1970 Darlington Southern 500

The legends of NASCAR including Petty, Yarborough, and Baker battle it out in the 21st running of the Darlington Southern 500.
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[@Greybush46322]

These old races are way better than anything I've seen since 2010.

[@mitchb2305]

What race? There's a race? All I see so far are a bunch of parades and beauty contests. Ah okay, finally.

[@ChrisOhMy]

Yeah, with the 2nd place car down a lap. Sure, buddy

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Ken!!!

[@harrywalker5836]

try 1989..last real race at bathurst..boo hoo holdens..

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

@@ChrisOhMy , it's still a race, and no race is over until it's over, or ball game. As Yogi Berra said.

[@keithkellogg5325]

Back when you could tell a Chevy from a ford or dodge nice

[@cobracharmer6178]

You're right! I saw 1 Chevy Chevelle in this race. Caught a glimpse of a 65 Ford Galaxie? And a 68-69 Roadrunner.

[@drakefallentine8351]

Gotta admire the Ford Mercury performance running flat out with the Dodge Daytonas and Superbirds. I'm a diehard Mopar fan and was surprised that the high wing was not much of an advantage on this track.

[@cobracharmer6178]

@@drakefallentine8351; You’re right. Most MOPAR teams used the Charger 500 on short tracks.

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Ya the good ole days of racing

[@DavidJones-me7yr]

Does anyone remember how long the wing thing was used, I know they outlawed it after a couple years or so.? This was probably one of the first races with the modern changes that we now see on the cars, they haven't yet lower down the the body within an inch of the road and I don't see the fat tires on them yet.

[@ravencorvus67]

I like the shot where they are spilling gas all over the place and the NASCAR offical is standing there with a cigarette in his mouth🤣

[@bbrcummins1984]

We weren't scared back then 😊

[@gordblechinger804]

Had a chuckle too when they showed that.

[@JeffCorrao]

That's real racing!

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

03:28 The boy & his dad or brother blocking his ears.👍🏽🫵🏽😆

[@neilpuckett359]

I miss that America.

[@junkyardjimmyriversiderecy6722]

Me too those were the glory days

[@kerplop2263]

which part exactly?

[@xmo552]

I was born in 82, I miss it too.

[@maka2150]

Quite a few people miss their country because of America.

[@francoisbedard7394]

I miss, Miss America!!!😁😁

[@danieljohnson9351]

This was real American muscle at its peak!

[@timford3599]

And Real American Values! The fans were Real American Families. Unapologetically Real!

[@harrywalker5836]

@@timford3599 here here,,from an ausie..with 5 american cars/trucks..our racing finished in 1989..

[@Lvatopesado]

@@harrywalker5836 - Good for you. Bad for the car racing sport.

[@jamesclifford5074]

Def not the peak

[@danhall2197]

True golden era of Grand National racing/Nascar. When the best cars were on top because they were the baddest and the weaklings got their ass whipped(GM/Chevy).

[@davidm6256]

This is when NASCAR was racing

[@LawMan62]

Not ONE cell phone either! Just watching the race!

[@bradsanders407]

Oh yeah when not one car in the top 5 finished on the same lap. How exciting. What amazing racing.

[@marcgilbert1497]

That’s because as soon as Bubba goes a lap down they throw a yellow and he gets his lap back. Sure…”real” racing

[@stevejump9630]

@@marcgilbert1497you sho right about bubba. Personally can’t stand him

[@zippoamerika8794]

REAL HOTWHEELS i was 10 years old

[@Jackc8201]

Watching those Talladegas and Cyclones with their Boss 429s going up against the Daytonas and Superbirds with 426 Hemis...WOW! And all the names we still know so well today. A pity I was only 6 years old when this stuff was taking place lol.

[@per16fec]

it was a special time...the cars are absolute gorgeous beasts

[@georgeandrews6454]

And FOUR MOPAR WINGED Cars in the top 5 !!!

