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!!!
@johnhunter2872 жыл бұрын
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 ??? ;-)
@curtispetit9862 жыл бұрын
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.
@Bulletguy072 жыл бұрын
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.
@JustinSmithPYRO2 жыл бұрын
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 🤘🤘
@curtispetit9862 жыл бұрын
@@Bulletguy07 that's because there's nothing like a supercharged V8 engine running on 90% nitromethane making 11,000 hp.
@dev-debug Жыл бұрын
That altered running 3.5's was impressive, lot of power in a short wheelbase.
@TubeAngst2 ай бұрын
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.
@AutoMotoCha9L2 ай бұрын
👍
@SuperBat2374Ай бұрын
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-Patriot22 жыл бұрын
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.
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 👍
@10hunterLab2 жыл бұрын
Last time I was at Santa Pod was 1985 when I was stationed in the UK. Memories!
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
@@10hunterLab 👍
@MS-Patriot22 жыл бұрын
@@10hunterLab Cool, it’s changed massively for the better since Keith Bartlett took control.
@michaelsesto55902 жыл бұрын
Great 👍 video !!!!!
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 👍
@brendaeaves1079 Жыл бұрын
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
@tazzhines16762 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO... I was the announcer at the event (came out of retirement, to officially end my 20+ year career)
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍 it was my third visit to Cordova very well organized racetrack can't wait to come back!
@1sgsean2 жыл бұрын
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.
@robhaunui33432 жыл бұрын
Yet again !!! The quality of these videos far surpasses anything NHRA/Fox can deliver - and the commentary is way better
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks👍
@artmatthes35592 жыл бұрын
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
@kevinsnyder44252 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Love watching funny cars & dragsters at night. ! Thanks Automoto channel !
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@faerieSAALE Жыл бұрын
WHOA - look at that belly overhang @1:40 You could almost take shelter under that during a rain storm!
@Berchol Жыл бұрын
Ahahahahahaha
@alen-commentnazi8774 Жыл бұрын
Nasty
@Joop.23-2-632 жыл бұрын
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-Patriot22 жыл бұрын
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.23-2-632 жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
2:05 with headphones sounds alien, nice.
@synergy36082 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Always one going off lol
@sandramartin86092 жыл бұрын
Makes morning happy happy thank you video great sound!!!!
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks👍
@crewchiefprosoftware4043 Жыл бұрын
Love it. I get to see these 20 weeks a year and never get tired of the shear violence of these monsters.
@ethanhunt2708 Жыл бұрын
Представьте какие перегрузки испытывают водители при старте! Машины, как пуля выстреливают👍
@Make-Asylums-Great-Again Жыл бұрын
Name checks out, Mission Impossible is a go. (это сообщение будет опубликовано через одно десятилетие.)
@iggyfritz71502 жыл бұрын
Great video great racing love the cars sure do miss my Nitro at night
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks👍
@arjay1140 Жыл бұрын
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.
@johnbehneman15462 жыл бұрын
I LOVE NIGHTTIME DRAG RACING!!!! SO POWERFUL AND SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!
@johnbehneman15462 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU GUYS MADE MY DAY AND NIGHT!!!! I LOVE MY HOT ROD FAMILY!!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!
@gabrieljordan9977 Жыл бұрын
Jesus these engines were taken out of hell
@AutoMotoCha9L Жыл бұрын
👍
@thedarkknight19712 жыл бұрын
ULTIMATE example in 'Grenade tuning'.... Hahaha That Atom thin line of maximum break horse power and maximum break 'Something' 😜👌👌👌 😎🇬🇧
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Great point!
@dwightbrown38742 жыл бұрын
Man I'll tell you what, those top fuel dragsters will make your eyeballs vibrate no joke.
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
I was 7 feet away away from top fuelers
@dwightbrown38742 жыл бұрын
@@AutoMotoCha9L that's nucken futs, just starting a top fueler will make you jump outta your shoes if you ain't expecting it.
@FarmersAreCool Жыл бұрын
They detach their own retinas doing this.
@redriverraider2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for posting the WSoDR!
