Sox & Martin Vs. Richard Petty - Superbird Match Race!

Step back in time to the 1991 Mopar Nationals and check out my Sox & Martin tribute Superbird as it takes on a Richard Petty tribute Superbird in a pair of exhibition match races at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio.

[@cod8140]

I was there and I remember well what a BLAST!!! Mopar 4 life!!!

[@marioncobaretti2280]

these cars werent built for 1/4 mile , there high geared rear axles with 200 mph top speeds were very impressive in its heyday

[@alexander1485]

+harry escarole more like 220-230 mph top speeds.

[@marioncobaretti2280]

alexander1485 200 was a guarantee i dont how true 220/230 it wouldnt surprise knowing how good chrysler was with its drivetrains

[@oldgriz816]

These are "tribute " cars, they started life as your granny's grocery gettin satellite. ....

[@tigerboy60]

They were so Impressive NASCAR banned them.

[@68bobba2]

@@tigerboy60 -They didn't ban them...they reduced the Winged Car engine capacity to just 305ci....which pretty much undid all the benefits of the aerodynamic add ons....Just like the restrictor plate rule,on the Chrysler Hemi(and the Ford Boss 429)...

[@fostbitten5721]

If people actually read the description, they would see the words "tribute cars" in front of both of these cars. Petty, didn't drive the blue car, nor Sox or Martin drive the RW&B car. And nobody cares about how bad your Uncle's, Brother's, 3rd cousins car would smoke these 2 cars.

[@earlyetman5588]

No that is not what it says until you "click". Fuck this DICK!

[@rickyabney7650]

Slow and ugly!

[@edpinkerton7947]

As we used to say. Got anything to run besides your mouth

[@derekpierkowski7641]

4th Cousin bitch!😄👍

[@LarryVarner-zq5zd]

Why you got to be an ASS HOLE.

[@carlwoodard7276]

When I was 14 in 1969 , used to visit my cousin every summer for a week. His neighbors dad was owner of local dodge dealership. One day in the driveway, we saw green dodge daytona , which we seen before, a birthday gift to 16 yr old son. I later heard from my cousin it was taken away. Just remember it sounding loud for stock and him doing big burnouts , probably leading to dad taking it back.

[@volvowagon70]

Well those two cars were built to race in two different competitions. If you put the sox and Martin on the oval track, the petty car will crush it.

[@ryanfacha7268]

volvowagon70 that's not actually petty

[@ryanfacha7268]

squid face no it’s a tribute car. They both are

[@genefogarty5395]

@@ryanfacha7268 Ya think?

[@daviddemangone3660]

actually, big willie, the leader of the los angelos street racers had several daytonas that he, and his wife, drag raced on a regular basis

[@HookLineSinker4343]

Man, that Sox & martin is a sharp looking bird! WooHoo!

[@HEMISUPERBEE426]

MOPAR FOREVER !!

[@mikekendall4397]

With ETs in the 13-14 second range these two cars performed as if they came right off the showroom floor. I had (years ago) a 440x6 bird that ran 14.08 @ 108 with street tires and no mods other than headers.

[@christianaboody3839]

You have a gold mine of cool stuff

[@michaelcuff5780]

43 was tryna turn left at the end of the track! Lol!

[@60viking]

Next they should run from a roll. I was so involved with plymouth back then i was a "driver,mechanic " in Development , good memories.

[@4406bbldb]

i worked with these mopars at the development level and often said out loud "they pay me to do this".

[@lilmarshey]

Actually they're both tributes. It says so in the description.

[@joen5332]

You can tell this is real old look at the tracks surface and the times andspeeds compared to today's times and speeds and tracks surfaces

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

No surprise here, a Drag Car will always beat a Nascar even if they were the real ones !!

[@RoadHead62]

Petty's 'Bird sounded kinda sick. He shoulda been slapping his mechanic around in the pits for that.

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

the sox bird I think eneded up in aberdeen md. I saw it in a garage of the owner before he passed away. it had a hemi in it.

[@onlyweknow2]

Saw both cars run in 1970 Petty at Riverside and Sox and Martin at Lyons dragstrip

[@thelibertyworkshop2952]

What you saw here was a man who is used to starting from a Christmas tree ... Although Petty's car was probably not set up for the 1320 ...

[@gamingFTWchannel]

am i wrong, or the white and red one isnt a superbird? i think they put a nose and a spoiler on a non-superbird mopar

[@FordMonsterTruck]

this is to epic to comprehend

[@dsrunner69]

How cool! I didn't know anyone had made tribute cars of my two most favorite racer's cars. Ronnie Sox "Mr. Four Speed" & Richard Petty "The King".. Drag Racing & NASCAR. I wish I could get a nice poster-picture of these to cars lined up at the "Line". Does anyone sell a picture of this?

