DICK WALLEN videos- CHECK THIS OUT !!!!!

[rd47blog]

When men were men and ships were made of wood!!!

[Josr65]

These guys had balls of steel!!!!!

[PHutch877]

Sounds like Gary Moore to me.

[CLassicPlatforms]

Thank you very much for posting this video!

[pyrofella]

I remember when they use to race these at the Sydney Showgrounds in Australia in the 1960's. They were called midgets back then. Racing legend, Jack Brabham used to drive one of these in his early days.

Safety was not high priority back then it seems... little roll bar and a "pudding basin" helmet... I was only an anklebiter when I first saw them race... it was awesome stuff.. I can still remember the smell of the racing fuel as they hurtled around the showground arena.

[mrhearse777]

When men were men , and not overpaid ponces who are wrapped in cotton wool. When these men raced , you could buy the farm at any time! The greatest, well my vote is for "The Geezer" Don Branson. A HARD man amongst hard men. I salute them all! Respect

[mustangjohhny]

When race car drivers were heros and men you wish you could be.

[KreigsMarine2]

It's kinda funny how indycar or Formula 1 racing and Sprint car racing had the same roots. One was on pavement and the other on clay. But I still can't stop loving sprints.......There is nothing like'em. When you can run a full second fastest than your NASCAR counter parts, on the same length f track,you know you are getting schooled.

[racerm50]

can't help to think today's top sprintcar racers are candy asses compared to these guys.

[vintagesupermodified]

The music is an electric guitar cover of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow". I don't know how many asphalt tracks there were in 1964. I'm sure an old USAC yearbook would clear the question up however.

Thank you for the compliment. I wanted color, imagination and flavor added to the video cuts, and felt these two fit pretty good.

[1964sprintcar]

I think this video is just magic!

fantastic cars and drivers from a great time!!

what is the music called please?

how many ashphalt / concrete tracks were there in 1964?

[505197]

I gotta quit watchin this stuff and get to work, I have a shop to run for crying out loud. I can't hardly watch this stuff and not weep a little. When I was a kid I used to sit in dad's car and I'd be on a race track somewhere in my imagination, and I always won with a heroic pass of turn for, last lap of course. It's hard to believe it's been soo long. I hope they have some good Hoosier gumbo in heaven, them racers deserve it. 

[doc540]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this. Who's the guitarist? Is he playing a NOVI? :D

[vintagesupermodified]

@doc540

I wanted to give an idea of the kind of edge these guys had, in fairly modern tone. It was a big deal back then, and should be remembered that way.

Of course the best is in the videos that comes from the original. The resolution loses a bit here, but it's the best I can do.

[bblovesvalerie]

oh yes thanks more of these please