I love when they first start the engine and then you hear the Nitro hit the engine and it turns into a beast

@user-cv2ud6yf2j

Жыл бұрын

It's alive 😂

When you're raised near a Top Fuel track and spent many weekends watching John Force and the big dogs run, you can smell/feel this video....

@michelesantilli4521

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!

Throughout the 80s my husband and I would go to the Gatornationals and Spring Nationals (in Atlanta) every year, that was back when they didn't have all the huge sponsor trailers and you could stand so close you could touch them. Watching them work on the cars in between rounds, Gary Ormsby, Joe Amato, Bernstein, Big Daddy, Darrell Gwynn, Eddie Hill, all the greats. When John Force was always a bridesmaid and never a bride. We had a ton of fun watching people in the pits stand right behind the car as they cranked it up and poured the nitrous in the engine. When that s*** started blowing out it would scatter everybody it was a riot ! Y'all know what I'm talking about ! You could also stand at the fence at the starting line and way past the stands if you wanted to. When Bob Glidden had his monumental wreck and rolled in Atl we were halfway down the track at the fence watching him roll past. We saw the 300 mph barrier broken. We also went to Bristol one year and this was when the stands were all concrete, no metal, and the acoustics down in that cut were incredible. I feel sorry for y'all having to pay money to be held at arm's length when we could practically stand on the track with them back then.

Love how they designed the track and stands into the side of a hill.

@Mike-ws2wf

2 жыл бұрын

ITS BRISTOL BABY ! THEY DONT CALL IT THUNDER VALLEY FOR NOTHING GOOD TIMES

In the 2019 Australian Winter Nationals I got the chance to crew for a top fuel drag bike team. After one pass I was watching the top fuel dragsters roll out, had grown up apart of the sport. But this day, one of the dragster crew members invited me to stand with them on the start line. It was like nothing I had ever experienced! Standing by the start line as a spectator is exhilarating, but stand with the crew so close behind on of these monsters in absolutely incredible. Will remember that experience for many years to come.

@eatmeskivys

2 жыл бұрын

What?

How can you dislike 10,000hp nitro burning top fuel cars

@Coyotethumper5

3 жыл бұрын

Because They drive a prius

@nilssvensson4073

3 жыл бұрын

Probably greenies

@michelesantilli4521

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN TO THAT! 👍🏼❤️🔥

@Lutzilla_

3 жыл бұрын

Gretha does..

@archie_bunker

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lutzilla_ exactly lol

I just love those 2 ladies plugging their ears while the cars are just idling.......they are totally unprepared for the immense sounds they are about to experience!

I can never get over that startup of the motor. I wish my car started up like that lol

@kpetro1675

3 жыл бұрын

Start your car on alcohol, then start feeding in the nitromethane after it starts running 😂

@eddiebicakci7363

3 жыл бұрын

K Petro that’s not a bad idea lol

@dylannix4289

3 жыл бұрын

@@kpetro1675 Just start it up on Nitro, rev it all the way out, and make your rods go Sputnik

I think your heart literally stops beating for a second when they go by. That shockwave defines compresses your chest.

@troyottosen8722

3 жыл бұрын

Aaron, Imagine what it feels like to be sitting in one of those during takeoff!😉😳🤪👍

binge watching A-10 warthog gau-8 videos brought me here

My favorite strip, Thunder Valley!!! Shout out to Bristol!

Got to love "thunder valley"

Awesome video. I live 20 minutes from thunder valley👍🏼😇🇺🇸

the best one of these iv seen yet awesome job

2:03 It’s so loud, you can see the sound waves when the camera shakes!!!

Ahhh the sounds of Thunder Valley!! Those nitro cars seem a lil louder in the mtns of Bristol Tenn that’s for sure

nothing compares to standing there feeling it, but it looks like the shock waves make the camera distort as they launch. nice vid.

BRISTOL!!! I love that track!!!

love the sounds

You just don't hear it you feel it.

@Dake-gw6it

3 жыл бұрын

You dont feel it you fear it

@zanottma

3 жыл бұрын

It ATTACKS!! You.

That strip with those hills and top fuel...Murica

@johngilbert1047

3 жыл бұрын

Bristol, baby!

@Pumpmaximum13

3 жыл бұрын

THUNDER VALLEY!!!!! Its a great complex to experience motor sports, there and right next door at BMS. Beautiful country, excellent people, shout out to Bristol!

LOVE that roar!!!!

between the eardrum breaking noise the unburnt fuel Nitro and the smoke from the Slicks I backed away but it was neat !

ahhhh...Bristol. one of the tracks ive knocked off my list to visit.

