That Petty Charger is absolutely gorgeous.

Richard showed the world how badass the 1971 - 1974 Charger really was. 🤘🤘🇺🇲

I was at this race.
The Daytona 450.
Because of the fuel shortage.

I wish I was around these days to see nascar

This was the real NASCAR ! No stage breaks no lucky dog no stupid bullshit just a bunch of good old boys in a dog fight

The Petty legacy is embraced by the clean racing and respect he has EARNED for decades. Different driving styles in regards to Earnhardt Sr.   nation in which I am enveloped in, will live forever.. Good as gold

Hurtubise crash @4:05 ... it's amazing how strong and unforgiving those racecars were built! Tanks!

Foyt's burnout @6:15 ... leaving the pits ... John Force would be proud!

I noticed it takes 13 pumps of the jack handle to raise the car for tires ... around @13:48

Love the iconic Fuselage bodies of that era ... the air dam out front is icing on the cake.

SMIFF TV, you have given us some of the best classic Nascar races 🏁 of the last few decades. I grew up during the 70's. Richard Petty was my favorite driver and his #43 car was my all-time favorite car. I used to watch Speed Racer back then and it actually got me interested in racing, real racing. I remember watching 🌐Wide🌎World🌐of🌎Sports🌐 back then and I loved it. Both Nascar and Indy-Car racing were awesome to watch. Thank you for sharing these races, both older and more recent races. Each one has it's own fan base. I personally really love the 70's and 80's NASCAR races more just because the cars had differences. They weren't the same cookie cutter copies of each other. I'm not bashing NASCAR's racing nowadays. I still love to watch it, however the cars back all had a unique look to them. Dodge and Ford weren't twins. You were able to tell the difference between the cars without a numerical overlay. Again I'm not bashing racing nowadays, or the drivers, or the cars, well maybe the cars. But overall cars back in the 70's weren't computerized. Again I'm not saying that racing now isn't difficult. Anyone driving those speeds HAS TO HAVE SKILLS! MAJOR SKILLS! However you can't deny that the cars from 1968 to 1990 looked far superior to cars nowadays.

Jim Hurtubise is best known as the last man to drive a front engine car in Indycar's Indianapolis "500" (1966).

Keith Jackson is the most Iconic Voice in Sports History!!!

Outstanding!

Back when nearly every driver was a big name star. Today I couldn't care less about NASCAR or name one current driver. Not one. Even the announcers back then were household names. Keith Jackson covered most of the big events and was the best.

Was 1974 the first year when they used 360 cu. in Engines instead of 427 Big Blocks?

Petty 👍🌠💪

Far better than the crap being broadcast on Sunday now!

Is that Jackie Stewart announcing?

Petty’s Charger is why I bought my ‘74 in’79 and enjoyed it as a lovely young family car for many years.

Allison "luck" strikes again.

This is when racing was good... cry babies now for drivers..

The old AMC Matador, probably the ugliest car to ever race in Nascar