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Dug this out of the old rec.autos.sport.nascar indexes so some of the symbols won't transfer over properly but here it is. I think I wrote this 8 or so years ago originally......(sorry for the wall of text - it did NOT want to transfer over nicely at all - I'll try to clean it up or find it somewhere else to transfer from)
The 1989 Daytona 500
A dreary day in Daytona Beach and we have an all Hendrick front row
with Ken Schrader on the pole and Darrell Waltrip in second. Rounding
out the top 5 starters were Morgan Shepherd in the #75 Valvoline car,
Terry Labonte in the #11 Budweiser Ford, and Mark Martin in the
Stroh?s Light, Jack Roush Ford. Bill Elliott will get out after the
first pit stop of the day after he suffered a broken wrist in
practice, giving the wheel to Jody Ridley. We learn that everyone in
the field will start the race on Hoosier tires after the blowouts
suffered in practices and the 125?s, everyone except for Dave Marcis.
Way to go Dave. Brand loyalty reigns supreme for him. Too bad his car
sucks.
We start the race and DW leads the first lap and we quickly go single
file up front. After 20 laps the running order up front is Schrader in
the Folgers 25, Sterling Marlin in the 94 Sunoco car, Phil Parsons in
the 55 Skoal car, Waltrip in the 17 Tide ride, and Rick Mast in the
Travis Carter 66 unsponsored car. Another commercial and back and we
see Davey Allison minus his hood on pit road. Replays reveal that
Geoff ?Don?t call me Geoffrey? Bodine tags Allison on the backstretch
sending Davey into a series of spins through the grass and into the
dirt wall protecting Lake Lloyd and Allison gets flipped over but
comes back on his wheels. Man, this STILL YET can be considered one of
the most beautiful paint jobs ever. I loved this old scheme. Anyway,
we are shown a long profile on the rehab of Bobby Allison from his
devastating crash at Pocono the year before. This interview, and his
behavior reminds me of the way Steve Park seemed in the interview
after New Hampshire. Back to the track?..Rusty Wallace goes to the
garage to replace a bearing, and AJ Foyt blows his motor and retires
to the garage. CRASH ? Bobby Hillin in the Miller car blows a tire and
slams into the T3 wall, also collecting Charlie Baker. Of course since
this is 1989 CBS must have had all of their cameras focused on Rusty
going to the garage because they missed most of the crash.
Restart ? Schrader, Earnhardt, Geoff Bodine, and Waltrip break away
from the rest of the pack. Top 3 slowly break away from Waltrip.
COMMERCIALS ? Back and Bodine, Earnhardt, and Schrader run nose to
tail. Waltrip falls way off the pace and slips to 25th position.
Richard Petty has moved up to ninth on the start. There is decent
racing going on in the second group consisting of T. Labonte, Marlin,
Parsons, Wilson, and Rick Mast. CRASH on backstretch when Ronnie
Sanders just loses it coming off of T2. Restart after pit stops sees
Labonte, Wilson, Mast. They slice and dice up front without Earnhardt,
Schrader, and Bodine up there and Parsons takes the lead followed by
Wilson, Mast, and Earnhardt also creeps up into the lead draft in 5th.
COMMERCIAL ? back to a crash with Jody Ridley, Labonte, Dale Jarrett
in the 29 Hardees car, Lake Speed, Rodney Combs, and Chad Little. The
crash starts off of Turn 2 when Ridley loses it (he later claims he
was hit, and if he was it was by some mysterious invisible car), and
he takes the rest of the mentioned with him. Darrell Waltrip barely
squeezes by the accident, missing a spinning Chad Little by mere
inches. If you want to see violent head whip then watch this crash
from the inside of Ridley?s car, and his head whips violently
sideways, and his impact wasn?t nearly head on.
Restart: Parsons, Earnhardt, D.Waltrip, and G.Bodine are out front.
