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Videos From The Joe Machado Collection, Part 1
By Ken
R. Noffsinger
Long time Mopar collector Joe Machado recently made several
rare photos available for viewing on the
Aero Warriors site. Along with these photos, Joe also provided a
fascinating variety of film that he shot in the 1970's. Nine clips
(in MPEG video format) are found below; nineteen more are located at
Videos From The Joe Machado Collection, Part 2
and Videos From The Joe Machado Collection,
Part 3.
A 26 MB
zip file of all MPEG videos found on this page is available for
download. Where a video comes in both 176x112 and 352x240 pixel sizes, the
zip package will contain only the larger 352x240 pixel capture.
The World 600 Charlotte, North Carolina
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May 24, 1970 Starting Field
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MPEG 352x240
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MPEG 176x112 (1.49MB)
Download Time: 7 min+
Viewing Time: 46 sec
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May 24, 1970 Starting The Race
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MPEG 176x112 (2.19MB)
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- Starting Field - Here the 40 car field is on its way
down pit lane just prior to the start of the 1970 World 600. Fourteen
winged cars were in the field, including the rarely seen #36 Richard Brown
Plymouth SuperBird, piloted in this event by Bugs
Stevens.
- Starting The Race - Several winged cars are seen here during a portion
of the pace lap as well as in early laps of the race. Bobby Isaac was
on the pole, eventually finishing seventh due to distributor problems.
Donnie Allison, who was relieved late in the race by LeeRoy Yarbrough,
was credited with the race win. Allison started in the ninth position in his
Banjo Matthews '69 Ford Torino Talladega and pocketed $39,750 for the
victory.
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May 24, 1970 Bobby Allison
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MPEG 352x240 (4.28MB)
Download Time: 20.3 min+
MPEG 176x112 (745K)
Download Time: 3.5 min+
Viewing Time: 22 sec
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May 24, 1970 Lorenzen/Glotzbach
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MPEG 352x240 (2.51MB)
Download Time: 11.9 min+
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- Bobby Allison - Outside pole sitter Bobby Allison ventilated his
Hemi engine on lap seventeen, spinning the car and hitting the inside retaining
wall. This clip shows the car speeding by in flames during a brief oil fire
and then it is seen at rest against the retaining wall. Allison finished
39th, collecting $1,675 for his efforts.
- Lorenzen/Glotzbach - After a three year lay-off, Fred Lorenzen made
his return to stock car racing in this event. Fred was leading on lap 252 when
he lost a motor, ending his day and laying down a lot of oil in front of
Charlie Glotzbach. Lorenzen's return to stock car racing must have been less
than he had hoped for, as he finished 24th. Glotzbach probably wished that
Fred had stayed in retirement, as Chargin' Charlie's slide in Lorenzen's oil
and his resultant collision with the wall earned him a 25th place finish.
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May 28, 1971 Kevin Terris
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MPEG 352x240 (1.57MB)
Download Time: 7.4 min+
MPEG 176x112 (292K)
Download Time: 1.3 min+
Viewing Time: 8 sec
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May 29, 1971 Garage Area
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MPEG 176x112 (3.69MB)
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- Kevin Terris - Joe made the trip from California to Charlotte,
North Carolina in 1971 as a member of Kevin Terris' pit crew. This video
shows a small portion of Terris' unsuccessful qualifying run for the
World 600. The Road Runner seen here started life as a '68
Satellite street car that was found abandoned in a Los Angeles airport
parking lot. The car experienced several re-incarnations in its racing
life, including a brief stint as a SuperBird which finished 38th at the
Falstaff 400 on June 14, 1970.
- Garage Area - Joe took some time to walk the garage on the day
prior to the running of the 1971 World 600. This clip shows a little of
what a typical NASCAR garage looked like in the early 70's. It's not nearly
as spacious and well organized as the garage areas of today.
Many of the racing facts and figures on this page
came from
Greg Fielden's excellent multi-volume work,
"Forty Years of Stock Car Racing".
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August 9, 1975 The First National Owners Meet
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MPEG 352x240 (6.84MB)
Download Time: 32.4 min+
MPEG 176x112 (1.17MB)
Download Time: 5.5 min+
Viewing Time: 36 sec
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August 18, 1979 Chrysler Proving Grounds
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- The First National Owners Meet - This footage
is thought to have been taken at the Kings Inn Motor Hotel in Huntsville,
Alabama on August 9, 1975. If records were kept for such things, then this
would probably be the largest group of winged car owners (thirteen) to ever
sit on their wings in one place at one time. Plans called for the group to see
the NASCAR race at Talladega the following day, but it was rained out. When the
race was run eight days later, former winged car driver Tiny Lund lost his life
in a crash. Joe got to this meet in Huntsville from California driving a Dodge
Daytona!
- Chrysler Proving Grounds - In 1979, the two largest winged car clubs
made a trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan for their national meet. One of the most
memorable aspects of the meet was a visit to the Chrysler Proving Grounds. This
clip provides a glimpse of the Chelsea track as it appeared at that time. Footage
like this is rather unique, as Chrysler normally does not allow filming in or
around the test track.
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May, 1970 Texas World Speedway
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MPEG 352x240
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MPEG 176x112 (2.56MB)
Download Time: 12.1 min+
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- Texas World Speedway - Joe's '68 R/T Charger with a Daytona wing had
the distinct honor of making a lap at Larry LoPatin's Texas World
Speedway. Joe stopped by the College Station, Texas track while on vacation,
ran into a track caretaker, and did a little fast-talking. The result of Joe's
persuasive oratory can be seen here. Bobby Isaac, in his K&K Insurance Dodge
Daytona, had won the last NASCAR Grand National race there several months before.
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