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(The race that sadly ended Bobby Allison's career. As some may note, a 90-minute broadcast is already publicly available. However, as nascarman History notes in his lost NASCAR TV broadcasts video, there is a two-and-a-half hour broadcast from (oddly) the Financial News Network that has yet to be found.)
 
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*[[1960 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1960)]]        
*[[1960 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1960)]]          
*[[1960 Daytona Races (lost CBS and NBC televised footage of NASCAR prelude events to Daytona 500; 1960)]]        
*[[1960 Daytona Races (lost CBS and NBC televised footage of NASCAR prelude events to Daytona 500; 1960)]]          
*[[1961 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1961)]]  
*[[1961 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1961)]]    
*[[1962 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]        
*[[1962 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]          
*[[1962 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]        
*[[1962 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]          
*[[1963 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1963)]]        
*[[1963 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1963)]]  
*[[1964 Atlanta 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]        
*[[1963 Richmond 250 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series qualifying session and race; 1963)]]         
*[[1964 National 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]  
*[[1964 Atlanta 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]          
*[[1965 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]        
*[[1964 National 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]  
*[[1965 Rebel 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]        
*[[1964 Richmond 250 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series qualifying session; 1964)]]
*[[1966 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]        
*[[1964 World 600 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]
*[[1966 Southern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]        
*[[1965 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]  
*[[1965 National 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]         
*[[1965 Rebel 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]          
*[[1966 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]          
*[[1966 Southern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]          
*[[1967 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]           
*[[1967 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]           
*[[1967 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]  
*[[1967 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]  
*[[1970 Alabama 500 (found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]        
*[[1969 Permatex 300 at Daytona (partially found footage of NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race; 1969)]]   
*[[1970 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]        
*[[1970 Alabama 500 (found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1970 Wilkes 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]        
*[[1970 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1970 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]        
*[[1970 Wilkes 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1971 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]        
*[[1970 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]      
*[[1971 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Myers Brothers 250 (lost footage and official documents of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]        
*[[1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]      
*[[1971 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]        
*[[1971 Myers Brothers 250 (lost footage and official documents of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]        
*[[1971 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1971)]]        
*[[1971 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1972 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]    
*[[1971 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1971)]]          
*[[1972 Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]        
*[[1972 Bowman-Gray 100 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand American Series race; 1972)]]     
*[[1972 Firecracker 400 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]        
*[[1972 Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]    
*[[1972 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]        
*[[1972 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1972 Rebel 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]        
*[[1972 Firecracker 400 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1973 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]        
*[[1972 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]        
*[[1972 Rebel 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1974 Mason-Dixon 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]        
*[[1972 Twin 125s (partially found footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1972)]]         
*[[1974 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]        
*[[1973 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]          
*[[1974 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1974)]]      
*[[1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]          
*[[1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1974 Mason-Dixon 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]        
*[[1975 Dixie 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1974 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]          
*[[1975 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1974 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1974)]]        
*[[1975 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1975 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1975)]]        
*[[1975 Dixie 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1975 World 600 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]        
*[[1975 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]      
*[[1975 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1975 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Dixie 500 (lost CBS footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1975 World 600 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 Rebel 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]      
*[[1976 Dixie 500 (lost CBS footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 Riverside 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 Talladega 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Winston 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Rebel 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Riverside 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1978 NAPA National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1978)]]        
*[[1976 Talladega 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1979 Dixie 500 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1979)]]        
*[[1976 Winston 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1979 Southeastern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]  
*[[1976 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1981 Coca-Cola 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]]  
*[[1978 NAPA National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1978)]]  
*[[1981 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]]
*[[1979 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]
*[[1982 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1982)]]        
*[[1979 Daytona ARCA 200 (lost footage of ARCA Racing Series race; 1979)‎]]         
*[[1982 Twin 125s race 1 (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]
*[[1979 Dixie 500 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1979)]]  
*[[1979 Gabriel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]         
*[[1979 Southeastern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]
*[[1979 Sportsman 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1979)]]
*[[1981 Coca-Cola 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]]  
*[[1981 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]]  
*[[1982 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1982)]]  
*[[1982 Eastern 150 (lost footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1982)]]
*[[1982 Goody's Sportsman 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1982)]]         
*[[1982 Twin 125s race 1 (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]  
*[[1982 Winston Western 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]  
*[[1982 Winston Western 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]  
*[[1983 Mason-Dixon 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1983)]]  
*[[1983 Goody's Sportsman 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1983)]] 
*[[1983 Southern 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1983)]]        
*[[1983 Mason-Dixon 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1983)]]
*[[1984 Delaware 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1984)]]        
*[[1983 Southern 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1983)]]          
*[[1984 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1984)‎]]        
*[[1984 Delaware 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1984)]]  
*[[1985 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1985)]]        
*[[1984 Goody's Sportsman 300 (lost footage of NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race; 1984)]]             
*[[1986 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1986)]]  
*[[1984 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1984)‎]]          
*[[1989 Busch Clash (lost footage of pre-season NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1989)]]        
*[[1985 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1985)]]          
*[[1996 DeVilbiss SuperFinish 200 (partially found televised footage of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race; 1996)]]  
*[[1986 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1986)]]  
*[[1989 Busch Clash (lost footage of pre-season NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1989)]]
*[[1990 Daytona ARCA 200 (partially found footage of ARCA Racing Series race; 1990)]]
*[[1992 Atlanta 300 (lost footage of NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race; 1992)]]
*[[1995 Winston 100/1995 Duron Paints And Wallcoverings 100 (partially found footage of NASCAR Sportsman Division Series doubleheader; 1995)]]         
*[[1996 DeVilbiss SuperFinish 200 (partially found televised footage of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race; 1996)]]  
*[[2002 K&N Filters 150 (lost footage of NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour race; 2002)]]
*[[Jason Leffler (lost footage of fatal 410 Sprint Car accident; 2013)]]
*[[Jeff Gordon's 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 crash (lost on-board footage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race crash; 2008)]]
*[[NASCAR (partially found uncut footage of stock car races; 1960-present)]]


