I think a lot of people forget that USAC had their own stock car series. In fact, when Ontario was open they had a double header with the first half being a 250 mile stock car race followed by a 250 mile Indycar race.
The Great Parnelli Jones is still alive & kickin', so it's not too late. PJ is a true American Baddass, tough as steel & I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't outlive all his former rival's & blow out 100 candle's on his bday 🎂 before he's threw & take's his final 🏁 Do some research, see if you could maybe take your Boss 302 to him, or maybe mail you glovebox door to PJ to sign. To have your Stang autographed by Parnelli Jones would be on par with having a Super bird signed by Richard Petty! Good luck! 🤞😉
A.J. Foyt... I loved watching him race during the 1970s on ABC's Wide World Of Sports.... incredible how high these big blocks were turning back then..........
It's always nice to see the "Flying Scot" Jackie Stewart in any form of racing. He is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, and the same can be said for his fellow Scotsman, the late Jim Clark.
Don White, Roger McCluskey, and Norm Nelson where outstanding in the Usac stock car series. I was fortunate enough to attend their races at Mid America raceway in Wentzville Missouri. As a kid it gave me a lifelong love of motorsports.
Thank you VERY MUCH whoever posted this !!!! I'll bet that you taped all of those episodes of Bud Lindermans "Road and Track". I would LOVE to see the USAC Stock race at Kaukauna that was shown on the channel that you originally taped this on. My copy burned in a fire...
You gotta love the primitive nature of the race course and the rules: No pit wall, no pit lane speed limit, pit crew with shirt-sleeve dungarees. Top-tiered racing has gotten too refined for my tastes nowadays.
This is a different version of the road course at IRP than I drove in the 1990's. It is all east of the drag strip and was run counterclockwise in this race. The course I drove was on both sides of the drag strip and we ran clockwise. I can't believe they were pitting right on the main straight. Lots of potential for accidents doing that.
If NASCAR still looked like this, the sport would still be popular. Old school ruled. The day Dale was killed, the sport began it's decent into mediocrity.
This was actually exciting! I can not stand the new stuff. Nostalgia stock car racing would be great! Keep all safety gear for drivers but use older suspension tech. Those 4 wheel slides on the corners were great.
Oh man, with a field chocked full of the current day's superstar driver's, It must have grieved The King something awful that he wasn't in this race, especially in 1967 when he won so many Grand National race's ☹️ Ol' Parnelli Jones must be the most underrated of all the All-Time Great's, he just doesn't seem to be remembered with quite the same reverence as the big 3 ( Petty, FOYT, Andretti ) That's a shame, considering all 3 of those Gentleman will tell you that PJ may have actually been The GOAT 🐐
Raced karts at IRP from the late 60's into the 80's. Different layout and opposite direction. 2.5 mile course. Those days are gone forever. No more road racing at all at IRP as far as I know. Indianapolis's "other" racetrack.
This was back before NASCAR officials began to legally determine race winners prior to races being ran. (read: The Fix Is In for court cases proving this fact) NASCAR used to be exiting. Now I fall asleep watching boring races. I remember when Parnell Jones was the fastest man up the Pike's Peak Hill Climb. And he was driving the freaking pace car, a 3.8 turbo Buick, with Miss Pike's Peak sitting in the passenger seat! Today's NASCAR is total BS.
Yup. Agreed. Every race ends with a "catch up caution" flag. Total BS. Now they have stage racing for the Millennial Pussy Drivers and cry baby Sponsors.
Does anyone remember the show "Race to Riches"? I think it was sponsored by a food store and there was some sort of a game connected to the show. As a kid I watched it and Loved it. Even the guy calling the race sounds familiar. Really Cool!
