4-speed Johnny McLaughlin Wins 2024 Pomona In N Out Finals NHRA Stock Eliminator 1970 Roadrunner 440

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @briannamclaughlin9446
    @briannamclaughlin9446 Месяц назад +104

    Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video of my dad! I could not be more proud of him or to be his daughter!!!!

    • @68motovator6
      @68motovator6 Месяц назад +5

      4SJ, is a great guy.

    • @Brian-mx2cr
      @Brian-mx2cr Месяц назад +4

      🎉 Congrats to your Dad !!

    • @josephdonnelly2663
      @josephdonnelly2663 Месяц назад +3

      That Roadrunner is a great running car! Purrs like a kitten and roars like a lion!

    • @slowwwwBurnnnn813
      @slowwwwBurnnnn813 Месяц назад +1

      He can drive for sure!

    • @PatrickLacy
      @PatrickLacy Месяц назад +2

      Have you ever thought of asking dad to help you get into bracket racing?
      It sounds like the resources he has at his disposal could make that a reality.🤷

  • @victorriceroni8455
    @victorriceroni8455 Месяц назад +18

    Now this really butters my biscuits. No laptop, computer nerd, slushboxes, or ellektron petrol spitters. Just a Mopar Missile, a few carbs, a proper gearbox, and a man who can drive. May the Ancient and Wrathful Carburetor Gods bless your garage.

  • @grantbradley5084
    @grantbradley5084 Месяц назад +10

    The sound that 440 makes is phenomenal.😊

  • @srt8rocketship241
    @srt8rocketship241 Месяц назад +6

    10 anything is very respectable for this old Gal. Great job , beautiful beast.

  • @gilesquivel6151
    @gilesquivel6151 Месяц назад +8

    I enjoyed that. Loved the Road runners back in the day. Top end Car all the way.

  • @4406bbldb
    @4406bbldb Месяц назад +8

    I can’t know how proud I am of these Mopars. I hired into Chrysler engineering in Highland Park in 1969 and immediately started working on super birds and Daytonas and all the performance everything that we did. Caught on quick that I was a driver and also a Dino operator that took me right to the top of the heap. I’d love to go to one of these stick shift races with my own car if I had one. Amen.

    • @MegaRiffraff
      @MegaRiffraff Месяц назад +2

      I had a 1970 green super bird with the 440-6 , 4speed, in East Tennessee , drove it to school 1972 -73 wish I would have kept it,

  • @bmepdoc9675
    @bmepdoc9675 Месяц назад +19

    Sounds FANTASTIC!

  • @petelassen9365
    @petelassen9365 Месяц назад +13

    Met him at Phoenix earlier this year and was rooting for him all through eliminations , I think he made it to Quarter finals , love the Pistol grip !!! So happy to see he took home the Wally at Pomona ! Great job, great car and awesome for you!!!!

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 Месяц назад +22

    Congratulations Johnny. 👍
    Thanks Bobby for the coverage. 👍🇺🇸👍

    • @DanEBoyd
      @DanEBoyd Месяц назад +1

      Killer car!!!

    • @edsmachine93
      @edsmachine93 Месяц назад +1

      @DanEBoyd Good morning Dan.
      Certainly is a good car.

  • @68motovator6
    @68motovator6 Месяц назад +13

    Great video. John is one of the nicest, and hardest working people I've ever met. Always enjoy talking with him.

  • @pauljanssen7594
    @pauljanssen7594 Месяц назад +17

    I loved it when I was racing my four-speed I had special modified for shifting no synchros. Only on first gear. Everybody thought I had a four-speed automatic.

    • @lw216316
      @lw216316 Месяц назад

      so in this video does the gas pedal stay on the floor while shifting and you punch the clutch pedal as fast as you can on each shift? It sounds like the revs go up slightly between shifts. Is that called power shifting? (or maybe speed shifting?).

  • @caspar0777
    @caspar0777 Месяц назад +11

    wow, that car runs like hell !
    cheers from France

  • @patrickshaw8595
    @patrickshaw8595 Месяц назад +8

    Runningest NA 440 I ever saw!

  • @donanderson5282
    @donanderson5282 Месяц назад +9

    Done a Great job right there 4-Speed Johnny!! Congrats bud!

