4-speed Johnny McLaughlin Wins 2024 Pomona In N Out Finals NHRA Stock Eliminator 1970 Roadrunner 440

[@briannamclaughlin9446]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video of my dad! I could not be more proud of him or to be his daughter!!!!

[@68motovator6]

4SJ, is a great guy.

[@Brian-mx2cr]

🎉 Congrats to your Dad !!

[@josephdonnelly2663]

That Roadrunner is a great running car! Purrs like a kitten and roars like a lion!

[@slowwwwBurnnnn813]

He can drive for sure!

[@PatrickLacy]

Have you ever thought of asking dad to help you get into bracket racing? It sounds like the resources he has at his disposal could make that a reality.🤷

[@victorriceroni8455]

Now this really butters my biscuits. No laptop, computer nerd, slushboxes, or ellektron petrol spitters. Just a Mopar Missile, a few carbs, a proper gearbox, and a man who can drive. May the Ancient and Wrathful Carburetor Gods bless your garage.

[@grantbradley5084]

The sound that 440 makes is phenomenal.😊

[@gilesquivel6151]

I enjoyed that. Loved the Road runners back in the day. Top end Car all the way.

[@srt8rocketship241]

10 anything is very respectable for this old Gal. Great job , beautiful beast.

[@larryeiler9281]

funny how they call them "stock"

[@4406bbldb]

I can’t know how proud I am of these Mopars. I hired into Chrysler engineering in Highland Park in 1969 and immediately started working on super birds and Daytonas and all the performance everything that we did. Caught on quick that I was a driver and also a Dino operator that took me right to the top of the heap. I’d love to go to one of these stick shift races with my own car if I had one. Amen.

[@MegaRiffraff]

I had a 1970 green super bird with the 440-6 , 4speed, in East Tennessee , drove it to school 1972 -73 wish I would have kept it,

[@bmepdoc9675]

Sounds FANTASTIC!

[@edsmachine93]

Congratulations Johnny. 👍 Thanks Bobby for the coverage. 👍🇺🇸👍

[@DanEBoyd]

Killer car!!!

[@edsmachine93]

@DanEBoyd Good morning Dan. Certainly is a good car.

[@petelassen9365]

Met him at Phoenix earlier this year and was rooting for him all through eliminations , I think he made it to Quarter finals , love the Pistol grip !!! So happy to see he took home the Wally at Pomona ! Great job, great car and awesome for you!!!!

[@68motovator6]

Great video. John is one of the nicest, and hardest working people I've ever met. Always enjoy talking with him.

[@pauljanssen7594]

I loved it when I was racing my four-speed I had special modified for shifting no synchros. Only on first gear. Everybody thought I had a four-speed automatic.

[@lw216316]

so in this video does the gas pedal stay on the floor while shifting and you punch the clutch pedal as fast as you can on each shift? It sounds like the revs go up slightly between shifts. Is that called power shifting? (or maybe speed shifting?).

[@caspar0777]

wow, that car runs like hell ! cheers from France

[@donanderson5282]

Done a Great job right there 4-Speed Johnny!! Congrats bud!

[@Combat556]

I love Roadrunner muscle. I bought a new ‘68 Roadrunner when I returned home from Vietnam. 383 4 speed = Fun

[@CuChiKat]

There were more than a few of us draftees that bought muscle cars after ets'ing. Mine was a '68 Camaro 396. Haven't had as much fun since . Welcome home.

[@patrickshaw8595]

Runningest NA 440 I ever saw!

[@blipco5]

6:12 It’s one of the most intense/relaxed cabin views ever. This guy has done this before. 👍

[@rebeccajohnson1407]

as a kid i went to a party in my 69 Road Runner and the guy that had the party going said i have one of those? he went to the shed a started it up it shook the hole shed ,he rolled it out and asked if we wanted a ride. it was a 70 Road Runner 4 peed . OMG it was a scary street monster i will never forget how it pulled i want out

[@robedmund9948]

Man! The top end on that beast is incredible!

[@douglascooper1987]

Great Win, Nice Car, and that Factory Pistol Grip is Too Cool 👍👍

[@ChrisJohnston601C]

That pistol grip is mint! 👌🏻

[@EdwardTills]

I love that shifter

[@christocr]

Man, what a car!

[@scamp440collins2]

Awesome Bird and Win...

[@bgjb-r1499]

Great video. Drag racing the way it should be.

[@joequillun7790]

I'll second that.

[@LICobra]

Well done Johnny, and thanks for the video Bobby.

[@Felix-f2n6k]

Congrats Johnny and thank you Bobby!!

[@larewardrop282]

So great to see this in person! Great video as always !

[@dirtlump]

Fantastic ! THX so much for sharing as it was pretty to watch !

[@wenzelracing2]

Congratulations!! Awesome Job Driving 😎 and rowing the 4- Speed 😎😎

[@kennethkarlsson7421]

Thanks for sharing this video. Very cool car😎

[@joshuagarvey9362]

That’s is fantastic.I can’t even imagine the thrill.

