Rare Footage | NASCAR Classic Race Replay: 1970 Alabama 500 | Talladega Superspeedway

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  • Опубликовано: 22 апр 2020
  • Relive the 1970 Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with this rare NASCAR footage. Pete Hamilton wins the second ever NASCAR Cup Series race at the 2.66-mile oval. Later that year, Hamilton would complete sweep by winning the Talladega 500.
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Комментарии • 270

  • @140ex5
    @140ex5 2 года назад +45

    These are NASCAR’S the golden years. Showroom cars with no restricter plates! Open face helmets and huge balls.

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm 2 года назад +7

      And we only killed one or two drivers a year.

    • @DanArnets1492
      @DanArnets1492 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@almostfm - ACKCHUALLY, there have been very few NASCAR seasons with fatalities (21 between 1949 and 2001) and even less with 2 or more (1994, 1965, 1964 and 1956) - In reality, NASCAR was a whole lot safer than F1, Indycar, sportscars and rallying despite the mad speeds they were hitting

  • @rjwilhelm2
    @rjwilhelm2 4 года назад +120

    I missed this race due to a pior engagement in Vietnam!

    • @anitagarrison6916
      @anitagarrison6916 4 года назад +5

      Thank You for your service #Salute 🇺🇲

    • @marycornett3165
      @marycornett3165 4 года назад +3

      Thanks for serving our great country if you don't mind me asking and I know I'm gonna get am I stupid replies for my question but I've heard the Vietnam war was for nothing but could you tell me what the war was over and who started it was it the United States or Vietnam I've always wondered so if you wouldn't mind give me some insight on it

    • @russianbubbawallace8681
      @russianbubbawallace8681 4 года назад +6

      ​@@marycornett3165 The war was part of the containment policy where the US tried to stop the spread of communism due to the Soviet Union tensions. Communists entered Vietnam and they liked it and did not want any US involvement. The war was really for no point and it was a new type of warfare we had never seen before. Our troops were not properly trained for it and our plan of action was flawed. There really was no winner as the US decided to pull everyone out and let Vietnam be. Today Vietnam remains a communist country and they are no problem

    • @marycornett3165
      @marycornett3165 4 года назад +3

      @@russianbubbawallace8681 thanks for the info it was before my time I always heard it was a war for no reason so I'm glad you gave me a history lesson on this thanks and have a great day

    • @robbylyons1708
      @robbylyons1708 4 года назад +4

      Thank you for your service Mr. Wilhelm.

  • @gregbernstein6430
    @gregbernstein6430 3 года назад +17

    I was a twelve year old boy; and David Pearson chatted with me and some of the fans after the race!

  • @dh2360
    @dh2360 3 года назад +71

    Bring them back! There are enough remanufactured replacement parts to have a fully supported classic stock car circuit.

    • @MM-lw8wl
      @MM-lw8wl 2 года назад +6

      Best comment I have ever seen on RUclips! Right on brotha👍

    • @davdhartung9817
      @davdhartung9817 2 года назад +7

      Australian supercars run vintage touring cars with updated safety equipment from 70's to 90's as a support event.

    • @fubarmodelyard1392
      @fubarmodelyard1392 Год назад +7

      I've been calling for a vintage series since nascar started losing fans. Old style bodies with updated safety equipment. We old guys might start watching again

    • @modelcrusher
      @modelcrusher Год назад +1

      No. That would be so stupid. What a waste it would be.

    • @modelcrusher
      @modelcrusher Год назад

      @@MM-lw8wl You aint been on youtube very long i take it. What a joke! Are you 11 years old?

  • @jimflys2
    @jimflys2 Год назад +7

    Wow Bobby Allison drops a valve an says they could still make 180 plus mph. Freaking 426 hemi! The elephant in the room.

  • @drosera88
    @drosera88 4 года назад +103

    These guys had some balls back then, driving around near 200mph in cars that were never designed to crash at 200mph. Even at highway speeds those things were death traps.

