Brandon Bernstein's Top Fuel Dragster warm up at 2011 Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals

[@F.A.A.F.0]

If you have never experienced a top fuel dragster up close or even racing. Words cannot describe and neither can these videos. Go to the next drag race nearest you ASAP! It is something you will never forget.

[@Muddicker]

I'm from New Zealand and have only seen slow top fuel doing 4.9 passes in Australia. I have started to save $$ to come to your beautiful country to see this. I have so many questions to ask but I'm affraid you'll get sick of me.

[@Hellvis29]

Neil Petersen if you make the trip. zmax dragway in concord, north carolina for the 4 wide nationals.

[@Muddicker]

Hellvis29 When is that buddy

[@Hellvis29]

Neil Petersen March 27-29

[@fordnut4914]

haha you got that shit right

[@TheCymbalProject]

I gotta say... even watching this over the internet, those blasts look mighty intense.

[@sgkingly8392]

As someone who has seen these things in person you have no idea. You think you understand from descriptions and videos but you just don't in the slightest. It's just incredible

[@billthompson5644]

I believe this gives a new meaning to finding your dream job.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

you definitely gotta love it to do it.

[@misterdude6694]

The absolute force of power that top fuel dragsters gives from launch to end is extremely violent and sexual, because the power that it emmits when passing by is something you feel to your every atom and cell in your whole body. Brutal!

[@jamieteal2107]

@misterdude6694 yes BRUTAL one of the better words to describe the experience 👍🇦🇺

[@andrecousar2427]

Nothing like it in person. It is awesome.

[@gabem3568]

I never get enough of the transition from methanol to nitromethane

[@Pointlesshandle48]

Sounds beautiful

[@MadTrax572]

I love the sound of that nitromethane cackle

[@johnrhunt5085]

I went to my first Drag Race back in 1993 when the nitro was pouring out the exhaust yellow, and my eyes were burning could not breath and it was great. I can't wait to hit the strip for the 2015 season

[@Phillips1]

I went to one earlier this year and experienced the same thing 😂

[@ricardobjj24]

That sound before the dragster comes on gives me PTSD

[@robertr7923]

these top fuel engines are so violent, that it is scary to go near em. I have been to the drag races this year end its is an experience like no other. The violence of these engines is beyond your imagination. 10/10 would recommend

[@robertsykes329]

Keep coming back to this one.

[@maritimemisfits3360]

First time I seen top fuel at a strip, they were running pro mods, and they started one of the top fuel cars in the pits, when they blipped the throttle we could all feel it in our chests and it overcame the roar of the pro mods.

[@hammerlane3871]

love the sound of those cars go watch every year

[@SH00T_TH3PUMP]

Absolutely insane in every way possible. 😍

[@chuckp2434]

That's one of the best things about having a pit pass. When they hit the throttle like that, that goes through your whole body . I'm sure the mechanics probably get nervous at times being that close to the headers

[@Serpent32776]

Nuttin a little jb weld won’t fix

[@maritimemisfits3360]

I love my local dragstrip, they only sell one kind of spectator pass, all can go take a walk through the pits and see the cars up close

[@deanzynda2992]

As incredible as the video is, being right there experiencing that is so awesome.

[@jerroldkazynski5480]

You had to be watching closely, but the earth stops spinning right there. It happens fast! At the whack. Awesome.

[@carlosmurphy4u1]

The electric dragster that Big Daddy is developing will never compete with the beautiful noise, vibration and smell that a top fueler gives us. Electric dragsters? BOOORRRRING.

[@peterlee6745]

Your Right .Won't Watch it if it goes Eco . its The End of NHRA. and i m UK

[@JulesD92]

It will compete,cuz it will BE faster one day.

[@smckinney3mckinney141]

could be the same thing as when the Hydro-planes went to Gas turbines.who wants to listen to a vacuum cleaner?

[@NeilLB7]

@@JulesD92 And nobody will be there to watch because it doesn't appeal to all the senses.

[@NeilLB7]

You're correct. If we want silent...we can just have mag-lev dragsters on mono rails. No need to even have a driver.

[@MattyGoupil-l7y]

Imagine showing up to work or to the grocery store with that thing😂

[@pedrosousa7254]

Throat clearing starts at 2:43

[@ChainsawFPV]

I feel for the 2 guys in the back. All those fumes blasting them in the face.

[@derekjlight]

0:00 "I wanna put my mouth in the pipe..." LOL

[@Lurod_]

Lmao

[@BurnoutEyes]

derekjlight Yeah. His face would be a mess lol

[@electric7487]

He'd smell like nitro and gasoline for the rest of his life.

[@lt.judyhopps3095]

The 5 dislikes must be Ecoboost owners.

[@michalsofer3378]

:DDD

[@smckinney3mckinney141]

Prius owners.

[@chuckp2434]

Lt. Judy Hopps lol, or Def people who can't enjoy it

[@johnyoung2702]

Ecoboost are twin turbo f150s. I have one and it gets 13 mpg??

[@wood4278]

Ricer owners

[@benshakespeare268]

Excellent sounds quality 👏🏆

[@markokiiskinen2898]

First time i saw/heard top fuel on idle, it sounded like tiger tank coming through the forest, scary.

[@Fun_boy80]

It is ... abosolutely amazing ... music

[@sherylbeasley4938]

Can i get this on my phone as a ring tone?🤔

[@VGMurders]

A proper warmup not like the watered down pit experience of today. NHRA wonders why the crowds are dwindling away.

[@kstoot]

Exactly! Ticket sales are down because the experience is boring. Its a drag race not military training.

[@danysetiawan39]

So many big guys right there

[@apinyaybuakhem9183]

It got my ear bleeding to heaven.

[@matttfrancoeur5819]

video almost 10 years old, damn

[@hwh6237]

I remember as a little kid going to these races with my dad and uncles. We’d go back into the pits and watch them work. I got caught in the nitro blast on a startup once at 10 years old and my dad and uncles were laughing like hell at me all eyes watering and snot pouring out haha. Ever since I’d learn to keep an eye out for the tool trays coming off the top of the engines- which meant they were ready to fire up soon. I can’t wait to put my kid in the same situation haha!

[@AAFC733]

Garlits, Kalitta, Roland, Jim Dunn, Shirley, Ivo, Beck, Ruth, Ace, Coil, Leonard Hughes, Paul Smith breathed nitro for decades and half of em are past 80.

[@jamesm9755]

Chris Karamasines is 1 year off of 90 years old and still in the cockpit

[@AAFC733]

True, I was remembering the other names (all of whom I've seen at SIR, Pomona, and OCIR) and I forgot.

[@kdwaynec]

Don't forget my personal favorite, Eddie Hill, fastest man on land and water!!

[@TakeDeadAim]

Just think, each one of those cylinders likely produces more than double the HP than both of your daily drivers you have in the garage right now!

[@zacharyradford5552]

There’s no likely.

[@danieltanuwijaya7675]

1k HP per cylinder lol.

[@clintlewis1719]

Facts

[@BurstNibbler]

Just idling, each cylinder in this thing is producing more power than a ricer's 'modded' engine maxed out at 8k RPM

[@bradlangley7815]

Each cylinder is producing 1250 HP

[@rydoggo]

@@bradlangley7815 at max RPM.

[@davidtimms3201]

Ricer motors don't even produce enough power to turn the blower.

[@daviddelaet8116]

😆 🤣 😂

[@claytonbazarnik4310]

Burst Nibbler i love this comment

[@lukewhitehead7340]

Powerful machine!!

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

Pit pass is a must at NHRA events! Even better at night.

[@bryanelsom8193]

I got to do what those guys were doing today holding the back so it didn't come off the stand my eyes were burning but hey it's worth it they did Some revving holy shit you sure feel the power I love it :) great video

[@hellswindstaff91]

God I miss this experience

[@artmchugh5644]

I tell people that it's the loudest thing you will ever hear that doesn't say NASA on it !!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@TexasNativee]

I wish they still did the throttle wacks, just went to the fall nationals this past weekend and none of the teams that I saw did. Still nice to see them warm up and smell the nitro though

[@slowpoke96Z28]

I know for sure SPR did. for sure. already can't wait for this year.

[@CSXer]

In have to start my lawnmower the same way...

[@rydoggo]

With a power drill?

[@elchafalote8555]

The person with the timing light is a beast...

[@AllenGoodman]

Boys, I'm gonna need ya to hold this thing down for me when I womp it a couple of times !

[@terzotv4907]

2:48 the best🔥

[@aaronramirez1095]

Remember my first throttle whack I dropped my nachos everywhere thanks dad for letting me know 😂

[@wood4278]

10,000 H.P. Gotta love it

[@gartheligon140]

BEAST!

[@raymondrayban]

OH MY! what a SOUND!

[@sc882tt]

you need 427 lsx to prime the fuel pump on that thing, good god

[@69roadr]

there is also the guy smoking while breathing the exhaust! I started coughing just looking at him LOL!

[@catfishandwhitetails]

Lol!

[@Townchild1]

Very Special Part and more interessting then F1.

[@kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159]

By the way the throttle waks are at 2:47&2:50!!!

[@ryancronin8730]

Nothing can beat top fuel

[@kykrazy6050]

No way in hell thats enough hearing protection.

[@sam-myyates-mccabe9270]

In Europe the top ethanol drag teams use gas masks and ear defenders. The yanks just haven’t thought of that yet

[@dennisgoans701]

HUH?? Quit mumblin

[@NinjaZXRR]

Oh well their problem lol

[@larrymoorejr3980]

Man with air pods you can hear the other monsters going in the background

[@dwel13r]

It would be an argument with a physicist, but you can hear Horsepower.