[@tomhunter965]

Ok, let’s put that Sox and Martin car against the Petty car at Daytona or Talladega. Case closed.

[@MrEdwin57]

2 mile strip instead of a quarter mile. Bye bye, Sox and Martin ! ! !

[@joequillun7790]

LOL.Funny stuff. Real winged cars now-a-days are worth big bucks, but back when they were new, everyone laughed at that stupid spoiler. Maybe they were good on the hi-speed ovals, but on the street they were a joke. (Who's laughing now?)

[@jamescalhoun3936]

These cars was built for speed on tracks like Daytona. They could run over 200 mph on open tracks. They were not built to do drag racing on quarter mile race tracks. Put them on an open track and see the ending results.

[@jeffleblanc8850]

You can see petty needs some heavy duty gears in that bird it’s gutless of off the take off

[@martinsmithjr.2777]

This is a time when real racing gas and alcohol ruled the 1/8 and 1/4 mile long live in our history guys and gals of racing!

[@peteloomis5349]

The sox and Martin car sounded much healthier than Pettys for some reason and Petty isn't going to cut a light like ol Ronnie !

[@chrisclark5204]

After the drag race they should have taken them to Daytona and see which one would win a 500 mile race.

[@jameshardin1100]

These cars are complete legends and the Winged cars probably have the highest winning percentage on the big tracks as any car ever made. Yet, there are clowns on this site saying how fast their mom's 6 cylinder cars are compared to these. Get outa here!

[@davidthayer6969]

sorry but those are not the facts......these cars were raced during the 69 and 70 season....per NASCAR records, the most successfull of the aero cars on the superspeedways was the Talledega Torino with 29 wins, next the mecury cyclone spoiler II with 8.....despite all of the hype and myth the total wins for the winged cars was only 14 compared to Fords 37.

[@sparkyguitar0058]

@@davidthayer6969 Hey. We dont want FACTS. The Chrysler boys wanna live in their own world. Dont forget some of those Ford wins had a Petty behind the wheel.

[@davidthayer6969]

@@sparkyguitar0058 HERE are the facts........the Winged cars entered a total of 24 races and won 14 of them........however due to Ford cutting funding, 5 of those wins had NO factory Fords even entered.

[@sparkyguitar0058]

@@davidthayer6969 And Petty did race a Ford in 69. And win. I think its amazing when a team can switch car makes and still win. Glidden is a great example.

[@davidthayer6969]

@@sparkyguitar0058 Petty had a great season in 1969 he won 10 races and his first ever road course.......however Petty's main goal was get the Nichels Engineering business.......he played both chrysler and ford to make that happen.......Mopar finally gave in and agreed to give him the nichesl business if he came back to plymouth in 1971.

[@6StrngWzrd]

over 2 million dollars worth of detroit iron sitting at that starting line

[@micksterboone4517]

Now if that race had been a mile instead of a quarter.......

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

This makes a lot more sense when you remember that Richard Petty went drag racing when Chrysler boycotted NASCAR in the mid 60s.

[@genefogarty5395]

He did that long before the wing cars.

[@starbearry]

Nothin beats the sound of an open pipe hemi at 6000 rpm!

[@williepelzer384]

Except a small block Chevy at 9,000

[@tff43]

CLASSIC

[@717273mopar]

These cars were not meant for the 1/4 mile,they ran Daytona 500 !

[@joe-hp4nk]

Now for the next race at Daytona.

[@CEO100able]

I didn't know Richard Petty competed for drag racing.

[@edge2sword186]

Petty actually drove an injected Hemi Barracuda on the drag strip circuit in 1965 because Chrysler had a boycott on NASCAR that year .

[@bradleysmith3121]

Petty drag raced as stated in 1965 until the incident at Southern Dragway near Atlanta, where an 8 year old boy was killed by a tire from Petty’s car that came off during a catastrophic failure. Petty quit drag racing.

[@davidthayer6969]

that is not Richard petty and it was not a nascar superbird of pettys.

[@julieprice1007]

Awesome cars

[@jacobmoses3712]

One of these cars sounded like it had an automatic transmission. Not sure which one. I don't think the Superbird came as an automatic

[@bertlambert3817]

Jacob Moses ....That's because Ronnie Sox WAS the fastest shifter on ANY track..Ronnie was the freaking BOMB !!

