The Worst NASCAR Race Ever: The 1969 Talladega 500
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- The first race ever at Talladega Super Speedway had more than its fair share of problems, most of which happened off the track. Held in mid-September in the midst of a full-blown tire war, a new driver's union starting up, and a track owner who wouldn't back down, the first Talladega 500 was the worst race in NASCAR history. And to top it all off, we don't even know for sure who won the darned thing.
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Reporters: "Bill France, what's your stance on this PDA?"
Bill France: "I don't know her"
I'm surprised he didn't say: "Heck! Penicillin can fix that"!
The true winner is the third place filler car driver
For sure Ramo Stott was one of the best Arca regulars to cameo in cup
@@dr.b0973 Glad you fellows brought up Ramo's driving ability. He was a good driver, and giving the Winston Cup cars a challenge does not surprise me. He also was full to watch on the dirt tracks. Watched him many times at county fair races.
He even finished on the lead lap in that race
@@Monkey832 and lead four lap during the race
18:01
Me: you ever heard of a movie called "cars" ?
I know right🤣
Ye lol
Duh. Yeah
@@Hatris I’m not explaining the whole plot but basically in the races there’s only 3 actual competent racers the other 40 people are just there
😂
15:04
"he was only puttering around at 160mph"
that has got to be the funnest shit I've heard in a while
If you go fishing with a Baptist you’ll need to either bring two cases of beer because he’ll drink your case or bring another Baptist because they won’t drink in front of each other
That gave me a good chuckle.
In western Canada we say this about Mennonites lol
im gonna steal that
The difference between Catholics and Baptist. Catholics don't recognize birth control while Baptist don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
My State of South Australia had to change it's liquor laws to reduce drunk driving deaths. On Sunday pubs could only sell alcohol to tourists so everyone would drive to the next town to drink. Then on the way home you had a lot of drunk drivers going both ways!!!
Well done! Note: The Dodge Daytona debuted at Talladega and the Ford Torino Talladega debuted at Daytona.
My first car was a '72 Torino! We went everywhere together, she even liked to pretend she was a 4x4 on occasion! Good old days!
That is weird but cool
𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩... 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡..
100th like
A Dodge Daytona will always be my dream car
We can just appreciate that a AMC Javelin finished 26th in that 500 mile race? AMC isn’t the most reliable company but damn that Javelin is made of pure iron to last that long for that hard.
And one of the better looking also.These cars were a lot better than most people knew.
it completed 62 laps
I love the "Exhoost foom" pfp
AMC....Ain't My Car!!!😛👍
@@jacko1596 That's still a good 165 miles.
"you can't just put 3 cars in a 2.66 mile speedway for 500 miles right?"
*Piston Cup Racing Association wants to know your location*
Nice one!
Huh?
From the Disney movie Cars
Kachigga
Damn, you thought of it before me
Smokey Yunick said of Bill France Jr. "he woulda had to went to 4th grade 3 more times to get his idiot's license."
And that "He didn't have the sense to pour piss out of a boot, if it had instructions on the heel."
That's great! I had not heard that before.
Im definitely using that
Smokey Yunick was the automotive world's answer to Yogi Berra.
@@joshbarth9469
I thought he said that about Brian 'Brainfart' France?, lol.
This is like the 2005 F1 race at Indy that had only 6 starters due to the Michelin Tyre issues.
See f1 is smart your tire not safe enough you cant race unlike nascar just straight up ban tire war
IIRC it was the decision of the teams on Michelins not to race, they were under all kinds of pressure from Bernie Ecclestone (the owner/chairman of F1) to compete but, quite rightly, none of them were prepared to risk their drivers.
yeme owner of f1 tried to sue the teams but a law stopped him as racing with unsafe tires is illegal
That's exactly what I was thinking.
broly rcf
6 cars did race, the rest decided not to because of the unsafe tires. Exactly the same thing as This video.
