These AA/FC's were the best ! I'd rather watch these any day than modern cars. Really pathetic how weak willed nhra became. Now it's 1000' racing instead of 1/4 mile ? Bite me. I live 40 minutes from Pomona raceway and haven't gone to a race there in at least 15.years.

Great video. "Have your tires hotter than theirs" strategy is well documented here. Didn't always make a win, but fun to pay attention to. Thanks for the memories!

Think I started going there in 78. What a great track. Saw Don Garlits run 3 times, Don Prudhomme twice, Al Segrini, Tom Hoover. John Force twice, once in his Coca-Cola Corvette and again in a Mounain Dew Citation. Great times.

I used to use the expression "color me gone" just because of that car.

Friday, May 23 1975.

Big Rich Susak and his "Hard Times" '56 Chevy - another outstanding RTE racer.

"Hammerin' Hank Rozwadowski" and his '55 "Short Time" RTE. One of my favorite racers back then.

Growing up in Gary as a kid in the 70s, racing was what many adults always talked about. I lived in the downtown Gary area in the early 80s...those cars were so loud it sounded like they were a block away, but they were actually 7 or 8 miles away. I loved it!💚🙌

I won street eliminator there two years straight in 71 and 72

Most likely I was there that night.

How many remember when did the bleach burnouts?

Love no big thing!

My brother and I ran at US 30 ,late 70s early 80s with a 66 Chevelle with a bored out 402,racing Powerglide and a 4:88 rear end.Cars name was LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.Budget racer .We ran 12 second brackets,loved it.Great people out there ,great people that ran the track,Still miss it.

At least they look like real cars, and they are all different.

In 72 it was every sat. Night !

I remember staying out on Sunday afternoon long after the pros went home when the light was getting dim and they would allow you to run and get a slip. Not my car. 57 Chevy convertible, 283 automatic, hydraulic lifters, single 2 barrel, with a lift motor for the top that weighed over 300 lbs. But it was pretty, fire engine red with bucket seats. Never forget that smell of burning rubber, fuel and early evening mist. Also blown engines, tow truck scavengers and crushed dreams.

Pretty sure the sound is 100% dead on

I’m looking for the car name the hot set up

The ol bleach burnouts and line hopping. Good ol days.

Right back to when I was 15.... They were dangerous as hell, but man they were fun to watch!

Where was the u.s. 30 dragstrip? In Pennsylvania?

These cars were so much cooler than the current butt ugly big show cars. I live 40 minutes from pomona raceway and haven't gone to a race there in 20 years. Nhra destroyed the fuel classes ! I'd go see these true 70's FC's in a heartbeat !!

You have taken me back home to Chicago, same time period, the fun I had with my Dad and brother, going to US-30, during the summers, listening to the cool commercials on WLS Radio, riding in our Dad's 1971 Chevrolet Impala, then getting to US-30, climbing the bleachers to the top row ( my Dad liked the other side), waiting for the final runs, after spending our $1 each at the concessions, and, my brother buying the logo stickers, what pleasant memories! Thanks!!!!!

The fans went wild over the long burnout!!!!!

Awesome videos and sound; those were the days!

The speed shops were had around here back then...Motor Sport Research, Sontag Speed, Whites Pit Stop, the Chevy Shop, Dragway Speed Center, Poco Machine, Van Senus, The King...we had an embarassment of riches. Now we have almost nothing.

SO MANY IDIOT'S WALKING AND RUNNING AROUND THE BURNOUT AREA .

I grew up at US.30! My dad was the only Black Starter in the United States at that time. His name was STARTER CARTER! I was out their every Weds, Sunday during the summer until the track closed in 84.

Man do I remember them days. I was 20 then. Racing was so much more spontaneous.

outstanding vid...outstanding dragstrip...loved the 30

spent a ton of great time at the 30...no big thing was a great fave as was karen's camaro

And now, you need to go south one hour on US 41 to Morocco Indiana, to find a dragstrip

Great video, thanks for posting. Reminds of the nights the Coke a Cola Cavalcade would be at NY National Speedway. Believe it or not they would even race on Tuesday nights. Those were the best years of Funny Cars for me.

I wonder where all these cars are at now ????

I remember that post blue ribbon rack. No big thing😂

The burn outs were so much better back then. Awesome.

Mr Harold gene butler family Oklahoma drivers and then team strange.

Awesome stuff

Sunday Sunday Sunday at smoking us30 drag strip where the great ones roar

In a world of Chevy Vegas, the Charger and Grand Am were HUGE cars.

The Machine Gun Kelly body would meet a fiery destruction and crash into the Fireball Vega in NY soon after.

I would have given my right & left nut to be there that night...gotta love the roof high header flames & dry hops...too freakin awesome that's for sure...

Interesting chassis setup on the orange Camaro.

99% burnout noise.....oh well

Very good film from 1975 I remember them well you have excellent equipment for the time must have been 8mm. Hope to see more.

Anybody out there remember a 67 mustang fastback it was purple with a snowflake affect going down the lines of the car on the back it said ain't that a b**** by the rear tail light left side I was told it read tighter and tighter on the side it had two big closed eye tow hooks on the front.Performance machine automotive raced it on the weekends ... Thank you to anyone that can remember I bought that car in 1985 I saw a purple flash go down Archer avenue one night and I said who in the hells car is that? I turned out to be the fourth owner the second owner my friend found in the neighborhood and I sold it should have never ever sold it around the 94 as I was moving to Southern Illinois from Chicago and I had a 300zxand a BMW 2002 and a real nice as I look back now but then it was just a $725 truck.... It was a 72 f250 360 automatic come from the West truck damn good one anyway guys thank you thank you and if you ever really want to see some good cool bury that son of a gun and not let it up for air four speed shifting there is in one of these videos that says us 30 you'll find it keep looking but Dave strickler and I think it is him no shoes on just socks tighten up the helmet champion t-shirt he puts the old Chrysler wedge through hell does not light it up for air if it was bobbing for apples well nice sharing these words with you carry on all of you and if anybody ever can bring any of that to light for me I would just love to see it I'm still looking just remember not too many cars say ain't that a b**** I think it had wheelie bars on it too it had ladder bars from hell when I got it..... Those were the days my friend

Ford used to Dominate the tracks in them days

Ford Pinto smoked that Camaro lol........poor chevy

I could be wrong, but inthis video there is a white with red stripe Ford pinto , didn't Bob gliden drive a pinto?

Was down there once early 70's , we had a pro stock from Appleton Wi. and qualified. They really put on a show back then with nitro funnycars , jets , and prostocks.