1965 Firecracker 400

This is footage of the 1965 Firecracker 400 from Daytona. It is from the orginal broadcast of the race from abc wide world of sports.

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• 1965
• Firecracker
• 400

[scook120]

Thanks for this. Can we have the full thing please?

[sivvybee]

This is what makes you tube so great. Thanks movracefan.

[Radar19792006]

@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.

[97chux]

fords 427 was a hell of a race engine

[garymelissaaz]

Chrysler boycott or not, that '65 Ford Galaxie was a heluva race car.

[altfactor]

@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.

[dodg69]

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

[Radar19792008]

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.

[eric44ups]

This is incrediable!! Thanks for the upload!! Man they were slow in those days with unrestricted engines!! Only 160+ mph laps.

[BSNFabricating]

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.

[crossfire043]

You are my hero....