Earnhardt, Waltrip, and Bodine around Parsons. At lap 86 the lead
draft consists of Waltrip in front, Earnhardt in second, Bodine,
Parsons, Wilson, and Schrader. We go to David Hobbs who is up in the
brand spankin new Budweiser Sweet and he tells us about the lunch menu
consisting of string beans, teriyaki chicken, and country ham.
Yummmmmm. Back to the announcers in the booth, Jarrett and Ken Squier
who are complaining about Hobbs getting the good assignments. Also,
Chris Economaki is breaking in with his updates during the race. Back
to the track Schrader and Earnhardt around Waltrip for the lead.
Commercial ? back?..Schrader and Earnhardt break away from DW. Second
group is shown racing and it is Parsons, DW, G Bodine, and Sterling
Marlin. Green flag pit stops start and we go to commercial.
Back?.Martin hard into the wall with a blown right front tire. Dave
Marcis is laughing hysterically in his car, telling everyone that they
should have stayed with Goodyear. Then everyone reminds Dave that his
car don?t go fast enough to actually blow the tire and he shuts up.
Restart: Schrader, Alan Kulwicki in the 7 Zerex car, Mast, Gant in the
33 Skoal car, Earnhardt, and Mast break away. Pack racing in the
second pack with Richard Petty, Labonte, Michael Waltrip in the 30
Country Time car, and Larry Pearson.
Back from commercial at lap 132 its Schrader, Mast, Earnhardt, Gant up
front. Back from yet another commercial Phil Barkdoll and Rick Wilson
get together on the backstretch and Barkdoll slides down into the Lake
Lloyd bank of dirt and flips on his side. Everyone pits and after 148
the order is Mast, Earnhardt, Schrader, Parsons, and Bodine on the
restart. Top 3 quickly break away from the rest of the pack. Earnhardt
and Schrader send Mast to third. There is rumblings of people trying
to go all the way on fuel. IMPOSSIBLE says Ken Squier, saying that
nobody can go 55 laps. LAKERS/CELTICS CBS next! Wow, the good ol? days
with Bird and Magic. Schrader and Earnhardt have completely checked
out from everybody. 13 laps to go and the order is Schrader,
Earnhardt, Mast, Parsons, and Bodine. 11 to go and Schrader and
Earnhardt both pit. Schrader undershoots his pit and Earnhardt gets a
good jump out of the pits on Schrader. Kulwicki and Waltrip run 1-2
and reports from the pits say that both will try to go the distance as
Squier almost has a coronary. We go to YET another commercial with
only 6 laps to go. WTF?well, I?ll never complain about FOX/NBC
coverage ever again. 5 to go and Schrader catches and passes
Earnhardt. 4 to go and Kulwicki runs out of gas in the middle of T1.
Waltrip to the lead and he drafts up on the back of a lapped Rusty
Wallace car. Jarrett and Squier don?t think Waltrip will make it,
Squier may die before the end of the broadcast claiming there is no
way Waltrip will make it. DW does make it and wins his first ever
Daytona 500 in his 17th try, in car number 17, on February 17th.
Waltrip runs out of gas a few times on the last laps but it kept
picking up and he stretched it.
Top 5 finishers of the 1989 Daytona 500. 1. Darrell Waltrip 2. Ken
Schrader 3. Dale Earnhardt 4.Geoff Bodine 5. Phil Parsons
Drama rating: SCALE OF 1-10. (9) Can?t get much more dramatic seeing
Waltrip get his first ever 500 win by stretching his gas tank to its
limits. Also, watching Schrader and Earnhardt dice it out in case DW
couldn?t make it. Schrader had the car to beat that day no question
about it. He ran Earnhardt down at the end of the race and passed him
with little effort. The victory lane interview with Waltrip was
legendary with DW asking Mike Joy if this was the Daytona 500. He done
his ?Icky Shuffle? and slammed his helmet down and went nuts. ?I won
the Daytona 500, I WON the Daytona 500? It don?t get no better than
that.
