Tom Hoover's Nitro Funny Car Start Up 7-11-2020

[@crimsondawn328]

The crowd that stays in front of that beast must be sick of their lives"

[@brianiswrong]

Living in england, tom hoover was a frequent visiter to santa pod and we all loved his " entertain the crowd" runs.

[@MrNuthin101]

Maaan when the idle changes after it switches over from methanol to nitromethane *goosebumps*

[@precbsfender]

Tom and his family were brilliant competitor's, they always gave 100% to the sport of TF/FC.

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

What can one say? Nitro cars are the best. Makes the heart pump hard, gives you goosebumps just listening to the idle! Thwack the throttle and DAMN! Smiles from ear to ear. Thanks for sharing!! Big Al.

[@grumpymonkeyprimate6127]

Them slicks look real close to asphalt!

[@joeljenkins2876]

Every time I listen to one of these run, I laugh as I remember Don Garlits tell how he was ready to give up on the hemi in '65, and then discovered that nitromethane likes/needs lots of ignition timing (advanced) to get the power out of it.

[@riceski]

DON GARLITS IS THE MAN

[@boruff68]

Yup, My all time FAVE Garlit's story also. He said he just got mad at it and jacked like 50 deg of lead in the mag and took it to the staging area. Normally the crew guys would go and feel the head temperature on the starting line after the burn out ,but on this pass they were not going to go anywhere near the car !!!! lmao.. . Ended up setting an ET record. ;)

[@mopar340dave]

He was not wanting to give up on the hemi, he was faster with his 392 hemi...the 426 needed more timing

[@joeljenkins2876]

@@mopar340dave yes: I should have qualified my statement with specifying ‘426’. However, it wasn’t just needing more timing by itself, but the fact that nitro burns slowly enough that more timing was a NECESSITY. At any rate, it was a great story!!!!! 🙂

[@waynehunter9133]

You know Mopar just gave Big Daddy a brand new race car. To see if he wanted to innovate anything new on it.

[@vidman31]

Love the old school warmup, when the car shakes wack the throttle

[@jffrocks]

I remember seeing this car run back in the day. Tom's dad, George hoover was way up in years and still crew chief for the car.

[@nitrofan917]

That was awesome! I remember watching the Showtime car w/ Tom Hoover back in the day at Reading, PA.

[@kevinsnyder4425]

I remember watching it at US 131 Dragway in Martin, Mi. back in the day, too. !!

[@waynehunter9133]

Saw this car run so many times in Kansas city Missouri.

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

……@ 2:53…..😁……ahhh that moment when we switch from alcohol to methane. The snap, crackle and pop always gives me chill bumps.

[@larryphillips7349]

I grew up at OCIR in the 70s and the Showtime car was always in the mix. Bitchen car man.

[@kcav5374]

I'd love to be that close to a Top Fueler firing up! Only thing that'd make it better would be to get in the cockpit and then have them fire it up!

[@davidhenry792]

This my battery powered friends is a real race car!!!!

[@crashnburn3635]

Like talking Hoover back there and again!

[@Jonesmoto]

NEVER stand in front of a race car!!!!

[@danoc51]

There probably wasn't a lot of nitro in the tank or the lady on the right (eating lunch) would have quickly exited the area.

[@cll1639]

Nostalgia FCs are limited to 80% nitro and a much smaller supercharger (with a lot less overdrive) than their current NHRA counterparts. She couldn't have stood there with it idling if that were John Force's car, let alone when they whacked it. Still, these old schoolers have a beautiful cackle I could listen to for hours.

[@justicelut]

Love it when the nitro and the cackle starts!

[@chiaricharlie6608]

Still won’t stand in front of it!

[@SergioMartinez-ci7kx]

Ok, that guy in the back can cover both ears with one right arm and hold his dad with his left arm. ........AMAZING!!! Anyways, is that car from France, it reminds me if the Eiffel Tower...hmmmm.

[@aakar88]

Yeah, go ahead and stand in front of a live Funny Car drunk on Nitromethane

[@natertater1978]

sure easy ta tell when the fella standin at the front of the car switches the fuel over to nitro..the sound difference is night and day lol

[@freedomsnotfreefreedomsnot3270]

People standing in front of the car and the rear tires are inches off the ground. Not smart.

[@MarkRumpakis]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@1AngryCummins]

They’ve never heard of ballooning before.

[@Ketuaguild88]

La jalokmu mu piye cokk

[@follkiej]

Grew up with Tom Hoover

[@FurbyFan-bx5bd]

5:17 that noise would scare me to death if I did not have my headphones with me!!! That car is so loud, I would need my headphones for this or my hearing would be so deaf!

[@michaellaughlin8457]

go man go 💪👍and that’s only wat 5,000 hp lol 👍

[@THOR252RACER]

Please do not stand directly in front of the car!

[@rayhitt5564]

As close as those tires are to asphalt, it looks like a terrible accident waiting to happen!

[@ManFa_Q]

Well, Looks like we found the two dislikers

[@kevinsullivan8133]

@@ManFa_Q LOL

[@L2FlyMN]

❤ Tom! A great friend!

[@bam6684]

For some reason the car that burns my eyes the worst is John Force's car.

[@brucelowe5116]

Aint nuttin like nitro!

[@ishyishido7825]

I probs would’ve went death if I was that close without any ear protection

[@tommcdonald7473]

Is this when they kicked the rods out on the warmup?

[@559043]

lets eat some nitro ....

[@sirswerve2493]

Only a HEMI!

[@celiaosaveirodanger]

🚦🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🙄🙄🙄😳😳😳😳😳😲😲💪👊👊👊👊👋👋👋👋👋💥💥💥👀👀👀👀👀🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁YES BRAZIL...................

[@cagedruss]

OK, sketchy as hell. Throttle blip and right side tire allmost hit the pavement. A whole lot of people could have gotten hurt.

[@ManFa_Q]

Only one person wearing a mask

[@johnbowen2963]

mannnn, sad, untuck your shirt from ya pants , gezzzzzz. not a good look

[@stratolestele7611]

WTF??