    • @tedgey4286
      @tedgey4286 3 года назад +19

      I know it. I've seen pictures of Lee Petty driving around on a bench seat, big giant steering wheel and a seat belt. But he had what looked like a bicycle helmet on so I'm sure it was fine

    • @bbigjohnson069
      @bbigjohnson069 3 года назад +7

      @@tedgey4286 He wasn't fine when he crashed.

    • @bbigjohnson069
      @bbigjohnson069 3 года назад +8

      Biggest improvement is in the seat. The seats back then were not even a bucket seats. They stopped at the shoulders. They had a pad attached to the roll cage for head and neck "support" but nothing to the sides. The roll cages were stout, especially in the door areas. No way to know how many lives that design saved. But any side forces you were at the mercy of your safety harness and the padding on the roll cage.

    • @tedgey4286
      @tedgey4286 3 года назад +7

      @@bbigjohnson069 you can thank Ralph Nader for getting rid of the bench seats in all the passenger cars. I don't know if Ralph Nader maybe never kissed his girlfriend at the drive in but safer schmafer, bucket seats take all the romance out of the car.

    • @paulross9287
      @paulross9287 2 года назад +14

      @@tedgey4286 Ralph Nader probably rides in the backseat with a fireproof hockey goalie uniform on, while his boyfriend drives.

  • @Azr365
    @Azr365 2 года назад +7

    Honestly this is better than modern races

  • @jamieostrowski4447
    @jamieostrowski4447 Год назад +5

    Those Daytonas and Superbirds were awesome.

  • @BadWolf762
    @BadWolf762 4 года назад +35

    I forgot how awesome the special effects were in 1970.
    This video is gold, and I probably watched this on ABC when I was 8 years old.

  • @easygoing2479
    @easygoing2479 Год назад +11

    These old films of NASCAR races from the brief "Aero-War" days should be _required viewing_ for every self-proclaimed NASCAR fan out there. 1969 and 1970 were THE most interesting years of the _National Association of STOCK CAR Auto Racing,_ the years when American racing and the American car manufacturers collided head-on in a wild speed competition for "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" long before computer technology and media conglomerates took over the tracks.

    • @garrylogan5995
      @garrylogan5995 3 месяца назад

      Now, NASCAR is a big joke now. Over regulated like everything else is going. The once Big Three all but stop making any kind of cars for racing on the tracks. What a shame...

    • @cdjeeyore
      @cdjeeyore 2 месяца назад

      NASCAR killed itself.

  • @vidmasterK1
    @vidmasterK1 4 года назад +21

    Hey, 47:50 Brad Keselowski's uncle Ron gets mentioned!

  • @williswhatchutalkinbout4367
    @williswhatchutalkinbout4367 4 года назад +17

    25:55 a showroom fresh brand new B5 Blue 70 Superbird sitting on the infield. Wonder if it was a spectators car..

  • @johnbisci3125
    @johnbisci3125 4 года назад +124

    Bravo! Keep airing these classics. THE OLDER THE BETTER!

    • @robertslaughter5784
      @robertslaughter5784 3 года назад +4

      Hey I was 13 years old in 1970 I remember most of all Petty's big crash ... A picture was on the front page of the paper airborne him a third of way out of the car hence hurry window net!!!

    • @roberttodd4259
      @roberttodd4259 2 года назад

      @@robertslaughter5784 wdffggg
      Wish to see point of naked women with big boobies

    • @BangBang-yi3ug
      @BangBang-yi3ug Год назад +1

      Booo to the crash's just the racing please.

  • @boblongdickder6178
    @boblongdickder6178 2 года назад +7

    O how I love the wing car's!!!!! This is stock car racing no bullshit like today in 2022.

  • @TheFastlane
    @TheFastlane 4 года назад +46

    You guys a frickin' awesome. Even in corporate America, you find the room to share awesome content like this with us FOR FREE. Thank you!