What did you film this with? Excellent quality!!

thunder valley is awesome

I remember watching a trash barrel move about 6 inches when John Force did a burn out in Ennis Tx a few years back. Made me jump. Lol

@brucefisher4025

3 жыл бұрын

And a burnout is nothing compared to a launch...hell, they haven't even turned up the fuel yet... maybe quarter power..😏

I loooove bristol

Thunder Valley Dragway is AMAZING

been this close to one funny car once... that was unreal... this gotta be one of the biggest rush when it comes to motorsport you can have as a spectator.

Normally tv does no justice as to how loud it is but this gotta be one of the best caught on camera.

Bristol BABY!!!

Thunder valley too hell yeah

That's my bucket list track.

@andyfrancis5277

6 жыл бұрын

TheoneGodfather That was my first, the rest havent come close. Its name is WELL deserved

@pro-seriesfabrication3810

6 жыл бұрын

My favorite track. Worked for Kelley Motorsports N/FC back in 2009 and bumped out Robert Hight (might be the last time he didn't qualify). Never forget working on the car and getting to watch the Q2 session from our pit stall next to the time boards.

@stevenmartin4889

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve been there every year since 2014

A few years ago I did the Doug Foley drag racing experience at Charlotte ZMax dragway. It was the day after one of the big NHRA events. As part of the training we walked on the track where the cars take off. They were sort of a slow time and as I was standing on the track around the corner came a top fuel dragster to do a practice run. it was the Al Anabi race team I can't remember the name of the driver. Anyway no one was around watching so I moved a little closer as the dragster staged. I literally stood about ten feet away from the engine as it launched. Now that's close.

@rogfromthegarage8158

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked how special that was. It was awesome being as close as the cameraman.

The first time I saw felt heard a nitro methane powered car was 1968 at Bristol Tn I have been hooked ever since

Years ago at Edgewater Park you were '20 from the left lane at the lights,it would shake your guts.

When they launch it scares me and I'm not even there!

Just seen this. The first and last time will make you shake

That was such a stout Run , conditions were perfect . Chief dialled it in .

Thunder Valley is definitely the best place to see this.

@troyottosen8722

3 жыл бұрын

David Christ , Been to the mile high nationals at bandimere, so sad no race this year, just an example how close the drag race communities are, I happened to meet my bandimere at a regional race, what a great person!!! Ask John Force!😉👍

@troyottosen8722

3 жыл бұрын

David Christ , yeah! I am pissed though they are having national events at indy, yet not other tracks! Bullshit political crap! By the way you know trump likes drag racing?😉👍

@troyottosen8722

3 жыл бұрын

David Christ ,No shit?😉😳👍😂

@johngilbert1047

3 жыл бұрын

David Christ Bandimere is built on the side of a hill. Bristol is built in a valley between mountains.

@johngilbert1047

3 жыл бұрын

4 Wide at Charlotte (and now Vegas) is awesome.

lmao popped my ear from sitting at home lmfao

@terryervin6733

2 жыл бұрын

😅🤣🤣

The first time I did this was at Irwindale raceway in California around 1974. I was standing beside the side road where they pushed the the cars up to the starting area. Just as the rail passed me the driver pop started the beast and it blew nitro out of the exhaust pipes and right into my eyes. I heard the burn out and the launch but just saw a burning blur.

Nothing screams MURICA more than 8000hp. Thing idling sounding like me ripping a bong. Jeez.

@williamferrante3855

3 жыл бұрын

U might suck up some water with that lmao 😂

Holy crap……you’re standing at ground zero!

0:48 what it sounds like to be a cat drinking water under water

At 2:03 you can see the shock wave hit the camera.

It's Bristol Babyyy

Does anyone know how much throttle they use for the burn before the run?

@dicknijenhuis9894

2 жыл бұрын

I watch Clay Millican's videos, and on one of them he said it's about 30% throttle. He doesn't use a throttle stop but some guys do.

Bristol baby

Thunder Valley! Aptly named!!!

is this Bristol in the USA ?

@john-conniewilliams

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Payne yes. in Tennessee

@ianalderson5133

5 жыл бұрын

Good ole thunder valley

Long Island needs a drag strip.

Years at maple grove pa

I think I see the two shock waves as ripples in the video image at 2:03.

It is a shame bristol isn't on the calendar next year

Looks like the crowds closer lol

What does "top fuel" mean?

@bradjohnson9671

3 жыл бұрын

That is the classification of the dragsters and funny cars. They are in the "Top Fuel" class. The "fuel" part of it is the fuel they burn, nitromethane. Technically you can run any fuel you want but they burn nitro as it produces the most power. These days fuel cars are generating over 11,000 HP. Nitro motors are a very different animal.

New England Dragway in Epping NH has to be the most dangerous track on the NHRA circuit. The fans on the pit side can't be more than 20ft from the starting line.....it's crazy.

