The Rise And Fall of Al Anabi Racing

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3 жыл бұрын

This is a 2nd attempt at making the Rise and Fall of Al-Anabi Racing. Again thanks to anyone who critiqued and gave advice on how to do better in the future. I felt this was a good way to try it out and make up for the failed attempt.
I started this video back in October and am glad I was finally able to get it done.
Special thanks to Larry Dixon who was generous enough to give me the time of day over a year ago to answer the questions I had that helped make this video stand out over anything else I've done.
Credit for research: Wikipedia, NHRA, Draglist, NBCSports, Motorsports, LA Times, CompetitionPlus, and a special thanks to Larry Dixon for taking the time to answer some of the questions I had.
Video credits go to, NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, NHRA, DonSchumacherRacing, Dave W, FullThrottleTV1, QRC, nhrafanomina28, LibtyNoonProductions, EchoPMH, Saad Bleik, and 1320Video.
Web sources for the research part go to places such as Motorsport.com, DragZine, NBC Sports, and the LA Times.
Credits for photos go to countless people who just so happened to have a camera to take those pictures. Without those, this video would be almost impossible to make.
1. Al-Anabi Racing
2. Alan Johnson Racing
3. National Hot Rod Association
4. NHRA
5. Top Fuel
6. Qatar

Пікірлер: 90

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, but the audio is so low. I have to turn my volume on my phone all the way up. Same thing on the TV. Don’t get me wrong, the video is still good. The audio is just low

@TheeGlocktopus Жыл бұрын

An important step in video editing that everyone on youtube misses is "Normalize Audio" - AKA: Make everything the same volume.

@matthewserrao2926 2 жыл бұрын

The team is still around by the way in Qatar; they are more into hyper-class off roading now however, they own multiple extremely nice sand cars here in the US as well as Qatar.

@Buckdaddydiesel 8 ай бұрын

During the depression we would listen to funny car racing on the Radio. The audio in this video reminded me of those old times not forgotten.

@pumpkinheadghoul 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a drag racing fanatic since I was ten years old. A neighbor took me to the track one time, and I was instantly hooked. After that I used to have my parents drop me off with a couple of bucks in my pocket at US 30 Drag Strip in Northwest Indiana every Sunday morning during racing season back in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. I've met every big name and legend in the sport. Imagine these days dropping your ten year old off in a parking lot every Sunday morning, and then not picking them up until the sun started going down, having no clue what they were up to or who they were hanging out with all day. Yeah, it truly was a much simpler time back then, and rust me, it was much better for my parents than the hissy fit I'd have thrown if I'd have had to miss a Sunday at the drag strip. I remember watching the ChiTown Hustler funny car going 220 mph, and marveling at the fact that no one could even come close to that speed at the time on that track. Hell, today top fuelers could shut down at 500 feet and coast across the finish line at 220 mph. Drag racing has been the ONLY sport I've ever followed, and I eventually ended up living just five minutes from Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, where I never missed a big event. I'd sit on my porch on Friday and Saturday nights listening to them qualify, and then Sunday morning bright and early, I'd be walking the pits and sitting in the stands with my wife. Route 66 is literally one of the nicest and fastest tracks in the entire country, and I always felt so lucky to have such an awesome track right in my back yard. That is until ten years ago when we moved to Arizona, about a half hour from (what was at the time called) Firebird Raceway. Shortly after moving here they sold the track and it was rebranded Wild Horse Pass Raceway, but to be honest, it was kind of a dump compared to Route 66 in Illinois. But it was still my local track, and any drag strip is better than no drag strip. Unfortunately in a few months I'm doomed to suffer with no drag strip, as they've sold the land, and the track will close after February next year, 2023. I'm heartbroken over it. My closest track will now be a two and a half hour drive, which means I may only see it once every couple of years now. So I'm starting a go-fund-me page to purchase several acres of land to start my own drag strip here in Phoenix. I'm kidding of course, but damn if it don't sound like a good idea now that I've said it. Hell, I'd let drivers race on it for free, just so I could go watch every weekend.

@3rdandlong 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I guess I'm beat by about 4 or 5 years. I used to go to the old Lions Drag strip off the 405 freeway in Long Beach in 1972/1973. That's what started it for me. Been following the sport ever since. I remember the Hawaiian, the Snake, and of course Big Daddy Don Garlits. I was wondering about this racing team several months ago, and what happened to them. Now I know. What a bummer.