[@kenjohnson6789]

We only got to see some of the race - maybe - on Wide World of Sports

[@JeffreyRust-oq7rw]

You never have grown up

[@user-bt6ch1xe1m]

Anyone got a time machine ? I want to be there.... Although English I love this stuff. I owned a '68 charger some time ago but it was only a 383 magnum. This is real racing.

[@Funsho97]

Real race cars, real drivers, and real women!!!

[@peekaboo1575]

This so much. Real racing too, as opposed to today's ball sport's scoring system & destruction derby tactics.

[@bradsanders407]

@Peekaboo real racing? There's such a thing as fake racing? You enjoy the winner being the only car on the lead lap lol? No one in the top 5 was on the same lap. That's not a race that's a parade. You honestly think that's better? No you don't quit lying.

[@peekaboo1575]

@@bradsanders407 It sure is better than the destruction derby that passes for modern day Nascar. Not to mention the ball sports scoring system and the many artificial gimmicks to produce make-believe racing for TV. Real racing will always be better than manufactured entertainment, no exception.

[@ronniedoorzon1576]

You mean trailer trash with big bushes down under, and who looked like 55 when they were 30. Hell no way that i would want to swap todays woman for woman in the 70's.

[@jpb1231000]

REAL FLAGS!!!

[@jamesanderson6222]

Men were tough and straight and proud...

[@johnnyx9892]

I haven't watched NASCAR since right after Earnhardt died. I do enjoy these old races Reminds me of a better time for me and this country.

[@dustykh]

Seeing old footage really makes me wish I could've experienced this golden era of nascar, but at least I can watch this stuff for free.

[@onesecureone]

I was there as a young kid i can't describe the feeling but it shaped my life as a car guy my family was david Pearson fans and me too bu later as I got in high school I turned into a Mopar guy ..bought a 70 440 4 speed B5 blue roadrunner and so it began 💙

[@ONTHEEDGEFRED]

@Joseph George Your post is worded exactly as mine would be, right down to being a Pearson fan as a 6 year old kid in 1969.

[@ONTHEEDGEFRED]

Yes sir, it was a great time to be alive.

[@lorenreece1665]

THAT was racing ....today's racing sucks.

[@lorenreece1665]

David Pearson knew how to set up a good handling car.

[@edog7059]

Those kids holding their ears are the people my age that still have their hearing today!

[@petethetaper]

kids are smart, seems they are telling us about safety ..and the little of it.

[@TDSDoctor]

Nowadays the only time kids hold their ears is when their parents are asking them to do something... Or when they feel triggered.. 😞

[@NightMoves1969]

WHAT?

[@bryantadkins8720]

Hard to believe so many people out there had such a good looking grandmas 😮

[@ChrisOhMy]

That's because this was before the food industry absolutely annihilated people with all the processed garbage they're pedaling now. Go to a Nascar race now and the amount of barely walking half dead morbidly obese people is one of the sadder things you'll see

[@peekaboo1575]

Every woman is pretty when she's young, lol.

[@m42037]

@@peekaboo1575 He said grandma dummy, women back then weren't all obese in stretch pants like you see today

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

Watch some old Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts, 😂 it's a sea

[@sircharles7323]

Yes, they where pretty at that time, nice figures and they knew how to dress like a lady, attractive but not inappropriate.

[@bobbyblenio4571]

This is GOLD ! Nowadays is Boring & Corporate Garbage

[@MoeSlislack]

yeah today it's all about commercialism which has taken over all aspects of television whether it's a singer or a sports star it's all about selling something.

[@danbora8777]

yeah, back when one car was on the lead lap and 10th place was 19 laps down, yeah, the good ole days.

[@tysnow890]

Nowadays, you are just rooting for different colored shirts, or cars.

[@rickhammond2473]

You buffoons keep watching this garbage.

[@michaeldover]

@@danbora8777 And yet, here you are watching and commenting.

[@kittortuga2720]

such a simpler time. Southern heritage on proud display, yet frowned upon today. Lucky to live through that era

[@texaswunderkind]

It's a car race. Southerners didn't invent them.

