Rare Footage | NASCAR Classic Race Replay: 1970 Alabama 500 | Talladega Superspeedway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2020
- Relive the 1970 Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with this rare NASCAR footage. Pete Hamilton wins the second ever NASCAR Cup Series race at the 2.66-mile oval. Later that year, Hamilton would complete sweep by winning the Talladega 500.
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I was a twelve year old boy; and David Pearson chatted with me and some of the fans after the race!
These are NASCAR’S the golden years. Showroom cars with no restricter plates! Open face helmets and huge balls.
And we only killed one or two drivers a year.
@@almostfm - ACKCHUALLY, there have been very few NASCAR seasons with fatalities (21 between 1949 and 2001) and even less with 2 or more (1994, 1965, 1964 and 1956) - In reality, NASCAR was a whole lot safer than F1, Indycar, sportscars and rallying despite the mad speeds they were hitting
@@almostfm
Everything we do has an element of death in it.
These guys had some balls back then, driving around near 200mph in cars that were never designed to crash at 200mph. Even at highway speeds those things were death traps.
I know it. I've seen pictures of Lee Petty driving around on a bench seat, big giant steering wheel and a seat belt. But he had what looked like a bicycle helmet on so I'm sure it was fine
@@tedgey4286 He wasn't fine when he crashed.
Biggest improvement is in the seat. The seats back then were not even a bucket seats. They stopped at the shoulders. They had a pad attached to the roll cage for head and neck "support" but nothing to the sides. The roll cages were stout, especially in the door areas. No way to know how many lives that design saved. But any side forces you were at the mercy of your safety harness and the padding on the roll cage.
@@bbigjohnson069 you can thank Ralph Nader for getting rid of the bench seats in all the passenger cars. I don't know if Ralph Nader maybe never kissed his girlfriend at the drive in but safer schmafer, bucket seats take all the romance out of the car.
@@tedgey4286 Ralph Nader probably rides in the backseat with a fireproof hockey goalie uniform on, while his boyfriend drives.
I forgot how awesome the special effects were in 1970.
This video is gold, and I probably watched this on ABC when I was 8 years old.
I missed this race due to a pior engagement in Vietnam!
Thank You for your service #Salute 🇺🇲
Thanks for serving our great country if you don't mind me asking and I know I'm gonna get am I stupid replies for my question but I've heard the Vietnam war was for nothing but could you tell me what the war was over and who started it was it the United States or Vietnam I've always wondered so if you wouldn't mind give me some insight on it
@@marycornett3165 The war was part of the containment policy where the US tried to stop the spread of communism due to the Soviet Union tensions. Communists entered Vietnam and they liked it and did not want any US involvement. The war was really for no point and it was a new type of warfare we had never seen before. Our troops were not properly trained for it and our plan of action was flawed. There really was no winner as the US decided to pull everyone out and let Vietnam be. Today Vietnam remains a communist country and they are no problem
@@russianbubbawallace8681 thanks for the info it was before my time I always heard it was a war for no reason so I'm glad you gave me a history lesson on this thanks and have a great day
Thank you for your service Mr. Wilhelm.
Bravo! Keep airing these classics. THE OLDER THE BETTER!
Hey I was 13 years old in 1970 I remember most of all Petty's big crash ... A picture was on the front page of the paper airborne him a third of way out of the car hence hurry window net!!!
@@robertslaughter5784 wdffggg
Wish to see point of naked women with big boobies
Booo to the crash's just the racing please.
Bring them back! There are enough remanufactured replacement parts to have a fully supported classic stock car circuit.
Best comment I have ever seen on TH-cam! Right on brotha👍
Australian supercars run vintage touring cars with updated safety equipment from 70's to 90's as a support event.
I've been calling for a vintage series since nascar started losing fans. Old style bodies with updated safety equipment. We old guys might start watching again
No. That would be so stupid. What a waste it would be.
@@MM-lw8wl You aint been on youtube very long i take it. What a joke! Are you 11 years old?
You guys a frickin' awesome. Even in corporate America, you find the room to share awesome content like this with us FOR FREE. Thank you!
25:55 a showroom fresh brand new B5 Blue 70 Superbird sitting on the infield. Wonder if it was a spectators car..
Hey, 47:50 Brad Keselowski's uncle Ron gets mentioned!
These old films of NASCAR races from the brief "Aero-War" days should be _required viewing_ for every self-proclaimed NASCAR fan out there. 1969 and 1970 were THE most interesting years of the _National Association of STOCK CAR Auto Racing,_ the years when American racing and the American car manufacturers collided head-on in a wild speed competition for "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" long before computer technology and media conglomerates took over the tracks.
Now, NASCAR is a big joke now. Over regulated like everything else is going. The once Big Three all but stop making any kind of cars for racing on the tracks. What a shame...
NASCAR killed itself.
Honestly this is better than modern races
The year of the superbird and charger Daytonas ruled the speedways
They needed the 69 dodge charger with the confederate flag on it out there yeee haaah
Mary Cornett confederate flags are banned in NASCAR, ya know?
Mary Cornett now it is*
@@collinghood6828 Yeah I know that is a shame to be honest I mean how is the confederate flag so bad just because some moron went in a church and killed people that has nothing to do with the flag people say it represents racist how many African Americans watched the dukes of hazard a lot of them that is what I don't understand about it I have one flying proudly on my property am I a racist because of that no I'm certainly not racist
Mary Cornett that flag does have a dark history though...
Wow Bobby Allison drops a valve an says they could still make 180 plus mph. Freaking 426 hemi! The elephant in the room.
Talladega just ain’t gonna be the same Sunday☹️😭
At least we will have Jeff Gordon back
Thanks for running these old classic races. They bring fond memories of watching the races with my dad.
His favorite driver was King Richard. So he was mine too.
Dad was a MOPAR fan.
This is the coolest thing, watching actual stock cars racing around the Talladega Superspeedway!!! Awesome!!!
Those Daytonas and Superbirds were awesome.
I want to thank Nascar for posting these. I just got into NASCAR and I'm glad I can explore it so easy
Everybody gangsta until you realize 1970 was 50 years ago
Le Ruan why is everyone gangster?
Bcuz evybody thinks they rufft n tufft nowadays.
Needs to keep the gangsta shit out of Nascar and just enjoy the races
Idiot.
@willthank you.iswhatchutalkinbout4367
O how I love the wing car's!!!!! This is stock car racing no bullshit like today in 2022.
Music is "The Groovy Grubworm " by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies. Awesome.
Thank you NASCAR! Please keep posting these longer videos from the 60’s-71!
This was so cool to watch. This took place a yr before I was born. Born in 1971. Reminds me of the old reel home movies the way the picture looks.
Listening to this, the whole pit stops have a good time at 40-45 seconds... we've come a long way, baby.
it was much less precise, and that is why often the lead car was the only car on the lead lap.
Thank you NASCAR for posting your video(s). Love those Dodge & Plymouth Wing Cars!
I've been looking for 1 of the early Dega races for awhile now. Thanks for posting this!!!!
Everyone in the south had an uncle that looked like David Pearson! I watched this with my father when i was ten. Wide world of sports segment, I guess. Of course, most of the time we listened to the radio broadcast. Pre-dystopian America was a different realm.
The models are just amazing
I'm thankful these old tapes have been restored and are available to watch! Thanks so much!!
And the Winged cars have it! Real STOCK CAR RACING!
Hehe I like the toy car visual
High tech wasn't it? I'd like to see him reenact a crash using his mouth for the sounds the crash made! ;)
Me too
Wonder where those cars are today.... I’d buy them if they appeared on eBay
I've waited so long to see this race!! awesome race! Buddy Baker had it one though but it was good to see Pete Hamilton Win It! Mopar or no car!!
Thank you NASCAR for posting this rare footage, a really great time for the sport of stock car racing! Dodge and Plymouth became the big contenders that year when Ford pulled out factory funding after the Daytona 500, and Richard Petty ALONE won 18 races that year even after his hard crash at Darlington in his Plymouth, Bobby Isaac would win 11 short track races (No Superspeedway wins), and the championship that year in his K&K Insurance Dodge! Hopefully more footage of these classic races from the 60s and 70s will surface again sometime.
Great upload. Hopefully, in the future, you'll upload some NASCAR racing from the 70's. This, is a true gem.
Wow...that's great video quality and sound from so long ago.
Winged warriors 😍😍😍😍
This was a big year for dodge and Mopar should be proud of the Daytona,what engineering for this race
lol, a big year, the winged cars only won 12 events and in 4 of those there were no Fords entered.........in whole Chrysler won 38 races but only 12 were the winged cars........BUT Ford pulled out after DAytona so pretty hard NOT to lose when there is no competition, sort of like Ford winning 46 races in 1965 when Chrysler pulled out.
Those Hemis really put the ford's and Chevys to shame.
Hard to believe it's the same race track. It looked different back then.
Amazing that Pete Hamilton won both Talladega races the first year there was two races there, because just over a decade later at Pocono, the very first year there was two races in a single season, Bobby Allison, who previously never won there, won both races at Pocono.
Don’t forget. Pete Hamilton also won the Daytona 500 in 1970. Amazing year for that driver.
5:58 Sorry but was that Keith Jackson playing with matchbox cars?
Yes
I want that set!
You know he was pissed!!
Are you making fun of their 'special effects' lol?
No, not Matchbox cars. Those were a collection of scale plastic models someone painted and decaled. The Pearson Ford #17 is an AMT Torino GT, the Daytonas, #22, #99, and, #6 are MPCs, and the last three cars he fails to pick up are Superbirds by JoHan; Petty#43, Hamilton #40, and Dick Brooks #32.
It would be nice if the Richard Petty Driving Experience rolled out a couple of Superbirds for people to drive. They'd have to draw names from a hat or people would be fighting over which car they'd drive
Bobby Issac is one of my favorite racers
YEEEEEAH! Thank you NASCAR for the old school stuff!
These races are the best in my opinion
I want those model cars!
This is great. I'd be happy to see any other races you have that featured the high-wing cars.
They just mentioned it, but if you find you have any races from Texas World Speedway in the archive, that would be excellent, too.
Robert Pfeiffer There were a total of 8 races that were broadcast between ‘69 and ‘70 with the winged cars. Unfortunately there were no Cup races ever broadcast from TWS. Road and Track might’ve done a highlight film though.
@@cman17012003 there was no NASCAR Cup races but there was an ARCA /Winston West race from 1993 on TH-cam. There were even 3 Winston Cup drivers, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, and Ken Schrader.
poly cube Yes that might be the only stock car race broadcast from TWS. I’m sure there’s an IndyCar race or two that were broadcast.
@@cman17012003 I've got the 1978 USAC IndyCar race from TWS.
@@cman17012003 I know 2 of those other broadcasts must be the 1970 Firecracker and Rebel 400s. I'm not sure about the others. From an episode of "Back in the Day", I think they ran the winged cars at Rockingham at least once, not sure if that's one that got a more complete broadcast or just highlights.
I wasn't limiting the TWS thing to just the time frame when they would have had the winged cars. The last Cup race from College Station, TX was the Budweiser 400 on June 7, 1981.
I was 9. I was also at Talladega yesterday for the Geico 500. Life is good.
Buddy ran over something that blew the left front tire. The Cotton Owens cars of that time had an oil tank mounted over the battery in the left front firewall area. When the tire blew it looks as if a piece of debris ruptured the oil tank and started the fire.
Man what a time to be alive
kale Yarbrough, Buddy Baker, Bobby Allison, Aj Foit, Richard Petty. Man those were the guys who made racing what it is today. If I only mentioned a few. There were others. those are just the ones I Remember seeing as a Kid at Riverside Raceway.
Now that I think about it the gen 7 sounds like these old stock cars
Zander Gill what did Chevy raced back then?
@@joshthegreatest1198
They fielded a Chevelle
Underbird thanks
@@joshthegreatest1198
You're welcome, fellow NASCAR fan.
This wikipedia page is a great source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_Manufacturers%27_champions
You've never heard one of these with a 426 Hemi, up close!
Its neat too see these things run around the track , other than viewing them in static photos 😊
Loved the 1970 NASCAR season! Coolest cars ever! The theme song, by the way is called "Groovy Grubworm"!
0:30 that music thoughXD
Thanks NASCAR for the upload.
I don't think this race was shown in full and that the beginning of this clip was the beginning of the telecast.
Great to hear Keith Jackson.
The cammer hemi was outlawed because the car was 10mph faster than anything before.
Anybody saying " this is better than modern nascar " has lost their mind lol
The 3rd moon landing Bill Fleming talks about at 4:06 would never be made. This was the famous case of Apollo 13, which launched the day before this race. The day after this race, the onboard explosion would occur on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, leading to many things, including a Hollywood movie. It's interesting in talking about ABC's "Championship Auto Racing Series", they don't include the Indianapolis 500, which would be within the same few weeks, and would be covered by ABC. But I guess that was considered part of "Wide World of Sports". That was the first Indy 500 I ever saw, won by Al Unser in the Johnny Lightning car.
THANK YOU for posting this! Please remove the race winners name from your description so we can watch the race w/o knowing ahead of time who the winner will be!
Glad this was found
Its the end of the world!🍻☠️ lets watch old vintage Nascar 🍻💥🤠
Please upload the ‘76 Dixie 500 and the ‘79 Champion Spark Plug 400 if possible!
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4:02
"Chasing him at speeds that quite frankly 10 years ago we really couldn't have dreamed of. But of course, 10 years ago we couldn't have dreamed of the fact that we'd be taking our third trip to the Moon."
Wanna talk about dating a video lol Talk about an era...
Bobby Allison had one of the most badass cars in the business
Back when men were men and cars were cars
One big thing this sport is missing that is in the 1970 season is the glamour.
Glamor is overrated, grit is good
REAL RACE CARS GLAD THE WINGED ROCKET WON BOTH THE DAYTONA N THE ALABAMA 500 .THE FIRST TIME I SAW ONE OF THEM MISTICAL CARS IT WAS A LIME GREEN ONE IN MAY 1970 .
Back before pay drivers. When the best of the best was in NASCAR.
People complaining about the commercials during this year's Daytona 500....this is a perfect example of the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Ahhh yes
Back when racing was actually worth watching
Jeff Gordon is racing the IRacing Talladega race!!
Yep, I get to root for him again!!
#24ever
@@isaiahresto3041 , same. He was my favorite driver in my childhood
47:00
1:03:00 : Bill Flemming: "That just about does it for Pete. He can stroke it."😅
Hey Nascar Can U Pls Upload The 1976 Winn Dixie 300 pls if u found the footage
In 1970, there were 4 factory Ford Teams and 7 Factory mopar teams.....Due to funding cuts the factory Ford teams only entered 16 superspeedway races in 1970.........most of these races were a war of attrition.......IF you were running at the end of the race, you got a pretty good finish, IF you were on the lead lap you usually got a top 5.
Speed is unlimited at that track .restrictor plates are the only thing that slows the car down.
I want all those cars he had on the table
05:30
🇺🇸thanks from John Robert Bruffett Junior of United States of America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5:58 if anyone can find those , HMU
Same
Remember this race being run the day after the launch of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
Wonder where the model cars ended up and whst they are worth.?
1:02:47 6 Buddy Baker crash
I was there
I never seen Petty in a modern full helmet back in the 60s to 90s
Richard used a full face helmet during his last couple of years.
This was racing. You could tell what car was a car. Today's cars are the same eccept from the front end.
Woah Nelly!
Back when country music was real!!!
Are these the good old days people mention in the comments?
Cautions for debris even back then, no clue who was leading or what lap drivers were on, confusion on NASCAR's scoring, huge leads (third place was a lap down by halfway), no thrills of pack racing (or even closely racing single file like 1982's "choo-choo train"), some inconsiderate yahoo throwing a glass bottle onto the track and shattering Cale Yarlborough's windshield as they drive at these speeds...they even miss Buddy Baker's fiery spin due to commercial break!
Yes, those were the good old days, all the way up to the time Brian France took the helm and quickly destroyed NASCAR.
Did you even watch? The whole time, they talk about whether the cars will last or not. "50,000 miles worth of driving in one race", cars overheating if they draft too much, tires wearing out, engine turning 7000+ RPMs..
Back then, this was endurance racing. Every corner, fans (and some crew) were hoping and praying their car would make it through. Blown tires, engines, transmissions, axles, were the norm from being pushed past their limit. No rev limiters, no plates. And, they were running cars you could buy at the dealer, which was the whole draw.
And completely different mind set for the drivers. Only a few teams had crews, haulers and money. The rest were struggling week to week to make the next race, and would spend their time working on the cars to get them ready to race, and other people's cars to make enough money to make the next race. Not like they could go wreck their car, get on a helicopter and fly home while a crew gets the ride ready for next week.
All of that transferred to the fans and made it more interesting than the TV makes it look.
@@Ziggy_Moonglow hey , you can make a very nice post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In chryslers print ads celebrating Bobby Isaac winning the championship they mispelled his last name.
Wendell Scott would stroke until so many cars dropped out. Then when it was evident that he was in a threshold to win basically the same amount of money no matter where he finished, he would run hard. He knew he could repair any engine damage when he took he car back to Danville.
Unfortunately not long after this, the sanctioning body of rulers forced restrictor plates on any engines over 366 cubic inches, lowered carb size & jetting etc, which ruined the Chrysler racing for the most part. It also gave the 351 ford the opportunity to run UNRESTRICTED, and dominated horsepower on the track. . The best racing was in this era late 60s early 70s, when innovation by the factories was allowed.
complete bullshit........there was NO 366 engine running in 1970 and there was no 351 ford running until about 1974. For the 2nd michigan race of 1970 nascar required ALL cars to run the same restrictor plate and they were all running Boss 429, 427 or 426 Hemis. For 1971 NASCAR required the SAME plate for the Hemi or Boss 429 Ford. If you ran a Wedge 427 Ford you got a bigger plate, if you ran a wedge head 426 mopar you got even a bigger plate and if you ran 366 or less of ANY brand you did not have to run a plate at all. The ONLY trial at that in 1971 was a Dodge Daytona running a 305 engine
Can't imagine no 100 octane at $.25 cents a gal now.
I've seen that dodge Daytona #22 irl
Hey NASCAR Channel. Could you please put dates in the titles or the description?
we'll try! this one was April 12, 1970 :)
@@NASCAR Thanks. One can of course look it up. But thanks again.
What is the difference between the Alabam and the Taladega 500?
Two different races on the same track.
A.J. Foyt fans request as close as achievable to the full race of the 1972 Daytona 500.
This race was lost for years
Would a gansta go 300 mph. and could die at any deconf,these guys done this every week!.
Meant 200.
I've had. A few😮BEERS,as all fans should.