Episode two of Lions - The Greatest Drag Strip covers the Southern California track's wild, formative years from 1962 through 1966.
The ban on nitro lifted, big fuel machines returned. Dragsters like the Greer-Black-Prudhomme and TV Tommy Ivo top fuel teams were now in the 7-second zone. Frank Cannonran the first 200 MPH speed. The funny car was born.
Toss in the match race craze like Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen vs Don "the Snake" Prudhomme, Stone, Woods, and Cook vs "Big John" Mazmanian, stockers on Sundays, tamales with chili, an airbrushed t-shirt from Ed Roth, a wadded up Drag News in your pocket, a dim of the lights from the "roller starters", and you get some idea of what Lions was like.. every single weekend.
1 hr. 40 min.
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