[@ladonnaghareeb4609]

Incredible footage, and back when Nascar was worth watching. Thank you!

[@LawMan62]

Yes, when it was REAL Racing in what was street looking cars ... not like this cloned crap these days.

[@mikewilliamson9095]

....and each car had its own personality, unlike the clones you see running in today's races.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

So very true!!!!!!!!!

[@toyman81]

Getting ready to start putting mufflers on them now. LOL!!

[@jeffsmith8127]

100%. Amen.

[@redwolf1647]

Current cars look like child toys near these beastly machines

[@m42037]

These are real stock car's, and at Daytona they were doing 200 in 1970

[@dbc1dc]

@@m42037 Well, the Dodge Daytona's were. The dawn of aerodynamics.

[@m42037]

@@dbc1dc Wrong! The dawn of real nice aerodynamics was the 40s. These were the last of nice aerodynamics the Daytona's. The 90s on up were very bland, taking automobiles and trying to make them as close to looking like a "chicken egg" is nauseating! 🤮

[@dennisbellinger333]

I missed this race because I was in Vietnam. Glad to catch up!

[@jacobyouknowwho]

Thank you for your service!

[@jallenshaw]

Thank you!

[@farukcarushi4983]

Welcome home brother!

[@qleverone]

Dude was smoking inside his race car!!! Mind blowing footage with the most gorgeous women I've ever seen! What a collection of drivers at this race. What history. Times have changed so badly it's sad.

[@georgeandrews6454]

David Pearson asked The Wood Brothers to install A CIGARETTE LIGHTER in their car for him to use during caution periods !!!

[@SuperChaoticus]

A 52 year old tape and it was more exciting than anything I've seen from NASCAR in at least the last 10 years. I guess it's because this was literally life and death.

[@dbc1dc]

And real cars that you could buy off the showroom floor.

[@zenix7268]

Yeah u crash at those speeds in those cars it’s not ganna be pretty

[@billkaldem5099]

Fact

[@claudiodominguez.]

I know this is a racing video, but looking at the people I see heathier mentality and physiology. I don't believe in evolution, but I do believe in regression. Air ,fuel and fire unadulterated by sensors, what an era of pure driver skill and fortitude.

[@kraquin]

Healthier mentality? That's SC, I was living there at that time and it was just 5 years after the voting rights act was passed. It takes several generations for bigotry to become a memory.

[@carterbishop2935]

The good old days of Nascar where the real legends were born.

[@TheSpritz0]

When life was largely UNCENSORED and you can really LIVE!!!

[@jjojo2004]

This is WAY BETTER than NASCAR 2023!!!! Way better…..👍😎👍

[@justdoingitjim7095]

And no one got offended or "triggered" by anything. Amazing!

[@CorePathway]

Oh, people were offended. But a bunch of drunk rednecks dressed in white sheets would burn a cross in your yard if you spoke up about the slave owners flag (stars and bars) waving over the state capitol. OH, my bad. You were only talking about white folk.

[@ghostlight69420]

learn your history. there was plenty of bs going on in those days, it's just bs that youve already accepted

[@dennisyoung4631]

“They knew and kept their place…”

[@dennisyoung4631]

@@ghostlight69420true. I recall those days - fourth/fifth grade. I didn’t know then I was considered to be a lesser being.

[@michaeldover]

@@ghostlight69420 Learn your punctuation.

[@da_mask]

I worked at a Sinclair station while in High School (graduated in 1969). The station was open on Sundays from like 9:AM -6PM. Any, we would come in and clean the shop up and we would sit by the radio and listen to the race. Great memories!

[@SlLVERFAWKES]

Gorgeous, Cars and Women. What a time to live!

[@TB-zw7dt]

Make America great again, please. Thank you.

[@jpalberthoward9]

Tales from the old free America. It was a time when giants walked the earth.

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

With these old races on KZbin I’m able to watch some racing again.

[@stevezilla68]

When I build my time machine, this is where I'm going.

