|| *Comments on the 1989 Daytona 500:* View the most recent comment <#93> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Jake posted: 05.26.2005 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DW's first and only victory in the Daytona 500. He and Jeff Hammond decided to gamble on gas mileage and they ended up beating their teammate Kenny Schrader and Dale Sr. for the victory. 2. MASH_guy posted: 08.15.2005 - 4:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As Hammond said in American Zoom, "the amount of gas left in that son-of-a-gun wouldn't have hit the bottom of you cup." But there was just enough of Waltrip to the win in his 17th try. A very emotional victory lane followed, with Waltrip attempting (and failing at) his version of the Ickey Shuffle, complete with a helmet spike. 3. larry spencer posted: 10.06.2005 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) D W good job 4. Darrell posted: 11.20.2005 - 11:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best. Daytona 500. Ever. 5. Matt posted: 11.23.2005 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eddie Bierschwale (ride bought by Petty after he DNQed) was replaced by Kyle Petty and Bill Elliott (broken wrist) was replaced by Jody Ridley on lap 3 after Bonnett cut an oil line to bring out the first caution. Davey Allison flipped after hitting the dirt bank surrounding Lake Lloyd but was able to finish the race. 6. Matt posted: 12.07.2005 - 1:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ: #0 Delma Cowart, #1 Doug Heveron, #31 Philip Duffie, #31 Jim Sauter, #34 Charlie Glotzbach, #39 Ricky Woodward, #41 Jim Bown, #42 Kyle Petty, #49 Tony Spanos, #52 Jimmy Means, #57 Hut Stricklin, #59 Mark Gibson, #60 Jimmy Horton, #68 Derrike Cope, #74 Randy LaJoie, #77 Connie Saylor, #85 Bobby Gerhart, #95 Trevor Boys. 7. Darrell posted: 01.29.2006 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's intresting. Derrike Cope didn't qualify for for a race would win one year later. 8. Anonymous posted: 02.19.2006 - 5:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also that is wierd-3 Hendrick cars in Top 4 not being the best finish Hendrick has had here. 9. Darrell posted: 03.05.2006 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was just looking at my tape of this race. Dave Despain himselff was one of the pit reporters! 10. Evan posted: 04.06.2006 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Moment in Nascar history:1989 Gambling on gas mileage, Darrell Waltrip uses every drop to make it to checkered flag to win the 1989 Daytona 500. Waltrip seems surprised in his interview "I won the Daytona 500!!,It sure better be! I ain't dreamin, am I?, I sure better not be!!". To top it off, he jumps off his car and does the "Ickey Shuffle", complete with Helmet spike. In world news, in China, in Mao Zhedong Square, two young Chinese college students stand their ground against resistance from the tanks. 11. Steve posted: 04.23.2006 - 6:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good win, Darrell. He thought he was going to run out of fuel because he saw the leader Alan Kulwicki drop off the pace (he and Darrell pitted on the same lap with 50-odd laps to go). Alan had a cut tire. Darrell thought Alan had run out of gas. The 1989 season was also the first in which every Winston Cup race was televised. Does anybody know the last Winston Cup race that was NOT televised? 12. Thomas posted: 04.28.2006 - 7:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think 1989 was just the first season in which all the races were televised flag-to-flag. They still weren't all live (especially Martinsville and North Wilkesboro), but at least you got to see the whole race. Before 1989, most all the races were televised in some fashion, but NOT flag-to-flag (like on ABC Wide World of Sports, Jefferson Pilot, Mizlou, American Sports Cavalcade on TNN, or Showtime Pay-Per-View.) I could be completely wrong, but my records show that the last Winston/Nextel Cup race before the 1989 TV contracts that was not televised was 1986 at Watkins Glen. Of course, several races that were scheduled to have coverage both before and after 1989 were ultimately not televised due to rain delays. 