NASCAR: Top 10 Flips of the 1950s

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[@hebneh]

"Ladies & gentlemen, this is the most spectacular wreck ever photographed at an automobile race!" shouts the announcer with great pride, as exciting music plays in the background.

[@alissonlares2926]

I love and miss this old days.

[@gator_productions]

Time?

[@hebneh]

@@gator_productions 9:07.

[@leee3880]

I like how Junior Johnson stands in the middle of the track with his car as cars fly by, not even slowing down. 2:06

[@zone47]

He was worried about his carb being on fire. A good Holly is worth risking your life for.

[@EmitRelevart]

5:23 They don't even bother bringing an ambulance, they just bring out the hearse.

[@Gam3rPlay3r]

@Jan Brady But ambulances in the 50s were white, not black

[@punktalley]

lol that's the ambulance

[@EmitRelevart]

@@punktalley Clearly it's a joke about the fact that the old ambulance resembles a hearse and the poor safety standards of the day. Why would they have a hearse at a raceway? Of course it's an ambulance! lol Give your head a shake, Captain Obvious! :)

[@punktalley]

@@EmitRelevart sorry its hard to read sarcasm. I promise to do better.

[@seanm3226]

Apparently NASCAR drivers in the ‘50’s were made out of rubber.

[@caseysmith544]

The cars of the decade were only going tops 120 mph. Daytona and the super-speedway tracks had yet to be built until the very end of the 1950's decade. The 1960's were when the deaths happened due to muscle cars and other faster lighter cars as well as the edition of Daytona in 1957. I know 1969 Taladaga was made but that was only at the very end of the decade. Also did not help with racing dropping the dirt tracks with the soft earth for part of the racer as a safety guard for paved or making the old dirt tracks paved helped cause more deaths as then you are wreaking on a harder surface. Lack of safety equipment during this time including poor helmets even after companies like Bell had started making better helmets then the ones that were basically a hard hat of the 1950's.

[@darrendackly4754]

And fire proof, apparently.

[@YouTubeChannel-sk5rh]

Apparently people watched nascar in the 50s.

[@blakesworld4463]

NASCAR was new at the time since the first official race was in the late 1940s

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

👋😂👍lmfao!

[@NascarNixon]

Now that's a proper Top 10. Very nice.

[@Flamingbro69]

friskynixon Yep, from NASCAR’s own Top 10 countdown show, of course, NASCAR Top 10 Countdown that used to air all the time on Speed, most commonly when rain delays happened.

[@ILikeRice88924]

Tyler Gantert I think it still does play occasionally on rain delays

[@Houndini]

That there some tough men. They have rolled cars before few times & ran for the hills you can tell there experience. Get out car stock fuel tank you burn to death. Go back look there safety rules you must have & not have to run, Like unbelievable today standard's. Plus not mistaken all wheel drum brakes! I hate drum brake systems bad fail hot / cold both. Like see today's drivers racing in same equipment. Nope too much wimps. No jets fly them home on. Make them load car back up & drive all way home late into tonight by themselves "crying" like these guys did. Jr. Johnson was wild man back in his young days. Had sense enough got out of it before he got hurt bad. Jack Smith was in huge bunch crashes himself. Pagan just look at that crash painfully hurts.

[@jwoutdoors1451]

@@Houndini where can u read their rules book id like to see it

[@rickbingham9024]

that's back when they actually raced not like these SISSIES of today that have to take breaks after very few laps NASCAR HAS GONE TO CRAP

[@Geonorth1]

I had the pleasure of hearing about Russ Truelove's roll at Daytona from the man himself back in 1990 at Lime Rock Park. By then, Russ was diving a Spec racer in SCCA. He'd regale us with stories at lunch under the tree in the paddock.

[@goldsmith1210]

#1 - You'd think the huge plume of smoke would be a sign to slow down, but no.

