My Dad volunteered at the Raleigh Speedway and was responsible for setting up the sound system. This allowed us to watch this race from the announcer’s booth high above the track. Sadly I can still see the horrific crash on the backstretch at the start. It seemed to me that the entire backstretch was on fire. It was years before I attended another NASCAR race.
You know what's especially sad? I bet the people who work next to that last remaining track section have no idea it's even there, or if they do they probably have no idea what it used to be.
Or the fact a fair amount of people died there. I can imagine the ghostly noises of the cars going through that wooded area at night. Those pictures are that haunting.
@@stonehaven Why'd'ya have to say something like that, man? We're TRYING to contain them to Cary, but the containment area for resettled yankees isn't containing as well as we need it to.
Stock car racing is a Charlotte phenomena. Raleigh has always treated Charlotte like a separate state, and this state is still full of provincial legislators who can't see past their personal interests.
1 and a half years later I'm seeing this. I actually work on Tarheel Dr in Raleigh and have walked the area where the track still stands. I actually have a chunk of the track at home. Great video.
I wonder what compelled Blevins to stay in the car. Possibly didn't know the green flag had been thrown. Eerie as hell for the only remaining stretch of pavement left to be where the incident took place. Horrible incident, great video.
It's that new rule.....Since Tony Stewart ran over and killed Ward Jr. Driver must stay in the car. Blevins anticipated the future rule. Blevins ahead of his time. Following rule back then.
@@quasimoto7662 as soon as I would have heard the cars take the green on the front stretch I would have thought he would have at least tried to get out of the car and make a run for it. But, everybody who has the benefit of hindsight claims they woulda, coulda, shoulda done something different. But, I am betting that is the defense Nascsr used to show they were not to blame in Blevins death.
I grew up in Raleigh. Never knew about this, and after some research and piecing together the location of the track, turns out it was only about a quarter mile from my grandfathers house...and I used to ride my bike through that area as a kid...wow! Thanks for the history lesson. Awesome!!
C G This is not the fairgrounds speedway. There’s two different former tracks in Raleigh. The fairgrounds speedway was a half mile dirt track (the final dirt track to hold a grand national race.) Raleigh Speedway was a one mile paved oval.
A lot of sports disasters in the 50s just faded into history as no one wanted to revisit them, and often they were poorly documented. They'd often make only local news and then fading into long forgotten microfisc archives until someone digs back to uncover it. History forgets a great number of things even in this digitalized world we live in now.
That statement about how some racetracks give positive memories and others leave only tragedy and failure, it's perfectly true. An example of how F1 has got it right is COTA. By blending aspects of racetracks that made for great racing, taking inspiration from other tracks, and encouraging the general package, COTA in 2021 saw over 300,000 people attending the race. An example where they got it wrong is Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. A track built in parking lot of the famous casino, it was a completely unsuitable track for F1, shaped like a E and not sold to the locals, so hardly anyone attended. The worst thing F1 ever did, from selling itself to the United States perspective, was tyregate, the intransigence of F1 teams whereby a technical problem with Michelin tyre company blew up into a political row. It was like the inaugural race at Talladega in 1969, only it was in front of not just the US audience, it was global
Man! What's with all of these high-quality NASCAR RUclipsrs popping up out of nowhere? The first video of yours that I watched was your video on the 1994 speedweeks. Since then, SlapSh0es, The Iceberg, etc. have just been popping up out of nowhere! Amazing video, by the way.
You Tube told singer Engelbert Humperdinck to think of a user name less common. And yours is "John Smith" .....No problem? WTH? Suspicious! Let me guess, your SS# is "4'" You like high quality vintage Stock Car video? Dedicate 2 minutes to the length provided. I-70 Speedway Odessa, MO. Deadliest 1/2 mile ever built. Dick Trickle, Mark Martin, Jimmy Johnson (yes that one) and Adam Petty's ASA stopping grounds. All tracks have an on-sight ambulance. This mother maintained a life-flight chopper (see it in the infield?) at all times. prepared and ready to go. No joke! For a Street Stock Show. In other words......This shit wasn't dreaded.....It was expected ...Expectations that didn't disappoint....enjoy!\ ruclips.net/video/7DOo6oZI7JY/видео.html Here, 16-year-old Adam Petty kicks Jimmy Johnson's ass. Same track. Another inferno..Scary Mo-Foe ruclips.net/video/V_0nQBI7e4E/видео.html Believe it or not....Until we got Kansas Speedway. This gem was on the calendar and hosted a NASCAR Truck race every year. See for yourself ruclips.net/video/47Boixsd-5c/видео.html Jamie McMurry, Dick Trickle, Clint Boyer, and many more had to survive this shit hole A guy named Freddie Whistler never made it to the big time. But was better than all of them, Retired NASCAR CUP driver Carl Edwards, Columbia, MO 90 miles away was going to buy 1-70 Speedway, and re-open it. He couldn't get Lloyds of London to write an insurance policy on this deadly Bitch of a track. For what it's worth.............
@@raymond3803 I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about. First you make fun of my username, then you tell me to make my own videos, and then you tell me random NASCAR facts? Could you specify for me please?
@@JohnSmith-mk5jt Sure! Your user name was an attempt at humor. But you don't have a sense of humor. You seem to appreciate this video of a dangerous tNASCAR track in 1953. I shared 3 links to 1-70 speedway outside Kansas City that many NASCAR stars of today use to race at. NASCAR Truck series use to race there too. The 1st link shows 3 huge inferno crashes. I-70 was dangerous. Greg Weld (Weld Wheels) owned it. I worked there as a pit steward (posting line-ups) when I was in college . There was a driver named Freddie Whistler who was better than Martin, Johnson, Trickle, McMurry, Petty, etc. If you don't know Dick Trickle, then watch this. ruclips.net/video/iDQ9FCgwvoc/видео.html If you don't care, disregard all of it.
