Enjoyable Historic Video: The 1982 NHRA US Nationals Sportsman Finals Had been Full Of Cool Automobiles and Drivers
Why run a video displaying the sportsman remaining rounds from the 1982 NHRA US Nationals on a random Sunday in March? Why not? It’s the web. Plus, who doesn’t wish to see cool drag automobiles getting their groove on whereas Dave McClelland makes the calls? We all know that we love that junk and that’s doubly true when the automobiles are sportsman stage selection and we to see stuff just like the lengthy useless Professional Comp eliminator contested.
It was a murky Monday on the 1982 operating of the US Nationals, apparently. We’re unsure if it was murky and sweaty or murky and chilly however judging by the apparel of the members and crew guys, it was most likely late summer time Indiana sizzling that day. It often is.
It’s all the time enjoyable in these movies when well-known names seem. Guys who had been racing their approach “up” so to talk. On this case we’re speaking primarily about David Nickens, the second most successful competitors eliminator racer of all time and a extremely revered engine builder out of the larger Houston, Texas space. Nickens continues to be constructing massive horsepower engines for patrons everywhere in the nation however he has lengthy since parked his stick shifted Datsun Z automotive.
We’re not celebrating something particular with this video, simply watching some good quaint sportsman drag racing. What’s incorrect with that?
Press play under to see some enjoyable remaining spherical motion from Indy circa 1982 –