[@tonysajkowski3534]

I will be right behind you ..

[@marcgilbert1497]

Take me please

[@davecavender8227]

One of the best NASCAR documentaries I've seen

[@saltydog4759]

The south I grew up in

[@lancelot1953]

What impresses me about these times, was the importance of the "human factor" in winning races (as opposed to computers and software). Race car drivers could "feel" their cars, the track, ... mechanics and technicians tweaked and tested various car modifications - almost like an orchestra under a conductor. I raced locally in the 70's (Boss 302) - each car had a personality, drivers formed a "family". At my level, we played "fair" (as much as possible). Hurting another driver/car by carelessness or over-aggressiveness could get you fined, banned for the season or worse, you could be responsible for killing a fellow racer. Those were the days, great video. May God bless America, Ciao, L

[@blainekelley816]

Love seeing all of those winged Mopars! Arms hanging on the window sills during pace lap!

[@SigmaNuHE481]

Imagine a driver sitting in his car smoking a cigarette today

[@Flussig1]

They'd call the SWAT team.

[@swk38]

after seeing all the gas spilling during the pit.... yeeoow

[@garymckee8857]

David Pearson had to have a cigarette lighter installed in his vehicle. Love the sound of those big blocks 🙃

[@viewericeberg]

Some may say that 8 cars on the lead lap is boring. Today,fake cautions and “stages” keeps almost everyone on the same lap. The challenge is staying awake to watch the result.

[@vedob5163]

Look at that beautiful flag and all those beautiful people at the end.

[@danhall2197]

Love the Stars amd Bars.

[@drobson8004]

" If you need the net, you shouldn't be here". Old time broadcasting at its best. Much more narrative than today.

[@xero402]

Growing up in South Carolina , Pearson and Yarborough were my idols. I once met David Pearson when I was an adolescent starstruck kid. It was in a restaurant and he knew the people I was there with. He was humble and down to earth. I'm not sure why that surprised me,but , I don't see today's racers being the same.

[@josephlamb9175]

Today's Nascar Giants are media made , if that excites you , have at it .

[@ironpanther2420]

B.J. McLeod is one of the only current owner/drivers in the cup series to this day and is a great guy from what I can tell. He's the humble, down to earth driver that's easy to pull for.

[@user-xh8ii2hj6r]

Growing up in Southern California Petty was my favorite! Riverside int'l Raceway was a brutal track

[@kevincarlson2965]

1970 - America at its finest. I remember these days well. It seems after 1973 the country I knew and loved started slipping away. Now it’s not even recognizable.

[@quentinstacy35]

It was '71 when America went away from gold backed currency. Downhill ever since.

[@woodhonky3890]

It's always been my belief that taking the bible out of school had a lot to do with our downfall.

[@purebloodheretic4682]

Men with Big Balls Driving Big Blocks!😁

[@turdferguson5300]

I miss the real NASCAR racing.

[@thewhiteknuckler]

This was my childhood. Things were simple, and peaceful. I miss those days 🇺🇸

[@paulross9287]

1970....not only the Zenith of stock car racing, and muscle cars, but of America in general.

[@ramblerdave1339]

Zenith? First 5 cars spread over 5 laps, with 2nd a lap down? I admit the cars were cooler looking, but the racing didn't get good, until much later! And America in general? Man, do you have a selective memory. Vietnam, Nixon, Racial strife, $1.30 minimum wage ( it would buy 4+ gallons of gas), 50k people dying in car accidents yearly, with half the population we have now, 16% mortgage rates. Yeah, good times.

[@onemoremisfit]

@@ramblerdave1339 Everything you listed except the mortgage rates was better back then, and I'd take Tricky Dick over what we have now any day. I was around back then and things in general were happier, more wholesome and more peaceful for most, discounting the usual and unavoidable fringe malcontents. The racial strife you reference is 100X more intense today than back then. We didn't lock doors and kids were safe in the streets and schools. We didn't have mass encampments of homeless lunatics and junkies in every major city. We didn't have schools with cops, metal detectors, kids being gr00med so 20% think they're trans etc. We didn't have anarcho-tyranny where militarized cops are ordered to ignore rampant street crime while finding more ways to fine and arrest decent citizens by a surveillance state moving rapidly toward totalitarian control while deliberately allowing a mass invasion.

