These races show the country before everything went to hell. The not so perfect dirt parking & dead patches in the grass. Everything is ruled up & perfect now. Not near as interesting as this race was. Petty's rear glass blow out. Who new you can't run 150mph with the windows down.
European here. I admit we've always seen Nascar with a bit of prejudice in our country, but seeing these old beauties challenge each other and make their V8s roar is spectacular. If I had a time machine, I'd probably want to take a tour of 1960s America.
Well I was born in 1967. So I can't really comment on the 60's, however the 70's were absolutely incredible. Everything seemed to be better. Music, movies, television, food, sports, and life in general all seemed better. Nascar especially was 1,000 times better than today. The cars were amazing. Nowadays the cars all look very similar to each other, but in the 70's the cars had a uniqueness. Plus the sponsors made the finale better. The Winston Cup was much better than nowadays. The races were more exciting than now as well. I still enjoy Nascar and racing in general but the 70's and 80's were so different and again to me, a lot better.
Also yes the V-8 motors were incredibly powerful, and loud! Whew! I used to own a 1969 Hurst Olds 442. 455 c.i. engine. A Hurst shifter. Over 450 horsepower and man it was FAST!! In 1969 one of the most iconic, incredible, most unique looking cars was released. The Dodge Daytona. Or the Super-Bird. They had the huge wing and the 🦈shark🦈 nose. Being able to see them race live would be awesome! I know Europe has some really iconic races as well. LeMans would be a dream for me. I've loved racing, I've collected Hot Wheels Die-Cast cars since I was 5 years old. I lost all of my childhood ones. But racing is still one of the most exciting things you can do. Take care.
I grew up on old nascar! I suppose I'm lost in those days but it was great. Pearson-Petty-Allisons-Yarborough-Johnson-Fireball-Waltrip-Earnhardt-Goldsmith and I could go on and on. Real men Real drivers
ESPN used to show this on Glory Days quite often back in the 90s but they trimmed out most of the ABC WWOS opening with Fred and Bill. It is good to finally be able to hear everything they said. I miss Bill, he was pure class.
Outstanding restoration! The colors just pop and on a 4k monitor, it is WAY better than it could have possibly been in broadcast days. Thanks for your efforts!
Being able to watch a Nascar race from the late 60's and 70's. The cars were so iconic. Plus Richard Petty, #43! I loved him and his car! This is amazing, thank you!
It was heavily rebuilt a few months later. Turns 3 and 4 for instance was widened a ton (Today's turn 1 and 2), where as in the video the racing surface is barely a car wide. The variable banking in the straightaways is another notable loss during the rebuilding.
One of the best and underrated classic old school retro nascar full race scene in the history of the time,back in the past the old nascar full race video in 50s and 60s,70s,80s,90s,2000s was so savage and priceless can't beat the old one from the new era like these knuckle driver.
Yes. The Wood brothers installed it for him. He enjoyed smoking and chewing gum through the race. You can find pics of the cigarette lighter installed in his car online.
Just seen this but he destroked it with a 360 crank, the reason for this was the shorter stroke allowed for a longer rod for better efficiency, faster reving and slightly higher RPMs witch helped out with that 427 top end
I think Ford put 352 cranks in a 427 to come up with a 396 FE. Saw this size engine when I googled Ford's FE engine. Now I know what it was for, but why?
@@kennethfeist5504 that was my first thought as well, but what Ford did was put a 360 crank into the 427 the shorter stroke allowed for a long rod for better efficiency, faster reving and slightly higher RPMs
My understanding was that film always captured near 4k quality resolution but the broadcast equiptment and televisions we watchewd it on were the limitiing factor.
Technically no. Up until about the midway point in 2008 it was single file restarts, unless there was lapped down cars which created double file restarts. The outside lane would have lead lap cars and the bottom with lapped down cars. Personally it was a confusing process that I'm glad they got rid of. Confusing meaning when the caution would come out in the middle of green flag pit stops, the leader would get caught behind the tail end of the lead lap cars on restarts. And would be blocked in by the lapped down cars on the inside lane
Hilarious. Chrysler was not ready for the fastback Torino in 68, the Cobra/Talladega in 69 or the Boss motor that eventually dropped in the Tally. People want to give them props for homologating an aeroplane after 2 years of absolute flopping. Ok HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Don't forget about the Mercury Cyclone!!! The Torino and the Cyclone were amazing cars im the proud owner of a 68 Cyclone and I absolutely love that car