13. CBCMikeyfan posted: 06.04.2006 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've got a NASCAR trivia book that says the first year they were all televised live was 1991. So in 1991, ESPN must have quit tape-delaying the races, because I think ESPN tape delays were the only races that weren't live at that point. But I've always been curious about the TV stuff in the 80's. What was Mizlou? And races on Showtime Pay-Per-View? That's a new one on me. 14. Bill posted: 10.14.2006 - 1:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 1986 WC race at Watkins Glen WAS televised (by ESPN). Tim Richmond won the race. (I know this because I'm holding the master copy in my hand). At least in 1991, I know the races were sometimes taped delayed. The first race at North Wilkesboro in 91 was tape delayed. 15. Eric C posted: 11.11.2006 - 5:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can faintly remember commercials for the Watkins Glen race in the late 80s, live on PPV. 16. Thomas posted: 11.21.2006 - 10:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill, your right. I don't know why I said Watkins Glen 1986. I think I confused it with Riverside, which I'm pretty sure did not get TV coverage for some of its races in the early 80s. CBCMikeyfan, to answer your question, Mizlou was a sports television network in the 80s that syndicated sports programming to network affiliates across the United States. They mostly covered races at Dover, Pocono, and Charlotte. Showtime Pay-Per-View showed some commercial free races from Pocono and showed edited coverage of races from Martinsville and Richmond, among other tracks. 17. most posted: 12.16.2006 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Funny how coverage has changed, I also remember having to watch the Indy 500 from 11:30 to 5am back then. About this race, that was a pretty crazy flip Davey had, about as smooth as it could ever happen and not much damage. I think he got more damage from the windshield flying out than the flip. 18. WOW! posted: 01.17.2007 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eddie Bierschwale's only career top 10. And he only had to run 3 laps. 19. Thomas posted: 02.01.2007 - 10:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I found out that the 1985 Budweiser 400 at Riverside wasn't televised. I'm pretty sure that was the last Winston/Nextel Cup race that had no TV coverage of any kind. 20. myself posted: 02.13.2007 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Davey Allison would've been a major player in this race's outcome had he not have had a problem on the backstretch early in the race. His car was extremely fast prior to that incident. He did win the July Daytona race w/ that same car later in 89'! 21. myself posted: 03.15.2007 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first Daytona 500 since the early 60s w/o the great Cale Yarborough! 22. The Real biffle16 posted: 07.16.2007 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That picture of Brett Bodine on the starting lineup was priceless. Look up "1989 Daytona 500" on YouTube, and you'll find it. Or, you could just wait until Tuesday night, when it comes on on the Sun Sports Network. 23. Douche Bagolow posted: 07.20.2007 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was also not only Eddie Bierschwale's only top-10, it was also his only lead-lap finish. 24. The Real Thomas posted: 12.03.2007 - 5:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I also forgot to mention SETN (Special Events Television Network.) They did the same thing that Mizlou and Jefferson Pilot did by syndicating edited versions of races to network affiliates. They also produced commercial releases on VHS of races they televised, with more content than was aired on the TV version. 25. SK posted: 12.09.2007 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Mast puts together an absolutely solid run in only his 3rd career start, leading 9 laps en route to a 6th-place finish. It would take him 2 years to reach that height again. 26. Mr. Etc posted: 12.17.2007 - 6:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember the 95 Spring Martinsville race being tape delayed by about an hour or two (ironically the race was delayed by rain so it ended up live if I remember correctly.) 27. Anonymous posted: 01.14.2008 - 1:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Mast was the only one able to keep up with Schrader and Earnhardt during the middle portion of this race. 28. RaceFanX posted: 01.21.2008 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It doesn't count since it was in relief of Bill Elliott, but this was the last time Jody Ridley ran with the Cup guys 29. RaceFanX posted: 01.31.2008 - 4:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ARCA legend Lee Raymond makes his sole appearence on the Cup tour, finishing a decent 26th 30. myself posted: 02.22.2008 - 10:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I recall making the foolish mistake of labeling Rick Mast as the odds on favorite to win rookie of the year in '89 after this race. 31. stricklinfan82 posted: 04.18.2008 - 2:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first time every Cup race was televised LIVE was 1994. That did not happen again until 1997, and every race has been televised live ever since. 