@@raymond3803 1. I do have a sense of humor. If you've ever read most of my comments on other videos, I am very quick to tell others that they've missed a joke. If you're comment was meant to be a joke, then it was a very poor time to choose that specific joke. I write a comment complimenting the creater of the video, and the joke you make is about my username. Since my username and commending someone's RUclips video have basically no correlation, it comes off more as you just being an ass rather than making a joke. Imagine if you were talking about your favorite race in NASCAR history, and I just randomly said, "Geez, I didn't know it was Halloween already. I like your nerd costume" I bet you'd be a bit put off by that, wouldn't you? Now, if you were telling me, "When god made that face of yours, he probably was having issues with the production line," and I replied with what I said before, we could both laugh at eachother as well as ourselves. 2. I've read into I-70 speedway and, believe it or not, I did look at those links of yours. It's a very interesting topic and I thank you for the suggestion. 3. I know who Dick Trickle is, and not just because of the memes around his name. He's a forgotten legend of NASCAR and has such a rich history behind him. I absolutely love the guy. In short, I apologize for misundertanding your comment. I will definetely look more into those topics suggested, just pick your time and place for making certain jokes. Thanks for reading my comment!
In 1956 the original builder of Raleigh Speedway, Sam Nunis, built a nearly identical track at Trenton, NJ, expandiing and paving what had been a 1/2 mile dirt track. It ran very successfully into the 1970's when it was expanded into a 1 1/2 mile with a dogleg in the back stretch
Hate to say this about any city in NC, but I could swear that Raleigh is the only city in the "South" that wishes it never was. It seems like almost everything "Southern" is banned, restricted or hidden in Raleigh for one reason or another. Either afraid to offend, or ashamed to admit they are a Southern City. It just seems odd that NASCAR, the sport born and flourished in the South, would have an effort to "ban it" in the STATE from Raleigh of all places. I mean, just think what they could have had if they had been like Hickory, Wilksboro or Charlotte and simply embraced the sport. A massive legion of fans, a long and respected history, and a life-long commitment by drivers and owners to keep the memories alive.
Raleigh has been almost always had conflicting political views with the rest of the state. Southern industry brought northern money & northern people which has been the case for Raleigh and many other cities in the south. NC is and has historically been one of the most prosperous and beautiful states in the south making many DY(damn Yankees) attracted to it. That being said when DY start invading they never tend to respect or acknowledge the home culture and attitudes. DY’s never come and want things to stay the same. They enjoy an attitude similar to a construction project. Destroy/rebuild. They have no use for culture or history, only what is now and profitable. Architectural masterpieces once common in the south are “modernized” and “restructured”. New/now/future is all they want. There is is no history they were not around for. The South stayed silent in the hopes of more Yankee money. The South continues to be destroyed and remodeled in the name of progress and innovation. 18th/19th/20th century buildings/culture/tradition/food/family/history all have no place for DY. Live in the pods and eat the bugs
@@nycsongman9758 There is a difference between a big city with yankee values and a big city with southern values. Take Charleston SC for example, beautiful architecture, food, hub of culture the world around up until the civil war. Still today it remains vibrant and beautiful as ever. Contrast with somewhere like Richmond VA, once again, major city in the south with deep roots and major trading center until the civil war. Very similar history but northern influences have destroyed the architecture and what made Richmond an ideal spot to live. Bottom line: The North hate southern people but love our land. They want us out and in the process destroy what they came to find.
@@zackreaves9846 I hear you, @zach, and can appreciate your contrasting of the two cities. Yet, I can help but still feel that you are basically *bemoaning change.* And while I don't have the stats before me, I'd imagine that the North has accepted/ absorbed its fair share of Rebs fleeing that one-horse town, fossilized, nature of a lot of the South.
Steelman Racing - #9 & 9A Pee Wee Jones and Tob Webster raced there in mid 50"s on the 1/4 mile track on Friday Nights. Mostly same cars as Bowman Gray Stadium. This is David Steelman
Thank you for the excellent history lesson; as good as any documentary I've ever watched on the history of American stock car racing. Respect to the Drivers of that day.
My great uncle was Jessie who died in the crash, I was told a after that my great grandma and her family stopped racing this accident. I Always heard my granny’s brother died in race accident, I hate to find out it was this and it could’ve been avoided.
Sorry to hear that. I can only imagine just how especially hard it was for your grandmother to lose someone so close to you, especially since Midkiff was only 19.
There are a lot of defunct tracks in the South that have history, not all of it good. Back behind those trees are ghosts..... Yellow River is one. East of Atlanta.
Theirs even and old track In kc you can see the whole shape from the air and I'm not talking bout kc speedway but and entirely different track I didn't know existed until I was on a plane leaving kc
Thanks for the video, horrific as it was. I know times have changed but what happened seems like criminal negligence to me, someone should have been charged with manslaughter, were the officials blind?
Yep.That 24 yr old Blevins was out for that $2000 purse.But his car wasn't up to par.NASCAR should've had him removed from the track after his 1st stall .It probably would've saved 2 lives that day.
The woman who went to the hospital for passing out after viewing the accident, I swear I havent laughed that hard in a while. Its just absurd because what did they do for her? Give her a blindfold? Hahaha. It's just a waste of resources ultimately. Anyways, I am a huge fan of yours Mr. Brock Beard! I did not even know this channel existed, Ive always watched your Brock Beard channel. Im so glad I found this one too! Your narrations/stories etc are the absolute BEST, hands down. Thank you so much for what you do Brock!
Wally Campbell was in the white coupe that caught fire 🔥 and he got out after an agonizing few seconds .Some one got a broken leg ,but no serious injuries . I've never heard of this incident.
@@alb5489 Sorry ,the video I saw had the narrator act like it wasn't a big deal .,and the one car was unrecognizable.And Wally Cambell probably got bured also .He didn't get out of his white coupe for a scary long time .
