Absolutely loving the classic clips of races especially in the 90s takes me right back to my child hood watching NHRA and IHRA all summer long. That John Force clip is pure nostalgia.
@@Dratchev241 I still have a GE Model 3-5900A _Help!_ portable. Kept it in my car until a couple years ago. Really though, I don't think a 4watt rinky-dink CB is going to help me where cell phones don't work.
Yep, Warren Johnson Darrell "N2o" Alderman and the late (rip) Scott Geoffrion...... Side note: I was at Richmond when WJ broke into the 200 mph club. Back then it was a sad day for me being a Mopar fan. But now.... happy for the memories 😃👏👏👏
Unfortunately, that's rules biting a driver in the butt... It's not who gets to the finish line first, it's who crosses the beam first. It's the stupidest rule in motorsports, but that is how the sport works. Sucks for Bernard, though, he had him by half a car and lost for having too much power.
That’s such bullshit. Bernard won with video proof. They would have to show me where it states in rules that the front wheels have to be on the ground. It’s like Big Daddy signaled as a lost because the light was wrong. That’s the tracks issue and should not be held against drivers.
1:30 imagine if I’m like setting up for a foot race with somebody at the park and right when I’m boutta go my heart explodes outta my chest and onto the ground lmao
Uh Oh! At the 10:59/11:00 mark, the "flame out" on Alderman's pro stock was a nitrous explosion. They couldn't push that car away from the starting line fast enough. Into the trailer and GONE!
I was always wondering about the video with Aces super charger explosion. Saw it many times, Diamond P intro, but never knew the who what where on it. Thanks Calvin!
This brings back memories in 1985 before I went in the marines in 86 I worked with my uncle in Upland California and we went to these races all the time in Pomona my uncle owned Intertech research of Upland California we built throttle bodies cylinder heads balance blue printed rear ends anything you need to be done
That's cool. My grandpa had a friend from bakersfield who messed with jeeps a lot. Put v8s in them. Apparently he was known for doing wheelies in them.
@@j.p.mcmurphy263 So do I. I miss hearing Dave McClellend calling the action and the late Steve Evans down in the shutdown area doing interviews with the big names of the sport.
@ Chris Foster yes Steve was the best, whether it be drag racing or World of Outlaws. Years ago Ron Capp's wife write a nice piece about him in Speed Sport News.
Check out a YT channel called Hot Rod Hoarder. TN based guy who is both a race photographer and a point man for finding and restoring old drag cars. He finds and rediscovers the coolest stuff! If he can’t restore it, he finds people who can.
I love that these are all clips from the golden era of drag racing, but there's no clip of the most epic FC pedal fest ever? You wanna talk about one of the biggest drag racing oddities... That said, that LaHaie/Bonin fiasco was crazy! LaHaie is out for sure because his engine died after the burnout, but for your competitor to lose all their power on the burnout right after... wow.
He was trying to do a 180 donut to get back without crossing the centre line because he had no reverse. He should have gotten the crew to push him back.
@@LITTLE1994 In the old days a lot of slingshot dragsters had an in-and-out box , with no reverse gear. After a burnout the crew would come grab them and push them back to the starting line. Or if they had a problem they just crept it down to the return road. A broken reverse gear is no excuse for acting dumb , come on now.
say that first car woofed a head gasket compression went into water jacket blew the plug out . No Oddities just old school drag racing and things that happen.
and 3 of these events were matched by others. Dick LaHaie had the same thing happen to him at the 1989 Mile High Nationals against Joe Amato, as Jim Bernard did at the 1981 Springnationals Bruce Larson had the same thing happen to him at the 1989 Gatornationals Final against McCulloch, as Snake did against Bernstien at the 1981 Gatornationals Kenny Bernstien had the same thing happen to him at the 1990 Winternationals semi finals that happened to him at the 1991 Winston Invitational, and ironically enough at the '90 Winternationals he was also against Lori Johns
i was at the race when Billy Meyer's reverser broke, he went wide turned the wheels and VARRRUMP, then headed back to the line. NHRA wasn't too happy about it, Billy was a great showman as was Jungle Jim Lieberman.