Absolute Gold! Who needs chicanes after a half mile strait? Just a big, wide, flat sweeper ... that'll work. Love this circuit. Now pitting along the half mile straight? ... uh that's no bueno👎 Indycars ran here too ... circuit was config'd a bit different, as there's an entire additional road course portion west of the drag strip not used for the stock cars.
thanks usac . i eric stewart dreams of breaking age barrier in racing. i lost fifty pounds and can press one million one hundred thousand pounds a weekend. i am an american trucker in logging industry a knievel fan and biker kareoke singer day dreamer dad and i have electric ideas for the future. i want to qualify and win for bobby hillin jr and the allisons and foyt. and wilbur shaw . ceasers palace turned me down to do the triple jump for knievel every week and sing. happy trails. eric stewart monroe city indiana
the fastest car doesn't always win. That mopar took Parnelli's lunch money at the end albeit a lap down. Bad luck is the only reason the number 2 didn't take it
@@BMS06701 So what happened on the 1st lap. Where was LUCK then. Seems the Ford was faster when it counted. Don't get me wrong, I think the 67 Charger is a fantastic looking car. One of the best shapes in car racing. Just like my Ford's better!
This is not a NASCAR race. It's the USAC Stock Car series. USAC was the same sanctioning body that ruled Indy Car back then. NASCAR never had anything as good as USAC, mostly because the drivers in USAC were better drivers - proven by the fact that whenever Andretti or Foyt or Unser or Jones competed in a NASCAR sanctioned event, they either won or ran very close to a win even though they were using substandard, temporary equipment and borrowed pit crews.
THIS! If NASCRAP wants to increase viewership/attendance then get back to THIS kinda racing. Sure, keep most of the newer safety tech but let it be a free-for-all like it once was. Require that all drivers have to smoke and make em pound down a few beers before the race.
Wrong, jonny. That's your opinion. And your opinion isn't anymore valid than anyone else's. Obviously, you have a very large, *inaccurate* opinion of yourself. End of story. PS--Ever heard of spell check, child? Or grammar? I'm not surprised that you aren't very educated. My advice? Stay in school, and hope for the best. The world needs custodians and pot washers, too.
I was hoping to see a 1966 or 67 olds 442 with the W30 cold air forced air oem package, but all I could make out was a first gen charger and some generic fmc's that looked like falcons or something along those lines, but definitely not as beautiful as the sport roof Torino the later mad Max choice for the apocalypse car movie. And the best looking muscle car on the entire planet the 1970's Torino sport roof in of course GTS trim and the 429 truck motor.
@Christopher Haas . . . from outward appearances, it looks like some NASCAR teams trekked up to Indiana for this race. Andretti's machine is definitely Holman-Moody; Paul Goldsmith was Ray Nichels Engineering (though Nichels built Mopar racers for both USAC and NASCAR teams); AJ Foyt was with Banjo Matthews; but the #15 of Jones has conflicting info, some sources says Holman-Moody, another says Bill Stroppe. Back then I connected the #15 with Bud Moore. Here's a link to the race results: www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=261
Love that the spectators charge to the back of the grandstands to watch the action on the back part of the course! 3:35 - why does Parnelli Jones have a cloth wrapped around his chin?
4:31 The best part. Norm Nelson looked like he was flipping his Marlboro out the window with his left hand and still holds on to 3rd place with his right hand. REAL MAN DRIVING A REAL STOCK CAR!!!! Not like today's completely watered down version of what used to be the greatest sport on earth. Now, if you want to see a real race, better look up pre-1980s racing. Men were men, and their women were damn proud of it. I've got socks older than some of today's "real men" Nascrap drivers.
You couldnt be more right. These are grown men who have earned the right to have done this and, with a few possible exceptions like maybe, uh, Mario, had to eeeearn their way here through hard work
The F1 drivers would get dominated 😂. Aj Foyt was in this and he was almost certainly the best driver on earth at this point in time, besides Open wheel and stock car racing are entirely different disciplines.
I never knew there was a road course up there. I presume it wound around on the outer edges of what is mostly parking area for drag racing event? The IRP I know for stock cars is just a small circle track.
