Tournament of Champions Part I - 1969 U.S. Nationals - Vintage Drag Racing - Indy

Brought to you by http://www.dragstripgirldesigns.com . Vintage Drag Racing - Tournament of Champions Part I -Presented by Hurst Performance Center - 1969 NHRA U.S. Nationals. Narrated by the late Steve Evans. Qualifying and eliminations featuring Top Fuel Winner Don Prudhomme, Runner-up Kelly Brown; Top Gas Winner Domenic Santucci, Runner-up Phil Hobbs; Funny Car Winner Danny Ongais, Runner-up Rich Siroonian; Super Eliminator Winner George Montgomery, Runner-up Ron Ellis; Competition Eliminator Winner Terry Fritsch, Runner-up Neil Ellis; Street Winner Glen Self; Runner-up Carroll Caudle; Super Stock Winner Ronnie Sox, Runner-up Ron Mancini; Stock Winner Bill Morgan; Runner-up Tom Neja. Nostalgia wheelstand, front engine dragsters, fuel altereds, Willys gassers, engine explosion. Including, wheelstanding front engine dragsters, Buster Couch, Willys Gassers, Fuel Altereds, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Hemi Super Stock, Dick Bourgeois, Javelin Funny Car.

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[dad19471]

I was there in 69. Slept in the car for 3 nights.Party all night-go to the races in the day.Hot as hell that year-showered at the carwash. No 2 cars were alike. No corp. stuff. Drivers drove like their lives depended on winning each race. I loved

the altereds & anglia's. Hairy as hell.

Not as fast as today but ten fold on the

excitement. Et's & speed records were

constantly broken. Drag racing has peeked out, but I still love that smell

& sound.

[akracer1]

Yea, remember when cars had names on them that you knew, Like Gartlits, Snake, Mongoose, Pure Hell, Stone,Woods and Cook. Today we have cookie cutter cars with corperate names on them Lucas, AAA, and others no fear here. Let's pitch the RED's and bring back the FED's. sure be alot more fun.

When funny cars were different not the same mold with different a badge on it. With todays safety FED's are safer then ever but still a handfull. It takes Balls and guts to drive one. FEDS forever.

[RHTbluetrokadriver]

Love it! Thank you!

[MrGotsquashed]

THIS is waaay better than "my computer vs. your computer"!!

[mailmeonline]

i see no point in driving flat out in a straight line, but you have to give credit to the drivers, this is freggin' scary

[electrixladyland69]

@dad19471 You are absolutely correct! I caught the drag racing action from 1971-on up. All I can say is: the more drag racing became advanced and refined as well as EXPENSIVE, the less exciting it became. The same atmosphere is just not there. You had to experience those daze to understand!

[strokerengine]

Lucky bastard

[MrRonnieG]

Of course the '69 Nationals is where John "Zoo Keeper" Mulligan lost his life in the "Fighting Irish" car when he suffered a catastrophic clutch explosion in the 1st round of top fuel while racing "T.V." Tommy Ivo.

[WLSTOUT]

LOL well it seemed to work anyway

[quasiphatpaul]

well you're not even remotely insulting