@@lonnyself3920 I don't think he would admit it, but he is one of the originals and a true legend in the genre. So awesome that he is consistently uploading now to keep them stories alive forever.
I was very disappointed to not see Dulcich and Freiburger on my ballot at the polls but I still pulled the trigger on a firing order t shirt from your store and some campaign stickers. Thanks for offering such cool clothing designs.
Can we all just take a moment to acknowledge how Frieburger can tell the entire history of dozens of tracks, clubs, cars, people and events while casually driving down the freeway with no note cards or anything to keep it all straight, and somehow make it super interesting to listen to. How in the world do you remember all that stuff?? The most brilliant hot rod embassador and historian alive!
How could you not love Frieburger? He is an absolute encyclopedia of hot rodding and automotive history! He and Steve Magnante should totally do a podcast together. Just think how much you could learn listening to those two just talking for an hour each day.
This history of the early NHRA needs to be shown to the various city councils and county commissioners shutting down drag strips and race tracks across the country.
Unfortunately they don’t care. It’s been shown over and over all across the country. All they care about are the tax revenues they can collect and appeasing whiney homeowners who complain about noise after building or buying homes near drag strips knowing they are there and often times signing documents affirming they are are aware of the noise.
The nice thing about TH-cam over traditional media is that you can deep-dive how much you like in to a subject without worrying about timeslots, keep it up David!
You must have been the person who posted on the Performance Years Pontiac board some years back in a discussion about your parents. As a '61 Pontiac owner, I was a fan of your mom from way back. 🙂
I am a Porsche guy and love to track my 911. However, I love the history lessons and appreciate all of the car folks. Thanks, David. I am forever a fan....
Quick tip, Home depot plastic trash cans make a roadside fan shroud. Fries and finns go good together and even better with the Dulshake but fries is great with the drive to history and hear stuff that we can connect to and hear his opinions and observations.
Frieburger I love the history that you give. My dad has the first Hot rod magazine ever produced and just about every single one from then until now. I grew up reading those magazines and I love the history that you bring to it. I love watching your videos. My hats off to you sir.
wow... scrolling through the comments I have come to the conclusion that we the fans of Freiburger, hot rodding, hot rods and history are all in agreement, Freiburger rules as a journalist, presenter, youtuber, historian, etc. etc. etc.... I think part of his secret is he loves what he does and has lots n lots n lots of fun doing it... thank you David!
Hey David, LOVE the TH-cam content. It’s such a nice mix of the traditional car media with large audience appeal, and flashes into more “nerdy” wormholes like cool old signs and niche history. I am in my mid 20’s and I’ve always been interested in cars, but since the beginnings of the roadkill MotorTrend universe its transitioned from being a fan of someone like Tony Angelo when he was in Formula Drift to more traditional American endeavors like hot rods and muscle cars. I was wondering if you would ever consider doing a “How to” video for preparing for a road trip in an older car (pre 1975 for instance) My dad has got a 72 Maverick with a 6 cylinder that’s always run decent, but its never gone on a real roadtrip since he purchased it. I’m dying to take it on a roadtrip similar to your video in Idaho. I just don’t have the budget to spring for fixes and parts and mostly tools on the road, and have no idea what to think about preparing for little foibles along the way. Maybe I’m overthinking it, either way, thanks so much for the new content!!
I’ve driven cheap old cars for decades, and I’ve only driven cars I can walk away from serious distances. “If this breaks down on me in Wyoming and I can’t fix it, will it kill me to just catch the Grayhound home?” If it currently runs & drives well, start doing bigger and bigger loops around home. Every other weekend so you can fix stuff you found last time in between. Figure out what the auto chains carry for it-and get 2 of what they don’t online. Don’t cheap out: safer to fix stuff in a garage than beside the road. When was the last time the grease caps up front were off? Or the rear drums? Do the basics, get it reasonably safe, and go have an adventure.
Please do an entire episode, or ask Lohnes to, on the Bean Bandits. Vi (ola), Joaquin's wife, and daughter Jackie were my neighbors for 10 or so years after he passed. Their stories were amazing, and deserve to be remembered. Thank you
Man..I was born at the wrong time...I'm 58, born in 66... I would have LOVED experiencing this history, that "genesis" of drag racing and all. My background: Sportsman Class/Street Outlaw and 60's-era Gassers. I like all the Big Three, but mainly turn towards Mopars: 47-50 Plymouth and 41 Willys coupes. Current drag and drives are my 78 Impala Aerocoupe and 68 Galaxie 500--former police car. Last 2 Mopars were a 72 and 73 Valiant. All of these cars maintained the "sleeper" look, as factory looking as possible, except for the Gassers, of course. Brief try at dirt tracking with a clapped out 71 Nova I bought for $300 from Auto Trader Magazine: No good--I sucked..lol.
I love that you put it on the drag strip. I own a 66 mustang 6 cyl and I would love to go down the track and see how slow it really is. Love your videos. Thank you.
