Party Crashers: How Five Wild Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Made History At The 1965 US Nationals
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2024
- This is a story about how five cars with no proper competition class, all running on nitro, crashed the party at the 1965 NHRA US Nationals and changed drag racing forever.
This is the story of early funny cars, their search for acceptance, the resistance they had to battle, and how creative owners and builders got in making sure they got the attention and press they deserved.
These cars were rebellious as much as they were unique. This is their story. 
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The voice of drag racing. We are lucky to have you making these videos. Thank you Brian!
Thanks for watching it!
I agree his voice is just spot on I could listen for hours he's not rushed and doesn't bamboozle you with big words. It's got just the right amount of authority and can tell he knows what he is talking about
I'm not specifically a drag nut but am as you guys say a 'gear head' this is great to watch. Hi from new Zealand!
Agreed❤
Amazing Thank You Brian and crew😊 love these
Whos voice is it? I'd assumed it was AI generated due the speed of speech. Great vids tho Brian just slow the speech down it wears me out lol
I was at the '65 Nats, a year out of high school, and it was incredible. The sights, the sounds, the mind-boggling array of cars. I will never forget it.
when i lost my grandfather to a heart attack last summer, i felt like i would be forever seperated from the sport he had been racing in since 1956. thank you for talking about these old stories of wild men and monster machines.
rest in peace USAF Master Sargeant Robert George Wich, Jr., and may your 41 Ford Business Coupe fly the Homestead tracks again.
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I remember watching the Snake and Mongoose go at it at the Spring Nationals in the early 70’s, drag racing will never be that wild again
Brian I’ve been going to drag races since the mid 70’s thank you for helping to keep this great sport alive.
My first exposure to drag racing was 1969. My uncle Jim took me to Lyons Drag Strip and while watching the Mr. T Corvette exploded and my uncle told me to go grab a souvenir! I came back with an almost complete door with the Mr. T still on it!😂
Hahaha wow!!!
I was introduced to drag racing in 1959 at US 30 Drag Strip at the age of 14. I was hooked. I will never forget the 1965 season. In the spring of 1965 Dyno Don showed up at the track for a match race in a 1965 Comet SOHC A/FX . The car was as built with two carburetors. Later, in the fall he returned to US 30 for another match race but now the car was fitted with a straight axle and the rear axle moved forward and the engine had 8 stack fuel injection on nitro but still with a four speed manual. The engine blew up.
That season there were match races almost every weekend and the crowds were huge. The array of altered wheelbase, injected, nitro burning cars was crazy. Yellow rosin dust. Burnouts, dry hops, best two out of three races, betting in the crowds……..it was nuts but it was awesome! I’m glad my friends and I had the experience.
What fantastic memories
Raced at US30 in Hobart in 80s. '70 Nova 427 4spd. Was just getting started when they closed it up. Drove to work at full service Standard station with open headers after racing to work 3-11s on Sundays. Got the last US30 race posters from Don Garlits' museum in '92. Thanks for bringing back that Sunday, Sunday, Sunday feeling.
For me 196 at Cordova !!! 3 Top fuelers there that nite ... Next weekend folks took me to dirt track stock cars..... I was like,, WTF are we doing Here,,, when theres Top Fuelers at Cordova !!!! Nothing else matters!!! Keep your grown men playing with their BALLS sports !!!!
1963
As one who raced and rode the fences at the two 'San' dragstrips, Fernando and Gabriel, and the big show every Saturday night at Lions, as a kid of 17 I could dream of building a B rail or street roadster. But when the exhibition runs became a thing, I just didn't get it, nor did my wallet. Yes, a Top Fuel car went for twelve grand in 1964 dollars but still, a kid could dream. What was once a SOP hobby run at tracks with dirt, dust, and splintered seating faded from view to be overtaken by the maga-tracks, think OCR or any track with those blaring "Sunday Sunday Sunday - Be There" radio commercials, it all just became different. Having said this, thank you Brian for this fascinating look into those who did, "Think outside the box." As always, good stuff here...
