here's the coverage that showed how hard ot was for fans to watch the Daytona race when it was on sand
not very fun
the #59 was a T Bird, and that is why I enjoy old Nascar, the cars were identifiable as something you could buy at a dealership or used car lot, and take racing yourself
Helicopters over the corners
Smokey Yunicks team was in the pits crewing on Firebalkl Roberts' Pontiac
And these windscreen / airfoils are something I've not seen or noticed before
and in this old film, he wasn't called Richard Petty, he was call Dick Petty. More interesting than that is the nickname painted on the door, "Squirrel Jr". Richard was 22 years old
He was in the pit row watching other cars race because he'd damaged the engine trying to keep up with the sedans... they had a 10 mph advantage over his convertible
In the Darlington / Southern 500 he drove this Plymouth
Dual shocks, and 9 plus leave springs
above is a kids pedal car from the pre race parade, and it's telling t-birds to get out of it's way
and fueling was very dangerous, on the left of the screen are TWO guys with 50 pound CO2 extinguishers while the guys on the right are holding the fuel nozzle on the gas tank
and at Indy, helmets were not boring, they had flying eyeballs, or sponsor stickers, or Dean Jeffries pinstriping
