RIP Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons

@fourdoorglory5945

3 ай бұрын

Larry Nuber too.

@jeffwhisenhunt929

3 ай бұрын

Dale Earnhardt, Neil Bonnet Tim Richmond, and more. It's been so long ago. I remember watching races with my Grandpa back then. Good times and good memories.

Jack interviewing DW with a mic... live ,during a pitstop is what makes 1985 NASCAR different lol

@PrometheusTNO

3 ай бұрын

10:13 While Junior Johnson pounds out a fender! Three legends showing why NASCAR got as big as it did.

400 laps with no power steering at Bristol in a big ole heavy 1985 Nascar Monte Carlo.. Vintage Dale Earnhardt.

Why was this ever tampered with? This is perfect. The asphalt, the cars, all of it.

@robotpizza

2 ай бұрын

Agreed! Mostly out of Corporate greed!

@wesleywiseman3163

2 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Still true racing in 1985

@alexbroadbent5313

2 ай бұрын

I think the reason was because the asphalt was breaking up which was a safety hazard for the drivers especially at those speeds.

Wow, its crazy how much Bristol raceway has changed over time.

R.I.P. B. And B. Best era ever, dig dem G-Bodies and Thunder Chickens.😄

Seeing Bob and Benny is just sad. They made NASCAR sound so fun.😢😢😢 Also, seeing how Bristol was laid out, compared to how it's a literal collusseum, its not the same. R.I.P Tim Richmond. The biggest "what if" in NASCAR history.

@brianhunt1742

2 ай бұрын

I don't disagree but I would like to point out Rob Moroso as well as a huge what if. He would taken a few rings from Earnhardt and Gordon.

@joshdrumheller4920

2 ай бұрын

@brianhunt1742 whole-heartedly agree.

Thank you for posting this. I love watching the old races with the drivers I grew up watching. But, from these comments, I guess I'm in the minority about Bristol going from asphalt to concrete. It BECAME the true "Thunder Valley" in the late 90s with the concrete...and the racing was never better. The best rest ever was the 1999 night race in August, most true NASCAR fans know the race I speak of. And thank God they stopped with the damn dirt covered track!

Watching these races just depresses me with what NASCAR's become today. You have Steve Phelps trying to turn every track into Talladega while cars can't get close without plowing.

@rdaws73

3 ай бұрын

I agree. NASCAR peaked in 2007. Its sad looking back at how BIG NASCAR was.

@JerryTanner_jereth

3 ай бұрын

Square bodies, open engines, asphalt surfaces.. the perfect recipe for good racing.

@nathancausby4406

3 ай бұрын

​@@rdaws73I'd say it peaked before then. Probably around the end of 2002. True fans stuck it out for a little while after Earnhardt died but without him there for people to cheer and boo for it just wasn't the same and the gravity of that loss really started showing in 2003. It's been on the decline ever since

@TN_T_

3 ай бұрын

​@@nathancausby4406 He would be proud if he knew that he WAS Nascar.

Another thing about these old races is you get to see Earnhardt in his prime years

Benny holding in his laughter at 2:10:20 is gold.

I was 6 years old and at this race. We started going in the fall of 83 and then did both races from 84 to 88. If you notice on the front stretch nobody is sitting or even walking from about the tenth row down while under green. That's cause you would get peppered with chunks of rubber and some of them could hurt ya! Lol good memories! One of the biggest brawls I've ever saw was at the end of the fall night race during that time we were going. I can't remember which year but it started with people throwing chicken bones and hitting people below them and everyone had a ton alcohol in them! 😆 Nascar is nothing like it was back then! Can we at least get the commercial break music back on tv? I love hearing that old bluegrass!

That's the most pissed off I've ever seen Neil Bonnett. Also the infamous Bobby Allison/Phil Parsons steering wheel fiasco

Dang, I want one of those jackets the broadcast boys are wearing.

This was real racing , even had a cabover international parked next to the turn !!!

Really enjoyed watching this 🏁🏁

Crazy to think there was a time when there wasn't a pit road speed.

Good Demonstration on Banking. R I P Bob and Benny.

@fourdoorglory5945

3 ай бұрын

Larry Nuber too

Something to watch today in san diego california.benny and Bob sound great

when they built the empty seats all of the way around her the took the south out of it. Doggone shame, so beautiful as we see it here. I always wanted to visit Bristol back then and it was as much the scenery that was calling me as it was the racing. Now…im good. The yearning is gone

@ALA34388

3 ай бұрын

I feel ya on that being born in 2001 I never got to experience even watching this live but going there and standing at the very top and looking at the view is still awesome

@MrChristopherHaas

3 ай бұрын

@@ALA34388 gotta believe.

Forget new Nascar I will watch these old races on Sunday they're more fun. They could adjust spoilers if they had to. When's the last time you saw a car run without a front clip?

1:03:20 Cows grazing, it's amazing how much this track has changed!!!

When it was real nascar racing....unlike now

@12:18 Jack Arute asks Bill Elliot if he's gonna just "stroke it" for the rest of the day. :)

Working on bodies car in the mud and gravel. Real nascar

I Like 1985 Buick Regal T Type And Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport Totally Amazing Badass Generation 3 NASCAR Winston Cup Series In My Opinion Thanks For Uploading

I was there

Love these old races. I saw my first race at the 73 Daytona 500. The best drivers, no plates no speed limit on pit road. Now there's so many rules. Today Smokey Yunick would be run outta town!

2:38:06 What I want to know is the what the communication was between Dale and Ricky.

No one could believe in 1985 that they would have grand stands completely around rhe track and in the future host the Tennessee versus Virginia Tech football game..and had 157000 at the gameh

Unlike today, you can tell where the cars are in relationship to the track.

@ethanweeter2732

3 ай бұрын

They are going 20 mph slower probably.

@FenderGreg

3 ай бұрын

@ethanweeter2732 The camera shots weren't constantly zoomed in. You routinely saw background as opposed to just cars and the track width.

Good Lord...bristol isn't even recognizable. I was almost 2 when this happened. This track has grown soooo much.

@stealthswim223

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I was there last fall for my first nascar race and I was -8 when this race happened haha

Wooow...that was racing these days ❤❤❤ #bristol #1985 #winstoncup

eddie bierschwale sighting. The LEGEND 35:38

Nice in car reporting on pit road.😊

The track looks much better here than the concrete monstrosity it is now

so THIS is Richard Pettys 400th race. that means he had won every other race since 1959 up to this race. sheesh

@BSNFabricating

3 ай бұрын

It was Richard's 400th CONSECUTIVE race, dating back to 1971, and something like 960th overall. In 1986, he made his 1.000th start overall. Still, 200 wins in less than 1,000 races is better than a 20% average.

All that “washed away rubber” where does it go?? Downhill and into the grass?

9:50 whelp Darrell Waltrip wasn’t winning this race.

Earnhardt rules

Sure would like to see one of today's drivers run around Bristol UP FRONT with no power steering. And finish it. Not taking anything away from todays guys, But that has to be a worse case scenario for a driver.

Champ Kind or Benny Parsons?

One TOUGH TOUGH CUSTOMER. #3

The hard work done by these guys was wasted by these modern Nancy boys and snowflakes.