Old Pocono Drag Lodge in 65 or 66

[Midwest4x4f150]

Nice video. Music makes it somewhat depressing. Maybe do a remix with some CCR or something similar to get the blood pumping in the drag racing spirit???

[kc0rey]

@Midwest4x4f150 Yeah, the music sucks. I don't know how to change it. I'd love to change it to Jan and Dean, or Hot Rod Lincoln.

[redneckrocket78]

i owned the white coupe with the blue stripes after it retired for about 10 years it went upstate ny now somewhere about 3 years ago i found it with a dog tied to it at a gas station in bear creek // it was a hand full, with a chevy 327 in it

[MrChevynut]

Your DADS car was it a big old 4door?

[kc0rey]

@MrChevynut

That was the thing about the 60's. Run what ya' brung, heads up, and everybody in each class had a chance. In my Dad's case he was driving the family car.

Drag racing has changed little. They've added Bracket Racing and still, after all these years, anybody can go racing.

[donnis618]

Thanks for the vid... My father and uncles street raced in newark in the 70's. I would kill for a video of those crazy times!!!!

[kc0rey]

390 with an Auto trans and 4 barrel. The only mods to the car were a mild cam and he swapped his rear end gears on race day. He had an open diff and would run a slightly deflated snow tire on one side.

He was running 12's.

My mom had an encounter with a coal truck and totaled the car.

[naderchaser]

Hey, this was cool! What kind of eng. and tranny was your Dad's Ford running? Also, what kind of times was he turning with that car? My guess was it was maybe a 352 or a 390...maybe with 3 deuces? Thanks for converting and posting this. Joel in Tucson

[V8Deuce]

Cool

[harley1450000]

lol that 's funny 'iam that fat kid in the end of the video'

[dragman10]

What a GREAT memory to have!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

[crownv80]

back during those days ; chevy did not have 400 cu in. motors ! they had 283 , 327 ,409 ,396 , 427 in 1965 - 66 !

[cmf1965]

@crownv80 Chevy had a 396 in '65, GM had a ban on engine displacement no more than 400 c.i. In 1966 it was changed...hence the 427 cars. Don't forget the 265 V-8...

[crownv80]

NICE VIDEO !

[kozich32]

this is a great video

[slicksnot]

That was cool " Drag racing is far out" Thank you for sharing,

[ljbayles]

Thanks My Dad used to race also Bob Steiner i was 3 or 4 then. Lynn Steiner Bayles He attended the recent reuion.

[suzuki357mag]

they just had a big car show up there it was neat

[Schwackin502]

Just got home from the reunion.. though i am only 29.. my parents and alot of there friends raced there.. it was amazing to see the track and its surroundings.. If only that place could talk.. Id listen til my ears bled.. awesome vid..

[ballucanb1]

Thanks for the vidio, I raced there from 67 up untill the place died, do you have any more vidio.

[POCONODRAGGER]

i AM THE PERSON DRIVING THE 193O MODEL A FORD 4 DR SEDAN

I HAVE ABOUT 15 OR 30 MINS OF SUPER 8 OF THIS TRACK NOW ON DVD

JOE AMADO WAS DRIVING FOR AA SPEED PARTS I THINK IT WAS HIS DADS BUSINESS THEN.

DOCTOR WHALEN'S SON DROVE A HOPPED UP MOPAR I GOT THAT ON THE DVD AND JOE AMADO RACING ALSO

[ZELPHOR]

thanks for sharing your memories really cool

[raiders01]

there's going to be a reunion there this august 15th

[psakref]

Excellent!!! I remember the track well, and all the regulars; Jack Shaffer, Carl Brewsher, Wally Lechowski, and that`s where Joe Amato got his fever started. Hurricane Agnes closed the strip in 1972 to house residents who lost their homes in the flood.

[2004LEBUSA]

You could afford to race back in the '60's

[Hippiegeo]

A lot of nice old cars. I remember all of them.

[humantestdummy]

what song is this?

[rattrigger82]

Great vid. My two uncles raced there and Numidia with a 32 ford. I used to be with them every Sunday. Thanks for the trip back to my youth.

[humantestdummy]

hey man nice stuff, i live in the poconos, and i wish i lived back then

[caravans2]

the drags-the past is better than the present

[caravans2]

i wish i had lived those days,great film!

[miledbill]

Yeah, great stuff. Really enjoyed it.

Your dad's Ford what that have in it a 406?

They tended to be heavy cars but his is kicking butt.

[humantestdummy]

406 is chevy its actualy a 400 bored 30 over

[miledbill]

Goggle Galaxie 406, it's a big block Ford.

390 bored to 406 cubic inches available in the big Galaxies in 1962.

[humantestdummy]

oh ok :)

[kbudnov]

My dad is in this video! He was searching for information about Pocono Drag Lodge and came across your video by chance. He watched it and lo and behold saw himself in it way back when he used to go to the races. You will see him on the left side of the screen on the sidelines at about 10 sec. We were all amazed! Thanks for sharing this piece of nostalgia.

[kevins89notch]

Awesome video, thanks for uploading this. Its weird to think my dad watched this sort of stuff in person when he was my age.

[bobwish51]

I was there around 1967. Still a teen in high school. Friend of an uncle took me there. Never forget it, they had half a dozen fuel funny cars running, no guard rails, bleachers 20 feet from the track, return road right in front of the bleachers. Amazing stuff.

[InteriorCommando]

Ah.... Thanks for the back into time warp.Puts this old man back in the saddle of his 66' 442.

Those were the days.Really boss stuff.

[swedishvolvo]

This is a great video of a past time. Thank you so much for posting so the whole world can see it. :)

[mike5444]

thanks for sharing.

great stuff.

[barndoor55]

I too was watching video's as a way to amuse my-self and really liked the way you took the 6mm and made a dvd and of the old Ford's and Dodge's back in those days. "thank-you for producing it!"

[boonsisgreat]

They were the days to live.

[COLORMECLONE]

VERY COOL...and Dad racing the family car!

[V8vair]

Cool,Cool,Cool. that beats present day racing by far.