Ramo stott was probably the happiest man on earth he ran down Bobby Issac in an underpowered car
And then 59-ish years later he got a shout-out 😂
I have driven over 200 laps at Talladega over the years, mostly with Dale Jarrett Racing, and was given a lot of leeway to do 180 -185 mph when the max they would let anyone do was 165. I was called in 2015 by Ronda Robertson, the operations manager who let me do the speed. She told me she quit and to stop running with Jarrett as Dale Jarrett and Tim Shannon, the latter the president of the company, were cutting corners as they were losing money and the tires weren't safe. The company folded shortly thereafter. I really never knew the importance of tires until I saw this video. Dale Jarrett, a former NASCAR champion, endangered my life. Jarrett called me one day to rationalize what I was told, but it was total BS.
NASCAR had 7 fatalities from '64 thru '67. So you can understand the drivers being worried about safety.
Grand Prix racing and sports cars racing were Getting Serious about safety ,then,also.24hrs of Le Mans had a car go into the crowd and kilt a number of fans in the 50s and the Europeans took notice of prevention.
Lance Secrest not just a number of fans, 82 people! It was like a small genocide in one accident
They could still improve the safety over the old cars, but they threw out the baby with the bath water when they got so far from stock cars.
@@henris8367 yeah but they got hit by a Mercedes. What a way to go!
What was safety like back then?
Thank u. If someone dosen't write this stuff down it will disappear with our generation. Enjoyed reliving the whole thing...
A lot of it is. Except no one seems to agree on which version, or which combination of versions gives you the one true story.
Thats what i keep pointing out. Im trying to imagine racing 20 years from now when the cars are driverlessand Kyle Busch is going for win 600...
I am actively trying to track down any NASCAR and USAC footage i can get my hands on. Right now ive got one heck of a lead on 1960s early 70s USAC stock, sprint, Indy footage....but its pricey. Ill get it eventually, complete with ALL episodes of Car and Track
90-00
10:15 Curtis Turner gets sent to the Shadow Realm
Omg i literally spit my drink laughing when he said shit show... this dude story telling is epic
Curtis Turner has been DELETED *Broken Matt Hardy voice*
I read this right as it happened
Hello viewer, super GT here.
When Bill France is Monika
Firestone ran an ad before the video started...guess they’re proud of their history.
(Yes I know it’s the word tire getting fed into the algorithm and shooting an appropriate ad back at me.)
Firestone talking about their history the same way Volkswagen does?
10:25 was not expecting a DDLC reference in a NASCAR Documentary
right?! it caught me so off-guard
That shit legitimately scared me, lol. I think that game may have left a bit of mark.
I heard the music and literally got a chill.. That game definitely left a mark on me lol
*I gently roll into the pits*
It's because he's a weeb
"I couldve have the biggest, baddest speedway built right in my back yard."
No, but you did have have the most mysterious one in trade.
The tire war reminds me of what lead to the death of Group B rally in the 80s, manufacture teams putting wining over driver safety. 10:14 Also is that a Doki Doki Literature club reference?
It is.
I just caught that reference 3 years later.
It is and it makes sense. If you look at his original channel S1ap you'll see a bunch of anime videos prior to switching fully to NASCAR content. He mentions it in his self-history video and still features anime characters on that channel's banner art. Most notably Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill la Kill, since he would use the instrumental version of "Before My Body is Dry" for his MBJ video that was associated with series protagonist Ryuko Matoi
@@BB_Sebring kek based
Switched to this after you were in Emplemon’s video. Great video dude, cheers.
I did not expect a Doki Doki reference... caught me off guard lmao. Great video by the way.
Slapshoes Is a secret weeb
Nothing secret about it as far as I can tell
Saw it and immediately went to the comments to see if anyone else got it
That damn music still makes me uncomfortable as hell
He actually started as an anime reviewer. Not even kidding.
I don't really care for NASCAR, but this video was fascinating. Well written and produced. Great job!
I love drag racing, except for the eternal lulls while you wait between rounds, and I'm not impressed watching a Corvette blow his motor to bits chasing a stock VW with a 4 minute head start. As a wannabe driver, NASCAR offers you some seat time, before the wreck or engine failure. Drag racing, can end on the burnout, or start line. SCCA looks fun, but it too has some issues with multiple classes running simultaneously making it like racing on the freeway with others NOT racing, or aware of a race, being rolling slalom gates on the highway. I'm actually a dirt track racing fan, or anything you want to race on a dirt oval. It makes what looks like watching an on ramp to a freeway, vs cars racing on a surface that has multiple lanes to use to try to navigate the track.
