MELTDOWN DRAGS! PIT MONTAGE! PRE '66 DRAG CARS! BYRON DRAGWAY!

Walk around through the pits and staging lanes at the Meltdown Drags 7-18-15 at Byron Dragway. Be sure to check out my other videos of this event and plan on attending this coming July 15-17 in '16. It's an event you don't want to miss!
#gasser #meltdowndrags #oldschool

[@PhilAVega]

Great video. I'm ready to see another one. All those far out gassers n drag cars. Thanks

[@Norse1957]

What an awesome event. I love that beautiful blown FC Camaro!

[@ChrisSmith-nm8gb]

Such a great collection of good old drag cars. Thanks for the video.

[@victoryredcolorado]

+Chris Smith Thanks I appreciate the kind words!

[@olddogcitypound5859]

Beautiful Byron Hellinois. THE PLAYGROUND OF POWER and my backyard since 67✌

[@mothertree]

everyone that watched this video wished it was an hr longer lol you did a really good job of showing everyone what great vintage race cars is all about...thanks man...Jim

[@victoryredcolorado]

+mothertree Thanks, wish I had spent more time in the pits and plan at this years coming event

[@1776vtgmb]

4 speed gassers starting at 9:50ish.... Southeast Gassers put on a great show! Thank you so much for a 'walk through the pits'!!! I'm gettin' too old to do this any more - and I remember when I was kid, I was too poor to own any of them! Willy

[@victoryredcolorado]

Your welcome thank you for viewing!

[@WhatWhoandY]

Great collection of awesome drag cars. Thank you for the video.

[@keithmelancon1883]

U TV u

[@mrhorsepower67502]

Awesome, awesome video. Love these cars. You have some of the most badass videos on youtube. Love 'em all. Great job.

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thank you for the compliments!

[@bbd468]

Man, i love those Gasser's...Great video fella!

[@victoryredcolorado]

+Mac B Thanks Mac, gonna have an action one coming

[@jeremystrickland919]

thanks for the video always love a good gasser

[@victoryredcolorado]

+Jeremy Strickland Thanks, hope to get to an action one from this event

[@jordanberry4824]

A lot of talent and knowledge from that era that's almost all gone. Them old timers knew what was up!

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Great content, great camera work. Thank you.

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks!

[@rareform6747]

You gotta love these old fixed up Rompsters !

[@voodoopowder]

That's a lot of gassers, looks like a great event, super cool video too!

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks, if you ever get a chance to attend you won't be disappointed as there's close to 500 cars!

[@jordanberry4824]

Hemi coronet and the hemi dart was everything!!!!!!!

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

this video was beyond awesome, I love the gassers and the rails of the 1960's, like Big Daddy Don Garlits drag raced, he is one of my cousins!

[@victoryredcolorado]

+I hate rice Is that right too cool, got some action footage to get to you'll like

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

Yeah buddy, he came to my area back in the 90's looking for his distant cousins, he came to our family reunion!

[@victoryredcolorado]

+I hate rice Met him at Byron and Cordova and actually had him autograph a pik I shot of him, good guy

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

Cool, I never got to meet him, when he was at our reunion I had missed him because he had left before I got there!

[@eddiebrown9590]

I just want to thank you for such a great vid.. Eddie Australia

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks Eddie 👍

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

I need to be here...come on winning lottery numbers.

[@erickort1987]

great job making this video,i remember the reaper mustang 2015,it did a awesome burnout

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks!

[@jordanberry4824]

Late 60's-70's drag shit was the coolest!!!!!!!!!

[@oldschoolamerican714]

Nice thank you

[@ianbarber311]

some beauties on here, thanks for uploading this.

[@ianbarber311]

2:24.. yes

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks!

[@hanley7707]

s w 2222q1 was c VF few qqaaG cf I have a

[@edwardtorrence5566]

Nice vid

[@jordanberry4824]

That hemi coronet is sweeeeeeet!

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

All the shinny stuff looks good but all those rusty / primer spotted / homemade gassers are bitchin. The ingenuity and creativity from these boys gets my blood pumpin faster.

[@zyrvix-]

I love racing one time I went racing with my turbo wheelie camaro then I scrached it the repair costed 855 dollars and I ran 208 miles and I beat the silverado and it was the real race and I got 2000 dollars now I have 145692 and I was happy I was watching racing for 2 months

[@maureenbierly9655]

cool

[@DerekCastleSr.]

I wrote an article on the Out of Sight Camaro funny car for Speed and Kulture magazine

[@woodychadwick9834]

I remember some of these cars from the sixties.

[@lcoracing9499]

did the big iron gasser have notches on his pistol number 1 and 19 more...

[@jimgarrison7386]

Nice. Smooth camera work n editing. U ever come to either Smithfield or Quaker City Raceways in ohio?

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks and never have went to Ohio

[@erickort1987]

jim,when I went to meltdown drags 2015 a Byron dragway dude took me around in a golfcart to get pictures in pit area,it was realy hot that day,i sat under the bleachers,i uploaded the pics/videos from my basic phone to my smartphone by bluetoothing method,yea I bought a smartphone the next week after I was at Byron when I met you.

[@victoryredcolorado]

Hey Eric, yes it was hot and I remember leaving early but every year its been a scorcher from what I remember. Great to hear you got a smartphone hopefully next year you can put it to good use

[@olddogcitypound5859]

you guys should come in October for the world championship wheelstanding contest, it can be a lot colder✌

[@allanjames2362]

Thank you for the video, would like to be there with my 63 SS Plymouth but we are Down Under

[@victoryredcolorado]

Thanks, they would be honored to have you. I have an action video from night racing coming...stay tuned!

[@MMRodsCycle]

#BecasueRacing!

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

All I want to do is travel the country and race with these boys. All I would need is a roll bar and a rich girlfriend/ sponsor. lol

[@misthebike]

I like how it says pre 66 and there's a Camaro as the thumbnail

[@anthonymason701]

misthebike a 1968 camaro at that lol i scrolled the comment to see if anyone else noticed

[@SK-fl2og]

Only pre 66' cars can run, That camaro was being shown. Historical race car.

[@derekboatright3875]

lots of money

[@derekboatright3875]

they real

[@cserohs]

For Pete's sake.....no engines running...much less actual 1/4's.....

[@victoryredcolorado]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rovJnKaFhLCFi68 I have plenty others if you search Meltdown in my channel...chill out