CZcams is so amazing. As a kid I used to always check out a book from my school library called "Showdown at Daytona", written by Hal Higdon about this 1975 500. The book showed the lap 5 accident in great detail. I was blown away by the carnage. And now I can finally see it on video!
As a young person who is obsessed with old racing and i follow current racing but i really prefer the old days, i would like to see these cars on a game so i can feel a little of what i missed
Here's an interesting note about this race. For the only time in it's history (and quite possibly the history of any major NASCAR event), every car in this race ran a two-digit number. There were no single-digit car numbers in this race.
@@nickbyrnes7408 It is. There were a couple of cars with "0x" numbers in this race (05-David Sisco and 08-Johnny Rutherford), but there were no cars with single-digit car numbers in this race. Four such cars tried to qualify (0-Clyde Dagit, 3-Tom Culberson, 5-Neil Castles, and 8-Ed Negre), but they all failed to do so.
That is correct...wish someone would show a closeup replay like they did back then....it was clear....Cale cliped him......i like Cale...but he was laps down anyway and should moved over...with only 3 laps to go...
As much as I would like to agree with you, I think you are wrong. The more I watch old nascar, the more I realize the racing is better now. In this race there were only 6 cars within 7 laps of the winner. Nowadays you have that many on the lead lap at the .5 miles tracks. A random pick (Darlington) of track and year (2017) showed 18 cars within a lap.
Given all the episodes of Car & Track that SpeedVision (later the SPEED Channel) aired, including episodes on the 1973 and 1974 Daytona 500 (and episodes in which the 1973 125-Mile qualifying Races aired), it's a bit surprising that they never aired this episode on the 1975 Daytona 500.
Benny Parsons. One of the nicest men that ever lived and a great driver and Winston Cup Champion. Great Video. I didn't know there were Daytona videos older than '76
I have never seen a Daytona 500 in my lifetime in which so many top contenders went out due to engine & mechanical failure.....that is, until I saw this video. Great win for BP, but so many top contenders bowed out in the last 10 laps, it's unreal. It's almost like BP had a lottery ticket that day, considering he came from 33rd to win....
Which was fitting, given the way that race started. Because of that huge crash on lap 4, no fewer than 11 cars were out by lap 15. In fact, with so many cars out of the race so early, Walter Ballard's team even changed engines during the race, which is believed to be the only time that ever happened during a Daytona 500 (in-race engine changes were outlawed by 1980). But it was somewhat of a crazy finish, not just because of how David Pearson lost the race, but consider that the second and third place cars were both running on seven cylinders, Pearson spun out late, and Parsons won with an engine that Waddell Wilson wasn't sure would last more than a handful of laps.
Petty's overheating was because of a cracked cylinder head. Maurice didn't discover it until they had the same thing happen at Rockingham despite it being below freezing in that one.
Actually, it was the first Daytona 500 win for Chevrolet since Junior Johnson's win in 1960, which had been the only previous Daytona 500 win for Chevrolet. The 1961 and '62 races were won by another General Motors brand, Pontiac, both of which were masterminded by Smokey Yunick.
21:15 in those days even with a car spun down on the grass...the race went on...I quit watching a year after Dale died. Just not the same anymore without The Intimidator.
KING OF THE HIGH BANKS “ THE KING OF THE SUPER SPEEDWAYS “ HE PUT DODGE & PLYMOUTH ON THE MAP MR. PETTY BLUE HIMSELF “ !!!
CZcams is so amazing. As a kid I used to always check out a book from my school library called "Showdown at Daytona", written by Hal Higdon about this 1975 500. The book showed the lap 5 accident in great detail. I was blown away by the carnage. And now I can finally see it on video!
Rest In Peace BP!
That Matador is so bad ass. Lol...hell, all of these cars are. Just awesome 👌
Cale was supposed to be carrying Carling Breweries sponsorship but they unexpectedly pulled out at the last hour at the end of 1974.
As a young person who is obsessed with old racing and i follow current racing but i really prefer the old days, i would like to see these cars on a game so i can feel a little of what i missed
NR2003 is actually pretty good with old NASCAR, it’s free if you have a pc
Here's an interesting note about this race. For the only time in it's history (and quite possibly the history of any major NASCAR event), every car in this race ran a two-digit number. There were no single-digit car numbers in this race.
