1960 Daytona 500

The 2nd ever running of the Great American Race. Leave a like and comment if you enjoy the video!
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[@noviranger239]

Who's here after Junior passed away? RIP to a true legend.

[@lostsoul3154]

To the best damn chicken farmer in America: RIP.

[@briantaylor9285]

1960: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. 2022: National Association for Spec Car Auto Racing.

[@yournightmareracing1754]

And in Victory Circle, Junior Johnson shows the latest in high tech racing apparel, in the form of a light red Haggar button down dress shirt given to him by his brother who is an accountant.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Half Monthly Salary Chicken Feet

[@searchers]

Great to see stock cars that actually looked like real cars of the era. Of course, engines and hardware were modified and fortified, but the cars looked like something you could see on the street. Some of the drivers were even wearing short sleeved shirts! Nowadays, drivers look like they could step into an Apollo rocket to the moon.

[@TomSmith-io9uk]

Richard Petty was wearing a short sleeve polo shirt and Jr. Johnson was wearing a long sleeve pink dress shirt. The cars where stock except for engine mods and roll cage.

[@douglasdixon524]

​@@TomSmith-io9ukBeefed up suspensions but yes not much else done to these actual stock cars.

[@mahler2112]

I've been watching these the last few weeks. Very cool.

[@RedEagleNZ1]

68 cars in race :) golden era :

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Incredible that first 500 ran caution free. All of those racers on a new track. Racers discovering how to race track as they go. Biggest purse ever. And no cautions? Miracle

[@CharlesFreck]

Likely due to a disparity in competition. In fact, 3 of the first 4 Daytona 500s ran caution free. 1960 had notoriously bad wind which was responsible for the crashes. Additionally a lot of the guys that were pushing hard and might have crashed out in '59 blew up before they got the chance.

[@BSNFabricating]

Two weeks after this, Richard Petty scored win #1 at a dirt track in Charlotte.

[@robtans5042]

The one and only King

[@Milanista2008]

Intersting to me: Seems like the #3 car had it's share of late race misfortune at the 500 long before Dale Earnhardt stepped into it. Bobby Johns spinning out with a 6 sec lead with 9 laps to go is quite the heart break, it was certainly his race to win at that point and doubtful Junior Johnson would have had a chance to catch him.

[@cnking27]

Junior gets out wearing a pink dress shirt and khakis. And you know he wore it in the race, because it's sweat-stained.

[@DataisAmazing]

Amazing!!! I love watching the golden age of NASCAR. I can't believe there were 68 cars on the field.

[@jeremythompson9122]

Junior Johnson winning this race is probably the best individual piece of driving in NASCAR history. The 348 powered Chevy he was driving was over 10 mph slower than the 389 powered Pontiac's. He also got a bit lucky with Bobby John's rear window blowing out but Junior being in that position that late in the race is a miracle in itself. The Chevy 348 was basically a truck engine that had good low end torque but the Pontiac 389 was probably the best high performance engine there was in 1960. Ford's best high performance engine in 1960 was a 360 horsepower HiPo version of the FE 352 and I believe Dodge/Plymouth teams used either a HiPo 361 or 383 wedge in NASCAR at that time. So the Chevy's were probably the slowest cars out there until the 409 came out

[@teressaabbott855]

That was the race he discovered drafting his draft and cause the rear window to blow out of the other car

[@grex1242]

Truck engines don't win the Daytona 500 or the other approx. 50 nascar races the 348 won including the last one in a 1962 race in a 60 model car.

[@elkinsinboxinc]

Took place only one day after the largest crash in NASCAR history.

[@adamUDavies]

That was awesome 👍 The lack of safety is incredible , people down in the infield at the start , car burning until the fuel burn's off , back window blow's out ! Awesome 👍

[@howabouthetruth2157]

No fire suits either, just wearing casual pants & shirts too........lol.

[@garyparker2969]

Thankyou for sharing n God Bless All

[@martinleavitt6094]

Suddenely!.....its...1960!!👍

[@41plymouthnut87]

Love these videos.