@michaelschweizer4772 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, wondered what happened to that team. Audio seems a little bit low.

@RockMeBuddha 2 жыл бұрын

It's so quiet you can barely hear the audio. Great video otherwise.

@af4od02 2 жыл бұрын

While attending the NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONAL in Atlanta, during the sponsorship of this team, my brother pointed out to me while in the pits between rounds, there were no fans around the ropes and trailers of Al Anabi racing. We couldn’t help but wonder why there were so few people watching the rebuilds and throttle whacks. The fans were around the other teams.

@F4billionyearzag0 2 жыл бұрын

Quality video! Keep up the good work!

@bear61kelly11 2 жыл бұрын

Yes good videos just the volume is too quiet/ plus need more time to read what is on the screen/ & maybe talk a bit slower & clearer please Love the content it’s really good 👍 keep up the good work

@TheNASCARJeff 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos, your voice over audio is to low and your music is to loud and drowning you out.

@dirkfulks 2 жыл бұрын

Sure do remember vividly the Al Anabi pro mod cars when i use to go on tour with my friends who ran Pro mod bike in ARDL

@dougmason8007 Жыл бұрын

great video and subject and history thx

@black88coupe Жыл бұрын

The background music makes this video almost unmatchable.

@k13e14b15 3 жыл бұрын

Video volume full, Computer volume full, Speaker volume full, AND I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!

@Alienated80 4 ай бұрын

Make no mistake about it, they were very fast and very hard to beat in Top Fuel dragster when they were on there A-game. Don't let anyone lie to you - Both Larry Dixon and Shawn Langdon were very good with Alan Johnson and Qatar behind them.

@kev4fun12 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Video Mack.!

@glyphs3 2 жыл бұрын

You speak too fast and not clearly enough. Had to slow you down to .75 . Otherwise very informative article. 👍

@greggszyp7371 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I had to stop watching the video due to low voice over sound levels. The background music drowns out your voice due to your voiceover sound levels being set too low. Even with my volume turned all the way up that just increases the background music as well. The video became just a series of still shots and short clips set to music with an inaudible voice in the background. I’m sure those with normal hearing can hear your voiceover albeit with difficulty. But to many of us in the racing community who suffer from various types of hearing loss we can only turn up the volume so much when the sound levels are set too low in production. The other side of this is if sound levels are set too loud in production we the viewers can always turn them down more. I’m sure this is another great video as I have watched & enjoyed others you have made. I wish I could have heard what you had to say.

@fireguy60 Жыл бұрын

Agree. The background music is too loud, very distracting.

@larrypeterson8710 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video. What's up with the audio?

@Slinger43 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you were doing your read's like you were late for a hot date! 😵!! LOL! Slow down, take your time amigo, no one on this end is pushing you to go faster. Good video, just ease up a little & fix your volume issue's, then you're gold! 😉👍

@jimmystanford7039 2 жыл бұрын

Can not hear you

@jacknolan1178 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget about Frank Manzo he was rolling in his Top Alcohol Funny Car days

@southtexashustler Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you are so right… He was also sponsored by the same team… I completely forgot about him…👍🏾

@chrislienemann3072 2 жыл бұрын

turn your volume up

@bbking7800 2 жыл бұрын

good video, but i question the speculation about oil issues with their country. Their primary resource and export is natural gas, not oil.

@m.a.c.8366 2 жыл бұрын

audio is too low to be heard/understood.

@mtech1961 2 жыл бұрын

Pity about the sound, Normalise it in your Video editor and re-upload.

@dakotaautosales9673 2 жыл бұрын

Why did nobody mention the leader of the band at that time got caught with a bunch of cocaine and young girls and daddy shut the racing down that's the real truth

@donstevenson2660 Жыл бұрын

And that was to the benefit of the older brother who wasn't the playboy abroad

@mrsamsung8184 Жыл бұрын

OK... time to cast this from my phone to my Roku so I can hear it

@terrymartin2180 2 жыл бұрын

Turn up the volume!!!!!

