1986 Miller High Life 400 Finish

[MrMikeyT88]

lmaooo, i guess you towed your own damn car back to the garage in those days, today the CREWS are there in 10 seconds

[Gforcebond]

hahahahaha "when the penalties were imposed they said they were protecting the integrity of the sport when they were lifted...no comment" Wow

[hAitztOn]

I still don't see how Earnhardt wrecked too.

[TheAntihero6212]

If you ever seen the ESPN Films movie "3" (not the crappy CMT version) there's a scene from that movie where they show the confrontation between DW and Dale, Sr from after this incident where DW confronted Dale, Sr right after he did that in-car interview when he got out of his car (I think; been awhile since I seen this movie) and DW got right in his face and talked some shit and Dale, Sr just stood there and didn't say a single word.

LOL. What an asshole he was, the 'Imitator' ;-)

[TheAntihero6212]

NVM the last comment, it is TBS Sports. I know that B/C of Dave Despain and Chris Ecomacki, who both worked with TBS Sports's MotorWeek Illustrated NASCAR & IMSA coverage in the mid '80s. :-)

[TheAntihero6212]

Is this TBS or CBS Sports that's doing this race? B/C I recognize Ken Squier's and Ned Jarrett's voice and I want to say that it's CBS, but CBS didn't usually do short-track races like this, so can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

[carlyaleboro]

Look at that! At :36 seconds into the clip, the TV director switches from a battle on the track to an irrelevant shot of an anonymous fan in the stands. WTF! That must be Artie Kempner of NASCAR on FOX fame. That is his trademark television direction, switching from what we tuned in to watch to something totally irrelevant. NASCAR has one foot in the grave and it's television partners are throwing dirt in the hole.

[billferguson0422]

Yet another race Darrell Waltrip should have won....

[drfever99]

Do you have the entire race?

[chasehix88]

i live about 30 mins from rir.. i wish the track was still in this configuration and wasnt in the ghetto... i hate thinkin im gonna get mugged leavin a race

[Duke4Reuti]

If you cant beat em wreck em. Earnhardts motto

[Duke4Reuti]

Ole Dale wrecks another 15 cars

[MotorsportRevolution]

I wish the camera crew didnt have to rob us of this crash by showing a rather unexcited fan reaction to what we should have been watching...

[Reddaytonadog]

This, I'd love to see, nothing but guardrails and all brands from GM and Ford, especially the Chevrolets.

This was real racing at its finest, although NASCAR was a little hard on Earnhardt, both here and with Bodine at Charlotte.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

I think we're talking about the same thing...

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@MrRex41591: They'll put a SAFER barrier on the inside...

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@MrRex41591: The list is: Elliott Sadler, Jeff Green, Steve Park, Jeff Gordon, we go earlier and you get Richard Petty, Buddy Arrington, Dale Sr., Davey Allison... That's a big list...

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@MrRex41591: Every sport was dangerous then. Even now, stock car drivers have died in the last few years (like Carlos Pardo)...

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@MrRex41591: Back in the day, yes, it could kill him.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@MrRex41591: But Sr. was going 160-170 mph then, DW was going 110-115 mph... So guess who died...

[notop35rule]

lol, NASCAR was as backwards with it's rules then also! 7:50-8:08

[chameleone79]

is that carl edwards brad keselowski at gateway?

[scarolinaguy20]

@chameleone79 You are exactly right. Carl just took a page from Dale Sr. book of putting cars in the fence.

[dalejrfan5794]

I wish I was there to see this.This was some rivalry.Great video!I'm glad that you found it.

[damonwilliam3]

My first race.I was there at 11 years old and thats when I became an earnhardt fan.Any man that can take someone out like that has balls

[3intimid8or]

Ahhh... real racing. I wish NASCAR would let the people race this way now.

[Gforcebond]

If i was waltrip i would have gotten out of that car and beat Earnhardt to a bloody pulp. I might go to jail and get suspended but what he did would have been worse. You dont turn into someone's right rear quarter pannel going into the corner that's how u can really hurt another driver or kill them.

[pewmovr]

I remember watching this race....Kyle did win...its down in the record books!

[vidEvWill]

If you notice Buddy Arrington the last of the Dodge guys before they returned in 2001.

[99boyz]

D.W Won kyle was a Lap down

the score cards were screwed up

[mink31]

This is the wreck that turned DW into the cartoon that he is today - Digger must die!

[RothmansRenaultF1]

LOL at the end of the video. A young Bob Varsha.

[Monkeyball480]

So then why didn't nascar fine kyle busch $5,000 or $3,000?

[spazracing94]

cause he's never that blatently taken anyone out

and if i remember right David gilliland took out montoya like that and all they did was park him...

[STPjoe]

A bit after 7 minutes look at the young Dave Despain LOL

[killerp21]

LOL Kyle Petty.

Patti Petty looks much better today than she did in the 80's woof!

[UltimateEEnEFan]

Awesome!

[wolves16]

BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY!!

[hamricba]

I was there for this race with my Dad!

[me5g435rg]

i miss the beer and ciggerattes in nascar what the fuck happened... those kinda sponsors made that fucking sport ...god i hate tree huggers

[robrulz23]

yeah i miss the old nascar

[kingofrunescapepking]

bud and miller are still in nascar

[humanyoyo69]

haha yeah dude alcohol and tobacco affect the trees that's why they're not around in nascar. you're totally right me5g435rg

[vidEvWill]

Red Man is in the Nationwide Series and that's smokeless tobacco, So its still in some cpacity,

[outlaw662sr]

lol not the first time he did that

[mengers06]

hahaha... dave despain looks so much different. its amazing how different richmond is after 20 years too.

[rlgodbold]

Somebody talked of how different the track is. Just to let you know it is a completely different track. This was Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. The current one is a completely different venue.

[azbobbybooshay10]

Well, sorta. They reconfigured the track to the current setup, ripping out the front stretch and replacing it with the curved one we have today. Today's pit road is roughly where the front stretch used to be.

[racingformusic]

Best Short Track race in the History of Nascar Ever.

[sunflowergypsy]

Dale Earnhardt made those moves on the track and was a beloved hero for it. Kyle Busch makes those moves on the track and he's crucified!!!!

Double standards at their finest.

[RDarth]

Because Dale Earnhardt was a badass. Kyle Busch looks like Pee-Wee Herman and whines like a bitch when things don't go his way. He doesn't have the presence that Earnhardt had.

[sunflowergypsy]

Neither does the heir to the Earnhardt name.

Jr.'s the biggest freakin' crybaby in NASCAR.

He sulks and pouts and throws hissy fits when he doesn't get his own way.

Boo-hoo...I didn't get 51% ownership of DEI, I'm packing my 25 gazillion dollar a year t-shirt sales to Rick Hendrick!!

Kyle's more like Dale Sr. than Jr. could ever even hope to be even in his wildest wet dreams!!!

[RDarth]

Jr does sulk, that's a good point. I'm not a member of Jr Nation but I do think he's good for the sport. And he's not trying to be like his father. He's trying to be Dale Earnhardt Jr.

For some odd reason it's hard to take Busch seriously.  Maybe it's the fact that he's young, maybe it's the fact he has cartoon M&Ms on his car, but I can't take him seriously as a villain.

[sunflowergypsy]

I don't think he set out to be a villain.

People hated him right from the get go because of Kurt, so he's had a chip on his shoulder from the word go.

He just likes to have fun with it.

[hecbroyo]

i can't believe i've found this finally, been asking my wife for this video for x-mas forever. thanks freshgeek89.

[freshgeek89]

Just here to help

[hecbroyo]

1st race my daddy ever took me too, we even got a speeding ticket on the way to the track, will tell you that i have not missed any action since, the action track at its best and a sure way to get fans! Best part was they opened the track to the fans at the end of the race and you saw people walking out with parts left and right. The good ole days are no more.

[jamespic]

One Of The Greatest Moments In NASCAR History!!!!!

[wolves16]

I didnt know Borat was a nascar driver.

[jinlimba]

dale was fined five grand. if he did another

crash like that at richmond ,he will be

banned for future races.

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

If you notice at 2:39, the pace car picked up the wrong driver.

[joncma72]

Poor Joe Ruttman's closest taste of victory at the Cup level.

[racermac1988]

NASCAR coverage still in it's primative years.

[wolves16]

The announcers hardly knew what to say!

[e521soediv]

huh it did show up but this took me a long damn time to find i typed in nascar 1986,dlae earhardt battle, darrrel waltrip 1986, and all that, then i typed richmond 1986 and after like 2 hours(figure of speech) it finnaly showed up and i was like damn finnaly.

[TonyRevenge]

Sweet! Kyle Petty's first Cup victory!

[erasetoimprove]

i don't understand why this says Earnhardt cut a tire down. Everyone knows he did it on purpose.

[ShyteKreek46]

Amen!!! I think Earnhardt handled that like a pissed off 10 year old losing a board game!!

[freshgeek89]

I never said he cut a tire, I meant that the car cut a hard left in to Darrell's car

[KodiakRacer25]

@erasetoimprove Eanrhardt and Waltrip were not good friends at that time so earnhardt did it so waltrip won't finish.

[e521soediv]

a freshgeek you should name this video like dale vs darrel becuase this video was very hard to fing in the search box make it simpler maybe thats why it has low views cuz people cant find it.

[freshgeek89]

If you type earnhardt waltrip, its the first one to show up.

[boshenska]

Ken Squier sure loved the word "calamity" :)

[e521soediv]

earnhardt tried to kill him.

[Buggy1Boy]

He was not!

[battalionfan888]

thank you!

[RealRacer2442]

Dave Despain had alot of hair back then.

[3fan4eva]

Finally this is on Youtube...thanks alot for the greatest chapter in Earnhardt vs. Waltrip

[Buggy1Boy]

Darrell took a hard hit!

[rustyshackleford01]

lol, WTBS's NASCAR coverage sure was campy