1977 Southern 500

The race where Darrell Waltrip earned the name "Jaws" by the Wheelman who brought a wreck of a car home in 5th

[@michaelsimko7694]

The glory days of NASCAR. These 30 minute videos of the glory days catch my eyes much easier than the past 20 years of NASCAR. I love how teams used actual car bodies back then and into the 80s vs today's "look alikes".

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Thank god for you tube. Instead of watching the children in their bumper cars at the bumper tracks I rewatch 1951-1993 chronologically

[@HighlanderNorth1]

They not only used stock bodies, they also used modified factory production engines. Just a few years after ^this race, they were hitting 200mph on super speedways, using factory bodies and modified production engines.

[@michaelsimko7694]

@@HighlanderNorth1 Yep, like the Road Runner 426, Torino 428, and Malibu 427.

[@thomashallman5436]

@@MrChristopherHaas i hear ya chris screw the crybabies of today

[@STP43FAN1]

Waltrip and Cale’s antics back then were not excessively different from the nastiness we’re seeing involving Hamlin, Elliott, and Chastain.

[@Steve-Pitt]

This is my first comment on anything NASCAR related. I was driving a Boss 302 Mustang back in 1977 and loved the muscle cars but never got into racing... until now with these replays! This is real hardcore racing! The modern NASCAR racing pales in comparison in my opinion!

[@barry1705]

My Dad rented a camper that day in the infield. He parked away from the party crowd. Pretty close to where 90 Dick Brooks crashed. Not as many safety features as now a days. I think this is when drivers were really brave and tough. When the cars on the track actually looked like cars on the street. I raced locally at short tracks in North Carolina. It’s addictive for sure. A fraternity member in racing for life.

[@noezrider6361]

I can watch these old clips for hours but today's racing it takes all I've got to try and stay interested.

[@michaeltalbott7076]

NoEZRider me too me too!

[@gatorflight74]

Today's racing is boring as hell. Too painful to watch for even 5 minutes

[@crellison4537]

Ya mighta jus got somethin right.

[@dannycoker6439]

NoEZRider EZ I’m with you,so much more exciting! Actual stock cars. I’m truly blessed to be a 50 yr fan I’ve seen a bunch.Personally i wish they would leave the cars alone (my opinion) .

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

NoEZRider, I couldn't stay interested in the Daytona 500, I watched 4 laps and I was done.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Thanks for loading, hope to see more .. true racing .. drivers today couldn't handle these cars ...

[@mokeimusic]

That in car lap really shows the difference between how it is now and how it was then.

[@commonyetrare]

It was insane

[@mcarlkv53]

Love the names of those races back then: Southern 500, Mason Dixon 500, Budweiser 500, etc….and I love that confederate flag

[@beeemm2578]

These cars just look so bad ass. Like a fckn race care should look. The 70s cars, much like ANYTHING 70s, is boss. Its just the way it is ✌😃😃

[@crazyaces4042]

agree!

[@beeemm2578]

Pearsons Mercury is the most awesome looking race car ever. Just a stunning hog of a car

[@davidh1249]

Waltrip's impatience cost both he and Cale a chance at victory.Yarborough outsmarted him,trapping him behind that slower lapped car and Waltrip's inexperience really showed.Cale probably had some colorful language inside the 11car after being crashed while leading!!!

[@cjs83172]

In fact, it was from that very incident that Waltrip got the nickname "Jaws". What happened was that D.K. Ulrich asked Cale Yarborough what happened, and Yarborough told him that "Jaws" (a.k.a. Waltrip) hit him to cause that five-car chain reaction incident that also involved Janet Guthrie and Terry Bivins. Of those involved, only Bivins failed to finish (because of engine failure later, which may not have been related to the crash). Yarborough wound up finishing fifth, Waltrip sixth, Guthrie 16th, and Ulrich, who's car suffered the most damage, wound up 27th, three spots behind Bivins, who finished 24th.

[@KK-ex5zu]

@@cjs83172 Cale Yarborough's famous quote from that race. "Jaws got me, doing what he does best, running at that mouth of his, tearing up cars!"

[@davidcoggins8891]

Cale probably would have won that race, but he still went on to be the WC champ

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@KK-ex5zu 😂

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Thanks for the UL! I miss that old Speedvision network.

[@crazyaces4042]

that's when they had STYLE. Those were the days! I still LOVE classic cars!

[@tericnoah8836]

i like how David Pearson is not mentioned in the races until the last 5 laps then he wins!

[@axlegrind4212]

6:50 ride a lap with cale yaborough .