As an Australian that come to know of you as just a boy at powercruise in Perth all those years ago, I absolutely love listening to you talk about the history of a world I’ve idolised since a young sick boy reading car magazines but to continually keep me hooked, as a bit of a history nerd the 60’s really was the greatest time for drag racing and land speed racing…. Yours and Brian Lohnes are easily the best historical car channels on TH-cam. Thankyou for everything you’ve done for the Automotive industry David, if you’re ever back in Aus I’d love to shout you a corona Cheers mate 🍻
I was born in Whittier 1972. My dad ran Lyons, OCIR frequently. He would take me to the Winternationals, Pomona Swap meet and whatever was going on at OCIR. My dad just passed 2 months ago. David I have a Hot Rod shop in Alpharetta GA. You come and ask any customer I have and they will tell you, Marlan Davis, my dad and you have without exception inspired me and taught me. I love your videos, this one really touched my heart. David Frieburger is a treasure. We lose our deep connections with our history we lose Hot Rodding.
At approx. 7:15 the appearance of the Irwindale Ave. sign brought back memories riding our bikes from La Puente back in the '60's to Another drag strip long gone..Irwindale Raceway! There were drag strips everywhere in So. Cal. back in the 50's & 60's. And '70s.!
I'm actually so glad you've expanded your TH-cam channel. The freedom it seems to allow you to explore various parts of hot rodding history. AND you passed through my town a few months back, that was so cool to see you going down the main drag of Pendleton, OR. Shame I wasn't watching your socials at the time more closely, would've loved to say hi! Bottom line is, in the coming decades, whenever the topic of hot rodding comes up, your name will be carried through the same oral tradition you're doing right now. And with the same admiration and respect you talk about these legends. Keep up the great work Freiburger!
@TheDavidFreiburger The real generosity is that you share your knowledge and experiences with us. Your doc on the 200mph club is one of my favorite pieces of automotive media, and I loved the video where you took us to the vintage street scenes of LA 🤘
I was born in 1945 and lived through all the drag racing around Sacramento, California. One of my neighborhood friends, Greg Maher, his father had Maher Firestone Store, ended up running the Sacramento Raceway, east of Sacramento, for years. Thanks, David. I love all this history about drag racing. Your first-generation Chevy Camaro here, could be made into an amazing street rod or dragster?
@@dangarrison3503 Thanks Dan. When Greg and I were around 16 we went to the old California State Fairgrounds to all the different races on the Sacramento Dirt Mile. After school, I worked at the BF Goodrich store on 16th St, and Greg and I would pack the track between races with our big service trucks from the two tire stores. We took our service truck to the races to help the racers with their tire needs. We had open-wheel Champ Car races, new Stock Car races, and motorcycle races. Those were the Good Old Days for us.
In 1957 we would ride our bikes to the California State Fairgrounds on a Saturday where they had a 1/8th mile drag strip. There was a new 1957 Chevy with a 283cu V8, 3 speed, and a 1957 Ford with a 312ci V8, 3 speed racing each other.
@WilliamKiene I went to school with David Smith Jr and his brother Mike. Our ranch was 2 miles from the track on Jackso rd/ Eagles Nest rd. David and I both had 63 plymouths, I would drive to the track on slicks and open headers. Sacramento Mile was a big deal , so was West Capitol Raceway.
@@dangarrison3503 Wow...I bet we know some of the same folks and must be near the same age. We went to Capitol Speedway in the 1960s too. What high school? We lived in Fruitridge area, then move to South Land Park. Our lives were hunting, fishing, cars and motorcycles. I had a 1964 Dodge Coronet with a 440 Magnum 727 trans, Red, 2 door hard top. Those were the days.
I love the front engine sling shot dragsters. A friend took me to Lyons at night when I was maybe 15. I remember standing behind the chain link fence at the starting line when the top fuel dragsters ran. Flames from the headers, nitro fumes everywhere, wild camshafts rumping the hell out of the Chrysler or maybe Olds to Pontiac engines like crazy, then the explosion down the track. Thrilled and scared me. I still have vivid memories of long ago.
You’re the man David! So thankful for your passion and enthusiasm for Hot Roding and Cars. Grown up watching you (started at 13 now 24) and you’ve shaped a lot of my life and decisions I’ve made! My love brother
When I was a kid we would go to Martin 131 drag way in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I got to see Don Garlet and Don Purdom and Sherlly Mulldownie back in the mid 70's. Good memories!😊
That was very cool hearing the history of the In-N-Out Pomona track. Was pretty surprised that you didn’t mention that the NHRA is closing the track. Closing the last remaining 1/4 track in So CA without trying to find a buyer to run the track. Thanks NHRA. Wally Parks would be proud.
@@TheDavidFreiburger- So the announcement I read was fake news? Wow, my apologies David. I am really happy to hear this. No if they could only open it for racing more than a couple days a year…
First drags on their own track : 1952. Only 17 years later and your cars pops out. That's like it happening now only back in 2007, which seems like yesterday to me. I'm impressed that my first car's drag time of 20.5sec isn't too far away from your car's one. But mine was a 1987 1.1 litre, 50 hp Ford Fiesta here in Europe. High gas prices and tiny roads means my drag time that I found online is "estimated". Hi from Prague ! 🙃
Frieburger, I just love your channel. Really interesting history and stories from race tracks to cars and drivers to old buildings and signs. Keep doing it! Keep telling stories!
