QuarantinePiece Theater: This Amazing Film Shows The 1966 and 1968 US Nationals In Full Color With Big Production Value!


QuarantinePiece Theater: This Amazing Film Shows The 1966 and 1968 US Nationals In Full Color With Big Production Value!

This right here? This right here is absolute gold! This one video is actually two films kind of joined end to end to form one of the best examples of historic drag racing gold we have ever seen. There’s a massive influence from Hurst Performance in the first film as they definitely paid the freight on it. We see the Hurst Shifty Doctors helping to rebuild shifters, we see George Hurst give away a GTO to a lucky serviceman, and we see really awesome drag racing action on the track.

The 1968 video also has Hurst influence and it is again highly produced. Most drag racing films from this time do not have the angles, the clarity, the sound, or even the detail of organization and results that this one has. Interviews with the likes of AJ Foyt, Ronnie Sox, Dick Landy, Don Garlits, and other stars of the day are present. Our favorite part is the fact that they show basically every final round from top fuel right on down.

The 1968 top fuel final would set up an incredible final in 1969 and we’ll get to that tomorrow. For now, reve in what has to be two of the greatest 50-year old drag racing films that exists in the world today. A huge thanks to the late George Hurst for having the passion, the vision, and the wherewithal to having these films made. Without these records, where would we be?

Press play to see incredible footage from the 1966 and 1968 NHRA Nationals –


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3 thoughts on “QuarantinePiece Theater: This Amazing Film Shows The 1966 and 1968 US Nationals In Full Color With Big Production Value!

  1. bob

    Stahl beats the Grump. Walley Booth in a Camaro? Dick Smothers flat shifting. Awesome! This was probably the best times for racing. I never missed Wide World of Sports to watch these. Just look at the stands.Thanks for posting.

  2. Michael Schwartz

    At 04:50 there is a rear engine dragster crashing at the top end. That’s the ReEntry car of Wayne Hill & Bob Lindwall from Chicago. According to Bret Kepner, it was the first RED to regularly run over 200mph (back in ’66!).

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