Loved to old days of Winston Cup . Best Quote ever . Lost some races but never lost a Party !!!!!! Tim could out drive 99 % of these guys with his eyes closed .
Tim Richmond born June 7th same as myself. I know Tim would have taken a few Championships away from Dale Sr. had he not come down with AIDS. 1986 Tim's Winning streak was amazing! God only knows how Good (Rick Hendrick backed) Harry & Tim combo would have been? I for one would have Loved to the Tim & Dale Sr. Showdown @ all the NASCAR TRACKS 👍😎🍻
Wow! Brings back memories. I have a front fender from that very car from the 83' spring race at Darlington where Tim Richmond and Earnhardt wrecked in what was then turn three. My neighbor got the Wrangler fender from the same wreck but let it get rusted and threw it away. I still have mine. BTW, My man Handsome Harry Gant won that race. It was his 1st of 4 Darlington wins. SKOAL BANDIT!
Back when the CAR in NASCAR could actually be associated with what was on the track. I was fortunate enough to grow up while, for a few years still at least, you could walk into the dealership on Monday and buy the street version of the car that won on Sunday. Now they're all stamped, erector sets, that more resemble the space shuttle than a car.
wish there was a race series that still used these types of cars I don't really like how it is now that only way to tell one car from another is stickers an paint color
Hit up a local track, they're tough to find sometimes, but they'll have things like what we called "super stocks" here at Rocky Mountain Raceway before they shut down, lots of old Monte Carlos and Le Mans cars as well as others from the era
I have never really liked the production versions of these cars like others seem to, however I've always thought that they made really awesome looking race cars.
Tim Richmond never ''lost'' a party. Had the privilege of partying with and riding around Daytona Bike Week 88 , after his failed drug tests. RIP MY BROTHER !!!!
@@johnnystek6900 not true. There is no evidence that Tim had sex after his diagnosis, however you can have AIDS for 2-3 years before you start showing symptoms. So it is very possible that Tim spread it without knowing it.
Tim failed his first drug test (later redacted when it was discovered that it was a false positive caused by over the counter cold medicine), he then took a second test a few days later and passed but by that point he had no chance of getting a ride in the Daytona 500. Then nascar demanded that Tim had over his medical records, which Tim refused. It would shown that he had been diagnosed with AIDS and based on the stigma AIDS had back then, nascar would of never let him race, nor would he be able to race in any other series of motor sports (he had actually planned on going drag racing after his nascar career was done). Tim sued nascar and won an out of court settlement, but by the time all that was over, his health wasn’t up to snuff to do any racing. Interestingly when Tim was admitted into the hospital for the final time, it was acknowledged by the announcers of that weekend’s cup race that Tim was in the hospital and in bad shape. However they claimed it was due to a motorcycle accident (by that point there is no way that Tim would have had the strength to ride a motorcycle). He died 2 months later. His death was acknowledged by nascar but the cause was not announced by nascar. It wasn’t until 2 weeks later when Tim’s family made the announcement that Tim had died of AIDS that the general public had any clue that he had aids. On a slightly positive note the announcement that Tim died of aids woke up nascar to a point and nearly every person involved in nascar got tested for aids of their own accord. Their opinions of Tim also drastically changed as well once they realized what Tim had been dealing with. Tim is now listed among the Top 50 nascar drivers of all time.
@@CamaroAmx NASCAR lied and set Tim up, that doctor falsified his drug test results and that little shmuck what's his names son went along with it and lied to the media. NASCAR was doing everything they could do to sabotage Tim because they did not want someone with AIDS being associated with NASCAR, they were going to make sure he didn't race any more no matter what. Bastards.
1986 out of 11 races Tim won 6 and finished 2nd 4 of the others and 3rd in the other one, no one has ever come close to doing that just tells you he was the real deal.
The car is a 1981. They didn't build them after that, but NASCAR let them run it. Tim Richmond drove it until 1985, moving over to Hendrick for 1986. I remember Richmond driving this car. Rusty Wallace replaced him and eventually took the team to the championship. Motorcraft may have been a NASCAR sponsor were you got money if you ran the sticker and the car won.
Hey Jeremy, sorry for the delayed response-I spoke with one of the original team members of Tim's and they think it had something to do with the Raymond Beadle's Drag Racing team.Great question!
Great question. Motorcraft on GM product? Now sponsors have a sh*t fit on that one . Wonderful interview with John Dodson. 3 cars & 6 team members for the whole year!!! That was back when racing was a fun sport & not so much Business as it is today. Got a kick out of 100 pd helmet they used. Jr. Johnson pretty famous too on 200+ pd lead weights mounted on inside of each tire rim's for there 1st run then pit for much lighter tire rims.
+Jeremy Capps They ran All these stickers as Each One Had Contingency Money That you recieved For running their stickers. Petty Would not run the Busch Beer sticker I believe because his Mom Did Not approve Of Drinking-I think. This kept Richard Out Of the Busch Clashes He would have Been Eligible For!
I'm pretty sure it's because Raymond Beadle's Blue Max Ford EXP funny car was sponsored by Motorcraft, so he talked them into a few dollars for his Winston Cup team. It was his first year with NASCAR, sponsors weren't so picayune as they are now.
