1998 NAPA Autocare 500 from Martinsville Speedway | NASCAR Classic Full Race Replay

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2 жыл бұрын

Relive the 1998 NAPA Autocare 500 from Martinsville Speedway that saw Ricky Rudd fight off Jeff Gordon and extreme heat exhaustion to win the grandfather clock. Rudd later did his Victory Lane interview while laying down and being tended to by EMS.
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@derrickp3235 2 жыл бұрын

The sport was so alive during these times. It truly was a spectacle and a weekend experience worth going to. Wish it could get back to this

@nexgencarguyscraig331 2 жыл бұрын

It would if Nascar would go back to a low downforce high horsepower rules package again. 1.5 mile track being driven wide open doesn’t create racing. That creates a race where clean air is superior. Go back to when drivers actually had to have some skill to drive one of these cars. Where they were doing 185-190 on a 1.5 mile track and actually had to get braking points figured out and had to make decisions other than just “I’m gonna stay in the draft because if I don’t my low horsepower car won’t be able to overtake”

@samharris3508 2 жыл бұрын

NASCAR has slowly killed the fan experience. Why spend all the money to go to a race, and have a lesser experience? They need to do what IMSA does, and make the sport accessible to everyone, not just those that can pay the extra bucks.

@raygreen257 Жыл бұрын

nascar should have learn if it not broken dont fix it

@edd17sp74 2 жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion, every NASCAR fan who has never seen this race should watch it in its entirety. Ricky Rudd's performance in this race despite the conditions inside his race car was nothing short of incredible.

@spunky11111111 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this race live !! First NASCAR race !! Visited Al Rudd's junkyard in Virginia a week later !! They treated this Mexican well !! Nice guys !! A good family !!

@JasonRatcliff7896 Жыл бұрын

Was there n person, was 🔥 hot as hell. 106 I believe when we left the hotel...was in row 1 at start of turn 1 was covered n a layer of salt(dried sweat) & rubber an inch thick 😆 by end of race!!! A truly unforgettable experience, b4 that I was a nascar fan ever since i have been a nascar fanatic!!!

@TracksideViews 10 ай бұрын

@@JasonRatcliff7896was definitely not 106 degrees. Official records show 89 degrees with it being under 80 degrees before 11am.

@Tarikyurtsever09 2 жыл бұрын

90s man. Everything seems to be have been amazing

@PsychedelicGuy 2 жыл бұрын

It truly was an incredible time for the sport. Being 11 years old at the time I had no idea how special these times would end up being.

@truckercowboyed2638 2 жыл бұрын

It was definitely a special time and the sport was growing fast in the 90s.....

@grahamashcroft871 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was 10 years old back in 98. Loved the sport so much back then, it truly was amazing back then. So much better than it is today. In saying that I feel life in general was better then that it is today.

@russ091368 2 жыл бұрын

The best NASCAR coverage in the history of the sport. I miss these guys so much.

@SilverSylphide 2 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome to have entire seasons uploaded in this quality!

@JasonRatcliff7896 10 ай бұрын

Was there this day in person, row 1 entry to turn 1...IT WAS SO 🔥 HOTTT...BY THE END OF RACE WAS COMPLETELY COVERED N RUBBER & DRIED SWEAT, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, STILL A HARDCORE FAN & ATTEND RACES TO THIS DAY!!!

@youdud44 2 жыл бұрын

A 4:3 race that's not bastardizingly cropped. Kudos!

@LeoA2600 2 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of how they're filling the borders (Plain black, please, NASCAR), but I'll take that over a blurry cropped 16:9 upload any day.

@centsationalcoins5249 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Race! Loved rewatching this. I remember this race as a kid, more so for Rich Bickle getting emotional over a top 5. Butttt, having watched the full '98 season again, and seeing that team MISS a few races, you can see why he was so overcome with emotions.

@michaelatkinson6730 11 ай бұрын

This is an historic race. The winner was part of a lot of great historic races. Rudd belongs in the HOF. He competed hard with the best of them and was a formidable opponent to the sports best. Rudd has the respect of both fans and fellow drivers for over 2 decades. Put him in!

@_RT___ 2 жыл бұрын

I actually remember watching this exact race with my dad as a little kid. Don't remember Rudd's health at the end, but i remember my dad getting choked up watching the Rich Bickle post race interview

@1234KeithB 2 жыл бұрын

I was only nine years old at the time of this race and 98 was my first season as a diehard fan. I became a huge fan of Ricky Rudd because I liked Tide Car, I do remember he wasn’t doing that well that season but seeing he started 2nd I remember actually randomly praying he would win thinking that was a long shot and he frickin won! LOL may be a coincidence who knows but for a kid and considering all the circumstances it was surely a magical moment, I’ll never forget it.

