1984 Alabama 500

The **1984 Alabama 500** was known for a big 18 car crash on lap 52. The crash started on turn 2 when rookie Greg Locke made contact with William Highbanks and Mike Yankee. This caused William to spin and take out Andrew Axler. Behind Andrew were racers Don Chapcar and Larry Smith. The spinning Andrew touched Chapcar and sent him into Larry Smith causing them both to go in the infield grass.

   While Chapcar made a minor impact with the inside wall, Smith was at nearly top speed when he was hit. Smith went into the infield grass at full speed before he hit the wall hard at an angle at 29 G force. Larry's engine was smoking and his right front tire badly damaged. Chapcar rushed to Larry before the ambulances and fire truck (John Firecatcher) arrived. Larry's crash was bad enough that his grill fell off but was put back on later.

Other cars involved in the 18 car crash were Claude Scruggs, Cole Speedland, Rusty Cornfuel, Crusty Rotor and Klint Shiftright. Dale Earnhardt Sr wins this race with Misti Motorkrass dedicating to the involved Claude second and The King taking third. Chick Hicks places 4th and Bill Brady 5th.

Larry missed two races but didn't get replaced since he's a part-timer. Larry also missed two races in the Junior Series too.

All part-time racers except Brush Curber and Kevin Racingtire attended this race.

## Television Biography

Network: CBS

Announcers: TBA

## Transcript

### Big One

TBA: UH OH! GREG LOCKE MAKING CONTACT WITH WILLIAM HIGHBANKS AND MIKE YANKEE! GUENTHER AND SAMMY INVOLVED! ANDREW AXLER INVOLVED! DON CHAPCAR INVOLVED! PART-TIMER LARRY SMITH INVOLVED ALSO!

TBA: LARRY SMITH HITS THE INSIDE WALL HARD! His engine is smoking.

TBA: My god what a crash! Chapcar is rushing to him

Don: LARRY JUST HIT THE WALL HARD GUYS!

William: YEAH HE DID!

TBA: THE RACE IS RED FLAGGED

(Don, William, The King, Dale Sr, Luke, Roger, Misti, Claude, Cole, Kraig, Klint, Greg Locke and Andrew rush to Larry Smith so is soon surrounded by all the racers involved in the crash)

Larry: Hey guys.

Don: Larry you crashed hard.

Larry: I did. My engine is smoking

John: DID YOU SAY SMOKE? I'M COMING FOR YOU BURNING RED CAR!

(soon others arrive)

The King: That was a bad crash.

Larry: Well sorta.

Mike: Oh well Larry Smith's gonna miss couple races but he is part time anyway.

The King: Exactly. It's not a very big deal Luke and Roger.

Roger: Yeah we know that.

Luke: It's ok Larry.

The King: That's what I was gonna say, Luke.

Andrew: Geez, that was a horrible crash. I mean this is a really bad part-timer crash.

Kraig: Well this is not really of a bad crash.

Klint: I agree, dad. By the way, where's Lapis?

Kraig: Here she comes.

TBA: It's Larry Smith's crash the problem. Racers what do you feel of the crash?

(The King, Luke, Roger, Dale Sr, Don Chapcar, William, Misti, Claude, Cole, Kraig, Klint, Greg Locke and Andrew will react in that order.)

The King: Bad.

Luke and Roger: Horrible.

Dale Sr: Intense.

Don Chapcar: Really sad.

James Cleanair: Horrible.

Misti: I hope you're ok Larry!

Claude: I have to say this is horrible!

Cole: Oh no!

Kraig: Part-timer is not a-ok!

Klint: Yeah dad.

Greg Locke: I'm rookie but part-timer is basically gonna miss races.

Andrew: Oh crap, that was more than horrible because I have never seen a part-timer crash like that.

TBA: It seems that there you go. Back to you TBA and TBA.

TBA: A horrible crash for Larry Smith. Larry is gonna miss some races I'm thinking. We'll be back in a moment for more live flag to flag coverage of the Calladega 500.

## Results

1. Dale Earnhardt Sr - 200 laps

2. Misti Motorkrass - 200 laps

3. The King - 200 laps

4. Chick Hicks - 200 laps

5. Bill Brady - 200 laps

6. Ernie Gearson - 200 laps

7. Alloy Wilson - 200 laps

8. Tom Landis - 200 laps

9. Eugene Carbureski - 200 laps

10. Mike Seasons - 200 laps

11. Slide Powers - 200 laps

12. Mike Yankee - 200 laps (made contact, but finished all 200 laps)

13. Kraig Shiftright - 200 laps

14. Billy Ford - 200 laps

15. Johnathan Melter - 200 laps

16. Ronald Oaks - 200 laps

17. Thomas Tanrev - 200 laps

18. Greg Locke - 51 laps(crash)

19. William Highbanks - 51 laps(crash)

20. Andrew Axler - 51 laps(crash)

21. Don Chapcar - 51 laps(crash)

22. Larry Smith - 51 laps(crash, injuries)

23. James Robson - 51 laps(crash)

24. Brad Gonzalez - 51 laps(crash)

25. Bill Shields - 51 laps(crash)

26. Herbert Brown - 51 laps(crash)

27. Cole Speedland - 51 laps(crash)

28. Klint Shiftright - 51 laps(crash)

29. Crusty Rotor - 51 laps(crash)

30. Harold Axel - 51 laps(crash)

31. Ron Pitcar - 51 laps(crash)

32. Claude Scruggs - 51 laps(crash)

33. Alex Quint - 12 laps(crash)

34. Bernie Simpson - 12 laps(crash)