1984 Dallas Grand Prix and would continue until 30 minutes before the start (the repairs involved a backhoe digging up the broken asphalt and replacing it with quick-dry cement). Niki Lauda and Alain Prost tried to arrange a boycott among the drivers, but Rosberg insisted they should race. Bernie Ecclestone did not want to have 90,000 disappointed fans at the circuit, and viewers around the world, so the race went off with Larry Hagman (J. R. Ewing from the television series "Dallas") waving the green flag to start the parade lap. Mansell led for almost half the race from his first pole position. Derek
Robert Colbert entitled "City Beneath the Sea" that was shown as a television movie. In 1968, Colbert appeared in the final episode of the first season of "Hawaii Five-O". Colbert also appeared as the character Stuart Brooks on the television soap opera, "The Young and the Restless", from March 1973 to March 1983, being honored at the show's tenth anniversary. In 1981, Colbert and Robert Culp were suggested by CBS as possible replacements for Larry Hagman on "Dallas" after Hagman decided to hold out for more money; however, Hagman returned to the series. In 1987, he appeared in the film parody "Amazon