Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Master 1798 - Tape 1 Raw footage of the 1969 U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Features drag racing legends Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Big Jim Dunn, Danny Ongais, Don Grotheer, Ronnie Sox, & Don Garlits. National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
MS drag racing legend DON PRUDHOMME (Don "The Snake" Prudhomme) sitting in 1969 Wynn's Winder Top Fuel dragster, being interviewed by sportscaster at Indianapolis Raceway. Panning rear view TLS crowd standing on field, many wearing yellow caps-- note the ABC television camera & cameraman on far right. MSs Don "The Snake" Prudhomme sitting in dragster, being interviewed, posing with mechanics crew. TLS two young white women wearing matching blue sleeveless tops & white mini-skirts & white knee-high go-go boots posing on track. Panning MS Hurst Girls-- two wearing orange-yellow mini-skirt dresses, one wearing cheeky yellow two-piece bikini-like ensemble, standing on (Oldsmobile Cutlass?) convertible, waving to crowd. Traveling shot of station wagon pulling trailer along highway. MS two white male mechanics working underneath funny car, laying on ground. Over the shoulder MS mechanic using hacksaw & vice grip. MS Hispanic man wearing large sombrero & striped shirt. MS stickers on door of Chevy Camaro funny car: "The Old Reliable, Ammon R. Smith, York, PA, Hooker Headers." MS red 1950s model Chevy funny car on trailer. MS illustration of Snoopy as WWI Flying Ace on door. MS Top Fuel dragster dubbed "The Pawnbroker." MS white man working on wheel of Kness & Aldrich Chrysler funny car. MCU Schiefer, NHRA stickers in car window. Hazy rear view TLSs drag race between Top Fuel dragsters. MS driver wearing gas mask, helmet squeezed in Top Fuel dragster. CU/MSs unidentified white men (drivers) being interviewed.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Great panning TLS drag race between Top Fuel dragster & hot rod dragster, slowing parachute deploying from winning Top Fuel car at Indianapolis Raceway. MS "Riddler" on side of funny car. Great CU illustration of king cobra with flaming wheels (hot rod art). Creepy hazy CU drag driver wearing protective gas mask, helmet. MS massive twin engines on dragster. MCUs "NHRA Championship Drag Racing" sign. MCUs Schiefer & Hurst stickers in window. CUs young white man with long, thinning red hair & bushy, scraggly beard wearing sunglasses. MS white baby in stroller. Panning MS two white men riding in convertible pace car. Panning TLS crowd (both African-American & Caucasian) standing behind chain-link fence. CU crying white boy. MSs white male racing fans arriving, walking from parking lot-- sunglasses, Budweiser hat, sombrero. Rear view MSs young white woman wearing sleeveless black top, black & white mini-skirt walking through parking lot. Great MSs young white woman sporting bright red bouffant hairdo -- big hair! MS Miss U.S. Nationals 1969 LINDA VAUGHN wearing black mini-skirt dress, sash, waving to cam while walking from Lamborghini race car; MS Linda Vaughn being helped from Lambo -- nice gold lame boots! MSs young white woman wearing cool sunglasses, big hair swept to a big bun, Hurst t-shirt. MS long-necked blond white woman modeling Ford star hat, making familiar starlet head cock & smile.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
MSs white man working on tire of Tom Martin Ford Mustang funny car at Indianapolis Raceway. MS mechanic removing piston from engine. Rear view MS crew working on hot rod. MSs front engines of dragsters. CU carburetor. CU nitro fuel pump. MSs mechanics working on Top Fuel dragster. MS mechanic working under hood of AMC funny car. MS mechanic working under drag racer. MS mechanic using pump-action lift to raise funny car. MS mechanic working under hood of green Chevy Camaro SS funny car. MS mechanic welding w/ blowtorch. MS NHRA sticker being smoothed on window. CUs man filling out checklist. TLSs hot rods, funny cars waiting to be checked in on racetrack. TLS A/FAR hot rod roadster. MS Champion spark plug work mat on stock car called "Panic." MS/CUs mechanics & crews working, using hacksaw, metal sander, blowtorch (welding), etc. MS race number being written on window of funny car. MS quarter panel of Tom Saxenmeyer car. TLS/MSs stock drag & hot rod roadsters arriving at track.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Brief TLS station wagon pulling drag race car on flatbed trailer along sunny suburban street. Aerial shots of Indianapolis Raceway. Credit: "Music by Dick Dale & his Del Tones." "Photographed by Don Warner, Phil Belomy, Johnny Archer, Bud Lindemann." "Technical Assistance by Al Carpenter." "Narration by Steve Evans." Soft focus CU drag driver wearing green racing helmet, gas mask, goggles. TLS cool green A/HR hot rod rumbling for starting line. Rear view TLS hot rod roadster, dragsters racing. Hurst logo against black BG. Rear view TLS Top Fuel dragster bouncing, peeling out from sideline & onto track. Great sideview MS Top Fuel dragster in FG, race lights in BG. TLS/MSs Top Fuel dragsters drag racing, deploying slow-down parachutes. MS race lights. CU driver JIM DUNN ("Big" Jim Dunn) wearing gas mask, helmet; great MS colorful Dunn & Wreath "Rainbow" dragster. MSs dragster engine, front wheels. Sideview MS driver getting into stock drag, putting on helmet. MSs men standing, sitting on pickup truck ("Little Eliminator"). Rear view MS well-figured white woman wearing jean mini-skirt & tight pink top watching race, TV cameras in BG. Panning LS crowd standing in stands.