Wally Campbell was one ,the guy in the White coupe ,it looked like he was knocked out for a bit.He probably got burned.Its scary how long he was in the car before getting out.There is a good quality video of the wreck .
Good afternoon all Nothing to do with accident on the track but my dad grandfather and brother was at a Stock Cars in Dover NJ what happened the stand collapsed let of people was hurt and taking to local hospital after that never open it back up. Knew something was wrong could hear the cops squared going to it
@@alb5489 When Wally hit that car along the fence it looked like the frame of the other car cut the front roof pillars of Campbell's car ,and looked like he was knocked out for a while ,and it was an agonizingly long time for him to get out . I've seen a better quality video of the wreck.
I had to laugh at the logic that a driver was at fault because "several others avoided the accident" and therefore he was negligent for not doing so. Presumably that judge would have blamed Tom Pryce for killing himself and a marshal because Hans-Joachim Stuck avoided the marshal.
What do you expect from people who think that a monkey in the car is the highlight of their day. Go fast turn left, go fast turn left, go fast turn left, go fast turn left... I've just never understood the fascination in it, almost as boring as racing for 1/4 mile.
@@dukecraig2402 well duh, of course you hate something you've never looked into. I could bag on any of your personal interests that I dont care about, but I'm smarter than that. The "hurr durr left turn xddddd" comment you made shows you are beyond ignorant on this topic.
@@MrJohansen Awwww, what's da matter, your wittle butt hurt after you read that? Try some Johnson&Johnson powder on your diaper rash, you'll feel better.
The fact that the judge threw out the families lawsuits just shows how crooked and corrupt small town southern towns are. I don't care what anyone says about the car not being in good enough condition to race... If it was not race ready, then Nascar shouldn't have allowed him to race. I know this is 70 years ago and death was an accepted part of racing, but damn. If I was one of the family member of either driver, I'd have snuck into that track late at night with a rented excavator and torn up every piece of asphalt, and smashed every building on the site. Then I'd have gotten the fuck out of hillbilly town and changed my name so they couldn't find me. I'm from FL and have family in the mountains of NC... I got a ticket once for going like 58mph in a 30mph zone of the Blue Ridge Parkway... It's a scenic mountain road that has some of the most beautiful views you'll ever see - very highly recommend it if you're ever in the N Georgia /N Carolina mountain area. Anyways I got the ticket and just apologized to the cop, it was a local sheriff deputy and he was actually pretty cool about the whole thing. I was driving my grandpa's new Mercedes 500SL and just straight up told the cop that I was having fun and didn't realize I was going that fast... The deputy said something to the effect of "well that fancy car should be able to go more than 58mph!" and I was like yeah, but I also didn't wanna fly off a cliff and die. He just laughed, gave me the ticket, and said "look, I appreciate you being honest with me - you can either pay the fine, or you can go to court. I'm gonna let you know right now that I don't go to court over speeding tickets, so the choice is yours" Basically he was telling me look, I've gotta write you a ticket bc you were going almost double the speed limit... But if you take the 10 hour drive up here and go to court, you won't have to pay the ticket because I won't be in court to testify that I got you on radar. I had been making 5-6 trips per year up to NC to see my grandparents so I figured I'd just plan a trip around the court date. Sure enough, cop wasn't in court that day and my ticket got thrown out... But what I saw in that court room still pisses me off to this day. I watched one person after another go up to the stand, apologize for speeding or running a stop sign etc... The judge would cancel their traffic ticket IF they made a donation to a charity. A charity of the judges choice. Some "charity" called the NC Troopers Fund or something like that. I knew instantly what was going on... And I knew my grandpa was good friends with a cop in Boone.... So I asked my gramps to ask the cop about the "charity" and the cop said yeah, that's just a bullshit scheme that county set up and everyone on the police force in the mountains knew it was a sham... The "charity" was literally just a way for the judge to get more money in his pocket, and they split the money up between the cops and the court workers in that town or county... It was a rural county with a population of like 5000 people and there were only like maybe 10 or 20 cops /court officials... So all those people were making a crap ton of money from the judge making people "donate" to this "charity"... Even the residents knew it was bullshit, but nobody ever did anything about it. I never heard anything about it again and I would bet that this bogus "charity" still exists. I make sure I don't drive fast when I'm in that county, and I just don't drive on the blue ridge parkway anymore.... In that county, the speed limit would change every quarter mile or so... It would be 45 and then halfway around a 180 degree blind corner they'd put a 25mph speed limit - and right next to the 25mph sign would be a cop with a radar gun. You could tell they just set it up to "catch" people "speeding".... Because you can't see the signs before you enter the turn.... And slamming on the brakes to go from 45 to 25 in the middle of a sharp turn is dangerous and easily could cause people to spin out and crash, especially in the rain or snow. I absolutely hate and love NC at the same time. One of the most beautiful places on earth... Some of the most friendly, giving people you'll ever come across.... And the most corrupt police forces /govt. /state, county and city officials..... It's a great place to visit, just don't do anything even slightly illegal or you might have to donate $75 to some corrupt judge and his buddies.... Or worse yet the cop might ask you "you're not from around here are ya?"... That's never good. I thank my lucky stars I'm just a regular old white dude who can easily fake a southern drawl cuz I was born and raised in FL... The cop who pulled me over even said something like "how's living in Florida?" and I answered "it's alright, I much prefer it up here though where the air don't smell like a gators backside and it snows in the winter".... I think that little compliment of north Carolina probably helped my cause. Anyway if you're in NC I highly recommend going on the blue ridge parkway for a few hours just to see the sights and take in the beauty of the mountains.... It's especially awesome if it's just slightly foggy... The fog lays in the valleys and looks like rivers of snow, and you can watch the fog roll over the mountains... It's creepy but absolutely awesome. Just DO NOT SPEED and watch out for motorcycles... It's a very popular road for bikers because it's gorgeous, and it's twisty and very fun to ride I'm sure. I was having a blast in that Mercedes acting like I was a bootlegger, zooming around the mountain and playing race car driver. I'm lucky I only got caught doing 58 or 59mph, cuz I was definitely going much faster before I got caught. I think I was also given some leeway bc it was past sundown and the road was absolutely empty, I was the only car for miles and miles. And I just happened to be driving a convertible gold Mercedes 😂😂😂 I was gonna get caught no matter what now that I think about it. Still had fun though, and for a luxury car that thing sure was fun to drive! It wasn't worth it though. Wouldn't recommend getting pulled over in rural NC. You'll either have to donate to the corrupt judges new car, or maybe you might hear banjo music....
