Ned Jarrett was a fine gentleman and family man who just happened to race cars, and very well, too. One of the most memorable race broadcasts I ever watched was him calling the last few laps of the 1993 Daytona 500, where Dale Jarrett won it. Ned was more happy and proud than if he had won it himself.
This footage and picture quality is superb to the balck and white "Wide World of Sports" coverage. Thank god that so much quality footage of do many races of the 60's and 70's exist
Real Detroit Iron right off the show room floor. Not this plastic and tube business now-a-days. This is real racing Ford's, Chevy's, and the venerable Dodge and Plymouth's. Factory against factory. Now it is Tide racing against Snickers candy bars, Gator Aide against..well you name it.
I was born 2 miles from State Fair Park in Milwaukee in early 60s. I still remember loud stock and indy engines driving me nuts as a 3-6 year old. Then my dad started taking me with him. Biggest fair in state with racing every day for weeks. Parades. Beauty pageants. Every major recording act but Elvis himself. I know i know Elvis was at Darlington lol. But, yeah, greatdays, the absolute best.
I like the footage they included on the Civil War enactment and the beauty pageant. It shows a proud and confident people who are looking toward the future with optimism. It was a far better time and people than what we see here in 2022.
@@gordonipock9385 That's when I started my slow dislike for NASCAR, when they forced them to stop the Confederate stuff. The real, true, reason that war started was over a 40% tariff on Southern Products because the South wouldn't sell cotton to the North for Half what Britain was paying. So They out a 40% tariff on it. The Tanks couldn't get men to fight because it was wrong. Then they tried paying them. Then they created the Draft. Finally, they created another reason that people believe it was over. The "Official Version". Now, you can't even wear a Confederate flag shirt. Bubba Smollett and his hate, and garage pulls, make me despise NASCAR.
I'm a Mopar guy but the 65 Galaxie R-Code 427 is one of my favorite Ford's ever made. In fact it probably is my favorite other than a 66-67 Fairlane R-Code 427. Always really liked the 63 1/2 Galaxie R-Code 427 too but the 65's were vastly improved over the earlier full size Ford's and also 65 was the first year for both the 427 Side Oiler and the Medium Riser Intake Manifold
My father bought a new 64 Ford Galaxy 500. I remember on Saturdays he would be around the house, usually working on something outside with the race playing on the radio. We would listen and pull for Fred Lorenzen who drove Fords. We may have listened to this race.
The Infield was full of dreams to me. I like all 60's cars. I'm a GM man mostly, but you didn't see them win much. Dodge was one serious car and Ford run with them. J remember when you couldn't give away a Dodge. People would tell you to get it out of their yard and it's yours. I wish I had gotten everyone I could. I have a friend that did, and he's made a good living over the past 25 years.
As good as Ned Jarrett was at racing he was an ever better commentator. He could get pretty excited and you learned to love it. Great race calls by that man.
I'll always remember Ned Jarrett for getting to Glenn Roberts and helping him get out of that burning Pontiac.... thank you Ned... rest in peace Fireball.
Awesome! I love how the oldest son is swinging a golf club in the yard. Dale would end up being a HOF driver and a helluva a golfer himself! Ned knew Dale was destined to be a racer at age 9.
One of the greatest ambassadors of the sport to this day. The apple didn't fall far from the tree in both Dale and Glen. One great racing family and lineage. The Jarrett name is every bit as great for the sport as Earnhardt and Petty.
After 15 years of being a loyal devoted NASCAR fan I quit watching after Earnhardt was killed. Not because of his death but the way Kelton and the France family through Bill Simpson under the bus and made him the scapegoat for f..ked restrictor plate racing and Dales death. I was about through with NASCAR by that time anyway as the drivers I had grown up with and the losses of Davey and Allen the whole NASCAR vibe had gone and I haven't looked back. NASCAR nowadays just like the NHRA are no longer a part of my weekends. I'd rather RUclips the era of both and revisit when racing was racing. R.I.P. Cale Yarborough
I love watching the sport evolve simply by watching these earlier Southern 500's. You can tell by the Jarrett segment things were seriously changing. His vehicle was taking on more of a "race car" look and less of "stock car" appearance while the team was was well stocked with parts and a hauler.
