One interesting note regarding Pete Hamilton's effort was that the 1970 Daytona 500 champion (a fact that both the ABC WWOS broadcast and the Car & Track versions of this race neglect to mention) was actually driving a car entered by Jack Housby. Housby's #9 car had been driven by Ramo Stott in the 1972 race, but was uncompetitive, barely missed the Walter Ballard crash, and soon after, retired from that year's race. But Hamilton put it on the front row for the 1973 Daytona 500, but after running well in his quaifying race, dropped out with engine problems, and another engine failure caused him to be the first out of the '73 Daytona 500, just before Gordon Johncock, who was to win that year's rain and tragedy-plagued Indianapolis 500, met the same fate in Hoss Ellington's #28 car. Housby's son Kevin would qualify for the race in 1980, but tangled with Chuck Bown to create the race's first caution period and would later drop out of his only Daytona 500 with engine problems.
It's cool hearing the names Marty Robbins and Red Farmer 😊
it is about time that NASCAR released the ABC Broadcast version of the 1973 Daytona 500!
One interesting note regarding Pete Hamilton's effort was that the 1970 Daytona 500 champion (a fact that both the ABC WWOS broadcast and the Car & Track versions of this race neglect to mention) was actually driving a car entered by Jack Housby. Housby's #9 car had been driven by Ramo Stott in the 1972 race, but was uncompetitive, barely missed the Walter Ballard crash, and soon after, retired from that year's race. But Hamilton put it on the front row for the 1973 Daytona 500, but after running well in his quaifying race, dropped out with engine problems, and another engine failure caused him to be the first out of the '73 Daytona 500, just before Gordon Johncock, who was to win that year's rain and tragedy-plagued Indianapolis 500, met the same fate in Hoss Ellington's #28 car. Housby's son Kevin would qualify for the race in 1980, but tangled with Chuck Bown to create the race's first caution period and would later drop out of his only Daytona 500 with engine problems.
when nascar did not discriminate against the rebel flag nowadays they do unfortunately hail to the king