This is a semi-strange but awesome piece of video that comes from the US Nationals back int he late 1960s. Any video that includes Linda Vaughn in her prime, big Buster Couch (the legendary NHRA chief starter), and Dick Smothers beating an Olds 442 like a rented mule is definitely BangShift.com approved.
We knew the Smothers Brothers sponsored a few drag cars back in the day but we never knew that Dick Smothers drove any of them. Smothers was a talented road racing driver and spent lots of time and money in exotic equipment. To see him thrashing on the Olds is pretty cool, although the announcer’s claim that the car made a 10 second lap is a little outlandish in our opinion. It sounds as though the car bogs pretty hard leaving the line. Aside from that, Smothers powershifts that car to perfection!
