How pathetic does one have to be to watch this wonderful video, then start whining like a little girl who needs her diaper changed that racing has changed in the past FORTY EIGHT (48) years??? These arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic malcontents must be a real pleasure to hang out with!
Man do I remember these fantastic days ,I was 15 when this race was run, now 65 still enjoying every minute and sound.cant beat it.I am alive!!!!!!.Remember Life is short...Enjoy it when you can..
The best ever in my opinion. The 🦊 drove a ponitac, Dodge, Ford, Mercury, and a Chevy, he won 105 races in all of these cars, best winning ratio ever. The king said he should be in front of him in the Nascar Hall of a fame, The King pure class to.
What I like about these older editions of NASCAR is the cars being raced were actually based on the cars we could buy on the street. However, today's cars are safer, and nobody likes to see anybody die.
These were real stock cars. The cars running today are all the same shape. They just put the front and rear caps on them to simulate a Ford, Chevy, or Toyota product. The cars were the draw. Today its not the same watching a Brand bc there is no real differnce except for paint scheme. On another note. Wow!!! AMCs Matador is leading some laps. But my fave has always been the Merks. Esp the Cyclones
The other thing is - all the U.S. auto manufactures need to wake up and stop copying each other and instead try to have an original thought or two, just like they used to, back in the good old days seen here ............
Nascar can't learn shit but to get worse . I watched a three part race last weekend what the hell ? Is that so more people can get 1st place ? Time for a new "old" stock car circuit with real stock cars .
Letting off the throttle like that from full speed yes is very dangerous and could have caused both cars to crash especially if Petty rammed him had he not reacted in time it could have been a bad one
This was the first NASCAR race I ever attended. I was hooked from then on! Nothing like the sounds and smells of a live race. I was a Pearson fan, but I still remember how healthy Allison’s Matador sounded in qualifying. It was a sweet-running car.
As a boy Pearson was the man I always cheered for, my love of Fomoco ( especially Mercury ) is tied directly to him. I know Petty won more races and is rightly called the King, but let's be honest Pearson could have been Crown prince. Those days were very different, you could actually see what companies cars looked like, Men of a different bygone era, I grew up in this era, I cherish the memories I have of what America used to be, and I miss it very much. Coca cola still came in returnable green glass bottles, 10 cents could buy a whole small brown bag of candy, My neighbors knew my name and watched out for all the kids, could still buy 105 octane at the pump...... Yesterday's left only in our minds. RIP Silver fox you are deeply missed.
@@RobinHarper-tv9ih In an interview before he passed away, Pearson was asked who he thought was the best. He replied that he was and if you did not think that way then you should not be out there. RIP
AP, other than that one race, you know the one, did petty and pearson do much banging on each other? (I don’t remember much.) However, you don’t need banging to have a great rivalry, and this *was* a great rivalry.
Sludge Most of the races I saw as a kid (snippets on ABC’s Wide World of Sports), Petty occasionally lost to Pearson on the last lap via a “sling shot” manoeuvre. The only “banging on the last lap” race that come to mind was the infamous ‘79 Daytona 500, which was the first flag-to-flag coverage to the 500 on TV, you know the one with Allison and Yarborough duking it out and both end up crashing. Fortunately for me, a Petty fan, then end turned out pretty good in that race. Watched all of it!
David Pearson was simply a super talented racing genius, never forced anything, always stealth and well planned in advance, interviews with him were always mesmerizing, to hear him describe how he figured out things and why then to watch him demonstrate, he would make it sound like he was giving the whole story but even long after his retirement you could just tell he was holding that little something that made him so great. Never had a chance to meet him but he just seemed larger than life, I absolutely was in awe of him when I was about 6 to this day, he's in the same league as the greats Don Garlits (NHRA) and AJ Foyt (anything with 4 wheels).
Couldn't agree more. I raced go-karts from 6-12, and was enamored with him. By far my favorite. Well said. A big part of wanting him to win was to hear the post-race interview with him.