[@bloqk16]

In a book I read some 40+ years ago titled: 'World's Greatest Auto Races,' the 1960 Daytona 500 was one of the chapters in that book; where it cited Junior Johnson as being the first NASCAR driver to make full use of drafting in that race; which is what kept him competitive that led to his victory. Supposedly, drafting was used years before in Formula 1 Grand Prix racing, where it was referred to as _slipstreaming._

[@AustinLaPlante]

Amazing dude. Got some more rare stuff on this channel.

[@mr.hardtruth6475]

My dad owned a 60 Thunderbird 430 interceptor , 430 H.P.

[@VideosTubeCh]

I love 60s American Television

[@xcel5]

when you raced for next months rent

[@RoadRunner-ih4rq]

When NASCAR was real...

[@theuser698]

Can just stop say Nascar was real in 1950s in 1980-1990 is golden age Nascar with no stock body restrictor plate racing

[@SebCanals]

@theuser698 it was real you 1 IQ boy

[@billclisham8668]

Looking back at some of these races must amaze the hell out of kids today. The Daytona 500 for 2023 will be the first year that a driver can't back a car without a camera or know how to change a tire...........sad.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Jr. Johnson's pink fire shirt sure was sexy.😂

[@wilburross9709]

Wow-Ripped the whole front-end off of that Thunderbird and dumped the engine in the infield! Note to NASCAR: Maybe unibody stockcars aren't a good idea on the super speedways?

[@frmnNnj]

Yes! You don’t see this often. Love your videos!

[@JackF99]

What's up with the Valiant tearing around dirt roads at the beginning?

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Probably "the pre-race show" for back in the day, to play up the Petty's as the favored drivers to win the 500. But 'ole Junior Johnson had other plans of course, lol.

[@brianferris7859]

Question, are you ever gonna 2009,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 500?

[@ChrisDavis-dt6xx]

Theses are the real stock cars

[@daniellabrada4440]

@9:56 on the far right

[@daniellabrada4440]

@ 7:54 is that a B-60

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I wonder if anyone crashed into those fire trucks onthe grass in turn 3. I know Bay Darnells ARCA car ended up in a lakenearby in 63, for examplelol...

[@continentalrcinglg]

They couldn't be bothered to remove the goalposts?

[@pughoneycutt1986]

And Lee Petty drove the entire race on one set of tires, finishing fourth. Three years later Tiny lund won by going the entire race on one set of tires. In 63 the cars were running 167 MPH, today they are less than 30 MPH faster yet they would have us believe that tire technology has not progressed enough to run the entire race on one set? If they were serious about cutting costs for the teams that would be the first thing that nascar would want. I get sooo sick of hearing how they can't go all out in order to manage the tires. I have NO interest in watching a tire management contest. If I'm going to spend my money I want to see a RACE!! If managing tires is all they are doing then they are NOT racing.

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

3:43

[@blakejefferson9275]

Wasn't this the race when the biggest crash in NASCAR history happened?

[@victorpena3129]

Day after

[@dngnascar]

Noice

[@ChrisDavis-dt6xx]

Go Chevrolet

[@Z0r3_00]

Hey NascarAllOut I found more pictures of Bobby ballentine 1981 flip at Daytona the link is, the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?editid1=403

[@ceratix1576]

Do you know who the commentator is?

[@KetchaWill]

Ceratix 15 Bud Palmer

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Bud Palmer. THE vioice. Great, wasnthe

[@bretttocco5761]

We need more action like this in 2021

[@cjs83172]

It was Ralph Camargo, who was known as the "Voice of Dynamic Films", which was the company that produced this, and many other racing highlight films of that era.

[@CharlesFreck]

@@bretttocco5761 More action like this? What, 3/4 of the field running several laps down for most of the race? The cars racing for the lead being half a lap apart? 2/3 of the field finished more then 10 laps behind. One guy only did 155 laps. About a third of the field DNF'd due to mechanical failure. I hardly call that action packed racing. Imagine if a third of everyone in a 2021 race retired due to mechanical failure. Not even exploding with smoke or anything, they just drive into the pits like normal cause there's an issue. A third of the field just quietly drops back and exits the race without fanfare.

[@johnkirk8852]

nascar sucks now!... Boy I miss the old days...