Added: Jan 21, 2012
From: cjs3872
Duration: 9:53
No copyright infringement is intended with this, or any other video I upload. The purpose of uploading this video is for the viewing pleasure for those that watch it.This is part seven of the 1985 Daytona 500. This race, the 27th running of the Daytona 500, marked a najor changing of the guard in the sport's biggest race.In this video, we first see Cale Yarborough (engine failure) and Terry Labonte (oil leak, which led to a slipping clutch) being interviewed after their respective problems. Labonte's problem may also be why he was dropping back so quickly.Then Tim Richmond crashed after breaking a wheel in turn two, the first of two such failures during the race. During the caution, CBS does a feature on Tim Richmond, which is interrupted by a problem on Richard Petty's car. Apparently, Petty had run out of fuel in the pits during the caution and his crew sprayed ether to try to start the car. To make matters worse, Petty also broke the transmission trying to leave the pits. The feature on Richmond is then concluded, with a few seconds overlapping.Also, note that the second round of green flag pit stops had begun just prior to Richmond's crash. David Pearson and Ricky Rudd were among those that stopped, cauding them to each lose a lap. Pearson's situation caused confusion, both with scoring, as well as the CBS broadcast, both of which had Pearson in the lead for the lap 78 restart, when he was, in fact, one lap down. Buddy Baker also pitted under green, but the caution saved him from going down a second lap. Baker's second pit stop also made his earlier mistake of overshooting his pit on the first stop meaningless, something Ned Jarrett completely misses later in the broadcast.Also, other than the three Daytona 500s in the first four years of the event that went caution-free (1959, '61-'62), the 71 laps that were run before the first caution flag was displayed was the longest span of green flag running to start the race in the history of the event to that time, enabling Bill Elliott to average 192.425 MPH for the first 70 laps of the race, still a record to this day.All credits go to SPEED, ESPN Classic, NASCAR, and CBS Sports, who originally broadcast this race on February 17, 1985.
Channel: Sports
Tags: 1985 daytona 500 speed espn classic nascar cbs sports tim richmond cale yarborough terry labonte richard petty
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cjs3872 Says:
May 15, 2012 - Well, Tim Richmond was the first superstar driver that Rick Hendrick had, though he was not driving for Hendrick at this time. Hendrick knew he had a champion in Richmond, but his excesses got the best of him. In fact, I believe his curse lives on with all the misfortunes that the old #25 car (now the #88 car) at it's drivers had. But Richmond was going to be one of the great ones. Men like Johnny Rutherford, A.J. Foyt, and Roger Penske truly believed that before Richmond even came into NASCAR.
CarolinaFanJase Says:
May 15, 2012 - Just so you know, I'm DSFF from the racing reference forums.
cjs3872 Says:
May 15, 2012 - Okay, I guess you and I can chat here on YouTube about the races that I and others have uploaded, including the 1973 Indianapolis 500 and the 1984 and '85 Daytona 500s that I've uploaded. I'm probably goin to out up other Indy races from the past, taking advantage of this being Indianapolis 500 time. I can upload the SpeedVision Indy 500: The Classics' 1973 and '74 episodes any time I want to, and the 1972 Indianapolis 500 film from Indy 500: The Classics is also a priority.
CarolinaFanJase Says:
May 15, 2012 - Awesome bit about Tim. Truly one of a kind and a personality the sport could really use right about now. But I had to laugh during the workout piece when he said he wasn't there for the women. I'm sure he truly cared about getting in shape, but you know he hooked up with a lot of them. Also, an unfortunate choice of music in retrospect by the producers. "Fame, I'm gonna live forever". Actually, it is quite fitting. 25 years gone and we still remember him fondly.