Its like when Alan Kulwicki's Ford and also later on Ricky Rudd's own team of Fords,they had AC Delco decals on their Fords at one time or another because they received support and used AC Delco spark plugs. AC Delco and Motorcraft make consumable parts for all kinds of other makes and models of cars and trucks,i.e. spark plugs,plug wires,air filters,fuel filters,battery,and ignition parts,etc. Nowadays with factory support,major manufacture backing probably forbids that kind of support from a competitor manufacturer part supplier. That is unless they still do it to this day and now just don't put the decals on the car anymore.
When it came to the ladies, Richmond was the Ron O'Neal "SuperFly" of Nascar. Plus he could drive his tail off. Real tragic how that ended. I've always wondered if it was set up like that.😒🤔🧐
Now there's a NASCAR RACECAR, not this shit we have today! Sure wish that they would bring them back, (make them safe as the one they race now)it would boost NASCAR Ratings!!!!
Loved to old days of Winston Cup . Best Quote ever . Lost some races but never lost a Party !!!!!! Tim could out drive 99 % of these guys with his eyes closed .
love the look of these cars!
I really appreciate these videos. Thanks
awesome !! love hearing these guys of the 80's-90's tell their nascar stories!!!
My fav generation of NASCAR cars by far!
One sweet ride!
Good video, I remember that car... that's when I first got into Tim Richmond when I first saw him race this car at Pocono in the mid 80s....
Very cool. The part about the race helmet vs the 100lbs "inspection" helmet had me dying lol
I don't care what they about Tim he was one of the best driver around
Tim Richmond born June 7th same as myself. I know Tim would have taken a few Championships away from Dale Sr. had he not come down with AIDS. 1986 Tim's Winning streak was amazing! God only knows how Good (Rick Hendrick backed) Harry & Tim combo would have been? I for one would have Loved to the Tim & Dale Sr. Showdown @ all the NASCAR TRACKS 👍😎🍻
TIM / 10 TIME NASCAR CHAMP / WITHOUT LINDA VAHGN
One of these ran like crazy in the 1981 Daytona 500. One of the Allison's drove it.
They didn’t pull out a backup car for Cale, it was the Hardy’s show car, and one the greatest racing stories ever!
It sure was...man the things these teams used to accomplish.
Wow! Brings back memories. I have a front fender from that very car from the 83' spring race at Darlington where Tim Richmond and Earnhardt wrecked in what was then turn three. My neighbor got the Wrangler fender from the same wreck but let it get rusted and threw it away. I still have mine. BTW, My man Handsome Harry Gant won that race. It was his 1st of 4 Darlington wins. SKOAL BANDIT!
I'm a lifetime fan of Gant myself. Miss watching these guys race!
Cool story!!
Good looking car...😂🤙
Back when the CAR in NASCAR could actually be associated with what was on the track. I was fortunate enough to grow up while, for a few years still at least, you could walk into the dealership on Monday and buy the street version of the car that won on Sunday. Now they're all stamped, erector sets, that more resemble the space shuttle than a car.
From the pictures it looks like it's a Pontiac with a '65 Ford front suspension. Did they sell that at the Ford or Pontiac dealership?
wish there was a race series that still used these types of cars I don't really like how it is now that only way to tell one car from another is stickers an paint color
Hit up a local track, they're tough to find sometimes, but they'll have things like what we called "super stocks" here at Rocky Mountain Raceway before they shut down, lots of old Monte Carlos and Le Mans cars as well as others from the era
I have never really liked the production versions of these cars like others seem to, however I've always thought that they made really awesome looking race cars.
Very Cool...!! Great to see Nascars on the track at Laguna Seca...!! Turn left and right and shift;;!!
STOCKCARS!!!!!!!!
YES = WENT TO BOB RUSSEL DRIVING SCHOOL AT LAGUNA SECA = MEMS FOREVER
Tim Richmond never ''lost'' a party. Had the privilege of partying with and riding around Daytona Bike Week 88 , after his failed drug tests. RIP MY BROTHER !!!!
ya he spread aids as fast as trump spread his virus
@@johnnystek6900 not true. There is no evidence that Tim had sex after his diagnosis, however you can have AIDS for 2-3 years before you start showing symptoms. So it is very possible that Tim spread it without knowing it.
Tim failed his first drug test (later redacted when it was discovered that it was a false positive caused by over the counter cold medicine), he then took a second test a few days later and passed but by that point he had no chance of getting a ride in the Daytona 500. Then nascar demanded that Tim had over his medical records, which Tim refused. It would shown that he had been diagnosed with AIDS and based on the stigma AIDS had back then, nascar would of never let him race, nor would he be able to race in any other series of motor sports (he had actually planned on going drag racing after his nascar career was done). Tim sued nascar and won an out of court settlement, but by the time all that was over, his health wasn’t up to snuff to do any racing.
