1988 Budweiser 400 - Part 1 of 12

A howto to drive at Riverside, the starting lineup and the start of the Final Winston Cup race at Riverside the Budweiser 400.

This was taped obviously on ESPN Classic Canada in October of 2004.

The first of 12 parts

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Nascar
• Winston
• Cup
• Series
• Riverside
• International
• Raceway
• Budweiser
• 400
• 1988
• ESPN
• Classic

[LadyThrillerFields]

I just need a few questions answered

1. was this a slow process or death of a racetrack?...i mean did they say in 1982 that by 1988 the track would be done for

2. if the track was still around which drivers would be good at it?

[battalionfan888]

i do know that the track was supposed to be gone by 1988 but not sure when it was announced originally that it was going to go away. I'm pretty sure when the track switched owners in 1983 there was plans to close it, i do know it was supposed to close before 88 but construction delays allowed it to stay open longer, the track actually didnt close until 1989, the track (turn 8 arena and 1st part of the Backstretch) were torn down in 88 but other parts of the track were used until 89

[F1V1]

They should still race Riverside...

[battalionfan888]

kinda hard when the track doesnt exist anymore lol

but yea i know what you mean

[leafninja208]

got any other riverside races besides 88?

[battalionfan888]

im happy to say IAM GETTING SOME :)

ill be getting the fall races from 86 and 87 sometime in the next week

[ToroRosso20]

LOL, I live near the old raceway. The mall is crap!!!

Now I have to go to Fontana to see Nascar!

[jimmymystry]

I was there as well for the entire weekend of races. I was 24 back then and lived in Sunnymead from 1972. I saw many a race there and participated in the last SCORE race in August of '88. Lot's of good memories! Thank you so much for these videos.

Jimmy Thomas (Class of 1982 MVHS)

[TheCougarFrom1983]

Rick Hendrick driving lol ..I would like to see this today if Roger Penske or Jack Roush said to his drivers one weekend "Hell i'm getting out here this weekend with you guys and give it a try"

[ajcrdstr24]

@ZacharyFilms - It's an instrumental version of "Only You Know and I Know" by Phil Collins.

[WorldChallenge]

There was actually a plan to revive Riverside, only the developers got sued for environmental reasons and eventually the land went into bankruptcy.

[ZacharyFilms]

Does anyone know the music from 00:19 to 2:24?

[ToroRosso20]

Jocko Maggiacomo's last race.

[misfits4life1]

was this rick hendricks first nascar race

[negtype13]

3:08...BWAAAHAHHAHAHAA!!!!

[WrestlingStandard]

It's just so sad to see that Riverside International Raceway is gone. That was a sad and unfair end to a classic NASCAR road course. Thank God we have Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. That track will NEVER close if NASCAR has anything to say about it.