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In the final months of the 1984 NASCAR season, teams were using rocket fuel, soaking tires, a man put a hex on Bobby Allison over a hat, and federal agents tried to seize Junior Johnson's cars from the track garage

WATCH Part 2 of our review of 1984:
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On this date in 1997, Bill Elliott unveiled his McDonald's Mac Tonight scheme, intended to be driven in races at night

Ryan Newman commercial for Dodge Ram (2004)

40 years ago, Coca-Cola began their title sponsorship of the World 600

1985 also marked the first Coca-Cola 600 program designed by Sam Bass. A collection of Bass programs:

In May 2005, Wienermobiles made their racing debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Unlike tomorrow's race at Indy, the pro drivers got behind the wheel. NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch beat Greg Biffle to win

"My wiener has never been so exhausted," Busch said from victory lane.

The incredible onboard camera as Mark Martin drives through a crash at the 1996 Coca-Cola 600

April 29, 2010: Dale Jr. announced he would run the #3 Wrangler car in the Nationwide race at Daytona in July. Earnhardt led the most laps and won the race.

Buddy Lazier's wheel falls off during the last IndyCar race at Atlanta, on this date in 2001

One of the funniest onboards

April 25, 2006: On this date, it was announced that all DEI cars would run throwback schemes at Talladega to celebrate Dale Earnhardt's induction into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame at Talladega

Jimmy Spencer was the last driver in NASCAR to wear an open-face helmet. He wore one until the end of 2004.

April 23, 2003: During Indy 500 testing, 63 year-old Mario Andretti was pulled out of retirement to practice

After running very strong, Andretti hit a piece of foam from the SAFER barrier after Kenny Brack's crash and back-flipped 4 times before landing safely and walking away

Crank it up, 2004 Rockingham

Tony Stewart's win in NHRA Top Fuel today adds an additional achievement to the most diverse win list in racing 🐐

Stewart has won in:
-NASCAR Cup
-NASCAR Xfinity
-NASCAR Truck
-ARCA
-IndyCar
-Sprint Car
-Midgets
-Silver Crown
-IROC
-SRX
-NHRA Top Fuel Dragster
-NHRA Top Alcohol

The start of the spring 2006 Cup race at Bristol, recorded from the stands

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April 10, 1984: Bobby Allison, the defending Cup champion, hooked a trailer to the back of an ARCA car and drove that thing around Talladega at 164.338 mph, setting a new record for a trailer. He only made a few laps before a trailer tire blew out.

IndyCar Races since July 2013 with over 1.3 million viewers (excluding the Indy 500)

April 10, 2013: After 23 years away, IndyCar returned to Pocono with a multi-car tire test. First on track was local driver Marco Andretti

Outside of the Indy 500, only six IndyCar races since then have surpassed the 2013 Pocono 400's large viewership (1.3 million)

April 8, 1951: NASCAR raced in California for the first time

Among the drivers was Frank Mundy, who rented a car from a local car rental firm, finished 11th, and returned the car at night so no one would notice the worn tires

It cost $21 to rent, and he won $25, a $4 profit

April Fools 1997: A far-fetched news story says Michael Jordan will co-own a NASCAR team with sponsorship from McDonald's and Nike.

"They oughta fill this place up with water to the outside retaining wall, dump bass in it, and have pro bass tournaments in here... as bad as this place is, you could stock it with a million fish, wouldn't nobody catch one."

March 26, 1995: Kyle Petty's Darlington interview 😂

Kyle Larson sim racing on this date in 1999

What was on Speed Channel on this date 20 years ago?

In the 1997 movie Vegas Vacation, Cousin Eddie and Clark Griswold drink from NASCAR edition Busch beer cans

March 3, 2000: Dale Earnhardt's Peter Max designed car was unveiled. The "Millennium Car" was raced at Charlotte in May

"I designed the car to look as if it was driven through the waterfall of the Max color spectrum," Max said

When NASCAR went to race in Australia in February 1988, the small team owned by St. James Davis wanted to save money by not buying a plane ticket for their engine builder. So they stuck him in the shipping container with the car

Gene Hackman and Tim Richmond talk at Talladega in 1986

RIP Gene Hackman

Chef Boyardee commercials with Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, and Joe Gibbs (2000)

1985 Big Truck racing at Atlanta

February 22, 2003: WindTunnel with Dave Despain premiered on Speed

The show aired four nights a week until 2005 when it moved into the Sunday night timeslot it had until 2013

Darrell Waltrip met Napoleon Dynamite before the spring 2006 Cup race at Atlanta