1964 Nascar Riverside 500 

"Tragically, Weatherly died in the crash" *upbeat 80s pop music continues*

RIP "Little Joe" Weatherly

1:32 For anyone who just saw Ford vs. Ferrari - that's Ken Miles

"Little" Joe Weatherly was my Mom's cousin. My Grandfather always talked about his nephew the racer, who died out in California, whenever I talked about wanting to race. I didn't realize, until about 5 years ago, just who he meant.

I was at this race sitting outside of turn #6. The sound track doe's not convey the reality of un-muffled monster 427 V8's, the ground shook & the sound was tremendous!

Dave Macdonald in this. And 4 months later on the 2nd lap in the Indy 500 😥

this was the first track i raced on back in the 70`s......ran formula 'c' open wheel before going to stock! unfortunately my racing career lasted only 5 yrs.......i do agree with curtis johnson those cars back then were really loud and they made yer insides quiver ....loved every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol thats why the Wood Brothers were so amazing back then... the fact that they got 2 tires on and fuel in under 20 seconds was unheard of. Hell doing that under 40 seconds was considered good.

Girl Friends dad owned Riverside. Also Hall of Fame in Football. Les Richter.

I marvel at what was considered a quick pitstop back in these days.

Fireball Roberts and Dave McDonald were both killed in races later that year, Roberts in s NASCAR race at Charlotte, McDonald a week later at Indianapolis.

I was a Riverside local as a kid in the 60's and 70's That track ate up alot of hot drivers!!

Look at Ken Miles racing those cars just before the Le Mans GT40/Ferrari fun, and 2 years before he sadly died at the same track. Back when you either had a crew cut and smoke 2 packs of reds a day, or you were a hippy. @3:24 RIP Joe Weatherly, turn 6 claimed a great driver that day. @2:42 Dave MacDonald 4 months later in a bad fiery crash at Indy 500. Lots of greats in this video that ran fast and burned hard.

Why is there such cheerful music when they cover Joe Weatherly's crash?

Big difference in race broadcasting here in Australia. Almost half of this tape was the preliminaries and the rest was overwhelmed by the music. Here major sports events are usually aired live. During the broadcast there are no ads or pre-race bullshit. The networks use these events as a lure to watch other shows that do carry advertising.

Tragically, Weatherly died instantly in the crash… Now we head over to Kurt Loder and Martha Quinn for an MTV news update

I actually really enjoy the music in this clip. I've been looking for the tracks for a year or two now. I've found Born to Run, Data Express, and Stress Factor. Now I'm just looking for the first two and the last two. On a racing note, I really do think Joe could've been an all-time great if not for his crash. He was the second back-to-back champion in NASCAR history, which is absolutely nothing to scoff at.

I don't know much about the VHS set you speak of but I do know that this was filmed by Dick Wallen, one of the finest cinematographers American racing has ever known. Dick filmed USAC sprints and championship trail events, sports cars, NASCAR and other racing for nearly thirty years. His videos are available through his company, Dick Wallen Productions.

thanks for posting .. I enjoyed it

05 is west coast racer dave james. he also ran 06 and 08. in 1968 he finished 8 th no brakes. my dad built his engines and i got to play in the car. dave was the silent partner in len heating and air conditioning in west L A ON Pico and gateway near Kelbo;s polynesian resturant also Billingsley's. Barbara Billingsley's son resturant [ leave it to beaver mom ]. west coast racer scotty cain finished 9 th.

part of this is from 1963 - Ken Miles, Augie Pabst, and Bob Bondurant did not race in 1964

6:30 that's Profissão's Reporter intro music

4:25 lorenzen and petty bring the field down for the start.

4:23 what’s the music?

now...if this is racingcars, why can´t they take a turn on the track without skidding around like Bambi on ice?

Dan Gurney for President!

Who is the narrator? He sounds familiar.

Only start for ken miles

what is this music called 2:45

A good site to purchase Dick Wallen's videos from is coastal181.com.

4:22

Good 1966 film. Horrible '80's soundtrack

Great video of the racing but the background music is annoying. It would have been better with audio of racing engines.

1:33 I'm here for Ken Miles😎🔥

2:10 what this music?