1952 Southern 500

[markschlesinger]

WOW! Doc Hudson in action!

[mustang6172]

Amazing how the banking and the apron are used to equal effectiveness. The track was remeasured to reflect the banking after this race.

Joe Weatherly made his first start here. Fonty Flock won by 1 lap. The race took 6 hours, 42 minutes, 37 seconds to complete. I'm pretty sure that does not include the red flag for rain.

[24jeffgordan88JRfan]

now i wanna time travel..............

[jscharpf]

lol I love the way some drivers try to go low.. really low around turns 1 and 2

[BrokenPlatipus]

i know!!! wat if a tire goes down!!! errrrrrrrt...... BOOM!!!

[scook120]

If a tire went down, you'd probably find yourself flying through the guardrail.

[frankisfunny2007]

ah yes when you could work on cars with little machinery, & life was so simple

[zzazazz]

Wow, no wall between the pits and the track. Now that is crazy.

[slugplok3]

my dad was in the infield :DDD

[docholladay2112]

reading these posts and watching the footage brings a tear to my eye. I really wish America could be like this again.

[wxyzca2000]

WoW !

[Parkwaymania]

Great stuff. Whoever filmed this had a lot of nerve, with those cars whizzing by that low arco guardrail and that flimsy looking catch-fence!

[slowasss]

If I had a time machine, I think that day and place would be a fine place to be. The Southern 500 IS NASCAR! Greed killed them both. It's a crying shame.

[ArmyInJune08]

To bad there is no sound, I'd love to hear those 40's and 50's engines thump

[darlington24fan]

darlington back in the 1950s would've been awesome to watch!

[NalusVee]

I'm grateful to the person who originally recorded this video over fifty years ago, so we can have this glimpse into the past.

[Marblemania]

This is back when "Stock Car" racing was with stock cars and not the hand built crap they race dollars with today.

I quit watching racing when they quit using real every day cars.