1972 Winston 500 at Talladega

From a replay of the old Car & Track show on SpeedVision, host Bud Lindemann reviews the NASCAR Winston 500 held on May 7th 1972 at the Talladega super speedway.

[@paulmatthews463]

Those were the best looking cars with the best paint jobs in the history of nascar.

[@darrylturner4566]

Not really Paul, the early 90's cars of Nascar are the coolest looking in the history of the sport!!

[@paulmatthews463]

@@darrylturner4566 you know what they say, opinions are like a holes, we all got one

[@darrylturner4566]

@@paulmatthews463 That was really classy Paul. Those 1972 race cars look like shit and the paint jobs look like my 10 year old son Painted them!!

[@paulmatthews463]

@@darrylturner4566 chill dude i didn't mean to trigger no one just making an observation

[@darrylturner4566]

@@paulmatthews463 I am chilled!!

[@jordan390a]

Despite the better aerodynamics of his Charger, Petty's STP Roadrunner is my favorite stock car of all time...

[@flyinbrianz22]

When I was a kid, this was the only way I could watch NASCAR. Bud Lindemann and Car and Track was the highlight of my weekend.

[@josephconciatori9824]

Thanks for sharing! NASCAR will never be the same as it was in the early 70s, but there is always one constant: Talladega always produces an exciting show for the fans. If only I could go back in time to attend a race in the golden era, with drivers like Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, and the Allison brothers battling door handle to door handle, lap after lap.

[@douglasgantt9548]

Man, I wish nascar would go back to regular racing instead of the stage junk it does now.

[@6548ww]

This is back when Nascar was real Racing.

[@chrismathewsjr]

boring cliche boomer comment aside, your bikini-try-on festish video favorites are public bud

[@6548ww]

@@chrismathewsjr Thanks for letting me know fixed it...oh if the wife ever saw that whewww 🤔

[@chrismathewsjr]

@@6548ww no sweat man. i screen shot all the funny ones like "HOW TO ATTRACT YOUNGER WOMEN" and laughed with my friends already

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@@chrismathewsjrlol you’re so triggered 😂 Stfu!

[@dbc1dc]

These are so much better to watch than current NASCAR. Mostly because of the rolling art. Chargers, Satellites, Cyclones, Monte Carlos, Torinos.......

[@toyman81]

Bud Lindemann is greatly missed, I remember watching these shows.

[@kevnd27]

He loved racing. ESPN all but apologized for him before showing the shows. God I had that

[@chargerdave2046]

There's the car that got me hooked when I was 7-8 years old... Petty's 72 Charger

[@waynecampbell9208]

Me too!!..... Richard Petty's Dodge Charger was my very first model kit and that's pretty much where I got hooked!!

[@reginaldhall6871]

Me too although I was only 4 years old at the time. The 72 Charger was the 1st race car I learned about, mostly because I was already a Petty fan. When I got older a 73 Charger was the 1st car I paid for with my own money. I went on to buy a couple of Road Runners which I no longer have, but I've held on to my 70 Superbee for over 35 years.

[@glennsims66]

​@@reginaldhall6871I had a 70 superbee. Was white with a black painted top. 😊

[@reginaldhall6871]

@glennsims66 mine was burnt orange but I'm going back with Panther Pink, white interior, white stripes & a white vinyl or painted top.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Mocar or nocar.

[@skylaneav8r902]

David Pearson. The King of Cool. The Best Ever. Thanks for posting these great races!

[@danielsoutherd]

Petty says he was the best. Good enough for me. In 4 full time seasons he won 3 championships. Dominant.

[@stealthbomber2127]

@@danielsoutherd David missed a few weeks in 67 when he and Cotton Owens split as a team. So he did not run for the Championship that season. In 68 and 69 he did and was awesome.

[@blawson2112]

David & “THE” WOOD BROTHERS ……. Unreal chemistry

[@SgtRock-cr2sh]

The good ole days........ No earnhardts, No hendrick motorsports, richard childress was the king of the back markers`. Big block v8`s.......no pit road speed...... race back to the flag.........no cautions because a hotdog wrapper crossed the track.........no soft walls.........no closing pit road........open faced helmets w/ bubble googles. the 60`s and 70`s were truly the golden era of NASCAR. Today`s mess is a mere shell of what it once was. They don`t race like this anymore and it`s a shame. The fan`s of today don`t know what they missed`or may not have been born yet but it was really something and is just as appealing now as it was then. This is a perfect example of changing times not necessarily being a good thing.Best of all you could buy a ticket for about $10.00.

[@earlwright9715]

I agree with everything, but I did see a ticket stub for Talladega and it was 25$ in 1971

[@stackpotjr.9951]

Those cars are beautiful.