I miss this era of top fuel and drag racing. It was all done by skill back then. The engine builders, the transmission techs, the drivers, the crews, all did everything on their knowledge. No computers to tell them what to adjust to get a result. It was all up to people back then. I can't really watch drag racing today.
@ That and you can see what the temperature was on your car whenever you took off as well as when you finished your pass to see how hot or how cold it should be to run it's time. This really helps in bracket racing as you either have to run your time or it's over
@@k.i.t.t4914 That's my point. They didn't have all the computer stuff they do now. So if they won it wasn't because a computer told them to change this or adjust that. It was all based on their knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
I Googled Darryl Alderman and I guess there was a big controversy over people believing his team was using nitrous. I mean you would think that this was proof in the pudding. That was an obvious nitrous backfire. Makes you wonder how many guys have done this kinda stuff throughout the years.
I think it also happens when they cross the outer limitation line (which is the fence in some cases) but I don't know for sure. Wish they told us in the video.
Isk how old you are but if memory serves me correctly back then it was known that the Dodge teams were kinda cheating.....believe they were running nitrous and I believe that's what caused the backfire
seems to be a minor obsession with telling us about centre-lines... " He crosses the centre-line and is disqualified... crossing the centre-line is not allowed... and if you cross the centre-line... which is the line in the centre... then you are out... O.U.T. for crossing the centre-line, and as you know, you can't cross the centre-line... tut... did you see him craoss that centre (shouts) ... yes, the centre-line has been crossed, you are OUT.... my oh my... what a centre-line-cross that was!!! never seen one so crossed..." etc
3:46 That’s retarded that because his tires were off the ground and he didn’t trip the light he lost. But it’s very apparent with the naked eye that he passed the line first. That’s bullshit at it’s finest.
I like how the safety crew is a bunch of dudes and a fire extinguisher
Guys watching their ride burn do too!
Good times its like natural selection lol
What are you expecting women to be out there come on bro this ain't the force girls
See the vid " Track Safety: Questions You Need To Ask " on the channel " Tim McAmis Performance Parts "
Surprised they don't have a guy providing burgers on the team though
Crossing the center line, not an oddity. Driving the wrong way, definitely odd.
That was very odd but from time to time the reverser does fail and sometimes stuck in reverse and cant put it back in the forward gears
0:58 - What my dad thinks will happen if I drive his project car.
Don G going down the track backwards with his foot on the go pedal, classic!
time stamp?
Jeremy Bradshaw 12:04
Yeah, that’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen without question.
@Jeffrey Bamford wtf are you trying to say
@Craig Roop I was there as well. Quite the sight to see.
Absolutely loving the classic clips of races especially in the 90s takes me right back to my child hood watching NHRA and IHRA all summer long.
That John Force clip is pure nostalgia.
T.N.N network
Craziest thing about this video is seeing a CB antenna sponsorship.
brings back some memories eh?
@@Dratchev241 I still have a GE Model 3-5900A _Help!_ portable. Kept it in my car until a couple years ago. Really though, I don't think a 4watt rinky-dink CB is going to help me where cell phones don't work.
@@brandonobaza8610 its not going to be much help anymore, most truck drivers don't even have a cb anymore.
Ha ha yep.....nostalgic
I like cbs when traveling with several cars on a trip.
The Ace, The Mongoose, The Snake, Big Daddy, Cha Cha, GO!, The Bounty Hunter, The Snowman... the best years of drag racing.
Seriously those were the days, the only guy you didn't see was pro stock master Bob Glidden he didn't screw up or blow up.
Yep, Warren Johnson Darrell "N2o" Alderman and the late (rip) Scott Geoffrion......
Side note: I was at Richmond when WJ broke into the 200 mph club. Back then it was a sad day for me being a Mopar fan.
But now.... happy for the memories 😃👏👏👏
@ Vince Roady ABSOLUTELY
Bernard won the race that was a crappy call on NHRA he should have protested that
Unfortunately, that's rules biting a driver in the butt... It's not who gets to the finish line first, it's who crosses the beam first. It's the stupidest rule in motorsports, but that is how the sport works. Sucks for Bernard, though, he had him by half a car and lost for having too much power.
When you cross the finish line with your front wheels still in the air.... lol
That’s such bullshit. Bernard won with video proof. They would have to show me where it states in rules that the front wheels have to be on the ground. It’s like Big Daddy signaled as a lost because the light was wrong. That’s the tracks issue and should not be held against drivers.
