Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

Due to the bad accident nearing the end of the Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta this past Sunday the driver of the #53 Chevrolet, Slick Johnson has injuries that will force him out of action for the foreseeable future. Slick has broken both his legs and a couple ribs along with other minor injuries due to the crash in turn 1 on lap 155. It is estimated that he will be unable to think about climbing back into a car for 4 to 6 months from now. How long it will take Slick to get into a car and be healed enough to run a full race will quite possibly force him to miss the rest of the 1981 season as it will take him until the the Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono in July at the earliest to heal from his injuries, but that does leave him another 2 to 4 months before the season ends so it is possible he will be in a car before the season ends. Slick Johnson said that he will be back before the season ends no matter what. Even if he has to drive with a crutch on the accelerator.

David Pearson has pretty much been to blame for 2 bad wrecks the past 2 races that NASCAR thinks could have been avoided. The 1st wreck at North Carolina fortunately didn't hurt anyone and Pearson was on the rough end of that wreck, but this week Slick Johnson did sustain major injuries and NASCAR is holding Pearson back from racing until he can be cleared from his doctors that he is fit and capable to drive a race car. David Pearson released a statement saying that he is truly sorry that Mr. Johnson got seriously hurt at Atlanta and that he is fine and able to race and will do what is necessary to get back on the track in time for the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington in 4 weeks.

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"#16 David Pearson Wrecks Video"

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Valleydale 500"
March 29th, 1981


"Bristol International Raceway"
Bristol, Tennessee


Race 6 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Bobby Wawak
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison leads the field to take the green flag for the 2nd race in a row and had 56 poles in 508 career races"


"Two rookies, #37 Mike Alexander and #5 Morgan Shepherd get together on lap 85"


"#87 Gary Balough get's into the wall and spins into #10 Cale Yarborough ending his day on lap #93"


"#24 Cecil Gordon spins right in front of #38 John Anderson and #23 Bryan Dehn as neither one could avoid the wreck on lap 148"


"#90 Jody Ridley has car troubles on lap 178 ending his day"


"A bunch of cars block the track and #23 Bryan Dehn locks them up all the way from the corner and still can't avoid contact on lap 205"


"#87 Gary Balough has something break on his car coming out of the pits and slams into the outside wall getting #11 Darrell Waltrip and #3 Richard Childress involved on lap 212"


"#70 J.D. McDuffie does his best helicopter impression when he hits the guard rail going outside of the track on lap 228"


"#71 Dave Marcis and #20 Rick Newsom tangle down the front stretch leading both of them into the inside wall on lap 235"


"#88 Ricky Rudd won the race as it's his 1st of the season and of his career in his 97th career start"


"Race Recap"
#42 Kyle Petty dominated this race leading 131 laps, but the late race cautions closed up the field and #88 Ricky Rudd was in the top 5 all day and was able to get past Kyle Petty on a restart and never looked back using the lapped cars on the inside line to block Kyle from mounting any come back. There was cars that would get too high up off of turn 4 and would hit the guard rail entrance to the inside of the track and would cause serious damage to the cars and others around them. The track officials and NASCAR will take a look into why the cars would get loose on the high end of the track and work to secure that guard rail to prevent any serious injuries in the future. There was 7 cautions for 34 laps and 8 drivers exchanged the lead 12 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 20"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 21 through 67"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 68 through 70"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 71"
#15 Lake Speed "Laps 72 through 74"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 75 through 87"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 88"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 89 through 91"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 92"
#42 Kyle Petty "Laps 93 through 152"
#40 Joe Booher "Lap 153"
#42 Kyle Petty "Laps 154 through 224"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 225 through 250"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I got into 2 wrecks that I couldn't avoid and went 7 laps down, but all the late cautions helped me to a better finish than what my car was capable of doing. It was a trying day, but instead of just packing it in I was able to gain a few more points than I otherwise would have gotten.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Northwestern Bank 400
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
April 5th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

In a statement released prior to the start of today's race NASCAR officials and doctors have determined after a couple weeks of testing and monitoring that David Pearson is fit and of able mind to be behind the wheel of a race car and is still scheduled to attempt to qualify and compete in the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington next week.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Northwestern Bank 400"
April 5th, 1981


"North Wilkesboro Speedway"
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina


Race 7 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Darrell Waltrip


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#11 Darrell Waltrip earns his 3rd pole of the season and is his 23rd career pole in 227 starts"