[@anthonythompsonsr1993]

Oh yeah

[@anthonythompsonsr1993]

Nascar has really changed over the years......I was always fascinated with the cars

[@CudaRebelsAutoModeling426]

What a awesome race, and what a Tough break for Bobby Isaac wreaking so close to the finishing laps, ouch! Love this footage!

[@marine4lyfe85]

Where did the commentator come up with Pearson doing 212 mph passing on the backstretch?

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Lies have been part of 'reporting' since the first story was told.

[@robertstarkey1634]

I would love to see all the early 70s model cars race Talladega in person. This is a great idea for Nascar. We can call it the classic race series

[@walterburger5281]

NASCAR wouldn't do that! That makes too much sense!

[@GoodOlRoll]

"The NASCAR Vintage Series" could work.

[@lllllllllllll343]

@@GoodOlRoll nascar wouldn’t even do it also it’s too late now due to the gov pushing for evs and nascar is dick riding the next gen

[@darting100]

we have A series like that in australia it has old falcons ,valiants , chargers,torana,s camaro,s ,mustangs etc from the 60,s and 70,s in it,they race usually before the main supercars race,which is like your nascar series

[@stepanbandera5206]

The old cars were too fast.

[@h2ofield]

There's some cool lookin' vehicles right there, tell ya what.

[@manoman0]

Are you kidding me? I love - LOVE - these huge, wide american cars with their beautiful sheet metals, long bonnets, wide stance. Just beautifully made.

[@robvoyles]

@@manoman0 bonnets...i love it, i haven't heard a hood called a bonnet since 1981 when i lived in London England!

[@manoman0]

@@robvoyles Weow, it's a bonnet, inn'it, ma'e. 🤷‍♂😅

[@normandate4495]

Super, 212 MPH in 1972 48 years ago, amazing...........great video

[@MrSteveG58]

On bias play tires too, unbelievable by today's standards.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

No. 192 MPH in 1972.

[@adamUDavies]

Those were some tough old men to drive those car's that fast. No way you could get a driver from the series now to drive one , let alone in a pack of car's. Seen a few hottie's from back then too 👍

[@danieljohnson9351]

I remember when this happened and I still feel bad for Bobby Isaac.

[@leegraves8878]

Just think if Bobby Allison had good equipment Petty wouldn't have 7 championships for sure.

[@thomasbrown7420]

Thanks for posting this, great stuff.

[@chargerfan2]

It amazes me the speeds they were hitting nearly 50 years ago in those cars. Talk about risking your life. Not that they are not today, but the safety features are so much better now. Those cars were not very forgiving when they hit the wall.

[@chandlerwhite8302]

chargerfan2 It was the wall that wasn’t forgiving. SAFER barriers have saved dozens of lives over the last 15 years or so.

[@victorbailey6233]

Back then car's were car's you could buy at a dealership not like these cookies cutter car of today

[@robtans5042]

Racing & nascar was good then aint worth damn now

[@zcam1969]

those cars are tough looking,bobby allison said ' speed is unlimited ' at that track

[@mikesmithey1892]

In 1970 you could buy a production car and go $190 mph with a few modifications amazing

[@marcociccarelli1258]

I believe Bobby Isaac would have won this race if he didn't get caught up in that accident he deserve this win

[@joett84]

Yeah it would have been a great finish between him and Pearson.

[@BogattheMoon]

I wish LeeRoy Yarbrough didn't get brain damage. Those three had some good dogfights!

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

Darrell Waltrip's Winston Cup debut

[@EpicArceus]

@Auldin Lockridge It is though....

[@sludge4125]

Finished 38th in the Terminal Transport Mercury.

[@ChrisDavis-dt6xx]

Talladega is my favorite track

[@4.9copblank49]

terrific video

[@floydwatson3290]

When nascar was real. I miss those days. Real racing.

[@deville.c]

Windshield where busting out..lol

[@topperthompson2713]

Miss Dodge racing wish they would give it a go again.

[@brooksseverson9452]

This was Darrell Waltrip’s first race!

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

KEEP EM COMING MATE LOVELY

[@feellucky271]

Ya' run what ya' brung. Ya' took home what was left.

[@sludge4125]

Even before 1972, nascar highly regulated what you could brung.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

I got real excited when i saw this cause’ i thought i was gonna see James Hylton have his damn day. Right track, rightyear, wrong race. Still AWESOME post, THANK YOU

[@sludge4125]

Yep, our man finished 33rd. :(

[@goldenltd1970]

Would be nice to have a video of his win

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@goldenltd1970 especially with Ramo Stott right on Hyltons tail

[@goldenltd1970]

Wiki says there was no TV coverage of that race :(

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@goldenltd1970 probably a good thing, not sure France would have accepted what was happening.

