Strange Cars at the Drag Strip - Part 2

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Here is a video collection of some "Strange Cars" that I have seen over the years at the drag strip. I'm not making fun of any of these vehicles because I respect anyone that puts in the time to get a vehicle out to the track and race it. But sometimes you ask yourself "what were they thinking"? And of course the answer doesn't matter because obviously that is what the person is into and it is much better to have a variety of vehicles showing up at the track rather than everything the same.
Point in example is the featured Chevy Vega in this video has large wheel tubs and super skinny tires on it looking really weird. But the reality of it is the owner is doing double duty on this car and has large meats on it duirng the supper time at the cement drag strip to hook up and in the Winter is he using cheap studded tires to hook up in the Winter on the ice. It is awesome seeing people put there cars and passions to good use year round and I commend all racers for getting there cars out there at the track to put on a good show for the fans.
Well thank you for watching and sharing my passion with Muscle Cars and Drag Racing. If you are reading this far than you so much for watching this video and if you came here from watching my first video that is Awesome! and I thank you once again. If you did not see the first video here is a link to it. • Strange Cars at the Dr...
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@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you for watching! If you did not catch my first "Strange Cars" video you can check out the link here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9RmHNr1zuf0.html

@roderickrayrutledge2740 Год назад

That Vega it like a snowmobile. A narrow trac in the back and wide turning like skis.

@terryatpi Год назад

You’re welcome lol. I seen that

@CallofDoobie585 Год назад

That one rail you didn't know what it was, is a fiat topolino. Love your vids brother

@ashboo22 Год назад

Thank you for the "You're Welcome " moment 😂

@andrewwhite1305 Год назад

Slow motion is a beautiful thing, and those red boots Holy hand grenade

@JamesBoyles Год назад

Dear Tom I used to live in Racine Wisconsin . I used to go the great lakes dragstrip in union Grove Wisconsin. Watching your vids brings back memories. I used to have a 1969 olds 442 w30 convertible with a 455 ci . It was dynoed out at 530hp. I drove it to 12s on the strip but it was capable of Doing 9s. In 1995 I sold it for 30 grand. The same car now is worth $250k

@tomeighty Год назад

I'm glad my videos can bring back good memories for you! I love being out at the track and catching some cool cars running. They sure are not in short supply of some awesome cars at Great Lakes.

@goatflieg Год назад

You, sir, are an honorable RU-vidr. Not many guys would go back and redeem an unintended clickbait scenario. You have my respect. Oh, and loved both videos.

@foxboy1985 Год назад

Props to the womanin the red heel boots. Running on a drag strip better than most guys in shoes

@cammer68oliver2 Год назад

Thanks for a great video and especially the “you’re welcome” part! Lol. Very very nice! Lol. Bouncy bounce! Lol

@firebrand07 Год назад

Love the illusion of that Econo pickup going sideways in the far lane.

@adamtereska8734 Год назад

I noticed that as well. I thought it started breaking in the left rear, but it was just an illusion.

@lululucy01 Год назад

Laughed out loud at 12:45! Hilarious!😆😆

@mikegellner2253 Год назад

Thanks for the slo-mo !!!!

@williamsaloka9043 6 месяцев назад

Loved that little "Drag-Girl" interlude. Nice touch!!

@DimondYT69 Год назад

12:44 dang look at that motor and those huge tires awesome car

@prematuredgravy8033 Год назад

So cool to see a pull from that Fiero. I appreciate you finding a pull and posting it here. Good work dude

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Год назад

Personally I'd like to see more Fieros as cheap rally cars.

@kirklandracing Год назад

Your editing is spot on. Your videos are setting the example of how it should be done. Greatly enjoyed this. Shared with many.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you so much for the kind words. I appreciate it!

@craigalston2208 Год назад

@@tomeighty I'm going to assume that the Vega at one time had drag tires that where wide enough to fill the fenders . PS just saw the part of the video confirming my assumption . It might have been a better idea to run duals on the snow or some larger truck snow tires with the studs added .

@scottywalker4312 Год назад

Ice drags are awesome! 👍

@JackDaniel617 Год назад

4:01 gotta love it when they loap and gurgle

@rainbow2710 Год назад

My gosh, drag racing in the snow must be the wildest thing I've ever seen people do in cars! Thanks for the great videos.

@MartinMcMartin Год назад

12:40 salute, well done sir.

@tomeighty Год назад

That's what it looked like in real life when I saw it. ha ha...

@danmyers9372 Год назад

Thanks Tom. I loved the Roadkill episode where the guys took the El Camino up to Merrill and won a trophy.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks for watching Dan. And yes I really liked it when they came to the ice races, it was the biggest crowd I have ever seen there when the word got out they were coming. Good times... gives you something to look forward to in the Winters around here.