@@bobbysolo5411 i like wreckfest for exactly that reason...... i cant stand f1, nascar, top fuel drags, etc. because theres no difference between any of the cars. even in racing sims you cant even tweak anything on the cars despite their real life counterparts sometimes being the most heavily tunable things on the planet. a race is decided by 1mph differences. the highlights of 3+ hours of racing boil down efficiently to less than a minute. its like watching a bunch of bugged NPCs chase each other in a circle... not interesting! id rather have professional coverage of 24 hours of lemons. more outlaw fig 8. more demolition derby/banger racing like they do in britain. dirt fig 8 school bus demolition derby endurance race... that hits the spot!
Jack Radzelovage p
@@jackradzelovage6961 I understand your point, but there's actually a huge difference between the cars in F1, and that's why certain teams dominate. Still, my favorite type of racing is sportscars like IMSA, WEC, and GT3.
Big daddy Shows the dirt in the sport and how France gained his wealth on the backs of others !!! Dirty Bastard !!!
Normally I wait until the video is complete before adding a Like if it's good, but by 6:00 minutes in I had to pause and like. Such incredible content. The research, writing, editing, and delivery are seriously top notch. Keep up the awesome work man!
And Richard Childress silently made his debut.
We never know...
One day *someone will decide to use a DDLC soundtrack to explain a catastrophe*
ah a man of culture
Hibiki ah another man of culture
Glad i wasnt the only one to notice that
Between this and "Before My Body is Dry" in his Truex video, S1ap has earned his weeb status lol
Hes a confirmed weeb, man of culture
Broke: keep bugging SBNation to make a NASCAR ep of The Worst
Joke: realize SBNation doesn't really care about NASCAR
Woke: WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN THE WORST, WITH BLACKJACK AND HOOKERS
Finally, someone gets it.
I'm halfway in and I can already confidently say this could go toe to toe against most any real episode of The Worst you care to name. Those guys could certainly do worse than hire you, were you so inclined.
Jon Bois breakdowns of NASCAR would surely be great though.
@@trekker105 It’s sad that places like that could be employing people who make 100x better content because of their love for the sport and instead they’ve got a bunch of Chads where you can hear stuff like this going “hold on babe, i gotta finishing the VO.” beep boop bop “So, Martin Lawrence and Dale Markhard round the last corner sparks flying, downforce turned to max and that’s when...”
@@The_ZeroLine Don't talk like that about SBNation of all channels. They put a lot of work and effort into their stuff and they make some of the best sports content out there.
I was there. I was very disappointed that all my favorite drivers left, but I watched both Saturday and Sunday's races and had a blast anyway. I'll never forget the black and gold Smoky Yunick race car. I'll also never, ever, forget the Grand National qualifying runs. The cars back then couldn't run full out all the way around. They would let off going into the turn and then hammer down coming out. My Lord!! It truly sounded like thunder back then. Absolutely thrilling.
Well done. I've become a novice NASCAR fan this past year. It only took me 64 years to get there! I'm a history buff, so I love hearing the history of just about anything. Good job on this!
Holy shit I wasn't expecting the Sayori's death soundtrack from DDLC in a NASCAR video lmao. Love it.
Well this song is on Assassination classroom
I’m watching this at 1 am and i almost shat myself
@@connorbrown2194 same
@@connorbrown2194 I did
sayo-nara curtis
"puttering around at 160 mph"
Pfitz By now it's nothing
Read that the same time it came up in the video LoL
lemans in the 60's was double that sheed.