[@44492611]

goldsmith1210 NO red flag, we'll just keep wrecking them till the lane is completely blocked!

[@tuckerfriesen3586]

I 100% agree

[@dueiu3383j]

So true

[@hebneh]

I thought the very same thing. How could drivers NOT see that?

[@lukmanfirdaus8497]

goldsmith1210 maldonado grandfather first watched race

[@marksark1119]

I remember watching Junior race in the early days of NASCAR. RIP Junior Johnson. 12/20/19.

[@LITTLE1994]

That was a deadly time. Safety was quite minimal during that early era of NASCAR, including the 1960s.

[@theuser698]

In 1940s-1950s not many fatal because many race in dirt track

[@feellucky271]

Not nearly as deadly as the late 70s 80s and early 90s.

[@jettmthebluedragon]

4:27 the Hutson hornet has lost control the Hutson hornet has lost control 😳

[@davemckolanis4683]

The Winner Got A Set Of Air Bags For The Next Years Race Season.😂😂😂😂😂

[@markfortin421]

WOW !!! He just hit the guard rail at 105mph, flipped end over end 3 times and is on 🔥 fire.....so he opens the door and walks out like nothing???? Now THAT'S what I call a man's man!!!! 💥😄

[@wisconsindirtvision674]

There has been alot worse and people come out after going into the fence at 190 mph and comeout a ok

[@williepelzer384]

@@wisconsindirtvision674 not in one of those cars.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@williepelzer384 you'd be surprised, and usually you are. Lets see. Color footage in the 1950s, something you probably thought was extremely rare---then the factor of great showcase shots of the race, crazy crashes, crazy speeds, tons of fine drivers getting out fine. What more do you need lying to you?

[@lowellg1]

This is the day I learned Junior Johnson was a maniac

[@rebeccapardue8438]

I was invited to an Old Timers Racing club event at the old Concord Raceway near Charlotte NC several years ago by race driver Johnny Allen. Got to meet him, Ned Jarrett, Francis Flock, Doris Roberts and several others. But one guy in particular. I had this book on the history of Nascar getting folks to autograph it. I showed it to this man, a short slender gray haired guy, and he immediately said, I'm in there. I'm in that book. He took my book and turned right to the section about him. Sure enough. There he was. This man was Russ Truelove. That gentleman made my day. Thanks Russ. Rest in Peace 🏁 Mike Pardue

[@SmaxyMiguel]

What in love about this video Is that the trifives were used even after 57 and at the 58 race you can still see 56 and 57s racing among newer cars. Also I love how they used the 57 as a cop car lol

[@pressstart1490]

5:55 that guy has big balls. He didnt stop recording

[@brodeur212]

Even being dead center like its a video game camera

[@AnthonyTrifoglio]

r/praisethecameraman

[@razzberry4756]

he was like "if im gonna die im gonna make sure the footage is damn good at least"

[@rebeccapardue8438]

We met Russ Truelove at the old Concord Raceway Park probably 17 years ago now. I asked him to autograph a book I had and when he saw it he said, I'm in that book. And he was. It showed about 4 photos of this very wreck. And he signed it. To me, Russ was a great guy. He loved to tell stories and I wish I could have heard them all. Johnny Allen, Ned Jarrett, Francis Flock, Doris Roberts were there. Johnny Allen was the guy who invited us to come. It was a Old Timers Racing Club gathering, a two day event. Really really cool. We took my dad too. Had a ball. Miss Flock tried to get us to go home with her. Amazing. Precious Memories. Mike Pardue

[@amoghverma3108]

0:22 That's the god Hudson Hornet😇🤩

[@craigpennington1251]

Them 56 Mercs are so cool. What styling they had plus a good strong engine to boot.

[@sludge4125]

I love the chrysler 300s.

