Eh, maybe to some. I enjoy the old races it is but I'm not a huge fan of everybody being on their own lap. Once we hit the 80s, competition started getting better, but I feel like modern races are just as good as the 70s. As far as which I would rather watch anyway
They were men who built and worked on cars for most of their lives, opposed to the spoiled rich kids driving today who don't know the open form the box end of a wrench.
Jebus those guys were skillful driving those unwieldy tanks at that speed. Bobbing and weaving through traffic. Makes the current drivers who complain about lap cars look like spoiled crybabies. Thank you for such an awesome video! Wow!
They didn't look like crybabies, they ARE crybabies, these guys and the guys up until the 90s had to spend years on the dirt and modified circuit then at least 3 yrs in Busch before they were even eligable to drive in the cup series, you NEVER saw anyone under 25 in cup, those guys had to work to get there, now you got 19 and 20yr olds coming into cup it's pathetic and didn't have to work for nothing was all handed to them, hell the cars basically drive themselves now and since 2016 they've only had 550HP now that is pathetic, i quit watching races at that point after being a lifelong fan, been to many races at Darlington, Rockingham, Watkens Glen, Daytona, Charlotte, Atlanta, Martinsville, and nowcan't stand to even watch it, they have slowly killed everything that was NASCAR and turned it into this, i didn't know what.......
At around 12:30, when Petty & Allison are duking it out, it looks like they're going 30 MPH faster than the other cars. The spread in competition was much wider than it was in later years. The top maybe 5 guys had so much better equipment than the rest of the field that the bottom 25 were just there for background.
Me to i live about an hr from Darlington and 30 min from Rockingham been to many races at both, I went to a stock car racing school for 2 days at Darlington also so I've actually driven on the track, 152mph was my top speed and the corners are insane you can't explain it until you do it.
8:05 - "Allison leads the way over the 1.6 mile course" - The track is 1.366 miles not 1.6 miles. 18:26 - "Both cars are in perfect shape, each developing more than 600 horsepower" - More like 480 to 490 HP. The 426 pulled 585 to 595 HP and the 429 pulled 610 to 620 HP on a good day in 1970, before restrictor plates. Any engine over 366 CID had a restrictor plate from August 16, 1970 (Michigan) forward. I'm no longer amazed at how little talking heads, producers and editors actually know about the subjects they cover or how they will sometimes just flat out mislead. A former friend became a newspaper editor and told me, "As a journalist, I go into a story with a direction I want to take it so I will add, remove or change elements of the story to take it that direction". Never trust the media.
@@danlemonds9885 Or how bad the 70-71 aero package was. 69 Mercury is listed as having 671# of drag while the 1970 is 680# at 180 MHP so many teams kept their more aero 1969 through the 71 season.
@@badmonkey2222As a side note. When I was 12 our baseball team was sponsored by " Sambo's " A hamburger restaurant in Burien Washington. If our team won a game, we'd all get treated to hamburgers. Great motivation to win games and customers in the restaurant would clap and cheer when we walked in with our dirty uniforms. What would you do with all those cases of Coke and Big Mac's when you win ?
@@jesse75 yeah, as crazy because the place where I lived when I was 12 had a knockoff of Tastee-Freez it was called Tasty Treat and they did the same thing and I think about halfway through the season they were regretting it because we went undefeated that year and went to the state Little League championship. I also made the state All-Star team that year.
@@badmonkey2222 funny I was 12. Little League too. Same thing, but Sambo's love to have our team come in. Would occasionally make the Burien local newspaper. One game I hit 4 doubles and a home run against Suburban Fuel ⛽. Thanks for your comments.
Cool how the front straight used to be the back straight. 30 second pit stops compared to 12 seconds today. And real men driving real cars compared to little crybabies driving shit cars today.
Tubes ? NASCAR officially became tube cars in 1980 or so. Though Holman and Moody played with it in 1966. But in 1970, cars still running a stiffened unibody.
@@almostfm I suggest you grab a 1971 NASCAR rule book and read it, noting how many times the words "stock", "production" and "factory" are listed. Until 1988, stock cars were a lot more 'stock' than you think.
And, now, no contestants.....or beauty queens....or trophy girls. In 71’ I can tell you that my eyeballs went back and forth between gorgeous STOCK cars and the endless hotties in halter tops and daisy dukes or less. It was part of the reason to go. All gone now thanks to the press brainwashings
@@almostfm I will again challenge you to pick up and read the 1971 rule book so you can see what parts were stock and which were reinforced for safety. Have fun!
Drivers didn't just wreck one another back then. To me this is infinitely better than present day Nascar racing.
Eh, maybe to some. I enjoy the old races it is but I'm not a huge fan of everybody being on their own lap. Once we hit the 80s, competition started getting better, but I feel like modern races are just as good as the 70s. As far as which I would rather watch anyway
They were men who built and worked on cars for most of their lives, opposed to the spoiled rich kids driving today who don't know the open form the box end of a wrench.
If Bobby Allisons car was right the competition could just forget it. That man was smooth and steady behind the wheel for sure.
Especially in 71 and 72.
You gotta like those Mercury Cyclones.
Best looking race cars ever IMO
Jebus those guys were skillful driving those unwieldy tanks at that speed. Bobbing and weaving through traffic. Makes the current drivers who complain about lap cars look like spoiled crybabies. Thank you for such an awesome video! Wow!
