Pro Stock Drag Racing of the 1970s

The popular Pro Stock category from the 1970s. Thanks for watching.

[peterg.bassist]

I was fascinated with these cars back then in the 70's (as a teenager) and am still fascinated with these cars today!

[nathanielwaters]

This was the best damn pro stock drag racing ever, the Mopars, Fords, and Chevys!!! S&M, Butch Leal, The Grump, Dick Landy, Bob Glidden, just to name a few, they were all the greatest Pro Stock drivers ever, long live the '70s!!!

[donnarolando]

Chevy, Dodge, AMC, Ford, Plymouth. Sure beats the all Camaro show of today.

[thomasreid]

Drag racing today does not compare to what we are seeing here. Thanks so much for putting this together. It made my day and brought back so many memories of days and nights I lived at the drags. Awesome.

[shimshonbendan]

1970 and the early 70s were the best in Pro Stock. They were part stock and part Pro. They were cars we identified with. The racing was great and the drivers were legendary. I wish the NHRA could recapture the magic of the original Pro Stock years.

[twwap]

Some of the greatest names in drag racing represented. Thanks

[felixmadison]

Pro Stock was my favorite back then. Mopar was badass in those days. After I came home from Vietnam at age of 21 I bought a brand new Plymouth Duster the first year they were offered. Seeing Sox & Martin and their Pro Stock Duster helped me make that choice. Plus, it was a badass looking car!

[keithlarge]

These were the greatest years of drag racing

[petehayes]

This video is priceless in my glory days. Back in those days I had the pleasure of owning '72 Cuda, 440 six pack induction (3 two barrel carbs), and 4.10 gears in the back, slap stick shifter and that Shaker Hood. Let the good times roll!

[terrygarvin]

Great memories here! AMC cars were cool to see! Glidden did so much with so little. Wally Booth was flying! Dyno Don had some awesome looking cars through the years.

[geraldscott]

The 1970s were a great time for Pro Stock. They didn't use trash computer technology, only real, mechanical car parts, and they had such a huge number of great cars to choose from. Just like the gasser era that came before, Pro Stock was so much fun to watch back then.

[IndridCool]

Amazing to watch the e.t.s drop and the top speeds rise in such a short period of time. Those were the days. 👍🏼

[roadkingjokerst]

Absolutely lived those days of Pro Stock. Big SoxMartin fan. Saw Ronnie here in town. I was close enough to Grumpy to hear him swear at his wrench while changing his own tires.
Omg. He is human !?!?

[timhagstrom]

These were the times that captivated me into drag racing. I still love it, but the magic was pure in the early to mid 70’s.

[lexluthor]

my whole childhood just flashed before my eyes

[scottee]

These might have been the cars in you neighbors garage back then. You fell in love with them then and you still love them now.

[lagunsmoose]

Man, those were the best days back then-AMC, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, etc!! You'd see it all, no cookie cutter cars like today-you raced what you had!

[tulagi]

These were the best years of Pro Stock. All the manufacturers were represented, and a wide variety of of cars competing.

[richardyoung]

Always a Sox and Martin fan, so sad when Ronnie died so young.

[misigis]

Absolutely the best years of Pro Stock.
I would go see them every chance I had👍
The cookie cutter cars of today are no match.
Too bad I had to hear Brian L's voice on this great video.