[@DDS029]

But a few hundred Daytonas, and Superbirds came with automatics.

[@peteloomis5349]

Ronnie must have done a super tune for his car for it to run on the strip like it did ! You can see the difference when they both do a dry hop after the burnouts the sox and martin car lifts up and squaks the tires while Pettys just bogs !

[@chrisnizer1885]

When did Sox & Martin campaign a Superbird? Seems like an odd choice for a drag racing car. They absolutely ruled in NASCAR but not drag racing. If anymore could make it work it would be Sox & Martin I suppose. Those two could find a way to make a school bus competitive if they had to. Learn something new every day.

[@MrUltraworld]

These are just tribute cars. Probably 440 magnums w Torqueflights. Only 101 mph cars. Cool looking though

[@chrisnizer1885]

+Fred Garvin Thanks for the head's up Fred. No doubt they are very cool cars. Gotta love those winged warriors! Semper Fi Fred.

[@steveboros1961]

Chris Nizer The only place the Superbird ruled was on the super speedway,they wouldn't turn worth a shit

[@davidthayer6969]

lolol they did NOT absolutely rule anywhere the superbird only won 8 total nascar races.......Petty won 5 and Pete Hamilton won 3......Petty won 10 races in a Torino.

[@chrisnizer1885]

@@davidthayer6969 Right...that's why NASCAR outlawed them, because they weren't competitive. No, they RULED. Aerodynamics + 426 Hemi = RULED!

[@newyork77]

Why are people calling these "tribute cars slow", one ran mid 14 seconds and one ran mid 13 seconds. Most performance cars today run about the same, i don't come across too many 12 second cars on a daily basis. I know there are out ,vettes, amg's, hellcats and vipers out there, but like I said most performance cars today are at best 13 second cars. One person in here mentioned his trail blazer SS, and his Mitsubishi evolution would beat them by ten cars, lol. maybe ten toy cars.... Both are 13.9 second cars.... For 45 years later they aren't that much faster....

[@m-c-m-]

+fastcop136 Most newer V6 family sedans would give these classics a run for their money.

[@newyork77]

+mcmoney86 Its like 50 years later, no great surprise cars today are faster, . Im just saying muscle cars aren"t slow, even by todays standards 13 seconds is fast.. And quarter mile times aren't the whole story, i have a 70 electra and a newer maxima(2009 bodystyle) couldnt get past me on the highway, and i was only going about 130. After i pulled away by about two cars, i let off the gas............ then he got a ticket down road. He even beeped at me after the cop pulled him over. He would have whooped me in the quarter mile, but i think my 45 year 4dr land barge did ok....

[@rocketman63]

Not with "all motor" power and set up for road courses and ovals, they wouldn't.

[@ChicagoHOG27]

Nissan GT-R

[@dwreckbaker6382]

fastcop136 you should prob get to the track more often to get caught up, 13 seconds is not fast, my f150 does mid 11's & faster ones are out there

[@quintonmchale7997]

what happened to the sox superbird ? at today's prices it might go for close to a million

[@DDS029]

If it was a real Sox and Martin prepped Hemi drag car, maybe.

[@sparty94]

guys these are both tribute cars. copies.

[@bertlambert3817]

Mr 4 SPEED !!!!!!

[@dwightarnold6980]

Richard Petty was a circle track racer ? Sox And MARTIN Ruled the QuarterMile ,!

[@duster7275]

Change the gear ratio and then it would be built for the strip

[@jeffleblanc8850]

Now it’s time for Sox and Martin to take that superbird to a oval and the king will lap him if you put some gears in that bird petty might have done well hear he wasn’t real far off with out them

[@K-Effect]

What a strange race

[@ReboottoysEllis]

Back when petty drag race. He was dragracing board right. Anyways would've loved to seen both cars built. For dragracing. And to really drag race. Ford

[@randygreen9857]

Looks like Sox&Martin wins again!

[@joshwoodburn3828]

Richard Petty didn't drive an automatic

[@user-cb5sx5tn3i]

That's not petty he didn't drive it from 1970-2016

[@onedge70moparsuperbee23]

😎👍.

[@fangcheck9141]

both a little too slow ?

[@leighscott2429]

BOTH HAS UNIQUE GUY MORE TO KNOW EACH OTHER TOO"

[@johntrybulec6218]

Chrysler power!

[@lilmarshey]

Real superbirds don't have that air intake. I don't think its real either.