Yeah I never knew this track existed either, it made for good racing, shows what can happen, when you really race a stock car with only a few modifications!
That was great❤️❤️man what beautiful race cars☝️☝️
I think a lot of people forget that USAC had their own stock car series. In fact, when Ontario was open they had a double header with the first half being a 250 mile stock car race followed by a 250 mile Indycar race.
"Datsun Twin 200" from 1977 to 1979. Great stuff! USAC drivers drove sprint cars, indy car, stock cars, Pikes Peak hill climb and were true racers.
Parnelli has always been my favorite. Really wish I got his autograph to go with my Boss 302.
The Great Parnelli Jones is still alive & kickin', so it's not too late. PJ is a true American Baddass, tough as steel & I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't outlive all his former rival's & blow out 100 candle's on his bday 🎂 before he's threw & take's his final 🏁
Do some research, see if you could maybe take your Boss 302 to him, or maybe mail you glovebox door to PJ to sign. To have your Stang autographed by Parnelli Jones would be on par with having a Super bird signed by Richard Petty! Good luck! 🤞😉
Can only dream of racing this pure
A.J. Foyt... I loved watching him race during the 1970s on ABC's Wide World Of Sports.... incredible how high these big blocks were turning back then..........
Everything in the past is better than anything today. These were real cars and real men.
Grew up hearing my mom ask dad repeatedly "Who do you think you are, Parnelli Jones?" Sure do miss them.
I can related 2 that,
NASCAR executives should watch these old races and learn. This is how you get fans in the stands.
It's always nice to see the "Flying Scot" Jackie Stewart in any form of racing. He is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, and the same can be said for his fellow Scotsman, the late Jim Clark.
Dewey
Great announcer as well!
..so happens that Jim Clark is the man standing next to Mario, at the start of the video, having a laugh...
idk if you know this 6 years later but jim clark actually race a nascar race ironically this same exact year 1967 at Rockingham
and jackie attempted a race but dnq
If we only knew back then that this was the best it will ever be.......RP Parnelli Jones ....Godspeed
Don White, Roger McCluskey, and Norm Nelson where outstanding in the Usac stock car series. I was fortunate enough to attend their races at Mid America raceway in Wentzville Missouri. As a kid it gave me a lifelong love of motorsports.
Thank you VERY MUCH whoever posted this !!!! I'll bet that you taped all of those episodes of Bud Lindermans "Road and Track". I would LOVE to see the USAC Stock race at Kaukauna that was shown on the channel that you originally taped this on. My copy burned in a fire...
i was cheering jones on even though this raced happened nearly 30 years before i was born
These old races are even exciting to watch on video.
Well this is certainly more exciting that modern nascar racing!!
Buck Shot Jones. back in the day. ....the good old days
You gotta love the primitive nature of the race course and the rules: No pit wall, no pit lane speed limit, pit crew with shirt-sleeve dungarees. Top-tiered racing has gotten too refined for my tastes nowadays.
Late model stock car ,arca, whelen modified have this atmosphere
Wonderful!................REALLY GOOD STUFF,
Wow! Real cars and lots of people, totally opposite of now!
The year my father was born. In my opinion, the last great year America experienced. By the time 1972 rolled around, the systematic theft began.
Mopars in the day love it
Real cars ! Not fiver glass I miss the old NASCAR 👍🏼
Yessir 👍🏼
Even the Flagman put on a show!
This is a different version of the road course at IRP than I drove in the 1990's. It is all east of the drag strip and was run counterclockwise in this race. The course I drove was on both sides of the drag strip and we ran clockwise. I can't believe they were pitting right on the main straight. Lots of potential for accidents doing that.
That was typical of the era. Took forever it seemed for Milwaukee to have a separate pit road.