"Gentleman Ned" in my opinion is one of the most underrated drivers in NASCAR history. He retired at age 34 when Ford withdrew from the sport, and also at the top of his game as a 2x champ. Easily could have had minimum 75 wins, if not more than the 50 wins achieved at the time he hung it up. He didn't need flash like Turner or Weatherly, or a powerhouse like Petty, or being portrayed as "The Last American Hero" like Junior Johnson. Ned has done a lot for NASCAR not only as a racer, but as an ambassador for the sport bringing it to TV and radio for MRN. The sport is better because of his involvement.
Richard Petty is conspicuous by his absence. After dominating 1964, NASCAR outlawed the 426 Hemi engine. Petty boycotted NASCAR to protest. He spent the year drag racing. I think the Hemi was back in 66. But don't feel bad for the Hemi. NASCAR refused to ever allow the Ford 427 SOHC engine on the track. It would have made everything else look like old straight sixes.
Me too. I started disliking it in the 90's, but Fake keep me interested. 2001 I quit watching. I can't stand it now. All the politics. I can't stand Bubba Smollett.
@@sludge8506 Replaced? Is that why NASCAR is worried about the massive loss of fans? Replace away Twhatwaffle. You've replaced us like a Altima replacing a 66 GTO.
@@gordonipock9385 Not quite. The 426 Hemi had to meet NASCAR's homologation rule by being in production vehicles and selling 500 units in 1965. In 1963 and 1964, NASCAR let a lot of things slide, like allowing the Chevy Mystery Motor in 1963 and the Hemi in 1964, neither of which were available to the public. In 1965, NASCAR enforced the rules, which meant selling 500 units and having the products available to the public. Chrysler sold 500 units with Hemis by July of 1965 and was back at Bristol and ran the rest of the season with the Hemi (with Petty and Pearson winning 9 or those 14 races). The Ford 427 SOHC and Chevy 427 Mystery Motor never met the 500 unit sales and availability to the public, which made them 'experimental' engines, not allowed to run.
Sad for me to watch, I didn’t know this footage existed. This happened before I was even born, but I remember my dad and grandpa talking about Buren. He raced modifieds until he got sponsored by a Ford dealership to race their car. I know he chose #23 because that was the age of his newlywed wife. She never remarried. After this NASCAR mandated door bars. It would have been nice to know him. RIP Buren.
Class act!! He was as good a driver as he was at calling a race!! Loved him as both definitely in the top 20 all time as a driver and number 1 as a commentator!!
In 1964 my Dad took me to a stock car race in Charlotte NC. There I met Richard Petty. 6 months later. We moved to Detroit. The rest of the story. To long Adios 🇺🇸🏁
We had an old Buick. Hailed. Chicken egg size. Not a single dent or broken window in the car. Beat the hell out of our garden, but not the car!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had two of those 65 Galaxies , one with sweet running 289, the other with a 390, built like tanks, about 6mpg in the 390 car. Both nice cars I'd be happy to have today..
Love this corn ball '60s Suthin side-show. Acting out a Civil War...victory, of course. Yee Haw! SO cool to see Milburn Stone and Ken Kurtis there! Really fun narration and some real action packed racin' fo sho. Thanks for the flik!
I hope ABC SPORTS' coverage of the 1965 Southern 500 will be posted here on RUclips some day. I've seen clips from that reportage of Cale Yarborough's crash after his "sailing over the railing" and it looked VERY dramatic on straight videotape (not film) as it was broadcast on ABC'S WWOS ("Wide World of Sports").
I fell in love with Fords early on. But, when the 63 1/2 Ford Fastback came out, the whole scene changed. They also went from the 406 to the 427. I owned a 63 fastback but it had engine problems. But, I also owned a 1961 Ford Starliner that I drove home from my AF Base in SD to Tyler, TX. Drove 80 & 90 most of the way until I got to Denver. I heard a slight knock, and a station attendant told me I was out of oil. I got a full load of oil, spent the night in Denver, then still drove 70mph the rest of the way home. I'm sorry I sold that 61, but I wanted money in my pocket before going to my next base Ramey AFB, PR. I bet there are others that wished they'd have kept their cars if they knew what they would bring in $$$$$ today.
I have so many I wished I'd kept, or bought. I was 15, found a 68 Dan Gurney Cougar. 428 SCJ, 4 speed. $500. Dad said "No, To fast" and kept walking, never missed a step.
This is before my time. Can anyone explain why the first turn of the oval is two lanes wide (paint stripe) and the other end is one lane wide (paint stripe)? It's always puzzled me when I watch these vintage Southern 500's on YT.