@NickSamon 2 жыл бұрын

Pingu! You drove for NASCAR?

@drewh9805 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correct aspect ratio on this video. I was critical in the past but very much appreciate this.

@Parasignosis 2 жыл бұрын

It's quite striking Sterling Marlin never won on short tracks in cup, he often ran well at Bristol, Rockingham and Martinsville but never sealed the deal... On the other hand, he won the 2000 Cheez-It 250 (Busch race) at Bristol in the #82, a car he wasn't even supposed to drive that day.

@BengtsonJ 2 жыл бұрын

Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons were the Best Announcing Trio in NASCAR Full Stop.

@joshjarnagin3161 2 жыл бұрын

Nascar must’ve seen Darian’s video from a few days ago

@erikcorr3261 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s quite the coincidence

@jefferyrobertson7520 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikcorr3261 I Like Stanton Barrett ☺

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much 🤪

@jefferyrobertson7520 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonydeloreto3881 I'm Really Agree

@samsiebert_1219 2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say the same thing lol

@codym8897 2 жыл бұрын

On this 1998 episode of ESPN's Speedworld, we'll head to Martinsville, Virginia, where the NASCAR Winston Cup Series series held the NAPA Autocare 500.

@dennyspun8000 2 жыл бұрын

Wowsers! The sport was bursting in Popularity in these ages

@jonathanchilders8636 Жыл бұрын

I love this race mainly because it shows how much people cared back then. Rich Bickle crying after finishing 4th, Rudd driving the whole race in unbelievably tough heat. I hate to say it but I don't think people care and are that passionate anymore. Maybe I'm wrong.

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

It’s about time I finally have something good to talk about unlike the last few months, this race was overshadowed by Mark McGuire’s then-MLB record of 70 home runs in one season. That was VERY MAJOR at the time in sports that weekend.

@zelderan 2 жыл бұрын

So funny to hear the commentators talk about it accidentally on the air at 2:24:48 haha. "I thought you said we're clear!"

@tomgahagan7095 Жыл бұрын

Was at this race. Unbelievable heat. Rudd was tough. 😅

@vicp1990 2 жыл бұрын

That espn intro was on a different level

@Belugchanuwu 2 жыл бұрын

Who else loves the 90s?

@swoopenheiser1473 2 жыл бұрын

I love how the cars are already on the track for pace laps when the coverage starts and they get right into it, rather than three hours of bull crap beforehand.

@SamuelWilson615x 2 жыл бұрын

You know they did have pre race coverage before this right? They just edited it for KZfaq

@rgrmllns 2 жыл бұрын

I was at that race , went to both Martinsville races each year from 97 to 04

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

Also pretty cool this has the satellite feed! 😎🏁

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

NASCAR. Thank you! 👍🏻 This is exactly the way it was presented. No cropping, no gimmicky editing. Just 100% perfect quality! 👌🏻 thank you for keeping the 4:3 aspect ratio because it’s from 1998, that’s how it should look like! A+++++++

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

@Mori Calliope troll 😒 Yeah, unless we’re talking about races from 2005-present, sure. But every year before 2005 is a big no.

@corwintipper7317 2 жыл бұрын

n0lkpji

@danieltourigny1063 2 жыл бұрын

The first Nascar race I saw on tv. I'm a fan since that day. I was use to wake up (very) early on sundays to watch F1. And at that time, Schumacker was dominating the sport. So it was a bit... I wouldn't say boring, but action was missing. It's like, Before that race, the world was in black and white, and after this incredible finish, the world was in colors...

@mikep3813 2 жыл бұрын

That's because they washed it in Tide 😉

@bigalexg 10 ай бұрын

Me too. Loved the Sunday ritual of waking early for the Shumaker/Hakkenin rivalry in F1 as I learned about F1 for the first time and then came Nascar. Hardly missed a race for the next 15 years and then my interest finally fizzeled out -stll watch F1 though. What an exciting era was late 90's Nascar.

@holzmann- 9 ай бұрын

Ricky Rudd was a badass.

@coreyv574 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Bob Jenkins

@mambo3509 2 жыл бұрын

Ricky will always be my favorite true blue collar iron man

@racingmaniac2549 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

@tooltime4640 2 жыл бұрын

Now a days you wouldn’t see a driver finish a race like that. Ricky Rudd was one tough customer.

@WesleyRiddleAllThatMMA 2 жыл бұрын

Rich Bickle ❤️

@anthonydeloreto3881 2 жыл бұрын

He cried after this race not because of how great he finished, it was more so missing out on winning that race. Losing that race as great as he ran is what made him cry more so.

@GPSjammer 6 ай бұрын

@@anthonydeloreto3881You're wrong

@anthonydeloreto3881 6 ай бұрын

@@GPSjammer That’s what he said in his book.