Sure looked that way. The whole thing looked crazy dangerous. Especially with these guys driving with one hand and smoking with the other lol
This was filmed on another planet.
take Me back :(
If NASCAR still looked like this, the sport would still be popular. Old school ruled. The day Dale was killed, the sport began it's decent into mediocrity.
Why are they so stuck ?
That was the best race ever!!!!
You do NOT try to intimidate Parnelli Jones, EVER !
USAC STOCKS! MOOOOORE!
We Need Announcers like that today.
What a pure engine sound..
This track has had so many different types of races at it but now is just a drag strip. I miss old IRP
STOCK cars. Not kit cars. Nice.
Love that some brought out full-size cars like the Galxie and I think the black #93 is a '65 Impala.
Holy Moly that looks scary fast for those cars. You had to have some cajones back then to do this.
Real stock cars running bias plies, just as God intended.
Much better than F1 today.
4:31 talk about badass and seeing real men drive, that was cool lol. wish racing was more like this today, this was way better than todays shit
Great to see those old MOPARs, but am reminded how much safety measures and camera work has advanced.
if nascar was still real everyday cars i would probably watch it .
I don't think I would, cars today are crap compared to these machines. I don't think the glory days of racing could ever be replicated, unfortunately.
I want to thank M&Ms, Mountain Dew and Tampax Tampons..
All that on bias-ply tires . 🚗
This is when racing was fun
nascar racing today is just imaginary cars with stickers on .
Okay but this is usac not Nascar. A guy like you waxing about the past should know that
Racing back then was so exciting, every aspect of it, even the announcers. I can't watch 10 minutes of today's racing it's that boring.
Amazing old footage of the beginnings of stock car racing.
This was actually exciting! I can not stand the new stuff. Nostalgia stock car racing would be great! Keep all safety gear for drivers but use older suspension tech. Those 4 wheel slides on the corners were great.
Good old days of racing
Given the size of those cars, they cornered pretty flat. Amazing.
Parnelli will driver the experimental turbine car at the next race...............
Oh man, with a field chocked full of the current day's superstar driver's, It must have grieved The King something awful that he wasn't in this race, especially in 1967 when he won so many Grand National race's ☹️
Ol' Parnelli Jones must be the most underrated of all the All-Time Great's, he just doesn't seem to be remembered with quite the same reverence as the big 3 ( Petty, FOYT, Andretti ) That's a shame, considering all 3 of those Gentleman will tell you that PJ may have actually been The GOAT 🐐
Raced karts at IRP from the late 60's into the 80's. Different layout and opposite direction. 2.5 mile course. Those days are gone forever. No more road racing at all at IRP as far as I know. Indianapolis's "other" racetrack.
I raced my kart there at the 1970 Enduro Nationals against Ricky Rudd and Mark Dismore. Great times.
Pitting ON THE TRACK in those days. That is madness.
This was back before NASCAR officials began to legally determine race winners prior to races being ran. (read: The Fix Is In for court cases proving this fact)
NASCAR used to be exiting. Now I fall asleep watching boring races.
I remember when Parnell Jones was the fastest man up the Pike's Peak Hill Climb. And he was driving the freaking pace car, a 3.8 turbo Buick, with Miss Pike's Peak sitting in the passenger seat!
Today's NASCAR is total BS.
Yup. Agreed. Every race ends with a "catch up caution" flag. Total BS. Now they have stage racing for the Millennial Pussy Drivers and cry baby Sponsors.
He also won the 1963 pikes peak hill climb with a 63 Mercury Marauder 427. Oh yeah.
Does anyone remember the show "Race to Riches"? I think it was sponsored by a food store and there was some sort of a game connected to the show. As a kid I watched it and Loved it. Even the guy calling the race sounds familiar. Really Cool!
None of that 55 mph stuff on pit road. One driver was racing with his arm hanging out the window. Casual.
wow amazing race!!
Classic race full of unsafe practices that required a large set as much as driving skill! Jones kicked butts all over that track!
