Back when the race car still needed an ash tray.

Running a Daytona 500 in a t-shirt. Real men.

Real stock car racing.  Win on Sunday, sell on Monday was the way it was.

I like watching the old NASCAR with proper cars

Racing down pit road, using lug wrenches to change tires, and cranking the drivers window back up leaving the pit! WOW!!! This was the real hey day of stock car racing!

When NASCAR was real racing by real cars.

Sooooo much better than the so-called NASCAR we have today. These guys were the real deal.

Those stock cars sounded more like warbirds in full flight.  And to think there were WWII vets in the pits.  Glad they made it home for a big day at the track.

Got to meet Tiny in the early 70's. He made a big impression on a very young race fan.          👍🏁👍🏁

REAL cars, driven by REAL men...

I recognized every car manufacturer by sight in this race !!! 🚘
If Nascar had kept to road car specs Detroit would be selling 2 door sedans today instead of SUVs 🚙.Our loss 😢.

I noticed the interior of one of the cars, and it even had the factory headliner still intact... those were the days...

Its still sad that Tiny died too soon.
Tiny Lund was ( DeWayne Louis " Tiny" Lund ). BORN November 14,1929 in Harlan, Iowa , United States.
DIED August 17,1975 (aged 45) Cause of death , Racing accident at Talladega . Achievements, 1973 NASCAR Grand National East Series Champion , 1968 Grand American Champion ,1970 Grand American Champion ,1971 Grand American champion. He also won The 1963 Daytona 500 Win and was a Daytona Permatex 300 winner . Awards  ,International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1994) and Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 303 race(s) run over 20 year(s) .

I picked up a Hot Rod magazine in 1963 when I was 12 years old. This is in South Africa. I read about Tiny Lund winning this race in his English Motors Ford Galaxie. Became a fan of NASCAR then. Not so much anymore.

3:09 classic oil can and opener

I thought today’s nascar was dangerous  These guys were crazy

GOOD old days......  gone  4ever

it is so sad , we can't have racing like that any more ,these great racers where the best !!!!!!!!!!!!

When I was a kid in Charlotte North Carolina I used to watch tiny Lund race at Starlite Speedway

What a great day for Tiny Lund, great story..., dangerous times, those cars were sailing along mighty fast !