[@DIARRHEA-PANIC]

The clip of Junior rolling then putting out the fire himself, should be playing on loop at the entry to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

[@robertanderson2898]

Look at the style of those cars! Aerodynamic to perfection! Things just got worse as the years went on..... ;)

[@feellucky271]

The downforce and aerodynamics were nonexistent,yeah and there was no gravity the Earth sucked.

[@nofeargaming9403]

R.I.P. Junior Johnson. Your legacy shall never be forgotten.

[@jettrink7510]

I love then few rules, regulations, and the "official" yellow flag was just somebody just waving their hat.

[@26TptCoy]

1:59 That's really scary in the middle of the track with other cars passing going flat out. 3:00 my ex wife going to do the shopping

[@kentcarter835]

Hard hats, goggles and short sleeve shirts, municipal fire engines for fire, wreckers for extrication. Wicked tough drivers.

[@victorkreitner754]

Man Junior Johnson had alot of guts playing with the engine as cars whizzed by him at over 100 miles an hour. Passed away just over 3 months ago at age 88.

[@CaptainFoufeu]

#1 wasnt NASCAR. That was a damn demolition derby! Yellow flags and pace cars weren't invented yet, I guess. "Oh look! A crashed car! Let's slam into it!" "Last one there's a rotten egg!" WHAMMO! "I win, Jim!" "Nope! I win! You might have hit him first, but I'm the one who's upside down and on fire!" "Damn, Jim, you lucky son of a gun!"

[@bishopbreitenstein2268]

LMFAO this made my day

[@bobbrainard8246]

Last wreck looked like a banger race from England. Good thing Montoya wasn't in that race---he'd would have been looking for a track dryer.

[@Jack-bj4jw]

Bob Brainard this is why the comment sections exists 😂

[@sludge4125]

I thought the banger races were in Australia. Whatever, I know what you mean.

[@caseysmith544]

@@sludge4125 They have them in both places with England using smaller cars then Australia. Though Australia the Stock/NASCAR type racing is one has the V 12 racing as well as a big block 8 cylinder racing in the same series just lower division.

[@nickefgen9219]

Track dryer that's funny

[@pyrodon5773]

@@nickefgen9219 that because he hit one in a race.

[@juventus4ever981]

NASCAR In The 50's Was Like A Racing Combat Zone Of Extreme

[@lkemmler]

I love the sound effects.... LOL! : )

[@DJC_2003]

Lol and the post audio studio recordings layered over the video lol

[@darrendackly4754]

Love the old timey footage.

[@powerplaygoalhorns]

Man, how things have changed!

[@DeathclawsTheDragon2003]

5:56 LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AerialFootball19]

R u allow to watch this I can

[@joeytaylor5067]

Vibez wut

[@robertanderson2898]

he didn't look out

[@ladevil9455]

Lel

[@emeraldaxx8631]

Here's come the spiderman

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

Now that was a true stock car. Love it.

[@shipofthesun]

0:30 Ennui grips the crowd. 0:46 "Dude, that car is completely uninsurable, and they're not going to let you race until you hammer the dents out." 1:11 "Art Sprinkly" sucks as a name for a race car driver. 2:47 "Oh!, and the Russian judge only gives them a 9.5 for not staying in sync." 2:54 In the 50's, prison day passes were a lot easier to get than today. 4:00 "...and a missing guard rail torn out in a previous accident..." Safety first. 5:02 "It's Batman!" 5:57 "Look out! He's got a gun!" 6:21 "If only there was a large body of water nearby to put out this fire!" 6:59 "He's headed for the wreckage...bullseye! He was able to steer directly into the accident, earning him 3 points in the championship race!" 7:07 "Wally Campbell is still in the burning car...Wally Campbell is still in the burning car...still in the burning car..." 7:16 Somebody didn't get the memo. I mean BURNING FUCKING CAR ON THE TRACK, MAYBE SLOW DOWN, EVEN STOP, amiright? 9:25 "Why did cars keep piling into this mess?" Peer pressure. 9:39 "So, I sped around the sharp curve, only to be confronted with fire and wreckage. Hell of a day." 9:41 "Drivers themselves can't explain it." "Hell, Keith, I thought it was a sinkhole, or Zaza Gabor, but I could be wrong." 9:55 "Here ya go. That'll be 5 bucks."

