1967 World 600 from Charlotte Motor Speedway | NASCAR Classic Full Race Replay
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Another great one race. Thanks NASCAR, for taking me back to a time i really really enjoyed in the sport.
Given the fact that Jim Paschal had won the World 600 the year that Fireball Roberts suffered the burns that would prove fatal, he was finally able to win a big race that he could actually celebrate, because he really couldn't celebrate his 1964 World 600 win, not just because of what happened during that race, but also because of what would happen six days later at the Indianapolis 500.
Of note, the 335 laps Pachal led in this race established records for laps led in the 600 and miles led in a single NASCAR event (502.5) that weren't broken until 2016, when Martin Truex, Jr. led all but eight laps in his first 600 win.
What happened "six days later in the Indinapolis 500 ?
@@shanew.williams That was the tragic event in which Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed in a huge fireball on the main straightaway, and Ronnie Duman was also seriously burned. Then later on in the race, after leaving the pits after his first pit stop on about lap 55, the fuel tank in Parnelli Jones' car exploded, and he was burned, as well.
There was already a glum atmosphere for that race, mainly because of the incident in the World 600 that would eventually take the life of Fireball Roberts, as many of the drivers at Indy that year had raced against Roberts, and MacDonald was actually being mentored by Roberts. It was a terrible week in a terrible year of racing. One of the supreme ironies is that both Jim Paschal and A.J. Foyt, who won the World 600 and Indianapolis 500 in that tragic year of 1964, also won those races in 1967, and were able to truly celebrate their victories.
@@cjs83172 Thanks. I can now recall some but i didn't know all that much about the Indy tragedy except that some tire company reps (employees) i was told, that af the red flag for the Sach/MacDonald crash some of those tire reps/workers were so traumatized at what they had just witnessed, that they were gonna quit & leave the racetrack right then. Their fellow employees had to almost beg them to stay & finish out the remainder of the event.
@@shanew.williams It was a horrible thing, and actually an incident that, had things happened differently, would have altered auto racing history as we know it, because two of the other drivers involved, Johnny Rutherford and Bobby Unser, would each go on to win the Indianapolis 500 three times. In fact, Rutherford and Sachs were running close enough together that when MacDonald's flaming car struck Sachs' car, causing it to explode (both of Mickey Thompson's cars, as well as Sachs' car, were using high octane gasoline), the impact was enough to cause the lemon-necklace Sachs wore around his neck to wind up on one of the axles of Rutherford's car, which had gone over the top of the Novi Unser was driving and make tire marks on top of the wall.
@@cjs83172 Yes ! I remember hearing something about a lemon or apple or something found wedged in one of the cars afterwards. Tragic.
I wished the 67 Daytona 500 was in color and looked this good, awesome upload and thanks. The Wood Brothers on the pole in the 60's at Charlotte as they dominated in the 70's.
The early NBC broadcasts are so much better with Fred doing the analysis!
Fast Freddie was an excellent commentator with his great diagnosis. He should have been the longtime commentator for ABC.
Good footage!!!!
Winkie Louise always made victory lane a better place
Enjoyed!! 🏁🏁
in living color!
Why isn’t the winner of this race in hof? Multiple time winner of THIS race just part of a GREAT resume
Isn`t Steve Grayson in this race?/
Elvis in the six