Been a long time since I've been to an NHRA sanctioned event. The early 70's saw 1500 h.p., then 3000 h.p. by end of the decade. I miss the sight and sound of AA fuel dragsters and funny cars at night. The added bonus was the smell of raw nitro methane at over 90% mixed ratio. Thanks for the awesome video. They are a lot faster and 10,000 h.p. must sound awesome!
Sure has changed since I used to attend the Fremont Drag Strip in the Bay area in the 60's. Around 2012 I took my new wife to the Famosa Drag Strip near Bakersfield and is the last time I have attended. Both of us were well in our 70's and could have been the oldest couple there.
This is a great video but it still doesn't do these mean machines Justice like seeing them in person.the smell of the fuel rubber your bones shaking when they go by you.Its incredible.
I started watching Garlits, Purdomme, McCullan, TV Tommy Ivo, Blue Max, ChiTown Hustler, The Bounty Hunter, Shirley Muldownley, etc. I'm my mind, no other motorsport beats drag racing. As their is so much horsepower involved, everything happens so quickly, just seconds at and after leaving the line to get it all together. No making up time later on laps. And yes, I probably spelled a few of the names above wrong.
I had front-row seats at the start line for one of these events a couple years ago in Indy. Of course I wore earplugs, but my whole body feel like one giant eardrum flexing and warping as it was pounded by the shockwaves. That's a weird description but it's the best I can do. And the radiant heat on my face when it was pointed towards the flaming exhaust stacks...I'll never forget that sensation. Fantastic experience.
Don't worry, no one can really describe how intense it is to be close to one of these machines. I haven't been since I was a kid, but I go to several events each year with jet cars and it's almost the same feeling.
...This for some reason made my day..Just the sound of those engines going off and the cars speeding so fast, just spectacular in my opinion. Thanks for the video.
They do a great show there, my dad used to know and work with the owner of the track Bill Sr. I met him several times, he's a great guy, never forgets a name or a face, would always go out to where the campers were and talked to folks camping at the events, He introduced me to Bob Motz, and took my sister and I up in the timing tower when SPEED was filming.
2:47 holy mother of good..... you can't even turn the camera around quickly enough from the sidelines to capture the pass, that perfectly shows how insanely fast they accelerate and pass.
+CHUUMPASS Wow really? Why is it banned in Germany? Come to the USA and experience it. Seriously, the earth shakes so much that your vision blurs for a split second!
sure would love to come over to America and experience it, that is actually high on my bucket list. there is no governing body in germany that sanctions it, and it is generally banned due to it being "extremely dangerous". several forms of motorsports that you guys do (Americans seem to shove a monster V8 into just about anything and then race it :D ) are not supported and banned in germany. we also do not have any facilities akin to what you guys enjoy over there in American, meaning full blown proffessional drag racing tracks.
@@CHUUMPASS What do you mean with "banned"? I am from Germany and go apart from Corona every year to the Nitrolympx in Hockenheim. There you can see some Funny Cars and Topfuels.
Fantastic job in the video putting that together bring back old days I just can't wait to go to Maple Grove race track in Pennsylvania//// keep up the good work in videos and audio/// looking forward more videos from you!!!💪👍
I love how nonchalantly people are just waking across and in front of these things as they warm their tires. It’s as if they’re go karts not something that has TEN TIMES the BHP of a formula one car.
Every human being alive today should put Top Fuel Funny Car/Dragster racing on their 'bucket list' - the sound of 10,000 HP... the smell of nitromethane (and the burning, watery eyes if you're lucky to be near one of these monsters!)... and last but not least, the violent shaking of the ground as two beasts rocket to 1,000 feet in a controlled explosion of speed!!! I'd put the nighttime spectacle of jet cars/trucks on the bucket list as well!
great footage Chris ! it takes a serious set of balls to get strapped down in one of these vehicles and mash the throttle. that is literally neck-snapping power and acceleration! unfortunately we don't have this kind of racing and motorsport over here in germany, it is banned and nobody dares to sanction that here. :D
Ah - well bypass the 'Regulations' by getting someone in Germany to hold "Exhibition" runs/burnouts at other motoring events. Whip up some enthusiasm maybe...
CHUUMPASS - It takes more than a set of balls.......there are several successful female top fuel racers today. They are capable of exceptionally quick reaction times at the start - where most drag races are won or lost!
I read that if a z06 vette was going 200mph that once the vette reaches the dragster sitting still that the moment the vette got aligned with the dragster that the dragster acceleration is so fast that the dragster would reach the quarter mile mark before the vette got 50 feet and the dragster would fly right by that vette so fast it'll look like the vette is standing still now that's what I call acceleration
@@jacobcrowson7351 Cthulhu was a fictional cosmic entity (or in simpler words, a giant monster) created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft, who was American. You clueless lout.