Interestingly when Tim was admitted into the hospital for the final time, it was acknowledged by the announcers of that weekend’s cup race that Tim was in the hospital and in bad shape. However they claimed it was due to a motorcycle accident (by that point there is no way that Tim would have had the strength to ride a motorcycle). He died 2 months later. His death was acknowledged by nascar but the cause was not announced by nascar. It wasn’t until 2 weeks later when Tim’s family made the announcement that Tim had died of AIDS that the general public had any clue that he had aids. On a slightly positive note the announcement that Tim died of aids woke up nascar to a point and nearly every person involved in nascar got tested for aids of their own accord. Their opinions of Tim also drastically changed as well once they realized what Tim had been dealing with. Tim is now listed among the Top 50 nascar drivers of all time.
@@CamaroAmx NASCAR lied and set Tim up, that doctor falsified his drug test results and that little shmuck what's his names son went along with it and lied to the media. NASCAR was doing everything they could do to sabotage Tim because they did not want someone with AIDS being associated with NASCAR, they were going to make sure he didn't race any more no matter what. Bastards.
@@badmonkey2222 correct. The doctor who set up the drug tests also set up the drug tests for the NFL and later got in trouble for falsifying tests.
1986 out of 11 races Tim won 6 and finished 2nd 4 of the others and 3rd in the other one, no one has ever come close to doing that just tells you he was the real deal.
A walk around of the car would have been nice..
What Jeff said.
The car is a 1981. They didn't build them after that, but NASCAR let them run it. Tim Richmond drove it until 1985, moving over to Hendrick for 1986. I remember Richmond driving this car. Rusty Wallace replaced him and eventually took the team to the championship. Motorcraft may have been a NASCAR sponsor were you got money if you ran the sticker and the car won.
why is there a Motorcraft sticker on a Pontiac ?
Hey Jeremy, sorry for the delayed response-I spoke with one of the original team members of Tim's and they think it had something to do with the Raymond Beadle's Drag Racing team.Great question!
Great question. Motorcraft on GM product? Now sponsors have a sh*t fit on that one . Wonderful interview with John Dodson.
3 cars & 6 team members for the whole year!!! That was back when racing was a fun sport & not so much Business as it is today. Got a kick out of 100 pd helmet they used. Jr. Johnson pretty famous too on 200+ pd lead weights mounted on inside of each tire rim's for there 1st run then pit for much lighter tire rims.
+Jeremy Capps They ran All these stickers as Each One Had Contingency Money That you recieved For running their stickers. Petty Would not run the Busch Beer sticker I believe because his Mom Did Not approve Of Drinking-I think. This kept Richard Out Of the Busch Clashes He would have Been Eligible For!
They could of used a Motorcraft part... air filter, spark plug wires... etc....or contingency money if you win.
I'm pretty sure it's because Raymond Beadle's Blue Max Ford EXP funny car was sponsored by Motorcraft, so he talked them into a few dollars for his Winston Cup team. It was his first year with NASCAR, sponsors weren't so picayune as they are now.
Motorcraft would have been a contingency sponsor. All competing cars have to run the contingency decals in order to collect contingency money.
No, not everyone would run a Motorcraft decal. They sponsored Beadle's Ford funny car.
Why is Motorcraft sponsoring a Pontiac?
I've seen that in other GM cars in 80s footage and pictures. It is weird.
Its like when Alan Kulwicki's Ford and also later on Ricky Rudd's own team of Fords,they had AC Delco decals on their Fords at one time or another because they received support and used AC Delco spark plugs. AC Delco and Motorcraft make consumable parts for all kinds of other makes and models of cars and trucks,i.e. spark plugs,plug wires,air filters,fuel filters,battery,and ignition parts,etc. Nowadays with factory support,major manufacture backing probably forbids that kind of support from a competitor manufacturer part supplier. That is unless they still do it to this day and now just don't put the decals on the car anymore.
@@enroy37 You're right.
When it came to the ladies, Richmond was the Ron O'Neal "SuperFly" of Nascar. Plus he could drive his tail off. Real tragic how that ended. I've always wondered if it was set up like that.😒🤔🧐
I believe that's a Gran Prix not a LeMans that Tim drove
As questioned below...Motorcraft?
Sponsored Beadle's Ford funny car
Pontiac Lives
Now there's a NASCAR RACECAR, not this shit we have today! Sure wish that they would bring them back, (make them safe as the one they race now)it would boost NASCAR Ratings!!!!
what is a rear steer" car in nascar ?
its the location of the steering box on the frame of the car ( front steer is in front of the wheels, rear steer is behind the wheels).
@@sicfrynut Actually.........it's the cross member. Front steer is in front of the cross member.......rear steer is behind it.
Pretty sure Buddy Baker was the first to break 200 mph at Talladega in a Super Bird.
Lots of people don't believe when I say, each manufacture and car had different spoiler heights and angles through the 80's and 90's...
Why it have motocraft on the side of it??? That's a gm car not a Ford
Just Ford produced general car products.
Nascar tells you what decal,and where to put them,still valid to this day,just sayin'
Sponsored Beadle's Ford funny car
Ford 3rd members.
That's cool but in 85 the t bird was so fast
It was. An upside down spoon with a rear spoiler.
culture is importance
I think Tim Richmond always got crapped on what a shame could of been better
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