Motion Pictures Bad Music, Beautiful Footage

Great video.. every time I see it. Glad it made it's way outta the Sprint car thread for others to enjoy.

The Music doesn't bother me to much for what were watching. 80-90% of the fella's in that video DID NOT MAKE IT to old age. They died doing what they loved. The bone grinding crash half way through was bad, but yes the guy walked away. Unfortunately, other crashes in that video didn't end so well for the drivers, and the lucky man at the end? Well, he took his last ride not to long after that.

The reason the men are not kids is because this video show the most Deadliest and Daring age of sprint car racing. The cars were getting BIG horsepower, the tires were starting to get wider and hook up more, yet the Safety equipment stayed the same. Young boys were not offered rides like these. You had to EARN it through Midgets and other forms of dirt track racing.. unlike today when you can buy your kid a ride.

These men gave it all for nothing.. But they REALLY LIVED!!!

Thanks Ryan. by the way, the fella that made that video is a HAMBER. HE hangs with us in the V.S.T.

 

In case your wondering...

From Michael Ferner:

(time) (name) (Tack) (Date)

0:00 Jim Hurtubise ("Herk") at Du Quoin 1960
0:09 Jimmy Bryan at Langhorne? 1956
0:15 Bryan and Langhorne '56 again
0:24 Don Branson, 1964
0:28 r-l Bryan, Tony Bettenhausen, A. J. Foyt
0:33 Shorty Templeman at Phoenix? '61?
0:41 Sprint Car action of the sixties, I believe that's Salem Speedway, that's the Leffler/Dunseth car leading from the Colvin/Shepherd car, drivers changed too often and the pics are too blurred to ID
0:46 Bob Sweikert wheels out his Sprint Car...
0:49 ... and meets his end
0:59 Johnny Thomson in '57
1:03 Indiana State Fairgrounds? 1962, the blue #1 is Foyt
1:09 Foyt again
1:13 Sprint Cars at Terre Haute? 1966, I'd say: Colvin/Shepherd #3 (Bobby Unser?), Anderson #51 (Roger McCluskey?), Dunseth/Leffler #16 (Greg Weld?) and Meskowski #1 (Mario Andretti?)
1:23 Dick Atkins?
1:27 Branson again
1:33 Bobby U
1:37 Herk!
1:43 Greg Weld with Paul Leffler?
1:46 McCluskey with Bruce Homeyer
1:51 Tony B at Phoenix?
1:55 Branson at Terre Haute? '64
2:04 (too dark)
2:11 Troy Ruttman (Surgeon General's Warning: Smoking costs at least two tenths per lap)
2:16 Parnelli Jones
2:20 Elmer George (fancy hat!)
2:24 Eddie Sachs
2:32 Indiana State Fairgrounds? 1964, blue #17 (same car as 1:03) is Bobby Marshman
2:39 unknown beauty
2:42 Cotton Farmer at Phoenix, 1960 - I'd seen pictures of this one before, but this is SCAAARY!
3:04 Langhorne finish, that's Foyt winning - probably June '62
3:08 Gary Bettenhausen?
3:15 Sprint Cars at Salem? again, look at the rubber marks left by the last one!
3:22 Jud Larson (also at Salem? did he ever win there?? and is that Wally Meskowski with him???)
3:30 Bobby Marshman with Rodger Ward, Phoenix '62
3:36 Sprint Cars at Terre Haute? again, 1967 Anderson #1 (McCluskey?) on the outside, Morse #91 (Bill Puterbaugh?) on the inside
3:42 1965 Meskowski #9 (Johnny Rutherford?), followed by Stapp #4 (Carl Williams?), again TH methinks
3:46 Templeman again
3:48 Ward
3:52 Parnelli
3:55 Branson & Herk
4:03 Farmer is OK, but visibly shaken (as well he should!)

 

http://www.keyonestudios.com/house/Open Wheel Tribute Good Music.mov

Here is a link to the same footage with MUCH BETTER music I added and posted on the back end of my website. Someone notify Ryan that he can swap this one out with the one on the Jalopy home page! Enjoy guys!

 

Incredible! I can't believe that guy walked away from that. I lost count of the rotations. These were definately the real men of the era.

 

WOW I guess you know your stuff! impressive and informative. thank you

 

FEARLESS!! Can't believe the guy in the '35' yellow car survived that!!

 

Wow,sometimes it is hard to remember how tough racers used to be.The drivers of today have talent and abilitys but those men of the past were MEN. You couldn't pay me enough to get into one of those death traps.

 

Back when race car drivers were built like brick layers...

Sam

 

I can't believe that guy walked away. Some tough sons of bitches!!!

 

What an amazing video. If you take notice, compare the physical appearance to the race car drivers of that era to the race car drivers of today. Now they are mostly pretty thin, almost teenage-clothing male model looking guys. Back then they were clean cut just as they are today, but they had that tough iron-worker look to them. Just tough men. The footage in that video was awesome, I haven't seen old usac footage that good ever. Thanks A TON for that post-made my day

 

Nice clip! I did not see it boefore because the Sprint Car thread has gotten SO HUGE (like many do) that it is hard to devote time if you did not subscribe to it in the beginning DHO!

 

Songs not so bad... Footage is cool! That spill at the end! Man that was gnarley!

 

~wow~


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"Bad Music, Beautiful Footage" .

I agree with the thread title. Some really ballsy stuff happening there. Love it.

As for the music something with a bit of a country feel like "Six days on the road" comes to mind. That, or some screaming Offies and SBC's would do fine.

 

"They were sick..." is putting it lightly, that was freakin sweet. 1:13, holding on for dear life, knowing he can't over-do it and drift into the #15. Wow, the raw power and lack of protection, those men had balls.

 

Alright, lets speed it up a little. Here's the same video with different music. So put down that coffee and get ready to Wreck!

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Great footage of the cars and racers and I was really diggin the music, I thought it fit the footage very well too.

 

Most, if not all, of that footage was taken off of Dick Wallen tapes.

http://www.racingclassics.com/store_index.html

 

I wondered about that . I have two of his tapes and yes great footage.

 

Great footage, thanks. Reminds me of when my dad used to take me to the local fairgtounds on sunday afternoons.