1989 Daytona 500-Davey Allison Flips

[Iceman2692]

What happened to Elliot in this race? they show his in car, but they say it's not him driving.

[PorygonFanatics]

@Iceman2692 Wrist injury, he started the first six laps then Jody Ridley took over.

[looneyleprachaun]

these were the good old days, nascar today is pure garbage, its more a reality show then racing

[sethcorn]

OMG I love just the windshield coming over the pit wall like its a new set of tires.

[praster666]

Im glad I at least got to see the last glory days of nascar. Saw Petty race.. Dale... I was born in 89. My first movie was days of thunder, my dad took me. I was into racing all my life. last race I went to before this weekend was at california speedway like 2004.Thought I should start going again to support a sport that I love.I really think people just stopped going because it is really expensive. less action in the sport and very expensive to actually go to a race. hope the sport doesn't fade

[flubber342]

@praster666 I love the sport to, but in 07, 08, 09, and 10, it was all about Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Bush, which in my opinion made this sport boring. Ever notice how boring the race gets when either Kyle Bush, or Johnson get in the lead? Everyone stops racing each other, and tries to catch up to Johnson or Kyle, and thus they drive to hard and lose, but when any one else is in the lead, there's always 2 and 3 wide racing, and everyone has a good car. This has been the best year since 2000.

[praster666]

@flubber342 seriously! I actually stopped watching all together for a few years 2008 -2010 I did not watch.. It's actually sad because I love this sport, always have. I used to attend the california speedway race every year until 05.. But I went this year and I was going crazy when harvick passed him... there were tons of damn lowes jackets around me and they were all being babies about it. I love finishes like that.. hopefully this year gets even better. Glad I started watching again.

[flubber342]

@praster666 I went to the talladega race, I loved the finish, but all the Johnson fans took it to the extreme, they would throw beer cans at anyone who was wearin a Harvick T-shirt or a Jeff Gordon T-shirt, what is funny, I went around tellin all the drunk poeple that Johnson went below the yellow line, and that Bowyer won the race, then everyone started goin WHHHOOO GO BOWYER! instead of sayin go Johnson, good times, good times.

[therockerguy27]

did'nt kirk shelmerdine race nascar and arca for a few years?

[DJprofessork72]

@therockerguy27 yes, after he was done being a crew chief

[Zhayes151]

Does anyone have video from the Busch race the day before this?

[gobackto82]

i don't think that's how you pronounce Shelmerdine's name

[barneynward]

21 years later, Mike Joy still sounds exactly the same.

[cbatiste]

all the greats flip at daytona

[0603000334]

we lost davey today 17 years ago

[horsesboy]

You can't do that with a COT

[RyDogRidesTheBus]

@horsesboy thatr's why it's so awesome NASCAR got rid of them, they're so boring!

[horsesboy]

@RyDogRidesTheBus got rid of what? The COT is still around they just changed the wing to a spoiler but every thing else with the body s still the same.

[Mavs7189]

Davey's car flips over and only needs a windshield. lol. Nascar just doesnt make stock cars like they used to

[Nerrt45]

Oh yeah, and those old Miller High Life Buicks driven by Trickle and Hillin are still the coolest looking cars in NASCAR history. To me at least...

Someone needs to resurrect that design!

[DJprofessork72]

add roof flaps and a little tweaks here and there, but the overall body design could definitely be retained.

[Nerrt45]

Man...the good old days. Racing to the line, unique cars, legit rivalries and villians, Bob/Ned&Benny, Ken Squier, no pit speed limits, several non 1.5 mile cookie cutter tracks...I still like the "new" NASCAR but I have such fond memories as a kid of the good old days.

Davey still pulled a top 25 (well...25th exactly and 7 laps down) despite the flip and with no hood! It's too bad, he would have been the antidote to Jeff Gordon mid-90s domination. At least 2 titles in my opinion.

[phxracing42]

@Nerrt45 im only 16 i really dont remember the good old days. and just to all the things you said that were better i think they need a pit speed limit but thats it

[Alabamaguy205]

my dad and him were good friends.. i can say i have went hunting with him and my dad..

[cheese2507]

Where did he finish and how far off the pace?

[stewarthass14]

i miss Davey Allison . imagen what he would have done if he were still alive

[NAVGFan]

Absolutely, he definitely would have won a couple of championships.

[elkinsinbox]

I like the way Ken Squier did commentary back in the day.

[69nova454]

why don't the show these old races on speed any more?

[jvick882]

NASCAR used to be so fun to watch. these guys worked their ass off & raced hard. i think a lot of todays racing is just getting in a car and driving the car....not racing the car. once again, technology has ruined something cool

[thunderbolt1854]

I'm only 12 and i like old nascar better than new nascar.

[Dunnybrusher]

Didn't even lose a lap!