The First Part was an interesting insight into NASCAR and The USA in 1965. The second half is a poignant biogrsaphy, of Ned Jarret, when he turned left` for a living. You might remember him as The Greatest Racing Broadcaster in NASCAR History. who thrilled us, with the final lap of the Daytona 500, when his son won the Daytona 500. Fast forward to his business side when he put food on the family plates in 1965. It was a different time. Now you have retired millionaire drivers who fly around in private jets. That had pretty mediocre careers. An only had to show up on weekends, and "test sessions Second part is around 27 minutes.
Ned Jarrett decided to retire from racing in 1966 as well, with the Daytona 500 being one of the few races he never won, his best finish in that race being third in 1963. I mention that because Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.
@@CJODell12 The Daytona 500 was the holy grail - even Dale Earnhardt (Sr) only won it once. And was battling for the lead the year he had the fatal crash. I think Junior won it twice.
YES ….exactly.....I was driving myself nuts trying to think of Winters name.....I could see him in my mind....but my brain kept saying ...Buddy Hacket….no that's not it...….sooooo THANK YOU
Drivers, all good drivers can slow time down. Seconds are like minutes. I know what it means to slow time down. I'm a race car driver. My name is Roy "BANG BANG" Winchel !
Good times and the beginning of racing becoming "bidness". Still about five or so years to go before rules, HP and CID restrictions started the process towards sterilization and science projects.
"before rules, HP and CID restrictions"? 1965 was the first year of maximum engine size being a specific CID instead of "0.010 over stock" at 428 CID for class 2 (intermediate) and 429 for class 1 (full size) cars. HP was not restricted to a certain number, just CID.
My mom had a 63 impala 327, at 90mph the front end got really lightt and the valves floated, scared me a little, it finally died in a flood, no tears were shed.
Being a newbie and not up to speed what's that strange looking flag it has stars and stripes but it doesn't look like an America flag is that a racing flag or some kinda organization like a country club or a social group just wondering
Yes. It is the Flag, flown, @ the Golf Course the late Buren Skeen used to 'splode Gopher's, at, back in 'nam and his Wife asked it to be flown, in Buren's memory.
Why weren't the Chevys there,I kinda remembered they were crying because the Fords were kicking there asses too much at least until the Fords could be hobbled somehow.
@@richardc7721 Amen! Now, they have the Bubba Smollett. Because of his hate and Razzizm, you can't even wear a Confederate flag shirt. That flag doesn't mean what they say. Hollywood helped by putting it in every scene of "Bad People". I'm sick of hearing all their crap today.
Okay, let's see. The narrating driver was a rookie, didn't have a good starting spot, had no previous wins, and was running at the finish. After doing research on Racing Reference, the only driver who fills all of those requirements is Wayne Smith who had an eight year career. Sadly, he never even came close to winning a race with career best seventh place finishes at the 1968 Buddy Shuman 250 and the 1969 Smoky Mountain 200
Sure. Because you could walk into your local Plymouth dealer and pick up a half tube framed car with a Ford 9" rear end and a transmission that was a modified GM Muncie 4 speed.
Do they still parade the ladies out for the guys to oodle over the night before the race? I wonder how many times the winner got “crowned” before the judging.....
Nope! The PC police had their way with this little piece of Americana, that is no longer allowed, period, end of discussion. Isn't it interesting that THEY can dictate when is the "end of discussion".
That was the year it took until July (Bristol) for Chrysler to sell 500 units and make the Hemis available to the public to get it to qualify to run in NASCAR. The Chevy 427 Mystery Motor and Ford 427 SOHC were also 'banned' due to not being production and not selling 500 units.
@@Ziggy_Moonglow 1965 was the first year of production for the big block Chevy. Did they run the 396 until the 427 was approved? Chevy was no great shakes in NASCAR until 1975, after the big blocks were all gone.
If Tony Stewart had been there,, he would have thrown a Helmet at Milburn Stone and Ken Curtis (may they rest, in peace), for being better Actors, than he is and if Milburn Stone had been in charracter he would have shot Buren Skeen (RIP), wild west Kansas style.
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Ned Jarrett was a fine gentleman and family man who just happened to race cars, and very well, too. One of the most memorable race broadcasts I ever watched was him calling the last few laps of the 1993 Daytona 500, where Dale Jarrett won it. Ned was more happy and proud than if he had won it himself.