[@nateatchison161]

Bring a nascar to a drag race? Isn't the king smarter than that? Dude not only got smoked he was way late off the tree and looks like this was his first trip. Lol

[@gingerlegs9814]

I say Sox & Martin

[@satan6169]

These are tribute cars dummies

[@Cris94z]

and now, i can die :)

[@sherrigaskin5656]

Clones

[@denisfelser1532]

Wem geht noch einer ab wenn er so zwei Schätze in freier Wildbahn sieht? Rrrrrrrr

[@davidlyon6394]

Best place for these two cars is the scrap yard, both of them are piles of Yank Tank Junk.....All noise and no go.....

[@denisfelser1532]

Mopar or no Car

[@richardpetty_4344]

...

[@ryanconnors5234]

ya Richard petty :D

[@sfgiantpoet]

no helmets no nothing.. G.

[@reynaldomartinez145]

Booooooooo!

[@flyurway]

Hmm, Richard Petty can't drag race, lol!

[@matrox]

Andork Kuomo That's just their cars, that's not Petty driving.

[@fostbitten5721]

matrox It is not they're cars they are "tribute cars". And actually Petty did drag race back in the mid-60's. So yeah I think he could do a good job.

[@alexander1485]

+FOSTBITTEN he did for 1 year, i think 1965 or 1966 or 1967

[@theremoteanater]

he did in 1965

[@flyurway]

+matrox Lol...you don't say?! Actually, it's not even their cars, they are tribute cars.

[@johnmacar9872]

I have a stock 70 Roadrunner with a 440+6 that would eat those two alive! :)

[@edlewis167]

One lap at Daytona and you would be blown away.

[@andrewbowles923]

those had to have been the ugliest cars of all time. fast but ugly

[@05EVORS]

Why are the og pigs worth 130-500k?? They made alot of em...2,000+ in each brand of plymouth and dodge. My Trailblazer SS will smoke these turds...my Mitsubishi Evolution homologayion rally car w a wing half the size will put 10+cars on these in the 1/4 getting 22mpg and pull 1G skidpad.....NOW is the musclecar era.

[@cuda426hemi]

You completely missed the point. These are RARE and nobody beat, I repeat NOBODY could beat a HEMI from '66-'71 as far as a stock car from the factory.The winged cars RULED nascar, and they actually turned left. That's why they will always be worth a TON of money and your GM truck will be worth the nothing it's worth today and the EVO? Well, let's just say MitsuSHITTY pulled the plug on that turkey about 3 years too late. Hope you stocked up on parts for that old slow car. When a Golf continues to kick the Evo's ass for years, oof - sad.

[@2010HarleyDynaFXD]

neither of the cars you mention is capable of reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour the cars on the video where Nascar's of the 60's and 70's technology changes threw the years of course. In 40 years later it's lucky that ether one of your vehicles would be still on the road the trailblazer inline six is prone to problems one of the most problematic motors in the gm line. Today's cars are throw away cars and barley serviceable to any normal person how do I know I'm a mechanic all I deal with is modern junk! That is what keeps us in business people have heart attacks when the check engine light comes on and they come in lol. With all these sensors and ecm's prone to fail makes them unreliable you won't be able to make it home. The classic cars if you loose spark it's just points there easy to work on less prone to failures more reliable and nobody beat the 1966 Volvo P1800 in a modern car yet 3.5 million miles and still going! I like cars that are reliable and you can depend on it no matter what that is why I won't buy a car past 1994."before obd2 systems"

[@BobPapadopoulos]

Your Evo also has the benefit of about 40 years of hindsight, and your Blazer... well, who really gives a shit about a Blazer? These cars are classics, while YOUR cars, in 40 years, will occupy a junkyard somewhere... that is, if they haven't already been scrapped and turned into refrigerators or something.

[@xbfalcon351coupe]

homo lo gay ion....says it all.....the word is homologation but your spelling may be a more accurate description of your car.. Do you seriously need somebody to explain why a superbird is worth more than a Mitsubishi anything?

[@thyringmaster]

+05EVORS not a fair comparison a modern 4wd trubo and a modern trailblazer ss in a drag race hmm yeah there gonna be quick look how far tech has come since then but in a mile run these cars are hell on wheels how fast is the evo to put 10 cars on a 14 second car? as for 2.000 plus being made nope daytona numbers totaled just 503 being built. only 70 having the hemi and only 20 of those having a 4 speed.but 1,920 superbirdds were made of them only 135 had the hemi. dont get me wrong i really like evos and the trailblazer ss but well there not gonna be legends like the birds and runners

[@torchred99]

slow

[@treaverbombard3398]

Mr 4-speed vs petty interesting