1951 Langhorne National Open (with pre-race)
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2020
- The 1951 Langhorne National Open Modified race held on October 14, 1951 including pre-race festivities. The race was scheduled for 100 laps but ended on lap 83 after a massive pile-up blocked the track. Wally Cambell, the 1951 NASCAR Modified Champion, suffers minor burns in the wreck.
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What's really wild is 106 cars! Some guys were down a lap before they crossed the starting line.
Oh….my……..gosh
Now dangit thats funny right thar!!
Should’ve had time trials and whittled it down to 50 or so.
@@noviranger239or 2 separate races maybe, make em shorter.
There i was, going a lap down before I came to the first green flag....
My dad took me to races of this type when I was a kid in the 50s or 60s. The track is gone but the memories remain.
Thank you for posting this my great uncle was Dick Linder in the V-2. So cool to see this!
He was one of the best of his time.
Thats crazy ive watched these old races and always watched him go round.
Dick was awesome!
The pride of Pittsburgh. Got to watch Gus race alot
I remember Dick and Gus running races around the Western PA area. Pittsburgh race track in Clinton, PA, probably Turnpike speedway in Versailles, PA, maybe Latrobe, PA, and I think they tried their luck at paved tracks too in Heidelberg also.
That was the trouble with Langhorne, drivers couldn't see very far ahead because the track was a big circle. It was known as "The Big Left Turn." That prevented them from stopping in time to avoid an accident. Great video.
Yeah 3 of the first 4 deaths in Nascar happened at Langhorne - 52, 53, and 56.
Pretty dangerous place.
The drivers didn’t care. They were basically daredevils.
@@Porsche996driver right and a lot of them were probably veterans and saw a thing or 2 and they didn't fear death.
Those grandstands still exist today at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, in Logan Township, NJ. I hope to see them filled like that again when the re-configured track opens up later this spring.
This is way more exciting than Nascar today. I could watch these all day.
I have quit watching NASCAR now. When you don’t have a huge Corporation sponsorship don’t haul your car to the track no matter if its is the fastest. That started their downfall. Fans love watching small teams & independents do good or even win. Now it’s buy our Sponsors items only. The best racing is at your local tracks now.
Man what a race. As a Nascar fan this was very interesting to watch. The pits were extremely raw back then.
So were the cars!
...for the last time, this isn't an official race. Modern cars are officially races, this is a passionate past time of the era, racing jalopies...even though they still look very modern and sporty.
Early days of the moonshine runners. This clip was so cool. 🔥
My dad has a couple trophys from 1955
That must have been the real fun years.
Really great for your dad & you!
I moved to Pa. in '64 (I was 10 yrs old). I remember the Langhorne track and the sounds of racing going on but never watched a race...wasn't long afterwards that the track was gone.
Or Ralph Smith, perhaps??!!
@VintageMotorsportCrashes If his dad is Jack we NEED an inter!
MAGA
Wow, this film is older than I am and I am 70. I love this because I had an 11 second 38 Chevy
Hey, I see a huge fire and stopped cars round this next corner... FULL THROTTLE!
No shit! That was fucking ridiculous! No idea how Don Black survived that one.
A car goes through the fence!! He waved it is alright keep racing!!!
The first invention of ARCA brakes.
This inspired Days of Thunder
Langhorne is nothing but one corner. It's a circle. They can hardly see what's up ahead of them and the brakes they were using were nowhere near good enough to stop in time
I’d like to see modern races be called with that 50s style commentary
The one that most drivers go with Vintage paint schemes at the Darlington 600 would be a good one for this. I think that would be a good one for that, do part of the race like that.
@@caseysmith544 The last good commentator was when Benny Parsons was on TNN. His best line was when the other commentator was saying something about the pit stop taking longer because they adjusted the air pressure in the tires. Benny just said “That is the stupidest thing I ever heard”.
The driver that first hit the fence was my dad. He passed in '96. RIP.
@@caseysmith544 you meant well... and close... but unfortunately no cigar... throw back week is at Darlington yes... but it is not a 600 mile race. its a 400 mile race. the Goodyear 400. (use to be a 500 mile race) never 600...
