I have been to the Detroit Dragway Reunion a couple times here in Michigan I have met Don Garlits and have been to Pomona a few times I have met Don Prudomme both legends and fantastic drivers.

@@eldorado1830 Absolutely, The G.O.A.T.s 😉👍 Detroit to Pomona, now that's quite a haul! 🥵

Hi Mark, that's a fantastic piece of history there mate. I'm obsessed with the 50's and 60's hot rodding and drag racing, and also second generation. Over here in Australia my dad was a member of the first hot rod club in the southern hemisphere, very originally called Southern Hot Rod Club. Unlike your country it was all made official here in 1956. They organized the first drag meetings which were very crude compared to what was happening in the states but by working in with the Victoria police they slowly earned hot rodders a better name with the public. Dad went from building a 33 roadster to a 32 sedan with a mid mounted Ardun and tilt body, Harley Davidson front wheels all in 1958 - 62 and never finished it. I still have the body. He built a slingshot six cylinder dragster for my uncle in 67 , 68 and by the late 70's had a small business. From there came top alcohol, top fuel dragsters , sprint cars and many many street cars all for many many customers who became friends. I love seeing your family history on film like this, it's a long proud tradition and your dad and uncle and all their mates were there at what I reckon was the best time. I've lost both my parents now but I'm keeping it going. All the very best from Australia, you should be proud.

Famoso 👍👍👍👍👍

...and that 48' Buick 6 with the carbs up in the breeze... :-)

Still in good hands with All-State though lol.

@@slowpoke96Z28 Can't buy it at Sears anymore however. Sears used the Allstate brand for insurance, tires & toy trains. Probably used it on other products.

ABC's Wide World of Sports did a lot to promote these events.

Well said

Wasn’t there a new rule put into effect several years ago by the NHRA that cut the Nitro cars down to around a thousand foot run as opposed to the traditional quarter mile due to the death of a driver?

@@519CZRacer Yes. The 1000 ft. restriction for Top Fuel and Funny Car was implemented in July 2008, shortly after Scott Kalitta's fatal crash. These 11,000 horsepower cars are running nearly 340 mph at this distance. We won't see 1/4 mile nitro racing again unless NHRA slows them down.

These were great days in racing. I also loved the Pro Comp class during the 70s, a heads up alcohol class between rear engine and slingshot dragsters, altereds and Funny Cars.

Houston raceway track was demolished to build a warehouse.

Oh wow.

For real.

My Father & I were also there! I was 4! 💪👍

@@Slinger43 I was negative 17 😄

@@shitbox7413 Well, try harder not to be so negative! 😆👍

Naw, John wasn't there yet 😆 LOL, jk bud 👍

@@Slinger43 Nope, John Force wasn't there yet, but I think Big John Masmainian was coming to the starting line.

@@ECCL11 Big John's Candy-Apple Cuda!! 🤩👍

Indeed. I'm thinking of switching to Winston!

You didn't get it on tv and you didn't even have drags back then did you? We (US) only hade 4 channels back then, and one was/is PBS, (public television, more cerebral stuff).

@@UberLummox he following year ,1966, The English had Drags at a place called Santa Pod,built by Sidney Allard,of Allard Sports car fame, but they had been conducting Sprints,as they called them form the 1920's. Heres a link to the Santa pod strip but zero mention of the man who founded it, Typical 21st Century censorship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Pod_Raceway

Mike Whitcomb : Sorry, but what's weird about open grass? Should there be a concrete wall?

@@bill091086 It's probably all house's now....

Rails at Pomona on The Munsters TV show 64 Dragula

Too bad. Without your current knowledge taken back in time with you…, everything would seem boringly normal.

@@mercoid well okay then

Me too Steve! I was 4 😁

Cigarette advertising during the show, A time when the safety equipment and the advertised products were more dangerous than the motor sport!

@@Timelord774 10 years from now they will be crying about methane gas coming out of their asses .so expect a computerised butt smog device. CARB approved.

Not anymore.

My first car was a no-post 66 Chevy II with 12.5" Mickey Thompson's, a for 9" and a reinforced frame that I got in those hills..Ganesha.

He was a hero to me and my brother who met him at Phoenix drag strip1968-1970 my he rest in peace the tinker toy.

We've never seen this footage. Cant wait to share with the ol man.

With a few drips of nitro illegally mixed in buy some of them.

Hell, you could buy an octane booster/nitromethane mix around here 10 years ago. Can't remember the brand, but it was a well known brand name.....

You're right. I remember Clark brand gas sold in Michigan back in the late 60s-early 70s advertised on its signs "Clark Super 100"!! The leaded premium (Super) was 100 octane, and the leaded regular was 95 octane! Amazing modern engines with a 10.5-11:1 compression ratio can run so well on unleaded 93 octane "premium" with less octane than regular had 50 years ago!!! Wonder what horsepower they could tweak out of an LS7 with 12.0:1 compression leaded premium, or a 750hp "stock" C7 Z06 Corvette?!!

Like a cigarette should!

People (Americans) have a lot more options now for disposal income than they did 60 years ago. Another thing I think is progress has stalled because we've reached the limit of our present technology. Nitro is only cool yo the fans as long as its getting faster and faster compared to gas and methanol. We can't go much faster though cause the tire can't handle it yet. A pro mod or top alcohol dragster (either methanol or nitro) ends up being a better show, yet they aren't promoted or ran the same.