I never got to see Gardner Stone pull the General or Mr. LTL with the Allison's, but was lucky to see him pull The General Stage IV with the turbines many times at Chapel Hill. But thanks to the few guys that are still pulling Allisons, now nearly 40 years after this, and allowing younger folks to see & hear the sound of WWII technology.
@cpoosch3 жыл бұрын
The Allison General is still out there making noise on NY state circuits as Zemcik's The Animal.
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
I saw Gardner pull with twin turbo-Allisons a few times. One of my favorite tractors in the sport of all time. I also saw his quad-turbine tractor, and it pulled great, but it didn't make the beautiful sound of the Allisons.
@456zap3 жыл бұрын
This golden thanks for the upload
@MrFabrizio19623 жыл бұрын
Great Video,thank you for the sharing
@lenrookus5000 Жыл бұрын
The good ole days.
@jimhodge8594 Жыл бұрын
Back when it was truly the land of the free....
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
Really, we were doing pretty well up to 1990.
@binderfan4362 ай бұрын
@@andyharman3022Actually decent until Y2K But it went downhill fast after that. But I'll admit it was better at the time of this pull.
@clarvebiker31752 жыл бұрын
I miss the Old Milwaukee and Old Milwaukee Light commercials
@brainpause3 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else cough and sneeze during the second hour super stock? Driest track I've ever seen
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Lyle Hull on an alcohol super stock in 1984. He's still pulling Minnie-Mo's in 2022.
@Artessnow Жыл бұрын
Good stuff
@dougb62392 жыл бұрын
Didn't realize the super stocks were using alcohol way back then.
@yougonnaeatthat98898 ай бұрын
Some weren't diesel tractors converted to be able to burn alcohol either, carbs and fuel dumping in like a garden hose. You still see some in the light classes at local pulls.
@stevecronkleton25529 ай бұрын
is any video or film out there of ss (5000 -5500) classes from 1977,1978,1979 in ohio
@cpoosch9 ай бұрын
Someone might have some, I just haven't unearthed it yet.
@yougonnaeatthat98898 ай бұрын
Pulling the Past may have some, Oliverpuller has some old tape from that era they have converted and uploaded to their channel the last few years.
@davidmiller94852 жыл бұрын
uh... a top fuel dragster runs around 11k Horsepower. these tractors a cool but don't come near that. Not to mention it's an apple to oranges comparison. Tractor pools rely on torque where dragster require both torque and horsepower. Here's a fact for you, a top fuel dragster out runs (is faster than) the space shuttle during launch for the first 1/4 mile. After that the shuttle wins.
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
Set your wayback machine to 1984. Top Fuel dragsters were nowhere near 11,000 hp then. More like 5000. Both sports rely on maximum HP to get the job done as fast as possible. You can't have HP without torque.
@redracer19859 ай бұрын
Top Fuel was dealing with 3,000 horsepower in '84, and Funny Cars were dealing with about 2,500
@yougonnaeatthat98898 ай бұрын
Obviously the OP has no clue about farmboy drag racing 😂 there's zero difference between them except the fuel. Nitro isn't allowed and they still generate the HP and torque. Some of the modern diesel SS push 8000 hp using a stock tractor block 😊
@davidmiller94858 ай бұрын
@@yougonnaeatthat9889 No the OP was referring to the HP of modern Dragsters. If you want to get into 60's era slingshots then were talking about things like the swamp rat using a 392 Hemi with almost 50 Degrees of advance and a LOT less horsepower. I was just pointing out that nitro was capable of a lot more than some think based on the ratio and engine. (well electronics as well when including modern top fuel racing) Edit: after more thought i might want to explain my comment on the differences between Top Fuel and Full Pull tractors (ie. The cams). The tractors are after torque, and while they use, what is basically direct drive on Top Fuel, they are looking for a more balanced torque to Horsepower ratio. I'm not going to do a dissertation on how torque affects horsepower and horsepower affects torque but it's worth knowing so you can understand how each application chooses it's cam, heads, fuel, electronics, etc. etc.