Dale & Dale finish .
Falstaff beer and the stars and bars.
This footage and picture quality is superb to the balck and white "Wide World of Sports" coverage. Thank god that so much quality footage of do many races of the 60's and 70's exist
Fantastic!!, I’ve always liked Ned, and really enjoyed him as an announcer on tv, his easy speaking manner was like no other! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Real Detroit Iron right off the show room floor. Not this plastic and tube business now-a-days. This is real racing Ford's, Chevy's, and the venerable Dodge and Plymouth's. Factory against factory. Now it is Tide racing against Snickers candy bars, Gator Aide against..well you name it.
Nostalgia is one of the greatest enemies of the truth.
You sound like a grumpy old man.
I quit watching NASCAR when the universal fits all car came out . I miss the old days .
Proud to say I live right here in Darlington and can hear the cars on the track from my Farm. Good ol' 1965 Southern 500. Glory Days of Nascar
I was born 2 miles from State Fair Park in Milwaukee in early 60s. I still remember loud stock and indy engines driving me nuts as a 3-6 year old. Then my dad started taking me with him. Biggest fair in state with racing every day for weeks. Parades. Beauty pageants. Every major recording act but Elvis himself. I know i know Elvis was at Darlington lol. But, yeah, greatdays, the absolute best.
I like the footage they included on the Civil War enactment and the beauty pageant. It shows a proud and confident people who are looking toward the future with optimism. It was a far better time and people than what we see here in 2022.
@@gordonipock9385 That's when I started my slow dislike for NASCAR, when they forced them to stop the Confederate stuff. The real, true, reason that war started was over a 40% tariff on Southern Products because the South wouldn't sell cotton to the North for Half what Britain was paying. So They out a 40% tariff on it. The Tanks couldn't get men to fight because it was wrong. Then they tried paying them. Then they created the Draft. Finally, they created another reason that people believe it was over. The "Official Version".
Now, you can't even wear a Confederate flag shirt. Bubba Smollett and his hate, and garage pulls, make me despise NASCAR.
Glory Days of America. I was 1 year old when this race happened. I'm glad I got to enjoy the rest America.
This is real racing here! No engineers, no computers, just dudes and their cars!
The sight of all those beautiful '65 Fords.....
I'm a Mopar guy but the 65 Galaxie R-Code 427 is one of my favorite Ford's ever made. In fact it probably is my favorite other than a 66-67 Fairlane R-Code 427. Always really liked the 63 1/2 Galaxie R-Code 427 too but the 65's were vastly improved over the earlier full size Ford's and also 65 was the first year for both the 427 Side Oiler and the Medium Riser Intake Manifold
Owned a 65 Galaxie XL 500rag top
if you love them so much why don't you marry them
My father bought a new 64 Ford Galaxy 500. I remember on Saturdays he would be around the house, usually working on something outside with the race playing on the radio. We would listen and pull for Fred Lorenzen who drove Fords. We may have listened to this race.
The Infield was full of dreams to me. I like all 60's cars. I'm a GM man mostly, but you didn't see them win much. Dodge was one serious car and Ford run with them. J remember when you couldn't give away a Dodge. People would tell you to get it out of their yard and it's yours. I wish I had gotten everyone I could. I have a friend that did, and he's made a good living over the past 25 years.
As good as Ned Jarrett was at racing he was an ever better commentator. He could get pretty excited and you learned to love it. Great race calls by that man.
He was probably the first driver turned broadcaster/analyst
I'll always remember Ned Jarrett for getting to Glenn Roberts and helping him get out of that burning Pontiac.... thank you Ned... rest in peace Fireball.
Ned and Benny were the best in the booth ever.
NED JARRETT for PRESIDENT! I’ve been sayin’ it for 50 years now.
Jarrett/Parsons carried ESPN broadcasts for decades. Never a dull moment
What a wonderful piece on Ned Jarrett and his family.
Awesome! I love how the oldest son is swinging a golf club in the yard. Dale would end up being a HOF driver and a helluva a golfer himself! Ned knew Dale was destined to be a racer at age 9.
Most Galaxies I ever saw in a race . And big blocks to boot .
One of the greatest ambassadors of the sport to this day. The apple didn't fall far from the tree in both Dale and Glen. One great racing family and lineage. The Jarrett name is every bit as great for the sport as Earnhardt and Petty.
