1971 AHRA Summernat's video-stick cars
 

A few minutes worth of AHRA summernationals at US-30 in 1971.

Enjoy-

http://www.youtube.com/user/1881033

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Enjoyed that!!

Scott

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Awesome! Thanks for the link!

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Cool video

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Screaming RPM's and 4 speeds...........drag racing at it's best!

JimR

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Nice clip and the sound seems to match.....The year before, the first NHRA SummerNationals was held there and I was there racing. Stayed down the road in Gettysburg. I will never forget seeing that area. It really leaves an impression when you see the grave markers!

I always loved York and remember most of those cars in the clip.......

P.S it was also an active airport. Racing was stopped when a plane was going to land.....a red light would start flashing and the plane landed in the same direction as the strip. It was very long and the hangers were at the far end right off Rt 30......They also ran 4 wide there and I saw some incredible cars and sights there........

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Ya, I hear 4-speeds. WOW was that Don Garlits? Watch the rear wheels on those Mavericks. Was it good for you too?

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Admittedly, I'm not an expert on talent, but, that feller bangin' gears in the red Mustang at the 2:20 spot in the video seems to have received his fair share. Pure sweetness. Anybody know who that is?

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The Boss 302 @ 2.17 sec in is Arlen Fadely's Factory Boss 302 before his Pinto and Maverick!
ralph

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You sure about that?

Looks an awful lot like Ernie MacEwen's Pro Stock Mustang from nearby Norristown, PA.

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Very cool video indeed,,,,loved seeing and hearing the stick cars,,life was good back then. I really liked the early Pro Stock cars, especially The Gapp & Roush Maverick from the pre Pinto and "Taxi" days,,,,neat stuff! Danny Durham

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I was there with Fadely & Hinzmann at that race that is Arlen driving the Boss 302, they had a Maverick there also that Ed Bennett drove not the Super Stock Mag Car, we stayed over till Monday and sot a commerical for Lee Elmimator they were part of that that deal I travelled alot with them back then.. Those 2 cars ran in GT3

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I drove a Boss 302Mustang one day on the street. It had slicks on it and I kept trying higher and higher launch rpms because the engine wanted to drop too low when I let out the clutch.....sounded a lot like that video! Those little engines had some really big intake ports........I always felt it was a dog compared to some smallblock Chevs I drove on the street. A good Z with some decent rear gear would paste that Boss and I also had a '70 Yenko Deuce at my disposal for a few weeks. I swapped in a 302 Z engine when the original 350 blew up.......That Yenko ran 12.6 street driven with the original 350 and the 302 I installed was a race engine and was probably faster.....The same guy owned all those cars over a short period of a couple years. A '69 Z/28 racecar and it was a beautifull car all black with white stripes and houndstooth seats. A '70 Boss 302 Mustang and a 70 Yenko Deuce.......He had more but those 3 alone would bring some really big money at Barrett-Jackson....I'm watching it right now.....I would love to own that black '69 Z/28 today and would never sell it......

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Very, very cool! Great era for drag racing. Those Pro Stock cars had personality.

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Some cool stories posted here from the old days...and the video was good to.