@danmyers9372 Год назад

@@tomeighty - I am in Central CA but I have a nephew from here who married a girl and moved back to HER hometown in the Cloquet MN area. I honestly don’t know how he did it! We out here simply are not mentally equipped to handle cold like you get back there.

@600wheel Год назад

Your slow motion camera work is iconic

@ceedaddy Год назад

10:32 Looks like they forgot to tighten the wheelie bar up...things bouncing all the way down the track..

@troyjenkins5299 Год назад

Thankyou for posting. Love watching from New Zealand.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks for watching Troy!

@davidpayne4315 Год назад

You almost expect to hear the late great Dave McClellan calling these races

@magnusatheos7301 Год назад

Great video. Thanks!

@TheKurtsPlaceChannel Год назад

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you! I appreciate that.

@jonbrockman5308 Год назад

Paused at 5 secs. Bet its merrill wisconsin ice drags. You should see it in person. Film does it NO justice

@KING-FU 9 месяцев назад

That Vega has enough space to run duals with those tubs. 🤣

@jeffreyyoung4104 Год назад

Retuning the engine for the cold winter air must be quite the eye opener! Running alcohol and nitro with gas in the summer was fun, but I don't know if I have a set of jets to run WOT in the winter!

@longroth4882 Год назад

Another Wisconsin boy? Cool! Haven't been to great lakes since I raced there back in the 90's...

@anthonyking4387 Год назад

Remarkable! No need for a burnout!

@1967davethewave Год назад

OK, @12:43, awesome job! She was dressed like that to be noticed!

@tomeighty Год назад

For sure, she really caught my eye as you could see I hardly kept the camera focused on the car. ha ha

@AlmondNut Год назад

Love the video, man! Can't wait to see more and can't wait to see you hit 1 mil 👍🤙

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@michaelwilliams8297 Год назад

You gotta love nostalgia drags at The Grove.....

@randykling2889 Год назад

You get a gold star just for having the thumbnail as part of your video... a new subscription... a thumbs up.. and great video.. Thanks for sharing..

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. I'm out on the Bonneville Salt Flats right now for Speed Week and I'm keeping my eye open for some more Strange Cars to make another video 👍

@craigmonteforte1478 Год назад

No matter what car or style you guys run out there inWiconsin it does look like you all are having fun and that’s the best part i do personally really love the old Nostalgia like Dragsters

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks buddy, and yes I have noticed that the spectators and racers really enjoy the 4 races they put on in January each year. It gives you something to get excited about in the long Winter time here. And it does get really interesting when there is a snow storm going on during the races, you have to fight to keep the snow off the cars and windshields before lining up. ha ha

@genefogarty5395 Год назад

Was not expecting that mid 9 from the '32-'33 Chevy at 10:30, they have that suspension DIALED! Darn thing'd probably hook up in a sandbox if you kept the revs lower, lol.

@bugme9085 Год назад

Hey Tom thanks for your strange cars video😀I really like to see your videos,👍🏽

@Ninjaturtlemadness Год назад

Haha that Vega looks like one of our Aussie Burnout Cars!!! Awesome vid mate!

@tombentson9693 Год назад

That was fun

@dannyarchives Год назад

those econolines are really cool, thats good mpg too. and that jeepster is awesome, i never heard of them or seen one until now

@CS-ir9mo Год назад

Love old school like mr 4 speed and grumpy style cars and history and when starting there like nothing until switch and horse power comes alive in those blower motors. Nice job 👍 with video

@raymondj8768 Год назад

Great video dude i used to run a a rail job bracket racing man that was the best job ever !

@jaustin3370 Год назад

Thanks for the great content!

@13699111 Год назад

Thank you for posting this great video

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

@davidsteffen6251 Год назад

great video I sure do miss great Lakes dragstrip

@galenhanson7118 Год назад

KOOL !

@tinfoilhat3268 Год назад

That Jeepster is slick

@codyjackson3595 Год назад

Great video as usual. loved the sol-mo.

@tomeighty Год назад

Ha ha... did it just for you!

@charleslapinski2138 Год назад

Looks Ilike the union Grove Wisconsin race track!!!! Great content

@tomeighty Год назад

Yes it is. Glad you liked it!

@charleslapinski2138 Год назад

Raced that track in early 90s dad n mom raced there in 60s years of fun. At that track !!!

