US30 DRAG STRIP 1974 1 of 3 with sound.

[@angelobovara317]

At 2:25 an awesome little car to see run 'No Big Thing' would lift the front tires with every power shift. You didnt know if it had a 327 or 427 bcuz on the car was just 27. Who remembers?

[@kevinsnyder4425]

If I remember correctly, it was a 427 chevy !! Loved seeing this car race... so different than anything else that ran there !! The memories!

[@mikekowal4051]

Been there MANY times. My friend Marty was the starter for a while. Before we drove we hitched a ride from Glen Park. Lots of memories.

[@dholmastersherlock]

i am the new guy in charge of this place. we cant race cars but i will be having a reunion this year. i have cleaned up the place from 30 some years of vegetation growth.

[@sdrake74]

say what????

[@dholmastersherlock]

@@sdrake74 yea its a model flying club now, but needs alot of work, drive by and check it out if you are in the area

[@tbd-1]

I used to use the expression "color me gone" just because of that car.

[@adamUDavies]

I remember sitting next to my bedroom window and listen for hrs when I was supposed to be in bed. Lived about 5 miles away 👍

[@oldrustycars]

The speed shops were had around here back then...Motor Sport Research, Sontag Speed, Whites Pit Stop, the Chevy Shop, Dragway Speed Center, Poco Machine, Van Senus, The King...we had an embarassment of riches. Now we have almost nothing.

[@pumpkinheadghoul]

I grew up going to this dragstrip. Jeff Galka with the 1970 candy red Chevelle called Primo introduced me to drag racing when I was 11 years old by letting me tag along nearly every Sunday, Sunday, Sunday..., and I've been hooked ever since. If anyone knows what became of Jeff, I'd sure love to say hello.

[@nickdigrispino2409]

I remember seeing Don “The Snake” Prudhomme race here in July of ‘76. Many wonderful memories.

[@pauletterasmussen584]

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY US30 DRAGSTRIP WHERE THE GREAT ONES RUN

[@toddbob55]

Ford used to Dominate the tracks in them days

[@CharlesPuchmelter]

I won street eliminator there two years straight in 71 and 72

[@eltoro6688]

MAN, those bleachers were mere feet from the surface! TFS Steven!

[@jeffkujawa803]

Anybody out there remember a 67 mustang fastback it was purple with a snowflake affect going down the lines of the car on the back it said ain't that a b**** by the rear tail light left side I was told it read tighter and tighter on the side it had two big closed eye tow hooks on the front.Performance machine automotive raced it on the weekends ... Thank you to anyone that can remember I bought that car in 1985 I saw a purple flash go down Archer avenue one night and I said who in the hells car is that? I turned out to be the fourth owner the second owner my friend found in the neighborhood and I sold it should have never ever sold it around the 94 as I was moving to Southern Illinois from Chicago and I had a 300zxand a BMW 2002 and a real nice as I look back now but then it was just a $725 truck.... It was a 72 f250 360 automatic come from the West truck damn good one anyway guys thank you thank you and if you ever really want to see some good cool bury that son of a gun and not let it up for air four speed shifting there is in one of these videos that says us 30 you'll find it keep looking but Dave strickler and I think it is him no shoes on just socks tighten up the helmet champion t-shirt he puts the old Chrysler wedge through hell does not light it up for air if it was bobbing for apples well nice sharing these words with you carry on all of you and if anybody ever can bring any of that to light for me I would just love to see it I'm still looking just remember not too many cars say ain't that a b**** I think it had wheelie bars on it too it had ladder bars from hell when I got it..... Those were the days my friend

[@BIGTONY2132001]

This video reminds me of the movie Funny Car Summer that I saw in 1974 at the Steger Theater!!

[@mitchgawlik1175]

Hey Steve, it's great seeing these.

[@stevenreinke5706]

US30 Drag Strip 1974 with sound 1 of three

[@workingtheworld68]

Don't forget "Emulsifier"

[@bluesharp59]

I gave you a thumbs-up.

[@rrmech11]

I remember No Big Thing

[@kayjohnson4626]

I was 10 years old when I started working at u.s. 30 dragstrip I used to sell the snow cones we had to work every time it was open day or night loved it loved it loved it maybe you should start a petition for opening it back up people need to get out there and do something with all this energy I'm running a muscle car is the best way to do it

[@kayjohnson4626]

Did you go to the dragstrip when Al Fosdick was the announcer. Did you ever see Dick biondi & see the Green Monster Run

[@rrmech11]

@@kayjohnson4626 yes