70s Drag Racing

[@craigcricket7932]

Sadly, a moment in time, passed. It can not be repeated nor duplicated.

[@happydays8171]

Craig Cricket > Nostalgia drags are pretty close.

[@philspaghet]

Drag cars nowadays are even crazier. Don't despair for the past when the present is even crazier! We still have street drag racing and now 10 second tire and tune only cars!

[@liamenglish5632]

@@philspaghet its a good old case of confusing nostalgia with quality

[@renz1013]

same with the 90's Japanese street racing.

[@TheXopony]

Sadly ..

[@mbukukanyau]

Working on the carburetors, while smoking while they are full of gas.. The 1970's were awesome

[@firebird74521]

Unless it is vaporizes it is almost impossible to ignite gas with a cigarette. Try it some time.

[@dordor718]

Dick Landy never lit those things

[@davidleonard8369]

@@firebird74521even then the cherry on a cigarette isn’t nearly hot enough to ignite gasoline.

[@daleclift2797]

Landy didn't smoke.

[@mikemaguire5507]

He was a chomper not a smoker.

[@johngood2523]

Big Blocks with a 4-spd.. 426 Hemis, 427 Big Block Chevy and Fords 427..real Pro Stock..

[@Sickofsociety1]

They had SO much more character back then.

[@deanmeyer1815]

back when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. and chewing on a stogie during the run was still accepted

[@ppmguire]

+Dean Meyer Damn straight.

[@57HarleyDavidson]

racing is still dangerous

[@axl1632]

@Peter Burnett Well they were still arounding back then, but they weren't so dickheaded as now.

[@DrBIeed]

Ty Highway Oh here we go. I can never watch a single drag race or car video where there isn’t some old grease ball hill billy trying to tell me about how government programs like the social security he’s now collecting, that he said wouldn’t be there when he came of age, has just ran this country into the ground. Why does being a gear head have to be synonymous with a lack of intellect?

[@if6was929]

@@DrBIeed It isn't, it's just that the least informed are the most didactic.

[@damiennewyorker8105]

Every Car is just amazing. Even the ones in the parking lot. What a great F@#king era!

[@kenrose1154]

Just think running 10s and below with experience, guts, and no damn computer tuning or fuel injection

[@wayneworley1293]

Or a bottle!

[@deepharrow8520]

My man was slammin gears with the cigars

[@TheMrmmkkpro]

I grew up by Rockingham motor speedway late 60s and through the 70s and 80s , I remember these cars , blue max , jungle Jim , and many others , truly we're the good old days . It's like being on a time warp , a lot of nice cars , great video.👍👍🏁

[@mannyR4098]

Back then it was chevys in chevys, fords in fords and chryslers in chryslers. Not like today where everyone runs keith black hemis.

[@wayneworley1293]

The 70s Cars, Racing, Music, Women and it was ok to smoke everything was better in the 70s I Want to go BACK!!!!

[@55555711]

i miss the 70's im 50 now i was just a kid but i remember people was good back then i had good friends then i loved cars so my favorite toys was cars i had ever hotwheel and alot of the match box cars i had great child hood miss my old friends so much love you guys you always on my mind you help make my child hood spacial if you see this message i want to say i love you miss you guys so much

[@alexlevy322]

I'm 52 and Matchbox cars were a dream. Love the cars of the 60s and 70s. Sure were good old days. I now have a 1980 Volare with a built 360 and reliving these glory days. Have fun my friend and keep your HotWheel cars alive. Cheers !

[@thebob3712]

you miss the 70s, looks like you missed out on an education as well

[@freesoul3371]

I'm 57. Born 61, senior hs 1979 so i caught all the good years. My buddy had a Black 1969 CHevy with a 396 just like the Bruce song racing in the streets, this was NJ racing back in the day, jersey shore, good times. LOl, I had the hot wheels and matchbox with the orange track in the 60's early 70's.

[@metalmopars]

@@thebob3712 Yeah , & don't forget peoples was good back then.

[@matthewjohnson2853]

The good old days of racing, not like today with all those fairies with million dollar sponsors!

[@79tazman]

yeah these guys raced because they loved it they even worked on their own cars today the drivers just drive and it's all about the money

[@shawncrawfordamerica1776]

@@79tazman Not always. People also race for fun.

