Funny Car Drag Racing of the 1970s

Literally everything about this is better than a modern NHRA broadcast.

Legendary drivers and legendary cars. Loved this era of funny cars.

Truly, the 60's and 70's were the GREATEST eras of drag racing!

Makes the modern funny cars look kind of sad. Great stuff, most enjoyable.

These were Drag Racing glory days. Some guys had all the best parts and pieces, others looked like they tore down the swingset in the backyard last week, welded a frame, and were out racing. Those teams, you literally could pick up a wrench, start working on the car, and you were part of the crew, good times.

love how the funny cars looked like the stock cars they were meant to depect.

The 70's were so badass, the cars, the music, and the all natural ladies...

This brings back memories. When they looked like real cars. The ones today are the ones that are funny. They look more like door stops

Grew up watching the Snake and Mongoose battle's.

I was born in 76 so a little of this was before my time. But every single weekend, while other kids only spend Saturday in their underoos watching cartoons, if they had waited a little bit NHRA came on. Grew up on Bob Glidden, the snake, flying Hawaiian, Big Daddy, and especially John Force. He was my favorite from a kid until retirement. Im easily becoming a fan of his daughters lol. Force would be 20 time national champion, the most winning driver ever, and get out of the car so excited he couldn't even talk in the win interview. He acted like every race was the 1st time he had ever won anything in his life hahaha

I'm suddenly nine years old again watching this and funny cars are still the coolest thing in the world

Those were the days my friends…….. Full 1/4 mile.

RIP Good ole days of drag racing

Great smoky burnouts & those awesome dry hops!! Sure do miss them.

I loved drag racing in the 60s and 70s growing up in So Cal

Thanks, brings back great memories. Hard to believe John Force still racing and winning. Really miss these old cars, just seems like they were so much more fun to watch

Best years of my life! Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!!!

I always loved the sound of funny cars at Bandimere Speedway. It's on the west side of Denver, right up against the mountains and just up the road from Red Rocks. The echo and reverb was amazing! When they'd get on it for burnouts, you'd hear the initial blast of power, then echoing up and down the Rooney Valley. It was awesome. But you don't have to go back to the 70's to hear it, they still run 'em out there.

Nice to see how the v8s rip before turbos started dominating.

Remember that they used to do their burnouts on BLEACH... It was called "the bleach box"... that's what Don Prudhomme was pouring at the beginning of the video. You can see them pouring bleach from bottles at several points in the video, like at 3:25