Chest Pounding Power 11,000hp Top Fuel Funny Cars and Dragsters World Series Racing Cordova Dragway

World Series of Drag Racing

[@stevepick9527]

For those that have never been to a top fuel/funny car race, you have to go experience it! As awesome as these vids are until you FEEL and HEAR these monsters in person you have no idea how brutally powerful they are… just do yourself a favor and GO! P.S.- Bring earplugs!!!

[@johnhunter287]

I've sat directly behind one and not only will it thump your chest it will blur your vision until half track. Not to mention make the hair on your arm stand straight up. Ear plugs ??? ;-)

[@curtispetit986]

I went to Funny Car Chaos at State Capital dragway in Baton Rouge and Mitch King Racing had his 2 top fuel dragsters there. I got to stand about 10-15 feet away from one of them in the pit area (I was able to go into their pits) when they warmed up the 2nd car. I felt my chest a little bit there, but when I watched them from the stands when they made their pass, that was something else. Never felt anything like that, but that makes me want to go to a national event. Also, the funny cars kinda struggled with the track until they got the prepping right.

[@Bulletguy07]

I've been to top fuel meeting at Santa Pod and the sound level goes without saying.....ear plugs or defenders are a good idea. What I hadn't accounted for is actually FEELING the sound pressure as the engines burst into life. Thats an experience you won't feel the sensation of at any other motorsport event.

[@JustinSmithPYRO]

I go to Epping NH all summer. Have a family member that races a Harley. 10.5 sec bike. And see this all the time. Never gets old 🤘🤘

[@curtispetit986]

@@Bulletguy07 that's because there's nothing like a supercharged V8 engine running on 90% nitromethane making 11,000 hp.

[@dev-debug]

That altered running 3.5's was impressive, lot of power in a short wheelbase.

[@TubeAngst]

The first time I took my daughter to the drags was at Pomona in 2013. She was 14. Top fuel had just fired up and we were near the fence before entering the stands. I'd already given her earplugs but she wasn't ready for that explosion that goes through your body. She dropped to the ground and yelled "We have to go home now. We can't stay here. We have to go." Luckily, I didn't laugh (too much). I convinced her that up in the stands would be much better. Of course, it wasn't better, but she realized she wouldn't die or anything. John Force had won another championship. It was a great day.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

👍

[@SuperBat2374]

Been going since I was 6, there’s nothing like feeling the ground shake and the thunder in your chest when they go by. Cordova is something else man

[@MS-Patriot2]

Goosebumps all the way! You’ve got me warmed up for my visit to Santa Pod here in the UK for the September FIA finals. Outstanding quality video and particularly the sound.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks for watching! 👍

[@10hunterLab]

Last time I was at Santa Pod was 1985 when I was stationed in the UK. Memories!

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

@@10hunterLab 👍

[@MS-Patriot2]

@@10hunterLab Cool, it’s changed massively for the better since Keith Bartlett took control.

[@michaelsesto5590]

Great 👍 video !!!!!

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thank you! 👍

[@brendaeaves1079]

I LOVE WATCHING “FUNNY CARS” THE SOUND,THE POWER,AN’T NOTHING LIKE IT,YEARS AGO WHEN ME & MY BROTHERS WERE KIDS MY DAD WOULD TAKE US TOO CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY & WATCH THEM/ VIDEOS & TV DON’T EVEN COMPARE TO SEEING THEM “LIVE” THE “RAW POWER” MAKE THE HAIR STAND UP ON YOUR “ARMS!” Thanks For Sharing NC :-D

[@tazzhines1676]

GREAT VIDEO... I was the announcer at the event (came out of retirement, to officially end my 20+ year career)

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks 👍 it was my third visit to Cordova very well organized racetrack can't wait to come back!

[@1sgsean]

You did an outstanding job! Thank You! I hope that HUGE crowd Sat. was a sign of things to come for this iconic drag strip.

[@robhaunui3343]

Yet again !!! The quality of these videos far surpasses anything NHRA/Fox can deliver - and the commentary is way better

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks👍

[@artmatthes3559]

Keep up the good work I love it. You guys do much better job than fox or any of these big show drag races. I love nostalgia drag racing. I'm buying a nice RV just to go to these races I'm in my early 70s and I've tried drag racing my whole life I can't race anymore but guys like you that film these kind of events make me want to go to the event. Brings back great memories thank you very much. You guys that do this are awesome. If you need any help you just let me know

[@kevinsnyder4425]

Another great video! Love watching funny cars & dragsters at night. ! Thanks Automoto channel !