@robertperry4751

3 жыл бұрын

But it great been going to that track in Epping for years

@raymondmasse5577

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertperry4751 Totally agree bro. I've been waiting my whole life for the NHRA to finally come here. To have it cancelled this year really bummed me out. 13 months waiting since last year now to wait another.

@slowpoke96Z28

3 жыл бұрын

I think its closer than that in Ennis

When my Jeep sounds like that it gets towed.

You'll never understand till you stand near one, bone and heart shaking. Nitro-methane is no joke either.

I don’t get people bagging on the sound. No microphone can do this justice. What do you expect from KZread’s 2 channel audio?

My favorite dragstrip use b old bridgr twp raceway park but that fell victim to greed so now it Maplegrove in reading pa

This is how close we sued to stand in Vegas. cheap seats!! we stand all day anyway.Now that its a 4 LANE I'm not sure .I'd like to try Chicago...But VEGAS is GREAT if you get a chance.

@chrisplunkett2814

4 жыл бұрын

Chicago is good............kzread.info/dash/bejne/paF3j9SHYtK1htI.html

Bigfoot was yonder out there in the mountains and it scared the hell out of him"

don't those fumes kill your eyes I can't handle it

@therealakalaska9485

7 жыл бұрын

its not fumes. its unburnt fuel

@MeMe-vy2hu

7 жыл бұрын

therealAK ALASKA it's the fumes

horsepower!

It’s almost like NLEs haven’t been invented yet. Almost.

One CANNOT endure the burnout/launch sans hearing protection. Fingers, muffs, or plugs are a must.

@nilssvensson4073

3 жыл бұрын

Imo the launch is much worse haha. Burnout is more bearable.

Your not close enough, try standing in between the launch pads, I did ... it was a blast

What Do They See . NOT A LOT ?

I bet that Crew could leave the track head over to the bowling alley and fit right in easy.

0:12 go leah fireade

@Ultramegaton26

5 жыл бұрын

caitlynn clark Are you sure that’s her dragster? I’m used to it in yellow. and now chrome.

gettin down there is called wearin rubber! your cars will smell like it for weeks!! enjoy

I was there

@googleuser6916

3 жыл бұрын

Was my first nationals too

@googleuser6916

3 жыл бұрын

Well, first in memory

RIP audio

Yeah and the puppy is on idle

I heard that the top fuels give off a mini earthquake

@terryervin7162

4 жыл бұрын

Dark Killer25 they do. I’m not sure what it registers

@michaelfritsche4023

4 жыл бұрын

2.3 on the Richter scale

@davidtimms3201

3 жыл бұрын

That's why they call them ground pounders.

At Vegas, you can get general admission and stand right off the starting line! Get Thant???😉👍

Man you had a great video going there until the sound failed. Sounded like an outboard in a barrel of water lol

@terryervin7162

6 жыл бұрын

Maximuspadus Right? Lol!! I was so disappointed when I watched it later

@easttexan2933

6 жыл бұрын

My brother in law and I headed out to the finals couple weeks ago here in Houston (Baytown) but got a late start (10:00). We had planned on leaving at 8:00. When we got close to the track the line was 3 miles long. We turned around and went to breakfast lol.

@txrick4879

5 жыл бұрын

Maximuspadus The Mike's in most devices can't handle the loudness so the sound failed .

fucking UNBELIEVABLY fucking LOUD...FUCKING EXPLOSIONS .Klowns on the street wear "loud exhaust" but theres no cam

Just listen to them idle from 1:30 to 1:50. Jesus fuck.

Those things with loosen the fillings in your teeth and give you a deep body massage at the same time.

Ear plugs head phones. Yea they don't work.

what do they see there NOT even the Race ?

I don't get it. It's a loud engine... What's so exciting?

@Kevin.Savoie

7 жыл бұрын

www.sccoia.org/articles/top-fuel-dragster-fast-facts/ And those are older facts, they are pushing over 10,000hp now. They are incredible machines. Also the fact that they sometimes measure over 3.0 on the Richter scale.

@FabiusMaximus1000

7 жыл бұрын

It's more than the sound, it's how it feels.

@XanderLeamon

7 жыл бұрын

Haha. Not just a loud noise. It is a full body experience. You eyes will be streaming, sound is louder than a rock concert and your whole body shakes as it creates a mini earthquake.

@easttexan2933

6 жыл бұрын

You don't get it? What are you? A soy boy or something?

@LiveMusicOntario

6 жыл бұрын

At least go once. I only went once probably 40 years ago and I still remember the "punch" in my ribs and some internal organs and I was well up in the bleachers. Back then the rails had 2500 HP and hit 250 MPH typically. I've only gone gliding once but that was memorable too. Now if I'm near a drag strip, it's because it's next to the road track where I take the motorcycle ;)

Terrible audio quality.

Audio is crap.

I miss watching top fuel. Just can't watch boring 1000ft racing.

@sammattox7945

7 жыл бұрын

what?