Car Racing in the 1940s - Vintage Footage
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Car racing in the 1940s was serious business! These dare-devils risked their lives for their love of racing. Footage taken in Southern California.
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My grandpa loved dirt racing, he told me when he was younger he loved racing so much that if he was going to die it would be with a steering wheel through his chest and a smile on his face from ear to ear!
"Holy Cow! He's dead!" A lot of guys met their Maker on many of these film footage scenes.
Noticed in the early sections of this footage, future Indy 500 Champ winner of the 1960 Indy race - Jim Rathmann.
My grandpa tell me stories about his races. He always shows me his race car. It 's an old little Ford
So cool
As Jay would say...... "back when men were men and women were glad of it" !!!
As I would say, when real men drove real racing car and won by the hair on their chest.
You guys are very gullible and foolish
they say drifting was invented in 1970s and it was hard, meanwhile average racers in 1940s
Drifting on tarmac is very, very different from drifting on loose dirt. Drifting on dirt is actually faster, see rally and midget racing for example. Drifting around tarmac is much slower, you will never win a proper road race that way, and drifting as we know it now is done more as competitive performance art, not racing.
I’m especially fond of the video showing the crash with the tree growing on the track.
The tree is part of a street course which once was just about all of them. Many of today's big permanent tracks started out that way. The 1930s & '40s coupes rolling and going over embankments is from when NASCAR raced on the beach at Daytona many years before the speedway was built.
It is nice to see the cars of that time had a triangle protection for the driver.
Love the elevator music as people are catching on fire, being decapitated and thrown 100 yards from death boxes lol yikes
indeed
If you’re looking for elevator music
Look at
“Muzak”
Would be nice to hear the sounds from the track
@@funsweed Never recorded
@@JohnnieWalkerDread Good point
Nice to see some had crude roll cages, didn't even get them on production cars till late 2000's
2:12 I don't think Jim Rathman cared much for being filmed. lol
Drivers back then weren't corporate spokesmen like today. They didn't say much. And they risked their lives for one helluva lot less money than drivers do today. His only real money came after he retired and became a successful Chevy dealer.
At 8:37 that dude gets barbecued, I can't believe nobody stopped to try to help him get out of the car. "Got to get that #1 position!". Also nothing like some jazz funk to listen to while watching extreme old school carnage
Back at that time the “savvy “ car builder put as much fuel capacity into their machines as possible to go as long as possible without a pit stop! Barbecue’s like this are what, eventually, made them decide to limit tank size! Savage way to go!
He wasn't barbecued. Just before the car hit the wall, Duke Nalon (the driver) jumped out of the car. There were no seat belts so he could do that. He was mildly burned if I remember correctly
@@sakshamsharma5429 You call it mildly burned I call it barbecued
@@K-Effectwith a side of jazz playin
@@K-Effecttbe jazz goes hard tho
This is from an old race track in Norco - corner of Corydon and River - in the background you see the old Naval Hospital/former Norconian.
nice
Nice town!
Right down the street from me
Love the old tricks, like pull in front of someone, off throttle then floor it to get wheel spin, kick up a massive dust cloud, get an advantage. Eat dust wasn’t only being way back in the pack.
At 7:41 it’s the SPEED RACER intro crash we all grew up with. All that was missing was the epic explosion. Much respect for these brave men. I have a 28 model “A” idk if I’d have the balls to race it. Ex motorcycle racer myself.
Amazing stuff
I believe the word 'safety' hadn't even been invented yet
Not wearing any face muzzles let alone disinfecting the steering wheel to guard against 'king's headdress 40'
No, they died like real men lol
That first bit looked like lots of fun. Everything today is so corporate and sanitized.
Saw a lot of death there. Brutal.
@ADEBISI ADEBISI class response. Big man.
@ADEBISI ADEBISI ok
At 2:12 Jim Rathman won the Indy 500 in 1960. Roadster racing with Model A Fords is where racers got their start in the late 1940s, after WW2.
Rathman in that shot took my interests immediately. He looked like he didn't want to be in the car, all grouchy looking. But whereas all the other cars looked used and abused, his looked like it came right off a dealersahip's floor. That car had some clean lines.
Bit short on roll bars and seat belts there
Did they ever consider roll bars? or was that too pansy?
I think to heavy for the car and they just get in the way.... LOL
you're funny. they weren't even buckled up lol
Back then racers preferred to not even have seat belts because it was preferable to get thrown out rather than roll over strapped in.
i saw a roll bar on 102
The overall event was won by the car and crew featured at 1:47 owing to their ability to coordinate cigarette consumption while plotting race strategy.
They didn't even have seat belts.
Considered sissy to even talk about that there safety.
During those days, the idea was that, if you crash, it's better to get thrown out than have your head crushed when your car goes upside down.
Seat belts without a roll bar might = upside down and grinding your head off to the chest. They preferred to chance getting flung clear like a rag doll.