That Daytona win for 21 when he and Petty spun before the Checkered pissed me off so bad but Wow what a move by Him too hang back and Draft , Only reason why he Won was because the FisherPrice starter in that #43 Mopar was Acting Up ! 😂
How pathetic does one have to be to watch this wonderful video, then start whining like a little girl who needs her diaper changed that racing has changed in the past FORTY SIX (46) years??? These arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic malcontents must be a real pleasure to hang out with!
I remember, as a young driver, watching these men compete against each other. We saw the level of respect they give & take. I remember thinking, "Thats what a pro looks like".
great stuff. funny how at this time, they couldnt show the whole race when they were so great, but today we get the whole thing and its nothing compared to this stuff
You make a good observation. I think it goes back to the old adage of: "keep you audience wanting more" when it came to NASCAR back in the 1970s; as the media coverage was limited back then. I suspect the 21st century media over-saturation with NASCAR could be one of several factors that just doesn't make the race series as compelling as it used to be.
I started going to races in the 70s. My mother and my Aunt took us to every race possible. I'm 60 years old and still a race fan. I'm from racing families. I wish Nascar could go back to the real racing. Yes they learn a whole lot. Sorry to say it will never be the same
Many people today are unaware of the rules and regulations of this time frame. Richards number 43 car was running a 426 Hemi that was forced to use a restrictor plate and a carburetor that was a serious choke to the engine. However, any engine over 366 cubic inches could run unrestricted this gave the Ford 351 a serious advantage in stock car racing . Where it was unrestricted at the drag racing tracks , the 426 Hemi dominated . This was a time frame when the cars were actual American automobiles coming out of the factory. No stupid computers and seat-of-the-pants driving. Where innovation was linked to making horsepower, and the geometry of the automobile. Fantastic drivers. I sure miss the 70s
i specifically looked for 1974 cup races because it was the last year to allow unrestricted engines versus bigger restricted engines. this did not disappoint!
Close but not quite true. The Wood brothers used Holman moody shotgun power for David’s car thru 73 and it dominated the Hemi on the horsepower tracks. Literally DOMINATED. David ran only 18 races in 73, and he won 11. No 426 hemi EVER out horsepowered a HM car while there was a shotgun under the hood. The HM B9’s were 40-50 hp strong on the chry race hemis. And don’t kid yourself, a cleveland at the same ci as a g2 hemi, I’m taking the Cleveland.
If NASCAR would make these teams stop sealing the cars off to the surface of the track, with about a 4 inch clearance from the bottom of the car to track, flatten the hood and roff and lay those spoilers down and get rid of radial tires and go back to the biased ply tire, you'd see great side by side racing and you would have to actually drive the car instead of just holding on to the steering wheel like that do now.
This was Bobby's first ride in the Matador, and if the engine had held together, he'd have been a factor for the win. The car was very strong all day long.
Ahh those were the days of real Nascar racing. Racing was so much more fun that it is today. Me thinks they should end the restrictor plate aspect. Would make for some great racing.
How pathetic does one have to be to watch this wonderful video, then start whining like a little girl who needs her diaper changed that racing has changed in the past FORTY SIX (46) years??? These arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic malcontents must be a real pleasure to hang out with!
Chris Economaki: "The greatest finish in Daytona history". Till a year and a half from then. This is where David Pearson earned the nick-name the Silver Fox. He was beaten in the 500 earlier that year by Petty because he lead going into the last lap. So this time he was determined that wasn't gonna happen again and faked like something was wrong with his car to let Petty past. Greatest NASCAR driver in history. Would dominate today if he was just starting
Always liked the AMC Matador of that era. AMC was using racing in the early 70's to promote their brand. Hired Roger Penske to run their TransAm program, had Wally Booth and Maskin-Kanners in drag racing, and If I remember correctly, Penske also ran their NASCAR program. I've always thought the racy styling of the Matador was done to compete in stock cars. I'd love to see someone tell the story of AMC's racing in the 70's.
I’d love to have all of today’s nascar bean counters handcuffed together. Then force them to watch videos such as this one. Perhaps they would learn something about great auto racing from the past. Lol! No I don’t think they’d see or learn anything from this.