I remember my 67 Camaro father son project what a rust hole. Had self emptying trunk! Ventilated quarter panels and smoked do bad it would form a oil cloud that had drivers behind me using their windshield wipers. Seriously! 250 6cyl bored to 4" using 327 pistons and rods custom homemade intake and 2 2bbl carbs. Paint this is when base coat paint was just out. The new Thang! Used coarse aluminum mixer on body with ford candy apple red rally strips. 3 heavy clear coat. Loved that car
Awesome video again David! I loved the old hot rodders racing on the Pomona Road race course, right up my alley! Thank you for sharing some of the origin stories of hot rodding with the masses.
I love hearing all the facts and history…it’s so fascinating to me! I really appreciate that your able to share your knowledge with us!! Thank you David!!
Wow, you always manage to bring back memories! I was probably 11 at the time, but I HAD that issue of HOT ROD with Don Garlits on the cover with his American flag suit! I sort of stopped obsessing about drag racing once girls entered the picture (lol), but have always remained a car guy! Thanks for all that you do, David!
Always great to hear about the history of drag racing. I grew up in Southern California. As a kid I can remember a funny car about 3-4 blocks from my grandmothers house in Wilmington Cal hearing it fire up all the time. We would ride our bikes over there and listen to it.
It’s one thing to read copy as narration for a video, quite another to do this from memory while wheeling a first-gen Camaro on a SoCal freeway. Kudos, Mr. Freiberger. Edit- my sister has one of our late grandfather’s “Pomona Drags” jackets…
I've actually been down the track more than you have surprisingly. Your Camaro going down the track reminded me of the first time I "raced" down Parker Ave myself. It was 1998 at the Street Legal Drags, only $10 to either race or spectate back then. It was in my first car, a '71 Comet with a 200" straight sick, C4, 8" rear end with highway gears, it was pretty much bone stock. The best I ran was coincidentally 18.5 @ about 74 or 75 MPH IIRC. I still have my timeslip, many pictures and t-shirt somewhere. A year later Irwindale opened and now a little over a month from now as I type this, Irwindale is going to be allegedly permanently closed. So much has changed since then in So Cal, most not for the better unfortunately.
I lived down the street from Pomona drag strip for 35 years from a kid to adulthood. Me and my dad went to the 50th anniversary winter national event and the dinner with the drivers and all of it. Went there every year and the fair. A lot of history there in Pomona.
Camera guy’s XJ is cool.🤘 Great video. When I was in high school, we’d park across from the drag strip in the field to watch races, before they built the buildings.
Chrysler rented the drag strip when they made the PT Cruiser GT. I ran one down it. Always a blast. My wife got an Electric Blue PT and we put PEDALIN plates on it. Good old days for sure.
I met Big Daddy in Lakeland at the car show on Lake Mirror in 2001. He was with his wife and was such a nice guy. He must have been about 5’3” because I am 6’3” and that’s how I figured out how he could fit into so many different cars. Great Video Thank You 🙏
Freiburger , Your local So Cal vignettes are awesome lately! The detail you put into each video really shows the research you put into it. I might like your vids as much as the Roadkill HRG Motortrend content ,and I even enjoyed your recent tour of the old super shops and their origins . I grew up here in LA and never knew about this stuff . Although I only recently entered the car scene just about 20 yrs now . Still so much to learn . You really do a good job teaching this car stuff and make it easy to understand. Why don’t you open a drag racing school ? ……a “run what you brung” style school …….driving your own hot rod! Or be the next quirky “Eye On La “ guy! You got the knack to really go out and chase interesting content . Thanks Bro !
This is so cool, reminds me of the articles that I would read in Hotrod back in the 90's (after I had looked at all of the pictures :p) I use to ride my 10 speed bike to the shop after work every month to get a copy
Another GREAT episode! As my son and I watched this I said “man this makes me wanna do a road trip with Freiburger! I sweat you’ve got to be on of the most interesting perplexed alive ! Thank you for taking us along!!!!
Great Stories. Very cool cruiser of a Camaro. And this weekend, on Sunday, at the NHRA Museum. The 9th annual Spirit of Speed model car show. The best model car builders in the Southwest, will be there. Unfortunately, except me. 😢😊 I am loving this channel.
Was at our club's car show a few weeks ago, and I heard the story of a car driven there by an old guy. The car was a sweet '41 Mercury. The old guy was Don Garlits. Sitting down and hearing a story from a living legend was amazing. And if you're anywhere near Ocala, Fl, you have to go to his museum. So much racing history in there.
One Saturday night in 1958 I stole moms brand new 2-day old 348cu in Chevy wagon and we ran it at Lyons. Two or three weeks later a dealer replaced the engine because of oil in the radiator. Two years later and finally with a driver's license I would start the first of many trips to San Fernando Raceway, wish I still had some of those round San Fernando "Trophy Winner" decals. Over the years we would drag various cars at Pomona, Irwindale, Rosamond, Carlsbad, Orange County (El Toro?) and Riverside. Great memories! Yah, I'm 80 now. PS: My stock 1950 Ford would have beat your 18.54 by 3or4 10ths.