@@bouncingshot Yeah Derek Bell took the Porsche 917LH would go 246 in 1971 simply due to the fact that before chicanes were added it was 3.7 miles down the straight. Fun fact NASCARs ran at LeMans along with an IMSA Monza and Vette. Doug and Herschel McGriff ran a 76 Charger running a 5.6L Wedge and Dick Hutcherson and Richard Brooks ran a Torino with a 7.0L V8straight from Nascar due to a deal between Bill Thomas and the ACO(LeMans reps) the Charger failed 2hrs In and the Torino ran a surprising 11 hours. Both cars had a ton of fuel trouble due to Nascar being ran on 102 and the fuel there despite being told it was 93 was more like 83. Despite poor performance they were the crowd favorite due to the noise and sheer size of them
@@niko1600 dang. i'd probably love the nascar's noise if i was in the crowd back then lol.
The reason the tires lasted is that on the morning of the race, Goodyear officials came through the pits and told all the teams that any car running consecutive laps of over 190 mph, Goodyear would come to their pits, pickup up their wheels and tires, and bring their bare wheels back to them. Brickhouse ran the last 10 laps at over 195 mph, Goodyear was livid but could do nothing. I was standing in pits when that announcement was made.
Another point, Brickhouse was not a factory team driver, he came to Talladega to drive the #14 car Bill Ellis car. When the drivers walked Saturday afternoon, he was asked to drive the #99 car. Ellis released him to do so and put Ramo Stott, an ARCA driver in the #14.
Are you related to the Whittington Brothers?
Amazing insight
That adds to the story quite a bit. Good info. 🙂
The research you put in is phenomenal. I can tell it’s fun for you though and that’s what’s cool. I like seeing someone that shares a passion for racing.
This is intense to me. You see I started working in Chrysler engineering that year and started drive super birds for Winston cup development and also was a performance Dynamometer operator. I was offered a seat in a Plymouth to back up Richard and I turned it down. Now I'll try not to damage me. This was a great time.
5:21 - Thank you for posting that picture. I always wondered how they got those heavy steamrollers to pave the track so perfectly...
Nah, that picture is just a cover-up so that noone figures out that steamrollers average 210 mph on Talladega
elloo98 Fuck, that’s a hell of a site!
@@elloo98 LMAO
I’m an Aussie NASCAR fan that’s just found your channel. I’ve been following the sport since 2003, but your videos are just awesome, I’ve learned so much more in a few weeks than over nearly 20 years! Can’t wait for more 👍
Wow, I sure am happy I stayed with this great story and I learned also to relax and enjoy.
Thank you very much for the interesting story.
I had no idea about the early racing skulduggery.
Well done sir!
Shoutout to Ramo Stott, the 1970 and 1971 ARCA champion, 1975 USAC Stock Car champion, and 1976 Daytona 500 pole winner.
Ol' Ramo was no Scrubb! 💪🤠
When I was a lad, the Blue Laws in my town allowed the Hospital Emergency Room, one Drug Store, one gas station, and one grocery to remain open for business on Sunday. No cafes or restaurants could be open on Sunday however the Public Library could open after church services as could the public swimming pool. The city police were known to ignore speeding cars on Sunday because it was "assumed" you were speeding to church. You could not mow your lawn nor shovel snow off your sidewalk on Sunday. Horseback riding was banned inside the city limits as were competitive athletics. There were many more "thou shall not" laws that I do not remember.
@George Boyer; Could [not] having "Blue Laws" be the reason Hospital ER. rooms are now overrun with gunshot, drug OD's, Illegals, and assault victims? Or the reason drug stores need to be open 24/7 to deal with all the glutinous & drunken sicko's ills? Could death defying, voyeuristic blood sports like NASCAR be the reason Godless Lib's now can kill babies who survive abortion? Who is happier about the demise of Blue Laws, Lib's & Satan, or God & his followers? Is society better now without Blue Laws?
@@stevemitz4740
I agree, Steve, and I'm Roman Catholic. This guy sounds like he had a bad experience and misses the point. Did I mention libturds are Godless freaks?
@@stevemitz4740 God doesn't exist except in your imagination.
Yeah.. You could even leave your front door wide open. While at Church.. Nothing you owned would be missing. Hell you might find Lunch on your table from your neighbor ready for you..
Damn I hate those days....
@ Screamer; Peter Stoner’s book, Science Speaks would disagree your faith based nonsense! He calculated the bibles accuracy to 1 x 1028 x 1017! No way could your groupthink training allow you to respond lucidly to that one little fact! Ask yourself why!
