1971 Daytona 500

[@robertslaughter5784]

I've been following NASCAR 52 years now and I have to tell you! What I miss most is the sound of those big blocks!

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍

[@kellykenyon4163]

I agree with that. Hemis ,429, 427 you don't feel that pounding in your chest!!

[@michaelmays9292]

You been watching long as I've been alive

[@andyharman3022]

The most interesting part of this video is how Dick Brooks was able to hunt down the leaders and lead the race with a 305 cubic inch engine.

[@johnnyzee383]

That's what aerodynamics will do for you...

[@gregorygolden1296]

Maynard Troyer walked away from that 16 flip wreck.Thank GOD. And amazingly the car was rebuilt and raced again

[@cjs83172]

This race had one of the greatest top-5s in Daytona 500 history, even to this day. The top five in this race were Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, A.J. Foyt, David Pearson, and Fred Lorenzen, who was the only other previous winner other than Petty to be running at the finish (there were six previous Daytona 500 winners in this race, a record at that time) and drove the #99 car, which was sponsored by Andy Granatelli's STP corporation, the first time they would sponsor a car in this race. Of course, Granatelli would make two trips to victory lane in this race with Petty in 1973 and '74.

[@joshhuffine4522]

Buddy Bakers car was Loose!!!!! You can see it in every turn. How awesome

[@howardrader3416]

Looked like a crash in every turn. That's why Petty hired him

[@TOMCAT5.5149]

This is good stuff.. real NASCAR racing...

[@Musicman81Indy]

This is GREAT!!! How many more of these do you have? I'd like to see as many as you have.

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Not sure..I'll keep UL'ing everything I have that is not already on YT elsewhere or is better quality than what is up. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richierich2534]

That has to be a record for a car flipping

[@tamtam21801]

Finally the original race broadcast Edit:the abc world wide of sports has the Chris economaki voice

[@777RocketS]

What's crazy is how they put those restrictors on back then and cars even now with tons of technology still aren't allowed to go any faster

[@jeffcampbell2710]

Cars weighed twice as much, on Polyglas tires half as wide. But, you could go to the dealership on Monday morning, order the car you just saw race, with the same size engine, or buy a tamer, more luxurious model with a smaller engine. You can't buy one piece of a car today at a dealership. Except a decal. I stopped watching long ago. I was losing interest in the 90's, to much about money, to many restrictions, like no fighting, no rubbing, penelties, fines. After Fake passed, I stopped. And now, The old fans are Ray Ray Sis, Big Got, Phobies. This us NASCAR to me. I was 7 when this race happened. Loved watching the Dirt races. We had a track just down the road.

[@albertadcock6862]

Today's drivers don't want to go faster

[@kg0173]

I'm glad Richard won this one!

[@wrenchhead6840]

Dang, thats pretty good footage for 1971….

[@kg0173]

Love those Plymouths!

[@th-pl3nx]

I'm a Ford guy, but I root as much for the Dodges as I do the Fords. Petty and Pearson are my two favorite drivers, hands down. For all the adulation he got, Earnhardt had nothing on these guys.

[@dougackerman4182]

NASCAR gold love it

[@beeemm2578]

I've said it ad nauseum on here...but gatdamn, anything "the 70s" is the best whatever, ever. Lol. Bands, music, race cars, passenger cars, NFL, PBA bowling, ....just name it. Pound for pound, the most cool shit ever was between '70-'79. Its just a fact. Lol😃

[@martinleavitt6094]

🤘

[@MM-yk9un]

I agree 110 percent hands down

[@m42037]

NASCAR to me was late 50s to mid 70s. I agree music was late 60s to early 80s best. However there was some good music in the 90s, STP, Alice n Chains, Nirvana etc

[@MM-yk9un]

I'm 56 and you bet the 70's we're the best of about everything. All the car manufacturers had the best designs of all time , weather it was a charger, mustang , Corvette, Camaro, cuda, GT. .....Earl Anthony vs Mark Roth. Yeah you nailed the post on that one. 100%

[@racehemi426425]

Does anybody have any insight on what kind of restrictions were put on the 426 hemi from 1964 to 1974? It seems to me an unrestricted 426 hemi superbird would dominate every single race

[@jeffcampbell2710]

NASCAR banned the Hemi in 68 I think. I'm close on the year. So Dodge answered with it's 383, then 440. And in a Superbird or Daytona, they couldn't be touched. NASCAR banned Big Blocks in 72 I think, the Dodge stopped racing. Dodge was about fast and durable.

[@jeffcampbell2710]

I'm wrong in the Hemi Ban. But, I do remember NASCAR picking on Dodge constantly, till Dodge said Forget you and stopped. Mopar was just hard to beat in all racing. I think when NASCAR finally banned Big Blocks is when Dodge dropped out. But I do remember seeing something about the Hemi and NASCAR. To make Dodge Run a 305 against 429, 427 because Dodge built a more Aerodynamic car was bull. I know Ford made a Winged Car, but it never ran.