[@lovethesmellofracefuelinth7374]

Mopar ruled back then and all of these years later, we are still King of the blacktop. Dodge Challenger drag Pak is the NHRA Factory stock class champions and ran in the 7s, which is also a record for the event

[@64fairlane305]

Ruled? www.ihra.com/nitro-jam-results-stats/nitro-jam-records

[@jayschmahl9206]

@CC Ryder Funny GeeM couldn't build anything to compete in Nascar so they flexed their corporate muscle to get rules changed forcing Ford and Chrysler to run smaller displacement engines and restrictor plates on the intake manifold's basically using two barrel carburetors under the the B.S. that tire tech could not keep up with speed's the Ford's and Mopar's were generating at the super speedway's and where was GeeM? Still selling crap to loser's like you so they could payoff all their cronies for implementing these changes. Support GeeM all you want. I prefer support winner's Chrysler, Ford, AMC, Studebaker, etc.👍

[@bandal494]

the 70s when the car makers didnt care about environment and just made asskicking cars

[@victordeming9068]

Your talking about the 60's

[@krocialblack]

bandal494 It was the 70's that choked these cars out bro.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

The 50's is where the real freedom of great car designs were. Nothing was restricted. 😎

[@bobfish3176]

I don't know My 2019 797 Hp Hellcat kicks some ass with a warranty and drive it to the golf course with my buddies @ 24mpg!

[@8.2deck]

Post 72 cars sucked. The government choked those big blocks down to 180hp

[@60viking]

This is my past for sure. I was with Chrysler performance engineering and a driver and mechanic. I sure miss the excitement and satisfaction.

[@79tazman]

you ran for the factory back in the day for real?? If you did that had to be awesome I would of loved to of been born to see this because this is real drag racing not like today racing

[@60viking]

@@79tazman I was a central engineering guy. I tested and drove everything. Whole different atmosphere then today. I sure was having a great time and I got the job cause I had a Honorable discharge from the Navy.

[@gaiustrollius9920]

I don't know why this was in my "recommended" section, but I didn't regret watching it.

[@aakar88]

Got to witness all eras, from the 60's to now. Never a bad era, still to this day, the most awesome sport on Earth.

[@Conhemi]

Geez those mopars were kings weren't they?

[@Welcometofacsistube]

Conhemi Damn straight

[@64fairlane305]

Nope, not until the biggeraftermarked motorblocks appeared, like Arias a.s.on

[@WEHRWULF8814]

Yes they were 🤘🏻

[@Poohdaddymagic]

Not as much as this video depicts...

[@Welcometofacsistube]

64fairlane359 bs.

[@KennethFinuf]

Those were the good old days !! No laptop just the skill of these great drivers and crew!!!!😮😊

[@SorryWereOpen247]

It's a "Joy and Pain" resonance to view this type of retrospect !...Humbled to have gone down this memory lane...Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@randygreen8916]

Dick Landy was a great race car driver in the 70s, Sox & Martin (Ronnie Sox) was my favorite team back then.

[@cindysue5474]

And the California Flash.

[@carloschavez5368]

I still remember my days watching the gatornationals 1979 . those were the real days for all of us .

[@georgeseco91]

What times it couldn't get any better than 60,70 & 80 Live it, Race it and still Love it.

[@icdedpepl]

Love this old stuff. I was just a kid at this time. But it's so cool to see now, wishing I could try it. Just awesome stuff !!! Thanx...

[@tyhighway2127]

My favorite car was The Sox & Martin 1970 'Cuda that tore up everyone. NHRA began to screw MOPAR by forcing the unbeatable Hemi cars to carry more weight than the Fords, Chevy's, Pontiac's & other assorted non-Mopar cars. I am talking about carrying hundreds of pounds. It was like dragging 6 people behind the Dodges & Plymouths. Still, Ronnie Sox drove the car like all heck & shifted the car so quickly that it sounded like an automatic shifting. You could see the front end pop up through each gear. Yes, these were the best of times when all Americans were of one mind. Not the BS going on now where hatred is spread by the media & Hollywood.

[@themopar426]

happening right now in factory stock in nhra chevys and fords cant keep up with the dodges extra 50 pounds

[@arthurwells7778]

I was born in 63 so I hear that 100%. the cars today are cool and fast but still lack the character and charisma those cars had. and real drag cars were shifted manually !!! by some very talented drivers. and lets not even get started about libtards and leftist pig's. in Hollywood. PUSSY'S !!!!

