From The Vault: The last lap of the 1979 Daytona 500
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- Relive the last lap of the 1979 Daytona 500. A race that saw Richard Petty win his sixth Great American Race, and the fight that launched stock car racing to new heights.
Ken was amazing. Call the wreck, helps the cameramen find third place Richard Petty, then calls the fight. This guy is a legend among all sportscasters.
Facts. That’s exactly why Ken Squier is one of my favorite commentators ever in the sport.
RIP
For 1979, this is great preservation audio/video. Great sound quality.
Yea it does
1970 National @ Charlotte race it sounded so muffled
this comes from the master tape
Way better quality than most of today’s security cameras
Ken Squier’s call is just perfect.
“CALE HITS HIM, HE SLIDES”
More like Cale was forced into the grass and slides lol
It just gives you chills
@@brucesmith1544He does say before “Cale hits him,” “Donnie Allison goes for the block.”
Ken the best to ever call Nascar.....period.
The moment NASCAR went from regional to national.
Ken Squier truly transforms this...."the tempers...overflowing. Theyre angry... they know they have lost... and what a bitter defeat." ...chills...unbelievable.
Came here after Cale’s passing today. 83 wins and will be remembered as one of the greatest to ever drive a stock car. RIP Cale Yarborough.
Oh look. Back in the day when NASCAR made sense.
Frowny13 yeah, back when only 4 or 5 cars were on the lead lap? Did you notice how much time it took Richard and Darrell to pass Yarborough and Allison after they wrecked?
Back when the Daytona 500 STARTED AND FINISHED in the daylight! F.U., Fox Sports!
Mr. Intensity DIARRHEA!!!
@@mr.intensity2685 Kinda funny because the Daytona 500 now is in the winter. WHEN DAYS DON'T LAST LONGER. And they're usually 3 hours. So you're saying you don't like seeing the stock cars under the lights banging agaisnt eachother at 200 mph?
A Person the 1979 Daytona 500 WAS in the winter lol
Came here immediately as soon as I heard Ken passed away. One of the best calls in NASCAR history. You will be missed Ken RIP
R.I.P Cale
R.I.P Cale Yarborough. 😭💔🙏✝️
RIP to the “Voice” for over 40 plus years and probably forever of NASCAR Ken. I am far from a NASCAR fan myself but growing up as a Teenager/Young Adult in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, it was a great pleasure to listen to Ken every year in mid/late February do his brilliant commentary at Daytona.
"PETTY WINS IT!"
Crowd: *goes insane
It's poetic that a bitter rivalry ends up in the downfall of these two great racers giving the way of a much more senior racer to victory.
So bizarre compared to today that you actually have to wait a while for the 3rd place car to come around today they all drive in one big bunch....restrictor plate I guess
Restrictor plates are kind of dumb in my opinion
When nascar was great when there was a king when men were men and knew what restroom to use. Richard Petty never be another one 7 time winner of the Daytona 500
Dale earnhardt thought the same thing
@@decideousOutlaw2016 Well I mean...restrictor plate racing is definitely very different from the racing style before that yes. Nowadays NASCAR races on large speedways resemble a high speed game of chess, and accidents are more bound to happen because of it.
But is that really a bad thing? Now that the cars are safer, it's easier to find the accidents more exciting to watch. and it's also easier to keep track of what position every driver is in.
@@Ostan-jw2bg real drivers don’t care about safety as much as they care about being the fastest. I would take this old school bare knuckle racing over the flashy pansy racing of today.
I stopped watching the year they started the playoffs because they stopped rewarding the best driver of the season and rewarded the driver that was having a streak.
the things you would never see now....Fans right up against the fence and all the crew on the car
It didn't stop there. The next race at Richmond was postponed due to the weather, so the next stop was Rockingham. On the 10th lap, Donnie & Cale collided again, taking Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip with them. NASCAR deemed this a racing incident and gave no penalties, but Richard & Darrell were both PO'd and weren't hesitant to say so in the media. When the tour got to Richmond, reporters were everywhere, just knowing that there was going to be a Part 3 to this. Nothing happened, Cale won, and pretty much had some words for the media for fanning the flames. Sadly, Donnie never recovered from this.
That's called "yellow journalism" and it is at an all-time high right now.
Rest in Peace Ken Squier. This moment right here helped put NASCAR on the map, but without Ken as the commentator or brokering the deal with CBS in the first place, NASCAR isn't where it is today.
Now THAT was racing!!!
Dude, I remember that last lap. I loved NASCAR during that era.
I cannot watch it anymore, and I now have $$$ to spend, but thet aren't getting it.
