1973 World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway- Concord, NC
May 27, 1973

[@onesecureone]

Im 62 now and i was there.....i cannot describe how it made me feel but i still can remember

[@UTMOSTPLEASURES]

Hey! Hey! I finally found it! @ 00:26 seconds, You will see 2 cadillac convertibles I was in the back seat of the 1st Caddy. I was in the middle, between Country Western Stars...Del Reeves (Girl on the Billboard). Susan Rey (L.A. International Airport & Pitty-Pitty Patter of Lil Bitty Feet)! I dated Del for awhile after we met that day. Sure wish I could get a closer shot of us. I had photos, but have lost them all, along the way. The 2nd Caddy is Gene Tracey Truck Stop Tapes-Comedy). Thank YOU!

[@stealth-rg3vh]

Love this old footage when you could actually tell the cars apart, Mercury Cyclones, AMC Rebels, Olds, Pontiac, Dodge.....when they were really stock cars. Thanks for posting. LMAO at Buddy Baker pulling into the pits smoking a cigar! That's classic!

[@caelroighblunt1956]

That's a microphone in front of Buddy Baker's mouth, not a cigar.

[@rodneydukes7616]

What about chevys. They were too.

[@starfire1383]

Good old school racing hot to love it

[@brebohol]

Almost hard to believe this was almost 50 years ago! Wow.

[@mynameis9057]

great video, thank you! when cars were real and when men were men! ☆☆☆

[@robertpfuhl2679]

No Earnhardt bum-drafting,no poor jr just can’t catch a break. This make racing enjoyable

[@robschannel4512]

I was listening to Chocolate Myers on a show he talked about racing then and now. Some times engines would have a forty Up advantage.. That's why you had third place a lap down.

[@MrDjh66]

Love it utmost I wish I was there but I was only 7 I dident get into until the 90s when my friend Steve park made it into big leagues

[@randykirchhevel7311]

Back when Racing was a serious business and Men were men.

[@christ2906]

Now those seem more like stock cars. Today’s nascar is anything but stock it seems. I know safety and technology but eh, todays stock cars are not stock in the least. Oh ya, “ concrete wall”. Holy smash Batman lol

[@paulphillips-oy1wr]

Buddy Baker #1

[@paulphillips-oy1wr]

Scarred Petty

[@johncameron2764]

Penske AMC running a 366 cu vs 427 / 426 / and 429 .

[@jeremiahs5781]

Gasoline just gets poured everywhere 😂

[@bigdaddylongstroke3559]

Wins after 4 hours and 26 minutes. Top of hood says 426! 🤓

[@RandyDubin]

If I'm not mistaken, didn't that crash pretty much end Gregg's career? I think he came back to racing IMSA and Trans-Am after that, but he wasn't quite the same driver. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me.

[@cjs83172]

I'm not sure about that, but Gregg's crash simply continued the theme of horrendous crashes that plagued that month. It started at Talladega with the huge crash at the Winston 500, included the crashes of both Peter Gregg and Vic Parsons in this race, and of course, was culminated with what was to happen over the next three days at Indy with the crashes of Salt Walther and Swede Savage, as well as the fatal crash on pit road there that killed crewman Armando Teran. And of course, rain also plagued both that race at Indy and this race at Charlotte, which was delayed about 90 minutes for rain, but did run the full distance.

[@randykirchhevel7311]

The whole pack is trying to climb in his trunk.

[@divisioneight]

Is that a cigar in Buddy Baker's mouth coming into the pits after he spun out his 71 car?

[@topmech71]

More than likely...David Pearson did that as well with cigarettes. Buddy tells a story one time of Pearson running him down and going by him while lighting a cigarette...Buddy said it was bad enough that he passed me but the SOB had to light a cigarette too.

[@70stunes71]

👍🌠❤💪

[@the_lost_navigator]

Good 'Insurance' swappin all four shoes eh

[@joequillun7790]

Back when Hemis ruled, and 10 years after Pontiacs ruled. :)

[@mikeburks9641]

joe quillun Pontiac ruled for a couple years in the early sixties until Fords 427 came along and put an end to Pontiacs rule. the hemis didn't rule anything, they were good and fast but Ford won just as many races as chysler did through the sixties. I would hardly call that ruling anything.

[@goldenltd1970]

@@mikeburks9641 Ford even won more races than Mopar in that time. Plus seven championships straight

[@goldenltd1970]

the guy that won 11 races + 4top fives out of his 18 entries in 1973 had a 429 on the hood. He ruled that season and noone else

[@joequillun7790]

the Ford and Chevy guys complained so much about the Hemis, in the late 60s, and early 70s, that Hemi cars were mandated to run restrictor plates. But even then they were successful. Mainly cause of the king.

[@goldenltd1970]

@@joequillun7790 mopar and Ford both were to run restrictor plates so the chevys could keep up

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

World 600..? What is the meaning of that? Is it the same as winning the national championship in baseball, and you become world series champ..?

[@coilmanjoe]

The fuel men with no safety gear!

[@vincentpellegrino789]

Safety gear? We don't need no stinkin safety gear.

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

1:20

[@kentonpriestley3173]

They ruined this sport. I wonder if real stock cars would be popular today?