"#5 Morgan Shepherd get's a little too close as he brushes off the turn 4 wall on lap 37"


"The downward spiral that is the career of #43 Richard Petty continues as he has to make an unscheduled pit stop on lap 39 all, but ending his shot at a good finish"


"Speaking of tough seasons. #10 Cale Yarborough is not faring too well in the new team for Junior Johnson as he is spun out by #12 Donnie Allison trying to make his green flag pit stop"


"#21 Neil Bonnett blows up right in front of leader #28 Bobby Allison on lap 90"


"#28 Bobby Allison battles #2 Dale Earnhardt for the lead on lap 112"


"Chaos breaks out in the pits as #7 Dick Brooks, #75 Joe Millikan and #42 Kyle Petty get together causing a road block on lap 137"


"#23 Bryan Dehn battels fellow Wisconsinite #71 Dave Marcis side by side when Dehn comes down a little and Marcis slides up a little causing contact and around goes Dehn and #22 Stan Barrett finishes off the job down the front stretch"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip battled car issues all day and something finally breaks in front of the rest of the field and #26 Butch Lindley and #99 Tim Richmond find themselves with no where to go"


"#28 Bobby Allison picks up his 2nd victory of the season edging out #2 Dale Earnhardt for his 59th career victory in 505 starts"


"Race Recap"
With the dominating victory and the car troubles for #11 Darrell Waltrip, #28 Bobby Allison re-assumes 1st place in the season point standings with #2 Dale Earnhardt and #90 Jody Ridley not too far beh9ind making it a 4 driver race at this early point in the season. All, but 1 car was able to finish the race today as #21 Neil Bonnett's dismal season continues with a blown motor and was forced to finish in last. 2 drivers started their 1st ever NASCAR Winston Cup race today in #02 Mark Martin and #06 Ernie Cline. I wonder if either of these 2 men will find success at the top level? There was 3 cautions for 15 laps and only 3 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 6 times during today's race.

"Lap Leaders"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 1 through 53"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 54 through 93"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 94 through 111"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 112 through 136"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 137"
#15 Lake Speed "Laps 138 through 139"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 140 through 200"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I finished in the top 10 so my day couldn't have been too bad. I was fighting for a top 5 when Marcis spun me out. He was low on the track for laps as we battled side by side and I thought I gave him enough room low, but apparently he didn't see it that way. I am happy and thank the crew for fixing what damage I did have so I could battle my way back through the field and finish where I did as to not loose as many points as I could have or like I have been the last couple weeks.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
Darlington, South Carolina
April 12th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"CRC Rebel Chemicals Rebel 500"
April 12th, 1981


"Darlington Raceway"
Darlington, South Carolina


Race 8 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Benny Parsons
Fall 1980: Ronnie Thomas


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#23 Bryan Dehn wins his 2nd pole of the season and of his career in his 39th start as he leads the field to take the green flag"


"#23 Bryan Dehn get's by #90 Jody Ridley and takes over the lead on lap 7"


"#23 Bryan Dehn is only able to hold on for so long before #28 Bobby Allison assumes his normal spot at the front on lap 10"


"#5 Morgan Shepherd has tire problems on lap 42 and brings out the 1st caution of the day"


"During the pit stops under yellow #23 Bryan Dehn slides too far into his pit stall and the crew is unable to change the left side tires"


"A collage of blown motors throughout the race including #40 Joe Booher, #43 & #42 Richard & Kyle Petty, #99 Tim Richmond, #19 Dick May, #33 Harry Gant, #68 Lennie Pond & #12 Donnie Allison"


"The big wreck happened on a restart on lap 111 when the lapped car of #23 Bryan Dehn slid up the track and caught the side of #2 Dale Earnhardt and spun out in front of the rest of the field knocking out quite a few good cars including himself"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip made it through the wreck, but cut a tire in the process and didn't pit instead finding out when the field took the green flag on the restart"


"#67 Buddy Arrington passes #64 Tommy Gale on lap 154 which is the move for the lead"


"#67 Buddy Arrington crosses the finish line for the 1st time this season and the 1st time of his career in his 375 career start"


"Race Recap"
#28 Bobby Allison was his usual self leading the most laps and over half of the race before finding some type of miss fortune in the late stages to not be able to bring home the victory. #64 Tommy Gale seems to shine at the track too tough to tame as he lead 34 laps today and almost came home with the victory and last year in the spring race he lead 31 laps before finishing 4th after leading in the late stages of the race. #16 David Pearson showed everyone that he can still drive a race car after his debacles at North Carolina and Atlanta coming home with a 6th place finish. There was 3 cautions for 12 laps and 10 drivers each lead a lap exchanging the lead 18 times.