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Glad you like them!

[@faerieSAALE]

WHOA - look at that belly overhang @1:40 You could almost take shelter under that during a rain storm!

[@Berchol]

Ahahahahahaha

[@alen-commentnazi8774]

Nasty

[@Joop.23-2-63]

I was last weekend 26-8/28-8 '22 at the Nitrolypx, Hockenheim, Germany. A 470 km trip and the closest dragrace event for me and 1 of 6 events all over Europe. There were some top fuels. Therefor, I have to go to the USofA once, to see dragraces there. I stated many times, there is a dragstrip in any corner of any state and therefor I envy you Yanks......

[@MS-Patriot2]

Do it! I went from UK for a week at NHRA Heartland Park, Topeka KS back in 1995. Met John Force, Don Prudhome, Larry Dixon, etc. Four day VIP ticket with hospitality was about $120. The only thing I found disappointing was how far away you spectate from the racetrack compared to Santa Pod. Its far less intimate and you don’t feel the power, you just see it… lots of it! There was a 32 car field for Top Fuel alone. So yeah, much bigger but not as much of a physical experience.

[@Joop.23-2-63]

@@MS-Patriot2 Close to the track it is....... Went to many tracktorpulling events. IJsselhallen Zwolle indoor. Tracktorpulling Wierden in my backgarden. Both close to the track. Better than indoor Rotterdam Ahoy indoor tracktorpulling.

[@GrimmReapa]

2:05 with headphones sounds alien, nice.

[@synergy3608]

Lol. Cracks me up every time. If you go to a drag meet where there are fuellers running, don't set your doggone car alarm!!!

[@dev-debug]

Always one going off lol

[@sandramartin8609]

Makes morning happy happy thank you video great sound!!!!

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks👍

[@crewchiefprosoftware4043]

Love it. I get to see these 20 weeks a year and never get tired of the shear violence of these monsters.

[@ethanhunt2708]

Представьте какие перегрузки испытывают водители при старте! Машины, как пуля выстреливают👍

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Name checks out, Mission Impossible is a go. (это сообщение будет опубликовано через одно десятилетие.)

[@iggyfritz7150]

Great video great racing love the cars sure do miss my Nitro at night

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks👍

[@arjay1140]

how damn near perfect is this? Grass roots track in the middle of nowhere (beautiful part of the US), running TF and FC (non NHRA b.s), huge crowds. I'd be there in a heart beat if I lived anywhere remotely close.

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE NIGHTTIME DRAG RACING!!!! SO POWERFUL AND SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU GUYS MADE MY DAY AND NIGHT!!!! I LOVE MY HOT ROD FAMILY!!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!

[@gabrieljordan9977]

Jesus these engines were taken out of hell

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

👍

[@thedarkknight1971]

ULTIMATE example in 'Grenade tuning'.... Hahaha That Atom thin line of maximum break horse power and maximum break 'Something' 😜👌👌👌 😎🇬🇧

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Great point!

[@dwightbrown3874]

Man I'll tell you what, those top fuel dragsters will make your eyeballs vibrate no joke.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

I was 7 feet away away from top fuelers

[@dwightbrown3874]

@@AutoMotoCha9L that's nucken futs, just starting a top fueler will make you jump outta your shoes if you ain't expecting it.

[@FarmersAreCool]

They detach their own retinas doing this.

[@redriverraider]

Great video! Thanks for posting the WSoDR!

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

You bet!👍

[@abbeyhall4624]

Really lovely, thank you for making the time to show us this action!

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Glad you enjoyed it!👍

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE THE PATRIOT 57 CHEVY FUNNY CAR!!!!! SO BADASS!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!

[@parttimetourist]

My Granny reckons this is ideal for her lawnmower coz granny likes to get things done quickly

[@deleondemarco]

Love and share this. I support you.

[@my_dear_friend_]

Companies that manufacture and sell hearing aids should sponsor these teams.

[@mike3684]

I've spent my entire life around nearly every form of racing and there are few (if any) things in this world that compare to a full, side by side, nitro pass, at night.

