DRAG RACING WHEN IT WAS FUN!

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James Amos Bee On Video

James Amos Bee On Video

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@kenb7227
@kenb7227 6 жыл бұрын
Yep, I am almost 80 years old and remember when drag racing WAS fun. I can vaguely remember when the 150 MPH barrier was broken, I believe it was Dunkirk, NY in 1958. Went to different racks around the country and enjoyed the drags then much more than now. Was an aircraft mechanic most of my life but built modified hot rod engines as a sideline just for the fun of it. At least we have the old films and videos to bring back the memories so thanks to those that post them.
@8.2deck
@8.2deck 5 жыл бұрын
It's still really fun now days, no prep racing at old air ports is where it's at now days. Most big tracks now days are boring though
@generalpatton8468
@generalpatton8468 3 жыл бұрын
The 1940s-1970s was by far the greatest era for automobiles. You are blessed to have been there
@tazman1946
@tazman1946 Жыл бұрын
This makes me smile. I am 77 years old and boy did I love this when i was a boy. I use to take my old cars to Satellite Drag Strip back in the 60's. Good Old Day.
@Ballenxj
@Ballenxj 9 жыл бұрын
YUP, This is the era of Drag Racing where you run what you brought. None of that silly bracket racing, it was all about the cars! Big Thumbs Up!
@simonh5110
@simonh5110 5 жыл бұрын
Ballenxj lions dragstrips saying was literally “run what you brung”
@jesswebb2200
@jesswebb2200 5 жыл бұрын
I lost interest in drag racing when they started with that bracket crap
@siervodedios5952
@siervodedios5952 4 жыл бұрын
Any reason why ya don't like bracket racing? Not trying to start an argument just curious.
@Canofbakedb3ans
@Canofbakedb3ans 2 жыл бұрын
Luckily you still got young teens like me that want to keep the old tradition alive
@MikeJF355
@MikeJF355 13 жыл бұрын
One word....HEAVEN, The sounds, the style, the grainy film, brilliant.
@milwaukeegregg
@milwaukeegregg 9 жыл бұрын
I remember those days at Great Lakes Dragway,Union Grove Wisconsin. Saturday nite grudge matches. All nite drags for 2$, gas for sunoco 35 cents a gal and all the fun in the world. America where have you gone?
@chasedl3560
@chasedl3560 5 жыл бұрын
The greed of the American CEOs
@hogtownhenry
@hogtownhenry 12 жыл бұрын
Ah, the days when you tightened the jock strap and got ready for the ride. Sometimes unpredictable where the car was going to head, but that was part of the thrill!! Bring back full time nostalgias!!!!
@1AAuto
@1AAuto 13 жыл бұрын
Great video. I never get tired of watching these vintage races. Good stuff.
@ChutneyGames
@ChutneyGames 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial video
@orangemod
@orangemod 12 жыл бұрын
This brings back so many fond memories. We had "flag-men" at the line. The old blown-alterds were so scary-fast with short wheelbases...I've seen a few mow-down the tree. I remember when funny-cars hit 200 m.p.h. in the quarter and I thought that 200 was never going to be surpassed...how it has evolved !!!!
@Lonewolf3165
@Lonewolf3165 12 жыл бұрын
I love the Hi-boy that pulls the wheels up @ 4:18!! Great to see the old strips in their hey day!
@GOFLuvr
@GOFLuvr 9 жыл бұрын
That was bad ass! I swear, auto racing of every kind was so much more exciting before the 1980's... Not because of the risks, but simply put, the cars that drivers raced in were all so much better looking.
@zapshifterx4432
@zapshifterx4432 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for digging up this gold and putting it out into the world for us!
@rachelf6846
@rachelf6846 9 жыл бұрын
This is so cool to watch my Pop pop is one of the original drag racers at Maple grove, he still has his car and his entrance stickers on his window with the dates, he also ran at Vargo and a few other places. Vargo and Maple Grove are the one know the most about though because of the pictures. I will have to show him this he will love it.
@MrTheHillfolk
@MrTheHillfolk 8 жыл бұрын
Anonymous A ask him if he ever ran a little track in upstate ny called Dover, about 2hrs north of NYC.
@franklinthompson8629
@franklinthompson8629 3 жыл бұрын
Great to see the races at the old Wind Gap and Pocono race tracks. I remember being there live, and it was a blast ! My favorite was Little Egypt, a red 59 Impala. That guy could power shift like crazy.