[@Mike583]

Don't forget about the late great,Bob Glidden! His 351C powered Ford PS' s were winning so much, NHRA kept adding weight to his cars. He'd just find more hp & keep on winning! That's why they gave him the nickname "Mad Dog"!!! Later on, they all went to 500 c.i. & made it heads up racing,& he still kept winning! RIP to all the late great racers!💖💖💖

[@tyhighway2127]

@@Mike583 ….I am a major fan of the MOPARS in Pro Stock during the 70's when MOPAR owned the muscle car scene. I must admit....I liked Bob Glidden & his 351 Ford's. Anything but Chevy. I loathed everything about Chevrolet. Lousy car, lousy fans, lousy looking cars. They were a mess....

[@boogerboard52]

Way back in the day when I was real stupid, 1978 I bought a street Legal 1970 Sox & Martin cude' 440 6pack . One of a handful that Plymouth sold for $1,800.00 It had 21,000 miles on it.It was spotless It beat everything in Pahrump Nv at that time.. kept it 3 months & traded it for a 1973 chevy truck. What a deal. To this day I still kick myself in the ASS.

[@EdwardD.Adkins]

I have great respect for all this old iron. Love chrysler all Gm and all Ford!! Owned all brands alot of these brands in my life.

[@nosense58]

Sox & Martin drag racing team is legend

[@fomavictorevitch]

Dick and Mike Landy were wonderful friends, we worked together for two fantastic years. Thank you for the memories, Gentlemen!

[@lowpricedpaint]

No kidding about the auto stores. The last 4 times I went to auto zone to get a simple car part, like an exhaust manifold stud, I walked out empty handed. They have everything in these little packages. They had studs for 3 different cars. Anything else they have to order it. If it's not in the packages, we have to order it. They removed the lead from fuel, but they keep the flouride in the water. I want a pair of Hello Kitty boxer shorts.

[@creekhed697]

3:20 Racing while "smoking"a Stogie...gotta love it!

[@lawyers9]

This is what I grew up on! LOVED it then, still LOVE it now!

[@JimmyLoose]

Thank you. So true. America has become a bunch of pansies. Back in the day, no bicycle helmet laws, no seat belt laws, R12 Freon air conditioning, good lead based automotive paint, auto parts stores stocked auto parts instead of Hello Kitty steering wheel covers, candy bars and scooters. No tampon commercials at dinner time, and people took responsibility for their own mistakes.

[@chemicalspore]

real deal muscle. Dang those women were nice.

[@FREDOGISFUUN]

How could anyone not like this video! Imagine drag racing Kia`s, electric cars and solar cars! Yawn! While eating a veggie burger and a tofu whatever with a green drink of crap with a paper straw! Guts, gas, exhaust, real food and life baby! That is what freedom and America is all about!

[@Dld1985]

These guys were great. I love watching doing dry hops when moving up in the staging lanes.

[@davidhenry792]

The Keeling and Clayton TF dragster was beautiful!!! One of my favorites.....

[@rocketman63]

OMG, what a fantastic clip. Really truly a magical time for fans of the digs. I LOVED drag racing so much when I was a kid during the '60s and 70's. One of the fondest memories of my childhood. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@AndrewNguyenOfficial]

Drag racing with a cigar in his mouth...man times were good.

[@merlemorrison482]

What a trip down memory lane!!!!!

[@Pholiage]

Can't seem to spot any Civics :S?

[@dallaspolo]

In the Early 70s.. MOPARS RULED

[@rickyedwards5911]

And 50s 60s 80s 90s 2000s

[@davidleonard8369]

@@rickyedwards5911 Bob Glidden, lee sheapard and warren Johnson call bullshit.

[@Sleeve396]

Thank you for posting this,,,,, pre corporate racing, where talent and skill mattered more than money

[@Billysrod]

@dimeandsixx Yeah he does, never lifts his right foot till hes through the traps! Thats the way its supposed to be. Great vid.

[@mahoward55]

Wow never knew all this was on youtube. Reminds me of the days of running my 71 GTX 440+6 at the 75/80 Drag Strip in MD.

[@bigbadputtytat]

Thats some cool old footage....love it

[@happydays8171]

Once you actually drag race on a strip and win, you'll never forget it. It gets in your blood, never view the sport the same, you're addicted! 1982, I was in a 12 second bracket racing, it would get down to me and a Nomad 3 weeks in a row, 1st 2 times I beat him, 3rd time he got me, every shift I could see his front wheel edging into my preferal vision, beat me by a fender at the finish. Never was I so pumped with adrenaline. Just like the Bruce Springsteen song, When the strip shut down, we'd run 'em in the streets! What a great time to be alive.

