OLD SCHOOL GASSERS 60S CARS THE BEST TIME OF RACING GLORY DAYS AT BYRON DRAGWAY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2019
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Gassers are based on closed body production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, which have been stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a beam axle or tubular axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration (beam axles are also lighter than an independent front suspension), though a raised stock front suspension is common as well. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I could watch these guys all day. Something about the old school style - more intriguing than newer cars.
I got addicted to old school racing events.
Dam, even Milner showed up. The in line six rails are always cool too.
Brings me back to my younger days. 👍
Wow! That was some real 60’s style cars. With real 60’s elapsed times..brings back memories! SUNDAY!!!!!sunday!!!!gates open at 9AM!! BE THERE!!!!!!
Gassers Forever !!!
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This reminds me so much of National Speedway on Long island. From 1967 ->1973 my brother and raced a 67 Chevlle, 327ci/350 hp. Great times back then!! Thank you for this great video!!
I remember that, it seemed like a long drive from Hicksville!
These races are really cool like the old days at a red light , cars are the best!
Meltdown Drag used to have a catch phrase "for the guys that get it" reading the comments it's clear very few 'Get It'. Just so folks understand what going on at this even I offer a quick explanation:: Dragracing from the early 60's was vastly different from what we know today. This particular event (Uncle Sam's Pie Eating Contest) require 'Pie Crust' slicks, no modern wrinkle wall, No burnout and no prep track. Several different Classes of car participated. Stock, SuperStock, Altered, FED and Gas sedan/coupe. BTW, Not all 'Gassers' had solid/tube axles and jacked up in front. It was not required for the class. in the early 60's drivers did not do burnouts, there wasn't even a burnout box or water box. Some of the higher class cars like S/S, A/G - AA/G and A/FX did dry hops to figure the best RPM to launch at, they weren't think burnout to heat tires. If the ET's seem 'slow' it's because the tires sucked and traction was a big issue back 'in the day'. Sit back, relax, open your mind and enjoy an fairly accurate exhibition of early drag racing at a great event.
Thank you for your comment sir !
Sour Kraut Yep you definitely get it!!!
Yepper's, these are the drags that I remember seeing as a kid. S.I.R. forever!!
Sour Kraut ...Your comment should be pinned by the owner of this channel.
It reminds me of the NHRA Bracket Racing Series years ago, before technology & computers took over.
Beautiful U.S.30 dragstrip! Be there! Sunday! Where the big ones run! I used to hear this on WLS radio Chicago back in the 1960's
Byron is one of my favorites
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ME TOO, BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO. MY DAD TOOK MY BROTHER STEVE AND I ALL THE TIME TO U.S.30, AND OSWEGO DRAGSTRIP. NOT TO FORGET SANTE FE SPEEDWAY FOR DIRT ROUND TRACK. MOST MEMORABLE TIME AT U S 30 WAS WHEN THEY HAD A WHEELSTANDER EXHIBITION. ALL THE GREATS WERE THERE. MIND BLOWING FOR A 10 YEAR OLD. I WAS ADDICTED FROM THAT MOMENT ON. THANKS FOR TAKING ME BACK HOME.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO BACK IN A TIME MACHINE, DON'T MISS THE HOLLEY HOT ROD REUNION EVERY YEAR AT BEECHBEND DRAGWAY IN BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. HELD ONLY ONCE A YEAR, ON FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND. ALL OF THE PRO ALTEREDS, FUNNYS, GASSERS, TOP FUEL, AND MORE. YOU'LL SEE THE LIKES OF DON GARLITTS, TV TOMMY IVO, STONE WOODS AND COOK, K.S.PITMAN. AND ALL THE GREATS WE IDOLIZED IN THE 60'S AND 70'S. IT'S ALSO CALLED THE NOSTALGIA DRAGS. THEY HOLD A MATCHING MEET IN CALIFORNIA IN OCTOBER. A MUST SEE.
Never forget Oswego!
Drag racing at its roots! Awesome.
I always loved the Meltdowns, but every car doing a burnout takes time. No burnout/prep moves things along at a nice pace. Great video!👍
Thanks watching!
Thanks, I remember in the early 60's we could run "time only" for very cheap just to see what our cars would do. The only safety item I had to install was a seatbelt.
Thanks for watching!
Let me say this, I was born in 1945, so I was up front and personal with this. If any of you have ever seen the movie American Graffiti, the cars were exactly what were available in every city across the country. Drag racing from light to light, sometimes a bit farther, went to the strip every weekend almost. The greatest time in America muscle cars, period.
