Thanks for sharing. 70's & 80's were the best days of Winston Cup.

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

Yes they were, thank you 🏁

@catjudo1

Жыл бұрын

Uh - greed. Though NASCAR was still pretty good until they let that moron Brian France screw it all to hell. I never thought I'd see anyone screw up motorsports worse than Tony George, but ol' Brian managed it.

Jeff was a smart crew chief. He was great on TV too. They should invite him back.

Junior was a genius

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

Yes he sure was

GET HAMMOND BACK ON TV CALLING RACES ! MISS HIM ON TV

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

He’s a good one

@orangesunshine1967

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@theyguy958

Жыл бұрын

I never liked how they just quietly got rid of him on Fox.

@sureman13

Жыл бұрын

@@theyguy958 I agree and it's time to bring that guy back he makes a lot of sense and got some really great and accurate tales of the past

@matthewhoward5514

Жыл бұрын

Agree miss Hammond. I believe he has a high paying executive job at RCR.

I was at the Winston race. Years later Flossie gave me a tour of the old Ingles Hollow shops, including the engine dyno room. My mind immediately thought of the engine built and tested in that room, exploding at the start finish line. It’s never been confirmed or owned up to, but LOTS of speculation that engine wasn’t entirely built to ‘spec’ and Darrel dropped the clutch! Would love to final hear if this was true or not! Love the cheating stories of NASCAR! They all did it and the mechanical ingenuity absolutely amazes me!!! Those were golden days of racing!!!

Great story!! Glad he shared about that weekend with us

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

Good question you asked there Christian 👍

That was a awesome race and knowing that Danny Sullivan did the spin the win at Indy that year. 👍👍👍

Jr Johnson and jaws

That dw impression lol

Harry Gant had you beat, but Travis Carter made a bad call by pitting too early and his tires were toast.

I would’ve liked to hear more about that engine blowin up. That was suspicious as all get out. DW ran down Gant, then the motor blows across the finish line. 😂

@nicolewembley3093

Жыл бұрын

Darrell overworked the motor chasing down the Skoal Bandit, end of story?

@bizzybee3021

Жыл бұрын

Thank god no in car feed or live telemetry. Could you imagine the stuff we would've saw.

@fcaughli

Жыл бұрын

Smokey had them put a little mikey rocket fuel in the chassis tubing

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

I noticed when Jeff was on the Scene Vault podcast, Rick started to ask the question but Jeff said the engine was legal without saying. So I didn’t go there 😆

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolewembley3093 yea it sounds like Junior asked him if he wanted to win $90k or $200k and Darrell decided on the bigger number

Funny Earnhardt & Junior Johnson story kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipd3zMqala_eZdY.html Full Episode- kzread.inforgyvMv4L1Kw?feature=share

NASCAR has forgot all the people and things that made them great. They are like Bud Lite; catering to people that don't give a damn about racing.

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. I’ve said that on my show many times. It seems they’re trying to get the next generation but my generation came from my dad and my grandfather being Nascar fans and that influenced me

That was a great story , even though I don't care for Jeff Hammond

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

Jeff is a great storyteller 👍

The car wasn’t the only thing special for the Winston. Motor just happens to blow at the finish line …. ?

@wymple09

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, because severely stressed racing engines never blow up....get a grip.

@americanbadass88

Жыл бұрын

@@wymple09 yeah that engine was stressed from being bored and stroked. dropped it in 3rd gear and red lined it and BOOM......

IF THE OWNERS WOULD NOT SHOW UP FOR NEXT YEARS DAYTONA 500 , AND THE WEST COAST RUN , NAZICAR WILL STRAIGHTEN UP TO A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT 👍👍💥

@CraigGrant-sh3in

Жыл бұрын

With all of the BS going on with NA$CAR ,I've been saying that all along. Hendricks should have closed the shops down . His four cars not showing up would have the money people and fans losing their minds

The points system tries to insure no one stays home, having said that based on my experience I find racers won't usually all stand together to get the attention of sanctioning bodies and the lesser cars will compete just for the carrot (points) if NASCAR refuses to cooperate and acknowledge they have serious issues, more and more teams will go to IMSA, NHRA, or other venues and options, the current atmosphere in NASCAR is getting more toxic to teams every day, and all that will soon be left are the cars that no matter what can't win a race....

Of course Junior's car won that All-Star race in 85, he had more engine than everyone else! Blew up at the 🏁 my ass, Darrell dumped the clutch & blew that engine to smithereens!! After that no one could have done a "is it legal" inspection on that engine 😒 smh, what a sham 👎

@firestarter105G

Жыл бұрын

Love it, it worked didn't it?

@Slinger43

Жыл бұрын

@@firestarter105G Hell yeah it worked! Ol' Junior might have been a Cheat'n SOB, but he was also a dame genius who got away with a Hellava lot MORE than he ever got caught for 💪😉

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

For sure 🏁👍

Do remember the time his drivers didn't do so good at the Sunday race at North Wilkesbour Jr Johnson home track. So Jr rented the track for Monday and made them run it again.

@dhammiam

Жыл бұрын

Cool story. I’ll ask Jeff about it next time I see him. Thanks for watching and commenting

@mikejohnson5491

Жыл бұрын

@@dhammiam yeah a friend of mine, his dad was a friend of Jr Johnson and I got to go to his shop. Jr was a very friendly guy.

Great story! Thanks for sharing it with us on @dhammiam #Jeff Hammond #Hollywood Jeff Hammond #jeff Hammond nascar