@@victorblack7104 Wow! that was a nasty tumble he took... and that was horrible but the the calamity that ensued after that... was ridiculous. i wonder how long it took them to get flag men on the back stretch.
Love the lap belts. And aviation grade!
5:25 Interviewer: "Most engines out here are Fords why did you choose Chevrolet?" Driver: "Just to be different..." Oh how that would get flipped around for many decades afterwards.
Steve Danish was the driver. Saw him race many times in NY.
Flathead ford v8s ruled for many years. Chevy ran 6 cylinders till 55
How did you do in the race?
I got lapped.
What lap did that happen on?
I was on lap zero....
The mounted policeman was not looking for spectators in dangerous spot; he was looking for kids who snuck in without paying. I used to try that and always was kicked out, but when you're a kid without the admission fare, what else are you to do?
Shades of When We Used To Race Street Stocks At Saugus...Thanks For Posting!
God, I love watching old stuff like this. It's so cool seeing how things used to be back then. Seeing how much NASCAR has changed in 70+ years, is mind-boggling. It's just so amazing to see how they describe all these new inventions and the new parts of cars, that is now part of pretty much every car. Sometimes I wish I grew up during that time and not as a Millennial.
106 CARS AT LANGHORNE? MY GOODNESS, THAT IS CRAZY!!!
Wild
This was absolute chaos!! I love it!!
Wally Campbell won a number of races in the NASCAR Speedway Division in 1952 -- which was basically an Indy car series, using stock block engines (as opposed to the specialized racing engines that were used in the AAA Indy cars). The Speedway division just ran that one season.
Wally Campbell was, “the man” according to a couple of my uncles who used to race
Racing in its purest form!!! To bad it isnt this simple now a days.
I too miss the injuries and deaths!
The first part of the pre race is actually about how the reporter is fascinated there is a seat belt!
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The pit guy handed the driver a beer!!!!
I think it was like a coke or something, but don't rule out it could of been a beer!
MAN !! A real NASCAR race with no commercials?
And REAL cars? Can't be real, where's the sponsors?
And we wonder where all the old Ford coupes went...here's your answer!
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Love all the old races 🏎
Born and raised in Levittown,right down the road..could here them racing around the track! Great memories,thanks for sharing.
Was your dad Don Balent?
@@steveburke3923 his name was John..
Amazing! Congrats for disponibilized this epics!! 👏👏
Classic Races are awesome you can really learn alot of information and old classic stuff Nascar in the 1950s where cool.
Thank you for the race love it.
That was a crazy race
Fantastic film quality, amazing footage
Fabulous throwback 😎
YES! My Dad used to take to these races in Indiana 1954-55. Nothing like it for a kid. I was mesmerized! Mickey Potter was my hero!
Outstanding piece.
I hear Larry Mac saying "No caution!"
Nice lol
Larry Mac: we have a car on its roof!
And DW saying There wreckin everywhere
Fantastic. Absolutely riveting. Langhorne lives in racing lore like competition on the Beach at Daytona in the 50's and the rough and tumble world of North Wilkesboro . Always wanted to see more details about the legendary design of the Circle and this film does justice to the old big left turn. Key pictures of the ruts in the so-called turn two. Curtis Turner and Fonty Flock wore 'em out in their Oldsmobiles during the 1950 season at Langhorne. Then Herb Thomas and those boys came in there during '51 with their Fabulous Hudson Hornets and took over for a good while. Curtis and Fonty were chargers like Cale Yarborough and Dale Earnhardt while Herb Thomas was smooth like Fred Lorenzen and David Pearson. And that proves that the right driver, no matter his style, could win at Langhorne.
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In `56 Kiekhaefer had 3 Chrysler 300s entered , they finished 1,2,3 , nobody could keep up with them , they justed played with the competition throughout the race .
This is like watching Starskey and Hutch. They are driving on dirt roads yet the audio is all screeching tires.
When that dirt and clay gets packed down and rubber gets laid down the tires will screech, but it does sound like the Foley artist was having a field day with this one.
Reliving the good ole days!
So glad this has been preserved. Never got to Langhorne Speedway. We now live very close to where it was and did attend the Historical Marker dedication 2006.
I snuck in 1970, climbed a tree with my buddys. Andretti and both Unsers were in it. Indy style cars, there was a wreck right under us, we were right on the guard rail. The good old days.