Pomona Winter-nationals: Recall descending the tower stairs as the Hurst girls were ascending. One highlight not forgotten. (Was there on / with a press-pass). Thank You Dave for the details of the Pomona early days and startup of the L.A. County Fairgrounds drag strip / racing in general; news-print stories, dates, names and changes that occurred over the *many* years. 💯% 👍
Thanks, once again, David, for an awesome history lesson!! Really great stuff!!👍 when I was a kid, I'm 68 now, I used to love reading about the Winternationals in Hot Rod & Car Craft!! I believe in 70 or 71, Roland Leong crashed the Hawaiian F/C at Pomona. That was huge news!! Then I remember an article where a guy bought the wrecked car, rebuilt it, put a blown BBC in it, slapped a Nova flip top body on it & drove it on the street!! Man, those were the days!!
Roland never drove his own Funny Car entries. He drove a dragster only a few times in his earliest days. Driver Larry Reyes won the Winters in 1970 in Roland’s car and Butch Mass did the same in 1971. I don’t recall which story you’re recalling, but it rings true.
I don't think there is anyone else I can sit patiently listening to facts as you. You make it entertaining. While I was sick I marathoned Road Kill. Then after I started Road Kill Garage and now I'm on Engine Masters. Such excellent content here. Thank you for sharing. Love the Camaro by the way. I can't win where I live but it's a sweet car.
Great video. In the words of Ken Schrader towards a guy who wore a driver suit to the track; "did you think you were gonna use the fire suit in that unit? 😅😅😅
Another great video!! I love learning the history of everything HOT ROD related. I gotta say I was a bit distracted by the lifted XJ following you on the freeway though lol.
Frieburger knows so much hotrod history and the way he likes to include every detail in his stories really makes him perfect for TH-cam.
Nice, thanks
He has been listening to Lohnes!
well he is history himself he been part of hotrod mag and motor trend many years
@@lonnyself3920 I don't think he would admit it, but he is one of the originals and a true legend in the genre. So awesome that he is consistently uploading now to keep them stories alive forever.
@@ldnwholesale8552 friggin love that channel... the Hot Rod Hoarder too.
I was very disappointed to not see Dulcich and Freiburger on my ballot at the polls but I still pulled the trigger on a firing order t shirt from your store and some campaign stickers. Thanks for offering such cool clothing designs.
yeah i need a couple of his shirts for sure!
Write em in. But thats a waste. Gotta vote for Mr. Trump.
@DanBeanner-zo3ms it still would have made me happy to see them on the ballot. Lol
@@DanBeanner-zo3ms Success 👍👍👍
*polls
Can we all just take a moment to acknowledge how Frieburger can tell the entire history of dozens of tracks, clubs, cars, people and events while casually driving down the freeway with no note cards or anything to keep it all straight, and somehow make it super interesting to listen to. How in the world do you remember all that stuff?? The most brilliant hot rod embassador and historian alive!
I was thinking the same thing. Lol
How could you not love Frieburger? He is an absolute encyclopedia of hot rodding and automotive history! He and Steve Magnante should totally do a podcast together. Just think how much you could learn listening to those two just talking for an hour each day.
Thanks!
The cars, the history, the off the beaten path road trips , thanks for taking us along
Thanks for coming along
This history of the early NHRA needs to be shown to the various city councils and county commissioners shutting down drag strips and race tracks across the country.
Different world now. NOTHING talks except money anymore. There's more money in housing developments and malls than in drag strips.
Unfortunately they don’t care. It’s been shown over and over all across the country. All they care about are the tax revenues they can collect and appeasing whiney homeowners who complain about noise after building or buying homes near drag strips knowing they are there and often times signing documents affirming they are are aware of the noise.
The nice thing about TH-cam over traditional media is that you can deep-dive how much you like in to a subject without worrying about timeslots, keep it up David!
XJ Camera Truck!
Came to comment this. It looks good!
Came to comment on this too! What a convoy! First gen Camaro AND an XJ = pure win
Came here, etc.
(Can you find XJs in the UK that haven't rotted away? No...)
David that is my Mom,Carol Cox,that you mentioned-thanks
Your mom was cool as an iceberg
Oh wow, neat!
That is so cool. Plus, yea I'm gonna say it, ❤.
You must have been the person who posted on the Performance Years Pontiac board some years back in a discussion about your parents. As a '61 Pontiac owner, I was a fan of your mom from way back. 🙂
Coolest mom ever
Man I absolutely love this car , growing up a buddy had a 68 with the straight 6 and the glide brings back a lot of good memories
I am a Porsche guy and love to track my 911. However, I love the history lessons and appreciate all of the car folks. Thanks, David. I am forever a fan....
Quick tip, Home depot plastic trash cans make a roadside fan shroud.
Fries and finns go good together and even better with the Dulshake but fries is great with the drive to history and hear stuff that we can connect to and hear his opinions and observations.