A 10,000 hp nitro engine can operate at full throttle for no more than a few seconds before it self destructs. Beyond this they would maybe reach a half mile before running out of fuel (they burn over a gallon per second during a run). These cars are designed for maximum acceleration over a 1000 foot distance, and, given their rear end gear ratio, would most likely not run much faster. Perhaps in the 375 mph range, but it's only speculation.
@@davidtimms3201 they don't let them run the full 1/4 mile because the tires disintegrate. Engines should last 2 runs though, but they get taken apart after every run for safety checks.
Guess again smart guy. Nitro burns soooo slow that the remainder of fuel in the cylinders are still detonating during the runs. The header flames you see is burning fuel.
2:15 What if a driver makes a mistake and accidentaly lets the car to accelerate without tyre warm up and there is a person walking in front of the car? That would be very nasty. :O
❤🇬🇧😁 Is there anything so pointless and yet, simultaneously, glorious? Santa Pod is on my bucket list. Bit of a shame the rules make 'em use old school tech, all be it, highly refined. Top fuel should mean no rules. NitroMethane is just not energy dense enough. TriNitroToluene, meh. Some sort of flourine / chlorine and powdered caesium /aluminium mix? Bagsy not setting the float chamber level on that.
Impossible,at 180 decibels no recording can capture it properly. You need to see them live. Your knees will buckle, and the ground underneath you literally shakes.
its like an angel with fire wings..
flying at 300+mph....just love sophisticated engineering...greetings from cnc programming and machining 😊😊
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@@Zapzzable100 shut up
"If I had one of those, I could get to work before I left the house."
Good one!
@@andrewcastillo3110 I agree!
Yes
My man, engine would edplode 1/14 way there
this is gold
If you have never seen these cars run before. It is an experience you will never forget!!!
My 5 year old daughter loves being at the burnout box the smile on her face the entire time is awesome I’m happy I live close to a drag strip
An excellent choice of footage and great camera work. Thanks. Loved it!
I dont think my brain could ever comprehend how fast 0-300 in 3.8 seconds really is untill i sat in one of these, insane
have you ever seat in a v tec
@@PlumberWRX Who hasn’t, it’s all sounds and no speed lol.
Been a long time since I've been to an NHRA sanctioned event. The early 70's saw 1500 h.p., then 3000 h.p. by end of the decade. I miss the sight and sound of AA fuel dragsters and funny cars at night. The added bonus was the smell of raw nitro methane at over 90% mixed ratio. Thanks for the awesome video. They are a lot faster and 10,000 h.p. must sound awesome!
Sure has changed since I used to attend the Fremont Drag Strip in the Bay area in the 60's.
Around 2012 I took my new wife to the Famosa Drag Strip near Bakersfield and is the last time I have attended. Both of us were well in our 70's and could have been the oldest couple there.
That is an event you definitely HAVE TO BE THERE TO EXPERIENCE IT!!!
Wow. I found my fix for nitro now that the season is over. Thanks. I needed that.
Video does this no justice! Standing right off the starting line does!😳🤪😳
Launching multiple cruise missiles.
One after another
This is a great video but it still doesn't do these mean machines Justice like seeing them in person.the smell of the fuel rubber your bones shaking when they go by you.Its incredible.
I started watching Garlits, Purdomme, McCullan, TV Tommy Ivo, Blue Max, ChiTown Hustler, The Bounty Hunter, Shirley Muldownley, etc. I'm my mind, no other motorsport beats drag racing. As their is so much horsepower involved, everything happens so quickly, just seconds at and after leaving the line to get it all together. No making up time later on laps.
And yes, I probably spelled a few of the names above wrong.
Simply awesome!!!! Loved watching every minute of this action
Your gonna have to rename this video to 5 1/2 minutes of car guy heaven
I love the smell of nitro... anytime!
But do they have VTEC?
Not funny
They queef out vtecs at idle
@@whowho7969lmao
I had front-row seats at the start line for one of these events a couple years ago in Indy. Of course I wore earplugs, but my whole body feel like one giant eardrum flexing and warping as it was pounded by the shockwaves. That's a weird description but it's the best I can do. And the radiant heat on my face when it was pointed towards the flaming exhaust stacks...I'll never forget that sensation. Fantastic experience.
Don't worry, no one can really describe how intense it is to be close to one of these machines. I haven't been since I was a kid, but I go to several events each year with jet cars and it's almost the same feeling.
...This for some reason made my day..Just the sound of those engines going off and the cars speeding so fast, just spectacular in my opinion. Thanks for the video.