==References==           
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Revision as of 11:24, 26 April 2022

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Program for the race.

Status: Partially Lost

The 1988 Miller High Life 500 was the 13th race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Occurring on 19th June at the Pocono International Raceway, the race would ultimately be won by Geoffrey Bodine in a Chevrolet. However, the race is most known for Bobby Allison's career-ending accident on the opening lap.

Background

The 1988 Miller High Life 500 was the 7th running of the event, with the annual race typically lasting around 500 miles in length.[1] It was one of two 1988 Winston Cup races at Pocono International Raceway, the other being the 1988 AC Spark Plug 500,[2] which occurred on 24th July and was won by Bill Elliott in a Ford.[3] The event would carry on into 2021 as the Pocono Organics CBD 325, before it was dropped for the 2022 season.[4][5]

Prior to the race, qualifying commenced with Alan Kulwicki winning the pole position in a Ford with a speed of 158.806 mph.[1] Directly behind him were the Chevrolets of Ken Schrader and Geoffrey Bodine, in second and third respectively.[1] Buick's Bobby Allison qualified 28th out of 40 competitors.[1]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1988 Miller High Life 500 commenced on 19th June.[1] Schrader shot into the lead on the first lap, holding onto it for 34 consecutive laps before dropping it to Bodine.[1] On the first lap, Allison crashed head-on into the outside barrier after a tyre burst, causing him to spin heading into Turn 2.[6] He was then t-boned by the Chevrolet of Jocko Maggiacomo, knocking both drivers out.[6][1] While Maggiacomo recovered, Allison suffered from head injuries so severe that he was even given the last rites by a priest at a local hospital.[7][6] While he survived, Allison was in a vegetive state, requiring him to stay in hospital for 108 days, receive multiple surgeries and engage in rehab to recover as much of his memory as possible and re-learn daily tasks.[7][6] Ultimately, the crash ended his career, having officially won 84 Cup Series races and the 1983 Winston Cup title.[7][6]

Meanwhile, Bodine held the lead from laps 35 to 88, before Schrader took over until lap 107.[1] From there, the battle for the lead became an open competition, with few of the 17 lead changes lasting for more than ten laps.[1] In the remaining stages, Schrader overtook Bodine for the first position on lap 158, but dropped it to Pontiac's Rusty Wallace ten laps later, eventually falling further down to finish 9th.[1] Wallace defended his lead for another 23 laps before Bodine achieved the final lead change on lap 191.[1] He would cross the line with a 8.18-second margin lead to claim victory and $51,200 in prize money.[1] Pontiac's Michael Waltrip pipped Wallace for second, with Wallace holding on for third.[1]

Availability

A 90 minute broadcast of the race can be found on YouTube, which also includes Allison's accident. However, as detailed by nascarman History in his video Top 10 LOST NASCAR TV Broadcasts, there is also an obscure tape of the race that was broadcast by Financial News Network (FNN) at 6pm that same evening, lasting two-and-a-half hours. This airing has yet to publicly resurface.

Gallery

Videos

The 90-minute broadcast of the race.

Top 10 LOST NASCAR TV Broadcasts detailing the FNN broadcast (2:40-3:03).

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See Also

References