"Lap Leaders"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 1 through 6"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 7 through 9"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 10 through 32"
#23 Bryan Dehn "Laps 33 through 34"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 35 through 76"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Lap 77"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 78 through 112"
#64 Tommy Gale "Laps 113 through 138"
#48 James Hylton "Lap 139"
#15 Lake Speed "Lap 140"
#86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson "Laps 141 through 143"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 144 through 145"
#64 Tommy Gale "Laps 146 through 153"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 154 through 169"
#9 Bill Elliott "Lap 170"
#48 James Hylton "Laps 171 through 173"
#86 Elliott Forbes-Robinson "Laps 174 through 175"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 176 through 178"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 179 through 184"

"Fast Laps"
#33 Harry Gant "30.082 - Lap 4"
#48 James Hylton "30.165 - Lap 36"
#16 David Pearson "30.219 - Lap 118"
#10 Cale Yarborough "30.226 - Lap 38"
#99 Tim Richmond "30.228 - Lap 5"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was running well got to lead some laps which I haven't done much of yet this year, but got put a lap down after a short pit stop running a bit too hard and scrubbing down my tires. On the restart there I got a little too antsy trying to get by Earnhardt. I knew I had a good enough car to get my lead back, but we touched just a little bit and it ended my day. I had another pole and I failed to deliver where it matters and that's where you finish the race and not where you start it.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Virginia 500
Martinsville, Virginia
April 26th, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Virginia 500"
April 26th, 1981


"Martinsville Speedway"
Martinsville, Virginia


Race 9 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Bryan Dehn


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#87 Gary Balough surprises everyone winning the pole for the 1st time in his career in his 7th start"


"#28 Bobby Allison leaves the pits and get's into #5 Morgan Shepherd and loses control of his car for #52 Jimmy Means to get involved on lap 83"


"#24 Cecil Gordon his issues coming out of the pit aswell and ends up hitting the wall hard and rolling over the car when #71 Dave Marcis hits him on lap 121"


"#23 Bryan Dehn makes it 3 wide and touches #26 Butch Lindley and he get's up into #11 Darrell Waltrip and they both go into the wall ending Lindley's day on lap 127"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas and #6 Joe Ruttman get together in turn 3 and they hard the wall hard both nearly flipping as Thomas rides the wall on his side for a moment on lap 190"


"#52 Jimmy Means loses an engine and stalls out coming out of turn 4 leaving everyone behind him with no where to go until the bottom of the track clears out on lap 197"


"After leading a bunch of the race #12 Donnie Allison get's tangled up with #10 Cale Yarborough and #21 Neil Bonnett and Allsion hits the wall head on pretty hard"


"From Martinsville in the fall of 1980, look familiar?"


"After short pitting and going a lap down #12 Donnie Allison picks a perfect time to get revenge on #23 Bryan Dehn keeping him a lap down and effectively ending his race"


"#40 Joe Booher has been on the verge of victory twice already this season and once last season and has finished in the top 10 half of the races he started the last 2 years and finally is able to finish off the deal winning his 1st career race in just his 22nd career start"


"Race Recap"
#88 Ricky Rudd nearly won his 2nd short track race of the season, but the lapped cars proved to be too much to overcome as #40 Joe Booher pulled out in front of the lapped cars and cruised to his 1st career victory. Booher had a 2nd place finish at Atlanta last season when Rusty Wallace came out of no where to go to victory lane and he had a 3rd place finish at North Carolina this year where he lead 70 laps only to fall off at the end and a 3rd place finish at Bristol aswell. With Booher driving well he will try to compete the rest of the season in the D.K. Ulrich prepared car. #87 Gary Balough nearly put the #87 car in victory lane for the 2nd time in 2 years winning the pole and leading a bunch of laps early only to fall back in the middle of the race, but was able to hit his marks and come away with a 3rd place finish today. There was 7 cautions on the day and 10 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 19 times.