  • @Combat556
    @Combat556 Месяц назад +5

    I love Roadrunner muscle. I bought a new ‘68 Roadrunner when I returned home from Vietnam. 383 4 speed = Fun

    • @CuChiKat
      @CuChiKat 29 дней назад +2

      There were more than a few of us draftees that bought muscle cars after ets'ing. Mine was a '68 Camaro 396. Haven't had as much fun since . Welcome home.

  • @robedmund9948
    @robedmund9948 Месяц назад +4

    Man! The top end on that beast is incredible!

  • @ChrisJohnston601C
    @ChrisJohnston601C Месяц назад +12

    That pistol grip is mint! 👌🏻

  • @scamp440collins2
    @scamp440collins2 Месяц назад +6

    Awesome Bird and Win...

  • @michaela.2933
    @michaela.2933 29 дней назад +2

    What are all the switches he pulls before and after a run and what is with the blinder??

  • @blipco5
    @blipco5 Месяц назад +2

    6:12 It’s one of the most intense/relaxed cabin views ever. This guy has done this before. 👍

  • @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195
    @crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 11 дней назад +2

    Just so all the desktop wannabes understand, this is basically a BONE STOCK , 440 Six pack Roadrunner that runs 10.50's. What isn't stock is the headers and the drag slicks.

  • @christocr
    @christocr Месяц назад +4

    Man, what a car!

  • @douglascooper1987
    @douglascooper1987 Месяц назад +7

    Great Win, Nice Car, and that Factory Pistol Grip is Too Cool 👍👍

  • @larewardrop282
    @larewardrop282 Месяц назад +4

    So great to see this in person!
    Great video as always !

  • @Felix-f2n6k
    @Felix-f2n6k Месяц назад +6

    Congrats Johnny and thank you Bobby!!

  • @LICobra
    @LICobra Месяц назад +5

    Well done Johnny, and thanks for the video Bobby.

  • @dirtlump
    @dirtlump Месяц назад +3

    Fantastic ! THX so much for sharing as it was pretty to watch !

  • @bgjb-r1499
    @bgjb-r1499 Месяц назад +7

    Great video. Drag racing the way it should be.

  • @joshuagarvey9362
    @joshuagarvey9362 Месяц назад +3

    That’s is fantastic.I can’t even imagine the thrill.

  • @johndehaven8694
    @johndehaven8694 Месяц назад +4

    I'm loving the in car camera Bobby

  • @AmosFivetwelve
    @AmosFivetwelve Месяц назад +3

    That’s a 440 !
    The pull never diminishes

  • @abbyxxxx9671
    @abbyxxxx9671 Месяц назад +6

    Fantastic job with the video. You lut a lot of effort into the way you had in in car and outside shots. And great interview

    • @abbyxxxx9671
      @abbyxxxx9671 Месяц назад +2

      And congratulations 4 spd johnny.

    • @gregscott9170
      @gregscott9170 Месяц назад +2

      Excellent job Bobby!
      John looked great out there!!!

    • @driverinterviews
      @driverinterviews  Месяц назад

      Thank you, I appreciate it!

  • @wenzelracing2
    @wenzelracing2 Месяц назад +3

    Congratulations!! Awesome Job Driving 😎 and rowing the 4- Speed 😎😎

  • @rebeccajohnson1407
    @rebeccajohnson1407 25 дней назад +1

    as a kid i went to a party in my 69 Road Runner and the guy that had the party going said i have one of those? he went to the shed a started it up it shook the hole shed ,he rolled it out and asked if we wanted a ride. it was a 70 Road Runner 4 peed . OMG it was a scary street monster i will never forget how it pulled i want out

  • @kennethkarlsson7421
    @kennethkarlsson7421 Месяц назад +5

    Thanks for sharing this video. Very cool car😎

  • @MrMarkar1959
    @MrMarkar1959 Месяц назад +3

    reminds me of an after high school race back in '74. nice ride👍🏼my Brother had '68 Charger 440 6pack 4speed in high school👍🏼dang thing do about 200mph,,He died last Friday of cancer

    • @Brianscoronet
      @Brianscoronet Месяц назад

      Sorry for your loss

    • @Riverdeepnwide
      @Riverdeepnwide Месяц назад

      Aw man, condolences on your brother's passing.
      I had a '74 Charger, when it was time for a timing chain replacement we switched a scrapped Challenger 340 into it. Happy times.

