1989 Daytona 500 Finish

[billferguson0422]

Best Daytona 500 finish ever....

[jbracer86]

00:57 they took tires on with 3 laps to go on a green flag splash and go stop? doesn't seem like a smart call to me. I'd just take fuel and salvage as many spots as i can instead of wasting time on pit road.

[rockypc24]

damn tires

[McCall72]

Those old Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupes kicked all sorts of ass in NASCAR competition....hated to see them go in favor of the Lumina. In my opinion, the 80's MCSS was the last of the really hot looking racers.

[TyVulpine]

13 second pit stop for right side tires and fuel? Nowadays a team can do four tires and full tank in that time...

[dodd702]

d.w. is the man

[lindseycole923]

I would love to find the interview Darrell gave after he won this race. He dedicated to my aunt and I have never saw it!

[SaintBEEP]

and they say cars weren't fuel efficient back then!

[TheDaniel2448]

Glad for Dw and its great that both Waltrips have won the 500

[sivvybee]

Was happy for DW this day.

[speedjpo]

20 years later Matt Kenseth win Daytona 500 this year with No 17 but with Roush Fenway Racing not Hendrick Motorsports.

[champ75kart]

do you have the end with the ickey shuffle?

[floridaboy44]

I remember watching this Daytona 500 with my late grandfather. Darrell Waltrip was his favorite driver, and he was so happy after this race. Waltrip was the only driver that didn't have to make one last pit stop for fuel, and that's why he won. Ken Schrader had the best car that day, and finished second.

[roryfixkar]

Yeah, I recently read about that, he got like 132 miles out of 1 tank.

[43fastcars]

and his house was on lot 17

[ilovetogofast88]

Dammit, you should have included the interview where he did the dance in victory lane.

[TheCougarFrom1983]

If I remember right, Darrell Waltrip was not only driving car #17 on February 17th in his 17th Daytona 500 start, he also started 17th, had pit stall #17, his daughter turned 17 months old on this 17th day of February. WoW, that's alot of 17's!

[day500champ08]

His name has 17 letters!

[Blackoutspecialist]

I counted, and i think it is 14 or 15.

[day500champ08]

did you count his middle name? If you do, it is exactly 17 letters.

[JakeTV370]

15 characters in Darrell Waltrip

[ampenergy327]

and this video was uploaded on July 17th lol

[McCall72]

I miss those old Aerocoupes....sweet looking race car.

[rdwjr1962]

After 17 years of effort its the Daytona 500 belongs to Franklin Tennessee's Darrell Waltrip. Boogity, Boogity Boogity.

[nascarfanatic2425]

@rdwjr1962 Could've done without the icky shuffle though. lol jk

[pathicks28]

amazing that those guys all wound up working together on fox.

[rhcbulldog]

Many people forget that this was the race where most, if not all the field were on Hoosier tires. Goodyear had come out with a new radial tire, but it failed miserably. It was so bad, NASCAR and Goodyear told the teams to use the Hoosier tire. Goodyear had a new tire by May, and Hoosier pulled out at the end of the year.

[RazorRC3]

well that's good to know but here, in the video the 88 monte carlo is used. I'm sure Chevy was in the makes of finalizing the production car around this time to be used for racing and street. I was kinda wondering why My old nintendo nascar "Bill Elliot's nascar challange" showed a Lumina and a Moncte Carlo in the same pic. Now i know!...

[RazorRC3]

You know, i just realize that the Monte Carlo wasn't avaliable as a production vehicle in 1989. So i take it Chevy was using the 88 body aero coupe body design. Under Nascar's old rules, you are entitle to use a production model that is no more later then 3 years of age. In 1990 chevy introduced the Lumina. So ain't it something that an old production vehicle can still win! HA over new models? Cool Video!

[battalionfan888]

actually the luminas came into nascar in 1989 being first used at the Winston 500 at Talladega in May

[cudaman340]

I remember it being mentioned during the Twin 125s in 1989 that NASCAR allowed the Chevy teams to run flush-fitting headlight covers, though Waltrip's Chevy looks like the 1988 one. Take a good look at Schrader and Earnhardt's cars.

[Mmills51]

Great vid but I need to see DW in victory lane!

[RodThaBod]

Their is another VID on you tube that has DW in Victory Lane. Do a search for Daytona 500 88 89 90 and it has a short vid of him in there.

[thebiff16]

Kulwicki should've won!

Damn tires!

[RodThaBod]

Waltrip had too big a lead on him for Kulwicki to win.

[NAVGFan]

The best commentating team was Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett for ESPN. I also liked the TNN broadcasting team as well.

[madisondanton]

can u try to post victory lane???

[kingofbeeer]

YEAH DW!

[coolconman1]

The commettating was so boring until mike joy at the end

[JoeytheHDK]

sorry that the commentators aren't boisterous morons for you.

[coolconman1]

Well, they didn't seem excited at all

[gth804f]

Yeah Squier was never a good announcer...he took a long time to pick up on stuff and was really boring.

[JokaPlaya]

With due respect, If it wasn't people like Squier, Joy, Bestwick, and other announcers wouldn't be as good. They're good all because of what Squier did.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

I liked all the networks the same back then. CBS and TBS had solid commentary and awesome music (as did ESPN). ESPN and TNN were awesome as well.

I liked Ken Squier. Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons were my favorites.