The 1987 was the fastest in NASCAR’s history, with record breaking speeds at Daytona and Talladega. This was all fun and games until Bobby Allison’s terrible crash in the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega. Allison’s car was thrown into the catch fence but was luckily uninjured. Today we’re taking a deeper dive into how and why this crash happened, and then the fallout and safety changes that were put into place afterwards.
The Crash That Changed NASCAR Forever
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The crash that killed Dale Earnhardt is what changed is what changed NASCAR forever
43 cars bumper to bumper at 180 is far more dangerous than single file at 210.
Nascar turned liberal. Ask bubba wallace.
Bubba couldnt drive at 210
Restrictor plate racing on the superspeedways doesn't bother me all that much. What I hate are the yellow flag laps between stages. By all means, keep the stages, but run them under green flag conditions. It's far more entertaining watching green flag pit stops, not to mention putting greater strategic decisions on the race teams.
Driving in circles to entertain drunk rednecks.
Restrictor plates ruined Nascar!!
Restrictor plate racing was invented. Many teams were filing off the plates edges to increase HP. BTW- Allison didn't blow his engine that day.
"Very serious"thats why guys race!remember milinials….
NASCAR IS just Crashcar anyways, who are they kidding?
Look closely at the right front fender of Allison's car as he began to slide (around 4:24 in the video). SOMETHING destroyed that tire and fender and it certainly did not come from the REAR of the car. You can also see a puff of smoke originating from under the R/F wheel well before the car got totally out of shape. The evidence is there. You can draw your own conclusions. There appears to be some sort of catastrophic failure of what was likely a rotating part under the hood which departed with enough kinetic energy to destroy the R/F fender and tire. Another factor here is that the aerodynamic surfaces which provide downforce when traveling forward provide the exact opposite effect (lift) when traveling backwards. The anti-lift panels almost eliminate that tendency to "fly" when going backwards.
As a person who has always loved and couldn’t go quick enough or fast enough to satisfy me. If you say this or that shit quit racing, you pussies
Dale Sr crash himself to victory many times he pit maneuvered all leaders to take the lead
Cars fly off the ground at 200 mph. I do miss real automobiles verses fabricated cars.
I was at Talladega when Tiny Lund died in a crash in turn 2. It was an eye opening experience for an impressionable young teen as to how dangerous the sport really was. Plate under the carb lead to very boring races.
From a how-fast- can-you-go sport to the uninteresting, fading, boringwoke-leaning joke full of weak-sauce wanna-be's it has become today.
I was watching this race with my grandparents on tv and have aways remembered this crash.
Russell Phillips was possibly the most gruesome wreck involving the fence. Many fans have died watching races. I remember when a tire went into the crowd at MIS and killed 3. Terrible sport.
You would think that they would increase the size of the damn wall and first saftey fence while also adding a second safety fence in front of the crowd and just keep the speeds…but no. derp wins.
watching the whole Field bunched up for Laps on end is more than tedious, like watching a Parking-Lot @hi-speed.
Geoff Bodine is spot on saying “It’s safer spread out @210MPH than bunched up @190MPH,
I concur!
god as a young teen i was mezz merrr iiiized the beginning of the end of the golden age