Ppp
great racers and very smart men
The beginning of real NASCAR. Real men, real cars, real mechanics. The end was in the 90s when everything became the same.
After 15 years of being a loyal devoted NASCAR fan I quit watching after Earnhardt was killed. Not because of his death but the way Kelton and the France family through Bill Simpson under the bus and made him the scapegoat for f..ked restrictor plate racing and Dales death. I was about through with NASCAR by that time anyway as the drivers I had grown up with and the losses of Davey and Allen the whole NASCAR vibe had gone and I haven't looked back. NASCAR nowadays just like the NHRA are no longer a part of my weekends. I'd rather RUclips the era of both and revisit when racing was racing. R.I.P. Cale Yarborough
Man, i just love watching those old FORDS tearing it up!!!
1965, during Ford's total performance years, that's just what they did in all forms of racing then.
I love the cigarette smokin on pit row!!!
Pit Road.
Why not, nobody gets out of here alive.
I love watching the sport evolve simply by watching these earlier Southern 500's. You can tell by the Jarrett segment things were seriously changing. His vehicle was taking on more of a "race car" look and less of "stock car" appearance while the team was was well stocked with parts and a hauler.
Ned Jarrett great racer, wonderful family man, great commentator, even better man.
"Gentleman Ned" in my opinion is one of the most underrated drivers in NASCAR history. He retired at age 34 when Ford withdrew from the sport, and also at the top of his game as a 2x champ. Easily could have had minimum 75 wins, if not more than the 50 wins achieved at the time he hung it up.
He didn't need flash like Turner or Weatherly, or a powerhouse like Petty, or being portrayed as "The Last American Hero" like Junior Johnson. Ned has done a lot for NASCAR not only as a racer, but as an ambassador for the sport bringing it to TV and radio for MRN. The sport is better because of his involvement.
I have read where Mr. Jarrett once won a NASCAR race by lapping the field by nine laps!
@@johnhrichak3451Actually, Ned and his team won this particular race, the 1965 Southern 500, by 14 laps.
Now this is stock car racing wen cars were cars
And Tradition was not politically incorrect.
The only thing "stock" about these cars was the sheet metal.
What a great video! All the reasons why I was a fan in the 60's and lost interest in the 2000!
Richard Petty is conspicuous by his absence. After dominating 1964, NASCAR outlawed the 426 Hemi engine. Petty boycotted NASCAR to protest. He spent the year drag racing. I think the Hemi was back in 66. But don't feel bad for the Hemi. NASCAR refused to ever allow the Ford 427 SOHC engine on the track. It would have made everything else look like old straight sixes.
Me too. I started disliking it in the 90's, but Fake keep me interested. 2001 I quit watching. I can't stand it now. All the politics. I can't stand Bubba Smollett.
Don’t let the door hit you in the behind on the way out, ladies. You’ve been replaced. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@@sludge8506 Replaced? Is that why NASCAR is worried about the massive loss of fans? Replace away Twhatwaffle. You've replaced us like a Altima replacing a 66 GTO.
@@gordonipock9385 Not quite. The 426 Hemi had to meet NASCAR's homologation rule by being in production vehicles and selling 500 units in 1965. In 1963 and 1964, NASCAR let a lot of things slide, like allowing the Chevy Mystery Motor in 1963 and the Hemi in 1964, neither of which were available to the public. In 1965, NASCAR enforced the rules, which meant selling 500 units and having the products available to the public. Chrysler sold 500 units with Hemis by July of 1965 and was back at Bristol and ran the rest of the season with the Hemi (with Petty and Pearson winning 9 or those 14 races). The Ford 427 SOHC and Chevy 427 Mystery Motor never met the 500 unit sales and availability to the public, which made them 'experimental' engines, not allowed to run.
R .I.P Jr Johnson.
What about buren skeen
@@willbyfield4497 I didn't know he passed away because of that reck, I just read about it.
I loved they'd paint the bumpers yellow for the rookies!
Still do. That's still a rule in NASCAR Cup Series competition to this day.
i was there in 1996 my first cup race loved it great battle between dale jarrett in the 88 ford and jeff gordon in the 24 chevrolet
Buren Skeen would die a week later from injuries received in that crash. Cale was lucky to walk away unharmed from that crash over the guardrail.
