1978 Winston 500

[@briantaylor9285]

Man! The inside of those cars! My back hurts just watching this! 😮

[@badmonkey2222]

Man no power steering and doing it for 500 miles these boys these days could NEVER hang

[@nascage]

They'd probably take one look inside the cockpit, mutter "Ohh, hell no", and walk away.

[@STP43FAN1]

Actually they’d do well. The drivers today are in far better physical shape

[@badmonkey2222]

@@STP43FAN1 with far less skill

[@badmonkey2222]

@Sharon Dix yes they have power steering.

[@reginaldhall6871]

Not to mention these guys had no cool suits in the Alabama heat & humidity, 1 inch spoilers, & bias ply tires

[@Stiitchjones]

Good video and audio quality for so long ago.

[@BogattheMoon]

This is the best Bud Linderman Car and Track production I've ever seen.

[@Dawgs241]

Gosh, they were really being thrown around inside the cockpit. Its unbelievable how much they had to manhandle the car. This is real racing!!

[@reginaldhall6871]

Today's driver's couldn't drive these cars with no power steering & bias ply tires

[@jasonhumphry5836]

As a Oldsmobile man it's truly awesome to see the Oldsmobile's running strong out in front and some had 358 CI Oldsmobile NASCAR BLOCKS

[@jasonhumphry5836]

A non chevy 350 motor for those who don't know

[@bloqk16]

I find it interesting there was never any official film footage released for the 1969 debut race at the Alabama International Motor Speedway. One would have thought that the very first race at the speedway would have been well documented with film and video, but not so.

[@joett84]

You would think so, but all they have is pictures.

[@reginaldhall6871]

That's the race many drivers boycotted

[@STP43FAN1]

Waltrip rocking the Michael Nesmith hair

[@beeemm2578]

He didn't need a helmet 😅

[@TheGreat_Kramer1]

"We need more grip in the corners Goodyear" "Just pave the turns again"

[@ronpoteat6309]

Darrell and Donnie ran Monte Carlos that day, they were super strong. Sadly, Tiny Lund lost his life in the accident at 8:17

[@DanArnets1492]

POINTS STANDINGS BEFORE the 1978 ALABAMA 500: · Benny Parsons (1467 with 2 wins, Chevrolet) · Dave Marcis (-61, Chevrolet) · Cale Yarborough (-160, Oldsmobile) · Bobby Allison (-173 with 2 wins, Ford) · Darrell Waltrip (-231 with 3 wins with Chevrolet) · Lennie Pond (-239, Chevrolet) · Buddy Arrington (-309, Dodge) · Richard Childress (-328, Chevrolet) · Richard Petty (-353, Dodge) · Cecil Gordon 15th (-535, Chevrolet) while David Pearson was running a partial schedule (1 win with Mercury)

[@atgn70]

Who was that barking at david pearson around the 11:50 mark? Not sure if it was one of the Wood bros or not.

[@1959jba]

I was there. Quit trying to erase history. It's THE WINSTON 500 not the Alabama 500.

[@STP43FAN1]

I presume they had to not use the Winston 500 name because broadcasters wouldn’t allow it; this was a reason why 1998-2000 the Winston and Diehard sponsors flipped their races so Diehard 500 was on over the air ABC

[@jerryhopper1685]

You wrong it’s the Roll Tide 500

[@reginaldhall6871]

This was Petty's last ride in a Dodge after spending most of his career in either a Dodge or Plymouth

[@plymouthhemi426]

This was the May race. Petty's last race with the Dodge was the August race at Talladega. The first race in the Chevrolet was the next race at Michigan.

[@davidcoggins8891]

Cale was playing with those other drivers, lol

[@vinewood8295]

Cale damnit, I don't wanna hear no shit now that boy could drive i'll be damned....

[@patcb1478]

If they would get back to stock car racing myself and millions more would come back to watch till then the sport is dead to me!

[@Darthvader-en8ce]

Pat CB So you haven’t been watching since 1981? Wow. Then you missed a lot.

[@joett84]

@@Darthvader-en8ce More like 1998 was when they really started to get away from stock body panels, with the Taurus being allowed in. The early 2000s Monte Carlo was the last car to race that resembled the street car in shape.

[@reginaldhall6871]

Lol, Don't get in Junior Johnson's way when he has a 80lb jack in his hands

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

1 PERSON IS A TOSSER SHAME YOU DO NOT HAVE MORE FOOTAGE OF THS GOLDEN RACE IN A GOLDEN ERA OF NASCAR

[@steveames3647]

the cameras back then were full-size field production cameras, tube cameras, nothing digital. They had not invented an actual mount to put them in or on cars yet so they were rigged...and I mean rigged. Being able to see an in car view back then was an amazing thing. Trust me, doing 1 camera in only 1 car was a huge.

[@STP43FAN1]

10:30

[@davidcoggins8891]

Skip Manning seems to have loose seat harness. He's bouncing around like a ping pong ball, lol

[@louislepage5111]

Richard Petty never had any luck with the Magnum 😮

[@Slinger43]

Poor Richard, being saddled with that barn door Chrysler called a Magnum, they sure wasted a really cool name on that POS 🤮 Lotta folks & some driver's as well + my own Father weren't very happy with Ol' Super Tex after this one, most felt he should have got back outta the battle being a lap down. Its still the only time I ever can recall AJ doing something wrong on a racetrack, so guess I'll forgive him 😂

[@beeemm2578]

8:12 Tiny Lund tboned and killed

[@timothycarley7348]

I wonder How Many Races Donnie Allison would of Won if not for Crashes,Blown Tires,Running out of Fuel,Blown Motors.He seemed to be the King of Lousy Luck.