@prydonian460
@prydonian460 11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this clip. It really brought back memories from many ill spent Summer nights drag racing with my buddies. Nothing but nothing tweaks my memories of my youth thanhe sound of an American V 8 winding out in a drag race.
@PhilRanma
@PhilRanma 15 жыл бұрын
4:22 that was great to see some original footage of the legendary Inch Pincher! It's crazy how much drag racing has changed.
@kdracingelectronics
@kdracingelectronics 15 жыл бұрын
Nice work Jim, keep up the good job. I look seeing old race footage.
@PoppaBlue59
@PoppaBlue59 12 жыл бұрын
Sunday...SUNDAY! Green Valley Raceway! BE THERE! I can still hear that old comercial playing on the radio.
@Statimtek
@Statimtek 13 жыл бұрын
Man, hearing those old Mopars launch at 4;12 gives me goosebumps. There is no better sound that that!!
@alm1191
@alm1191 11 жыл бұрын
those cars were hookin and bookin..its cool seeing what motorsport was like before i was born thanks for posting
@davev5031
@davev5031 11 жыл бұрын
Raced in those days and I agree. It was more fun then. Lot more laid back. Still is fun today but the costs back then were just a fraction of what it is now. I also ran at Island Dragway, I saw the sign in the video, when it first opened back in the mid 60s. Cars were sure a lot slower back then I must admit. Tires were pathetic in those days.
@firstclassatlanticflyer
@firstclassatlanticflyer 7 жыл бұрын
Too bad the era of this is gone! Simple, fun and with raw power all the way!
@jotho7
@jotho7 8 жыл бұрын
I think my Fathers Chevy II was in a video. He primarily raced in Wind Gap and was a track manager but we went all over when I was young. 64-72 . Remember the Gimmick racers , The Falcon , The Pill Wagon Hemi under Glass, The wheelie cars . I loved those guys. Thanks for posting, I may have some video to send you , have to get it from my mother.
@johncartelli
@johncartelli 13 жыл бұрын
i dont care that the sound is not authentic to the car your seeing...its still IMHO protrays what you would have seen and heard when those cars raced back in the day....love it...thanks for posting
@jimmieroan9881
@jimmieroan9881 6 жыл бұрын
loved the video, hard to imagine anyone not agreeing it was more fun in the 60s, but then again wasn't everything. i feel lucky to have lived through so many pieces of history, being of age to take part in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and then actually be involved in the sport in the 80s, what more could you ask for. i got to make a few runs in an bone stock tbird at Lions back in its heyday, moved back home to texas and ran a stocker at the old Double Eagle dragstrip in San Antonio, and raced there after it became San Antonio raceway, i believe John Duran was the promoter or manager what ever their called. saw live ej potter run his bad ass bike, watched the jet dragsters so close the heat and force was almost unbearable. i don't see that now for sure, so i say hell yes it was more fun.
@SativaSteven
@SativaSteven 5 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a lot of fun!! I can just picture your southern accent as you tell the story. Grew up in Texas myself.
@ThomasDeLello
@ThomasDeLello 5 жыл бұрын
I love the wheel standing roadster at 4:17
@70GTODAN
@70GTODAN 11 жыл бұрын
The sound is sweet music! Those old motors had a very special sound.
@bigbadjonnyblaze
@bigbadjonnyblaze 14 жыл бұрын
Man this is a awesome vid, What a era of bad ass steel and power!
@marshallmcdowell3369
@marshallmcdowell3369 10 жыл бұрын
Back in the glory days when it was the average Joe doing full throttle power shifts with a big block screaming under the hood!
@ZeeboLaywicker
@ZeeboLaywicker 9 жыл бұрын
marshall mcdowell yup..real cars..unbridled power! the heyday of the auto!
@Bromoteknada
@Bromoteknada 6 жыл бұрын
marshall mcdowell cause now millionaires are drag racing?
@racer774
@racer774 5 жыл бұрын
Bromoteknada - Many millionaires drag race. Lots of them have old school, non-computer assisted cars too, though.
@ReverseGear
@ReverseGear 12 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Very rare footage of the Inch pincher and many more.
@EliAngwin
@EliAngwin 13 жыл бұрын
Love the video... Love the sound of screaming small block's... Thank's for the video!!
@slippery396
@slippery396 13 жыл бұрын
I have purchased your videos and I want to tell everyone that you won't be disappointed !
@Swamie55
@Swamie55 13 жыл бұрын
Outstanding job on the overdubs!