  • @hausf.kartreit1111
    @hausf.kartreit1111 Месяц назад +6

    WowSlick Shifting Johnny✌🏼🤠🌵

  • @skyedog24
    @skyedog24 Месяц назад +2

    This is great news for the /S crowd 😃

  • @brucefulper4204
    @brucefulper4204 Месяц назад +7

    Man, that shifter looks STIFF! But works - he won!!! Congrats!

    • @kevinjensen2392
      @kevinjensen2392 Месяц назад +2

      Yeah I was wondering that myself it doesn't seem to operate like a typical 4-speed shifter it would be nice if they could Enlighten us a little bit about his shifter setup

    • @petelassen9365
      @petelassen9365 Месяц назад

      It’s a stock pistol grip shifter , I’m guessing he had it adapted to the regular shifter mechanism

    • @joequillun7790
      @joequillun7790 Месяц назад

      @@petelassen9365 Looks like the lever length came from my C-30 dulley.

  • @bowtiekid329
    @bowtiekid329 Месяц назад +2

    I noticed when you get ready to shift the shift lever (Pistolgrip) you pull the shift lever slightly "towards" the next shift, before you actually make the shift! Is this something that is made into the linkage and shifter, or what exactly is it? Thanks and loved the video!

  • @Flussig1
    @Flussig1 Месяц назад +3

    Great video Bobby, one of your best. Johnny's going to want your in car camera from now on.

  • @harryharry3193
    @harryharry3193 28 дней назад +1

    I did not realize clutchless jericos were allowed in stock these days..? or he is just pulling it and making it clutchless......
    nice beautiful mopar.....

  • @smilsmff
    @smilsmff Месяц назад +2

    Congratulations! and great video , I used to say that dash is thee Knuckle buster with the Pistol grips

  • @BobWayne-z4y
    @BobWayne-z4y Месяц назад +2

    Had one of these cars with pistol grip. The throw was so long I used to smash my knuckles into the dash when hitting third gear.

  • @amcam124
    @amcam124 Месяц назад +4

    I was there!!!!!!! Awwwwwwweeeeesssome vid!!!!! Thanks Bobby

  • @timothyjohnson5304
    @timothyjohnson5304 Месяц назад +3

    Amazing interview! I love the car and driver!

  • @jamespell8091
    @jamespell8091 Месяц назад +2

    Good shifting. I took a note of this video for future reference. I have a MP six pack for a 383/400 (going with the 400. Tired of the small blocks not lining up with the manual trans. They tend to say out of alignment. I could probably utilize the strut lugs on the SB block but then there is also the cooling and the exhaust studs/irregular port shape. Issues I also have with the SB. Thanks for the feature. This guy is OK.

  • @rustyl4090
    @rustyl4090 Месяц назад +1

    Congrats John!!!

  • @balloonknot3028
    @balloonknot3028 Месяц назад +6

    Awesome video great content 👍

  • @pibble3962
    @pibble3962 Месяц назад +2

    I had a ‘70 Roadrunner that was retrofitted with a 440 Six Barrel. They have a lot of potential but for my personality it was too much maintenance. I swapped to a Dominator and was much happier.

  • @paulwortman483
    @paulwortman483 Месяц назад +5

    Pardon my ignorance. But it looks to me like he's yanking that shifter before the clutch is engaged. Anyway... beautiful car. Love the 70 with the pistol shifter. Man getting 3 carbs to work. Wow!!!

  • @Jupitermustangmike
    @Jupitermustangmike Месяц назад +2

    Man he kicks ass shifting!!!

  • @thomaslongshore1295
    @thomaslongshore1295 Месяц назад +1

    I love the Wally in the seat and the great RR.

  • @Schlipen
    @Schlipen Месяц назад +1

    Love the Frankengrip shifter

  • @2-old-Forthischet
    @2-old-Forthischet Месяц назад +3

    Three pedals! No slushboxes.