1989 was the first year every race was televised flag-to-flag. However, because of ESPN's NFL Draft coverage the spring North Wilkesboro or spring Martinsville race that fell on draft day was tape-delayed from 89-93. In addition several other miscellaneous races were tape-delayed for various reasons until 1994. 1992 was the first year every Cup race was televised flag-to-flag on normal TV. In 1989 and 1990 the spring Pocono race was only available on Pay-Per-View. In 1991 ABC dumped the Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta when it was rained out until Monday and no other TV network picked up the coverage. So that remains the last Cup race with no TV coverage (other than the first 47 laps ABC did televise on Sunday before the rain-out). 32. Scott posted: 05.05.2008 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Boy, oh,boy, can you believe that? But you know something. If Waltrip ran empty, Kenny was running so strong he probably would've won, but hey, it could've been Dale. 33. JCS posted: 08.28.2008 - 8:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 'Ol DW was such a basketcase in Victory Lane after winning his first Daytona 500, but it was entertaining! 34. jp posted: 03.01.2009 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Barkdoll got on his side. 35. jp posted: 05.01.2009 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey Matt, why does Phillip Duffie and Jim Sauter both have number 31 as their number? 36. Steve posted: 11.11.2009 - 2:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow! No one mentioned Neil Bonnett's dramatic exit? On Lap 3 the Wood Brothers' T-Bird slowed with a failed engine, filling the car with smoke. Neil stops the car in the Turn 1 grass as the field continues at full speed. He then climbs out and Neil kneels on the ground (like Jimmy Spencer did 2 years later) trying to breathe in some fresh air. The yellow flag was not waved until over a minute after Bonnett had climbed out. Also Bobby Hillin Jr is credited here as starting 6th when he actually started 26th (Marlin started 6th). The starting lineup music CBS used in 1989 is my favorite of their choices (also used in 1992 and 1994). 37. 18fan posted: 04.08.2010 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wasn't alive to see this race, but didn't Dale have some problem with his car that it would sputter if it led. Ken Schrader had it until DW began his Gasmaster reign. 38. Sébastien posted: 04.24.2010 - 6:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hess #40 was sponsored by Oldsmobile (TV panel). Ruttman #45 main sponsor was Schaefer. Mast #66 was unsponsored. Raymond #69 was unsponsored. Barkdoll #73 was sponsored by Oldsmobile / Bobby Fisher (Sides / TV panel). Baker #93 was sponsored by Sirchie. 39. amazinfanatic31 posted: 02.05.2011 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Travis Carter was Mast's crew chief in the race. Mast gave it a great run with an underfunded team. Mast said the team would only run a partial schedule if sponsorship was not found, (an interview on MRN). Mast turned out to be right. 40. Walleyewhacker posted: 05.26.2011 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) NASCAR gave away the store to the Chevy teams during the first half of the 1989 season (before the Lumina was legal and approved to run) and let them run flush headlight covers on their old Monte Carlos that no street Monte Carlo ever had. Why? It's not like the Ford teams were running great as they had massive handling problems with the new 1989 Thunderbird. I stopped watching after the first couple of races in 1989 until the playing field was leveled mid-season when the Chevy teams had to run the Lumina. 41. Ryan posted: 08.15.2011 - 10:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I wasn't alive to see this race, but didn't Dale have some problem with his car that it would sputter if it led. Ken Schrader had it until DW began his Gasmaster reign." Yes, 18fan, He had problems staying out front. All he could do was draft. He actually beat Schrader out of the pits on their last stop, but about a lap or two later Schrader was able to blow right by him on the back stretch, something usually very difficult to do with one car. I believe Dale had some problems during practice. 