Vintage Drag Racing: Late 1960's - Early 1970's (Jeff Beck "Big Block")

[@denisiwaszczuk1176]

So good

[@mwales2112]

This brings back some great memories from the 60's and early 70's when both my Mother and Father raced in southern Michigan...

[@wedontjudge7166]

Nothing sounds better than a big block, cam, and open headers. It is music to my ears.

[@charliechristie2949]

I was 18 in 1971--Between the music and the cars, it was a GREAT TIME to be alive ! !

[@STV-H4H]

Killer cars, smokin' hots chicks and Jeff Beck, the tri-fecta

[@briansd2772]

Much....Much.....Much more interesting and entertaining era!

[@Joe-uo9wv]

Wow bring back so many memories. I remember a lot of those cars, thank God my memory is still there, for now that is. Good job.

[@canusakommando9692]

These are cars I grew up on. Blown Hemi's , Blown BB Fords and my favourites , the Chevrolets!! To see factory SS cars in their prime is absolutely sublime. Thanks for the great up load!

[@13BGunBunny]

2015 Toyota Prius: I get 52 MPG! What do you get? 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454: Pussy. :-D

[@fire1777]

Fun was a big part of it back then. Not so much now a days

[@donziperk]

That was outstanding. When privateers not big money was driving drag racing. Great creativity and engineering made each car unique. 2 inline six cylinder engines in that dragster running 6 Webber carbs must have sounded amazing.

[@micahhogancamp3853]

I can't believe how great these pics are. also, It's insane how we still drag race the exact same cars!

[@kevinwilliams2275]

That was so friggen cool, I miss those days a lot. One of the better videos.

[@strattuner]

man that loping idle at the end,nothing can match my youth at the drag strip,my second home,the noise,the smell,i'm a happy man,and the girls,thank you

[@dlxinfinite7098]

Man. I remember seeing Sox and Martin, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, Don Prudhomme and Big Daddy Don Garlits..on one bill! Atco Dragway, NJ It was a gentler time back then. Good clean fun.

[@70stunes71]

DLX MYSTIK amen man same here. Still got my 70 plymouth . loved the 70s sure miss em . People were a lot different back then and there wasn't any politics in our face everyday 24/7. LOL

[@chiefpontiac1800]

One of Jeff's best tunes. If you did not know, Jeff Beck was into building cars as well as being one of the most influential guitar players ever. To this day, he still has quite a collection of cars and guitars. He started out with a nicely built 63 split window Corvette that he would road and track race!

[@williamboardman9476]

good stuff, music too....had forgotten about hubcap hats. Names you (I ) will recognise...

[@Frankfabricators]

wow! this is cool oldskul stuff.

[@williamboardman9476]

THE best. Built after seeing Every one of these as MODEL kits, and took to drivers to sign boxes...Restored a 1969 for GRUMP at his shop in Pennsylvania. 8 x 10 of it wheels up (as above) with "Grump Lump" stainless steel hood scoop I fabricated for it. Phone number on back, NEVER got to call back.

[@williamboardman9476]

Bring it Pat . . .let me know if you see any Orange County stuff.

[@williamboardman9476]

54 and doing math. (OLD math) New York, South Carolina, California, Virginia World a dozen times. O C I R will be on Center board, as Thompson Drag Raceway is above.

[@williamboardman9476]

OCTOBER of 2014 . . .

[@2575cowboy]

It always makes me smile when I see pictures of Jim Bucher and his SSP Special. I remember having the toy version that Kenner Toys produced and also got to see him race the real thing at Edgewater. I was at his house once, got to meet him thru a friend . Standing in his garage while he worked on the car. RIP Jim

[@yambo59]

Oh yeah well done, wicked guitar, wicked cars and braless mega-hooters, does it get any better? lol Im 53, sure miss these days, I grew up on 10-40 and burnin' rubber - doesn't get much more American than this.

[@13bgunbunny42]

I'm a 56 year old man and I approve of this video.

[@DWSTexasUSA]

All you youngsters out there are the reason!

[@ragingbullwinkle4188]

Wow great video great tune, I forgot as a 16/17 year old how much I loved Jungle Pam, good times.

[@larrymagee8758]

Loved it! That's my time, I remember a lot of those cars!

