January 19 - This day in Petty history

[pettycash]

1964 - Richard Petty finishes a meaningless 26th in the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside after starting 2nd. He suffered transmission failure. About a month later, however, Richard claimed his first of seven Daytona 500s. Sadly, Little Joe Weatherly died during the Riverside race.

[ricklou]

Welcome to the board Country. It is great to have you.

That is a great piece of film !

[songsmith1950]

Very nice indeed! Any and all with 64's are not only welcome but invited! Great to have you with us!

[ricklou]

That film clip is so clear and clean and to see the drivers up close is incredible.

I could watch this stuff all day

[pmossberg]

After all the discussion on the only black roofed Satellite and the only white topped Satellite, take a gander at Richard's 1963 Fury at 2:19 with the white hood!

It is tough to tell from the sometimes grainy footage, but it appears Richard was the only one to use a left-over car from the 1963 season.

[pettycash]

Here's a vid still I DL'd from somewhere along the way. Gives you better view of white hood and white trim along the window lines.

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[ricklou]

Back in the day it was not unusual for teams to break out an older car. Check this one out from the 1966 Firecracker 400 won by Sam Mquagg.