Drag Racing New York National Long Island May 1969 FILM
 

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Cool video, need to watch it with the audio off .
the background music will put you to sleep!

Blown fuel motors were like looking at jewels or art back then , no blower bags,valvecover shields or big ugly carbonfibre scoops.
I really enjoyed seeing the shots of the Jungle Jim '69 Nova.
A friend purchaced the car from Nick Bonifante in '74 after crashing his Corvette Altered,and ran it as a B/Altered with myself as a crewmember.
Sold it for $1500 bucks in '80!
If I only knew then what it'd be worth now.

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And the place is packed the good old days got to love it.

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Very COOL !!!! Loved seeing my old engine builder Jack Merkel..hell of a nice guy !!!

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Lot of good memories there! :)

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4 wide stockers......nice;)

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I was there once with some NY friends......around 1970-1971.

One had a '67 or '68 Camaro 396/375 and he still has it....He bought it new...

The other had a real nice '65 or '66 Impala....327 with a pro shifted 4 speed....I drove it around the pits...my first exposure to a trans done like that...... a lot of slop in that driveline.....LOL

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I still remember racing in front of crowds like that at Atco when there were no feulers or funny cars....just gassers and door slammers. One night I got there late and at tech they gave me no.376, when I asked them about the no. they said I was the 376th car to tech that night....and it was always like that.

Wish I could go back...

Thanks for the cool video,

JimR

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The parking lots alone look like a stock eliminator car show.