John Force Took Funny Cars to the Extreme - Past Gas

[@jeremyantunes7022]

John Force is awesome. I met him for the first time around 12 years old at Englishtown and he made a comment about the size of my feet (they're big). I went back the next year and when I got up to the front of the crowd he was about to walk away and he saw me, pointed me out and goes "Hey, you're the kid with the big feet!!" He came over, brought me into his pits, introduced me to a bunch of the crew while they were working on the car. Now fast forward almost 30 years, I take my son, who at the time was 10. I knew someone and got a meet and greet with the Force drivers. I could tell that he was looking at me like a familiar face. I go do you remember me, I was the kid with the big feet. He is definitely a legend. He remembered me and took extra time with us. Two moments that my son and myself will never forget.

[@Onewheelordeal]

This was a funny one. But for real love that we got 35min in before he's even born lol

[@continuousthunder9868]

Regarding James' story about experiencing nitro drag racing for the first time. I had a similar experience where my family went to a nitro night at a drag strip. They started off with gas cars to lull you into a false sense of security. My dad and I went to the concession stand before the nitro cars started and were still in line for the first run. Neither of us had heard nitro before in real life. When the first race ran, we looked at each other like, "what the f*ck was that?!" It truly is something you can't anticipate without actually experiencing it.

[@AliOfBaba]

I was today years old when Nolan taught me what A&E stood for.

[@schit4brainz]

Yo, when are you guys going to return to filming the podcast? I love you but I love your faces more!

[@Onewheelordeal]

They've mention several times it's not gonna happen, I mean they already release a bunch of videos each week and we still get a full hour of bonus content

[@eurosonly]

Probably never because of copy right footage like them looking up pictures and getting struck for it later on.

[@Dylan_Does_DIY]

Past Gas on Cruze Pedregon Snap-On funny car driver? Or the women in NHRA? Thanks for the all the donut content!!

[@johnforce8755]

Crazy that I'm only just finding out about this episode the more I hear abt this guy the more glad I am my dad named me after his favorite racecar driver

[@banjotuna7104]

When I was 7. Me and my family were at the NHRA drag strip in Indianapolis walking down the pit Lane. John Force was driving a big Chevy van and bumped into me knocked me down and almost ran me over. He stopped his van and got out and made sure I was okay. My dad was so freaked out by it being John Force he pretty much ignored me getting hit by a car. He just marked out on the fact that he was getting to meet John Force.

[@87isbmw]

My dad's friend LeRoy invented the slipper clutch drag racing in the nhra way back in the day but got robbed of his intellectual property. I remember looking at the naked girls on the calendar in his transmission shop, next to the Fruitvale Bart station in Oakland. He was using half dead transmissions because they'd slip enough to hook up versus doing a quarter mile long burnout like everyone else. Dude is a recluse these days and stopped being cool with my pops for mentioning this on an engine builder forum but yeah, figured it was worth mentioning.

[@robbyjones1990]

Bro James! You sounded like nick Nolte when you were screaming about top fuel!

[@scotts7907]

Y'all should do a podcast on the great Shirley Muldowney.

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

Can we get a series of videos of James being Big Jim and making increasingly outrageous offers and deals where he ends up being dragged off set at the end of each video and each video starts with him looking increasingly disheveled at the beginning of each new episode?

[@carnagegarage6592]

My dad and I get photographer passes at the woodburn drag strip and we can be feet from those cars. Even with ear plugs it is still defining.

[@jamessizemore7103]

sound waves are pressure waves, so these cars must make sound waves so powerful you can feel the pressure differentials

[@kruser79]

They actually do, and very much! My first time at an AHRA event (modern era, but back in the early 90’s, when the engines made “only” 5,000-7,000 HP) I was leaning on the grandstand railing on my elbows. The two cars launched, and the vibrations filling Thunder Valley in Bristol, TN shook the grandstands so hard my vision blurred. So technically my first Top Fuel race was a blurry mess that I didn’t actually see, lol.

[@scotts7907]

Growing up in the 80s, my dad took me to alot of stadium tractor pulls (indoor stadium). The trucks and dragster tractors were blown nitro too. The sounds of those motors are indescribable. You just have to experience it for yourself.

[@elliottpickering2915]

As a 16 year old who wants to get into drag racing in life, this has gotta be my favorite so far

[@flamcheeseful]

In pocatello idaho in 2012 i think it was a ford dealership ran a buy a truck get gun for free deal. Big jim and his burritos are believable.

[@thomasfrederick3464]

You guys should do a podcast on Valentino Rossi with his retirement

[@aprilkurtz1589]

I liked that his daughters were World Champions in the sport, too. He didn't get mad when Courtney whupped him! He was a cool guy. Please do a Past Gas about Jim Clark.

[@515klrkillahoobie6]

Iv been on fire for 300 miles : John force

[@scotscottscottt]

Funny Cars. Serious business.

[@eriknovak5452]

Please bring back video

[@concernedcitizen2766]

If @jamespumphrey had a dealership, it would be a Hyundai dealership in SoCal that would only sell the N models.

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

“The fourth wheel is a premium option” “Stop in today and we’ll even keep the engine in the car for you” “You can add a steering wheel for only $15 a month if you finance by the end of the month”

[@tylersanders6080]

Great video!

[@jkobquick]

John Force looks like Gary Busey , if he never did drugs

[@eurosonly]

So two people are working on a car at the drag strip and one of them turns to the other guy and says "does this car look funny to you?"

[@eurosonly]

I got some valvoline semi synthetic oil for my car but then realized that you can get penzoil full synthetic for the same price. Just letting everyone know.

[@vedsky2501]

listening to this while grinding in nfs heat

[@WHDRWN]

Day 1 of asking James if it was him putting MDE references in Loiter Squad.

[@TaylorMade4Zero]

Why are all the latest past gas episodes audio only?

[@bruhnt5063]

Day 282 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back

[@turbo1438]

@Bruhn't damn you're fast 👍

[@getlow8213]

I’m gonna help you by asking the question with you I’ve been wondering the same thing myself

[@getlow8213]

When are you gonna bring B2B back!!!????

[@nickosmond]

Hi lo Sandrails would be sick if not rally cars or Safari style cars

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

I genuinely don’t think they could do rally cars justice. Those things take STUPID money to even have something considered cheap.

[@nickosmond]

@@deltacharlieecho4732 I could’ve said the same about the off-road trucks and the 350zs they built they weren’t cheap ether we all know that a rally car build only needs some tires and suspension and then you can take the car rallying and there obviously not gonna develop a modern day group b car or wrc car just like they didn’t build a Baja 1000 style off road truck. Or full on sema build 350z sayin it’s expensive is so stupid because everything can be expensive just because you can’t rally for cheep doesn’t mean nobody else should give it a try

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

@@nickosmond yeah but rally cars are another level.

[@nickosmond]

@@deltacharlieecho4732 same with off road trucks so I don’t understand you don’t have to shit on my idea idk if it’s because you couldn’t think of it yourselves or because you don’t believe it could be done but please explain what’s the most expensive part ina rally car and then why KZbinrs can’t build rally cars but they can build 350z and off-road trucks

[@badkillerpaodex5542]

and kimi raikkonen to pls

[@turbo1438]

Hi

[@bestoutdoors7902]

Bro I wish Ford still sponsored funny car drivers and teams. Chevy has made almost all the funny cars dressed up nicely with them fancy bow ties. The only ford funny cars I see anymore are the guys just starting out with little to no sponsors