# 70's drag race video

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426 "2009-02-21T15:43:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426/1 "2009-02-21T15:43:45Z")

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Pretty cool, even though it’s very low quality. Grumpy Jenkins is in there. Mrs Hurst Linda Vaughn. It’s funny watching all of the Willy’s cars yanking the wheels on the 1-2 shift in the beginning too.

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**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426/2 "2009-02-21T19:21:41Z")

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Balls-o-steel

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**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426/3 "2009-02-21T22:31:45Z")

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cool, awesome to see some good ol’ american drag racing

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**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426/4 "2009-02-22T18:36:55Z")

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were they mostly racing manual transmissions?

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**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/70s-drag-race-video/63426/5 "2009-02-22T19:10:04Z")

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> [@somedude](#):
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> were they mostly racing manual transmissions?

Yes, mostly. That’s how they were yanking the wheels on the 1-2 shifts in all of those cars.