1956 Darlington Southern 500 (in color) 

badass. where in new england?

Yeah and probably lost

@@pyrodon5773 damn thats harsh

@@robertraft because it was a Chevy back then they were stock and didn't last long.

@@pyrodon5773 lol.

You got the handling part right. I got a little taste once, was at Pahrump, NV for a motorcycle track day and it rained during the night so the track was wet. At the riders meeting the event director asked us to take our vehicles out on the track and do a few laps to dry the track. Took my regular old GMC C1500 pickup out and pushed it around the track a few laps, it was like driving a bathtub full of Jell-O around a race track. It handled fine on the street, race track different story.

@robbie G HAHA aint you funny Cletus. Pushing it around a track is Southern California racing slang.

@robbie G What's your point Cletus? I used to own a Ford, good car. Question: What does robbie G's daughter say during sex? Answer: "Get off of me Paw, you're crushin my smokes!"

What do you mean no safety equipment, they are wearing safety t-shirts and jockey helmets.

@robbie G You are too stupid to know you got owned, Cooter. Now why don't you sit down and drink a nice hot cup of Shut The fuck Up.

I couldn't agree more

watch Lada Rally

I wish they would do this today.

Party pooper❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

and she still lives in darlington

I now live not far from where his shop was. Passed by it many times but didn’t realize what it was till some meth head burnt it down. I heard the dude was cooking in there and poof🌬 it was gone🎼. AM NOT SURE how true. Local talk and press releases sometime differ (bet you didn’t know that, huh?)

New RPM

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The races of today are so scripted. Boring drivers with boring cars. The drivers all look alike with the same decals on their fire suit. The cars are identical. Having your wing 1/4 of an inch off gets you in trouble. Let ‘em race damnit. If you can get something past the judges, so be it. Maybe the next time you won’t. May the best team win without all the F’en rules.

That ain't no s*#t.

I quit in 2k.

Surprised to see the old Y block so competitive, for 500 miles flat out, no less !!

It all depends on who built the engine. Probably Holman Moody in this case. @@arkhsm

thats cool

Where did they place in that race?

Win on Sunday, sell on Monday!

Yup, many potential disasters waiting to happen, on and off the track

Everything before the late 70s in racing was the Wild West. And 50s and60s were a whole level. Men just standing on the track with cars racing by 😂😂

​@@icey2203 5:33 well there's your wild west people who don't know anything having more to say that's useful than a 5 minute sentence with a mechanic today.

..yeah..especially with 7.00x15 cotton or rayon bias ply tires(probably tube-type)...

117 mph is moving no matter what.

The tires sliding ?? I thought slicks had no tread and didn't make that kind of sound !!

That is what I like about the old days , the cars looked much more street .

@@Jay-vr9ir They were basically. Hopped up engines and roll cages were added for the go fast part and for the crashing. My dad had a 55 Ford Vicky all hopped up. It would pass anything but a gas station. It was turquoise and white.

@@craigpennington1251 Cool so they were stock cars .

@@Jay-vr9ir Yep. All stripped out but the necessary items needed. Hence the name Stock Car Racing. There were no specific engine building outside of the manufactures casting of block & heads like todays are which is practically every part.

RUN WHAT YA BRUNG!!!! REAL RACING GOOD TIMES

Well called 👍

Yah, he was alright. Now what do you have to say. Maybe you'll have something nice to say on how well a car can hold up, and how that does save you, especially when the crumple zone is useless in the event of a roll anyway.

Fireball Robots.

True of all motorsport

ok

I'm biased, Fords and Mercs also the best looking cars.

@@robertparker6654: I totally agree. On the most part, Ford and Mercury cars/trucks are the best looking.

98 now

Improvements never stop with humanity, in all areas of life. I'd like to give us all a pat on the back.

No pit box.Just a space marked on the wall.

It wouldn’t be long, though, before that would start to change. By the way, brilliant observation. Did you think of that yourself?

Thanks for the compliment. Most of what I learned of auto racing came from family friend, Wally Booth.

@@mga2899 sludge, take your IGNORANT punk ass back in the other room , out of your moms basement and plsy with your stupid toy train set.😂

Oh, mikey, that was so, so, so, manly!!!!! If you had a penis, I bet it would be 15 inches long. By the way, in regard to the mother’s basement comment; did you really think that ancient insult, that’s been used by about two trillion village idiots before you, was clever? BAHAHAHA.

Really!

"we"? Which race team are you on?

Speeds overtook tire technology for a few years. By 1959 tire chunking was a problem.

More like about 4400 pounds, einstein.

Gee I'm sorry. I happen to own a '56 Imperial C70. It is a full frame car and it even has 7/8th lug bolts. A new yorker might weigh a little less, not much less.

1956 imperial c70 lists at 5200 pounds. A 1956 300 lists at less than 4400 pounds.

I would love to see that imperial, though. What a car!!!!

I checked my title and it does not show the GVW. I have to use a 3 ton floor jack to raise it and it takes a bit of muscle. I'd be happy to send you a couple pics but I don't know how. It has the solex glass, the instant heat conditionair, and the radio you can control with your foot. It also has a 3 speed push button trans which was not in the sales brochure.