Frieburger I love the history that you give. My dad has the first Hot rod magazine ever produced and just about every single one from then until now. I grew up reading those magazines and I love the history that you bring to it. I love watching your videos. My hats off to you sir.
wow... scrolling through the comments I have come to the conclusion that we the fans of Freiburger, hot rodding, hot rods and history are all in agreement, Freiburger rules as a journalist, presenter, youtuber, historian, etc. etc. etc.... I think part of his secret is he loves what he does and has lots n lots n lots of fun doing it... thank you David!
Thank YOU for watching the stuff
Hey David, LOVE the TH-cam content. It’s such a nice mix of the traditional car media with large audience appeal, and flashes into more “nerdy” wormholes like cool old signs and niche history.
I am in my mid 20’s and I’ve always been interested in cars, but since the beginnings of the roadkill MotorTrend universe its transitioned from being a fan of someone like Tony Angelo when he was in Formula Drift to more traditional American endeavors like hot rods and muscle cars. I was wondering if you would ever consider doing a “How to” video for preparing for a road trip in an older car (pre 1975 for instance) My dad has got a 72 Maverick with a 6 cylinder that’s always run decent, but its never gone on a real roadtrip since he purchased it. I’m dying to take it on a roadtrip similar to your video in Idaho. I just don’t have the budget to spring for fixes and parts and mostly tools on the road, and have no idea what to think about preparing for little foibles along the way.
Maybe I’m overthinking it, either way, thanks so much for the new content!!
I’ve driven cheap old cars for decades, and I’ve only driven cars I can walk away from serious distances. “If this breaks down on me in Wyoming and I can’t fix it, will it kill me to just catch the Grayhound home?”
If it currently runs & drives well, start doing bigger and bigger loops around home. Every other weekend so you can fix stuff you found last time in between. Figure out what the auto chains carry for it-and get 2 of what they don’t online. Don’t cheap out: safer to fix stuff in a garage than beside the road. When was the last time the grease caps up front were off? Or the rear drums? Do the basics, get it reasonably safe, and go have an adventure.
Please do an entire episode, or ask Lohnes to, on the Bean Bandits. Vi (ola), Joaquin's wife, and daughter Jackie were my neighbors for 10 or so years after he passed. Their stories were amazing, and deserve to be remembered. Thank you
Man..I was born at the wrong time...I'm 58, born in 66...
I would have LOVED experiencing this history, that "genesis" of drag racing and all.
My background: Sportsman Class/Street Outlaw and 60's-era Gassers. I like all the Big Three, but mainly turn towards Mopars: 47-50 Plymouth and 41 Willys coupes. Current drag and drives are my 78 Impala Aerocoupe and 68 Galaxie 500--former police car. Last 2 Mopars were a 72 and 73 Valiant. All of these cars maintained the "sleeper" look, as factory looking as possible, except for the Gassers, of course.
Brief try at dirt tracking with a clapped out 71 Nova I bought for $300 from Auto Trader Magazine: No good--I sucked..lol.
David Freiberger is the best man for hot rod history. Still to this day he keeps me hooked on anything automotive. All around bad ass dude.
Great seeing and hearing about all the tracks I knew growing up in So Cal. Thanks David.
Man this is truly great stuff. Look forward to this every week! Bring Dulcich on! Thanks again!
David , I really enjoy this type of video history , thank you for posting
I love that you put it on the drag strip. I own a 66 mustang 6 cyl and I would love to go down the track and see how slow it really is. Love your videos. Thank you.
Still my favorite track, went to my first nationals there, great memories, thanks Dave.
As an Australian that come to know of you as just a boy at powercruise in Perth all those years ago, I absolutely love listening to you talk about the history of a world I’ve idolised since a young sick boy reading car magazines but to continually keep me hooked, as a bit of a history nerd the 60’s really was the greatest time for drag racing and land speed racing….
Yours and Brian Lohnes are easily the best historical car channels on TH-cam.
Thankyou for everything you’ve done for the Automotive industry David, if you’re ever back in Aus I’d love to shout you a corona
Cheers mate 🍻
I was born in Whittier 1972. My dad ran Lyons, OCIR frequently. He would take me to the Winternationals, Pomona Swap meet and whatever was going on at OCIR. My dad just passed 2 months ago.
David I have a Hot Rod shop in Alpharetta GA. You come and ask any customer I have and they will tell you, Marlan Davis, my dad and you have without exception inspired me and taught me. I love your videos, this one really touched my heart.
David Frieburger is a treasure. We lose our deep connections with our history we lose Hot Rodding.
Freiburger is the best storyteller ever. Thanks for the content!
At approx. 7:15 the appearance of the Irwindale Ave. sign brought back memories riding our bikes from La Puente back in the '60's to Another drag strip long gone..Irwindale Raceway!
There were drag strips everywhere in So. Cal. back in the 50's & 60's. And '70s.!
That is a nice clean 68 camaro. Great little car Freiburger. Love all your content and shows.
Grew up in San Berdoo , you brought some good old mermories , Thanks David love the channel !!!
I'm actually so glad you've expanded your TH-cam channel. The freedom it seems to allow you to explore various parts of hot rodding history. AND you passed through my town a few months back, that was so cool to see you going down the main drag of Pendleton, OR. Shame I wasn't watching your socials at the time more closely, would've loved to say hi!
