Don Garlits vs. Gary Ormsby 1986 Cajun Nationals
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@DeanoTheLegend87 The main reason was the weight of the dragster, back then, the minimum weight for the Dragsters was 1,900 lbs, and with some of the streamlining counterparts like Garlits' spoonlike front end, and Ormsby's Indy Car back end, made the cars a bit heavy, so much so, that it was hard to get them down to the minimum weight. I would however love to see the canopy back on ALL the dragsters now and beyond, Top Fuel, Alcohol, Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster, etc.
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f**k
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Why didn't the Streamliners catch on?
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Swamp Rat XXX was the 1st car to break the 270mph barrier. In addition, October 30,1987, Swamp Rat XXX was enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution, with photoshoot I'll never forget. There they were, "Big Daddy" and SR-XXX, in front of the Main Entrance. Proudly cackling away with 96% Nitro in the tank, it was if she was saying..."I'm here!"
Garlits said...."What an honor.. This is the place where they keep the artifacts of America!" Thanks for posting.
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The track State Capitol Dragway outside Baton Rouge recently been bought out by IHRA now. They have the Mardi Gras Nationals Nitro Jam event there every year, now. Top Fuel and some other big classes run at that track now.
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It was a great year. I got to see them at The Big Go, Bakersfield and the World Finals. We were up two stands when Ormsby's ign. shorted on the body and launched the blower into the stands after one hard bounce off the fire-up lane. Garlits is still my hero. Thanks for the vid. Miss those days-gettin' to be a long time ago...
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The season of the streamliners! I remember it well!
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Also the Cajun Nationals was always held on Memorial Day weekend. In south Louisiana at that time of year it's always either very hot, very rainy or both. Notice the dark clouds looming at 1:23.
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One of the reasons that NHRA stopped coming to Baton Rouge was that State Capitol Raceway couldn't (or wouldn't) keep up with the supertracks that were being built in the late80's and early 90's. Unless somebody steps up with a first class facility I don't think we will see an NHRA national event again.
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The Cajun Nationals was held at State Capitol Dragway just outside of Baton Rouge. I was in the stands for this race.
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True, the race wasn't that close. But, the fact that as far as I know, this is the ONLY streamliner final event EVER, makes this special.
txngasnguns 3 years ago