[scantron81]

man, NASCAR used to be so exciting didn't it?

[NAVGFan]

Didn't Davey want to fight Geoff Bodine in the garage after this race?

[1980Invasiontour]

Yeah, I met davey at church ST station in orlando feb 1992. I was 7 and i still got the picture and poster FORD THUNDER. Mark martin was there but stuck his head out the door and didn't sign a damn autograph....TRUE STORY. But you got to love the way that 5 looked back then hmmhmm.

[vidEvWill]

first impressions are the most that tell you about a person. Ol' Davey made a quite an impression on you that day. its too bad he's gone isn't it?

[WW2obsession]

Lol at the geese on the mound.

Glad to see him walk, heck, drive away from that.

[TPM75108]

But NASCAR wouldn't let him finish.

I think he could have atleast finished on the lead lap because the race was near the end and all they need to do is peel off the bent sheet metal and change the tires.

[abcddonuts]

wow

[vluis16]

lol

[TPM75108]

It's incredible to see that thing still driveable

[DaleJr88FanAMP]

u gotta miss this kid. he was a good little driver. i wouldnt say he was awesome, but he was great, and good. Was definately a championship driver in his future after the 92 season, to bad that season never came. We miss ya Davey.

[johnnycanada]

Man, that was when NASCAR was real racing. Not the pussy BS we have now.

[ObamaizGod]

was he drinking moonshine at the time?

[skankuser]

No. He was trying to avoid the niggers that had gotten on the track trying to pick up chicken bones.

[ObamaizGod]

What are them damn niggers doing out there on the race track any how? I thought all them niggers did was box, basketball, run fast, and if they are smart, they make it into MLB & the NFL. NASCAR is just too much for them niggers to understand. Sitting back in a seat, and going around in circles takes a lot of smarts!

[EffektSkateboarding]

Haha, back when speed hosted more than one nascar race a year.

[e521soediv]

lol they were giving davey a new windsheild, you want see that anymore.

[vidEvWill]

needs a new hood, too. Just my two cents.

[BlueFox284]

Hmmm, they say the "car of tommorrow" is so much tougher now. . . I'll believe that when one of them rolls like Allison did and continues. . . Oh wait, nevermind that. They're so overloaded with aero parts and built to fly apart it'd be pretty much be done for. . .

[vidEvWill]

Mike McDowell was the first to flip in a COT, he was OK, the car of course, wasn't.

[baddog43]

actually Casey Mears was turned over at Fontana. It wasn't as violent as Micheal McDowell's crash though. Micheal had a hell of a crash!

[ycenstra54]

kirk shelmerdine a pit crew and now a driver

[ycenstra54]

kirk shelmerdine a pit crew and now a driver

[kingofrunescapepking]

he finished 23rd, 7 laps off the pace

[vidEvWill]

I haven't seen anyone put in a new windshield in the pits before...I guess this was before they had those tearoffs...Kirk Shlemerdine drives his own car now...his best finish was 20th in 2006 Daytona 500.

[cfoster81]

Back then in the 70's and 80's, the windshields were still made of glass and whenever they raced at Daytona or Talladega because of the high speeds, they were prone to crack or pop out during spins and crashes. The current Lexan windshields were not first used until 1994.

[vidEvWill]

Yeah I see now, I started watching NASCAR around 1993, the year Allison got killed...he was that era's Dale Jr. except Allison had more natural ability...you know though those splitters they put on those cars nowadays, if you damage it bad enough that is an automatic DNF(Did Not Finish) you just can't get back in.

[RazorRC3]

It's amazing to see how awesome these nascar cars were built to take the beating and keep going...and how drivers like Allison continue on to race even if the car was beaten up! This was real nascar racing... now it's nothing more then just entertainment, greed, and, expense to keep the real fans and the real drivers out of the sport..

[TYX91101]

Meanwhile, DW was cruising around the track getting ready for his winning run to the finish.

[ToroRosso20]

Jody Ridley??? Wasn't that Bill Elliott?

[wirbelwindbattleship]

Elliott was injured and got out and let Ridley drive his car.

[asman9]

Mike Joy was a pit reaporter for CBS to a color anyalist on CBS and now hes a play by play anaylist for FOX. Awesome carrer

[CreepyBastard55]

Joy is doing an incredible job at FOX Sports. I wish FOX would broadcast the whole season. Their team is just awesome with Joy, McReynolds and Waltrip. It owns ABC's Jerry Punch, Wallace, and whoever the third guy with the beard is. Although that guy I can't remember the name is a pretty good analyst.

[Buggy1Boy]

The third one is Andy Petree.

[vidEvWill]

Petree was the crew chief of Dale Earnhardt and Car owner of the 55 and 33 cars in 1999-2002. The team broke up after 2003. He had Bobby Hamilton Sr. win at Talladega in spring of '01 and Joe Nemechek win at North Carolina in fall of '01.