Bottom line is, in the coming decades, whenever the topic of hot rodding comes up, your name will be carried through the same oral tradition you're doing right now. And with the same admiration and respect you talk about these legends. Keep up the great work Freiburger!
That’s very generous of you, thanks
@TheDavidFreiburger The real generosity is that you share your knowledge and experiences with us. Your doc on the 200mph club is one of my favorite pieces of automotive media, and I loved the video where you took us to the vintage street scenes of LA 🤘
Thank you for the hot rod history lesson!
COOL XJ IN THE BACK
Watching you Cruise in the Camaro while I build a model of my dad’s first car. A 68 Camaro.
I love this guys shows... Very Entertaining..... D/F Rocks !!
DF kills it with his driving while giving automotive history. So good. Thanks Dave!
My home track is Cordova, and it’s the oldest continuously operating purpose built drag strip in the USA. Love that Camaro
It opened in 1956. It is home to the World Series of Drag Racing that started in 1954, prior to the US Nationals.
@TheDavidFreiburger I've lived within 50 miles of Cordova my entire life. I haven't been in quite a while but the 90's were a blast there.
What about great lakes dragaway?
Pomona broke ground in 1949 had its first race in 1952 Cordova the f i n e establishment it is open to Labor Day 1956. Pomona got you by 4 years
@@tommccallan8802 that's cool. I didn't know that
David, Thanks for the R/seat, HIstory Ride.
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😂Raymond Clày 463Rabbit Run Rd. Victoria Texas 77905
Nice car I like to have it I gave my address 7:14
I learned, I laughed, I cried. Fantastic content man!! keep it coming, I will keep watching, over and over.
Hahah. Cool. Thanks for watching.
"Then and Now" sequences are fun and unique. Hope to see more of them.
I was born in 1945 and lived through all the drag racing around Sacramento, California.
One of my neighborhood friends, Greg Maher, his father had Maher Firestone Store, ended up running the Sacramento Raceway, east of Sacramento, for years.
Thanks, David. I love all this history about drag racing.
Your first-generation Chevy Camaro here, could be made into an amazing street rod or dragster?
Dave Smith owned and operated Sacramento Raceway. A friend of mine Bonny Philson drove/ partnerd with Maher funny car " Ladies First"
@@dangarrison3503 Thanks Dan. When Greg and I were around 16 we went to the old California State Fairgrounds to all the different races on the Sacramento Dirt Mile.
After school, I worked at the BF Goodrich store on 16th St, and Greg and I would pack the track between races with our big service trucks from the two tire stores.
We took our service truck to the races to help the racers with their tire needs. We had open-wheel Champ Car races, new Stock Car races, and motorcycle races.
Those were the Good Old Days for us.
In 1957 we would ride our bikes to the California State Fairgrounds on a Saturday where they had a 1/8th mile drag strip.
There was a new 1957 Chevy with a 283cu V8, 3 speed, and a 1957 Ford with a 312ci V8, 3 speed racing each other.
@WilliamKiene I went to school with David Smith Jr and his brother Mike. Our ranch was 2 miles from the track on Jackso rd/ Eagles Nest rd. David and I both had 63 plymouths, I would drive to the track on slicks and open headers. Sacramento Mile was a big deal , so was West Capitol Raceway.
@@dangarrison3503 Wow...I bet we know some of the same folks and must be near the same age. We went to Capitol Speedway in the 1960s too.
What high school? We lived in Fruitridge area, then move to South Land Park. Our lives were hunting, fishing, cars and motorcycles.
I had a 1964 Dodge Coronet with a 440 Magnum 727 trans, Red, 2 door hard top. Those were the days.
My kind of history lesson. Thanks Freiburger!
I love the front engine sling shot dragsters. A friend took me to Lyons at night when I was maybe 15. I remember standing behind the chain link fence at the starting line when the top fuel dragsters ran. Flames from the headers, nitro fumes everywhere, wild camshafts rumping the hell out of the Chrysler or maybe Olds to Pontiac engines like crazy, then the explosion down the track. Thrilled and scared me. I still have vivid memories of long ago.
You’re the man David! So thankful for your passion and enthusiasm for Hot Roding and Cars. Grown up watching you (started at 13 now 24) and you’ve shaped a lot of my life and decisions I’ve made! My love brother
Man that’s cool, thanks for saying it!
This makes me wish Connecticut dragway was still around, it lasted until about 1986
When I was a kid we would go to Martin 131 drag way in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I got to see Don Garlet and Don Purdom and Sherlly Mulldownie back in the mid 70's. Good memories!😊
That was enjoyable.
I would always wait for the new issues of Hot Rod, Car Craft, and Motor Trend back in the 70's.
This was awesome. Loving the videos Dave, and I love the fact you just drove this thing down the track. Be it 18 seconds for a pass
That was very cool hearing the history of the In-N-Out Pomona track. Was pretty surprised that you didn’t mention that the NHRA is closing the track. Closing the last remaining 1/4 track in So CA without trying to find a buyer to run the track. Thanks NHRA. Wally Parks would be proud.