[@abbyxxxx9671]

Fantastic job with the video. You lut a lot of effort into the way you had in in car and outside shots. And great interview

[@abbyxxxx9671]

And congratulations 4 spd johnny.

[@gregscott9170]

Excellent job Bobby! John looked great out there!!!

[@driverinterviews]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@johndehaven8694]

I'm loving the in car camera Bobby

[@AmosFivetwelve]

That’s a 440 ! The pull never diminishes

[@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195]

Just so all the desktop wannabes understand, this is basically a BONE STOCK , 440 Six pack Roadrunner that runs 10.50's. What isn't stock is the headers and the drag slicks.

[@hausf.kartreit1111]

WowSlick Shifting Johnny✌🏼🤠🌵

[@michaela.2933]

What are all the switches he pulls before and after a run and what is with the blinder??

[@skyedog24]

This is great news for the /S crowd 😃

[@MrMarkar1959]

reminds me of an after high school race back in '74. nice ride👍🏼my Brother had '68 Charger 440 6pack 4speed in high school👍🏼dang thing do about 200mph,,He died last Friday of cancer

[@Brianscoronet]

Sorry for your loss

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Aw man, condolences on your brother's passing. I had a '74 Charger, when it was time for a timing chain replacement we switched a scrapped Challenger 340 into it. Happy times.

[@brucefulper4204]

Man, that shifter looks STIFF! But works - he won!!! Congrats!

[@kevinjensen2392]

Yeah I was wondering that myself it doesn't seem to operate like a typical 4-speed shifter it would be nice if they could Enlighten us a little bit about his shifter setup

[@petelassen9365]

It’s a stock pistol grip shifter , I’m guessing he had it adapted to the regular shifter mechanism

[@joequillun7790]

@@petelassen9365 Looks like the lever length came from my C-30 dulley.

[@Flussig1]

Great video Bobby, one of your best. Johnny's going to want your in car camera from now on.

[@vincentrachelsdad-yr1kr]

Wow! Gotta love it! Mopar 4:37

[@smilsmff]

Congratulations! and great video , I used to say that dash is thee Knuckle buster with the Pistol grips

[@amcam124]

I was there!!!!!!! Awwwwwwweeeeesssome vid!!!!! Thanks Bobby

[@rustyl4090]

Congrats John!!!

[@balloonknot3028]

Awesome video great content 👍

[@timothyjohnson5304]

Amazing interview! I love the car and driver!

[@jamespell8091]

Good shifting. I took a note of this video for future reference. I have a MP six pack for a 383/400 (going with the 400. Tired of the small blocks not lining up with the manual trans. They tend to say out of alignment. I could probably utilize the strut lugs on the SB block but then there is also the cooling and the exhaust studs/irregular port shape. Issues I also have with the SB. Thanks for the feature. This guy is OK.

[@pibble3962]

I had a ‘70 Roadrunner that was retrofitted with a 440 Six Barrel. They have a lot of potential but for my personality it was too much maintenance. I swapped to a Dominator and was much happier.

[@harryharry3193]

I did not realize clutchless jericos were allowed in stock these days..? or he is just pulling it and making it clutchless...... nice beautiful mopar.....

[@BobWayne-z4y]

Had one of these cars with pistol grip. The throw was so long I used to smash my knuckles into the dash when hitting third gear.

[@thomaslongshore1295]

I love the Wally in the seat and the great RR.

[@kimmorrison9169]

Nice job Johnny!

[@Jupitermustangmike]

Man he kicks ass shifting!!!

[@JayThomas-ep5by]

Awesome video!

[@driverinterviews]

Thanks!

[@Schlipen]

Love the Frankengrip shifter

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Three pedals! No slushboxes.

[@Geezer1320]

Really cool!

[@paulwortman483]

Pardon my ignorance. But it looks to me like he's yanking that shifter before the clutch is engaged. Anyway... beautiful car. Love the 70 with the pistol shifter. Man getting 3 carbs to work. Wow!!!

[@CarsandCats]

He's preloading it.

[@22vampyre]

AWESOME!!

[@bowtiekid329]

I noticed when you get ready to shift the shift lever (Pistolgrip) you pull the shift lever slightly "towards" the next shift, before you actually make the shift! Is this something that is made into the linkage and shifter, or what exactly is it? Thanks and loved the video!

[@MrMikekimball]

I enjoyed that

[@JacksoNR26]

Very cool video

[@tanker335]

It refreshing to glance into a engine compartment and see everything is uncluttered and where it should be. To change the battery in my daughters car, the make of which isn't worthy of mention, the first tool you grab is the floor jack because a tire's coming off. From there, it just gets more head scratchingly over engineered.

[@driverinterviews]

Hahah yea I hear ya. Thanks for watching.

