Wild Willy Broach drove with One Hand

Wild Willy Broach drove with One Hand

I can remember when PHR reported that the original Winged Express ran a 7:28, which at the time was fast enough to make the cut off for AA/FD qualifying!

Does anything sound nastier than a 392 with a snoot full of nitro?

Reminds me of the "Starjet". Man I feel old.😉

I have three older brothers, they were all into Hot Rod magazine and the Revell car kits. They built one of these kits and were so proud of it.

I always saw it at fomoso dragst strip out of Bakersfield, great place !!

Wild willie, one hand on the wheel, the other hand on the door !!

I heard an old Don Garlits story , not quite sure if it's true but here it is , Don would have a Hemi built , it was put on the dyno and cranked up to 5000rpm , Don would go eat lunch and come back in 15 to 20 minutes and if the Hemi was still running , he installed into the dragster .

Nothing sounds like nitro!

Not only do I miss Mike paying homage to Willie and by the way doing Willie proud but, also the breather masks....true 60's drag racing ...now its pretty much just posers.....😢

What a pro !!!

Willy

Mike, How does the car handle with that VERY large Horizontal round steering wheel as opposed to the more conventional small butterfly wheel? One would think that when the car goes off at 45-degree angle, the smaller butterfly wheel would be more responsive. Is that true? What are the benefits of the larger, horizontal steering wheel?

Absolutely one of the cars that defined the era.

STANDING STILL WINGED EXPRESS IS IN BEAST MODE.

Top fuel alternative 4 theater HARLAND HARMON RACING

What good days of drinking beer and going to the drag strip

Seen Wild Willie in Bakersfield( before there were guardrails) Run the car smoking the tires sideways off the track next to the grandstands and back on the track and never lifted...Crazy Mo Fo

AA/FA: The nitro racing equivalent of a bad acid trip.

Great driver , great machine . Pure poetry in motion . I wish the NHRA wasn't the corporate sell out like it is now . I think it would be better all the way around .

That old (1957 Chrysler 392 Hemi) is just SAVAGE, the way it just "chews up the track" love it !

Man the original one back when I was a younger lad just blew me away.

I was at Bakersfield that day that the front wheel assembly came off.. that could have been a whole lot worse if it hit someone, Scary

I love the tank pickup is at rear end of tank, pointed at fuel pump intake!!! Center or gravity of freaky elephant motor is way above drive axle center line!!! Proper weight transfer is the scientific method we are learning!!!!

Damn, that thing is a monster!

WICKED !!!!!!!!!!!

Fuel Altered equals a nitro burning hemi in a sprint car. Wild, unpredictable, fast and scary.

Legends!

Wheel hops taking their toll!😳

I jad the distinct pleasure of seeing Sir William many many mons ago. As a young man even I thougjt he was the most Batshit driver Id ever seen in my short life. Sideway half way down the track steering with one hand like a banshee all hopped up on Robitussin. The man was fearless and put on the best show I have to this day ever seen. NE Dragway was never the same after that. Nor was I...

One Stupid Machine ! I wonder why it's still not around

R.i.p. boyd and Willie and mousie

RIP Mike and Mousie, thanks for the smiles.

A TRUE drag machine......

RIP Mike Boyd, one of my favorite cars at the meet

Rest In Peace Mike Boyd, Gone on February 22nd 2022.

I like how he even backs up like he's gonna kick some ass.

In June of 1972 I met Wild Willie and Mike Boyd. Mike didn’t like me because Willie offered to take me on tour with him and I was taking Willie and the Winged Express out of the way to get my parents permission to go. My family refused to let me go, but the Original Winged Express was in trailer in front of My House 🏡

This thing runs like I expect a pulling tractor would if the chain broke !

That left lane is a rough ride in the shutdown area.

U f o

First tome I’ve seen this. Very cool video. I’ve been there several times and loved every minute of it

Can't thank you enough for this!

😎😎😃😃👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇲🇺🇲

I think his bell was rung a little.

Back in the late 60’s we were at irwindale raceway, I was on the Pure Heaven 2 crew .we were pushing down to fire up we and behind the Winged Express,Willie suffered from narcolepsy, and feel asleep on the way down and ran into the guard rail.it woke him up and went on to make the run. PureHeaven won .

Was he knocked out?

Some serious brass

AA/FA. the badest of the bad...