"Lap Leaders"
#87 Gary Balough "Laps 1 through 57"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 58 through 70"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 71 through 82"
#22 Stan Barrett "Lap 83"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 84 through 102"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 103 through 123"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 124"
#22 Stan Barrett "Laps 125 through 126"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 127 through 130"
#87 Gary Balough "Lap 131"
#12 Donnie Allison "Laps 132 through 164"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 165 through 169"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 170 through 174"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 175"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Lap 176"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 177 through 183"
#12 Donnie Allison "Laps 184 through 207"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 208 through 211"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 212 through 221"
#40 Joe Booher "Laps 222 through 250"

"Fast Laps"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "21.965 - Lap 149"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "21.987 - Lap 157"
#87 Gary Balough "21.997 - Lap 247"
#33 Harry Gant "22.011 - Lap 99"
#3 Richard Childress "22.031 - Lap 120"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I had a good car today even though qualifying didn't show it. I was clicking the laps away trying my best to mind my own business except for that 3 wide mess I got the other drivers into. Many others along with myself elected to pit a pit earlier to try and gain an advantage on the track, but I was greeted with the chrome horn of Donnie Allison which put many of us a lap down and ended any chance we had at a good finish. He got me back for turning him last year here so I can't really complain too much, but I'm sure my crew will be pretty vocal about it.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Winston 500
Talladega, Alabama
May 3rd, 1981

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series News & Notes"

Who would have imagined that #40 Joe Booher winning a race would cause controversy? Most people would ask who the hell Joe Booher even is, but the man has been on fire the past 2 seasons and it's looking more and more like it's for real and not a fluke. The #40 car owned by D.K. Ulrich has visited victory lane twice the past 2 seasons with Stan Barrett winning at North Carolina last season so it's not even that far fetched from a car owner stand point. Which leads me to ole Tim Richmond. He has struggled so far in the quest for "Rookie of the Year" in another D.K. Ulrich owned vehicle. It has been reported that Richmond is unhappy with his #99 team not performing up to the level that the #40 team is. It is said that Richmond has demanded that he be put into the #40 ride as he is the one with a future in this sport and 2 years from now no one will even remember how Joe Booher is. Not only because the #40 team is doing well, but they are also in the top 25 in owners points and have provisionals to use in case of a bad qualifying day which Richmond has had 3 of and has not been able to compete in the full allotted races this season. There is no word on what D.K. Ulrich has said in reply or what he plans on doing about the situation as of yet, but it would be hard for him to lose a driver that does show a lot of promise and could be talking the truth when it comes to him being the part of the future of NASCAR. On the other hand you can't just go switch what is working in Joe Booher and as long as he continues to perform why make the change?

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Winston 500"
May 3rd, 1981


"Alabama International Motor Speedway"
Talladega, Alabama


Race 10 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dick Brooks
Fall 1980: Kyle Petty


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#43 Richard Petty earns his 1st pole of the season and the 127th of his career in his 846th start"


"The field is 3 wide through turns 3 and 4 on lap 13"


"#47 Ron Bouchard blows his engine on lap 23 and will finish in last for the 2nd week in a row"


"#90 Jody Ridley goes for a violent ride much like his Daytona flip last year on lap 57"


"#40 Joe Booher blows his engine on lap 58 under caution"


"A bunch of cars get mixed up as a few try to make last second decisions to pit causing a big pile up with 6 cars having to retire from the race as a result on lap 75"


"A little extra activity after the track is mainly clear of the wreck between #7 Dick Brooks and #16 Chuck Bown entering the tri-oval on lap 75"


"#23 Bryan Dehn and #10 Cale Yarborough touch just a bit coming out of turn 4 sending Yarborough into the wall and looses many positions as a result on lap 87"


"Fighting for 2nd place bewtween the 2 Wisconsin boys #71 Dave Marcis get's #23 Bryan Dehn a little sideways in the tri-oval, but manages to keep the foot on the pedal and the car going strait heading for the checkered flag"


"#2 Dale Earnhardt has his 3rd win of the season and his 10th career victory in his 77th start"


"Race Recap"
#90 Jody Ridley has had the 2 worst flip and rolls in the past 2 years and wasn't able to qualify for the Daytona 500 last year, but went on to win at Richmond the very next week. It may seem like getting tossed around like a rag doll wakes him up and we will see what happens next week to see f this still holds true. Today's race was pretty clean with only the 2 big wrecks. #43 Richard Petty won the pole for the race, but once again has issues with his car and is forced to settle for a bad finish. Only Richard and #24 Cecil Gordon has started all of the last 41 races (1980 & 1981) and has not found victory lane. Unheard of for a man with 190 wins and 200 might just end up being a dream instead of what everyone thought would eventually be a reality. There was 2 cautions on the day and 20 drivers lead a lap exchanging the lead 56 times.