I didn’t mention it because that’s not a thing. The lease on the track goes through 2030, I think.
@@TheDavidFreiburger- So the announcement I read was fake news? Wow, my apologies David. I am really happy to hear this. No if they could only open it for racing more than a couple days a year…
First drags on their own track : 1952. Only 17 years later and your cars pops out. That's like it happening now only back in 2007, which seems like yesterday to me. I'm impressed that my first car's drag time of 20.5sec isn't too far away from your car's one. But mine was a 1987 1.1 litre, 50 hp Ford Fiesta here in Europe. High gas prices and tiny roads means my drag time that I found online is "estimated". Hi from Prague ! 🙃
Frieburger his so underated at motor trend, this chanel proves it! What a legend 🤘🤠👍
ATTENTION GET YOUR JUNKER OUT TO IRWINDALE BEFORE DEC 2024 WHEN IT CLOSES. THAT WILL BE HISTORY TOO
Second this
It’s good to be da king!!!!! Park where ever you want. Love it
Frieburger, I just love your channel. Really interesting history and stories from race tracks to cars and drivers to old buildings and signs. Keep doing it! Keep telling stories!
I work across the street from Pomona drag strip. Thanks for showing the history.
I remember my 67 Camaro
father son project what a rust hole. Had self emptying trunk! Ventilated quarter panels and smoked do bad it would form a oil cloud that had drivers behind me using their windshield wipers. Seriously! 250 6cyl bored to 4" using 327 pistons and rods custom homemade intake and 2 2bbl carbs. Paint this is when base coat paint was just out. The new Thang! Used coarse aluminum mixer on body with ford candy apple red rally strips. 3 heavy clear coat. Loved that car
Awesome video again David! I loved the old hot rodders racing on the Pomona Road race course, right up my alley!
Thank you for sharing some of the origin stories of hot rodding with the masses.
Thanks for digging it
Great History Lesson on Pomona.. Lots of things i did Not know... Well Done DF..
I love hearing all the facts and history…it’s so fascinating to me! I really appreciate that your able to share your knowledge with us!! Thank you David!!
Wow, you always manage to bring back memories! I was probably 11 at the time, but I HAD that issue of HOT ROD with Don Garlits on the cover with his American flag suit! I sort of stopped obsessing about drag racing once girls entered the picture (lol), but have always remained a car guy! Thanks for all that you do, David!
Always great to hear about the history of drag racing. I grew up in Southern California. As a kid I can remember a funny car about 3-4 blocks from my grandmothers house in Wilmington Cal hearing it fire up all the time. We would ride our bikes over there and listen to it.
Back when people ran funny cars out of their garages
Love the Camaro but also love the Cherokee filming with you. Looks badass
Love the history. That poor girl was so impressed to even catch sight of David in the wild, she lost her dang flip flop.
It’s one thing to read copy as narration for a video, quite another to do this from memory while wheeling a first-gen Camaro on a SoCal freeway. Kudos, Mr. Freiberger.
Edit- my sister has one of our late grandfather’s “Pomona Drags” jackets…
I've actually been down the track more than you have surprisingly.
Your Camaro going down the track reminded me of the first time I "raced" down Parker Ave myself. It was 1998 at the Street Legal Drags, only $10 to either race or spectate back then. It was in my first car, a '71 Comet with a 200" straight sick, C4, 8" rear end with highway gears, it was pretty much bone stock. The best I ran was coincidentally 18.5 @ about 74 or 75 MPH IIRC.
I still have my timeslip, many pictures and t-shirt somewhere.
A year later Irwindale opened and now a little over a month from now as I type this, Irwindale is going to be allegedly permanently closed. So much has changed since then in So Cal, most not for the better unfortunately.
The more I see that Camaro, the more I like it!
David, this works. keep doing it this way. Thanks for everything you do.
Wow, impressed!! First time down the freeway and the hood stayed on, no car wash cooling stops!
Beautiful ride!!
I lived down the street from Pomona drag strip for 35 years from a kid to adulthood. Me and my dad went to the 50th anniversary winter national event and the dinner with the drivers and all of it. Went there every year and the fair. A lot of history there in Pomona.
Freiburger you are one of the most important and inspiring people in the car community. Thank you for all the cool stories and history.
Wow, “one of the most important” seems over the top, but I’m happy to hear that I’ve inspired you. That’s the best reward. Thank you.
Love this history about the car culture in combination with a nice road trip in an old nice car 🙂
Road trips and history is what we need. Keep it up!
Camera guy’s XJ is cool.🤘 Great video. When I was in high school, we’d park across from the drag strip in the field to watch races, before they built the buildings.
Chrysler rented the drag strip when they made the PT Cruiser GT. I ran one down it. Always a blast. My wife got an Electric Blue PT and we put PEDALIN plates on it. Good old days for sure.
Great vid! The Camaro is so rad and loving the XJ chase vehicle too!
