I was blessed to have David Pearson as a friend back then.I was never much but David and I had dinner the night before this race and he explained the draft to me,but I had a tire going down with 4 laps to go so I limped home to a 6th .

@Dreway

Жыл бұрын

I am your fan

@backporchdriver3763

Жыл бұрын

@tighescott691: I remember watching you race. I was there when you tested at Daytona in 1980.

@rolux4853

Жыл бұрын

Wow it’s amazing to see a legend from the good times of NASCAR casually commenting on KZread! I really hope you live a great live sir, I wish you all the best from Germany!

@tighescott691

6 ай бұрын

Hey,I’m glad to have had the opportunity,and thank you very much for your support and comment.YOU are the people that supported us,thanks.Wish you the best.

@DanArnets1492

3 ай бұрын

Wait, you're THE Tighe Scott? You had a fantastic showing during the 1979 Daytona 500! I hope that helped you out with sponsorships and such

My first Talladega race 19 years old. Got hook on it went to 10 straight races at Talladega 5 years 2 races a year. 83 to 87 Never again some of nascar best racing. Bill running 212 making up 2 laps under green petty winning his 198 race Bobby allison going air born into the catch fence .Saw d w win 2 there. Fast cars hot bama sun beer girls what a great time

@MrJohnnyDistortion

5 күн бұрын

Yea, how were chicks? 😃Did ya get any under the grandstands?😉

Lee Petty doing color commentary. Awesome. That's the cherry on top of a great broadcast team.

@holoholohaolenokaoi2299

2 ай бұрын

epitome of 'the good ol boys'

WOW, look at all the different types of cars they raced. Sure was interesting back then. Today the races are real snooze feasts. Great way to get a 2 hour nap in.

Just hearing Squires voice reminds me of 70s-80s nascar. Timeless.

Lee Petty comments his grandson's Cup Series debut

NED JARRETT for PRESIDENT, DAMN IT. He has always been my template for how a man should carry himself.

Great Race. Never heard Lee Petty speak before. Thank you.

Pearson in Earnhardt's car was cool. They couldnt have had a better "fill in." In 4 races he qualified a 1,2,3 and a 5th and had finishes of 1, 2 ,4 and a 7th. After the Southern 500 victory, Earnhardt feared he may lose his ride, so he got back in the seat before he was healed up. Being a Pearson fan and still pissed he quit the Wood Brothers, it was nice to see him back behind the wheel a bit.

@Mark-sj3xb

3 жыл бұрын

Earnhardt couldn’t carry Pearson’s jockstrap. Earnhardt won by playing dirty and NASCAR allowing him to get away with it. Pearson was a gentleman driver who was better than any driver in history.

@goldenltd1970

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-sj3xbseems like nascar has always had favorite boys. Petty could get away with things others could not, but he was still a good driver none the less

@goldenltd1970

3 жыл бұрын

Bud Moore should've hired pearson after Allison left

@noezrider6361

2 жыл бұрын

@Johnny Boone I jumped the gun on previous comment about him "quitting. " I thought/heard his departure was mutual as their performance declined the previous few seasons and the fact Pearson wasn't a "glory hound" and was financially secure, it wasn't as big a deal for him as it was for us fans. I missed the part about Purolator wanting the change. They got what the wanted as Neil was a good replacement and brought some good/winning results, as I still pulled for the Woods and became a Neil fan. I so much was a fan several years ago drove from east coast to Lincoln Nebraska to a museum "just" to see and touch the famous Purolator Mercury that won the 76 Daytona 500, as well as other victories for Dave and later Neil.

@charleswaynewright2042

2 жыл бұрын

It was my understanding he didn't quit the wood bros there were many people trying to get person rummers that Pearson was going to quit which was untrue but out of what some said was arrogance the wood brothers jumped the gun and replaced him watch I cant remember the show but it seems like Neil bonnett was the narrator the subject was David Pierson Leonard wood admits its was premature and a mistake not to renew Piersons contract

Thanks for the memories .I had a tire go down on #30., Tighe

@briansmith362

Жыл бұрын

You had a good run going on! Very few people can even say that!

@michaeltuttle3702

3 ай бұрын

after race finishing order has you 3rd

Lee Petty had done the CBS stock car broadcasts with Ken Squier before 1977, when he was replaced by Hobbs. He filled in a few times after, and this was the last time (of course Pearson was supposed to do this one)

So wholesome hearing Ken Squire talking about Dale Earnhardt getting injured and then interviewing Neil Bonnet. May both Dale and Neil fly high in Heaven 🤟

Tighe Scott was one of those "so close and yet so far" drivers that seem to come out of nowhere and overachieve. So much potential but never seemed to have the equipment to match it, yet he still managed to run up front with the big boys in several races during the short time he was in NASCAR.

