Man .. Talk about a Rare Classic.. Every Race fan should watch this. These are the Pioneers of Nascar ! Those cars were heavy. They werent built to absorb impact. The body absorbed it. All 100% American steel. The most tuff steel on the planet back then. Those guardrails.. The same.. You hit one of those,in one of those cars,at 100 plus mph.. You knew you hit something. These guys and their crews were the real deal baby.. Tuff and full of grit.. The kind of men that won WW2.. I treasure the time I spent with the Old Guys.. They were the backbone of America.. Giving up or quitting was not an option.. They used what they had and took it to the limit.. More young folks would do good to study the Pioneers like these and be more like them.. Thank you so much for sharing this Gemstone. . I really enjoyed it..
These Dynamic Films are a hoot. Weatherley's crew member had to remember to put the gas cap back on. LOL. Gas splashing everywhere and 3/4s of them are puffing away on cigs. Can't fix the guard rail- no problem- everybody stay low on that part of the track. Hilarious. :-)
Short sleeve shirts, cigarettes hanging out of their mouths. Even the firemen were in short sleeves. The golden age of motor racing. It was a hell of a lot more dangerous but I wish the 50's lasted forever. Oh man to have a time machine, I'd go back to when racing was dangerous and sex was safe. It's backwards now. 😞
I miss the Speed Channel. As soon as I got a satellite dish, they ended the Speed Channel. That was the only reason I was ok spending money to watch tv, and the fact it went digital and I lost all broadcast tv.
This is what stock car racing was all about. Using production made car's from the automaker's doing necessary modactionto make them safe to run unlike the crap the have now. They, the old timer's are the real stock cars and driver's
You know, in Europe they have vintage races with vintage race cars like the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. They should do that here in America with vintage NASCAR stock cars. Just for fun.
Can any of you young people realize how it was to drive a car like these with a standard transmission 3 on the tree and no power steering or power breakers.i did and loved to old car's like these
4:30 > it looks like the 22 Ford intentionally helped the 98 Dodge straighten out. Were these guys WW2 vets? Seems there is an attitude of compete your best but help your neighbour in trouble instead of decimating him or leaving him to crash.
@@douglasames6495 What the hell are you talking about, Darlington is not shut down and has remained on the schedule since the first southern 500. It lost it's spring race and has been moved around on the schedule. In fact it's moving into the chase in 2020.
The crashes were the best part of the races, racing is just boring today and the cars have no character.Those 58 ford's were so cool with the mighty new 352.
Yeah baby! Fireball Roberts wins in a 57 Chevy BelAir!! He should have beat up a new 58 instead and kept the 57 to cruise for burgers and pick up hot chicks.
2:03 - The 1953 Southern 500 had 59 cars start the race. This wasn't the record for the biggest field to start a Southern 500 - the 1951 race had 82 starters!
Yeah NASCAR billed it as the stock car national championship race and invited any stock car team from any stock car series to participate. The AAA/USAC stock cars participated in the race for the first ten years. Many people don't know but the farmer who built the track built it to attract the big Indy Sprint Roadsters that participated at Indy to race there. AAA/USAC had a couple sprint car races there in the early 50's but it didn't draw a crowd like the stock cars.
I'm wondering who the celebrity gal was sitting in the middle on the pace car. Shirley McLain was chosen for the Indy 500 that year but I can't tell who this one is.
And out of the 120,000 fans, 100,000 of them get sunstroke with no roofs to the other stands. Nascar treated fans like shit back then, like they still do today. Look at Talledega and Daytona, it gets above 120 degrees on the uncovered bleachers. If it was a bit more comfortable for them fans may come back. Alas, its probably over with Disney buying out the France family. Expect big changes. Fewer teams, more sensible rules allowing innovation and a simple points system may also help. But right now its cactus.
Man ..
Talk about a Rare Classic..
Every Race fan should watch this.
These are the Pioneers of Nascar !
Those cars were heavy. They werent built to absorb impact. The body absorbed it.
All 100% American steel.
The most tuff steel on the planet back then.
Those guardrails..
The same..
You hit one of those,in one of those cars,at 100 plus mph..
You knew you hit something.
These guys and their crews were the real deal baby..
Tuff and full of grit..
The kind of men that won WW2..
I treasure the time I spent with the Old Guys..
They were the backbone of America..
Giving up or quitting was not an option..
They used what they had and took it to the limit..
More young folks would do good to study the Pioneers like these and be more like them..
Thank you so much for sharing this Gemstone. .
I really enjoyed it..
These Dynamic Films are a hoot. Weatherley's crew member had to remember to put the gas cap back on. LOL. Gas splashing everywhere and 3/4s of them are puffing away on cigs. Can't fix the guard rail- no problem- everybody stay low on that part of the track. Hilarious. :-)
tjs031159 such was life
Short sleeve shirts, cigarettes hanging out of their mouths. Even the firemen were in short sleeves. The golden age of motor racing. It was a hell of a lot more dangerous but I wish the 50's lasted forever. Oh man to have a time machine, I'd go back to when racing was dangerous and sex was safe.
It's backwards now. 😞
And lighting up a cigarette in the pits while still inside the race car. You gotta love it.
I wish nascar racing was less dangerous but that is what it is and I am going to be a nascar racer
Real true wheelmen racing beautiful car & 125,000 fans seems like that era of NASCAR was the best
I gotta love them Fords.!
I miss the Speed Channel.
As soon as I got a satellite dish, they ended the Speed Channel.
That was the only reason I was ok spending money to watch tv, and the fact it went digital and I lost all broadcast tv.
Wow the year I as born. We've sure came a long way in technology and safety.
WOW.....NASCAR. Before politics!!!!!!!!!!! Who'd a thunkit?!
Love how the folks standing at end of grandstand by turn one took 2 steps back as the thundering herd poured at them lol...
Fireball Roberts was the man.
This is what stock car racing was all about. Using production made car's from the automaker's doing necessary modactionto make them safe to run unlike the crap the have now. They, the old timer's are the real stock cars and driver's
Great post. Love the announcer. Couple of racers I've never heard of including the pole sitter/wall crasher. You da' man thanks!
Bud Lemoore
You know, in Europe they have vintage races with vintage race cars like the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. They should do that here in America with vintage NASCAR stock cars. Just for fun.
They still do in some areas but not near as popular or as big as in the day. Just small town tracks .
Hi
Before Daytona built their speedway! Back when drivers had names like Speedy, Fireball, and Buck.
I wish they'd bring back ABC's Wide World of Sports
We have a big bunch of their broadcasts here now.@
Just think about how it will be 50 years from now.
...I always liked the lines of the '58 Chevy...looks mean in stock car form, too....
Fireball won in a 57 chevy
With a 283 against the 58's 348. The 348 would eventually become a pretty good racing engine after a little more R&D.
Can any of you young people realize how it was to drive a car like these with a standard transmission 3 on the tree and no power steering or power breakers.i did and loved to old car's like these
14:06 Earl is drinking Miller High Life from a flat top pint can. Paid $0.25 then, worth about $40 today in same condition.
Back in those days the drivers probably didn’t even lose their cigarettes when they crashed…
When you could buy one from the showroom floor and WIN a race!
Chevy kicks ass again👍
And the cameo by a "darling" with the trophy at Darling Speedway! Perfect. That was a lot of fun. Thanks for posting.
ah, 50s racing. "we don't have time to fix the guard rail, so uh... just don't crash there"
Look at the size of the crowd incredible those old cars was heavy
Be nice if they would bring back car's like these and NASCAR that used real stock car's
Wish we had a dlc like that in NASCAR heat 5
What a great video!
4:30 > it looks like the 22 Ford intentionally helped the 98 Dodge straighten out.
Were these guys WW2 vets?
Seems there is an attitude of compete your best but help your neighbour in trouble instead of decimating him or leaving him to crash.
Bro that narroator did everyshow back then
Also, you know it's the south in 1958 when the fire truck has a confederate flag on it.
TheRacer120 Confederate battle flag..!!
125,000 people. Phew.
Thanks for this latest stuff!
"This is going to be a race!"
Ya gotta love this stuff. Who are the 20 assholes that didn't like this?
When NASCAR wasn’t orchestrated.
Back in the day when cars were REAL. Not motorized computers.
NASCAR needs to move a main event, Back to DARLINGTON
name it, The Fireball 400!!!!!
Randy Hutchinson
Darlington is shutdown
@@douglasames6495 What the hell are you talking about, Darlington is not shut down and has remained on the schedule since the first southern 500. It lost it's spring race and has been moved around on the schedule. In fact it's moving into the chase in 2020.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHHH!! Man O Man Listen To Them Tires SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHHHING... it sounds so real... really, it does... uhum...
I hear the metaverse calling you.
we NEED to reinvent this type of racing, rule out NASCAR
The dude was pushed in the cigarette lighter for his smoke
Am I missing something or did I see "Atlanta Motor Speedway" on the crews?
The crashes were the best part of the races, racing is just boring today and the cars have no character.Those 58 ford's were so cool with the mighty new 352.
9:21 SOME INTENSE MUSIC
Rough.racing.at.its best
Yeah baby! Fireball Roberts wins in a 57 Chevy BelAir!! He should have beat up a new 58 instead and kept the 57 to cruise for burgers and pick up hot chicks.
2:03 - The 1953 Southern 500 had 59 cars start the race. This wasn't the record for the biggest field to start a Southern 500 - the 1951 race had 82 starters!
Yeah NASCAR billed it as the stock car national championship race and invited any stock car team from any stock car series to participate. The AAA/USAC stock cars participated in the race for the first ten years. Many people don't know but the farmer who built the track built it to attract the big Indy Sprint Roadsters that participated at Indy to race there. AAA/USAC had a couple sprint car races there in the early 50's but it didn't draw a crowd like the stock cars.
14:45....I'll "hot box" this Lucky while they're filling her up.
Nice catch. I missed that.
Looked like the 58 Fords had that race won if it was not for the engine trouble.
It was the FE engine's first year of production it would later go on to become one the winningest engines in the history of Nascar.
The best tv program race Cars BY NASCAR RACE CARS
I'm wondering who the celebrity gal was sitting in the middle on the pace car. Shirley McLain was chosen for the Indy 500 that year but I can't tell who this one is.
Back then they had a beauty pageant every year before the race to name miss southern 500. That's probably who the girl is.
It was not Sheniqua
125,000 fans and no imports what does that tell you
Frances m the "imports" racing today are made in the United States.
International trade benefits all participants if negotiated honourably.
There were no imports.
exactly if negotiated honorably., it never happens
@@Riverdeepnwide - 'IF'
Mercedes and Jaguar raced in a NASCAR sports car series.
I just paused at 9:03 and it saw a disturbing sight🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
That's nothing. Getta load of the babe at 8:43
I think NASCAR lost it's way
57 Chevy in 58 ?
Where’s Johnny Reb????
*Car* - nage 😂
7:30
ready for the junk pile come on you can buff that out
Great footage but the AI colouring is terrible.
orange
Isn't this the one where they go round & round and the fastest one wins? Oh OK, then I've seen it already.
Heathen.
And out of the 120,000 fans, 100,000 of them get sunstroke with no roofs to the other stands. Nascar treated fans like shit back then, like they still do today. Look at Talledega and Daytona, it gets above 120 degrees on the uncovered bleachers. If it was a bit more comfortable for them fans may come back. Alas, its probably over with Disney buying out the France family. Expect big changes. Fewer teams, more sensible rules allowing innovation and a simple points system may also help. But right now its cactus.