[@NHfiddle]

Thanks much for the "California Charger", I have never seen this car race, but many models and many pictures, I can dream.

[@lowpricedpaint]

It was a great time to be alive. No homeland security, you could ride in the back of your dad's pick up truck, drink a beer in public, people were smarter, the good ol days. If only they could build a time machine, I'd be the first in line.

[@WhatWhoandY]

The Jungle Camaro and the Dunn Reath Cuda, both with fresh paint and very few stickers, best looking funny car bodies ever! The car bodies would never look better than 1970/71 because of the coming of the uglier body styles. The cool California Charger dragster is still out here in California. Kudos to the sweet film making and shots, wish this ran for the whole event I would watch the whole thing.

[@donnebes9421]

Everything was better back then!

[@scottbohe7047]

I just watched John Force win his 150th race now in 2019. I think the racing in this video is much more exciting. The engine sounds are awesome!! These cars were ones we had - our neighbors had. Now race cars are only owned by millionaires.

[@Gohot229]

I remember mowing the lawn on the side of my house when I was 14 in 1965. The drags were on on my transistor radio, and they had just anounced a 'Rail' going through the traps at 180 mile per hour....... I remember thinking they will never be able to go much faster, that had to be about the top speed possible....... Ahhh yea.. Now were going 250 and better...lol....

[@Mike583]

Went to the US Nationals for the first time in '70, I was 17 & hooked!

[@checkmate440]

Mopars ruled the dragstrips back then and today.Look at top fuel and funny car today all powered by the HEMI

[@husky500cr]

I remember Ontario Motor Speedway, Lions, Irwindale, and Pomona. Those where the days

[@vf74tomcat]

I'm pretty sure i had Revell models of most of these cars when i was a kid. I miss these days of GREAT racing. Look at Landy changing his own carb. Drivers were much more hands on in the days before big $ racing. Nostalgia drags is the way to go. I can build a 9 second car, so I can relate to this more than a sub 4 second top fueler. Ronnie Sox, Mr. 4 Speed! RIP, Ronnie!

[@michaelostervich2752]

Me an a few friends went to nationals in 68 69 an 70 we all lived in Akron Ohio we street raced N loved it

[@dragracinglegends1505]

Drag Racing Legends forever lives..!!

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

I had a friend with a Cuda 6 pack and he could lift the front end off the ground at take off. What a beautiful car. 2400$ in 1979 could buy you the top of the line 1969 camaro z-28. AW, THOSER WERE THE DAYS...

[@BiteythePossum]

back then my dad and his buddies had cars like these, not drag racers but just plain ol street muscle and when they were bored and didnt have anything to do, they would get together and get the cops to chase them just so they could run from them lol. they would even go so far as to slow down the let the cops catch up just so they could punch the gas and leave them behind

[@kurtpoblenz2741]

Those hemi mopars were stomping those Chevy big blocks 😂😂😂

[@strattuner]

Kurt we were king,but man chevy and ford chased us to perfection,AMERICAN IRON OF YESTERYEAR,IT WAS TOUGH TOUGH

[@cacodemon_doom]

@CC Ryder Right, because drag racers care so much about the longevity of their cars. That must be why they baby them so much kappa.

[@jayschmahl9206]

@CC Ryder Yeah right. GM built their crap to last to the end of the warranty then fail. Ford was a little better, maybe.

[@jayschmahl9206]

@CC Ryder Consider yourself lucky then because GeeM's my family owned were rolling crap. I will thank GeeM however because it opened my eyes at an early age. If skinned knuckles and depleted savings account's are your thing, by all mean's, own a Chevrolet.

[@jayschmahl9206]

@CC Ryder Just curious, an all original Coronet RT?

[@LinaGuar]

You gotta love those times,

[@RoscoRide]

I remember getting Dick Landys autograph at New England Dragway in 1971 when he was driving the same challenger in this video..i was 12 years old back then and thought that was so cool....i saw the same car (minus the motor) at the Mopar nationals it was for sale with its faded paint ..i wonder what it sold for i bet it was over 100,000 grand

[@overload1956]

In the 60's you could buy a car, take if off the lot and go straight to the track

[@mechanicman8687]

That sure was a badass Plymouth Prius!!!!