@@joeschmo5021 At the very least though, there is plenty of footage from old day NASCAR, at that time it was about the skill and cars of each drivers, nowadays it's about getting lucky that someone will crash ahead and getting your win.
I always get goosebumps when Ken is trying to tell his director, producer and the camera operator "THE LEADERS ARE IN TURNS 3&4"
$60.000 ....alotta money back then...
I'd like to have it now .
That's about $200,000 today
RIP Real NASCAR 1979-2001
Lukman Firdaus you mean the 1940’s - 2001
yes
Lukman Firdaus it’s the age of the NHRA now!
Fuck yea the best!
1970-2016
I've lost interest over the years, but tried to watch the 500 today. "Stages"? WTF? It's not one long race. It's 3 short ones. What kind of limp-wristed garbage is that?
I dont like the stage racing either. Trying to get everybody a trophy, I suppose.
Mickey Bitsko the next thing will be no winners just participation trophys. I don't watch anymore either!
It’s probably in order to prevent crashes since the race itself doesn’t last as long , making deadly decisions less likely .
@Christopher Abel
Now that American production sports cars have actually gotten back to being 'sporty' and fast, why can't NASCAR get back to its roots of "stock car racing", by opening up a televised category of stock cars competing against each other? I would bet you that Ford would return to NASCAR if they created a true 'stock car' class with modified production cars, just like they did from the 50s to 70s, when they raced actual production cars! Back then they used production engines and drivetrains, with a certain degree of allowed performance and safety modifications.
In fact, NHRA Pro Stock drag racing USED TO be very similar to NASCAR, in that they used modified stock cars in competition. But at least NHRA still sanctions many different competitive racing classes, which includes classes of modified production cars. Although they are no longer given the televised spotlight and fame they used to get. Pro Stock is now a full-on race car category, where the drivetrains are no longer used in production cars, and aren't even brand specific. Let's bring back the good old days of Chevy vs Ford vs Mopar vs AMC(well maybe not that one!)
@@patrickmcleod111 from the uk so please forgive my dumb question but i thought mopar was performance parts for racers...is it like say mclaren used to be before they started building cars? A racing concern but without product on the garage forecourt?
Your idea sounds fucking brilliant, I'd tune in to that on my 'dodgey box' every week for certain.
Cheers
Rest in Peace Ken Squier and Cale Yarborough 🕊️ Two Legends of the sport lost in one Year 🙏
Their a fight in turn 3 (79) 500 he could definitely ad lib. on the fly rest in peace, Ken squire🏁
I miss these old days. Cale, Bobby and Donnie Allison, Petty, Waltrip and Foyt. NASCAR's golden era.
POV your watching thsi after the legend passed
I was a Richard Petty fan, loved it
Richard Petty winning the 1979 Daytona 500 was just as memorable as the fight that occurred after the race.
I think if it were anyone else, it may not have been as special. As Ken Squier himself mentioned, Richard's 1978 season was not a good one, hardly befitting "The King". The fight was an unexpected touch, but it was really the drama of that whole moment; the great racing throughout, the crash between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, the fight, The King winning it all, and the photo finish between two racing legends, that's what made this race so special in a spontaneous, once-in-a-lifetime way.
Petty-The King. Always.
R.I.P a legand
I'd sooner watch sprint cars these days. At least _they're_ still fun.
THIS is the NASCAR I grew up loving. How I long for the return of real stock car racing, and not this formula nonsense we’re stuck with now, with it’s stage racing and overtimes and playoffs.
Like any sport marketing & sponsorship runs them. As far as today's nascar I love how the young drivers have saturated the sport. Also how they end the same as 1979. Where the last lap becomes a demolition derby. An act of contrition & attrition. Like the old saying goes. It ain't over until the fat lady sings. It is not over until it is over.
I remember watching this live. Amazing finish.
And 25 years later a new rule: Don't get caught on TV fighting cause you're kinda ticked off! Fighting still OK, caught on camera umm no.
-political correction-
Well, hockey does it all the time!
rest in peace cale your legend among legends
Thank you Ken squire . RIP
When NASCAR was NASCAR!!
Only the simple minded have to wonder why nascar is dying....
Wow, so many original comments about how it was real racing back then. I get it. NASCAR was admittedly a lot better back then than it is now, but at this point we're just beating a dead horse.
We had real troll comments back then not like today
That's when racing was real
Back when there were real men and real stock cars in NASCAR. Now it's just not good anymore. I didn't watch the race yesterday not the same. It's a shame
I like the announcer at the end. "A $60,000 car turned into a bus..." I can spend that much at a dealership nowadays.