Sounds cool man

My sister's husband worked in Smokey's garage. Their logo was "Best Damn Garage In Town".

I doubt you worked for Smokey considering you cant even fucking spell his name.

Yeah, I guess Louise Smith couldn’t get a ride.

it's too slow

NOBODY goes to a NASCAR race today and watches a Camaro/Mustang/Toyota win on Sunday and then rushes down to the winning make's dealer on Monday to see what's available on the lot. Noth😢ing is available except something that may share the same name and only the slightest resemblance in the profile. None of the body and none of the chassis and very little of the drivetrain. Just enough to attract a solid fan base to that manufacturer & generate $$ for them. 😢

Too bad for the Chevy folks, the CAMARO is no more, leaving the corvette for the well heeled.

My Dad and Mom bought their first car together 56' Bel Air. Gold and cream color 😍

yeah i worked at gm for +$1.40 hr

I am an old codger of 80 ...I remember my Dad's cousin came by with a brand new 55 Crown Victoria ...made me a Ford guy right then. My Dad had a auto repair and I started building those Y Block Fords and Mercs and putting them in Older 54 Fords good times back in the late 50s early 60s. Nothing sounds like a big cammed Y Block.

Real stock cars Real men driving the cars. ...also applies for F1, Indy, etc etc

The women kept their clothes on 😂😂

Adam, the answer, old fart, is ALL OF THEM. Now go take your nap.

they will have to practice

@@sludge4125 Hey Sludgeo I know you are an expert because you have watched racing on TV for two years but the correct answer is probably none of them. Most of the 110-pound sawed-off wheel holders that they call race drivers theses days couldn't see over the steering wheel of one of those older cars. Without wearing cool suits the men who muscled that old iron had to have arms as big around as today's racer's legs because there was no power steering. Before you tell someone that has probably forgotten more than you will ever know about racing to go take a nap you may want to learn some real facts about racing instead of spending so much time with your wife Douglas looking on amazon for the latest kiester toys.

Its only 115 mph not 200+

Gee C Even @ 115 mph, should one of them cars lose it coming off a corner & hits the inside wall..It doesn’t make it safer because their going “115”..😫 Geez some of y’all lack common sense..

@@the_road__warrior6185 true but the metal in those cars was stronger than now, but the newer cars are safer due to better stress points.

Gee C But take into consideration the pit crews... Getting hit by a car with “stronger metal”... I rest my case..

@@the_road__warrior6185 for sure, times have changed to protect drivers, pit crews, and audience. I go to New Hampshire speedway every year since 2014, i have 4th row seats 35ft from finish line and i love it.

There was nothing low tech about them but I'm glad you find it unbelievable.

Yeah until nascar banned them flock boys for trying to unionize the drivers.

I had a ‘56 Chevy Bel-Air 2 dr hard top, you remember, the one that had the drip rail flip up when the doors opened?-and the gas cap was behind the left rear taillight? 2 over 283 3spd with truck leaf springs, rode like a truck, imagine that. I made some easy money betting people they couldn’t find the gas cap, and at that time, the car was only 13 yrs old.

Some didn't. Same with Spectators. Your only safety devices were Rollcages & Seatbelts.

​​@@GigaTechWolf And before that they still survived. In 1949 on the Daytona raceway a 1949 hudson going 120 miles per hour flipped horizontally 6 times before hitting the ground hard. The driver got out, completely unharmed and EVEN in an event that someone is going to bleed out right after and die, it's bullshit, because someone who is injured wouldn't be able to get out of that car. He did, and they went to the hospital and he had twisted his ankle, so there. There's your proof at the harsh reality of how you can get lucky in these vehicles too.

They are going to keep the world in this stupid lockdown nonsense forever.

In my area,our little 3/8's track is now a housing development, too much noise you know. I miss it. Good times,especially the late models, track was small but high banks.

Highly doubt they were “stock” I’m sure those cars would blow something from the showroom floor away.

That's a lie even in 1956 lol

Smokey's Best Damn Garage ln Town! ;-)

As a "NASCAR historian" perhaps you could answer a question for me (I was 10 years old when this race was run). Did the cars have to run their stock displacement, i.e., did the Chevys have to run 265 c.i. when the Chrysler could run (I believe but was it a 330 c.i. ?) a 392 c.i. hemi? Were the Fords 292? I figure the only way a '56 Ford could beat a '56 300B was because it probably weighed 1,000 lbs. less. Those guys had huevos. Drum brakes (fortunately hardly used), bias ply tires, flexy flyer chassis, no safety equipment to speak of and I'd bet half didn't wear their seatbelts (if they even had them)! Today's NASCAR is basically "spec" racing as the cars are light years away from their "stock" brethren and virtually the same. Same for Indy cars. At least Formula 1 still has a Constructors Championship as the teams have to design and build their own cars.

Keep in mind these were basically Stock production cars. That is Fast for a 1956 car, That 354. Crysler was the first American production engine to have more than 1 hp per CI at 355 hp.