[@davidignatiusbalestreri1737]

that was the best in car camera iv'e seen.

[@gatorflight74]

That was real driving there.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

The cams weren't small back then either.

[@EclecticHillbilly]

Trivia Note: This race was Bill Elliott's first top 10 finish.

[@sludge4125]

Awesome!!

[@doylemaintenance]

Ralph Jones hits that hard and lives, crazy.

[@bigbadredsox]

This is when I liked Nascar. Haven't watched it since North Wilkesboro was abandoned.

[@daviddrane6643]

I was 15 and just moved to Alberta .. I watched it there.. I still remember this race to this day.....

[@lolbr3720]

Thanx to who fixed this to be watchable. The best racing is unwatchable on today's tv. thanx again...

[@sludge4125]

Hey, old man, you can’t enjoy something without whining like a little girl who needs her diaper changed that things have changed over the past 43 years? How pathetically egotistical and narcissistic.

[@barneygordon2585]

what a cool view from inside yarboroughs car

[@jbaz964]

Thanks for sharing this race.

[@krl8506]

RIP, Silver Fox.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

he died >?????? OMG

[@sludge4125]

11-12-18.

[@paulday5722]

That cameraman on the stand in turn 1 had to be crapping his pants watching Dick Brooks coming straight at him with no brakes. All those crewmen running out to help Ralph Jones with cars zipping by at high speed was insane. One mistake and a car could have killed several of them.

[@kansasjayhawk8386]

Its weird seeing Petty without that iconic mustache of his. Ha

[@haroldbirckhead9997]

You wouldn’t by chance have the Darlington race that was Pearson’s last drive for the wood brothers? He came in for two tires and they loosened all four and he took off when the jack dropped on the right inside..I’m an old guy.. was standing behind his pit watching that day😊

[@MaestroDawg65]

23:26 I bet that cameraman got a raise!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I did !

[@foxwolf316]

not only that this is david pearson 99th win in his career

[@jimbosc]

He is called the Silver Fox....not the grey fox.....geezzzz

[@rogerlairamore3209]

Jim Wichert the announcer said in the winners circle he’s called the grey fox. The country singer Charley Rich was called the silver fox.

[@topofthecircle]

Did you notice the first three rows of fans under the main grandstand? No catchfence!

[@gatorflight74]

Viewing at its highest standards...lol

[@richrojo2010]

Looked no better than chicken wire fencing!!! Lol

[@dannycoker6439]

topofthecircle good eye thats unreal but looks to be true.

[@jamie.777]

nascar at its best.

[@btventura9570]

Awesome footage! What a hard hit by 08...

[@BSNFabricating]

It was almost like Richard Petty's hit in 1970. Fortunately Ralph Jones's car stayed on the ground instead of tumbling down the straightaway the way Richard's did.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

You'd think he'd have some minor injuries but those cars were built like tanks back then compared to cars today.

[@topmech71]

@@BSNFabricating Just like that one...

[@showboardguy6048]

I miss David Pearson and the #21 Wood Brothers Mercury...

[@lolbr3720]

showboardguy, Me too. They were an unbeatable combo. Especially if the race was on TV. I never saw 21 loose when Pearson was driving..

[@sludge4125]

That Mercury was a thing of beauty.

[@SailorMoonRailfan]

Same here

[@BogattheMoon]

Safety third.

[@crellison4537]

Yeah...that 08 car knocking wall down...that dude was out.

[@sludge4125]

Fantastic!!!

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Did announcer say that Cale finished FIFTH, FIVE laps behind in THATWRECK?

[@STP43FAN1]

12:00. “I didn’t hit you, Jaws did. Jaws Waltrip.”

[@bill74ish]

Nice opener especially right after a war

[@curtislynch8189]

Jaws got me

[@coilmanjoe]

When did radio communication come into racing?

[@topofthecircle]

Around 1960.. auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/jobs/nascar-driver-communicate1.htm

[@pwndecaf]

Did they do the National Anthem back then? Prayer?

[@KK-ex5zu]

I don't know it was before my time. In 1990, my first Cup race at the track in person, they were doing it at Cup races just no fly overs.

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Yes they did, NASCAR always did ....not sure if they still do it but I know in 2006 when my Son and I went to the Coca-Cola 500 in Charlotte NC it was done .. I don't follow NASCAR, it's gotten to over regulated and boring

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

@@KK-ex5zu No flyovers? Not sure what race you were at to not have one. 1958 Daytona Beach race had the USAF Thunderbirds do an airshow/flyover. 1959 Daytona 500 had the USN Blue Angels do an airshow/flyover. 1961 Darlington had the USN Blue Angels air show/flyover, etc. NASCAR has had flyovers since the 50s and used to have air shows before the race.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Yep.