[@TheStingray1966]

Bobby Allison 12 really cool !!

[@earlwright9715]

The " Alabama gang" was who we pulled for!

[@robertstarkey1634]

I totally agree. Greatest track

[@MrSnoopy2922]

7:16 After Bobby Allison blew the engine, the security van overturned, the two people were unharmed (I think)

[@furycustom73]

oldschool....mopar or no car!

[@joefell7845]

Wasn't that a Mercury in the winners circle. ? 😮

[@charlesheaton3994]

Hey! There's a Country Music singer in this race. The 20th Century Drifter.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Darrell Waltrip’s first ever NASCAR race

[@noname-he9ud]

This is better than "follow the leader 500" that Nascar has become

[@chiptmcc8656]

Hell Yeah!

[@douglasgantt9548]

Forget the fire suit, just give me the gas can.

[@johnnyx9892]

and a beer....and a cigarette....

[@tamtam21801]

Do you have the 73 version of this race? Also do you have the 1961 Indy 500 speed vision version

[@davidking1493]

Good you can hear those hemis instead of music and stuff

[@zone47]

I love Bud's commentary! Awesome old footage! NASCAR today is a joke with bunch of wanna be celebrities racing cars that have no resemblance to 'stock cars'.

[@sludge4125]

How pathetic does one have to be to watch this wonderful video, then start whining like a little girl who needs her diaper changed that racing has changed in the past FORTY EIGHT (48) years??? These arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic malcontents must be a real pleasure to hang out with!

[@STP43FAN1]

This was the era of the universal coke bottle bodystyle

[@topperthompson2713]

71 Chargers cut the air the best!!!

[@sludge4125]

And they were beautiful, especially the hidden headlight ones.

[@alkelenson648]

They were wind-tunnel tested and my 73 Charger floated down the road!

[@sludge4125]

Ah, Richard has his choice between a Plymouth and a Dodge. Mother Mopar learned her lesson. Petty was with Plymouth when the Dodge Daytona Charger came out. The Superbird had yet to be manufactured. Petty wanted to run the Dodge. Mother Mopar said NO, you must run the Plymouth!! So Petty ran a Ford instead.

[@selah62]

Petty ran the Dodge.

[@sludge4125]

Petty ran the ford when they wouldn’t let him run the dodge.

[@goldenltd1970]

It wasn't the Daytona but the Charger 500 he wanted to drive.

[@sludge4125]

@Fire&Ice909 Sorry, no.

[@sludge4125]

@@goldenltd1970 I am not saying you are wrong, but this road & track article states he wanted to run dodge’s winged warrior, or a similar plymouth. Again, you might be right. www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a14454478/that-time-richard-petty-forsook-plymouth-for-ford/

[@carolnelson9269]

NASCAR Boss 429 Ford. YES!

[@hermandrobesch8681]

Mr cool does it again.

[@MrGutfeeling]

Amazing how basic the facilities were back then.

[@MrGaryGG48]

Yeah, and so were the cars! Just in the equipment around the driver, he's sitting in a seat with a panel on the right bracing him from being pulled to the right. There is no head support, they aren't wearing gloves, they're in open-faced helmets... etc., etc., etc.!! The looks of the new cars can't match these old machines, but the insides keep drivers alive. I like that the old cars looked like (if you squinted a bit) the cars that came right out of the showrooms. If you read some of the old stories about "creative" entries that not only "bruised the rules" but just plain stomped on them on the way out of the pits, they were pretty entertaining. That old saying was too close to the truth... "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't trying!" I spent about ten years as a Safety Marshall for SCCA, covering races for our SCCA races of course, but also for IMSA, CART, and NASCAR. I was amazed frequently at the crashes that drivers walked away from in the 1990s that would have been impossible to survive in one of these cars in these old films. The other thing is watching fans sitting right up next to the old chain-link fencing and then tires or sometimes even whole cars flying up to throw debris at the fans at 170+ mph. Seeing that in the films from that era reminds anyone who has forgotten just how dangerous the business was 50, 60, or 70 years ago.

[@danielsoutherd]

You may be cool. But you're not David Pearson smoking a cigarette on a Trail 90 cool.

[@tracyriddle2010]

Last of the good automobiles!

[@robhargis6980]

The K&K Dodge had the win over that Mercury. Luck won it for Pearson.

[@kerrycook2730]

Every one of them.

[@robvoyles]

That 429 runs right with those 426 hemi's.