This track still exists today. The white with red water towers are still there as well.
Great race Ford powered forever baby keep on pulling the knot out of them boties and the horns off them mopars l love it
Those 427 Fairlanes we're so cool looking and fast, those fatback Charger's we're butt homely.
Greatness!!!
This isn't CRASHCAR. This is USAC Stock Cars.
Friggin’ 427 Fairlane - amirite?
Mario won the Daytona 500 that year in that car.
I thought the flagman was going to fly away.
This was racing. Not like that NASCAR crap today.
nascar was cool back than
A young Dr Van Nostrand at 0:11
Thumbs up liked for you.
Old School racing
those were the days
that damn charger no2 B body acts as top heavy as it looks.
偉大な歴史、投稿ありがとう
This wasn’t the IRP I was expecting.
Absolute Gold!
Who needs chicanes after a half mile strait? Just a big, wide, flat sweeper ... that'll work.
Love this circuit.
Now pitting along the half mile straight? ... uh that's no bueno👎
Indycars ran here too ... circuit was config'd a bit different, as there's an entire additional road course portion west of the drag strip not used for the stock cars.
thanks usac . i eric stewart dreams of breaking age barrier in racing. i lost fifty pounds and can press one million one hundred thousand pounds a weekend. i am an american trucker in logging industry a knievel fan and biker kareoke singer day dreamer dad and i have electric ideas for the future. i want to qualify and win for bobby hillin jr and the allisons and foyt. and wilbur shaw . ceasers palace turned me down to do the triple jump for knievel every week and sing. happy trails. eric stewart monroe city indiana
427 wedge Fords against the Hemi and kicks it's ass. That why NASCAR outlawed or would put so much restriction on the Fords
the fastest car doesn't always win. That mopar took Parnelli's lunch money at the end albeit a lap down. Bad luck is the only reason the number 2 didn't take it
@@BMS06701 So what happened on the 1st lap. Where was LUCK then. Seems the Ford was faster when it counted. Don't get me wrong, I think the 67 Charger is a fantastic looking car. One of the best shapes in car racing. Just like my Ford's better!
Outlawed all engines that had power and guts. Today's crap isn't worth the trouble of changing channels...
FUCK YOU ASS BAG
Kicked it's ass?...In 67 Chrysler won 38 of the 49 Nascar races...Ford won 9...GM won 2.
Yep,Ford really kicked ass that year.
Back when NASCAR was powered by testosterone not estrogen!
Come on, other than the bushy brothers, who would that apply to?
Today, it's wimpy, wimpy, wimpy....bullcrap! Even F1 is has fallen into the same cookie cutter type of crap.
This is not a NASCAR race. It's the USAC Stock Car series. USAC was the same sanctioning body that ruled Indy Car back then. NASCAR never had anything as good as USAC, mostly because the drivers in USAC were better drivers - proven by the fact that whenever Andretti or Foyt or Unser or Jones competed in a NASCAR sanctioned event, they either won or ran very close to a win even though they were using substandard, temporary equipment and borrowed pit crews.
women bad
1960's and 70's NASCAR was good.
THIS! If NASCRAP wants to increase viewership/attendance then get back to THIS kinda racing. Sure, keep most of the newer safety tech but let it be a free-for-all like it once was. Require that all drivers have to smoke and make em pound down a few beers before the race.
They won’t let the General Lee at the track because of the roof.
Do they have ANY idea who their fan base is?
Good point, Blanket.
@@sludge4125 the General Lee roof was offencive.period, End of story.
Wrong, jonny. That's your opinion. And your opinion isn't anymore valid than anyone else's. Obviously, you have a very large, *inaccurate* opinion of yourself.
End of story.
PS--Ever heard of spell check, child? Or grammar? I'm not surprised that you aren't very educated. My advice? Stay in school, and hope for the best. The world needs custodians and pot washers, too.
AMEN!!!