Right?! Fuck their faulty equipment dude clearly won
Ye some of the ryles are a bit stupid
1:30 imagine if I’m like setting up for a foot race with somebody at the park and right when I’m boutta go my heart explodes outta my chest and onto the ground lmao
The guy that was near the funny car when that supercharger exploded is still dropping a load in his pants to this day.
Wtf
Uh Oh! At the 10:59/11:00 mark, the "flame out" on Alderman's pro stock was a nitrous explosion. They couldn't push that car away from the starting line fast enough. Into the trailer and GONE!
Great to see these scenes from the 1980's... These are the drivers I remember as a kid.
So, now I know: You cannot cross the centre line.
Or the outer extremity line apparently
Some Kid, which is the guard rail in this case! Lol
@@mattskustomkreations The hardest line to cross through, the metal rail.
Well, you can... but it won't get you any wins.
And what a break for Kenny Bernstein!
10:18 The driver with the stuck throttle taking time out from his day job of concierge parking....
...like a BOSS!
So much skill
12:00 -that's one hell of a set of brakes!
I was always wondering about the video with Aces super charger explosion.
Saw it many times, Diamond P intro, but never knew the who what where on it.
Thanks Calvin!
No problem.
I did not search for this, I am not at all a race guy, but i saw the entire video and it was exciting!
Go see them live. It’s mind bending!
If your a man..NHRA is for you! Lol
Like a trip down memory lane watching all those old greats again!
Alderman's infamous nitrous backfire... whoooops LOL
I looked to the comments just to see if anther old guy like me remembered that!! Wooo it caused a ruckus back then.
@@cmorlok ha I was looking for this too. I see Darrell once a month at our local track. Lots of controversy still there for lots of people.
Wow... was a fan during some of these times. Haven't watched in a few years now.
Amazing how slow they're running, lol...
Thanks for the upload.
This brings back memories in 1985 before I went in the marines in 86 I worked with my uncle in Upland California and we went to these races all the time in Pomona my uncle owned Intertech research of Upland California we built throttle bodies cylinder heads balance blue printed rear ends anything you need to be done
That's cool. My grandpa had a friend from bakersfield who messed with jeeps a lot. Put v8s in them. Apparently he was known for doing wheelies in them.
At 0:58, Ed McCulloch's blower explosion that was used during the Diamond P Sports syndicated NHRA intros from 1977 through 1984
i miss Diamond P
@@j.p.mcmurphy263 So do I. I miss hearing Dave McClellend calling the action and the late Steve Evans down in the shutdown area doing interviews with the big names of the sport.
@ Chris Foster yes Steve was the best, whether it be drag racing or World of Outlaws. Years ago Ron Capp's wife write a nice piece about him in Speed Sport News.
At 10:21, Wayne Bailey's ability to drive that car to a stop without violently crashing it was MASTERFUL. Wow.
@WP SN i believe he was killed in a crash years later.
11:55 he almost made it through the quarter mile. Would've been the first dragster to finish backwards...I figure low 9's, an unbeatable record.
It’s crazy to think where are all of these on race cars ? 🤔 scraped, rotting away in someone’s back yard, private collections ? Hummmmm
Parts most likely
Dons museum/car collection has a decent line up of these old cars I went as a kid to see them and damn it was impressive
Check out a YT channel called Hot Rod Hoarder. TN based guy who is both a race photographer and a point man for finding and restoring old drag cars. He finds and rediscovers the coolest stuff! If he can’t restore it, he finds people who can.
Ah the good old days. Sling shot nitro dragsters, drivers names I haven't heard since the seventies. Great video.
Thanks for all the awesome dragster racing footage!
Brings me right back to my childhood.
4:49 I think her son killed the engine when he reached into the cockpit and is why he is angry throwing whatever was in his left hand afterwards.
I love that these are all clips from the golden era of drag racing, but there's no clip of the most epic FC pedal fest ever? You wanna talk about one of the biggest drag racing oddities...
That said, that LaHaie/Bonin fiasco was crazy! LaHaie is out for sure because his engine died after the burnout, but for your competitor to lose all their power on the burnout right after... wow.
