Highlights of the 1985 WINN-DIXIE 500 NASCAR MODIFIED TOUR Race October 27th 1985. 9 time modified champion was tragically killed in practice earlier in the day. He clinched the championship a week prior at Thompson Speedway. He still won the championship over Mike Mclaughlin by 123 points! Richie had won 12 races out of the 28 he had ran. After checking the archives I saw that Mike Mclaughlin didnt have any wins that season in the 29 races and still finished runner up in the championship! On Oc

Great start of the 1985 Winston 500 at Talladega! #nascar #waybackwednesday #the80s #theeighties #talladega #talladegasuperspeedway #winston500 #billelliott #caleyarborough #legends #halloffame #stockcarracing #stockcars #racecars #history #classics | Christian Wilson

Now that is the true essence of hard racing! 😎 #nascar #vintagenascar #nascarthrowback #nascarracing #motorsports #nascarhistory | Vintage NASCAR Vault

How’s this for a #ThrowbackThursday post. In 1985 Log Cabin Raceway, a short dirt track located in Rocky Mount, Virginia, hosted a rare NASCAR drivers race in 1985. This event brought national attention to the small local venue, blending the grassroots excitement of dirt racing with the star power of NASCAR’s finest drivers with the race being won by Ashland, Ohio’s Tim Richmond in the Terry Cardwell owned #21 machine. Tim Richmond who would sadly pass just 4 short years later, was well on his w

1985 US Nationals. | Drag Racing's Golden Era