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
You bet!👍
@abbeyhall46242 жыл бұрын
Really lovely, thank you for making the time to show us this action!
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!👍
@johnbehneman15462 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THE PATRIOT 57 CHEVY FUNNY CAR!!!!! SO BADASS!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!
@parttimetourist Жыл бұрын
My Granny reckons this is ideal for her lawnmower coz granny likes to get things done quickly
@deleondemarco Жыл бұрын
Love and share this. I support you.
@my_dear_friend_ Жыл бұрын
Companies that manufacture and sell hearing aids should sponsor these teams.
@mike3684 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That would feel amazing being there!
@212MPH2 жыл бұрын
I once had the enormous honour of seeing Sammy Miller in Vanishing point 2. After that not alot comes close.
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching👍
@ninbendoyt3203 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely nothing like it in the world! If you've never seen it in person, you're missing out!
@cryptout Жыл бұрын
I thought this was cool as a kid and now at middle age I still think it’s cool.
@AutoMotoCha9L Жыл бұрын
same here
@hellobro7892 жыл бұрын
Cool
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@nasosnasos80542 жыл бұрын
Love love
@RoystonDemorier Жыл бұрын
Altered's are awesome.
@AutoMotoCha9L Жыл бұрын
👍
@julieharry6744 Жыл бұрын
I been there before but the dragsters was a real jet car and it had 20000 hp and it was SOOOOOOOO loud!
@teranceparker47282 жыл бұрын
In continuing that would be badass to wow the crowd.
@shellydunn45662 жыл бұрын
Was just at Lucas Speedway in Indy for the NHRA Dodge races..... I LOVE IT
@THEMOFODRIVER.2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I would love to be a drag racer just like ol' Tom Slick in his Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper!
@iggyfritz71502 жыл бұрын
And Tom Slick is the winner 😂 I wonder if Penelope Pit Stop will be there.
@johnbehneman15462 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU TO ALL THE DRIVERS AND SPONSORS!!!
@vincentsantellojr62252 жыл бұрын
Yes sir buddy Roe🇱🇷👍♥️
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching👍
@johnbehneman15462 жыл бұрын
A MUST-WATCH!!!!
@duanedrouillard24952 жыл бұрын
Best drag channel going. By fast, I mean far
@lynnrunningdeer73642 жыл бұрын
I guess that one car decided to fart along the way.
@killas6097 Жыл бұрын
I would love to drive one of those
@Studio-bo1fy2 жыл бұрын
อย่างโหด
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@THROTTLEPOWER2 жыл бұрын
Very cool!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@THROTTLEPOWER2 жыл бұрын
@@AutoMotoCha9L 👍👍
@tdg9112 жыл бұрын
damn them cars sound like a pissed off godzilla
@clarissafarmer35472 жыл бұрын
Top fuel is better than a cure for cancer, Not really I just love it
@MichaelOfRohan Жыл бұрын
"Ever seen a slug move a quarter mile in 5 seconds? Hold my beer."
@orcaman31002 жыл бұрын
Baddest cars on the planet, nothing comes close...
@themopar4262 жыл бұрын
great old ihra track!
@uuu8503 Жыл бұрын
Manow eu queria muito ir em uma corrida dessa , tesao somente !! Kk
@ermazargw3908 Жыл бұрын
imagine having an engine failure and still finishing under 7 seconds, insane.
@TheRealMcCoy88 Жыл бұрын
Some rich guy: my car does 0-60 in 3 seconds Top fuel racer: 🤣 that's cute
@billclark59432 жыл бұрын
In my opinion the Hartman/Wilkerson Altered is the baddest hotrod on the planet
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Agree👍
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
They let air out that comes in from the wheel wells
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
@@elijahblevins9983 makes sense, thanks!
@pauldavis20132 жыл бұрын
Yeah anybody that don't know just new to drag racing US Nationals starts Thursday through Labor Day
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update👍
@Gfors85 Жыл бұрын
its like they have a switch, its on or idle. nothing in between x)
@lynnrunningdeer73642 жыл бұрын
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_12 жыл бұрын
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😂😂
@keenankelley1872 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@MrCarnutbill672 жыл бұрын
Always walk right behind a fuel car while they’re doing a burnout. It’s best practice.
