1971 Virgina 500 at Martinsville

[@pughoneycutt1986]

I love watching these old races, something I really enjoy is seeing how many of the independent drivers I can identify, like Wendell scot, jabe Thomas, John sears, j.d.mcduffie, Friday hassler, etc!!

[@altec19]

In my local Southside Speedway driver Bill Dennis !

[@pughoneycutt1986]

@@altec19 yep

[@thefrydaddy1]

Hey Hodius!, I just want you to know how much I love seeing these long forgotten races from my youth!. I never thought I would Ever see any of these!. Thank You So Much!! ✌️❤️🥓

[@ExcalibursEdge]

I just love these Bud Lindemann features. Thanks for putting this up for all of us to enjoy.

[@dennisrichards2604]

@12:36, look at that pit exit!!! wow! @15:34 buddy catches a face full of high octane gasoline!! wild times back then for sure in the pits

[@robschannel4512]

Listen to those big blocks scream. That hemi was a game changer. The 17 second pit stop by the Allison car was remarkable back then.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Most ran the wedge after 1970 due to the restrictor plates on anything over 366 CID.

[@dh2360]

Great racing, great to see these cars on the track as I still drive both a 1970 Plymouth Satellite and 1969 Dodge Charger.

[@bmc8319]

Nothing better than seeing these chrome bumpered boat cars beat the snot out of each other for 500 laps

[@BSNFabricating]

Back then, you didn't take your newest and shiniest equipment to the short tracks, which is why the Pettys are running a '70 Plymouth. Also, the Wood Brothers usually concentrated on the big tracks, but made the exception for Martinsville, since it was right down the road from their home.

[@LCM2248]

Easy money, limited expense. That's the only reason why they went.

[@jillmagley9269]

The Winged cars ran horrible at the short tracks, So most teams made the switch to there non-winged cars GTX, super bees, chargers for the short tracks

[@robertfowler217]

The sound effects are fantastic especially the spin outs. 35 in the turns 75 on the straights awesome Those leaf spring rear suspensions were not quite as stable as today

[@septemberlovee]

What a close race! The King never disappoints!

[@topofthecircle]

Two things: 1. David Pearson's drivers' side number 17 is different from the passenger side. It looks like it was two white sheets papered over the sheet metal rather than it being painted on in the same number font. 2. Found it interesting that Petty and Fred Lorenzen were mixing it up early in this race. Lorenzen had the STP sponsorship, which would move to Petty's car the very next year.

[@2098elk]

When NASCAR was fun! Note the full grand stands.

[@TracksideViews]

Everyone says that about the era they grew up in. Doesn’t matter the year.

[@davidseay6981]

I was at this race with my dad.rest him

[@hckyplyr9285]

There ain't no racin like that old school NASCAR racin. Back when a stock car was still an actual production car and not a tube frame with identical sheetmetal and some stickers on it. Today its a joke.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@Victoria Francois and that's one more reason why racing is dying. How many people on a blue collar wage can afford to go racing on weekends?

[@sunset-eq7rf]

Back in the day when stock car racing was really stock car racing!

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Sweet sweet footage.

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

Imagine running a Martinsville race with restrictor plates

[@robschannel4512]

I miss those days.

[@TS-1267]

,,, ✨... JUST THE FOUR LEFT TURNS THEN.???... IS THERE CIRCUIT'S THAT ARE CLOCKWISE... GOOD RACING & GOOD SPEEDS FOR THAT ERA.. CHEERS ALOT ✨ ,,, 🏁🇺🇦🏁🇺🇦🏁🇺🇦

[@Machi74005]

Looks like some teams were running the 427 FE motor and others the Boss 429 from Ford

[@MrRustyFord]

Ford got out of NASCAR after the '70 season, so these guys were mostly on their own. Some teams were probably running what they had left of the Boss 429s, while others were probably going back to the cheaper and more readily available 427s.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Pretty much everyone but Holman Moody and the Wood Brothers struggled to get power from the 429 even without the restrictor plates.

[@halseyknox]

This was racing not over the top emphasis on pretty boy and, I mean boys not men, and cars were still there own identity based on manufacture....not the cookie cutter cars of today and not hi jacked by all the corporate money causing small homegrown teams to be non existent....thank God for footage like this as I"ll watch this era of racing and through the 80''s instead.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

why was Pearson in the 17 ???

[@goldenltd1970]

Why not? He was still driving some races for H&M in 71

[@covetprice]

Men driving cars. Not like today, I will explain. Since the late 1990's the balance has changed. Now in the 2000's it's full of brats. Retirement happens when the driver matures.

[@dennisrichards2604]

Bobby Isaac's Dodge Charger is sweet!!

[@ericcampbell179]

Found you out; is not the only song played by Nickleback!

[@larrycalvert4040]

Enjoy these when racing was fun

[@badad0166]

What's that green stuff? Where's the walls? Where's the yellow curb?

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

they really sloopped the gasoline around then.

[@dfinma]

15:34 Dude gets a fuel bath.

[@badbooking3221]

To think.... only ONE caution in this race!

[@kbruceward9706]

Isn't this the gas cap race?

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Yes...Indeed it is. Not something that was even on my radar when I posted it. Thanks for pointing that out. I enjoy learning these little tidbits from the YT community.

[@kbruceward9706]

@@HODIUSDUDE They did not mention it in the film. That was a BIG controversy I remember that.

[@BogattheMoon]

Seems like Donny and Isacc were the most snake bit drivers of the era. Well, maybe Buddy too.

[@diamonddog257]

I'm just here for the sound....

[@TonyWud]

18 sec. pit stop in 1971.

[@noezrider6361]

Who knows the story on Pearson's H & M Ford? Looks a mess.

[@doylestownstew]

30 Cars. No there is an idea that should be brought back

[@vincentmiller3386]

Good stuff

[@stubaker2574]

aaarrrrrr petty again rrrrr

[@alexfrenette8565]

Then 🖒and now 👎sad ☹

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I will Google Mullins Ford.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

pure oil now pure oil later

[@paulross9287]

Nothing but closeups of the cars, I couldn't get any perspective of the track and race. Drove me crazy. Doesn't it bother anyone else? Literally makes me nauseous.

[@BogattheMoon]

Nope