Don't you just love it when the guy with the fire extinguisher is the last guy on the scene?
Ever carry one of those things?
All these skinny guys in long pants, very strange.
The "Electronic Win Judge".........will judge you from Asia.
the announcers aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.lol
I miss this era of NHRA. Oh what has become of those days?
I heard “you cannon cross the center line” more times than I actually saw a car crossing line
Good collection of clips, but very few are "oddities". Although Billy Meyer turning around and driving back to the pits was a tad "unusual".
Look how skinny the tires get when they burn our
they're designed to do that. it expands the diameter which changes the effective drive ratio.
Tin can For a cup Burn our what?
why the heck did that guy pull a U turn and go back into the staging lanes ? I've never seen that move before.
Billy lost reverse gear in his transmission and instead of just driving down track, he decided to drive it back to the starting line.
He was trying to do a 180 donut to get back without crossing the centre line because he had no reverse. He should have gotten the crew to push him back.
His reverse gear broke, so he had to notice but to risk going to the center line by doing that.
@@LITTLE1994 In the old days a lot of slingshot dragsters had an in-and-out box , with no reverse gear. After a burnout the crew would come grab them and push them back to the starting line. Or if they had a problem they just crept it down to the return road. A broken reverse gear is no excuse for acting dumb , come on now.
Amazing that dude crossed with his front wheels up.
say that first car woofed a head gasket compression went into water jacket blew the plug out . No Oddities just old school drag racing and things that happen.
Nope, the supercharger belt snapped and took the water fitting with it. Belt was missing on the car as it passed the camera.
@ Backyard Built engine was a Donovan 417 with
O rings instead of head gaskets.
and 3 of these events were matched by others.
Dick LaHaie had the same thing happen to him at the 1989 Mile High Nationals against Joe Amato, as Jim Bernard did at the 1981 Springnationals
Bruce Larson had the same thing happen to him at the 1989 Gatornationals Final against McCulloch, as Snake did against Bernstien at the 1981 Gatornationals
Kenny Bernstien had the same thing happen to him at the 1990 Winternationals semi finals that happened to him at the 1991 Winston Invitational, and ironically enough at the '90 Winternationals he was also against Lori Johns
Great collection of mishaps! I remember all these guys (and Shirle M)
0:59 When the beat is fire but there is that one *LOUD* 808 out of nowhere
I'm an F1 fan but this is great. These guys are crazy.
i was at the race when Billy Meyer's reverser broke, he went wide turned the wheels and VARRRUMP, then headed back to the line. NHRA wasn't too happy about it, Billy was a great showman as was Jungle Jim Lieberman.
One question... Can you cross the centerline?
Get ready for some whooshes.
Idk but I know you can't cross the center line
There's a centerline? Where?
0:58 I expected it but still cracked up
So much for hearing protection back then.
I grew up watching these racers.. what a great time it was
"Ehhhh I didn't really need this motor anyway." -that car
I miss this era of top fuel and drag racing. It was all done by skill back then. The engine builders, the transmission techs, the drivers, the crews, all did everything on their knowledge. No computers to tell them what to adjust to get a result. It was all up to people back then. I can't really watch drag racing today.
Computers actually help with a lot more than what you think
Evan Creek-Reinstorf wow...be civil there dickwad.
@ Dude chill I can tell you guys what the computers actually do
@ That and you can see what the temperature was on your car whenever you took off as well as when you finished your pass to see how hot or how cold it should be to run it's time. This really helps in bracket racing as you either have to run your time or it's over
@@k.i.t.t4914
That's my point. They didn't have all the computer stuff they do now. So if they won it wasn't because a computer told them to change this or adjust that. It was all based on their knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
1:26 this super slo motion of the replay used in Diamond P's intro to NHRA
The Blue Max was one of my favorites back in the day !!!
You gotta remember this is when coke was popular
The drink or the powder?
michael lavery powda
It still is popular.. so is meth.
@@elonmust7470 both are treatments for coronavirus.
If you don't think meth will cure the Rona you're in denial. Lol
Is it me or did Darell Aldermans backfire look like a nitrous backfire? Sneaky sneaky
Yep exactly what I thought maybe it was this incident that alerted everyone to his cheating???