"Lap Leaders"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 1"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 2"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 3"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 4 through 7"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Lap 8"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 9"
#67 Buddy Arrington "Laps 10 through 11"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 12 through 14"
#88 Ricky Rudd "Laps 15 through 16"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 17"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 18"
#20 Rick Newsom "Lap 19"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 20"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 21"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 22"
#1 Buddy Baker "Lap 23"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 24"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 25"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 26 through 27"
#21 Neil Bonnett "Lap 28"
#37 Mike Alexander "Lap 29"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 30"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 31 through 32"
#25 Ronnie Thomas "Lap 33"
#94 Bobby Wawak "Lap 34"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 35 through 36"
#37 Mike Alexander "Laps 37 through 38"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 39 through 43"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 44 through 45"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 46"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 48"
#71 Dave Marcis "Laps 49 through 50"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 51"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 52"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 53 through 55"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Laps 56 through 62"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Lap 63"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 64"
#70 J.D. McDuffie "Lap 65"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 66"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "Lap 67"
#9 Bill Elliott "Lap 68"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 69 through 70"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 71"
#33 Harry Gant "Laps 72 through 74"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 75"
#33 Harry Gant "Lap 76"
#52 Jimmy Means "Lap 77"
#24 Cecil Gordon "Laps 78 through 79"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Lap 80"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 81 through 83"
#75 Joe Millikan "Lap 84"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 85"
#75 Joe Millikan "Lap 86"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 87 through 92"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "Laps 93 through 94"


"Fast Laps"
#1 Buddy Baker "47.833 - Lap 83"
#15 Lake Speed "47.863 - Lap 83"
#28 Bobby Allison "47.866 - Lap 83"
#20 Rick Newsom "47.866 - Lap 83"
#33 Harry Gant "47.899 - Lap 83"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
The Oldsmobile did really good today. We qualified 13th and finished 2nd. We were not able to lead a lap, but we stayed in front of the wrecks even though we tried and was almost put into 1 late in the race there. We were able to move up to 7th in points trying to stay close enough for if we can get on a run like the end of last year we will be right back into the think of the points battle.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Melling Tool 420
Nashville, Tennessee
May 9th, 1981

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One of the most impressive forums I've seen in my short time here. I'm going to keep track of this. Great job, keep it up.

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My curiosity is getting the best of me. What game is this? I've never seen it before.

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My curiosity is getting the best of me. What game is this? I've never seen it before.

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season for the PC, yes 10 year old game

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"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Melling Tool 420"
May 9th, 1981


"Nashville Speedway USA"
Nashville, Tennessee


Race 11 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dale Earnhardt
Fall 1980: Dale Earnhardt


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#28 Bobby Allison wins his 3rd pole of the season and his 57th career pole in his 509th career start"


"The 2 Junior John cars in #11 Darrell Waltrip & #10 Cale Yarborough along with #15 Lake Speed fight side by side for 2nd place lap after lap"


"#18 Randy Ogden checks up and #23 Bryan Dehn get's into the rear end of #47 Ron Bouchard on lap 24"


"#11 Darrell Waltrip catches and passes #28 Bobby Allison for the lead on lap 83"


"The bad luc continues for #10 Cale Yarborough as he get's turned sideways under green flag pit stops"


"The engine let's go in the #47 Ron Bouchard car as he finishes in last place for the 3rd week in a row"


"#25 Ronnie Thomas slows up to miss #02 Mark Martin and get's spun by #18 Randy Ogden on lap 156"


"As the race nears the end on the restart on lap 166 they go 3 wide to gain spots and get by the lapped cars"


"After leading the better part of the end of the race #90 Jody Ridley surrenders the lead to #44 Terry Labonte with just 3 laps to go"


"#44 Terry Labonte comes home victorious winning his 2nd career race in his 78th start"