  • @tfchallenger70
    @tfchallenger70 4 года назад +46

    The year of the superbird and charger Daytonas ruled the speedways

    • @marycornett3165
      @marycornett3165 4 года назад +2

      They needed the 69 dodge charger with the confederate flag on it out there yeee haaah

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 года назад +2

      Mary Cornett confederate flags are banned in NASCAR, ya know?

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 года назад +3

      Mary Cornett now it is*

    • @marycornett3165
      @marycornett3165 4 года назад +10

      @@collinghood6828 Yeah I know that is a shame to be honest I mean how is the confederate flag so bad just because some moron went in a church and killed people that has nothing to do with the flag people say it represents racist how many African Americans watched the dukes of hazard a lot of them that is what I don't understand about it I have one flying proudly on my property am I a racist because of that no I'm certainly not racist

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 года назад +1

      Mary Cornett that flag does have a dark history though...

  • @rileycpo
    @rileycpo 2 года назад +6

    And the Winged cars have it! Real STOCK CAR RACING!

  • @saltydog4759
    @saltydog4759 3 месяца назад +2

    Everyone in the south had an uncle that looked like David Pearson! I watched this with my father when i was ten. Wide world of sports segment, I guess. Of course, most of the time we listened to the radio broadcast. Pre-dystopian America was a different realm.

  • @Funsho97
    @Funsho97 Год назад +7

    This is the coolest thing, watching actual stock cars racing around the Talladega Superspeedway!!! Awesome!!!

  • @dngnascar
    @dngnascar 4 года назад +38

    Talladega just ain’t gonna be the same Sunday☹️😭

  • @ridwan783
    @ridwan783 4 года назад +10

    Winged warriors 😍😍😍😍

  • @cottagechskitty
    @cottagechskitty 2 года назад +6

    The models are just amazing

  • @paulsummers2640
    @paulsummers2640 3 года назад +5

    Music is "The Groovy Grubworm " by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies. Awesome.

  • @uralbob1
    @uralbob1 3 года назад +12

    Thanks for running these old classic races. They bring fond memories of watching the races with my dad.
    His favorite driver was King Richard. So he was mine too.
    Dad was a MOPAR fan.

  • @ruandavid6328
    @ruandavid6328 4 года назад +140

    Everybody gangsta until you realize 1970 was 50 years ago

    • @williswhatchutalkinbout4367
      @williswhatchutalkinbout4367 4 года назад +12

      Le Ruan why is everyone gangster?

    • @joefell7845
      @joefell7845 4 года назад +13

      Bcuz evybody thinks they rufft n tufft nowadays.

    • @stevt100
      @stevt100 2 года назад +7

      Needs to keep the gangsta shit out of Nascar and just enjoy the races

    • @garytemple9258
      @garytemple9258 5 месяцев назад +1

      Idiot.

    • @garytemple9258
      @garytemple9258 5 месяцев назад

      ​@willthank you.iswhatchutalkinbout4367

  • @bigthunder2860
    @bigthunder2860 2 года назад +6

    This was a big year for dodge and Mopar should be proud of the Daytona,what engineering for this race

    • @davidthayer6969
      @davidthayer6969 2 года назад +3

      lol, a big year, the winged cars only won 12 events and in 4 of those there were no Fords entered.........in whole Chrysler won 38 races but only 12 were the winged cars........BUT Ford pulled out after DAytona so pretty hard NOT to lose when there is no competition, sort of like Ford winning 46 races in 1965 when Chrysler pulled out.

    • @jts9120
      @jts9120 Год назад +3

      Those Hemis really put the ford's and Chevys to shame.

  • @JackFlemingFan1
    @JackFlemingFan1 4 года назад +19

    Thank you NASCAR for posting your video(s). Love those Dodge & Plymouth Wing Cars!