[@ellieprice3396]

Looks like it actually outran the hemis.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Those 426s were Wedges, not Hemis.

[@jackandsusangerstner1369]

This is when stock car racing was stock cars , no aero dynamics, just stock bodies and big engines going as fast as you can, with roll bars and seatbelts, and they did 160 mph not scared to death 200+..

[@badmonkey2222]

Uhhm..They we're running around 212mph gong into turn 1 in this race.......

[@goldenltd1970]

@@badmonkey2222 then they would be faster than the aero cars. No way man Isaac catched the pole with 192mph(still freaking fast for those tanks)

[@badmonkey2222]

@@goldenltd1970 then i guess the announcer was lying when he said that they were running that fast in the draft going into turn 1 I should have been more clear that it was in the draft, these cars were faster than you think, 192 qualifying pole speed, it's not a stretch to be running over 200 in the draft in the race.

[@goldenltd1970]

@@badmonkey2222 yeah but 20 mph? Maybe a little exaggerated

[@badmonkey2222]

@@goldenltd1970 yeah maybe...either way they were haulin ass in those boats, no power steering, no cool boxes, no 5 point harness. Insane...

[@reginaldhall6871]

What shitty luck for Isaac! But back then you wanted to be running 2nd on the last lap so you could sling-shot past the leader to win. Pearson was probably where he wanted to be

[@briantaylor9285]

Speedvision... 🥺😢💔

[@rac_seven]

Solah music reference 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@kg0173]

How big was the field?

[@HODIUSDUDE]

50 cars started, 9 others DNQ.

[@808TheDuck]

Question: Why was Petty able to run 426 engine when it was no longer in production?

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

426 Wedge was produced until 1978. Hardly anybody used the Hemi after restrictor plates came into play due to it requiring a smaller plate which limited it to 480 or so HP, while the Wedge was getting around 490 with the plate.

[@808TheDuck]

@Ziggy_Moonglow The 426 wedge was produced just for racing?

[@nascarfan88ta]

Country Legend Marty Robbins had a car that was a little illegal. Why he messed with it? He just wanted to see what it was loke out front

[@harpoon_bakery162]

who was the blonde to the left of Mr. Pearson in the winner circle ?(Pearson was the race winner by the way if you didn't know)

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

8.58 MAURICE PETTY GOD!

[@chargerz2204]

Man, those Dodges where beutiful ... another shiiiivy goes out on smoke lol ... those "HEMI" ..

[@mnowakpoland]

11:39 Don Sisco LOL... It's David Sisco, Bud.

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Was Marty Robbins in this race?

[@hippycow1006]

Yes he was, this is the race he ran illegally but this news doesn’t seem to cover it

[@dabneyoffermein595]

@@hippycow1006 i was wondering, thanks for clearing that up. Those were the days of racing I'll tell ya, man o man, those cars were so raw , loud , and great to watch!!! Marty Robbins boy, he was the man!!!!

[@chrisbarry7782]

When under quarantine and desperate for racing.

[@sludge4125]

Marty Robbins finished 9 laps down, but was disqualified.

[@harpoon_bakery162]

9 laps down is awful especially with his restrictor plate removed.

[@xxx-jy8hy]

He quit because he was gonna win and get fined anyways

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

@@harpoon_bakery162 Not when you spend 12 laps removing it.

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

1.15 RICHARD AND DALE

[@stryanx4395]

Silver Fox

[@paulmatthews463]

Home of the "Alabama gang".

[@fairfaxcat1312]

And another one blows. The zero five car driven by Don Sisco dumped oil all over the fourth turn and heads down pit row out of the race. This brings out another caution light. Meanwhile worn rubber and a thirsty gas tank takes the action down pit row.

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

3:08

[@chandlerwhite8302]

Catch can?? We don’t need no stinking catch can, just let the extra leaded gas rain onto the ground! Oh, and Boss 429 for the win!!

[@lolbr3720]

Watching this very dangerous race is scaring me. You see, I've grown accustomed to watching the 2019 Daytona & Talladega 500. They are much safer & my blood pressure seldom goes above DAMN NEAR DEAD it's so boring. We need a new sanctioning body that will let real men race real car's. Today's NASCAR has us watching the pony ride & telling us it's racing. I've been a fan since 1959 & my opinion matter's.

