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Funny Cars & More from Island Dragway
These are some of the sights and sounds from Island Dragway located in Great Meadows ,New Jersey
It was a hot afternoon at the 61st Funny Car Throwdown presented by The North East Timing Organization (NETO), it was well over 90 degrees , and the cars were just as hot !
There were over 16 vintage Nitro & Alcohol Funny Cars and plenty of vintage Drag Cars to enjoy between rounds . There was everything from classic 1950's front engine Dragsters to Altered wheel base cars , and 8.90-9.90 Door Cars .
Do to the intense sun shining that day filming the racing action was difficult but we did capture some great pit action.
We shot some great photos and captured the true essence of grass roots racing . Island Dragway is one of two quarter mile tracks still operating in New Jersey , it's about 50 miles west from the George Washington bridge .
The Dazed & Confused 69 Camaro Funny Car is owned by Neil Murley from Weymouth,Mass. The power plant is an all aluminum 540 Chevy with a 14/71 supercharger, the shifting duties are handled by a Rossler TH 400 transmission,the power hits the ground through a Mark Williams rear end .
Here is the Red Wave going through the warm up procedure ,turn up the volume!
This is the up close video in full H-D,enjoy !
This is the original Grumpy's Toy Monza,it's for sale on Racing Junk for $150,00.00 !
This is Jeff with his stunning altered wheel base 57 Chevy , he is also shown on the flier . He was running a mild big block Chevy for power , before that he had a wild Procharged small block under the hood.
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This Ford Thunderbolt tribute is from Englewood , New Jersey . It's owned by my friend Jerry ,and powered by a big inch Ford engine and C6 Transmission. It has a full tube chassis and runs in the low 9's. There is going to be a full story on this car soon .
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New Top Fuel Pilot Joe Morrison was there driving the Screaming Eagle Pontiac Trans -Am , check out the story we did about him and his cause Right 2 Breathe .
We hope you enjoyed this trip to Island Dragway !
Photo's and video's by Dorothy & Mike Salemme cr-2021
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