[@mariopacheco3734]

That is so fuckin bad ass , there's nothing like the power of a NITRO engine.

[@billymanilli]

"I wanna put my mouth on a pipe" at the very beginning.... lmao 🤣

[@cheddar7666]

Art.

[@Bryan-fg3ey]

this not wearing a mask or ear protection is a macho thing.

[@yammibro9128]

they do have orange things in their ears

[@raymondmasse5577]

More like stupidity. 180 decibels can ruin your hearing for life. One time is all it takes for terminate damage. These beasts are entertaining but extremely loud. These videos cannot reproduce the volume top fuel and funny cars produce. Pit warm ups are one thing ....... atarting line launches will damage your ears for life. Please take notice of this if you ever attend an NHRA race. Enjoy your experience but protect yourself as well, I promise you'll be back for more.

[@EricH928]

My ears were hurting and my lungs were burning here on KZbin.

[@warrenlanglois168]

Dude I know this is nothing compared to in person but you can tell that it's loud af.

[@bobthomas6895]

you will be Baptize by nitro and hooked for life

[@bryancomeau3723]

Baptist by nitro

[@gabypereyra6086]

BRUTAL

[@Quontomleeeep]

Sounds like they put a new piston of rings .....

[@bruiser4638]

now thats fookin funny

[@richardhedd3080]

Just another day at the office.

[@antidiz]

SICK

[@victorcharlie.]

THE NOISE !!!!

[@k.peformance]

THE BEST CAR IN THE WORLD

[@bobbyblenio4571]

I’ve been Right up Close,Just Like This….I Don’t see How these guys can Breath that Exhaust…it’s So Hot & Fumey 🥵

[@masterpingxiaopo2983]

If those wheels touch the ground those guys holding it in the back will be dragged for miles

[@truthseekerKJV]

They don't call em ground pounders for nothing. They literally make the ground vibrate, even from 50 feet away. The power is unmatched.

[@xavieuhr]

do they use accumulators before start up?

[@slowpoke96Z28]

accumulators for what? there is one for clutch cannon oil and some use one for blower lube oil, but neither of those have anything to do with starting.

[@robshane6634]

Throttle blip 2:46 You're welcome

[@nosman069]

Its much more fun on the starting line.

[@billdivine9501]

So, how does one get a job working on this stuff?

[@kurtkaster5666]

Not many jobs would attract an endless line of volunteers like the one for the guy getting to whack the throttle.

[@maxdavies9958]

3:02 why is he not on fire? hahaha

[@kaydec55]

I go through the same process warming up my bike.

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

To all you kids out there running your fast little vacuum cleaner sounding jet junk cars 1 cylinder on this car is more power than your motor produces all year this is when you want to go to an adult toy not the kiddie crap you guys are playing with

[@chadwilcox1077]

Those things in their ears seam horribly inadequate lol but I would stand there

[@sylvainlaurence1554]

11 years old hand still crazy

[@chuckwin100]

what is the purpose of the red pistol like device that the mechanic is pointing at the engine?

[@craigfleming3106]

It is a timing light

[@MrMakemyday3]

yes, to check the engine timing after the rebuild

[@Szymon_dziuba]

Amazing sound...

[@shonkortness9295]

Excalibur timing gun

[@weldondavis2523]

Each cyl. Is roughly putting out a 1,000 r more h.p.,suck on that street outl aws

[@Demidar665]

it would lap the nurburing yes if you paved a road straight across the map lol.

[@johnjmacc6977]

But it burns so good

[@jayjb833]

I don’t know how they get used to the strong smell

[@davidcampbell4174]

Damn 😮

[@maniacal-s10]

How sweet it is 11000 hp +

[@alkennedy1124]

Yes gotta drag race top ⛽️ cars and funny cars, if you love internal combustion engines, and speed, thanks BigAl California.p.s. I love it , but idont love the loudness, take ear protection.

[@chrisadkins4206]

Heeeeel yyyyeeeeeh! 🤘

[@lylesommers5018]

Honestly,are the two dude’s holding the rear wing really gonna prevent that thing from taking off like a scared rabbit .

[@phillipmarcum3906]

Seeing this gives me the wants bad

[@bryanelsom8193]

BLAST ... BLAST!

[@mulletman5750]

When hebpinches the throttle its so loud the camera doesn't pick it up haha

[@joshkirkland6824]

Very nice vid add more

[@aar6pk]

Nascar's got nothing on NHRA.. 9,000 horsepower plus..

[@NeilLB7]

Try 10,000 plus

[@legostar55]

@@NeilLB7 Try 11,000 plus now.

[@timothyhays1817]

Poor bastards have to hang on the rear wing to balance the car on the jackstands. I always wanted a face full of Nitro.

[@ALegendthateatslunchatam]

0:02 *I wanna put my mouth in the pipe* WHAT?