'i'd rather be lucky than good'
Sad for me to watch, I didn’t know this footage existed. This happened before I was even born, but I remember my dad and grandpa talking about Buren. He raced modifieds until he got sponsored by a Ford dealership to race their car. I know he chose #23 because that was the age of his newlywed wife. She never remarried. After this NASCAR mandated door bars. It would have been nice to know him.
RIP Buren.
T-boned at 130mph... that car was SMASHED! 😳
Class act!! He was as good a driver as he was at calling a race!! Loved him as both definitely in the top 20 all time as a driver and number 1 as a commentator!!
And he did it all in just 5 years as a top nascar driver.
The performance difference from this race and 1969 is unreal. Just 4 years and the cars improved dramatically
I'll never forget Cale flying over that guard rail.
In 1964 my Dad took me to a stock car race in Charlotte NC. There I met Richard Petty. 6 months later. We moved to Detroit. The rest of the story. To long Adios 🇺🇸🏁
Number 23, Buren Skeen...RIP
When I see the smoke from Dieringer's car, I can almost smell that hot gear oil...
Glad it wasn't jsut me haha
Facts
exactly.......
This is an amazing piece of history. This is real drama
When car bodies were strong enough to stand on the roof of the car.
We had an old Buick. Hailed. Chicken egg size.
Not a single dent or broken window in the car. Beat the hell out of our garden, but not the car!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had two of those 65 Galaxies , one with sweet running 289, the other with a 390, built like tanks, about 6mpg in the 390 car. Both nice cars I'd be happy to have today..
Those women were sturdy !
Women? I don’t see any womens in this video.
Maybe the gals in the parade at about 9:30-10:30, some fine southern belles.
Love this corn ball '60s Suthin side-show. Acting out a Civil War...victory, of course. Yee Haw! SO cool to see Milburn Stone and Ken Kurtis there! Really fun narration and some real action packed racin' fo sho. Thanks for the flik!
I loved Milburn Stone and Ken Curtis.
Remember as a kid when the 63 galaxies then 64 notch back mustangs and falcons came to race here in the uk, what a shock.
That must have been cool to hear them Beast make all that noise then to see those awesome little British cars catch them in the corners.
Love Johnny reb and his flag!!
...Wow...Stock Cars that actually look like stock cars....
Ned lapped the field 14 times at this race !!
I hope ABC SPORTS' coverage of the 1965 Southern 500 will be posted here on RUclips some day. I've seen clips from that reportage of Cale Yarborough's crash after his "sailing over the railing" and it looked VERY dramatic on straight videotape (not film) as it was broadcast on ABC'S WWOS ("Wide World of Sports").
Hey!!! My prayers have been answered!!!
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Beautiful puppies
I love watching these to see if my dad was in the race. I think he was still in Vietnam at this point.
Ron Keselowski raced in Cup from 1970 to 1974.
Just bring us ABC's coverage of the 1965 Southern 500 as broadcast in b/w!!!
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I fell in love with Fords early on. But, when the 63 1/2 Ford Fastback came out, the whole scene changed. They also went from the 406 to the 427. I owned a 63 fastback but it had engine problems. But, I also owned a 1961 Ford Starliner that I drove home from my AF Base in SD to Tyler, TX. Drove 80 & 90 most of the way until I got to Denver. I heard a slight knock, and a station attendant told me I was out of oil. I got a full load of oil, spent the night in Denver, then still drove 70mph the rest of the way home. I'm sorry I sold that 61, but I wanted money in my pocket before going to my next base Ramey AFB, PR. I bet there are others that wished they'd have kept their cars if they knew what they would bring in $$$$$ today.
I have so many I wished I'd kept, or bought. I was 15, found a 68 Dan Gurney Cougar. 428 SCJ, 4 speed. $500. Dad said "No, To fast" and kept walking, never missed a step.
The good old days. Race it on Sunday. Sell it on Monday
Came here from your comment on another video. So I'm giving your video some love.
Thank you! If that channel had given me a wee bit of credit for his "High Quality" find more could see the whole thing.
Bring it all back 🥺
This is before my time. Can anyone explain why the first turn of the oval is two lanes wide (paint stripe) and the other end is one lane wide (paint stripe)? It's always puzzled me when I watch these vintage Southern 500's on YT.
I wonder what happened to that Ned Jarrett hauler/work truck. That thing was nice!
Nobody was glued to a phone or covered with nasty tattoos.