[RunerRacerPeniguin5]

Yah all year round FOX sports WOW heven

[KMHrock89]

@CreepyBastard55 I completely agree with you. One of the broadcasters for the NCWTS does a really good job as well. But, FOX Sports should get the season, seriously.

[vidEvWill]

I liked Mike Joy, also Ken Squier was real good he gave great insight to the Daytona 500, just got you ready to race.

[PYLrulz1984]

Today, Allison's car would of been pwned on the inside wall, and his day more than likely done.

[racerjake24]

where did you get this video

[hightech62]

someone with computer knowledge tell me what i need to be able to upload videos. I have a bunch of complete races from the late 80's all on VHS tapes. would love to share highlights if not too complicated.

[racerjake24]

well im not sure how to get them on your computer but when you do move it to a certain file place and then click upload and enter the title and all that and it will ask for you to choose the file and pick the file you want and then click UPLOAD

thats all i know because i dont use VHS tapes

[ehobeckracing]

i thought it was "SHEL--mer-deen". anyway, sweet i didn't know despain was a cbs person back in '89

[korko3]

lol gotta love the good old days running out with a new windshield or when Earnhardt rolled and they duct taped that friggin thing back together... Nascars entertainment factor may have gone up but it lost a lot of heart

[liveyourlifeyourway]

I know I'm gonna take some crap for this but I think if Davey hadn't died he might have had a greater career than Dale Earnhardt.

[wawwwaaa]

agree 100% even being an earnhardt fan

[19crash84]

Dale Earnhardt once said in 1998 in an interview that had Davey not been killed then he would not have been a 7 time champion. I actually have that somewhere and will post it when I find it.

[vidEvWill]

I saw that. If you have NASCAR's 50th Anniversary Series the interview is in "Good Old Gods" video which profiles NASCAR Legends Past and Present.

Earnhardt said "Davey just had so much talent if Davey was here he would be champion, champion, champion, and I might not be sevn time champion but we were never able to see it".

[19crash84]

I happen to have that whole series. I uploaded the Earnhardt interview a week ago or so. It is titled "Earnhardt's comments on Allison" or something like that.

[vettedude418]

i think its kinda funny how that they made such a big deal out of earnhardts flip and finish, but not allison.

[wolves16]

Similar to when Earnhardt rolled his car, and kept going.

Would have been great to see how far Allison could have gone in his career.

[floydfanTN]

How old was Kirk Shelmerdine when this Vid was takin'

[wawwwaaa]

donno...never new he was the CC of earnhardt

[bworth69]

Of course they didn't make as big of a deal about Allison as they did about Earnhardt. The announcers all kissed Earnhardt's butt.

[bworth69]

You are an Earnhardt fan and didn't know that Kirk Shelmerdine was Earnhardt's crew chief? They only won 4 of Dale's 7 championships together. I couldn't stand Earnhardt back then and I even know that.

[wawwwaaa]

I started watching in '00 and was a Benson fan more than an Earnhardt fan

[vidEvWill]

Yeah Benson almost won the Daytona 500 in 2000, a heartbreaker. Benson would wait until 2002

when he won at North Carolina.

[wawwwaaa]

ya i unfortunately missed both those races...well i'm glad he's successful in the trucks now.

[vidEvWill]

Well you'll be pretty glad you missed the 2000

Daytona 500 'cause it was a snorefest, very boring race, Benson should have won that race if it wasn't for a late caution flag. Jarrett got by him and won. His only victory was when he beat out his old teammate Mark Martin at North Carolina Speedway for the win, it was a thrilling battle, also Benson battled injuries at Richmond and Daytona and he returned in the early fall so it was up and down 2002 for Benson.

[bworth69]

As far as the comment about Allison possibly being better than Earnhardt. Dale Earnhardt himself said that he would not have won 7 championships if Davey Allison hadn't of been killed.

[jazzbo1974]

lol u can see larry mac as allison crew cheff to in the pits

[Crocfan20]

In addition to Davey's wreck,Phil Barkdoll spun in the same place and rolled onto his side on lap 144.There was also a big crash on lap 72.(It was cut out of the Nascar Classics replay).

[battalionfan888]

lol its Bill Elliott not Jody Ridley

[SKracing]

Elliott started the race in the #9, but because of a wrist injury suffered in practice was relieved in the early laps by Ridley.

[battalionfan888]

oic

[EnduroCrazedManiac]

LOL ..I seen on another show on TNN in 1989 called Hidden Heroes near the end that Davey and Geoff Bodine had a little shoving match after the Daytona 500...

[word360]

Haha, Joy looked younger then.

[coolconman1]

and thinner

[raceway24]

Anyone know where he finished in the race?

[nadeau1064]

According to racing-reference, Allison finished 25th while Hillin was 39th.