In my opinion NASCAR's Darkest Day was when they entered the political arena. The whole Bubba Wallace fiasco was the last straw for me. I have watched NASCAR for over 30 years. But following the ridiculous noose incident and removal of the historical flag from the south, I will never watch nor support anything to do with NASCAR again.
Nascar vent to the down the toilet around 2013 due to the management and direction the executives took this once great sport. Now the biggest issue they face with safety is Bubba Wallace in fear of a garage door pull rope. Most drivers like bubba sit in a infant car seat with a sippy cup, Nascar is dead. #6 Mark Martin
One night was watching Friday night thunder the midgets cars one of the was killed know even if the sportscaster said it you know fly over the barrier 🚧
Go back to the old days run what you brung no resets or stages these cookie cutters need to go jrt the big 3 like Chrysler have the hellcat at Daytona and talladega Ibet they could get close to 300 miles per hour
i have to disagree. They cant take back too many screw you's... The Bubba Noose incident was the final straw for me, Watching Bubba drive more nails in the Petty organization.. And the King slobbering over it...
He has a very surface level knowledge of what he's talking about. There are at least a half dozens users on Racing-Reference who would do a better job of making his videos then he does.
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My Dad volunteered at the Raleigh Speedway and was responsible for setting up the sound system. This allowed us to watch this race from the announcer’s booth high above the track.
Sadly I can still see the horrific crash on the backstretch at the start. It seemed to me that the entire backstretch was on fire. It was years before I attended another NASCAR race.
That’s honestly eerie how the only piece of the track left is where the accident was.
Be nice if the property owner cleaned it up and made a memorial. Even just a sign would be nice to see.
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Imagine working at that company and taking a break having lunch, talking on the phone by that piece of land. So creepy
Either it's a coincidence, or something darker is going on.
You and @blackflagsmatter have such great historical NASCAR content. Listening to yall two got me into stock car racing last year. Keep it up man!
You know what's especially sad? I bet the people who work next to that last remaining track section have no idea it's even there, or if they do they probably have no idea what it used to be.
Or the fact a fair amount of people died there. I can imagine the ghostly noises of the cars going through that wooded area at night. Those pictures are that haunting.
Sorry, it isn’t sad.
@@sludge4125 thank you, arbiter of emotions
@@bruhbbawallace You are welcome. Time marches on. The only constant is change.
(And, yes, I realize you were being sarcastic.)
Tried to get stock car racing banned in NC.... man those folks were on the wrong side of history lol
@@stonehaven Why'd'ya have to say something like that, man? We're TRYING to contain them to Cary, but the containment area for resettled yankees isn't containing as well as we need it to.
And in 2011, stock car racing was declared the Official State Sport of North Carolina. Haha
Stock car racing is a Charlotte phenomena. Raleigh has always treated Charlotte like a separate state, and this state is still full of provincial legislators who can't see past their personal interests.
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@@cgunugc shoot, y'all spilling yankees over nash county way. Y'all doin terrible.
Raleigh Speedway: We were the first track with lights!
Air Base Speedway: Am I a joke to you?
Who has watched s1apsh0es' video?
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You need to open your ears M8. He said the first track with a length of 1 mile to have lights. Air base was only 1/2 a mile long.
@@sherlockholmes60 , air base speedway was a 0.5 mile track
@@henriquepaladino3779 I know it was only .5 miles long, that's why I said it was. Do you know how to convert fractions to decimals? 1/2 = .5
1 and a half years later I'm seeing this. I actually work on Tarheel Dr in Raleigh and have walked the area where the track still stands. I actually have a chunk of the track at home. Great video.
I wonder what compelled Blevins to stay in the car. Possibly didn't know the green flag had been thrown.
Eerie as hell for the only remaining stretch of pavement left to be where the incident took place.
Horrible incident, great video.
It's that new rule.....Since Tony Stewart ran over and killed Ward Jr. Driver must stay in the car. Blevins anticipated the future rule. Blevins ahead of his time. Following rule back then.
Yeah it is really really creepy how it’s the only bit of the track left.
He erroneously thought he would get another push. He didn’t.
@@quasimoto7662 as soon as I would have heard the cars take the green on the front stretch I would have thought he would have at least tried to get out of the car and make a run for it. But, everybody who has the benefit of hindsight claims they woulda, coulda, shoulda done something different. But, I am betting that is the defense Nascsr used to show they were not to blame in Blevins death.
Scull shape in the leaves @ 10:15 a couple of feet just to the left and near the end of the cleared path inline with the falling shadow....
underrated documentary, right here. LOVE THIS VIDEO! I cannot stop thinking about this video!
I grew up in Raleigh. Never knew about this, and after some research and piecing together the location of the track, turns out it was only about a quarter mile from my grandfathers house...and I used to ride my bike through that area as a kid...wow! Thanks for the history lesson. Awesome!!
You should have more subs. You're doing great work. Love every video.
Completely agree!
Good video, terrible incident. Why hadn't I heard of this before?
I know, right? I've been to the state fairgrounds where this racetrack is every year for a decade, and I had no idea about this history.
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This is not the fairgrounds speedway. There’s two different former tracks in Raleigh.
The fairgrounds speedway was a half mile dirt track (the final dirt track to hold a grand national race.) Raleigh Speedway was a one mile paved oval.