David Meyers Maybe because cellphones didn’t exist
@Mikey Truck : But only sailors had them.
The best part of the pit stop on a hot day like that was drinking a cold beer, before heading back out!
It's 500 miles of high speed rotations....
Here, hold my spliff
The day racing lost a driver
Buren Skeen was my favorite NASCAR driver of all even though I was born 48 years after he died
You're 9 years old?
The First Part was an interesting insight into NASCAR and The USA in 1965. The second half is a poignant biogrsaphy, of Ned Jarret, when he turned left` for a living. You might remember him as The Greatest Racing Broadcaster in NASCAR History. who thrilled us, with the final lap of the Daytona 500, when his son won the Daytona 500. Fast forward to his business side when he put food on the family plates in 1965. It was a different time. Now you have retired millionaire drivers who fly around in private jets. That had pretty mediocre careers. An only had to show up on weekends, and "test sessions Second part is around 27 minutes.
That first crash was a fatal one, Buren Skeen died a week after he got T-boned by Reb Wickersham,
Junior Johnston would retire the next year, in 1966, without ever winning a Southern 500.
Ned Jarrett decided to retire from racing in 1966 as well, with the Daytona 500 being one of the few races he never won, his best finish in that race being third in 1963. I mention that because Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.
@@CJODell12 The Daytona 500 was the holy grail - even Dale Earnhardt (Sr) only won it once. And was battling for the lead the year he had the fatal crash. I think Junior won it twice.
What he is is the quickest quiet one.
55 races in a single year?!
Nascar used to race 2 or 3 times a week
Sounds like Jonathan Winters
YES ….exactly.....I was driving myself nuts trying to think of Winters name.....I could see him in my mind....but my brain kept saying ...Buddy Hacket….no that's not it...….sooooo THANK YOU
Is that his little boy Dale Jarrett standing in front of Ned in the winners circle? ;-)
I guess not.....after watching the rest of this video, I answered my own question. ....great video !
with a 427 big balls ford fe ,,
I wonder if dale earnhart watched this
Considering his dad retired just a year earlier, he was most likely there.
id like to say i was there...but. damn. wouldn't that give of my age?
Ned Jarrett for president! Im dead serious
Yeah lmao except he's almost 90.
But he's still kicking, though. Tough SOB.
i was there, no, earlier years before fireball died, well dad took me.
49:38 Aw! Look at how cute the young Dale Jarrett was! What happened?
Passing that t-bone on the driver's side.... Buren Skeen died in that wreck..... I wondered if it would be shown here, and it was 😒...
Drivers, all good drivers can slow time down.
Seconds are like minutes. I know what it means to slow time down. I'm a race car driver. My name is Roy
"BANG BANG" Winchel !
Good times and the beginning of racing becoming "bidness".
Still about five or so years to go before rules, HP and CID restrictions started the process towards sterilization and science projects.
"before rules, HP and CID restrictions"? 1965 was the first year of maximum engine size being a specific CID instead of "0.010 over stock" at 428 CID for class 2 (intermediate) and 429 for class 1 (full size) cars. HP was not restricted to a certain number, just CID.
19:39 Cale Yarborough flips
The 427 Chevy motors always overheated.
There is a reason why I call them Shit-O-Lets!
My mom had a 63 impala 327, at 90mph the front end got really lightt and the valves floated, scared me a little, it finally died in a flood, no tears were shed.
I wish the 427 in Joey's Chevette would scatter to the wind,I can dream.
Wow, great video, thanks. Boy the woke crowd would absolutely go ape shit if they watched this today. I loved it.
Vicki 😍😍😗😙😜
Those cars wreck and they don't even dent.
Anyone know who the narrator is?
19:38 Cale Yarborough over the wall
Is This The Race When Ned Jarret Outlasted The Field & Won By 11 Laps ?
You are correct!
@@jinjabreadman46 😱 Wow 👍✌️
@@jinjabreadman46Incorrect! It was 14 laps!
There's a reason Caroll Shelby used that engine in the 66 and67 gt40's at LeMans, and won both years, still dynoed 450 hp after 24 hrs.
Derringer had a four lap lead on Jarrett before his engine let go. Sheesh
Being a newbie and not up to speed what's that strange looking flag it has stars and stripes but it doesn't look like an America flag is that a racing flag or some kinda organization like a country club or a social group just wondering
You're kidding right???