[@robertanderson2898]

LOL, the rules back then, WTF were they thinking. I'm glad they changed. 7:16 LOL made me laugh the hardest

[@DaveHogg]

I feel there should be more comments about there being a horse on the track in the first clip.

[@kellerm4491]

Dave Hogg Really? Where did you see it?

[@yaboinikk0946]

Hah

[@yaboinikk0946]

@@kellerm4491 top right corner

[@-BigMike-]

0:42 - real horsepower.

[@rhys3089]

That was the race leader

[@BillHFA]

That's easily one for my favorites list! Great video!

[@twilightanimate9893]

You know what’s weird? There wasn’t any safety equipment for the cars in the 50’s, and I’m surprised the drivers never died from these wrecks!

[@mikenodine6713]

The did add seat belts even though most production cars still didn't have them. They learned about seat belts in the 1920's when driver's and mechanics were thrown from open top racecars and many were killed by the car landing on them. They learned from those earlier racers that it is usually better to stay in the car than to be "thrown clear" in a crash.

[@calebtvog]

@@mikenodine6713 pretty sure most of them had roll cages aswell

[@andreagallagher1067]

Good job nascar u did great 👍

[@505197]

Art Binkley may have climbed out of that wreck, at 1:12, but sometime after that he was put into a coma. I suppose he must have raced at the Sportsdrome Speedway in Jeffersonville Indiana, Art was from just down the road in New Albany Indiana. Every year they had a benefit race for him, I remembered it as a memorial race. I discovered from talking to Frank Kimmel's dad that Art had been in a coma for a few years, and came back to his senses with some paralysis on one side and went back to work as a welder.

[@feellucky271]

Wow, thank you for that incredible story,these men were simply incredible and they were real men.

[@adamsanfilippo6278]

I absolutely love this I love the 50s and I love the cars especially the Hudson hornet great vid

[@raymonde4272]

"He'll need a new shirt And a new car" 😆

[@yfi62dortoh]

Man that last one was insane. Shows what happens when you don’t throw the caution for a wreck.

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

0:44 a horse on the track lol

[@dasboot6935]

Racer X won the race and went on to become a famous cartoon character on Speed Racer.

[@sillygoose2508]

I'm not sure about that when it comes to famous I'm thinking chim chim carried the whole show even though he spent the majority of the time in the trunk of the car

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

And Pops was about 5 minutes from a coronary the whole time the Mach5 was in the lead!!!5️⃣

[@LITTLE1994]

Speed Racer was the 1960s, dude.

[@alextriplett9414]

People in the fifty’s were a different breed

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Boy we've come a long way! The lack of safety in those day's where staggering!

[@krazi77]

yes, but when they have a slight bump these days, the driver needs a blankey and a scooby doo bandaid for their booboo

[@fishshedboys8898]

I love how some of them get out and look dressed for dinner-time

[@bearbuster157]

Love the awesome sound effects!

[@davemckolanis4683]

That Last 1951 Spectacular Race Pileup Was With Cars Having Mostly Old-Style Flathead Engines, And Many Car Bodies From The 1930's. MAN, WHAT A RIDE.😂😂😂😂😂

[@richardmarrufo7382]

I love how they included The Fabulous Huston Hornet!😃 From CARS

[@pyrodon5773]

Ok

[@ejr6309yt]

Yeah cars had the fabulous hudson hornet from that one race inspired the hudson hornet

[@TheZen900]

Holy bejesus! The No 1 crash lasted 2 minutes!!!

[@chrispapageorgiou2896]

The classic nascar is the best

[@diamondxwing734]

That last one was crazy

[@ecardona53]

I have never seen the alternative angles of the 1956 Daytona Beach crashes before!