If true this is interesting
@@nickbyrnes7408 It is. There were a couple of cars with "0x" numbers in this race (05-David Sisco and 08-Johnny Rutherford), but there were no cars with single-digit car numbers in this race. Four such cars tried to qualify (0-Clyde Dagit, 3-Tom Culberson, 5-Neil Castles, and 8-Ed Negre), but they all failed to do so.
You said this note would be interesting. It turns out that was a lie
Pearson didn't "just lose it." Cale squeezed him and then hooked him.
That is correct...wish someone would show a closeup replay like they did back then....it was clear....Cale cliped him......i like Cale...but he was laps down anyway and should moved over...with only 3 laps to go...
This is real stock car racing, the way it's supposed to be. I'm sure glad NASCAR has improved it in recent years. (That last part was sarcasm.)
As much as I would like to agree with you, I think you are wrong. The more I watch old nascar, the more I realize the racing is better now. In this race there were only 6 cars within 7 laps of the winner. Nowadays you have that many on the lead lap at the .5 miles tracks. A random pick (Darlington) of track and year (2017) showed 18 cars within a lap.
Yeah nothing like 2 cars on the lead lap no where near each other
Given all the episodes of Car & Track that SpeedVision (later the SPEED Channel) aired, including episodes on the 1973 and 1974 Daytona 500 (and episodes in which the 1973 125-Mile qualifying Races aired), it's a bit surprising that they never aired this episode on the 1975 Daytona 500.
Benny Parsons. One of the nicest men that ever lived and a great driver and Winston Cup Champion. Great Video. I didn't know there were Daytona videos older than '76
I have never seen a Daytona 500 in my lifetime in which so many top contenders went out due to engine & mechanical failure.....that is, until I saw this video. Great win for BP, but so many top contenders bowed out in the last 10 laps, it's unreal. It's almost like BP had a lottery ticket that day, considering he came from 33rd to win....
Which was fitting, given the way that race started. Because of that huge crash on lap 4, no fewer than 11 cars were out by lap 15. In fact, with so many cars out of the race so early, Walter Ballard's team even changed engines during the race, which is believed to be the only time that ever happened during a Daytona 500 (in-race engine changes were outlawed by 1980).
But it was somewhat of a crazy finish, not just because of how David Pearson lost the race, but consider that the second and third place cars were both running on seven cylinders, Pearson spun out late, and Parsons won with an engine that Waddell Wilson wasn't sure would last more than a handful of laps.
RIP drivers Benny Parsons, David Pearson and JD McDuffie...
Petty's overheating was because of a cracked cylinder head. Maurice didn't discover it until they had the same thing happen at Rockingham despite it being below freezing in that one.
Thanks!
Pearson got screwed.
Lap 5...10 cars involved.
In my terms...& everyone else's, it's referred to as...'The Big One'.
The term sticks!!!
I believe this was Chevy's first Daytona 500 win since 1962.
Actually, it was the first Daytona 500 win for Chevrolet since Junior Johnson's win in 1960, which had been the only previous Daytona 500 win for Chevrolet. The 1961 and '62 races were won by another General Motors brand, Pontiac, both of which were masterminded by Smokey Yunick.
Petty's guys told him about Benny's situation. That's why he helped BP.
Marty Robbins caught up in a big iron bending wreck..😏👍
Same here....
Anyone know who was in the fluorescent green car that ran as high as third after the lap 5 crash ?
RIP BP.......
Was this the first year of the 358 cubic inch limit?
Yes.
Is this the first year with small blocks?
Spring of 1974
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These are REAL men. Look at Nascar today! I don't watch it any more.
just as dumb yesterday as they are today lol all your generation does is fucking complain about everything
Yeah it must be really boring having more than 2 cars on the lead lap like they do here.
Nice when the big guys get taken out lol
Laguna s-3.
21:15 in those days even with a car spun down on the grass...the race went on...I quit watching a year after Dale died. Just not the same anymore without The Intimidator.