I saw a few USHRA shows in the 80's. At the Pontiac Silverdome, they really put on a spectacular show in about 1983. Allen Gaines was there in the Orange Blossom Special 2wd truck doing an exhibition pull. It was a beautiful truck, something like a '37 Chevy with a supercharged BBC. The original Bigfoot truck was also there doing car crushing, and it was the highlight of the show. They had a couple of school buses that he would climb on top of, then get out and wave to the crowd. When he crushed the buses, every flashbulb in the place went off, and that was spectacular, too.
Who ever recorded thanks for doing a great job and posting it.I remember back in the 80's when they would come to Tampa,Fl.I always went to them thanks for sharing.
Im so happy this was recommended, I was born that year, i would never have expected already back then to see jet engines on pullers! Amazing to discover!
I was also born in February of 1991, on the 18th. Some of the best humans on Earth were also born that year. We're the last of the old souls to exist, anyone born after was given the "shit end of the stick" as I'm always told.
Met old Art Arfons a few times.really nice guy to talk with.have known Ron Warschkow and Troy for several yrs .grew up about 20 miles from them.another great group of guys
You haven't lived until you've been to an 80-90s indoor pull. Nothing like the sound and feeling on earth. Wow orange blossom special and midnight express. Got a ton of pics of each from back then somewhere. Art Arfons. The John Force of tractor pulls. I'm 13 again.
I was 11 lmao! And it's not like today with all the camera magic and ridiculous commercials. I used to love those Budweiser cans coming up the ramp on the sled. It made me the man I am today!
Back when we still had beer commercials on TV. Oh no,not beer commercials. The kids might become future alcoholics. 🤣🤣 But they allow rap music,and they wonder why kids hate the cops and riot and loot and burn shit.
I remember watching Art and some of the other tractors at the Cass County fair in Michigan around this time. I was about 10 years old. There was a guy who played the Grand stand named Johnny Cash too. I wish I had been older because I didn't know how cool it was at the time.
13:34 If you look closely, you'll see the front wheels stay just a few inches off the ground the whole way down the track. At the end, the announcer says the tractor was too nose heavy. I don't know about that.
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
There was some kind of back story that went with the truck in the thumbnail when it came to Texas one year - something about it belonging to Al Capone in a previous life.
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Man I miss those old twin 1710 turbocharged Allison engines! Not many around anymore...In the 60s and 70s there were thousands of surplus aircraft piston engines like this for sale and sometimes cheap. The good old days!
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH i can see why websites and social media are pushing censorship cause of these useless spam comments theres way more ways to express and bring a certain point you have than to reply and talk to people that aren’t here for that theres a time and place… it would be more productive for you to hold a sign on the side of the road than this where really no one on this video cares. Just being honest. Your trying to talk someone out of a belief over a youtube video comment section.
I miss when race cars, pulling trucks and off road racers were built nice enough and had enough chrome to also appear in the indoor winter car show circuits, I miss trucks and cars having names and cool paint jobs instead of being wrapped with sponsor stickers.
Allen Gains with the original orange blossom special! From Georgetown ky use to have Enus and Miss Daisy from Dukes of Hazard at the pulls as special guest! In MtSterling ky! An ole Art Arfon from Ohio!
I am really curious if the modifications he did for the engines having flames coming out during the run, other than making it appear like a Nitro dragster or Funny car, etc. (which is brilliant and makes it an unforgettable piece of history and something every fan would always remember) had any performance benefits or not..? I mean it is Art Arfons after all, lol, so probably looks AND performance, lol 😊
I saw a few USHRA shows in the 80's. At the Pontiac Silverdome, they really put on a spectacular show in about 1983. Allen Gaines was there in the Orange Blossom Special 2wd truck doing an exhibition pull. It was a beautiful truck, something like a '37 Chevy with a supercharged BBC. The original Bigfoot truck was also there doing car crushing, and it was the highlight of the show. They had a couple of school buses that he would climb on top of, then get out and wave to the crowd. When he crushed the buses, every flashbulb in the place went off, and that was spectacular, too.
Thanks for posting this classic old school indoor truck pulling.My dad used to take me and my brother to see them in the Astrodome waaay back.
Art Arfons!!!
Man, soo many good childhood memories from the 80's, mid south coliseum, Memphis Tennessee...
I remember Art and his brother running Green Monster jet dragsters. Always put on an impressive show.
Who ever recorded thanks for doing a great job and posting it.I remember back in the 80's when they would come to Tampa,Fl.I always went to them thanks for sharing.
these events were also televised on espn back in that time
I remember watching this show on TV as a young kid and I loved every minute of it
Im so happy this was recommended, I was born that year, i would never have expected already back then to see jet engines on pullers! Amazing to discover!
I was also born in February of 1991, on the 18th. Some of the best humans on Earth were also born that year. We're the last of the old souls to exist, anyone born after was given the "shit end of the stick" as I'm always told.