42. Brad24 posted: 02.11.2012 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, Jody Ridley lost control, overcorrected, and hit the wall at an angle in turn 2 eerily similar to Earnhardt's wreck. 43. 10andJoe posted: 05.15.2012 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #68 sponsor/team: Purolator Pontiac (Jim Testa) 44. RaceFanX posted: 01.31.2013 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ cars/owners: Trevor Boys- #95 Sadler Racing Chevrolet- Earl Sadler Ricky Woodward- #39 Moen Ford- Blackie Wangerin Philip Duffie- #32 U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel Buick Jim Sauter- #31 Slender You Figure Salons Pontiac- Bob Clark Tony Spanos- #49 Hylton Engineering Buick- James Hylton Delma Cowart- #0 J.W. Exley Lumber Co. Chevrolet- H.L. Waters Jim Bown- #41 Rose Auto Wrecking Chevrolet- Dick Bown Doug Heveron- #1 Ellington Racing Buick- Hoss Ellington Jimmy Horton- #80 Miles Concrete Pontiac- George Smith Charlie Glotzbach- #34 Allen's Associated Glass Buick- Ken Allen Bobby Gerhart- #85 J. Omar Landis / James Chevrolet- Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart Connie Saylor- #77 Branch-Ragan Racing Ford- Marvin Ragan Randy LaJoie- #74 Wawak Racing Pontiac- Bobby Wawak Mark Gibson- #59 CoHo Racing Pontiac- John Collins Hut Stricklin- #57 Heinz Pontiac- Rod Osterlund 45. Matthew Lewis posted: 02.11.2013 - 9:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #67 of Mickey Gibbs was NOT a Jimmy Means entry. It was owned by Buddy Arrington. http://www.racing-reference.info/race?id=1989-01&series=Q The original #67 car that Arrington brought to Daytona was a Chevrolet and Gibbs qualified on speed during the time trials. Unfortunately, that Chevy was destroyed during "the big one" in the 125's. This was the first year of Jimmy Means' Alka-Seltzer sponsorship and a deal was struck between Arrington & Means to use one of Jimmy's Pontiacs for the 500. Considering that Mickey Gibbs/Buddy Arrington didn't have a sponsor or (assuming) a spare car, but did qualify for the 500, it worked out well to simply put a #67 on one of Jimmy's Alka-Seltzer sponsored backups. (or who knows? they may have used Jimmy's primary car in which he missed making the 500 in?) But either way, it should be registered as a Buddy Arrington entry as he owned the use of the #67 at the time. This would be the penultimate race for Arrington as an owner. Brad Teague would start the final race for him 5 races later at Bristol starting 28th and finishing 17th also in a Pontiac sponsored by You Can Rent. 46. The Great Dave posted: 05.09.2013 - 7:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) http://i.imgur.com/nXyxQo3.jpg This is the #76 of Brad Noffsinger, I assume he withdrew before the Twin 125s. But he should still be added tot he DNQ List. 47. 83andJoe posted: 07.06.2013 - 5:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #57 crew chief: Roland Wlodyka (same through Pannill Sweatshirts 500) 48. IMHO posted: 08.27.2013 - 10:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #69 Lee Raymond had a small sponsor that race, Bobby Fisher Distribution, a beer distributor from Springfield Ohio. 49. 83andJoe posted: 09.15.2013 - 7:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #9 crew chief: Ernie Elliott (same for all races this year) 50. dennyfan11 posted: 01.22.2014 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ #19 "I found out that the 1985 Budweiser 400 at Riverside wasn't televised. I'm pretty sure that was the last Winston/Nextel Cup race that had no TV coverage of any kind." It actually was televised by TNN on American Sports Cavalcade. It know because it says so on wikipedia,and the full race is on youtube. here's the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ln7rZoCMqI 51. RaceFanX posted: 04.28.2014 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The late Connie Saylor DNQs in his final attempt to race in Winston Cup. As mentioned earlier Neil Bonnett's return to the Wood Brothers' #21 was very short but memorable. This was his first race for the team, and his first in a Ford, since 1982. 52. HD11 posted: 05.29.2014 - 11:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a Schrader fan this race will always haunt me as the defining win that got away, but DW had paid his dues in the 500 before winning this one. 53. 