Amazing how good the video was for so old.
The Big Left Turn was the first track I ever saw. It was an Indy Car race in 1968. Thanks for the video!!
Love it so badass my grandfather Jim Vaughn raced those in Canfield OH, and Sharon ,PA
I have a trophy from the Langhorne National won my great unle Dick Rathmann. I cherish his racing accomplishments, share them with his Great Great Great Grand nephews.
My Dad used to take my brother and I to these races in Indiana in the 1950's. Mickey Potter was my race car driver hero! ❤
I love it, absolute cluster F. Just a minor fire and the race continues
That was wild I never seen the whole race. Good stuff.
Totally awesome
This vid is awesome thanks for the share, funny even back that far into racing there couldn't be owner/driver just like today...
This is racing at its best. No factory backing, real men, safety.....yea right....guts and determination. Wonder how many of today's NASCAR drivers would even get in one and stand on it for ten laps, let alone race one. Men of IRON with a Lead right foot. GOD BLESS every single one of them.
"Real men die in easily preventable fiery wrecks!' get some help.
Puts a new spin on the term The BIG One"!
That brought back some memories. I used to watch a local Detroit tv station, channel 7 WXYZ. Saturday nights, they would broadcast some racing at M-59 speedway with Fred Wolf calling the race. This would've been in '53 and '54. The safety equipment was really crude back then.
Pepper Cunningham Drove my sportsman car in an old timers race at Flemington Speedway in NJ in 1973
I'd like to see these guys again about 5 years later, after Chrysler's hemi, and Chevy's V8 came out.
Me too with their ideas about racing and hazards.
THAT WAS CRAZY!!! .... Cars are on fire on the track and everyone keeps racing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow that was fun to watch
MAN, WHAT A FINISH!!!
Wow! This race had a little bit of everything
Damn that big fiery wreck took out like 30 drivers
21:17 Massive crash and flips
Dick Egan retired to my town in Florida and I had many conversations with him about his racing career
Love it best entertainment for ages
What a talkative driver.
Oxe ... unbelievable...
Simply outstanding! The announcer sounds like he is from Speed Racer. Let me guess next year they will put restrictor plates on them!!!!
Love the dubbed-in cartoon sound effects
I remember this track vaguely. I live a mile from where this track use to be.
In FAIRLESS HILLS, Pennsylvania.
Mater, when he still had both headlights! Those were the days.
Dirt cars have come a long way. Fuel cells where a good thing. I have met Franky Snider. Nice man
Great racing!
When men were men! 🏁🏆
Buddy, if you think being a man is dying in a massive pile-up you need to get help.
If you think being a man means burning to death you need help.
Seeing a race like this would be so fun. No safety standrds, chaos and cars in flames. Always interesting to see these films
Safety of the day was seat belts, helmet and roll bar. White t-shirt and jeans...... options.
Cheatin, Track Owners disappearing with the money, burnin to death, broken bones, all for $1,00 admission...The fights were great!!!
Wally Campbell from Trenton New Jersey
Who is the commentator? He has a really 50s voice, and I love it.
Beautiful footage 👍👍
Way too many cars on the track though, lol. Looks like demolition derby! Difficult to keep them early flathead Ford's from overheating back then too.
That’s cool stuff
My dad raced speedway Hot Rods here in Australia. 34 Chev coupe with straight 8 Buick motor. Dad said it had so much torque, he just tied the gear stick in 2nd gear and revved the crap out of it. (1/4 mile dirt track)
Cool stuff!!
This is really cool. I’m from Philadelphia and have heard my father and other old timers talk about going to races at this track. Think it’s a shopping mall now.
I googled the track. It's all built up now but it seems there's still a part of the track left but it's a street now. It is a shopping area. A lot of deaths on that track. Last race was in 1971. Wally Cambell was killed just before his 28th birthday at another race.
Man, lf That STREET Could Talk!
@@dougauzene8389 It would be nice to sit with some cold beer and listen to it's memories.
Its funny how the Dale Jr style 88 has been in NASCAR almost since its inception
That font is almost identical
incredible!
