NASCAR Winston Cup at Australia 1988: (pt.1/7)

How about some classic Winston Cup racing - the exhibition race at the Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne, Australia in 1988: the Goodyear NASCAR 500k.

In honor of Labor Day, I am not going to post my normal race details! LOL How is that for labor?

I do not have the full race, I have a cropped and edited version that jumps ahead a bit in the race, so my apologies.

Please enjoy the race!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• NASCAR
• Winston
• Cup
• Series
• NWC
• Melbourne
• Australia
• Goodyear
• Calder
• Park
• Thunderdome
• Neil
• Bonnet
• Bobby
• Allison
• Dave
• Marcis

[AMFForumvideo]

I have some Thunder dome coverage on my Channel but wow this is very cool! Thanks for uploading mate this is great!!! Never new Bobby Alison came to Australia :O

[wildbeemer]

there was another race there at the end of the 1988 season or start of '89, but i dont know who raced, who won, and i havent seen anyone who has footage

i think more top-name drivers went to the second event, like Earnhardt and Wallace, etc. but dont quote me on that lol

[TopCat956]

The Goodyear Christmas 500 (with a $1 million prize purse) saw Sterling Marlin, Morgan Shepard, Dave Marcis, Michael Waltrip, Harry Gant, Rick Wilson, Jimmy Means, Trevor Boys, Rodney Combs, and several others come over.

There wasn't another big American invasion until the 1990 Christmas 400, where Terry Labonte, Ken Schrader, Dick Trickle, Phil Barkdoll and a few others came over.

[wildbeemer]

@TopCat956 - im looking to get my hands on that Christmas races, as i dont have either of them but know people who might possess them

[hammr25]

Why are they driving the wrong way around Calder Park?

[wildbeemer]

the track was designed so cars could driver in either direction

American oval tracks go in a counter-clockwise directions, so this probably threw off a few of the Australian oval trackers that normally make right-hand turns instead lol

[ratedrsuperstar302]

Thumbs up if you think Bob Jane should upgrade Calder to FIA and Nascar standeds

[Zadan]

@hammr25 The top category ALWAYS raced counter-clockwise. Only Auscar and the HQ Holdens raced clockwise.

[moparcupseries2021]

I live near that truck

[DesotellRacing62]

I mean I love the Bud Shootout and All Star...but I wish NASCAR still did events like this or what they did in Japan

[jeffgardens]

what you hear with this track

[jeffgardens]

was at that time I was born

[BanditHamlin11]

Looks like an Australian version of Charlotte

[NJBritton]

MULLETS!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THE MULLETS!!

[Brodeur303030]

@Zadan Correct, but the real reason is so the drivers door is never on the same side as the wall.