|| *Comments on the 1965 Firecracker 400:* View the most recent comment <#19> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. jackie posted: 06.09.2007 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) C. Yarborough Blew an engine while leading the show and the next 3 positions behind him spun and crashed in his oil. 2. Anonymous posted: 07.09.2008 - 2:14 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Until Las Vegas in 2007, the last time that none of the top 10 starters finished in the top 10. 3. Haywood posted: 07.25.2008 - 1:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) AJ Foyt wins back to back Firecracker 400s. 4. jr88fan posted: 10.11.2008 - 9:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Earl Balmer's best start. 5. rob posted: 09.24.2009 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) there is a segment of this race on youtube. 6. Jim posted: 07.31.2012 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Nice 2nd place for Buddy in his dad'd car. 7. aaron posted: 07.25.2013 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best career finish for Larry Hess 8. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 08.13.2013 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tiny Lund's sponsor was Dick Wallen Productions http://www.floridastockcars.com/gallery3/v/Daytona/Tiny+Lund+pits+Lyle+Stelter_s+Ford+during+the+1965+Firecracker+400___.jpg.html 9. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2014 - 1:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A.J.'s Crew Chief Was Paul Norris 10. Arthur posted: 06.10.2015 - 10:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ken white's only sprint cup start 11. RaceFanX posted: 07.06.2015 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Supertex wins his second-consecutive Firecracker 400. 12. Rob posted: 05.19.2017 - 11:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great run by Buddy Baker in his dad's Plymouth Fury. He very nearly pulled off a huge upset. 13. Greg9ChaseFan posted: 06.15.2018 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just amazes me how many cars failed to finish races back then. Certainly have come a long way. 14. Tarheel posted: 06.16.2018 - 8:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 13, looking back at the rundowns from most of the races through the mid eighties pretty much destroys the myth that Nascar was more competitive then. Fifth place eight laps down on a 2.5 mile track? I think the competition hit a sweet spot from about the mid eighties up until about 2005, the cars weren't totally areo dependent there would be a decent number of cars on the lead lap, but not practically the entire field like happens in many races today. Track position didn't mean everything, if you had a good car and cut a tire or something you could race back to the lead lap and get through traffic. The combination of aerodynamics, getting away from short tracks, and repaving every few years has nearly ruined what was great up until about fifteen years ago. 15. Ryan posted: 06.16.2018 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @14 You're more right than you may know Tarheel. The sweet spot or time period you are referring to was NASCAR's Golden Age in my opinion. Not only are the cars and competition different, but the fans are, too. If you were a fan during the 1980's through the early part of 2000 then you were a fan during NASCAR's "peak" years. A lot of fans then could and would go to the races because it was affordable, but they still would spend the money. It seemed like everyone had money then. If you watch NBC's NASCAR Decades version of the 1980s they touch on that some during the show. Hotels starting charing more during race weekends and that helped start be the downfall in the latter part of the 90's. Some people believe the racing is dull today compared to action packed from that time period. That's true. Aerodynamics and getting away from what the sport was built on has ruined the competition. The "new" fan of NASCAR seems to be dull compared to then as well for the most part. Then you had a lot of spirited and diehard race fans who was passionate about backing their favorite driver and favorite manufacturer (the 60's and 70's were like this as well). Those fans would make it a point to try their best to go to races and be a part of it like it was their main priority. Unless you watched then or went to the races you really wouldn't understand what it was like to be a fan then. Those passionate fans from that time period are sometimes referred to as "extreme" or even a few people even think that they have "psychology issues" or are "creepy" for being that type of fan (including myself). Rivalries then was a lot more heated then as well. People then loved conflict, hard racing, and rivalries. Today, fans look at it as extreme or ridiculous methods for drivers to bark a little bit an one another. People, drivers, and competition are different from today than they are now, no doubt. It's unbelievable and unfathomable that fans today actually back restrictor plate racing at tracks besides Daytona and Talladega and consider it "great racing". 30 years ago that would have never been said and may have even got you a black eye (it was already bad enough for fans that they put them on at Daytona and 'dega, but fans new in the back of their heads it was best for safety). Society's views change all the time especially from generation to generation. A lot of your mindset is from what time period you were brought up in and what you saw. 16. Anonymous posted: 01.26.2019 - 6:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best career finishes for the previously mentioned Larry Hess (7th), as well as Reb Wickersham (8th), and only career start for last place finisher, Ken White. 17. RaceFanX posted: 03.21.2020 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #41 A.J. Foyt- Bunnell Motor Co. #25 Jabe Thomas- Handy's Engineering Radford, VA #27 Cale Yarborough- Abingdon Motor Company Cale Yarborough came into this race fresh off his first-ever Cup win and Ford hooked him up with Banjo Matthews' potent factory-backed #27 team for this one as a result. Yarborough showed their trust was not misplaced as, even with a wild ride off the banking in a near spin after blowing a tire, he was in control until the motor in his Ford gave out. The ABC Wide World of Sports tape delayed coverage of this race was split between here and the British Open golf tournament in England (which technically was played a few days later). Peter Thomson of Australia won that tournament. 18. RaceFanX posted: 03.21.2020 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #11 Ned Jarrett- Richmond Ford Motor Co. 19. Rob posted: 03.04.2021 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Frank Warren was driving a 1963 Chevy based on video of the race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: