ned arp my azz,thats old "fireball" in the 22 car,,one of the best ever,lost him a few races after that was shot...back in 65 me and a few bud's saw this at the drive in,,the last wreck was foyt fliping at riverside,i think he broke his back in that one..we sat there for a bit after the movie ended,i told my friend that i would race a stock car one day,,well,46 years later i am 31st in national sportsman points after missing 5 nights and 95th on the summer nationals latemodel points sheet..
Ok I agree....But todays racing ain't phoney in the sense that it still takes a man to power a car around the track no matter what the decal's say it is. But none the less, Racing back then was more ...organic?...serious, and well....real.
Today's NASCAR fan would get a lot from watching footage of those races. They might have been a tad slower, but just as volitile. Think of a Dodge Daytona at 200+.mph. So yes...we would know...
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Worst racing movie of the 60's by a long shot. Days of Thunder worst of the other years to date! Must have taken the film editor 30 or 40 minutes to splice all that stock racing footage together!
ned arp my azz,thats old "fireball" in the 22 car,,one of the best ever,lost him a few races after that was shot...back in 65 me and a few bud's saw this at the drive in,,the last wreck was foyt fliping at riverside,i think he broke his back in that one..we sat there for a bit after the movie ended,i told my friend that i would race a stock car one day,,well,46 years later i am 31st in national sportsman points after missing 5 nights and 95th on the summer nationals latemodel points sheet..
25FIREBALL 8 months ago
why is there an NFL referee behind the announcer?
jscharpf 1 year ago
Notice that there's footage from Daytona and Darlington in this.
scook120 2 years ago
Were you there back then?
Ford & Plymouth were really strong.
I wonder where the Toyotas were in '65?
brokin2 2 years ago 4
Still in Japan where they belong!
LTwon 2 years ago
Actually LTwon, Toyota had existed in the US at that point since 1958, although they weren't very popular in the US.
scook120 2 years ago
the "awesome" skyline had less than 100 hp in those times. and the porsche were pretty much the same, but known for bad handling. muscle rules.
machone7I 2 years ago
that's when racing was real. not like the phoney chevy crap today. piss on jr
devja71 3 years ago 5
Like you would really know.
brokin2 2 years ago
..yep. it just took someone to finally say it.
devja71 2 years ago
back then it was ford mercury plymouth dodge chysler chevy pontiac oldmobile and buick all the big 3
citydriver 2 years ago
Ok I agree....But todays racing ain't phoney in the sense that it still takes a man to power a car around the track no matter what the decal's say it is. But none the less, Racing back then was more ...organic?...serious, and well....real.
Today's NASCAR fan would get a lot from watching footage of those races. They might have been a tad slower, but just as volitile. Think of a Dodge Daytona at 200+.mph. So yes...we would know...
nascargas 2 years ago
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that's a real crash that almost claimed AJ Foyt's life. He was even pronounced dead at the scene but a fellow race driver managed to resuscitate him
thelizardfolk 3 years ago
No it's not. The crash you're thinking of happened at the season opening Riverside 500 in 1965. Search 1965 Riverside 500.
Marckymarc71 2 years ago
Foyt's rollover is shown at the end of this
flick,BTW!!
joboots007 2 years ago
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Worst racing movie of the 60's by a long shot. Days of Thunder worst of the other years to date! Must have taken the film editor 30 or 40 minutes to splice all that stock racing footage together!
edro3111 3 years ago
You havnt seen
"Dare to Dream: The Alan Kulwicki Story "
have you?
nascargas 2 years ago
Love this movie!!!
JessieDragons 3 years ago 6
nascar with legendary years 1955-1983
trickdodge 1 year ago
Get that brain bucket of his head.
You gotta watch out for that Leroy Eggers.
tommylord 3 years ago 6