@@skydiverclassc2031 ... 😲 I can't! 😂🤣
Big Louie I quit when dale died mike Helton and Brian France went on the prowl
@@jmit3491 Not in 1979. NASCAR's lost their "stock" status in 1967 when NASCAR mandated tubing in the front end of all cars.
@@jmit3491 Fair enough. At least they LOOKED like the cars they were based on back then. I just came here to reminisce this finish because I recently purchased a Donnie Allison autograph from 1979 and a Richard Petty autograph from 1990.
Ken Squier was so deliberate in his choice of words, and the cadence of his calls was so authoritative. I don't think you could ask for a better sports commentator, especially for auto racing, when TV sports broadcasting was still in its infancy.
That’s bullshit to take the guy out like that
I'm not a big racing fan, but that was totally awesome!
NASCAR sucks now
Rest in peace now, Mr. Ken Squier.
R.I.P. Ken Squier and Cale Yarborough.
Two legends that left us this 2023, a bitter end to this year.
Cale would kick Donnie's ass any time if it weren't broken up. Bobby's ass, too.
RIP Ken. Great job!
Anybody just get this in their recommended section
I gave up on NASCAR in 1998 when i Saw that false yellow flags were being used to bunch up the cars. This had gone on for at least 3 years when suddenly it all became clear to me. And that was it for me and the France Farce
today no hiding it; they just call it stage racing. Such a joke now.
IF YOU WANT TO FIX NASCAR!!!!!! LOOK UP AT THE VIDEO ^^^^^ REAL RACE CAR DRIVERS!!!!! REAL RACING=FULL STANDS!!!!! IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
Drivers still owned there cars and it wasn't teams and packs racing
@@magapickle01 *some* plenty of the cars were owned by a team (although most were 1 car teams back then).
Now we have Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer, but it's hard to think of a more iconic duo than Ken Squier and David Hobbs (they also called CBS's F1 coverage in the 80s), they set the standard for auto racing coverage in the US!
When it was good!!! Now it's Turned into a joke!!!
That makes it better
0:27 eargasm
Ken Squire was a great racing announcer.
My grandpa was one of the men in the orange breaking up the fight!
1979-2001 was actual NASCAR. Now it’s just bullsh*t
Ken's call of the fight is among the great calls in all of sports history. As good as "Down goes Frazier!", "Do you believe in miracles?". No question
After losing nearly half of his stomach and intestines, Richard Petty wins Daytona for the sixth time. This testifies to how far NASCAR has come since 1979. Today, lesser men would retire. Shows how soft sports have become today.
God damn, I can't imagine even getting into a race after stomach surgery... Petty was one hardass and I wonder if he could have smacked down Allison or Yarborough. :D
Another hardass win was Nigel Mansell at the 1993 Michigan 500. He was still nursing a minor head injury and a broken wrist and still won the race ---
a lap ahead of everyone except teammate Mario Andretti!
In July 1980, Petty broke his neck at Pocono and still raced on.
Look, real racing cars that you can buy the basic starting point from the dealer.
At 1:45 that's my Uncle Jim Hedlund in the orange jumpsuit.
Just look at Cales record especially at Daytona and Donnies record. Donnie won 10 races and Cale won 83. Cale won four Daytona 500’s and Donnie 0. Plain and simple Donnie pushes Cale down to the muddy wet grass and Cale or nobody else could have kept from losing control of the car. The Allison’s always raced dirty.
Oh bull. Cale drove full time and Donnie only ran part time. Donnie Allison had 3 Daytonas locked up and hit bad luck all 3 times. He threw a legal block here and deliberate or not Cale put him in the wall. And why did Cale attack Bobby who had nothing to do with it
@@edmondcamp2878 Donnie once said at the time he figured both Bobby and Cale were mad at him for causing the earlier spin out. I dont think it was actually a wreck but put all three of them way behind. Donnie and Cale were able to work their way back up. When I watched this live I thought Cale deliberately hit Donnie. After seeing replays I figure more likely he lost it after getting in the grass. And this was only 5 years after Donnie looked like he had Daytona locked up then shredded a tire only for Petty to win
@@dwlopez57 Alison was high in the wall and came down to push kale into the grass unless your eyes don't work that was plain to see.
I believe Davey Allison was a very clean racer.
@@dwlopez57 Why did Bobby stop when it was between Cale and Donnie. As Jeff Hammond always said Bobby can hoop and holler all he wants too about wanting to see if Donnie needed a ride but in all actuality he just wanted to be nosy. That being said my favorite quote came from Junior Johnson who said “I don’t care if they kill one another my cars tore up”.