@@Ole_CornPop i was born in may of 91
Met old Art Arfons a few times.really nice guy to talk with.have known Ron Warschkow and Troy for several yrs .grew up about 20 miles from them.another great group of guys
Great video !! My favorite to watch pull is the tractors.
I watched this in 91, about a year ago and now I'm going to watch it again.. such a good event
I am new to this but damn the midnight express really got a full pull.
You haven't lived until you've been to an 80-90s indoor pull. Nothing like the sound and feeling on earth. Wow orange blossom special and midnight express. Got a ton of pics of each from back then somewhere. Art Arfons. The John Force of tractor pulls. I'm 13 again.
19:35
Sitting on top of 2 jet engines. 😳
Major balls. 💪
I remember watching this back in the day, it was so much fun
I'm from Lexington KY just out of georgetown ky home of allen gaines with orange blossom special. Boy I just loved watching that truck in rupp arena.
Wow...cool fabrication and wild engines ...great engineering on them all!
R. I. P. Art. I will never forget meeting you and your big 😃!!!
I was 12 when this was going on. Absolutely great.
I was 11 lmao! And it's not like today with all the camera magic and ridiculous commercials. I used to love those Budweiser cans coming up the ramp on the sled. It made me the man I am today!
Me too
Back when we still had beer commercials on TV. Oh no,not beer commercials. The kids might become future alcoholics. 🤣🤣 But they allow rap music,and they wonder why kids hate the cops and riot and loot and burn shit.
I remember seeing these trucks during monster truck shows
💪😁🤘
I remember getting to watch the Midnight Express in the late 80’s in Halifax Nova Scotia!!💪🏻. Sooo cool to see it again!
My dad always took me to these every time they were in town☺☺
Remember these when I was a kid. First time I ever saw Trak Attak was at a truck pull in Bismarck. He was there for a "demonstration"!
I saw most of these pull trucks back in the 80’s at MSG or Nassau Colosseum. The orange blossom special was always my favorite.
I’m from Richmond and I really wish they still had this
Good lookng machine
I live in Roanoke..... I miss these days. Good memories with my dad, grandpa, and brother
I remember watching Art and some of the other tractors at the Cass County fair in Michigan around this time. I was about 10 years old. There was a guy who played the Grand stand named Johnny Cash too. I wish I had been older because I didn't know how cool it was at the time.
7:34 is clickbait! Absolutely beautiful rig!!!!!!
I wonder where that truck is now, hopefully it's still in one piece
13:34 If you look closely, you'll see the front wheels stay just a few inches off the ground the whole way down the track. At the end, the announcer says the tractor was too nose heavy. I don't know about that.
I remember art!!!! Man I wonder we're all these awsome trucks and tractors have gone !?!?!?
I don't know but would be cool to see a fallow up story.
I wonder the same thing as well.
I remember sitting up in the rafters, as a kid, of these events and feeling my eyes burn from all the exhaust and fumes...
I remember all of those events been having my eyes burn also I still enjoy it to this
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
same here and loved every minn of it
@@Praise___YaH save this for people who give a dam
@@Praise___YaH not the place to preach
I remember watching this in newhaven ct. I miss these wild rides
Super cool! Thanks for uploading!
There was some kind of back story that went with the truck in the thumbnail when it came to Texas one year - something about it belonging to Al Capone in a previous life.
We used to go over to Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport and watch these things all the time..
Love this video and thanks for uploading I absolutely love Orange Blossom.
At midnight Express is one beautiful truckguys thanks for sharing love it.
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
I remember midnight express, orange blossom special. Seems like there was another. A train engine body or something.
Spent a lot of Sundays watching this at my parents house as a child
Old school pulling, awesome.
This is old time tractor and truck pulling great this is when I was in it nothing better
This was the gold ol' days...
Yes it was...
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH - Uh.....What?
The beautiful big Budweiser cans on the sled lol. I loved growing up in the 90s.
@@Crazystuffyousee wtf was going on in this comment section, I'd hope that's not a reply to you huh. What about them beer cans tho lol.
These events were in Lexington KY at a newly built Rupp arena. I lived rite down leestown rd. Memories
That C-cab would be my goin to town truck.
I remember when Allen brought out the Midnight Express. Allen’s fans around central Kentucky went crazy.
And now we get to enjoy Ken Brew on the radio.
Me and the Midnite Express have a couple things in common.
#1 the names of our rides and the fact that I (use to) race bare footed.
_Say "Hey" to Jim Cornet for us. ; )_
7:33 that 6 wheeler tractor looks good for a drag racing
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya 🙏
I knew all those guys back in the day. Allen, The Powell's, Larry, etc.
Bxbxnxnznnxnxn
Man I miss those old twin 1710 turbocharged Allison engines! Not many around anymore...In the 60s and 70s there were thousands of surplus aircraft piston engines like this for sale and sometimes cheap. The good old days!
Thank you for this video. Awsome.
I love this bc I love truck and tractor pulls
@7:40...when Grandpa Munster gets involved in truck pullin'....
