I saw this car when he did the record at Santa Pod. It still is THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. Its a hydrogen peroxide rocket, same as lunar landing vehicle. Mike
He was killed in a explosion in a Texas oil field. Sammy and I did a lot of street racing in the late sixty's then I was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and a good friend and will be missed by many... J Noll
This guy burst blood vessles and also broke ribs on some "good" runs! a true legend, if only they could do something like this again. i never got to see Sammy, missed his last run at Santa Pod's Speedfreaks Ball i was gutted.. R.I.P thanks for the video buddy!
He was killed from a explosion in a Texas oilfield. I spent most of my late teens with Sammy street racing and was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and will be remembered by me fondle. J Noll
I saw Slammin' Sammy at York US30 Dragway in 1978....it was a HOLY CRAP moment! I've never seen anything like it since. He was in the 3's and over 300 mph, but I don't recall the exact numbers....the run was mind numbing.
I saw that car run in 1979 at Hollywood Speedway. Major chest hit at takeoff. Made two runs first was 4 seconds track staff said dont run another 4 so he ran a 3!!!! blew the light bulbs off the tree etc. a real show man!
james i was there at hollywood speedway my dad took my brother and i . i'll never forget it i was ten at the time. i think tom hoover and his showtime funny car was there also
As far as I know, the fastest piston pass is still under 340mph. They also have not broken the 4 second barrier. The only Driver to break 400mph in the 1/4 Mile was Kitty O'Neil in Ky Michaelson's Rocket Dragster at El Mirage in 1977. Her best pass was 3.22@396mph. Because it was in the desert¬ at an NHRA track or event, the NHRA ignores it. Sammy's best was 3.54@386mph. Kitty was deaf- and small. This worked to her favor. She stated, "I can't hear the noise... but I can feel the power!"
I saw this guy with this car around this time doing the standard drag racing quarter mile (=0.4 km) in 3.98 seconds. I remember them saying at the time that he accelerated from 0 - 100 miles per hour (=160 Kph) in 0.4 seconds. It was the fastest thing I'd ever seen... looked like it was fired out of an invisible gun. On the run in this video, he was taking it easy!!
that funny car was the baddest car, I remember seeing it run when i was about eight or nine years old. he ran the car at an event at englishtown raceway park back in the day. i told people about the car for years and nobody believed that there was ever a rocket car that ran so fast...if i never saw it with my own eyes, i may not have either. but it was and is true... over twenty five years later... that was a BADD car... thanks.
trak bite is glue that applies a resistance when the back of the tyre is rolling up from the ground. Much like walking over glue, it requires more effort to lift your foot. sand has a lot lower resistance than glue. But, yeah whatever.
Apparently the reason these cars are not running any more is because the tracks cannot get public liability insurance to allow them to run. The G-Forces applied to the driver were causing them to lose consciousness. Vanishing Point did have an issue with obtaining 90% Hydrogen Peroxide fuel but I believe it was overcome. Tragically Sammy Miller was killed a few years ago in a workplace accident. He was a super guy and the real driving force behind the rocket cars at Santa Pod,UK. RIP Sammy.
Bring back the rocket cars! Fastest accelerating cars in the history of the world and I never got to see one in person! (I know it can't happen ,but I can whinge in hopes can't i?)
Hense why Santa pod is the fastest Drag strip in the world, coz sammy did nis 3.58 there and kitty did hers on a desert. A Desert has less rolling resistance that a specificaly design drag strip.
Those twin bottles in the front of the car is the source of the power? is it similar to knocking the valve off a pressured cylinder? This type of racer is new to me, so please bear my ignorance.
propulsion is by hydrogen peroxide. mixed with oxygen it expands at a massive rate.they used a thruster off a lunar landing vehicle. his 0-60 time was too fast to get. 0-100 m.p.h. was in 0.36 of a second pulling 12g's.
max acceleration as measured in g's for a wheel-driven vehicle is around 3.35 g's. Any greater torque and you loose traction. G's immediately drop off. Rocket's are capable of achieving 400 g's of accleration. Ground-based anti-missile missiles routinely demonstrate this. 8 g's as is widely quoted for wheel-driven dragsters is Hollywood fantasy .. 3.35 g's max. Instantaneous or otherwise.