@57HarleyDavidson
@57HarleyDavidson 7 жыл бұрын
Drag Racing is still fun, I used to go to Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ a lot. My dad used to race there around the 60's and 70's
@Midwesthotrodsandmusclecars
@Midwesthotrodsandmusclecars 11 жыл бұрын
Like the song sez; Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.
@JohnSmith-ws6jg
@JohnSmith-ws6jg 10 жыл бұрын
Drag racing is still fun but this was all about racing and not so much about watching. There are a couple strips in Iowa like this. Awesome footage and the sound is phenomenal !
@hutch1200
@hutch1200 11 жыл бұрын
WOW! That was Joe Amato @ 1:10 in the A&A Gas coupe. Good to see a local Hero back when he was coming up thru the ranks. If you know where to look, you can still find part of the Pocono Drag Lodge track. It's a shame it's all gone. Now all kids know is Fart Pipes and obnoxious stereos.
@hutch1200
@hutch1200 11 жыл бұрын
Other parts show an unfinished Pocono Int'l Raceways front straight. My Grandfather helped engineer it & my uncle drove a "Pan Grader" (?) during construction.
@donaday1
@donaday1 12 жыл бұрын
Love those old mopars 383/ 413/440 just sweet sounds
@OeditpusRex
@OeditpusRex 12 жыл бұрын
Nice leave by the Altered at 2:50 and a sweet wheelie by the Hiboy. Thanks for posting. :)
@496Ratbird
@496Ratbird 12 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. I miss those days.
@Blackwaterdogs
@Blackwaterdogs 10 жыл бұрын
Great memories here ! Somewhere up in my attic I still have a trophy from Island Dragway (NJ), won with my C/Altered `55 Chevy (had a straight axle on it, so they put me in Altered class). Always loved "the Gasser Wars", Stone, Woods & Cook vs. Big John Mazmanian, etc., and Jungle Jim Lieberman (and Jungle Pam, yum yum !) I would love to turn back the clock for a couple weeks.... :-)
@peteyhandline4306
@peteyhandline4306 7 жыл бұрын
Blackwaterdogs great time at Atco one hooking track
@MORK455
@MORK455 11 жыл бұрын
I saw a few race cars in this video with white-wall tires. You do not see that anymore! LOL
@herbienbrian2
@herbienbrian2 12 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't doubt it, power to weight ratio and they had the tooling to make it really go.
@jjssnb3790
@jjssnb3790 6 жыл бұрын
Wow that was nice to watch they were friggin fast back then too Awsum video🤙
@Kungamuck
@Kungamuck 11 жыл бұрын
Ya got that right . . . and don't forget 'Dyno Don' Nicolson or 'Gas Ronda' with their super/stock Fords. Mopars, Fords and Chevy's were at each others 'tails' all thoughout the 60's with some of the greatest days in 'the average-guy' racing era
@slantsix6344
@slantsix6344 9 жыл бұрын
The old Flat Head V8 was the first engine to do a 10 second Quarter mile way back when.
@broodyart
@broodyart 12 жыл бұрын
Went to pocono drag lodge as a kid to watch all this. It was amazing then & still is to see again. Pretty sure the a&a coupes were joe amato. Saw "little red wagon" [if I remember right] did a wheely down the whole track. & "limefire" the rocket car burn out the guts of a car. rough track, dangerous by todays standards, cars & track safety. Very exiting thing!
@bossco09
@bossco09 13 жыл бұрын
hell yeah, this is what its all about!!! love this old stuff
@MrTommywo
@MrTommywo 11 жыл бұрын
You gotta love the sound of raw horsepower!
@oldskool59
@oldskool59 12 жыл бұрын
Great vid, 3:19 def some power shifting going on! Awesome!
@catdakman1273
@catdakman1273 4 жыл бұрын
At 2:34 .... I think i seen old man TASCA" from the Tasca name in modern NHRA Drag racing... !!!! This is old school dragracing !!!
@drjohna2d1
@drjohna2d1 12 жыл бұрын
Can recall when flagmen started races. Lights are a great improvement.The days before AF/X & the factories became involved were still fun. One need not go 300 mph or less than five seconds for racing to be enjoyable. At a small track in southern Maryland, a 360ci 1960 Ford turned a 13.5 on a wet track. Bud Faubel's "Honker" was always a favorite at York US 30, along with "Old Reliable" and Beswick's "Mystery Tornado". It was unreal when the rails were breaking 200mph and Eddie Hill passing 300.
