Buddy Young's flip at Riverside in 1970.😲 #nascar #nascrracing #nascarhistory #nascarthrowback | Vintage NASCAR Vault

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Raw scenes from 1970’s NASCAR stock car racing. The event? The 1970 Darlington Southern 500 featuring Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Buddy Baker. Now you might ask yourself what’s so special about a bunch of American muscle cars racing in circles. Well, because what you’re seeing here is so far removed from today’s racing it might as well be a movie. Scenes of gas spilling all over the pits while NASCAR officials stand around smoking. Drivers getting Coca-Cola refreshers in between runs. Gu

• 1970 Plymouth Superbird 🏁 Homologated with approximately 1,920 road-going examples to qualify for NASCAR competition, the Superbird was born as an extreme evolution of the Road Runner: an elongated nose cone to reduce drag and a towering rear wing designed to generate clean-air downforce and ensure high-speed stability on ovals exceeding 200 mph. Richard Petty’s return to Plymouth was pivotal: behind the wheel of the 43, he exploited the winged car’s aerodynamic efficiency and top-end speed t

Throwing it back to NASCAR 1970—where legends were born! 🏁🔥 #nascar #nascarracing #motorsport #nascarnews | Vintage NASCAR Vault

David Pearson speaks on camera after winning at Darlington Raceway in 1970! #nascar #vintagenascar #nascarthrowback #nascarracing #motorsports #nascarhistory | Vintage NASCAR Vault