1988 Daytona 500 Starting Lineup

[MyJonny25]

Should FOX use this for this year????

[HadesRacing]

@MyJonny25 maybe yes

[MrMegamater]

that was best starting grid in nascar broadcasting

[MrHideyoursheep]

I met Davey in Feb 1992 at Church street Orlando such a Class act. He was Singing for Ford Thunderbird, Mark Martin was there but didn't have the Balls to sing for all his fans waiting in line pretty Souless if you ask me.

[IRLIndyCar]

Still no ID on the CBS Starting Lineup background music? Argh. lol. I't very similar to Giorgio Moroder work (like Chase) but... I don't think it's his song here. 

[MyJonny25]

Epic Music at 0:06

[GeneralTyler4]

Weres Bobby Wawak?

[phxracing42]

@GeneralTyler4 he failed to qualify

[Porygonseizureman]

When I first heard this song back when NASCAR Classics were on Speed, I thought this song was annoying. These days, I wistfully look back at this and wish NASCAR had this type of media display pre-race. Today's driver safety, however, is worth more than the injuries that were mentioned about Neil Bonnett.

[MyJonny25]

@Porygonseizureman This Theme music is awesome

[vidEvWill]

Davey started up front for both his first and second 500's.

[phxracing42]

jd mcduffie wasnt in this?

[1980Invasiontour]

Listen to those Highy Octane LEADED 358s...Very...Rich smell. These motors for this race was a test ground. That new Carb Plate 200 less HRP...Alright boy's lets get less Friction in these motors with these Featherlite Parts...An't no Atlanta motor there rage (6,500-9,300RPM). These motors rose up to 300 to 500RPM. Gotta LOVE THAT NASA HENDRICK TECHNOLOGY. I wish someone would post the 88 clash if they have it or the 89. Thanks.

[IRLIndyCar]

@1980Invasiontour Totally! I used to have the Busch Clash on VHS as a kid. They had the cars lined up diagonally on pit road an they walked down he line and talked to each driver who was sitting on their hood. Pre-internet it was the first time most fans saw the new 1988 paint schemes. I almost wore out the tape going back and forth to check stuff out. The Chrome wheels were gone and the new Buicks, Olds and Pontiac were "little tiny cars". lol.

[harvick2win]

anyone know the music to the starting grid ? that music is epic

[BattlingTube]

This video has been entered into the '1988 vs 1993' battle at BattlingTube website.

[harvick2win]

???? anyone know ?

[harvick2win]

this going through?

[harvick2win]

im wondring about the 1986 music as well............ sounds kind of disco.........  also the closing theme to those races as well.........

[SimRacin14]

The music they used to the intro for the '86 Daytona 500 grid was Billy Ocean's Caribbean Queen,IIRC.

[harvick2win]

@SimRacin14 yeah that makes sence, do you happen to know the music for the 1988 grid??? i cant remember for the life of me what that music is..........

[IRLIndyCar]

Still... no one has a clue what this music is? I really want to add this to my rFactor intro. :)

[Troggle84]

Speed actually cut out the Starting Grid still shot that CBS used as a header for the Starting Lineup. Not sure why they did that.

[penske369]

Maybe because it had some sort of CBS or CBS Sports logo? I know they edited every CBS logo out except those seen on the dashboard for on-board cameras and the logos next to graphics for the RaceCams and running order in later years.

[ballplayer1799]

Kick ass how they show all the cars

[vidEvWill]

This was Earnhardt's first year with the GM Goodwrencg sposnorsship an affiliation Childress would have until 2007.

[ReJ40]

I wanna see them again too. The pre-88 ones.

[Rcrby525]

anyone notice how brett bodine looked like a high-school graduate going into college back then? lol

[vidEvWill]

he was very young then.

[StewieGriffin1985]

does anybody knows who does this song?

[Crisgo3d]

This makes this race sound very epic

[BSNFabricating]

@Crisgo3d

And as it turned out, this race WAS epic... And they didn't have all the over-hyped bull around the race like they do now; the racing spoke for itself.