10:27 Was not expecting the DDLC theme in a NASCAR video lol
I’ve never been interested in nascar stuff but this was fascinating (!) thank you for your content
What the hell. This is so well produced and you ONLY have 2.4k subscribers? I was expecting to see like 100k
Luke Freeman something he done was right, besides a well made video. The algorithm is boosting his shit. Hope he takes advantage of this and puts out more quality videos while he has the view count
Two weeks ago he had less than 50!
it's a channel about nascar....in 2019
This channel's been blue lawed for its godless denigration of cultural religious observance, cherished if not practiced by the character of folk who made NASCAR great before you millennials got hold of it. Word.
@@Stratubery I can't understand what you just said....there are several grammar and spelling mistakes here. Do you mean 'lauded'? cherished if not practiced, what does that even mean....also how do 'the character of folk' practice anything? Don't use complicated vocabulary if you don't understand their appropriate context of use because you're making NASCAR fans seem awfully retarded...which is mighty ironic and something i'll give this channel's creator credit for attempting to combat with this well-researched video. My point was related to his channel's subscription count being tied to a topic cough NASCAR cough that isn't necessarily the most topical or popular subject in 2019. That isn't a knock on the production/content quality, just saying NASCAR is fuckin wack and so are you
I’ve known about this story behind the first Talladega race for years. But if anyone out there is interested in hearing about this story this is the best video on CZcams about it. Thanks again, you make the best informational racing videos!
to bad there is no video, in the video.
*_"What were tyres made from in the 1960's?"_*
Tyres were definitely quite different, back then. In fact, in wasn't until the late 1980's that North America started pushing seasonal tyres. Winter tyres became _"a thing."_ Essentially, consumers were pressured into buying All Season tyres for Spring, Summer and Autumn; and then Winter tyres to give maximum traction in winter driving conditions.
Prior to that, All Season tyres performed much better vin the Winter, than they did afterwards.
While there's no doubt that specific seasonal tyres perform optimally over All Season tyres today, it's obvious that the only reason All Season tyres were eschewed so heavily was for $$$$$.
Racing rubber was big money by the end of the 70's; and the manufacturers wanted some sort of return on investment, which went far and above what they got from racing Teams.
So, when you see ¼" of snow hit Nashville, Tennessee... and traffic comes to a complete standstill... that's because of the new, craptacular tyres that were specifically designed for only driving on pavement in warm weather conditions.
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed this video about Talladega's inaugural race in 1969 and all the controversy surrounding it. Also, if there is video footage of the 1969 Talladega 500 itself, please share it.
It was never recorded with video, but somewhere out there NASCAR or someone has the radio call. I got that snippet from a piece on Speed TV.
Neatest thing about Bobby Isaacs, in my opinion, is how he took the now banned Charger Daytona to Bonneville and set a number of speed records with only minimal changes to the car. He was definitely an independent spirit in more ways than one. The car survives to this day and is, I think, the same car (no. 71) that features in this video. I could be wrong on that last point though...
Your 100% right across the board.
Isaac was always one of my favorites as a kid. Isaac died broke and one of the current team owners bought him a nice headstone IIRC and he's buried in a cemetery overlooking a legacy track IIRC . Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong. He was voted by NASCAR one of the top 50 drivers of all time.
Kudos to Leroy Yarborogh for punching Bill France in the face. Those were rough tough drivers back then, not like the drivers of today. Great video!!
Leroy is still one of my favorites!!
Leeroy was my hero. Never heard about him decking Bill France. I'm surprised Bill allowed him to keep running in Nascar. They need someone to do the same today to those running Nascar.
If he could of hit 8 times harder.
Richard Petty says that he didn't even land the punch. I think Lee Roy probably just faked France Jr. out making it look he was going to punch him. I think if he had actually struck France Jr., Lee Roy would have been thrown out of NASCAR
Robert Peters LOL Yeah, I laughed seeing some of these puny Nascar drivers of today get in each other's face (ie Jeff Gordon). It's laughable!
This is almost identical to the end of F1 in America.