  • @STICKGUYMB
    @STICKGUYMB 4 года назад +15

    Hehe I like the toy car visual

    • @DB1Journeys
      @DB1Journeys 4 года назад +2

      High tech wasn't it? I'd like to see him reenact a crash using his mouth for the sounds the crash made! ;)

    • @ridwan783
      @ridwan783 4 года назад +1

      Me too

    • @landoflogic107
      @landoflogic107 3 года назад +2

      Wonder where those cars are today.... I’d buy them if they appeared on eBay

  • @jerrythedog
    @jerrythedog 2 года назад +7

    I want to thank Nascar for posting these. I just got into NASCAR and I'm glad I can explore it so easy

  • @TheNylter
    @TheNylter 4 года назад +11

    Listening to this, the whole pit stops have a good time at 40-45 seconds... we've come a long way, baby.

    • @davidthayer6969
      @davidthayer6969 3 года назад

      it was much less precise, and that is why often the lead car was the only car on the lead lap.

  • @reginaldhall6871
    @reginaldhall6871 2 года назад +3

    It would be nice if the Richard Petty Driving Experience rolled out a couple of Superbirds for people to drive. They'd have to draw names from a hat or people would be fighting over which car they'd drive

  • @zone47
    @zone47 2 года назад +3

    I'm thankful these old tapes have been restored and are available to watch! Thanks so much!!

  • @CudaRebelsAutoModeling426
    @CudaRebelsAutoModeling426 2 года назад +3

    Thank you NASCAR for posting this rare footage, a really great time for the sport of stock car racing! Dodge and Plymouth became the big contenders that year when Ford pulled out factory funding after the Daytona 500, and Richard Petty ALONE won 18 races that year even after his hard crash at Darlington in his Plymouth, Bobby Isaac would win 11 short track races (No Superspeedway wins), and the championship that year in his K&K Insurance Dodge! Hopefully more footage of these classic races from the 60s and 70s will surface again sometime.

  • @topmech71
    @topmech71 4 года назад +3

    Wow...that's great video quality and sound from so long ago.

  • @johnbrads5340
    @johnbrads5340 2 года назад +3

    These races are the best in my opinion

  • @mr.crabsssss
    @mr.crabsssss 2 года назад +3

    Bobby Issac is one of my favorite racers

  • @lis8814
    @lis8814 4 года назад +4

    This was so cool to watch. This took place a yr before I was born. Born in 1971. Reminds me of the old reel home movies the way the picture looks.

  • @williswhatchutalkinbout4367
    @williswhatchutalkinbout4367 4 года назад +8

    Thank you NASCAR! Please keep posting these longer videos from the 60’s-71!

  • @marcociccarelli1258
    @marcociccarelli1258 3 года назад +13

    I've waited so long to see this race!! awesome race! Buddy Baker had it one though but it was good to see Pete Hamilton Win It! Mopar or no car!!

  • @reginaldhall6871
    @reginaldhall6871 3 года назад +6

    I've been looking for 1 of the early Dega races for awhile now. Thanks for posting this!!!!

  • @Parkwaymania
    @Parkwaymania 4 года назад +6

    YEEEEEAH! Thank you NASCAR for the old school stuff!

  • @RandysRacingPlace633
    @RandysRacingPlace633 4 года назад +6

    Amazing that Pete Hamilton won both Talladega races the first year there was two races there, because just over a decade later at Pocono, the very first year there was two races in a single season, Bobby Allison, who previously never won there, won both races at Pocono.

    • @rogerdavis3896
      @rogerdavis3896 Год назад

      Don’t forget. Pete Hamilton also won the Daytona 500 in 1970. Amazing year for that driver.

  • @scotthitman1
    @scotthitman1 4 года назад +5

    I want those model cars!

  • @gaffneyrailroading1982
    @gaffneyrailroading1982 3 года назад +5

    Hard to believe it's the same race track. It looked different back then.