[@goldenltd1970]

@ramblerdave1339 but see it from this side, Baker deserved that win with an all day fast car and steadiness. Donny hit the wall twice, David spun, Cale crashed, the Petties had both problems. So would it be fair to slow down the whole field just to have artificial action? It was about sportsmanship and today is more about show And they raced hard and there was enough action before the last lap came on

[@cobracharmer6178]

@@ramblerdave1339; What the hell are you talking about? You mean JFK/Johnson and Vietnam. 1970, Nixon had brought more than half of U.S. troops home. Racial strife? I saw dozens of black folk enjoying the parade. The only "strife" I saw was @ 4:59. A black man snapping the little black boys neck. Average price for a gallon of gas in 1970 was $0.36 You sound like a typical leftest Chevy owner.

[@ramblerdave1339]

@@goldenltd1970 So, there were 5-6 drivers who were in the race. Today, there are 25 good enough to win at any race, if their skill, strategy, and teamwork, work out for them. You race with the rules you have, and the tighter the rules, the more your skills matter, more than luck. If you don't like to watch, don't, but real fans look to the future, not the past. I do wish, that someone would start a real vintage racing series for circle track stockers, like the road racers have, with classes for different eras. I have been going to Nascar races since Michigan, August,1969, through Atlanta, 1997 (can't afford tickets, anymore, and TV coverage is pretty good) and there is nothing today, that compares to the feeling, a field of big block stock cars, gives you, when they come by the grandstand, at 7000 rpm. (Richter scale). But we have to live in the world we're in, not the one we were in 50 years ago.

[@jeanettejack2152]

That starting line up worth a couple hundred grand. That exact line up today would be worth a couple hundred million!

[@LawMan62]

That was the Purse to Win! Well over a Million these days, and doing the same stuff. Costs are crazy.

[@chadmorgan8467]

Big money killed NASCAR.

[@BLAZE-oq7md]

It's a beautiful expression to see the folk..so simple n kind..it sure was a fine time..thank you Jesus 🔥

[@drakefallentine8351]

You said it! Just down to Earth regular folks, proud to be there and giving it their all for the fans

[@caribman10]

@@drakefallentine8351 And all white, thank God!

[@girlsblouse7866]

@@caribman10 Was ''god'' a racist too?

[@melanyuxart6153]

@@caribman10 Eww, a racist.

[@Desstrik]

@girlsblouse7866 No. But BLM and the NBP are!

[@waynehall8920]

OH MAN!! THIS WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE IN AMERICA 🇺🇸 ,SO MANY MEMORIES WATCHING THIS GREAT VIDEO. 👍👍

[@bobbybeeman7280]

Yes things were so grand then compared to now. 74 years and I know right well that the better life on earth has passed. It started degrading before the 80's locked in. At least here in the States of Shock and Awe.

[@milkdud0]

Yes cause your were straight and white

[@davevan8864]

SAFE SPACE!!!! I saw way to many Rebel Battle flags, Johnny Reb and women in swim suits!!!!! No not really.......great to see stock cars a Darlington.....went to a number of races there in the 70's.....always HOT!!!! Thx

[@timford3599]

I hope you're just kidding Dave.

[@davevan8864]

@@timford3599 I attended races at Darlington back when Lil Johnny Reb was still a winner circle favorite. So NO battle flags, swim suites and Johnny don't bother me~~~ THX

[@lawrencecates8402]

Love the Beautiful Confederate Battle Flag

[@Yew-Tyewbe]

One thing that amazes me is how darn good the camera work is! Some of it beats the coverage of todays races! Many thanks for uploading these.

[@bloqk16]

It was remarkable back then as they were using film, which meant they had a finite amount of minutes to running the film camera before changing out film reels [probably cartridges] with the camera.