Race rating: SCALE OF 1-10 (6) And I?m probably being generous. There
was no serious racing in the whole race for the lead. A few cars would
get together, and they would drive away. At one time Earnhardt and
Schrader were like 11 seconds ahead of 3rd place. It wasn?t a very
good ?racing? race.
The 1989 Daytona 500
A dreary day in Daytona Beach and we have an all Hendrick front row
with Ken Schrader on the pole and Darrell Waltrip in second. Rounding
out the top 5 starters were Morgan Shepherd in the #75 Valvoline car,
Terry Labonte in the #11 Budweiser Ford, and Mark Martin in the
Stroh?s Light, Jack Roush Ford. Bill Elliott will get out after the
first pit stop of the day after he suffered a broken wrist in
practice, giving the wheel to Jody Ridley. We learn that everyone in
the field will start the race on Hoosier tires after the blowouts
suffered in practices and the 125?s, everyone except for Dave Marcis.
Way to go Dave. Brand loyalty reigns supreme for him. Too bad his car
sucks.
We start the race and DW leads the first lap and we quickly go single
file up front. After 20 laps the running order up front is Schrader in
the Folgers 25, Sterling Marlin in the 94 Sunoco car, Phil Parsons in
the 55 Skoal car, Waltrip in the 17 Tide ride, and Rick Mast in the
Travis Carter 66 unsponsored car. Another commercial and back and we
see Davey Allison minus his hood on pit road. Replays reveal that
Geoff ?Don?t call me Geoffrey? Bodine tags Allison on the backstretch
sending Davey into a series of spins through the grass and into the
dirt wall protecting Lake Lloyd and Allison gets flipped over but
comes back on his wheels. Man, this STILL YET can be considered one of
the most beautiful paint jobs ever. I loved this old scheme. Anyway,
we are shown a long profile on the rehab of Bobby Allison from his
devastating crash at Pocono the year before. This interview, and his
behavior reminds me of the way Steve Park seemed in the interview
after New Hampshire. Back to the track?..Rusty Wallace goes to the
garage to replace a bearing, and AJ Foyt blows his motor and retires
to the garage. CRASH ? Bobby Hillin in the Miller car blows a tire and
slams into the T3 wall, also collecting Charlie Baker. Of course since
this is 1989 CBS must have had all of their cameras focused on Rusty
going to the garage because they missed most of the crash.
Restart ? Schrader, Earnhardt, Geoff Bodine, and Waltrip break away
from the rest of the pack. Top 3 slowly break away from Waltrip.
COMMERCIALS ? Back and Bodine, Earnhardt, and Schrader run nose to
tail. Waltrip falls way off the pace and slips to 25th position.
Richard Petty has moved up to ninth on the start. There is decent
racing going on in the second group consisting of T. Labonte, Marlin,
Parsons, Wilson, and Rick Mast. CRASH on backstretch when Ronnie
Sanders just loses it coming off of T2. Restart after pit stops sees
Labonte, Wilson, Mast. They slice and dice up front without Earnhardt,
Schrader, and Bodine up there and Parsons takes the lead followed by
Wilson, Mast, and Earnhardt also creeps up into the lead draft in 5th.
COMMERCIAL ? back to a crash with Jody Ridley, Labonte, Dale Jarrett
in the 29 Hardees car, Lake Speed, Rodney Combs, and Chad Little. The
crash starts off of Turn 2 when Ridley loses it (he later claims he
was hit, and if he was it was by some mysterious invisible car), and
he takes the rest of the mentioned with him. Darrell Waltrip barely
squeezes by the accident, missing a spinning Chad Little by mere
inches. If you want to see violent head whip then watch this crash
from the inside of Ridley?s car, and his head whips violently
sideways, and his impact wasn?t nearly head on.
Restart: Parsons, Earnhardt, D.Waltrip, and G.Bodine are out front.
Earnhardt, Waltrip, and Bodine around Parsons. At lap 86 the lead
draft consists of Waltrip in front, Earnhardt in second, Bodine,
Parsons, Wilson, and Schrader. We go to David Hobbs who is up in the
brand spankin new Budweiser Sweet and he tells us about the lunch menu
consisting of string beans, teriyaki chicken, and country ham.