@tedh.8356
@tedh.8356 11 жыл бұрын
This was the "Good Ole Days" before drag racing went corporate and we got into the "John Force Castrol pays me to win" days......
@57HarleyDavidson
@57HarleyDavidson 7 жыл бұрын
+Ted H. How did Drag Racing go corporate??
@HEMISUPERBEE426
@HEMISUPERBEE426 5 жыл бұрын
GREAT MEMORIES !
@OLDSKOOL60813
@OLDSKOOL60813 12 жыл бұрын
I was grinning like a mule eating briars watching this.Thanks for posting.
@charlieirvin5423
@charlieirvin5423 11 жыл бұрын
I love Drag Racing I used to street race right behind the Glassboro state College. I Had a 1966 Pontiac GTO
@thebassknuckler
@thebassknuckler 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know.. I have a pretty damn good time racing now.
@1992hotwheelsbaby
@1992hotwheelsbaby 13 жыл бұрын
this is real drag racing every car is unique love it
@78chevymalibu
@78chevymalibu 12 жыл бұрын
Awsome...I would love to have been there!
@NeilLB7
@NeilLB7 7 жыл бұрын
That chevy at 1:12 had some serious RPM's going on there.
@TMPCarbs
@TMPCarbs 12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very cool. Those engines sound awesome!
@Blazer2533
@Blazer2533 13 жыл бұрын
Even though this was before my time I find that what the old timers say is true..."this was a time when men were men and cars was cars" and seeing this video proves that..thanks for posting really enjoyed watching this clip
@dondressel7897
@dondressel7897 12 жыл бұрын
we used to go cruising in our 55 chevys and now I see these kids driving these rice-rockets and wonder where they went wrong!
@1970goldenrod
@1970goldenrod 10 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE KIND OF DRAG RACING I DID IN THE MID '70'S, AT US30 DRAGSTRIP IN HOBART INDIANA.
@TheOutlaw256
@TheOutlaw256 11 жыл бұрын
i love this video. i can remember when these type of cars ruled the streets. drag racing got me in the early 70s and i finally went back to buildin hot old school street cars. when building a engine cost more than my house its time to quit..
@mindd9
@mindd9 13 жыл бұрын
Now this is what it's all about Great video Thanks
@djpink1947
@djpink1947 15 жыл бұрын
This video is awesome. Love the cars too.
@smokersquickout2600
@smokersquickout2600 5 жыл бұрын
The best day when pump gas racing iam restoring a 1955 two door hard top 150 belair now. Cant wait until its completed
@iandibley8032
@iandibley8032 2 ай бұрын
100 % correct it wasn't just the racing it was the era.
@WASTON125
@WASTON125 12 жыл бұрын
THE INCH PINCHER WAS FROM RIVERSIDE ,CA. MY SISTER FOR EMPI BACK THEN. IT WAS A BLOWN VW ENGINE, AN IT TOOK ON VETTES !!!
@selophane43
@selophane43 4 жыл бұрын
@1:30 That's Pocono front straight. Wow. Looks like it's still getting paved in turn 1.
@FordMaverickFanatic
@FordMaverickFanatic 4 жыл бұрын
Drag racing will always be fun! But these were the golden years!
@pacey0077
@pacey0077 13 жыл бұрын
this movie is great keep up the good work
13 жыл бұрын
Swear to god, I almost started crying when I saw this video. It brings me back to Half Moon Bay and Fremont and some of the coolest cars you could ever imagine (Gas Ronda, Stone, Woods & Cook, The Melrose Missle, 40 Ford Coupes, 41 Willeys, 413 Plymonths - the original funny car with an altered wheel base, 55 Chevy 2 door sedans and dragsters with the driver sitting on top of the third menber). Christ, those were some good times. A buck to get in, two bucks for a pit pass. Yeah, damn good times.
@tylerstrausser7651
@tylerstrausser7651 8 жыл бұрын
I live in North Pocono, PA.
@Countryfrom02
@Countryfrom02 15 жыл бұрын
Magnifique video
@stevenwiederholt7000
@stevenwiederholt7000 2 жыл бұрын
1:21 I recommend closing the door BEFORE starting.
@The89mercury
@The89mercury 14 жыл бұрын
best music iv heard since outlaw country
@EllJayAitch
@EllJayAitch 12 жыл бұрын
It was big fun back then, especially when guys would race the cars that they actually drove to get to the event. And yeah - high test was going for 25 cents a gallon.
