Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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🏁🔥 Step back to a time when the NHRA season ended with authority — not accumulation.

The NHRA World Finals at Ontario Motor Speedway was more than just the last race of the year — it was a statement. Fewer events. Fewer sponsors. More grit. More danger. More meaning.

This 1976 broadcast captures drag racing at full volume, when Ontario Speedway stood as one of the most luxurious and ambitious motorsports facilities in the country, just outside Los Angeles.

🔥 Dry hops and match-race intensity
🔊 The screaming whine of small-block Pro Stockers
🏆 Sportsman finals from Pro Comp through Stock Eliminator
💥 A violent supercharger explosion from an era before mandatory restraints

The video also includes one of the most iconic moments in NHRA television history — Ed McCulloch’s supercharger launch, a sequence forever etched into memory through the Diamond P television show intro.

This isn’t nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake.
This is a snapshot of how drag racing ended a season when every run still carried risk, reputation, and real consequences.

📺 A must-watch Classic Drag Racing feature and a cornerstone of NHRA broadcast history.

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