Funny Car History 1966 - 79

Man I got to tell you this is the best era of drag race ever.

Back when they dry hopped before the run. A great era of Funny Car history.

The best funny car era.......EVER!

I am 68 and watching this makes me feel like a teenager again watching them at NY national speedway on Long Island.

Rip to Don and Roland it’s been a rough week for the greats

Back when they looked like real cars. Now days unless you can see the name on the car, you can't tell what it's supposed to be!

An annual event in Seattle was called 64 Funny Cars at Pacific Raceways. Lined them all up along the track and fired em up all at once! Awesome sight

Thank you for posting this video! Much of this footage I'd never seen before. A great tribute to the golden era of drag racing. 😊

Wow what memories! I was happy to see the Castronova brothers Custom Body "Utica Flash" driven by Tom Prock. I grew up in Utica and would hang around the Custom Body shop being a pest asking questions @12. The very first car they had was a metal flake green Anglia Gasser and they'd roll it out of the shop on Sunday morning when nobody was around and do test hits from the stoplight. They did get caught once. Lol

I've had some super amazing compliments on this video. Just want to thank all of you subscribers and newcomers for watching. It's support like that that keeps this sport alive!

I was at that Edmonton race in 79. I lived a few miles away from the Edmonton international speedway and was a regular with my dad, who knew the owner, Graham light, and we got tower passes for every race! Man those were the days.

love the 70s funny cars,thankyou for these supertubr 👌👌👌

Thank you. I grew up reading and watching this stuff - my first AA/FD meet at CALDER PARK AUSTRALIA in 1970. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

I had the honor of working with and getting to know Pat Foster, he was not only a genius of a man but very humble and boy did he have some stories as well! I also got to meet and talk with Mickey Thompson only because my boss at the time had worked for him for decades, so during the MTEG series Mickey would often come by and talk with us I ended up working for Danny, Mickeys son after his murder! That’s another story in itself!

I could watch this stuff all day❤

I remember when Robert Height hit 339.87 and Sonoma. I was there and almost immediately recalled watching Snake, the Mongoose, John Force when they were match racing at Sacramento Raceway.

Brings back memories. The only rules and regulations that was in place back in the early 70s, #1. Drive fast #2. Don’t get hurt

I was at Orange county raceway in Cali in1984 for the last annual 64 funny car meet before the track closed forever, about 40 cars were there, they wheeled all the cars out accross the track raised the bodies, played the National Anthum, then lite up every cars motor , with the average Horsepower back then approx 3,000, i stood up in the stands with my arms in the air and felt approx 120,000+ Horsepower pit raps of those motors for 3 minutes...unreal.... also was at the Gator nationals in Florida in 1986 ,watched Big Daddy Garlits break 300 mph Top Fuel in his small front tire swamp rat dragster...stopped at his museum on the way home and he had a party with many big names, we hung out and met Don.

I was fortunate to watch most of these cars

Totally enjoyed this ,best era my childhood memories!