I saw American Graffiti great movie
Boy I really had flashbacks to ancient history at Fremont Drag Strip in Northern CA. It was a real blast at those races!
@Billybootlips - Honestly, were those 410 Wing Sprinters on the 3/8 mile banked oval at Baylands one of the greatest shows on dirt?
Although the times are somewhat slow, love the old school racing!
BEAUTIFUL BYRON HELLINOIS
THE PLAYGROUND OF POWER
and my backyard since 1967 ✌
absolutely beautiful !! thanks for the vid !! Chris.
Thank ypu for watching!
What a great selection of cars!
Thanks for watching!
These ARE the "Good Old Days!"
Takes me back to the days of the San Fernando drag strip in L.A. Helped a guy one day change the plugs in his Chrysler powered dragster and he went out and ran the first 200 plus MPH in SF history.
Love these Gassers!!!!
thanks for posting, I had to miss this due to work... Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
I still have 5 hours of unedited content from that day will start working next week on new videos.
@@AutoMotoCha9L I love your videos, I share them on other facebook posts & snip images from the videos of the cars. I make screen savers out of them.
GREAT VIDEO !
Thanks!
Absolutely love Slingshots!
Me too!
AutoMotoCh
8:10 the coolest car there👍🏻
GASSERS RULE
Always 👍
Any details on the blue patina 51 Chev from Todd carell? Interesting car!
They are not fast compared to late model cars but you can't beat their " COOL"! I love it!
Thanks for watching!
You should film this with an old school camera people would love to see that! Or at least make it black and white
Great idea thanks!
This shit makes my sticker peck out!
Why do half these nostalgia cars have those modern front wheels on them?
1:45: "Six=Eight!" (Clifford Research) 2:33: "Four=Six..."?
Tomorrow will be filming street outlaws no prep kings different type of racing.
Sure wish I could see the tree to see who's cutting the lights
No track prep....So i guess I'm out. I didn't see any blown cars. I do run Firestone Dragsters and hook pretty good at Beech Bend but if Byron is like Eagle Field then its a smoke fest the whole track. I do see them feather and pedal but i wont hook. And with that said i answered my own question.
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guys and there pet cars
J. Milner.
Thanks a lot!
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Too bad that yellow '32 didn't race the black '55.
5:30 Twelve and a half @ 75mph in a multi-carb Hemi slingshot rail? What's wrong with this picture? Humidity and heat too high? Track is up hill? Elevation is 24,000 feet? Gas is from Mexico? A pair of gloves wedged under the "GO!" pedal? Somebody please explain!
These cars are used for historical purpose and not driven hard. The last thing an owner of one these wants is to wreck it.
Is there a rule someone came with that says you have to beat on your car at all times ? No.
He was way ahead. It looks to me he got off it near the finish.
It was also a good example of having a quicker reaction time won the race, the 12:50 Hemi car was going 75.69, and the 12:64 six banger car was going 106.71, the faster car took longer to get to the finish line.
Yamaha, these are small block Hemi's which are very highly sough after & worth a lot of money (small blocks with very high compression ratio's). They really are old skool replicas of the late 50's & early 60's. They are what they call H.A.M. & race in clubs through out the country, please Google them & check them out sometime so you can me a little more knowledgeable of them. They are not OLD Skool which means the way they were many years ago.
When I looked up H.A.M. all I got was humid air motor, it's something about making a diesel run cleaner, I found 340/360 Hemi conversion kits, is that what you're talking about?
Well, I'm sure they're having fun, but geez. Some of these old coots aren't even wearing helmets.
Agree! Safety should be number one priority.
Clocks must be off. 13+ in the quarter? Something ain't right here.
That's how it was back in the day nobody was running $5,000 cylinder heads or $40,000 race engines. Pro stockers in the sixties cost $4000. In 1962 I saw two of the best factory Super Stock drivers Dyno Don and Arnie Beshwick face off in 409 Chevy and a 421 Pontiac and the winner was running 13.2. You kiddies don't read much does ya?
Don't seem to see many actual "gassers". What's the deal?
Im pretty sure the term gasser was a class that burned gas instead of nitro and had to be street legal. Gasser is a loose term but I see plenty of them.
Back in the 70s, I was sitting at the table and smelled something horrid, I said dad what is that, he said "that my boy was a gasser"....a silent fart....ew
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So tired of Little Mikes adds what a pain
And again going in a straight line...... That's no fun........
And i.will bet.troy.kite.dont.race