Sometimes It Gets Weird Video: Odd Moments, Crazy Moments, and Bizarre Moments At The Drags – Must Watch Stuff


Sometimes It Gets Weird Video: Odd Moments, Crazy Moments, and Bizarre Moments At The Drags – Must Watch Stuff

Drag racing is the simplest of motorsports. Fixed distance, straight line, two (ok, sometimes four cars), first guy or girl to the end wins. There’s this weird thing about humanity, though. We manage to complicate everything by doing stuff that either no one has seen before, expects, or that no one can believe. This is a video that spans a couple of decades and it shows some of the weirdest, wildest, most confounding, and downright weird moments in this history of NHRA drag racing. From guys being disqualified for NOT leaving with the green light to situations that are even stranger than that.

For instance, there was a situation that stood in the rule book for years that said if both drivers left before the green light, they would both be disqualified. You’ll see it happen a couple of times in this video. It was not that long ago that the rule was amended to say that the race director would use a visual judgement if neither racer records a reaction time to determine who left first. John Force was a victim of the old way of doing this and he’s pretty wound up about it, as you will see.

There was the infamous final in Denver where Dick LaHaie’s car pulled a wheelie at the stripe and jumped the beam, recording Joe Amato’s car crossing first and loads of other stuff.

In 20 years of drag racing you think you have seen it all…but the weird confronts us at least a couple of times a season!

Press play to see this video of weird runs, reruns, and oddities at the drags


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