  • @tedgey4286
    @tedgey4286 4 года назад +21

    5:58 Sorry but was that Keith Jackson playing with matchbox cars?

    • @jessiehenry5405
      @jessiehenry5405 4 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @williswhatchutalkinbout4367
      @williswhatchutalkinbout4367 4 года назад +5

      I want that set!

    • @chrissnyder3430
      @chrissnyder3430 4 года назад +1

      You know he was pissed!!

    • @reginaldhall6871
      @reginaldhall6871 3 года назад +3

      Are you making fun of their 'special effects' lol?

    • @timothyharrison8953
      @timothyharrison8953 Год назад +1

      No, not Matchbox cars. Those were a collection of scale plastic models someone painted and decaled. The Pearson Ford #17 is an AMT Torino GT, the Daytonas, #22, #99, and, #6 are MPCs, and the last three cars he fails to pick up are Superbirds by JoHan; Petty#43, Hamilton #40, and Dick Brooks #32.

  • @Katherine_02
    @Katherine_02 Месяц назад

    I was 9. I was also at Talladega yesterday for the Geico 500. Life is good.

  • @alanarmstrong2323
    @alanarmstrong2323 5 месяцев назад +1

    The cammer hemi was outlawed because the car was 10mph faster than anything before.

  • @Quintal
    @Quintal 4 года назад +6

    Great upload. Hopefully, in the future, you'll upload some NASCAR racing from the 70's. This, is a true gem.

  • @Villoresi
    @Villoresi 4 года назад +14

    This is great. I'd be happy to see any other races you have that featured the high-wing cars.
    They just mentioned it, but if you find you have any races from Texas World Speedway in the archive, that would be excellent, too.

    • @cman17012003
      @cman17012003 4 года назад +2

      Robert Pfeiffer There were a total of 8 races that were broadcast between ‘69 and ‘70 with the winged cars. Unfortunately there were no Cup races ever broadcast from TWS. Road and Track might’ve done a highlight film though.

    • @polycube868
      @polycube868 4 года назад +1

      @@cman17012003 there was no NASCAR Cup races but there was an ARCA /Winston West race from 1993 on RUclips. There were even 3 Winston Cup drivers, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, and Ken Schrader.

    • @cman17012003
      @cman17012003 4 года назад +1

      poly cube Yes that might be the only stock car race broadcast from TWS. I’m sure there’s an IndyCar race or two that were broadcast.

    • @Villoresi
      @Villoresi 4 года назад +2

      @@cman17012003 I've got the 1978 USAC IndyCar race from TWS.

    • @Villoresi
      @Villoresi 4 года назад +3

      @@cman17012003 I know 2 of those other broadcasts must be the 1970 Firecracker and Rebel 400s. I'm not sure about the others. From an episode of "Back in the Day", I think they ran the winged cars at Rockingham at least once, not sure if that's one that got a more complete broadcast or just highlights.
      I wasn't limiting the TWS thing to just the time frame when they would have had the winged cars. The last Cup race from College Station, TX was the Budweiser 400 on June 7, 1981.

  • @legobricks0889
    @legobricks0889 Год назад +1

    Man what a time to be alive

  • @danieljohnson9351
    @danieljohnson9351 2 года назад +1

    Loved the 1970 NASCAR season! Coolest cars ever! The theme song, by the way is called "Groovy Grubworm"!

  • @louislepage5111
    @louislepage5111 4 месяца назад

    Its neat too see these things run around the track , other than viewing them in static photos 😊

  • @amberkohler2230
    @amberkohler2230 4 года назад +3

    0:30 that music thoughXD

  • @stealthbomber2126
    @stealthbomber2126 3 года назад +2

    Buddy ran over something that blew the left front tire. The Cotton Owens cars of that time had an oil tank mounted over the battery in the left front firewall area. When the tire blew it looks as if a piece of debris ruptured the oil tank and started the fire.