I loved stock car. NASCAR sucks. Never was a fan of yarborough. Petty is the King.
RIP, Cale ... Racing legend!
The day they drive a brand new vehicle out of a dealership or factory and race it down the track is the day I will have interest in these races.
It has to be dolled up for safety and the engine. Are you saying after those things are done and give them All weather tires, so they only weather delays are for lightning and downpours, we're ready to go racing?
NASCAR fans when they hear Ken Squier say anything: *sigh* "He has such a way with words."
That's what it cost to beat the king all or nothing two men fighting over who gets to beat the king that's how out standing he really was end restrictor plates in car's so wee can have our hero's back please
I especially like the Aussie announcer..."two hard men, two very hard men..."
David Hobbes. Englishman.
😆David Hobbs is a Legendary British Racing Driver! He's won at LeMans and was also an F1 driver; guy is in the movies Stroker Ace and Cars too.
THE BIRTH OF NASCAR!
P. S:Like and comment if you agree.
Not really if you watch the epic battles between David Pearson and Richard Petty that was very tough racing
R.I.P Ken Squier
I loved stock car when they were real cars. Plastic made up nonsense seems dumb. They didnt want to give up v8s but they could have kept win sunday sold monday with real cars. V6 development would have been cool. Grand am vs taurus vs lebaron etc.
Busch Grand National (what they now call Xfinity) cars were V6s back in the 80s and 90s .
If you ain't swappin' paint you ain't racin...period!
And Bobby Allison has stopped by his brother to help lmao classic 🤣🤣🤣 always loved the Alabama gang
Actually it was Bobby & Cale that fought. Donnie tried to break it up. They didn't realize that Bobby had stopped until the air camera showed his car.
AND THERES A FIGHT!!!
Rest in Peace to Cale Yarborough
I wasn't even born untill 1992, but even I can tell these times of NASCAR were so much better than the current state of it...
Truth
February 18th, 1979, it's Dale Sr's. first Daytona 500 and he's a rookie. Precisely 23 years later he loses his life in a crash that looks like their's only a little further down the track and at a faster speed.
Twenty-two, actually. (2001-1979=22).
2001 not 2002
It’s crazy how Petty almost got caught. If you look at the start of this clip :07 you can see there is no one behind Petty, but obviously he slowed down to avoid the crash. Also if you look at the :43 mark you can’t even see Foyt in the screen and then he’s right on top of them :12 seconds later.
That’s not petty it was a lapped car
You're so right, thanks. @@xKalamity
If u ain't rubbin u ain't racing
Randal Savage No he won four more races and the championship in 79 and another Daytona 500 in 1981 and his last race in the firecracker 400 at Daytona in 84. I think all and all he won about 19 more races after that.
That damned Chick Hicks! He was always a bad egg.
I was 13ys old and remember it well.
Richard Petty: Austin Dillon
Cale Yarborough: Denny Hamlin
Donnie Allison: Joey Logano
Funny how Donnie Allison and Cale both had dramatically different versions of both the wreck and the fight. Seems like Donnie’s was a little closer to the truth.
My introduction to Nascar at 10 years old lol. Now we have this.
😮Dint know what Donnie Allison was so pissed about … I thought it was kind of a cheap shot to not letting Cale back on the track and running Cale into the infield… Just my opinion …
Ken Squire was the best announcer!
A 60 thousand dollar car hah cheap ass shit back then now they cost quarter mill
When we thought the king will loose but no he didnt
Nigel The blue class Productions He richard was the best that ever lived. Decent to the fans stayed out of trouble, I seen him win his first Daytona 500 in 1964 and watched him win many more. He was my hero when I was young. Sadly theys not many people no where today for kids to look up too anymore. They damn sure aint no john waynes robert mitchums anymore. Hope we keep the king for many more years.
Foyt would have won had he not backed off when the caution came out. The Indy Series' rule was that when it came out, you slowed down immediately. NASCAR didn't have that rule back then.
Now this is racing! Not the 2020 kind of racing.
Now this is racing. Not that pansy ass crap we see today. Everything is "actions detrimental to racing". Give me a break
One problem headline writer Petty WON race Allison and Yarborough fought
How badass was Cale?
It took TWO Allison brothers to put him on the ground.
REST IN PEACE KEN SQUIER
Who can forget the car with the colors of turquoise and red?
Only one person had these colors his entire career.
How Donnie Allison thought this was Cale’s fault in the least bit is baffling.
First NASCAR race I watched on tv, hooked ever since
Great time to watch nascar!!
me and my friends tried recreating this and we did it but in iracing we went flippin hhee
Rip ken
Cale Yarborough died last night. 12.31.23