Go back even further...they used to race horse buggies.

And a cigarette.

This is where all the good old cars went

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William Drews back when boomers didn’t flood the comment section.

@@ctrlshiftqq9846 scuse me.

STUBS 1 i said what i said.

@@ctrlshiftqq9846 just here to make you miserable,and flood the comment section. Oh wait if it wasn't for boomers you couldn't even comment. Lmao

Bull Shit. Racing now is better than ever. And no deaths like in Days of Old since Dale Sr died.

Nascar is not what it used to be.

@@johnholzhey8149 Thank God. It's a million times better.

@@charlesrussell6201 You must be really young. Aside from the safety aspect, it's gotten worse.

@@johnholzhey8149 LOL. I'm a very young 82 years of aging protoplasm. Born and grew up in Daytona. Two High Schools back then (at least 10 now) and Fireball attended the "other" HS but dated a girl in my class. First NASCAR race was the 1950 Beach race. NASCAR is the only sport I keep up with. The fans are spoiled now with all races on TV. So they complain about everything. Back in the day we had only radio and not all races were broadcast. Many drivers were killed driving cars that were not constructed properly. A few years in the late 60s NASCAR allowed a few locations to watch the 500 on closed circuit tv. No major cities. In 1967 we went up to Macon, GA to watch the 500 when Mario won it in that Holman-Moody Ford Fairlane. In 1968 we went up to Columbus, GA to watch the 500 on CCTV. Yes, I believe racing today... with all the changes...is many times better. Better drivers now but I was a David Pearson devotee along with Bobby Allison and later with Davey. My daughter and I attended Davey's funeral and we still cry about Davey. The end result on safety is that deaths have been practically eliminated. Speeding on pit row...I saw Bill Elliot's right wheel changer totally crammed up into the wheel well and killed. Accumalated point system now...much better, no more 'point racing' just to have a "good day". No more knowing who the CUP Chmpion is with 3 races left. Races ending under yellow...robbing the fans of a good finish. Over time has made racing better. No more single file restarts...all the lead lap cars on the outside and the laps-down cars on the inside. Many dominating cars lost because of those laps-down cars. I love today's double file restarts with the leader getting to choose which line he prefers. No more races where the leader is 2 or more laps ahead of 2nd place. We saw Ned Jarret win the Souther 500 in 1965 by a 14 lap lead. Bottom line...we'll just have to agree to disagree. But seriously, go back and watch all the old races on youtube. Do it with an opened mind...you might have different emotions about the racing back then. It was mostly the same on the track then as now...single file with a few passes.

@@johnholzhey8149 Nascar never was, what it used to be!!

What's the big wide wheel-base at the heaviest of chassis they were quite stable.

Love those old commercials and car's, today is so bland SUVs all look look the same

One reason for that was that USAC finally allowed their drivers to run in the Daytona 500 in 1963. They had actually wanted to do so for a couple of years, but USAC refused. They finally relented in 1963, and the result was that the fields for the next few Daytona 500s, except for the 1965 race, had not only the best NASCAR drivers of the day, but also saw USAC's top drivers challenge NASCAR's best throughout the balance of the decade, with a few international road racers occasionally thrown in. Having a 50-car field also helped in that regard, because when they downsized the field from 50 to 40 cars for safety purposes, that diminished the number of drivers from other forms of racing that would attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500. Frankly, that's one thing I'd like to see return to NASCAR's biggest event

I didnt know that USAC was holding their drivers back. I thought it was NASCAR doing that. Letting them ALL come is what made this race GREAT. Im disappointed Jackie Stewart didnt give it a shot though (and Hill and Clark). I try to imagine if they had kept this up through to the 70s and we could see McCluskey/Nelson White, Tovella, Bowsher etc. in those Birds and Talledegasgoing head tohead.

Thats my main reason as well, oh hell yes

TINY, FIREBALL, A.J., BENNY... a lost breed of racer.

Ted Williams had more awards for fishing than for baseball.

Tiny's wife was quite a catch!

The Woods Bros. and “The Silver Fox” David Pearson were the best.

@@flashy5150 Except when Petty beat them which was often.

@@OverlandOne ,Actually,When Petty and Pearson finished 1-2 in a race Pearson beat Petty 33 times to Petty's 30.

Great drag car's too with a little tweaking, very good looking too unlike modern garbage

And it took a crewman being crushed to death to slow them down. I remember when the death occurred. The pit reporter told us with his facial expression what he wouldn’t tell us with his mouth.

Sludge what race was that?

@@NASCARFan18_ 1990 Atlanta. Mike Rich. :( www.elliottracingheritage.com/features/mike-rich-legacy/ A truly sad day in nascar history. And, you know, you had to think it was inevitable.

@@NASCARFan18_1960 southern 500

You should see her now!

I have seen her recently.

She was miss hurst shifter guys. Wrong chick sorry.

..yes, not identical cars with painted-on identities made to resemble actual cars that they are not...and foreign makes don't belong in Nascar, either...

Yeah, you are right. Cars right off the showroom floor could do 165.

I was chuckling when I saw that.

Yep they should stop NASCAR today it's boring. Nostalgia would be nice, same in NHRA. There was so many classes in NHRA in the 60s-70s, today also boring pro stock

They had roll up windows too!

