CLASSIC VIDEO - TELEVISION BROADCAST OF 1981 NHRA U.S. NATIONALS

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Travel back in time to 40 years ago, when the NHRA schedule expanded to 11 races. However, regardless of how many races NHRA staged in a season, there was only one race no other could hold a candle too -- The U.S. Nationals.
The 1981 U.S. Nationals represented a change toward what would become the future as 32-car Top Fuel fields were replaced with 16. The Funny Cars were starting to spread their wings and fly, and of course the Pro Stock category featured its clash of titans, as Bob Glidden and Lee Shepherd continued their war from 1980.
Enjoy an hour of entertainment, complete with commercials from a race which has proven to be like no other over the decades.
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[@happydays8171]

1983 was the year of my first US Nationals. Thanks for posting this. I was a young mechanic just out of high school.

[@scottdavis9135]

i wish NHRA would bring back the cajun nationals

[@Slinger43]

Ol' Beadle was grinnin like a thresher cat when he saw Bernstein & The Snake go out early 😁
I love this show's Big Jim actually had a great sense of humor & wasn't really the mean old grump the media made him out to be some year's later. Thanks for posting these great old dragracing videos! 😎👍

[@MiscRocketVideos]

Great race! Thanks for posting!

[@larrylomascolo6289]

My first U.S Nationals My buddy,s dad ran a 68 chevelle in stock eliminator ,sml blk chev combo,i was in AWE,never seen that many race cars at one place,,you get spoiled at this event,,old tower and we happened to sneak up to VIP area,watched a session of MODIFIED Eliminator,,real close to cars,it was unreal the rpm they made with a stick,,Towed open trailer, ,most were open back then not like now a stocker in a enclosed deal ,we never qualified ,but he got 2 boxes of contingency product and case oil 24 quarts,,went back 85,racer from Niagara Falls Can won Super Stock.Wally Clark ,,we ran a corvette combo,no good ,no qualif., ,GO to a Indy ,in non pandemic mode

[@StFidjnr]

0:59 name that blower sneeze

[@timothyturner2165]

Ed McCulloch.

[@scottmalpass4802]

we have too many podcast on Tuesday night & Boosted GT from Street Outlaws is getting all the viewers. Please consider a new time...

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