Probably because NASCAR tried hard to hide all the shit its responsible for.
Maybe another case of hidden and unknown tragedy.
A lot of sports disasters in the 50s just faded into history as no one wanted to revisit them, and often they were poorly documented. They'd often make only local news and then fading into long forgotten microfisc archives until someone digs back to uncover it.
History forgets a great number of things even in this digitalized world we live in now.
That statement about how some racetracks give positive memories and others leave only tragedy and failure, it's perfectly true. An example of how F1 has got it right is COTA. By blending aspects of racetracks that made for great racing, taking inspiration from other tracks, and encouraging the general package, COTA in 2021 saw over 300,000 people attending the race. An example where they got it wrong is Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. A track built in parking lot of the famous casino, it was a completely unsuitable track for F1, shaped like a E and not sold to the locals, so hardly anyone attended.
The worst thing F1 ever did, from selling itself to the United States perspective, was tyregate, the intransigence of F1 teams whereby a technical problem with Michelin tyre company blew up into a political row. It was like the inaugural race at Talladega in 1969, only it was in front of not just the US audience, it was global
To be honest I'm surprised this was the only double fatality in NASCAR history
I had never heard this before...Thank you very much...great job
On another note Ned Jarrett said when Fireball was killed he screamed "oh my God Ned help me I'm on fire"
Really ? Damn; that's *horrible.*
@@nycsongman9758 yeah terrible it's always stuck with me
fuck... I also heard he hated his nickname Fireball Roberts because he didn’t want to die in a fiery wreck..
@@surrealorb8325 yep that's correct
He lived for another month after the wreck. Probably would have survived if it hadn’t happened in 1964.
Very sad story for many different reasons. But banning racing in NC, yeah good luck! It’s kinda like trying to ban Jack Danials in TN!
The county its made in is a dry county
Excellent video, nice work digging up all the historical footage and history for us
Wow. That shouldn’t have happened to this track. It should have been another Darlington
Man! What's with all of these high-quality NASCAR RUclipsrs popping up out of nowhere? The first video of yours that I watched was your video on the 1994 speedweeks. Since then, SlapSh0es, The Iceberg, etc. have just been popping up out of nowhere! Amazing video, by the way.
You Tube told singer Engelbert Humperdinck to think of a user name less common. And yours is "John Smith" .....No problem? WTH? Suspicious! Let me guess, your SS# is "4'"
You like high quality vintage Stock Car video? Dedicate 2 minutes to the length provided. I-70 Speedway Odessa, MO. Deadliest 1/2 mile ever built. Dick Trickle, Mark Martin,
Jimmy Johnson (yes that one) and Adam Petty's ASA stopping grounds. All tracks have an on-sight ambulance. This mother maintained a life-flight chopper (see it in the infield?) at all times. prepared and ready to go. No joke! For a Street Stock Show. In other words......This shit wasn't dreaded.....It was expected ...Expectations that didn't disappoint....enjoy!\
ruclips.net/video/7DOo6oZI7JY/видео.html Here, 16-year-old Adam Petty kicks Jimmy Johnson's ass. Same track. Another inferno..Scary Mo-Foe ruclips.net/video/V_0nQBI7e4E/видео.html
Believe it or not....Until we got Kansas Speedway. This gem was on the calendar and hosted a NASCAR Truck race every year. See for yourself ruclips.net/video/47Boixsd-5c/видео.html
Jamie McMurry, Dick Trickle, Clint Boyer, and many more had to survive this shit hole A guy named Freddie Whistler never made it to the big time. But was better than all of them,
Retired NASCAR CUP driver Carl Edwards, Columbia, MO 90 miles away was going to buy 1-70 Speedway, and re-open it. He couldn't get Lloyds of London to write an insurance policy on this deadly Bitch of a track. For what it's worth.............
@@raymond3803 I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about. First you make fun of my username, then you tell me to make my own videos, and then you tell me random NASCAR facts? Could you specify for me please?
@@JohnSmith-mk5jt Sure! Your user name was an attempt at humor. But you don't have a sense of humor. You seem to appreciate this video of a dangerous tNASCAR track in 1953. I shared 3 links to 1-70 speedway outside Kansas City that many NASCAR stars of today use to race at. NASCAR Truck series use to race there too. The 1st link shows 3 huge inferno crashes. I-70 was dangerous. Greg Weld (Weld Wheels) owned it. I worked there as a pit steward (posting line-ups) when I was in college . There was a driver named Freddie Whistler who was better than Martin, Johnson, Trickle, McMurry, Petty, etc.
If you don't know Dick Trickle, then watch this. ruclips.net/video/iDQ9FCgwvoc/видео.html
If you don't care, disregard all of it.
@@raymond3803
1. I do have a sense of humor. If you've ever read most of my comments on other videos, I am very quick to tell others that they've missed a joke. If you're comment was meant to be a joke, then it was a very poor time to choose that specific joke. I write a comment complimenting the creater of the video, and the joke you make is about my username. Since my username and commending someone's RUclips video have basically no correlation, it comes off more as you just being an ass rather than making a joke. Imagine if you were talking about your favorite race in NASCAR history, and I just randomly said, "Geez, I didn't know it was Halloween already. I like your nerd costume" I bet you'd be a bit put off by that, wouldn't you? Now, if you were telling me, "When god made that face of yours, he probably was having issues with the production line," and I replied with what I said before, we could both laugh at eachother as well as ourselves.
2. I've read into I-70 speedway and, believe it or not, I did look at those links of yours. It's a very interesting topic and I thank you for the suggestion.
3. I know who Dick Trickle is, and not just because of the memes around his name. He's a forgotten legend of NASCAR and has such a rich history behind him. I absolutely love the guy.
In short, I apologize for misundertanding your comment. I will definetely look more into those topics suggested, just pick your time and place for making certain jokes. Thanks for reading my comment!