@tighescott691

Жыл бұрын

Thanks,Tighe

@danmccormack9747

3 ай бұрын

I always liked Tighe!! I used to have a Russ Toggs shirt even!

I wasn't much into Winston Cup in 1979, but we finally got cable around 81 or 82 and I started watching it on ESPN and got sucked in. Sure is cool to see this. Must have been a wild world of sports coverage.

NED JARRETT = PROFESSIONALISM

@MrChristopherHaas

4 жыл бұрын

Ned Jarrett for PRESIDENT ive been saying it for decades. There IS a man of INTEGRITY on the planet

@Slinger43

3 жыл бұрын

Just love those guys on the broadcasting team! Gentleman Ned for president indeed! 💪

@chrissnyder3430

2 жыл бұрын

Class,integrity, honesty, and huge heart. I'm glad I witnessed him call his own son to victory at Daytona. it was pure happiness and joy.

1:03:02 A legendary partnership in the making.

These MEN raced for a paycheck and a future! Today, the drivers will still make a decent living finishing 30th every week. When a single crash could bankrupt you or the competition then you drove hard but with respect!

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

TRUTH!! 💪

21:23 Lee Petty telling the story of Petty Blue, never heard him on tape before, let alone telling that story.

Kyle Petty's first cup start was in this race

@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93

2 жыл бұрын

And his grandpa was on the mic

Interesting mix of cars, 1- Ford, 2-Dodges, 2-Chevys, 2-Buicks, 4-Mercurys, 13-Oldsmobiles, Richard Childress driving #3 himself

@MrJohnnyDistortion

5 күн бұрын

What was the max engine cid?

Amazing how Lee Petty and Richard sound the same.

Real men driving real cars!! So much better racing back then.

@jamesgentry13

2 жыл бұрын

It's better today

@jamesgentry13

Жыл бұрын

@Kuntryboy stats prove otherwise

@jamesgentry13

Жыл бұрын

@Kuntryboy been a fan for 35 years. Fuck dale

I really enjoyed the Chuck Mangione music!

@SMIFFTV

4 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill would approve

No cool suits and helmets back in the hot summer of 1979 at Dega.

@badmonkey2222

4 жыл бұрын

Or power steering

@beeemm2578

2 жыл бұрын

I looked up the requirements for 70s Nascar...there was one.....Grown.Ass.Man....😆

Helluva damn good post!

Huge Petty, molar fan. But dang, that Mercury was AWESOME whoever drove it

Good stuff SMIFF TV! thanks

Doesn't it totally make a mockery of modern nascar when 40 odd years ago (in a car shaped like a square...) they were able to lap the same track faster than they can today?

@richardstephens5570

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, back in 2004 Rusty Wallace reached 228 mph in testing at Talladega without a restrictor plate.

@jordanbrown4886

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardstephens5570 that number is a little misleading. The 228 speed was at the end of the straight away. Rusty's fastest lap that day was 216, only 4 mph faster than Bill Elliott's record of 212.809 set in 1987. What we don't know is how much Rusty may have backed off in the corners. My guess is the would run laps in the upper 220s if they were unrestricted today.

Oh no! 😫!! Our driver is injured, where we gonna find anybody as good as him Suitcase Jake?? 🤔...😃! Hey boy, run up to the booth & ask Pearson if he brought his helmet 😂 You talk about LUCKY! 😁

Good to see the old stock cars and back in an era where everyone could compete.

@tnwhiskey68

7 ай бұрын

If you could cheat, you could compete! It's amazing how all these teams cheated in different ways and still were so close! Somebody with a cheated up motor vs a guy with a cheated up body made similar time!

Now these cars look like cars right off the street. I know they ran like deer but they look like my daddy's Ole car!

I was at this race. My first time at Talladega.

AH REAL MOTOR RACING HIGH-SPEED CLOSENESS OF COMPETITION AND OVERTAKING

POINT STANDINGS and WINS before the 1979 TALLADEGA 500 (20 of 31): · Darrell Waltrip (3061 points with 5 wins, Chevrolet) · Richard Petty (-209 with 2 wins, Oldsmobile) · Cale Yarborough (-211 with 3 wins, Oldsmobile) · Bobby Allison (-216 with 4 wins, Ford) · Dale Earnhardt (-473 with 1 win, Chevrolet) · Benny Parsons (-504, Oldsmobile) · Joe Millikan (-590, Chevrolet) · JD McDuffie (-798, Chevrolet) · Buddy Baker (14th with 2 wins, Chevrolet) had problems at the end of Spring while Dick Brooks (Oldsmobile), Dave Marcis (Chevrolet) and Lennie Pond all had to scale down to a partial schedule. Meanwhile, Neil Bonnett got 2 wins with the Wood Brothers’ Mercury after David Pearson decided to leave. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions plus I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Talladega’s case, the Spring race was the Alabama race while the Summer one was the Talladega one.

