Bud light ads sure have changed since 1985, however good to see they still promote MEN

In the words of the great Chris Economaki,  using the sledge hammer was known as "Breaking out The Mexican Speed Wrench".

don t mess with the flagman ray he will make dirty harry look like a saint

Awesome quality and post, thanks

good stuff thanks for posting

I remember these ads . Some real junk .
Shit , this racing brings back memories .

NUMBER 23 BILLY STEEN. WE USE TO WORK AT CYBEX!

1000 Dollar prize Money? that's insane. Even by today's standards, the top prize Money you get today racing figure 8 is around 18'000.

Gino tiripicchio is my step dad and i know ralph rip and i know bob i grew up at the track

Wasn’t that # 49 car owned by Chris Young?

As ABC transitioned it's sports coverage to ESPN, an old "Wide World Of Sports" staple makes the leap to cable TV.
As with racing in general, by this time, the cars were a bit more specifically evolved than the earlier days in the 1960's, when the cars were more like ten or so years old NASCAR sportsman stockers.
In the old days, WWOS would have only broadcast the feature race without any qualifying.
Land prices, litigious times and anything else you can throw in the mix has eliminated so many of the small tracks especially Islip Motor Speedway which was the most revered birthplace of Demo Derby and Figure Eight on its 1/5 mile oval.
Islip had already been plowed under by 1984 as mentioned in this clip.

racin mason, my good buddy

Looking for any other old video's my Dad Jimmy Joy drove #86 it was a brown car with Yellow numbers

What ever happened to Danny Marcello?  I remember watching that when it first aired from here in Central Indiana - a hotbed of Figure 8 racing.