[@KevinJohnson-jc9ju]

@3:18 the white version of the "prisoner shoe" back in those days I was driving my Swinger with a 340

[@lendavoice60]

Colchester drags in Ct...! Miss those days!

[@glenparks5175]

That's back when racing was good

[@NHfiddle]

Very cool...Since I've been watching this over and over, I pulled out my 1/64 dragsters and funny cars. Come to find out there's more out there than I have in my collection. I guess they couldn't model every single funny car or dragster there was, just the prominent ones.

[@EvansBrosRacing]

thanks for sharing , this was a great movie

[@pencilneck22]

Every car in the final was a Hemi.

[@TheGeonam]

Two twin brothers from my town Bob and Fred Gillings beat Dick Landy 2 out of 3 runs at Great Lakes Drag strip in Union Grove , Wisconsin back in the day. Bob and Fred raced all over the country until the 90's when Fred died of kidney failure.

[@mspeals]

I could have sworn I saw a Honda Civic out there with drag slick on the front. Maybe he was a time traveler from another dimension. Muscle Rice in da hawse!

[@m4ssee]

Smoking a long ass cigar while doing the run. Now this is awesome.

[@montev4]

I love the Bill jenkins Camaro.

[@coolmoodee]

RIP Dandy Dick Landy....he is a legend. he will be missed.

[@5807141]

used to go to raceway park in englishtowne n.j. all the time as a kid

[@05gtdriver]

Was a NASCAR track, Ontario Speedway was torn down in 1980.

[@EdwardD.Adkins]

These were grat times!! No doubt about it!!

[@KelvinFagan]

A real gem, thanks for sharing!

[@SuBN01z3RaT]

back when the pro stocks still looked like real cars wish i could have witnessed it

[@1DirtbikeBoy]

all those hot chicks are like 70 now.........

[@mabels7287]

+1DirtbikeBoy lol hey we're only 58...lol

[@ppmguire]

Oh snap rofl.

[@4406bbldb]

I know.

[@richdewick7231]

As are many us drivers like 70 too.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

Dirk Pitt girls were way better then. Now half of them are fat and lazy. Then the others try to be boys. Today’s society shames women for taking there roll as a woman. There still is hot girls though luckily lol

[@kenrose1154]

Now I understand why NASCAR back when Wendell Scott was racing his Mopar ( that he did himself ) had to make it more " fair " for the Chevy and Ford🤣

[@Crazystuffyousee]

And Don Garlits really thinks electric dragsters will be popular??? There was more character in this bygone era than an American Idol showdown...

[@whocares5188]

I want to live in the 70s

[@mcmc8496]

Gracias! Thank you and I appreciate it..... Shocking to think that kids today have street cars that are way faster than the pro stock cars of this era!

[@dobbins2550]

The hay day of racing before technology took all the fun out of it. Technology (ie electronics) is wonderful, but it is not as fun as it once was. They raced by the seat of their pants, shot from the hip. Intuition played a huge role, hunches were played. Now, computers give it all to you in .00000000001 seconds. Oh well, technology has taken the human factor out of everything.

[@bandal494]

sox & martin!!!

[@tyhighway2127]

I send a shout out to my MOPAR brothers......

[@chev454]

Where did you get this video and how often does this come on espn2

[@spencergorringe5395]

love the launch of Dandy ..... DON'T FORGET THE CIGAR

[@darklordbill]

All the badassery of muscle cars with almost none of the badassery of quality video.

[@NHfiddle]

I would love to see this whole video. Where did this tidbit come from, and can I buy it still? Cali Charger was always my favorite dragster, even when it went rear engine. Big drag racing fan from back in the day. Can go back even further than "Hemi Under glass".

[@lucus1959]

Bill Grumpy Jenkins would actually smoke a big fat stogie going down the track in his Pron Stock Chevy!

[@bdwine5951]

lucus1959 grump was the real deal

[@louislepage5111]

Those were the days 😊

[@barneywarwick1038]

does carboraitor give you more power than fule injection

[@6548ww]

this was Racing-Racing the way it was meant to be

[@Hot80s]

as a teen I saw Gene Snow's 70 Challenger funny car for sale in a Quebec Auto Trader in 1984-85 with a pontiac 455 complete for only 10,000$

[@snowman4839]

this is better than modern drag racing. Back when muscle was still new and pro stock actually looked like stock cars