I grew up in Daytona Beach and went to Longstreet elementary. When I went back to school I was talking about this with my friends and the teacher took me aside and had to speak to my parents because they had the audacity to allow their child to go to a NASCAR race and witness NASCAR in the 70s 😁

@bradthomas2742

6 ай бұрын

4:12 Wow! And that was just a Stockcar race,I can't imagine what children have to deal with in today's society,the what's right and what's wrong has become so blurry,I lean on the Bible,I've read from genesis to revelations,dont mention Stockcar racing,but it does say something about the worship of riches and that's became NASCAR's down fall.

While underrated as a race (there were 37 lead changes, with much of that action taking place between laps 75-110, mostly between Baker and Yarborough), this race would turn out to be a key race in NASCAR history for a number of reasons, the most notable of which being that it was the race that rejuvenated Bobby Allison's career. Allison, who'd been one of the top drivers in the early 70s, hadn't won a race since the 1975 Southern 500, and had been fired by Roger Penske at the end of the 1976 season under circumstances similar to the ones that brought Allison to Penske's NASCAR team in the middle of the 1974 season (when Penske fired Gary Bettenhausen). He then struggled throughout the 1977 season in a self-owned AMC Matador, and many thought his career might have been over. But Bud Moore gave him another chance, and starting 33rd (which is ironic in it's own way, given that he ran in two Indianapolis 500s for Penske in the mid-70s), he moved up through the field, and much as Richard Petty had done in the 1973 Daytona 500, he watched Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker burn their cars up, and picked up the pieces of what was left (Yarborough finished the race down on power, much as he did in 1975, and Baker dropped out near the end). Allison's win effectively gave his career new life, and from this race through the 1983 season, only Darrell Waltrip, who he battled for the championship for three consecutive years (1981-'83), won more races. He would go on to win both the Daytona 500 and Firecracker 400 three times each, all after his 40th birthday, including the final two wins of his career (the 1987 Firecracker 400 and 1988 Daytona 500). It would also prove to be Bud Moore's only Daytona 500 win as a car owner, though his cars ran up front often, finishing second four times (1961, '65, '73, and '80) third four times (1962, '77, '92-'93), and winning the pole with Darel Dieringer in 1965.

I went to school ERAU and later lived in OB many times there from 1977 on used to sneak in on the trunk of the car for free lol !!! Memories forever!

"The Dean of Auto Racing," Chris Economaki, once again was astonishingly able to see three months into the future and tell us that A.J. Foyt would miss the 1978 Indy 500. Um...just a sec...what's that??? Oh...I've just been informed that Foyt did run the Indy 500 that year. 😂

RESULTS of the ONLY PREVIOUS RACE of 1978 and OTHER DATA: · Cale Yarborough won in Riverside ahead of Parsons, Pearson, Bonnett, Marcis, McGriff, Insolo, Holbert, Canada's Roy Smith and DK Ulrich · Petty got 16th after some rear axle problems, Childress was 20th after some repairs, Waltrip 23rd (transmission), Gordon 25th (clutch) and Bobby Allisson 30th (engine) · Yarborough, Donnie Allison and Buddy Baker all switched to Oldsmobile and Bobby Allison moved to Ford · Almost no Indycar/ChampCar drivers took the start of this Daytona 500 (my guess is that the Phoenix race a month later had something to do with that) · Janet Guthrie and Canada's Earl Ross are probably the only 2 notable DNQs of this event

27:15 Jacky etching his name in history 😂

Thanks so much for upload fantastic way to spend a Sunday watching classic car racing 👍😉💯

1978. One of my favourite Daytona 500 of all time apart from many others.

3:43 O DW’s right hand woman in the background..DW owes everything to her (Stevie), she has always been by his side good or bad or indifferent his entire career..he owes her everything

🏁Enjoyed!!!!! 🏁

AJ Foyt with the honor of NASCAR's 2nd ever driver to do a blowover.

@threepea1151

6 ай бұрын

John Banks was the 2nd I believe

@wolfywise

6 ай бұрын

@@threepea1151 pretty sure his wreck was a weight shift

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This channel already die? They need to keep uploading.

@eccentricgamer4111

6 ай бұрын

They just uploaded another race.

Wish you would have started it from the beginning....

@lancehurley9743

2 ай бұрын

Before 1979, races weren’t broadcast from flag to flag…the entire race doesn’t exist

Why they i mean ABC Sports did not show the wreck with Richard and David and Darrell?????

@lemmedoodis1296

6 ай бұрын

Tell us you didn't watch the video without telling us you didn't watch the video.. they show it. I don't know what video you're watching dude but before you comment you should probably look at the whole thing

@CueBallRacer

6 ай бұрын

I seen it now. But i do nt watch races with Richard Petty get nock out. I been race fan since 1975 was i was 10. I seen a bunch races at Charlotte World 600 in I'm not new nascar fan.

Harry Ranier Team Number 54 Debut In 1978 Daytona 500 Next Year Switch To Number 28 On The Pole