Vykan Viking .... It was earlier than 1984 ! .... I remember because I myself was in the March 1978 edition of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine. That issue has Sammy Miller as the front cover feature story and that particular pass which was ran at Santa Pod was mentioned in that issue . I no longer have that particular edition, But intend on getting another copy...There's some still available on ebay ! That issue has Sam Miller on the front cover dressed in an astronauts suit along with his rocket car at NASA !
I saw this car when he did the record at Santa Pod. It still is THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. Its a hydrogen peroxide rocket, same as lunar landing vehicle.
Mike
there is something so special about watching a rocket car, borderline insane to drive 1,talk about courage,RIP Sammy
i saw sammy miller at santa pod in england. the man is a god. sadly missed
He was killed in a explosion in a Texas oil field. Sammy and I did a lot of street racing in the late sixty's then I was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and a good friend and will be missed by many... J Noll
This guy burst blood vessles and also broke ribs on some "good" runs! a true legend, if only they could do something like this again. i never got to see Sammy, missed his last run at Santa Pod's Speedfreaks Ball i was gutted.. R.I.P thanks for the video buddy!
He was killed from a explosion in a Texas oilfield. I spent most of my late teens with Sammy street racing and was in his pit crew with his first dragster.He was really a great guy and will be remembered by me fondle. J Noll
My left ear enjoyed this video. Still an epic run.
I saw Slammin' Sammy at York US30 Dragway in 1978....it was a HOLY CRAP moment! I've never seen anything like it since. He was in the 3's and over 300 mph, but I don't recall the exact numbers....the run was mind numbing.
My dad knew Sammy and even went to the track with him a few times to help. so cool
That entire pass was quicker than my reaction time !!
Haha that's funny. My best 60' is 1.49, Sammy did the 1/8 in 1.7 - holy shit!
I saw that car run in 1979 at Hollywood Speedway. Major chest hit at takeoff. Made two runs first was 4 seconds track staff said dont run another 4 so he ran a 3!!!! blew the light bulbs off the tree etc. a real show man!
Holy shit! I was there bro!!!
That is awesome!!!
James Crownvic Went to North Miami High. You?
Fort Lauderdale High 1982
I was there drove my 3 wheeler in through the woods parked and sat in the stands 1$ Schlitz beer
james i was there at hollywood speedway my dad took my brother and i . i'll never forget it i was ten at the time. i think tom hoover and his showtime funny car was there also
As far as I know,
the fastest piston pass is still under 340mph.
They also have not broken the 4 second barrier.
The only Driver to break 400mph in the 1/4 Mile was Kitty O'Neil in Ky Michaelson's Rocket Dragster at El Mirage in 1977.
Her best pass was 3.22@396mph.
Because it was in the desert¬ at an NHRA track or event,
the NHRA ignores it.
Sammy's best was 3.54@386mph.
Kitty was deaf-
and small.
This worked to her favor.
She stated,
"I can't hear the noise...
but I can feel the power!"
Imagine having so much power on vibrations alone that the deaf driver can hear it
I saw this guy with this car around this time doing the standard drag racing quarter mile (=0.4 km) in 3.98 seconds. I remember them saying at the time that he accelerated from 0 - 100 miles per hour (=160 Kph) in 0.4 seconds. It was the fastest thing I'd ever seen... looked like it was fired out of an invisible gun. On the run in this video, he was taking it easy!!
that funny car was the baddest car, I remember seeing it run when i was about eight or nine years old. he ran the car at an event at englishtown raceway park back in the day. i told people about the car for years and nobody believed that there was ever a rocket car that ran so fast...if i never saw it with my own eyes, i may not have either. but it was and is true... over twenty five years later... that was a BADD car... thanks.
Sammy Miller holds the world drag racing record- Kitty O'Neil recorded her record on a desert strip, not an actual drag strip.
shadeaths .... I Agree !!!
Best speed video for me!
I saw this car in 84 or 85 at Santa pod Raceway in England. It was unbelievable. 1/4 mile in 2.6 sec i believe.
Sammy did post a half mile once at spain somewhere, and it was ridiculous, I think both his ear drums burst. god bless him
i was there, never saw something like that again
Can you remember what the E.T. / MPH was ?
@@SorryWereOpen247 1/8mile 1.606 seconds @ 319mph
trak bite is glue that applies a resistance when the back of the tyre is rolling up from the ground. Much like walking over glue, it requires more effort to lift your foot. sand has a lot lower resistance than glue.
But, yeah whatever.
