with racing in Roseville on Friday nights then west capitol on Saturday ,you could have a decent weekend of racing, and the really cheap seats were sitting on the embankment behind the track and once in a while the track announcer would talk to the people there .
Crazy wheels Wally baker was my favorite as a kid. Grandma always remembered me liking joe guisti too. Juice tea? My grandma and pa took me there on Saturday nights for years, loved it.
My grandparents were responsible for my life long love of racing also! We had our heroes too. Greats like; Hank Arnold, Bob Huebner, Leland McSpadden, Jerry McClung, Jerry Coons, Gene Brown, the Burns brothers and many more. Some of my heroes are now in the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville Iowa. Super Modifieds and Sprint Cars were just coming in to the winged era around 1964; all started by Jimmy Woods in his 406 ci. "Flyin' Ford" from Orange Grove California. These guys and many more were my heroes. Thanks to my Grandma and Gramps I'll always be a fan of Open Wheel Dirt Cars and it all started @ Tucson Speedway in 1963 and @ Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix Arizona. Thank you for the post as it really brings back memories.
Love this. Dad would take me to Capital Speedway on summer nights in this era. Most fun and entertainment ever. I recognize a lot of the drivers, and remember the cars. Excellent footage; A few notes: the title should say 1967, not '65. You can clearly see a '67 Ford convertible and '67 Camaro coupe used as pace cars. This must've been an off-season race; most people are wearing jackets, and the infield and levee bank in the background are green. Neither thing likely during a summer in Sacramento. Check out the presence of sprint cars racing with the modifieds. That only happened at so-called open competition events. Also, some cars have wings; that device was just coming in at the time. You see a mixture of prewar bodies with just simulated sheet-metal "bodies." When we first started going to the track in '63-'64, most of the cars had altered, but production pre-war bodies. Some were all stock-bodied. Most cars had SBC engines but there were still some guys running flatheads. By the time of this video, everyone was running 283s, 327s or 289s. Something funny.. I particularly remember an older driver called Pappy--called that because he was still racing in his 60s; guess that makes the Pappy of race fans now.. Very grateful to those offering this great nostalgic video.
Thanks for sharing this excellent vintage super modified footage. Love the old home built cars, those guys were brave as well as being ture optimists. I grew up in Texas, amazing how our cars from the same time period looked basically the same.
AH--YEAZE!!! A terrifying scene in Mexico where they beat up, Kidnap and hold for ransom American tourist !!! ( DONT GO THERE, GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY FOR THE " GRINGO. " IF THEY CAN'T GET NO RANSOM FROM YOUR FAMILY FOR YOU CHANCES ARE YOU WILL NEAVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN !!! Many there have A PONCHO VILLA- ZAPATA anti-American feelings to day about gringo s going down there!!!Police,the same way !"DON'T GO THERE"!!!!
@ 6:17 Any information on the sprint car driver / owner ? I swear I can see that car in my boyhood memory ( 1968 -1970 ) crashing hard in front of the grandstands and sending fuel spraying .
Is that Johnny Anderson or Billy Anderson at 10:30 with Spotlite on Speed forget his name always watched his shows on TV when I was a kid. This is a really good video.
That is definitely some good stuff lear.love it !
These were the cars that populated dirt tracks all across the U.S. in the '60s. What a great and fun time it was to be a race fan!
Some of the best video quality I have ever seen from that time frame from West Capital. And some great speed shots THANKS!!
with racing in Roseville on Friday nights then west capitol on Saturday ,you could have a decent weekend of racing, and the really cheap seats were sitting on the embankment behind the track and once in a while the track announcer would talk to the people there .
Crazy wheels Wally baker was my favorite as a kid. Grandma always remembered me liking joe guisti too. Juice tea? My grandma and pa took me there on Saturday nights for years, loved it.
My grandparents were responsible for my life long love of racing also! We had our heroes too.
Greats like; Hank Arnold, Bob Huebner, Leland McSpadden, Jerry McClung, Jerry Coons, Gene Brown, the
Burns brothers and many more. Some of my heroes are now in the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville Iowa. Super Modifieds and Sprint Cars were just coming in to the winged era around 1964; all started by Jimmy Woods in his 406 ci. "Flyin' Ford" from Orange Grove California. These guys and many more were my heroes. Thanks to my Grandma and Gramps I'll always be a fan of Open Wheel Dirt Cars and it all started @ Tucson Speedway in 1963 and @ Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix Arizona. Thank you for the post as it really brings back memories.
Yup, Juice-tea. LOL! Thanks for remembering dad!
Love this. Dad would take me to Capital Speedway on summer nights in this era. Most fun and entertainment ever. I recognize a lot of the drivers, and remember the cars. Excellent footage; A few notes: the title should say 1967, not '65. You can clearly see a '67 Ford convertible and '67 Camaro coupe used as pace cars.
This must've been an off-season race; most people are wearing jackets, and the infield and levee bank in the background are green. Neither thing likely during a summer in Sacramento. Check out the presence of sprint cars racing with the modifieds. That only happened at so-called open competition events. Also, some cars have wings; that device was just coming in at the time.
You see a mixture of prewar bodies with just simulated sheet-metal "bodies." When we first started going to the track in '63-'64, most of the cars had altered, but production pre-war bodies. Some were all stock-bodied. Most cars had SBC engines but there were still some guys running flatheads. By the time of this video, everyone was running 283s, 327s or 289s.
Something funny.. I particularly remember an older driver called Pappy--called that because he was still racing in his 60s; guess that makes the Pappy of race fans now..
Very grateful to those offering this great nostalgic video.
Thanks for sharing this excellent vintage super modified footage. Love the old home built cars, those guys were brave as well as being ture optimists. I grew up in Texas, amazing how our cars from the same time period looked basically the same.
AH--YEAZE!!! A terrifying scene in Mexico where they beat up, Kidnap and hold for ransom American tourist !!! ( DONT GO THERE, GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY FOR THE " GRINGO. "
IF THEY CAN'T GET NO RANSOM FROM YOUR FAMILY FOR YOU CHANCES ARE YOU WILL NEAVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN !!!
Many there have A PONCHO VILLA- ZAPATA anti-American feelings to day about gringo s going down there!!!Police,the same way !"DON'T GO THERE"!!!!
Thank you for posting. Great video.
@ 6:17 Any information on the sprint car driver / owner ? I swear I can see that car in my boyhood memory ( 1968 -1970 ) crashing hard in front of the grandstands and sending fuel spraying .
Is that Johnny Anderson or Billy Anderson at 10:30 with Spotlite on Speed forget his name always watched his shows on TV when I was a kid. This is a really good video.
Dick Wallen Metcalf? Maybe?
Sure looks like Johnny to me, I know that's Johnny driving the #3 sprint
Was that Mel Baker or Wally Baker Crazy Wheels at the end Super Great Video Thanks for posting this.West Capital Was one of the best tracks around.
I think Wally in the 43... Mel in the Walden #6
Might this be the seldom used big 1/2 mile track. Hard to tell, but the front straight looks longer.
I’m disappointed u have no pictures or video of the wedding held at CAPITAL Speedway in Sacramento ca in 1965.
Too bad you " DO-DO 'DING' BAT " !!
Dick Metcalf Spotlite on Speed? Memories.