I can see a Pile Up in Fog!! But these guys had a Pillar of Black Smoke to warn them, and they KEPT COMING😮
My goodness, we were all so thin back then. What the heck have we been eating lately? 😳
That's the food companies poisoning everyone, with garbage.
Today's food, thats the problem
@@BLACKOMAMBO Sure, today's food is a factor. It requires a discipline that didn't used to be necessary.
But still, let's not pretend that's the ONLY factor. The lack of that discipline is one. Habitual portion size is one. Our much more sedentary lives is one. We have a much higher percentage of "desk" jobs than we did back then. We have much higher incidence of just sitting in front of the television than we did back then. We have a much higher proclivity to grab Doritos for a snack instead of an apple or something like that. The food we have is predominantly driven by our choices, and we make poor ones.
crazy stuff
They aré a real NASCAR race drivers on real speedway 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💓💓💓
these boys had serious balls... love em
You love their balls? Kinda kinky to admit it, but whatever trips your trigger.
@@casualobserver620 "balls" is a phrase.
For that they were brave enough to see a race
@@coocoostryker And yet, another expert of man parts.
@@casualobserver620 😄😃😀
10 wreck 👀☠️🤩
Awesome video gota little confused on who was where
Big wreck like that, takes out half of the field, and all without restrictor plates!
Man the X was really fast in this race until the unfortunate crash
There were a couple of these cars in my dads older cousins back yard and out in my grandfathers fields. We used to sit in them. And act like we was doing hundreds thousand miles and hour. Or the big burst of speed and coming from way behind in the last couple laps. I win almost every race that way. We had a dirt track not far from the house couple relatives raced there I went there almost every race night
Stockcar racing. One of the true sports according to Earnest Hemingway. Mountain climbing. Rodeo. And Stockcar racing.
The interview with Preston Niblett was riveting. Especially the seat belt demonstration. You can tell that Preston doesn't mess around. There are asses to be kicked!!!
I searched for Niblett's career expecting big things. Turns out he entered 2 races total, this and Daytona.
@@rudmad00 There was a whole world of weekly local short track racing that didn't fall under the NASCAR sanction. Check the tracks where he said he came from in Delaware, most are probably long since closed
Was at a lot of the old tracks in that area, Hatfield, Nazareth, Reading, Grandview and more. Never to Langhorne but know guys who raced there. Many guys were afraid of Langhorne because it was fast and bumpy, basically a circle.
LOL the wreck at the end as just like todays wreck.One wrecks and the rest pile in!
The most eventful race ever
Imagine being that cameraman on the track just a few feet from the cars coming off the turn.
A bad wreck at Greenville Pickens speedway had a car to catch on file like that a couple of years ago
Greenville Pickens is a more exciting track than Martinsville, the track it is often compared with. Tighter, more real racing & more action. During 1956 South Carolina native Buck Baker won the Grand National Championship driving a Chysler product for Carl Kiekhaefer. That season Buck won at both Langhorne and Greenville-Pickens on his way to winning the Championship. Down the road a couple of miles from Greenville Pickens is where the 1st Lady of Racing Louise Smith worked with her husband Noah in their auto parts "empire". Louise raced In that first Grand National Race at Langhorne in 1949, finishing 16th. Time was you could stop in there and she'd tell you all about Langhorne and the rest of the early tracks. She's gone now. R.I.P.
The racing scene in the upstate was amazing in the 80,s. You could go to a different dirt track every weekend and it would be a couple of months before you made it back to the first.
As a bonus to the weekly races they had a special 20 lap shootout between 4 drivers one time in the 60's at Greenville Pickens. The 4 drivers were Billy Wade, Jim Paschall, David Pearson, and Richard Petty. Wade won as I recall. My dad became a new race car owner in the South the same year as this Langhorn race. One driver that drove a few races for him was named Ned Jarrett. Our back yard used to have several discarded Ford bodies. Dad gave it up by the end of the50's, but Ned got sponsorship and drove quite a few more years before he started managing Hickory Speedway. Dad's cousin entered a car in every Late Model race at Hickory until his death and his grandson still races there.
The days before spotters lol
and anything close to resembling safety!!!
and in car radios
Wow. There was so many cars that the cars had letters and 3 digit numbers as cars
The good ole days.
Great video ! Keep them coming