@barrydurkin90352 жыл бұрын
And you would still get a focus st driver thinking they would gap you 🤣🤣🤣
@AutoMotoCha9L2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@teranceparker47282 жыл бұрын
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
@vincentsantellojr62252 жыл бұрын
So so awesome
@Snake.br5492 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
that engine is V8 guad supercharged 😮
@FastFerrari82 Жыл бұрын
Is this 1/8th or 1/4 mile?
@joesdot32882 жыл бұрын
#NITROFever
@briansmith8079 Жыл бұрын
Dude, great video but you have to get these things in focus. You cannot see the time and speed..
@FuckYooToob2 жыл бұрын
Was this a nitro bracket race?
@MrBassbump Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Imagine breathing in all that unburnt fuel on a daily basis. Cancer must be fun.
@dainhuston2 жыл бұрын
When did the motor in front on the dragsters come back ?
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
funny cars were always a thing? atleast that im aware of
@ericsmith66772 ай бұрын
never heard of these guys theyre running much slower than NHRA these look like older funny cars
@bradhardy26292 жыл бұрын
Nothing like the sound of a Big Hemi on Nitro . NOTHING .
@hollonbischel57862 жыл бұрын
Gaternationals and Ford Nationals twice.
@ikaatika8098 Жыл бұрын
100,50,68,82,100,100
@philigan2339 Жыл бұрын
Is this 1000 ft. racing?
@lennartswenson2690 Жыл бұрын
Yes...
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
yes
@bartbullock9742 Жыл бұрын
How do you know it's 11,000 horsepower???? Just curious
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
dyno testing
@Joop.23-2-63 Жыл бұрын
@@Jeb4100 yep. A top fuel on a dyno.........
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
@@Joop.23-2-63 not the actual car, just the engine itself
@thefarhanad9359 Жыл бұрын
That's mph right?
@surgejohnson91972 жыл бұрын
2:33 thats not a dragster thats a drgtr
@leonidasmarianidas4424 Жыл бұрын
Why don't they make flames at burnout?
@Joop.23-2-63 Жыл бұрын
no full power........
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@Jeb4100 Very wrong. Top fuels start on methanol and after a few seconds they switch to nitro.
@MonteHoopla2 жыл бұрын
8th mile gayness
@missamyloo Жыл бұрын
Man she about to go down
@MS-Patriot22 жыл бұрын
Is this an eighth mile track?
@chev500l82 жыл бұрын
Google says quarter mile, they probably run classes that are 1/8 specific though
@MS-Patriot22 жыл бұрын
@@chev500l8 thanks, it seemed the terminal speeds were low, compared with the ETs for the nitro cars.
@bolt4694 Жыл бұрын
I lost interest when they shortened the track.
@stev838 Жыл бұрын
I still see folks with out earplug’s. They must be too cool for hearing aids also .
@Make-Asylums-Great-Again Жыл бұрын
This is how babies are made.
@kevincadden18142 жыл бұрын
And don't forget the smell of the burnt nitromethane fuel! And how it burns your nose and throat!
@patrickporter65362 жыл бұрын
ANOTHER world series for Americans only?
@bigcountrysgarage2.0302 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@Jeb4100 not seeing 300+ mph in this video anyway
@Jeb4100 Жыл бұрын
@@bigcountrysgarage2.030 ohh well thats because they arent running 1000 foot like normal in this video
@bigcountrysgarage2.030 Жыл бұрын
@@Jeb4100 ah makes sense thank you
@Byrdznyst Жыл бұрын
Whaat *
@missamyloo Жыл бұрын
I never give a beat for is a single day with my Honda Civic😢109
@missamyloo Жыл бұрын
I can never be like that cause in 109 years I can never buy that car😓😥🤧
@psychiatry-is-eugenics Жыл бұрын
1:40 i’m a lazy pig , but can’t imagine how someone gets that fat