[@kainhall]

your opinion actually does NOT matter...... just because your a boomer doesnt mean you control anything however.... i do agree with you they will never listen to the fans..... its going to take a new sanctioning body and new races to get back to STOCK stock car racing but that is change..... and people dont like change even if the new "FASTCAR" is exactly!!! what you and i want..... simply because it does not say "NASCAR" most people will ignore it also..... i think they can still have safe races "real men racing real cars" = real dead men, and real sad fans if the dale crash happened today..... with the high definition cameras, and rapid sharing of info it would be a LOT worse..... FAR FAR more people would get depressed people dont need to fight, or die.... to make NASCAR view-able and popular again ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the safer barrier is just smart..... doesnt effect the racing, and makes stuff WAY WAY WAY safer the roll cage tech has come a LONG way..... along with the seat belts, HANS device, ETC if you took dale Sr's car he died in..... but added a safer barrier, HANS, and stronger roll cage..... that old dude would probably still be racing today again.... no need for "real men in real cars" take a "real" car..... make it fast as fuck.... make everyone run the same safety equipment..... and you will have fast, interesting racing..... that doesnt result in a death at every race like the late 60s/70s

[@blainedickson5326]

@Sideshow BOB these guys were not going 200mph + maybe in the 80s but not the 70s.

[@anthonynelson9136]

@Sideshow BOB At the 1972 Winston 500 the pole position speed was 192.498 miles per hour and they did use restrictor plates at this race. Country star and Nascar driver Marty Robbins was busted and disqualified when Nascar found that his team modified his restrictor plate. 2 years earlier Buddy Baker ran 200.447 in an unrestricted Hemi Dodge Charger Daytona at a test session at Talladega. Nascar later started putting restrictor plates on all the big block cars.

[@brianhearon1930]

@@blainedickson5326 March 24, 1970: Buddy Baker, driving the Chrysler Engineering No. 88 Dodge Charger Daytona, officially became the first driver in NASCAR history to break the 200 mph (320 km/h) barrier by turning a lap of 200.447 mph (322.588 km/h). This was also a world record at the time for any vehicle on a closed course.

[@badmonkey2222]

@Sideshow BOB you got that right I've been a fan all my life I'm 51 now i quit watching in 2016 the last straw for me is when they took all the HP went from 850 to 550, that is pathetic, oh they give them 650 on short tracks and road courses woopdy fkig doo, and they have just destroyed everything that made NASCAR what it was, was being the key word, i can't even stand to look at those little crybabies hadn't had to work for nothing all given to them, hell up until the 90s you NEVER would see anyone under25 in cup, you had to run the dirt or modified circuit for years and had to have mandatory 3yrs in the Busch series before even being considered for a cup ride. I can't even talk about it chaps my ass so bad... ....

[@smokenjoe4022]

Did the announcer ever give the speeds of the cars that’s interesting way not?

[@makaylahtheunicornrupcic4051]

I know nascar race for hour on lap

[@Greybush46322]

$24K for the winner? Seems like a crime considering how much the purses are today.

[@BogattheMoon]

C'mon Bud. Pearson hit 212 mph down the back chute? Nah

[@stevesantacroce8355]

This was just before Nascar regulated GM into victory lane and championships.... Chrysler and Ford dominated!

[@joefell7845]

Joey logano is the first two time ford cup champion since the silver fox for proof . 😳

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Every fan boy likes to claim every other make got special treatment.

[@johnnyx9892]

Can't even say "Dixie" anymore, much less flying the Confederate flag. A big flying "F" to NASCAR

[@Lazerus53]

Shame for Bobby Issac, driver ran out of talent in front of him.

[@stepanbandera5206]

Bill France ruined NASCAR with restrictor plates and the removal of the factory dash mounted cigarette lighters!🤬

[@stepanbandera5206]

You tube censoring 👍 again. WTF?

[@robvoyles]

the last time Racing was any good, NHRA Killed itself with restricter plates and all cars look the same with a bunch of banners on them, it SUCKS now.

[@sludge4125]

Let me guess; there’s a handful of loser commentators here that think a stock car off the showroom floor can do 190 miles per hour! These clowns are SO funny!!!

[@badmonkey2222]

@Big Wheel 😆 thank you so much for shutting that moron down. Made my day thank you🤘

[@sludge4125]

@@badmonkey2222 Let me guess; there’s a handful of loser commentators here that think a stock car off the showroom floor can do 190 miles per hour! These clowns are SO funny!!!

[@sludge4125]

@@badmonkey2222 big wheel is a pussy. So are you.

[@badmonkey2222]

@@sludge4125 says the pussy with the vanilla ice thumb, boy I'll open hand smack you like a red headed step child and if you make one little whimper I'll smack you again.

[@dougelledge4042]

212mph,, hell yea

[@scottcarterr7796]

/// Lookie. Thr Who. Dat. ??? 🤭

[@scottcarterr7796]

WHO. DATTT??? 😘 😘 KISS. FLY