[@krushrchevelle2996]

SUPER NICE 44O 3x2 Pistol-Grip’d 4-Speed Gear-Jammer / 1970 Road🐦‍⬛Runner MUSCE🦾🤍 CAR !!!

[@heshdeath4707]

@6:23 Fuck yeah man!

[@bmepdoc9675]

Did he say Doug Engle? - I had a shop literally next door at 1629 12th in Santa Monica and often went next door to chat with Mark, Doug, and their dad Jack.

[@EdwardTills]

I can't be;ieve how that last gear blew him by that car like the guy was topped out? Sweet

[@stevemellin5806]

Nice very nice 👍

[@JackF99]

"Stock" has a whole different meaning these days.

[@Fogman5678]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!

[@mobyman440]

SIng along.... Me and my, Walllly, cruisin down the ave - enue..........

[@carnut1921]

Sweet MOPAR

[@moffettcoates6455]

Well, drag racing will be OK for four more years at least.

[@tiberius1701]

With any luck 8-12 years

[@DonRobles]

mopar or no car

[@timosracecars]

Hey Bobby. Do you know what transmission he's running in the roadrunner? Thanks

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

It’s a Jerico

[@timosracecars]

@@johnmclaughlin3331 thank you John! I really enjoyed watching you row gears! Have you thought about uploading footage yourself?

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

@@timosracecars yes one more thing I need to figure out lol

[@timosracecars]

@@johnmclaughlin3331 I'm hearin ya. I'll subscribe to your channel now 😏

[@stevodakine1]

What RPM’s is he hitting when the tach light comes on?

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

6600

[@michaela.2933]

Stick is always faster than automatic only people that automatics safe automatic is faster because I don’t know how to roll a four-speed

[@antibowtie440]

Love stock eliminator-right down to factory shifter and steering wheel awesome!! 440 6bbl 4speed👍

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

LOL you think that's a factory shifter? Below the pistol grip, I mean?

[@antibowtie440]

@ eyes focused on pistol grip. Selective eyesight.

[@azcappra]

Line lock on the steering wheel?

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

Yes

[@andysupple4838]

He reminds me of Ronnie Sox

[@professorxavier5570]

Walked him down....Mopar.

[@Dogboy1960]

Wow! Never, ever underestimate the role luck plays. Great runs and great performance could have ended early or not.......did the first race with that firebird see him "red light" so he let off when he saw it or did something happen at the end of that first run? Either way.......Drag racing is often "one and done.....you usually need both consistency and a least a little luck on your side to pull it off with a 4 speed car. Big Kuddos very cool.

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

That was actually the semi finals and yes he redlighted

[@Dogboy1960]

@@johnmclaughlin3331 He looked pretty fast. Your reaction to the win tells me you were expecting he might be your toughest competition that day. .

[@danielresch8071]

❤

[@Airsally]

Looked like he pulled it half way out of the gear he was in before he finished the shift...

[@bobhenry6159]

6:22 Watch red cars front end. That was no shift. Left lane brakes HARD! WTF?

[@driverinterviews]

What none of us realized due to the slow scoreboards was that the red car actually red lit and lost on the starting line. So he shut it off early.

[@bobhenry6159]

@@driverinterviews Ah, that explains it. Nice launch.

[@joefelix3985]

💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@richardpenner4686]

Incar camera is cool

[@aaaaaaab11]

Mopar 😊

[@nicbarsamian4481]

Unfortunately he should have his win taken because he’s using an illegal blocker

[@robertwatson818]

All that sound and fury to say nothing of the cost. An electric Tesla goes 9 seconds quietly---off the showroom floor.

[@timbaker4327]

Uh, check again. They dont exactly give 9 second Tesla's away. Not to mention the zero-fun factor. My girlfriend has one and I told her good luck when she needs a new battery pack, cause she aint selling it used to anyone. At least nobody with any sense. But all that being said, it is a pretty nice car.

[@driverinterviews]

They have a class for those too.

[@timbaker4327]

@@driverinterviews Ford takes their 8 second electric Mustang to strips and whenever it comes up everyone goes and grabs a hot-dog and coke. Its just the way it is. Nobody says they aren't fast, its just that nobody seems to care.

[@larrytidwell7885]

What a shift. Not a Mopar fan but that's one fast car, and the guy driving..man he can shift. I remember those power shifts from the 60's

[@ashqelon7267]

Pretty good pushing that boxy car into the 10’s.

[@dennisallen6186]

How the hell does a B stock car weighing 3600 lbs with a claimed 394 hp run 10.52 in the quarter mile?? Not possible. Someone is fudging the numbers a tad. Takes a lot more hp than 394 to run that quick.

[@driverinterviews]

The 394 is the NHRA rating that is used to come up with the 3600lb minimum and puts him in B stock.

[@johnmclaughlin3331]

To add to what Bobby said, a stock eliminator car is all about combination... chassis, gearing,etc My engine is not as whizbang as a lot of folks in my class it probably makes an honest 575 hp 600 lbft of torque It is 100% legal within the rules