@billstaleyguitarist 2 жыл бұрын

Can barely hear it

@bigjoeofthe707 Жыл бұрын

I remember there was some xenophobic stuff towards the team cause of the Sheik. Not lying. The 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte Larry Dixon won. The event was held on Memorial Day weekend and one guy was so mad he made a Facebook group to boycott the NHRA simply cause a top fuel dragster co-owned by someone from Qatar won. Acting like there was some type of war going on with Qatar when there wasn’t. Lot of people would just lump Qatar in with Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. The team was pretty much liked when they came to Sonoma. There’s a good picture that was in the local newspaper that weekend of people gathered around (I’m amongst the people around it) the display funny car (had the same body as the regular funny car but underneath was just a bare chassis with a dummy engine inside). It always puzzled me why this team just disappeared leaving Alan Johnson alone to run the team and eventually having to shut down with like 3 races left

@sexoffendertrump Жыл бұрын

Typical behavior from Trump cult members.

@Alienated80 4 ай бұрын

Sounds about right - turn it into a drag race into a hatefest. Ironically, the people of Qatar would welcome us wirh open arms at their race tracks.

@hot_rod_trucker Жыл бұрын

Can’t hear you turn your mic up and that music down

@JerryRiceBall 2 жыл бұрын

Ya gotta up the volume on your videos

@groomlake51 2 жыл бұрын

KH and his blow

@randalljames1 Жыл бұрын

even the cc said "whisper whisper"

@coldhardart Жыл бұрын

I tried watching but I couldn't hear anything

@MightyMack03 Жыл бұрын

Yea. This was the first video I made and it's by far the worst quality wise looking back.

@robertbihn3005 2 жыл бұрын

no sound !

@RDC_Autosports Жыл бұрын

the scariest thing is i was just wondering what happened to this team… i open youtube and this pops up….😳

@SpaNT650 2 жыл бұрын

Can't hear the audio on a Samsung Tablet ? Very low gain ... Do over 😉

@bobsmith1101 Жыл бұрын

Please REPOST with proper Volume Level!

@haxingorPOL Жыл бұрын

Too low voice volume.. Can't you try to increase the volume of it?

@Fandom_Junkie Жыл бұрын

If you're going to have the voiceover this low can you at least add subtitles? Or maybe turn it up next time?

@waynebeasley8700 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, it looks very interesting, but the audio is too low to hear what you are saying! Suggest you re-do the voice track and repost it……..

@raymond3789 2 жыл бұрын

Team still around they built their own track in Qatar and host winter racing series,

@rjmoreci 2 жыл бұрын

Why does everyone have to have music overpowering the videos. The subject can’t create enough excitement without that irritating music?

@thechad1760 2 жыл бұрын

So much changed when ESPN and Mike Dunn left... They use to allow coverage to be posted to KZbin. They stopped all this, and subsequently stopped most the views they had. The booth has no soul anymore... And you gotta bow to fox for coverage. I guess 2 minute clips is my future... 😞

@mrsamsung8184 Жыл бұрын

I agree...I miss their commentary...but Pedregon will do...

@ronflood5697 Жыл бұрын

Try to speak clearly and slow down a little. Cool the background music.

@keithsaunders2532 2 жыл бұрын

Audio is inaudible. Some great footage. Can't hear shit.

@68dreamer2941 2 жыл бұрын

This had potential to be a great documentary, but your audio sucks and the background music is not necessary !

@leonidastullius2087 2 жыл бұрын

Audio is terrible !!!

@cobrawannab1 2 жыл бұрын

volume is horrific

@mrrifleman1695 2 жыл бұрын

wut?wut?wut?

@kennethbode2017 2 жыл бұрын

audio was really weak. be louder please

@dme2453 Жыл бұрын

your voice volume is too low, music too loud

@Tom_Emody Жыл бұрын

Your audio is way too low.

@pjt480 Жыл бұрын

Turn the music OFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@paulrchiesachiesa1989 2 жыл бұрын

You know if you didn't play that stupid music in the background for the whole video I might have actually been able to understand what the hell you were saying

@billdouglas6561 Жыл бұрын

The dramatic music is to loud over your voice !!!

@mrsamsung8184 Жыл бұрын

EWWWWWWWW....Did Force just tounge that dude???

@dcarey5480 Жыл бұрын

Get rid of music

@patrickknight6027 Жыл бұрын

I echo what others are saying. Your narration is still too fast. Sound is way too low. The music is a major irritation. What you have to say is very important ! But your message is being wasted. Can't you seek out some help, before this all goes to waste ?