[@Joop.23-2-63]

Dunno where you from, but I've seen also a lot of motorsports like tracktor pulling, DTM, EC rallycross, rally's all over Europe...... For me impressive motorsport, Rolls Royce Griffon in tracktor pulling, the 90's DTM, opel calibra alfa 155 v6 mercedes 190, group B rally(cross)

[@Talostd]

That would feel amazing being there!

[@212MPH]

I once had the enormous honour of seeing Sammy Miller in Vanishing point 2. After that not alot comes close.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks for watching👍

[@ninbendoyt3203]

This is my hometown. I worked at Cordova on thier ambulance. When the jet cars took off, thought the pressure was going to push my heart out. Also remember, they would stop traffic on rt. 84 because the flames (or heat) from jet cars would shoot that far.

[@solidlift]

Absolutely nothing like it in the world! If you've never seen it in person, you're missing out!

[@cryptout]

I thought this was cool as a kid and now at middle age I still think it’s cool.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

same here

[@hellobro789]

Cool

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks!

[@nasosnasos8054]

Love love

[@RoystonDemorier]

Altered's are awesome.

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

👍

[@julieharry6744]

I been there before but the dragsters was a real jet car and it had 20000 hp and it was SOOOOOOOO loud!

[@teranceparker4728]

In continuing that would be badass to wow the crowd.

[@shellydunn4566]

Was just at Lucas Speedway in Indy for the NHRA Dodge races..... I LOVE IT

[@THEMOFODRIVER.]

Awesome! I would love to be a drag racer just like ol' Tom Slick in his Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper!

[@iggyfritz7150]

And Tom Slick is the winner 😂 I wonder if Penelope Pit Stop will be there.

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU TO ALL THE DRIVERS AND SPONSORS!!!

[@vincentsantellojr6225]

Yes sir buddy Roe🇱🇷👍♥️

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks for watching👍

[@johnbehneman1546]

A MUST-WATCH!!!!

[@duanedrouillard2495]

Best drag channel going. By fast, I mean far

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

I guess that one car decided to fart along the way.

[@killas6097]

I would love to drive one of those

[@Studio-bo1fy]

อย่างโหด

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@AutoMotoCha9L 👍👍

[@tdg911]

damn them cars sound like a pissed off godzilla

[@clarissafarmer3547]

Top fuel is better than a cure for cancer, Not really I just love it

[@MichaelOfRohan]

"Ever seen a slug move a quarter mile in 5 seconds? Hold my beer."

[@orcaman3100]

Baddest cars on the planet, nothing comes close...

[@themopar426]

great old ihra track!

[@uuu8503]

Manow eu queria muito ir em uma corrida dessa , tesao somente !! Kk

[@ermazargw3908]

imagine having an engine failure and still finishing under 7 seconds, insane.

[@TheRealMcCoy88]

Some rich guy: my car does 0-60 in 3 seconds Top fuel racer: 🤣 that's cute

[@billclark5943]

In my opinion the Hartman/Wilkerson Altered is the baddest hotrod on the planet

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Agree👍

[@Jeb4100]

great video! question, why do the taillight stickers of top fuel funny cars hang? is it a safety precaution like roof flaps are in NASCAR? thanks

[@elijahblevins9983]

They let air out that comes in from the wheel wells

[@Jeb4100]

@@elijahblevins9983 makes sense, thanks!

[@pauldavis2013]

Yeah anybody that don't know just new to drag racing US Nationals starts Thursday through Labor Day

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

Thanks for the update👍

[@Gfors85]

its like they have a switch, its on or idle. nothing in between x)

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

4.97 at 74.51mph in a quarter mile🤯. Meanwhile car manufacturers boast the 0-60 but take another eight to nine seconds to complete the same distance🤣.

[@DJGaming_1]

Do they tune the cars to like a “safe” mode when doing exhibition events to not risk wrecking the car ? Because ik it’s on kill mode at NHRA events😂😂

[@keenankelley187]

Awesome

[@MrCarnutbill67]

Always walk right behind a fuel car while they’re doing a burnout. It’s best practice.