And Tiny's Wood Brothers Ford still had its dome light!

Yeah but that's real racing

‘79 Daytona. First 15 laps were under caution.

@@davanmani556 Right. In fact, the Daytona 500 has started under caution to dry a wet track three times in it's history. This race, which saw it's first 10 laps run under caution, the 1973 race, the first 13 laps of which were run under caution, and that 1979 race, when the first 15 laps were run under caution.

You know, i never put that together until i read this. Those were FIRESTONES. The same guys that made pro bowling happen back thenwhen THAT sport was legit and technology hadntscrewed IT all up lol...

Maybe later ?

For sale? Tell me more

Christopher Haas oh no I could never part with it. An old friend gave it to my family

In yourehands its priceless then. I totally get it. Im pretty sure he wore the same helmet over and over until it cracked then wore the next one over and over again. Priceless...

Matrox One wow! I bet that’s nice. Nothing like old memories

Hold on that helmet. I love story of Tiny vs The whole Petty family. I laugh everytime I think about that true story..

But oh those Galaxies 😎

Yeap !!!! 1963 impalas!!!! Getting their ASSES KICKED!!! in OPEN competition!!!! LOVE IT!!!! MYSTERY MOTORS????? No mystery! THEY BLEW THE HELL UP! ! The 1963 ford Galaxie finishes 1,2,3,4,5.

@@eugeneschulte4950 Chevy's 427 was a new design running in competition for the first time, no wonder they blew up. By 63 Ford's FE engine had 5 years of racing under it's belt so any weak points had already been addressed. The top qualify cars that year were all Chevys with the front row being determined by the outcome of the twin 125's. Too bad Chevy was forced by GM to pull the plug on their Nascar Gen2 BB program after the race. The rest of the decade would have been far more interesting with factory backing from Chevorlet.

@@amc401nash6 Ford KICKED Chevrolet's ass in OPEN COMPETITION!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!! In 2 years????? Bullshit!!! After the 1963 whipping, Chevy didn't bring a competitive car until 1972!!!! And by that time NASCAR started changing the RULES to their favor. That's when Nascar started losing it. And started selling out to the BIG money!!!!!

@@eugeneschulte4950 and up until the 70's NASCRAP rules favoered the Fords because Bill France was a Ford man... Mopar did quite a bit of damage to Ford in the mid to late 60's after the King hemi came out....

Real gasoline with tetraethyllead!

Ya, and even the WOMEN were men then. Lol.

Dude, I'm 70 years old and your comment had me laughing. Thanks.

But only for driver and car safty, of course...

That would be a 401 cubic inch engine. 425 lb ft torque.

@ford fairlane I believe that you are VERY correct!!!!! The ass kissing of Dale Earnhart proves that.

Nascar made some missteps starting with the 63 Daytona 500. They never should have let Chevy run their Gen2 BB as it would not become a true production engine for another 2 years. By doing so, Chrysler ran back to the drawing board resulting in the introduction of the very limited production Gen2 Hemi. Afterwards, Ford responded with their SOHC 427 which never made it into very limited production due to Nascar banning it from competition, although some SHOC 427's were supplied to their factory backed drag racing teams. Nascar was all about racing modified production vehicles from the beginning, allowing single application (racing only) designs like the Gen2 Hemi to compete was a step in the wrong direction. Had Nascar allowed Ford's SOHC engine they knew Chrysler would have responded with their on version and it would probably have been a DOHC design.

Jerry Watson - Actually Ford & Merc won more races in the 1960s than any other manufacturer. Ford 196+ Merc 19 = 215; Dodge 67 + Ply 123 = 190 (Ford alone won 6 more); Chevy 53 + Pont 52 =105 for GM. Hemi and Boss9 where built for two tracks Daytona & Dega. Ford wedge heads and running the 427 bore with a 360 crank would turn 7k all day and never skip a beat with the lower piston speeds giving great reliability. Many vehicles showed HP on the hoods vs CID as a distraction. The SOHC would have never succeeded in Nascar - Prudhomme's quote about never needing an oil change because it blew all the oil out on every run. Even though Pink figured out the chain stretch and was able to compensate cam timing differences for drag racing, I don't believe the technology was available to make chains that would have lasted for 500 race miles. The few gear drive designs may have worked but we'll never know.

@@10susan10 Great post, very informative.

@@amc401nash6 I have read that Chrysler threatened that very thing, don't know if it's true.

As soon as they invent the 10 second battery charger, Tesla will dominate.

The Ford freight train!

George Boyer no BS speeding penalties

And no one killed since Bill Elliot's right rear changer was crammed up into the wheel well at Atlanta. What does it matter to you if the cars are going 55MPH down pit row or a 155 MPH.

@@charlesrussell6201 Which one is your point? Pit road safety or my thoughts?

Here's even more scary sht, modern NASCAR suks, the car's are ugly and they all to the same thing.

If a bullfrog had wings...

That was the Chevy "mystery" engine, the only mystery was how it ran at all.

The reason why his engine had problems it's because GM lacked RD,,,, if it weren't for that, then Junior's car would keep going all the way to the end of the race, but unfortunatley, engine problems plague for the rest of the racing season, not only Junior Johnson, but the problem also plague to the other chevy teams.