Eyewitness NEWS 1977 Brotherhood of Street Racers

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ethelkilledfred

Published on Nov 28, 2007



CycolacFan

Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating video with us, no way I'd have seen it otherwise! Big Willie did so much for the promotion of street racing, he and his Charger Daytona appear briefly in the first few minutes of the 1971 movie 'Two Lane Blacktop' too.




Very old video, hard to load, of Eyewitness NEWS 1977 Brotherhood of Street Racers. 30 years have passed and still the same story. Give street racers a choice, and you can solve the street race problem

 

STREET RACER BIG WILLIE R,I,P CANDLE LIGHT.wmv

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ActiveHoodRich
Published on May 25, 2012







WE ARE AT THE COMPTON SPEEDWAY FOR A STREET RACER THAT PASS AWAY R,I,P BIG WILLIE 5/24/12

 

Tomiko's Memorial Big Willie's Tribute

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ethelkilledfred
Published on Aug 25, 2008







Tomiko's Funeral Memorial Audio was removed by WMG so this track was added, sorry. BOYCOT WARNER MUSIC GROUP

 

1993 FOX 11 Covers Brotherhood Raceway and it's return in 1994

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ethelkilledfred
Published on Jun 16, 2009







1993 FOX 11 Covers Brotherhood Raceway and it's return in 1994

 

Tying some racing history together
See last post in thread:
See it before it goes away.



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Abandoned tracks in Florida area and other places (updated)
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-fl-area.html

Bonneville History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...e-history.html

Daytona History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...a-history.html

Drag Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...ml#post9366328

This link has some historic drag racing pics.

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...pics-ever.html


Local historic drag racing track Twin City Oldsmar

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...florida-4.html


Indianapolis History

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9373490

24 Hours of Lemans history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-history.html


Lime Rock Park history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/au...rock-park.html


Pikes Peak racing history
Is Pikes Peak a road Race?


https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362624


History of Race Cars

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9370578

Road Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...g-history.html

Sebring history

The way to part 2 "A brief History of Sebring Raceway" is here:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...-40-posts.html
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This was the original brief history of Sebring part 1
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/816701-sebring-raceway-brief-history-part-1-has-now-exceeded-40-posts-115-posts.html
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A bit of stock car racing history

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362625


Tying some Tampa Racing history together with links: Tampa International Raceway (Fair Grounds)

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...l-raceway.html

 

Video: The NHRA’s Return To Seattle In 1988

1988 NHRA Seafair Nationals in Seattle WA

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Steve Klemetti
Published on Aug 31, 2016

1988 NHRA Seafair Nationals in Seattle WA




By Andrew Wolf July 31, 2019


A couple of weeks back we highlighted a small footnote in the history of the Bandimere Speedway — what today is known as the first leg of the NHRA’s popular mid-summer Western Swing. Now we’re switching gears to the finale: the race that all of those weary crew members that have been pounding the pavement for three weeks are ready to put behind them each year as the calendar turns to August.

Of course, we’re talking about the NHRA Northwest Nationals, held at the multi-use facility In Kent, Washington, just south of Seattle proper, known as Pacific Raceways. As an interesting side-note, the track, built in 1959, was originally known as Pacific Raceways, then became Seattle International Raceway, and then reverted back to its maiden name.



The Pacific Raceways 1/4-mile has quite the history, serving as a hot-bed of drag racing in its formative years — to be expected with its relative proximity to the world center of nitro racing that was the California coast in the 1960s and 70s. Perhaps still most notably, the track was the site of the famous 64-car Funny Car shows for 16 years, hosting greats like Raymond Beadle, Ed McCullough, Jim Dunn, “Jungle Jim” Liberman, Gene Snow, Gordie Bonin, and some guy named John Force.

In September of 1975, Seattle became part of the NHRA national event schedule, but was routinely plagued by rainfall (imagine that), and the event went on hiatus in 1980. The main attraction continued to be the 64-car Funny Car show, but in 1988, the NHRA expanded the west coast schedule, adding both Sonoma, California and Seattle to the calendar and thus creating the Western Swing as we know it today.



The Northwest Nationals took over the early August slot previously reserved for the 64-car Funny Car extravaganza, and that shift in date to accommodate the NHRA ultimately played a role in its demise. The NHRA national event, however, has become a fixture on the Mello Yello Series calendar, prospering for more than 30 years.

Whether you weren’t alive yet in 1988 or time has simply sapped your memory, we won’t ruin the result of that 1988 edition of the NHRA Northwest Nationals, but it’s certainly worth the watch as names like Darrell Gwynn, Dick LaHaie, Shirley Muldowney, Kenny Bernstein, Mark Oswald, Bruce Larson, Bob Glidden, Butch Leal, and others competed in the oxygen-rich environs of Washington state in their heydays.

 

70s Drag Racing

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Dank Daddees
Published on Nov 27, 2009

70s Drag Racing

 

Photo: Mecum Auctions

1964 Dodge Hemi 330 S/S Hustler II

 

a bit of nostalgia......but not vintage photos...

 

NHRA Winternationals 1965

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Nick Pettitt
5.34K subscribersABC Wide World of Sports coverage of the 1965 NHRA Winternationals Pomona featuring Top Gas, Competition Eliminator and Top Fuel