I WAS AT THIS RACE . I'M FROM COLUMBUS OHIO . GREAT TO SEE JIM HEAD GET HIS FIRST WIN IN FUNNY CAR . PLUS TO SEE BIG DADDY GET HIS 6th AT INDY . A GREAT WEEKEND THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET .
Dave McClelland, Steve Evans, and Bob Fry could say just about anything and get my hair to stand on end. Oh wait, don’t forget Bill Doner, he had a gift for that!
Miss Pat Garlitz looking very young in 1984. Rest in peace Mam!. Got her and Big's autograph on the same sheet in 1985 at a SuperShops? meet and greet/ fund raiser thing. She laughed about it, Big smiled and said, "thank you".
Totally agree, absolutely wonderful people Don & Ms Pat! It just broke my heart when the news of Ms Pat's passing was announced 😖 They were both great with the fans & wonderful ambassadors for the sport of Drag-Racing 🙏 RIP Mrs Garlits, for you are LEGEND too! 😞
In 1984 my grandparents gifted my mom and dad a JVC VCR. In 1983 I discovered drag racing and with the new video cassette recorder I recorded the 84 U.S. nationals. After viewing the race easily over hundreds of times within a year or so the tape finally gave out. Now 51 years young I can still see myself sitting on the living room floor watching my heros! 🤘🏼
I wish I could've made it to Indy. My dad did, racing their BB/GD a few times in the late 60's. He has pics & home movies from back then. They built their own cars & trailers then. I can still remember riding in the truck push starting it at our home track, New England Dragway, who he was partially responsible for it being built. Miss the old days.
This race made me a Jim Head fan, I know it was only luck, but he won ! He had bad luck many times after, mostly it was a lack of sponsors. You could never tell if he could win, but when he did it was great watching an underdog win. His car simply said HEAD most of the time !
In the uk a tv programme in conjunction with the owners of santa pod raceway built a slipstreamer top fueler with no wing, it was to be driven by the program presenter,a lady with no drag racing experiance. She did a couple of idles down the strip and 1 ,100ft launch. It scared her silly and they got an extremely experienced fuel driver dennis priddle to make a pass. He dam near flipped it and was all over the track,only his reactions and experiance saved a massive crash. The car was stripped of its ' aero bodywork and rebuilt as a normal rail. Dennis said the hardest thing to do is to get your foot off the throttle (as its in a sort of cage) as you automatically brace yourself fearing a crash is coming.
So great! I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this! Watched from start to finish. Super happy to see Big Daddy win. What happened to Snake though? I saw he was there talking to Garlits in the pits but did he not qualify or did he just come to watch? And where was Shirley? She also didn't qualify?
Think Snake went out in round 1 & not sure, but I think Shirley was out injured from her terrible crash in Montreal, I'm sure you can google the crash year to double check 👍
My Father & Uncle knew Larry Minor & I actually hung out with his daughter Jamie in the late 80's. My family is from the same area in So-Cailf as Larry & The ACE, both great guys. Don't recall Larry selling potatoes, but he owned a company called "Rain for Rent" which certainly fed water to many MANY potato fields! 😉
Back here now one week after the passing of the greatest race announcer to ever grace a hot mic
RIP Big Mac, for you are Legend 🙏
🎤 #GOAT
I WAS AT THIS RACE . I'M FROM COLUMBUS OHIO . GREAT TO SEE JIM HEAD GET HIS FIRST WIN IN FUNNY CAR . PLUS TO SEE BIG DADDY GET HIS 6th AT INDY . A GREAT WEEKEND THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET .
When Dave McClelland says Lee Shepard and Bob Glidden's name the hair stands up.
I hope they are driving their hearts out in heaven. Two AMAZING PEOPLE AND DRIVERS!!!
Dave McClelland, Steve Evans, and Bob Fry could say just about anything and get my hair to stand on end. Oh wait, don’t forget Bill Doner, he had a gift for that!
Miss Pat Garlitz looking very young in 1984. Rest in peace Mam!. Got her and Big's autograph on the same sheet in 1985 at a SuperShops? meet and greet/ fund raiser thing. She laughed about it, Big smiled and said, "thank you".
Totally agree, absolutely wonderful people Don & Ms Pat!
It just broke my heart when the news of Ms Pat's passing was announced 😖 They were both great with the fans & wonderful ambassadors for the sport of Drag-Racing
🙏 RIP Mrs Garlits, for you are LEGEND too! 😞
In 1984 my grandparents gifted my mom and dad a JVC VCR. In 1983 I discovered drag racing and with the new video cassette recorder I recorded the 84 U.S. nationals. After viewing the race easily over hundreds of times within a year or so the tape finally gave out. Now 51 years young I can still see myself sitting on the living room floor watching my heros! 🤘🏼
I find myself rather watching these 37-year-old drag races than 2022 drag races I really miss these days
I think this was the race where he took the dragster out of the museum to race at Indy.
I wish I could've made it to Indy. My dad did, racing their BB/GD a few times in the late 60's. He has pics & home movies from back then. They built their own cars & trailers then. I can still remember riding in the truck push starting it at our home track, New England Dragway, who he was partially responsible for it being built. Miss the old days.
Pull an old car out of the museum and win. He didn't come for the beer . that's Big Daddy for ya !!
One of his greatest quote's ever....
"I didn't come for the beer" 😆👍
The background music is so 1984! I love it
The good old days when it didn't cost you a million dollars to run the season.
Not easy to be the best
It’s even more fun to watch because of that
I love this era, when funny cars look like the actual production car not a a fiberglass part car part square box...
This race made me a Jim Head fan, I know it was only luck, but he won ! He had bad luck many
times after, mostly it was a lack of sponsors. You could never tell if he could win, but when he
did it was great watching an underdog win. His car simply said HEAD most of the time !
In the uk a tv programme in conjunction with the owners of santa pod raceway built a slipstreamer top fueler with no wing, it was to be driven by the program presenter,a lady with no drag racing experiance.
She did a couple of idles down the strip and 1 ,100ft launch.
It scared her silly and they got an extremely experienced fuel driver dennis priddle to make a pass.
He dam near flipped it and was all over the track,only his reactions and experiance saved a massive crash.
The car was stripped of its ' aero bodywork and rebuilt as a normal rail.
Dennis said the hardest thing to do is to get your foot off the throttle (as its in a sort of cage) as you automatically brace yourself fearing a crash is coming.
The next time jim head won indy he stopped cory mac from winning 5 races in a row
Whats the deal with Tim Grose’s FC parachute deploying before the finish line? TWICE?
I was there.
What am I seeing at 35:22?? Some random car flying across the top of the screen?
could have been a tow car on the top end crossing on the gravel road at the end of the track
State trooper was after someone 🤷🏻♂️
So great! I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this! Watched from start to finish. Super happy to see Big Daddy win. What happened to Snake though? I saw he was there talking to Garlits in the pits but did he not qualify or did he just come to watch? And where was Shirley? She also didn't qualify?
Think Snake went out in round 1 & not sure, but I think Shirley was out injured from her terrible crash in Montreal, I'm sure you can google the crash year to double check 👍
Yeah, they said Prudomme " went out first round".
I was there
Isn't this exactly what happened to Shirley when she had her big accident? 3:25
Larry minor sold some potatoes...
Larry Minor used to race off road too
My Father & Uncle knew Larry Minor & I actually hung out with his daughter Jamie in the late 80's. My family is from the same area in So-Cailf as Larry & The ACE, both great guys. Don't recall Larry selling potatoes, but he owned a company called "Rain for Rent" which certainly fed water to many MANY potato fields! 😉
The Black car