@ericolsen67vw Год назад

Keep your heaters boys. It gets cold

@historybuff9276 Год назад

Talk about right place right time a friend that was always racing had a set of heads for me to pick up after work. When I got there he said "you got a couple of hours"? " A friend passed awhile (another racer) & his son only wanted 2 novas & 3 build engines. We could have what was left". It had been 6 yrs or so and we loaded 3 trucks & 2 trailers with everything u can think of the last thing we got & handled so delicately was one of the dragster like from More American Grafitti that was hanging from the ceiling. The parts that we gave away are to much to think of,this is 20+ years ago. He worked on that car and got it going with a 327 that was built from parts from that shop. He made 1 pass in it & never ran it again he said sitting with the rearend right between uour legs was to much because he seen a rearend fly apart b4. I dont know what happened to the car I lost contact them about 2 yrs ago seen were he had died he wasn't even 50. I would bet anything that car & his other are still in his garage his parents live next door.

@THROTTLEPOWER Год назад

Enjoyed!!!! 👍👍👍👍

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks you!

@THROTTLEPOWER Год назад

@@tomeighty 👍👍

@noahoaks4420 Год назад

I like your videos

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you Noah!

@daryan2522 Год назад

That top fuel definitely makes quite the difference in these engines. Gotta love that slight stutter they get

@600wheel Год назад

Fantastic way to clean your chassis ice blast the hell out of it and go racing I love it

@MrGhetto8v Год назад

Forget the speedracer.....That blue big block tudor! Goregous!!!!

@jro341 Год назад

Cool. I moved to Arizona from Michigan and like the sun and warmer weather, while still being able to go snowboarding. In fact, we boarded at snowbowl (Flagstaff) one day and the next rode mountain bikes in Sedona. Btw I sold my 1963 Nova ss before moving. 11.60@115 quarter mile.

@digsstuff 10 месяцев назад

Great video, the body on the dragster at about 12:20 is a Fiat Topolino.

@rustywalsh56 Год назад

Have subscribed, the last one i think is a Fiat Topolini body. Not sure on correct spelling, were quite common in that era of drag racing

@hugh-iu7vo Год назад

Very cool

@JurassicJordan808 Год назад

Great video!!

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you! I'm working on another one right now that should be out this weekend.

@Oooo-bi7bi Год назад

You’ve got a new subscriber. You certainly do have some unique vehicles over the pond. Cheers for the entertainment from the UK.

@tomeighty Год назад

Awesome, thank you for subscribing and I'm glad you enjoyed the strange cars. Lots more to come! Tomorrow I'm headed out on a 21 hour drive to the Bonneville Salt Flats (in Utah) to films some land speed racing out there. Can't wait, it's one of my favorite races/events to goto each year. Have a good one! Tom

@Oooo-bi7bi Год назад

@@tomeighty Cool Tom. I’ve heard of Bonneville Salt Flats since I was a kid. I associated it with the triumph motorbike of my Dads era. But once you have seen the photo of the guy lay on his front on a motorbike you don’t forget. I used to buy Hot Rod magazine as a schoolboy. It’s not until getting online 10 years back that I have been able to watch them. I love the design of the old American cars . But seeing them race is something else. I like the Gassers and find the top fuel fascinating. Thanks for the reply and I look forward to your video of the Salt Flats. Roadkill left a void that your filling. Big respect from Northern England.

@Oooo-bi7bi Год назад

@@tomeighty Jesus, just read your comment again. 21 hours drive wow. That’s dedicated.

@davidbrown8517 Год назад

Here in the UK in the 60s there was a Mini pickup up with a huge Hemi V8 in the back, it was called Hemini.

@robertsteele7672 Год назад

Hahaha! I see you stumbled and faltered at something really strange bouncing along the track @ 12:44 partner. That would probably keep somebody warm during the cold winter nights...lol. You gotta keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the camera you lil rascal! Overall, nice video though. Keep up the good work. RS, Maj Ret, Canada...

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks buddy!

@charlesjanuska3562 Год назад

You are getting a thumbs up for no other reason than the slo mo on the ta tas.

@tomeighty Год назад

Ha ha... thanks! Glad you liked it 👍

@rickdaystar477 Год назад

@@tomeighty Who was the woman that was at all the races staging a car. Pam? She had her own following.

@ShawnDrysdale-ld7vu Год назад

Been a t bird fn when i needed a car n fell in luv

@genefogarty5395 Год назад

That Warbird was reminiscent of the cars like the Fiat Topolino bodied rail that ran after it, so cool! Definitely subbed, I'd rather watch this than today's professional level drag racing any day of the week, they're nothing but commercial crap.

@user-ky5sy1dk4c 6 месяцев назад

I grew up in Milwaukee in the 60's and went to Great Lakes Dragway.

@alanrobinson4318 Год назад

Theoretically, that shortened rear end in the Vega should transfer more horsepower to the tires than a full sized rear end.