  • @bmepdoc9675
    @bmepdoc9675 Месяц назад +4

    Did he say Doug Engle? - I had a shop literally next door at 1629 12th in Santa Monica and often went next door to chat with Mark, Doug, and their dad Jack.

  • @EdwardTills
    @EdwardTills Месяц назад +1

    I can't be;ieve how that last gear blew him by that car like the guy was topped out?
    Sweet

  • @krushrchevelle2996
    @krushrchevelle2996 Месяц назад +3

    SUPER NICE 44O 3x2 Pistol-Grip’d 4-Speed Gear-Jammer / 1970 Road🐦‍⬛Runner MUSCE🦾🤍 CAR !!!

  • @kimmorrison9169
    @kimmorrison9169 Месяц назад +2

    Nice job Johnny!

  • @JackF99
    @JackF99 Месяц назад +4

    "Stock" has a whole different meaning these days.

  • @vincentrachelsdad-yr1kr
    @vincentrachelsdad-yr1kr Месяц назад +1

    Wow! Gotta love it! Mopar 4:37

  • @22vampyre
    @22vampyre Месяц назад +1

    AWESOME!!

  • @JayThomas-ep5by
    @JayThomas-ep5by Месяц назад +2

    Awesome video!

  • @tanker335
    @tanker335 Месяц назад +2

    It refreshing to glance into a engine compartment and see everything is uncluttered and where it should be. To change the battery in my daughters car, the make of which isn't worthy of mention, the first tool you grab is the floor jack because a tire's coming off. From there, it just gets more head scratchingly over engineered.

  • @Geezer1320
    @Geezer1320 Месяц назад +2

    Really cool!

  • @timosracecars
    @timosracecars Месяц назад +4

    Hey Bobby.
    Do you know what transmission he's running in the roadrunner?
    Thanks

    • @johnmclaughlin3331
      @johnmclaughlin3331 Месяц назад +4

      It’s a Jerico

    • @timosracecars
      @timosracecars Месяц назад

      @@johnmclaughlin3331 thank you John! I really enjoyed watching you row gears!
      Have you thought about uploading footage yourself?

    • @johnmclaughlin3331
      @johnmclaughlin3331 Месяц назад

      @@timosracecars yes one more thing I need to figure out lol

    • @timosracecars
      @timosracecars Месяц назад

      @@johnmclaughlin3331 I'm hearin ya.
      I'll subscribe to your channel now 😏

  • @stevodakine1
    @stevodakine1 Месяц назад +2

    What RPM’s is he hitting when the tach light comes on?

  • @MrMikekimball
    @MrMikekimball Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed that

  • @JacksoNR26
    @JacksoNR26 Месяц назад +1

    Very cool video

  • @moffettcoates6455
    @moffettcoates6455 Месяц назад +6

    Well, drag racing will be OK for four more years at least.

  • @azcappra
    @azcappra Месяц назад +2

    Line lock on the steering wheel?

  • @Fogman5678
    @Fogman5678 Месяц назад +1

    Nice!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mobyman440
    @mobyman440 Месяц назад +1

    SIng along.... Me and my, Walllly, cruisin down the ave - enue..........

  • @stevemellin5806
    @stevemellin5806 Месяц назад +1

    Nice very nice 👍

  • @DonRobles
    @DonRobles Месяц назад +11

    mopar or no car

  • @carnut1921
    @carnut1921 Месяц назад +1

    Sweet MOPAR

  • @michaela.2933
    @michaela.2933 29 дней назад +1

    Stick is always faster than automatic only people that automatics safe automatic is faster because I don’t know how to roll a four-speed

  • @professorxavier5570
    @professorxavier5570 Месяц назад +4

    Walked him down....Mopar.

  • @Dogboy1960
    @Dogboy1960 Месяц назад +1

    Wow! Never, ever underestimate the role luck plays. Great runs and great performance could have ended early or not.......did the first race with that firebird see him "red light" so he let off when he saw it or did something happen at the end of that first run? Either way.......Drag racing is often "one and done.....you usually need both consistency and a least a little luck on your side to pull it off with a 4 speed car. Big Kuddos very cool.

