|| *Comments on the 1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500:* View the most recent comment <#33> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. MOST posted: 05.07.2006 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Labonte sure was pissed that night, anyone remember the infamous throwing the helmet and kicking the car. 2. CanucksAndNASCAR Fan posted: 05.17.2006 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah...I got a kick out of that. 3. Steve posted: 08.23.2006 - 1:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bad pun. :lol: 4. Anonymous posted: 09.01.2006 - 1:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Final points win for Rusty in the black MGD car. He would win the exibition race at Suzuka, Japan later that year. The next year, in 1997, Rusty switched sponsership from Miller Genuine Draft to Miller Light and, likewise, Rusty was obligated to run a blue and white scheme to match the change of brand. 5. myself posted: 02.19.2007 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was before this race that it came out that the federal govt. was gonna crack down on tobacco ads & that put the RJR Tobacco people into a frenzy. It was rumored that Winston wouldn't be allowed to sponsor Nascar anymore. During the victory lane interview, at the close of it, Rusty said, "Vote Dole, PLEASE!" Of course, Bob Dole lost in a landslide to Slick Willie. Rusty also, for the only time, wore a funky yellow-gold driver's suit for this race. Also, to correct an above poster, Rusty's sponsor for 96' was simply Miller. MGD was on his car from 90-94. 6. MGD2Wallace posted: 02.22.2007 - 12:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) correction...90-95, except for the final race at Atlanta in 95 where he debuted the red, blue and gold splashed Miller car 7. SK posted: 08.21.2007 - 2:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jim Sauter makes his final Winston Cup start subbing for Kyle Petty once again, who was recuperating from injuries sustained in a hard crash at the Brickyard. 8. Billy Kingsley posted: 12.08.2007 - 7:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rusty also wore a gold suit in 1993. 9. RaceFanX posted: 01.03.2008 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After the release of Steve Grissom, Diamond Ridge Racing's #29 Chevy was basically a revolving door in 1996 and into 1997. After stints with Greg Sacks and Butch Leitzinger, Busch series star Chad Little tries his hand with the Cartoon Network ride but will last only 4 races, followed by 2 DNQs, before being removed from the ride and replaced by Robert Pressley 10. RaceFanX posted: 01.03.2008 - 2:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whoops, my mistake. Little DNQed at Martinsville than was replaced by Jeff Green for two races before Robert Pressley took over 11. myself posted: 02.26.2008 - 9:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey Bill Kingsley, what race or races did Wallace wear a yellow/gold suit in in '93? I know he wore a more metallic gold on in '90, but never recall seeing that yeller thing he wore in this race. 12. KB posted: 05.04.2008 - 12:54 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The first NASCAR race I went to, and it fell on my 10th birthday. Amazing how much Bristol would grow over the next few years. MOST, I very fondly remember Bobby Labonte blowing his top. If I remember right, he hit Andretti's #37 that was stopped sideways in the middle of the turn. 13. Boogity Man posted: 05.09.2010 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rusty should never have switched his colors, that Black and Gold MGD car was awesome looking! I hate the blue duece, it just reminds me how cool that car looked back in the day! 14. Anonymous posted: 06.23.2010 - 4:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The only Bristol night race I got to see in person. Amazing how much the track has changed since then. You could actually still see the mountains around the track at this time. Good win for Rusty, but a mostly boring race. 15. RaceFanX posted: 12.27.2011 - 11:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Hillin Jr. DNQs in his normal Jasper #77 Ford but gets into the race anyway as he subs for Bill Elliott in the #94 McDonald's Ford. No idea why Awesome Bill sat this one out, probably something to do with his leg injuries earlier in the year. 16. 44andJoe posted: 01.19.2013 - 2:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) To the rear: #94 (driver change) 17. Brad24 posted: 09.09.2014 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Mike Wallace was on standby for an injured Dale Earnhardt. But he never got in the car. 18. Maverick11 posted: 02.26.2016 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Last race with 39 cars until the 2016 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. 19. RaceFanX posted: 04.15.2016 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin claims his record setting fourth pole in a row at Bristol. The #6 Valvoline T-Bird only led a handful of laps right at the start but Martin still had a strong run on the way to a podium finish. 20. Brandon posted: 12.13.2016 - 9:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Under the caution for the Sauter crash someone punted someone in turn 4. It's hard to tell from the camera who the cars are but I believe Morgan Shepherd was the car getting spun. Shephard spun into the path of Rick Mast. Despite Bob Jenkins stating that Mast had suffered minor damage he spent several laps behind the wall and returned to the race minus the front end 21. Bramblegrunt posted: 03.20.2017 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) During the broadcast it was revealed the owners of Bristol Motor Speedway were in talks of turning it back to asphalt as soon as a month after this race's conclusion and they were even talking to a German engineer to get a dome over the track. Neither of these things came to fruition, at the time, fans were adamant in keeping Bristol the same due to the constant excitement the track would produce and no asphalt changes would occur until the infamous grinding of the track in the mid-late 2000's. The dome would also not happen probably due to the worries of asphyxiation and fumes accumulating. Probably wasnt the best idea to pitch... Bobby Labonte as stated above got out of his car as one PO'd driver but his post crash interview, he was as calm as ever and he exclaimed "everyone can be a werewolf once in a while" or something to that degree. He was mostly frustrated that he had nowhere to go except pile into Andretti's crashed car. 22. FamousBlue posted: 03.20.2017 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) "they were even talking to a German engineer to get a dome over the track." Jesus, was the "German engineer" they were talking to Adolf Eichmann? 