"Race Recap"
The season points battle is tightening up with 4 drivers all within 100 points of leader, #28 Bobby Allison. #90 Jody Ridley almost pulled off the flip and roll the week before and come back to win the next week, but #44 Terry Labonte got by him to lead the only 3 laps of the race to win the race. Just a week after complaining about the lack of power from his car #99 Tim Richmond came home 11th. After his initial outburst everything has been hush, hush and we have no new news on the subject. There was 3 cautions on the day and 5 drivers exchanged the lead 10 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 1 through 82"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Lap 83"
#28 Bobby Allison "Lap 84"
#10 Cale Yarborough "Laps 85 through 86"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 87 through 116"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 117 through 134"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 135 through 136"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 137 through 139"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "Laps 140 through 159"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 160 through 207"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 208 through 210"


"Fast Laps"
#71 Dave Marcis "20.331 - Lap 146"
#44 Terry Labonte "20.331 - Lap 170"
#21 Neil Bonnett "20.335 - Lap 145"
#11 Darrell Waltrip "20.356 - Lap 8"
#52 Jimmy Means "20.360 - Lap 141"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
I was given a good car today. Again I wasn't able to lead a lap and my qualifying effort wans't very good, but I probably drove the cleanest race of my career and made my way up through the field battling Bobby Allison on last lap and getting past him for a 4th place finish. It's back to back top 5 finishes and I feel that the team and I are starting to get it together a lot sooner this season than last year. I feel my 1st victory of the season is not too far away if the crew keeps working hard to give me great cars, my father keeps making the right moves in the pits and I keep the nose clean and run within myself and not try to force the issue with all these other talented drivers on the track.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
Mason-Dixon 500
Dover, Delaware
May 17th, 1981

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Re: Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

I still absolutely love this! Great work brother. You make me want to order this game to do a sim.

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Wish I could order this game, best deal I found was $90 on amazon. That's a little out of my zone game wise.

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Re: Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

With an additional cost of a wheel & pedals which is not a must, but make the game way more enjoyable it is pretty pricey. It's that way for a reason though. There is so many mods and tracks and car sets that it's actually worth way more than that if you look at it from buying a new console game for 60. It's got 1000000's times more content than you will find lol.

If your interested you should sign up for the BGN offline league when we get to the 1982 season for a chance to have a car in the Winston Cup series. Just a fun little added thing to help include some reader participation.

Thanks for stopping in guys!

[Kingd803]

Re: Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

I put 100s of hours into that game. That mod actually. Aero 88. Nascar in the 80s is my all time favorite. I got the game for that mod. DW is my all time favorite driver. Kinda sad he isn't havin the same luck in your "franchise" as he did in 81 in real life.

If you don't mind I'll get a car painted up for next year. Give you a whole background story of my driver and everything.

[Sacrafice]

Re: Rewriting the history of NASCAR (Starting in 1980)

I put 100s of hours into that game. That mod actually. Aero 88. Nascar in the 80s is my all time favorite. I got the game for that mod. DW is my all time favorite driver. Kinda sad he isn't havin the same luck in your "franchise" as he did in 81 in real life.

If you don't mind I'll get a car painted up for next year. Give you a whole background story of my driver and everything.

DW was my favorite also. Actually Bobby Allison was first, then DW when he stepped into the #17 Tide ride. So it's a good time period for me having those 2 pretty much dominate from '81 through '84. DW is having a good season. He is hanging around and actually in '81 he was 350 some points back with 17 races to go and rattled off 17 top 10's and I don't know how many wins and top 5's while posting 4 poles and victories in a row in that stretch. He had something like 7-8 races where he finished 2nd or better. Not sure on the number, but close to that to come from behind and steal the championship.

As for the car I run a Busch Series in another post as an offline league where all the drivers are from the various forums I post this on and competing there is the only way to get a ride in the Winston Cup Series (this thread). Although there is a couple guys from other forums that have done threads like this and I have ran with in GT5 leagues and such and plan to hold races for this online with the couple of us and the AI to test maybe future participation with others if everything goes well.


So anyway Sorry for the lack of updates. This is usually that time of the year where MLB The Show ends up stealing a bunch of my attention so sorry for the lack of updates. I got to get back on the ball and run these races and keep up lol... This is also for the BGN guys that read and participate in that thread as well.