Someone tell me why this is much more interesting to watch then today's racing?

@badmonkey2222

4 жыл бұрын

Not all the stupid rules, cars were so much better more HP and they actully had to drive no power steering no cool suits just real men driving real cars.

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT

2 жыл бұрын

NASCAR was a pure Motorsports. Nowadays, they try to be stick and ball sport on wheels

@josephscott6388

2 жыл бұрын

overly contrived rules that make it feel like a reality tv gameshow.

@RollerCoasterLineProductions

Жыл бұрын

Dangerous, hero MEN as drivers, all the engineering has been outlawed and the cars all look the same

@jeffpainter6307

Ай бұрын

You tell us why today's racing is better than those golden years because it's not

Back when "Cup" had it's grass roots. You didn't see a bunch of celebrities or wine drinkers at the track.

@carinduncan7594

Жыл бұрын

No air conditioning in the press box

My cousin is in this race.

@ahhculdee

Жыл бұрын

RIP

I wish i could see the 78’ race somehow. Lennie Pond WINS lol.

@reginaldhall6871

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching portions of that race being shown a week or so after the race. Back then many races were recorded, edited, or they'd go back & forth between the race & track & field events, boxing, ect.

It's amazing they even got those behemoths to move that fast.

@steviechampagne

3 ай бұрын

they’re way faster than todays cars

@fsca72

2 ай бұрын

This about the time when the engine builders where just starting to figure out how to get good HP outta 358 cubic inches. When nascar mandated engine size in 1972, innovation of small block race engines was incredible for the next 10-15 year

Classic NASCAR at its best.

You have to remember that these cars were heavy and DID NOT have power steering. So DW drove his ass off while sick and leading these big ole boxy, heavy cars with no power steering. Total Badass

Damn,Ned Jarrett missing 1 1/4 fingers..didn’t know that 11:27

@MrSpeed-us9xf

5 жыл бұрын

he got burned tryin to save fireball roberts after a fiery crash back in the day.

@earnhardt3613

4 жыл бұрын

Good attention to detail i never knew that either he hide it well i have watched him for almost 40 years and......WHO KNEW !!!

@nascage

3 жыл бұрын

Whoa. I've been watching NASCAR since the early 80s and I just learned about this now?

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSpeed-us9xf Started watching Grand National racing during Ned's last season & I knew about his Heroic efforts to save his good friend Fireball Roberts from that roaring gasoline fire, but never knew Ned lost finger's doing it! If that is indeed the case, what a tremendous badge of Honor that is! 💪=Ned Jarrett

@Dreway

Жыл бұрын

Wtf good eye

Chevrolet, Ford, Mercury, Dodge, AMC, Chrysler, Oldsmobile, Buick and Pontiac, That was Nascar, Those were the days.

I don't know if they recorded the audio after the event was finished like they often did with tape-delayed broadcasts but if they did Ken Squier let the cat out of the bag as to the race winner at 2:50!

Back when cars actually were cars lol love the different models

Race on Sunday buy on Monday these cars came from the local dealers

@davidthayer6969

3 жыл бұрын

that is complete nonsense.

@michaelgrey7854

3 жыл бұрын

Origionally it was like that, but by 1979 it was basically a common chassis with different sheet metal.

I was there!

Back when I liked NASCAR. They had real racers.

Will it ever be this great again?

Asbestos on your boots and in the car that's fucking insane BP.

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

These guy's were tough, hairy chested, bare knuckled baddasses! They chewed fiberglass & crapped asbestos!! 💪😆👍

@patrickisswayze3446

2 ай бұрын

Yeah he died early at 67. Really makes you wonder. 1 inch azbezdoz floorboards... Just remember though, this was the best safety technology they had at the time cause nobody knew any better to change it until something really bad happens.

1.40 OHH THAT SOUND

I was 9 years old then

I really appreciate you uploading so many races! I have a question though, for races that weren’t televised is there an archive of the old radio broadcasts or anything similar that exists that you are aware of? I’ve watched the 94-02 seasons and decided it was time to go back to the times before I was alive to enjoy all of them. Excited to dive into the meat of the 80s, thank you again and cheers!

@ericjefferson9684

Жыл бұрын

There is a podcast called MRN Classic Races that has a catalog of classic races radio broadcasts. The races aren't sorted by date or year, so you can have a race from 2008, and then a race from 1975. You'll just have to scroll through find the ones you're interested in.

