
This is one of those “Back in the Day” videos from the Dale Earhart Jr. TV show. It is 1968 and the race is the Carolina 500. This is one year prior to when the Talladega and Spoiler II cars made their debut in 1969. However, the 1968 Mercury Cyclone and Ford Torino showed their stuff at this race.
These are the 1968 Ford cars that forced the MOPAR crowd to go out and design the aero Charger 500 and later wild winged Daytona in 1969.
There are some excellent shots of the cars and the drivers. Richard Petty was still driving MOPARs in 68 and in this race he blew TWO Hemi engines. How do you blow two engines in one race? Watch it and find out!