[Crisgo3d]

@BSNFabricating Agreed. Wish it was like this today. This race was great Bobby Allison won it and Davey came second

[DriftwiseS15]

@BSNFabricating agreed, it's all dramatised now...i mean there was drama then, but now the drama is like "OMG" im a 16 year old girl drama.

[IRLIndyCar]

Someone needs to ID this music so I can start my MP3 search now. I'd love to add this to rFactor intros (racing sim..) Thanks!

[racermac1988]

Amen to that. The music used would still be cool.

Meanwhile, I've got something coming in two weeks you might enjoy.

For this year's Indy 500 I am making a Delta Force Intro and a Delta Force Starting Grid, modeled after the type of starting grids that CBS used for Daytona.

[cerfagile57]

I would love to get the names of CBS background music for this, and esp. the 1993 CBS races and end credits...

[racermac1988]

Two things:

1) CBS always had the best background music for whatever the sport is, College Football, College Basketball, and of course, the 500.

2) I wish they still did the starting grid's this way instead of just scrolling it across the screen.

[phxracing42]

@racermac1988 fox sometimes does it...thats why there awsome

[vidEvWill]

@phxracing42 FOX had a great lineup in 2005, I wish they'd do it often.

[carguysn]

the starting lineups that were previously posted for the 1984-1987 races have disappeared! does anyone have them available to upload?

[Buggy1Boy]

I do.

[carguysn]

im seriously having withdrawal from hearing the disco-esque music (and the 1986 billy ocean style music) woud you be able to upload those old lineups?

[lickinmonkeynuts]

i love the music too, and this was the first race i watched on SPEED, but the first race i saw was the '02 Daytona 500

[Blackoutspecialist]

First Race i Ever Saw Was The '01 Daytona 500?, But i Don't remember.

[Blackoutspecialist]

Did you notice Trevor's car number design anyone? Cause it kinda looks like a white version of lighting mcqueen's number. Seriously, look carefully.

[vidEvWill]

Trevor Boys still races in fact, he races in the Truck Series when he gets an opportunity.

[gadgefan48]

I can't stop laughing at Kyle Petty's picture. LOL

[racingformusic]

It is pretty funny.

[ShyteKreek46]

What's even funnier is that in 1992 he looked like Yanni!!!

[lickinmonkeynuts]

you should have seen his hair in the late 90's, he looked like a freakin hippie, but now he has it in a ponytail, just like he's a she-male

[lickinmonkeynuts]

you should have seen his hair in the late 90's, he looked like a freakin hippie, but now he has it in a ponytail, just like he's a she-male

[vidEvWill]

Funky Music...I love 80's music...Commenting on lineups...#99 Connie Saylor's last race, he died in 1993...Brad Teague still races on occasion in Busch..Ed Pimm did some open-wheel races and had an Indy 500 car sponsored by Curb records.

[penske369]

that is incorrect. Pimm was OWNED by Mike Curb in IndyCars, but not sponsored. He was a teammate to Tom Sneva, and both were sponsored by Skoal.

[racingformusic]

I agree with y'all on the music, CBS always had great music during the starting lineup, during the 80's to the mid 90's

[Crisgo3d]

The music rules. This was the best one. That and I like how the drivers turn into cars!! LOL

[battalionfan888]

i freakin LOVE this music lol

great starting grid to

[thebiff16]

Does anyone know what music this is?

[IRLIndyCar]

Music took me way back. I SOOO remember this starting linup intro music and it's friggin' awesome. "The Bandit, Harry Gant", "Texas' Terry Labonte" and "from Mississipp, Lake Speed" - why don't they intro the drivers like this anymore? It made it so much "bigger".

[racingformusic]

Great Music, Love the Old School footages

[Troggle84]

Note that Michael Waltrip actually DNQ'd for the Daytona 500 in 1988. He made the race by Bahari Racing (his team at the time) buying the Mueller Brothers' #89 car (most likely qualified by Rodney Combs) for Waltrip to drive.

[Troggle84]

Edit: The #89 was originally put in the field by Jim Sauter, not Rodney Combs.