@ThomasDeLello
@ThomasDeLello 12 жыл бұрын
Hugh Tucker and his fabulous Stovebolt roadster at 4:17 . NHRA record holder and Nationals winner.
@piewagn
@piewagn 15 жыл бұрын
The Vargo footage is great!!! Got any more??
@georgeburdine5660
@georgeburdine5660 6 жыл бұрын
That was friggin awesome.
@robertthomas8448
@robertthomas8448 8 жыл бұрын
when cars were cars.
@catstevens7180
@catstevens7180 8 жыл бұрын
cars were cars and music was music!
@zthreetwo9874
@zthreetwo9874 7 жыл бұрын
Tf you mean?
@firstclassatlanticflyer
@firstclassatlanticflyer 7 жыл бұрын
Robert Thomas and men were men!
@alfredovazquez8315
@alfredovazquez8315 7 жыл бұрын
SAL3M cars now have a brain
@57HarleyDavidson
@57HarleyDavidson 7 жыл бұрын
+Alfredo Vazquez What's wrong with that
@daveyAWS
@daveyAWS 13 жыл бұрын
@Crumpetmaster1 i dont know what track your at but at our track there is no 4 or 6 cylinder cars....also they do make special classes for there cars
@amos6013
@amos6013 13 жыл бұрын
I have had several comments relative to the sounds contained on our video clips. At Bee On Video we attempt to bring silent film alive with real car sounds that we dub onto the footage. We have a large library of sounds featuring all brands and types of vehicles. We are proud of what we do with the sounds. We attempt to use accurate sounds for Fords, Chevys, Mopars, ect. We do not do rock and roll music only the pure sounds of drag racing vehicles. Jim Amos Bee On Video
@amos6013
@amos6013 13 жыл бұрын
I am sorry that you did not enjoy our full length fully narrated video. Most of our customers enjoy learning the history behind the footage. If that is not what you want I guess you will have to look elsewhere for your videos. Jim Amos Bee On Video
@racinford1
@racinford1 5 жыл бұрын
It's still fun Bracket racing
@amos6013
@amos6013 11 жыл бұрын
Our web page link is in the video description. As per youtube rules I cannot repeat it in this message. Jim Amos
@jamesguidry3995
@jamesguidry3995 5 жыл бұрын
Any of you boys ever heard of ATLAS BUCRON TIRES & 3/4 race or full race or three on a tree or Duntov 30 30 cams or racing moon wheel disc ? The 50s drag racing scene & rock & roll & white wall racing slicks !
@chev454
@chev454 13 жыл бұрын
Man I wish I was around then .
@TheDogtowner
@TheDogtowner 10 жыл бұрын
Wow! No need for bars and chutes back when the Flintstones and Rubles were hot foot'n it down the straight.
@oldsguy49
@oldsguy49 12 жыл бұрын
I saw at least 2 64 Thunderbolt Fords and I would bet there is a 68 Hemi-cuda and 68 Hemi-Dart there somewhere. Hemi-Cudas today run SS/H or SS/HA the Thunderbolt
@bobmiller9313
@bobmiller9313 3 жыл бұрын
Iam 80 and in the 60s I ran a c/a 32 Ford with corvette engine.Also a D/G 47 Chevy with a 283 Chevy engine
@4406bbldb
@4406bbldb 6 жыл бұрын
I was in this back then. The whole block would come help make your car faster. Anybody remember 1949 ford "Gang green"
@ohio1968javelin
@ohio1968javelin 14 жыл бұрын
Thanx for posting!!
@skulledmonte84
@skulledmonte84 12 жыл бұрын
WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND,BACK THEN ,GOOD OLD DAYS
@ronniefrutschi2011
@ronniefrutschi2011 4 жыл бұрын
I can remember the days when I was a kid my dad had a 66 Dodge Dart and him driving it to work each day then on the weekends the headers were uncapped and it was a race car
@G1Pops
@G1Pops 15 жыл бұрын
Damn we had fun then did we not, I only hope I can make one more pass.
@kthompson857
@kthompson857 12 жыл бұрын
That is so COOL.The GOOD OL DAYS.
@amos6013
@amos6013 11 жыл бұрын
Sorry I do not know the car. All I know is that it was at Vargo Dragway in Pennsylvania.
@Boots_And_Slicks14
@Boots_And_Slicks14 13 жыл бұрын
@Statimtek Yeah, it's too bad the sounds were just added on to the video... The average video camera in the early 60's couldn't record sound.
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