Circa 1965 USAC Stock Car races

Circa-1965 USAC Stock Car series, with the final minute of
that segment featuring NASCAR from Hickory, N.C. (Provided to OldCarsWeekly.com courtesy of the collection of Tim Lopata of The Forge Invitational Musclecar Classic).

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Autos & Vehicles

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• USAC Stock Car
• NASCAR
• raw film footage circa 1965

[TheRacer120]

Also, do you know what track this is?

[ThatcherSharon]

@TheRacer120

No, unfortunately all we have for information is what is posted with the videos. Hope you enjoy them, anyway.

[JimfromOH]

Correction--Its not Springfield, IL---I hit that wall in 1967 and it was concrete !!!

[JimfromOH]

I checked the original USAC program---Eddie was from Glenview, ILL. Judging from the car numbers and years, I am sure that some of this footage is from 1966.

[JimfromOH]

@ The Racer--the yellow # 55 was Eddie Meyer from the Chicago area---as I recall. He did this right in front of me and I think we were at Springfield , ILL or Du Quoin. Some of the other shots were from the Indy Fairground. Thanks for posting !!!

[FORGEMUSCLECARSHOW]

Thanks for posting my film It came from am 8mm that Dick Wallen shot they are also posted on the Old Cars Weekly website. More to come plus check out the other 4 posted.

Tim Lopata

[TheRacer120]

@ThatcherSharon Well, information is available for some of these races. I've been trying to work out some of the details about the races.

[TheRacer120]

Do you know who that was in the #55 at 0:50? Good footage, too.