[@trevin1691]

We need to bring this Racing back

[@stormrigsng]

Not unless there are more safety precausions we don’t want any more deaths from this kind of stuff

[@s1ap396]

6:50 you'd think they'd spring for a few extra flagmen around the track, but nope.

[@joeytaylor5067]

I have discovered slap before he was slap! May I have cookie

[@demongamer_yt2919]

@@joeytaylor5067 nope

[@joeytaylor5067]

Brody English except yes, this was way before he was slapshoes

[@demongamer_yt2919]

@@joeytaylor5067 umm,no

[@joeytaylor5067]

Earthman 62 yes, this is when he just did anime, not nascar content.

[@asd36f]

6:56 - wheel flying into the grandstand

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

Wow I never noticed that

[@larrybooth1771]

It's truly amazing: The evolution of racing. Speeds in excess of 200 MPH today. The humor of the car designers in the 50s will be shared by viewers in the future. I wonder what speeds will be clocked in 2030?

[@hehateme71]

Most likely not much faster. Maybe in salt flat speed runs yes, but not on circle tracks. If anything, for safety reasons, I could only see the cars getting slower. They were the fastest through the 70’s, 80’s.

[@Spurlytube]

number 1 had more arca brakes than there would be today.

[@lukmanfirdaus8497]

Spurly lol the brake only effective for 10 laps

[@janeynewcomer9435]

3:00 same day delivery at 11.59 be like.

[@GOROCKIES]

🤣

[@Riteaidbob]

"There's a massive crash and a plume of black smoke from a gas fire up ahead. I think I can race by into 6th place. BONZAI!!!!"

[@robertanderson2898]

LOL Junior Johnson right in the middle of the track, checking under the hood with cars flying by, not dangerous at all

[@ceratix1576]

More exiting than today's flips

[@awesomeladen1166]

Ceratix 15 Well Aj that was a humdinger

[@neil2550]

Wow,love those beach races. ,no 1 wooow

[@catman7153]

Very well done! Thank you!

[@Bekrija.]

I wished Herb Thomas was in there but great job finding those clips!

[@CatherineBurk]

Love seeing Daytona Beach on Daytona Beach

[@russellmooneyham3334]

Love those sound effects! Lol

[@seanmccauley6250]

The last wreck should have an overdub of Larry McReynolds saying "no caution"

[@marttherobloxgamer1608]

Thx for making it on my birthday!!!

[@rodneyhoadley3167]

Backwood race car drivers used to be badasses and your spotter said just stay away from the smoke you could get around

[@DewkChronic]

Last American Hero Junior Johnson dude was legend.

[@ianthompson2867]

Great video

[@joelee662]

Those were some old cars they smashed them up like candy too bad they didn't hold on to them there worth a lot of money today great pictures from the past 👍🇺🇸

[@michaelRIM]

Nr. 07 - I LUVV ALL the Mopars / ChrysLers & Dodges @ the front of the fieLd !!

[@allankirk3767]

Yeh They were a great racing marquee the mopars .

[@jerryturner252]

Ryan Newman says, "Hold my lemonade boys."

[@luitong4841]

its amazing how flamabe these cars are and i beleve that knowing there all safe and how they evolved these cars to the way they are today being super safe yet so powerful!

[@nctobii]

Holyyy dudee the fire

[@Peron1-MC]

1:58 the oilbath airfilter caught fire XD. im assuming the oil flew out on the headers as he flipped.

[@muffinguy3685]

"the Hudson hornet has lost controll THE HUDSON HORNET HAS LOST CONTROL"

[@kelsimorrison5386]

That last pile up with multiple cars flipped over looks like a junkyard

[@elijahgam1ng693]

I love how they used to roll and total the hell out of these cars and then just get out like nothing happened or kept driving the car

[@alouisschafer7212]

these madlads

[@gordocarbo]

Usually adrenalin...could have a concussion, slip into coma multiple broken bones who knows. Been there. Funny thing is racing in street clothes, nobody outside the track would know what that guywent through lol

[@kid7856]

and they say they're still crashing to this day!

