I was at this show. I grew up in Phoenix and my birthday is Jan.30 so my dad would take me to the drags for it. It was great! Nothing like this will ever happen again; it was magic.
Am I the only one that realizes that this is 1965, NOT 1964??? I was at this race where Chrysler rented the track the week before to test their new altered wheelbase 1965 cars
What a time it was! Defiantly miss a lot from this time viewing in this day, including the pageantry. How does this get two thumbs down (as I comment)?!
@@fatrick4806 He was there in a Mopar! He would have stayed Mopar too if Chrysler would have hooked him up, like they did with the other drivers. But if he had the small block chevy would have never been the giant killer it became! The Grump was the man!
My 57 looks like it could of ran back in those days.. I grew up at the drags and remember hanging around the staging lanes watching the likes of Doug "Cookie" Cook getting ready to make a run.. Fast forward 53 years and I see his son Mike at least once a week. Small world..
That handicap start wouldn't of work today and most of them sandbagged anyway. And I sure would of loved to seen the drivers meeting when they talked about the starting technique. That was kinda funky, do you leave when his arms are going up or when his hands come together. If so there were a lot of red lites.
Something not shown was Richard Petty's drag racing debut that weekend. When Chrysler & NASCAR couldn't agree on Hemi rules for '65 they pulled their teams and sent them over to then rival USAC's stock car series. The lone exception was Petty who was sent drag racing in the first Hemi Barracuda, a tube-framed, real early match racer (eventually called funny cars).
Win on Sunday...sell on Monday! Great times ...you could relate to the cars you could buy! SIDENOTE: DID YOU SEE ONE OVERWEIGHT PERSON IN THESE OLD VIDEO'S (50'S ;60'S ; 70'S ) ??? something IS WRONG WITH THE American DIET / FOOD CHAIN ???!!!
Love these vintage shots!!!!!
I was at this show. I grew up in Phoenix and my birthday is Jan.30 so my dad would take me to the drags for it. It was great! Nothing like this will ever happen again; it was magic.
Am I the only one that realizes that this is 1965, NOT 1964??? I was at this race where Chrysler rented the track the week before to test their new altered wheelbase 1965 cars
My husband is Jim Rodgers if anyone has a question he might clear up. We still here in Scottsdale, Arizona
What a time it was! Defiantly miss a lot from this time viewing in this day, including the pageantry. How does this get two thumbs down (as I comment)?!
losers whoever they are..dont appreciate drag racing history
Great Footage ✅
It's amazing how fast them cars still are.
MoPars ruled the strip back then. 😍
Until Grumpy came to TOWN😀
@@fatrick4806 He was there in a Mopar! He would have stayed Mopar too if Chrysler would have hooked him up, like they did with the other drivers. But if he had the small block chevy would have never been the giant killer it became! The Grump was the man!
You FIAT boys! LOL. Mopars (now FIAT) didn't "rule" the strip back then.
My 57 looks like it could of ran back in those days.. I grew up at the drags and remember hanging around the staging lanes watching the likes of Doug "Cookie" Cook getting ready to make a run.. Fast forward 53 years and I see his son Mike at least once a week. Small world..
That handicap start wouldn't of work today and most of them sandbagged anyway.
And I sure would of loved to seen the drivers meeting when they talked about the starting technique. That was kinda funky, do you leave when his arms are going up or when his hands come together. If so there were a lot of red lites.
I'm quite sure my Dad was at this race.
Something not shown was Richard Petty's drag racing debut that weekend. When Chrysler & NASCAR couldn't agree on Hemi rules for '65 they pulled their teams and sent them over to then rival USAC's stock car series. The lone exception was Petty who was sent drag racing in the first Hemi Barracuda, a tube-framed, real early match racer (eventually called funny cars).
Fun and freedom. Before overpopulation.
EJ Potter. Was on the bike. Small block Chevy. No clutch. See him drop it from a center stand.
Win on Sunday...sell on Monday! Great times ...you could relate to the cars you could buy! SIDENOTE: DID YOU SEE ONE OVERWEIGHT PERSON IN THESE OLD VIDEO'S (50'S ;60'S ; 70'S ) ??? something IS WRONG WITH THE American DIET / FOOD CHAIN ???!!!
Those mopars are bad ass!!
Until GRUMPY came 2.town😀
Fat Rick you mean in 72 when they added weight to the mopars , so Chevrolet could try to compete? Grumpy was grumpy for a reason.
@@kurtpoblenz2741 lol....ok✌
Only missing the Melrose Missile of Tommy Grove
This is '65, not '64
65...not...64.😊