Wow the term "Eat my dust" really meant something in the day eh? The "Thickstun special" has absolutely no suspension at all LOL. Crazy times and crazy men! The filming is so clear and it's like it was taken in 1080p or something. I like seeing the people of that time just as they were in the shots around the cars. Their girl nearby their mechanic and friends family etc. So cool! Then Gand Prix start at 7:00 in. Not he same quality but a lot of mayhem! LOL.
Very cool
back when racing drivers had the biggest balls on the planet, one tiny mistake, one crash, and you’re likely dead
7.16" Hal Robeson flip at Southern Speedway Vinc Podurgeil car #41 passes
T.R.O.G. Wildwood beach, NJ , comes to mind.
well before the days you can suction cup a go pro on a car filming this was quite the effort i imagine
When it was cool Smoking everywhere..Or the lack of safety regulations..And those Leatherhelmets...
Maniacs..🙏🥳
l remember debating whether to be belted in or thrown clear
Поражает беззаботность в вопросах безопасности !
Video: People literally dying
Music: Upbeat funk
Adrenaline junkies! Having survived the War getting killed having FUN was just ... OK!
Freedom!
Most of these cars don’t even have any kind of roll bars. Helmets aren’t strapped on. Safety is obviously an afterthought
Oh I see where drifting came from!
About 30 deaths in one video 😬
Great video...
Da konnte jedes Rennen das letzte sein.😢😢
When eat my dust was more than a figure of speech
Certainly a good argument for crash bars and a 5-point safety belt. However at the time, they all thought the best solution was to be thrown clear of the accident. I don't think I would think that if I was racing at the time.
Is the first song, " Maple Leaf Rag"?
No
I wanna know what songs are in this video
Elmer the safety elephant wasn't born yet. lol
Very nice
Is this possible if I get and edit this footage to make a music video? it will definitely be non-profit and only uploaded on TH-cam
at .26" who is driving #44? Manny Ayulo?
Good music for it
What's the music at 2:20
Car 102 has a "Roll bar"!
That guy at 9:16 must’ve been unconscious or dead the way he flew through the air like a rag doll.
I'm not very wise on the subject but I noticed the smart design detail in the early open tops. First off not having roofs was dumb. I don't care if it made you a wuss or somthing. But if you're not gonna have a roof then having the lack of full sides is very smart. I notice in every roll over the driver is ejected with probably injury but if it was enclosed with the top then the driver would be trapped inside as it rolls over while having a very small window of escape if any
spoken like a real couch potato!
Where in So. Ca.?
Yep they were the days of open face helmets and no roll bars .
Race cars without seat belts, brilliant.
LOL
I have a really old toy car of theese would it be valuable
... so much for seat belts back when
0:50 when Drift was invented
Anybody knows the first instrumental in the background music?
In these days they were iron or rubber men, take your pick.
What's the music ??
Jim Rathman at 2:14 went on to win the Indy 500.
Didn’t look too happy that day!
so did Manny Ayulo at .26" in car #44. well actually he didn't win it, he was killed trying.
please tell me what s the name of the music at the start
Running in the 40s
I thought the cars looked cool back then😊
Was this the day of the flathead V8 FORD . ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENGINES USED IN THESE RIGS
Fairly benign up to the seven minute mark then the action gets hairy after that . Holy mackeral
Some cars during this time and into the early 50's ran straight 6's. Hudson had a mean 6 banger.
@@brucewelty7684: The Ford Flathead V8 dominated in the 30's and 40's on the track, and also on the street.
Those things were death traps. Roll over and you get crushed. Good examples are 10:09 and 10:35.
Nun of this would happen if your sitting on a couch and wasting your life
@@AmericanRebel.Crusader I'd rather sit on my couch and "waste my life" instead of getting crushed to death.
Back when men were men and women were glad of it.......
@@AmericanRebel.Crusader idk which is one is Wasting Life.
Those are hot rods.
Awsom footige
love it
cinema
Hello Mafia The city of lost haven
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG GRAND PRIX.
I would not like being in one of them during a crash. They aren't insanely fast, but a horrible design for safety.
I was all fun and games until all the young men went off to war ...
After the race their nose are full of Dust🌞
You sure this is real? Feels very modern filming for the 40's
Lucio Fernandes I’ve never seen this channel upload something fake. Also the quality seems like an average high-grade camera of the time to me.
@@twandepan This is real, it is the late 1940s hotrodding scene, maybe 46-49, that is why it seems a bit modern.
Probably some sort of restoration went into it too
@@tedcruzforgayrights2045 The first seven minutes may have some restoration, and a very high quality scan of a very pristine print. After minute 7, quality just drops to low grade scan and film showing it's age.
I wanna hear the cars not this jazzy groove I wanna hear real machines from the 40s screaming like hell!!
More like Trackmania tereain
Football (soccer) is way more dangerous, you can see how badly players hurt themselves in every match. 😂
Just last week, three players burst into flames and not only died, but fucked up the grass on the field!
Very bad to listen lucky music while seeing humans come to death. Bad Video.
"masks are tyranny" people are the same people who saw this and fought seat belts, airbags, and car safety standards and regulations in general. Keep that in mind.
Another safety nazi heard from. Those were real men.