CLASSIC VIDEO - 1983 NHRA NORTHSTAR NATIONALS (FULL EVENT)

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Go back to an era when television broadcasting was at a crossroads. This broadcast on the American Sports Cavalcade was aired on the new Nashville Network, one of the new stations of cable networks in 1983.
The 1983 Northstar Nationals was broken into two broadcasts. One featuring Top Fuel and Top Alcohol Funny Car, and the other with Funny Car, Pro Stock, Top Alcohol Dragster and Competition Eliminator.
We've merged the two broadcasts into one presentation, so some of the seguways might be a little off, but now you know why.
You will see the greats such as Shirley Muldowney, Gary Beck and Gary Ormsby, as well as an up and coming Frank Manzo, referred to as Monzo.
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@andrewgillis8572 Жыл бұрын

this announcing duo is classic - Steve Evans was just incredibly good

@eldorado1830 Жыл бұрын

Steve was great!👍

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

No doubt. Brian Lohnes man sometimes I wish that dude would JUST SHUT HIS MOUTH for 5 seconds

@guthrieoklahomachannel1 Жыл бұрын

I miss these days. Steve Evens was one of the best!

@mikebaker9574 Жыл бұрын

Good racing from the good old days

@MrPFFlyer Жыл бұрын

Ha! I was at Sunshine Dragstrip in 83 AND went to the Northstar nationals in Minnesota that year. Great memories. Thanks for the video.

@humblewisdom8976 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video just a blast to watch.

@davidgeorge1294 Жыл бұрын

And the winner is Larry Minor with a blistering top speed of 34 mph.

@stevemellin5806 Жыл бұрын

This video made my day . thank you

@orangecrate5895 Жыл бұрын

RIP John Hagen 🙏

@jimolson8424 10 ай бұрын

I really miss the old days @ BIR Some of the best times ever. The zoo was a blast...

@joen5332 Жыл бұрын

What a coincidence this is in Brainerd Minnesota right where they're racing this weekend

@TanDawg58 Жыл бұрын

RIP Doug Kerhulas

@billshiff2060 Жыл бұрын

This was the time when discoveries were made that allowed engines to jump from 1500 to 3000HP. Then jump again to 8000 and then to 11000 Horsepower. The crazy thing is the changes were quite small and they could have had 11000 much earlier because the engines themselves did not change much.

@edgarbeat2851 11 ай бұрын

True clutch tech was also critical.

@billshiff2060 11 ай бұрын

@@edgarbeat2851 Definitely.

@mooronful Жыл бұрын

Love the long smoky burnouts they did back then.

@trent5555 Жыл бұрын

32:38. And now in 2023 .... TF 3.623 09/14/2019 Brittany Force ‑ Yorba Linda, CA Reading, PA FC 3.793 08/18/2017 Robert Hight ‑ Yorba Linda, CA,'17 Camaro Brainerd, MN

@thebassknuckler Жыл бұрын

Relative new comers Ormsby and Amato..

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

I really miss the SMOKY BURNOUTS and pits of the tires on your TShirt after the race. Also miss the dry hops pre stage

@robertbihn3005 Жыл бұрын

No John Force, was he racing other places ? Career says started 1971. Then skips to 1987 w/NHRA ,my timing is off I guess, weird not being here

@billshiff2060 Жыл бұрын

Force was not a "force" until over a year later when he managed to hire Austin Coil. Then after a year of learning started to really run.

@trent5555 Жыл бұрын

48:42 Menthanol. LOL Smoke em if ya got em.

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

Kerhulas time never did come

@Slinger43 Жыл бұрын

I, along with every other old-school Drag Racing fan absolutely despise competitors throwing races! 😠 I understand that Larry Minor, just like Conrad in the 90's, owned both car's + was his own sponsor, so if he ( & later Conrad ) wanted his other car to win or lose, that's his prerogative, HOWEVER, the NHRA should have put their foot down from the get-go & stopped the charade of driver's THROWING RACE'S!! Today the record-book say's what it say's, but I, & a hellava lot of old-schooler's do NOT view Championship's gained under these circumstances as legit. All they had to do was "don't take the other car to the starting line!!" There NHRA, solved that problem for you! 😆👍

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention John Force multiple years of team orders

@Slinger43 Жыл бұрын

@@hankarmentrout6697 Yes! You are correct sir. Problem was my comment was getting a little long in the tooth & I knew if I started in on Force, well it was gonna turn into a novel! 🥵 As far as this ol' racer is concerned, Big John Force has "5" legit Championship's, 1 more than Snake & KB, and ALL the rest are smoke & mirror's 👎 It is a shame really, because JF was absolutely beloved by all fan's, then 1996 happened & all that love turned into despise for many of us 🤷🏻‍♂️

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

@@Slinger43 no worries. I loved every bit of your post

@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын

@@Slinger43 what happened in ‘96? I’m mad they took the Virginia race off the schedule again

@Slinger43 Жыл бұрын

@@hankarmentrout6697 John hired Cruz Pedregon's little brother Tony & all the "Tanking BS" began in AA/FC. IMO ol' brute Force should have taken the Conrad approach & simply told the fan's "I own these car's & therefore I will win everytime one of my car's is in the other lane" instead he looked the fan's right in their eyes & lied his fat ass off, and then acted totally indignant when the fan's rolled those eyes at him 🙄 As for losing Richmond from the schedule, I too added that to the VERY long list of bone's I have to pick with Wally Parks' once great sport of Major League Drag-racing 😤