Wood Brothers run a Ford Thunderbird in 1981 with Neil Bonnett driving. There was a rule change in 1981 and cars changed from a 115 inch wheelbase to 110 inch wheelbase

Funny...currently they’re running the Michigan race on national TV and I’m sitting here watching the 81 Winston 500....lollol

Thank you for all the races.

awesome collection thanks for the memories

@brandonLopez-he2zb

Жыл бұрын

Hola

Awesome!I wasn't aware who won it so I was getting nervous in those last few laps just like it was 34 years ago!

Check out Dave Despain's sideburns!

Wonderful memories.

Suspicious pair of perfectly-timed caution flags for "debris" (which wasn't shown) that allowed local favorite Bobby Allison to get back onto the lead lap and into contention after making an unscheduled pit stop. I was surprised and disappointed to see that NASCAR was pulling those shenanigans way back in 1981.

@topmech71

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting...the bumper coming off made him even faster the following year at Daytona too. Don't know if it was on purpose but very ironic what happened there, and his crew chief was Gary Nelson at the time. I do agree the cautions seem suspicious and he was doing some good blocking on the last lap as well.

@MrChristopherHaas

9 ай бұрын

Never did find out what the caution was for. Typical sickening nascar

@MrChristopherHaas

9 ай бұрын

@@topmech71it wouldn’t surprise me Allison just pressed a button that dislodged the bumper. In fact I’ll betya that’s exactly what happened

in the early days of ESPN it was Nascar and Canadian Football

Nice to see stan barrett he never did much in racing but he could drive a car.he done all the driving in the smokey an the bandit an alot of other movies from that era.

Love watching the old races! This is when NASCAR was fun. Where is Bob Jenkins?

@brandonLopez-he2zb

Жыл бұрын

Hola

@tfflhq Dave told me he was a "last minute" replacement for Bob this day.I don't recal why Bob was available, he was back for Dover but was also "missing" at Atlanta in November. (Mike Joy took his place). This was Larry's first NASCAR race for ESPN.

@chrissnyder3430

5 жыл бұрын

Larry Nuber was just that, a NOOB. I could not stand that man.

@MrChristopherHaas

9 ай бұрын

Larry Nuber was great. Loved how he filled you in on the ENTIRE field

Check out the pit crew from back then, No helmets, gloves, or fire suits. These were the Good Ole Days of real racing, Oh Yea no Hass devices either. I bet the old school wrecks hurt like hell too. Keep posting I love these old school races.

@brianbooher7318

4 жыл бұрын

Them were real men in those days. Not like the panty waste we see these days.

Really something watching Earnhardt keeping the herd in line last 25 laps and not playing any favorites

The race I was looking for must be the other race of the 81 season. I knew the driver and engine builder for the car that won

@tfflhq I think he is doing IndyCar race telecasts now, back then he hadn't gotten to ESPN yet, I think it was a couple years after that

"the new generation like Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip" lol

i know i was like wow isnt he from wind tunnel

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Cale was a beast.

why was Earnhardt introduced from dudley north Carolina?

@brianbooher7318

4 жыл бұрын

Yea he lives or lived their its wheir his big farm is at

@brandonLopez-he2zb

Жыл бұрын

Hola

@rowdyeverylap I have a race from 1982 Indy Car race in Milwaukee, Bob Jenkins was there (I think, correct me if I am wrong, I'll have to watch the dvd of it, to be sure)

Don't be so sanguine given that the sport has seen too many near-hits (driver concussions, serious injuries to Sterling Marlin, Jerry Nadeau, Michael Annett, and Eric McClure to name four off the top of my head) to definitively say the HANS has been as effective as advertised.

the Alabama Gang working together 1981 the year of the Buick

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