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Videos From The Joe Machado Collection, Part 2
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. Seven clips
(in MPEG video format) are found below; 21 more are located at
Videos From The Joe Machado Collection, Part 1
and Videos From The Joe Machado Collection,
Part 3.
A 9 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 Motor Trend 500 Riverside, California January 18, 1970
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Bobby Allison
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MPEG 176x112 (1.01MB)
Download Time: 4.7 min+
Viewing Time: 31 sec
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Ray Elder
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MPEG 352x240 (755K)
Download Time: 3.5 min+
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- Bobby Allison - Most of the footage here is of Allison as he
approached turn six. Bobby's fourth place start eventually turned into
a thirteenth place finish, due primarily to bellhousing problems. He
received $1,225 for his drive that day, enough for several new Hemi
bellhousings.
- Ray Elder - A brief glimpse of Ray Elder as he nears turn
six is shown here. Elder was improving on his starting position of 36th
when on lap 106 he had terminal engine problems. Ray finished 24th with
$975 to put toward a Hemi rebuild. Elder would go on to win at Riverside in
January of 1971 and June of 1972, his only career victories in NASCAR Grand
National competition.
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Dan Gurney
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MPEG 352x240 (2.27MB)
Download Time: 10.7 min+
MPEG 176x112 (407K)
Download Time: 1.9 min+
Viewing Time: 11 sec
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Dave Marcis
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- Dan Gurney - Seen here is the very end of a spin by pole sitter Dan
Gurney, as well as a couple seconds in the pits. Gurney eventually finished sixth
in what turned out to be his only drive in a SuperBird. This car was the Chrysler
Engineering SuperBird test car, and is thought to have become one of the Petty
Blue SuperBirds raced by Petty or teammate Pete Hamilton in 1970. It
later went to Norm Nelson, and was eventually destroyed in a late '70s USAC race
crash (its SuperBird sheet metal was of course long gone).
- Dave Marcis - Dave Marcis managed a quick spin at some point in
the race and Joe caught its aftermath here. Marcis is credited with crashing out
of the race on lap 163, garnering a fourteenth place finish after a 20th
place start. Dave's 162+ tours of Riverside got him $1,200.
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Roger McCluskey
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MPEG 352x240 (3.25MB)
Download Time: 15.4 min+
MPEG 176x112 (573K)
Download Time: 2.7 min+
Viewing Time: 17 sec
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Jack McCoy
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- Roger McCluskey - McCluskey's fine second place finish
signaled things to come, as he would go on to win more major events in
a SuperBird than any other driver - six in USAC. McCluskey started
thirteenth in his Norm Nelson owned SuperBird, led two laps, and captured
$9,000 for his runner-up finish to A. J. Foyt. This was McCluskey's only
NASCAR appearance in a winged car. The clip found here has a great shot of
Roger at speed down the backstretch.
- Jack McCoy - Jack's visit to Riverside in his Charger 500
resulted in a 37th place start and 30th place finish (due to an oil leak) after
only 69 of the planned 193 laps. Ernie Conn owned the car and probably got
some part of the $850 Jack won that day. McCoy would be back at Riverside in
June, and this time his Dodge would be wearing a wing and pointy nose. Jack
is seen here approaching turn six, sporting a light trail of oil smoke.
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Richard Petty
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- Richard Petty - The King's debut in a car built to lure him back
into the Chrysler camp was not an auspicious one. Starting sixth, Richard
was able to manage only a fifth place finish after suffering from major
engine problems. This footage shows Richard in and around turn six, where
on one lap he slides into the guard rail. The $3,000 he won was probably
not much consolation, given the high expectations that he and Chrysler had
for their reunion. Things would be different in the June race.
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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