"the thrill" vs "flying machine"... early to mid 1980's ...add comments if any info .
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@michaelhalsall56843 жыл бұрын
Eddie Hill still races today. He only person I have heard of to have successfully raced dragsters, then road racing motorcycles, then drag boats, dragsters again and now road racing cars!
@thomaswhitehead80202 жыл бұрын
It was 85 at Irvine.8.00 minutes in ,I was pulling Eddie in on my jet ski.Great time of my life.
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
I was there as well ,I was the lakes mechanic from 81-87 lived in the house you could see from the canyon rd ,great times.
@garyhoward2490Ай бұрын
Gotta Love Eddie!!! Only guy who looks like he is wearing a helmet. .when he isn't. 😃 Great human being!!!👍💕
@colehara4 жыл бұрын
Eddy Hill has always been a gentleman. I heard Ercie's voice there but didn't see her. Two of the nicest people you could ever meet.
@donaldlinn82442 жыл бұрын
AMEN !!!!!
@dentfool11 жыл бұрын
Tim Morgan built the 440 in my 70 Challenger RT/SE It was to this day the badest fastest car Ive ever owned. I worked at his shop in WC for a short while. It didnt work out. Real bummer. But I wasnt a sales guy. I wanted to learn to work on motors. Good guy Tim was
@xx234500011 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Wichita Falls only about a 1/4 mile from Eddie and Ercie's house, great people.
@eddiehill124210 жыл бұрын
Lake Irvine is where this happened-I was there- Big fun- Tim Morgan a class act! Eddie FourFather Texan Hill
@crews112210 жыл бұрын
What haul is hanging up in the shop? It looks like the mid size Kurtis im running
@shanerobinson71283 жыл бұрын
Tim’s a good guy.
@pamwalker839411 жыл бұрын
Looks like Irvine to me too. Last time I race there I won the world finals in '83 in UBGH Kyle Walker
@karenferns77334 жыл бұрын
I loved watching this!! So many memories of my childhood!! My dad raced Unblown Glass Flatbottom, and we eventually raced in Blown Glass Hydro. Good times. I am Bob Hewitt's daughter from The Californian
@chrismaffett19736 жыл бұрын
I loved watching all you guys when I was little. I remember Eddie and the Texan, Jimmy and Nitro Fever, Morgans Flying Machine, Final Effort, and our buddies with Sin Fuel Rex and Glenn Hutchison. My step father ran BGH with The Blown Rebel. Loved race weekends when I was little.
@ElliottPeters1767 жыл бұрын
Too damn cool. Those dudes were true cowboys of the sport
@SifuWayneBarrett4 жыл бұрын
Eddie Hill was my second favorite BFH racer, my first choice was Kenny West (RIP) Western Mag Special Kenny was a close personal friend and a true "pace setter." Eddie Hill always seemed to have a handle on things which I admire and he is a real nice guy, nothing bad there.
@precbsfender7 жыл бұрын
Drag boat racing is worlds most dangerous motor sport.. it takes Balls of Steel..
@nvkblankenship5 жыл бұрын
It does! Well said.
5 жыл бұрын
I had a guy tell me it's like being in a washing machine getting hit with two by fours while tearing up thousand dollar bills!! LOL!!
@lakeracer84533 жыл бұрын
That was certainly true then. I don't remember what year it was, but they lost A LOT of drivers. Then capsules became mandatory in the top classes. Not foolproof by any means but a whole bunch safer than it was.
@rogerbohman25894 жыл бұрын
This was my life, my family owned Vapor Trails boating news and hosted the ceasers marine academy awards, we ran a KT and a EJ and a GN.
@TheYeti308 Жыл бұрын
Those guys at Vitton Motors tune those engines really good . !
@jkw42711 жыл бұрын
Haha, no kidding I always loved to watch her and Eddie. Hats off the Eddie and Ercie, hope life is treating them well, their still missed by this old fan boy. Only thing I liked more was Linda Vaughn, the Hurst girl. Both very classy ladies.
@bilgeratjim5 жыл бұрын
Got to shake Eddie Hill's hand at London, ON 1986-87? That was cool!
@2tommyrad11 жыл бұрын
It's Lake Irvine in CA. I saw this race. The place to watch is out at the point.... after you experience the pits :) Morgan's FM had sucked in a wipe-down rag at start-up [someone left it on the air-intake] in the pits and was running on 7 cylinders. It was sucked in & blew out is a fraction of a second. Still won!!! Incredible.
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
Or at my house on the bluff ,I was the mechanic at the lake from 81-87
@Shift2Movies5 жыл бұрын
I used to hate drag racing...until a co-worker took me to a dragboat race in San Dimas, CA; when I heard those blown engines warming up as we crested the hill from the parking lot to go down to the lake, I was hooked! I LOVE BLOWN ENGINES; there's nothing like them!
@ZARCULIA5 жыл бұрын
My father owned that boat , Morgan's Flying Machine.
@shanerobinson71284 жыл бұрын
Do you know what ever happened to that boat? I saw it once at Morgan’s shop many years ago. It was pretty badass.