Pretty much
It's such a rad puller
That twin engine was dope.put the work wheelsin the back. Full bore bro
1991 A Friend of mine was National Champion in 1981 NHRT
10:07 Damn you got to love the safety. Homeboy sitting on to jet engines with no roll bar!
HERE is The ORIGINAL Semitic Text and it PROVES this jesus is a LIE
YaH The Heavenly FATHER was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH wtf is wrong with you people. Why are you so weird.
@@jamesbizs
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” sir, you really need to read what I shared
@@Praise___YaH tell us what that story has to do with tractor pulling. Are we here to watch videos of trucks and cars or debate religious views?
@@Praise___YaH i can see why websites and social media are pushing censorship cause of these useless spam comments theres way more ways to express and bring a certain point you have than to reply and talk to people that aren’t here for that theres a time and place… it would be more productive for you to hold a sign on the side of the road than this where really no one on this video cares. Just being honest. Your trying to talk someone out of a belief over a youtube video comment section.
AWESOME!!!
those were the afterburners on the green machine. uh question though, is that still allowed today?
Wow ce sont de beaux modèles, bravo pour la vidéo,❤️👍👍😀
Big iron was a favorite of mine in the 80s. It was a beautiful candy brandy wine Ford truck 4×4 class
Loving all the power loving all the power
The good old days
I grew up watching this 😎✌
tires, weighting, drivers all are part of the science plus luck all enter
I remember all those pullers back in the day to anybody remember the truck called tinker toy that was my cousins
Art Arfons went for the land speed record with the Green Monster jet car along with Craig Breedlove with the Spirit OfAmerica
This is some old some I love it see how the Dodge out pulled the ol Chevy lol!! and the Chevy had more Cubic inch then the Dodge
funny only by inches and a few hp. get real dude
At this point..... Chevy, Dodge and Ford have nothing to do with it. They're all powerful
Mopar Rules
sweet music
Awesome
Sitting on top of the turbine engines like that? Fuck that. I can't even imagine how hot that gets.
Bruce huchinson from Indiana had the first orange blossom special ! Correct me if I'm wrong !
Wow. Bruce Hutcherson. I haven't heard that name in years. His 4-engine tractor was called the Makin' Bacon Special.
i like the cars and they are cool
These trucks looks like the trucks I built out of Legos
Never thought it was possible to shift during the pull
@ 8 25 heathen announcer gets excited about wizards and sorcery ...
Midnight express reminds me of a grader
Oh ! Allen. Yep
imagine bud light pulling tractor HAHAHAHAHA
i used to go to these events!!!!! lol
The cool looking 6 wheeler is at 7:33 in case you were looking for it ; )
I miss when race cars, pulling trucks and off road racers were built nice enough and had enough chrome to also appear in the indoor winter car show circuits, I miss trucks and cars having names and cool paint jobs instead of being wrapped with sponsor stickers.
That guy Art strapped himself in-between two jet fucking blow torch engines and just rode it. He's just as crazy as Chuck Yeager
How many feet did the old school double motor wheelie all the way travel?
The title to this video needs a comma
Wonder what happened to all these classic machines.
Dodge makes one hell of a good product!
how do they manage to handle gearing for different diameter tires on front and rear?
math plane and simple math
I could run 44 boggers on front and 48's on back and as long as I waited till I got in the mud hole to lock it in, you wouldn't tear anything up
People probably started doing this type of stuff with mules before motors
Wow the power of an alcohol hemi
Allen Gains with the original orange blossom special! From Georgetown ky use to have Enus and Miss Daisy from Dukes of Hazard at the pulls as special guest! In MtSterling ky! An ole Art Arfon from Ohio!
little red wagon was a 60's ford econoline, wheel stand this dude
Cant watch so much blurr. There are so many more out there that are crystal clear.
man you can see no cell phones out at all
Go to 7:30 for something wild .
What year was this
I live 50 miles from there
in marttinsville beside the speedway
Can we bring 1991 back, I refuse to accept 2021
Art was Bob Gliding in pulling.
Allen Gaines found that in a Junk Yard?????? HAHAHAHAH Just goes to show that Junk Yards are Gold Mines.
They were in the early 90s. Thirty years on, not as much.
Great adnouncer
I am really curious if the modifications he did for the engines having flames coming out during the run, other than making it appear like a Nitro dragster or Funny car, etc. (which is brilliant and makes it an unforgettable piece of history and something every fan would always remember) had any performance benefits or not..? I mean it is Art Arfons after all, lol, so probably looks AND performance, lol 😊
if you watch the video the announcers say its the left over fuel burning and that hes having some problems with his fuel lines
Spark plug at end of exhaust. Hit a switch and it will light.
@@steveschu Yes a funny funny thing. Especially on an old Dodge Dart.
listen to that big blown shovelet
8:17 11:48 Blast Off !!!! 12:01
I like to watch the Dodge General Lee truck with the Detroit Diesel.
I was there at 10 years old, and now at 40 they're about to tear down the coliseum