Tyre war
Bad track
One pulls out
Divers refuse
Then they raced with 3 cars
This is some of the best reporting and history I have ever seen, far better than anything on TV. "They bought tickets to the shit show"... almost fell out of my chair in hysterics! This is the best channel on youtube.
Lmao! That first song is on Assassination Classroom. That's my favorite anime series. I was shocked. Lol
It's a favorite of mine too. It's one hell of a hype track.
@@S1apShoes I'm glad I noticed it!
What is the song called, that’s just the anime it’s from (that I’ve never seen)
@@MLJFireDragon747 haritsumeta kuuki
I was 7.5 years old at this time and I remember that 1969 was a crazy time.
If you somehow see this, God bless you sir, I hope you've had a wonderful life
I was 6 . I loved the Daytona .
Fascinating. Thank you for this great insight and explanation. As an Aussie who has loved NASCAR for 20+ years, Talladega is one of my favourite tracks, and I had no idea about any of this. Really interesting, thank you.
I got a Firestone ad during this.
Respect to Good-Year for reacting so fast. Pretty impressive.
i found this channel like 5 hours ago and now im in love, I love the style of content you create. quality vids my dude
Great video! You're in depth research puts the sport out there in a complete way. Time to consider all points of view is well done. I live in Charleston. I wish we had racing. I'm not driving to Charlotte!
Darlington isn't too far away. Hopefully you can go when this Covid stuff clears up
@@S1apShoes I'd like that. I've watched most of your videos. Some more than one. Fantastic stuff. The thing with Disney's security was Hilarious!
@@michaelswhitcomb Some of my best stuff happens due to sheer accident XD
Just so happened to be in Daytona in February and filmed Walt Disney Speedway as they were paving it over for parking, and had vacation days booked way before Myrtle Beach Speedway announced they were closing. as fate would have it my vacation was on the date of their last race ever. Hell, even in editing some of my best shots end up happening by complete chance. Better to be lucky than good I guess.
Came here after EmpLemon’s video and haven’t been interested in nascar until his stuff. No matter how many times I hear about this, the most amazing part is that somewhere in the world there has existed a man named Dick Brickhouse.
1 minute in and I can tell this is gonna be a cool video and well put together. I dont even watch Nascar
John Rambo
Same here. I know bugger all about NASCAR, but when I started watching this, I couldn't stop. The guy explaining everything did an awesome job.
"They race Camaros, Mustangs, and even one AMC Javelin."
[Cough, cough] Also Trans Am and Cougar. Never forget!
Whats funny is that one of those cars actually beat one of the "real" Nascar racecars. That guy that got beat must have been really taking a Sunday drive.
Read that as a Trans Cougar....completely different statement.
@@Razz415 😂😂😂😂
"The free market can fix almost anything."
"When it comes down to competition or safety, competition wins every time."
Good old capitalism lmao
*Chernoby reactor sweats profusely.*
Your storytelling skill is absolutely amazing! Cheers from china, glad I had an opportunity to know some Nascar history
47 subscribers? That's IT? Dude I swear i felt like I was watching an episode of "Pretty Good"
Someone get Jon Bois in here so we can have a collab
@@LETSTALKENTERTAINMENT well his subscriber count skyrocketed over the past few days. I hope this continues so he gets the recognition he deserves
I did, too. Well done video.
570 four days later........04/13/19
@Jim lastname
Good for you guys ! You do know what racing is. Not those dumbells of Nastycars !
I was there. 15 years old, from Mobile and wayyyy drunker than I could handle.
Went to races in Atlanta too...when you could still sit at the exit of #4, within 6-8 feet of cars doing 180ish.
Walked away from that digging rubber out of my eyes and ears.
Who really won the race?
Was there also and may still have the Program. There were more than 3 of the big NASCAR rides on that track that day that is fact. Some of the lesser teams fielded cars along with the pony cars to fill that field. I do remember the pony cars as being way off the pace though. I was 10 and my dad was a friend of the Allison's. What we were told is both an issue with tires and substandard rough paving and both together were the reason many drivers refused to run.
i still remember Bobby Issac during the warm up that morning turning a lap at 195 so they were hitting well over 200 on the back straight and in the trioval.
