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1962 Southern 500 on youtube

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Interesting that this show devoted such a high percentage of time to the racing. NASCAR tape delayed segments helped make "Wide World of Sports" a ratings success, but after the showbecame a staple in its Saturday afternoon time slot, that percentage diminished to where, in some cases, you were lucky to see 15 minutes ofa coveredrace.

The biggest shock to me in this video was the huge crowd in the infield. I still remember sitting in the infield at Martinsville 25 years ago and how much fun it was... and how disappointed I was when I found out I couldn't do it anymore.

1962 Southern 500 on youtube

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Economaki more than made up for the shortcomings of any of ABC's lead announcers during that era. Though McKay knew literally nothing about racing, he lent a good voice to the proceedings in most cases. My personal favorate of the ABC gang was Bill Fleming who probably did more Daytona 500's on the network than the rest combined.

1962 Southern 500 on youtube

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Just found a 54 minute long "Wide World of Sports" version of the 1962 Southern 500 on youtube. This was the broadcastthat got me interested in stock car racingas an eight year old. Interesting that withjust two announcers, they were to offer such an outstanding production.

updated by @robert-staley: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Lennie Pond car # 93 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race 1968

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i thought the same thing at first. but i don't remember that model being eligible for the race. i would be interested in knowing if the fairlane body style was indeed eligible.

Lennie Pond car # 93 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race 1968

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on closer examination, pond's car has small fins that would indicate that it is a 1961-62 model year. it is not uncommon for old records of races to miss the model year. it would also be interesting to know where pond was running at the time of the crash. we have a local driver, billy taylor , who finished ninth in that race. i don't know if he would remember much about that event or even if he's still alive. i will try to find out more for you.

Lennie Pond car # 93 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race 1968

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there is a boxscore of this race on the site ultimateracinghistory.com. lenny started eighth in his 1964 ford.

Looking for witnesses to Petty victories

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Wow. Can't believe that I only saw one on the list. That was the 1977 Carolina 500 , oras it was so fittingly referred to "the 24 hours of Rockingham" I was sitting on the backstretch with my first wife, her brother and his wife. Richard dominated the race but the race seemed to last foreverwith 11 caution periods and an average speed of only 97 miles an hour. There was a number of spins and crashes right in front of our vantage point. My most vivid memory of the race is of a gentleman spectator in front of us who had sat in some chewing gum. Every time he would rise the chewing gum would stretch with him. We all got a good laugh out of that. Oh yeah, and the tickets were only 8 bucks. Not exactly a stellar race report, but the race was pretty much a snoozer.

The Golden Era of NASCAR Vol. 3

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love the segment with larry frank. too bad he couldn't get the full enjoyment of his only GN win.

when was the last time they started three-wide at darlington ?

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thanks everyone.

when was the last time they started three-wide at darlington ?

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anyone got the answer ?

updated by @robert-staley: 04/02/17 05:54:43AM