1987 Talladega 500 - Brett Bodine Flip (Aftermath)

Credit to SMIFF TV
• 1987 Talladega 500

[@pumpkinking5174]

So long Ken, you'll certainly be missed!

[@AT-cd2pp]

And 27 minutes later the medical team arrives.

[@paulday5722]

The pretty blonde in the stands ramped up the hotness several degrees all by herself.

[@roltyd22]

Ole Neal had some hard crashes during his career RIP

[@racefan7]

R.i.p. Ken and Neil bonnett 😊

[@roltyd22]

Man they're in no hurry to stop the cars at least and check on Neal are they

[@Z0r3_00]

It's too bad that there's no footage or photo of the flip

[@ONTHEEDGEFRED]

You can most certainly tell that it's a mid eighties Talladega Nascar race , Bill Elliott out front.

[@ricksorber9562]

This was the July race after Bobby's crash in May, right? Were they using restrictor plates or not until the next year?

[@backporchdriver3763]

They started using restricted plates at Daytona in July of '87

[@EricEllis-b2m]

​No, they put 390 cfm carburetors on them for the remaining 2 races in '87 (the summer races at Daytona and Talladega). Then in '88 NASCAR started making them use restrictor plates.​@@backporchdriver3763

[@ricksorber9562]

Who was the ARCA driver killed the day before this?

[@NASCARWrecks1]

It was Tracy Read.