Best known as co-owner of the legendary Holman-Moody operation, Ralph Moody was at first a talented driver who understood in the early days that handling was as important as horsepower.
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@thetreblerebel4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Ford guy...and Moody is one of the Ford Racing gods we tip our hats to!
@Miatacrosser5 жыл бұрын
Ralph Moody is one of the many reasons I became a Ford fan in the '60s. Holman Moody, the Wood Bros. and Bud Moore. Three of the greatest teams in Nascar history. Wish they were all still with us. I would've loved to have met them and bought em a beer.
@moss84484 жыл бұрын
man you got that right...
@shawnbenton61713 жыл бұрын
As a kid, Ralph Moody was my next door neighbor. He was an awesome person. Always outside in his carport working on cars, sometimes into the middle of the night. I definitely learned a lot from him.
@IcyKcominyourway6 жыл бұрын
Just learned today that Ralph Moody and John Holman are on the ballot for the Class of 2019 for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. When you think of super teams of NASCAR in the 1960's, the three names that come to mind are Petty Enterprises, Wood Brothers, Holman-Moody.
@brianhawkins22703 жыл бұрын
You forgot about smoky
@ronsnow20155 жыл бұрын
One great video of the Ford boys doing their thing. Hope there are more to come. Keep'm coming especially the Ford boys. thanks for posting
@Mike5836 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr.Moody,one of racing's greatest of all time!!!
@mikeakridge65556 жыл бұрын
I remember David Pearson at Mobile Speedway when I was 12 or 13 yrs old in the late 1960's. I worked at that track and was in the pit during the race. Pearson had done well and after the race, already in the pit, I walked over to his pit area. He had jumped into the open end of a tractor trailer rig in avoidance of the crowd that was soon to be in the pit. I walked over about ten feet away from him looking. He looked at me like he could not understand why I was there- 18year minimum age in the pit. He was a great driver and a pleasure to watch on the track that I was very familiar with. I was always a Wood Brothers/Pearson fan. Pearson was the best ever. Their were other greats there from time to time: Bobby and Donnie Allison, Red Farmer, Marty Robbins, along with the local greats that never had a break into the "big time".
@michaellair53154 жыл бұрын
Meet him at Darlington raceway circa 1970 he gave me an autograph card
@plantfeeder66773 жыл бұрын
Saw him win at Ontario, Ca. in '76. Best day ever. Place was deserted. Maybe 10,000 in a venue that held 150,000+.
@edhughes68545 жыл бұрын
According to interviews with various former employees Holman kept Ralph on the road and out of the way so he could manage the shop and the employees.
@0289XYZ9 жыл бұрын
Remember when Holman-Moody won Le Mans 1965?? One the best days of my life. NO stick and ball games NEVER!!!!
@gt40mk218 жыл бұрын
+Greg Johnson - I think you mean 1966.
@rollingstopp8 жыл бұрын
+John Ford LOL
@Miatacrosser5 жыл бұрын
Ford won le Mans. Holman Moody built the engines. Carol Shelby's team got the win. And ut happened in 1966 and a year later in 1967.
@terriecotham15676 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the post and to all those that help put bring this story to life. The Golden age of racing kind of like the time when the skies were wide open and pam am cross the world - thanks so much for posting
@chucutitan5 жыл бұрын
I visited Mr Moody to get a hand's on design for a racing oil pan for a modified Sunbeam Tiger. Little did I realize my chats with him and Junior Johnson, Carroll Shelby and Ak Miller, was the stuff of legend. Ask a question then have a memory like a tpe recorder for an hour's dissertation.
@haroldplemons256610 жыл бұрын
THIS STUFF IS PRICELESS.KEEP THESE GREAT UPLOADS COMING!
@fredstallings39928 жыл бұрын
its a crime that he is not in the nascar hall of fame. he invented half the stuff they are using today
@dylanwatson93008 жыл бұрын
+Fred Stallings And Smokey Yunick, except for his history of cheating against Nascar and Big Bill, he was involved with Nascar's early pros Herb Thomas, Marshall Teague, Curtis Turner and Paul Goldsmith in the days when they ran the Hudson Hornet, Pontiacs and the Chevy Bel Air. Building cars and engines and crew chiefing for them in those times.
@fredstallings39928 жыл бұрын
+Dylan Watson incoherent
@timchilders35356 жыл бұрын
He will be, I feel sure.
@lskiller19034 жыл бұрын
@@dylanwatson9300 Who in the hell doesn't chest in NASCAR.
@DupontandLowesWarrior4 жыл бұрын
I hope he goes in the 2021 Hall of Fame
@branon65655 жыл бұрын
Holy hell, that's Tom Cotter, from the Hagerty Channel here on KZbin...that dude knows his stuff, especially about Fords :)
@andrewb68329 жыл бұрын
only 3 comments and a couple thousand views, I guess being a gearhead is a lost art. but then again true gearheads still at it don't have time for this. great vid
@kramnull89626 жыл бұрын
Davey Allison with a 460 Boss... Two Imaginary hero's...
@billville1115 жыл бұрын
Pro tip for the producer - background music is supposed to be in the background.
@JeffersonMartinSynfluent4 жыл бұрын
Holy cow. Is there a second in this video when the background music isn't drowning out the narration?
@AnomalousOne14017 жыл бұрын
What infuriates me is that some asshole decided to pull the plug on Speed channel. There was only 1 channel on my television. Shame on them.
@darkshadow314157 жыл бұрын
SPEED was owned by FOX and became FS1.
@ARFF1Tampa4 жыл бұрын
Just watched Ford Vs Ferrari with his nephew. He noticed a lot of things and mentioned something about the death in the movie.
@vetb8822 жыл бұрын
About to watch this with my son the drag racer, Brian.
@rugerrocker74835 жыл бұрын
I agree he should have been in the hall of fame.
@moss84484 жыл бұрын
it ain't over yet....
@k.kristianjonsson48144 жыл бұрын
Very interesting about an interesting person. But I hate when someone put background music behind the speaker voice. Sometimes difficult to hear what they are saying.
@antr74933 жыл бұрын
Hey, it's the Barn Find guy for Hagerty
@terrymartin30365 жыл бұрын
David Pearson
@ralphrichardson32077 жыл бұрын
exelent video. about a great mechanic named ralph.
@noezrider63615 жыл бұрын
I spend more time watching these (60s-70s, even some 80s) vids than I do watching today's teeny boppers racing. Big money f'd it up. Thanks to eBay I've got a bunch of 60s & 70s Stock Car Magazine(s) and reliving my past, and the decade before it. Hang on every word. Just unbelievable how great it was, and what a damn joke it is today. MRN still does good, but FOX & NBC is sickning. I'd prefer Junior just do it all if I'm going to watch it, and leave the producer OUT OF his ear.
@7ikey10 жыл бұрын
do you have any more episodes of NASCAR Drivers 360?
@thegentleman83568 жыл бұрын
great content, but the music makes it almost unbearable.
@robertwoodward388Ай бұрын
Robert yates was the best team
@timcrary42494 жыл бұрын
Indy cars and engine!!
@maniyan_wanagi7 жыл бұрын
I could sure do without the doggoned "music"
@odieskeen34864 жыл бұрын
RALPH MOODY MADE BENNY PARSONS CHAMPON IN 1973 WHEN BENNY HAD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR TORN OFF INCLUDING THE ROLLBARS RALPH TOLD BENNY TO TAKE ANY THING FROM A PARKED CAR THAT MISSED THE RACE ,HE SAID HE TAKE CARE OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ODIE
@Mike5836 жыл бұрын
Damn good video,but PLEASE lose the stupid background music!!!!!!