*Except for 3:33.....That was not spectacular :/
That's a great thing to hear, thank you for the kind comments and for checking it out!
They do a great show there, my dad used to know and work with the owner of the track Bill Sr. I met him several times, he's a great guy, never forgets a name or a face, would always go out to where the campers were and talked to folks camping at the events, He introduced me to Bob Motz, and took my sister and I up in the timing tower when SPEED was filming.
This is how you do a video! Cut out all the waiting shit. Just noise, fire and speed.
cant believe it used to be this packed with people now days i went 2 weeks ago to the same event maybe only like 500 people
01:31 When Stage 4 Nitrous kicks in😂😂😂😂
Great video. No bullshit. Burnouts and green lights, fuckin A bro. I love this shit
Thanks man! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
2:47 holy mother of good..... you can't even turn the camera around quickly enough from the sidelines to capture the pass, that perfectly shows how insanely fast they accelerate and pass.
+CHUUMPASS Wow really? Why is it banned in Germany? Come to the USA and experience it. Seriously, the earth shakes so much that your vision blurs for a split second!
sure would love to come over to America and experience it, that is actually high on my bucket list. there is no governing body in germany that sanctions it, and it is generally banned due to it being "extremely dangerous". several forms of motorsports that you guys do (Americans seem to shove a monster V8 into just about anything and then race it :D ) are not supported and banned in germany. we also do not have any facilities akin to what you guys enjoy over there in American, meaning full blown proffessional drag racing tracks.
@@CHUUMPASS What do you mean with "banned"? I am from Germany and go apart from Corona every year to the Nitrolympx in Hockenheim. There you can see some Funny Cars and Topfuels.
Such an adrenaline rush when they fly by.. my dad took me every year.. and now I take mine every year!!!
I've always wanted to drive one
Times were good then. Lots of fan’s. Lots of sponsorship. Love Nitro.
Fantastic job in the video putting that together bring back old days I just can't wait to go to Maple Grove race track in Pennsylvania//// keep up the good work in videos and audio/// looking forward more videos from you!!!💪👍
Thank you so much, I appreciate it man!
NHRA 💪🏻it’s a beautiful thing!
do these take regular 87?
1:32 i think this puts how fast they are into perspective pretty well
8000 horses ignite. Full throttle, hit the ground running with a tank full of nitro and it’s 1,320 to go to the finish line!
The European Mind cannot comprehend the pure chaos and power portrayed in this video
I love how nonchalantly people are just waking across and in front of these things as they warm their tires. It’s as if they’re go karts not something that has TEN TIMES the BHP of a formula one car.
Every human being alive today should put Top Fuel Funny Car/Dragster racing on their 'bucket list' - the sound of 10,000 HP... the smell of nitromethane (and the burning, watery eyes if you're lucky to be near one of these monsters!)... and last but not least, the violent shaking of the ground as two beasts rocket to 1,000 feet in a controlled explosion of speed!!! I'd put the nighttime spectacle of jet cars/trucks on the bucket list as well!
Wow!!! What a nice 5 min!! This is drag racing yeahhhhhh! 🤘
Sylvain Letourneau drag racing would be 1/4 mile. This is 1000 feet....
@@haywoodjablome234 so?
Those were some damn good, close races....fucking love it
great footage Chris ! it takes a serious set of balls to get strapped down in one of these vehicles and mash the throttle. that is literally neck-snapping power and acceleration! unfortunately we don't have this kind of racing and motorsport over here in germany, it is banned and nobody dares to sanction that here. :D
Ah - well bypass the 'Regulations' by getting someone in Germany to hold "Exhibition" runs/burnouts at other motoring events. Whip up some enthusiasm maybe...
Santa pod raceway in uk runs top fuel
Santa pod raceway in uk runs top fuel
CHUUMPASS - It takes more than a set of balls.......there are several successful female top fuel racers today. They are capable of exceptionally quick reaction times at the start - where most drag races are won or lost!
My guy, look up Nitrolympx Hockenheim! Its not banned
Imagine getting hit by these cars LOL 😂 😂
They can go 440 feet per second to 500 feet per second so getting hit by one of them would probably kill you
@@maulanwong3841 duh if you get hit by a car youre already dead
with these cars youre whole body is gonna spread
@@SJCS2 true
@@SJCS2 youd have to be very lucky to survive getting hit by one of these cars
Turn you into spaghetti.
The "BEST" sport ever...Drag racing
Oh I still got parts after I fixed your website . Black Friday
Best video on youtube
Thank you!!
I love the smell of nitro in the morning!
#DougHerbertRacing
I actually got that tee shirt!😳🤪🤣
That sounds like heaven!