  • @zandergill9121
    @zandergill9121 4 года назад +15

    Now that I think about it the gen 7 sounds like these old stock cars

    • @joshthegreatest1198
      @joshthegreatest1198 4 года назад

      Zander Gill what did Chevy raced back then?

    • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
      @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 4 года назад +1

      @@joshthegreatest1198
      They fielded a Chevelle

    • @joshthegreatest1198
      @joshthegreatest1198 4 года назад +1

      Underbird thanks

    • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X
      @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X 4 года назад +1

      @@joshthegreatest1198
      You're welcome, fellow NASCAR fan.
      This wikipedia page is a great source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_Manufacturers%27_champions

    • @bbigjohnson069
      @bbigjohnson069 3 года назад

      You've never heard one of these with a 426 Hemi, up close!

  • @Mikefngarage
    @Mikefngarage 2 года назад +3

    kale Yarbrough, Buddy Baker, Bobby Allison, Aj Foit, Richard Petty. Man those were the guys who made racing what it is today. If I only mentioned a few. There were others. those are just the ones I Remember seeing as a Kid at Riverside Raceway.

  • @sashadimbright
    @sashadimbright 8 месяцев назад +1

    Anybody saying " this is better than modern nascar " has lost their mind lol

  • @markwatkinshield2914
    @markwatkinshield2914 2 месяца назад

    THANK YOU for posting this! Please remove the race winners name from your description so we can watch the race w/o knowing ahead of time who the winner will be!

  • @racingmaniac2549
    @racingmaniac2549 4 года назад +5

    Thanks NASCAR for the upload.

  • @thomasanderson6924
    @thomasanderson6924 2 года назад +1

    Great to hear Keith Jackson.

  • @stephenschumacher2696
    @stephenschumacher2696 3 месяца назад

    Its the end of the world!🍻☠️ lets watch old vintage Nascar 🍻💥🤠

  • @SoldiesBC
    @SoldiesBC Год назад

    Glad this was found

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 2 года назад +1

    4:02
    "Chasing him at speeds that quite frankly 10 years ago we really couldn't have dreamed of. But of course, 10 years ago we couldn't have dreamed of the fact that we'd be taking our third trip to the Moon."
    Wanna talk about dating a video lol Talk about an era...

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor 3 года назад +2

    I don't think this race was shown in full and that the beginning of this clip was the beginning of the telecast.

  • @RRaquello
    @RRaquello 2 года назад +1

    The 3rd moon landing Bill Fleming talks about at 4:06 would never be made. This was the famous case of Apollo 13, which launched the day before this race. The day after this race, the onboard explosion would occur on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, leading to many things, including a Hollywood movie. It's interesting in talking about ABC's "Championship Auto Racing Series", they don't include the Indianapolis 500, which would be within the same few weeks, and would be covered by ABC. But I guess that was considered part of "Wide World of Sports". That was the first Indy 500 I ever saw, won by Al Unser in the Johnny Lightning car.

  • @retaliaterguitar2
    @retaliaterguitar2 Год назад

    Bobby Allison had one of the most badass cars in the business

  • @not1fromyourworld
    @not1fromyourworld Год назад +1

    Ahhh yes
    Back when racing was actually worth watching

  • @davidpepin5709
    @davidpepin5709 9 месяцев назад

    1:03:00 : Bill Flemming: "That just about does it for Pete. He can stroke it."😅

  • @patguzman3132
    @patguzman3132 Год назад +1

    REAL RACE CARS GLAD THE WINGED ROCKET WON BOTH THE DAYTONA N THE ALABAMA 500 .THE FIRST TIME I SAW ONE OF THEM MISTICAL CARS IT WAS A LIME GREEN ONE IN MAY 1970 .

  • @richintalent
    @richintalent 3 года назад +5

    Back when men were men and cars were cars

  • @bluegrassboy2448
    @bluegrassboy2448 Год назад

    People complaining about the commercials during this year's Daytona 500....this is a perfect example of the more things change, the more they stay the same.

