1958 DAYTONA AND INDIANAPOLIS 500 MOTOR RACE "FAMOUS MEASURED MILE" 76284

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

That was so cool, 2 years before I was born, but so awesome, thanks.

[@JensSchraeder]

This was more entertaining than modern races.

[@altfactor]

The year 1958 was historic in auto racing for two reasons: It was the final year for racing on the sandy beach in Daytona. The Daytona International Speedway would open in-time for the 1959 "Speed Weeks". And it was the first year A.J. Foyt competed in the Indianapolis "500". He'd eventually win the race on four separate occasions, the first driver to do so.

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

Cool factoids, thanks.

[@noviranger88]

NASCAR ran measured mile time trials there until 1961.

[@robertkeefer1552]

In 1957 and 1958 Indianapolis had used the single file form up out of the new revamped pit area. After the 1958 race, they went back to having the cars in 11 rows of 3 starting up on the main straight.

[@timonsolus]

Racing in cars with really, really bad handling is really fun to watch! Far more so than modern F1.

[@nycsongman9758]

These were the much-admired "rocket ships" of a bygone NASCAR era. I'm a Boomer, so I remember, as a boy, those body shapes; I remember those huge V-8s. People looked at these cars in this final Beach race then as one might look today at a hi-tech NHRA Pro Mod car. I love modern and ancient NASCAR

[@wesleyamancio3686]

​@@nycsongman9758 sreet drag racing >>>> NHRA

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

1:01 look at that beauty 1958 Plymouth Belvedere Or savoy that trim looks like the savoy trim.

[@autobug2]

Racing on the beach in cars that were close to showroom stock was so much more of a challenge than on a paved track like today. Those drivers had to work to keep the car on the track; fighting the steering against the sand in the curves. And it was more fun to watch. Today? It's all politics, and who has the bigger sponsors. I don't even watch it anymore. no fun.

[@altfactor]

I think you made a typo: The Indianapolis "500" is 200 laps, with each lap taking two and a half miles.

[@olivei2484]

cool footage. Looks like the pace car is towing thing at 1.02. Dunno what fer

[@bogdanich375]

Nice!

[@ofnarcr]

This is a thing?! Thank you!

[@petermaxwell4904]

best movie ever made?..red-line 7000, i forget the number, but red-line!

[@noviranger88]

It was 7000.

[@johnholzhey8149]

They even had the fly-over back then.

[@5jr.racing982]

Strange that the NASCAR boys where putting roll cages in to protect their life...yet the Indy car boys would rather roll over and die....people were so nieve in early days of racing...don't get me going on the Daytona beach race about the fans standing behind nothing with cars going by at 140 mph!!!

[@victorpena3129]

After world war 2 people weren’t scared of shit lol even death .

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

I think there was a tragic Gran Prix crash in Europe just a couple years earlier that took out a bunch of spectators. Different times.

[@JensSchraeder]

America was great back then my friend.

[@GiovanniTiradoGT]

7:13 HE CAN HIGH FIVE THE DRIVER lol

[@ofnarcr]

BTW, what is that at 1:02? Curious.

[@1985230ce]

Early GPS.

[@Mark-ce3gp]

Or the Hearse 17:34

[@robertuskoppies444]

At 0:29 -> it was Sir HENRY SEGRAVE, not Harry Seagrave....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Segrave

[@derkes172]

That was Harry, because Henry Seagrave died in 1930

[@rosewhite---]

22:35 are those parasol hats still available?

[@vernwallen4246]

Yes,i recently bought one on ebay for $5.00.No warranty.

[@kikufutaba1194]

On Amazon her in Japan also

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

6:43

[@Viper8828]

@16:36 how did he survive that....

[@Timinator62]

He didn't, that was Pat O'Conner

[@danooc1]

@@Timinator62 yeah. They kinda skipped over that detail. Thank God that other drivers radiator survived though.

[@igoski1582]

Daytona, fans literally standing a few feet away from the cars going down the sand side of the track. Everyone was extremely lucky a wrecking car did not plow through a crowd of people, killing them all. Why were so many, so naive and stupid to conduct a race like this, with that extreme danger?

[@mikew3494]

Pretty lame until about 11:50 when the real racing ensued .