I like how the cars look like what they're supposed to. Monte Carlo is a Monte Carlo. A Thunderbird looks like a Thunderbird.

@aaronmccall3849

Жыл бұрын

Those Monte Carlo's were pretty much a factory body (with some massaging from an English wheel) on a race chassis. Chevrolet worked a lot with the race teams back then to make that Monte a potent racer. Great days in racing.

This piece of racing history just goes to show how much smaller the RCR team was financially as compared to many of the other teams back then. Racing a car built only for the oval tracks on a road course........yet they still finished in 5th. Very respectable indeed. Thanks for posting this video.

@crazykellywfo4240

4 жыл бұрын

Finished 5th cause Dale drove the shit outta that Chevy.

@mitchdrew9005

3 жыл бұрын

@@crazykellywfo4240 everytime, every where. The best to ever do it

Wrangler Jeans was still Dale Earnhardt’s primary sponsor at this point, while GM Goodwrench signed on as an associate sponsor in May 1985.

What this video fails to mention was that Dale and his RCR team won the championship at Atlanta the same year.

That crew, also known as The Junkyard Dogs, was together for a long time, and it's no wonder why they had so much success. Kirk Shelmerdine left after 1992, but Chocolate Myers, Cecil Gordon, Will Lind, David Smith, and the others were on that crew for years and years afterwards. You'd never see something like that today.

@masoncole7331

5 жыл бұрын

I thought they were the flying aces... I may be wrong.. just asking for information.. this was the greatest times in racing in my eyes..

@davidparker8221

5 жыл бұрын

@@masoncole7331 The Flying Aces nickname came later with sponsor changes. The Black & White/ Lt Gray or Silver with the touch of Red...colors you find traditionally on playing cards...became the uniform colors as the team switched from Wrangler's Blue & Yellow to GM and the "One tough customer" promotion. On Dale Jr's Podcasts, Kirk Shelmerdine and others of the team saw themselves as underdogs even as championships came. I don't know if it was the broadcasters or GM promotions that came up with the nickname, regardless the crew saw themselves as Junkyard Dogs in terms of personality. You're not wrong remembering "The Flying Aces".

Need to bring these tracks back

My grandpa was on his pit cree

@trippylights2736

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!! What position was he in?

@JohnsonTheSecond

Жыл бұрын

@@trippylights2736 Pit crewman

A GREAT and I do mean GREAT time in NASCAR. High water mark of the sport in my opinion. Great drivers with a variety of personalities, fantastic factory backed cars, great tracks, and the right amount of money in the sport. Happy I was around to see some of these races.

What a great video thank your for the upload

Best music ever

Its crazy how much faster they are today.

@aaronmccall3849

Жыл бұрын

@Engelsjr Polanco I think he meant the pit crews are faster today, but yes the cars back in the 80s were insanely fast.

Amen. Great job Wrangler crew

Amazing back in those days the jackman had to pump like 50 times lol. Now just 1 pump lol.

Tire changer looks really fun

I would love to do any pit crew position

does anyone know why or ehat happened to the other episodes of this show several used to be on here

1985

Myers drove the truck to

@jcearnhardt393

3 жыл бұрын

No he didn't

@trippylights2736

2 жыл бұрын

@@jcearnhardt393 Then who did

Was the budwiser on the same team at the time?

@johnriggle5336

4 жыл бұрын

No that was Jr Johnson,s team

@aaronmccall3849

Жыл бұрын

Neil Bonnett and Darrell Waltrip drove the #11 and #12 Budweiser Chevrolet's for Junior Johnson.

2 tires and gas 16 seconds yikes lol

@dr.pepper1023

4 жыл бұрын

Jacks and impacts weren’t the fastest back then. So that adds a little time.

What in the fuck is going on at 5:25

@sbmcvp4525

2 жыл бұрын

Unlike today, with pit roads that can accommodate all the cars, there wasn't enough space at Riverside, and they're nosing in and backing out.