[@barrydurkin9035]

And you would still get a focus st driver thinking they would gap you 🤣🤣🤣

[@AutoMotoCha9L]

🤣

[@teranceparker4728]

I would predict the an Nitro Altered would go 300+ mph at that track. Don't know if it beats Top Fuel or Funny Car but run with Nostalgia Funny Car head up to the Quarter Mile

[@vincentsantellojr6225]

So so awesome

[@Snake.br549]

I put together a 440-in big block 15 to 1 compression running on alcohol hilborn fuel injection no blower in a Vega tube frame Jim mcconville from the Nashville Network help me put it together the injection system it ran a 9 second quarter mile first time out with a bad injection pump had to pedal it I felt pretty good I quit the job after that for other reasons!

[@deronjacobmiravalles8598]

that engine is V8 guad supercharged 😮

[@FastFerrari82]

Is this 1/8th or 1/4 mile?

[@joesdot3288]

#NITROFever

[@briansmith8079]

Dude, great video but you have to get these things in focus. You cannot see the time and speed..

[@FuckYooToob]

Was this a nitro bracket race?

[@MrBassbump]

I don’t know how people stand next to these monsters when they are on without ear protection? They must have a significant other that nags? Huh, what did you say?

[@kaliss7192]

Imagine breathing in all that unburnt fuel on a daily basis. Cancer must be fun.

[@dainhuston]

When did the motor in front on the dragsters come back ?

[@Jeb4100]

funny cars were always a thing? atleast that im aware of

[@ericsmith6677]

never heard of these guys theyre running much slower than NHRA these look like older funny cars

[@bradhardy2629]

Nothing like the sound of a Big Hemi on Nitro . NOTHING .

[@hollonbischel5786]

Gaternationals and Ford Nationals twice.

[@ikaatika8098]

100,50,68,82,100,100

[@philigan2339]

Is this 1000 ft. racing?

[@lennartswenson2690]

Yes...

[@Jeb4100]

yes

[@bartbullock9742]

How do you know it's 11,000 horsepower???? Just curious

[@Jeb4100]

dyno testing

[@Joop.23-2-63]

@@Jeb4100 yep. A top fuel on a dyno.........

[@Jeb4100]

@@Joop.23-2-63 not the actual car, just the engine itself

[@thefarhanad9359]

That's mph right?

[@surgejohnson9197]

2:33 thats not a dragster thats a drgtr

[@leonidasmarianidas4424]

Why don't they make flames at burnout?

[@Joop.23-2-63]

no full power........

[@Jeb4100]

@@Joop.23-2-63 because on the burnout, they use regular gasoline. they switch to alcohol once the burnout is complete. only the alcohol will produce the flames

[@Joop.23-2-63]

@@Jeb4100 Very wrong. Top fuels start on methanol and after a few seconds they switch to nitro.

[@MonteHoopla]

8th mile gayness

[@missamyloo]

Man she about to go down

[@MS-Patriot2]

Is this an eighth mile track?

[@chev500l8]

Google says quarter mile, they probably run classes that are 1/8 specific though

[@MS-Patriot2]

@@chev500l8 thanks, it seemed the terminal speeds were low, compared with the ETs for the nitro cars.

[@bolt4694]

I lost interest when they shortened the track.

[@stev838]

I still see folks with out earplug’s. They must be too cool for hearing aids also .

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

This is how babies are made.

[@kevincadden1814]

And don't forget the smell of the burnt nitromethane fuel! And how it burns your nose and throat!

[@patrickporter6536]

ANOTHER world series for Americans only?

[@bigcountrysgarage2.030]

More horsepower but slower than the 8,000 hp Funny cars and Top fuelers why? They use to run over 320 mph or is this one of those "Mandela Effects"

[@Jeb4100]

theres only 1 kind of funny car and top fuel, the ones that make 11k HP. did you mean top alcohol funny car and dragster (3500 hp)

[@bigcountrysgarage2.030]

@@Jeb4100 not seeing 300+ mph in this video anyway

[@Jeb4100]

@@bigcountrysgarage2.030 ohh well thats because they arent running 1000 foot like normal in this video

[@bigcountrysgarage2.030]

@@Jeb4100 ah makes sense thank you

[@Byrdznyst]

Whaat *

[@missamyloo]

I never give a beat for is a single day with my Honda Civic😢109

[@missamyloo]

I can never be like that cause in 109 years I can never buy that car😓😥🤧

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

1:40 i’m a lazy pig , but can’t imagine how someone gets that fat