Daytona 500 1979 Highlights (Part 1/8)

[angelboy10able]

did any one die

[quasiphatpaul]

@angelboy10able I'm sure tons of people shown in this race are dead now. Probably more from the audience than guys on the track tho.

[BGGHammer]

Donnie still lied about it

[locomarine13]

were there any 79 cutlasses in this race or in any at all ???

[Friedchicken80]

@locomarine13 yes, there are many cutlasses in this race

[superkryp13]

I have stopped watching Nascar mainly because of what it has become it ain't what it use to be i miss the 90s u know where drafting was allowed they just banned it Earnhardt, Petty the great ones i mean don't get me wrong Earnhardt son is good but

[SuperSlowMonte]

they were talking about Earnhardt even then...

[tubeyou443]

Why does the ESPN Classic transparent logo say Daytona 500 1976?

[Friedchicken80]

Mistake. It's right on the last parts of the video.

[33skoalbandit]

Great stuff. Used to have this on tape when ESPN classic did "Daytona Week" back in 99. Fucking VCR destroyed the tape though >:(

[e521soediv]

ahhh finnaly sombody finnaly posted the race. After all this time, before it was just the finish of this race that was posted but finnaly somebody posted this after all this time ive been wating to watch this, thanks for posting.

[Friedchicken80]

Thanks for your comment. ;)

[jamespic]

Richard Childress Was In The 3 Car On That Day!!!!!

[Friedchicken80]

Childress was such a driver, and started his first race as a replacement.

By 1971, Childress began racing on the top level as an independent driver, using the number 3 as a tribute to Junior Johnson's past as a driver. Although he never won as a driver, he proved to be excellent behind the wheel registering six top-5, seventy-six top-10 finishes, with a career-best of third in 1978. His last race was 1981 Winston Western 500 (Riverside).

[hamlinfanVA]

Is this storm that rained at daytona is the same storm that snowed in the east coast?

[Friedchicken80]

From Wikipedia: "The day was fortunate for CBS as a major snowstorm known as the Presidents Day Snowstorm of 1979 bogged down most of the Northeast and parts of the Midwestern United States, increasing the viewership of the event. The race introduced two new innovative uses of TV cameras: The "in-car" camera and the low angle "speed shot", which are now considered standard in all telecasts of auto racing."

[AaronApolloCamp]

Yes, it was...it was one of those "Nor'easter"-type storms that effects the entire Eastern Seaboard from Maine to Miami in a significant way.