@@JohnSmith-mk5jt *_If Podesta only had better hand-writing......Scalise and Scalia hits wouldn't get so fouled up!_*
Now that's damn funny.
In 1956 the original builder of Raleigh Speedway, Sam Nunis, built a nearly identical track at Trenton, NJ, expandiing and paving what had been a 1/2 mile dirt track. It ran very successfully into the 1970's when it was expanded into a 1 1/2 mile with a dogleg in the back stretch
I’ve been to the track 2 times, It’s very quiet, as almost a ghost is there.
Hate to say this about any city in NC, but I could swear that Raleigh is the only city in the "South" that wishes it never was. It seems like almost everything "Southern" is banned, restricted or hidden in Raleigh for one reason or another. Either afraid to offend, or ashamed to admit they are a Southern City. It just seems odd that NASCAR, the sport born and flourished in the South, would have an effort to "ban it" in the STATE from Raleigh of all places. I mean, just think what they could have had if they had been like Hickory, Wilksboro or Charlotte and simply embraced the sport. A massive legion of fans, a long and respected history, and a life-long commitment by drivers and owners to keep the memories alive.
Raleigh has been almost always had conflicting political views with the rest of the state. Southern industry brought northern money & northern people which has been the case for Raleigh and many other cities in the south.
NC is and has historically been one of the most prosperous and beautiful states in the south making many DY(damn Yankees) attracted to it. That being said when DY start invading they never tend to respect or acknowledge the home culture and attitudes.
DY’s never come and want things to stay the same. They enjoy an attitude similar to a construction project. Destroy/rebuild. They have no use for culture or history, only what is now and profitable. Architectural masterpieces once common in the south are “modernized” and “restructured”. New/now/future is all they want. There is is no history they were not around for.
The South stayed silent in the hopes of more Yankee money. The South continues to be destroyed and remodeled in the name of progress and innovation. 18th/19th/20th century buildings/culture/tradition/food/family/history all have no place for DY.
Live in the pods and eat the bugs
@@zackreaves9846
C'mon; as the US grew to 330M+, do you really expect *anywhere* to remain super-quaint, quiet, and small-townish, forever ?
@@nycsongman9758 There is a difference between a big city with yankee values and a big city with southern values.
Take Charleston SC for example, beautiful architecture, food, hub of culture the world around up until the civil war. Still today it remains vibrant and beautiful as ever.
Contrast with somewhere like Richmond VA, once again, major city in the south with deep roots and major trading center until the civil war. Very similar history but northern influences have destroyed the architecture and what made Richmond an ideal spot to live.
Bottom line: The North hate southern people but love our land. They want us out and in the process destroy what they came to find.
@@zackreaves9846
I hear you, @zach, and can appreciate your contrasting of the two cities. Yet, I can help but still feel that you are basically *bemoaning change.*
And while I don't have the stats before me, I'd imagine that the North has accepted/ absorbed its fair share of Rebs fleeing that one-horse town, fossilized, nature of a lot of the South.
Thank you for this channel excellent videos!
How have I never heard of that wreck rip to everyone that died
There was black sunday and now we have black Saturday
You and Slapshoes are the best!!! And I can’t pick who’s better!!!! Lol
There is a s1ap on location: Raleigh speedway
I've never heard of this sad event .I'm 65 and when I was young you rarely heard of any of this ,.Enjoyable program .
Spooky achieved. Nice sound editing, interesting video.
WOW. Great photography HEATHER
Steelman Racing - #9 & 9A Pee Wee Jones and Tob Webster raced there in mid 50"s on the 1/4 mile track on Friday Nights. Mostly same cars as Bowman Gray Stadium. This is David Steelman
Thank you for the excellent history lesson; as good as any documentary I've ever watched on the history of American stock car racing.
Respect to the Drivers of that day.
I like the soundtrack in the background! It's so fitting!
Lived a mile or so from there in the early 1980's. Friend of mine says the then unused track area was used to fly RC aircraft.
My great uncle was Jessie who died in the crash, I was told a after that my great grandma and her family stopped racing this accident. I Always heard my granny’s brother died in race accident, I hate to find out it was this and it could’ve been avoided.
Sorry to hear that. I can only imagine just how especially hard it was for your grandmother to lose someone so close to you, especially since Midkiff was only 19.
Great video!
So was those qualifying races pretty much a prototype for the Duels and Speedweeks?
4:35 Nice
The footage 7shown of the beginning of that crash was not actually Raleigh but rather the1951 crash at the national modified open at Langhome, PA
There are a lot of defunct tracks in the South that have history, not all of it good. Back behind those trees are ghosts..... Yellow River is one. East of Atlanta.
Theirs even and old track In kc you can see the whole shape from the air and I'm not talking bout kc speedway but and entirely different track I didn't know existed until I was on a plane leaving kc
Thanks for the video, horrific as it was. I know times have changed but what happened seems like criminal negligence to me, someone should have been charged with manslaughter, were the officials blind?
Raleigh Speedway was closed in 1959 Super Speedway track location Raleigh North Carolina capital city
Damn Bad Accident
Rip To Those Killed That Night
Yep.That 24 yr old Blevins was out for that $2000 purse.But his car wasn't up to par.NASCAR should've had him removed from the track after his 1st stall .It probably would've saved 2 lives that day.
Very good.
I've heard that the crash took place were the electrical station is
Good video.
I was born in Raleigh! Hell yeah!
The woman who went to the hospital for passing out after viewing the accident, I swear I havent laughed that hard in a while. Its just absurd because what did they do for her? Give her a blindfold? Hahaha. It's just a waste of resources ultimately. Anyways, I am a huge fan of yours Mr. Brock Beard! I did not even know this channel existed, Ive always watched your Brock Beard channel. Im so glad I found this one too! Your narrations/stories etc are the absolute BEST, hands down. Thank you so much for what you do Brock!
