Me too. Lost its luster

It's almost like a series of iroc races. Pretty soon Nascar will give the teams sealed engines and transmissions .

You are so correct. I am 64 and we were crazy for stock car racing, but it is such a 'contrived' mess now that I will watch anything on TV but a Nascar race. From the stupidity of 'stage racing' to the silliness of the endless 'red flags' and 'green-white-checkers', the so-called sport didn't need a truly boring roster of drivers, but it ended up with that as well. Nascar is such a joke that the inept fools that run it cannot even come up with a decent race car!

The rules? You grew up! You probably don't watch Disney movies anymore either...

@@philiphatfield5666 It would be endlessly pathetic if you were still watching NASCAR at 64, be proud of the fact that you matured past it.

In part they had an idea he had AIDS before it was announced he had it. They didn't want him in a car due to not wanting anyone exposed to it

He shouldn't have lied then

@@KellieLeigh48 true

@@shaunstrasser1Tim was not the first to lie lie, and he damn sure wasn’t the last lie. Doesn’t change the fact he was a hell of a race, car, driver, and good people

@@kennithmorella2693 NASCAR lied about Mayfield as well

I've heard people studder, but I've never seen it until now lol

Did you watch the clip? He entered a closed pit

@@arwyss yes I did watch the clip. And yes in the clip it is said that he entered a closed pit. It should be obvious the comment is not based on a minutes long KZfaq clip.

NASCAR has their favorites

Bill France Senior and Junior ran NASCAR THE RIGHT WAY…

I am a Dale Earnhardt fan and I will have to say I agree with your post. Tim Richmond was a huge threat to Dale Earnhardt winning 7 titles. I would go as far as to say that a healthy Tim Richmond could have easily won two to three. Sure would have been fun and exciting to see him Dale SR duke it out for many years!

@@richgrimmett9993 Dale would have one 7 championships if Richmond raced till 2021. Richmond would have won 1 or 2 championships also, 1 or 2 other current champions would never one a title. Richmond had money and was having a fun time racing. Dale was a Racer.

@@richgrimmett9993 That could have been up there with Petty/Pearson rivalry.

Tim Richmond and Davy Allison would have had at least 5 between them. Alan Kulwiki could have gotten more himself. I'd have loved to see Bobby Allison get another one.

Definitely

And now they're running it into the ground.

Did you even watch the clip? He entered a closed pit lane

@bradbroemmer9106 nascar will be around long after you're gone 😂

@@jonnobarrie1744 herpes will always be around too. Doesn't mean it's good

@@clarenceghammjr1326 DK was "The Man" I believe Tim first drove in Nascar for DK, it's actually a little scary too think of all the shenanigans afoot with those two run'n amuck! 😆👍

I like the way you think.

LOL

They had an idea he had HIV at the time and since back then people believed you could get the virus just by touching an uncut part of the infected person's body is why

Oh, they still race nascar? Forgot

If they could get these new guys to be about what these race warriors were about, I'd probably start watching it again. Too much politics involved now for good racing.

Yeah, you just spend all day going on youtube and writing comments on auto racing videos

He wasn't 'plugged in'.

And woke bubba bullish!t

You are right. Nascar cannot even come up with a decent race car! They hype the hell out of it, and give it important names like the 'Car Of Tomorrow' or the 'Next-Gen' car, but it never seems to drive any better than a stock car from the 1980's!

Your comment is... "choice!"

Most of the public would say Tim who? A 1980s NASCAR driver that only had a couple years toward the top of the sport doesn't leave a lasting impression beyond us old farts that watched the sport 40 years ago. Definitely not a candidate for a movie.

@@kenpumphrey8384 How many people knew who James Hunt was? Rush was an excellent movie. The same can be done with Richmond’s life.

@@kenpumphrey8384 The same could be said about Ford vs Ferrari, yet it turned out to be a very popular and well received movie.

Not even close

During each race...

@@CadillacToothdeville That too.

You mean during the race.

They need to throw away the rule book. Give every driver a long block and a set of tires. May the Best Man Win. That would bring back the fans.

For sure. A huge hit to the sport.

Ernie Irvin was doing good in 1994 before his wreck messed him up, may have won the title that year.

I thought if you got the black and white stripe, they no longer scored you (you are DQ'ed). I was expecting he would've had to park it. You're going to get in trouble if you ignore flags, they are for safety, even if there is a screw up. They can correct a lap penalty (allow the car to do a drive-by, which I think I've seen them do), but if you take it out of their hands.

No, Richmond did not quit the race. He finished 3 laps down in 11th place.

If the story is true, then this just puts Nascar Lower on the list for me then it already is. True he should not have done what he did, but sadly he paid the ultimate price and I know one girlfriend also.

Most of this has been verified

NASCAR is the biggest joke in Motorsports!

F NASCAR ...

Most of what you stated is true ( probably all of it, but the set-up part would be near impossible to prove ) & while I loved Tim Richmond, I alway's totally understood Richard Petty's grievance with Tim. For decades already in that era, driver's took they're lives in their hand's everytime they crawled thru the window of those fire breathing death traps! None, not one ( well maybe DK ) ever wanted to be on-track racing anyone who may be on drug's & let's face it, Tim alway's looked to be having a "real good" time. Tim took the vow to his grave, that he never did cocaine & since no one, not The King, nor NASCAR EVER PROVED otherwise, I'll take Richmond's word for it, but I totally got where Richard was coming from 🙏 RIP TR, for you are LEGEND ✝️ As for Earnhardt, there was a HUGE difference between the guy you saw on TV & the REAL guy when no one was watch'n. The few guy's that could match Sr's Wheelman talent had aged out by 1985, Petty, Pearson, Allison & Cale could all match Dale in their prime, but by 85 only Tim could look The Intimidator dead in his eye & not blink, Dale Sr absolutely knew that, so I certainly believe there is some merit to what you say concerning Dale.

Damn you slow son lol jk

@@ghostfarmer358 like they always say, better late than never 😆

Related to you anyway @Joe...😲

So what.

@@johnkramer7161 my poor feelings.

Not sure what that has to do with anything but if it makes you feel like a tough guy for saying it then good for you.

@@fathermetalASMR Found the soy boy

“Earnfart” Are you six years old because that’s the kind of insult I would expect from someone at that age. Need I remind you when NASCAR was giving Tim all kinds of grief in 1988, the only driver that stuck up for him, and spoke on his behalf was Dale Earnhardt.

FACTS!!!