23andJoe posted: 06.03.2014 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #76 sponsor: Jaehne Motorsports #76 owner: Skip Jaehne 54. Bud Talley posted: 07.12.2014 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Regarding the question about the last non-televised race... I don't know if it was the last one, but the first race back at the Texas World Speedway in College Station since 1973....run on June 3, 1979...was not on television anywhere. Furthermore, it was not even carried on the radio where I live (Randleman, NC...which is pretty much a hotbed for NASCAR racing). I was a big Darrell Waltrip fan and I remember trying to find the race on the radio and couldn't find anyone carrying it anywhere. Posts here on that race indicate that only a very small crowd was there. They only ran there a couple more times, IIRC, after that race. 55. saltsburgtrojanfan posted: 10.06.2014 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution 1: #21 engine failure Caution 2: #8,19,28 accident backstretch Caution 3: #8,93 accident turn 2 Caution 4: #19 spin backstretch Caution 5: #6,9,11,29,83,84,89,90 accident backstretch Caution 6: #6 accident turn 2 Caution 7: #73 accident backstretch 56. Robert posted: 09.28.2015 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Final Daytona 500 start for J.D. McDuffie. Also his only career restrictor plate race. 57. Ryan W posted: 01.17.2016 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) " wasn't alive to see this race, but didn't Dale have some problem with his car that it would sputter if it led. Ken Schrader had it until DW began his Gasmaster reign." 18fan, to follow up I actually watched the whole race the other night and a few times Dale would get a run on someone and pass them off turn 2 coming onto the backstretch and then Schrader would follow him and then pass Dale before they would get to turn 3. This happened at least three times. The whole race was like that for Dale. One time he got the lead and was able to lead a lap, but Waltrip got around him after the start/finish line. He could draft and run up front with the fastest cars, but once he got out front his engine would sputter some. Dave Despain would talk to Kirk Shelmerdine in the pits and you could tell he was frustrated about it, as I'm sure Dale was. He could make moves to get the lead and then lose it right away. I guess you could say he had the best car in the draft that day. When they had late pit stops he finally had a good pit stop late in the Daytona 500 ('79, '80, '86, and '87 were horrible late stops for him) and the team was hoping when he came out that he could latch on to a group of cars that were drafting, but when he came out there was no one in sight and he ran by himself. Schrader, who had a bad stop, was able to catch him in a few laps and pass him. All that was moot anyways because Waltrip was able to stretch his fuel and win after Alan Kulwicki was trying to do the same thing and had a flat while leading with 5 laps to go. 58. Paul posted: 01.29.2016 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor update: #19 Ronnie Sanders - Hardy Chevrolet (http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/2991495719.png) #90 Chad Little - Purolator/Accu-turn (http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/4372429790.png) 59. dennyfan11 posted: 07.14.2016 - 1:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know this is many years late, but the last NASCAR race that had no TV coverage of any kind was the 1984 Busch 500. 60. Thomas posted: 07.27.2016 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) What has gone underappreciated over the years is the yeoman's job Rusty's crew did in this race. I realized this while re-watching this race on YouTube. He had a problem that put him behind the wall early in the race, but he didn't lose as many laps as he would have because of the Bobby Hillin Jr./Charlie Baker crash. Without the caution, he probably would have lost another 4-5 laps (at least)...and potentially the championship, as it turned out. If you put him at the front of those who completed 193 laps (another 4 laps) he'd have finished 23rd, and those 15 points theoretically would have cost Rusty the title. Talk about how important saving every possible point is. 61. Clint posted: 07.27.2016 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) Comment 60 is another reason the chase sucks nascar used to be the only sport where literally every week counted towards the championship. Now its just a stupid crapshoot playoff system to where theoretically you can win once and run 25th the other 25 weeks and still have a shot at the title. 