The first part of your name is very appropriate.
Passing out from the view of fatalities has nothing to do with being a karen.. A karen would complain the workers are being too loud..
@@almostfm Yeah because it's my initials, your point? Anyways have a great day 👍
@@almostfm HAHAHAHAHAH!
Good grief, I was 18 months old then, living in Clarkton, N.C. where I was born.
Wondering what happened/who was involved in the 1951 Langhorne crash footage
Wally Campbell was in the white coupe that caught fire 🔥 and he got out after an agonizing few seconds .Some one got a broken leg ,but no serious injuries .
I've never heard of this incident.
@@davidschaadt5929 Compound fracture of the leg is pretty serious and so are third degree burns.
@@alb5489 Sorry ,the video I saw had the narrator act like it wasn't a big deal .,and the one car was unrecognizable.And Wally Cambell probably got bured also .He didn't get out of his white coupe for a scary long time .
Wally Campbell was one ,the guy in the White coupe ,it looked like he was knocked out for a bit.He probably got burned.Its scary how long he was in the car before getting out.There is a good quality video of the wreck .
A lot of the footage in the video is from the dirt mile at Langhorne, Pa.
Do you feel jipped at this point?
Well, duh. Even in those days someone should have imagined an accident was inevitable with no precautions in the books.
Good afternoon all Nothing to do with accident on the track but my dad grandfather and brother was at a Stock Cars in Dover NJ what happened the stand collapsed let of people was hurt and taking to local hospital after that never open it back up. Knew something was wrong could hear the cops squared going to it
Besides the neighbors of the track not wanting it there was it a good track to race on?
Most if not all tracks were made before the neighbors got their if you don't like the track their move away.
The part that is still remaining should be made into a memorial shrine / parkette ....
That was Trenton N.J. racer Wally Campbell.
Not Trenton, NJ.It was Langhorne, PA. Look for that video.
@@alb5489 When Wally hit that car along the fence it looked like the frame of the other car cut the front roof pillars of Campbell's car ,and looked like he was knocked out for a while ,and it was an agonizingly long time for him to get out . I've seen a better quality video of the wreck.
This race took place a year before my father's birthday
4:34 im going to hell for laughing at that
"Firecracker 400". How ironic.
Man back then in them old cars if I was stuck and I heard them coming I swear tg I would of ran into the infield and prayed they didn't hit my car
15 cars? That's not even considered a "big one" at Talledega or Daytona.
7:56 “how I can make this about me…”
I had to laugh at the logic that a driver was at fault because "several others avoided the accident" and therefore he was negligent for not doing so. Presumably that judge would have blamed Tom Pryce for killing himself and a marshal because Hans-Joachim Stuck avoided the marshal.
What do you expect from people who think that a monkey in the car is the highlight of their day.
Go fast turn left, go fast turn left, go fast turn left, go fast turn left...
I've just never understood the fascination in it, almost as boring as racing for 1/4 mile.
@@dukecraig2402 well duh, of course you hate something you've never looked into. I could bag on any of your personal interests that I dont care about, but I'm smarter than that. The "hurr durr left turn xddddd" comment you made shows you are beyond ignorant on this topic.
@@MrJohansen
Awwww, what's da matter, your wittle butt hurt after you read that?
Try some Johnson&Johnson powder on your diaper rash, you'll feel better.
Jocko flocko. What a legend
Black Saturday: The killed racers were Dale Earnhardt, before Dale Earnhardt was cool! This is the REAL reason why people hate NASCAR.
S/O Jocko Flocko
#verylooseregulations
how creepy is that music on this video
The fact that the judge threw out the families lawsuits just shows how crooked and corrupt small town southern towns are.
I don't care what anyone says about the car not being in good enough condition to race... If it was not race ready, then Nascar shouldn't have allowed him to race.
I know this is 70 years ago and death was an accepted part of racing, but damn. If I was one of the family member of either driver, I'd have snuck into that track late at night with a rented excavator and torn up every piece of asphalt, and smashed every building on the site. Then I'd have gotten the fuck out of hillbilly town and changed my name so they couldn't find me.
I'm from FL and have family in the mountains of NC... I got a ticket once for going like 58mph in a 30mph zone of the Blue Ridge Parkway... It's a scenic mountain road that has some of the most beautiful views you'll ever see - very highly recommend it if you're ever in the N Georgia /N Carolina mountain area.
Anyways I got the ticket and just apologized to the cop, it was a local sheriff deputy and he was actually pretty cool about the whole thing. I was driving my grandpa's new Mercedes 500SL and just straight up told the cop that I was having fun and didn't realize I was going that fast... The deputy said something to the effect of "well that fancy car should be able to go more than 58mph!" and I was like yeah, but I also didn't wanna fly off a cliff and die. He just laughed, gave me the ticket, and said "look, I appreciate you being honest with me - you can either pay the fine, or you can go to court. I'm gonna let you know right now that I don't go to court over speeding tickets, so the choice is yours"
Basically he was telling me look, I've gotta write you a ticket bc you were going almost double the speed limit... But if you take the 10 hour drive up here and go to court, you won't have to pay the ticket because I won't be in court to testify that I got you on radar.
I had been making 5-6 trips per year up to NC to see my grandparents so I figured I'd just plan a trip around the court date.
Sure enough, cop wasn't in court that day and my ticket got thrown out... But what I saw in that court room still pisses me off to this day. I watched one person after another go up to the stand, apologize for speeding or running a stop sign etc... The judge would cancel their traffic ticket IF they made a donation to a charity.
A charity of the judges choice.
Some "charity" called the NC Troopers Fund or something like that. I knew instantly what was going on... And I knew my grandpa was good friends with a cop in Boone.... So I asked my gramps to ask the cop about the "charity" and the cop said yeah, that's just a bullshit scheme that county set up and everyone on the police force in the mountains knew it was a sham... The "charity" was literally just a way for the judge to get more money in his pocket, and they split the money up between the cops and the court workers in that town or county... It was a rural county with a population of like 5000 people and there were only like maybe 10 or 20 cops /court officials... So all those people were making a crap ton of money from the judge making people "donate" to this "charity"... Even the residents knew it was bullshit, but nobody ever did anything about it.