Was also at the 1070 race now that was really a good race!!
They ruined Talladega when they went to he restrictor plates but I remember the REAL NASCAR racing there and it was NO JOKE! As far as we knew that day Brickhouse won in that Blue Daytona.
@@rutledri Richard, I have no idea if this is true or just pit area rumor, but I was told that there were spots of the track that had reinforcement screen wire above the track surface. That's a real tire killer!
Being rushed to
open so BF could get some of his money back, I'm sure there were corners cut and some 'touch up' work never was completed.
Regardless, glad you shared your experience, and maybe I'll see you there again one day.
God bless you.
@@rutledri Do you know who really won the race?
@@Arctic_Falcon As far as any of us who were there at the time knew it was Brickhouse. All the scoring controversy hit later Brickhouse went to victory lane so?? .
53 years later, and we may get a repeat. unsafe car, questionable tires, and drivers that might do a walkout due to safety concerns of said unsafe car....
Damn, you even got a doki-doki reference. You truly can do no wrong, my guy.
Wow! Despite never having seen a Nascar race in my life i found this video to be very interesting and informative. Top notch quality material.
Now i'm off to look up where/when someone is broadcasting a Nascar race to me here in Europe so i can watch one.
You should watch a race sometime its a great sport i have been a diehard fan for 24 years
NASCAR is not like it used to be. Racing used to be something. There's so many rules now they might as well simulate the race in a computer.
Sadly, I do remember that last tire war between Goodyear and Hoosier in 1994.
Even as a non fan of "Boys with Toys" I found this thoroughly fascinating and I think broadly, totally in character of the times.
'You can't run 3 cars on a 2.66 mile track for 500 miles, right?"
If NASCAR was run by the FIA, you bet your ass they would of.
Exibit A: The 2005 United States Grand Prix, which ironically enough was also done in by tire failures and a tire war.
Ever heard of Disney and Pixar’s “Cars”
*keks in ACCUS-FIA*
The worst race i ever watched was the brickyard,the year everybody was shredding tires about every 10 laps
2008
@@mattakastarkill3r402 thank you Matt, ugh that race was terrible
YEP no.doubt
Chip White the f1 race?
@@2bboosted624 nope , cup race, i remember that
Ole Curtis was able to return after 4 years, Bill ended up needing some help getting NASCAR back in favor.
Great research and Kudos for putting it together.
I always sympathise with drivers when it comes to tire problems. I've been in a car that had a tire fail at high speed, and terrifying is not a strong enough word. Pretty sure the seat still smells funny and this was over a decade ago. These days I won't even drive a car on the road if I find the tires questionable, let alone run the car at over 100 MPH.
Slow the f✓ck down.
You need to keep going with this channel - you are presenting this history very well, and it would be great to see the channel grow with more historical episodes.
THIS PRODUCTION LEVEL WOW I WAS NOT EXPECTING A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN MY SUGGESTED I AM SUBSCRIBING FOR THIS PRODUCTION QUALITY WOW
This is a great documentary about Talladega ... the best track in the world.
There was so much that I didn't know.
Keep up the good work
This video/story is so well done. Deserves way more views.
I'm real glad I stumbled across your channel. Binging it while feeling comfortable that I'm not the only one out in the world pining for the good ol' days of NASCAR.
edit: Sayo-nara started and I instantly recognized it. Thanks for the ptsd flashbacks
I got a bachelor in journalism, and read a lot/see documentaries all the time. You, my man, are the best on documentaries, seriously. Interesting, great knowledge and next level analytic. YOU ARE THE BEST on youtube and hopefully you can make more of these vids. I have seen all I believe. Best regards from Europe!
Agreed. Also, you might wanna check out LEMMiNO and Barely Sociable. They are good too.
Yeah i love when documentaries make slanderous claims about religions which are completely false. If youre so educated in journalism then you would absolutely know blue laws have nothing to do with Baptist or their beliefs😂. tRuSt Me bRo
@@aRedFrog True. I agree with you on that particular statement. Unfortunately it is the zeitgeist of now, the age of decadence/calm before the storm
This guy and animation youtubers are the definition of Quality over Quantity
4:28 Hey, something both an ex-Baptist and a Catholic can agree on!
im an ex baptist and unconfirmed catholic too lol
I felt like this was a documentary… and I LOVED it.