I Googled Darryl Alderman and I guess there was a big controversy over people believing his team was using nitrous. I mean you would think that this was proof in the pudding. That was an obvious nitrous backfire. Makes you wonder how many guys have done this kinda stuff throughout the years.
And those Dodge Boys had many Backfires
Holy Christ. You had to look this up? Must be new to drag racing.
Jerry Eckman knew a thing about nitrous too. Like banging the oil pan in the pits.
11:58 is my favorite drag racing save/oddity
Drag racing was much more fun back then...
indeed. Now almost all cars have automatic transmissions. Shifting skills not needed. Only gas and steering.
Alderman and his nitrous backfire. Cheaters rarely prosper for long.
Ed McCulloch's supercharger that blew up at 1:00, that part was in the music video of "The Race" from Yello, right?
Wow, ALL are crazy but epic mishaps. I love it!
10:49 how did he not roll that car?!?
Slick grass high wheel speed
The way he parked it in the sand trap was amazing. He was drifting before there was drifting! 😲🤣
Long wheelbase and speed lol
Good Memories !!! Thank You !!!
11:59 He crossed the center lane!
Alderman had a nitrous backfire
Thank you. Great video!
Now let me see if I can get this right- when the car crosses the center line, it is disqualified. I'm not sure; I think I missed something.
I think it also happens when they cross the outer limitation line (which is the fence in some cases) but I don't know for sure. Wish they told us in the video.
I was there for the Alderman flame out. Good ol days
10:22
That is what nightmares are made of.
I bet people would watch if the announcers were like this
10:39 thats a driver!!! or one lucky bastard
2:40 Imagine driving this down the shops
@10:59...Veeeery suspicious intake pop by Alderman....Hmmmm
Heck of a compilation.
On the bernard/pace run nobody even thought of reaction time
Both your front wheels come off?!!!😂😂😂 That's gotta be embarrassing
whether it be on the street, IROC racing, and Pro Stock racing, the Dodge Avenger was a darn good looking car
One more time. So you cannot cross the center line???
Maybe
@2:03 is this the worst track ever, it has more bumps than MX!
Nice exciting video clip a little different from drag race crashes but I,ve enjoyed this nevertheless !!!
I can't believe Econonmaki and Sam Posey every announced a drag race. Its still not as bad as Jackie Stewart announcing Frisbee contest though...
That pro stock backfire sure was odd ;)
Isk how old you are but if memory serves me correctly back then it was known that the Dodge teams were kinda cheating.....believe they were running nitrous and I believe that's what caused the backfire
Oh yeah. I know. It was sarcasm all the way. They weren't the only ones.
ahhh flares... certainly odd... will we ever see you again, flares??... (doesn't seem likely)
came here on accident and left subscribed
Ask Luigi Novelli about a stuck throttle at Indy ?
If both drivers red light, does the driver who red lighted second get the win, or are they both out?
what happened to shirley muldowney??? did it run out of fuel? or fuel capacity miscalculated?? 4:40
How old are these races that ‘’English Leather’’ is a sponsor ?
Late '70's and early '80's.
0:38 Coming out of the water.
Oddities? Strange word to use for Fails.
It's a shame no one ever told Rico Anthes in his top methanol Mercedes funny car not to cross the centre line.
seems to be a minor obsession with telling us about centre-lines... " He crosses the centre-line and is disqualified... crossing the centre-line is not allowed... and if you cross the centre-line... which is the line in the centre... then you are out... O.U.T. for crossing the centre-line, and as you know, you can't cross the centre-line... tut... did you see him craoss that centre (shouts) ... yes, the centre-line has been crossed, you are OUT.... my oh my... what a centre-line-cross that was!!! never seen one so crossed..." etc
i liked ol' don "the snake"
1:30........ Broke the car in half!!!!
No fuel or battery shut off switches yet ?
Rip Kalitta
1:47.... What a save!
One speaker sounds very much like Jay Leno. 😃
3:46 That’s retarded that because his tires were off the ground and he didn’t trip the light he lost. But it’s very apparent with the naked eye that he passed the line first. That’s bullshit at it’s finest.
I know right?! You'd think the win would go to the faster car lol *sigh*
Real NOICE job... Bob!!!