[@J0LL1B33]

4:26 this recorded video is the inspiration of the scene on Cars 3 where Doc Hudson crashed.

[@ladevil9455]

Oh really

[@nigel900]

Same fans, same cars and same announcer..... Awesome!

[@unknownunwanted1445]

And today, just a bolt on the track calls for 5 lap safety car caution... I only watch "racing" thesedays if I'm up for a nap or sleepy time. But these old clips and the 70's CanAm are the bomb! Real men at play!

[@nathanielschwartz425]

I’m actually really surprised that this video didn’t include Paul Newman when he crashed in 1954, considering the fact that his crash caused him to be disqualified for the rest of the season and caused Hudson Hornets to stop being produced for good after having just been created in 1951. But still, interesting video nonetheless. Thanks for the upload.

[@bevgilmore1996]

Um, Paul Newman didn't start Racing until '72. The crash Doc Hudson's was based off of in Cars was Dick Kaufman's fatal 1954 crash where he rolled over repeatedly at Daytona Beach. Hudsons didn't stop production because of a crash, they went bankrupt because their cars were too expensive (and amazing) to manufacture.

[@sludge4125]

Thanks, Bev. To the other commentator, nice try.

[@lnolancreative]

you guys have clearly missed the fact that he is joking about Doc's crash, i highly doubt this guy actually thinks paul newman crashed in 54

[@brendanschuett]

0:45 is the famous quote

[@alextriplett9414]

Who is the commentator for most of this? Because they deserve more recognition

[@af4od02]

These Moonshiners, WW2 and Korean war veterans were tough as nails.

[@chrismurphyracing94]

2 looks more like a speed trial on the beach instead of a nascar race.

[@CatGoomba64]

Think it was how they qualified at the time for the Daytona Beach races

[@timechanger9162]

It’s crazy how back then the flips were bad and they didn’t even have good safety equipment either but walked away. But nascar is so afraid for a car to go upside down that they reduce the speeds so much. The flips are not bad. It is worse to go head on into the wall than it is to flip. And it’s been proven multiple times. Yes some has died from flips. But most due just from regular hard crashes than anything

[@wjanis1]

No expense spared on sound effects

[@Kingcadillac816]

That last one is a woopershure wish I could find a few those era cars now days

[@kepler240]

that's what I do when I see a roaring fire and column of smoke...FLOOR IT!!!

[@chestermcdaniel106]

Hell yeah! Me too. Drive thru it!

[@dngnascar]

#10, dale sr was only four months old when that happened

[@thewagonconductor8759]

bill norkett's crash acts extactly like doc hudson's crash in cars 3.

[@thewagonconductor8759]

but it could have been based on russ truelove's crash. who knows?

[@mattconaway7925]

MY TOP 10 50's FLIPS: 10. 1953 Southern 500 9. 1956 Daytona Beach (Buddy Krebs/Jim Wilson) 8. 1956 Daytona Beach (Junior Johnson) 7. 1958 Southern 500 (Jack Smith) 6. 1956 Daytona Beach (Russ Truelove) 5. 1952 Daytona 500 (Don Rudolph/Dick Linder/Art Binkley) 4. 1958 Southern 500 (Eddie Pagan) 3. 1957 Southern 500 2. 1951 Langhorne 1. 1957 Daytona Beach

[@robschannel4512]

Number one was nuts. Cars kept racing until the track was completely cut off. Wrecks on wrecks.

[@TheScottBonnar]

And luckily Truelove was wearing brown pants.

[@adarcus4053]

For #1 the drivers that didn't wreck the first time round just decide if they couldn't get the job done the first time to come back around for a second attempt.