25 years later: What might have been; Richmond vs. Earnhardt

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Tim Richmond was heading into the Tunnel Turn at Pocono Raceway, one of the most precise and technically challenging corners in all of NASCAR, when he keyed his radio mic.

"Rick, you listening?" Richmond called out to his car owner Rick Hendrick. It was the summer of 1986 and things were finally coming together for Richmond after five prior NASCAR seasons had produced promising moments but erratic results for the racer.

"Yep," said Hendrick.

"Watch this," Richmond replied.

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A good article to read if you have a few minutes.....

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Great read. Thanks for posting.


"I'm not in the s*** business" I love that.
 
Man, when are we going to get a Tim Richmond movie?

Edit: Before anyone mentions days of thunder, I am talking about a biopic.
 
as a huge Earnhardt fan, tim richmond was the only racer I ever gave credit to for coming close to dale as far as getting everything and just a little bit more from the cars capabilities. he would have been right in the middle of last weeks aj/ambrose battle and laughed all the way to the checkers.
 
NASCAR needs more personalities like Richmond and Dale Sr. Anyone even resembling half of their personality would be a god send compared to a lot of these corporate shill robots we have as drivers today.
 
Great story. It speculated what if a character like Richmond was around today and I suspect sponsors wouldn't allow it. This forum would scrutinize him like Busch brothers. I was a fan of his from his racing alone, I wasn't aware of his personality (racing news wasn't readily available like it is today).
 
Tim showed signs of things to come as far as Hendrick racing. Surely he'd have gotten at least 1 Winston Cup. An espn reporter didn't think Tim had what it took to win a season title, but the way he ran through the second half of 1986 & then comming back and driving the way he did at Pocono & Riverside in 87 while he was literally dropping dead, there's no way a healthy Richmond wouldn't have been in the hunt...
 
Restrictor Plate King! said:
Tim showed signs of things to come as far as Hendrick racing. Surely he'd have gotten at least 1 Winston Cup. An espn reporter didn't think Tim had what it took to win a season title, but the way he ran through the second half of 1986 & then comming back and driving the way he did at Pocono & Riverside in 87 while he was literally dropping dead, there's no way a healthy Richmond wouldn't have been in the hunt...
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Who in the hell can tell you when a driver has what it takes to win a season title? Anybody that say's that is full of crap. You can make a guess if a driver is running top ten in good equipment but that's about it. If we had listened to the talking heads kybu would have 5 or 6 by now and we all know that didn't happen.
 
Getting a negative comment from a beat reporter is like a musician hearing from his A&R man that he "doesn't hear a single".
In other words, negativity from a questionable source isn't necessarily bad. It reflects more on the source than the subject.
 
Watching the interview, I'm struck at how non-scripted, non-PR infested it is. We need a Tim Richmond or two or three today to bring some spark into NASCAR, not to mention some incredible driving. We just don't have anybody that has that much personality and ability. Too many PR people, too.
 
DUN24 said:
I was born 10 years too late...
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Same. I was born in '86 so Tim was gone by the time I started watching in the early 90s. Had I been born sooner, I am 100% sure that Tim Richmond would have been my favorite driver.

It's a shame he started dying in his prime and left this earth so young.
 
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