No wonder guys like Mario and A.J. did so well at Daytona. They had plenty of seat time in stock cars.
I was hoping to see a 1966 or 67 olds 442 with the W30 cold air forced air oem package, but all I could make out was a first gen charger and some generic fmc's that looked like falcons or something along those lines, but definitely not as beautiful as the sport roof Torino the later mad Max choice for the apocalypse car movie. And the best looking muscle car on the entire planet the 1970's Torino sport roof in of course GTS trim and the 429 truck motor.
Did they add in the tire screeching sounds effects? I never heard those when attending asphalt courses.
So much talking about NASCAR, when this isn't a NASCAR race!
Goldsmith and Andrettis cars resemble what they were driving in NASCAR that year. How does that happen
@Christopher Haas . . . from outward appearances, it looks like some NASCAR teams trekked up to Indiana for this race. Andretti's machine is definitely Holman-Moody; Paul Goldsmith was Ray Nichels Engineering (though Nichels built Mopar racers for both USAC and NASCAR teams); AJ Foyt was with Banjo Matthews; but the #15 of Jones has conflicting info, some sources says Holman-Moody, another says Bill Stroppe. Back then I connected the #15 with Bud Moore.
Here's a link to the race results: www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=261
Bloqk-16 I was thinking Bud Moore also. Thanks. Better days, better racing, what a field here, whew
Yeah Andretti wo the 67 Daytona 500 in that blue 427 Fairlane. #11
Love that the spectators charge to the back of the grandstands to watch the action on the back part of the course!
3:35 - why does Parnelli Jones have a cloth wrapped around his chin?
Maybe to hold the hose for his drink bottle in his mouth?
4:31 The best part. Norm Nelson looked like he was flipping his Marlboro out the window with his left hand and still holds on to 3rd place with his right hand. REAL MAN DRIVING A REAL STOCK CAR!!!!
Not like today's completely watered down version of what used to be the greatest sport on earth. Now, if you want to see a real race, better look up pre-1980s racing. Men were men, and their women were damn proud of it. I've got socks older than some of today's "real men" Nascrap drivers.
Cummins Real power before you can get cummin and stroken you have to be hard as a rock
You couldnt be more right. These are grown men who have earned the right to have done this and, with a few possible exceptions like maybe, uh, Mario, had to eeeearn their way here through hard work
safety .....for what??.....who need safety...drivers ....fans...mechanics?? lol!!!! damn this was insane
Preach it brutha! AMEN!!!
I’m old, but I will never hang out with cranky, pathetic, delusional old men.
Queria ver esses pilotos da F1 atual enfrentar essa parada!
The F1 drivers would get dominated 😂. Aj Foyt was in this and he was almost certainly the best driver on earth at this point in time, besides Open wheel and stock car racing are entirely different disciplines.
I never knew there was a road course up there. I presume it wound around on the outer edges of what is mostly parking area for drag racing event? The IRP I know for stock cars is just a small circle track.
Correct, the road course was built around the perimeter of the property. It was hoped to host the US Grand Prix, but didn't happen.
Yeah I never knew this track existed either, it made for good racing, shows what can happen, when you really race a stock car with only a few modifications!
6:05 We'll just stand on the grass here at the exit of this turn...
isn't that jim clake @ 0:06?
Beutifull Fords..
No pit wall. Nuts.
4:34 drifting with one arm out the window , no window nets . Try that today !
Gee wonder what's stored in those tanks by the track
So much for pit road speed
So, is it, or is it not, "a bus man's holiday" ?!
NASCAR should go to SUVS.
Some part of video are speed up?
Aldo Andretti at 0:42.
I think Parnelli started it. (the incident before the green came out)
Thanks. We only saw White’s move. :)
I've often wondered if there was some bad blood between Don and Parnelli!
Why did you put NASCAR in the title?
Not even a wall to make a seperate pit road. What could go wrong?