[@bradcarpenter2396]

Very COOLEO ✌🏻👌🏻👍🏻🤙🏻‼️

[@hopeyoung5482]

Trippin' down memory lane. Great presentation. Excellent choice of music. Beck is awesome.

[@madbalrog]

It was great to see some old photos from Thompson Drag Raceway /Thompson ,Ohio, My son and I frequent the track often in the summer, always a fantastic time there. Thank you for the great photos.

[@TRob_1964]

1:40 a pic of the Unicorn...the mighty Ford 427 SOHC motor. King of the hill!

[@FreqBand]

The greatest full frequency audio engine throttle . plus Jeff Beck, wow.

[@moparchallenger749]

Great time to be 18 year old kid walking into Dodge dealership 😎👍

[@awoodworker]

I miss the type of drag cars we used to see at the tracks in the late 60s and 70s. Lots of back yard ingenuity. Racing for the love of the competition . I don't usually like music in KZbin videos but you can't beat Jeff Beck. Specially with his Hotrod history.

[@cindydufala7646]

Perfect. I remember Nelson Ledges Speedway and Thompson Dragway in Ohio when I was a kid. This is so badass.

[@stephenpreston9631]

WOW!,NOT ONE PIC OF BILL LYONS OR JIM BREWER,HALL AND WILLIAMS,RUDY AND MANY OTHERS, I WAS THERE FOR ALL OF THESE. THANKS....

[@rocketcandy7]

I had a lot of photos of those cars on my bedroom walls when i was young ,brilliant stuff!

[@donpower7286]

What memories 1969-70 at us 30 seen many of those rides, great job. seen the local guy joe satmary gruge race the little red wagon joe stood his camaro into a wheel stand with Bill the Maverick Golden

[@albluesfish7972]

when hot rodding was the bomb -jeff beck nice

[@racer774]

alblues fish Hot rodding still is the bomb if you know what you're doing and live in the right area. Check it out if you have the opportunity.

[@albluesfish7972]

Oh heck- yeah--- i still think its the bomb

[@patslovokia3834]

My dad was a racer back then. I remember Sox&Martin, Grumpy's Toy, Bob Glidden, Shirl Greer's Blue Max, so many greats at the races we went to. I still have 8mm film of Indy drag racing 1966. My dad raced B stock automatic.

[@happydays8171]

Great video, thank you so much for including the bikes. As a drag bike fan, it's amazing to see how they've evolved.

[@kingtut8381]

THANX A BUNCH 4 BRING BACK SO MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES !!!!!!!!

[@6StrngWzrd]

remember being 5-9 yrs old and my dad taking me to Lakeland Drag Strip for the "Winston Nationals" and seeing most of these cars...1971-74...still love it

[@colehara]

Great cars, great drivers and..... Linda Vaughn and Jungle Pam. 👍

[@daylatephoto3554]

Always dug your work Charles. Man, seeing some of your drag racing archive is like basking in a treasure.

[@davez3838]

That's awesome remember it well wish it stayed that way colorful and fun with real bad ass car's but that's life what a time!!!

[@sbc388550]

I remember seeing C.G. at Thompson in the early seventies snapping pics of all the cars. One hell of a good photographer I must say.

[@70torinogt70]

awsome snap shots ..to cool ...love those old cars...

[@mikepreciado7807]

Wow. I must be getn old. I remember all those cars in action. My dad was awsome. He dug it as much as me. Got Ronnie sox. Grumpys. Gene snow. John wiebies. An the legand himselfs big daddy autographs. Better times then

[@jakespeed63]

Incredible collection!! Perfect music. Jeff Beck is The Man!! Many of these shots are at my hometown track of Thompson Drag Raceway. October 31st will be our 4th Florida Dragstrip Riot. To say these cars and that track had an influence on me, would be a understatement. Thanks for sharing JT

[@jaymogamy]

I was born in 1977. So I missed the glory days. Cool video. The cars and stuff were more unique.

[@jamesfogartysr2156]

The No Big Thing car raced at U.S. 30 dragstrip Gary In. in the late 60's early 70's.Had a lot of match races there back in the day.

[@70stunes71]

Awesome, and fun memories back then .