Damn, Lee Petty acted like they weren't making any money back then, and they were some of the biggest winners out there! He kinda dissed Kyle Petty, like he wasn't a true Petty cause "he drifted away and has other blood in him now". Maybe I took that wrong and it was just about his look.

I was a Sr. In High school. And watched this race..

36.11 TO 36.37! KEN THAT SAYS IT ALL

Every time I watch an old Talladega race, it still kills me to hear it called the "Alabama International Motor Speedway." I've always known it by its current name.

18.55 BENNY POP YOUR BLISTER THAT IS ADVICE FOR ANYONE WHEN I USED TO WALK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WEARING MY BOOTS I USED TO SUFFER FROM BAD BLISTERS SO I USED TO POP EM

Ken Squire, the style icon 😂

At 54:00 Cale is a boss.

@JayDogTitan-he6wo

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Rice, I thought Cale was awesome, One of my all time favorite drivers.

Does anyone have the 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Michigan? I can't seem to be able to find that one.

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Smiff TV has it, but not 100% sure. Good luck!

I wonder, (and could research but I'm lazy), was that race and David's finish at 2nd get the rookie of the year award for Dale? Well; more research but...Richard Petty won his seventh and final Winston Cup championship, winning by 11 points over Darrell Waltrip. Dale Earnhardt was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year. The season was the last until 2001 without Rusty Wallace. And; Tighescott691: You any relation to Billy Scott who ran dirt at Cherokee and the dirt tracks In NC/SC?

Awesome Bill finishes 22nd in the #9 Mercury Cougar!

Laser disc?

52:00 IS IT JEFF HAMMOND?

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

And they don't even make Oldsmobile and Mercury anymore.I know they aren't stock,guys.

@crgray1979

Жыл бұрын

Or Pontiac

David Pearson driving for Dale Earnhardt ? 2 broken shoulders at Pocono 👍🙄

@prevost8686

3 жыл бұрын

Sr. had numerous brushes with death yet it never caused him to become timid. Talladega almost got him in 96.

@richardstephens5570

2 жыл бұрын

Earnhardt would probably be alive today if he had chosen to wear the HANS device.

Real men !! Real racing … hell with this new sh$& !!!!! Couldn’t tell you nothing on todays racers …. God let’s go back to the good ol days.. go woke , go broke ..

18:55

Might need some space boots

0:27 Kyle Petty's first race

52.00 JEFF HAMMOND?

@LCM2248

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is.

Ken Squier

I'm sure NASA could figure this out

I try to watch these old races but video quality is horrible I understand these are probably vhs tapes from back them only your source you may have. Cannot watch these

Back when real men and real drivers raced real cars .

@topmech71

5 жыл бұрын

These were real drivers...Cale taking oxygen and he was about as tough as they come, Benny Parsons face all black, Waltrip totally wore out at the end.

@HarpoSpoke

5 жыл бұрын

Not great competition though. One car on the lead lap isn't very exciting.

@georgeenglehart4899

5 жыл бұрын

Real man real racing not like that shit you see today

1:40 SOUNDS DISTORTED

What happened to Neds finger .?

@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93

2 жыл бұрын

It was Lee Petty in the booth

@Slinger43

2 жыл бұрын

Another viewer commented that Ned lost two fingers pulling Fireball Roberts out of the fiery crash that ultimately claimed Fireball's life 6 weeks afterwards. Idk if his comment is correct, but I do know Ned sustained some very serious burns to both hands during the incident, so it definitely sounds legit to me 👍

@BogattheMoon

2 жыл бұрын

I do know he broke one in a crash and never had it set/repaired properly by a medical professional.

@carinduncan7594

Жыл бұрын

Motel 6 on a Friday night

FDW

So rigged didn't even have to watch after squire gave the results within the first few minutes

@nycsongman9758

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly; historically, NASCAR also seemed to love kicking off each new season with a slam-bang Daytona fairytale finish.

@richardstephens5570

2 жыл бұрын

How is racing rigged? "On this lap you spin and hit the wall, Alright? Herpy-derp!" or "Hey Dale Earnhardt, on the final lap you crash and get killed. Okay?" and "Hey Bobby Allison, on this lap you cut a tire and fly into the fence. Got it? Herpy-derp!".

Just goes to show these drivers today can’t make a pimple in these drivers ass. Have the flu run 500 miles and win the race. Drivers today would be crying mama

Where's the "back when racing was racing" complainers at? A 2.66 mile track & Waldrip had a lap on the field. Which was pretty normal back in the day

@jordanbrown4886

2 жыл бұрын

David Pearson finished on the same lap. Back then the chance of something breaking was much higher, so a big lead didn't guarantee a win as the leader could easily break.

Real Men driving Real Cars back then. Stopped watching NASCAR years ago after they started messing with the rules.