[@joen7795]

Have to research. I think Ford was allowed two four barrel carbs in 1966 and for several years afterward. The Mopar hemi was allowed one four barrel. All cars in NASCAR had been allowed only one four barrel for many years until Ford and probably GM were allowed two in 1966. I'd like to research this more. Someone else may know.

[@joen7795]

The Mopar Hemi was allowed two four barrel carbs in drag racing but not in NASCAR racing. (I think).

[@joen7795]

@@jeffcampbell2710 Part of this is not true. The 440 was never allowed in NASCAR. NASCAR never allowed more than 7 liters, 426, 427, 428, 429 CU. After the hemi was banned Petty ran non-hemi Mopar engines. At some point the CU limit was dropped down for all makes.

[@jackallen6562]

Great stuff, thanks! The pace car is a.... Porsche 914???

[@tamtam21801]

14:03 the same thing happened to George green in 1960 but a smaller fire

[@thomasduff1571]

This makes these kids racing today in NASCAR you minds as well call it kitty racing lcan't watch it .

[@jeffcampbell2710]

I hate the Politics. I was losing interest in the 90's. Dale kept me interested somewhat. After he died, I stopped. Today, ol School fans are called Ray Ray Sis, Big Got, Phobies. It started, with me, when they banned the Rebel 500 and the Confederate guy on the hood. Now, with Garage door pulls called something else, and shirts banned, to much Politics. It has no business in racing.

[@m42037]

This is the last of cool Nascar

[@larrynorsworthy8582]

How did they do a 305 dodge engine? And damn it's fast!

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Google Mario Rossi. He reduced the stroke on a 340. It's this type of ingenuity I miss in modern racing.Thanks for watching!

[@larrynorsworthy8582]

@@HODIUSDUDE thank you

[@allenmax8995]

it was a very similar destroked 340 engine that Chrysler used in the TransAm series in the race version AAR Cudas and T/A Challengerss in 1970

[@DaveMcLain]

I'd assume that they didn't have to run a restrictor plate on the 305 incher but I'm not sure.

[@allenmax8995]

no plates....just engine building know how to get 500 miles out of a small block full pin nearly the whole way, pretty amazing that any finished even while pulling the 'slippyrier' bodies ...

[@Tshade67]

I wonder if Hamilton got a nice bonus or just a pat on the back from Mr Farnce for spinning out Richard Brooks in the last 'wing' car.

[@tonhaogarageramos9265]

VERY Nice 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇱🇷🇱🇷🇧🇷

[@BogattheMoon]

It's well documented that Junior Johnson discovered the drafting technique winning at Daytona years earlier in his underpowered Chevrolet; not Petty.

[@chuckiefinster544]

Nascar had their golden boys even back then

[@6StrngWzrd]

They knew about Drafting in 1963. Tiny did it to save Fuel.

[@BogattheMoon]

@@6StrngWzrd yup

[@thomasduff1571]

If Danica Patrick raced in those how long do you think she'd last lol

[@tamtam21801]

She’d crash on the pace lap

[@962momo]

man wouldn't it be nice to go to a dealer and buy a Road Runner today? ...i'll take an Orange one !

[@bigbline405]

Restricted big blocks and the rise of the small block power plants in classic bodies

[@markholroyde9412]

Winged Mopar getting stiffed with the 305 rule, it would have slaughtered the lot in '71, shallow victories for brand X

[@tamtam21801]

7:53 Maynard Troyes flips

[@tamtam21801]

mb troyer

[@2264ish]

Lots of Chrysler products in this one.

[@tonylester3868]

Chargers and Roadrunners I think.

[@thomasduff1571]

That was racing baby one screw up they are cutting you out of crushed metal !

[@STP43FAN1]

Man nobody could ever run the bottom back then. Nowadays they run every lane

[@josepedrorodriguez2376]

1971 Maynard Troyer's Flip 7:53

[@m42037]

200mph in 1970 in the superbirds someone's wrong here, in 1966 they were topping at 185 @Daytona

[@stevengallant6363]

Brandon got mad at NASCAR so he issued an executive order requiring all cars to be modified electric by 2025... let's go Brandon!

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍Branden..for dog catcher!!!!

[@zephead4835]

Does Brandon know that electric cars get their power from the mining of coal?

[@tt-rs1457]

Is it a Porsche 914 at the beginning ?

[@DewkChronic]

I was - 2 months old. lol

[@randyjohnson6845]

He flipped 15x...I counted in super slow motion

[@condorc72]

Petty owned the day

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

4:19

[@DewkChronic]

Wow that wing car looks like something. lol

[@Musicman81Indy]

Do you have anything on the 1979 Sportsman 300 that was run the day before the Daytona 500 that year?

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Unfortunately NO. I've only ever seen the clips from the 500 broadcast.

[@beeemm2578]

Troyers "near" disaster? I guess as far as just being killed, yeah, but that was pretty disastrous..lol.

[@5150ToddB]

Real Stock cars....

[@onesecureone]

I'm amazed at these guys they were almost as good as me

[@gregorygolden1296]

Almost.