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Great fly's eye effect of driver in hot rod, followed by hot rod engine. Panning MS driver CHARLIE ALLEN driving funny car to starting line, Indianapolis Raceway. Rear view MS Plymouth funny car drag racing. TLS dragstrip lights, pan right to funny car waiting to race. MSs oil being squirted into exhaust hood. Great on-board CU drag driver wearing creepy gas mask, goggles, helmet racing. MSs drag strip lights. Panning high angle LS two Top Fuel dragsters racing, slow-down parachutes deploying. MS Plymouth funny car. MSs Sox & Martin funny car. MSs Top Fuel dragsters including Wynn's Winder driven by Don "The Snake" Prudhomme pulling to starting line. MSs drag strip lights changing. Panning h/a LS stock cars drag racing, station wagon winning. MSs driver sitting in Top Fuel dragster, adjusting helmet & mask. MS "Big John Mazmanian" on door of Barracuda. MS driver DANNY ONGAIS in Mickey Thompson's Mach 1 Ford Mustang funny car. MS driver BRUCE LARSON in USA 1 Chevy Camaro funny car.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Panning TLS Top Fuel dragsters racing at Indianapolis Raceway, parachutes deploying. Rear view MS Top Fuel dragster racing from starting line, stop effect on optical printer. MS dragstrip lights changing. MS driver JOHN MAZMANIAN ("Big" John Mazmanian) driving Plymouth Barracuda funny car. Panning TLS "Big" John Mazmanian drag racing Danny Ongais & Mickey Thompson's Mach 1 Ford Mustang. Panning MS two young white women wearing funky, definitely 1960s eyewear (glasses, sunglasses). Panning h/a LS station wagon stock drag racing. H/a LS stock cars drag racing. Rear view TLS/MSs pink station wagon being raced in handicapped drag. LS/TLSs drag races between hot rods & funny cars, including one shot of Mustang funny car almost careening into adjacent lane. Brief MS driver RON ELLIS in AA/A hot rod. More shots of drag racing. MSs driver KELLY BROWN squeezing into Top Fuel dragster, wiping brow, donning gas mask & helmet.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Excellent subjective POV traveling shot from Top Fuel dragster racing on dragstrip at Indianapolis Raceway-- shaky & scary & fast as hell! Subjective POV traveling shot from dragster slowing down after race, pulling off track. Nice subjective POV shot from dragster at starting line, looking down track before race. 3/4 view MS pink hot rod at starting line. High angle LS drag race between two Ford Mustang funny cars-- looks like white car loses a tire. Panning MS early 1960s Chevy station wagon being raced. TLS Chevy Camaro funny car speeding to starting line. Nice rear view LS drag race between two Top Fuel dragsters. Panning h/a TLS drag race between two funny cars, parachutes deploying. MSs crowd seated in spectator stands, many wearing yellow Hurst caps, one man watching race through binoculars. TLS/LSs drag races. MS driver DON GROTHEER seated in stock drag, strapping on helmet. TLS/LSs drag races between funny cars. Sideview MS driver sitting in car, strapping on helmet. MSs driver JERRY HARVEY sitting in car, talking w/ boy, strapping on helmet. MS driver RONNIE SOX sitting in car. Rear view TLSs stock & funny cars waiting in line.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
Panning TLS Top Fuel dragster slowing down after race, parachute deployed, Indianapolis Raceway. LSs hot rods drag racing, engine of one on right side exploding, debris flying. Panning h/a LS parking lot. H/a LS drag race between two Top Fuel dragsters, one on left briefly losing control; panning MS dragster speeding by. Rear view TLS dragster race from starting line. Panning MS Creitz & Donovan Top Fuel dragster-- driver Steve Carbone? Panning TLS dragster pulling off track. Panning TLS/LSs Top Fuel drag races, parachutes deploying. MS driver "Big Daddy" DON GARLITS in Wynn's Charger dragster. TLS/LSs funny car drag racing. Panning TLS/MSs dragsters racing. TLS/MSs crowd watching, standing. TLS Danny Ongais driving Mickey Thompson's Mach 1 Ford Mustang. MS Don Garlits being pushed in dragster. MS Miss Nationals LINDA VAUGHN riding in open convertible. TLSs dragsters being pushed along track by Ford pickup trucks. TLS Chevy station wagon drag racer.
Drags Tourney (1969 U.S. Nationals)
High angle LS two stock cars drag racing at Indianapolis Raceway. Subjective POV traveling shot from inside stock car drag racing, then pulling off onto causeway. CU gears being shifted. Panning MS/TLSs Top Fuel dragsters at end of race, parachutes deployed. Panning h/a LSs drag racers nearing end of strip, parachutes deployed. MS Schieffers promotional tent, banner. TLS Hurst Performance Clinic tent, banner. Panning TLS Don "The Snake" Prudhomme racing Wynn's Winder Top Fuel dragster.