You got a sub. You deserve at least 250k
Enjoyed the narration and humor. And a splooge of history most forgot. Good job man.
I found this video just looking through CZcams and since we live in Mooresville, NC thought it would be interesting, sure wish there had been TV coverage at that time - pictures are great but watching it would have been an experience!!!! And I do love the narrator’s “southern” comments - even though I’m a born Yankee, I sure do understand!!!!
"You can't just go buy one off the street and have some yahoo drive it."
That didn't stop L.W. Wright.
NASCAR isn't my thing, but this was fascinating. Well researched, well presented. Cheers, big ears.
33° banking, located on the 33rd parallel, yeah, that's not deliberate.
Real Jacqueline Ades hours out here
Masons. They control the world.
Thank you, I missed that. Ncar is NO better then any other MSM distraction. Here for 2 reasons, Division and Distraction, Suck more money out of people.
@Pops Fereal Ah, did your little feelings get hurt, crawl back I to mommy's basement and do the world a favor and stay a Transtestical so to Not contaminate us with another you.
33° banking, located on the 33rd parallel, with the start of the address being 33. I'm pretty sure that's to do with the location of the air base than the actual speedway. At least, that's what I want to believe.
Could you imagine being the Goodyear representatives who arrived on race day after the walkout?
"Mr. France, Mr. France! We got good tires! Tell the drivers they can run toda- where is everybody?"
I really enjoyed your telling of this story. Very entertaining. 😊
I love this content! It's starting to get me way more into nascar:)
I won’t blasphemously compare you to Jon Bois, but I hope the offer you get from SBNation is a good one. Pretty Good, sir.
Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks for making this.
When Big Bill got wind of the Turner and Flock union, he showed up at the driver's meeting of the next race with a handgun.
Couple critiques.
1)Curtis Turner wasn't the only driver banned from NASCAR for trying to unionize. Tim Flock was also banned at the same time. (Also to note NASCAR by the mid 60's reinstated Curtis's ability to drive in the series.)
2) As for it being the worst race in NASCAR history, anyone remember the '08 Brickyard. Caution every 10 laps (if the tires lasted that long). At least in this race they got the tire issue corrected before the green flag dropped! Personal story about that Brickyard; I sat in turn 3 for that race, and when I left everything I was wearing or had out of a bag/container during that race was covered in a fine rubber dust.
Curtis Turner was reinstated around 1965, because NASCAR had lost a number of stars like Joe Weatherly and Fireball Roberts, plus Chrysler's Hemi engine was banned after '64, which meant the Pettys were out of the series for most of '65. They were running out of big name drivers at that particular time, so they reinstated Curtis...and he won the first race at Rockingham that fall. Tim Flock's ban was also lifted, but he had retired from driving by then.
Never heard about the dust on the crowd in 08. That's really interesting to think about. Do you have/know about any pictures of the aftermath?
While the racing was bad there, I think the events the transpired here are far worse than what happened in 08. When was the last time you saw people walk out of a race because of tire problems or got into open spats with the head of the sport because of driver safety concerns?
@@samhouston9162 i believe the last time i heard about that was the f1 race at indianapolis 2005. only six cars actually started the race. heres a video explaining all of that czcams.com/video/fIjw5gI3rKE/video.html
You did an awesome job on this video/documentary! I didn't know the first Dega race was so bad, and heck we just had a good one!
Actually very nice to see the Trans Am types take on the full size Nascar models.
69-70 was full of wild and wonderful things.
Great video, as a Brit who doesn't know too much about NASCAR, I found this very fascinating, and educational, and I love your style of presentation. Thanks
Wow! Thank you for all the work you obviously put into this incredibly educational and entertaining video.
Great video. On a side note, there is a whole bunch of difference in tire life between running 160mph and running 190mph.
8:07 “YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT,” Bill France said to himself lmfao