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.
@8.2deck5 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
@generalpatton84683 жыл бұрын
The 1940s-1970s was by far the greatest era for automobiles. You are blessed to have been there
@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.
@Ballenxj8 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!
@simonh51105 жыл бұрын
Ballenxj lions dragstrips saying was literally “run what you brung”
@jesswebb22005 жыл бұрын
I lost interest in drag racing when they started with that bracket crap
@siervodedios59524 жыл бұрын
Any reason why ya don't like bracket racing? Not trying to start an argument just curious.
@Canofbakedb3ans2 жыл бұрын
Luckily you still got young teens like me that want to keep the old tradition alive
@milwaukeegregg8 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?
@chasedl35604 жыл бұрын
The greed of the American CEOs
@1AAuto12 жыл бұрын
Great video. I never get tired of watching these vintage races. Good stuff.
@ChutneyGames2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial video
@GOFLuvr8 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.
@MikeJF35512 жыл бұрын
One word....HEAVEN, The sounds, the style, the grainy film, brilliant.
@rachelf68469 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.
@MrTheHillfolk7 жыл бұрын
Anonymous A ask him if he ever ran a little track in upstate ny called Dover, about 2hrs north of NYC.
@marshallmcdowell336910 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!
@ZeeboLaywicker9 жыл бұрын
marshall mcdowell yup..real cars..unbridled power! the heyday of the auto!
@Bromoteknada6 жыл бұрын
marshall mcdowell cause now millionaires are drag racing?
@racer7745 жыл бұрын
Bromoteknada - Many millionaires drag race. Lots of them have old school, non-computer assisted cars too, though.
@Lonewolf316511 жыл бұрын
I love the Hi-boy that pulls the wheels up @ 4:18!! Great to see the old strips in their hey day!
@zapshifterx44324 жыл бұрын
Thank you for digging up this gold and putting it out into the world for us!
@davev503110 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.
@hogtownhenry12 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!!!!
@franklinthompson86293 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.
@prydonian46011 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.
@jimmieroan98816 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.
@SativaSteven5 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.
@kdracingelectronics15 жыл бұрын
Nice work Jim, keep up the good job. I look seeing old race footage.
@PoppaBlue5912 жыл бұрын
Sunday...SUNDAY! Green Valley Raceway! BE THERE! I can still hear that old comercial playing on the radio.
@orangemod12 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 !!!!
@alm119110 жыл бұрын
those cars were hookin and bookin..its cool seeing what motorsport was like before i was born thanks for posting
@Statimtek13 жыл бұрын
Man, hearing those old Mopars launch at 4;12 gives me goosebumps. There is no better sound that that!!
@tedh.835610 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......
@57HarleyDavidson6 жыл бұрын
+Ted H. How did Drag Racing go corporate??
@PhilRanma15 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.
@firstclassatlanticflyer6 жыл бұрын
Too bad the era of this is gone! Simple, fun and with raw power all the way!
@jotho78 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.
@bigbadjonnyblaze14 жыл бұрын
Man this is a awesome vid, What a era of bad ass steel and power!
@57HarleyDavidson6 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
@Midwesthotrodsandmusclecars10 жыл бұрын
Like the song sez; Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.
@JohnSmith-ws6jg10 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 !
@slippery39613 жыл бұрын
I have purchased your videos and I want to tell everyone that you won't be disappointed !
@EliAngwin12 жыл бұрын
Love the video... Love the sound of screaming small block's... Thank's for the video!!
@Swamie5512 жыл бұрын
Outstanding job on the overdubs!
@70GTODAN11 жыл бұрын
The sound is sweet music! Those old motors had a very special sound.
@johncartelli13 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
@496Ratbird12 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. I miss those days.
@robertthomas84488 жыл бұрын
when cars were cars.
@catstevens71808 жыл бұрын
cars were cars and music was music!
@zthreetwo98747 жыл бұрын
Tf you mean?
@firstclassatlanticflyer6 жыл бұрын
Robert Thomas and men were men!
@alfredovazquez83156 жыл бұрын
SAL3M cars now have a brain
@57HarleyDavidson6 жыл бұрын
+Alfredo Vazquez What's wrong with that
@ReverseGear12 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Very rare footage of the Inch pincher and many more.
@jjssnb37906 жыл бұрын
Wow that was nice to watch they were friggin fast back then too Awsum video🤙
@hutch120010 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.
@hutch120010 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.
@charlieirvin542310 жыл бұрын
I love Drag Racing I used to street race right behind the Glassboro state College. I Had a 1966 Pontiac GTO
@ThomasDeLello5 жыл бұрын
I love the wheel standing roadster at 4:17
@MrTommywo11 жыл бұрын
You gotta love the sound of raw horsepower!
@bossco0912 жыл бұрын
hell yeah, this is what its all about!!! love this old stuff
@Blackwaterdogs10 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.... :-)
@peteyhandline43067 жыл бұрын
Blackwaterdogs great time at Atco one hooking track
@1992hotwheelsbaby12 жыл бұрын
this is real drag racing every car is unique love it
@donaday112 жыл бұрын
Love those old mopars 383/ 413/440 just sweet sounds
@OeditpusRex12 жыл бұрын
Nice leave by the Altered at 2:50 and a sweet wheelie by the Hiboy. Thanks for posting. :)
@thebassknuckler6 жыл бұрын
I don't know.. I have a pretty damn good time racing now.