[@adcoxrobert3786]

It always freaked me out how Cale's car sounded like it had a six cylinder engine.

[@robertslaughter5784]

I was there that day! Richard was sick, stomach bug if I remember correctly he took on oxygen, he looked really bad I was in the infield in the pits! Petty, (Maurice) try those headers, crossover headers they were called! He ran them the first time Atlanta, and won the race! Going away with it during the early part of the season they allowed the Chryslers to run same size carburetor as the other two makes, that's when Richard started running much better the irony of it is after the firecracker 400 he didn't win another race that year 77'🚫 the next race petty won was the 1979 Daytona 500!!! Approximately an 18-month drought😮 you were speaking of the sound of Yarborough's engine, I heard them for the first time at Bristol! They were hooked up so well,Cale wood nail the throttle in the middle off the corner so much earlier anybody else! It was downright disgusting! 🚫🚫🚫 When Maurice ran the headers, he allowed it was worth about twelve horsepower at best? I am a never will go away Richard Petty fan! 😜...... I ended up in my early twenties, well, I'm, well, I'm... UM, UM,.. oh I had to go to numerous 12-step STP red Richard Petty anonymous meetings!!!! 😮. (RPA) .... My dad insisted I go! 28-day program! Consisted of Coca-Cola, Purolator, Norris, Hawaiian tropic, mustn't forget, Holly farms!!!!!! Visitation days we were allowed 😜 to wear our Plymouth by Petty shirts! 🎉..... And you thought you would make a statement concerning Cale's six banger. I'm truly kidding, no offense intended! I didn't graduate college... I refused to write my thesis! Just saying! I really miss those days those were great times!! I'll Grant you, they didn't have as many top notch teams nor sponsorship's $$... But those 3 to 7 car teams competitive weekend and week out put on, and practiced strategy that kept you on the edge of your seat, grandstand's or living room couch!!!! I'm sorry I could go on and on and on and on, I hope me saying that made it easier, for a read?.. sincerely yours, Bob🎉 [e-mail] or. [e-mail]

[@drewzx3]

I was thinking the same thing thought it was dw's car though.

[@topmech71]

Darrell caused that crash being a little impatient...maybe he tried to hit the brakes or crack the throttle, or maybe slower car should've been lower on the race track. Pearson was good at Darlington but the Wood brothers prepared a good car.

[@williebrumley8026]

🤤😪 get him out

[@tommylord]

D.K. Ulrich didn't know how to keep out of the way.

[@danielsoutherd]

Waltrip using happy gas at 5:24. I guarantee it.

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

WAY TO GO DAVID PEARSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

They talk about Ralph Jones hitting the wall harder than anyone else. They must’ve forgot about Richard Petty’s crash in 1970.

[@niccotine9867]

Yeah and their was another crash i think in the mid 60s that was just as hard as Ralphs too

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

Sam McQuagg’s crash in ‘67

[@fredbelenski8496]

If you ain't rubbing you ain't racing.

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

3:00

[@olefart398]

Seeing the Busch brothers at their finest makes me vomit

[@pwndecaf]

Heroes - lol

[@99_Driver]

14:30 ralph crash

[@jhankline8963]

Hey jackwhipe wheres the sound

[@electrolytics]

Where's the Toyota car?

[@dannycoker6439]

Darkstar Lol there not on that track.

[@sludge4125]

Still in Japan. :) Where’s are the ponchos and mercurys today?

[@sludge4125]

Actually, there were no pontiacs in the race, and only one mercury. (Although i *thought* I saw a second mercury earlier in the race, but I don’t have time to rewatch it.)

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

All American steel on the tracks back then...no rice burners .

[@electrolytics]

@@scottm.franklinnc7942 Amen brother!

[@thomashallman5436]

when nascar wasn t woke and judgemental and had the real fans not the stupid fans of today judging us callin us racist now the glory days are gone unfortunately y all blame bubba wallace he is a human being just a very stubborn one y all sorry bubba

[@82ghall]

white shorts

[@sludge4125]

Go watch highlights of the 1956 Southern 500. Then look at the comments. Many of the commentators try to say the men in this video are pussies who would be afraid to drive back in ‘55.

[@beeemm2578]

1977 Cousin 500. ....😆

[@dh2360]

When Nascar was worth watching..... not today's woke sport.