I was eleven in 66 but I was fortunate to hang out at Pheonix International Raceway with these Big Brothers. Cranking Crane. The White Night were two cars I remember. Good memories!
I remember those days. It was a great era.
Nice! Don Beebe worked for my dad, thanks for showing a couple of my dad's cars, COLOR ME GONE AND DART CHARGER. He also had LITTLE RED WAGON for a year, Jay Howell drove both LITTLE RED WAGON and DART CHARGER.
Bob Branstner
That is awesome!! Thanks for the kind words, Bob. I think your dad’s contributions to the sport are underrated.
I love the rich history of drag racing, The cars, The men and women who built and raced them that this channel provides:)
More to come!
Brian you are doing drag racing and other racing history justice. Thank you so much for all this in depth history. Being born in 1962 and growing up loving anything with a engine in it. This is right up my alley of learning more about our sports history. Keep up the great work and God bless you brother.
My pleasure!
Imagine, sitting in your school's library, putting on archaic plastic cup headphones, plugging them in to the "compact cassette" player, opening the book and listening for the "beep" to turn the page as you watched and listened to the stories of "The Little Red Wagon" and "Hemi Under Glass". This was showbiz and I was hooked. I was in a Canadian suburb, so this might as well have been a transmission from the lunar surface, but I was captivated. So, damn your top speed and blown rods, I was in for the show. Rear wheel steering (brake steer) and looking through the floor boards to navigate had me. Later, there would be "Bob Chandler's Big Foot" and "Mega Saurus," but for now, pulling a wheelie all the way down the strip was the shit. Showbiz!
I remember these days, single digit age but loved drag racing.... got my Dad to take me to the local drag strip. I still have the smell and roar.... in the 70s continued to go, my Dad still took me until me n friends got DL. OCIR was my strip. Good times. Great video
Thanks for filling in a boring winter between drag racing seasons!
You bet!
I love this so much. Drag racing was so rowdy and chaotic back in the day. Has the best history.
You are the man Brian, and putting this history out there will inspire more people to take part in drag racing.
Thanks a million for this!!
Hell yeah great story loved every minute of it. I was born in 69 and I remember the mid 70’s . Drag racing was great!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!
Great story of history I lived through, if only by browsing the magazine rack in the local dime store. I remember the Funny Car controversy, it stayed alive long after ‘65. Subscribed
Thank you! My dad was involved with a lot! I've got pictures of the '63 and '64 COLOR ME GONE with Don Beebe's street DODGE CHARGER in my driveway.
Absolutely amazing!
Thanks for posting. I was fortunate enough to see Art Arfons in his jet powered Green Monster.
Wow, what a thorough history of these classic quarter mile machines.
Man I Watched This Entire Video Like “Damn I Know This Voice” 😂. Real Talk Though You’re Literally The Voice Of The Sport
I'll comment tomorrow I'm still watching. It's unreal
Thanks for watching!
I started in this wacky business in 1970,,,this was a tad before my time,,,,but , the older I get the more I realize I don't know shit about nothin,,,,really truly enjoy your history lessons... thank you
Sincerely appreciate you enjoying this stuff!!
What an absoltue kick ass presentation. Perfect use of showing images of what you are speaking of and at just the right cadence.
Thanks Josh!!
100% authenticity here, thankyou for your efforts and so much dedication to the science that is drag racing.
When Brian uploads, I sit my ass down
Hahaha thank you
Outstanding story. Lifelong drag racing fan, and I learned a lot about the birth of my favorite class of race cars. Thank you, Brian!
