11,000 horsepower Top Fuel Funny Car start up and switch to nitro

[@brandonreeves5979]

Man I never get tired of hearing and smelling these cars! I love drag racing!!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Brandon!!

[@catman2629]

People who haven’t seen one of these cars live have no idea how loud they really are . Santa Pod is a great place for a weekend away , with good natured crowd and fun after racing .

[@mikekelly6616]

And if a person really wants to be a gear head, you really need to go to a track that has a group these behemoths. I go pit to pit during their warmup and there's no better experience. And it's been said it's better than sex.

[@craigrollins7734]

I go to santa pod every year for main event and euro finals

[@mikefry8152]

For sure i go to indy every year for the nationals and will shake ur heart out.

[@alaricpether2930]

@@craigrollins7734 Me too

[@biknjak]

I'm choking and my eyes are watering just watching it on my IPad!😰👍

[@PaulWaldron-e7u]

I love the way the table starts vibrating from the awesome power of Nitro methane.

[@blainewherley3372]

I stood next to one on start up as a dumb teen. No one told me what was coming. I felt the compression in my chest. Felt like I lost some of my hearing after that.

[@brianiswrong]

7 crew men in breathing gear, no " super heros trying not to cry, well done not often you see that.

[@alaricpether2930]

I was in just the right spot there ... just to the side of the exhaust so I didn't tear up or choke.

[@CharlesClarke-j1m]

On the 7th day, God created Nitro Methane

[@timtruax1127]

On the 8th day he was driving one!

[@johnbautch]

Long live the piston driven engine!!!!

[@Coyotehello]

"I love this crackler so bad I will go deaf for it"...

[@bd3391]

It starts on regular gasoline to get it turning, then they turn on the methanol to get it nice and hot, then they hit the nitro for the Smokey cackle fest. Awesome video!

[@mitchconner1407]

Awesome. Thank you. Can’t wait for Bradenton in a few weeks.

[@sizzlechest6070]

Dudes with no hearing protection will regret it, guaranteed.

[@MS-Patriot2]

Oh yeah, for comparison can you imagine the excitement in an electric dragster pit ? Fucking love this shit. Santa Pod veteran of 50 years.

[@GeorgeRodney2]

Finely Orchestrated!

[@donsavignano4396]

This just proves that drag racing is international whether it be NHRA, IHRA etc. smell the nitro, hear and feel the power of 11,000 horsepower

[@georgefairchild9153]

Big dude on the right knows his shit....

[@jeffreybeth7235]

Golden Corral Sponsored!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍

[@markleeks1116]

Where's there's smoke there's power

[@Tinas2Labs]

no smoke, thats raw fuel

[@mightyfinejonboy]

When did the SAS starting drag racing?

[@miltonBanana877]

2:49 due is holding that fuel bottle with a lit cigarette. Smart.

[@jacobtravis812]

Not saying it’s smart but a cigarette will not light gasoline on fire very easily unless the conditions are perfect & nitromethane and methanol need a way hotter ignition source to ignite especially nitro so it’s relatively safe lol. We been around the old school guys that been doing it for years.

[@donsavignano4396]

I go every year to Sonoma raceway in Sonoma California u.s.a. to see and hear the big show cars

[@adamc8751]

Huge round of applause to you all!!!

[@daveking3633]

If it’s loud outside in the NHRA pits, imagine how much louder it is close inside😊. Nitro gets gets in your blood 😊

[@Johnnyroten]

I’m choking

[@steveleader4570]

My old Montego sounded like that.

[@mungogerryjnr]

At least the sponsor had ear protection on😂

[@merlin5476]

Why was he pouring fuel into the intake when they were stopping the engine ?

[@alaricpether2930]

I'm no expert ... but here's what I think: it's to ensure there's no nitro in the engine. They never start an engine with nitro. It's too explosive: hence the bottle of petrol. I've seen teams have to abruptly shut down top fuel cars at Santa Pod. It isn't so easy to start a top fuel car up again. The teams have to keep cranking the engines until they've got rid of all the nitro. Then, and only then, can they start the engine up again. So, I guess they prepare for a clean shut down by squirting petrol in the blower and shutting off the fuel lever. The engine runs on petrol for long enough to purge all the nitro.

[@merlin5476]

@alaricpether2930 sounds pretty reasonable to me 👍

[@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp]

Dam I started crying watching the video, see ya at 4 wide in NC in 2025, be there or b a square,

[@brianhoffman4861]

They certainly are impressive,,, never been told that myself,,,, but have been told,,, it's starting to smoke... you are doing it wrong.... and my record is 2seconds.😊

[@avalon1rae]

Big boy club.😊

[@HEHE-dx9og]

Go every year, Better than an orgasm. NOTHING prepares you for a top fuel run. The ground shaking heart pounding is unreal.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

‘Better than an orgasm’??? I don’t know about that……

[@brucebangeman8627]

The guy with his back to camera and not wearing a mask,( of all things, he is smoking a cigarette), 🚬 just got to have a puff ?!?!?!

[@zebanderson653]

This shit is so loud the table is vibrating!!!!

[@tylerwalter8232]

Dude at 3:15 is smoking a j.🎉😂

[@cadillacnan]

A climate activist vacation

[@catman2629]

I think if climate activists started invading the track the crowd would soon pull them off .

[@brucemoyers1006]

How can you tell who the dumbest guy in the room is? He isn't wearing ear protection.

[@willg54]

Alaric, your channel pic looks a bit like Harpo Marx. Is it, or is that a picture of you?😊

[@alaricpether2930]

My channel pic looks 100% like Harpo Marx

[@carpballet]

Hells angels t shirt?

[@nativeamerican8069]

81

[@jimthomas1989]

One piston makes more hp than 2 of my V-8 engines !

[@Tim.1113]

You must have some pretty powerful engines. It would take five of my v-8 engines to produce what one cylinder does on these things.