1989 Nightdona 500

The 1989 Nightdona 500 is best known for a 5-year-old car named Parker Brakeston (who would race in the Piston Cup from 2007-2016 for N2O Cola) blowing an air horn, causing Ron Pitcar to crash and flip over twice and land on his wheels. Rookies Rusty Cornfuel, Kevin Racingtire, and Chuck Armstrong attended for the beginning of Generation 4.

Sammy Smelter DNF due to being involved in the Ron Pitcar crash Eugene Carbureski was also involved.

Alexander Shields would win the Nightdona 500 for the first time with Alloy Wilson in second, The King taking third, Chick Hicks fourth, and veteran Kraig Shiftright fifth. Shields would crash horribly a year later in 1990.

Only four racers DNF. Sammy, Ron, and Eugene in the crash and James Robson due to engine problems. This is the lowest DNF's ever in a Nightdona 500, with no big ones.

Kevin, surprisingly, did not miss a race as it was a small crash, and neither did the other DNF racers (Johnny, Sammy, and Eugene). It's a very boring race.

## TeleBio

Network: CBS

Announcers: Benny Pitstops & Bob Jankens

## Transcript

### Practice

(Chuck Armstrong enters pit road)

(pitties took Chuck 4 tires)

Mood Springs crew chief: All right? Now, we're gonna do it 50 laps, my way, all right? Now when you're racing out of the pits, your tires were twice as wide, and you weigh half as much. Now you weigh twice as much, and your tires were half as wide, and you burn them up. All right? Now when you burn them up, then now, they're about to get breezy, and you slip and slide, you're out of control.

Chuck Armstrong: What if I spin fast on a big race track like here? Will I go airborne?

Mood Springs crew chief: No. You wont go airborne because of these two things on top of you.

Chuck Armstrong: What's on top of me?

Mood Springs crew chief: These things open like doors.

Chuck Armstrong: I don't understand.

Mood Springs crew chief: (opens Chuck's roof flaps) These things, are called roof flaps.

Chuck Armstrong: Roof flaps? What do they do?

Mood Springs crew chief: When you slip and slide on a race track at 200 mph, and when it looks like you're about to go airborne, the roof flaps open to keep you from going airborne.

Chuck Armstrong: Will you let go of them now?

Mood Springs crew chief: Ok! (lets go of Chuck's roof flaps)

(Chuck leaves pit road)

### Start

Bob Jakens: And the 1989 Season is about to start with the Nightdona 500! It's on!

(6 laps later)

Dale Earnhardt: Ok! I'm gonna pull this rookie's chain! (rubs into Chuck Armstrong's rear)

(Chuck wanders all over the track)

Mood Springs crew chief: Chuck, your wandering all over the track.

Chuck Armstrong: Don, that son of a (EXPLETIVE) just slammed into me!

Mood Springs crew chief; No, he didn't slam into you, bump you, or nudge you. He rubbed you. And rubbin', son, is racin'.

### Parker Causes Kevin Phillips to Crash/Lap 73 Crash

(Parker blows air horn)

Bob Jakens: TROUBLE! KEVIN PHILLIPS AIRBORNE HE GOES! KEVIN PHILLIPS IN THE 68 CAR IS CRASHING! CUTTING THE WALL! UH OH! MORE TROUBLE AHEAD! PART TIMER JOHNNY BLAMER AND SAMMY SMELTER BOTH INVOLVED! AND SO IS EUGENE CARBURESKI!

Benny Pitstops: A surprisingly small crash here at Nightdona today. Wow. Looks like everyone is ok though so we might as well be right back. Kevin did go airborne but landed on his wheels. But with an air horn, I have never seen anything like that in my LIFE! We'll be back for more of the Nightdona 500 right after these messages from CBS Sports.

Bob Jakens: Caution is out, an Darrell Cartrip is the first to ender pit road. Fallowed by The King, Murray Clutchburn, and the rookie Chuck Armstrong.

Mood Springs crew cheif: All right. While were still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track, and hit the pace car.

Chuck Armstrong: Hit the pace car?

Mood Springs crew cheif: Hit the pace car!

Chuck Armstrong: What for!?

Mood Springs crew chief: Because you hit every other. I want you to be prefect! Come on! Go, go, go!

(Chuck leaves pit road)

### Alexander Wins the 500!

Benny: One to go and the brawl between Clutchburn and Wilson continues! And it seems that... WILSON TAKES THE LEAD!

Bob: Here comes Alexander! Here he comes! As they head to turn 4 THE CHECKERED FLAG WAVES AND THE WINNER OF THE 50TH ANNUAL NIGHTDONA 500 IS MURRAY CLUTCHBURN!

Benny: IT'S MURRAY CLUTCHBURN FOR THE WIN! MURRAY WINS HIS FIRST NIGHTDONA 500!

Bob: I'm worried that your god Percy Oaks didn't win BUT GO SPUTTER STOP!!!

(Subway Team Radio)

Alexander: I DID IT! I REALLY DID IT!

Pat Turnson: I KNOW RIGHT! GOOD JOB BUDDY!

Alexander: THANKS! I WON THE NIGHTDONA 500 FOR THE FIRST TIME!

(Live)

Benny: And WOW what a victory here at Nightdona Speedway! Let's go for burnouts!

Alexander: I WON BABY! I WON BABY! THE NIGHTDONA 500 IS MINE FOR THE FIRST TIME! MY FIRST IN 1989! HOLY CRAP I DID IT! AAAAHHH WOOOOOOOHOOOHOOOHOOOOEYYY!!! YES! YES! YES! BOYS! YES! WOOP!

Benny: Yep. That's when you win the Nightdona 500 you do crazy burnout donuts for a good time. We'll be back in a moment for victory lane at Nightdona.