It's not 250 miles. In the beginning of the video the announcer says it's a 100 mile race. It was common in the 50s and 60s for the distance named in many races, for example Hickory 250, to be the number of laps not the number of miles. Hickory is, or was, a 0.4 mile track.
this will make me sound old but it's the same as the fishtail thing can't remember what it's called that they do now make a big deal out of I liked it better than
Cool! Oh the days when what they raced on Sunday . Looked like the car you could buy on Monday
Back when racing was real and stands were full.
I like this kind of racing I'm not old enough too really remember this but it looks super cool
Wow, Richard Petty and David Pearson on dirt!!!
That's where Petty won most of his races,on dirt. And David was a regular at Greenville-Pickens before it was paved.
A little later in his career and David Pearson rarely ran the small tracks, sticking mostly to the super speedways and the big money.
14,000 seats full at Hickory! Sweet!
Hickory hasn’t seen 14,000 in decades. 😎
NASCAR killed its own baby.
Awesome driving
I was there. Notice the lack of sponsors.
And ?
I was there my dad had race cars there our home track Don Tilley and Allen Rankin drove for his team late model sportsman
Very cool
Petty in a Plymouth at Hickory, what more could you want?
That place is packed
Silver Fox gettin' er done.
But there was no silver hair in 1965.
@@gordonipock9385 sure there was he just dyed it.
Damn, bad day for Petty.
Old School
Pardon my ignorance, but 250 miles on a short dirt track?! They'd be worn right out at the end of holding on to the ragged edge for that long!
It's not 250 miles. In the beginning of the video the announcer says it's a 100 mile race. It was common in the 50s and 60s for the distance named in many races, for example Hickory 250, to be the number of laps not the number of miles. Hickory is, or was, a 0.4 mile track.
BEGGARS BUDGET LMAO 😂
The commentator's attempts to sound "folksy" are cringe-worthy. That sort of corn was a regular feature of these old videos.
this will make me sound old but it's the same as the fishtail thing can't remember what it's called that they do now make a big deal out of I liked it better than