[@Ratboy2004]

They paid a lot for this production. Borderline Hollywood budget. But it was a new time for movies and the documentary style was created only a few years prior. Sorry, fun facts

[@Ratboy2004]

@@bloqk16 film nonetheless. Dailies. Each reel was developed and reviewed "daily"

[@thewarwagon5649]

Soapy Castles often raced a non-competitive camera car at races back in these days to get this footage - he was a Hollywood stunt driver in his day job.

[@bretthousman8317]

The engine sounds are captured well too. Great documentary.

[@Mike-vt6nc]

Just so you know Dale Earnhardt Sr. Won the 41st Southern 500 in 1990 pretty cool.

[@donaldandteresawright1623]

I was there! Eighteen years old and in the infield. I believe James Drury of the television show The Virginian was the Grand Marshall of the parade. Fun times!

[@karstenramcke6637]

Lucky man you are🎉

[@jpalberthoward9]

Life was a Tim Allen moment in those days. Before the Karens and the snowflakes conquered the world and turned it into a global HOA.

[@nastycanasta3398]

Yeah back when fascist only overthrew the governments of other countries and boomers didn't write the same goddamn "good old days back when" comments on every fucking video. You snowflakes can go back to trying to cancel Pink Floyd. Remember that every republican accusation is a confession

[@jpalberthoward9]

@@nastycanasta3398 Lenin's willing dupes and useful idiots. Go look in the mirror, Fidel. Now get lost. I have no time for you, or any other Apparatchiks. Dosvedania, Tovarich. If by some chance, you ever have an original thought feel free to try again

[@nastycanasta3398]

@@jpalberthoward9 Ohh look. You "have no time for me" yet you literally took time out to reply. Then proceeded with typical name calling. God conservatives are so goddamn predictable. I guess I took time out from your busy day of trying to cancel Disney because they made a black Ariel or your daily masturbation to the word "woke" Every republican accusation is a confession

[@robertmcwhinney4596]

Man,just love seeing those Daytona's and superbirds flying down the track! I was ten years old when those came out, I thought they were the coolest thing ever!😎👍

[@jacobyouknowwho]

Still are!

[@timatkinson9291]

Those were the days!!! Watched then and now brings back fond memories.

[@rouge4736]

THESE ARE REAL NASCARS THE CARS NOW ARE JOKES

[@lyleclark9190]

Yes sir, these races back in the day were run with cars that were modified versions of what was available to the public. The Nascar cars of today have almost nothing to do with what comes out of the automaker's factories. It's still a good sport and fun to watch but not sure they should even put manufacturer's names on any of them, unless it's Hendrick Motorsports or Team Penske or Joe Gibbs Racing etc.

[@loti54]

@@lyleclark9190 Amen !

[@lyleclark9190]

@catalyst_99 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing - NASCAR started in 1948 according to Google. Funny that they categorize the current cars as such.

[@randymarsh-Tegridy420]

Funny to think the cars in this film are "stock cars". Nothing stock about them. It it production looking body panels over custom chassis. Much like today. Not sure where people get that idea that these cars are "factory stock".

[@rouge4736]

@@randymarsh-Tegridy420 YEAH THE TERM IS ODD BUT WE ROLL WITH IT

[@mrcusa]

Wow,among other things,America was much thinner then!

[@josephtravers777]

Always remember Chris Economaki RIP

[@LawMan62]

😢

[@Curtis75156]

Love the winged Daytonas and Superbirds.

[@Joey966]

Beautiful women, no green hair, comic book ink on them, or fish hooks in thier nose. Better days.

[@douglasdixon524]

1:00, Absolutely beautiful southern girl.

[@MikeG42]

Excellent video and a look back at the great days of Nascar. This Darlington footage is very cool , awesome cars , legendary drivers and crews , pretty women , Confederate flag in the infield. All racing and no BS gimmicks or fake race fan infiltrators. Real racing back then.