23. Seibaru posted: 03.20.2017 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @22 Apparently the Holocaust was a humorous event in our history. I did not know that. 24. RaceFanX posted: 03.20.2017 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The idea of an indoor track was actually a very recurring rumor/push in the late 1990s. As speedway construction boomed in bigger markets (see Texas, California, Kansas City plus failed attempts at New York City and Seattle, etc.) there were persistent rumors about building a track enclosed in a dome in Pittsburgh or Ohio. Nothing ever came of it but it remained a regular rumor, with some evidence it was legitimately being pursued, through the early 2000s. NASCAR has never raced indoors but a few big series have in major domes, ASA raced in the Pontiac Silverdome back in the 1980s and the World of Outlaws raced once at Tropicana Field back when it was still called the Florida Suncoast Dome. I've seen the ASA track they were using basically every inch of the arena floor with some equipment parked in the center. Staging an event as long as a Cup race indoors could be problematic but other than lacking a place big enough to do the issues could likely be solved. The last years of the Cup's series pit crew competition were held inside at an arena in Charlotte but that wasn't really a race. 25. FamousBlue posted: 03.20.2017 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It wasn't really meant as a joke as much as it was sardonic hyperbole meant to emphasize just what an incredibly awful and idiotic idea encasing a track with up to 43 cars running on it at the same time within a dome is by using the most extreme example. Though I tend to like you Seibaru, with how passionate and knowledgeable you are about motorsports, I also think you really need to get past this tendency to jump directly to outrage and condemnation whenever anybody even broaches a dark subject with anything outside of solemnity bordering on brooding. 26. Seibaru posted: 03.20.2017 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @25 My response could have been worded MUCH differently, I will admit that, so yeah, that one's on me. Believe it or not, I love gallows humor, but...I dunno, something about that hyperbole rubs me the wrong way. ...Speaking of gallows, wasn't Adolf Eichmann hanged?... Oh well, moving on. I've been to indoor races before at Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, and while it's a spectacle, I think the ruptured eardrums would get people before the fumes even could make it past the catchfence. I needed earplugs during the Trenton race (sat in row...five or six), and my ears were STILL ringing afterwards. 27. Tide1732 posted: 03.20.2017 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great drivers in TOP 5 What a Amazing Race 28. FamousBlue posted: 03.20.2017 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @26 Fair enough. And yes, indeed he was, haha. The closest thing to an indoor race I've been to is Monster Trucks (I grew up/live in the South...) but I know that even just two of those suckers going against one another in an enclosed arena can be kind of deafening. I can't even imagine what forty plus stock cars would sound like. I mean, I had a ringing in my ears for like two days just from being front row in Dinosaur Jr concert a few years back... 29. Greg24ChaseFan posted: 09.04.2017 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #5 Still black suit for this race. The gold suit was in 1994 I am pretty sure. Same race in 1994. I was at this race. It got started late due to rain all day. Being a Rusty Wallace fan back then, it was cool to see him win live. 30. JollyMeanGiant posted: 03.31.2020 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver change: Bill Elliott, #94 McDonald's Ford (Owner: Bill Elliott) This was one of Bill's first races back after breaking his leg during his wild leg at Talladega, but after practicing and qualifying poorly (having to use the champion's provisional to get into the race) Elliott wasn't sure he'd be able to handle 500 laps at Bristol, so he turned over the car to Bobby Hillin for the race. To the back: Gary Bradberry, pitting before green flag Bradberry came into his pit on the backstretch on the pace laps, surrendering his 27th starting position as a result. Gary was able to take the green flag with the rest of the field from the rear. 31. Chris posted: 06.30.2020 - 7:07 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Good run for Michael Waltrip: He started the race in the 6th position and finished there. 32. SweetRich21/43 posted: 07.29.2020 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons. The pit road reporters were Dr. Jerry Punch, John Kernan and Bill Weber. 33. SK posted: 08.08.2020 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Dale Earnhardt had Mike Wallace ready to go in case he needed relief, but went the distance. It was a rough night for the #3 - he hit a tire leaving his pit stall barely 70 laps into the race and ran midpack or worse from that point forward, winding up many laps off the pace by night's end. On the satellite feed during the final caution, you can hear John Kernan report that Dale "would get out of the car if it was not so bad to drive" - evidently he either only trusted himself to wheel it to the finish or he didn't want Mike to have to suffer in his place! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: