Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
Yes, that is a DC-7 racing a top fuel dragster. But what if I told you that wasn't event the coolest thing it ever did. The plane was known as Super Snoopy and it was raced at one of the most awesome air races in the history of the sport, the 1970 California 1000.
The massive former airliner was competing against hot rodded WWII fighter planes capable of going 100+ mph faster, turning in half the distance, and theoretically blowing it into the weeds. But Super Snoopy had an ace in the hole. Huge fuel capacity and two of the greatest American Aviators of the 20th century.
This is the story of a strategy that looked to be a joke but actually the joke was on everyone else. This is the legend of Super Snoopy.
Yes, that is a DC-7 racing a top fuel dragster. But what if I told you that wasn't event the coolest thing it ever did. The plane was known as Super Snoopy and it was raced at one of the most awesome air races in the history of the sport, the 1970 California 1000.
The massive former airliner was competing against hot rodded WWII fighter planes capable of going 100+ mph faster, turning in half the distance, and theoretically blowing it into the weeds. But Super Snoopy had an ace in the hole. Huge fuel capacity and two of the greatest American Aviators of the 20th century.
This is the story of a strategy that looked to be a joke but actually the joke was on everyone else. This is the legend of Super Snoopy.