[@FarOutRadioMusic]

I don't care, I'm going to GEEZE! That's when drag racing was FUN!!! Wonderful!!! Thanks for making the video!!!

[@telsport]

The photos are the BEST of the reunion/review type videos I have seen,. And I oughta know. Great work and thanks for including our motorcycle stars !!!! Tom Loughlin Jr National Director-DRAGBIKE! USA/ AMA DRAGBIKE!

[@annamckinney6622]

"Funny car cavalcade of stars" brings back memories of some really good times.

[@rickyhogan2749]

thank you for this great upload

[@cap1900]

Great vid!!!!! Geee, for a few minutes I was 12 again.

[@seanbriankirby7646]

Not usually into these photo compilation videos - but this is really well done. Thank you!

[@4406bbldb]

I was so in the middle of this. I worked in performance at Chrysler engineering and we all street raced too. So much fun, im old now but want to get on street outlaws with a 313 car. So fun.

[@rogl6780]

I was at Thompson for most of the events. So COOL 😊

[@daHipsta]

Way cool!! I have seen a lot of those cars and it brings back some great memories. Thank you too for including dragbikes!! And the pictures of the ladies that were important too, like Jungle Pam. The music was really good too, of course... it's Jeff Beck!!!

[@powerwagon3731]

Jeff Beck of the Yardbirds best rock guitarist of all time (my opinion anyway) very cool car guy,works on his own hotrods. Don Prudomes smile a mile wide. Thanks.

[@mattcaporuscio6956]

I see a lot of pictures from Thompson and Dragway 42 here easily the 2 biggest tracks back then and are still in operation today while 42 is completely different looking today.

[@CGimaging]

@HD41117 Thanks for your interest and the kind words. Regarding the dates of, and the equipment used for the audio recordings: A few years ago attended a 3 day Nostalgia Drag Racing event at Thompson Drag-raceway, Thompson, Ohio. I loved seeing all the old vintage racers (just like the old days) and I recorded the audio at that meet. I used a digital recorder (M-AUDIO microtrack II - with its stereo mic), a fantastic piece of field equipment which fits nicely in one hand. Rock on, Charles

[@alexmcintyre4504]

Thanks for the memories!!!!!

[@hdvictoryford5329]

those were the days when you looked at the car and knew the manufacturer. it was fun and you could go to the dealer and by almost the same car you saw at the track. nice!

[@Rog5446]

Saw Jeff Beck last year, Wow!

[@skibee50]

Thank you for sparking my memory :)

[@rsotis]

Coolest video EVER...and great song selection from Jeff Beck !

[@KevinPMiller]

I hope people really *get* what an extraordinary talent this man really is-truly the Universal Man. Another great video, Charles...loved the music, editing, and, of course, your amazing photos!

[@ROCKETSCOTTYG]

Yep,No Doubt, Gilchrist had some of the Best-Shots I ever seen! I remember My Uncle Bill Maverick Golden would open-up his briefcase as I would Always ask for a New-Photo to add to My Collection and C.Gilchrist's Photo's would ALWAYS Stick-Out like a Sore-Thumb! Yep,His Glossy B&W's were second to none! THX,Great-Vid CGimaging,ScottyG.

[@Barnbuiltracing2]

man this is great!!!! i wish the racing was now was more like back in the day. we go to the track and see 10 people in the stands, back then they were jamed.... i wish i was not born in 1985 at times.... great vid

[@TheYeti308]

Thank you CG . !

[@gordon7443]

I usually give photo's on youtube a miss but this one is the exception amazing photo's and matching music well done

[@unionrdr]

The blonde is Linda Vaughn,"miss Hurst". The brunette was Jungle Jim's wife Pam. And the Rat Trap Rules! I remember when "color me gone" was the old steel bodied funny car. And wild Willie Borsh in the winged express. So many memories here.

[@kiefferdavis3784]

Big Time Memories !!!

[@tonypolito6320]

Need more of this!!!

[@Doosterify]

I was a little disapointed that it was not movies but the pictures are very good. Jeff Beck sounds great as usual. Good job.