  • @acer5871
    @acer5871 4 года назад +5

    Please upload the ‘76 Dixie 500 and the ‘79 Champion Spark Plug 400 if possible!

  • @breezyb606
    @breezyb606 4 года назад +3

    47:00

  • @johnrohlfs9607
    @johnrohlfs9607 3 года назад +1

    🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @gianni4925
    @gianni4925 4 года назад +6

    One big thing this sport is missing that is in the 1970 season is the glamour.

  • @zcam1969
    @zcam1969 8 месяцев назад

    Speed is unlimited at that track .restrictor plates are the only thing that slows the car down.

  • @pacmanindy
    @pacmanindy День назад

    Back when country music was real!!!

  • @rogerdavis3896
    @rogerdavis3896 Год назад

    Remember this race being run the day after the launch of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.

  • @70stunes71
    @70stunes71 2 года назад +2

    Unfortunately not long after this, the sanctioning body of rulers forced restrictor plates on any engines over 366 cubic inches, lowered carb size & jetting etc, which ruined the Chrysler racing for the most part. It also gave the 351 ford the opportunity to run UNRESTRICTED, and dominated horsepower on the track. . The best racing was in this era late 60s early 70s, when innovation by the factories was allowed.

    • @davidthayer6969
      @davidthayer6969 2 года назад

      complete bullshit........there was NO 366 engine running in 1970 and there was no 351 ford running until about 1974. For the 2nd michigan race of 1970 nascar required ALL cars to run the same restrictor plate and they were all running Boss 429, 427 or 426 Hemis. For 1971 NASCAR required the SAME plate for the Hemi or Boss 429 Ford. If you ran a Wedge 427 Ford you got a bigger plate, if you ran a wedge head 426 mopar you got even a bigger plate and if you ran 366 or less of ANY brand you did not have to run a plate at all. The ONLY trial at that in 1971 was a Dodge Daytona running a 305 engine

  • @jeremyclayborne6336
    @jeremyclayborne6336 Год назад

    I want all those cars he had on the table

  • @LouiseDenmar
    @LouiseDenmar 3 года назад +2

    Hey Nascar Can U Pls Upload The 1976 Winn Dixie 300 pls if u found the footage

  • @dantheboss998
    @dantheboss998 4 года назад +2

    05:30

  • @greatestbrand5191
    @greatestbrand5191 4 года назад +4

    5:58 if anyone can find those , HMU

  • @thegreatmikejonez
    @thegreatmikejonez 4 года назад +4

    Back before pay drivers. When the best of the best was in NASCAR.

  • @garytemple9258
    @garytemple9258 5 месяцев назад

    This was racing. You could tell what car was a car. Today's cars are the same eccept from the front end.

  • @KDS_NETWORK
    @KDS_NETWORK 4 года назад +14

    Jeff Gordon is racing the IRacing Talladega race!!

    • @isaiahresto3041
      @isaiahresto3041 4 года назад +2

      Yep, I get to root for him again!!
      #24ever

    • @henriquepaladino3779
      @henriquepaladino3779 4 года назад +2

      @@isaiahresto3041 , same. He was my favorite driver in my childhood

  • @drippinglass
    @drippinglass Год назад

    Woah Nelly!

  • @timwilson1638
    @timwilson1638 2 года назад

    I was there

  • @randyjohnson6845
    @randyjohnson6845 Год назад

    I never seen Petty in a modern full helmet back in the 60s to 90s

    • @spanky9676
      @spanky9676 Год назад +1

      Richard used a full face helmet during his last couple of years.

  • @davidthayer6969
    @davidthayer6969 3 года назад +2

    In 1970, there were 4 factory Ford Teams and 7 Factory mopar teams.....Due to funding cuts the factory Ford teams only entered 16 superspeedway races in 1970.........most of these races were a war of attrition.......IF you were running at the end of the race, you got a pretty good finish, IF you were on the lead lap you usually got a top 5.