@Karvlnen 3 ай бұрын

Chad Little's John Deere livery has to be one of my all time favourite liveries.

@Schteve.0 2 жыл бұрын

man this is soooo good, the nostalgia...

@CaptainCapital8 4 ай бұрын

What a PILE OF GRIT FROM RICKY RUDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ABOUT THAT!!!! that chamber must've at least 200 degrees +

@dnasty312 2 жыл бұрын

Who else agrees The Rooster belongs in the NASCAR Hall of Fame?

@815scorpius7 2 ай бұрын

He just got in

@jr3503 Жыл бұрын

Rudd was and is so underrated

@truckercowboyed2638 2 жыл бұрын

Man, no corner walls or curbs ?? And two actual pit roads ...the best version of Martinsville....

@dnasty312 2 жыл бұрын

An actual Victory Lane?

@MrBurney12 Жыл бұрын

They always had curbs there just not so tall back then

@jacekatalakis8316 2 жыл бұрын

Man, the MLB home run chsase in 98...dominated everything. ESPN had a habit of cutting away to the ballpark during other sports to cover the at bats. Including, amusingly, other more important baseball games..or CART/IRL/NHRA/insert motorsport here

@Kevin01SH 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching these older races, cant believe Rudd was able to withstand the heat for hours and maintain his ability to drive. Im sure if he had a mid pack car he would have hopped out.

@clemsondru80 Жыл бұрын

Ricky rudd was a real racecar driver

@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff Gordon finishes 2nd in a stellar year

@SaskatchewanICE 9 ай бұрын

4:55 welcome to Martinsville 👌

@mbbarnes80 2 жыл бұрын

Back when martinsville had duel pit roads

@quentinparhiala9415 11 ай бұрын

Awesome race

@simoneburini4036 2 жыл бұрын

Which parts of the race car body had to be shaped identically to the road car in 1998?

@joshuawhittemore2723 2 жыл бұрын

I like how they don't throw a yellow every 5 seconds

@sheikfrankicechibu1827 2 жыл бұрын

I was hardcore rudd fan and was there! Was torture listening to scanner

@ryanhowell4492 2 жыл бұрын

I miss these cars

@holidaylightsva2515 2 ай бұрын

Starting Last: Dave Marcis

@bigfan2932 7 ай бұрын

Why no pre-race? Pre race was great back then! (Not so now.)

@micahcooper4505 11 ай бұрын

In my 2019 Hyundai Kona, I welded the spider gears together to have a "poor mans posi" but I feel no difference because my engine has no balls.

@120skyscraper 2 жыл бұрын

its odd seeing martinsville with its old split pit lane and not its current pit lane

@ralfnuggs165 2 жыл бұрын

Did he say god bless america lmao

@raymiller6351 2 жыл бұрын

man I remember how hot nascar was back then

@scottsterbb598 2 жыл бұрын

WHY DID HE THANK KYLE BUSCH AND NOT MENTION DALE JR!!!!!!!???????MAKES NO SENSE!! JR NEEDS TO HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH NOAH COME ON MAN!!

@Caleb2.00 2 жыл бұрын

Helloo

@randymichel459 Жыл бұрын

Back when broadcasting was better and the quality of racing was too. Less circus-like.

@johncarl5505 2 жыл бұрын

We need power back. 670 HP is pathetic.

@joshjarnagin3161 2 жыл бұрын

You mean the same amount as seen in this race?

@johncarl5505 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshjarnagin3161 It's 2021, we should be at 1200 HP by now.

@anubeia 2 жыл бұрын

Did the maths for you. 1200 horsepower plus an already unstable aero package equals a 40-car field of 260mph unguided missiles. I think I'd rather stick with the restrictors rather than watch rows A through M at plate tracks get disembowelled.

@michaelatkinson6730 11 ай бұрын

Look at the crowd. NASCAR dont have crowds like that anymore.

@bduddy55555 2 жыл бұрын

It was one of the last few races, but they're not spending the entire race obsessing over "playoffs" or some other BS. Anyone missing it? No? Didn't think so...

@mikep3813 2 жыл бұрын

They didn't need to mention point standings because with 6 races to go and Gordon up by 300 points it was kinda pointless.

@vicp1990 2 жыл бұрын

I think nascar got ride of purse details because drivers are making too much for subpar on track action

@joshuawhittemore2723 2 жыл бұрын

Now look at nascar 😭

@Chad-wu4ij 2 жыл бұрын

Once NASCAR tried to go corporate and made the first 26 races basically meaningless they killed the sport. Plus all the gimmicks, stages, strict templates, lack of short tracks, and most importantly not allowing drivers to be themselves and develop personalities. Blue collar America can't relate to the sport anymore.