Yummmmmm. Back to the announcers in the booth, Jarrett and Ken Squier
who are complaining about Hobbs getting the good assignments. Also,
Chris Economaki is breaking in with his updates during the race. Back
to the track Schrader and Earnhardt around Waltrip for the lead.
Commercial ? back?..Schrader and Earnhardt break away from DW. Second
group is shown racing and it is Parsons, DW, G Bodine, and Sterling
Marlin. Green flag pit stops start and we go to commercial.
Back?.Martin hard into the wall with a blown right front tire. Dave
Marcis is laughing hysterically in his car, telling everyone that they
should have stayed with Goodyear. Then everyone reminds Dave that his
car don?t go fast enough to actually blow the tire and he shuts up.
Restart: Schrader, Alan Kulwicki in the 7 Zerex car, Mast, Gant in the
33 Skoal car, Earnhardt, and Mast break away. Pack racing in the
second pack with Richard Petty, Labonte, Michael Waltrip in the 30
Country Time car, and Larry Pearson.
Back from commercial at lap 132 its Schrader, Mast, Earnhardt, Gant up
front. Back from yet another commercial Phil Barkdoll and Rick Wilson
get together on the backstretch and Barkdoll slides down into the Lake
Lloyd bank of dirt and flips on his side. Everyone pits and after 148
the order is Mast, Earnhardt, Schrader, Parsons, and Bodine on the
restart. Top 3 quickly break away from the rest of the pack. Earnhardt
and Schrader send Mast to third. There is rumblings of people trying
to go all the way on fuel. IMPOSSIBLE says Ken Squier, saying that
nobody can go 55 laps. LAKERS/CELTICS CBS next! Wow, the good ol? days
with Bird and Magic. Schrader and Earnhardt have completely checked
out from everybody. 13 laps to go and the order is Schrader,
Earnhardt, Mast, Parsons, and Bodine. 11 to go and Schrader and
Earnhardt both pit. Schrader undershoots his pit and Earnhardt gets a
good jump out of the pits on Schrader. Kulwicki and Waltrip run 1-2
and reports from the pits say that both will try to go the distance as
Squier almost has a coronary. We go to YET another commercial with
only 6 laps to go. WTF?well, I?ll never complain about FOX/NBC
coverage ever again. 5 to go and Schrader catches and passes
Earnhardt. 4 to go and Kulwicki runs out of gas in the middle of T1.
Waltrip to the lead and he drafts up on the back of a lapped Rusty
Wallace car. Jarrett and Squier don?t think Waltrip will make it,
Squier may die before the end of the broadcast claiming there is no
way Waltrip will make it. DW does make it and wins his first ever
Daytona 500 in his 17th try, in car number 17, on February 17th.
Waltrip runs out of gas a few times on the last laps but it kept
picking up and he stretched it.
Top 5 finishers of the 1989 Daytona 500. 1. Darrell Waltrip 2. Ken
Schrader 3. Dale Earnhardt 4.Geoff Bodine 5. Phil Parsons
Drama rating: SCALE OF 1-10. (9) Can?t get much more dramatic seeing
Waltrip get his first ever 500 win by stretching his gas tank to its
limits. Also, watching Schrader and Earnhardt dice it out in case DW
couldn?t make it. Schrader had the car to beat that day no question
about it. He ran Earnhardt down at the end of the race and passed him
with little effort. The victory lane interview with Waltrip was
legendary with DW asking Mike Joy if this was the Daytona 500. He done
his ?Icky Shuffle? and slammed his helmet down and went nuts. ?I won
the Daytona 500, I WON the Daytona 500? It don?t get no better than
that.
Race rating: SCALE OF 1-10 (6) And I?m probably being generous. There
was no serious racing in the whole race for the lead. A few cars would
get together, and they would drive away. At one time Earnhardt and
Schrader were like 11 seconds ahead of 3rd place. It wasn?t a very
good ?racing? race.