  • @JeppeSeverin
    @JeppeSeverin 4 месяца назад

    Hey NASCAR Channel. Could you please put dates in the titles or the description?

    • @NASCAR
      @NASCAR  4 месяца назад

      we'll try! this one was April 12, 1970 :)

    • @JeppeSeverin
      @JeppeSeverin 4 месяца назад

      @@NASCAR Thanks. One can of course look it up. But thanks again.

  • @grandcrappy
    @grandcrappy Год назад

    Can't imagine no 100 octane at $.25 cents a gal now.

  • @federicoguevaraavalos515
    @federicoguevaraavalos515 10 месяцев назад

    1:02:47 6 Buddy Baker crash

  • @rapcoremanx
    @rapcoremanx 8 месяцев назад

    This race was lost for years

  • @vidmasterK1
    @vidmasterK1 4 года назад +9

    Are these the good old days people mention in the comments?
    Cautions for debris even back then, no clue who was leading or what lap drivers were on, confusion on NASCAR's scoring, huge leads (third place was a lap down by halfway), no thrills of pack racing (or even closely racing single file like 1982's "choo-choo train"), some inconsiderate yahoo throwing a glass bottle onto the track and shattering Cale Yarlborough's windshield as they drive at these speeds...they even miss Buddy Baker's fiery spin due to commercial break!

    • @BadWolf762
      @BadWolf762 4 года назад +7

      Yes, those were the good old days, all the way up to the time Brian France took the helm and quickly destroyed NASCAR.

    • @Ziggy_Moonglow
      @Ziggy_Moonglow 3 года назад +6

      Did you even watch? The whole time, they talk about whether the cars will last or not. "50,000 miles worth of driving in one race", cars overheating if they draft too much, tires wearing out, engine turning 7000+ RPMs..
      Back then, this was endurance racing. Every corner, fans (and some crew) were hoping and praying their car would make it through. Blown tires, engines, transmissions, axles, were the norm from being pushed past their limit. No rev limiters, no plates. And, they were running cars you could buy at the dealer, which was the whole draw.
      And completely different mind set for the drivers. Only a few teams had crews, haulers and money. The rest were struggling week to week to make the next race, and would spend their time working on the cars to get them ready to race, and other people's cars to make enough money to make the next race. Not like they could go wreck their car, get on a helicopter and fly home while a crew gets the ride ready for next week.
      All of that transferred to the fans and made it more interesting than the TV makes it look.

    • @davidthayer6969
      @davidthayer6969 3 года назад

      @@Ziggy_Moonglow hey , you can make a very nice post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @davidthayer6969
      @davidthayer6969 2 года назад +1

      In chryslers print ads celebrating Bobby Isaac winning the championship they mispelled his last name.

    • @robertstaley5049
      @robertstaley5049 6 месяцев назад

      Wendell Scott would stroke until so many cars dropped out. Then when it was evident that he was in a threshold to win basically the same amount of money no matter where he finished, he would run hard. He knew he could repair any engine damage when he took he car back to Danville.

  • @garytemple9258
    @garytemple9258 5 месяцев назад

    Would a gansta go 300 mph. and could die at any deconf,these guys done this every week!.

  • @gametime67gaming87
    @gametime67gaming87 Год назад

    I've seen that dodge Daytona #22 irl

  • @VampireYoshi
    @VampireYoshi Год назад

    A.J. Foyt fans request as close as achievable to the full race of the 1972 Daytona 500.

  • @JeppeSeverin
    @JeppeSeverin 4 месяца назад

    What is the difference between the Alabam and the Taladega 500?

  • @johnbisci3125
    @johnbisci3125 4 года назад

    Check out '50s jalopy racing from Buffalo's Civic Stadium: ruclips.net/video/izmtpqVvMcM/видео.html