"NASCAR Winston Cup Series"


"Mason-Dixon 500"
May 17th, 1981


"Dover Downs International Speedway"
Dover, Delaware


Race 12 of 31 during the 1981 Season


"Past Winners"
Spring 1980: Dave Marcis
Fall 1980: Cale Yarborough


"Qualifying"



"Race"

"#44 Terry Labonte steals a victory last week and comes to Dover and starts where he left off by winning the pole for the 1st time this season and the 2nd career pole in his 79th start"


"It didn't take long for #28 Bobby Allison to resume where he usually runs during the races by far leading the most laps this season, but can't keep his car there at the end only winning twice so far"


"As mentioned #28 Bobby Allison as flat out dominating this race and here on lap 107 #11 Darrell Waltrip can see his back bumper and would be the closest anyone would get to him for most of the day"


"Then the bad luck strikes as #88 Ricky Rudd is coming out of the pits #23 Bryan Dehn is low trying to avoid a 3 wide situation and can't get slowed down in time causing a bunch of mayhem on lap 205 for the 1st caution of the day"


"When there is a wreck at Dover is is not of the normal variety as it spews onto the front stretch as #22 Stan Barrett fellow teammate #33 Harry Gant & #27 Benny Parsons get collected"


"A view of the before moments from #28 Bobby Allison where #23 Bryan Dehn didn't need to be that low on the track. Allison would get damage, but still had a fast car"


"After 205 strait green flag laps only 4 cars would remain on the lead lap. Could #90 Jody Ridley win this week or could #44 Terry Labonte steal another one from perennial front runners #28 Bobby Allison & #11 Darrell Waltrip?"


"On lap 233 #28 Bobby Allison & #11 Darrell Waltrip exit pit lane while the other 2 whom had pitted a couple laps earlier drive by"


"#90 Jody Ridley leading with 1 & 1/2 laps to go, but caught up in lapped traffic with #44 Terry Labonte licking his chops for a 2nd strait victory"


"#90 Jody Ridley is able to get around the lapped traffic and motors his way to victory for the 1st time this season and the 3rd time in his career starting his 54th race"


"Race Recap"
#44 Terry Labonte and #90 Jody Ridley finish 1-2 for the 2nd strait week flipping positions this time around. #28 Bobby Allison led 215 of the 250 laps giving him the most laps lead since the start of 1980 in a single race, but getting involved in that wreck caused his pit crew to take a little longer on pit road and comes home in 4th position. He wasn't able to extend his point lead much as #11 Darrell Waltrip and #2 Dale Earnhardt each had top 5 finishes, but he still keeps it and Labonte & Ridley are quickly making it a 5 horse race for the season points championship. There was the lone caution on the day and 6 drivers exchanged the lead 14 times during the race.

"Lap Leaders"
#44 Terry Labonte "Laps 1 through 5"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 6 through 32"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 33"
#43 Richard Petty "Laps 34 through 35"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 36 through 66"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 67 through 69"
#71 Dave Marcis "Lap 70"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 71 through 101"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 102 through 103"
#71 Dave Marcis "Lap 104"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 105 through 136"
#90 Jody Ridley "Lap 137"
#28 Bobby Allison "Laps 138 through 235"
#90 Jody Ridley "Laps 236 through 250"

"Fast Laps"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "23.626 - Lap 213"
#28 Bobby Allison "23.655 - Lap 5"
#5 Morgan Shepherd "23.656 - Lap 75"
#3 Richard Childress "23.664 - Lap 176"
#2 Dale Earnhardt "23.677 - Lap 5"


"Video Recap"



"#23 Bryan Dehn's Day"
What do I say about this one. We qualified 38th and worked our way into the top 10, but still managed to get put a lap down as did the whole field. We didn't have anything for the top 5 today and we were out there turning good laps and had avoided disaster a couple times during the race, but I wanted to be careful knowing #67 Buddy Arrington had a run on me and was going to go into turn 3 slow enough to fall back behind Allison and the group I was running with as they had a few lap better tires and was too busy looking in my rear view mirror instead of seeing Rudd come out in front of me and it was over then. Man what a way to end what could have been the first caution free race and what could have been a top 10 run. If I don't beat myself I think I can win a lot of races, but I just know if I have it in me to win championships with the lack of putting a full run together week in and week out.


"Race Results"



"Point Standings"



"Next Race"
1981 Winston All-Star Race
Charlotte, North Carolina
May 23rd, 1981