Until they went to the modern day electronic scoring, it seemed like they had scoring issues in about every other race, trying to figure out who was running in what position, laps down, etc. I loved (and still love) this era of stock car racing, but that scoring thing was a mess.
Interesting to see Bob Varsha here obviously early in his career a career that would take him to 2 decades of being ever present in motor racing commentary.
My first race I attended was Richmond 3 days before 9-11 from Texas stationed in the Navy 21 years old I found out how awesome Nascar was in 2001 but regret not going earlier and wish I could have seen the old Guardrail track. Richard Petty was riding around on a scooter outside the track mixing it up with the fans and the Dale Earnhardt Sr trailer was there with million fan signatures. I pulled for junior I knew all his wins came at my home track and Richmond the year before in 2000 and I knew he raced to make his Dad proud
One thing I really loved from that time was the opening sequences; they were really catchy and fun compared to today, although NASCAR recently brought back a pretty cool one.
Back when men drove the cars. They had dirt on their faces when they got out of the car. There was a lot of risk, but they took the risk knowing.
I would like to see Buick come back into NASCAR
Richard Petty finished 3rd in this race after a terrible wreck the previous race at Daytona. It would the last top 5 finish of his career
Until they went to the modern day electronic scoring, it seemed like they had scoring issues in about every other race, trying to figure out who was running in what position, laps down, etc. I loved (and still love) this era of stock car racing, but that scoring thing was a mess.
I really really miss watching these old NASCAR races a whole lot
“From the cradle of the confederacy”. God i love that opening. It had meaning to this yankee rooting for midwestern asa breakthrough
Boy it’s amazing how different Richmond is today compared to the old layout.
Johnny Hayes is some combination of Bill Jr and Darrell Waltrip
What a scoring mess. They should have never started until it was sorted out. What a mess nascar made!
The way Varsha's microphone kept cutting out, it sounded like he was cursing every other word 😅
Johnny "Gabby" Hayes was a damn good commentator. I love hearing him. "TAR WARS" .....the good ole days. When Men were men & racing was racing!
Interesting to see Bob Varsha here obviously early in his career a career that would take him to 2 decades of being ever present in motor racing commentary.
Awesome coverage. Love Dave Despain
I never got into "roundy round" racin til the mid 90's, & these satellite feeds are fantastic!...thank you!!
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My first race I attended was Richmond 3 days before 9-11 from Texas stationed in the Navy 21 years old I found out how awesome Nascar was in 2001 but regret not going earlier and wish I could have seen the old Guardrail track. Richard Petty was riding around on a scooter outside the track mixing it up with the fans and the Dale Earnhardt Sr trailer was there with million fan signatures. I pulled for junior I knew all his wins came at my home track and Richmond the year before in 2000 and I knew he raced to make his Dad proud
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One thing I really loved from that time was the opening sequences; they were really catchy and fun compared to today, although NASCAR recently brought back a pretty cool one.
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Absolutely awesome