[@glenbard657]

It was neat seeing all of those Daytonas and Superbirds and the Woods Brothers Mercury Cyclone.

[@mitchblack7730]

We really did not know at the time how significant this period of Nascar was. Factory sponsored teams running factory equipment. No restrictor plates...... Looks like the Holman-Moody prepped Boss 429 had a few more horespower over the Chrysler Hemi! Chrysler winged cars = aerodynamic advantage. Ford Boss 429s = horsepower advantage.

[@neilpuckett359]

The Torino Talladega's by just a few races edged out the Chrysler wing cars in total wins.

[@davidthayer6969]

@@neilpuckett359 lol, you consider 29 wins for the Talladega vs 6 for the Daytona and 8 for the superbird.....just a FEW?????

[@EdsterIII]

I used to LOVE these old races. The cars weren't all carbon copies of one another. They were all actually unique, and had individual looks as well. Great memories! I loved the old Dodge Daytona cars!

[@silasmarner7586]

That one Southern Belle at 1:00 oh, my oh my!! and she won! The women up there. Beautiful, not too plump, not to skinny, well blessed, perfect for marriage and babies! and i love the Stars 'n' Bars, the cigarettes, .. I love it all!

[@onesecureone]

Damn Them mopars were something else

[@axelandersen6025]

Ford had the horsepower, Dodge had the wing!

[@moparmadman1134]

I think the Hemi had the edge

[@sparkywirenut]

@@axelandersen6025 Mopar had more hp but ford whined to nascar so nascar made mopar put a single four barrel carb and restrictor plate on the intake so the fords could have a chance 😃

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

Winged cars were bitchy beasts ...left the other manufacturers crying

[@onesecureone]

Fact is the only way to beat a Mopar is pen and paper

[@robbyddurham1624]

Cale Yarbourgh's wipe out reminds me of how those big old cars were like sleds. To drive those things at that speed really took skill and practice. They were on the edge.

[@stubaker2574]

I remember listening to this race as nascar didn't get on TV much but A.M. radio was all until FMcame along..glory days

[@groovewithpassiondrumlesso2348]

Man I sure wish the Next Gen cars sounded these hot rods did. Just pure horsepower!!! Man was this some great racing!

[@Mercmad]

I saw Buddy Bakers car right up close in the early 1970's at a car show .In New Zealand of all places!. A local car mag actually drove it around a local Grand prix track. If you look at the angles of the cars going into the turns against those painted lines on the track surface,the cars are actually drifting sideways . Confederate caps and flags too!

[@topmech71]

They were running those things back then with virtually no spoiler, and I think Cale actually lost the power steering on his in this race. Real drivers back in the day.

[@douglasdixon524]

2:02, Sliding it.

[@josephlamb9175]

Buddy Baker , what a talent.

[@rogerstern2542]

They all are

[@jimsanders4412]

And a really nice guy, too!

[@perrymac]

Wish I could visit that era again, with my Dad, when the grandstands were hard, the bathrooms were crude, and the engines were so freaking loud!

[@bobbybeeman7280]

@0Y0 Or you did'nt have to Rob Roy

[@bobbybeeman7280]

@0Y0 To be truthful I never watched Rob Roy the hype about it made me feel there was better things to do.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“…and the engines were large, of cast iron, and *warm!”*

[@CudaRebelsAutoModeling426]

My favorite NASCAR driver, Buddy Bakers 3rd Grand national win, and a well deserved and overdue win at Darlington! I am truly amazed by the effort put into this footage and even more amazed by how well its held up since 1970. This video is pure gold, thanks for another Golden era NASCAR Race NAO!

[@razony]

Those we're the day's my friend!

[@rcsutter]

Boy, this takes me back. I was 15 then, and car crazy. Couldn't wait to get a drivers license. The muscle car era was at it's peak and I was primed for something fast and loud. And look at all those Superbirds! At today's collector value that's millions of dollars worth of cars. It's too bad Nascar has gone completely away from stock car racing. You can still see it here though, great history and good quality video for that era. Thanks for posting.