[@CamaroAmx]

my late grand father used to street race w/ a 49 Plymouth w/ a swapped in early Hemi in the late 50s. my other Uncle used to street race a Ramcharger w/ a swapped in 440 in the mid 80s. my street raced a 73 Charger SE w/ a swapped in 440 6-pack in the early 80s. i have a 73 AMX that has seen a few street races in its time under my ownership of 12 years. the Plymouth is long gone as is the Charger and the Ramcharger (my uncle who owned also passed away).

[@Comrick317]

Damn that was great, some sweet rides. Love the Mavericks, the bikes and the early dragsters with the motors just before the driver. Thanks for posting this.

[@ronniec8038]

Beautiful... Thanks.

[@LarryWyatt1962]

Incredible thank you!

[@lonnylundquist9818]

Miss those days

[@krashboombang]

I grew up in Thompson Ohio and seen many of these cars and drivers @ the Thompson Dragstrip.

[@shawnriddle3018]

Gotta love those chrysler HEMI'S.Still kicking ass today on the track.Love that bikini shot real nice.My favorite car name on this video was RAT poison.Awesome video.Thanks for sharing.I am lucky I live in pomona where the sport started.

[@vf74tomcat]

Ionder how many of those pics are from US 30 dragstrip in northwest Indiana. I know the one from :42 is because I used to see it almost every day in Merrillville when I was a kid. Brugos Auto Service was still there when i moved away 6 years ago. I used to love watching all the cars going to the strip on the trailers whenI was young. We used to pick our favorites and hen race our bikes down the block....fun times!!!

[@slippery396]

Awesome pic's !!!!

[@corestes53]

YEAH!!! I love it, thanks for sharing.

[@glennfalzo3718]

I wish the NHRA would put their heads together and do a series of DragRacing videos! Like a series with T/F, F/C, and ProStock! Use today's video technology. They'd make a KILLING, and we fans would be soo HAPPY!

[@plowmaster1206]

the engine sounds wicked! thanks!

[@RagingBullwinkle]

myself it was US 30 in Horbart IN and Union Grover WI, also made the trek to Tulsa, OK for Don Garlits National Challenge 1972 and the NHRA Indy Nationals 1973. As a 17 year old with raging hormones Pam was a God send. :+) Also loved the "extra" arm Jim sometimes had hanging out the side window. too funny.

[@Kydog42]

That put a Big Grin on this 'ol Gear-Heads face! ;-) Thanks Man!

[@Drumvain]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[@stevenswider6552]

Great tune!

[@svo65]

wow! great stuff, very good job on the video. love those hot rods!!!! and linda and pam too!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GTfan60]

Very cool! Bravo! You get it- sound and music are important too! Thanks for putting this up! :D

[@RotorMedic7]

FANTASTIC!

[@freakineagle]

Extremely well done! Thanks.

[@markborzak9308]

I remember a car I saw at 42 in the mid sixties called Pandemonium, he smoked the tires down the whole strip.

[@1dieseldetailer]

Thompson was my favorite track. I raced there and at P. I. T. A. in Pa.

[@68blownpony]

great video and music!

[@joelewing4498]

Ohhh....help me here. Darnit, I cannot remember that guy's name who raced The Fugitive Corvette Wheelstander. He and I were from Tucson, Az. and he picked me up thumbing for a ride one afternoon back around 1980-82. Very nice, genuine guy. He owned a really cool big military-surplus yard along I-10 near Ruthrauff Rd. and I'd stop in there once in a while to just drool over the bad-ass stuff he had there. Bought a few things here and there, prices were always very reasonable. Ohhh...what was his name. I know he's passed now. I want to say "Dale" - something, but that's prob. not right either. Great video....saw many of those run here at Tucson and at Beeline in Scottsdale.

[@joelewing4498]

Regarding my last post....I had to Google to find his name...it was driving me nuts! BOB PERRY God Bless and GodSpeed, Bob. You really were a cool, stand-up dude. Man....I wonder where that old wheelstander is now....and what shape is it in??

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

like the best man, 1320 memory lane very very cool

[@brownmotorsports]

absolutly awesome

[@nicolegir]

Bad ass. Miss those days

[@CamaroAmx]

i'm the last one of my family who still builds hot rods and whatnot (my uncle's Stang is stock). i have yet to hit a drag strip and once my 73 AMX and/or my 93 Z28 are up to snuff (which ever is ready 1st), i will be at Maple Grove alot.