They didn't look like crybabies, they ARE crybabies, these guys and the guys up until the 90s had to spend years on the dirt and modified circuit then at least 3 yrs in Busch before they were even eligable to drive in the cup series, you NEVER saw anyone under 25 in cup, those guys had to work to get there, now you got 19 and 20yr olds coming into cup it's pathetic and didn't have to work for nothing was all handed to them, hell the cars basically drive themselves now and since 2016 they've only had 550HP now that is pathetic, i quit watching races at that point after being a lifelong fan, been to many races at Darlington, Rockingham, Watkens Glen, Daytona, Charlotte, Atlanta, Martinsville, and nowcan't stand to even watch it, they have slowly killed everything that was NASCAR and turned it into this, i didn't know what.......
At around 12:30, when Petty & Allison are duking it out, it looks like they're going 30 MPH faster than the other cars. The spread in competition was much wider than it was in later years. The top maybe 5 guys had so much better equipment than the rest of the field that the bottom 25 were just there for background.
I got to go to one Darlington race before the old metal roof was taken down. Went with my dad. Loved that roar echoing under the roof.
Me to i live about an hr from Darlington and 30 min from Rockingham been to many races at both, I went to a stock car racing school for 2 days at Darlington also so I've actually driven on the track, 152mph was my top speed and the corners are insane you can't explain it until you do it.
Is that why they took down the roof? Or to make people hotter 'n sell more ice cold Coca-Cola? 😆💸💸💸
Miss Southern 500
Old school, love it, THANK YOU
The Allison's were very popular in these days. Bobby could have been Governor any time he wanted.
Funny comment. Those men were highly respected heroes.
Wow!!! 70’k mann
I really enjoy the stock aspect of these cars and up through the 80s. There is no telling what kind of cheated up cars are in that field.
HOLMAN-MOODY
8:05 - "Allison leads the way over the 1.6 mile course" - The track is 1.366 miles not 1.6 miles.
18:26 - "Both cars are in perfect shape, each developing more than 600 horsepower" - More like 480 to 490 HP. The 426 pulled 585 to 595 HP and the 429 pulled 610 to 620 HP on a good day in 1970, before restrictor plates. Any engine over 366 CID had a restrictor plate from August 16, 1970 (Michigan) forward.
I'm no longer amazed at how little talking heads, producers and editors actually know about the subjects they cover or how they will sometimes just flat out mislead.
A former friend became a newspaper editor and told me, "As a journalist, I go into a story with a direction I want to take it so I will add, remove or change elements of the story to take it that direction". Never trust the media.
Funny that Ford and Mercury are running 1969 models while Dodge and Plymouth are running 1971 models . Interesting .
Goes to show how good the ‘69 Mercury Cyclone body style was …🔥🏁🏁
@@danlemonds9885 Or how bad the 70-71 aero package was. 69 Mercury is listed as having 671# of drag while the 1970 is 680# at 180 MHP so many teams kept their more aero 1969 through the 71 season.
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Pearson driving for Mr. Scam here
If I was a NASCAR driver, I would love to get sponsored by 2 companies: McDonald's and Coke-cola. But yeah cool video and great thumbnail too.
You'd probably get to fat from all that free food and soda to drive 😆
Not today. But back then, great.
@@badmonkey2222As a side note. When I was 12 our baseball team was sponsored by " Sambo's " A hamburger restaurant in Burien Washington.
If our team won a game, we'd all get treated to hamburgers.
Great motivation to win games and customers in the restaurant would clap and cheer when we walked in with our dirty uniforms.
What would you do with all those cases of Coke and Big Mac's when you win ?
@@jesse75 yeah, as crazy because the place where I lived when I was 12 had a knockoff of Tastee-Freez it was called Tasty Treat and they did the same thing and I think about halfway through the season they were regretting it because we went undefeated that year and went to the state Little League championship. I also made the state All-Star team that year.
@@badmonkey2222 funny I was 12. Little League too. Same thing, but Sambo's love to have our team come in.
Would occasionally make the Burien local newspaper.
One game I hit 4 doubles and a home run against Suburban Fuel ⛽.
Thanks for your comments.
Cool how the front straight used to be the back straight. 30 second pit stops compared to 12 seconds today. And real men driving real cars compared to little crybabies driving shit cars today.
You do know that the only actual "stock" parts on these cars were the body panels, right? They were full tube frame cars.
Tubes ? NASCAR officially became tube cars in 1980 or so.
Though Holman and Moody played with it in 1966.
But in 1970, cars still running a stiffened unibody.
@@jesse75 correct. 👍
@@almostfm I suggest you grab a 1971 NASCAR rule book and read it, noting how many times the words "stock", "production" and "factory" are listed. Until 1988, stock cars were a lot more 'stock' than you think.
Jeff Gordon was a month old.
The King was just as Great at Darlington as he was at Martinsville & North Wilkesboro, but his racing luck there was simply atrocious 🤕
They make them winged cars illegal?
Sure glad Ms. Patrick wasn't in that race.
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If Nascar didn't screw Chrysler over, the winged cars would have been dominant AGAIN!!!
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No black beauty contestants.
And, now, no contestants.....or beauty queens....or trophy girls. In 71’ I can tell you that my eyeballs went back and forth between gorgeous STOCK cars and the endless hotties in halter tops and daisy dukes or less. It was part of the reason to go. All gone now thanks to the press brainwashings
@@MrChristopherHaas "gorgeous STOCK cars" Stock appearing, yes. Truly stock? Not so much.
@@almostfm I will again challenge you to pick up and read the 1971 rule book so you can see what parts were stock and which were reinforced for safety. Have fun!