    • @johnmclaughlin3331
      @johnmclaughlin3331 Месяц назад

      That was actually the semi finals and yes he redlighted

    • @Dogboy1960
      @Dogboy1960 Месяц назад

      @@johnmclaughlin3331 He looked pretty fast. Your reaction to the win tells me you were expecting he might be your toughest competition that day.
      .

  • @andysupple4838
    @andysupple4838 Месяц назад +1

    He reminds me of Ronnie Sox

  • @bobhenry6159
    @bobhenry6159 Месяц назад +2

    6:22 Watch red cars front end. That was no shift. Left lane brakes HARD! WTF?

    • @driverinterviews
      @driverinterviews  Месяц назад

      What none of us realized due to the slow scoreboards was that the red car actually red lit and lost on the starting line. So he shut it off early.

    • @bobhenry6159
      @bobhenry6159 Месяц назад

      @@driverinterviews Ah, that explains it. Nice launch.

  • @Airsally
    @Airsally Месяц назад +1

    Looked like he pulled it half way out of the gear he was in before he finished the shift...

  • @heshdeath4707
    @heshdeath4707 12 часов назад

    @6:23 Fuck yeah man!

  • @danielresch8071
    @danielresch8071 Месяц назад +1

  • @joefelix3985
    @joefelix3985 Месяц назад +1

    💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥

  • @richardpenner4686
    @richardpenner4686 Месяц назад +1

    Incar camera is cool

  • @aaaaaaab11
    @aaaaaaab11 Месяц назад +1

    Mopar 😊

  • @antibowtie440
    @antibowtie440 Месяц назад +3

    Love stock eliminator-right down to factory shifter and steering wheel awesome!!
    440 6bbl 4speed👍

    • @fourfortyroadrunner6701
      @fourfortyroadrunner6701 Месяц назад

      LOL you think that's a factory shifter? Below the pistol grip, I mean?

    • @antibowtie440
      @antibowtie440 Месяц назад

      @ eyes focused on pistol grip. Selective eyesight.

  • @nicbarsamian4481
    @nicbarsamian4481 Месяц назад

    Unfortunately he should have his win taken because he’s using an illegal blocker

  • @robertwatson818
    @robertwatson818 Месяц назад

    All that sound and fury to say nothing of the cost. An electric Tesla goes 9 seconds quietly---off the showroom floor.

    • @timbaker4327
      @timbaker4327 Месяц назад +1

      Uh, check again. They dont exactly give 9 second Tesla's away. Not to mention the zero-fun factor. My girlfriend has one and I told her good luck when she needs a new battery pack, cause she aint selling it used to anyone. At least nobody with any sense. But all that being said, it is a pretty nice car.

    • @driverinterviews
      @driverinterviews  Месяц назад +1

      They have a class for those too.

    • @timbaker4327
      @timbaker4327 Месяц назад

      @@driverinterviews Ford takes their 8 second electric Mustang to strips and whenever it comes up everyone goes and grabs a hot-dog and coke. Its just the way it is. Nobody says they aren't fast, its just that nobody seems to care.

  • @larrytidwell7885
    @larrytidwell7885 Месяц назад

    What a shift. Not a Mopar fan but that's one fast car, and the guy driving..man he can shift.
    I remember those power shifts from the 60's

  • @ashqelon7267
    @ashqelon7267 Месяц назад +1

    Pretty good pushing that boxy car into the 10’s.

  • @dennisallen6186
    @dennisallen6186 Месяц назад +1

    How the hell does a B stock car weighing 3600 lbs with a claimed 394 hp run 10.52 in the quarter mile?? Not possible. Someone is fudging the numbers a tad. Takes a lot more hp than 394 to run that quick.

    • @driverinterviews
      @driverinterviews  Месяц назад +1

      The 394 is the NHRA rating that is used to come up with the 3600lb minimum and puts him in B stock.

    • @johnmclaughlin3331
      @johnmclaughlin3331 26 дней назад

      To add to what Bobby said, a stock eliminator car is all about combination... chassis, gearing,etc My engine is not as whizbang as a lot of folks in my class it probably makes an honest 575 hp 600 lbft of torque It is 100% legal within the rules