I would be so extremely happy to build a blown BBC manual transmission period correct gasser. I love these history of drag racing videos you put together Brian. I am always impressed at the huge strides us hot rodders have been able to develop over the decades. When I was 16 in 1997 a high 9 second low 10 second car was an ultra lightweight race car that had to be towed to and from the track. Now you can buy a car from the dealer, throw on some tires and as long as you can drive you can run those times and faster with a factory backed warranty that can be daily driven. The times the Sick Week and Drag Week competitors are able to run and drive 1500 miles to and from the track just shows how far the ICE has come.The ability of gearheads to cut down and improve ET and trap speeds in only 660' or 1320' is absolutely incredible and never ceases to amaze.
i was a kid in San Antonio and my neighbor was Bill Jarrette. One of his AFX was called "the tia jana taxie". Injected hemi on nitro. Got to see the 41 Willys of stone woods and cook, Bill built a candy apple red 41 willys and crashed on its madden pass. Got to see tommy ivos glass trailer also. Not sure what work Bill was doing, but parents moved to Boerne around 1968 and I lost contact. Great stories, love the way you put these videos together. Thanks again.
Great stuff
LOVE that red '61 Starliner fastback at 3:56 !!!!
😂😂😂... it's a '63 Thunderbird Italien. Yeah, it's spelled "Italien". Either way ya gotta good eye 😉
This is one of the coolest drag racing stories I've ever seen. Please keep up the good work!
Hey Brian, I have messaged you before on Facebook,but never replied here. I absolutely love everything you do, and I stand by what I told you there, you are definitely our generations Dave McClelland and Steve Evan’s. It’s clear just how much you love drag racing, and the NHRA. Thank you for all you do, I think I speak for everyone, that we love it.
Thanks, Brian W
Thanks for the kind words. Those guys are true legends.
This is the very best video Iv'e ever seen on the subject of 1960's drag racing. One of my favorite magazines is a 1982 special edition of HOT ROD ,featuring a lot of photos of that era ,some of which were shown in your video .I'll be watching this more than once .Thank you ,from New Zealand.
Thank you for this!
Was that the issue with the barracuda on the cover?
@@peterphillips1493 No, I think it's a Mustang funny car doing a fire burnout.
Can't believe the amount of research this guy does.
Thanks for another in your series of top notch, well researched and impeccably delivered stories!
Great job, Brian!!
Looking forward to
more in 2024!!
Thanks again!
There was so much drama and politics involved in the growth of this sport that few people understand. Excellent episode! Thanks Brian.
Thank YOU John!!
That K n G car was crazy!!!!!!!
So cool
Loved this show ! At 72 years of age this era falls into my greatest drag racing memories. A great follow up to this story would be a show on the Super Stock and Drag Illustrated Funny Car Nationals at New York National Speedway in, I believe, 1966. I was only 14 years old at the time but my dad braved the harrowing trip out on Long Island on the Sunrise Highway to NYNS to watch this amazing event. Every Funny Car on the planet seemed to be there. Still the greatest drag show I have ever seen. And well worth the 6 hour drive home to NJ. Although I’m not sure my dad would have agreed. 😂😂😂
This is a fantastic story!!!
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,love your memory ,,,,I was at NY National in 1969.........I was 18,,..first time at the drags......,,,,I was shocked to see a young woman in a little dragster,,,,,Think the cowl was red,,,,,,and it said in white ' Cha Cha ' .....we all know the history of Shirley........
Wow Brian, what a well researched and professionally presented summary of the "Funny Car Circus" Bravo! -Steve Magnante
Dude this is the BEST MESSAGE EVER! Completely awesome that you’re back and rolling, man.
That is one of your best vids yet. As a teen I rode my stingray bike 3 miles to Irwindale drag strip to see Charlie Allen match race Don Gay' GTO. man I was hooked. My brother's room was covered with magazine pics and Pit passes . Thank you for your efforts to tell these stories. This was your best one so far.
Thank you so much!!
Helen Sachs is my new hero ❤❤❤❤❤
Yeah! Brian does it again!
Man, you are that guy… You story telling and video hunting is spot on perfect to me… I used to look for these full bodied monsters back in the day…👍🏾
Thank you
Wow !! Your finest effort to date. That Chrisman footage as well as the 554 stuff blew my mind. Please keep them coming.
Thank you!!
Great story!!! I lived near Fremont Dragstrip and saw the first Funny Cars. A magic time in automotive.
Amazing time to see that stuff!
This is an incredible story about an incredible time in NHRA history, just imagine what it was like driving these crazy high power cars!!
