I spent a lot of my life at that strip. Watched and raced. While on vacation in Florida 15 years ago I ran into Broadway Bob at Universal Studios, at Mel's to be exact. Hard to miss a guy with shock white hair a flame pants. I still think about that man. What a great human being. R.I.P. Bob.
At the three minute mark, the narrator claims one of the jet cars makes between 15,000 and 17,000 horsepower and has 12,000 lbs of thrust. This is totally wrong! The formula for converting jet thrust to equivalent shaft horsepower is jet thrust divided by 2.5. Using this formula, the 12,000 lbs of thrust equates to 4,800 shaft horsepower.
This is the coolest video of old school drag racing ever and the cars I'm familiar with as a child.
I spent a lot of my life at that strip. Watched and raced. While on vacation in Florida 15 years ago I ran into Broadway Bob at Universal Studios, at Mel's to be exact. Hard to miss a guy with shock white hair a flame pants. I still think about that man. What a great human being. R.I.P. Bob.
What did you race????
I can remember Bob wearing those pants at his drag strip. Awesome 🤩
I LOVE THIS SH@#$T🤜🤛✌👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Fantastic video.
Love this Great Video 🔥💯🔥
Hate when the put music to the videos and you can't hear the cars. 😡😡😡
Thanks a bnch them cars are a blast
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The roach family is loving it merry Christmas
At the three minute mark, the narrator claims one of the jet cars makes between 15,000 and 17,000 horsepower and has 12,000 lbs of thrust. This is totally wrong! The formula for converting jet thrust to equivalent shaft horsepower is jet thrust divided by 2.5. Using this formula, the 12,000 lbs of thrust equates to 4,800 shaft horsepower.
No shaft, direct power off of jet propulsion
I was there . I was 9 yrs old
let's see the fuelers go 1/2 mile against the jets
Great video! I can't believe they ran Funnys again Jet Cars. How awesome is that?
Think they should bringnit back!
No finals come on LOL
What year was that???
1971
Can't watch it-- way too over-copied and fuzzy. Too bad, great cars here....
Direct from Bob Metzler archives, complaint noted. ;)