@ZARCULIA4 жыл бұрын
@@shanerobinson7128 my father goes in and out of my life over the last 53 years. I have no idea . I was around him in like 86 , 87 , and then 95. Saw the morgan flying machine back in his shop in menlo park in 87 . He did boats first growing up , thru the 70's and 80's . Then went into nitro funny car . He knew Eddie Hill and that era of drivers long before capsules happened. Then he had Gary Evans from Dale Armstrong crew and Whit Bazemore got his liscene in my father's car . Glenn Mikres drove , Dan Pastorini , Dale Pulde even once . I toured as bottom end mechanic in 88 on his car .
@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp Жыл бұрын
Nothing like a family day at the drag races, water or asphalt, this looks like 78 or 79 maybe
@ridered72626 жыл бұрын
Very cool, love this old video.
@MegaBoog15 жыл бұрын
I remember the classics like Porky Pig, Mr. Ed, and Warbonnet. Warbonnet was the most beautiful boat ever with the Indian head dress that wrapped around the haul. Its funny though I cant find any of them except Porky pig when he flipped at long beach.
@Pontiac65Cat9 жыл бұрын
Tim Morgan built my engine
@danieldonahue3293 Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@artmchugh56444 жыл бұрын
Tim Morgan future drag racer TIM MORGANS FLYING MACHINE !! 😄😄😄
@laurenlovesjenna8 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what year this is? I am Tim Morgan's granddaughter. I am so glad I found this video!
@justinw5237 жыл бұрын
I like to know also, i watched it a couple times and looks like around 1978-79
@dannydurham1384 жыл бұрын
Your grandfather, what a great guy.
@shanerobinson71284 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome. Tim built the engine in my boat. I’m very sad that they shut the shop down. They will be missed.
@400hpGTO2 жыл бұрын
My family sponsored Huey Jones. We lost him in the boat Stage Fright. Then we beat Eddie in Top Fuel with Ostrander
@picasso475411 жыл бұрын
EDDIE - WHEN I THINK OF EDDIE HILL - HOW DO YOU NOT THINK OF ERCIE - WHAT A HOTTIE IN HER DAY.........
@OFFSHOREJOJO9 жыл бұрын
Wow super fast Love it!
@richardwiseman9867 Жыл бұрын
I Would Hold Eddie Boat in the Water A Few Times
@fpcdal11 жыл бұрын
It is Irvine lake. Saw a shot of my truck and boat on this clip and I never raced at Camanche.
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
Irvine lake ,was there mechanic and lived there from 81-87
@picasso475411 жыл бұрын
The location is Lake Commanche, we only raced there twice, it was very - very window on both races - the lake lost its sanctioning. It was my first rookie season , on Sunday in the finals - I won against Don Masolo from Modesto. I raced the comp hydro - Pure Hell, thanks to Rick Sisney [ antioch] we had a wonderful 3 seasons. THANK YOU RICK IF YOUR STILL AROUND PAL... JON SOUZA - SANTA CRUZ 2013
@2015_Rubicnn Жыл бұрын
I've read Lake Irvine
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
Lake Irvine
@rickn96924 жыл бұрын
If not mistaken, this race was 1985.
@localfiveandime831711 жыл бұрын
just got back from march meet ...thanks for commenting and or subscribing .
@DEATHTRAPHOTRODS11 жыл бұрын
GREAT VID!! #9
@johnwilson81667 жыл бұрын
can anyone tell me if eddy hill ever lived in lake oswego oregon 1990-2000 ? also has he ever ran @ woodburn drag strip? i think i may have some of his stuff. autographed shirts , hats ,news papers clipings from the Topeka news paper stating he set fast time of the day. i have autographed t-shirt, hat , race Callender 1999 featuring eddy hill. also i think i may have several hats from his power boat racing. the spirit of texas, and texas sand & gravel. any info about any of my questions would be greatly appreciated.
@ronpilchowski98986 жыл бұрын
John Wilson I had a T-shirt sighned by eddy in about 1982 at long beach he was the Man
@craigkaschan48224 жыл бұрын
This was a while ago I didn’t see Binga.
@2tommyrad11 жыл бұрын
Nope. Irvine Lake in CA. I was at this race.
@shanerobinson71284 жыл бұрын
Do you remember what year it was?
@2tommyrad4 жыл бұрын
@@shanerobinson7128 I don't. but probably somewhere between 75 and 80
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
83/85@@shanerobinson7128
@gearbox3355 жыл бұрын
Do you know the year this was filmed? I was at my first Drag boat race at Irvine and a I think it was a blue flat maybe named Breaking loose or Busting loose, went up on the beach shortly after the tree. I was right there.....12 or 13 years old. Started an addiction.
@geralddeitz91692 жыл бұрын
What year was this and where??? Thanks
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
Irvine lake 83/85
@hotrodriguez54910 жыл бұрын
Is that the late great Steve Evans doing commentary?
@racer7744 жыл бұрын
Albert Rodriguez - It isn't Steve Evans. It sounds a lot like a former Supercross TV announcer whom I cannot remember his name at the moment.
@nvkblankenship5 жыл бұрын
Is this the same Nighthawk That Goes to Camp Far West?
@olddogcitypound58595 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. DENVER MULLINS
5 жыл бұрын
This is where he flipped right?
@tomplagmann5410 ай бұрын
Public Enemy was my favorite Blown Fueler at that time, R.I.P. Denver
@jimallison8404 жыл бұрын
1978
@steveloynachan37786 ай бұрын
83/85
@edstababy5 жыл бұрын
This is so badass, heres a picture of my uncle with his boat back in the day. imgur.com/a/69NuH30