Had to have been a handful!!
I used to purchase off the newstand shelves a periodical called "The Elapsed Times" and I got every issue I saw, it was such awesome reading and one of the best articles in it was all about Gary Dyer and Mr Norms Grand Spaulding Dodge days, and how he went out to CA and beat up on I believe it was Don Gays Pontiac GTO and shit those west coasters up about their rants about proper timers not recording actual et's in the east!!
A truly astounding history of one of the greatest drag racing eras. I was 13 years old and remember all these cars but never had enough money for more than 1 Hot Rod magazine a month. Never knew all this amazing backstory . . what amazing memories!
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Brian, you are the right person to bring this history out to the 21st century young gun crowd who are making their own part of history that will be talked about in awe in the future. There's not a lot of us old guys still around & even less still up to their eyeballs still doing it. The desire to go faster will never die amongst us rev-heads so the evolution will continue🤓.
Thank you!!!!
DAM! more great stuff Brian! as a preteen model builder in the late sixties these were just too cool, made my parents buy 2 models at a time, something with a blown engine and a stocker to cut up, more great memories, thanks
Thank you!!
Drag racing has something special about it. I recall meeting someone in an online racing game once and just going back and forth down a runway trying to tune the better car, making all sorts of adjustments. The competition and the fun of seeing who could get more out of a machine. It's simple and for how competitive it is you rarely get a toxic environment, it's just fun and you are more interested in keeping it fun than being nasty about the timeslip.
A sport I love dearly!
My very favorite cars and time ever in the sport Brian! I watched them at New York National on Long Island, something you never forget! Great video again!
Probably one of the best ones you've done so far. Thank you for clearing all the lies out
Appreciate you checking it out!
I really appreciate this. Thanks ever so much. You should do another one. Possibly starting in the 67 to 69 era.
Great suggestion!
Very well done and presented !! I could attend this University course all day long. Many , many thanks Professor Lohnes.
Thank you for watching!!
Love your content!!!!!! Post more if you can!!!
Thank you!!!!
Roots !! Way to go Brian! Another superbly constructed and displayed historical presentation. Thanks for what you do!
My pleasure!
This was spectacular!! thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!!
Content is always GR8 but this vid is a Jewel! Many thanx 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was a great one! Love hearing all the Drag Racing history! Keep them coming! Have a wonderful week!!
More to come!
Another great piece of hot rod history.
1965 I got to watch Dyno Don Nicholson and Dick Landy make a couple exibition passes at the newly opened Englishtown Drag Strip. They were indeed a sight to see.
Excellent video Brian and great the history is preserved..Really enjoy your videos thanks Dennis
Thanks Dennis!
Awesome Brian! Thanks for helping us get through winter. Keep 'em coming!
Will do!
Excellent job of telling the story of early developments in drag racing.
Thanks Brian, Loving these videos. Thanks for what You do. Cheers from Australia.
Glad you like them!
Your depth of knowledge and ability to take is back to those days of old warms my nitro filled heart. Thanks for another great video
I love this stuff, the history. All the way from Australia, we have a rich history too, thanks Brian.
Great job,As always
Thank you!
MR BRIAN YOUR REPORTING ON HISTORY OF DRAG RACING IS AWESOME THANK YOU
Thanks for listening!!
Another well researched, excellent video. Thanks again Brian.
Thank you!!
went to see my first 'funny car' at a small town track about1967.
It was close up and loud and seemed to be from another planet as it made an exhibition run. It made the stock 426 hemis look like grandma going out for groceries.
Thanks so much for another true gem, somehow that later footage of the KG 554 coupe has eluded me, made my night loved it. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks, will do!
Thank you for your videos. I loved it. After many years I finally understand the significance of transverse leaf spring in a full body drag car, thanks for the history lesson,excellent video!
This was another good one Brian! Always well-researched...always comprehensive!
Thanks man!!!
You have a gift. Another amazing drag racing history lesson.
More to come!
