanienoblet8503 2 года назад +1

      I don’t think 🤔 so but I wouldn’t know I’m too young I wasn’t born yet

  • @solofourohsixgaming
    @solofourohsixgaming 2 года назад

    Around 2:10:00 they forgot Dale doesn't have power steering and is most likely jus taking it easy to try to rest his arms. Edit: I spoke too soon

  • @Patmanx1
    @Patmanx1 4 года назад

    Love it, keep uploading!!!

  • @mynameisray
    @mynameisray 2 года назад +1

    This the same guy whos been announcing NASCAR?

  • @hayden4597
    @hayden4597 4 года назад

    Oh yes! Back when Bristol was good

  • @inkedvillan80
    @inkedvillan80 2 года назад

    I love the fact that most of the time the commentators didnt even know they were live yet lol

    • @markthomas97
      @markthomas97 2 года назад +3

      They weren't, when you hear them talking to each other normal, that was during commercial breaks

  • @Oddball5.0
    @Oddball5.0 Год назад

    Classic

  • @ronpoteat6309
    @ronpoteat6309 6 месяцев назад

    "One day this track will be redone so that it takes 20 laps to complete a pass and you don't even want to know what they do to the cars"

  • @philipbaldwin2078
    @philipbaldwin2078 Год назад +2

    Real men, not like today’s NASCAR.

  • @anthonydeloreto3881
    @anthonydeloreto3881 4 года назад +2

    Power steering means you’re losing about 7 horsepower in the car.

    • @jasonwiggins6137
      @jasonwiggins6137 4 года назад +1

      If the belt comes off the power steering pump, you gain horsepower.

  • @elgoog7830
    @elgoog7830 2 года назад +1

    That is one very bumpy and uneven track.

  • @americancitizen7937
    @americancitizen7937 Год назад

    3 bumped 9 into the first wreck.

  • @Yappit
    @Yappit 2 года назад

    Anyone know where I can find that music at the end of the race? 3:13:20 or something like that

  • @derKameramann
    @derKameramann 2 года назад +1

    Being so rude to the beetle .. sniff ...

  • @maragomez7449
    @maragomez7449 Год назад +1

    Buick lo mejor

  • @geraldblair5084
    @geraldblair5084 Год назад

    That's when it was racing

  • @DouglasMerry-o4k
    @DouglasMerry-o4k Год назад

    There's Dale Earnhardt on the bottom see you latter ❤

  • @BigBlawkHEMI
    @BigBlawkHEMI 9 месяцев назад

    wish we could turn back time..

  • @morganfowler2960
    @morganfowler2960 3 года назад +1

    Rip bob jenkins

  • @jacasoasheland6815
    @jacasoasheland6815 Год назад

    17:22 "Sterlin" Marlin

  • @SlaytonRider
    @SlaytonRider 4 года назад +2

    What’s with the 2 tires only during the yellow flag rule I’ve never heard of that rule

  • @lawrencemarkham765
    @lawrencemarkham765 3 года назад +1

    Go fomoco 🏁

  • @ihus9950
    @ihus9950 3 года назад +2

    👍

  • @tedgey4286
    @tedgey4286 3 года назад

    Earnhardt drove plenty of races without power steering.

  • @paulrivers7248
    @paulrivers7248 2 года назад +1

    At 3:07:00 now thats how u do it lol

  • @TOOL1023
    @TOOL1023 Год назад

    Don't call him Sr. Got it Senior?!

  • @dalton-at-work
    @dalton-at-work 2 года назад

    Waltrip slides in....SAFE!