Oh bloody hell!
@herman125 I don't know what hydro-oxygen is, the fuel source is over 90% concentrated hydrogen peroxide.
wow tht kind of makes me want quit trying on the racing anywhere
were all slow lol
bonkers I wish I new wat tht felt like
The car is that fast that it seems not to accelerate but starting almost with full speed
i thought i takes 88mph to go back to the future
lol
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Bruhh
Apparently the reason these cars are not running any more is because the tracks cannot get public liability insurance to allow them to run. The G-Forces applied to the driver were causing them to lose consciousness. Vanishing Point did have an issue with obtaining 90% Hydrogen Peroxide fuel but I believe it was overcome. Tragically Sammy Miller was killed a few years ago in a workplace accident. He was a super guy and the real driving force behind the rocket cars at Santa Pod,UK. RIP Sammy.
Scary fast.
Apparently it would have been faster but the driver left the hand brake on by mistake.
He was my next store Neighbor
oh my f**king god!
Incredibly fast !!! Holly s@$& !!!
i want to comment but I'm at a loss for words
Note that 0-100 mph in 0.4 seconds is an average accelleration of 11 G. Not for very long time, but still impressive! :-)
@R35Man it says eigth mile in the description. not quarter
Bring back the rocket cars! Fastest accelerating cars in the history of the world and I never got to see one in person! (I know it can't happen ,but I can whinge in hopes can't i?)
Hense why Santa pod is the fastest Drag strip in the world, coz sammy did nis 3.58 there and kitty did hers on a desert. A Desert has less rolling resistance that a specificaly design drag strip.
Those twin bottles in the front of the car is the source of the power? is it similar to knocking the valve off a pressured cylinder? This type of racer is new to me, so please bear my ignorance.
I saw sammy in vanishing point at zandvoort in holland in 1984....is this where this clip is from??
propulsion is by hydrogen peroxide. mixed with oxygen it expands at a massive rate.they used a thruster off a lunar landing vehicle. his 0-60 time was too fast to get. 0-100 m.p.h. was in 0.36 of a second pulling 12g's.
@DanFrederiksen ahem.... read the description
luckily there's no bunny on the road
There is only on sammy miller.
PS
Her best trap speed was 412mph-
but with a higher E.T.
Rocket cars are insanely fast....
they reach 200 mp/h when a F1 driver notice the green light.....lol.....but its true...:)
400 mph in 4 seconds, ouch.
in a fire on a oil field i belive
not bad. i think he's finaly ready to take on my matiz
wheres the posted time?
how do these compare to the modern day Top Fuels? Which are faster?
Dan rockets. Jets cannot run under 5 seconds
How??
Я с такой скоростью после суток с работы домой лечу если клапан срывать начинает))
if he ran 1/8 in 1.6sec shouldn't he do the 1/4 in perhaps 2.4sec with an 8G avg acceleration?
anyway this is amazing!!!
max acceleration as measured in g's for a wheel-driven vehicle is around 3.35 g's. Any greater torque and you loose traction. G's immediately drop off. Rocket's are capable of achieving 400 g's of accleration. Ground-based anti-missile missiles routinely demonstrate this. 8 g's as is widely quoted for wheel-driven dragsters is Hollywood fantasy .. 3.35 g's max. Instantaneous or otherwise.
I bet his body hurt after running that thing
@lookn4thepowpow nos bottles mate
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my 60ft isn't even that fast :(
Sweet. Btw I’m the most recent comment you’ll find less than two years old
Fighter jets' 9G limitation has little to do with their wings and everything to do with the squishy soft things beneath their canopies.
2020 lol?
this car(sammy Mille) Ran 1/4 in 3.54sec and 386mp/h(621km/t) this time..It was in 1984 and world record that STILL STANDS TODAY
Vykan Viking .... It was earlier than 1984 ! .... I remember because I myself was in the March 1978 edition of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine. That issue has Sammy Miller as the front cover feature story and that particular pass which was ran at Santa Pod was mentioned in that issue . I no longer have that particular edition, But intend on getting another copy...There's some still available on ebay ! That issue has Sam Miller on the front cover dressed in an astronauts suit along with his rocket car at NASA !
then what is true?
Zandvoort had niet korter moeten zijn ;-)
my 1.4 would have him! Fuk me thats fast..
He fell off an oil rig iirc
not true
One of the oldest youtube video I ever watched