I met Big Daddy in Lakeland at the car show on Lake Mirror in 2001. He was with his wife and was such a nice guy. He must have been about 5’3” because I am 6’3” and that’s how I figured out how he could fit into so many different cars. Great Video Thank You 🙏
Lets gooo hope future video about the history of the og roadkill muscle truck ❤
WOW - Thanks for this Frieburger
Freiburger , Your local So Cal vignettes are awesome lately! The detail you put into each video really shows the research you put into it. I might like your vids as much as the Roadkill HRG Motortrend content ,and I even enjoyed your recent tour of the old super shops and their origins . I grew up here in LA and never knew about this stuff . Although I only recently entered the car scene just about 20 yrs now . Still so much to learn . You really do a good job teaching this car stuff and make it easy to understand. Why don’t you open a drag racing school ? ……a “run what you brung” style school …….driving your own hot rod! Or be the next quirky “Eye On La “ guy! You got the knack to really go out and chase interesting content . Thanks Bro !
I live down the street from Pomona. I can hear the NHrA from here. Also building a 23 model t hot rod. Love this place the swapmeet is here too
amazing!! love all this info. all of freiburgers videos need to be saved for later generations. sadly all this history will be lost at some point.
I like the wheels you picked for the Camaro.
This is so cool, reminds me of the articles that I would read in Hotrod back in the 90's (after I had looked at all of the pictures :p) I use to ride my 10 speed bike to the shop after work every month to get a copy
Cool video! That charokee following you is pretty sweet too!
Another GREAT episode! As my son and I watched this I said “man this makes me wanna do a road trip with Freiburger! I sweat you’ve got to be on of the most interesting perplexed alive ! Thank you for taking us along!!!!
Perplexed is right
@ I meant PERSON lmao
Great Stories. Very cool cruiser of a Camaro. And this weekend, on Sunday, at the NHRA Museum. The 9th annual Spirit of Speed model car show. The best model car builders in the Southwest, will be there. Unfortunately, except me. 😢😊
I am loving this channel.
Great episode man I always liked your you're fact telling I love the historical ones I love the history of drag racing keep up the good work Dave
Was at our club's car show a few weeks ago, and I heard the story of a car driven there by an old guy. The car was a sweet '41 Mercury. The old guy was Don Garlits. Sitting down and hearing a story from a living legend was amazing.
And if you're anywhere near Ocala, Fl, you have to go to his museum. So much racing history in there.
One Saturday night in 1958 I stole moms brand new 2-day old 348cu in Chevy wagon and we ran it at Lyons. Two or three weeks later a dealer replaced the engine because of oil in the radiator. Two years later and finally with a driver's license I would start the first of many trips to San Fernando Raceway, wish I still had some of those round San Fernando "Trophy Winner" decals. Over the years we would drag various cars at Pomona, Irwindale, Rosamond, Carlsbad, Orange County (El Toro?) and Riverside. Great memories! Yah, I'm 80 now. PS: My stock 1950 Ford would have beat your 18.54 by 3or4 10ths.
Great stories! Thank you for sharing.
I love how you called Maserati a mazdarati!!
Force of habit
@ sounds better your way! The roadkill way!
Nailed it again! The content just keeps getting better! Keep it up.
Pomona Winter-nationals: Recall descending the tower stairs as the Hurst girls were ascending. One highlight not forgotten. (Was there on / with a press-pass). Thank You Dave for the details of the Pomona early days and startup of the L.A. County Fairgrounds drag strip / racing in general; news-print stories, dates, names and changes that occurred over the *many* years. 💯% 👍
Thanks, once again, David, for an awesome history lesson!! Really great stuff!!👍 when I was a kid, I'm 68 now, I used to love reading about the Winternationals in Hot Rod & Car Craft!! I believe in 70 or 71, Roland Leong crashed the Hawaiian F/C at Pomona. That was huge news!! Then I remember an article where a guy bought the wrecked car, rebuilt it, put a blown BBC in it, slapped a Nova flip top body on it & drove it on the street!! Man, those were the days!!
Roland never drove his own Funny Car entries. He drove a dragster only a few times in his earliest days. Driver Larry Reyes won the Winters in 1970 in Roland’s car and Butch Mass did the same in 1971. I don’t recall which story you’re recalling, but it rings true.
@TheDavidFreiburger You are correct. Roland wasn't driving. It was his car, though. With a Dodge Charger body.
Woo!
Time to hangout with Uncle Dave.
And any updates on the fbomb camaro
I don't think there is anyone else I can sit patiently listening to facts as you. You make it entertaining. While I was sick I marathoned Road Kill. Then after I started Road Kill Garage and now I'm on Engine Masters. Such excellent content here. Thank you for sharing. Love the Camaro by the way. I can't win where I live but it's a sweet car.
Great, thanks for all those hours!
So many great times working the events at this track!
Great video. In the words of Ken Schrader towards a guy who wore a driver suit to the track; "did you think you were gonna use the fire suit in that unit? 😅😅😅
These history lessons are awesome. Thanks for sharing them Freiburger 🤟🏻
Another great video!! I love learning the history of everything HOT ROD related. I gotta say I was a bit distracted by the lifted XJ following you on the freeway though lol.
Thanks for sharing some history about Pomona.