Robert Dorst - There's always a boring smart-ass in the crowd. ...Like you
Yes. It is the Flag, flown, @ the Golf Course the late Buren Skeen used to 'splode Gopher's, at, back in 'nam and his Wife asked it to be flown, in Buren's memory.
I will admit I'm a smart ass but anything but boring you know you chuckle about my sarcasm
Democrat party flag
Who is the narrator
44:37 my godness
That was the the year Ford raced all alone
Almost. Petty (Plymouth) had 4 wins and Pearson (Dodge) had 2 wins.
Why weren't the Chevys there,I kinda remembered they were crying because the Fords were kicking there asses too much at least until the Fords could be hobbled somehow.
@@robertparker6654GM pulled out after '63. Aside from Bobby Allison winning a few short tracks in a Chevelle, GM did virtually nothing from '64-'70.
When nascar was good before all the crap arrived in Sponcers taking it over .
I stopped watching after They forgot who their base was and why people watched.
@@richardc7721 Amen! Now, they have the Bubba Smollett. Because of his hate and Razzizm, you can't even wear a Confederate flag shirt. That flag doesn't mean what they say. Hollywood helped by putting it in every scene of "Bad People". I'm sick of hearing all their crap today.
No hemi's at this race...
Cale SAILS @ 19:41. SMH. :( :(
I loved this video!!!!
But it sure brings the grumpy old men out of the outhouse. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
So where's Mother Mopar in all this ?
This was the year they boycotted NASCAR because they disallowed (banned) the HEMI.
@@JrGoonior right......
-and Caddy didn't come with 472 until '68 ...:
I was the 500'' Cadillac torque specialist in north Canada .... hard to beat.
@@diamonddog257 What's that got to do with anything? Nobody used those anchors in circle track.
2nd, 5th and 35th.
@@JrGoonior Chrysler was back by Bristol in July, running 14 races at short tracks and Rockingham.
Ahhhh women were women
Cars were cars and racing was racing
And Political Correctness wasn't even a thing.
Okay, let's see. The narrating driver was a rookie, didn't have a good starting spot, had no previous wins, and was running at the finish. After doing research on Racing Reference, the only driver who fills all of those requirements is Wayne Smith who had an eight year career. Sadly, he never even came close to winning a race with career best seventh place finishes at the 1968 Buddy Shuman 250 and the 1969 Smoky Mountain 200
When NASCAR used REAL cars, not the crap that runs circles now....
Sure. Because you could walk into your local Plymouth dealer and pick up a half tube framed car with a Ford 9" rear end and a transmission that was a modified GM Muncie 4 speed.
@@almostfm
@@Ziggy_Moonglow No, I've gone to races since 1970. But I understand what the cars were, and are now.
Awesome vintage video man! 😎
Do they still parade the ladies out for the guys to oodle over the night before the race? I wonder how many times the winner got “crowned” before the judging.....
Nope! The PC police had their way with this little piece of Americana, that is no longer allowed, period, end of discussion. Isn't it interesting that THEY can dictate when is the "end of discussion".
Those were the days modern times suck
"Crowned"="Impregnated", i am guessing.
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 More like a beer can on top of her head while she was getting her tonsil's punched by a judges pecker.
Better hide this before them PC f words find it
19:40 me= ok
This was NASCAR , before it became a politically correct liberal shill , May it rest in peace
The "Yankees" did win, look it up
BOOTLEGGERS EVERYONE
As far as I know, only Junior Johnson and Buddy Arrington, at least among the drivers in this race. 10-15 years earlier you'd have had a lot more.
Wasn't the Hemi banned this year in Nascar?
That was the year it took until July (Bristol) for Chrysler to sell 500 units and make the Hemis available to the public to get it to qualify to run in NASCAR. The Chevy 427 Mystery Motor and Ford 427 SOHC were also 'banned' due to not being production and not selling 500 units.
@@Ziggy_Moonglow 1965 was the first year of production for the big block Chevy. Did they run the 396 until the 427 was approved? Chevy was no great shakes in NASCAR until 1975, after the big blocks were all gone.
The 396 has always been a rod thrower in my neck of the woods.
If Tony Stewart had been there,, he would have thrown a Helmet at Milburn Stone and Ken Curtis (may they rest, in peace), for being better Actors, than he is and if Milburn Stone had been in charracter he would have shot Buren Skeen (RIP), wild west Kansas style.
1:25 Buren Skeen: My back!