@TMPCarbs12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very cool. Those engines sound awesome!
@djpink194714 жыл бұрын
This video is awesome. Love the cars too.
@mindd913 жыл бұрын
Now this is what it's all about Great video Thanks
@OLDSKOOL6081312 жыл бұрын
I was grinning like a mule eating briars watching this.Thanks for posting.
@HEMISUPERBEE4265 жыл бұрын
GREAT MEMORIES !
@pacey007713 жыл бұрын
this movie is great keep up the good work
@Kungamuck11 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
@broodyart12 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!
@1970goldenrod10 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE KIND OF DRAG RACING I DID IN THE MID '70'S, AT US30 DRAGSTRIP IN HOBART INDIANA.
@slantsix63449 жыл бұрын
The old Flat Head V8 was the first engine to do a 10 second Quarter mile way back when.
@Blazer253312 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
@smokersquickout26004 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
@oldskool5911 жыл бұрын
Great vid, 3:19 def some power shifting going on! Awesome!
@drjohna2d112 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.
@MORK45511 жыл бұрын
I saw a few race cars in this video with white-wall tires. You do not see that anymore! LOL
@georgeburdine56606 жыл бұрын
That was friggin awesome.
@TheOutlaw25611 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..
@FordMaverickFanatic4 жыл бұрын
Drag racing will always be fun! But these were the golden years!
@ohio1968javelin14 жыл бұрын
Thanx for posting!!
@catdakman12733 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 !!!
@The89mercury14 жыл бұрын
best music iv heard since outlaw country
@lawlers697 жыл бұрын
The sounds of real cars, hell yeah.
@Countryfrom0214 жыл бұрын
Magnifique video
12 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.
@78chevymalibu12 жыл бұрын
Awsome...I would love to have been there!
@NeilLB77 жыл бұрын
That chevy at 1:12 had some serious RPM's going on there.
@dondressel789712 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!
@racinford15 жыл бұрын
It's still fun Bracket racing
@4406bbldb5 жыл бұрын
I was in this back then. The whole block would come help make your car faster. Anybody remember 1949 ford "Gang green"
@kthompson85712 жыл бұрын
That is so COOL.The GOOD OL DAYS.
@herbienbrian212 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't doubt it, power to weight ratio and they had the tooling to make it really go.
@TheMxtrader12 жыл бұрын
COOL VIDEOS . I LOVE IT
@markjax4911 жыл бұрын
I miss the good old days.
@Charlesbjtown6 жыл бұрын
Back when a 14 second quarter was fast. Glad we are not still stuck in that era.
@Jleed9895 жыл бұрын
Why?
@56cadd4 жыл бұрын
@@Jleed989 , why not
@PAMAROSHOUSE10 жыл бұрын
all thou I don't like drag racing I love looking at these sweet classic cars even vw was represented.
@bunning6310 жыл бұрын
VW 'EMPI Inch Pincher' there (4.20) when nobody knew what a Honda/Toyota etc was. All those current import guys who think they are the first.
@LeeS3836710 жыл бұрын
My dad also raced a bright orange VW EMPI pincher at Osceola drag way back in the early 70's near South Bend Indiana... I still have a bunch of his trophies... it was amazing to watch it destroy Vette's of the day
@MrTheHillfolk7 жыл бұрын
bunning63 Much love for the old school aircooled pioneers , I'm into early watercooled vws but I know my roots. I'd love any pre 68... Much love for the underrated vws. It's fun to be an underdog...haha that was an awesome car too. I got a copy from the late 60s of "how to hot rod Vw engines" The back cover is amazing.
@bunning637 жыл бұрын
MrTheHillfolk Yeah, got a copy of that one as well, reckon a look at it would surprise people today.
@bunning637 жыл бұрын
Lee Segars Recall an old article from the sixties which described how a EMPI promo vehicle caused the following bigblock Mustang to breathe deep to keep up... must have shocked them at the time.
@MrTheHillfolk7 жыл бұрын
bunning63 Yea it's cool to get an idea of what they were up to, I'd like to see a more current version of that book and see what they've updated...
@EllJayAitch12 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.
@skulledmonte8412 жыл бұрын
WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND,BACK THEN ,GOOD OLD DAYS
@Charlesbjtown6 жыл бұрын
Im sure it was fun running a 14 second quarter mile. Much more fun than the cars of today.
@HighrSelf7 жыл бұрын
Great video, period!
@paulconetta879210 жыл бұрын
The "Honker" Mopar! outta Aberdeen, Maryland. Fast slammer in its day! maybe '66 or '67.
@stevenwiederholt70002 жыл бұрын
1:21 I recommend closing the door BEFORE starting.
@hellohello27385 жыл бұрын
Its still fun
@donnis61814 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! Real men and women bang gears and pop clutches!!
@baronratfish38655 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This was Cool!
@ronniefrutschi20114 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
@mikedesalle556110 жыл бұрын
This is great!
@GHOSTJERKER14 жыл бұрын
"SO MUCH MOTOR, SUCH LITTLE TIRE"[=
@bobmiller93133 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
@chev45412 жыл бұрын
Man I wish I was around then .
@TheDogtowner10 жыл бұрын
Wow! No need for bars and chutes back when the Flintstones and Rubles were hot foot'n it down the straight.