good video

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcPYsZjLBgU&feature=related

[b5blue]

Remember when NASCAR looked like what NASCAR stands for? NAStockCarRacing it was much more exciting!

[jb666]

That was SO cool!! Thanks for posting the link.. Really brought me back in time!! 

[Hemidog]

Excellent video! I wonder if you can buy a dvd with highlights from the 60s and 70s?

[jb666]

Excellent video! I wonder if you can buy a dvd with highlights from the 60s and 70s?

Ill bet that the Speed channel has something.

[dkn1997]

did isaac's car have a vinyl top?  or was that painted on?

[74-StreetMachine]

    The 1968 Daytona 500 marked the debut of the Ford Motor Company's areo friendly Ford Torino, and its sister car the Mercury Cyclone, both of which had been designed with stock car racing in mind, and were notably more aerodynamic than the taxi cab Mopars. The Mercurys were thought to have an advantage over their Torino counterparts and many of the traditional Ford teams switched to the Mercs on the big tracks like Daytona. Richard Petty had an unusual black vinyl top installed on his blue Plymouth at the 500 that year. Petty crewmen were whispering in other team members ears the vinyl roofs pebbled surface helped diffuse the air flow and made the car quicker. Other teams began scrambling to install vinyl roofs on their cars. Petty was seen rubbing baby powder on his roof and again his team whispered the baby powder helped the car slip through the air. Other teams began rubbing baby powder on their cars. In later years Petty would admit it was all a prank, to play on the "monkey see-monkey do" attitudes other teams had taken towards the Petty crew after the way they dominated in 1967. Others still claim Richard's guys did some surgery to the roof area of his Plymouth to make the car more aerodynamic and used the vinyl roof to help cover their treachery.

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    The 1968 Daytona 500 marked the debut of the Ford Motor Company's areo friendly Ford Torino, and its sister car the Mercury Cyclone, both of which had been designed with stock car racing in mind, and were notably more aerodynamic than the taxi cab Mopars. The Mercurys were thought to have an advantage over their Torino counterparts and many of the traditional Ford teams switched to the Mercs on the big tracks like Daytona. Richard Petty had an unusual black vinyl top installed on his blue Plymouth at the 500 that year. Petty crewmen were whispering in other team members ears the vinyl roofs pebbled surface helped diffuse the air flow and made the car quicker. Other teams began scrambling to install vinyl roofs on their cars. Petty was seen rubbing baby powder on his roof and again his team whispered the baby powder helped the car slip through the air. Other teams began rubbing baby powder on their cars. In later years Petty would admit it was all a prank, to play on the "monkey see-monkey do" attitudes other teams had taken towards the Petty crew after the way they dominated in 1967. Others still claim Richard's guys did some surgery to the roof area of his Plymouth to make the car more aerodynamic and used the vinyl roof to help cover their treachery.

never knew about the baby powder !! yeah i read about that , petty stuck a vinyl on as he altered the roof line ( chopped) ,

[MoparManJim]

Hey thanks man for that link, that also took me back to when they race with real racecars 

[36 Dodge Brothers]

That was so cool! Thanks for sharing It does not bring back memories like some of you since I was only 2 years old when the race took place.