The Chi-Town Hustler doing almost full track burnouts is a favorite memory & more big time drivers/cars/races than you could shake a stick at! Also miss the strong A/Gas field that was always present back in the day. Like another comment pointed out; this really is art.?

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is this U2?!? btw awesome video! i always wished i lived during this time, but at least i can drive a 80's car!

@2011mod same here,grew up at sac raceway did alot of racing in the 80s…..long live pro gas….

Thanks! Yes I remember the fuss they made about KB's car. They were right to ban it. When the Funnycar class started in the late '60s the cars were very stock appearing. As the speeds increased, the teams tried anything to try to cheat the wind. Today's cars look a lot like KB's "Batmobile" from the '80s but the rear wings are getting so big they look more like dump trucks! Thanks for taking time to watch and comment!

John

on of the greats (and my grandfather) dale armstrong, at 5:51

WOW! I'm 30 yrs. younger. Real men, real 1/4 mile. Not todays 1000ft. NHRA ruined dragracing…nascar (sucked anyway) is ruined. Whats next?

Street legal mscle cars sounded better back in the 70s as well,,why ??

Wow. just found these old videos on you tube It is almost midnight and I have to get up but I can't stop watching them. They bring memories and tears of joy.

Thank you for sharing.

I remember running my prostock vega at the 73 gators that was a fun time

love seeing the joe pisano cars….and him and dunn winning the 86 us nationals…great stuff! thanks for sharing!

awesome…thanks for sharing!

@DavyCrocketUSA What a great comment! That's EXACTLY the way it was! Thank you so much for watching my video and leaving such a wonderful comment!

John

Remember when they would push start the rails on the fire row, You could hear the motor turn the blower starting to whine, then when the motor would fire, fuel would fly into the stands, the whole car would flex and the unmistakeably sound of an AF/D would pierce your ears. Awesome, I will never forget those days.

@bongnbud Thanks a lot for watching and the nice comment! Don't you miss the multiple burnouts (dry hops)?
John

@pipetor1 Too bad the big boys from NHRA don't run at Martin anymore. I think they would run well at the new track! Thanks for watching!
John

I bet drag races were more fun then than they are now

Thanks for the memories! I grew up working at at OCIR in the late 70's/early 80's. These are 'my guys'!

Great video…Amazing to see how popular the Ford cammers were back then…

Very Cool!!!!!