62. Siple posted: 03.05.2017 - 2:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #70 J.D.McDuffie sponsor was Son's Auto Supply/Rumple Furniture 63. DaleSr3Fan posted: 07.03.2017 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A comment towards post 60 and 61, I agree because it was always interesting for me to go back and think "Well if this didn't happen, then the points would be..." instead of having a nonsensical "win and you're in" chase. 64. Jack Johnson posted: 07.28.2017 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On what lap of this race did Bill Elliot surrender his ride to Jody Ridley? 65. Brad24 posted: 02.13.2018 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DW's only points win at Daytona. 66. TeamDCR fan posted: 02.13.2018 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^^^ In Cup. He did win 3 times in Busch competition 67. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 05.18.2018 - 11:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DRIVER CHANGE #34 Tommy Houston Allen's Associated Glass Buick (Ken Allen) #67 Brad Teague Arrington Racing Chevrolet (Buddy Arrington) WITHDREW #48 Mickey Gibbs GMAC Pontiac (Tom Winkle) Gibbs wrecked his car in practice before the twin-125 and withdrew, but because he was attempting to run for ROTY he jumped in Buddy Arrington's 67 that Brad Teague had qualified. As someone mentioned on Houston's page apparently he qualified the #34. 68. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 06.02.2018 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First Daytona 500 starts for Rick Mast, Ben Hess, Mickey Gibbs, Chad Little, and Ernie Irvan. Only Daytona 500 starts for Ken Bouchard, Lee Raymond, and Charlie Baker. Last Daytona 500 starts for J. D. McDuffie, Ronnie Sanders, and Rodney Combs. 69. Evan posted: 07.02.2018 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Petty failed to qualify and in agreement with Eddie and Don Bierschwale, he would jump in the car after 3 laps and drive in Eddie's place. This gave Bierschwale top 10 and owner's money and Peak Antifreeze provided sponsorship. 70. Jimnsimforever posted: 12.15.2018 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @61 & 63 The chase is one of many things that is absolutely ruining Nascar Cup, then they bring it to the Xfinity Series as well. The way it was back in the day wasn't broken. The one thing before the chase I always said I wish they'd change was the bonus points. 5 for leading a lap is fine, 5 more for leading the most laps is fine. I always said they should've awarded 5 bonus points for winning the race as well. This 1989 Daytona 500 is a perfect example. It actually happened quite a few times where the 2nd place finisher would end up being the guy that led the most laps and with the 10 total bonus points he got, he'd end up coming out of the race with the same amount of points as the leader. Winning the race should've always earned you more points than the 2nd place guy got. 71. BOBO83329521 posted: 04.24.2020 - 7:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Like how everyone sees this as one of the best Daytona 500's. Absolute trash except the finish. When the leader is too OP no one can pass him... People complain about the single file train today, what was the majority of this one? A SINGLE FILE TRAIN. (Granted, there were some good battles on restarts but once they got 10-15 laps from a restart it all went back single file) 72. BOBO83329521 posted: 04.24.2020 - 7:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @64 He and Bierschwale both surrendered their rides on lap 3. The 9 car went to Jody Ridley who proceeded to have contact from behind and overcorrect into the wall causing the Big One. Bierschwale's replacement driver earned the #23 a top 10 finish. 73. gary24fan posted: 05.01.2020 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Darin Brassfield in the #91 Neo-Life Ford was actually on the entry list and withdrew from the 1988 Daytona 500, not this one. 74. NascarLeadLapPoints posted: 05.18.2020 - 12:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #45 Actually it was owned by Jimmy Means Owner Update #67 Jimmy Means https://twitter.com/CBird73936300/status/1262202326183563264 Straight from Jimmy himself 75. RaceFanX posted: 05.18.2020 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @74 Wouldn't it still be Buddy Arrington as the owner though? It was Jimmy's Pontiac but it would be earning points for Buddy's team. 76. Canadianfan posted: 05.18.2020 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @75 From an interview with Buddy on ShopHemi ?At Daytona, in 1989, Buddy owned a car in NASCAR with Joey as his crew chief, and Brad Teague as his driver. The team qualified for the Daytona 500, on Thursday, and was ready to race. Another team, sponsored by GMAC out of Ohio, failed to qualify, and Buddy made them an offer. He gave them to chance to buy his starting position, his car, and his motor right there on the spot. They accepted, and with that deal Buddy Arrington left NASCAR and never returned.? 