[@orkman49]

most beautiful car I ever owned was a 1969 Mercury Cyclone spoiler Cale Yarborough Special,wow, wish I still owned that car!

[@4406bbldb]

I was developing super birds and Daytonas back then. We were vary proud of our fast Mopars. Good memories.

[@chuckg6039]

I would rather watch Nascar videos from rhe past than races today.

[@LASTCARonBROCK]

A cool moment near the end where the narrator talks about Buddy's sons racing Darlington. Randy Baker made his first Southern 500 in 1984, but didn't run the 1990 race.

[@thinkandrepent3175]

Was wondering about that. :)

[@josephambrose2852]

Pappy loved this stuff as much as whiskey soaked cornbread R I P 😭

[@Xx1tyler21xX]

Damn, look at all those old Dodges. This is racing.

[@rogersmith9705]

Way better than the 1990 movie *Days of Thunder.* Thanks! 🤘😎🤘

[@yomudd4x443]

Not a front wheel drive or a computer anywhere. I still drive my 65 big block, 4 speed Galaxie everywhere.

[@orkman49]

I now own a 1964 GALAXIE 500 2dr fastback,beautiful car!

[@FE428Power]

I used to have 69 Cale Yarborough Special 428cj Cyclone. Those were cars!

[@orkman49]

Most awesome car I ever owned was a beautiful 1969 Cale Yarborough Special Cyclone Spoiler,wow ,wish I still owned it!

[@MrIMCP]

This is truly NASCAR's golden age, still mostly stock cars you could by at the dealership. I love these old race videos and I'm 28!

[@josephsmith7438]

Kinda like the Rebel Battle flag at the end on the winning car. and that the race schedule is actually scheduled 2 decades out. As a kid watching NASCAR was at the library often times on a big screen in early 70's. THANKS for the upload.

[@JTRILLION]

My favorite era of Nascar. Real muscle….I dread the day they all become EVs on the track

[@TheAnxiousAdventurer]

It will be the quietest race ever. You'll be like..."Shhhh, I want to hear the cars!"

[@douglasdixon524]

NASCAR has been pure dog shit for a long time. I was a fan for decades but no more, for many reasons.

[@philippbehrend5559]

man, that Purolator Ford was one pretty car

[@rickwidlund3512]

Bring back the wings,& the names everybody knew. Time machine on TV ! Great video. 👍

[@boxmaker20]

This takes me back in so many ways. I was 5. Everything about this footage reminds me.

[@josephlamb9175]

Baker's Dodge Daytona is in the basement of the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, saw it there last week...!!!

[@bloqk16]

Life in NASCAR could be a hard one back in that era. Seeing the brief clips of Cotton Owens, would you believe was 46 years old at that time? I checked it online, he was born in 1924.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Probably was in WWll also...

[@aureliobrighton1871]

I live in Bavaria, Germany ... and really enjoy the footage on the 'Fiesta' going on round the race itself back then .. there is a lot of 'Gator' in the air . and watching this with the Allman Brothers on is like a time machine :)

[@RocketRob99]

The production was like watching Adam 12 or Dragnet, drama building to enhance the entertainment. Wow memories that can't be forgotten.

[@texleeger8973]

The NASCAR of my youth. When it was real. I gave up on the new improved WWF//Young Guns/2 and 3 part races/The Chase NASCAR 20-odd years ago. No regrets. And no longer a waste of a Sunday afternoon.

[@florinvid]

Man, I wanted to Mercury to win! Beasts of cars, the sound is incredible! Really enjoyed it, thank you!

[@Fopeano]

What a fantastic way to cover a race! The way those guys were controlling skids to come to a safe recovery or stop is master level car control. It's exactly why my track cars have ABS removed or disabled. The way you can keep a spun out car going in a safe direction by locking all the brakes has kept me out of the weeds many times.

[@paladin0654]

"Turn left, go fast, don't wreck."

[@erniearambula3525]

What a sweet victory for the underdog driver and his crew.