@Labergemusic Год назад

This video is crushing it

@masjuggalo Год назад

Ide like a nice video all about. That fiero. But I wanna bring g back the gasser lol. Ice racing looks like so much fun

@james.d.8044 Год назад

When that nitro hits 👋👋💨💨

@cossieboa5717 Год назад

The silver car at 9:50 looks like a Crosley-based Almquist Sabre

@BrainDamageComedy Год назад

now this is America! the America we all love 👍

@sdcanyoncarver2203 Год назад

Man with that super cold air I bet each car is make 40hp more than in standard temperatures

@curtisnewton895 Год назад

thx for sharing

@finscreenname Год назад

If you put big tires on that Vega the friction would bring it to a stop.

@isbcornbinder Год назад

I love this BUG

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Год назад

Some great cars that you showed. On the last pair I was thinking how hard it would be for them to back up to the starting line again have to warming the tires. You're wearing a helmet you can't really turn around look anyway and there's no mirrors. Then I noticed the ground guy running out to help the driver in the right lane. Apparently I wasn't the only one that noticed. She looked about as fast as the driver and a left lane! Then 182 miles per hour and under 8 seconds! I've gone 145 and my buddy took it to 160 the same truck. Simply said it's just crazy fast and to do it in a quarter of a mile.

@joshholden8561 Год назад

100k subs awesome!! U have great content.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you buddy!

@alton98 Год назад

I have a Vega like that but all stock it might not be fast, but it would always catch people's attention when I took it out.

@dmk7700 Год назад

VEGA's RULE!!!

@blanchae Год назад

Just some trivia on the Ford Econoline trucks, they were so front heavy, the factory added 165 lb of weight behind the rear bumper to stop the back end from bouncing around.

@tomeighty Год назад

I read about that, the rear wheels would lose contact with the pavement under hard braking so the added weight to "Fix" the problem. Ha ha.

@markhirsch1782 Год назад

Real Nice

@mikeduquesne3630 Год назад

Cool 😎

@robsorgdrager8477 Год назад

That late 60's Vette thing....takes it easy, 11 Second pass at over 120 mph .....easy😂🤣😂

@jackperry9369 Год назад

Nice variety man thanks sir

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks for watching buddy 👍 Glad you liked it.

@dragindart Год назад

Great job as always Tom.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thanks buddy, hope your knee is doing better soon. Right now I'm on my way to Utah to shoot video at the Bonneville Salt Flats for Speed Week. It is my 2nd favorite event to goto (#1 is Byron Wheelstand). So I am really excited!

@dragindart Год назад

@@tomeighty That's great. Your channel is great. I'd love to go out there sometime myself. Take care my friend.

@tomeighty Год назад

@@dragindart Thanks buddy. I've never traveled and had an event not work out for me but this might be my first one, it got rained out today and they also canceled tomorrows racing as well because too much standing water yet. I might have to stay longer than expected, but that's ok. Also when they do run you can watch it on a live stream if you want. lsrlive.com/ Take care buddy.

@NitroModelsAndComics Год назад

That Vega reminds me of my old 71.

@spiderbrandt4066 Год назад

The Dragster with the Gold paint Jacked up in the rear as you said is a Fiat 500 topolino 1940 , in the 50s and the 60s they were very popular in the day for Drag cars

@koffinNAILS Год назад

This is why your great with video covering.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@smrtrthnu1571 Год назад

Man, can you imagine that vega with a dually set up of those same rear tires on the ice

@kingjames1586 Год назад

Groovy

@danmoore6107 Год назад

The coupe is a Fiat Topolino. Real popular back in the day.

@danmyers9372 Год назад

Yeah, I always liked the look of the Topolino drag cars. I also liked the ‘41 Willys cars.

@tomeighty Год назад

Thank you, I will have to look that up.

@kevinhouston38 Год назад

2 Thumbs up on the slo-mo, how can she run in those boots?

@tomeighty Год назад

That's talent right there! ha ha

@6StrngWzrd Год назад

Jungle Pam was doing that in the 60s-80s while wearing less...yee haw.

@Brad_Q1999 Год назад

Theres a 64 or 65 ford econoline pickup sitting in field by my work, makes me sad every time I drive by it

@cesarlopez6368 Год назад

awesome video and i think the white one on the 9:50 it might be Shelby Cobra :) [if wrong, correct me please ^^]

@rocketsnhotrods9022 Год назад

The early years of drag racing is when the cars were pretty cool lookin not like today were their pretty much 300 mph billboards

@genefogarty5395 Год назад

Amen, I stopped going to national events in the mid '90s and stuck to test and tunes, sportsman and nostalgia races. Same with nearly every sport now, they've strayed way too far from the grass roots.