You had to be a special kind of crazy back in the 50's to bolt an aircraft engine on a custom tube frame chassis and then proceed to tweak the power upto 11 and then be prepared to drag race it. Back when men were men but also bloody crazy as heck. Love it
Big trip down memory lane with your mention of Art Arfons. I grew up around East Liberty Ohio in the 60s & 70. More than once Art would test cars on Route 619 as it was the nearest decent straight stretch near his Pickle Rd shop. Rumor was Art would call the cops on himself when he was going out for a rip. While nobody knows if that's true, the cops never pulled him up for open pipes and (much) more than 100mph on the part of 619 called Turkeytoot Lake Rd. VROOOM, you could hear him from Portage Lakes to Uniontown.
Amazing story!
Dude, this is all such great stuff! You know a lengthy interwiew/ discussion between you and steve mags would friggin break the internet!
Or put everyone to sleep!
I had an A/FX WITH AN ART CARR 727 CLUTCH FLIGHT!! I ALSO HAD THE REAR SUSPENSION 10” and a GENUINE SUSPENSION FRONT DROPPED FRONT AXLE. Plymouth Satellite Golden Commando with a blown 416 MAX WEDGE!!!
8.50 at 187.4 MPH!!!😎🙏🏼
Wow!
Awesome, got any pictures or video? If so, please please share.
This one is a true "BarnBurner" well kinda. It was the start of barnstorming. I hate that Hubert Platt or Houston Platt wasn't mentioned in this. But I guess they wasn't on that level. But maybe a future article can be done on them. Your killing it for sure. Thanks for the hard work and the video. The world of drag racing has needed these kinda articles for many years.
As I tried to keep this concentrated on the blown fuel burners of 1965, those guys didn’t fit. Hubert’s injected wheelie monster Falcon was an awesome car and Houston was also a great racer. I am sure they’ll be in some upcoming historical pieces!
@@brianlohnes3079 looking forward to the next story no matter the content. I haven't heard any of these that weren't great. Thanks again.
Loved the story!!
So strange seeing the burnout be part of the run, great work mate 🤘🤠👍
Just found your channel Brian and man am I hooked. I only started racing drag bikes, Carlsbad raceway in 85, cuz I was poor, but was glued to the tv from the early 70's watching anything drag racing. Awesome, to the point and informative content makes a 45min video seem like 10min. Hats off, now I must binge prev ep's LOL!!
Thank you!!
Another jam-packed vid. Well done!!
Thank you!
Brian you are producing fantastic content! Keep it up !!!
Thanks! Will do!
No one does drag racing history like this guy. Another great show!!!!!!
Thanks Tony!
Holy Wow Brian. Another amazing video history lesson. I always had a very basic understanding of how funny cars started. This is over the top. Thank you for all you do.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm really diggin' what you're doin' here Brian! MORE! MORE!
More to come!
Thank you sir for your time and energy to create this drag racing history story
My pleasure!
Love the stories about drag racing. So many dedicated to the 'Stomp On That Loud Pedal" sport.
I just found your channel today. I love the focus on larger than life characters and their weird mechanical genius.
Subscribed for sure
Absolutely fantastic history lesson here Brian! You gave the subject the time and research deserved. Enjoyed every one of those 45 minutes............ :)
Thanks, great story, great images
Amazing history lesson as always
Glad you enjoyed it
Great article thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
My mom paid my uncle to babysit me and my brother, but he always demanded payment up front,. Then after she paid him, it was off to the 1966 Winternationals qualifying at Pomona.
As soon as we got to the track (kids were free the day before the finals) he gave us a buck each to buy a hotdog and a coke. That was the last we saw of him till sundown. We went everywhere at that track. Hung around just about every pit where there were other kids. Little did I know how that was really affecting my brain. Seeing these dragster engines in full bodied cars was really insane we thought. I said one day I'm going to do that.
Fast forward till today, finishing up on putting a blown dragster engine in a full bodied with full interior 57 chevy bel air hardtop. I know, but I blame my uncle.
,,,,Thanks Brian..........Your talents are a blessing to the world of Drag Racing........from the days of All Access ; I have been a fan........
great history. well done!
Thank you!