I never heard anything about it again and I would bet that this bogus "charity" still exists.
I make sure I don't drive fast when I'm in that county, and I just don't drive on the blue ridge parkway anymore.... In that county, the speed limit would change every quarter mile or so... It would be 45 and then halfway around a 180 degree blind corner they'd put a 25mph speed limit - and right next to the 25mph sign would be a cop with a radar gun. You could tell they just set it up to "catch" people "speeding".... Because you can't see the signs before you enter the turn.... And slamming on the brakes to go from 45 to 25 in the middle of a sharp turn is dangerous and easily could cause people to spin out and crash, especially in the rain or snow.
I absolutely hate and love NC at the same time. One of the most beautiful places on earth... Some of the most friendly, giving people you'll ever come across.... And the most corrupt police forces /govt. /state, county and city officials..... It's a great place to visit, just don't do anything even slightly illegal or you might have to donate $75 to some corrupt judge and his buddies.... Or worse yet the cop might ask you "you're not from around here are ya?"... That's never good.
I thank my lucky stars I'm just a regular old white dude who can easily fake a southern drawl cuz I was born and raised in FL... The cop who pulled me over even said something like "how's living in Florida?" and I answered "it's alright, I much prefer it up here though where the air don't smell like a gators backside and it snows in the winter".... I think that little compliment of north Carolina probably helped my cause.
Anyway if you're in NC I highly recommend going on the blue ridge parkway for a few hours just to see the sights and take in the beauty of the mountains.... It's especially awesome if it's just slightly foggy... The fog lays in the valleys and looks like rivers of snow, and you can watch the fog roll over the mountains... It's creepy but absolutely awesome.
Just DO NOT SPEED and watch out for motorcycles... It's a very popular road for bikers because it's gorgeous, and it's twisty and very fun to ride I'm sure.
I was having a blast in that Mercedes acting like I was a bootlegger, zooming around the mountain and playing race car driver. I'm lucky I only got caught doing 58 or 59mph, cuz I was definitely going much faster before I got caught. I think I was also given some leeway bc it was past sundown and the road was absolutely empty, I was the only car for miles and miles. And I just happened to be driving a convertible gold Mercedes 😂😂😂 I was gonna get caught no matter what now that I think about it. Still had fun though, and for a luxury car that thing sure was fun to drive! It wasn't worth it though. Wouldn't recommend getting pulled over in rural NC. You'll either have to donate to the corrupt judges new car, or maybe you might hear banjo music....
Your channel and webblog is interessant, for a European public.
The safety procedures were a joke.
In my opinion NASCAR's Darkest Day was when they entered the political arena. The whole Bubba Wallace fiasco was the last straw for me. I have watched NASCAR for over 30 years. But following the ridiculous noose incident and removal of the historical flag from the south, I will never watch nor support anything to do with NASCAR again.
That's how I see it too brother.
Bubba paying the price every day Petty too... And as an F! Mercedes used to be fan, the BLM sponsorship , Mercedes can stuff it !
Nascar was on its deathbed in 2000 and was gone by the time they introduced the COT. No flag is gonna save the stupid shit show now.
Nascar vent to the down the toilet around 2013 due to the management and direction the executives took this once great sport. Now the biggest issue they face with safety is Bubba Wallace in fear of a garage door pull rope. Most drivers like bubba sit in a infant car seat with a sippy cup, Nascar is dead.
#6 Mark Martin
Cool
Insanity
Really? 1:53 before any real content.
Could you imagine if North Carolina, of all places, banned stock car racing in the ‘50s? What does that world look like? More Indy cars probably.
Trucks=not stock cars
One night was watching Friday night thunder the midgets cars one of the was killed know even if the sportscaster said it you know fly over the barrier 🚧
Reliegh speedway: I’m gonna go down in history
Physics: im about to end this mans hole carrer
Go back to the old days run what you brung no resets or stages these cookie cutters need to go jrt the big 3 like Chrysler have the hellcat at Daytona and talladega Ibet they could get close to 300 miles per hour
Back when they first started putting nooses in the garages.
Since when is a one mile track considered a super speedway?
Probably back in 1952...when this particular track was built
Yes ,I was going to say ,back at that time it would be .
69 cars
nice
*slow clap
Is there a sexual reference with it? 69 clap
all those old coupes...........gone.
I wish that wreck was in iracing
iRacing didnt exist back then.
The victorious pan perceptually report because detective commercially spark failing a giant decade. accidental, tangible anteater
Them boys was drunk as hell off that moonshine
I bet some of them ,HeHe.
NASCAR would Get Back their audience if they’d let them Race & find a Driver like Dale Earnhardt 3 !!!!! Sadly 😢 they will never listen.
and get rid of bubba wallace.
Ya cause there aren't enough wrecks anymore...that class of NASCAR fan doesn't need to come back
Martin,... WHAT !!!!!
Martain ..... WHAT !!!!!
i have to disagree. They cant take back too many screw you's... The Bubba Noose incident was the final straw for me, Watching Bubba drive more nails in the Petty organization.. And the King slobbering over it...
This could be a S1apSh0es video.
This channel is just like S1apSh0es, except, y'know, actually good.
Dane Amann yeah be a dick for no reason, slap shoes makes great content too
He has a very surface level knowledge of what he's talking about. There are at least a half dozens users on Racing-Reference who would do a better job of making his videos then he does.
@@daneamann6225 both of these channels are entertaining, sorry he bothers you that much.
@@daneamann6225 Dude S1apSh0es is a growing channel still.
Good old f*ck saftey just send days lol
NIMBYs and Karens existed back then?