My dad was at this race.We were in Florida that summer from Illinois but I was only six years old and couldn' t go but got interested around '67. I then became a huge Chrysler fan and now own a '69 Charger R/T and love your Atlanta 1969 movie. Thanks
Since this is from a 16mm kinescope, I would venture to gues that perhaps this is the only reel to have surfaced. Sad to say but that happens too often with multi-reel pieces. SOMEwhere...the 2-inch video of this episode is likely intact.
1965 was all Ford... There were 55 Grand National races that year and Ford won 48 of them if I remember right... Of course Chrysler's Hemi had been "outlawed" at the start of the year and never got their footing on the big tracks that year, and GM just wasn't competitive. At this time, the Pettys (who ran Plymouths) were drag racing.
This might be the "whole thing." ABC's Wide World of Sports broadcasts of races in the 1960s were only "update" pieces. As you can see at 8:10, it was intertwined with coverage of other sports. Clearly this was aired a couple weeks after the race was actually held too.
@doctorindy It could have been an edited same-day broadcast (back then, the Firecracker 400 was held in the morning due to the high mid-Summer heat and humidity in Florida that time of year), but my guess is that it aired a week or so after the race, along with same-day coverage (since the Early Bird satellite had recently been launched) of the British Open.
I believe the original broadcast was also in black-and-white. I don't think "Wide World" went color until the Fall of 1966.
@altfactor Depended on the event, Daytona 500 was not shown in color until 1969 as the closed-circuit video was in B/W. The Firecracker 400 was first shown in color in 1967. Half of the 67 Firecracker is on YouTube somewhere but it is from the same type of B/W kinescope as this version.
fords 427 was a hell of a race engine
97chux 6 months ago
Chrysler boycott or not, that '65 Ford Galaxie was a heluva race car.
garymelissaaz 10 months ago
My dad was at this race.We were in Florida that summer from Illinois but I was only six years old and couldn' t go but got interested around '67. I then became a huge Chrysler fan and now own a '69 Charger R/T and love your Atlanta 1969 movie. Thanks
dodg69 1 year ago
Since this is from a 16mm kinescope, I would venture to gues that perhaps this is the only reel to have surfaced. Sad to say but that happens too often with multi-reel pieces. SOMEwhere...the 2-inch video of this episode is likely intact.
Radar19792008 1 year ago
This is incrediable!! Thanks for the upload!! Man they were slow in those days with unrestricted engines!! Only 160+ mph laps.
eric44ups 2 years ago
Heck of a save, Cale!
1965 was all Ford... There were 55 Grand National races that year and Ford won 48 of them if I remember right... Of course Chrysler's Hemi had been "outlawed" at the start of the year and never got their footing on the big tracks that year, and GM just wasn't competitive. At this time, the Pettys (who ran Plymouths) were drag racing.
BSNFabricating 2 years ago
This is what makes you tube so great. Thanks movracefan.
sivvybee 2 years ago 2
great footage thank you very much
dodgev8440 2 years ago
You are my hero....
crossfire043 2 years ago
It's nice to see old NASCAR races from the 60's on here. Thanks for the upload!
RCmack 2 years ago
Thanks for this. Can we have the full thing please?
scook120 2 years ago 3
This might be the "whole thing." ABC's Wide World of Sports broadcasts of races in the 1960s were only "update" pieces. As you can see at 8:10, it was intertwined with coverage of other sports. Clearly this was aired a couple weeks after the race was actually held too.
doctorindy 2 years ago
@doctorindy It could have been an edited same-day broadcast (back then, the Firecracker 400 was held in the morning due to the high mid-Summer heat and humidity in Florida that time of year), but my guess is that it aired a week or so after the race, along with same-day coverage (since the Early Bird satellite had recently been launched) of the British Open.
I believe the original broadcast was also in black-and-white. I don't think "Wide World" went color until the Fall of 1966.
altfactor 1 year ago
@altfactor Depended on the event, Daytona 500 was not shown in color until 1969 as the closed-circuit video was in B/W. The Firecracker 400 was first shown in color in 1967. Half of the 67 Firecracker is on YouTube somewhere but it is from the same type of B/W kinescope as this version.
Radar19792006 3 months ago