1974 NASCAR Western 500 @ Riverside CA

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3 жыл бұрын

From a replay of Car & Track on the old SPEED channel, the Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway held on January 20th and 26th 1974. The race began on Sunday January 20th. Rain began falling on lap 60 and the race was red flagged on lap 63 (of 191) . The race resumed on the following Saturday January 26th.

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@TALLPaul67X Ай бұрын

I was there as a 5-year-old kid with my dad. I love Riverside! We would go there for all the NASCAR, IMSA, Champ Car/Indy car, CanAm, and IROC races! Great great memories as a kid. One time I took my little BMX bike and at the end of the race, while my dad was talking to drivers in the pits, I rode the entire long course, all 3.3 miles. The turn 6 hill was steep for a 10 yr old. But I was smiling ear to ear! The loooong downhill back straight was awesome. Took me about 30 mins. Brings a tear.

@sergioleone3583 Ай бұрын

I only got to get out there the last few years it was open, for an Alfa Romeo club day, a WERA motorcycle event, and the last ever NASCAR event there won by Rusty Wallace I think. What a great track, for sure.

@buckodonnghaile4309 3 жыл бұрын

That Matador was a sharp car on the track. I may be the only one who thinks that (at least in my family). Thanks for the video.

@toyman81 2 жыл бұрын

No your not, I always liked the matador, Clean Lines.

@howardrader3416 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome matadors!!!

@Rook00 Жыл бұрын

them matadors looked great

@scarbourgeoisie Жыл бұрын

People can make fun of the Matador in street trim all they want, but I agree with you. Classic AMC paint scheme carried over from Trans Am made it look fantastic.

@NAOYFB Жыл бұрын

We got 3 of em. One even in factory condition 73miles on it from moving it left to right in the garage. 2 of em with the 360 and one with the 304

@scarbourgeoisie Жыл бұрын

They say the 70's was the malaise era of automobile styling. Well they sure made for the best looking stock cars after the aero cars were chased off the scene.

@ConemantheBarbarian 2 ай бұрын

No stages, no competition yellows just real racing. And each manufacturer had its own look. We had it great in the days before……

@jamieturner401 3 жыл бұрын

"Cale is out in front, Smilin' and runnin' like he's got a trunk fulla' Booze!!!"😆

@HODIUSDUDE 3 жыл бұрын

LOL..Classic Bud Lindemann! Thanks for watching!

@johnboy4025 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great track! High speeds and room to pass! This was a drivers track. Such a shame it’s gone.

@bryand999 2 ай бұрын

I was at this race as a kid, great memories.

@user-sk3tn1hr8t Ай бұрын

0:29. That Olympia Dodge Charger contested at the 1976 Le Mans 24 hours & is still racing at the Historic Le Mans races along with a 1975 Ford Gran Torino & a Chevy Monza!

@stevesutherland7013 2 жыл бұрын

I saw several races there as a kid. NASCAR real races wit actual left and right turns, esses and elevation changes.

@btventura9570 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this!! I was there (the first Sunday), 7 1/2 years old. Riverside was an absolute jewel!! The cars were so much louder than today. I remember when we went to Riverside, my ears would be ringing all day at school on Monday. There was nothing like this spectacle. The best road course ever created.

@ricossuave9112 Жыл бұрын

I was there in 1993 but the racetrack was defunct we walked a lap that night with a case of beer, they cut 50 yard pieces of the track sos people wouldnt race it, they left the high banks thats when I realized where I was, then the grandstand still had most of the name. RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.

@aeroscottmodelenginerepair2830 Жыл бұрын

I was present that day. You did not show King Richard short cutting the esses. No worries, thanks for the memories. Keep up the good work with your vintage films.

@Joel-yj3ic 3 ай бұрын

Everyone thinks Earnhardt came up with that.

@PrimEverdeen16 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a night at the local racetrack. Beautiful.

@tnwhiskey68 Жыл бұрын

This track and these cars seem like a hard race to run! The 80s cars look fun here too!

@altfactor Жыл бұрын

I believe that for many years, this was the first race of the NASCAR Cup season.

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT 3 жыл бұрын

I love that fans (past, present, and future) enjoy these wonderful old races when NASCAR was a pure Motorsports racing and when it was evolving by popularity. However, the only problem I have about NASCAR back then was less road course races. Personally, I wish NASCAR had a lot of road courses back then like this year and moving forward

@HODIUSDUDE 3 жыл бұрын

It was a very different era. Domestic road racing was largely the domain of the SCCA during that time. The Trans-Am series filled that void for American Muscle cars on road courses. Sadly, very little footage of Trans-Am in that era exists. You can see some of it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJeClptyzdumg40.html NASCAR and USAC both had their ladder system fully rooted in the local dirt ovals. NASCAR's Modifed and Sportsman divisions were the path to Cup in the Southeast and USAC's Midgets and Sprints performed the same function in the Midwest. The progression from dirt ovals to paved speedways and "super-speedways" was not limited to drivers. Many tracks began as dirt ovals that were then paved and in some cases lengthened and paved. By the 1970's many of the owners and promoters of these facilities had long established relationships with Bill France (and Tony Hulman in USAC). Thanks for watching and your interest in the history of the sport.

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT 3 жыл бұрын

@@HODIUSDUDE you’re welcome. Thank you for uploading classic races!

@onlyweknow2 Жыл бұрын

Build a Riverside Raceway anywhere and they will come.

@gordonhall9871 Жыл бұрын

heyday of NASCAR

@DavidS94938 Жыл бұрын

I probably went to this race as a kid.

@NCmtnDweller 8 ай бұрын

What an Epic era !!!

@ricossuave9112 Жыл бұрын

That Riverside Ca. Racetrack is one hell of a lap.

@brandonamthor 2 жыл бұрын

God these cars were so fast

@beeemm2578 Ай бұрын

When i think of a 'race car', this is what i see.

@68orangecrate26 7 күн бұрын

So cool to see ACTUAL stock cars racing. You couldn’t pay me to watch modern NASCAR…

@randydubin7118 3 жыл бұрын

So, you don't have the 1974 Phoenix 150 USAC Champ Car race that I requested a while back, I assume?

@HODIUSDUDE 3 жыл бұрын

I do...I have the Car & Track coverage of the Phoenix 150 and an audio file from the Bobby Ball 150. I will be posting both in the future. I need to re-format the video (currently VOB file) and will post in the near future. I will work on cleaning the audio from the Bobby Ball race as well and get that posted.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 2 жыл бұрын

@@HODIUSDUDE Just wanna thank both of you for the vintage racing footage you've provided.

@HODIUSDUDE 2 жыл бұрын

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Glad you enjoy it. Been on bit of a hiatus lately. Need to update my computer equipment but with the cost of everything sky high, we have been focused on other projects. Maybe later this year 🤞... Cheers 🥂

@noobsimdriver Жыл бұрын

Alison had tranmission problems .....how ironic

@Guest-at-the-Asylum 6 ай бұрын

#68 Sonny Easley

@pensacolachsorf Ай бұрын

This is racing doesn't even compare to today's circus

@invisiblepuppet3437 7 ай бұрын

0:47

@altfactor Жыл бұрын

Today (2023), NASCAR has a Cup series race in Southern California, the Los Angeles "400" on the oval track in Fontana. But the future of that race is uncertain. I heard that around twenty years ago, NASCAR had a street race in Los Angeles for one of their regional divisions. Might NASCAR replace the Los Angeles "400" with a Cup series race through the streets of Los Angeles?

@ChampaBayBeast 8 ай бұрын

It's being torn up right now 😢