EDDIE HILL BLOWOVER Home video

[@rapidtransit8373]

Eddie Hill was at a Cracker Barrel by my house. I was the only person there that knew who he was. Asked for a autograph. He pulled out a 8×10 picture of Eddie and the Pennzoil dragster. He signed it and even took some pictures of me and him when we went outside. What a great guy. Still have that picture framed and on my wall.

[@kevinrussell5099]

Indeed a great guy! I still have the shirt he and Ercie autographed for me at Reading almost 30 years ago. They were really nice to my 5 year old son too.

[@k5wxp22]

Super cool and humble guy. I am from Wichita Falls, and have only met him once. Awesome that you got an autographed picture. Does he still have his race car hanging on the wall at Fun Cycles?

[@rapidtransit8373]

@@k5wxp22 You're so right about being a humble guy. Not sure about his rail hanging on the wall or not. That picture he gave me said first to break 300 I believe.I also have a poster of Don Garlits my oldest brother gave me. Well really someone else gave it to me after my brother passed. The picture was on a aircraft carrier.lt says those Magnificent Men in their flying machines.it shows him looking like he's doing a burnout on the carrier So Dam Cool.

[@snowflakehunter]

I lived in Wichita Falls, TX for the majority of my life and as a young boy growing up Eddie lived down the street from me.He was a very nice and humble man. He passed away in October of 2019; he will be sorely missed.

[@snowflakehunter]

@@k5wxp22 Sadly, he has passed away.

[@duncan8891]

Thats amazing ! Worked at Super Shops back them. He was our Top Fuel Driver. Class act. Great people!!

[@markcheek5006]

I loved Eddie Hill he was one of my all time favorites

[@shorty808100]

I know Eddie IRL met him at Super Chevy back in 1987 I was racing Super Street and Pro class’s, I have a dollar bill signed by him he’s pretty cool guy all the racers from this era were cool people unlike a lot of the younger racers today with no respect

[@rodneykunerth3426]

Eddie was one of the Best !

[@JeffOfTheMountains]

Way back when these cars had 7000 horsepower and 5-second times were considered REALLY fast.

[@jameshankssr466]

He was one of the best i saw him win a race with borrowed parts!

[@erickjasper9409]

Great guy, he had Beautiful Western Star trucks.

[@donaldgreen7471]

Eddie was a real class act😷🍺

[@js6729]

I really miss Eddie. NHRA has gotten to much about the money and doesn't seem to care about the fans anymore. We need more like Eddie

[@fillobetto7743]

That Guy who said Holy Chit was absolutely correct. I watched Mr Hill in this Clip and the very next day he was in a premiered Drag racing, then I seen him racingDrag Boats in the Colorado River! 1 BAD @$$ Dude

[@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp]

The nuclear banana, a great car and even a better man driving!

[@rossmarvin584]

We sure miss Eddie and Erice out at the strip.

[@travtravelleradamsadams]

where is eddie hill these days

[@deanrichardson7921]

I met Eddie and Ercie outside of Dallas. My friend helped them on their team from time to time. They were most gracious hosts.

[@manybirds7210]

One of my childhood heroes

[@snowflakehunter]

One of my heroes as well. I lived in Wichita Falls, TX for the majority of my life and as a young boy growing up Eddie lived down the street from me.He was a very nice and humble man. He passed away in October of 2019; he will be sorely missed.

[@kdwaynec]

@@snowflakehunter Stop with the BS information. As of October 2022 Eddie is alive and well.

[@snowflakehunter]

@@kdwaynec Do you not read all the comments? I was given false information on Wikipedia and made a corrective comment. The false info on Wikipedia has since been corrected. Stop being a keyboard warrior, snowflake.

[@kdwaynec]

@@snowflakehunter Stop. There is no "corrective comment" posted by you anywhere in these 47 comments. Perhaps you don't know how to edit them?

[@snowflakehunter]

@@kdwaynec you're telling me to stop and yet you are the clown who started this whole damn conversation. Get yourself a life. 🤡

[@HarleyDavidsonVince]

Jungle pam is my star. I got every magazine that had her picture in it. I can say my magazines had sticky pages.

[@HarleyDavidsonVince]

Every teen wanted her. I bought Popular Hot Rodding magazines just to see her!

[@charlesmitchuson9884]

The four father!!!!!!!!

[@VGMurders]

Holy Shit is right!!

[@thomasshirley5046]

Ikr

[@topenddean]

That's known as "Peeling the Banana"

[@solnative706]

Did this kill him?

[@bandiman9857]

Nope he raced the next day.

[@kdwaynec]

Sadly, Eddie Hill lost his life that terrible day.

[@1975Nated]

No, he’s still alive. Don’t know what this other guy is on about.

[@ronmelville4785]

NO

[@cliffgresham3234]

First to hit 300mph.

[@donaldpowers5557]

Didn't he own the mph record to the 1/8th mile for years

[@jefferymarshall3870]

Bernstein was the 1st to 300mph eddie was the 1st into 4 seconds

[@snowflakehunter]

When I was a kid growing up in Wichita Falls, Texas, I lived about a dozen houses down from "Fast Eddie". Eddie Hill was one of the most popular NHRA dragster racers of the 1980's. He began to earn his nick-names in 1962 by driving a Twin Pontiac gas engine dragster to a speed of 202.07 MPH, cementing him in the history books as the first man to break the 200 MPH threshold in a gas powered engine. However, perhaps he is best well known for driving the iconic Pennzoil Dragster in the NHRA. Besides being known as "Fast Eddie", his other nicknames were "The Thrill", "Holeshot Hill" and when he became the first man to have a run in the 4 second range with a time of 4.990 he was given the nickname "Four Father of Drag Racing". Besides racing on land, he also raced Drag Boats and became the first man to hold both land and water speed records simultaneously. He was a well decorated competitor by the time he retired in 1999. Sadly, he passed away in October of 2019; he will be missed by many.

[@kdwaynec]

@@snowflakehunter Stop it. Eddie is still alive. Please delete all of your comments.

[@snowflakehunter]

@@kdwaynec evidently you only know how to read one comment. I made my correction in a later comment. I moved out of Wichita Falls years ago that I heard. I was corrected and I made a correction in my comments. That will be good enough. I am not going to bow down to you and do as you wish. Get a life.

[@jameswalker4103]

I was there Pomona CA