77. RaceFanX posted: 05.18.2020 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But they ran Bristol later in the spring with Brad Teague... 78. Canadianfan posted: 05.18.2020 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @77 It's possible he was just listed as the owner and wasn't actually there or had nothing to do with that or he just forgot that his team ran Bristol. 79. Chase9Fan posted: 06.22.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I still have an unopened beer can from this race. A 1989 Daytona 500 souvenir beer. I wasn't at this race, but dad brought it home. I kept it in my souvenir case since. 80. SweetRich posted: 06.29.2020 - 12:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett and Chris Economaki. The pit road reporters were Mike Joy and Dave Despain. 81. SweetRich posted: 07.03.2020 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After seventeen years of effort, The Daytona 500 Belongs to Franklin, Tennessee's Darrell Waltrip. That quote by the great Ken Squier sums up one of the greatest 500 wins in history. Thirty-one Years later, it stills gets talked about as one of the best wins in not only 500 history, but NASCAR history. Of the best one-time 500 winners, aside from Dale Earnhardt, Darrell's win in '89 was years in the making and the most memorable. After coming up short each time including getting passed on the last lap in '84 and having cylinder trouble in '88, the questions started to come up if the all time great would ever win the 500. Then, it happened. A long stretch of green flag racing to end the '89 500 saw drivers make it on fuel or run up dry. Darrell stretched it just far enough to cross the finish line first and finally win the one race that had alluded him. The victory lane celebration afterwards is timeless and legendary. 82. Trickledown posted: 07.22.2020 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Where was Dick Trickle? Rookie of the Year and had a car owner that won the year before. This would not be his first Daytona 500 either. 83. Tigerman posted: 07.22.2020 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @82 Mike Alexander drove the 84 Stovala Brothers car in the race. 84. KW posted: 07.22.2020 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trickle only ended up in the Stavola Brothers car after Mike Alexander got hurt. 85. Trickledown posted: 11.12.2020 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Likely most of the cars in the field were running Hoosier tires. DW won with them, Goodyear had some reliability issues. 86. Rich posted: 11.27.2020 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joining the crew for the final 500 of the decade was David Hobbs on pit road. 87. Rich posted: 01.03.2021 - 7:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Along with being the broadcasting booth, Chris Economaki was the studio host. 88. Ed posted: 01.17.2021 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If DW would have run out of fuel, Ken Schrader would've become the first (and to this date, only) driver to sweep the Clash, his qualifier, and the 500 89. Ivan_Ball posted: 03.19.2021 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #66 owner is supposed to be Bill Edwards. Hal Needham sold Mach One Racing immediately after 1988 season. 90. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.19.2021 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 89 is right, they mention it during the broadcast, saying Hal must be disappointed sitting home in California after selling the team to Bill Edwards, watching his car run second to Ken Schrader. 91. Rich posted: 03.30.2021 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why didn't Joe Ruttman and Lee Raymond earn points for this 500? 92. Rich posted: 03.30.2021 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was this the only Daytona 500 where every top ten finisher led at least one lap in the race? 93. ScottB posted: 03.30.2021 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 91- My guess is that they were late entries, received after the cutoff date for points. That was the most common reason for zero points in that era. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: