My father was born in 1921 in Chicago and loved the stock car races in Chicago. We moved to Arizona and continued to be entertained by these brave men.
I wonder if these guys knew just how utterly cool they were. The cars were works of art, the paint on their cars were works of art. The only other group of people that were as awesome, were the WWII pilots.
Loved this race...in color to boot! Lotsa old worn-out Ford coupes, all trying to win $5 for finishing the race. I can smell the oil from the motors, and the noise from all the screaming flatheads during a race was deafining...WOW, I miss those days....when you could get in for 50 cents and get a hot dog and a soda for a quarter!
I ran a 37 Plymouth with a ford flat head. We took out one quarter inch and had three and three quarter pistons. Try boring one quarter inch out of todays blocks. Canadian blocks were thicker.
I LOVE THESE OLD STOCK CAR RACES ❤ MY PAPPY WOULD TAKE ME TO FREEPORT ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE THE 3 QUATER MIDGETS AND ON SATURDAY TO WATCH STOCKS LIKE THESE AT ISLIP SPEEDWAY ❤MAN THAT WAS THE COOLEST
Where was this race?....looks like Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania...doesnt appear to have straightaways...and Langhorne was an actual circle track or close to a circle anyway....great vid!!
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My dad was a racer in the 60s. We kids went to every race.
Miss you, Dad.
Cool that your dad was a racer in the 60s
Do you miss the girls in the audience too?
My father was born in 1921 in Chicago and loved the stock car races in Chicago. We moved to Arizona and continued to be entertained by these brave men.
Rather see these cars instead of the one's nowadays! 💯
That is awesome brings back alot of memories how bad ass my dad was to race those cars.
7:43 Cleaning the windshield around the hole..........Epic.
What a cool find on the internet. Thanks for sharing this is a treasure
Started getting taken to dirt track events by the Old Man in 1964.. Pretty similar feels. Love these old reels !
Thanks for the memories I saw those stockies at westmead and Windsor speedways.
Is that Windsor Speedway as in Checkered Flag Speedway ?
@@Trackratz-zl9di don't think so
@@robertcameron2808 Where was Windsor Speedway ?
@@Trackratz-zl9di behind Windsor rsl club not far from Richmond used to have stock cars speedcars and old hot rods on the program
When I see all that potential street rod material, it makes me sad that most of these cars ended up as scrap.
Thanks for this video!
I wonder if these guys knew just how utterly cool they were. The cars were works of art, the paint on their cars were works of art. The only other group of people that were as awesome, were the WWII pilots.
Loved this race...in color to boot! Lotsa old worn-out Ford coupes, all trying to win $5 for finishing the race.
I can smell the oil from the motors, and the noise from all the screaming flatheads during a race was deafining...WOW, I miss those days....when you could get in for 50 cents and get a hot dog and a soda for a quarter!
Proper racer back then 👍 good tunes aswell 👍🇬🇧
I hate to think how many 40 Ford coupes were chopped up for stock cars and then discarded. They were just old cars back them.
My very first thought
My dad did race back then
This vid is epic am I right?
I ran a 37 Plymouth with a ford flat head. We took out one quarter inch and had three and three quarter pistons. Try boring one quarter inch out of todays blocks. Canadian blocks were thicker.
This is totally awesome good 👍😊 job
where is this ?
I LOVE THESE OLD STOCK CAR RACES ❤ MY PAPPY WOULD TAKE ME TO FREEPORT ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE THE 3 QUATER MIDGETS AND ON SATURDAY TO WATCH STOCKS LIKE THESE AT ISLIP SPEEDWAY ❤MAN THAT WAS THE COOLEST
Where was this race?....looks like Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania...doesnt appear to have straightaways...and Langhorne was an actual circle track or close to a circle anyway....great vid!!
@Kylen Gerardo du bist ein stupid
Greag, that was EXACTLY my guess. My memory of it is not so good---I was five the last time there.
It’s langhorne speedway my grandfather raced there from 49-54
Enjoy brought back memories of Athens speedway. In Georgia
What track was where most of this filmed? I see a NJ on some cars
J
Men wore different under shorts back then.
Largo Testico Knit .... Available at Sears and Roebuck or your local Montgomery Wards.
The kind you can roll your pack of smokes up in the sleeve .
Does anyone remember maple grove speedway waterloo Ny i watched many good races there
Love it ❤
Back when your average working man could race as a hobby. Those days are long gone. Please make America affordable again that's all i ask....😮
flathead sounds would be better.