I read that if a z06 vette was going 200mph that once the vette reaches the dragster sitting still that the moment the vette got aligned with the dragster that the dragster acceleration is so fast that the dragster would reach the quarter mile mark before the vette got 50 feet and the dragster would fly right by that vette so fast it'll look like the vette is standing still now that's what I call acceleration
*These beasts finish the quarter mile in the same time that a Mustang GT gets to 60 mph, let that sink in.*
Yes, and they are going more than 5 times the speed of 60 mph! Insane.
If Cthulhu farted I bet it'll sound like this.
What Four Two get that weeaboo anime bullshit out of here. Don't ruin a great American sport with a foreign cartoon
@@jacobcrowson7351 Cthulhu was a fictional cosmic entity (or in simpler words, a giant monster) created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft, who was American.
You clueless lout.
I have a summit racing banner in the casa. "Clayton"
Amazing filming 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
Yup....It’s about that fast my paycheck from work....at times New record 🤣
Awesome
I've seen 300 mph once. It is a jet dragster, not a top fuel one.
And I also saw a vintage jet truck right before the fireworks!
Hell~Ya !!!!! More~More~More
How fast are these car's
Man I Love this shit!!!!
Thank You
Wonder what will be the top speed these cars will reach if they are allowed to run 2 miles stretch of empty land
A 10,000 hp nitro engine can operate at full throttle for no more than a few seconds before it self destructs. Beyond this they would maybe reach a half mile before running out of fuel (they burn over a gallon per second during a run). These cars are designed for maximum acceleration over a 1000 foot distance, and, given their rear end gear ratio, would most likely not run much faster. Perhaps in the 375 mph range, but it's only speculation.
@@davidtimms3201 they don't let them run the full 1/4 mile because the tires disintegrate. Engines should last 2 runs though, but they get taken apart after every run for safety checks.
Definitely got a Chub now! :D
Increíble y emocionante
Best sound and smell in the world
Never been to a meet but I'm saving to get there
Have you been to a meet yet?
Good video👌🏻
FIREWORKS??? how old are you
I'd about sell my kidney to do this 1 time
Little known fact.
The exhaust flame is actually hydrogen being ripped from air vapor due to the extreme heat.
That is incredible
Guess again smart guy. Nitro burns soooo slow that the remainder of fuel in the cylinders are still detonating during the runs. The header flames you see is burning fuel.
@@raymondmasse5577 -
it's hydrogen as well as fuel which forms the exhaust flames.
This would have been 100% better if you’d not cut away from the timing boards before they could be read.
Quicker beats faster every time!
Rene washes cars ha ha ha I get it. Mr force.
0:05
Is that still a quarter mile strip?
1000 feet
Facebook is ok. I will do it. Thank you
Those 37 thumbs down problably drive a Prius...
Are funny cars as loud as top fuel? Probably
Yes, they have the same engines.
Powernation...USA. 🇺🇲🇺🇲
DtRockstar1 Do you consider driving one of these?
+Kool23432 I don't think I could, that's a bit too much power for me!
Lol I would wake up the entire neighborhood
Supercar Killer!!!
1/4 mph?
Sooo Kool it's Hottt
good starter car
I was there that day.
do these cars have cup holders?
No race cars don't have cupholders
@Manuel Branco - Ya, they're called jock straps! Lol
I should have 2 volkswagons. Dont forget my cards please.
❤
300mph in 3 second woe
2:15 What if a driver makes a mistake and accidentaly lets the car to accelerate without tyre warm up and there is a person walking in front of the car? That would be very nasty. :O
They have a line lock on so it won’t move
Man 0-440 feet per second in 3 seconds
1/4 or 1/8 ??
1000 ft for the nitro cars.
1000 ft.
I'm coming by with muh Tesla
😲😲😱😱
Funny car is the best
❤🇬🇧😁 Is there anything so pointless and yet, simultaneously, glorious? Santa Pod is on my bucket list. Bit of a shame the rules make 'em use old school tech, all be it, highly refined. Top fuel should mean no rules. NitroMethane is just not energy dense enough. TriNitroToluene, meh. Some sort of flourine / chlorine and powdered caesium /aluminium mix? Bagsy not setting the float chamber level on that.
So funny cars and top fuel dragster are pretty much set the same times and speed that's noice but I do prefer funny cars
i also prefer funny cars
W
It's only 1000ft racing, so not true drag racing. True drag racing is 1/4 mile = 1320ft.
oh no the video's over :(
Ps i am fixing my bycycle.
Freaking stay in one spot when you film and show at least another second of the time and speed geez
Motor V8 esculpe HOMENS!!
🔚
Just needs better sound quality.
Impossible,at 180 decibels no recording can capture it properly. You need to see them live. Your knees will buckle, and the ground underneath you literally shakes.