​@@mylanmiller9656 I feel you fellas have a constant hold back on admitting how impressive this is. Cars today are not cars back then, cars today weigh less, are less lengthy, are smaller, ride close to the wheels, have no outside features and added bulk, and have a bumpy suspension system. Cars then were flowy which meant a lot of wind upkeep, heavy, lengthh, embellished, and the stock engine could go 119 miles per hour. I can't find a world where that isn't immensely impressive and extremely deserving of congratulations and merits well earned. Factory cars have always been fast, big whoop that the 1932 Ford had a top speed of 60 miles per hour, The Auburn full sized sedan, a vehicle twice the size in 1927 had a top speed of 84. The roadster was 95. What more do you need? Can modern cars even reach 100 today? Some small hatchback going 95 will all it's might whilst the Chrysler 500 sedan cruises at 120 miles per hour down the highway.

Well said...l agree 100%

Well most people agree that it peaked in the 80s & 90s, but I personally wish they’d bring back STOCK car racing. Or at least add that division!!

Agreed

Z definitely, that’s why I watch Improved Production Circuit races, it’s the new stock car racing in my opinion. You should check it out the *Adelaide 500 Improved Production Series* I think you would love it.

@@azhurelpigeon well the problem is that the cars today are more complex and heavier than what they were decades ago, and besides with these next gens the cars look extremely close to road legal cars

Christopher Haas what airport?? I live in Indiana

I read that on USAC stock Facebook site. They did NOT specify. Especially under current environment.

Griffith. Also one of the top aircraft engine shops in the country, G&N.

Griffith-Merrillville.

THANK YOU

Notice the guy in the passenger seat holding a yellow flag out the window. And when the green flag would drop these guys would blow right by the pace car if he hadn't gotten off the track fast enough

Back in the 1910s and 1920s the stripped down no fender racer bodies were accompanied by a pace car that was inevitably a 1910s/1920s factory roadster that you could buy at a dealership. The comparison is very neet.

Uh, oh, another smelly old fart dreaming of the glory days that never were.

Sludge How do you know ?

Bruce Ass, who da fuq are you? Junk’s butt buddy? Hey, nothing wrong with that. But at least identify yourself as such.

Sludge It’s a simple question - answer it troll.

Junk Yard, you better watch your asshole, because brucey the shower bandit certainly is. And the sheriff tells me he hates to use vaseline.

He got his nickname because he could throw a baseball fast.

@@sludge4125 Damn you know everything you're as smart as 💩!

I second that.

@thunder appeal the real Dale's cars weren't always black and they weren't always chevys. Look it up if you don't believe me

I was hoping it was the legion from millegville ga

@@harrymiller3986 Yes, before that, Macon Georgia. That's where Roz Sr. had his tune-up shop.

yup, when racism was at its peak :)

@@everythingleftturns7782 Racism has always been strong in humans, and probably always will be.

Everything Left Turns What’s racist about a stock car race dummy?

@@GTVAlfaMan Agreed.

Before boomers ruined everything.

At least the 1959 Daytona had the pool noodles lol

I’m 70+, that’s the way it was done, that’s how they talked.

@@petegregory517 Well of course, I know that. But it was still goofy, because those made-for-TV commentators didn't know very much about nascar or the drivers, teams, engine builders, fabricators, and car owners. I was born & raised in the south, yet I still respected those commentators & their "goofy" approach from long ago. But that "goofy" presentation all changed once iconic veteran drivers like Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker, and even later on, Darryl Waltrip .....all retired & became racing commentators themselves. THAT is when calling the races on TV became much better, because those guys knew what to say, and how to say it, because they lived it. I'm 61 yrs old myself. Even though most of his racing career was before my time, no one was a bigger fan of Smokey Yunick than I was. Still am. I wish I could have met him before he passed away. Even as a kid, I was fascinated by the great drivers of stock car racing before my time. I've been very close to stock car racing my entire life. We used to go to the local dirt and asphalt tracks in north Alabama and central Florida from the time I was just a little kid. Then as I got old enough to work & make my own way, I began attending the Daytona 500 & Firecracker 400. Been living in Melbourne Florida since 1969, which is only a 90 minute drive from Daytona. The last 500 I attended was back in '89. For this race, my oldest son and my brother-in-law decided to camp in the infield the night before the race, and watch the race from the infield as well. I quit watching nascar cup racing altogether when the big, greedy corporate power freaks started taking over how nascar would be operated. To this day, it still pisses me off. They took the greatest motor sport in history and utterly destroyed it in every way imaginable.

NASCAR isn't the same without Confederate flags.

@@BillVol Humanity is better off without that filthy rag.

@@theophilhist6455 Yeah, sure, the blacks should not be using public bath rooms and drinking fountains. Things were so much better back then...not...and do you really miss all that?

@vibratingstring ...let's move on....FYI - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1nraTQ0ts8s.html also....my grandfather was killed by Japanese in WW2.... another married a former enemy.... let's move on

Watch the 1960 Darlington race on this channel. I didn't know it but the Confederate flag was flown in the Swiss Alps, the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum in Rome! That's where I learned it! A lot more Flags in 1960

There are 35 makes of cars today, but only three race in nascar.